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PRESIDENT ACCEPTS
RAJENDRA GUTAM’S
RESIGNATION
New Delhi (PTI): President
Droupadi Murmu has
accepted the resignation
of former Social Welfare
Minister in Delhi
government, Rajendra Pal
Gautam, with immediate
effect after he put down
his papers following a
controversy over his
presence at a religious
conversion event.
On media body’s plea, SC issues notice
on ‘search and seizure’ of digital devices
Killings of non-locals continue in
Kashmir,now 2 workers from UP
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day issued notice to the
union government and
the ministries of law
and finance on a plea by
journalist collective
Media Track, seeking
guidelines on “search
and seizure” of digital
devices by government
agencies.
Agencies “seek un-
trammelled access to
digital devices of indi-
viduals” which is con-
trary to the fundamen-
tal right to privacy.
“Digital devices contain
sensitive personal
data... They are effec-
tively an extension of
the self,” the plea said.
It has become a “norm
for investigations” to
compel arrested per-
sons “to divulge pass-
codes of a digital de-
vice,” it said. Individu-
als are “rendered help-
less and without any
protection against in-
trusion by the state into
the deepest recesses of
their personal life”. The
consequences are even
more serious for jour-
nalists, the plea added.
Srinagar (PTI): Two
labourers from Uttar
Pradesh were killed
when terrorists lobbed
a grenade at them on
the intervening night
of Monday and Tuesday
in Shopian district of
south Kashmir, officials
said.
The incident took
place at around 12.30am
when the victims, iden-
tified as Monish Kumar
and Ram Sagar, natives
of Kannauj district,
were sleeping in a tin
shed constructed as an
outhouse. Officials said
the duo was working in
apple orchards as la-
bourers.
The attack came two
days after terrorists
shot dead Kashmiri
pandit Puran Krishan
Bhat outside his house
at Gund village in the
same district.
The labourers, who
had come to the Kash-
mir valley two months
ago, were rushed to a
hospital where they
succumbed to their in-
juries. ADGP (Kash-
mir) Vijay Kumar said a
hybrid terrorist of the
Lashkar-e-Taiba, who
lobbed the grenade, has
been arrested, along
with another person.
PHOTOJOURNALIST
STOPPED FROM
TRAVELLING TO US
New Delhi: Pulitzer-
winning Kashmiri
photojournalist Sanna
Irshad Mattoo said she
was stopped from flying
to the US by immigration
authorities at Delhi
airport on Monday, the
second time she has
been stopped from going
abroad in past 4 months.
NIA arrests
Delhi advocate,
Sonepat ‘mafia’
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency on Tuesday ar-
rested an advocate, Asif
Khan, here and a Hary-
ana gangster, Rajesh
alias Raju Mota, follow-
ing raids at 52 locations
across north India. NIA
said four weapons and a
few pistols were found
in Khan’s home and
that he was in touch
with gangsters. Mota,
the NIA said, was run-
ning an illegal liquor
mafia network. P5
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Crucial
Crucial
UNION CABINET HIKES
MSP FOR WHEAT,
MUSTARD OTHERS
New Delhi: Centre increased
MSP for wheat from `2,015/
quintal to `2,125/quintal for
next sowing season. MSP for
rapeseed, mustard increased
to `5,450/quintal from
`5,050/quintal. Union Minister
for IB Anurag Thakur said
govt has ensured a 100%
return on cost of production
for wheat and mustard. P7
‘Where is application of mind?’ PANEL HOLDS AIDE SASIKALA
GUILTY, RECOMMENDS PROBE
JAYALALITHAA DEATH
The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of in-
quiry, which probed the circumstances leading to the
death of former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa in 2016, in
its concluding remarks said her aide VK Sasikala “have
to be found fault with and investigation is to be or-
dered”. On Tuesday, TN govt tabled in the assembly the
reports of separate commissions of inquiry that looked
into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jay-
alalithaa and the 2018 police firing at Thoothukudi in the
state. The panel has also named former health minister
C Vijayabaskar, the then health secy J Radhakrishnan
and KS Sivakumar, a doctor and relative of Sasikala, the
then Chief Secretary Rama Mohana Rao and others.
Pak FIA DG Mohsin Butt for the Interpol General Assembly, dodged a question
on whereabouts of Dawood Ibrahim, LeT JeM chief asked by news agency ANI
WILL YOU HAND OVER DAWOOD
HAFIZ TO US? INDIA ASKS PAK
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah delegations from other member countries
at the 90th Interpol General Assembly at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Tuesday.
COMMEMORATIVE COINS OF
`100 RELEASED BY PM MODI
PAKISTAN’S FIA CHIEF GOES MUM!
PM MODI TO LAUNCH DEFENCE
SPACE MISSION IN GUJ TODAY
KHALID’S BAIL PLEA IN
RIOTS CASE DISMISSED
SC REFUSES TO SHIFT
CONMAN TO NEW JAIL
PM Narendra Modi also released the
commemorative postal stamp and com-
memorative
coins of ₹100
denomina-
tion. The
event
provides an
opportunity
to showcase the best practices in India’s
law and order system to the entire world.
It is being held from Oct 18 to 21 in Delhi.
After Modi’s address was over, FIA DG Mohsin Butt was
surrounded by reporters who wanted to know about
1993 Mumbai blast mastermind Dawood Ibrahim, and
other terrorists wanted by India like 26/11 mastermind
Saeed Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Azhar remained silent.
PM Modi is all set to launch Defence
Space Mission on Wednesday, the next
generation
of national
offense and
defence, even
as he inau-
gurates the
DefExpo 22
at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. 75 challenges,
providing a holistic overview of stages of
space missions have been curated.
Delhi HC denied bail to stu-
dent activist Umar Khalid.
It observed that protests
against CAA 2020 NE
Delhi riots were prima-facie
orchestrated at various
conspiratorial meets which
were attended by Khalid,
adding that the allegations
against him are prima facie
true and embargo under
UAPA is attracted. P2
The SC on Tuesday refused
to entertain a fresh plea by
alleged ‘conman’ Sukesh
Chandrashekhar seeking
transfer from Mandoli jail
in the city to any other jail
which is not under control
of DG of Prisons, Delhi.
“We find no reason to
entertain the petition. We
don’t appreciate this kind
of behaviour,” bench said.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Pakistan’s
top homeland security
agency chief on Tues-
day was seen avoiding
questions about under-
world don Dawood Ibra-
him and 26/11 Mumbai
attacks mastermind
Hafiz Saeed, both of
whom are among ter-
rorists most wanted by
Indian security agen-
cies and believed to be
living in Pakistan.
Earlier in the day
, PM
Modi addressed the 90th
Interpol general assem-
bly in Delhi, attended by
delegations from 195
member countries com-
prising ministers, police
chiefs, heads of national
central bureaus cops.
“Time to look ahead
and also look at the past.
Our Vedas say let noble
thoughts come from all
directions and India be-
lieves in global coopera-
tion,” Modi said at the
inauguration of the In-
terpol general assembly
.
“There is a need to
develop international
strategies to defeat ter-
rorism worldwide,” he
added. Modi said Inter-
pol can help control pro-
ceeds of crimes and cor-
ruption. —With ANI Inputs
Interpol is approaching a historic
milestone. In 2023, it will celebrate its
100 years. This is a call for universal
cooperation to make the world a better
place. India is one of the top contributors towards
UN Peacekeeping Operations.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
“LET US DEFEAT
TERRORISM WORLDWIDE”
PM Narendra Modi addresses 90th In-
terpol General Assembly attended by
delegations from 195 member coun-
tries after a gap of about 25 years
SC SLAMS GUJARAT’S REPLY IN BILKIS BANO CASE, CALLS IT ‘VERY BULKY’
New Delhi: The SC on
Tuesday said that Guja-
rat government’s re-
sponse to petitions chal-
lenging the remission
granted to 11 convicts
in the Bilkis Bano
case is “very bulky”,
where, instead of
factual state-
ments, a series
of judgments
have been cited.
A bench, head-
ed by justice
Ajay Rastogi,
orally ob-
served that
he has not
come across a
counter affi-
davit where a series of
judgments have been
quoted. “A very bulky
counter. Where is the
factual statement,
where is the application
of mind?” he asked.
Parl to frame law on Uniform
Civil Code: Centre tells SC
The Centre on Tuesday
told the SC that it could
not direct Parliament to
frame or enact any law
on Uniform Civil Code
in the country
. The Min-
istry of Law and Justice
in its affidavit stated
that the matter of poli-
cy is for the elected rep-
resentatives of the peo-
ple to decide and no di-
rection in this regard
can be issued by the
Centre.
“As and when the Re-
port of Law Commis-
sion in the matter is re-
ceived, the Govt would
examine the same in
consultation with the
various stakeholders
involved in the matter,”
said the ministry
.
CENTRE STATES
OVER ARTICLE 44...
It is a directive principle re-
quiring State to endeavour to
secure a Uniform Civil Code
for all citizens. It is said to
strengthen the “Secular
Democratic Republic” object
as enshrined in the Constitu-
tion’s Preamble.
Bilkis Dadi
6 pilgrims, pilot killed
in chopper crash near
Kedarnath Temple
The helicopter was ferrying pilgrims to
the Guptkashi, CM Dhami orders probe
Kedarnath: Seven peo-
ple who were aboard a
chopper that crashed in
Uttarakhand near the
iconic Kedarnath Dham
have died, officials have
confirmed. The tragedy
occurred when the
chopper crashed at
Garud Chatti, nearly 2
km from the Kedarnath
Dham shrine. Chief
Minister Pushkar Dha-
mi has ordered a probe.
The helicopter - car-
rying pilgrims - was fly-
ing from Kedarnath to
the Phata helipad. Utta-
rakhand SDRF Com-
mandant Manikant
Mishra confirmed the
deaths in the chopper
crash, which was re-
ported to have taken
place minutes after the
takeoff. The bad weath-
er is believed to have
caused the tragedy
.
SDRF and police personnel during a search and rescue operation
at the helicopter crash site, at Phata, in Kedarnath on Tuesday.
The news of the death of devotees due to
the helicopter crash in Kedarnath is very
sad. In this hour of grief, my condolences
are with the families of the accident victims. May
Baba Kedar give strength to the bereaved family and
place the departed souls at your feet.
—Anurag Thakur, Union Minister
Anguished by
the helicopter
crash in
Uttarakhand. In this
tragic hour, my thoughts
are with the bereaved
families.
—Prime Minister’s Office
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New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday released its first list of 46 candidates
for upcoming HP Assembly polls, which are scheduled to be held on Nov
12. BJP is yet to release its list of candidates, the newly constituted Central
Election Committee of BJP met on Tuesday to finalise its list of candidates. P5
Mumbai: An internal report by NCB revealed that there
were several loopholes in the investigation of drugs-
on-cruise case involving Bollywood star Shah Rukh
Khan’s son Aryan. They said there has been suspicion
following the behaviour of 7-8 officers of the agency.
BINNY IS BCCI
PREZ; WON’T GO
TO PAKISTAN FOR
ASIA CUP: JAY
Mumbai: Roger Binny took over officially as board
president during the BCCI AGM on Tuesday. Jay Shah
will continue to be BCCI secretary as he was elected
unopposed for the role, he said Indian cricket team
won’t be travelling to Pakistan for 2023 Asia Cup. P6
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NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022
02
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Refusing to
grant bail to Umar
Khalid, the Delhi High
Court said he was in
constant touch with
other co-accused and
their acts prima facie
qualify as terrorist act
under UAPA. A bench
headed by Justice Sid-
dharth Mridul said the
anti-CAA protests met-
amorphosed into vio-
lent riots, which pri-
ma facie seemed to be
orchestrated at the con-
spiratorial meetings,
and the statements of
the witnesses indicate
Khalid's active involve-
ment in the protests.
