19102022_First India_Mumbai.pdf

MVA COALITION CLAIMS GAINS IN GP
POLLS EVEN AS BJP ‘BAGS’ 230+ SEATS
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Despitelosing
power in June this year,
the Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) opposition coali-
tion comprising Con-
gress, Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) and
ShivSena(UddhavBala-
saheb Thackeray) claim
to have made huge gains
in recently held Gram
Panchayat polls. Inter-
estingly, the ruling ally
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) emerged as the
single-largest entity in
the elections held in 18
districts. The Opposi-
tion has claimed to have
triumphed on a total of
1,079 out of 1,165 Gram
Panchayats (DPs) seats
defeating Turn to P6
PANELS BACKED BY SAMANT, GOGAWALE LOSE
Mumbai (PTI): The panels backed by Maharashtra
ministers Uday Samant and MLA Bharat Gogawale
from the Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde have suffered defeat in the gram
panchayat polls in their native villages. Besides, the
ruling BJP won three gram panchayats in Sindhu-
durg, the home district of School Education Minister
Deepak Kesarkar who is also a member of the Shinde
group. The fourth one was bagged by the Uddhav
Thackeray-led Sena faction, sources said on Tuesday.
Elections held at
1,079 Gram
Panchayats in
Maha; Oppn
reiterates win
over 455 seats
RUSSIA: 14 KILLED IN
FIGHTER JET CRASH
NEAR UKRAINE
Yeysk: At least 14
people including three
children were killed
when a Sukhoi Su-34
fighter jet crashed into
the courtyard of a nine-
storey apartment building
and exploded in a fireball
in southern Russia just
across the Sea of Azov
from Ukraine.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
INDIA-RUSSIA HOPE
TO BAG $5BN FROM
CRUISE MISSILE SALES
New Delhi: A JV between
India and Russia that has
developed supersonic cruise
missiles hopes to secure
$5 billion worth of orders
by 2025, its chairman said
on Tuesday. BrahMos,
is in talks with Malaysia,
Vietnam. Indonesia for new
orders, having bagged a
first deal of $375 mn with
Philippines, Rane said.
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. P5
‘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.
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
www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
MUMBAI lWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNITITLE NO.MAHENG/2022/14652 lVol 1 l Issue No.163
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
ARYAN CASE: NCB
FINDS LOOPHOLES
IN THE PROBE OF
CRUISE DRUG BUST
HP POLLS: CONG’S 1ST
LIST OUT, BJP YET TO RELEASE
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
BSE SENSEX 58,960.60 549.62 | NSE NIFTY 17,486.95 175.15
2 UP workers killed in
JK attack,1 arrested
NIA conducts
raids at over
50 locations
Shopian: Two migrant
labourers were killed
after terrorists hurled a
grenade at them in
Shopian district of
Jammu and Kashmir in
the early hours of Tues-
day, police said. Taking
to Twitter, Kashmir
Zone Police said, “Ter-
rorists hurled a grenade
in Shopian’s Harmen
area, injuring two la-
bourers Monish Kumar
and Ram Sagar.”
“Both were residents
of UP’s Kannauj. They
were shifted to the hos-
pital, where they suc-
cumbed to their inju-
ries,” the police said. A
local “hybrid terrorist”
Imran Bashir Ganie
from Harmen of LeT
was arrested.
New Delhi: The NIA on
Tuesday carried out
raids at more than 50
locations in several
states across northern
India in an ongoing
case against gangs and
their nexus with terror
groups. The raids were
conducted in Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan,
U’khand, Delhi and
NCR to dismantle and
disrupt emerging nexus
between terrorists,
gangsters, drug smug-
glers and traffickers.
DRI SEIZES 86.5 KG
WEED WORTH
RS39.5 CR; 2 HELD
Mumbai: The Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence
(DRI) has seized 86.5 kg
of high-quality US-origin
hydroponic weed valued at
Rs39.5 crore and arrested
two persons in this
connection from Mum, an
official said on Tuesday.
The DRI’s Mumbai zonal
unit intercepted two
US-origin consignments
at the Courier Terminal in
the Air Cargo Complex. An
examination resulted in
the seizure of 86.5 kg of
hydroponic weed (ganja)
from the consignments,
he said.

Pramod Sharma
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Congress chief
Nana Patole on Tues-
day concurred with
Rajasthan minister
Parsadi Lal Meena’s
remark that likened
Lord Ram’s padyatra
(journey on foot) from
Ayodhya to Sri Lanka
to Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat
Jodo’ padyatra.
Addressing media
persons during a review
meeting on prepara-
tionstowelcome‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ into Maha-
rashtra, Patole said that
it is, however, a “co-inci-
dence”thatbothof their
names begin with the
letter ‘R’. The remarks
of the state Congress
chief came after Meena
on Monday said that Ra-
hul Gandhi is walking
even more than Lord
Ram did from Ayodhya
to Sri Lanka.
“Rahul Gandhi’s
padyatra will be histor-
ic. Lord Ram too had
gone from Ayodhya to
Sri Lanka on foot. He
(Gandhi) is walking
even more than that,
from Kanyakumari
to Kashmir,” Meena
had said.
