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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Aftab Amin
Poonawalla, who killed
his live-in partner
Shraddha Walker and
chopped her body into
35 pieces before dump-
ing them in the forests
of south Delhi’s Chha-
tarpur,saidhehadmade
up his mind to kill his
girlfriend more than a
week before he commit-
ted the murder on May
18, Delhi Police sources
said on Tuesday
.
“More than a week
before the murder, I had
made up my mind to
kill Shraddha. Even on
that day, Shraddha and
I had a fight. I was de-
termined to kill her
when she suddenly be-
came emotional and
started crying. So I held
back for later,” a source
quoted Aftab as saying
in his confession.
Aftab said his part-
ner had trust issues be-
cause of which she
would often get angry.
“I often had to talk to
someone over the
phone. However, she
would doubt my com-
mitment to the relation-
ship every time she
caught me speaking
over on the phone. She
used to get very angry,”
Aftab told Delhi Police.
On disposing of the
body
,hesaid,“Ibrowsed
Google all night to
search for ways to dis-
pose of the body and not
arouse any suspicion. I
also searched the inter-
net on what kind of
knife would I have to
use to chop the body
.”
Aftab confessed to his
fondness for watching
web series and shows
related to crime and
said it was from these
that he borrowed ideas
on preserving the body
parts and disposing of
them later, police said.
“It was to preempt
any doubts or suspi-
cions on her wherea-
bouts that I kept posting
on Shradhha’s Insta-
gram profile after the
murder. I did it all by
myself,” the accused
told police.
According to sources,
the accused first dis-
posed of her liver and
intestines after minc-
ing them. He was a
trained chef. More on P3
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
BJP president Adesh
Gupta on Tuesday re-
placed working presi-
dents of the party’s six
districts units with im-
mediate effect. On Mon-
day, Gupta had appoint-
ed working presidents
of six district units but
the appointments were
withdrawn within
hours. In the latest list,
three working presi-
dents, whose name was
in Monday’s list, have
been dropped.
According to the
fresh list, Sardar Kul-
deep Singh has been ap-
pointed president of
Chandni Chowk, Manoj
Tyagi of Navin Shah-
dara, Lata Gupta of
Shahdara, Naresh
Vashishth of Mehrauli,
Vinod Sehrawat of
Northwest Delhi and
Ramesh Shokhanda of
Najafgarh.
In Monday’s list, Di-
pak Gauba was appoint-
ed for Shahdara, Azad
Singh for Mehrauli and
Sunil Mittal for North-
west Delhi. “Gauba and
Singh were replaced af-
ter strong protest by the
local MPs,” a senior
party leader said.
Delhi BJP replaces 6
district presidents
‘Made up mind to kill Shraddha a week before’
Shraddha Walker (L) and Aaftab Amin Poonawalla
UNITED WE STAND!
PM MODI AT G20
SUMMIT IN BALI
Moni Sharma
Bali: The annual G20
Summit opened in Bali
on Tuesday with world
leaders set to discuss
over the next two days
challenges triggered by
the Covid-19 pandemic
and more recently
topped by Russia’s war
in Ukraine. Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
was welcomed at the
summit venue by Indo-
nesian President Joko
Widodo, ahead of the
formal opening of the
summit.
Indonesian President
Joko Widodo told G20
members they must
avoid another world
war as he opened a lead-
ers’ summit dominated
by Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine in Bali on
Tuesday
.”We should not
divide the world into
parts. We must not al-
low the world to fall into
another world war,” he
said as he opens a lead-
ers’ summit dominated
by Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine in Bali.
During the day, PM
Modi, along with other
world leaders, partici-
pates in G20 summit’s
second working session
on the theme of
‘Health’, at Apurva
Kempisnky hotel in
Bali. PM Modi greeted
the gathering at the In-
dian community event
in Bali, as people chant-
ed “Modi, Modi”. Ad-
dressing the Indian di-
aspora Modi said
as I speak to you
in Bali and we
sing songs of
Indonesian
traditions in
India’s Cut-
tack, Bali-
yatra Mahot-
sav is going on.
PM attends G20 Indonesia working
session on food energy security
PM Modi likely to hold bilateral
talks with over 8-9 leaders today
World faces crisis upon crisis and
sharpening rivalries: Prez Joko
After Bali meet, India will take over
Group of 20 presidency for one year
l India’s self-sufficiency
in medicines, vaccines
during the pandemic
benefitted the world
l Indonesia and India
are companions in both
good and bad times
l India is a ray of hope
for world in 21st century
l India has the Hima-
layas, Indonesia has
Mount Agung; if India
has Ganga, Indonesia
has Tirta Gangga — we
are united through cul-
tures and traditions
l No restrictions on
energy supplies, stability
in the energy market
should be ensured,
India’s energy security is
imp for growth
MAJOR G-20
HAPPENINGS
MODI SPEAKS
l Ukraine’s Zelensky
suggests ‘all for all’ pris-
oner swap with Russia
l Cambodian Prime
Minister Hun Sen tests
positive for Covid-19 at
G-20 inaugural summit
l G20 summit: Russian
President Vladimir Putin
may be absent, but he is
still on leaders’ minds
l Biden, Xi clash on
Taiwan, find common
ground on Ukraine
l PM Modi and US
President Joe Biden on
Tuesday shared a warm
hug at the summit
l PM Modi seeks agree-
ment to maintain supply
of manure, foodgrains
l ‘Have to return to
path of ceasefire and
diplomacy in Ukraine,’
PM Modi says at the
G20 Summit
l FIFA boss Gianni In-
fantino trolled for urging
Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
during World Cup 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets United States President Joe Biden and Indonesian President
Joko Widodo at the 17th G20 Summit, in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
(Top) Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges warm greetings
with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Left) Prime Minister
Narendra Modi interacts with his United Kingdom counterpart Rishi
Sunak for the first time at the G20 Summit. (Right) Prime Minister
Narendra Modi interacts with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the
Welcoming Dinner during the G20 Leaders’ Summit, at Garuda
Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, in Badung, Bali on Tuesday. It was
for the first time that Modi and Xi exchanged words publicly.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
Kochi: Actress Sunny Leone has approached
Kerala HC seeking to quash case registered
against her by Kerala crime branch on a complaint
alleging that she cheated by receiving advance for
a stage show but fell back on the promise.
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah met
Gachchadhipati Acharya Bhagwant Manohar Kirti
Sagar in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. During the day,
while inaugurating the BJP’s election office here,
Shah said BJP will form government in Gujarat. P5
Mumbai: Kieron Pollard, who made his MI debut back
in 2010, has now been appointed as batting coach
for Mumbai Indians. He will also play inaugural
International League T20 in UAE for MI. Pollard on
Tuesday announced his retirement from the IPL.
New Delhi: Actor Jacqueline Fernandez on
Tuesday was granted mail by a Delhi court in
`200 crore money laundering case. The money
laundering case involved conman Sukesh
Chandrashekar that is being probed by the ED.
HOPES...DREAMS...POSSIBILITIES
8,00,00,00,000!
New Delhi: In a mile-
stone for humanity, the
global population hit 8
billion on Tuesday after
having added a billion
people in last 12 years,
with India on cusp of
overtaking China as the
world’s most populous
country next year. UNs
said global milestone
signals major improve-
ments in public health
that have lowered risk
of death, increased life
expectancy but moment
is also a clarion call for
humanity to look be-
yond numbers, meet its
shared responsibility to
protect people planet.
India is projected
to surpass China in
2023, latest report
by the UN projects
US ORDERS AI TO PAY
$122.9 MN PASSENGER
REFUNDS, $1.4 MN FINES
DELHI HC RESERVES
ORDER ON BAIL PLEA
BY CHITRA IN ED CASE
Washington: The US has
ordered Tata-group-owned
Air India to pay a whopping
$121.5 mn as refunds and
$1.4 mn as penalties for
extreme delays in providing
refunds to passengers due
to the cancellation during
pandemic, officials said.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
reserved its verdict on
the bail plea by Chitra
Ramkrishna in the money
laundering case related
to alleged illegal phone
tapping and snooping on
the NSE employees.
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Crucial
Crucial
GUJ: GANDHIs, KHARGE,
GEHLOT AMONG CONG
STAR CAMPAIGNERS
LARGESSE OF STATE
GIVEN TO…: GUJARAT
HC ON MORBI TRAGEDY
Gujarat: Congress chief
Mallikarjun Kharge and
former party chiefs Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi
are among the 40 star
campaigners for Gujarat
assembly polls. Ashok
Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel,
CMs of Cong-ruled Raj and
C’garh, are also in list. P5
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat
HC on Tuesday heard a suo
motu PIL on Morbi bridge
tragedy and asked the state
government as to how
no expression of interest
was tendered, and how
the “largesse of the state”
was given to an individual
without floating a tender.
World population hit 8
billion, grows 1 billion
in just 12 years span
Unless we bridge the
yawning chasm between
the global haves
and have-nots, we are setting
ourselves up for an 8-billion-
strong world filled with tensions
and mistrust, crisis and conflict.
—Antonio Guterres,
UN Secretary-General
z INDIA’S POPULATION
STANDS AT 1.412 BILLION
IN 2022, COMPARED WITH
CHINA’S 1.426 BILLION
z INDIA IS PROJECTED TO
SURPASS CHINA AS THE
WORLD’S MOST POPU-
LOUS COUNTRY IN 2023
z INDIA IS PROJECTED TO
HAVE A TOTAL POPULATION
OF 1.668 BILLION BY THE
YEAR 2050
THE DATA STATES...
VETERAN TELUGU ACTOR
KRISHNA PASSES AWAY
Hyderabad:
Veteran Tollywood
actor, Congress
parliamentarian
Ghattamaneni Krishna,
popularly known as
Super Star Krishna
passed away at a
hospital in Hyderabad
after a brief illness in
early hours of Tuesday,
officials said. He was
79 and is survived by 5
children.
Narendra Modi @narendramodi
Krishna Garu was a legendary superstar, who
won hearts of people through his versatile
acting and lively personality. His demise is a colossal
loss to the world of cinema and entertainment. In this
sad hour my thoughts are with @urstrulyMahesh and
his entire family. Om Shanti.
I have repeatedly
said that we have to
find a way to return
to the path of ceasefire and
diplomacy in Ukraine. Over the
past century, WWII wreaked
havoc in the world. After that
leaders of that time made
a serious effort to
take the path of
peace. Now it’s
our turn.
—Narendra
Modi, Prime
Minister
The war should be ended “justly and on the basis
of the UN Charter and international law”. I urge
world leaders to back a plan to end the war in his
country, saying now was the time to push for peace after
Russia’s defeat in the southern city of Kherson. Ukraine
would not allow Russian forces to regroup after their
withdrawal from Kherson.
—Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President
A useful exchange between PM Modi and US Prez
Biden on sidelines of G20 summit in Bali, Indo-
nesia. Leaders appreciated continuing deepening
of India-US Strategic Partnership close cooperation in
groups like Quad, I2U2, etc. Agreed to maintain close coor-
dination during G20 India —Ministry of External Affairs
We also
witnessed the
world order
int’l law being tested.
Today, eyes of the world
are focussed on our
meeting - will we be able
to succeed or will we add
another item to number
of failures? In my view,
G20 must succeed
must not fail and we
must end the war.
—Joko Widodo,
Indonesian President
GHATTAMANENI KRISHNA
May 31, 1943 - Nov 5, 2022

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NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI): My
head hangs in shame,
the Delhi High Court
Chief Justice said on
Tuesday
, lamenting the
complete unsympa-
thetic attitude of the
Delhi Development Au-
thority (DDA) towards
the families of two peo-
ple who died inside a
sewer this year.
The HC, annoyed
over non-compliance
with its October 6 order
by which DDA was di-
rected to pay Rs 10 lakh
compensation each to
the families of the de-
ceased, said it had
asked the authorities to
pay the amount to the
victims' kin as they had
lost their sole bread
earners in the incident.