The appellant
(Khalid) was in con-
stant touch with other
co-accused persons, in-
cluding Sharjeel Imam,
who arguably is at the
head of the conspiracy;
at this stage (of bail), it
is difficult to form an
opinion that there are
not reasonable grounds
for believing that the ac-
cusation against the pe-
titioner is prima facie
not proved, observed
the bench, also compris-
ing Justice Rajnish
Bhatnagar.
On in-depth and con-
sidered perusal of the
chargesheet, this court
expresses the inescapa-
ble conclusion that al-
legations against the
appellant are 'prima fa-
cie true' and hence, the
embargo (on bail) cre-
ated by Section 43D(5)
of UAPA applies square-
ly
. Thus, the appellant's
application seeking
regular bail is rejected,
the court ruled.
In its 52-page order,
the court observed the
‘planned protests’were
not the kind that are
normal in political cul-
ture or democracy (but
were) far more destruc-
tive and injurious
geared towards ex-
tremely grave conse-
quences and the acts of
accused prima facie
qualified as terrorist
act under UAPA.
It asserted that acts
which threaten the
country's unity, cause
communal friction and
create terror in any sec-
tion of the people by
disturbing the social-
fabric is a terrorist act
and the issue of grant-
ing bail in the present
case has to be consid-
ered in the larger con-
text of the societal con-
cerns involved in re-
leasing an accused in
juxtaposition with indi-
vidual liberty.
Court says Khalid’s actions qualify as ‘terrorist
act’, Sharjeel Imam at ‘head of conspiracy’
UAPA charges
‘prima facie
true’: High Court
THE CASE
INDIA HOSTS INTERPOL
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, INTERPOL President Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi and INTERPOL Secretary General Jurgen Stock
and CBI Chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal during the 90th General Assembly of INTERPOL at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Delegates from
Saudi Arabia attend
the 90th General
Assembly of
INTERPOL.
Chief of
Pakistan’s Federal
Investigation
Agency (FIA)
Mohsin Hasan Butt
(right) at the 90th
General Assembly
of INTERPOL.
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Tuesday
refused to cancel the
bail granted to Bihar
Deputy Chief Minister
Tejashwi Yadav on a
plea by the CBI in the
IRCTC scam, saying it
did not find any specific
ground to order cancel-
lation of the relief.
Special Judge Geetan-
jaliGoel,whiledeclining
the CBI’s petition, asked
the young RJD leader to
be careful with words
and use them appropri-
ately
. In its petition, the
CBI had claimed Yadav,
at a recent press confer-
ence, attempted to sub-
vert the process of law
and thwart the entire
investigation as well as
theconsequenttrial,and
“blatantlyabusedthelib-
erty granted to him.”
ItallegedYadavissued
“direct threat” to CBI of-
ficers and their families
and “indirect threat” to
witnesses.
The central probe
agency accused Yadav
of having attempted to
“portray the CBI in bad
light and under the in-
fluence of political par-
ties” by using innuen-
does such as “Jamai”
(son-in-law) of a politi-
cal party
.
“You are on very re-
sponsible post. It is not
right to use such words.
Use appropriate words
in public because your
words impact a huge
number of the public.
You have to understand
the implications of your
words. This should not
happen again. You must
choose words carefully
and not use such words
whichhavethepotential
to influence witnesses,”
the judge said.
The judge passed the
order after hearing the
arguments during
which Yadav claimed he
did not violate any con-
dition set in the bail
granted to him earlier.
Be careful with words, court tells Tejashwi
New Delhi (PTI): Two
children were feared
drowned after they went
for swimming in the Ya-
muna river in north
Delhi's Wazirabad area.
Wazirabad police sta-
tion received informa-
tion about the incident
that happened in Sonia
Vihar's Pusta Number 2
on Monday. The chil-
dren were identified as
Rahul (12) and Kartik
(13), a senior police of-
ficer said. Himanshu
(11) who also went along
with the two boys, was
rescued by an eyewit-
ness, the officer said.
2 children feared
drowned in Yamuna
Uzmi Athar and
Gunjan Sharma
New Delhi: They have
been cured of leprosy
years ago, but Malesh
still cannot eat at restau-
rants or travel in public
transport without invit-
ing uncomfortable
glares to his bandaged
hands, while Saheli is
forced to beg after being
denied jobs for her ap-
pearance.
Malesh and Saheli’s
situation is shared by
several others at the
West Patel Nagar Lok
Mata Kusht transit
camp where around 43
families of leprosy sur-
vivors reside.
Everything is sepa-
rate for the camp’s resi-
dents whether it be tem-
ples, grocery shops,
milk booths or drinking
water taps, said a lepro-
sy survivor, who be-
lieves that society
makes even the cured
feel as “untouchables”.
“People give me dirty
looks. Till date, we do
not get served in restau-
rants and have to take
our own vessels if we
want to eat food. When
we travel in public
transport like buses or
autos, no one wants to
sit next to us,” said
Malesh, 55, who was
cured of the disease 18
years ago but suffers
from physical deformi-
ties to his hands and
legs. For Saheli begging
was the only option left
after she was denied em-
ployment on several oc-
casionsaspeopleturned
her away because of her
appearance and physi-
cal deformities.
“I did not even have
the option to work. As
soon as people saw de-
formities of my body
,
they turned me away
. I
amnowforcedtobegbut
that is the only way I am
able to manage two
meals a day
,” the 42-year-
old said.
Not just for survivors
but even for their non-
leprosy affected chil-
dren, getting employ-
mentisdifficultwiththe
camp as their address.
“When people see the
leprosy camp as our ad-
dress,theymakeexcuses
to not give us employ-
ment. Many of us, in-
cluding myself, have to
give a fake address,” the
camp’s caretaker Jaya
Reddy said. —PTI
Cured but ostracised: Leprosy survivors’ ordeal far from over
INESCAPABLE STIGMA
lll
Not just for
survivors but
even for their
non-leprosy
affected
children, getting
employment is
difficult with the
camp as their
address
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
University has deferred
announcement of the
first list of seat alloca-
tion in its colleges by a
day to Wednesday
.
The first round of
CSAS (Common Seat Al-
location System) list
would be released on
Wednesday, it said in a
notification.
It is hereby notified
that the declaration of
first round of CSAS al-
location list shall be re-
leased tomorrow i.e.
Wednesday
, the 19th Oc-
tober, 2022, the varsity
said. The development
comesaheadof Wednes-
day's Supreme Court
hearing on a plea by St
Stephen's College, one
of the varsity's constitu-
ent colleges, against a
Delhi High Court order
on admissions.
The high court had
directed the college to
follow the varsity's ad-
mission policy
.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Commission for
Women (DCW) has is-
sued a notice to the
Transport Department
over alleged refusal by a
car dealer to sell a large
commercial vehicle
whichcanbemodifiedto
fit in a wheelchair to a
specially abled girl.
The panel said it has
received a representa-
tion from the differently
abled girl regarding pur-
chasing a modified vehi-
cle. She has submitted
thatsheissufferingfrom
intellectual disability
,
cerebral palsy and has
restricted mobility
. She
hasstatedthatshewants
topurchaseawheelchair
accessible vehicle in
which she will install a
manual/hydraulicramp
to improve accessibility
.
You are on
very responsi-
ble post. It is
not right to use such
words. Use appropri-
ate words in public
because your words
impact a huge num-
ber of the public.
—Geetanjali Goel,
Special judge
People give me
dirty looks.
Till date, we
do not get served in
restaurants and have
to take our own vessels
if we want to eat food.
When we travel in
buses or autos, no one
wants to sit next to us
—Malesh
Leprosy survivor
DU defers first seat allocation in UG by a day
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
University has admit-
ted 520 foreign students
across undergraduate,
postgraduate and PhD
courses this academic
season, a decline of
over 27.5 per cent from
the previous year.
The maximum num-
ber of students this
year is from Nepal (110),
followed by Tibet (100)
and Bangladesh (85). A
university official at-
tributed the decline in
the number of admis-
sions by foreign stu-
dents to the delay in the
start of the academic
session. In 2022 year, 520
foreign students have
been admitted to the
university compared to
663 students in 2021.
The number of appli-
cations from foreign
nationals has also
dipped this year by over
28 per cent.
Foreign student admissions decline to 520
Tejashwi Yadav at the party office after appearing at a CBI court in
connection with the IRCTC scam case on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Car dealer’s stance towards
challenged girl irks DCW
DCW chief Swati Maliwal
Nepalese students at DU at a varsity function. —FILE PHOTO
Lok Mata Kusht transit camp for leprosy survivors in New Delhi.
(R) A leprosy survivor staying at the camp. —PHOTO BY PTI

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Delhi government's
planning department is-
sued a show-case notice
toDialogueandDevelop-
ment Commission vice-
chairperson Jasmine
Shah over charges of
misusing public office
by acting as the official
spokesperson of the
AAP
, sources said.
The action came fol-
lowing a complaint by
West Delhi MP Parvesh
Verma. The notice gave
seven days to Shah to
respond.
Shah is behind the
Delhi government's am-
bitious electric vehicle
policy and is the vice-
chairman of the think-
tank involved in draw-
ing blueprints of vari-
ous initiatives of Delhi
government.
In his plaint, dated
September 13, BJP MP
Verma alleged that
while working as vice-
chairperson, Dialogue
and Development Com-
mission of Delhi
(DDCD), Jasmine Shah
has acted as official
spokesperson of AAP
forpoliticalgains,which
is in violation of estab-
lished procedures, and a
few alleged instances of
misuse of public office
by Shah has been pro-
vided.
The department after
thoroughly analysing
various video footage of
Shah's presence in TV
programmes, transcript
of press meets by him
and reports in newspa-
pers, news portals etc,
primafaciefoundhewas
usinghisgovernmentof-
fice and other perks to
further an extremely
partisan political agen-
da,” sources said.
A Delhi village without dignity for the living or the dead
Gaurav Saini
New Delhi: The rain
gushed through holes
in the rotting tin roof
covering the pyre, the
wind blowing away the
tarpaulin villagers
tried to put. Havildar
Shiv Kumar was finally
cremated with diesel,
the gathering darkness
metaphor for the an-
guish of his family and
the despair of a village
at the edge of India's
capital.
On the border be-
tween Delhi and Gur-
gaon, Daurala is the
nowhere village with-
out piped water, proper
drainage or even sewer
connections, slipping
through the cracks
from the high octane
development of its en-
virons. That Kumar
was denied dignity in
death that traumatic
September evening un-
derscored for its people
the hopelessness of
their situation.
It was my son's 40
birthday when he came
home in a flag-draped
coffin. What aggravat-
ed my pain was that his
mortal remains were
consigned to flames us-
ing diesel from a trac-
tor, said Kumar's
mother Ramvati.
Kumar was posted
with 24 Grenadiers in
Jaipurwhenhegotden-
gue. He was shifted to
the army hospital here
on September 22 and
the body was brought to
the village on Septem-
ber 23 amid heavy rain.
What happened after
that is a case study of
all that is wrong, the
villagers told PTI.
Almost every house
sendsmentothearmed
forces and it was the
first time in decades
that a soldier from the
village died on duty
.
We have a popula-
tion of 800 people, of
whichonly300areeligi-
ble to vote. We don't
matter to them. There's
nothing called basic in-
frastructure here, re-
tired hawildar Diwan
Singh said, his eyes
fixed on the glittering
high-rises of Gurgaon
visible from every cor-
ner of the village.
He recounts in detail
the night of Kumar's
funeral.
It was already get-
ting dark and the rain
wasn't stopping. The
damaged tin shed could
not prevent the pyre
from getting wet. We
tried to cover the roof
with a tarpaulin sheet
but it gave way to gusty
winds. With no option
left,wetookout10litres
of diesel from a tractor
and used it to light the
pyre, Singh said.
