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POLICE SUMMON
JACQUELINE AGAIN
FOR QUESTIONING
New Delhi: Actor
Jacqueline Fernandez has
been again summoned
for questioning on
Monday by Delhi Police’s
Economic Offences Wing
in connection with the
extortion case linked to
alleged conman Sukesh
Chandrashekhar, officials
said. She was questioned
for over two hours by Delhi
Police on Friday.
‘AAP is like Krishna, sent to end evil’: Kejriwal
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Sharpen-
ing his attacks on the
BJP and on PM Naren-
dra Modi in particular,
Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday said, “Like
lord Krishna was sent
to end evil, god has
sent AAP to end cor-
ruption, inflation, un-
employment and save
the constitution and
country from evils. He
said this while ad-
dressing the AAP’s
first national conven-
tion, in which about
1,500 elected repre-
sentatives from 20
states participated.
“Ten years ago,
when the Aam Aadmi
Party was formed, I
never thought that
there would be so
many representatives
that the Indira Gandhi
stadium would fill up.
Lord Krishna was
born to end evil… Kan-
ha ne rakshas ka vadh
kiya… waise hi bhag-
wan ne AAP banaya
hai,” he said.
Attacking both the
Congress and the BJP,
he said, “India adopted
the Constitution on
November 25, 1949,
and in the next 60
years, these people de-
stroyed the country.
Later, God had to come
and intervene and in
2012 AAP was formed
to save the govern-
ment and the coun-
try… This is not some
coincidence… God has
given us the responsi-
bility and each one of
you has to keep up to
that and work for de-
velopment.” Turn to P3
Arvind Kejriwal addressing the AAP’s ‘Rashtriya Jan Pratinidhi
Sammelan’ at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
Police arrest
accused of Dalit
girl’s rape, murder
Badaun (PTI): A day
after a Dalit girl was
raped and killed in a vil-
lage here, police on Sun-
day said they have ar-
rested the accused. He
has been identified as
Jitendra Yadav, em-
ployed with the electric-
ity department on a
contractual basis.
SSP OP Singh said
that Yadav told police
during interrogation
that he abducted the
girl while returning
home on Friday night.
He then took her to a
secluded place behind
the nearby railway sta-
tion and raped her. He
strangulated the girl to
protect his identity
.
HE IS ‘BAYAAN
BAHADUR’:
SAMBIT PATRA
Calling Arvind Kejriwal a
“megalomaniac” and “bayaan
bahadur” (one who makes
big claims), BJP national
spokesperson Sambit Patra
slammed the AAP leader for
likening his party to “Kanha”—
Lord Krishna’s child form who
slayed big demons. “The man
who took commission in liquor
trade compares himself to
Kanha, Patra said derisively,
at a press conference in New
Delhi on Sunday.
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PREZ MURMU IN
LONDON TO
ATTEND QUEEN’S
FUNERAL
London: President Droupadi Murmu, who is in
London on a 3-day visit to attend the state funeral
of Queen Elizabeth II scheduled at Westminster
Abbey on Monday, signed a condolence book on
behalf of the Indian government on Sunday.
WONG HAILS
GUJARAT’S
PRO-INVESTOR
POLICIES
Ahmedabad: Singapore’s Deputy PM Lawrence
Wong on Sunday met with Gujarat CM Bhupendra
Patel in Gandhinagar and said investors from his
country operating in Gujarat are fully satisfied with
its policies and encouraging environment.
6.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES TAIWAN
Taiwan: A strong earthquake struck Taiwan’s southeastern coast on Sunday
bringing at least one building down in a small town and prompting Japan
to issue a tsunami warning. The quake hit at 2:44 pm (0644 GMT) about 50
kilometres (30 miles) north of the city of Taitung at a depth of 10 kilometres.
PM Modi hogs international headlines with advice to Putin
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi’s advice
to Russian President
Vladimir Putin over the
Ukraine war during a
bilateral meeting on the
sidelines of the Shang-
hai Cooperation Organ-
ization’s summit in Sa-
markand has grabbed
the attention of leading
international media or-
ganisations.
“Today’s era is not of
war and I have spoken to
you about it on the call.
Today we will get the op-
portunity to talk about
how we can progress on
the path of peace. India
and Russia have stayed
together with each other
for several decades,”
Modi told Putin express-
ing his concerns about
the impact of the war on
foodandenergysecurity
.
International media
praisedPMModi’sdiplo-
matic acumen, who in a
friendly tone pushed the
concerns of the global
community to its long-
standing friend Russia.
American publica-
tion -CNN praised PM
Modi’s hold on world
politics and reported “
Indian leader Narendra
Modi tells Putin: Now is
not the time for war”
While another US
publication Washing-
ton Post headline was
“Modi rebukes Putin
over war in Ukraine”.
“India’s Leader Tells
Putin That Now Is Not
an Era for War,” The
New York Times said. It
was the lead story on the
webpage of both The
Washington Post and
The New York Times.
Leading Japanese
publicationNHK’shead-
line was “Indian PM
Modi tells Putin to pur-
sue peace”, while Hong
Kong-based leading dai-
ly South China Morning
Post reported: Now is
‘not a time for war’, In-
dia’s Modi tells Russia’s
Putin who vows to ‘end
this as soon as possible.’
AFTER 8 YRS, SHE
FINDS HER SPOUSE
IS ALSO A WOMAN
Vadodara: A shocking
incident of a female
discovering after several
years of marriage that
her spouse is a female
by birth surfaced in
Vadodra of Gujrat. The
marriage took place in
2014. However, the lady’s
husband, Dr Viraj Vardhan
from Delhi refuted the
allegations and said that
she knew everything prior
to the marriage.
CONG LEADER HELD
FOR SEXUAL ABUSE
OF HIS EMPLOYEE
Dharwad: A Karnataka
Congress leader was
arrested on the charges
of allegedly sexually
assaulting an employee
at his salon in the state’s
Dharwad district. The
woman, who works as
a beautician, alleged in
her complaint that the
accused, Manoj Karjagi,
came to the salon on
Saturday, and tried to
hug and kiss her.
NEW TEAM INDIA KIT
FOR T20 WORLD CUP
2022 REVEALED
Mumbai: Team India’s
jersey for the upcoming
ICC T20 World Cup 2022
was unveiled on Sunday.
The BCCI took to Twitter to
reveal the jersey. The front
of the jersey has light tones
of Azure Blue while the
sleeves feature dark tones
of Royal Blue.
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Crucial
Crucial
KERALA GOVERNOR ARIF
MOHAMMED KHAN MEETS RSS CHIEF
Thiruvananthapuram (ANI): Kerala Governor Arif
Mohammed Khan met RSS
Chief Mohan Bhagwat at
Thrissur on Saturday. The
meeting took place at the
residence of an RSS leader for
30 minutes. The meeting came
amid the face-off between the
state government and the Governor over the University
Laws Amendment Bill. P6
INSIDE
Leaked videos of women
students spark protests
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES
NIA officials conduct raids on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
India gets ready for
UNGA session
PFI:NIAdetains4after
raidsinAndhra, T’gana
United Nations (PTI):
Counter-terrorism,
peacekeeping, reformed
multilateralism, cli-
mate action and equita-
ble access to COVID-19
vaccines will be among
the key focus areas for
India during the high-
level UN General As-
sembly session that be-
gins this week here.
External Affairs Min-
ister S Jaishankar was
scheduled to arrive in
New York on Sunday to
participate in the high-
level 77th session of the
UN General Assembly,
which kicks off on Sep-
tember 20.
The session comes af-
ter two years of disrup-
tion caused by the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
Hyderabad: The NIA
on Sunday detained
four persons after con-
ducting searches at
multiple locations in
Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh in a case regis-
tered against Popular
Front of India (PFI)
cadres in Nizamabad by
Telangana Police.
The names of the four
detainedhavebeenwith-
held so far as the probe
is ongoing. “Today, we
conductedsearchesat38
locations in Telangana
(23 in Nizamabad, four
in Hyderabad, seven in
Jagityal, two in Nir-
mal, one each in Adil-
abad and Karimnagar)
and at two locations in
Andhra Pradesh.
Assam man with
Al-Qaeda link on
NIA’s radar
New Delhi (ANI): Ak-
thar Hussain Lashkar, a
resident of Assam, is
under investigation by
the NIA for having links
with the proscribed ter-
rorist outfit Al-Qaeda
and is charged with
radicalising youths as
well as conspiring to
send them to Kashmir
and Khorasan province
of Afghanistan to un-
dergo terrorist training.
An FIR reveals the fact
further mentioning that
Lashkar also provoked
youths to wage war in
the name of religion.
S Jaishankar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bilateral meeting with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in
Samarkand on Friday. —FILE PHOTO
“India’s Leader Tells Putin That Now Is Not
an Era for War” —The New York Times
“Indian PM Modi Tells Russia’s Putin Now
‘Is Not an Era of War”. —US News
Now is ‘not a time for war’, India’s Modi
tells Russia’s Putin who vows to ‘end this as
soon as possible.’ —China Morning Post
“Indian leader Narendra Modi tells Pu-
tin: Now is not the time for war” —CNN
“Indian PM Modi tells Putin to pursue
peace” —Japanese publication, NHK
“India’s Modi tells Putin: This is ‘not the
era for war” —Politico
Mohali (ANI): Massive
protests were held by
Chandigarh University
students in Mohali on
late Saturday night af-
ter alleged ‘leaked ob-
jectionable videos’ of
women students went
viral. Protest returned
again on Sunday even-
ing despite a clarifica-
tion by authorities that
she had shared only one
video of herself.
Students alleged that
a student made videos
of girls while taking a
bath in the hostel. The
video later went viral.
The protesting students
also claimed that after
the videos went viral,
girl students in the hos-
tel attempted suicide.
HIGHLIGHTS
So far in our investigation, we have found
out that there is only one video of the
accused herself. She has not recorded any
other video of anyone else
—Vivek Soni, Mohali police chief
A man from Shimla is known to the accused
girl. Only after he is caught, more details
will be known. Forensic probe of her mobile
phone will be conducted
—Gurpreet Kaur Deo, senior police officer
PUNJAB CM MANN
ORDERS PROBE
NCW TAKES SERIOUS
NOTE OF THE MATTER
WILL ENSURE ACTION
IN THE CASE: PSWC
‘ACCUSED SHARED
HER VIDEO WITH BF’
Chandigarh (Agencies)
Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann on Sunday
said he was sad to hear
about the unfortunate
incident at Chandigarh
University and a high-level
inquiry has been ordered into
the incident.
Taking serious note of matter
the National Commission
for Women Chairperson
Rekha Sharma has written to
DGP, Punjab, as well as Vice
Chancellor of Chandigarh
University to take stringent
action against the culprits.
“This is a serious matter. An
investigation is underway. I am
here to assure parents of all
students that the accused will
not be spared,” said Manisha
Gulati, Chairperson, Punjab
State Women Commission.
Mohali (ANI): Amid the
controversy over the alleged
leaked videos of the students,
university authorities claimed
that no objectionable video
was made of the girl students
except a personal video shot
by a girl, which she shared
with her boyfriend.
Students gather inside the Chandigarh University campus demanding justice over the alleged
‘leaked objectional videos’ row, in Mohali on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

z Punjab govt orders
probe, girl arrested for
making objectionable
videos of students.