Pursuant to the high
court's direction, DDA
Vice Chairman Manish
Gupta was present at
the hearing.
A sweeper and a se-
curity guard had died
on September 9 in Out-
er Delhi's Mundka area
after they inhaled toxic
gases inside a sewer.
The incident oc-
curred when a sweeper
had gone down to clean
the sewer and fainted.
A security guard who
rushed to his rescue
also fell unconscious,
and both died.
The high court,
which was hearing a
public interest litiga-
tion (PIL) initiated by
the court on its own
based on a news report
of the incident, ex-
pressed displeasure
overnon-paymentof Rs
10lakheachbytheDDA
to the victims' families
and said not even a sin-
gle penny was released
by the authority
.
It, however, noted
that as a part of a sepa-
rate compensation, the
Delhi government has
paid Rs 1 lakh each to
thetwofamiliesandthe
remaining Rs 9 lakh
will be paid to them
within 15 days.
We are dealing with
people who are work-
ing for us so that our
life is made comforta-
ble.Andthisistheman-
ner and method they
are being dealt with by
the authorities. Very
unfortunate, a bench
of Chief Justice Satish
Chandra Sharma and
Justice Subramonium
Prasad said.
The CJ added, My
head hangs in shame.
From October 6, we
are now on November
15. When the court had
directed DDA to pay the
amount, why it was not
done? This is the ques-
tion, the bench said.
The counsel for DDA
said it was the duty of
the Delhi government
to pay the amount.
Delhi government
standing counsel San-
tosh Kumar Tripathi
submitted the DDA was
trying to mix up the
compensation which is
to be paid as per the Su-
preme Court order and
that the amount of Rs
10 lakh to be paid by the
Delhi government was
by a cabinet decision of
March 5, 2020.
The bench said the
question of liability
could have been decid-
ed later on but the anxi-
ety of the court was
that, as an immediate
measure, something
needed to be given to
the affected families.
Noida (PTI): Four sus-
pected criminals were
held in three separate
incidents of gunfights
with police in Noida
and Greater Noida in
less than six hours, of-
ficials said on Tuesday
.
Of the four crimi-
nals, three suffered
gunshot injuries, po-
lice said. In retaliatory
firing, a 26-year-old
man from Ghaziabad
was injured and arrest-
ed from an area under
the Sector-39 police sta-
tion, ACP, Noida-1, Ra-
jneesh Verma said.
“The encounter took
place around 9.30 pm
(Monday) in Sector-98
area. Accused, Shah-
rukh, is a wanted crimi-
nal active in NCR with
three dozen cases
against him,” Verma
said. Around 12.15 am
on Tuesday in Phase-1
area, a Noida Sector-8
resident informed po-
lice that he was return-
ing home when his
phone was snatched by
a scooter-borne man,
ACP, Noida-2, Sushil
Kumar said.
“This snatcher was
first intercepted by a po-
lice party at a checking
barrier. However, he
managed to escape. A
police team chasing him
intercepted him in Sec-
tor-15A,” Kumar said.
“He lost balance and
fell from the scooter and
started fleeing. He
opened fire on cops but
got hit by a bullet on his
leginretaliatoryfiring,”
Kumar said. The snatch-
er has been identified as
Delhi-based 27-year-old
Usman alias Ponta, who
has half a dozen crimi-
nal cases against him,
the ACP added.
In the third incident,
two men were held after
a gunfight in Jarcha PS
area, Addl DCP (Greater
Noida) DK Singh said.
The duo has been identi-
fied as Keshav Sharma
alias Golu and Pawan
Singh alias Chhotu, na-
tives of Greater Noida.
4 criminals held in separate encounters in Noida, G Noida
MAJOR SUCCESS
lll
While one
encounter took
place late on
Monday night in
Noida, the other
two were in the
wee hours of
Tuesday, within
six hours after
the first incident
ARMS AMMUNITIONS SEIZED
My head hangs in shame: CJ over DDA’s inaction on sewer deaths
We are dealing with people who are
working for us so that our life is
made comfortable. And this is the
manner and method they are being dealt
with by the authorities.
—Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
COURT REBUKES AUTHORITY
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP's Delhi unit and the
Aam Aadmi Party on
Tuesday released their
campaign song for the
civic body polls.
The BJP’s song, 'BJP
ka Matlab Sewa Hai'
(BJP means service), is
sung by MP Manoj Ti-
wari and narrates the
reality of Delhi and
the BJP's victory for
the MCD polls, the par-
ty's Delhi unit chief
Adesh Gupta said at the
launch event.
The song's opening
line BJP ka matlab
sewa hai is followed by
how the Modi govern-
ment at the Centre
served people during
the pandemic”.
It also mentioned the
efforts of the erstwhile
BJP-ruled municipal
corporations to remove
garbage collection
points in residential ar-
eas and lowering the
heights of landfill sites.
The song also narrates
how the Modi govern-
ment worked for Delhi'
development, including
expansion of the Metro
network and construc-
tion of a tunnel near
Pragati Maidan.
Through the song, the
BJP also accuses the
government of Kejriwal
of turning the Yamuna
into a drain and con-
verting Delhi into a gas
chamber.
AAP’s , 'MCD mein
bhi Kejriwal' has been
sung by party's Tima-
rpur MLA Dilip Pandey
.
Enforcement Directo-
rate on Tuesday con-
tended in the Delhi High
Court that former AAP
leader Tahir Hussain
was part of a conspiracy
to fund the 2020 Delhi
riots by using proceeds
of crime.
TheED’ssubmissions
were made while oppos-
ing a plea by Hussain
challenging the framing
of charges against him
under the Prevention of
Money Laundering Act
(PMLA).
Justice Anu Mal-
hotra, after hearing sub-
missions of the counsel
for Hussain and ED, re-
served the order on the
petition.
The court asked the
parties to file short writ-
ten submissions in the
case.
Hussain has chal-
lenged the trial court’s
November 3 order by
which charges for the al-
leged offence under Sec-
tions 3 (offence of mon-
ey laundering) and 4
(punishment for the of-
fence of money launder-
ing) of the PMLA were
framed against him in
connectionwiththe2020
riots in northeast Delhi.
The trial court, in its
order, had said that pri-
ma facie Hussain con-
spired to engage in mon-
ey laundering and the
proceeds generated
from the crime were
used for the riots.
During the hearing,
Hussain’s counsel sub-
mitted that no property
or proceeds of crime
were seized from him
which could justify the
framing of charges
against him for the al-
leged offence of money
laundering.
Noida (PTI): Two col-
lege students were tak-
en into police custody
here on Tuesday after
their car allegedly hit
an e-rickshaw, injuring
six people, including
two school girls, an of-
ficial said. The incident
took place around 8.30
am near Amity Univer-
sity on a service lane,
under the Sector 39 po-
lice station limits, the
official said.
Three passengers of
the e-rickshaw suffered
severeinjuriesforwhich
they were hospitalized
for treatment, while the
other three were dis-
charges after first aid,
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Noida) Harish
Chander said.
The occupants of the
car, both aged between
20 and 22, have been tak-
en into custody and fur-
therlegalproceedingsin
the case are being car-
ried out, the DCP said.
Car hits
e-rickshaw,
injures six; 2
students held
New Delhi (ANI):
Irked over erratic water
supply and persistent
water crisis, residents
of Vasant Kunj residen-
tial society of Sector
C-8 - one of the most
high-end neighbour-
hoods of the city
, took to
the streets on Tuesday
and protested against
Delhi Jal Board.
The residents hold-
ing empty buckets in
their hands, com-
plained that there was
no water supply there
for last 6 days, and said
they were dependent
only on water tankers
which they get only af-
ter much effort.
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi’sairqualityimproved
significantlyonTuesday
amid a sharp decline in
farm fires in Punjab
over the last two days.
The capital’s 24-hour
average AQI stood at 227
on Tuesday. It was 294
on Monday and 303 on
Sunday
.
An AQI between 201
and 300 is considered
‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very
poor’, and 401 and 500
‘severe’. Theairquality
is likely to improve fur-
ther on the back of
strong winds, IMD said
The city recorded a
minimum temperature
of 15.4 degrees Celsius
and a maximum of 29.5
degreesCelsiusonTues-
day
, it said.
AccordingtoIndianAg-
ricultural Research In-
stitute data, Punjab re-
ported 141 farm fires on
Tuesdayandjustfouron
Monday
. Total 2,467 inci-
dents were reported in
the state on Saturday
.
AQI improves as farm fires drop
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Tuesday
grantedbailtoactorJac-
queline Fernandez in a
Rs200croremoneylaun-
dering case involving
conman Sukesh Chan-
drashekar.
SpecialJudgeShailen-
dra Malik granted the
relief on a personal
bond of Rs 50,000 and
one surety of like
amount. The judge had
on August 31 taken cog-
nizance of a supplemen-
tary charge sheet filed
by the Enforcement Di-
rectorate and asked Fer-
nandez to appear before
the court.
Fernandez, who was
summoned by ED sev-
eral times in connection
with the probe, was
named as an accused for
in the supplementary
charge sheet.
The ED's earlier
charge sheet and a sup-
plementarychargesheet
did not mention her as
an accused. The docu-
ments, however, had
mentioned the details of
statements recorded by
Fernandez and fellow
actor Nora Fatehi.
CourtgrantsbailtoJacquelineFernandez
AAP, BJP campaign
songs lift poll mood
TUNING UP FOR MCD POLL
Artists dance to AAP’s campaign song during its launch by Manish
Sisodia , at party office, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
People are
saying that we
gave an op-
portunity to Chief
Minister Arvind Ke-
jriwal and he ensured
that we got good gov-
ernment schools, hos-
pitals, free bus rides
for women in DTC.
—Manish Sisodia,
DyCM, Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): AAP
has instructed its MCD
poll candidates to hold
padyatras and door-
to-door campaigns
to reach out to voters
ahead of polls, party
officials said. The direc-
tions were issued at a
meeting of the party's
250 candidates presided
over by Dy CM Manish
Sisodia. Environment
Minister Gopal Rai and
AAP leaders Atishi and
Durgesh Pathak also
attended the meeting.
At the meeting, the
campaign strategy for
the MCD elections and
ways to put it into ac-
tion were discussed, of-
ficials said. Candidates
were asked to hold
padyatras, door-to-door
campaigns and public
meetings at the booth
level. They were also
directed to personally
monitor preparations
and reach out to the
public.
HOLD PADYATRAS,
AAP TELLS ITS
CANDIDATES
New Delhi (PTI): Ward-level waste manage-
ment, pollution monitoring, increasing green
cover and ending encroachments are some of
demands listed by United Residents' Joint Ac-
tion (URJA) for the civic body polls in Delhi.
URJA members said MCD should publish a
roadmap in the first 100 days to achieve citizen
demands over the next five years with measur-
able, time-bound and ward-specific goals.
MCD must publish regular reports on pro-
gress of the roadmap, budget and expenditure
and conduct a publicly-available performance
auditbytheCAG,URJAchief AtulGoyalsaid.
Goyal added MCD must engage in local area
planning at ward level and coordinate with
residents' welfare associations to constitute a
well-resourced Residents' Ward Committee
within three-to-six months to increase trans-
parency, accountability, citizen participation
and optimum utilisation of funds.
Citizens’ group demands
devp roadmap of 5 yrs
Vasant Kunj
residents protest
over water woes
Tahir Hussain part of conspiracy
to fund 2020 Delhi riots: ED to HC
Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez after appearing before the
Patiala House court in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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New Delhi (PTI):
Staying active on
Shraddha Walkar's so-
cial media account
and disposing her
body parts over sev-
eral days were among
the measures Aaftab
Amin Poonawala al-
legedly employed to
conceal the murder.
But it was only a
matter of time before
he ran out of luck and
the police came
knocking at his door.