Sanjay Singh, a
47-year-old retired hav-
ildar and Kumar's
brother, said adminis-
trative apathy had
forced them to use die-
sel to light the pyre. The
ghee and the damp
wood was not just
enough to set it aflame.
The administration
could not arrange five
sheets of tin to cover
the cremation platform
all these years. We have
now decided to do it on
our own, Sanjay Singh
said.
The army hearse
could not enter the vil-
lage as its narrow
roads have been dam-
aged beyond repair
over the years. The vil-
lage is at a lower level
then the main road and
there is no sewer net-
work so wastewater
spills on to its streets.
As a result, army
personnel carrying Ku-
mar's body waded
through knee-deep
wastewater to reach
the cremation ground.
It didn't stop there,
the villagers told PTI.
Left to fend for them-
selves, they arranged
two JCBs to prepare a
mud platform so that
Kumar's family mem-
bers could walk around
the pyre.
No one from the
government or the ad-
ministration was pre-
sent at the time of the
last rites. Had they
been there, they would
have realised their fail-
ure. They could not en-
sure proper facilities to
even cremate our
dead..., Sanjay Singh
said. —PTI
POLITICAL NEGLECT
Residents say suc-
cessive governments
have neglected their
village as its small
population is not
considered important
for elections. The
village falls in Matiala
constituency formed
in 2008. Since then,
it has seen three
MLAs -- Sumesh
Shokeen from
Congress in 2008,
Rajesh Gehlot from
BJP in 2013 and Gu-
lab Yadav from AAP
in 2015 and 2020.
The panchayat sys-
tem in Delhi ended in
1990 and therefore
there is no local lead-
ership in the village.
Rao Satbir Singh, a
social activist said
of the 357 villages in
Delhi, Daurala sends
maximum men to the
armed forces.
Daurala village at the edge of Delhi doesn't have proper roads, piped water supply, sewage network, community centre or even basic facilities for cremation of dead.
Show-causenoticetoDDC’sShah
Action follows plaint by BJP
MP Parvesh Verma alleging the
vice-chairman misused public office
Complaint also says Jasmine
Shah has acted as an official
spokeman of AAP for political gains
Planning dept finds allegations
against Shah, the man behind
Delhi’s e-vehicle policy, ‘prima facie’ true
1 2 3
DDCD vice-chairman Jasmine Shah. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi: The law department gave its opin-
ion in this matter stating that Shah was a 'pub-
lic servant' and not working on an 'honorary
post'. It may be noted that the position of Vice
Chairman, DDCD, used to be an 'honorary
post' till 2015, where after the Kejriwal govern-
ment through a cabinet decision restructured
the DDC and categorically decided that it shall
be entitled to pay, allowances and other facili-
ties that include a house and office, amongst
others, on par with ministers of GNCTD,
sources said quoting the law department. The
law department also concluded that Jasmine
Shah is under the service of the government
and is entrusted with the performance of pub-
lic duty and he is covered under the definition
of a public servant under clause 12(A) of Sec-
tion 21 of the IPC and Section 2(C)(i) of the
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, they said.
It has further said that in acting as spokesper-
son and promoting a particular political party
,
Shah had clearly breached the terms of ref-
erence of DDC.
KEJRIWAL GOVT CHANGED
‘HONORARY’ POST STATUS
AAP BLAMES LG
Reacting to the devel-
opment, Shah said, I
have seen the notice
issued by the planning
department of Delhi
government, on behest
of the LG and BJP
MP Pravesh Verma...
DDCD's terms of refer-
ence make it clear only
the chief minister has
the powers to remove
the vice-chairperson. In
issuing this notice, the
LG has exceeded his
jurisdiction. The AAP
alleged, The LG has no
answers to rising crime
and garbage mountains
in Delhi, but issues a
letter every day target-
ing the work of the
Delhi government.
New Delhi (PTI): BJP
leader Kapil Mishra on
Tuesday challenged
Delhi Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Siso-
dia to appear for a lie
detector test over his al-
legations that the CBI
tried to pressure him
into quitting the AAP
and join the BJP.
Mishra, a former
minister in the Arvind
Kejriwal government,
said the allegations by
Sisodia, an accused in
the Delhi Excise policy
case, should be seen as
a shameless attempt
to influence the probe.
Sisodia, who was
questioned for over
nine hours on Monday
at the CBI headquar-
ters in connection with
the alleged Delhi
Excise policy scam,
had claimed that he
was offered the chief
minister's post if he
quit the AAP.
Pressure was put on
me to quit AAP. I was of-
fered Delhi CM's post or
face jail term, Sisodia
said.
Speaking to report-
ers, Mishra hit back at
the AAP leader and
said, I challenge Siso-
dia to face a narco or a
lie detector test to find
out the truth or (he
should) take back his
statement against the
CBI and tender an apol-
ogy by the evening,
Mishra told reporters.
The CBI has also refut-
ed Sisodia's allegations.
Undergo lie detector test, Kapil Mishra challenges Sisodia
New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Tuesday
said the national capital
would get 100 electric
vehicle charging sta-
tions in the next two
months.
Kejriwal on Tuesday
inaugurated 11 charg-
ing stations and said
the facilities would also
include battery swap-
ping points.
Earlier, battery
swapping points and
charging stations were
different but these have
now been clubbed to-
gether. These 11 stations
have 73 charging points.
In the next two months,
Delhi will get 100 charg-
ing stations, he said.
The CM said majori-
ty of these charging sta-
tions were being set up
at Metro stations.
Delhi to get 100 EV
charging stations in
2 months: Kejriwal
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Bal-
akrishnanShivramIyer,
a graduate in business
administration from a
prestigious Bangalore-
college, was nabbed
from a luxury apart-
ment in Gurugram on
Tuesday by Delhi Po-
lice’s Economic Offenc-
es Wing. He allegedly
cheated people of Rs 8
crore on the pretext of
making them associates
in a cargo business.
Police said the matter
came to light after a
complaint was filed by
one MR Prakash and
others alleging that Iyer
told them that he was an
executive director in
Bhagwati Airways Ex-
press Ltd. He signed
franchise agreements
with them to make them
business associates in
territories of Mumbai,
Chennai and Coim-
batore, the police said.
“Iyer collected Rs 8
crore from them for
making them associ-
ates, though he was not
authorised to sign
agreement on behalf of
the company. He was
only an employee of the
alleged company,”
police said.
Biz grad arrested from
luxury apartment for
duping ppl of Rs 8-cr
Jaipur/New Delhi
(PTI): Two of three mi-
nor brothers abducted
from Rajasthan's Alwar
district on October 15
were found murdered
in Delhi on Tuesday, po-
lice said.
The third brother is
safe and currently at a
children's home in
south Delhi's Lajpat Na-
gar. Sons of a vegetable
vendor, Aman (13), Vi-
pin (8) and Shiva (7)
were abducted from
Bhiwadi in Alwar
on the evening of Octo-
ber 15.
The accused, who
lived next to the family
home, brought the chil-
dren to Delhi.
Since the brothers
knew the accused Ma-
haveer Teli and Manjah
Kushwaha -- they went
with them willingly.
Later at night, they
were gripped by fear
and started crying. The
accused, in a state of
panic, hit and strangu-
lated them and dumped
the bodies near the Ya-
muna river, Bhiwadi SP
Shantanu Kumar said.
However, Shiva sur-
vived and regained con-
sciousness on Sunday
morning. Locals spot-
ted him crying and took
him to a police station.
Later on Sunday, the
accused called Gyan
Singh, the boys' father,
to demand Rs 8 lakh in
ransom. Police traced
the mobile number and
identified the accused.
They were nabbed on
Monday night.
Two of 3 kids abducted from Rajasthan
found murdered in Delhi,accused held
New Delhi (ANI): The
kingpin of the Mewati
gang, a wanted criminal
in several cases includ-
ing cybercrime and
cheating was appre-
hended in Dwarka, said
police on Tuesday
.
The accused had a
reward of Rs. 25000 on
him. The accused has
been identified as Zala-
luddin. The accused is
wanted in Delhi, Ku-
rukshetra, Ambala and
other states. He along
with his gang members
cheated innocent
people. Secret inform-
ers were also deployed
to get clues about him
and several raids were
conducted in Mewat re-
gion to nab Zalalud-
din, said DCP M Har-
sha Vardhan.
Kingpin of Mewati gang
arrested for cyber fraud
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the inauguration of 11 Electric
Vehicle charging stations, at Indraprastha Metro Station, in New
Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTOS
BY
PTI
New Delhi (PTI): BJP should ask Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to undergo a lie detector test and
say the CBI and ED are neutral agencies and have
nothing to do with his party, AAP said on Tuesday.
The reaction came after BJP leader Kapil Mishra
dared Manish Sisodia to subject himself to a lie
detector test over his claim that the Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) tried to put pressure on him
to quit his party and join the saffron outfit. The BJP
leader also said Sisodia's allegation was a shame-
less attempt to influence the agency's probe into
the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
Ask PM Modi to take
lie detector test: AAP
Image tweeted by @EOWDelhi.
EVADING ARREST

PERSPECTIVE
04
he Gujarat gov-
ernment’s affi-
davit in the
Bilkis Bano
case has shift-
ed the focus on the prema-
ture release of 11 convicts
from the state to the Cen-
tre. The affidavit filed by
the Gujarat government
in the Supreme Court on
Monday stated that the re-
mission in sentence was
allowed keeping in mind
the good behaviour of the
convicts and not in ac-
cordance with Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav celebra-
tions. The significant part
of the affidavit was that
the remission had the ap-
proval of the Union Home
Ministry.
Bilkis Bano was gan-
graped in Gujarat’s Ran-
dhikpur village during
the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Seven members of her
family and her three-year
old daughter were killed
by the accused in front of
her. She was pregnant at
the time and was only 21
years of age.
The Supreme Court crit-
icized the Gujarat govern-
ment for filing a reply
which lacked “application
of mind” and lacking fac-
tual statements. The re-
mission must give hope to
others committing hei-
nous crimes like this.
The Gujarat govt’s affidavit
in the Bilkis Bano case has
shifted focus on premature
release of 11 convicts from
state to Centre. The affidavit
filed by Gujarat govt in the
Supreme Court on Monday
stated that the remission
in sentence was allowed
keeping in mind good
behaviour of convicts
and not in accordance
with Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav celebrations
T
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Be careful, however, that the exercise of
your rights does not become a stumbling
block to the weak. —Bible
Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda
Today, giving another gift to our
farmer brothers under the leadership
of respected Prime Minister Shri @
narendramodi ji, the cabinet approved
the increase in MSP of 6 Rabi crops for
the marketing season 2023-24. Modi
government determined to double the income of the donors.
Thank you Prime Minister.
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Modi ji is taking important steps one
after the other to double the income
of farmers and empower them. The
increase in the MSP of 6 Rabi crops
for the 2022-23 season by the cabinet
shows Modi ji’s commitment towards
farmer welfare. Thanks to Modi ji for this decision which
gives relief to the farmers.
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Gujarat lesson: Every sinner has a future
or the last one week, there
was a lot of political heart-
burn over the fact that
Sourav Ganguly would not
remain the BCCI presi-
dent post Oct 18, 2022.
Criticising the party at
the Centre, Trinamool
Congress raised the issues
and said that keeping an
eye towards the 2021 cru-
cial Assembly election,
Ganguly was made the
BCCI chief in 2019. The
party, however, alleged
that after the Prince of
Calcutta “refused” to join
politics or to be precise…
refused to join “them”, he
was removed.
Ganguly, on the other
hand, recently at a Band-
han Bank event in Kolkata
said, “I have been an ad-
ministrator and I will
move on to something else.