z The Punjab State
Women Commission
took cognisance over
the matter.

z Accused girl shared
her personal video to
boyfriend, no objec-
tionable video of other
students found, claim
university authorities.

z The police and the
university rubbish
social media posts
claiming that several
girls attempted to die
by suicide after their
videos leaked.
Arvind Kejriwal @ArvindKejriwal
In Chandigarh University, a girl
has gone viral by recording
objectionable videos of many girl
students... We are all with you. All
act with patience.
Pawan Khera @Pawankhera
To all responsible Indians, please
do not repost, forward or share any
MMS/video of the #chandigarhuni-
versity horror. Let us be a digitally
responsible society.
CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY IN THE EYE OF STORM
NO OBJECTION TO SURVEY OF MADRASAS
BY UP GOVT, SAYS JAMIAT ULAMA-E-HIND
Saharanpur (ANI): Soon after the
convention of madrassas of Uttar
Pradesh began in Darul Uloom, Deoband,
on Sunday, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
president Maulana Arshad Madani said
there is no objection from the madrassas
to the survey of unrecognised madrassas
by the UP government. “There is no
opposition among us regarding the survey,” he said. P8

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
02
Kishor Dwivedi
New Delhi: Kishan Lal,
who lived in Tu-
ghlaqabad area of Del-
hi, was stabbed to death
on a cold February
night in 1997 and the
killer was untraceable.
Lal, who worked odd
jobs, had left behind his
wife Sunita, who was
pregnant with their
first child at the time.
Litigation started in
the case and the Patiala
House Court declared
absconding suspect
Ramu, a daily-wage
earner, as a proclaimed
offender.
His case file contin-
ued to bite dust for two
decades until a team of
the Delhi Police’s North
District, which is
trained to handle old
cases, laid its hands on
it in August 2021.
A year later, Sunita
got a call from the Delhi
Police and was asked to
reach Lucknow imme-
diately
. The Delhi Police
had caught hold of a
suspect: a 50-year-old
man. They wanted her
to confirm the identity
of the suspect.
Sunita, who was ac-
companied by her son
Sunny (24), confirmed
to the police that the
man was Ramu, before
she fainted.
The woman had lost
all hopes of getting jus-
tice and even closed
doors on our police
team that reached out to
her last year when they
started working on this
old case, said Deputy
Commissioner of Po-
lice (North District) Sa-
gar Singh Kalsi.
The officer heaped
praise on the four-mem-
ber team for cracking
the quarter-century old
case, noting that it had
no eyewitnesses of the
murder,nophotographs
of the accused or clue
of his whereabouts.
The police team went
undercover on several
occasions. The team
posed as life insurance
agents when it went to
Uttam Nagar in Delhi,
where they had traced a
relative of Ramu. The
team also managed to
reach Khanpur village
in Farrukhabad under
the same guise when it
met relatives of Ramu.
It was in Far-
rukhabad that the po-
lice chanced upon a mo-
bile number belonging
to Aakash, the son of
Ramu. Further efforts
led the police team to a
Facebook account of
Aakash through which
he was traced in Luc-
know’s Kapurthala
area, the officer said.
The police met
Aakash and enquired
the whereabouts of his
father Ramu, who now
lived under the name of
Ashok Yadav. He told
the team that he has not
met his father in a long
time and only knows he
now runs an e-rickshaw
for a living in Jankip-
uram area of Lucknow.
Hot on the killer’s
pursuit, the police team
opted for the guise of
agents of an e-rickshaw
company and contacted
several drivers in
Jankipuram area. An e-
rickshaw driver led
them to Ashok Yadav
(Ramu), who was stay-
ing near a railway sta-
tion, on September 14.
He was apprehended for
questioning; he first de-
nied being Ramu or hav-
ing lived in Delhi. It was
then that Sunita was
called to Lucknow. —PTI
Cops go undercover for months to crack 25-year-old murder case
CONSTANT PURSUIT
lll
A four-member
team cracked
the quarter-
century old
case, which had
no eyewitnesses
of the murder,
no photographs
of the accused
or clue of his
whereabouts,
DCP Kalsi said
New Delhi (PTI): The
Stein Auditorium at the
India Habitat Centre on
Saturday hosted the
who’s who of Indian
classical dance, includ-
ing Bharatnatyam ex-
ponent Navtej Singh
Johar, Kathak doyen
Aditi Mangaldas, Odis-
si dancer Kavita Dwibe-
di, and Sonal Mansin-
gh, Shovna Narayan,
Sharon Lowen. They
had gathered to pay
homage to one of the
most prolific art histo-
rians and scholars that
the country has ever
seen: Mohan Khokar.
It was the 22nd death
anniversary of Khokar,
who is credited with
having helped create In-
dia’s largest dance ar-
chives. The Mohan
Khokar Dance Collec-
tion has more than 5,000
books, over a lakh pho-
tos, nearly 2 lakh press
clippings, and countless
dance artefacts.
The event was part of
the two-day festival, Sa-
roja Mohanam’, to pay
tributes to the Bharat-
natyam exponent and
also his wife MK Saroja.
Confession: DCP (North
District) Sagar Singh Kalsi
said that Ramu, 50, first
denied having ever lived in
Delhi, but later confessed
that he had killed Lal for
money from a chit-fund type
system in February 1997.
Execution: He had arranged
for a party where he got
Kishan Lal sloshed before
stabbing him with a knife.
Hiding: While in hiding,
Ramu got an Aadhar made
under his new identity.
New Delhi (PTI):Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi'sNCCalumnicard,
multiple models of the
upcoming Ram temple
in Ayodhya and a statue
of the mascot of the re-
cently-held Chess Olym-
piad in Chennai are
among the items which
arehighlysoughtafterat
an online auction of me-
mentos gifted to the PM.
The online auction
started on Saturday and
will go on till October 2.
The auction is being
conducted through web
portal pmmementos.
gov.in and it has one
section that lists items
under the head: 'Most
Participated Auction'.
Among these items is
a memento given by the
National Cadet Corps
(NCC) in the form of an
alumni card displaying
Modi's photograph,
'Life Member', year 2021
and 'Directorate: Guj,
DD DNH' The alumni
card has received over
20 bids till about 11 AM
on Sunday
.
Other items in this
category include sever-
al models of the upcom-
ing Ram temple in Ayo-
dhya, of varying dimen-
sions and weights.One
of these models was
presented to the prime
minister by Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath.
It has five 'mandapas'
in the 'garbhagriha'
which has been diligent-
ly designed on the rep-
lica model.The model is
adorned with several
vibrant flowers on all
edges and corners of
the structure, reads the
description of the item
on the auction website.
The base price for this
gifted item is Rs 10,800.
Many other religious
items, including a me-
tallic 'shankh' (conch),
statues of Lord Gane-
sha, a trident and a rep-
lica of the wooden idol
of Tirupati Balaji Ma-
haraj, are also in the
category of the 'Most
Participated Auction'.
Tirupati Balaji is an
incarnation of Lord
Vishnu. Lord Balaji is
shown as having a 'tila-
ka' on his forehead, a
'shankha' (conch) on his
left shoulder, a 'chakra'
(disc) on his right shoul-
der, Bhudevi (Goddess
of the Earth), and
Sridevi (Goddess of
Wealth) at his heart.
His right hand is in Ab-
hay mudra while the
left rests on his waist,
reads the description
on the auction website.
Ram Temple models, PM Modi’s
NCC alumni card most coveted
Artefacts and mementos presented to PM Modi kept at NGMA. —PHOTO BY ANI
E-auction of gifts
presented to PM
Modi a big hit at
pmmementos.
gov.in website
RAM TEMPLE MODEL:
The wooden model shows
Ram Mandir in Ayodhya,
placed inside a glass case.
The base price for this item
is Rs 10,800.
SHANKH: The elaborate-
ly detailed, embossed
metallic ‘shankh’ depicts
Lord Vishnu resting on
Sheshnag, with Lakshmi
massaging his feet.
CHESS MASCOT: A chess
knight named Thambi and
saying vanakkam (with
folded hands) represents
the logo and mascot of the
Chess Olympiad in 2022.
WEAPONS: A mace, an
ornate sword, a metallic
statue of Ashok Stambh,
and a statue of Nataraja are
also in the ‘Most Partici-
pated Auction’ category.
WOOD IDOL OF
TIRUPATI BALAJI
Lord Balaji is shown
with ‘tilaka’ on forehead,
‘shankha’ on left shoul-
der, ‘chakra’ on right
shoulder, Bhudevi and
Sridevi at his heart.
Union Minister for Culture
G Kishan Reddy and Union
MoS for Culture Arjun Ram
Meghwal at NGMA on Friday.
Curbing hate-mongering
‘focus area’ for Delhi Police
Anjali Pillay
New Delhi (PTI): Top
officials of eight police
districts in Delhi, in-
cluding the commu-
nally sensitive north-
east and northwest
districts that wit-
nessed clashes, have
been directed to pre-
vent hate-mongering
and street crimes, and
increase public confi-
dence in the force.
Riots broke out in
the northeast district
in February 2020 fol-
lowing clashes be-
tween supporters of
the Citizenship
Amendment Act and
those against it, lead-
ing to the death of at
least 53 people while
over 200 were injured.
Northwest district's
Jahangirpuri area was
witness to communal
clashes on April 16 this
year during a Hanu-
man Jayanti proces-
sion. However, there
was no causality
.
Special Commis-
sioner of Police (Law
and Order) Dependra
Pathak has been visit-
ing each of the eight
districts and issuing
directions to the
ground staff and tak-
ing feedback.
I have directed the
heads of all the eight
districts under my ju-
risdiction to focus on
curbing hate-monger-
ing, street crimes, in-
crease public confi-
dence in the force, he
told PTI.
We continuously
monitor the situation.
The field formation
has to be sensitive to
any communal issue.
Any distress call
should be immediately
responded to. Any mi-
nor violation should be
dealt with strictly,
Pathak said. —PTI
DAY OF CHEHLUM
Shia devotees mourn as they participate in the Chehlum procession to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husain, in
Noida on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Gurugram (PTI): A
couple ended their lives
after consuming a poi-
sonous substance fol-
lowing a dispute over
milk, police said on
Sunday
.
The deceased couple
was identified as Juhi
(22), a native of
Jharkhand, and her
husband Sushanta
Ghosh (25), a resident
of Rampura in West
Bengal. They were liv-
ing as tenants in Chau-
ma village and Ghosh
was working with a pri-
vate company in Delhi.
On Saturday night,
Juhi expressed her de-
sire to eat chapati with
milk and Ghosh
brought milk from a
shop soon after.
Police sources said an
argument started be-
tween the two over milk
and around 10 pm Sush-
anta allegedly con-
sumed some poisonous
substance. He was tak-
en to Metro Hospital
where he died after two
hours of treatment.
On learning of her
husband’s death, Juhi
also consumed a poi-
sonous substance late
in the night and died.
“It was simple case of
suicide,” said Praveen
Kumar, SHO of Palam
Vihar police station.
An evening in homage
to ‘Saroja Mohanam’
Couple die by poison
after dispute over milk
MK Saroja Mohan Khokar
Family members
of Juhi and
Ghosh said in
their statement
that the duo
committed
suicide over an
altercation
Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Dependra Pathak speaks during a meeting with
Representatives of East Delhi Ramlila Federations in New Delhi.
‘TO INSTIL SENSE OF CONFIDENCE’