Reacting to the state-
ment, Patole said, “Even
Lord Ram walked from
Kanyakumari to Kash-
mir as did (Adi) Shanka-
racharya (Vedic schol-
ar). Rahul Gandhi is
doing the same in the
form of a padyatra. Peo-
ple are joining him, so it
is not a comparison to
Lord Ram, but a coinci-
dence, that both their
names begin with the
letter ‘R’. But we do not
compare Rahul with
Lord Ram while BJP
leaders compare their
leaders with God. God is
God and Rahul Gandhi
is a human being.”
He is working for hu-
manity and it can be
seen by everyone, he
added.
Patole organized the
meeting to discuss the
party’s ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ which is likely to
pass from Maharashtra
on November 07. One of
the main agendas dis-
cussed were prepara-
tions for the yatra to fa-
cilitate people joining it
with party leaders.
The yatra entered
Andhra Pradesh on
Tuesday morning. The
yatra is scheduled to
carry on for a total of
150 days. On the 41st day
of the yatra, Rahul Gan-
dhi resumed the march
from the Halaharvi bus
stop in Kurnool.
“As the ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ enters Andhra
Pradesh, the excitement
has gone to the next lev-
el. Massive support to
all the Padyatris has en-
ergized everyone,” the
Congresssaidinatweet.
NEWS
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Uddhav
Thackeray-led Shiv
Sena faction on Tues-
day claimed Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
candidate Murji Patel
withdrew from the
Andheri East Assem-
bly bypoll contest af-
ter realizing that his
defeat was imminent.
But even after this
safepassagetheBJPhas
suffered humiliation,
the Thackeray camp
claimed further in its
mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
The Marathi daily
carried an article on the
by-election with the
heading “Kamlabai re-
treated from Andheri”.
The Thackeray group
has labelled the ruling
BJP as ‘Kamalabai’, a
reference to its poll sym-
bol Kamal or lotus.
The Andheri East by-
poll, scheduled for No-
vember 03, has been ne-
cessitated due to the
death of Shiv Sena MLA
Ramesh Latke earlier
this year.
The Thackeray-led
Sena faction has fielded
Late Ramesh Latke’s
wife Rutuja Latke,
while the BJP had nom-
inated Patel.
AfterNationalistCon-
gress Party (NCP) chief
Sharad Pawar and Ma-
harashtra Navnirman
Sena (MNS) leader Raj
Thackeray pitched for
an unopposed contest,
the BJP on Monday
pulled out its candidate
from the bypoll.
Seven candidates are
in the poll arena, but
the victory of Rutuja
Latke is a foregone con-
clusion.
“The withdrawal of
the(BJP)candidatedoes
not appear as simple as
it looks. In case of a de-
feat, the Shinde-Fad-
navis government must
have realized that they
have to pay a cost. The
BJP must have also real-
ized that the victory of
the Shiv Sena (Thack-
eray faction) is immi-
nent,” an editorial in
‘Saamana’ said.
It also claimed that
there was a strong
possibility of rejection
of Patel’s nomination
due some anomalies in
his papers.
“Their (BJP-Shinde
group) car was at a dan-
gerous turn and it was
bound to meet with an
accident. To avoid this
accident, they applied
brakes and took a U-
turn,” it said.
Instead of facing
burn injuries (referring
to the flaming torch poll
symbol of the Thacker-
ay faction) and facing an
imminent defeat, the
BJP chose a simple way
(of withdrawing the
candidate), it said.
But even after this
safe passage the BJP
has suffered humilia-
tion, the Marathi publi-
cation said.
RaGa, Lord Ram common
letter coincidence: Patole
Nana Patole (centre) with party leaders Ashok Chavan (left) and Balasaheb Thorat (right) during a
review meeting at Tilak Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PATOLE SLAMS PAWAR FOR BACKING SHELAR
Patole also took an apparent jibe at his ally and Nationalist Congress Party
(NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for supporting BJP’s Ashish Shelar for the cricketing
body polls. “BJP knows well with whom they want to be close. There is an
election going on in the cricket body also and all are coming together giving a
different message,” said Patole. “Everyone can make out what is coming out
from the cricket game (Mumbai Cricket Association and the Board of Control
for Cricket in India polls),” he added.
Maha Cong chief
terms padyatra,
led by national
party leader, as
‘historic’; holds
meet to review
prep to welcome
him in state
BJP withdrew from Andheri
bypoll after realization of
imminent defeat: Uddhav camp
Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray supporters celebrate
allocation of ‘mashaal’ symbol. —FILE PHOTO
Even after safe passage,
BJP was humiliated,
claims Sena’s
mouthpiece ‘Saamana’
Difficult to build cycle tracks in Mum: Gadkari
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Space con-
straints in the city
will make it impossi-
ble to widen roads,
thus making it diffi-
cult to create cycle
tracks on roads, Un-
ion minister Nitin
Gadkari said on
Tuesday.
Gadkari, who han-
dles the Central gov-
ernment’s road trans-
port portfolio, under-
lined that it was impor-
tant to encourage the
sustainable and
healthy habit of cy-
cling. “We can make
dedicated tracks in
Tier-II and Tier-III cit-
ies,” he said.