“Whatever you do in life,
the best days are when you
played for India. I have
been president of the BCCI
and I will go on to do big-
ger things. You can’t be a
player forever, you can’t be
an administrator forever.
It’s been great doing both.
“I never believed in his-
tory but the feeling in the
past was East lacked talent
to play at that level. You
don’t become an Ambani
or Narendra Modi in one
day. You have to work for
months and years to get
there,” he further said.
Ganguly also opened up on
his experience leading the
Indian team as captain.
“It was six captains
leading the team. I stood
up for Rahul when he was
almost dropped from the
one-day side. I took their
suggestions in picking the
team. These things don’t
go unnoticed in a team en-
vironment,” he said. “It’s
not just the runs I scored.
People remember other
things. It’s what you do as
a leader for them,” said
the outgoing BCCI chief.
Roger Binny has re-
placed Sourav Ganguly,
while Ganguly is out as
the BCCI president, Jay
Shah will continue to re-
main the board’s secre-
tary. A few other changes
in the BCCI were also
made as the top brass un-
dergoes a reshuffle.
It is actually very sad to
see how politicians react
and in fact reduce the stat-
ure of global icons. Sourav
Ganguly has been one of
the finest and gifted bats-
men India has ever pro-
duced and he’s captain par
excellence. Time and
again, he had demonstrat-
ed his cricketing acumen
and lifted the team to dizzy
heights and under him we
even reached the 2003
World Cup final.
His contribution in
team building has been ex-
emplary and Sourav Gan-
guly, given his status, is
easily one of India’s
brightest icons. However,
we must resist and desist
ourselves from diminish-
ing such a person’s stature
and limit him to being a
Bengali icon. His jabar-
dast fan following across
generations and across the
nation is mind boggling.
When he was made the
captain despite the pres-
ence of greats, these politi-
cians who are today decry-
ing his departure from
BCCI never hailed the de-
cision and said that Ben-
galis were promoted. Gan-
guly was chosen because
of his prowess and acu-
men and the rest is history
.
We must remember that
a BCCI president has never
been repeated since Inde-
pendence. Since there is no
basis for the fact that some-
thing went wrong in the
corridors of power, there’s
no need to sour things un-
necessarily and demean
the stature of such icons.
WhenGangulywasmade
the board president, these
politicians who are beating
their chests today after he
is stepping down, never
hailed the decision then
saying that a Bengali was
given his due. Why didn’t
they then taint the episode
as a political one or why
didn’t they cheer the fact
thataBengaliwasmadethe
Boardpresident?Thattime
they remained silent.
Let’s not spoil the glory
and stint that the gifted
southpaw had. He was an
administrator for eight
long years, including his
stint in the CAB and later
with the BCCI. Politicians
do play their games but the
common man must be
aware of the facts and the
fiction.Equatinganymoves
with political intonations
can easily undermine the
stature of such greats.
SOURAV DADA’S
ACHIEVEMENT AS A
BCCI CHIEF
Day/Night Test
l Ganguly’s BCCI was
instrumental in hosting
the first Day/Night Test
(also called Pink Ball
Test) in the country.
Then skipper Virat Kohli’s
Team India took on Bang-
ladesh and headed for a
massive win in the Day/
Night Test which was held
at the Eden Gardens in
Kolkata in Nov 2019.
l IPL amid Covid scare
When the world was una-
ble to grasp the evolving
and fast-changing scenar-
ios after Covid-19 broke
out in 2020, the BCCI man-
aged to organise the de-
layed IPL for that year in
Dubai, where the infection
rates were far less.
l Domestic cricketers’
pay hike
After assuming the charge
of the BCCI, Ganguly had
clearly stated that his fo-
cus would be on first-class
cricket. In a significant
decision, Ganguly intro-
duced pay hikes for the
cricketers who play in the
domestic circuit.
l Appointing Rahul
Dravid as coach
Ganguly was instrumental
in convincing his former
colleague Rahul Dravid to
become the men’s team’s
head coach after his prede-
cessorRaviShastristepped
down. Also, VVS Laxman
was given the charge of the
National Cricket Academy
afterDravidquittobecome
theTeamIndiaheadcoach.
Ganguly had played an ac-
tive role in appointing Lax-
man to the NCA post as
well.
WOMEN’S IPL
Barely a few weeks ago, the
outgoing BCCI president
had announced the com-
mencement of the wom-
en’s IPL, which is likely to
begin next year. In a letter
to the state associations,
Ganguly wrote as quoted
by various media, “The
BCCI is currently working
onthemuch-awaitedWom-
en’s IPL. We are expecting
to start the first season
early next year.”
Let’s remember the glo-
rious past of such icons
forever and not attach it or
let’s not get entangled in
such episodes and let
Cricket remain Cricket.
Let’s keep our passion for
the game intact and hail
the icons in the way they
should be and let’s bleed
blue for the game that is
religion to us all… a game
that actually unites India.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Let’s remember the
glorious past of such
icons forever and not
attach it or let’s not get
entangled in such
episodes and let Cricket
remain Cricket. Let’s
keep our passion for
the game intact and
hail the icons in the
way they should be
and let’s bleed blue for
the game that is
religion to us all… a
game that actually
unites India.
F
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist
and former Managing Editor,
First India
DON’T POLITICISE GANGULY’S EXIT,
LET’S NOT PLAY GAMES OVER CRICKET
BINNY REPLACES SOURAV AND JAY
SHAH CONTINUES TO REMAIN SECY
KAPIL DEV WHO LIFTED THE FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP FOR
INDIA IN 1983 HAD ROUGH WEATHER TOO WITH BOARD
Roger Binny has replaced Sourav Gan-
guly, while Ganguly is out as the BCCI
president, Jay Shah continues to remain
the board’s secretary. A few other changes
in the BCCI has also been made as the top
brass undergoes a major reshuffle.
Kapil, who was sacked as the chairman
of the National Cricket Academy after
he took up his position as the chairman
of the ICL board, insisted that he, along
with fellow former players who had
defected to the rebel league, were keen
to work with the BCCI, but couldn’t do
so because of governing body. Mohin-
der Amarnath, the former India batting
Stalwart, had called the selectors in
1989 a bunch of jokers. Mohinder who
is also known as Jimmy Amarnath, had
the most number of comebacks in his
19-year-old international career.
I never believed in
history but the feeling
in the past was East
lacked talent to play
at that level. You
don’t become an
Ambani or Narendra
Modi in one day.
You have to work for
months and years to
get there.
—Sourav Ganguly,
Former BCCI President

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First India Bureau
New Delhi: France
Minister Chrysoula
Zacharopoulou, cur-
rently on India visit,
called on Union Minis-
ter of State (Independ-
ent Charge) Dr Jitendra
Singh at North Block, to
discuss Indo-French col-
laboration in Nuclear
Energy
. She was accom-
panied by a high-level
French delegation.The
two sides discussed
ways to speed up the set-
ting up of the nuclear
power reactors at Jaita-
pur site in Ratnagiri dis-
trict of Maharashtra by
joint collaboration.
Indian Govt has al-
ready accorded ‘In-Prin-
ciple’ approval for set-
tingupsixnuclearpower
reactors of 1650 MW
each in technical coop-
eration with France
which would make it the
largest nuclear power
generating site with a to-
tal capacity of 9900 MW
as part of an umbrella
nuclear deal signed with
France in Sept 2008.
The French company
EDF last year submit-
ted to Nuclear Power
Corporation of India
Ltd its binding techno-
commercial offer to
build six European
Pressurised Reactors
(EPRs) at Jaitapur. In
May, this year, a high-
level team from EDF
visited India and held
detailed talks with
NPCIL officials.
Dr Singh assured the
France Minister that
the technical, financial
and civil nuclear liabil-
ity issues will be re-
solved at the earliest by
both the sides and well
before the scheduled
visit of the French pres-
ident Emmanuel Ma-
cron in early 2023 as an-
nounced by Chrysoula
Zacharopoulou.
French delegation calls on MoS Jitendra Singh
STRENGTHENING TIES
‘WillrestoregloryofDholavira Lothal’
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi virtually re-
viewed the progress of
the National Maritime
Heritage Complex at
Lothal in Gujarat on
Tuesday and said that
the government will
bring back the glory of
Dholavira and Lothal.
In his address via
video conferencing, PM
Modi said, “We’ll bring
back the glory of Dhola-
vira and Lothal. We’re
seeing rapid progress in
this mission. Lothal
was not only a major
trading centre of the In-
dus Valley Civilisation,
but it was also a symbol
of India’s maritime
power and prosperity.
The way in which Lo-
thal was developed as a
port city thousands of
years ago still amazes
experts.” “An industry
for the construction of
ships used to be present
thousands of years ago
in Kutch. Big ships
made in India were sold
all over the world, and
this indifference to-
wards heritage did a
great loss to the country
.
This situation needs to
change,” he added.
He cited the archaeo-
logical evidence and
stated that India was a
maritime power even
thousands of years ago.
He stressed that India
was also a major part of
major sea trade routes.
“We have archaeo-
logical evidence prov-
ing that even thousands
of years ago, India was
a maritime power and
part of major sea trade
routes... The heritage
complex being built in
Lothal will be a great
source of information
for the common man
about India’s rich mari-
time history spanning
centuries,” he said.
“The same splendour,
the same power of thou-
sands of years ago is be-
ing rekindled on this
earth. I am sure it will
become a huge centre of
attraction for tourists
from all over the world.
This complex is being
developed to welcome
thousands of tourists a
day
,” PM added.
He recalled the inci-
dents of history and said
India had relations with
allthecivilisationsof the
world and the country’s
maritime power had a
big role to play in this.
“There are numerous
stories of our history
which we were made to
forget. Ways were not
explored to preserve
them and pass them on
to the next generations.
We could have learnt so
much from those inci-
dents. India’s maritime
heritageisonesuchsub-
ject which is discussed
very little,” he said.
PM TO INAUGURATE
3-DAY HOUSING
EVENT TODAY IN GUJ
PM’S PRE-DIWALI
TEMPLE RUN AHEAD
OF ELECTIONS
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi will inaugurate
‘Indian Urban Housing
Conclave-2022’ a three-day
event being organised by
Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs (MoHUA),
Government of India from
October 19 to 21 at Rajkot,
Gujarat. Union Housing
Minister Hardeep Puri,
Union Minister of State
(Housing) Kaushal Kishore
and other dignitaries from
Centre and States will also
grace the occasion.
New Delhi: Diwali
festival this year will be
a little different for PM
Narendra Modi. He has
a busy two days leading
up to Diwali, Oct 24, as
he goes temple-hopping
in Uttarakhand and UP.
This involves travel to
Kedarnath and Badrinath
on October 21, and then a
trip to Ayodhya on Chhoti
Diwali, Oct 23. The tem-
ple run comes very close
to elections in Gujarat
and Himachal Pradesh.
IN THE
COURTYARD
STAY ON REMOVAL
OF BHATTACHARYA
AS WBBPE PREZ
Kolkata: The Supreme
Court has put an interim
stay on an order of the
Calcutta High Court on
removal of TMC MLA
Manik Bhattacharya
as West Bengal Board
of Primary Education
president. But the court
did not pass any order
on the reappointment
of Bhattacharya for that
chair considering that the
state govt has already
replaced him after the
Calcutta High Court order.
GoI SHUTS DOWN
MDMA INTO RAJIV
ASSASSINATION
New Delhi: The govt has
wound up the 24-year-
old Multi-Disciplinary
Monitoring Agency
(MDMA) constituted
to probe the wider
conspiracy into the
assassination of former
prime minister Rajiv
Gandhi, officials have
said. MDMA was working
under the CBI and
comprised officers from
multiple central security
agencies.