The couple moved
to the house in Meh-
rauli in May. On the
18th of that month, an
argument broke out
between them and
Poonawala tried to
shut her mouth with
his hand. He later al-
legedly strangulated
her, police said.
The next day, he
purchased a saw and a
300-litre refrigerator,
taking inspiration
from American crime
drama 'Dexter'.
On May 20, he
sawed her body into 35
pieces and dumped
them in the fridge.
Poonawala had
studied hotel manage-
ment and worked as a
chef a few years ago.
He had undergone a
two-week training on
how to cut meat,
which he used to chop
Walkar's body.
He cut her body for
two days, an official
said.
Police said Poon-
awala would pack the
refrigerator's deep
freezer with the piec-
es and put the remain-
ing ones in the bottom
tray. After some time,
he would take the fro-
zen pieces out to deep
freeze those kept in
the tray.
According to police,
Poonawala is sharp-
minded and was
more comfortable an-
swering them in Eng-
lish though he knew
Hindi.
After allegedly kill-
ing her, Poonawala
used to impersonate
Walkar on the app and
chat with her friends
until June 9.
Even after allegedly
killing Walkar, Poon-
awala continued to
live in the same flat
and ordered food
through online apps,
police said.
Students from Gurukul Art School pay tribute to Shraddha Walker, in Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Dehradun (PTI):
Twelve years Dehra-
dun lived its own night-
mare with the Anupa-
ma Gulati killing, in
which her husband
sawed her body into 72
pieces and froze them,
before dumping them
over several days.
The two horrific
murders have several
aspects in common.
Experts said they not
only reveal the brutal-
ity of the killers but
also the fact that the
murders were premed-
itated, and not commit-
ted in a fit of rage. For-
mer Dehradun SSP GS
Martolia,duringwhose
tenure the Anupama
case was uncovered,
said people who com-
mit murders in such
manner cannot be con-
sidered “normal”.
“In my entire career,
Ihadnevercomeacross
a case like this where
the killer perpetrated
such brutal atrocities
on the dead body,” Mar-
tolia added.
Such murders do not
happen out of the blue.
Signals begin to mani-
fest in the form of
quarrels and acts of
domestic violence, he
said.
The killers in both
the cases did not just
use a saw to chop the
body but also used a
fridge to hide the piec-
es and the foul smell.
Anupama Gulati murder case redux?
2010 STILL HAUNTS
Aaftab had trained
on how to cut meat
n CUT VICTIM’S BODY INTO PIECES OVER TWO DAYS
n HANDLED HER SOCIAL MEDIA TO HIDE SUSPICION
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi Police Tuesday took
Aaftab Poonawala to
the forest area of south
Delhi's Chhatarpur
and spent nearly three
hours to locate specific
places where he had al-
legedly dumped her
body parts.
After the scene rec-
reation exercise on
Tuesday, the accused
was brought back to
the police station. Ac-
cording to police offi-
cials, he will also be
taken to some other
places in the city be-
sides the Chhatarpur
jungle area as part of
their probe into the
horrific murder.
As Poonawala, with
his face covered with a
white cloth and sur-
rounded by police per-
sonnel, was taken to
the woods, camera
crews and journalists
jostled with each other.
The ire over the
gruesome killing
seemed to spill over
with a woman at the
spot asking Poonawala
if he was ashamed of
his actions.
“The crime scene
was recreated to un-
derstand and ascertain
the sequence of events
that led to the heinous
crimeandhowheman-
aged to locate the spots
where different pieces
could be dumped with-
out inviting public
glare,” a senior police
official said.
According to police,
13 body parts were
foundaftertheaccused
pinpointed the areas
where he had thrown
them, but only after
their forensic exami-
nation, it can be con-
firmed if they belong
to the victim.
Forest area
searched for
three hours
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi Police probe into the
Shraddha Walker murder case has revealed that
accused Aaftab Poonawala was a food blogger
who used to work at a call centre here. The po-
lice are now investigating if he had rented a flat
in Delhi’s Chhatarpur area as part of a conspir-
acy to kill the victim.
Probe has also revealed that the couple had
frequent fights.
According to police, before shifting to Delhi
in 2022, the couple had come into a relationship
in 2019. They stayed in Maharashtra for some
time but used to visit various places as part of
their travel plans.
According to the police, they went to hill sta-
tions in March-April. Both of them had trav-
elled to Himachal Pradesh for a few days in May
and stayed together where they met a man who
lived in Delhi’s Chhatarpur. As per reports,
upon shifting to Delhi, they had initially stayed
at the flat of the same man whom they met in
Himachal. However, the stay did not change the
situation between them.
New Delh (PTI): A
doctor who treated
Aaftab Amin Poon-
awala, said the ac-
cused had visited him
in May, the same
month when the wom-
an was killed, for
treating a wound.
Dr Anil Kumar re-
called Poonawala was
very aggressive and
restless when he had come to him for treatment
and when he asked him about his injury, he
claimed he got hurt while cutting fruit.
“In May, he came in the morning hours. My
assistant told me that one person has come with
an injury
. When I saw him, I found it was not a
deep injury but a superficial one.
“The underline structure was intact. When I
asked him how he sustained this injury, he re-
plied it was while he was cutting fruit. I did not
have any doubt as it was a small clean knife
cut,” said Kumar. He said 28-year-old Poonawala
was a very bold and confident person when he
met him for the first time during the treatment.
“Two days ago, police brought him to my hos-
pital and asked whether I treated this guy
. I rec-
ognised him and said yes.
“He was very aggressive and restless when he
came for treatment. He looked into my eyes
while speaking. He was very bold and confident.
He was speaking in English and told me he was
from Mumbai and came to Delhi as the city has
good opportunities in IT sector,” Dr Kumar said.
Aaftab, a food blogger,
traveller ‘murderer’
He was aggressive
and restless: Doctor
New Delhi (PTI):
Neighbours of the
28-year-old man, who
allegedly chopped his
live-in partner's body
into pieces and kept
them in a fridge at his
house in Mehrauli
here for almost three
weeks, said they were
clueless until the po-
lice arrested him.
They said there was
barely any furniture
in the couple's house
and the new refrigera-
tor the accused pur-
chased to hide the
body was kept in the
drawing room.
The neighbours
also said they had
never seen the victim
in the locality but had
spotted the accused
coming downstairs
from his house on the
first floor to collect
food delivery orders.
Aaftab Poonawala
and 29-year-old Shrad-
dha Walkar lived on
the first floor of a
building at Gully
Number 1 in Chhatar-
pur Pahadi area.
Though the South
Delhi neighbourhood
has houses in close
proximity, most peo-
ple said they did not
hear any cry or see
unusual activity.
Kusumlata, who
lives in the house in-
front of the building
where Walkar was al-
legedly murdered,
said, Three to four
days ago, I was com-
ing back from work
when I saw police in
the building and
asked its owner what
had happened. He
said a woman had
gone missing.
Palghar (ANI):
Friends of Shraddha
here said initially, the
couple lived happily,
but things deteriorated
between them and she
wanted to break the re-
lationship.
Rajat Shukla, her
friend, said, Today
suddenly the news
flashed on the mobile. I
was shaken to the core
that my friend has been
murdered. She had told
us in 2019 that she was
in a relationship since
2018. They lived togeth-
er. Initially, they lived
happily
,butthenShard-
dha started saying that
Aaftab beat her. She
wantedtoleavehimbut
couldn't.
Rajat said it had be-
come very difficult
for her to come out of
that relationship, add-
ing that her life had
become like hell.
“
AftershiftingtoDel-
hi,ourcontactwithher
nearly broke, he said.
Laxman Nadir, an-
other friend, said, She
had contacted me two
months ago. She did
not reply to any of my
texts since August. Her
phone was switched
off. That is when it be-
came a point of con-
cerntomethatIshould
start reaching out to
the people.
‘She wanted to leave Aaftab
but...’ friends reveal her side
Mini-saw used to chop
body not yet found
New Delhi (ANI): Sources said that Aaftab
had used only one weapon to chop Shrad-
dha’s body parts. The weapon is yet to be
recovered.
“As per police, only one weapon was used
to chop Shraddha’s body parts. Aftab had
used a mini saw to chop off the body parts.
The mini saw is yet to be recovered. Aftab
broke down after they grilled him when he
gave confusing timelines of when Shraddha
left him,” the sources claimed.
Police sources said the accused used
Shraddha’s Instagram account until June to
give an impression of her being alive.
“Aaftab dumped Shraddha’s phone, her
last location being traced so that it can be
retrieved. Police are searching for the weap-
on used to chop her body
. He used her Insta-
gram account until June to give an impres-
sion of her being alive,” the sources said.
CBI officials arrive at Mehrauli Police Station for the probe
in the case, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Ac-
cording to the FIR,
the victim's father
separated from her
mother in 2016. The
mother died a couple
of years ago. It said
Walkar used to earlier
inform her mother
that Poonawala had
been beating her up.
Around 15- 20 days
after her death, she
called her father and
told him the same.
She had even met
him in person later.
The FIR quoting the
victim's father read,
When I asked her to
leave Poonawala and
return home, he apol-
ogised to her and she
went back with him.
She did not listen to
me and therefore I
stopped talking to
her. Ankit Chauhan,
ADCP-I, South district
said the father had
called Poonawala one
day and learnt that
the couple had parted
ways sometime ago.
FATHER FILED
‘MISSING’
COMPLAINT
HEART OF DARKNESS
SIMILAR MODUS OPERANDI OF BOTH ACCUSED
Clueless until
copscame,say
neighbours
The building wherein the two
had rented a flat.
Police told us
a woman
had gone
missing. We had
never seen the wom-
an but saw the man
coming downstairs
often to collect food
delivery orders
—Kusumlata,
Neighbour
There was a fight to such extent that
she texted me asking to take her
somewhere that night, fearing he
would kill her. —Laxman Nadir, Friend

PERSPECTIVE
04
What is the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia?
he latest G20
Summit is be-
ing held in Bali,
Indonesia, on
November 15
and 16. It is the culmina-
tion of a series of G20
events that have been go-
ing on for the past year.
But what are these G20
meetings really about?
What are the goals and
benefits for member states,
countries around the
world, and for host nation
Indonesia in particular?
Reports and statements
conveyed by state officials
that have attempted to ex-
plain this often use com-
plex and sometimes diplo-
matic language, making it
difficult for the public to
understand. This is unfor-
tunate as this year’s G20
meetings have attracted
more international atten-
tion than previous years.
The results of this summit
will undoubtedly deter-
mine the cohesiveness,
solidarity, and effective-
ness of the G20 forum and
its member countries.
WHAT IS THE G20?
The G20 is a multilateral
forum representing the
world’s largest economies,
involving 19 countries – Ar-
gentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, France,
Germany
, India, Indonesia,
Italy, Japan, Republic of
Korea,Mexico,Russia,Sau-
di Arabia, South Africa,
Turkey
, the UK, and the US
– plus the European Union.
GLOBAL HEALTH
The main agenda for the
health sector is strength-
ening “global health archi-
tecture”. The G20 member
countries, usually repre-
sented by their respective
ministers, hold a series of
meetings to discuss how to
build a resilient global
health system, align global
health protocols, and es-
tablish centres for the
manufacture and research
of genomes and vaccines.
DIGITAL CHANGE
The next primary agenda
item in G20 discussions is
on digital transformation.
Thetopicisbeingdiscussed
bycountriesandstakehold-
ers through the G20 Digital
Working Group, which has
carried out a series of ac-
tivities and meetings since
March 2022.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
The third agenda item at
this year’s G20 meetings is
on achieving a sustainable
energy transition. This re-
fers to efforts to encourage
global transition from non-
renewable energy use,
such as petroleum and
coal, to renewable energy,
including solar, wind, and
hydro.