“I support the idea
(of cycle tracks). But
my practical problem
is that in the city area,
it is very difficult to in-
crease the width of the
road. In Mumbai, we
cannot make cycle
tracks,” Gadkari said
in Mumbai, at an inter-
active meeting with in-
stitutional investors
organized by Philip
Capital.
He also said there
were “encroachments
and political problems”
in Mumbai, which
made the job of creat-
ing dedicated cycle
tracks difficult.
Gadkari’s remarks
came as clarifications
about the reports of the
abandonment of a 40-
km cycle track project
in Mumbai; it also
somewhat explained
the low patronage of
the existing cycle
tracks that were con-
structed without any
planning about conti-
nuity.
The minister, how-
ever, announced he was
constructing a cycle
track in his home city
Nagpur, and added that
some of the cities
through which nation-
al highways are going
will also have similar
infrastructure soon.
He also said there
was a huge potential
for cycle manufactur-
ing in the country,
pointing out that ex-
ports currently stood at
only under Rs30,000
crore, against the glob-
al market of Rs8 lakh
crore.
The road transport
minister also spoke
about road safety, and
improving the way
they are engineered.
He said his ministry
was mulling the crea-
tion of a ‘credit rating’
for road contractors,
wherein a good record
in the past will earn an
entity extra points
while bidding for a new
project.
Gadkari also in-
formed that first phase
of the Delhi-Mumbai
Expressway is set to be
completed this year.
“My plan is to connect
Nariman Point to Del-
hi, thereby making it a
12-hour journey,” said
the Union minister.
Speaking about the
achievements of the
Road and Transport
Ministry, Gadkari said:
“I was pained to know
that around one crore
people in the country
were driving cycle-
rickshaws.” He added
that 80 lakh people
among them were ply-
ing e-rickshaws today.
HEALTHY ENDEAVOUR
ACCORD STRUCK!
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met with Union Railways Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw in New Delhi on Tuesday for final handover of the Dharavi Redevelopment project
agreement. A deal has been signed between the Union Ministry of Railways’ Rail Land
Development Authority and the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Authority.
Sanjay Raut’s bail plea hearing set for Oct 21
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A special
court on Tuesday said
it would continue
hearing on October 21
into the bail plea of
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay
Raut. He was arrested
by the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) in
an alleged money
laundering case.
Special Judge MG
Deshpande also extend-
ed Raut’s judicial cus-
tody till October 21 after
he was produced in the
court at the end of his
remand on Tuesday
.
In the court, Raut
met Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) lead-
er, Eknath Khadse, who
had come there to mark
his presence in connec-
tion with a money laun-
dering case lodged
against him by the ED.
The two leaders
spoke briefly during
which Raut was heard
telling Khadse he would
be out of the prison
soon.
The ED’s probe
against Raut pertains to
alleged financial irreg-
ularities in the redevel-
opment of a Patra
Chawl (row tenement)
and related financial
transactions involving
the Sena leader’s wife
and associates.
On Tuesday, Raut’s
counsel Ashok Munda-
rgi completed his re-
joinder arguments dur-
ing which he told the
court that the allega-
tions levelled against
Raut by the ED were
inherently unbelieva-
ble and cannot be relied
upon.
Mundargi told the
court that the alleged
transactions are from
years 2008 to 2012. It has
been a decade and the
allegation is of only
Rs3.85 crore, he said.
Additional Solicitor
General Anil Singh, ap-
pearing for the ED,
sought additional time
to oppose certain fresh
arguments made by
Mundargi.
The court agreed and
posted the plea for fur-
ther hearing on October
21 and also extended
Raut’s judicial custody
till then.
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. —FILE PHOTO
Union min vows to encourage cycling
habit; shares plans to install dedicated
tracks in his hometown Nagpur
After chest discomfort,
MLA Sanjay Shirsat
shifted to Mum hospital
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Legis-
latorSanjayShirsat,
who is member of
the Shiv Sena fac-
tion led by Chief
Minister Eknath
Shinde, suffered
from chest discom-
fort and high blood
pressure in Aurang-
abad, said a doctor
who attended him
on Tuesday
.
TheMLAwasshift-
ed to Mumbai by an
air ambulance in the
morning after being
given medicines to
stabilizehishealthpa-
rameters, he said.
Shirsat, who repre-
sentstheAurangabad
West constituency
, ex-
perienced chest dis-
comfort and breath-
ing issues on Monday
evening, after which
he was admitted to a
privatehospitalinAu-
rangabad itself. His
BP was high and was
administered medi-
cines, Dr Unmesh
Takalkar said.
After Shirsat felt
better, he was shifted
toMumbai,thedoctor
said.
The Shiv Sena leader was arrested in a money laundering case
earlier this year. —FILE PHOTO
A special
court under the
PMLA extended
Shiv Sena
Rajya Sabha
MP’s judicial
custody until
then

MAHARASHTRA
03
First India Bureau
Pune: Heavy rains
lashed Pune city over-
night and on Tuesday
morning, causing wa-
terlogging in many
areas.
Some people staying
in low-lying areas and
near the Karha river
banks were shifted to
safer places, said dis-
trict authorities.
Seven goats died after
being swept away in the
flood waters in Kanhur
Mesai area of Shirur
tehsil.