WOMAN, PARTNER
SENTENCED FOR
KILLING HUSBAND
Kota: Three years after
a man was killed by his
wife’s lover, a court has
sentenced woman and
her partner to different
jail terms. The court has
given life term to Sanif
Mohd, of Bhilwara, for
murdering Abdul Vahid
in 2019. Vahid’s wife
Najma was awarded a jail
term for her role in the
conspiricy of murder.
‘People not happy with collegium,
it is govt’s job to appoint judges’
Ahmedabad (PTI): Un-
ionLawandJusticeMin-
ister Kiren Rijiju said
thepeopleof thecountry
are not happy with the
collegiumsystemandac-
cording to the spirit of
theConstitution,itisthe
government’s job to ap-
point judges.
Speaking at ‘Sabar-
mati Samvad’ organised
here by ‘Panchjanya’, a
weekly magazine pub-
lishedbytheRSS,hesaid
hehasobservedthathalf
of the time judges are
“preoccupied” with de-
cidingtheappointments,
due to which their pri-
mary job of delivering
justice “suffers”.
The minister’s re-
marks came after he
had said at a conference
in Udaipur last month
that there is a need to
rethink the collegium
system of appoint-
ments to the higher ju-
diciary
.
“Till 1993, every
judge in India was ap-
pointed by the law min-
istry in consultation
with the Chief Justice
of India. We had very
eminent judges at that
time,” Rijiju said in re-
sponse to a question on
the process of appoint-
ment of judges.
“The Constitution is
clear about it. It says
that the President of In-
dia will appoint judges,
that means the law min-
istry will appoint judg-
es in consultation with
the Chief Justice of In-
dia,” he said.
“The Supreme Court
in 1993 defined consul-
tation as concurrence.
In no other field has
consultation been de-
fined as concurrence
but in judicial appoint-
ments,” he said, adding
that the collegium sys-
tem was expanded by
the judiciary in 1998.
Public consultation on Nat’l
Credit framework today
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Dharmendra
Pradhan chaired a high-
level meeting with the
committee preparing
National Credit Frame-
work for School Educa-
tion, Higher Education
and Skilling here on
Tuesday. Secretary,
School Education Anita
Karwal; Secretary,
Higher Education San-
jay Murthy; Chairman,
NCVET; Dr Nirmaljeet
Singh Kalsi and senior
officials of the Educa-
tion and Skill Develop-
ment Ministry attended
the meeting.
Pradhan gave his
consent to start the pro-
cess of public consulta-
tion on the National
Credit Framework from
Wednesday
.
France Minister informed MoS Dr
Singh that French President Macron
is likely to visit India in early 2023
Dr Jitendra Singh in meeting with French delegation on Tuesday.
PM REVIEWS PROGRESS OF GUJ’S MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews the progress of National
Maritime Heritage Complex site at Lothal, Gujarat, through video
conferencing, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for
another visit to his home state Gujarat on Wednesday,
where he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of
projects worth around Rs. 15,670 crores. During the
two-day visit, Prime Minister Modi will cover Gandhi-
nagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Kevadia, and Vyara, a state-
ment from Prime Minister’s Office said on Tuesday.
PM MODI’S ANOTHER 2-DAY VISIT TO
HOME STATE GUJARAT STARTS TODAY
We do not believe in hierarchical
world order, says Rajnath Singh
Gandhinagar (PTI):
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Tuesday
said India does not be-
lieve in a “hierarchical
worldorder”whereafew
countriesareconsidered
superior to others.
India was steadfast in
its commitment to pro-
vide support in all are-
nas to African countries,
he said at the India-Afri-
ca Defence Dialogue
(IADD-2022). A ‘Gandhi-
nagar Declaration’ to en-
hance cooperation in the
fields of training and
military exercises was
adopted at the end of the
event, organised on the
sidelines of Defence
Expo 2020. “India does
not believe in a hierar-
chicalworldorderwhere
a few countries are con-
sidered superior to oth-
ers,” Singh said.
“We do not believe in
making or becoming a
client or satellite state,
and so when we partner
with any nation, it is on
the basis of sovereign
equality and mutual re-
spect,” the Defence Min-
ister further said.
Rajnath Singh at DefExpo 2022, in Gandhinagar, on Tuesday.
BJP meet to finalise
Himachal candidates
newly reconstituted
Central Election Com-
mitteeof theBJPmetfor
thefirsttimeonTuesday
evening to finalise the
party’s candidates for
the Himachal Pradesh
assembly polls sched-
uled for November 12.
PM Narendra Modi,
Union ministers Ra-
jnath Singh and Amit
Shah and BJP president
JP Nadda attended the
meeting, among others.
The party had recent-
ly brought in several
new faces in the CEC
while dropping a few.
The CEC has new en-
trants such as BS Yedi-
urappa, Union minis-
ters Bhupender Yadav
and Sarbananda Sonow-
al, Maharashtra Deputy
CM Devendra Fadnavis,
Om Mathur etc.
Nadda welcomes PM Modi.
HIMACHAL POLLS 2022
Congress releases first
list of 46 candidates
Shimla: After much de-
bate and discussion,
Congress has finally re-
leased the first list of 46
candidates for the com-
ing assembly elections.
In the first list all the
prominent leaders have
been accommodated.
In Chamba dist,
YashwantSinghKhanna
has been fielded from
Churah(SC);NeerajNay-
yar from Chamba; Asha
Kumari from Dalhousie
and Kuldeep Singh
PathaniafromBhattiyat.
In Kangra dist, Ajay
Mahajan from Nurpur,
Bhawani Singh Pathania
from Fatehpur; Chander
Kumar from Jawali;
Surinder Singh Manko-
tiafromJaswan-Pragpur,
Sanjay Rattan from
Jawalamukhi; Raghubir
Singh Bali from Nagrota
Bagwan; Kewal Singh
Pathania from Shahpur,
AICC Secretary Sudhir
Sharma from Dharam-
shala;AshishButailfrom
Palampur and Kishori
Lal from Baijnath (SC).
In Lahaul-Spiti assembly
seat,partyhasonceagain
relied on former MLA
Ravi Thakur.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at a meeting on Tuesday.
INDIA
05
UP GOVT PLANNING
CORRIDOR AT
BANKE BIHARI
Prayagraj (PTI):
The Uttar Pradesh
government on Tuesday
informed the Allahabad
High Court that it is
planning to construct a
corridor after acquiring
five acres of land
adjacent to Banke Bihari
Temple in Mathura. Two
devotees were killed in a
stampede-like situation
during Janmashtami
celebrations in August,
sparking safety concerns.
NIA raids to probe
‘emerging nexus’
Gurugram (PTI): The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Tues-
day raided houses of
three alleged gangsters
and of a former sar-
panch in connection
with the “emerging nex-
us” between terrorists,
gangsters and drug
smugglers. The raids
were conducted at hous-
es of gangster Amit Da-
gar and that of Anil, the
brother of his close aide
Sandeep alias Bandar,
and Kartar Singh.
After the four-hour
raid, the officials
searched the home of a
formersarpanch,whose
relatives said they were
surprised as he had no
links with any gangster
and had to contest the
zila parishad election.
The NIA also carried
out a raid at the resi-
dence of a building con-
tractor in Ambala, and
the house of jailed gang-
ster Naresh Sethi in
Jhajjar and houses of
two alleged gangsters in
Sonipat, both stated to
be associated with the
Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Inquiry panel says police firing
on Sterlite protesters unprovoked
Chennai (PTI): A Com-
mission of Inquiry (CoI)
that probed the 2018 po-
lice firing on anti-Ster-
lite protesters at
Thoothukudi in south-
ern Tamil Nadu said in
itsreporttabledonTues-
dayintheAssemblythat
it was unprovoked and
recommended action
against officials.
The police officials
jointly and severally
held accountable are IG
Shailesh Kumar Yadav,
DIG Kapil Kumar C
Karatkar, the then dis-
trict superintendent P
Mahendran, and 17 oth-
er officials. The report
suggestedactionagainst
three special executive
magistrates/deputytah-
sildars as well. The po-
lice firing in May 2018
led to 13 deaths.
The commission con-
cluded that there has
certainly been excesses
on the part of police of-
ficials. The police firing
was “unprovoked,” and
it could have been avoid-
ed, the panel said.
Police at the house of gangster
Raju Basodi in Sonepat.

INDIA
06
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: With the
coming of new years
2023, the Uttar Praesh
bureaucracy will wit-
ness promotion of more
than 70 IPS officers of
the state. In this, ‘cap-
tains’ of 5 districts of
UP will become DIGs
and 5 DIGs will also be
promoted as IGs.
Although there is no
vacancy in the rank of
DG from ADG, some of-
ficers will not be able to
get the benefit of pro-
motion, but those
servinng currently as
IG, will get the benefit
of promotion in the
rank of ADG. In the IPS
officers who are to be
promoted in UP, 9 IPS
officers of 2019 batch
will become SP from
ASP. Moreover, the
names of 11 IPS officers
of 2009 batch will be
considered.
Bahraich SP KK
Chaudhary
, Jaunpur SP
Ajay Kumar Sahni, Ba-
reilly SSP Akhilesh Ku-
mar Chaurasia, Pilibhit
SP Dinesh P and Ghazi-
abad SSP Muniraj are
sure to get promoted.
This year only 6 DIGs,
of 2005 batch, will be
able to become IG. Ali-
garh Range DIG Deep-
ak Kumar, Gorakhpur
Range DIG J Ravinder
Gour, Basti Range DIG
RK Bhardwaj, Devipa-
tan DIG Upendra Agar-
wal and Azamgarh DIG
Akhilesh Kumar are
the officers whose
names have been in-
cluded in the promo-
tion list.
Promotion on the cards for over 70 IPS officers from UP
FEATHER IN THE CAP
CRUCIAL READ
BROWN SUGAR VALUED AT OVER `1 CRORE
SEIZED IN ODISHA’S BALASORE
FORMER ADV GENERAL R. KRISHNAMOORTHY
PASSES AWAY IN CHENNAI
INDIA LIFTED 415 MILLION OUT OF POVERTY
IN 15 YEARS: UNITED NATIONS
Bhubaneswar (Agencies): Brown sugar weighing 1.6 kg
valued at over Rs 1 crore in the international market was
seized in Odisha’s Balasore district, police said on Tuesday.
Based on intelligence input, a team of the special task force
(STF) of the Odisha crime branch conducted a raid near
Balasore railway station on Monday and seized the narcotic
drugs from the possession of two drug peddlers, the police
said. The arrested person is identified as Sk Raju and
Amzad Khan, both residents of the Balasore district.
Chennai (Agencies): Former Advocate General R.
Krishnamoorthy, 92, passed away in Chennai on Tuesday. A
designated senior counsel, he had held the post of A-G
between 1980 to 1989 and once again between 1994 and
1996. He had also served as the chairman of Bar Council of
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTNP).Born on December 8,
1930 in Thanjavur district, now Tiruvarur, he completed his
graduation at St. Joseph’s College in Tiruchi before
obtaining his law degree from Madras Law College in 1954.
New Delhi: Even as India got pushed behind Nepal,
Pakistan and Bangladesh in the hunger index, a report
jointly prepared by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human
Development Initiative (OPHI) suggests that the country
has managed to pull out 415 mn people from poverty in the
last 15 years. The report titled Global Multidimensional
Poverty Index 2022 says the MPI estimates based on the
Demographic and Health Survey for the country released.
MLA LIKELY TO BE
CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPT TO MURDER
TRIBAL BODY
DEMANDS SARNA
RELIGIOUS CODE
COUPLE MURDERED,
BODIES DUMPED
INTO RIVER
CUSTOMS SEIZES
GOLD WORTH `33 L
AT AIRPORT
Ranchi (PTI): Tribal body
Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan
(ASA) on Tuesday staged
a dharna in Ranchi
demanding Sarna dharma
code, a separate religion
column for the indige-
nous people in the census
form. The code is a
long-standing demand of
the tribals who are nature
worshipers. They are
not Hindus, Muslims or
Christians, ASA president
Salkhan Murmu said.