New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday
launched a blistering
attack on Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi and
the BJP, accusing them
of trying to crush the
AAP in the name of
fighting corruption as
they feared a defeat in
Gujarat polls.
Addressing the first-
ever national conclave
of his party's elected
representatives, Kejri-
wal also alleged that
the Modi government
has been trying to
frame his party minis-
ters and leaders in false
corruption cases as the
BJP is not able to di-
gest the growing popu-
larity of the AAP in
Gujarat.
The BJP is so rattled
by the AAP's growing
influence ahead of Gu-
jarat assembly elec-
tions that the prime
minister's advisor
Hiren Joshi has warned
several TV channel
owners and their edi-
tors not to give cover-
age to AAP party in
Gujarat, threatening
them with dire conse-
quences, the party's
national convenor al-
leged. No immediate
reaction to Kejriwal's
charge was immediate-
ly available from the
PMO or Joshi.
Stop doing things. If
these editors share the
screenshots of Joshi's
messages, both the
prime minister and his
advisor will not be in a
position to show their
faces to the country,
Kejriwal said.
We are going to form
government in Guja-
rat, he added.
CAPITOL
03
‘Fearing defeat in Gujarat,
BJP trying to crush AAP’
BJP is unable to
digest the growing
popularity of AAP in
Gujarat, says Kejriwal
Modi government is
trying to frame AAP
ministers leaders in false
corruption cases, claims CM
AAP alleges PM’s
advisor has asked
Gujarat TV channels not to
give coverage to the party
AAP MP Sanjay Singh, AAP National Secretary Pankaj Gupta, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai,
Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema at AAP’s Rashtriya Jan Pratinidhi Sammelan as party chief Arvind Kejriwal speaks, at Indira
Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
FROM P1…
‘AAP is like...
“Seeds were planted in
Delhi and Punjab and
the plant has grown
strong… We have
planted seeds in Guja-
ratalsoandtheseseeds
will grow very strong
and become trees. ”
Referring to the 27
councillors in the Su-
rat municipal corpora-
tion, Kejriwal said: “A
year and a half ago, we
planted 27 seeds in Gu-
jarat and they are go-
ing to become strong
trees. Like lord Krish-
na, we are fighting
against corruption,
inflation, unemploy-
ment…agar dusri par-
ty wale mehngayi kam
karte to hume log laat
maar ke bhaga dete…
But we are fighting
against corruption
and inflation. That is
why people like us.”
He said that people
like the AAP because
of its honest politics
and honesty and that
is what the opposition
(BJP) cannot bear.
“They can’t bear our
honesty. There are
some things about
AAP that they can’t
bear — education,
healthcare facilities
and schemes which
they call ‘revdi’. Their
leaders have never
spoken about educa-
tion and healthcare
facilities.”
“I have not seen In-
dia’s fight for free-
dom… but how our
MLAs are fighting the
opposition, rejecting
offers of Rs 25-25
crores, facing CBI ED,
it is not a small thing…
They want to put all of
them in Jail… You all
should be ready to go
to jail for 3-4 months…
They won’t be able to
do anything…Jail is
not that bad…we
stayed in jail for 15
days,” Kejriwal added.
New Delhi (PTI): he
AAP is resorting to the
old drama it does be-
fore every election that
others were rattled as it
was winning, the BJP
said Sunday and
dubbed Arvind Kejri-
wal a megalomaniac
after he accused the
ruling party of target-
ing AAP fearing defeat
in Gujarat.
With the Delhi chief
minister suggesting
that AAP leaders
should be prepared for
arrest by central probe
agencies, BJP spokes-
person Sambit Patra ac-
cused him of glorify-
ing corruption and
said he has a history of
defending his tainted
colleagues before they
had to quit due to
mounting evidence.
He is a megaloma-
niac and bayan baha-
dur (one who makes
big claims) who is con-
sidering himself a god
after his party won
polls in two states,
Patra alleged as the
AAP national convener
likened his party to
Kanha -- Lord Krish-
na's child form who
slayed big demons.
The man who took
commission in liquor
trade compares him-
self to Kanha, the
BJP spokesperson said.
The BJP leader
claimed that Kejriwal
and his party make tall
claims before every
state polls like they are
winning and others are
rattled.
He noted the Aam
Aadmi Party has disin-
tegrated in Himachal
Pradesh while its presi-
dent in Uttarakhand
quit even though it had
made big claims about
its prospects in these
two hill states. Kejriwal
had earlier launched a
blistering attack on
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and the BJP,
accusing them of trying
to crush the AAP in
the name of fighting
corruption as they
feared a defeat in Guja-
rat polls due later this
year.
Making light of his
claims, Patra said Guja-
rat has been on the de-
velopment path for dec-
ades under the BJP rule
and will remain so.
We are surprised
that he did not say that
US president Joe Biden
is also afraid
of the
A A P ,
Patra said
in a swipe
at Kejri-
wal.
Kejriwal a megalomaniac, AAP
resorting to old drama: BJP
New Delhi (PTI): In a
bizarre development, a
doctor of Maulana
Azad Medical College
has been accused of il-
legally removing the
skull from the body on
which he performed an
autopsy, prompting the
institution to bar him
from conducting post
mortem examinations.
The doctor, a post-
graduate scholar and
junior resident, has ap-
proached Delhi High
Court, claiming the al-
legation was “devoid of
merit and bereft of a
single evidence” to sub-
stantiate the heinous
claims even remotely
.
The July 29 order is-
sued by the HoD of Fo-
rensic Medicine of
Maulana Azad Medical
College, stated the doc-
tor was hereby barred
from doing post mor-
tem work with immedi-
ate effect after the com-
plaint of indulging in
unethical practice of
skull removal from the
unknown body”.
The order said the
doctor will be debarred
from such duty till he
deposits the “unethi-
cally removed skull”
with the department,
otherwise it will be pre-
sumed he did it for “ul-
terior motives .
Justice Yashwant
Varma, whom the doc-
tor’s counsel appealed
to set aside the order,
said the hospital’s di-
rective did not amount
to punishment as it
only debarred the peti-
tioner from undertak-
ing post mortem work
till the time the incident
was enquired into.
Advocate Arun Pan-
war, appearing for the
medical College, sub-
mitted that taking into
account the serious-
ness of the incident,
the college has already
initiated an enquiry
during which the peti-
tioner shall be afforded
due opportunity of
hearing and that sub-
ject to the result of the
probe further action
shall be taken.
Accused of removing skull during PM, doc moves HC
District judge to decide ED’s plea to
transfer case against Satyender Jain
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court will decide
on Monday the Enforce-
ment Directorate's (ED)
plea to transfer a money
laundering case against
Delhi government min-
ister Satyendar Jain to
another judge.
Principal District and
Sessions Judge Vinay
Gupta had posted the
case for hearing on Sep-
tember 19, after the
probe agency sought the
transfer from the court
of SpecialJudgeGeetan-
jali Goel to any other
judge. The agency has
raised certain issues
about the bail argu-
ments being heard by
Goel, who has frequent-
ly pulled up ED over its
investigation. Goel has
beenhearingthelengthy
arguments on the bail
petitions of Jain and his
co-accused Ankush Jain
and Vaibhav Jain.
All three are current-
ly lodged in judicial cus-
tody
. The minister has
been accused of having
laundered money
through four companies
allegedly linked to him.
Goel had recently al-
lowed the ED to ques-
tion Satyendar Jain in-
side the jail on Septem-
ber 16 with regard to the
excise policy scam case,
which has become a
flashpoint between the
city's AAP government
and the Centre.
The special court had
recently taken cogni-
sance of the Prosecu-
tion Complaint (charge
sheet) filed by ED
against Jain, his wife
and eight others.
BANISHING EVIL
Union Minister for Women Child Development Smriti Irani holds a bow and an arrow during Vishwa Maitri Kshama Diwas
2022 programme at Red Fort in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
PETITIONER’S CHARGE AGAINST MAULANA AZAD MED COLLEGE
New Delhi: Four men
were arrested for
allegedly obstructing
an Anti-Corruption
Branch (ACB) team,
which raided AAP
MLA Amanatullah
Khan's residence,
from discharging its
duties, police said
on Sunday. Shakeel
Ahmad (45), Afsar
(20), Anwar (31) and
Sikander (45) were
arrested on Satur-
day, they said. The
ACB had on Friday
conducted raids
at four premises
in connection with
alleged irregularities
in recruitment in the
Delhi Waqf Board
and arrested Khan,
also its chairman.
We have registered
a case for obstruct-
ing the ACB officials
in discharging
their duty and four
persons have been
arrested in this
case. Further the
investigation is in
progress, a senior
police officer said.
4 arrested for
obstructing
ACB raid
A vdeo grab showing
supporters of Amanatullah
Khan confronting an ACB
official during raids at the
residence of the MLA in
Jamia Nagar on Friday.
‘DOING LITTLE, MAKING A LOT OF NOISE’
It seems
Kejri-
wal's cer-
tificate on hones-
ty and dishones-
ty is more impor-
tant than that of
the judiciary.
AAP is not katter
imandaar, but it
is a kattar bei-
maan party
Sambit Patra,
BJP
Spokesperson
MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
Raghav Chadha appointed
AAP’s Gujarat co-incharge
Ahmedabad (PTI):
The Aam Aadmi Party
on Sunday appointed its
Rajya Sabha member
Raghav Chadha as the
AAP's Gujarat co-in-
charge for the state As-
sembly elections due
later this year.
AAP had earlier ap-
pointed Rajya Sabha
member Sandeep
Pathak at its Gujarat in-
charge. Chadha had also
held the responsibility
of the party as Punjab
affairs co-incharge,
ahead of the Assembly
elections in that state
held earlier this year.
Congratulations and
best wishes to Rajya
Sabha member and
youth leader Raghav
Chanda on being ap-
pointed as the AAP' Gu-
jarat sah-prabhari (co-
incharge),AAPGujarat
said in a tweet.
Inaresponsetohisap-
pointment,Chadhasaid,
I thank @ArvindKejri-
wal ji for entrusting me
with this big responsi-
bility
. I will put in my
blood, sweat, tears and
toil to meet the expecta-
tions of my party
. Guja-
rat wants change, Guja-
rat wants good educa-
tion-healthcare. Gujarat
wants Kejriwal.
Raghav Chadha
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