According to the In-
dia Meteorological De-
partment (IMD), Shiva-
jinagar witnessed 104
mm rainfall in about
five hours till 3 am on
Tuesday
. Magarpatta re-
ceived 116 mm down-
pourandPashanrecord-
ed 94 mm of rainfall
during the same period.
Waterlogging was
witnessed in many
areas including Hadap-
sar, Market Yard, Sinh-
gad Road, NIBM Road,
BT Kawade Road,
Katraj, Deccan, Karve
Nagar, Kothrud, Kond-
hwa and Peth.
Shivaji Nagar area re-
ceived around 81 mm of
rainfall in just a couple
of hours on Monday
night, as per the Met de-
partment.
AccordingtothePune
Fire Brigade, water
gushed into several are-
as and a wall collapsed
in the Parvati locality
.
IMD’s Weather Fore-
casting Department
Head, Anupam Kashya-
pi, said the satellite im-
ages revealed “there
was enough moisture in
the state.”
The city is expected to
stay cloudy with light-
ning and thunder activ-
ity in the evening along
with light to moderate
rainfall. The rain activ-
ity will reduce from
Wednesday
, he added.
In a few low-lying ar-
eas, vehicles were sub-
merged in rainwater.
Twelve people stuck
in the flood waters
in Mangalwar Peth
and Kondhwa areas
were shifted to safer
places, said fire brigade
officials.
Twenty families stay-
ing near the Karha river
in Jalgaon Kathe Pathar
village of Baramati
tehsil were also shifted
after the river swelled
following the release
of water at the rate
of 35,000 cubic foot per
second (cusec) from the
Nazre dam, said district
officials.
Speakingaboutheavy
showers on late Monday
night and subsequent
waterlogging in various
parts of the city
, Vikram
Kumar, Commissioner,
Pune Municipal Corpo-
ration, said this year’s
rainfall in the month of
October has been un-
precedented.
A few days ago too
the city had received
heavy showers.
Highest rainfall recorded inAmbad tehsil at 113.75 mm.—FILE PHOTO
According to IMD, Pune city has received 268 mm rainfall so far in October. —PHOTO BY ANI
PUNE INUNDATED AFTER HEAVY SHOWERS
People in low-lying areas shifted; rain activity to reduce from today, say IMD officials
WATERLOGGED
PAWAR SLAMS BJP FOR PUNE ‘MESS’
Mumbai (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) criticized the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over waterlogging in Pune
city. Pawar, an MLA from Pune district, said the BJP has left the IT and education hub in a
“mess” in the name of making it a “smart” city. The BJP was in power in the Pune Municipal
Corporation (PMC) for five years till the tenure of the elected body ended earlier this year.
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Isolated
parts of Marathwada
witnessed rainfall in
the last two days, with
Ambad tehsil in Jalna
district recording the
highest 113.75 mm
rainfall, said an offi-
cial on Tuesday
.
At least 10 areas in
four districts of Marath-
wada region received
excess rainfall (above 65
mm) on Sunday
. Show-
ers continued on Mon-
day in 13 areas of the
region, said the official.
As per the Revenue
Department’s report, 13
areas of the Marathwa-
daregionreceivedabove
65 mm of rainfall in a
24-hour period till Mon-
day night.
Thehighestrainfallof
113.75 mm was recorded
in Ambad tehsil, fol-
lowed by Sukhapuri cir-
cle in Jalna with 113.25
mm, stated the report.
The areas that re-
ceived excess rainfall in
Aurangabad include
Kannad (67 mm), Chap-
aner (67 mm), Chi-
kalthan (74 mm), Amb-
hai (89.50 mm), Banoti
(107.25 mm), it said.
In Jalna, Kumbhar-
zari (65.50 mm), Jalna
Rural (65.25 mm), Am-
bad (113.75 mm),
Sukhapuri (113.25 mm)
and Ghansawangi (89.50
mm). In Beed, Madal-
mohi (67.75 mm), Pache-
gaon (68.50 mm) and
Chaklamba (66.50 mm)
received excess rainfall,
the report stated.
13 areas of Marathwada
receive excess rainfall
DEMAND FOR JUSTICE
Residents of Kalbadevi and Girgaon areas organized a Girgaon bandh and protest march against
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited on Tuesday.They expressed dissent over decisions
taken for rehabilitation of people affected by the Metro 3 project.
— PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Health Dept warns of nCoV
spike, cites new virus variants
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra Health De-
partment has cau-
tioned that the COV-
ID-19 cases could rise
especially during win-
ters and the festive
season, citing new
variants like BA.2.3.20
and BQ.1 reported
from the state.
These variants have
been detected for the
first time in the country
,
it said.
In a release, it also
said that the new XBB
variant of coronavirus
has a growth advantage
over BA.2.75 and has im-
mune evasive property
.
According to a health
bulletin released on
Monday
, COVID-19 cases
roseby17.7%inthestate
between October 10 and
16 as compared to be-
tween October 03 and 09.
This rise has been no-
ticed particularly in the
densely populated dis-
tricts of Thane, Raigad
and Mumbai, it said.
“Some experts are
predicting a rise in the
coming winter season
especially in the festive
environment. In WGS
(whole genome sequenc-
ing), the proportion of
BA.2.75 has decreased to
76% from 95%” said the
bulletin.