Human activities, how-
ever, have disrupted this
natural balance. These in-
clude the combustion of
fossil fuels, pollution that
destroys marine life, and
forest encroachment. Ulti-
mately
, these activities will
continue to increase the
Earth’stemperature,which
hasincreasedby1.2°Csince
the pre-industrial era.
For this reason, coun-
tries worldwide – includ-
ing the G20 – are presently
taking various measures
to restore this balance. Ac-
cording to the Paris Agree-
ment, the deadline is 2050.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
T
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of
the future, concentrate the mind on the
present moment. —Buddha
he Trinamool government
is in a spot once again
thankstoWestBengalmin-
ister Akhil Giri who has
come under severe criti-
cism over his controversial
remarks on President
Droupadi Murmu recently
.
KEEPING DISTANCE
After a video of his com-
ments went viral, the Tri-
namool Congress (TMC)
minister apologised on
Friday and Sunday and on
Monday, the party supre-
mo and West Bengal Chief
Minister, Mamata Baner-
jee, had said the party con-
demned and apologised for
her minister’s comments
on President Droupadi
Murmu. Saying it is not in
her party’s culture to
make personal comments,
she added the MLA has
been cautioned over his
comments and her party
has also apologised.
“We respect the Presi-
dent a lot. She is a very
sweet lady, I apologise for
the comments,” Ms Baner-
jee said, adding that “Akhil
(Giri) has done something
wrong; I condemn the com-
ments and I apologise.
“Beautyisnotabouthow
you look, it is about how
you are from the inside,”
she added. Earlier, while
the BJP demanded his ar-
rest and removal from his
post besides a public apol-
ogy from Chief Minister
MamataBanerjee,theTMC
distanced itself from his
comments. The TMC is
having a tough time as the
party
,inordertosteerclear
of controversy, has had to
distance itself from a lot of
its stalwarts.
Calling the comments
“irresponsible”, the party
had distanced itself from
Giri’s remarks. “This is an
irresponsible comment
does NOT represent the
views of @AITCofficial.
We are extremely proud of
the President of India
hold her her office in the
highest regard,” read the
tweet by TMC spokesper-
son Saket Gokhale.
The BJP claimed when
he made those comments,
the women welfare depart-
ment minister of Mamata
Banerjee’s cabinet Shashi
Panka was also there.
While sharing the video
on social media, the state
BJP accused Mamata Ba-
nerjee and the Trinamool
of being anti-tribal.
COURTING TROUBLE
Such a remark by one of
its ministers regarding
President Droupadi Mur-
mu threatens to derail the
TMC’s ambitious plans to
keep the substantial tribal
population in West Bengal
from drifting away to-
wards the Saffron might.
BJP, meanwhile, is do-
ing everything to keep the
heat on TMC and have also
demanded his resignation.
THE TRIBAL CARD
Tribals account for about
7 to 8% of Bengal’s popula-
tion. In four parliamenta-
ry constituencies in Jun-
glemahal region, compris-
ing Jhargram, Bankura,
Purulia and West Mid-
napore districts, and eight
constituencies spread
across North Bengal dis-
tricts, such as Cooch Be-
har, Darjeeling, Alipurdu-
ar, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri,
North and South Dinajpur
and Malda, the tribal pop-
ulation count may go up to
almost 25%.
It may be recalled that
in the 2019 Lok Sabha elec-
tions, the BJP had sur-
prised the TMC by win-
ning 18 seats… while the
TMC registered wins in 22
seats. What is important is
that the BJP had picked up
considerably in the tribal-
dominated areas and the
party had bagged all the
seats in Junglemahal and
six constituencies in
North Bengal.
SEESAW BATTLE
As they say, nothing and
no one are permanent en-
emies. The TMC had
fought and won a huge
number in the 2021 Assem-
bly elections, especially in
the Junglemahal districts,
which led to the TMC’s
massive mandate. Modi
government’s ace decision
while nominating Murmu
as the President had made
the TMC chief wary of the
binary of regional politics.
After the former
Jharkhand Governor’s
name was announced,
Mamata had created a flut-
ter by saying that if the
BJP had consulted the Op-
position parties, Murmu
could have been a “consen-
sus candidate” for the
country’s top post.
WHAT DIDI HAD SAID
“Had we known that they
(the NDA) were planning
to field a tribal woman or
a member of a minority
community, we could have
thought about it (consen-
sus). We have great respect
for people from tribal com-
munities and for women,”
Mamata said, adding that
now that (Yashwant) Sin-
ha had already filed his
nomination papers….
Not only stopping at
that, the astute politician
that Prime Minister is,
apart from nominating
Murmu as the President,
the PM through his Mann
Ki Baat reached out to the
Santhal tribe by lauding
the efforts of Prof Sripati
Tudu from none other
than West Bengal, who
had translated the Consti-
tution into Santhali lan-
guage’s Ol Chiki script.
For TMC, matters could
not be worse as the party’s
supremo was set to visit
Jhargram to celebrate
tribal legendary figure
Birsa Munda’s birth anni-
versary on Tuesday in a
bid to reach out to the trib-
als and Giri’s gaffe has
dampened this initiative.
TMC had also declared the
day as a general holiday
.
BJP’s West Bengal state
president, Sukanta Ma-
jumder, used the opportu-
nity to target the TMC and
he also accused the party
(TMC) of being “anti-trib-
al”. Amit Malviya, in-
charge of the BJP’s Na-
tional Information Tech-
nology Dept, and co-in-
charge of West Bengal,
tweeted: “Mamata Baner-
jee has always been anti-
Tribals, didn’t support
President Murmu for of-
fice, and now this. Shame-
ful level of discourse.”
The TMC had distanced
itself from Giri’s remarks
soonaftertherowbrokeout
on Friday
. Party said that
what Giri said was “irre-
sponsible”, and did not rep-
resent party’s views. “We
are extremely proud of the
President hold her her
office in the highest re-
gard,”tweetedTMCspokes-
person Saket Gokhale.
On Sunday, TMC Adi-
vasi leader and minister
Jyotsna Mandi said: “I
cannot support what Giri
said regarding a woman
President.” TMC leader
Kunal Ghosh, who also
condemned Giri’s re-
marks, added, “Where is
the condemnation from
BJP leaders when (LoP)
Suvendu Adhikari keeps
referring to the honorable
CM as ‘Begum’? Where is
the BJP’s ‘Nari Samman’
plank when its leaders use
reprehensible remarks
against women leaders?”
Already on the backfoot
with job scam and with
party stalwarts like Mon-
dol and Partha in custody
and with panchayat elec-
tions in a few months’
time, now Giri’s words has
put TMC in deep trouble.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GIRI’S BLUNDER MAY FLOUNDER
TMC’S TRIBAL PROSPECTS
T
TMC MINISTER APOLOGISES ON FRIDAY
AND SUNDAY; ON MONDAY WB CHIEF
MINISTER MAMATA SAYS, “I AM SORRY”
After a video of his comments went viral, the
Trinamool Congress (TMC) minister apolo-
gised on Friday and Sunday and on Monday, the
party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister,
Mamata Banerjee, had said the party condemned
and apologised for her minister’s comments on
President Droupadi Murmu. Saying it is not in
her party’s culture to make personal comments,
she added the MLA has been cautioned over his
comments and her party has also apologised.
CM MAMATA BANERJEE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN ANTI-TRIBALS,
SAYS BJP’S AMIT MALVIYA
Amit Malviya, in-charge
of the BJP’s National
Information Technology
Dept, and co-in-charge
of West Bengal, tweeted:
“Mamata Banerjee has
always been anti-Tribals,
didn’t support President
Murmu for office, and now
this. Shameful level of discourse.”
The Trinamool govt
is in a spot once
again, thanks to
Bengal Minister
Akhil Giri who has
come under severe
criticism over
his controversial
remarks on
President Droupadi
Murmu recently
Amit Shah @AmitShah
I bow to Lord Birsa Munda ji
on his birth anniversary and
wish everyone a Happy Tribal
Pride Day. Birsa Munda ji
fought with the British for the
protection of water, forest and
land. His valor and his lifelong
struggle for the upliftment of tribal society will
continue to inspire us.
TOP TWEETS
Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur
PM @narendramodi ji said,
“in India, in order to further
sustainable food security, we
are emphasising on natural
farming and making millets,
along with other traditional
food grains, more popular.”
He also talked about India’s strides in renewable
energy. #G20Summit
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INDIA
05
AMIT SHAH’S ‘TLC’
APPROACH FOR
PARTY REBELS
Rattled by protests and
angry statements by
leaders denied tickets
for Gujarat elections,
the BJP is “taking a love
and compassion” (TLC)
approach suggested
by Home Minister Amit
Shah, and plans to hold
one-on-one discussions
with discontented leaders,
sources said on Tuesday.
It comes a day after many
BJP workers protested at
the party’s headquarters,
Kamalam, in Gandhinagar
over the tickets from
some seats. The party
has so far announced 160
of 182 candidates, and al-
ready dropped 38 MLAs.
“A team of state leaders
has been given the job
to talk to the disgruntled
ones,” said a source in
the party. In power in Gu-
jarat for 27 consecutive
years, the party has partly
tried this approach in the
past few days, deput-
ing state home minister
Harsh Sanghavi.
TRIANGULAR
CONTEST IN
KHAMBHALIYA SEAT
The stage is set for
a triangular fight in
the Khambhaliya seat
of Devbhumi Dwarka
district with senior
Congress leader Vikram
Madam, Aam Aadmi
Party’s chief ministerial
candidate Isudan Gad-
hvi and BJP candidate
Mulubhai contesting the
next month’s Assembly
polls. Congress leader
Madam has grabbed
eyeballs not for his high
winning chances, but
for his political maturity,
diplomacy, and the way
he praised his elec-
toral opponent and AAP
candidate Isudan Gadhvi
in public meetings. His
speech has gone viral
on social media winning
several hearts.
GUJARAT POLLS
“BJP will break all records”
Shah confident of forming govt again
Amit Shah greets the BJP supporters as he arrive to inaugurate the party’s election, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Ahmedabad (ANI):Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Tuesday exud-
ed confidence in the BJP
forming government in
the upcoming Gujarat
Assembly elections and
said that the party will
“break all records and
win with the most num-
ber of seats”.
The Union Home
Minister is in Gujarat's
Ahmedabad where he
accompanied the San-
and constituency candi-
date in filing his nomi-
nation for the upcoming
assembly elections.
Speaking to the media
here, Shah said, “BJP in
this Assembly elections,
will break all records
and win with the most
number of seats and
will form the govern-
ment with a majority
.”
Shah hailed the lead-
ership of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi and
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel and said that
they are giving pace to
the developmental work
in the state.
The Union Minister
also mentioned the law
and order situation and
said that it has im-
proved in the state.
“The leadership of
PMModiandCMPatelis
giving pace to develop-
ment work. Gujarat’s
law and order situation
has improved, state’s
economy has grown. PM
Modi's development
model for Dalits, tribals
and OBC community of
Gujaratisbeingfollowed
by CM Patel,” he said.
The Bharatiya Janata
Party has fielded Kanu
Patel to contest from the
Sanand constituency in
Ahmedabad for the
polls slated to be held in
two phases on Decem-
ber 1 and December 5.
On Monday, the BJP
released its fourth list
of candidates, where it
announced 12 names in-
cluding two women can-
didates.
Earlier, the party re-
leased the names of 167
candidates for Gujarat
polls.
The leadership of PM Modi and CM
Patel is giving pace to development
work. Gujarat’s law and order situa-
tion has improved, state’s economy has grown.
PM Modi’s development model for Dalits, trib-
als and OBC community of Gujarat is being
followed by CM Patel.
—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
PM MODI, BJP CHIEF NADDA, HM SHAH
AMONG PARTY’S STAR CAMPAIGNERS
The BJP has drawn up a list of star campaigners for the
upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. Topping the list is
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The other prominent names
on the list include BJP national president JP Nadda, Union
Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
and fellow central cabinet colleagues Smriti Irani, Dharmen-
dra Pradhan, Mansukh Mandaviya and Purushottam Rupala.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who is seeking a fresh
mandate from the Ghatlodia Assembly segment, also features
in the star campaigners list along with BJP state president
CR Patil and state Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi.