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PM @NarendraModi Ji’s goal of
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To celebrate our rich Khadi traditions
and strengthen local artisans, I bought
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from the kendram. Beyond comfort
and fashion, Khadi is also an
inspiration. I encourage all to embrace
Khadi for achieving the goal of an
#AatmanirbharBharat.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
AS INDIA JOINS
THE MOURNERS
ITS COLONIAL PAST
REMAINS FRESH
he world’s longest
serving monarch,
Queen Elizabeth II of
UK,willbelaidtorest
at Westminster Ab-
bey tomorrow. The serpentine
queues of mourners underscore
the popularity of the monarch
not only in England but in other
countries too despite the several
crises, including Princess Di-
ana’s mysterious death and
Prince Harry’s marriage to a
non-white,shebravelytidedover.
Reactions in some of the colo-
nies have been subdued. India
also has been critical of Britain
and has blamed its former rulers
of looting the country of its rich-
es but has opted to remain in the
Commonwealth. There has been
a demand to seek the return of
the precious Kohinoor which
adorns the monarch’s bejew-
elled crown. India mourning the
monarch’s passing away coin-
cided with the renaming of Raj-
path as Kartavyapath to put be-
hind the country’s colonial past.
On the other hand, President
Draupadi Murmu has reached
London, which is expected to
come to a halt for the final cere-
mony
, to represent India.
TOP TWEETS
T
nion Law Minis-
ter Kiren Rijiju
has once again
raised the issue
of judges’ ap-
pointment pointing to the
“need to think about the
Collegium system” to has-
ten the process of appoint-
ments in higher judiciary.
“The system which is in
place is causing trouble and
everyone knows it. Further
discussions will be held
about what and how it has
to be done,” Rijiju said at
the Union of India Counsel
(West Zone) Conference at
Udaipur. The Collegium
system allows judges to ap-
point and transfer them-
selves and that is the main
argument against the pre-
sent system.
It is argued that the Col-
legium system has been
evolved by the judiciary to
retain the power to appoint
judges to the Supreme Court
and various high courts. The
other points against the sys-
tem are that it promotes
nepotism and that it has
failed to prevent the number
of vacancies of judges and
pendency of cases from in-
creasing.
Interestingly, the Consti-
tution merely says that the
appointments are to be made
by the President of India in
consultation with judges of
the Supreme Court and high
courts as may be needed.
The Collegium system was
put in place by the Supreme
Court in 1993 and in 2019 a
nine-judge bench of the
court rejected a plea to re-
view that order. The 1993 or-
der was passed by a Consti-
tution Bench “for protecting
the integrity and guarding
the independence of the ju-
diciary”. The government,
on the other hand, wants a
bigger say in judges’ ap-
pointment probably for bet-
ter control over them, al-
though even under the pre-
sent system it is accused of
weakening the institution.
Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju has once
again raised the issue
of judges’ appointment
pointing to the “need to
think about the
Collegium system” to
hasten the process of
appointments in higher
judiciary.
U
The Cheetah in the Forest:
A Tribute to MK Ranjitsinh
he arrival of the Cheetah on
the Indian soil after seven
decades is a major landmark
in the conservation story of
India. The very same forest
which saw the complete deci-
mation of this species, and
the near extinction of many
others is now witness to a
new kind of revival. It re-
quired political statesman-
ship, judicial scrutiny and
oversight, diplomatic initia-
tive, administrative acumen,
and last but not the least the
professional expertise of
dedicated foresters and con-
servationists to get the Chee-
tah back to the national park.
It bears mention that post-
independence, the first genu-
ine effort towards wildlife
conservation was made in
1952 with the establishment
of the Indian Wildlife Board,
which was constituted to cen-
tralize all the rules and regu-
lations pertinent to wildlife
conservation in India, which
until then differed from state
to state. In 1956, this Board
passed a landmark decree
that accorded all existing
Game Parks the status of a
SanctuaryoraNationalPark.
However, it was not until
the passage of Wildlife Pro-
tection Act in 1972, followed
by the and Project Tiger in
1973 - the largest wildlife con-
servation project of its time-
that India’s commitment to
wildlife protection received
the legal, administrative, and
financial backing from the
Union government. This has
been covered extensively in
Jairam Ramesh’s
book: Indira Gan-
dhi ~A Life in Na-
ture. The Act is be-
ing amended to
make it even more
effective.
But the intro-
duction of the
Cheetah by Prime
Minister Modi in
the seventy fifth
year of India’s in-
dependence is like
breaking the grav-
ity’s rainbow. It
heralds new op-
portunities and
possibilities. Un-
less the forest
service, and its wildlife wing
was professionally trained
and committed to manage
this transcontinental reloca-
tion action, the Cheetah pro-
ject may not have seen the
light of the day for the Su-
preme Court was quite clear
protocols must be followed.
While Project Tiger would
be identified with the then
PM Indira Gandhi, and the
relocation of Cheetah with
Prime Minister Modi, let us
take a moment to pay our
tribute to the officer who
made this possible. The one
person who thought about it,
worked on it, drafted legisla-
tion, and moved the Supreme
Court was Dr. MK Ranjitsinh
Jhala of the 1961 batch of the
IAS in the MP cadre. A scion
of the erstwhile royal family
of Wankaner. As collector of
Mandla, he helped save the
central Indian Barasingha
from extinction. As secre-
tary, forests, and tourism, in
MP, he established fourteen
new sanctuaries, eight new
national parks and more
than doubled the area of
three existing national
parks, a total addition of
over 9,000 sq. km. to the pro-
tected areas of the nation. He
was the prime architect of
the Wildlife (Protection) Act;
was director of wildlife pres-
ervation twice and addition-
al secretary in the Ministry
of Environment and Forests.
He has been an integral part
of several landmark projects
including translocation of
Asiatic Lions from Gujarat,
protection of habitats of
Great Indian Bustard and re-
introduction of Cheetah in
India.
The Cheetah was officially
declared extinct in India in
1952. Thereafter, in 2009, the
‘African Cheetah Introduc-
tion Project in India’ was
conceived. However, it is only
after a decade of deliberation
that further developments
have occurred on this front.
The Supreme Court set up a
three-member committee to
guide the reintroduction
plan and to guide the reintro-
duction plan and gave its fi-
nal approval in January 2020.
Subsequently, after a delay
caused by the COVID-19 pan-
demic, the ‘Action Plan for
Introduction of Cheetah in
India’ was released in 2022.
Incidentally, it may not be
out of place to mention that
the FRI was also the host in-
stitution for the training of
four batches of the ICS – from
1940~1943). Among those
trained with the ICS were the
Maharaj Kumar of Sikkim
whowasaclosefriendof Nari
Rustomji who, along with
Verrier Elwin was a key ad-
viser to the then Prime Min-
ister Nehru on India’s fron-
tier policy, especially with
respect to tribes and forests.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
Incidentally, it may not be
out of place to mention that
the FRI was also the host
institution for the training
of four batches of the ICS –
from 1940~1943). Among
those trained with the ICS
were the Maharaj Kumar of
Sikkim who was a close
friend of Nari Rustomji
who, along with Verrier
Elwin was a key adviser to
the then Prime Minister
Nehru on India’s frontier
policy, especially with
respect to tribes and forests
RAJ DHARMA 18
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer superannuated as the Director of the
LBS National Academy of Administration,
India’s apex training institution, and curates
Valley of Words: An annual Literature and Arts
festival at Dehradun, where he currently resides
YOU READ RAJ DHARMA 17
ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
JUDICIARY’S INDEPENDENCE
While Project Tiger would be identified with the
then PM Indira Gandhi, and the relocation of
Cheetah with Prime
Minister Modi, let us take a
moment to pay our tribute
to the officer who made
this possible. The one
person who thought
about it, worked on it,
draftedlegislation, and moved the Supreme
Court was Dr. MK Ranjitsinh Jhala of the
1961 batch of the IAS in the MP cadre