The state has report-
ed XBB which is a new
variant having growth
advantage over BA.2.75
and immune evasive
property
. Apart from
this, the state has re-
ported BA.2.3.20 and
BQ.1 variant first time
in India, it said.
The Health Depart-
mentaskedpeoplenotto
ignore flu-like symp-
toms such as fever, sore
throat and running nose
and seek medical advice
at the earliest. It also
urged the public to ob-
serve COVID-19-appro-
priate behaviour includ-
ing social distancing
and wearing face masks
at public places.
Wearing masks, social distancing are recommended while
stepping out. —FILE PHOTO
Govt urges people to
take precautions after
detection of BA.2.3.20,
BQ.1 and XBB strains
Gang of 5 pickpockets
targeting commuters
in BEST buses arrested
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Mum-
bai Crime Branch
arrested a gang of
five people who tar-
geted commuters
on BEST buses. The
gang was involved
in multiple pick-
pocketing inci-
dents, police said
on Tuesday
.
According to the
Mumbai Crime
Branch’s Unit XII, the
officials also recov-
ered four ‘Chalo
Cards’ of BEST bus
from the accused and
have learnt that as
many as 40 previous
cases were registered
against the gang
members.
On October 17, the
officials from the
Mumbai Crime
Branch’s unit XII had
received a tip off on
the suspects. The of-
ficials learned that
the pick-pocketing
gang was present at
the Omkareshwar
Mandir BEST bus
stop in Borivali East.
The police swung
into action and de-
tained the suspects.
During interroga-
tion, the officials
found out that all the
accused assembled
the location to com-
mit pick-pocketing.
Following which they
were placed under ar-
rest. An offence has
been registered
against them under
section401of theIPC.
40 cases were
registered against
the accused; ‘Chalo
Cards’ recovered
Government, police must uphold services of NGOs, says HC
SHOWING THE RIGHT PATH
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court has said
the state government
and police depart-
ment should recog-
nize and uphold the
services provided by
NGOs (Non-govern-
mental organizations)
and assist them in-
stead of moving the
needle of suspicion on
such organizations.
In an order passed
on October 14, a single
bench of Justice Bhara-
ti Dange granted antici-
patory bail to one
Dashrath Kamble,
who runs ‘The Little
Sunshine Foundation’,
an NGO that raises
funds for needy people,
specifically young
children.
A copy of the order
was made available on
Tuesday
.
Kamble has been ac-
cused of falsely and
fraudulently collecting
money through crowd-
funding, claiming that
the amount was for the
medical expenses of
two children. An FIR
was registered at Nala-
sopara in Palghar dis-
trict against Kamble in
June this year for for-
gery and cheating. It
was alleged that he had
collected money for the
open heart surgeries of
two four-year-old chil-
dren, but the same were
never performed.
While seeking pre-ar-
rest bail, he relied on
documents provided by
Wadia Hospital for Chil-
dren confirming pay-
ment of Rs50,000 from
his NGO and the reason
why the surgeries were
not performed.
In its order, the bench
noted that it was neces-
sary for the police de-
partment to recognize
and uphold the services
provided by such NGOs
and if possible, to assist
themintakingtheirven-
tures further.
SeveralNGOsprovide
servicestotheneedyand
destitute people through
money collected via
crowdfunding, it said.
It is also necessary for
the police department to
recognize and uphold
the services carried out
by such NGOs. If possi-
ble, it should also assist
themintakingtheirven-
tures further, said the
court.
The investigating of-
ficer had submitted to
the court that the police
had collected details of
the three bank accounts
of Kamble’s NGO. They
found that between Au-
gust 2021 and March
2022, Rs1 crore was cred-
ited to the accounts, out
of which the organiza-
tion has spent Rs88 lakh
onvariousactivitiesand
services it undertakes.
Theremainingsumisly-
inginthebankaccounts,
the police said, adding
the NGO was also in-
volved in offering finan-
cial assistance to old-age
homes, orphanages and
for animal support.
The bench then noted
thatinviewof thesesub-
missions, the custodial
interrogation of the ac-
cused was not required.
Bombay High Court asks government servants to assist such
organizations in their endeavours. —FILE PHOTO
Court grants anticipatory bail to
the founder of an organization
accused in a cheating case

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.
TOP TWEETS
l Vol 1 l Issue No. 163 l RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Dangat Media Pvt Ltd, No.22, Dighe MIDC, Vishnu Nagar, TTC Industrial Area, Dighe, Navi Mumbai-400701.
Published at Plot No. 3 Scheme C of Manglorean Garden Home, CHS Limited, Survey No. 5, 6C (Part) Ville Parle East, Mumbai 400057. Phone 022-46031417. Editor-In-Chief:DrJagdeeshChandra Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act
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

To Receive Free Newspaper
PDF Daily
Whatsapp:
Telegram:
Click the above link☝ subscribe us on your
preferred platform.
https://bit.ly/fiwhatsappmumbai
https://t.me/thefirstindiamumbai

05
INDIA
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
‘Will restore glory of Dholavira 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.