KHARGE, GANDHIS, KANHAIYA: CONG’S
STAR CAMPAIGNERS FOR GUJ POLLS
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections next month, the
Congress on Tuesday released a list of 40 star campaign-
ers, which includes former party president Sonia Gandhi and
her children Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi and party general
secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Newly elected Congress
president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel are
among the other prominent names on the list. Interestingly,
it also includes former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan
Sachin Pilot who had led an unsuccessful rebellion against
Gehlot. Former CMs of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh and
Kamal Nath, are also scheduled to campaign in Gujarat.
“India undertaking efforts to fight climate change”
New Delhi (PTI): India
is undertaking an ardu-
ous effort to fight cli-
mate change despite
accounting for less than
4 per cent of the world’s
cumulative emissions
so far, Environment
Minister Bhupender
Yadav said on Tuesday
.
Delivering the na-
tional statement at the
UN climate summit in
Egypt, Yadav said India
responded to the call for
increased ambition in
the 2030 climate targets
and updated its Nation-
ally Determined Contri-
butions in August.
“India, home to 1.3 bil-
lion people, is undertak-
ing this arduous effort
despite the reality that
our contribution to the
world’scumulativeemis-
sions so far is less than 4
per cent and our annual
per capita emissions are
about one-third of the
global average,” he said.
The minister said the
country has embarked
on far-reaching new ini-
tiatives in renewable
energy
, e-mobility
, etha-
nol blended fuels, and
green hydrogen as an
alternateenergysource.
It seeks to foster
strong international co-
operation through ac-
tion and solutions-ori-
ented coalitions like
International Solar Al-
liance and the Coalition
of Disaster Resilience
Infrastructure, both of
which were launched
and nurtured by India,
Yadav said.
“This is a testimony
to our ethos of collec-
tive action for global
good,” he said.
Yadav mentioned that
India would assume the
presidency of the G20 in
2023 with the motto of
‘One Earth, One Family
,
One Future’.
“Ourjourneytowards
a planet safe for human-
ity is one that no nation
can undertake alone.
This is a collective jour-
ney to be undertaken
with equity and climate
justice as our guiding
principles,” he said.
“We hope that the
fight against climate
change will unite the
world as one family,”
the Union Minister for
Environment, Forest
Climate Change said.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav at at COP 27, in Egypt.
D Bravo,K Williamson,N Pooran
released ahead of IPL auction
New Delhi (PTI): IPL
giants Chennai Super
Kings on Tuesday end-
ed their hugely success-
ful 11-year association
with legendary all-
rounder Dwayne Bravo
while Sunrisers Hy-
derabad released star
batter Kane Williamson
ahead of the cash-rich
league’s mini auction.
Tuesday was the last
date to announce the
full list of players re-
tained and released by
the teams ahead of the
mini auction, sched-
uled to be held on De-
cember 23 in Kochi.
The day started with
Mumbai Indians’ long-
standing West Indian
all-rounder Kieron Pol-
lard announcing his re-
tirement from the IPL,
only to be drafted as the
five-time champions’
batting coach.
Mumbai Indians have
released 13 players. In
other big movements,
Punjab Kings have re-
leased their last edi-
tion’s captain Mayank
Agarwal, while West
Indies skipper Nicholas
Pooran was released by
Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Yatrahasbroughttofore
‘real’ Rahul: Ramesh
Washim (PTI): The
Bharat Jodo Yatra has
brought to the fore the
“real” Rahul Gandhi
andcompletelychanged
his image, senior party
leader Jairam Ramesh
asserted on Tuesday
.
Responding to a ques-
tion at a presser in here
where the yatra has
reached on its 69th day,
Ramesh said the cross-
country foot-march led
by Gandhi has nothing
to do with any state poll
and if its impact has to
be assessed, then it can
only be done in the 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
Ramesh said Gandhi
is “not a dettol or fevi-
col brand” that he has
to be rebranded and the
Lok Sabha MP from
Kerala has his own
views on key issues.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi embraces the people during the
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Hingoli on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KERALA CONG PREZ SUDHAKARAN’S
FAUX PAUS LEAVES SEVERAL FUMING
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress President K Sudha-
karan has come under attack from not just the CPI-M but
even his party men after he purportedly made ‘pro-RSS’
comments. On Children’s Day on Monday, Sudhakaran said
that PM Jawaharlal Nehru had struck a truce with “communal
fascists” for democracy’s sake by agreeing to accommodate
Jan Sangh founder and RSS leader Shyama Prasad Mukher-
jee in the Cabinet. A few days ago, he said Congress workers
had protected the RSS offices during his heydays in Kannur,
when it came under duress from the Left forces.
ED turns down
Soren’s request to
advance summons
Ranchi (PTI): The ED
has not agreed to
Jharkhand CM Hemant
Soren’s request for re-
scheduling the sum-
mons issued to him for
questioning on Novem-
ber 17 in a money laun-
dering case linked to
alleged illegal mining
in the state, sources
said on Tuesday. The
JMM leader had asked
the ED to advance the
date of appearance to
November 16, which
has not been agreed to
by the agency. Soren
was initially sum-
moned by the federal
probe agency on No-
vember 3, but he did not
depose citing official
engagements. He had
then sought a three-
week deferment of the
summons. The CM has
been asked to appear at
ED’s regional office.
Didi:Will I have to
touch PM’s feet for
MGNREGA funds?
Kolkata (Agencies):
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
on Tuesday questioned
whether she will have
to touch the feet of the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to get the dues
of the state government
on account of Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guaran-
tee Act (MGNREGA)
scheme.
“To get the Central
funds for the 100-day job
scheme under MGNRE-
GA scheme is our right.
I personally met the
Prime Minister and
spoke to him in the mat-
ter. Will I have to touch
his feet now? The Union
government will have
to pay our dues at any
cost. Else the positions
of power have to be va-
cated,” the CM said at
Jhargram on Tuesday
.
Everyone living in
India is ‘Hindu’, says
RSS chief Bhagwat
Shillong: RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat on
Sunday said all people
living in India are Hin-
dus in terms of identi-
ty. Elaborating the RSS’
philosophy, he said that
Hinduism is not a reli-
gion but a way of life.
At a gathering in
Shillong, the RSS chief
said all are Hindus as
all Indians are the in-
habitants of Hindu-
stan, which, he said is
in the south of the Him-
alayas, north of Indian
Ocean, on the bank of
the Indus river.
“The habitants of
this area are tradition-
ally called Hindus. This
is also called Bharat,”
said Bhagwat.
The RSS chief said
evenbeforetheMughals
who have spread Islam
and the British rulers
who spread Christiani-
ty, Hindus were already
in existence.
“AMAZON FUNDING
CONVERSIONS IN N-E”
New Delhi: RSS-linked
weekly ‘Organiser’ has
accused US e-commerce
giant Amazon of financing
a “Christian conversion
module” in India’s north-
eastern states and being
involved in suspected
money laundering. The
publication carried a cover
story in its latest edition.
SC TO HEAR PLEA
FOR LIFETIME BAN
ON CONVICTED NETAS
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday posted
for next week hearing in
a plea seeking to debar
convicted Members of
Parliament and State
Legislative Assemblies
from contesting elec-
tions for life. A top court
Bench said that it will
hear the matter next
week as it was hearing
other matters.
MLAS POACHING: HC
SAYS NO TO BJP’S
PLEA FOR CBI PROBE
Hyderabad: The Telan-
gana High Court on Tues-
day rejected BJP plea to
hand over the TRS MLAs
poaching case to the CBI
but made the SIT prob-
ing the case independent.
The court also ruled that
a single judge will moni-
tor the probe into the
case relating to arrest of
3 alleged agents of BJP
for “luring” 4 TRS MLAs.
HC JUNKS UDDHAV’S
PLEA AGAINST POLL
SYMBOL’S FREEZING
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Tuesday
dismissed the plea moved
by Former Maharashtra CM
Uddhav Thackeray against
the Election Commission’s
decision to freeze Election
Symbol of Bow and Arrow.
The Bench also directed
ECI to decide the dispute as
expeditiously as possible
which is pending before it.
GUJ HC JUDGE RECUSES
HIMSELF FROM BAIL
PETITION OF SETALVAD
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High
Court judge Justice Samir
Dave on Tuesday recused
himself from hearing the
regular bail petition of
activist Teesta Setalvad in
connection with a case of
the alleged fabrication of
evidence to frame innocent
people concerning 2002
Gujarat riots. Setalvad is
out on interim bail.
FOLLOW OUR ORDERS
ON ADOPTION AND
POLLING FOR IOA: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday directed
that its orders of October
10 and November 3 on the
adoption of constitution
and polling for executive
committee of the Indian
Olympic Association shall
be scrupulously followed. A
bench recorded assurance
of Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta on this matter.
COURTYARD
in the
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Prez Murmu, V-P Dhankhar, PM Modi pay tributes
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi addressed the
nation on the occasion
of Jan jatiya Gaurav Di-
vas on November 15. He
said,“Iconsiderthisthe
fortune of my govt that
it got the opportunity to
declare 15th Nov (birth
anniversary of Birsa
Munda) as Janjatiya
Gaurav Diwas. He was
not only the hero of our
political independence,
but he was also the con-
ductor of our spiritual
and cultural energy
.” He
further added, “ Today,
the entire country is cel-
ebrating the birth anni-
versary of Bhagwan
Birsa Munda with devo-
tion and respect.”
ODISHA EOW
ARRESTS THREE
CYBER CRIMINALS
OUR GOVT WILL DEAL
WITH RELIGIOUS
CONVERSION: BAGHEL
Bhubaneswar: Three cyber
criminals, including two
from Rajasthan, were
arrested for allegedly
cheating several people
of Odisha. Mahmud Khan
and Munfed Khan were
arrested from Rajasthan
and Anil Khiller from Odi-
sha’s Mayurbhanj district,
an official of the economic
offences wing (EOW) of
Odisha said. The accused
along with few others have
opened about 2000 mule
accounts with Indian Post
Payment Bank (IPPB)
in the name of different
innocent/rustic persons of
Odisha, West Bengal, Bi-
har, and Assam. They have
cheated several people
of Odisha’s Nabarangpur
district.
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Bhupesh Baghel
has said one’s caste is
accorded by birth and one
cannot change the caste
into which one is born.
However, while everybody
has the right to choose
his or her religion, his
government is strict and
unsparing when it comes
to dealing with forcible
religious conversions, he
added. Strict action will
be taken if any compaint
of forcible religious
conversion is brought to
the government’s notice,
the CM added. The SC on
Monday observed that
everyone has the right to
choose their religion but
there should be no forced
conversion.
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRSA MUNDA
WHATSAPP INDIA HEAD AND META INDIA’S
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY RESIGN
New Delhi: WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and director
of Public Policy at Meta India Rajiv Aggarwal resigned from
their positions on Tuesday. Shivnath Thukral, director of
WhatsApp Public Policy in India, has now been made the
director of Public Policy for all Meta brands in the country.
The development came after Meta Chief Executive Officer
Mark Zuckerberg said on November 9 that it will fire over
11,000 employees. The layoff will reduce Meta’s staff
strength by 13%. The company has also extended a freeze
on new hiring till first quarter (Jan-March) of next fiscal.
President Droupadi Murmu meets with the family members of
Birsa Munda in Jharkhand on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Munda was carrier of our spiritual cultural
energy: PM on Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas
New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
tending greetings on the
occasion of Janjatiya
Gaurav Diwas, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi said that the na-
tion is moving with the
energy of ‘Panch Praan’
to realize the dreams of
Bhagwan Birsa Munda
and crores of Janjatiya
braveheart.