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress high command is
perturbed about the
election of the Presi-
dent and it seems that
the high command too
is worried about some-
thing. That is perhaps
why the state commit-
tees have been asked to
authorize Congress
President Sonia Gandhi
to nominate the presi-
dent. This raises an im-
portant question: Does
Sonia Gandhi feel that
the election of the Pres-
ident can lead to a split
in the Congress? Many
leaders believe so. They
feel that the leaders are
leaving the Congress
party now but it may
also happen that the
party may be torn
apart. This is believed
to be more likely in the
event of an election. An
informed Congress
leader says that the
election of Sitaram Ke-
sari was a different mat-
ter. At that time no one
had seen the leadership
of Sonia Gandhi and
then the party leaders
believed in the charis-
ma of the Nehru-Gan-
dhi family
. At that time,
Sonia-backed Kesari
defeated Sharad Pawar
and Rajesh Pilot by a
huge margin. But now
if such a choice hap-
pens then it can be dif-
ficult.
The real worry seems
to be over the point that
if Rahul Gandhi does
not contest the election
and someone else is
fielded in his place,
then who all can chal-
lenge such a puppet
candidate and how seri-
ous will their challenge
be? This concern is be-
cause the G-23, a group
of angry Congress lead-
ers, may not look very
strong, but their com-
mon strength is huge. It
is also a fact that the
displeasure of the lead-
ers of that group is not
over. While Ghulam
Nabi Azad left the party
,
Kapil Sibal got away
from the Congress by
going to the Rajya Sab-
ha with the help of SP.
Anand Sharma is also
away from the party
and leaders like Manish
Tewari, Shashi Tha-
roor, Bhupinder Singh
Hooda etc. show their
displeasure in one way
or the other.
A leader of this
group, Mukul Wasnik,
has just been sent to the
Rajya Sabha by the par-
ty but all is not well
with the party since he
was removed from the
post of in-charge of
Madhya Pradesh. That
is why the Congress
high command is wor-
ried that if a common
candidate comes out
from G-23, then leaders
like Tewari in Punjab,
Azad in Kashmir, Hoo-
da in Haryana, Tharoor
in Kerala, Anand Shar-
ma in Himachal and
Mukul Wasnik in Ma-
harashtra will be there
for him and can collect
votes. In many states,
party leaders, MLAs,
etc. are in touch with
the BJP. They can all
support another candi-
date. So overall, if the
‘authorised candidate’
looses, then the party
will get out of hand and
even if the candidate
does not lose, the chanc-
es of division will in-
crease.
What is the top leadership of the Grand Old Party worried about?
CONG PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
RaGa resumes journey from Kerala
From Kerala, the Yatra will traverse through the state for the next 18 days, reaching K’taka on Sept 30
Kerala (ANI): As Con-
gress’BharatJodoYatra
entered its eleventh day
,
party leaders led by Ra-
hul Gandhi started the
march from Alappuzha
on Sunday
.
After completing 200
km, the Congress lead-
ers resumed the Kerala
leg of the yatra from
Haripad in Alappuzha
district on Sunday
morning. The padyatra
will take halt at Sree Ku-
ruttu Bhagavathi Tem-
ple in Thottappally
. In
the evening, the yatra
will take a halt at TD
Medical College and
Hospital, Vandanam.
The Yatra is in its Kera-
la leg and would trav-
erse through the state
for the next 12 days. The
3,500-km march from
Kanyakumari to Kash-
mir will be completed in
150 days and cover as
many as 12 states. From
Kerala, the Yatra will
traverse through the
state for the next 18
days, reaching Karna-
taka on Sept 30. It will be
in Karnataka for 21 days
before moving north.
BHARAT JODO YATRA ENTERS 11TH DAY
Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders in Alappuzha district. —FILE PHOTO
RAJ CONGRESS PASSES RESOLUTION
TO MAKE RAGA AS PARTY PRESIDENT
Jaipur (ANI): The Cong
Committees of Raj has
passed a resolution to
make Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi party pres-
ident, said state minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas on Saturday.
“Resolution has been
passed that everyone
will abide by whatever
the national president
decides on, including
the appointment of state
presidents. Another res-
olution moved by CM to
appoint Rahul Gandhi as
the party president has
also been passed,” he
said after State Election
Officer Rajendra Singh
Kumpawat conducted
a meeting of the newly
elected delegates in the
RPCC at its headquarters
in Jaipur.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
CHHATTISGARH PASSES RESOLUTION
BACKING RAGA’S RETURN AS PREZ
Chhattisgarh (ANI):
Chhattisgarh Con-
gress has unani-
mously passed a
resolution that
Rahul Gandhi should
take over as party
president again. The
Chhattisgarh Pradesh
Congress Committee
held an important
meeting. The agenda
of the meeting is
an organizational
election in the state
unit. The meeting
was attended by Chief
Minister Bhupesh
Baghel, party state
in-charge PL Punia
and other leaders of
the state.
‘CONG PRESIDENT OR NOT, RAHUL WILL
HAVE PRE-EMINENT PLACE IN PARTY’
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader P.
Chidambaram favoured
a consensus for the
post of the AICC chief
and asserted that Rahul
Gandhi will always have
a “pre-eminent
place” in the party
irrespective of
whether he is
president or not
as he is the
“ac-
knowledged leader” of
the rank and file. So
far, Rahul Gandhi has
declined to take on the
mantle of party presi-
dency but may change
his mind, the former
Union minister and
Congress Work-
ing Committee
member said, just
days ahead of the
notification
of polls.
Srinagar: Surprising
the BJP, the Congress
Saturday retained a seat
in the Leh Autonomous
Hill Development Council
(LAHDC) for which a by-
election was held on Sep-
tember 13. The dominant
party in the LAHDC, the
BJP had been confident
of wresting the Timisgam
seat, especially with its
top leaders, including
Ladakh MP Jamyang
Tsering Namgyal, steering
its campaign.
A LADAKH HILL
COUNCIL WIN
Goa: Eight new
BJP MLAs to
meet PM today
Panaji: Eight MLAs of
the Congress in Goa
whoswitchedovertothe
BJP earlier this week
will meet PM Narendra
Modi in Delhi on Mon-
day
, Press Trust of India
reported.
The MLAs led by CM
Pramod Sawant and the
BJP’s state unit presi-
dent Sadanand Tana-
vadewillmeettheprime
minister tomorrow
morning, a senior party
official said.
Six legislators will
leave for Delhi by flight
tonight,whileMLAsMi-
chael Lobo and Digam-
bar Kamat, who are cur-
rently out of station,
will join them in the
national capital, he said.
EarlieronWednesday
,
MLAs Digambar Ka-
mat, Michael Lobo, Deli-
lah Lobo, Kedar Naik,
Rajesh Phaldesai,
Sankalp Amonkar, Ru-
dolf Fernandes and
Aleixo Sequeira joined
the BJP after passing a
resolution in a meeting
of the CLP
.
The Cong’ strength in the Goa Assembly has gone down to 3 from 11.
RETAINED POWER
3 WORKERS DIE OF
TOXIC FUMES IN
SEPTIC TANK
Kanpur: Three young
labourers working at a
construction site here
died on Sunday after in-
haling toxic fumes while
removing the shuttering
of an unused septic tank.
Bidhnu residents Shiva
Tiwari (25) and Ankit Pal
(22), and Amit Kumar
(25) lost consciousness
soon after entering
the septic tank, DCP
(South) Pramod Kumar
said. Police rescued the
labourers with the help
of locals but Shiva Tiwari
had already died. Ankit
Pal and Amit Kumar
were taken to Regency
hospital, where they were
declared dead, he said.
LOKAYUKTA POLICE
FILES CASE AGAINST
YEDIYURAPPA
Bengaluru: The Lokayukta
police in Karnataka have
registered a case against
former CM BS Yediyurappa
and several members of
his family in connection
with a corruption case. The
case was registered on
Friday following a special
court direction to the
Lokayukta police to book
the senior BJP leader and
his relatives, including his
son BY Vijayendra, who is
the BJP state Vice Prez, his
grandson, and the then BDA
commissioner. The FIR was
registered under various
provisions of the Prevention
of Corruption Act and the
IPC on a complaint by a
social activist TJ Abraham.
CRUCIAL READ
DALIT WOMAN, MINOR DAUGHTER FOUND
DEAD IN HOUSE: UTTAR PRADESH POLICE
VILLAGERS NEAR NATIONAL PARK FEAR LAND
ACQUISITION AFTER CHEETAHS’ ARRIVAL
Amroha: A Dalit widow and her minor daughter were found
murdered in their house in the Gajraula police station area
of Amroha district in UP on Sunday morning, police said.
According to the police, Dalit widow Manisha (32) was living
with her daughter Isha (13) in Kankather under the Gajraula
police station area. Her husband Pavan had died a few years
ago. Circle officer Arun Kumar said on Sunday morning when
the milkman opened the door of the house, he found the
mother-daughter duo lying on a cot, their heads bleeding.
Sheopur: Amid the excitement over the arrival of Cheetahs
in the Kuno National Park, villagers in surrounding areas
of Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district have a variety of
concerns including the fear of land acquisition and the fear
of the big cat itself. Some people are, however, optimistic
that once Kuno National Park (KNP) becomes famous for
its new entrants, increased tourist footfall will create jobs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released eight
cheetahs brought from Namibia.
Nitish won’t be able to save his
election deposit: Sushil Modi
New Delhi: Former
Deputy Chief Minister
of Bihar and Rajya Sab-
ha MP Sushil Kumar
Modi on Sunday chal-
lenged Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar to contest Lok
Sabha elections from
anywhere in Uttar
Pradesh and claimed he
won’t be able to save his
election deposit.
Sushil Modi’s re-
marks came a day after
Samajwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav offered
Kumar to contest Lok
Sabha 2024 elections
from UP’s Phoolpur.
“Akhilesh Yadav
wants Nitish ji to come
in UP and lose deposit
in Election. Everyone
knows that Akhilesh
Yadav has no candidate
in his own state. He had
alliance with BSP in the
last LS elections and
what happened; the alli-
ance later broke down,”
Sushil Modi told ANI.
Nitish Kumar
Nitish should
try to contest
LS election
from Phoolpur he
fails to save deposit
there then he shall re-
turn to Bihar as a can-
didate who lost his de-
posit. —Sushil Modi,
Former Deputy CM of Bihar
Need to rethink collegium
system:Ashwani Kumar
New Delhi (ANI): For-
mer Union Minister of
Law and Justice
Ashwani Kumar,
while supporting Un-
ion Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju’s
statement on the
collegium sys-
tem, has empha-
sized the need to
review and recon-
sider the present col-
legium system.
Union Law and Jus-
tice Minister Kiren Rij-
iju, while addressing
the inaugural function
of the Union of India
West Zone Advocate’s
conference in Udaipur,
Rajasthan, regarding
the collegium system of
the country’s Judiciary,
had said that if any sys-
tem is not working
properly
, then that
needs a rethink.
Ashwani Ku-
mar said that the
existing collegi-
um system is not
constitutional.
Kumar, said, “Most
political parties are
unanimous on this is-
sue and there is a dire
need to review and re-
consider the present
collegium system.”
Villagers spot
Pak drone in
J-K; searches
underway
JK (ANI): The SOG
on Sunday conducted a
search operation in the
border area of Jakh in
Jammu and Kashmir’s
Samba after a suspected
drone was spotted by
the villagers, a day be-
fore. The Deputy SP
said that they started
the search operation af-
ter the villagers in-
formed them about a
suspected drone here.
“Pakistan has once
again carried out drone
conspiracy in Samba.
Wereceivedinformation
from villagers about the
sighting of a suspected
drone; a search opera-
tion is underway,” Gha-
ru Ram, DSP
, SOG said.
“According to the de-
fence sources, a drone
from Pakistan entered
Indian territory on Sat-
urday evening, after
which there was a stir
among the local people
and security forces,” he
added.
K’taka rejects rail infra proposals of Kerala govt
Bengaluru: Kerala
Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan, who
was in Bengaluru on
Sunday seeking collabo-
ration to build rail and
road connectivity in his
state, had to return
empty-handed as the
Karnataka govt turned
down his proposals.
After a bilateral dis-
cussion with Vijayan,
held as part of the
southern regional
council meeting, Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai
said, “The government
of Kerala sought co-op-
eration for its various
railway projects, in-
cluding the Kanhangad-
Kaniyur Rail Line, and
highway projects. The
proposed Kanhangad-
Kaniyur rail line pro-
ject has a 40-km route in
Kerala and 31 km in
Karnataka. However,
this project is not very
beneficial for Karnata-
ka.” “Besides, it will
pass through the biodi-
versity-rich and ecolog-
ically sensitive areas of
the Western Ghats. So,
the Kerala CM was
clearly told that it was
not possible for the
state of Karnataka to
give extended co-opera-
tion for this project,”
the Karnataka chief
minister added.
Bommai said Vijayan
also brought up the old
Thalassery-Mysuru
rail line project.
Pinarayi Vijayan called on Basavaraj Bommai at Bengaluru Sunday.
OTHER PROJECTS