IRCTC CASE: COURT
SAYS NO TO CANCEL
TEJASHWI’S BAIL
New Delhi: A local court
in Delhi on Tuesday
advised Bihar Deputy
Chief Minister Tejashwi
Yadav to be responsible
and choose appropriate
words while speaking in
public. Meanwhile, the
Court also refused to
cancel the bail granted
to Bihar Deputy CM
Tejashwi Yadav in the
Indian Railway Catering
and Tourism Corporation
(IRCTC) alleged scam.
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.
Govt hikes wheat MSP by `110/qtl;
2-9% rise in MSP of 6 rabi crops
New Delhi (PTI): The
govt on Tuesday hiked
the minimum support
price of six rabi crops
by up to 9%, with Rs 110
per quintal increase for
wheat crop to boost do-
mestic production and
farmers’ income.
Wheat MSP has been
raised by 5.45% to Rs
2,125 per quintal from
Rs 2,015 per quintal to
encourage more area
under the crop amid
tight govt stock position
owing to low procure-
ment, fall in production
and higher exports.
The decision to in-
crease the MSP of rabi
crops for 2023-24 mar-
keting year was taken
at a meeting of the Cab-
inet Committee on Eco-
nomic Affairs chaired
by PM Narendra Modi,
IB Minister Anurag
Thakur said in a media
briefing on Tuesday
.
Nat’l Tourist Police
Scheme event today
Public consultation on Nat’l
Credit framework today
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A day-long
national conference of
top police officers of
states will be held in
New Delhi on Wednes-
day on the effective im-
plementation of a uni-
form tourist police
scheme across the coun-
try, the Tourism Minis-
try said on Tuesday
.
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla will be the
chief guest at the event.
Union Minister for Cul-
ture and Tourism G Kis-
han Reddy will also be
present on the occasion.
The Ministry of Tour-
ism, in coordination
with the Ministry of
Home Affairs and the
Bureau of Police Re-
searchandDevelopment
(BPRD), is organising
the national conference
of director generals/in-
spector generals of po-
lice department of all
states and Union territo-
ries “in connection with
implementation of Uni-
form Tourist Police
Scheme at Vigyan Bha-
wan in New Delhi on
October19(Wednesday).
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.
THAKUR TO OPEN
MEGA CLEANLINESS
DRIVES TODAY
New Delhi: Union IB
Minister Anurag Thakur
will inaugurate Mega
Cleanliness Drives under
Swachh Bharat 2022 from
Chandani Chowk, Delhi
on Wednesday. Similar
Cleanliness Drives will be
undertaken in all villages
across the country. The
aim is to consolidate the
efforts of Swachh Bharat
2022 by Deptt. of Youth
Affairs and its affiliate or-
ganizations namely NYKS
and the NSS.
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
New Delhi (PTI): The
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.

06
INDIA
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
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.
MLA LIKELY TO BE
CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPT TO MURDER
COUPLE MURDERED,
BODIES DUMPED
INTO RIVER
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): Con-
gress’ Bharat Jodo
Yatra entered Andhra
Pradesh on Tuesday
as party leader Rahul
Gandhi along with
others reached Hala-
harvi village in the
Kurnool district after
a day’s break.
The 3,500-km yatra
from Kanyakumari to
Kashmir on Monday
observed a “rest day”
on the 40th day of the
march in Sanganakal-
lu since its com-
mencement on Sep-
tember 7.
On the 41st day of
the Yatra, Rahul Gan-
dhi resumed the
march from the Hala-
harvi bus stop in Kur-
nool.
Rahul Gandhi interacting with
Andhra farmers, in Kurnool, on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Bilkis convicts released with eye on elections: Cong
New Delhi (Agencies):
Congress questioned the
Centre for preferential
treatment given to the
Bilkis Bano case con-
victs, alleging that it has
been done for elections.
Congress spokesperson
Abhishek Singhvi said that
the Gujarat government
affidavit “proves beyond
a shadow of doubt.” “It
is repugnant, reprehensi-
ble and revolting that an
elected government chose
to release these convicts
in such a cavalier manner.
The grant of premature
release to the convicts in
the Bilkis Bano case is a
stain on this government’s
legacy that will never wash
off,” he told reporters. Sin-
ghvi said when the release
was ordered on August
15, the Modi government
maintained a studied and
deliberate silence on free-
ing the criminals, an action
which has drawn legitimate
criticism the world over
and “exposed our system
to widespread shame and
ridicule”. “The fact that the
Modi government actively
suppressed this fact shows
that even it was aware that
the action was a condemn-
able one,” he noted.
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.
MVA claims...
BJP-Balasahebanchi
Shiv Sena alliance,
based on the purported
political affiliations of
the winning candidates.
However, sources in the
Maharashtra state elec-
tion commission (SEC)
have reiterated that “the
GP elections were not
contested on party sym-
bols” and declined to
comment on the claims
of various parties.
After the final results
emergedlateonMonday
evening, the BJP has
contendedthatitbagged
more than 230 GPs,
while Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde-led Bala-
sahebanchi Shiv Sena
secured around 110
seats, taking their col-
lective total to 340.
On the other hand,
the NCP has claimed to
have bagged 155 seats,
Shiv Sena (UBT) 150
seats and the Congress
140 seats--tallying to 445
seats, with the remain-
ing seats going to inde-
pendents and other can-
didates.