“Expressing pride in
the tribal heritage of
the country through
Janjatiya Gaurav Di-
was and resolution for
the development of the
Adivasi community is
part of that energy”,
PM said. PM Modi paid
tributes to Bhagwan
Birsa Munda and said
that 15th November is a
day to celebrate Adivasi
tradition.
VP Dhankhar at Birsa Munda birth anniversary celebration in Delhi.
Birsa Munda was a young freedom fighter and a tribal
leader, whose spirit of activism in the late nineteenth
century, is remembered to be a strong mark of protest
against British rule in India. Born and raised in the tribal
belt around Bihar and Jharkhand, Birsa Munda’s achieve-
ments are known to be even more remarkable by virtue of
the fact that he came to acquire them before he was 25.
UP: Yogi takes part
in Griha Pravesh
Lucknow (ANI): Stat-
ing that the poor and
underprivileged re-
mained deprived of
benefitting from ambi-
tious government
schemes like PMAY
before 2017 in Uttar
Pradesh, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
said that previous gov-
ernments divided the
society to salvage the
lost political ground
and to increase their
vote bank.
“Their neglect re-
veals their real con-
cern for the needy,”
Adityanath said. He
took part in the ‘Griha
Pravesh’ ceremony for
beneficiaries under
CM Awas Scheme, and
distribution of the first
installment to about
34,500 beneficiaries on
Tuesday.
SEVEN APE LIKE
ENDANGERED
ANIMALS SEIZED
‘GIVE ME INSTANCE OF
MY INTERFERENCE IN
GOVT I WILL QUIT’
Assam: The Assam Police
on Tuesday apprehended
two men for allegedly
transporting seven Ape-like
endangered animals from
Mizoram. The police team of
Ramnathpur Police Station
seized these endangered
animals which were
transported from Mizoram.
“Seven Ape-like endangered
animals were seized by
Hailakandi police team of
Ramnathpur PS. Animals
were transported from
Mizoram,” Hailakandi police
said. Earlier on Septem-
ber 16, Khawzawl Police
at Tuisenphai Checkgate
rescued three two-spider
monkeys (female with a
baby) and one Indri Lemur
suspected to be smuggled
from Myanmar.
New Delhi: Kerala Gover-
nor Arif Mohammad Khan
responding to the LDF pro-
test outside the Raj Bhavan
said, give me one instance
where I tried to interfere in
the business of the govt,
I shall resign at that very
moment. Khan said, Job to
run universities is with the
chancellor, to run govt is
with elected govt. Give me
one instance where I tried
to interfere in the business
of the government, I shall
resign at that very moment.
He added, “I’m not going
to deal with these things.
But I can tell you one thing,
I think there’s enough
evidence for you to come to
the conclusion that I’m not
the type of person who can
be pressurised.”
WHO WAS BIRSA MUNDA?
CRUCIAL READ
“Amit Shah’s firmness helped transition of power in Maha”
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis on
Tuesday said Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah’s firmness helped
in the smooth transition
of powerinthestateear-
lier this year as the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) countered “be-
trayalbytheShivSena”.
He also added that
“Shah’s thoughts had
the potential to change
anyone’s life.”
Fadnavis was speak-
ing in Mumbai as the
chief guestatthelaunch
of a booklet inspired by
the thoughts of senior
BJP leader Shah.
Addressing the gath-
ering, Fadnavis said,
“Shah’s thoughts have
the potential to change
anyone’s life. Open any
page of this booklet
and you would certain-
ly get some knowledge,
which would inspire
you. Every sentence of
the ‘Vichaar Pushp’
booklet guides us to-
ward a path in life.”
Hailing the Union
minister for his dedica-
tion towards the party,
the Maharashtra depu-
ty CM said, “We have
seen his work as BJP
national president. Dur-
ing the Lok Sabha elec-
tions in 2014, we all saw
how the party clocked
the highest number of
seats in Uttar Pradesh
with him as the national
general secretary. If
anyone can take credit
for this, it is only the
leadership of Modi ji
(Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi) and the work
of Amit bhai. They
toured almost all over
the country to strength-
en the party. They
stayed for several days
in each state. Amit bhai
has reached every sec-
tion of the society by
holding 40-40 meetings
in a day
.”
Crediting the suc-
cessful induction of the
BJP government in Ma-
harashtra to Shah, Fad-
navis added, “Amit
Shah also stayed in Ma-
harashtra for two-and-
a-half months and han-
dled the election pro-
cess from the state BJP
office. And as a result,
the BJP government
came into power with
its own chief minister
in Maharashtra.”
(L to R) BJP leader Madhavi Maik, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish
Shelar, BJP Mumbai Vice Prez Acharya Pawan Tripathi, Maha
Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Maha BJP prez Chandrashekhar
Bawankule, Maha cabinet ministers Mangal Prabhat Lodha Atul
Save at launch of ‘Vichaar Pushp’ booklet in Mumbai on Tuesday.
He (Shah) be-
lieves in
Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj and
Veer Savarkar. He not
only possesses leadership
abilities, but also tremen-
dous decision-making
ability. Everyone has seen
the change (change of re-
gime) in Maharashtra.
—Devendra Fadnavis,
Maharashtra Deputy CM
INDIA
06
Daughter’s complaint led to father’s body
Ghaziabad (PTI): The
testimony of a 16-year-
old on how her mother
killed her father led to
the police unravelling a
murder case they had
closed four years ago
and discovering the
body buried under a
two-floor building.
Chandravir, alias Pa-
poo, of Sikrod village
went missing on Sep-
tember 28, Circle Offic-
er-2 (City) Alok Dubey
said. Papoo’s daughter
Annu, who was 12 at the
time, recently lodged a
complaint against her
mother and stepfather,
alleging that they in-
tended to force her into
marrying a man twice
her age.
Annu narrated the
whole story of how her
father was killed and
buried by her mother
Savita and stepfather
Arun, alias Anil Kumar,
who was her brother-in-
law. The two later got
married after murder-
ing Chandravir.
Police dug up a near-
ly six-foot pit at Arun’s
house and exhumed a
skeleton. A DNA test
will now be conducted
on the body
, the CO said.
The accused, Savita and Arun, in police custody.
Mumbai (PTI):
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA Ram Kadam on
Tuesday said he will
write a letter to Delhi
Police to seek a probe
into the possible Love
Jihad angle behind the
murder of Shraddha
Walkar, a resident of
Vasai near Mumbai.
Love jihad is a term
used by right-wing
groups to allege a con-
certed effort by Muslim
men to convert Hindu
womentoIslamthrough
marriage.
Mumbai MLA Kad-
am and his supporters
gathered in Ghatkopar
area here on Tuesday
and raised slogans
against Walkar's live-in
partner Aaftab Amin
Poonawala, who is ac-
cused of killing her and
has been arrested by
Delhi Police. They had
also brought an effigy
of Poonawala to mark
their protest.
Speaking to reporters
here, Kadam said, I
will write a letter to the
Delhi Police requesting
them to conduct a probe
into the possibility of
'Love Jihad' behind the
killing of Shraddha by
Aaftab Poonawala. Are
there any groups or
gangs behind such an
incident? Is an enemy
state involved in it? It
should be probed.
Walkar's murder
should not be seen as a
standalone case, he
said, adding that simi-
lar incidents have taken
place earlier.
BJP MLA seeks probe into ‘Love Jihad’ angle
Supporters of BJP leader Ram Kadam raise slogans during a protest over the killing of Shraddha
Walkar in Delhi, in Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Anger, lack of communication
behind violent crimes: Experts
Manish Sain
New Delhi: As the
police probe a multi-
tude of factors that
pushed Aaftab Poon-
awala to allegedly
butcher his live-in
partner into 35 piec-
es, experts say lack
of communication
and low anger thresh-
old are behind such
violent crimes.
Forensic psycholo-
gist Deepti Puranik
said, “We find it often
these days that peo-
ple get stressed out
easily, they are not
able to tolerate frus-
tration. Instead of
communicating and
resolving the issue,
they are resorting to
fighting.”
Smita Pandey, asso-
ciate dean, School of
Behavioural Science
at the National Foren-
sic Sciences Univer-
sity, said piling is-
sues, old grudges and
an anti-social life-
style can lead to a
sudden burst of an-
ger. “Lately, people
are not able to forgive
small issues that hap-
pen in daily life. They
keep piling up,” Pan-
dey said. —PTI
POLICE TO SEEK AFTAB’S PROFILE
DETAILS FROM DATING APP
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi Police is likely to write to
the dating app Bumble to seek details of accused
Aftab’s profile to find out the details of women
who visited him. Aftab had met Shraddha on this
dating app. The Delhi Police wants to ascertain if
any of the women Aftab dated on the app could
be a possible reason behind Shraddha’s alleged
murder. “Delhi Police may write to Bumble to get
details of Aftab’s profile to find details of women
who visited him in his house when Shraddha’s
body was still in the refrigerator,” police sources
said. Bumble’s headquarter is in Texas, USA.
FATHER SUSPECTS
‘LOVE JIHAD’
Mumbai: Vikas Walker,
father of Shraddha Walker,
on Tuesday demanded
death penalty for the ac-
cused while also suspect-
ing a love jihad angle
behind the incident. I
suspected a love jihad an-
gle. We demand the death
penalty for Aaftab. I trust
Delhi Police and the probe
moving in the right direc-
tion. Shraddha was close
to her uncle and didn't talk
to me much. I was never
in touch with Aftaab. I
lodged the first complaint
in Vasai, he said.
Mumbai (PTI): Aaftab
Amin Poonawala had
visited the housing so-
ciety in Vasai in Pal-
ghar district a fortnight
ago to help his family
members shift to Mum-
bai, a society member
said on Tuesday
.
“Aaftab Poonawala
had visited Unique
Park Housing Society
in Vasai around 15 days
back to help his family
members who shifted
from the society to
Mumbai,” the housing
society member said.
The society member
recalled that Aaftab
spoke normally during
his visit. “No one can
even think that he had
committed such a hei-
nous crime,” he said.
He said the Poonawa-
las own a flat in the so-
ciety and lived there for
20 years before shifting.
Nobody ever com-
plained against them.
“When we asked
them the reason behind
shifting, Aaftab’s father
told us that his son got
a job in Mumbai and his
company will pay rent.
They also spoke about
inconvenience (about
shuttling between
Mumbai and Vasai,
which is in Palghar dis-
trict and part of the
Mumbai Metropolitan
Region),” he said.
The housing society’s
secretary Abdullah
Khan, who lives in the
same wing as the Poon-
awalas, said Aaftab and
his family members al-
ways behaved nicely
.
Aaftab’s family moved to Mumbai 15 days ago

Crisil foresees bank credit growing 15%
Mumbai (PTI): Riding on
a broad-based economic re-
covery and stronger, clean-
er balance sheets, lenders
are expected to see their
credit growing at 15% this
fiscal and the next, a report
said on Tuesday
.
Credit growth so far this
fiscal has printed in at
around 18%, which is a dec-
adal high.
Already, large lenders
have seen corporates flock-
ing to banks for funds for
capital expenditure and
also for working capital as
the demand side of the
economy is faring better.
SBI has the best corpo-
rate loan sales in Q2 re-
cording a 20% growth and
so did most other lenders
including private sector
banks. Bank credit is seen
growing 15% per annum in
fiscals 2023 and 2024, Crisil
said in a report.
The agency said that its
forecast is based on an ex-
pected 7% GDP growth this
fiscal, as well as the expect-
ed continuation of the
credit push from govern-
ment’s infrastructure
spends, higher working
capital demand in a high-
inflation environment.