INDIA
06
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress General Secretary
Jairam Ramesh on Sun-
day called the Central
government a “patho-
logical liar” while shar-
ing a letter from 2009
aboutProjectCheetahto
hit back at the Centre
over the allegation that
“no constructive ef-
forts” were made by the
previous governments
to the re-introduction of
cheetahs in India.
“This was the letter
that launched Project
Cheetah in 2009. Our
PM is a pathological
liar. I couldn’t lay my
hands on this letter yes-
terday because of my
preoccupation with the
Bharat Jodo Yatra,”
Ramesh tweeted.
Jairam Ramesh, who
was a Minister of State
for Environment and
Forests back in 2009 dur-
ing the Congress govt,
had written a letter to
Wildlife Trust of India,
giving a go-ahead to the
Project Cheetah. In the
lettersharedbyRamesh,
he had asked Dr MK
Ranjitsinh of the Wild-
life Trust of India to pre-
pare a detailed roadmap
for the reintroduction
of the Cheetah which
should include a de-
tailed analysis of differ-
ent potential sites.
CHEETAH CREDIT ROW
Mumbai (PTI): Despite
the highest tax collec-
tion and budget, the
Mumbai civic body has
failedtoconstructwash-
rooms for women play-
ers and senior citizens,
Union minister and
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Anurag
Thakur said on Sunday
.
Thakur was on a one-
day tour of the Mumbai
South Central Lok Sab-
ha constituency, cur-
rently represented by
Shiv Sena MP Rahul Sh-
ewale, a loyalist of Ma-
harashtra Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde.
Thakur’s visit is a
part of the BJP’s strate-
gy to connect with vot-
ers ahead of the 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
“It is unfortunate to
see that women players
in Mumbai do not have
proper washrooms and
toilets. The civic body
has one of the highest
tax collection and budg-
et, but it has failed to
construct washrooms
for women as well as
senior citizens,” the
Minister for Informa-
tion and Broadcasting,
Youth Affairs, and
Sports told reporters.
The BJP is keen to
wrest the Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC) from the
friend-turned-foe Shiv
Sena, which has been
ruling the civic body for
more than two decades.
BMC failed to build
toilets for women
players, says Thakur
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister and senior BJP
leader Anurag Thakur in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Jairam calls Centre
‘pathological liar’,
shares 2009 letter
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The UP govt
has transferred 14 IAS
officers, including the
District Magistrate of
10 districts. Giving a big
responsibility to Bara-
banki District Magis-
trate, who has 3 months
to go before being made
the commissioner, IAS
Adarsh Singh has been
appointed as the Divi-
sional Commissioner
in-charge of Jhansi.
Meanwhile, Hardoi
District Magistrate IAS
Avinash Kumar has
been made the new DM
of Barabanki. Secre-
tary of Revenue dept
and Relief Commis-
sioner IAS Ranveer
Prasad has been ap-
pointed as new Housing
Commissioner and Di-
rector of Urban Land
demarcation. Whereas
IAS Ajay Chauhan, has
been made the secre-
tary of the Public
Works Department who
will become principal
secretary after 3
months. IAS Prabhu
Narayan Singh, District
Magistrate of Agra, has
been sent to the post of
in-charge secretary rev-
enue department and
in-charge relief com-
missioner, 3 months be-
fore becoming the com-
missioner.
Givingrewardof hard
work to Ghazipur DM
IAS Mangla Prasad Sin-
gh, the government has
again made him Hardoi
Collectorate.Apartfrom
this, the DM of Mathu-
ra, IAS Navneet Singh
Chahal will now be the
DM of Agra.
IAS Isha Duhan, VC
of Varanasi Develop-
ment Authority will be
the DM of Chandauli.
Meanwhile, Pilibhit DM
IAS Pulkit Khare will be
the DM of Mathura and
Mirzapur DM IAS
Pravin Kumar Lak-
shkar has been made
the DM of Pilibhit.
UP government transfers 14 IAS Officers
MP Singh Prem Singh Gaurang Rathi Navneet Chahal
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: After the
displeasure of BJP
leaders in UP, the gov-
ernment has removed
Bareilly SSP Satyarth
Anirudh Pankaj. In his
place, IPS Akhilesh Ku-
mar Chaurasia has
been made the new SSP
of Bareilly. Chaurasia
will be promoted to the
post of DIG after 3
months. Meanwhile,
due to the displeasure
of the government, IPS
Satyarth Anirudh Pan-
kaj has been made SP,
Establishment at DGP
Headquarters.
Pankaj, who came
under the target of BJP
leaders for the arrest of
former MLA Late Kesar
Singh's son Vishal
Gangwar in Bareilly
and then snatching the
security from him, was
complaint against two
days ago to ADG Rajku-
mar and IG Ramit Shar-
ma by MLAs including
MP Santosh Gangwar
and Minister of State
for Forest Dr. Arun Ku-
mar. During this, MLA
Dr. Raghavendra Shar-
ma, Dr. DC Verma, Dr.
MP Arya, BJP District
President Pawan Shar-
ma and former minister
Bahoran Lal Maurya
were present in this
meeting held at Bareilly
Circuit House.
When the matter
came to the notice
of the Chief Minister,
he took it seriously
and late in the night,
the order was issued
to remove SSP Sat-
yarth Anirudh Pankaj
from Bareilly.
IPS Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia
appointed as new SSP of Bareilly
IPS Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Election
strategist Prashant
Kishor has met Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar, however, it is a
different story about
how the meeting took
place and on whose ini-
tiative it happened. In-
terestingly, Nitish Ku-
mar claimed before me-
dia that Prashant
Kishor wanted to meet
him and if someone
wants to meet then how
will he refuse. On the
other hand Pavan Var-
ma said that he has not
done any mediation be-
tween the two and meet-
ing PK was completely
Nitish Kumar’s deci-
sion. Whoever took the
initiative, but the meet-
ingtookplaceonlywhen
both agreed. So, now the
question is, how will
Prashant Kishor pre-
sent himself to Nitish
Kumar? The campaign
that he has done in the
last three months under
his ‘Suraaj campaign’
has been centered
around prjecting Nitish
as a complete failure
during which PK also
made major personal at-
tacks on Nitish.
Keep in mind that
Prashant Kishor is not
a politician that his
rants against Nitish
and subsequent praises
would be taken without
batting an eye. In fact,
PK is in political man-
agement. Brand and
brand credibility is
most important to him.
But he himself has
spoiled the image of the
brand named Nitish Ku-
mar, so much that now
serious questions are
being raised as to how
will he improve it and
how will he make Nit-
ish’s brand shine across
the country? If he tries
to work for Nitish then
BJP will make viral
PK’s own speeches and
show what he himself
has said about Nitish.
Therefore now it will
be a test of his skills as
to how he hides his
words and brings Nit-
ish’s brand to the fore. It
is not a difficult task to
get Nitish accepted as a
leader among the oppo-
sition parties.
Will PK be able to conduct ‘damage control’ of brand Nitish?
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Prashant Kishor alongwith Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.—FILE PHOTO
PROJECT CHEETAH
Jairam Ramesh
Panaji (ANI): The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) on Sunday
along with forensic offi-
cials reached nightclub
‘Curlies’ in Anjuna for
investigation where ac-
tor and BJP leader Son-
ali Phogat was allegedly
drugged and was later
declared dead.
Earlier on Saturday,
the CBI and forensic ex-
perts visited the Looney
Grand Resort in Goa,
where the late BJP lead-
er stayed before her
death with her aides. As
per information, the
CBI officers investigat-
ing the case were inside
the resort for over 10
hours. This comes as
CBI took over the probe
into Sonali Phogat’s
death from Goa Police
on September 15, 2022,
and registered an FIR
into the case followed by
an order for a detailed
probe in the case.
Earlier on Saturday,
CBI and a forensic team
arrived at the resort lo-
cated on the Anjuna
beach in North Goa.
Earlier, Goa Chief
Minister Pramod
Sawant said that he
would request Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah to hand over the
Phogat case to the CBI.

❍ SONALI PHOGAT DEATH CASE
CBI, forensic officials
reach nightclub to
initiate investigation
CBI along with
forensic officials
reached nightclub
for investigation
Sonali Phogat
Shimla (ANI): The
Congress Party on Sat-
urday, alleged that the
(BJP) and the Himachal
Pradesh government
are misusing the public
funds on party cam-
paigns ahead of state
assembly elections.
The chief spokesper-
son of the Himachal
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee (HPCC) and
Chairman of the media
wing Naresh Chauhan
accused the state gov-
ernment of using the
public fund in the name
of AzadikaAmritMaht-
sov. Naresh Chauhan
said, “Smriti Irani was
protesting against the
inflation with cylinders
on the roads when LPG
cylinders were Rs 400
and now while the LPG
cylinder is over Rs 1,100
today
, she is mum.”
HP Cong alleges
BJP, govt of
using public
funds for poll
New Delhi (ANI):
(BJP) president JP Na-
dda on Saturday, inau-
gurated the ‘Basti Sam-
park Abhiyan’ cam-
paign, aiming to devel-
op a greater connection
with the people of
Scheduled Castes (SC)
and backward commu-
nities. Many leaders
and party workers be-
longing to the SC front,
from 30 different places
across the country
were a part of this pro-
gramme. Nadda said,
“During the practice
session, I had appealed
to connect with 75,000
slums and 7500 hostels.
Today, Lal Singh Arya
and his team have
started the Basti Sam-
park Abhiyan”.
JP NADDA
INAUGURATES
‘BASTI SAMPARK
ABHIYAN’
JP Nadda
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala Governor Arif
Mohammed Khan met
RSS Chief Mohan Bhag-
wat at Thrissur on Sat-
urday
. The meeting took
place at the residence of
anRSSleaderfor30min-
utes. The meeting came
amid the face-off be-
tween the state govern-
ment and the Governor
over the University
Laws Amendment Bill.
“How do you expect
me to remain silent if I
see that the exchequer is
being looted?...All docu-
mentary evidence will
be produced tomorrow,”
said Khan.
Meanwhile, sources
from the Governor’s of-
fice stated that it was a
courtesy call. Also, the
governor refused to
speak to the media after
the meeting.
Kerala Guv Arif Mohd Khan meets RSS Chief
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat offering prayer at Guruvayur Temple,
in Guruvayur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI):
Thousands of children
and youth from the
slums of the national
capital participated in
the 'Prime Minister
Narendra Modi Cross
Country Slum race' or-
ganised by the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
on Sunday.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah flagged
off the race hosted as
part of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's birth-
day celebration pro-
grammes under 'Sewa
Pakhwara' at Dhyan-
chand Stadium here.
Shah said the race
was aimed at the prime
minister's goal to bring
all sections of the soci-
ety to the mainstream
of national life.
Along with educa-
tion, this race will con-
nect these children
with sports and boost
their confidence, he
added. Delhi BJP chief
Adesh Gupta said the
race has revealed the
talent in slums and un-
authorised colonies of
the city.
Around 10,000 chil-
dren and youth from all
parts of the city par-
ticipated in the race
out of which 32 were
given prizes, Delhi BJP
said in a statement.
The cross country
race was divided into
four age groups in-
cluding boys and girls
in the age group of 10-
15 years who partici-
pated in the 2.5 km
category.
Another category of
2.5 km race was open to
all age groups. The 5 km
race was organised for
those in the 16-20 yrs
age group or above.
Shahflagsoff‘PMModi
crosscountryslumrace’
PM’s goal is to bring all sections of the society to the mainstream
MILESTONE
ACHIEVED UNDER
RAKTDAAN AMRIT
New Delhi (ANI):
Union Health Min-
ister Dr Mansukh
Mandaviya said
that the number
of volunteers who
have donated blood
under Raktdaan
Amrit Mahotsav has
crossed one lakh.
Earlier, the officials of
the Ministry of Health
informed that the
country had created a
world record by sur-
passing its previous
best of 87,059 blood
donations in 2014.
Raktdaan Amrit Ma-
hotsav is a country-
wide mega voluntary
blood donation drive,
which was kickstart-
ed by Union Minister,
Dr Mansukh Man-
daviya on Saturday
by donating blood
at a blood donation
camp at Safdarjung
Hospital, New Delhi.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the race hosted as part
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday celebration programmes
under ‘Sewa Pakhwara’ at Dhyanchand Stadium on Sunday.
—PHOTO
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CURRENCIES
Honda looks to re-enter SUV segment
New Delhi (PTI): Japanese
auto major Honda expects
itsIndiabusinesstogetback
ongrowthpathasitgearsup
to re-enter the high-selling
sports utility vehicle seg-
ment next year, as per a top
company official.
The company, which is
present through a wholly-
owned subsidiary in the
country
, currently does not
have presence in the sports
utility vehicle (SUV) space,
which has now become the
largest segment in the over
30lakhperannumdomestic
passenger vehicle industry
.
The automaker in recent
yearshasdiscontinuedmod-
els like CR-V
, BR-V and Mo-
bilio in the market and now
relies on its sedan portfolio
-- City
, City eHEV (hybrid)
and compact sedan Amaze
to bring in the volumes.
Terming India as one of
the most important mar-
kets, Honda Cars India
President and CEO Takuya
Tsumura said the Japanese
company has now initiated
various initiatives like
product introduction in the
high selling SUV segment
to scale up its volumes in
the country
.
“I can say that we have
bottomed out this year and
from now on we are only
going to go up,” he noted.
EXPECTS INDIA BIZ TO GET BACK ON TRACK
CURRENTLY
NO PRESENCE