Additionally, candi-
dates in 86 GPs were
elected unopposed and
polls were held for the
remaining 1,079 GPs on
Sunday
.
Trashing BJP’s asser-
tions, NCP’s Leader of
Opposition Ajit Pawar
asked, “How did they ar-
rive at their so-called
victory figures... when
the polls are not fought
on party-lines?” He add-
ed that all such claims
are “false”.
Referring to the re-
bels led by Shinde, Shiv
Sena President Uddhav
Thackeray on Tuesday
said the ‘gaddaars’ (trai-
tors) have been taught a
sound lesson in the GP
elections.
Meanwhile, Congress
Chief Spokesperson,
Atul Londe said that the
party has been on a con-
stant winning spree in
all the local elections
over the past few
months.
NCP Chief Spokes-
person, Mahesh Tapase,
said that the MVA allies
have made inroads even
into areas where they
had no presence till now.
“The people have totally
dumped the leadership
of the Shinde Group
MLAs in their own con-
stituencies in the GP
polls... The MVA has
performed exceedingly
well and the NCP has
picked up around 190
GPs,” he said.
FROM PG 1

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,783.00 10.00 0.01 (Per 10g)
SILVER 57,064.00 774.00 1.35 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.37 0.07 0.08
GBPINR 92.83 0.12 0.13
CURRENCIES
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
*Rates till the edition went to print.
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
Mumbai: A 50-year-old man died after a tanker rammed
into him in the eastern suburb of Chembur. The incident
took place on Monday at Vashi
naka, where a tanker knocked
down a man who was walking
with his wife, an official from
RCF police said. The impact
was so severe that the man
died on the spot, he said,
adding that the tanker driver who attempted to flee was
caught by locals. Based on a complaint lodged by the
victim’s wife, a case under sections 279 (rash driving),
304-A (causing death by negligence) and other relevant
provisions of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act has been
registered against the arrested accused, the official said.
Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
(NMMC) recently took on a collaborative role in organizing
an international exhibition on electric vehicles, charging
stations, batteries and allied services, maintaining an
environmental perspective.
Drive Electric Expo, organ-
ized at CIDCO Exhibition
Center on October 14 and 15,
was attended by renowned
industry groups in the country
related to electric vehicles and
equipment. In this exhibition,
NMMC also set up a public awareness stall which high-
lighted the need to increase the use of electric vehicles in
today’s changing era, keeping in mind the shortage of fuel.
More than thousand visitors visited the stall of NMMC and
appreciated the environmental works of the corporation.
50-YR-OLD KNOCKED DOWN BY TANKER
IN CHEMBUR AREA DIES; DRIVER HELD
NAVI MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
PARTICIPATES IN E-VEHICLE EXHIBITION
Mumbai: The Mumbai
police have arrested
a 39-year-old man for
alleged possession of
swords in the western
suburb of Oshiwara here.
Acting on a tip-off, the po-
lice on Monday raided the
house of the accused in
Gulshan Nagar locality of
Oshiwara and recovered
six swords, the official of
Mumbai crime branch’s
unit 9 said. The accused,
who supplies building ma-
terials, has a past record
of five cases against him.
While the police are yet to
ascertain why the accused
had so many swords in
his possession, a case
under the Arms Act has
been registered in this
regard.
Thane: Kalyan police
arrested a 45-year-old
man for allegedly raping
a minor. The accused,
identified as Sanjay Ban-
sode, sexually assaulted
his 12-year-old neighbour.
Bansode was arrested
on October 17. Senior
Police Inspector of Bazar
Peth police station NM
Patil said, “While she (kid)
was playing outside
her
house, the accused Sanjay
Bansode called her into
the house and sexually
assaulted her. In the even-
ing the minor complained
about stomach ache and
informed her parents
about the incident. The
parents promptly filed a
complaint and a case has
been lodged.”
MAN ARRESTED
FOR POSSESSION
OF SWORDS
NEIGHBOUR RAPES
MINOR, ARRESTED;
REMAND TILL THURS
CRUCIAL READ
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Ruturaj
Gaikwad smashed a
scintillating hundred
to power Maharash-
tra to a 40-run win
over Kerala in an
Elite group C match
of the Syed Mushtaq
Ali Trophy here on
Tuesday.
Opting to bat, skipper
Gaikwad went on a six-
hitting spree, clubbing
seven maximums and
eight fours in his 68-ball
114, to single-handedly
take Maharashtra to 167
for four.
In reply, Kerala could
manage 127 for eight in
their stipulated 20
overs, with Rohan Kun-
nummal top-scoring
with a 44-ball 58 at the
top.
For Maharashtra,
Satyajeet Bachhav
(3/11) and Azim Kazi
(2/25) took three and
two wickets respective-
ly, while Rajvardhan
Hangargekar (1/16) and
Shamshuzama Kazi
(1/8) accounted for one
each.
In another match,
Karnataka trounced
Arunachal Pradesh by
10 wickets, riding on
splendid bowling per-
formances by Vidhwath
Kaverappa (3/22) and V
Koushik (3/5).
Karnataka, who had
finished runners-up in
the last edition, bun-
dled out Arunachal
Pradesh for 75 runs in
19.2 overs, and then re-
turned to overhaul the
target in 6.5 overs.