THIS AND NEXT FISCALS
HIGHLIGHTING
POINTS
z Credit growth so far this
fiscal has printed in at
around 18%, which is a
decadal high
z State Bank of India (SBI) has
the best corporate loan sales
in Q2 recording a 20 per cent
growth
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: SBI has raised
the marginal cost of
funds-based lending rate
(MCLR) by 15 basis points
across tenors, making
most consumer loans
costlier for borrowers. The
revised rates come into ef-
fect from November 15,
2022. The benchmark
one-year MCLR, which is
used as base for fixing
most of home, auto and
personal loans, has been
raised by 10 basis points
(bps) to 8.05%, as against
7.95% earlier. Likewise,
the two-year and three-
year MCLRs have been
raised by 10 basis points
each. —PTI
SBI HIKES MCLR BY
UP TO 15 BPS
ACROSS TENORS
New Delhi (PTI): HDFC
will raise up to `5,500
crore by issuing bonds on
private placement basis to
shore up its resources.
The secured redeemable
non-convertible deben-
tures issue will have a
base size of `4,000 crore
with an option to retain
oversubscription of up to
`1,500 crore. “The object
of the issue is to augment
the long-term resources
of the Corporation,”
Housing Development Fi-
nance Corporation
(HDFC) Ltd said in a regu-
latory filing. —PTI
HDFC TO RAISE UP
TO `5,500 CRORE
VIA BONDS
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
top oil and gas producer
ONGC reported a 30% fall
in September quarter net
profit after the govern-
ment brought a new tax
on windfall profits arising
from a spurt in interna-
tional energy prices. Net
profit of `12,825.99
crore, or `10.20 a share,
in July-Sept 2022-23 is
compared with
`18,347.73 crore, or
`14.58 per share net
profit in the same period
a year ago, ONGC said in
a statement. —PTI
ONGC Q2 PROFIT
TUMBLES 30 PER
CENT TO `12,826 CR
New Delhi: Reserve Bank
Governor Shaktikanta Das
will hold a meeting with
CEOs of public sector
banks on Wednesday to
discuss issues concerning
slow deposit growth and
sustainability of high
credit demand. As per the
RBI data, deposits rose by
9.6% as compared to
10.2% on a Y-o-Y basis,
while credit offtake wit-
nessed a jump of 17.9%
as against 6.5% a year
ago. According to an
agenda circulated for the
meeting, sustainability, in-
cluding pricing and slow
growth of deposits, would
be discussed. —PTI
RBI GOVERNOR DAS
TO MEET CEOs OF
BANKS TODAY
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 53,275.00 294.00 0.55 (Per 10g)
SILVER 63,148.00 366.00 0.57 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.11 0.17 0.20
GBPINR 95.90 0.02 0.02
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
MOODY’S ACCORDS
NEGATIVE OUTLOOK TO
CREDIT WORTHINESS
New Delhi: Moody’s on
Tuesday gave a ‘negative
outlook’ to credit worthiness
of countries
globally for
2023, saying
high prices
of food and
energy would curb eco-
nomic growth and raise social
tensions. Tighter financial
conditions and economic
scarring will push some debt
burdens to unsustainable
levels, while rising borrowing
costs will erode debt afford-
ability, according to Moody’s.
It forecast that as many as
13 nations, including India,
would spend over 20% of
their government revenue in
servicing debt next year.—PTI
CCI TO TAKE UP GST
COMPLAINTS FROM
DECEMBER 1
New Delhi: All GST anti-prof-
iteering complaints would be
dealt with by the Competition
Commission
of India (CCI)
from Decem-
ber 1 as the
extended ten-
ure of National Anti-profiteer-
ing Authority ends this month,
an official said on Tuesday.
A notification in this regard
is expected to be issued by
the finance ministry later this
month, the official added.
The National Anti-profiteering
Authority (NAA) was set up in
November 2017 under Section
171A of Goods and Services
Tax (GST) law to check unfair
profiteering activities by regis-
tered suppliers. —PTI
US ORDERS AIR INDIA TO PAY $121.5 MN AS
PASSENGER REFUNDS $1.4 MN AS FINES
Washington: The US has ordered Tata-group owned Air India to
pay a whopping $121.5 million as refunds and $1.4 million as
penalties for extreme delays in providing refunds to passengers
due to the cancellation or change in
flights, mostly during the pandemic,
officials said. Air India is among the six
airlines that have agreed to cough up
a total of over $600 million as refunds,
the US Department of Transportation
said on Monday. Air India’s policy of
“refund on request” is contrary to the
Department of Transportation policy, which mandates air carriers
to legally refund tickets in the case of cancellation or change in
flight, officials said. —PTI
GOVT ISSUES DRAFT NOTIFICATION TO STREAMLINE,
STRENGTHEN TOURIST PERMIT REGIME
New Delhi: With an aim to further streamline and strengthen the
tourist permit regime, the ministry of road transport and high-
ways (MoRTH) has issued a draft notification to supersede the
All India Tourist Vehicle (Authorisation
or Permit) Rules, 2021. According to an
official statement, the rules notified in
2021 provided a significant boost to the
tourism sector in India by streamlining
and simplifying the permit regime for
tourist vehicles. “MoRTH has issued
a draft notification on 11 November
2022 to supersede the All India Tourist Vehicle (Authorisation or
Permit) Rules, 2021. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
SENSEX UP TO NEVER-BEFORE HIGH
Mumbai (PTI): Market
benchmark Sensex
climbed 248 points to close
at its all-time high of 61,872
on Tuesday, propped up by
robust fag-end buying in
banking and energy stocks
amid a positive trend in
global equities.
A strengthening rupee,
encouraging domestic in-
flation data and unabated
foreign capital inflows fur-
ther bolstered sentiment,
traders said.
After a see-saw session,
the 30-share BSE Sensex
rose 248.84 points or 0.40%
to settle at 61,872.99 -- sur-
passing its previous clos-
ing peak of 61,795.04 on
November 11.
During the day
, the index
witnessed a high of
61,955.96 — its 52-week in-
traday high — and a low of
61,436.90.
The broader National
Stock Exchange (NSE) Nif-
ty advanced 74.25 points or
0.41% to finish at 18,403.40.
“Following gains in glob-
al equities, early losses in
the domestic market were
reversed, with banking
stocks steering the recov-
ery. Food and commodity
price declines have helped
to keep domestic inflation
below 7%.
PowerGrid topped the
Sensex gainers’ chart, ris-
ing 2.20%, followed by ICI-
CI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Ul-
traTech Cement, SBI, Dr
Reddy’s, Titan, MM and
HDFC Twins.
In contrast, Bajaj Fin-
serv, ITC, Reliance, Sun
Pharma and Nestle India
were among the laggards,
shedding up to 0.76 per
cent. Inthebroadermarket,
the BSE midcap gauge
climbed0.08%andsmallcap
index ended marginally
higher by 0.01%.
Among sectoral indices,
oil gas climbed 0.99%, tel-
ecommunication jumped
0.79%, auto (0.75%), bankex
(0.70%)andutilities(0.53%).
FMCG, industrials, capi-
tal goods, metal and realty
were among the laggards.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated by 17 paise to close at
81.11 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, on positive
domestic macroeconomic data and weak American currency.
Forex traders said a firm trend in domestic equities, sustained
foreign fund inflows and easing crude oil
prices also supported the local unit. At the in-
terbank foreign exchange market, the local unit
opened at 81.18 and touched an intra-day high
of 81.04 and a low of 81.45 against the green-
back. The local unit finally settled at 81.11,
registering a rise of 17 paise over its previous
close. On Monday, the rupee depreciated by 50
paise to close at 81.28 against the US currency.Meanwhile, the
dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a
basket of six currencies, slipped 0.38 per cent to 106.25.
` GAINS 17 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 81.11/$
GOLD GAINS `294;
SILVER CLIMBS `366
New Delhi (PTI): Gold rallied by
`294 to `53,275 per 10 gram in
the national capital on Tuesday
amid rise in prices of the metal
in interna-
tional market,
according to
HDFC Securi-
ties. Silver also
climbed ` 366
to ` 63,148
per kilogram.
In international market, gold was
trading in the green at $1,780
per ounce while silver was up at
$22.14 per ounce.
Exports decline by 17 pc to
$29.78 billion in October
New Delhi (FIB): India’s
exports entered negative
territory after a gap of
about two years, declining
sharply by 16.65% to $29.78
billion in October, mainly
due to global demand slow-
down, even as trade deficit
widened to $26.91 billion,
according to data by com-
merce ministry
.
Key export sectors, in-
cluding gems and jewellery
,
engineering, petroleum
products, ready-made gar-
ments of all textiles, chem-
icals, pharma, marine
products, and leather, re-
corded negative growth
during October.
Imports during the
month under review rose
by about 6% to $56.69 bil-
lion on account of increase
in the inbound shipments
of crude oil and certain
raw materials such as cot-
ton, fertiliser and machin-
ery. During April-October
2022, exports recorded a
growth of 12.55% to $263.35
billion. Imports rose
33.12% to $436.81 billion.
The merchandise trade
deficit for April-October
2022 was estimated at
$173.46 billion as against
$94.16 billion in April-Octo-
ber 2021, as per the data.
Trade deficit in October
2021 was $17.91 billion. Last
time it was in November
2020, when exports con-
tracted by 8.74%.
ACC TO DATA
IN OCTOBER 2022
z Key export sectors, including
gems and jewellery,
engineering, petroleum
products, ready-made
garments of all textiles,
chemicals, pharma, marine
products, and leather,
recorded negative growth
z Imports during the month
under review rose by about
6% to $56.69 billion
‘Data protection
bill will end misuse
of customer data,
penalise violators’
New Delhi (PTI): The pro-
posed data protection bill
will put an end to misuse of
customer data, and viola-
tors will face punitive ac-
tion under the rule, Minis-
ter of State for Electronics
and IT Rajeev Chan-
drasekhar said on Tuesday
.
The minister shared his
reaction in response to
Google’s settlement of an
investigation in the US
which outlines that the in-
ternet giant misled users
and continued tracking
their location even after
they opted out of the loca-
tion tracking system. “This
type of “misuse” of custmr
data violates #Privacy n
#DataProtection expecta-
tions India’s #DigitalData-
Protection bill will put a
stop to this - ensure that
any Platform/Intermedi-
ary that does this will face
punitive financial conse-
quences, “ Min tweeted.
IN EVs PRODUCTION
‘India has potential to become world leader’
Washington (PTI): India
has the potential to become
the world leader in electric
vehicles production, a re-
search by Berkeley Nation-
al Laboratory and UCLA
said, underlining that mak-
ing the transition from
diesel-fuelled trucks to
electric-charged will ena-
ble the country to meet the
goal of net zero greenhouse
gas emissions by 2070.
India imports 88% of the
oil it uses and of the total
petroleum consumed by
the country’s transport sec-
tor, nearly 60% used by
freight trucks.
A study by the Depart-
ment of Energy’s Lawrence
Berkeley National Labora-
tory (Berkeley Lab) and
University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA) on
Monday revealed that elec-
tric trucks would be more
affordable to operate than
diesel and India could be-
come a world leader in pro-
ducing electric vehicles.
The transition will also
help India reduce its reli-
ance on imported oil, im-
prove the air quality, and
meet the goal of net zero
greenhouse gas emissions
by 2070, the study said on
Tuesday
.
‘Direct tax collection to
exceed budget target’
New Delhi (PTI): The di-
rect tax collection in the
current fiscal is likely to
exceed the budget target of
`14.20 lakh crore by about
30%, a senior official said
on Tuesday
.
Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) Chairman
Nitin Gupta also said that
the Budget for next fiscal
could bring about some
tweaks in the TDS provi-
sion for online gaming to
check tax evasion.
“Currently there is a pro-
vision for deduction of
TDS on online gaming.
There is existing provi-
sion, if it needs to be modi-
fied or retained in the same
way that needs to be seen,”
he said. Currently, a 10%
TDS is levied on income
from online gaming.
Gupta further said that
given the current buoyan-
cy in collections, the Budg-
et target for the next fiscal
is also likely to be higher.