z The company currently
does not have presence in
the sports utility vehicle
(SUV) space, which has
now become the largest
segment in the over 30
lakh per annum domestic
passenger vehicle industry
PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS GIVE DIGITAL LENDING A
PUSH AS PART OF EASE 4.0 REFORM AGENDA
New Delhi: Public sector banks are fast adapting to digital means
as they have cleared digital lending of `83,091 crore in the finan-
cial year ending March 2022. As
part of EASE 4.0 reforms, state-
owned banks were asked to focus
on digital lending, co-lending
with non-banking firms, agricul-
ture financing, and technological
resilience for 24x7 banking. The
Enhanced Access and Service
Excellence (EASE) program,
driven by Indian Banks’ Association (IBA), also stressed on data
analytics, automation, and digitization. —PTI
OLA ELECTRIC TO OPEN MORE THAN 200 RETAIL
STORES BY MARCH 2023 FOR SELLING SCOOTERS
New Delhi: Electric vehicle maker Ola Electric is opening retail
stores across the country amid falling sales of its flagship Ola S1
Pro scooter. “Opening up experi-
ence centres across the country. 20
already, more than 200 by March!,”
tweeted Ola founder Bhavish Ag-
garwal. Sources said that these
stores will be company owned and
operated. It was reported on July 29
that the company had held internal
competition to increase sales by
allocating different regions to key executives within Ola following a
fall in sales of S1 Pro, which costs around `1,40,000.—Agencies
‘INSURANCE SEC WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE MA
DEALS, NEW ENTRANTS’
New Delhi: Merger and acquisi-
tions will continue to be a part
and parcel of the insurance
sector, which is
a highly capital
intensive sec-
tor and can
accommodate
new entrants with specialised
skill sets having long-term
vision. Market players and
analysts are of the view that the
sector has significant potential
for development and there will
be new entrants in the insur-
ance industry and also Merger
and acquisition deals. —PTI
ULIP TO BE DEVELOPED
AS PART OF LOGISTICS
POLICY, SAYS DPIIT
New Delhi: An unified logis-
tics interface platform (ULIP)
will be developed as part of
the national
logistics
policy to help
different gov-
ernment and
private agencies; shippers,
service providers enable in-
formation exchange on a real
time basis in a confidential
manner. “This platform will be
utilised by various govern-
ment and private agencies,
service providers, shippers,
consignees etc. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Outstanding
dues of power distribu-
tion companies towards
gencos declined sharply
to `713.29 crore on Fri-
day from `5,085.30 crore
as of August 17 following
a strict action against de-
faulter utilities. The de-
faulter utilities were
barred from trading at
power exchanges under
the Electricity, Rules 2022
notified by the power
ministry. Last month, the
national grid operatorPO-
SOCO asked three power
exchanges— IEX, PXIL
and HPX—to restrict
electricity trading by 27
discoms in 13 states hav-
ing outstanding dues to-
wards gencos. —PTI
New Delhi: Six of the top-
10 most valued firms suf-
fered a combined erosion
of `2,00,280.75 crore
from market valuation last
week, with IT majors Tata
Consultancy Services and
Infosys taking the biggest
hit, amid weak trend in
equities. Last week, the
Sensex fell 952.35 points.
While Reliance Industries,
TCS, HDFC Bank, Hindu-
stan Unilever, Infosys and
HDFC suffered erosion
from their valuation, ICICI
Bank, SBI, Adani Trans-
mission and Bajaj Finance
were the gainers. —PTI
MCAP OF 6 OF TOP 10
MOST VALUED FIRMS
TUMBLE BY `2 L CR
OUTSTANDING DUES
OF DISCOMS DIP TO
`713 CR TILL AUG 17
New Delhi: The All India
Power Engineers Federa-
tion on Sunday gave a call
to hold demonstrations in
the national capital on
November 23, to protest
against the Electricity
(Amendment) Bill 2022.
AIPEF has also threat-
ened that the electricity
sector workers will go on
strike if the government
makes any unilateral ef-
fort to pass the bill in
Parliament, the All India
Power Engineers Federa-
tion (AIPEF) said in a
statement. —PTI
AIPEF TO PROTEST
AGAINST ELECTRICITY
BILL ON NOV 23
New Delhi: Foreign inves-
tors pumped `12,000
crore into the Indian equi-
ty market so far this
month on hopes that
global central banks, par-
ticularly the US Fed, may
go slow on rate hikes as
inflation starts to cool off.
This comes following a
net investment of stag-
gering `51,200 crore in
August and nearly `5,000
crore in July, data with
depositories showed. Ac-
cording to data with de-
positories, FPIs pumped a
net `12,084 crore into In-
dian equities during Sep-
tember 1-16. —PTI
FPIs INFUSE `12,000
CRORE IN INDIAN
EQUITIES IN SEPT
*Rates till the edition went to print.
New Delhi (PTI): Gross
direct tax collections grew
30% to `8.36 lakh crore till
September 17 of current
fiscal year on higher ad-
vance tax mop-up buoyed
by the economic revival
post pandemic, the finance
ministry said on Sunday
.
After adjusting for re-
funds amounting to `1.35
lakh crore, net direct tax
kitty grew 23% to `7 lakh
crore.
Gross collection of di-
rect taxes for 2022-23 stands
at `8,36,225 crore compared
to `6,42,287 crore in the
year-ago period, register-
ing a growth of 30%, the
ministry said in satate-
ment on Sunday
.
This includes revenue
from Corporate Income
Tax of `4.36 lakh crore and
Personal Income Tax (PIT)
of `3.98 lakh crore.
“Direct tax collections
continue to grow at a ro-
bust pace, a clear indicator
of the revival of economic
activity post pandemic, as
also the result of the stable
policies of the government,
focusing on simplification
and streamlining of pro-
cesses and plugging of tax
leakage through effective
use of technology,” the
ministry said.
For April-September, ad-
vance tax collection grew
17% to `2.95 lakh crore.
This includes advance tax
payout by corporate tax-
payers of `2.29 lakh crore.
After adjusting for re-
funds, net direct tax collec-
tions rose 23% to `7,00,669
crore,comparedto`5,68,147
crore in the corresponding
period of 2021-22.
DIRECT TAX COLLECTION
GROWS 30% IN FY23
TO `8.36 LAKH CRORE
MAJOR
STATISTICS

z Gross collection of direct
taxes for 2022-23 stands at
`8,36,225 crore compared
to `6,42,287 crore in the
year-ago period

z This includes revenue from
Corporate Income Tax of
`4.36 lakh crore

z For April-Sept, advance tax
collection grew 17%
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
top oil and gas producer
ONGC wants the govt to
scrap windfall profit tax
levied on
domestical-
ly produced
crude oil
and instead
use the dividend route to
tap into bumper earnings
resulting from surge in
global energy prices. The
firm also favours a floor
price for natural gas at $10/
million British thermal
unit—the current govern-
ment-dictated rate—to help
bring deposits in challeng-
ing areas to production.
New Delhi (PTI): Equity
markets will be driven by
the outcome of the US Fed-
eral Reserve’s interest rate
decision this week, ana-
lysts said.
Moreover, equity bench-
marks will also continue to
be guided by foreign fund
movement and trend in
Brent crude oil, they added.
“The global markets are
looking nervous after the
US inflation numbers,
which have caused the dol-
lar index to hover around
110,” said Santosh Meena,
Head of Research, Swasti-
ka Investmart Ltd.
Now everyone is eyeing
the outcome of the upcom-
ing US Federal Open Mar-
ket Committee (FOMC)
meeting. The Bank of Eng-
land will also announce its
interest rate decision, Mee-
na said. He further added
that institutional flows will
play a critical role because
foreign investors have
turned sellers in the Indian
equity market.
ONGC pitch to
scrap windfall tax
Equity markets
this week await
US Fed interest
rate decision
New Delhi (PTI): Maruti
Suzuki India expects the
small car segment to grow
in volume terms despite a
decreasing share in the
overall domestic passenger
vehicles market, according
toaseniorcompanyofficial.
While affordability is a
major concern that has im-
pacted growth of the small-
carsegment,thecompanyis
betting on first-time buyers
and more customers from
rural as well as suburban
areas—tier II and III towns.
We believe absolute vol-
ume (of small cars) will
increase but as a percent-
age of the total volume (of
passenger vehicles), which
is 38% at the moment, this
may show a decrease, but
in absolute volume terms,
it will increase, Maruti
Suzuki India Ltd Senior
Executive Director (Mar-
keting Sales) Shashank
Srivastava said.
The hatchback market
used to fluctuate between
45-46% of the total passen-
ger vehicles market for the
last five years and last year
it dipped to about 38% and
SUVs with 40% of the over-
all market became the larg-
est selling segment, he
added. However, in terms
of absolute volume, Srivas-
tava said the small-car seg-
ment is still pretty large.
Small car segment to grow in
volumeterms:MarutiSuzuki
Steel PLI scheme: No
‘foreign entity’ proposal
FormerRBIGuvbats
forhawkishstance
RICE PRICES LIKELY TO
REMAIN ELEVATED
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment has received
about 75 applications from
domestic players under the
PLI Scheme for specialty
steel, according to an offi-
cial. Applicants include all
major steel players like
Tata Steel, JSW Steel,
JSPL, AMNS India and
SAIL, a senior steel minis-
try official said.
“A significant number of
applications have been re-
ceived. There are about 75
applications,” the official
said. However, no proposal
has been received from any
foreign entity, according to
the official.
After shortlisting the
proposals, the government
will come out with a final
list which would take
around 35-40 days, the offi-
cial said. The move is ex-
pected to attract an addi-
tional investment of about
`40,000 crore and generate
5.25 lakh job opportunities.
Kolkata (PTI): Former
RBI Governor C Rangara-
jan advocated maintaining
the ongoing hawkish
stance by the Reserve Bank
of India to tame inflation
and expected that the rupee
will strengthen with re-
sumption of capital inflow.
He also said the country
has to clock an 8-9% year-
on-year growth for the next
five years to achieve the tar-
get of a $5-trillion economy
.
He said he would be hap-
py if the country’s econom-
ic growth reaches 7% in the
current fiscal.
“The current policy
stance should continue. De-
veloped countries are also
taking steep rate hikes. I
expect more rate hikes,”
Rangarajan said.
RBI has been maintain-
ing a hawkish stance with
rate hikes to tame infla-
tion.
New Delhi (PTI): A 6-7
million tonnes shortfall in
rice production due to a fall
in paddy sowing area is
likely to keep rice prices at
elevated levels, adding to
the inflationary pressure
that the slowing economy
is already grappling with.
Elevated food prices, in-
cluding that of cereals, had
led to retail inflation re-
versing a three-month de-
clining trend, to touch 7%
in August.
Similarly, the wholesale
price inflation, which de-
clined to 11-month low, also
showed price pressures
from cereals resulting from
wheat output being impact-
ed by severe heat waves in
some parts of the country
.
In addition to this, expec-
tation of a lower paddy out-
put - conservative by gov-
ernment estimates and
higher if outside experts
are to be believed - will
keep inflationary expecta-
tions higher, experts and
analysts believe.
GOVERNMENT HAD
SET THE FINAL
DEADLINE ON SEP 15
New Delhi: The government
had set the final deadline on
September 15 after several ex-
tensions for receiving proposals
from manufacturers for benefits
under the PLI (Production-
Linked Incentive) scheme for
speciality steel.
=
=