Kochi (ANI): The Cus-
toms officials intercepted
a passenger coming from
Dunai at Kochi airport
and seized gold worth Rs
33 lakh n Tuesday.
On the basis of intel-
ligence developed by
Air Intelligence Unit
(AIU), officers of AIU
Kochi batch intercepted a
passenger coming from
Dubai at Kochi Airport by
flight IX 434 on
Tuesday.
KERALA HUMAN SACRIFICE CASE
Allegations of organ
mafia unfounded, says
Kochi Commissioner
Kochi (ANI): Kochi Po-
lice on Tuesday said
that there is no organ
mafia behind the mur-
der in the killing of two
women for Human Sac-
rifice rituals.
Kochi City Police
Commissioner CH Na-
garaju said, “Allega-
tions of organ mafia
behind the murder are
unfounded. Organ
transplantation is not
possible in unsanitary
conditions. If you think
in common sense it will
not work. It is suspected
that the main accused
Muhammed Shafi has
misled the co-accused in
this regard.” He further
said that there is techni-
cal evidence against the
accused.
“There is no indica-
tion that there are more
victims. Missing cases
are being investigated.
So far no evidence has
been found about the
link between missing
cases and human sacri-
fice cases. Several
phones have been seized
from the accused. Mu-
hammed Shafi, who is
the main accused muti-
lated the bodies. It is
done in the butcher’s
style,” Kochi Commis-
sioner said.
Meanwhile, Kochi
DCP S Sasidharan said
that the investigation is
in process and lot of sci-
entific evidence against
the accused. “There is
no evidence that the
main accused, Mu-
hammed Shafi victim-
izedmorepeopleregard-
ing human sacrifice rit-
uals. The investigation
is in progress. There is a
lot of scientific evidence
against the accused. An
investigation is under-
way into the statements
that the victim woman
Padma’s phone was de-
stroyed. DNA samples
of victim Padma’s rela-
tives were collected.
This is for the conclu-
sive evidence,” DCP
said.
Earlier on Monday,
the Special Investiga-
tion Team, Kerala con-
ducted a potency test
and collected DNA sam-
ples of three accused
persons. “The accused
identified as Mu-
hammed Shafi, Bhaga-
val Singh and Laila
were taken to the Er-
nakulam Medical Col-
lege by the special inves-
tigation team, Kerala to
collect the samples,” of-
ficials said.
NORMAL TIES WITH CHINA DEPEND
ON PEACE ON BORDERS: JAISHANKAR
India’s search for a “more balanced” “stable relationship” with China was severely impacted
New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Tues-
day said that peace and
tranquillity in the bor-
der areas of India and
China remain the basis
for normal relations.
Speaking at the con-
ference of the Center
for Contemporary Chi-
na Studies (CCCS) on
“China’s Foreign Policy
and International Rela-
tions in the New Era,”
Jaishankar said, “Peace
and tranquillity in the
border areas clearly re-
main the basis for nor-
mal relations. From
time to time, this has
been mischievously
conflated with the sort-
ing out of the boundary
question.” He further
said that the truth is
that the prerequisite
has been and remains
one much more modest,
and even that was
breached in 2020.
Taking to Twitter,
Jaishankar shared the
main points and said
that India’s search for a
more balanced and sta-
ble relationship with
China takes it across
multiple domains and
many options. “Given
the developments of
2020, they obviously fo-
cus on an effective de-
fence of the border. This
was notably undertaken
even in the midst of
Covid,” he added. Refer-
ring to India and China
tensions which intensi-
fied after the Galwan
valleyclash,Jaishankar
said that establishing a
way of life between New
Delhi and Beijing after
2020 is not easy. “Yet, it
is a task that cannot be
set aside. And this can
only become sustaina-
ble on the basis of three
mutuals: mutual re-
spect, mutual sensitivi-
ty and mutual interest,”
EAM added in a tweet.
Roger Binny succeeds Sourav
Ganguly as BCCI president
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Former World
Cup-winning all-round-
er Roger Binny was
elected unopposed as
the new Board of Con-
trol for Cricket in India
(BCCI) president at the
board’s latest Annual
General Meeting
(AGM) on Tuesday, Oc-
tober 18th.
Binny, 67, replaces
Sourav Ganguly as the
board chief, ending the
former India captain’s
3-year tenure at the top
job.
Roger Binny took
over officially as the
board president during
the BCCI Annual Gen-
eral Meeting (AGM) on
October 18. Binny, who
played 27 Tests and 72
ODIs for India between
1979 and 1987, has held
key positions in admin-
istration in the Karna-
taka State Cricket As-
sociation over the
years.
He has been the pres-
ident of the KSCA since
2019. Binny also served
as the national selector
for the men’s cricket
team in the past.
NPCL gives 7 days
time to Omaxe
Greens Society
Noida (FIB): Noida
Power Company Limit-
ed has given 7 days’
time to Omaxe Putting
Greens Society for pay-
ment of long outstand-
ing electricity bills.
NPCL on Tuesday has
said that if the society
does not pay the dues
within 7 days, then it
will be left with no oth-
er option and the elec-
tricity of the entire so-
ciety will be cut.
Omaxe Putting
Greens Society owes Rs
82 lakh to NPCL. This
due on Omaxe Putting
Greens Society is about
10 months old. NPCL on
Monday sent a final no-
tice to Omaxe Putting
Greens Society, asking
it to clear the dues with-
in 7 days.
Adani Defence Aerospace to
acquire Air Works for `400 cr
Ahmedabad (ANI):
Adani Defence Systems
Technologies (AD-
STL) has signed defini-
tive agreements to ac-
quire Air Works in a Rs
400 crore deal.
The company said on
Tuesday that Air Works
was the country’s big-
gest and highly-diversi-
fied independent main-
tenance, repair and op-
erations (MRO) with the
largest pan-India net-
work presence across 27
cities. Air Works had
developed operational
capabilities within the
country for key defence
and aerospace plat-
forms, the company
said. From the first P-8I
aircraft Phase 32 checks
to Phase 48 checks and
MRO on the landing
gear of the Indian Air
Force’s 737 VVIP air-
craft, Air Works under-
takes base maintenance
for Air Transportation
Rack (ATR) 42/72, A320
and B737 fleet of aircraft
from its EASA and DG-
CA-certified facilities at
Mumbai, Delhi, Hosur
and Kochi.
Mulayam’s ashes
to be immersed in
Prayagraj today
Etawah (PTI): The
ashes of Samajwadi
Party patron Mulayam
Singh Yadav will be im-
mersed at the Sangam
inPrayagrajonWednes-
day
, family sources said.
The family of Yadav,
led by his son and party
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav, had on Monday im-
mersed ashes of the late
leader in the Ganga in
Haridwar. For the im-
mersion in Prayagraj,
the family will leave by
plane from Saifai air-
strip at 11 am, the sourc-
es said.
Roger Binny, Rajeev Shukla, Jay Shah, Ashish Shelar and others
at the 91st AGM of BCCI, at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday.
EAM Dr S Jaishankar delivers the keynote address at a conference
of CCCS, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATED
Itanagar (PTI): The
Indian Army is celebrat-
ing the diamond jubilee
of the Battle of Walong
which is as an example
of bravery and sacrifice
made by the brave-
hearts of the force in
the face of Chinese ag-
gression in 1962. Sixty
years ago the Indian
Army gave a “bloody
nose” to the Chinese in
the Battle of Walong,
Tezpur-based Defence
spokesperson Lt Col AS
Walia said. “The Indian
Army launched its only
counterattack during
the war to stall the ad-
vancing PLA soldiers.
The bravehearts of
Indian Army held back
the Chinese troops for
27 days, which forced
them to deploy its
reserve division from
Tawang to Walong.
CONG’S BHARAT JODO YATRA ENTERS ANDHRA PRADESH
Rahul Gandhi resumes
march from Kurnool
Kurnool (Andhra
Pradesh) (ANI):
Congress’ Bharat
Jodo Yatra entered
Andhra Pradesh on
Tuesday as party
leader Rahul Gandhi
along with others
reached Halaharvi
village in the Kur-
nool district after a
day’s break.
The 3,500-km yatra
from Kanyakumari
to Kashmir on Mon-
day observed a “rest
day” on the 40th day
of the march in San-
ganakallu since its
commencement on
September 7.
On the 41st day of
the Yatra, Rahul
Gandhi resumed the
march from the Hala-
harvi bus stop in
Kurnool.
Rahul Gandhi interacting with
Andhra farmers, in Kurnool, on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai (ANI): Backing
Rajasthan Minister
Parsadi Lal Meena’s re-
mark that likened Lord
Ram’s foot journey
from Ayodhya to Sri
Lanka to Rahul Gan-
dhi’s padyatra, Maha-
rashtra Congress chief
Nana Patole on Tuesday
said that it is, however,
a “co-incidence” that
both of their names
begin with “R”. The
remarks of the Maha-
rasthra Congress chief
came after Meena on
Monday said that Rahul
Gandhi is walking even
more than Lord Ram
did from Ayodhya to Sri
Lanka.“Rahul Gandhi’s
padayatra will be his-
toric,” Meena had said.
BILKIS CONVICTS
RELEASED WITH EYE
ON ELECTIONS: CONG
New Delhi (Agencies):
Congress questioned the
Centre for preferential treat-
ment given to the Bilkis Bano
case convicts, alleging that it
has been done for elections.
Congress spokesperson Ab-
hishek Singhvi said that the
Gujarat government affidavit
“proves beyond a shadow of
doubt.”
‘COINCIDENCE
THAT RaGa, LORD
RAM NAMES
BEGIN WITH R’
IPS Dinesh Kumar IPS Ajay Sahni IPS Keshav Kumar IPS Muniraj IPS Akhilesh Chaurasia
ICB APPROVES WOMEN’S IPL AT AGM
New Delhi (Agencies): The general body of the BCCI on
Tuesday approved the conduct of a separate league-
format T20 tournament for women cricketers, the WIPL.
The demand for WIPL has been growing for some years
now, and BCCI secretary Jay Shah was pushing hard for
it, said a senior source in the BCCI.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): A week after
rape charges were filed
against Eldhose Kun-
nappilly, the Congress
legislator from Kerala’s
Perumbavoor constituen-
cy is likely to be charged
with attempt to murder,
sources said. A source
said that the investigation
team is “seriously con-
sidering” including the
attempt to murder charge
against him.
Bagalkot (Agencies): In
a case of honour killing,
a minor girl and her
lover were murdered and
their bodies dumped in
Krishna river, police said
on Tuesday. According to
the Bagalkot Rural Police
police, the incident took
place in the early hours of
October 1 when the minor
girl’s family took her and
22-year-old Vishwanatha
Nelagi out on the pretext
of uniting them.

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5G,telecom jobs in India see 33.7% growth
Mumbai (PTI): Job post-
ings for 5G and telecommu-
nications have witnessed
significant uptick in the
last 12 months, as enter-
prises are looking at 5G
adoption at an accelerated
pace, says a report.
According to global job
site Indeed, job postings for
telecommunications and
5G have increased by 33.7%
between September 2021
and September 2022.
“5G rollout has been ea-
gerly anticipated in India,
and businesses have al-
ready begun hiring to de-
velop 5G-specific technolo-
gy and services. With enter-
prises looking at 5G adop-
tion at an accelerated pace,
we will likely see an uptick
in hiring for these roles in
the next few quarters,” In-
deed India Career Expert
Saumitra Chand said.