08
2NDFRONT
Education is the base, but it is
experience which builds the
tall buildings, fueled by the
mortar of dreams.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Mumbai (ANI): An-
other witness in the
case of the 2008 Male-
gaon Blast turned hos-
tile on Tuesday
.
This is the 29th wit-
ness who has turned
hostile so far. This per-
son had given state-
ments to the Anti-Ter-
rorist Squad (ATS) in
2008 about accused Lt
Col Prasad Purohit and
Sudhakar Chaturvedi.
Previously, the 28th
witness turned hostile
on November 5 after he
told the special Nation-
al Investigation Agency
(NIA) court that he does
not remember the state-
ment he had given to
the earlier investigative
agency- Maharashtra
Anti-Terror Squad
(ATS).
This witness had re-
portedly given a state-
ment against the sitting
Bhopal MP Sadhvi
Pragya Singh Thakur
and another accused,
identified as Dayanand
Pandey
, of this case dur-
ing the initial investiga-
tion done by Maharash-
tra ATS.
However, on Novem-
ber 5, he came before
the special NIA court
and was confronted
with the facts of his
statement. He said that
he doesn’t remember
what he had said in his
statement to Maharash-
tra ATS earlier. He told
the special NIA court
that he is 75 years old
and that is why it is dif-
ficult for him to remem-
ber what he had said in
his statement.
Earlier in September
and August, two other
witnesses of the case
had turned hostile dur-
ing the special NIA
court hearing. One of
them, who worked at a
hotel in Indore, refused
to partially say in court
what he had stated ear-
lier to the investigating
agency
.
On September 29,
2008, six people were
killed and over 100 oth-
ers were injured after
an explosive device
placed on a motorcycle
exploded in Maharash-
tra’s Malegaon city in
Nashik town. All the
seven accused in the
case are currently out
on bail.
On October 23, 2008,
the Maharashtra ATS
made its first arrest in
connection to the case
by apprehending BJP
MP Sadhvi Pragya
Singh Thakur.
Later, other accused
including Sameer
Kulkarni, retired Major
Ramesh Upadhyay
, Sud-
hakar Chaturvedi, Ajay
Rahilkar, and Sudhakar
Chaturvedi were also
caught.
On January 20, 2009,
the ATS filed a charge
sheet in the case after
completing its investi-
gation. In April 2011,
the central government
transferred the investi-
gation into the case to
the NIA.
29th witness in Malegaon
Blast case turns hostile
Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, now a Lok Sabha MP, was the first person arrested in the case.—FILE PHOTO
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KEY WITNESSES
New Delhi (ANI): Vice
President and Rajya
Sabha Chairman
Jagdeep Dhankhar and
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla on Tuesday paid
floral tributes at the
statue of tribal leader
Bhagwan Birsa Munda
on his birth anniversa-
ry, Janjatiya Gaurav
Diwas, in Parliament
House Complex.
Several Union Minis-
ters, Members of Par-
liament, and former
MPs also paid tributes
to Bhagwan Birsa Mun-
da on the occasion. On
this occasion, Birla re-
called that Bhagwan
Birsa Munda played an
important role in
bringing awareness
against British rule.
Birla said that the ideas
of Bhagwan Birsa
Munda will always be a
source of inspiration
for the nation.
Minister of Parlia-
mentary Affairs, Coal
and Mines Pralhad
Joshi, and Social Jus-
tice and Empowerment
Minister Dr Virendra
Kumar along with sev-
eral MPs of Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha were
also present on the
occasion.
Birsa Munda, who be-
longed to the Munda
tribe, was born on No-
vember 15 in 1875.
His birth anniversa-
ry is celebrated as Birsa
Munda Jayanti in the
country and coincides
with the Jharkhand
Foundation Day
.
On ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar plays a
musical instrument, as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla looks on, after paying tributes to tribal freedom
fighter Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary at Parliament House on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Vice President, LS Speaker
pay tributes to Birsa Munda
armies of India and the
US on Tuesday began an
over two-week mega
military exercise at a
military facility in Utta-
rakhand with an aim to
exchange best practices
and tactics in sync with
growing defence ties be-
tweenthetwocountries.
The ‘Yudh Abhyas’
exercise began amid
the 30-month border
standoff between India
and China in eastern
Ladakh. The exercise is
conducted annually be-
tween India and the US.
The previous edition of
the exercise was con-
ducted at Joint Base El-
mendorf Richardson,
Alaska (the US) in Octo-
ber last year.
Officials said the 18th
edition of the exercise
began on Tuesday and
will end in the first
week of December.
US Army soldiers of
the second brigade of
the 11th Airborne divi-
sion and Indian Army
soldiers from the As-
sam Regiment will be
participating in the ex-
ercise. The Army said
the scope of the field
training exercise in-
cludes validation of in-
tegrated battle groups,
force multipliers, estab-
lishment and function-
ing of surveillance
grids, validation of op-
erational logistics, and
mountain warfare
skills.
The exercise will in-
volve exchanges and
practices on a wide
spectrum of combat
skills including combat
engineering, employ-
ment of Unmanned Air-
craft Systems (UAS and
counter-UAS tech-
niques, and informa-
tion operations.
India,USstartmilitarydrillsinUttarakhand
Officials said the 18th edition
of the exercise began on
Tuesday and will end in the
first week of December.
‘SEA VIGIL’ EXERCISE ALONG
7,516 KM OF COASTLINE
New Delhi (PTI): India started on Tuesday a two-
day multi-agency military exercise covering the
country’s 7,516 km-long coastline and exclusive
economic zone with the twin aim of checking the
preparedness of various agencies to deal with
any eventualities and
bolster overall mari-
time security, officials
said. The scale and
conceptual expanse of
the ‘Sea Vigil’ exercise
are “unprecedented” in
terms of the geographi-
cal extent, the num-
ber of stakeholders
involved, the number
of units participating
and the objectives to
be met, they said. It will be the third edition of
the exercise that was conceptualised in 2018 to
validate various measures instituted following
the Mumbai terror attack in 2008. The exercise is
a build-up towards the Theatre Level Readiness
Operational Exercise (TROPEX), which the Indian
Navy conducts every two years.
The Pan India Coastal
Defence Exercise ‘Sea
Vigil - 22’ commenced, on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Army soldiers
from the Assam
Regiment will
be participating
in the exercise
‘YUDH ABHYAS’
The ‘Yudh Abhyas’ exer-
cise is conducted annually
between India and the
US. It was conducted at
Alaska last year.
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dian Air Force has in-
ducted a fleet of 12 Tata
Nexon electric vehicles
to achieve a reduction
in carbon footprint and
in keeping with the gov-
ernment’s initiative on
the introduction of
green mobility
.
Air Chief Marshal
VR Chaudhari, Chief of
the Air Staff, flagged off
the first batch of 12 elec-
tric vehicles in the pres-
ence of other senior of-
ficers and staff at Air
Force Headquarters,
Vayu Bhawan, on Tues-
day
. The IAF is planning
to enhance the usage of
electric vehicles in a
progressive manner by
procuring e-vehicles
against downgraded
conventional vehicles.
Augmentation of the
e-vehicles ecosystem,
including installation
of charging infrastruc-
ture at various Air
Force bases, is also
planned. The first batch
of electric cars intro-
duced on Tuesday will
be deployed in Delhi-
National Capital Re-
gion (NCR) units for
performance monitor-
ing and analysis, ac-
cording to a statement
from IAF.
Eco-friendly IAF inducts fleet of Nexon EVs
Supreme Court on
Tuesday cleared the
hurdle for the release of
activist Gautam Nav-
lakha from Navi Mum-
bai’s Taloja prison,
where he is lodged in
the Elgar Parishad-
Maoist link case, by
waiving the require-
ment of a solvency cer-
tificate for availing the
benefit of house arrest.
The top court had on
November 10 allowed
Navlakha to be placed
under house arrest ow-
ing to his deteriorating
health. It had said that
to avail the facility of
house arrest, Navlakha
will provide local sure-
ty of Rs 2 lakh by No-
vember 14.
The activist’s legal
team told the NIA court
they will produce sure-
ty, as stipulated by the
SC, on Wednesday be-
fore the special judge
for completing the pro-
cess for his release from
Taloja jail.
A bench of Justices K
M Joseph and Hrishi-
kesh Roy was on Tues-
day informed by senior
advocate Nitya Ram-
akrishnan and advocate
Shadan Farasat, ap-
pearing for Navlakha, it
will take a minimum of
six weeks to secure a
solvency certificate in
respect of surety to be
provided as a precondi-
tion for house arrest of
the activist.
“Considering the
submission and the cir-
cumstances, we deem it
appropriate to waive
the requirement of a
solvency certificate for
the petitioner (Nav-
lakha) to avail the ben-
efit of our order dated
November 10, 2022. It is
ordered accordingly,”
the bench said.
It said since other ad-
equate security proofs
such as a passport, Aad-
haar card, and Perma-
nent Account Number
(PAN) card have been
provided, the trial court
should not insist on a
ration card.
Supreme Court waives solvency certificate requirement for Gautam Navlakha
LEGAL TANGLES
Gautam Navlakha in police custody. —FILE PHOTO
Mumbai: Gautam Nav-
lakha was on Tuesday
brought to a special
NIA court in Mumbai
hearing the matter
pertaining to his release
formalities from jail
for house arrest. The
other accused were also
brought to the court
from jail as the case
was listed on Tuesday.
NAVLAKHA BROUGHT
TO MUMBAI COURT
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari during the
flagging off of the first batch of Electric Vehicles at the Air Force
Headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
COURTESY VISIT
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greeted LS Speaker Om Birla during
a courtesy visit at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on
Tuesday evening.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greeted BJP National General
Secretary and BJP State in-charge Rajasthan Karnataka
Arun Singh, during a courtesy visit at the latter’s residence in
New Delhi on Tuesday.
Earlier in September and August, two other
witnesses of the case had turned hostile during
the special NIA court hearing.

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dress is not only
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hanced by the so-
cial standing of
the privileged who
may wear it and
the general public who de-
sire it. Even just the term
“lace” conjures up a
picture of an ethereal fab-
ric with frilly and feminine
overtones. We rarely pause
to think about the history
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it can be found everywhere,
from the doilies on a grand-
mother’s armchair to the
edgings on alluring gar-
ments. The Fashion Muse-
um in Bath’s exhibit Lace
in Fashion charts the rise
of this delicate fabric from
its humble beginnings as a
labor-intensive handicraft
to its current status as
a modern, machine-made
fabric seen all over the
runways.
In order to create net
mesh patterned work, lace
is a delicate, openwork
fabric that is often made
from cotton, linen,
silk, or metallic threads.
Lace has been worn as a
status symbol since the
15th century when white-
bordered cuffs and collars
indicated your social stand-
ing. It is a common trim
today, especially for linge-
rie and bridal attire.
Lace evolved into one of
the most sophisticated ma-
terials on the planet as a
result of the expansion of
the lace industry and the
flappers’ demand for a
more contemporary inter-
pretation of lace, which
featured garments with
straight lines, a loose fit,
and mixed lace designs. It’s
still a fabric that, over a
century later, isn’t sure if
it’s an angel or a demon; a
pricey material we put on
the highest pedestal or a
sassy fibre used to produce
budget négligées.
Although it was mostly a
20th-century fixation that
has lost its relevance now,
purity is a secondary con-
notation of white lace.
White lace has earned a
reputation for also repre-
senting fresh starts and
rebirth.
If a pattern is recognised
as being from a specific
area, it might honour a lin-
eage or a family’s heritage.
You can still buy heirloom
lace. Additionally, there
are those who can knit
heirloom lace, continuing
the tradition of handcraft-
ed lace.
Every living thing has lace in it, including the barren branches of winter, cloud formations and the
water’s surface as it moves with the wind. If you look closely enough, even the matted fur of a wild
dog will display a lacy pattern. So, let’s dive into the world of ethereal lace fashion with City First!
YOUR FASHION GAME
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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