08
2NDFRONT
We all don’t need to sing the
same note, harmony is
different notes but together.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Deoband (ANI): Soon
after the convention of
madrassas of Uttar
Pradesh is underway in
Darul Uloom, Deoband,
Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
president Maulana Ar-
shad Madani on Sunday
said there is no objec-
tion from the madras-
sas on the issue of the
survey of unrecognized
madrassas by the state
government.
There is no opposi-
tion among us regard-
ing the survey
. We have
instructed the Ulemas
to give correct answers
to whatever questions
are asked to them and
people should cooper-
ate fully in the survey,
Madani said. He said
the madrassas are in-
structed to keep their
rules and account cor-
rect and conduct audits
from time to time.
Madani said that the
madrassas will not take
help from the govern-
ment for day-to-day reli-
gious affairs adding
that the government
can help in building
schools and colleges.
There is no anger in
the Muslim society
about the survey. We
run madrassas with the
donations of Muslims.
The account is open.
Anyone can check if
there are atrocities
against children in any
madrassa. If something
is found then, shut it
down, Madani said.
Madani said if a ma-
drasa is on the land of
the government, then
the government has the
right to demolish it, but
if the madrasa is on its
own land, then we are
against it.
He said the conven-
tion appealed to all Is-
lamic madrassas to co-
operate with the survey
team.
Thus, madrassas are
advised to provide ac-
curate information to
the survey team so that
there are no adverse
events. If there are reg-
ulatory lapses, the same
should be addressed on
an urgent basis.
Secondly, maintain
financial transparency,
get audited annually by
auditors, keep records
of audits, and ensure
audits are flawless.
Maintain the madrasa
property documents,
Madani said.
Madani said the mad-
rassas were advised to
ensure that the proper-
ty of the madrasa or the
society or the trust run-
ning them are regis-
tered as per rules.He
said madrassas are ad-
vised to maintain a hy-
gienic and clean envi-
ronment for the stu-
dents.
A convention of mad-
rassas of Uttar Pradesh
was held in Darul Ul-
oom, Deoband on the
survey of unrecognized
madrassas by the state
government on Sunday
.
The convention was at-
tended by over 250 mad-
rassa representatives.
Patna (PTI): “You are
our real hero”, Bihar’s
most colourful politi-
cian Lalu Prasad was
toldherebyactorManoj
Bajpayee, a son of the
soil whose critical and
commercial success is a
stuff of legend in the
Hindi film industry
.
Bajpayee walked
down to Prasad’s 10, Cir-
cular Road residence
here late on Saturday
eveningwhilepeoplegot
to know about the meet-
ing between the two
crowd pullers after
Tejashwi Yadav, the
RJD president’s son and
the state’s Deputy CM,
shared the information
on social media.
In photographs and
videos of the memora-
ble evening, Bajpayee,
who has remained true
to his roots in West
Champarandistrict,can
be seen chatting with
the ailing septuagenar-
ian in fluent Bhojpuri.
AvisiblypleasedPras-
ad, dressed in a plain
tracksuit,gaveaglimpse
of his earlier self when
he showed Bajpayee
around to the cow shed
maintained inside the
government bungalow.
“Rauva hamni ke asal
hero bani (you are our
realhero),”Bajpayeecan
be heard telling Prasad.
Elsewhere, the actor,
who has three National
and four Filmfare
awards under his belt,
also met the state’s Art
and Culture Minister
Jitendra Kumar Rai.
Rai, who belongs to
Prasad’s party, tweeted
that discussions includ-
ed prospects of a film
city in Bihar.
Meanwhile,Bajpayee,
whose love for his roots
had led him to convince
the makers of ‘Shool’,
one of his most memo-
rable works, to shoot in
Champaran, seems to
have decided that it was
time to sit back and re-
lax. “Most beautiful
place in the world for
me!” tweeted Bajpayee,
sharing a 20-second vid-
eo of his car ride.
Manoj Bajpayee meets Lalu, calls him ‘real hero’
TRUE TO THE ROOTS
Manoj Vajpayee meets RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at his
residence in Patna on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI): With
all major import deals
being either put on hold
or scrapped by the Nar-
endra Modi govern-
ment, the Indian Air
Force is now planning to
go ahead with its Project
CheetahundertheMake
in India route where In-
dian defence manufac-
turers would arm the
Israeli Heron drones
with strike capabilities.
Under the ambitious
Project Cheetah, the In-
dian Air Force wants to
upgradeitsexistingfleet
of Israeli-origin Heron
unmanned aerial vehi-
cles with better commu-
nication facilities and
missiles which can tar-
get enemy positions
from long range. As per
plans, the project was to
be completed with Israe-
li weapon manufactur-
ers. “Now, the IAF is
planning to go ahead
with the upgrade of its
drones by involving In-
dian defence firms un-
der Make in India in de-
fence,” government
sources said. The three
services for a long time
havedependeduponIAF
Israeli-made Searcher II
and Heron UAVs for re-
connaissanceandsnoop-
ing purposes.
IAF’s Project Cheetah
takes Make in India route
The actor also met
the state’s Art and
Culture Min to talk
about prospects of
a film city in Bihar
PUBLICISED MEET
STAR-STUDDED LAUNCH
Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Giriraj Singh with BJP National General Secretary Vinod
Tawde, Bihar BJP President Sanjay Jaiswal and others during a programme on the book
‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’, in Patna on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
New Delhi (PTI):
The Railways' new
hand-held terminals
(HHTs), meant for
computerised on-
board ticket checking
and allotment of va-
cant berths, facilitat-
ed an average of
nearly 7,000 uncon-
firmed ticket-holders
get confirmed seats
on trains daily in the
last four months,
data shows.
The HHTs, which
come in the size if an
iPad, have passenger
reservation charts
for trains already
loaded in them. In-
stead of going
through paper charts
like before, ticket
checking staff can
just browse through
these devices for real-
timeupdatesonbook-
ings as these are con-
nected to the passen-
ger reservation sys-
tem central server.
So, if a passenger
with a reserved tick-
et does not turn up or
cancels their journey
at the last minute,
the vacant berth is
displayedontheHHT
device which enables
the train ticket exam-
iner (TTE) to allot it
to a wait-listed pas-
senger or a reserva-
tion against cancella-
tion (RAC) passenger
on board.
ALLOTS 7K UNCONFIRMED
PASSENGERS BERTHS DAILY
Rlys' new ‘hand-held
device’ checks real-
time seat availability
TTEs holding the new ‘hand-held terminals’
In the next 3 to
4 months, these
HHT devices
would be pro-
vided to all long
distance trains,
including week-
ly and bi-week-
ly ones.
—Officials, Railways
New Delhi (PTI): The
Indo-Tibetan Border Po-
lice (ITBP) has initiated
a human resource
strengthening plan for
its vital animal trans-
port wing that works as
alogisticssupplylifeline
for its posts and troops
deployed along the
mountainous India-Chi-
na LAC, officials said.
As part of the plan, a
total of 64 personnel in
the rank of head consta-
ble have been promoted
to the designation of as-
sistant sub inspector
(ASI) last week. The Un-
ion home ministry, un-
derwhichtheITBPfunc-
tions, notified the re-
cruitment rules for
thesefirst-everASIposts
in the animal transport
(AT) wing of the border
guarding force in July
this year and a depart-
mental promotion com-
mittee (DPC) processed
these appointments and
issued orders in less
than two months, they
said. TheATwingof the
m o u n t a i n - w a r f a re
trained force comprises
mules, ponies and Yaks
and it is engaged all
along the 3,488 km long
India-China Line of Ac-
tual Control (LAC) for
providing logistics,
weapons, rations, fuel
among other essentials
tokeepthe‘axisof main-
tenance’ alive.
ITBP strengthens animal
transport wing that deploys
yaks, ponies along LAC
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) promoted 64 Head Constables of its Animal Transport cadre to the
newly created post of Asstt Sub Inspector based on a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC).
Maulana Arshad Madani addresses a press conference in Deoband on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
Animal transport
wing works as a
logistics supply
lifeline for ITBP
posts and troops
Darul Uloom welcomes UP govt’s
surveyofunrecognisedmadrasas
FALLING IN LINE?
TALKING TO REPORTERS, MADANI
SAID HE HAS URGED ALL MADRASA
MANAGEMENTS TO COOPERATE IN THE
SURVEY AS THEY HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE
Ballia: With the Uttar
Pradesh government
conducting a survey
of private madras-
sas, state Transport
Minister Dayashankar
Singh Sunday said if
the entire country gets
schools like Saraswati
Shishu Mandir, the
nation’s picture will
change. On the oppo-
sition to the survey of
madarassas, he said
the BJP government
indulges neither in
appeasement of nor
ignores any community
or caste. “If the entire
country gets institutes
like Saraswati Shishu
Mandir, it will change
the picture of the coun-
try,” Singh said.
‘IF ALL SCHOOLS WERE LIKE SARASWATI SHISHU MANDIR’
—FILE
PHOTO

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