This also means that
there will be an increased
need for skilled talent that
can design security sys-
tems and strengthen net-
work architectures to adapt
to the new technology, he
noted. The report further
noted that clicks for Cus-
tomer Service Representa-
tives and Operations Asso-
ciates have increased by
13.91% and 8.22%, respec-
tively
,inthelastonemonth.
The data also revealed
that the average salary for
top job roles such as techni-
cal support, BPO executive
and customer service rep-
resentative was `3,53,298,
`3,29,520 and `3,06,680.
IN LAST 12 MONTHS
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z According to global job
site Indeed, job postings
for telecommunications
and 5G have increased by
33.7% between September
2021 and September 2022
z Clicks for Customer Service
Representatives and
Operations Associates have
increased by 13.91%
8.22%, resp in last 1 month
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: ONGC Videsh
Ltd, the overseas arm of
state-owned Oil and Natu-
ral Gas Corporation
(ONGC), is making a pro-
posal to retake 20% stake
in Russia’s Sakhalin-1 oil
and gas project in the far
east, sources said. Rus-
sian President Vladimir
Putin earlier this month
disbanded Exxon Neftegaz
as operator of the Sakha-
lin-1 and transferred the
project and all of its as-
sets and equipment to a
new operator. OVL is in
the process of applying to
regain the 20% stake it
held in the project, three
sources aware of the
matter said. —PTI
New Delhi: Gold prices in
the national capital fell
`10 to `50,783 per 10
grams on Tuesday amid
appreciation in rupee, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the precious metal had
closed at `50,793 per 10
grams. Silver, however,
climbed `774 to `57,064
per kilogram from
`56,290 per kg. In the in-
ternational market, gold
was trading in green at
$1,657 per ounce while
silver was up at $18.91
per ounce. —PTI
GOLD FALLS BY `10
BUT SILVER PRICES
GO UP BY `774
ONGC BIDS FOR 20%
STAKE IN RUSSIA’S
SAKHALIN-1
New Delhi: Corporate
funding in the global solar
sector declined by 18%
year-on-year to $18.7 bil-
lion in January-Septem-
ber 2022, according to a
Mercom Capital report.
Corporate funding in-
cludes venture capital and
private equity (VC), debt
financing, and public
market financing. “Total
corporate funding in 9M
2022 (first nine months)
stood at $18.7 billion,
18% lower compared to
$22.8 billion raised in 9M
2021. —PTI
CORPORATE FUNDING
IN GLOBAL SOLAR
SECTOR FALLS 18%
New Delhi: Japanese au-
tomaker Nissan is looking
to drive in its global
sports utility vehicles, in-
cluding X-Trail into the In-
dian market, as it looks to
strengthen its presence in
the country, a top compa-
ny official said on Tues-
day. The company, which
currently sells models like
Magnite and Kicks in the
country, is looking to
drive in models like X-
Trail, Juke and Qashqai
into the country. On Tues-
day, the automaker an-
nounced that it is study-
ing the feasibility of X-
Trail and Qashqai for the
Indian market. —PTI
NISSAN TO DRIVE IN
GLOBAL PRODUCTS
INTO INDIAN MARKET
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Wheat MSP hiked by ` 110 to ` 2,125/qtl
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Tuesday hiked
the minimum support
price for wheat by `110 to
`2,125 per quintal and mus-
tard by `400 to `5,450 per
quintal for the current crop
year to boost the produc-
tion and income of the
farmers.
The decision to increase
the MSPs (minimum sup-
port prices) of six rabi
crops was taken at a meet-
ing of the Cabinet Commit-
tee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
MSP is the rate at which
the government buys grain
from farmers. Currently,
the government fixes MSPs
for 23 crops grown in both
the Kharif and rabi sea-
sons. Sowing of rabi (win-
ter)cropsbeginsinOctober,
immediately after the har-
vest of kharif (summer)
crops. Wheat and mustard
are major rabi crops.
According to an official
release, the CCEA has ap-
proved an increase in MSPs
for six rabi crops for the
2022-23 crop year (July-
June) and the 2023-24 mar-
keting season (Apr-March).
The absolute highest in-
crease in MSP has been
approved for lentil (Mas-
ur) by `500 per quintal, fol-
lowed by rapeseed and
mustard by `400 per quin-
tal, it said. Wheat MSP
has been increased by `110
to `2,125 per quintal for
this crop year from `2,015
per quintal in the 2021-22
crop year.
The cost of production
of wheat is estimated at
`1,065 per quintal, the re-
lease said.
Briefing media, Infor-
mation and Broadcasting
Minister Anurag Thakur
said the government has
ensured a 100% return
over the cost of production
in the case of wheat and
mustard. Whereas in the
other four rabi crops, it is
between 50 to 85% return
over cost of production, he
added. Asked if the hike in
MSP of rabi crops would
lead to food inflation, the
minister said the inflation
in India is under control in
comparison with other
countries. The support
price of barley was hiked
by `100 to `1,735 per quintal
for the 2022-23 crop year
from `1,635 per quintal in
the previous year.
Among pulses, the MSP
for gram has been in-
creased by `105 to `5,335 per
quintal from `5,230 per
quintal, while for lentil
(Masur), it was hiked by
`500 to `6,000 per quintal
from `5,500 per quintal.
In the case of oilseeds,
the government has in-
creased the MSP for mus-
tard seed by `400 to `5,450
per quintal for the 2022-23
crop year from `5,050 per
quintal in the previous
year.
The MSP for safflower
has been raised by `209 to
`5,650 per quintal from
`5,441 per quintal.
MSP = MINIMUM
SUPPORT PRICES
z The decision to increase the
MSPs (minimum support
prices) of six rabi crops
was taken at a meeting of
the Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA)
chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
z MSP is the rate at which the
government buys grain from
farmers
SCINDIA URGES STATES TO
REDUCE TAX ON JET FUEL
New Delhi (PTI): Union
Civil Aviation Minister Jy-
otiraditya Scindia on Tues-
day said there is a huge
demand for air travel after
the pandemic and urged
eight states and UTs to re-
duce the tax on jet fuel.
Air traffic growth will be
driven by smaller cities, he
said and emphasised the
need for developing airport
infrastructure in such
places.
The domestic air traffic
is inching closer to pre-
COVID level and in recent
times, the daily passenger
numbers crossed the four
lakh mark twice.
Scindia said that VAT on
jet fuel is still high in eight
states and Union Territo-
ries in the range of 20-30%
and urged them to reduce
the rate.
The minister requested
Goa, Assam, Delhi, Maha-
rashtra, West Bengal, Ra-
jasthan, Bihar and Tamil
Nadu to reduce the VAT on
Aviation Turbine Fuel
(ATF).
“New growth to come
from Tier 2 and 3 cities,” he
said and emphasised the
need to bring down entry
barriers in the context of
high VAT on jet fuel in
some states.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z The domestic air traffic
is inching closer to pre-
Coronavirus-pandemic
(COVID-19) level and in recent
times, the daily passenger
numbers crossed the four lakh
mark twice
z Scindia said VAT on jet fuel
is still high in eight states and
Union Territories in the range
of 20-30% and urged them to
reduce the rate
z The minister requested Goa,
Assam, Delhi, Maharashtra,
West Bengal, Rajasthan, Bihar
and TN to reduce the VAT
Air India aims
30% int’l market
share in 5 years
New Delhi (PTI): Air In-
dia chief Campbell Wilson
on Tuesday said the airline
aims to have 30% share in
both domestic and interna-
tional markets in the next
five years.
Currently, the loss-mak-
ing carrier, which was tak-
en over by Tata group in
January, has put in place
the revival plan ‘Vihaan.
AI’. Air India aims to have
30% share in domestic and
international markets in
the next five years, Wilson,
who is the MD CEO said.
Currently
, the airline has
a domestic market share of
10% and an international
market share of 12%.
According to Wilson, the
airline will triple its fleet in
the next five years.
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmark indices rallied
for the third day in a row on
Tuesday amid firm global
market trends and buying
in index major Reliance In-
dustries. The 30-share BSE
Sensex jumped 549.62
points or 0.94% to settle
at 58,960.60. During the
day, it zoomed 732.68
points or 1.25% to
59,143.66.
Similarly, the
broader NSE Nifty
surged 175.15
points or 1.01% to end at
17,486.95. State Bank of In-
dia (SBI) was the biggest
gainer in the Sensex pack,
followed by ITC, Nestle,
Bharti Airtel, IndusInd
Bank, Mahindra Mahin-
dra, RIL and Larsen Tou-
bro. HDFC, NTPC, HDFC
Bank, Tech Mahindra
and Sun Pharma were the
laggards.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee pared its initial gains to close 7 paise
down at 82.37 (provisional) against the US dollar in a restricted
trade on Tuesday. At the interbank forex market, the local unit
opened at 82.21 against the greenback. It witnessed an intra-day
high of 82.02 and a low of 82.37 against the American currency
during the session. It finally ended at 82.37 against the US dol-
lar, down 7 paise from its previous close of 82.30.
` FALLS 7 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.37 AGAINST $
Sensex up for 3rd day,ends 550 pts higher
Drones can help create
$100-bn GDP boost
Gandhinagar (PTI): Put-
ting drones at the centre of
a technology-led transfor-
mation of Indian agricul-
ture can help boost the
country’s GDP by 1-1.5%
and create at least five lakh
jobs in the coming years,
the World Economic Fo-
rum said in a new report on
Tuesday
.
The report, prepared by
WEF’s Centre for Fourth
Industrial Revolution in
India in collaboration with
Adani Group and launched
here, outlined the potential
for drone-based transfor-
mation of Indian agricul-
ture. It also outlines use
cases for drones, fusing
military and civilian tech-
nologies enabled by digital
adoption, analytics, digital
financing and a well-coor-
dinated local stakeholder
effort and provides a frame-
work for development of
scalable pilots that can be
implemented by various
governments, WEF said.
AMBUJA ALLOTS 47.74
CRORE WARRANTS TO
ADANI FAMILY FIRM
New Delhi: Ambuja Cements
Ltd on Tuesday said it has
issued 47.74 crore warrants
to Adani
family firm
Harmonia
Trade and
Invest-
ment and raised `5,000 crore.
Ambuja Cement, now a part
of Adani Cement, has issued
47.74 crore warrants at a price
band of `418.87, said a regu-
latory filing by the company.
As per the terms and condi-
tions, the Adani group family
has contributed `5,000.15
crore, which is “25% of the
Limited issued price”, it
added. The warrants issued on
a preferential issues basis to
Adani Group firm have a face
value of `2, it added. —PTI
SBI HIKES SAVINGS
DEPOSIT RATE BY 0.3%
FOR ` 10 CR ABOVE
Mumbai: A day after lowering
the deposits for small savers
(under `10 crore in savings
deposits
by 5 bps
to 2.70%
per an-
num, State
Bank on Tuesday increased
the savings deposit rates by
30 bps for large accounts. The
bank said the new pricing of
30 bps more on deposits, is
applicable for `10 crore and
above, and is effective from
October 15. Banks have been
witnessing flight of money
to other asset classes even
as they were lending more.
While interest rates for saving
bank deposits below `10 crore
remains unchanged at 2.70
percent. —PTI
NCLT EXTENDS RELIANCE CAPITAL RESOLUTION
PROCESS DEADLINE TO JANUARY 31
New Delhi: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has for
the third time extended the deadline for debt-ridden Reliance Capi-
tal’s resolution process to January 31. The earlier deadline was
November 1, 2022. This is the
third extension as the timeline
has been extended twice in the
past, sources said. As per the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code (IBC) rules, the admin-
istrator had to originally close
the resolution of RCL within 180 days, by June 3, 2022. Earlier,
the lenders of Reliance Capital had given an extension of 30 days
to the bidders for submission of binding bids, along with an EMD
of `75 crore, by October 31. —PTI
MERCHANT BANKERS CAN’T UNDERTAKE ANY BIZ
OTHER THAN THOSE RELATED TO SECURITIES MKT
New Delhi : A merchant banker cannot carry on any business
other than those pertaining to the securities market, accord-
ing to the capital markets regulator Sebi. Providing an informal
guidance in this regard to
PNB Investment Services,
Sebi indicated that its views
might differ on a case-to-case
basis. The clarification came
after PNB Investment Ser-
vices, which is registered as
a merchant banker, sought informal guidance on whether it can
act as a direct selling agent by starting a fresh business vertical
for marketing retail products such as home loans, car loans on
behalf of PNB or other banks. —PTI
OTHER STORIES

08
2NDFRONT
Duty is not a negative word, Duty does
not hinder, it forges a sure path, one can
stride with confidence and satisfaction.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
New Delhi (PTI): A
day-long national con-
ference of top police of-
ficers of states will be
held in New Delhi on
Wednesday on the effec-
tive implementation of
a uniform tourist police
scheme across the
country, the Tourism
Ministry said.
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla will be the
chief guest at the
event. Union Minister
for Culture and Tour-
ism G Kishan Reddy
will also be present on
the occasion, the min-
istry said in a state-
ment on Tuesday.
The Ministry of
Tourism, in coordina-
tion with the Ministry
of Home Affairs and
the Bureau of Police
Research and Develop-
ment (BPRD), is or-
ganising the national
conference of director
generals/inspector
generals of police de-
partment of all states
and Union territories
“in connection with
implementation of
Uniform Tourist Police
Scheme at Vigyan Bha-
wan in New Delhi on
October 19.
During the confer-
ence, the report on
‘Tourist Police Scheme’
preparedBPRDwillbe
deliberated,andBPRD
would be sharing the
finding and recommen-
dations of the report
with the Home Ministry
,
Ministry of Tourism
and representatives of
state governments and
UT administrations, the
statement said.
“The idea of the con-
ference is to develop a
dedicated team of police
personnel by states/UTs
to work towards taking
care of the require-
ments of the foreign and
domestic tourists, their
safety and security
,” the
statement said.
Objective of the na-
tional conference is to
bring the Ministry of
Tourism, Ministry of
Home Affairs, BPRD
and state governments
and UT administration
on the same platform,
so that they may work
together in close coordi-
nation with the state
and UT police depart-
ments, and sensitise
them about the specific
requirements of for-
eign and domestic tour-
ists for effective imple-
mentation of the uni-
form tourist police
scheme at pan-India
level, it added.
This would change
the safety and security-
related perception of
India at a global level
and will help in making
India a must-visit desti-
nation around the
globe, the Tourism
Ministry said.
Agenda of the con-
ference is implementa-
tion of uniform tourist
police scheme at pan-
India level for develop-
ing “tourist-specific
policing with suitable
roles and responsibili-
ty and training aspects,
to provide safer ecosys-
tem to foreign and do-
mestic tourists in and
around tourist destina-
tions”, as safety and
security is the first and
foremost priority of
any tourist, it said.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE TODAY
‘TOURIST POLICE’ SCHEME
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is chief guest, Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy to be also present
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla —FILE PHOTO
—REPRESENTATIONAL PHOTO
Joint secretary
(foreigners di-
vision, MHA),
state tourism secretar-
ies of Rajasthan, Ker-
ala, Goa Megha-
laya, DGs, IGs of all
states UTs, and oth-
er senior officials of the
2 ministries, BPRD
will also be present
during the conference.
—Tourism Ministry
New Delhi (PTI): Ac-
claimed actors Sau-
rabh Shukla, Piyush
Mishra, Rajesh
Tailang, celebrated
poet Ashok Chakrad-
har, and folk singer
Prahlad Singh Tipanya
among others will be
participating at the up-
coming “Cultural
Kaarva’n — Virasat
2022” by Jashn-e-Adab
Foundation, starting
October 28.
The three-day festi-
val, organised by
Jashn-e-Adab Sahityot-
sava in association
with the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism,
is touted to be a cele-
bration of Hindustani
art, culture and
literature, marking the
75th year of India’s
independence.
“We see a lot of youth
making an effort to un-
derstand the enriching
creations in Hindi and
Urdu, using the power
of the digital medium
to reach authentic plat-
forms and artists. Their
interest is helping in
making Hindustani art
more mainstream,”
said the organisers in a
statement.
Besides panel discus-
sions and musical per-
formances, the event
will host a ‘Kavi Sam-
melan’ and ‘Mushaira’
featuring renowned po-
ets like Chakradhar,
Madan Mohan Mishra
‘Danish’, Khushbir Sin-
gh Shaad, Azm Shakiri,
Javed Mushiri, Ra-
jneesh Garg, Vikas
Sharma and Quaiser
Khalid, among others.
It will also stage a
play on Munshi Prem-
chand’s “Moteram ka
Satyagraha”, directed
by founder of Asmita
Theatre Group Arvind
Gaur.
The free-for-all festi-
val will come to a close
on October 30.
Virasat 2022 to
celebrate literature,
Hindustani art
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z
z
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EMINENT ARTISTS
New Delhi (PTI): As-
sets worth more than Rs
185 crore of a Chandi-
garh-based pharmaceu-
tical company have
been attached under the
anti-money laundering
law in connection with
a case of alleged bank
loan fraud, the Enforce-
ment Directorate said
Tuesday
.
Buildings, plant and
machinery of the com-
pany, Surya Pharma-
ceuticals Ltd., and some
linked entities have
been attached after a
provisional order was
issued under the Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act (PMLA).
The money launder-
ing case stems from
two CBI FIRs — filed
on the complaint of
State Bank of India
(SBI), Chandigarh and
Punjab and Sind Bank,
Karnal — against the
company, its managing
director Rajiv Goyal
and others for “de-
frauding” the banks to
the tune of Rs 828
crore, the federal agen-
cy said in a statement.
The ED said Letters of
Credit were availed in
the name of the com-
pany in lieu of “bogus
invoices” and alleged
“discounting of these
LoCs by associated
entities.”
ED attaches
assets worth
`185 crore of
Chandigarh
pharma company
Noida: Protest after infant dies of stray dog bite
Noida (ANI): Following
the death of a one-year-
old due to a stray dog
bite, the residents of a
housing society in Noi-
da’s Sector 100, protest-
ed and blocked roads on
Tuesday
. Noida Author-
ity official, OSD, Indu
Prakash said that the
civic body would con-
struct four shelter
homes for stray dogs.
“We are going to con-
struct 4 shelter homes
for stray dogs. The work
is in progress. We start-
ed sterilizing stray dogs
in 2017 and 40,000 dogs
have been sterilized so
far. We will build shel-
ter homes for dogs in
the same way as we
have been doing for
cows,” said Prakash.
However, the resi-
dents of the housing
society were not satis-
fied with the Authority
and continued their
protest.
Speaking to ANI, a
resident said, “We are
not satisfied with the
authority. The stray
dogs are going in shel-
ter homes but when
they come back there is
no change in them. We
have raised this issue
since 2018 but nothing
is happening.”
Another resident,
Priyanka, said the au-
thority has decided to
catch all dogs and send
them to shelter homes.
Residents protesting the stray dog issue by blocking road after the death of a labourer’s child.
New Delhi (PTI): Sus-
pended from service
over the charge of sex-
ually assaulting a
21-year-old woman in
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, senior IAS of-
ficer Jitendra Narain
has written to the Un-
ion Home Ministry
claiming he was in Del-
hi on an official tour on
April 14 when the first
alleged assault took
place.
In the October 5 let-
ter, a copy of which has
been seen by PTI, the
officer stated that he
was in Delhi between
April 11, 2022, and April
18, 2022 and has given
details of his tour.
The first alleged sex-
ual assault, according
to the woman’s com-
plaint, took place on
April 14, 2022, and the
second on May 1, 2022.
In the letter, he pro-
vided file notings re-
garding travel outside
Port Blair, flight details
including PNR Num-
ber and boarding pass
and bills of his stay at
Andaman Nicobar Bha-
wan in New Delhi to
buttress his claim.
Narain, who was
then the chief secre-
tary of Andaman and
Nicobar Islands,
claimed that on May 1
he was engaged in
“some personal legal
issues” relating to a
friend who had arrived
in Port Blair that morn-
ing. He provided the
travel details of his
friend as well.
He said his call data
records and cellphone
locations may be looked
into to confirm his
claim.
However, there was
no confirmation from
the Union Home Minis-
try on the letter.
“The allegations are
completely untrue for
the simple reason that
they are impossible in
the alleged dates and
time spans,” he wrote.
“I also know that the
police authorities are
fully aware of the cir-
cumstances of those
two dates, and yet are
allowing this false and
vexatious prosecution
to continue at the be-
hest of certain power-
ful individuals in satis-
faction of vested inter-
est,” he claimed in the
letter.
Suspended Andaman officer claims he was in Delhi on day of alleged rape
ALIBI AS EVIDENCE
lll
In the Oct 5
letter, the officer
stated that he
was in Delhi
between April
11, 2022 and
April 18, 2022
and has given
details of his tour IAS officer Jitendra Narain.
Dehradun (PTI): The
father of slain recep-
tionist Ankita
Bhandari expressed his
dissatisfaction with the
ongoing probe in the
case and demanded a
CBI investigation into
her killing.
Headed by Deputy In-
spector General of Po-
lice (DIG) P Renuka
Devi, a special investi-
gations team (SIT) has
been investigating the
case since September
25.A chargesheet in the
case is likely to be filed
shortly, officials said.
“I demand from
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami to or-
der a CBI probe into
Ankita’s murder. I am
not satisfied with the
ongoing investigations
by the SIT,” her father
Virendra Singh
Bhandari said at the
start of a Tiranga Yatra
from his home at Dobh
Srikot in Pauri district
on Monday
.
The yatra is being
carried out by students
and social workers of
the area to demand jus-
tice for Bhandari. It will
conclude at the Vanan-
tara Resort where
Bhandari worked in the
district’s Yamkeshwar
block near Rishikesh.
Bhandari was alleg-
edly killed by resort
owner owner Pulkit
Arya, manager Sau-
rabh Bhaskar and assis-
tant manager Ankit
Gupta when she resist-
ed their attempts to
force her to offer “extra
services” to a VIP guest.
The murder had trig-
gered a massive public
outrage.
Ankita Bhandari’s father unhappy
with SIT investigation,asks for CBI
Pulkit Arya (L) is in jail along
with two other accused.
A chargesheet
in the case is
likely to be filed
shortly: Officials
UP police react after U’khand officer
accuses them of arresting innocents
WAR OF WORDS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: AfterUtta-
rakhand’s Additional
Chief Secretary Radha
Rauri, in a remark to
UP Police, said that
guilty should be pun-
ished, not the inno-
cents—a war of words
erupted between the
police of the 2 states.
The UP Police ac-
cused the additional
chief secretary of
making “irresponsi-
ble” statements.
Radha Raturi had
made the statement
following an unsuc-
cessful raid by the UP
Police in Uttrakhand
to arrest an alleged
sand mining mafia.
The raid had led to the
death of a local BJP
leader’s wife.
“Many times, the UP
Police catch innocent
persons and claim
they are guilty. It
should not be like that.
Catching one innocent
person may lead to the
rise of 99 more wrong-
doers,” she said.
Tthe UP Police
termed the remark as
“irresponsible” and
suggested that a civil
servant should refrain
from such comments.
Additional Director
General (Law Or-
der), UP, Prashant Ku-
mar said, “The ACS
Uttarakhand has is-
sued an irresponsible
statement without
knowing the facts.
Any civil servant
should avoid such
statements especially
when it is related to
the matter of the coun-
try’s biggest state.”
Uttarakhand Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi.

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