The Karnataka team
is leading the group C
points table in the
tournament with 16
points secured from
five matches, followed
by Haryana and Ser-
vices teams.
Big-hitting Ruturaj fires Maharashtra to 40-run victory
POWER PLAY
lll
Skipper Ruturaj
Gaikwad went
on a six-hitting
spree, clubbing
7 maximums
and 8 fours in
his 114 off
68-balls in Elite
group C match
of Syed Mushtaq
Ali Trophy
SCORE CARD
GOOD AS NEW
Maintenance work was undertaken on runways of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Tuesday. The
airport was shut down from 11 am to 5 pm to facilitate repairs and services resumed after six hours later in the day.
—PHOTO BY PTI
NCBseizes 7kg cocaine
worth`30crore, 5 held
Mumbai (PTI): The
Narcotics Control Bu-
reau (NCB) has seized
7 kg of cocaine worth
Rs30 crore and ar-
rested five persons–
four of whom are Af-
rican nationals–in
operations conducted
in New Delhi and
Mumbai, said an offi-
cial on Tuesday.
Two women–an Indi-
an and an Ethiopian–
were among those ap-
prehended.
In a joint operation,
the NCB’s Mumbai and
Delhi units recovered
4.9 kg of cocaine from a
woman in the Tilak Na-
gar area of New Delhi
on October 13.
A probe revealed the
drug was sourced from
a hotel in the Masjid
Bandar area of Mum-
bai. In an immediate
follow-up action, two
Ethiopian nationals,
who had allegedly given
the trolley bag to the
woman, were appre-
hended on October 14,
he said.
Following further in-
vestigations, two more
Ethiopian nationals, in-
cluding a woman, were
nabbed from a hotel in
Masjid Bandar.
At least 2 kg of co-
caine was recovered
from a similar trolley
bag and USD 8,000 in
cash was seized from
the duo’s possession.
In all, cocaine weigh-
ing nearly 7 kg and val-
ued at around Rs30
crore was seized by the
drug law enforcement
agency
.
Investigations have
revealed the arrested
accused were part of a
syndicate being man-
aged by Nigerian drug
traffickers, he said.
The woman arrested
from Delhi is the wife of
one of the kingpins op-
erating the drug syndi-
cate from Delhi.
The contraband was
to be delivered to other
kingpins in Delhi and
further distributed to
other parts of the coun-
try, he added.
BARTER SYSTEM
Drug syndicate had a meeting with drug carriers in Ethiopia. Seen
here is an African national caught with drugs. –FILE PHOTO
Four accused
arrested are
African nationals
part of syndicate
managed by
Nigerian drug
traffickers
3 nabbed for
smuggling
7,500 tablets
of Nitrazepam
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Narcot-
ics Control Bureau
(NCB) has arrested
three persons for al-
legedly smuggling
7,500 Nitrazepam tab-
lets in Mumbai, an of-
ficial said on Tuesday
.
The NCB’s Mumbai
zonal unit had received
information that a con-
signment of tablets was
being transshipped by a
local courier from
Ahmedabad to the west-
ern suburb of Borivali.
Based on a tip-off, the
NCB team laid a trap on
October 04 and appre-
hended the receiver
who arrived there to
collect the consign-
ment, he said.
The official further
added that the consign-
ment contained 7,500
tablets of Nitrazepam,
which did not have
proper documentation.
The anti-drug agency
then arrested two other
accused from different
parts of the city on Oc-
tober 14 and 17.
‘Godrej Boyce creating
hurdles for land takeover’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Godrej
Boyce Manufacturing
Co Ltd “had left no
stone unturned” to
create unnecessary
hurdles in the state’s
way to acquire the
land owned by the
company
, for the
Ahmedabad-Mumbai
bullet train project,
the state government
told Bombay High
Court on Tuesday
.
A division bench of
justices Nitin Jamdar
and Sharmila Desh-
mukh was hearing a
petition filed by Godrej
Boyce Manufacturing
Co Ltd, challenging the
state government’s or-
der of September 15,
2022, awarding compen-
sation to it for acquir-
ing land for the bullet
train project.
The company, in its
petition, requested the
high court to instruct
the state government to
not begin the process of
awarding compensa-
tion, and initiate pos-
session proceedings.
Thestategovernment,
in its affidavit filed by
Deputy Collector (Land
Acquisition) Jagatsing
Girase, termed the com-
pany’s allegations as
frivolous, baseless, un-
warranted and unsub-
stantiated. It also in-
formed the court that its
acquiring body had al-
readydepositedasumof
approximately Rs264
crore towards compen-
sation on October 17.
“The respondent au-
thorities are making
every effort to ensure
that the project does not
face hurdles…even ca-
tered to the whims and
fancies of the petition-
er…. Yet…unreasona-
ble demands are ever
increasing and chang-
ing as per their caprice
and this has led to esca-
lation of the cost of the
project approximately
by more than Rs1,000
crore,” the affidavit
stated.
According to the state
government, several ne-
gotiations were held for
an amicable resolution
of the issue without
success, leaving the
government with no al-
ternative but to proceed
with the acquisition of
the alternate land iden-
tified and owned by the
company
.
Since 2019, the
company and govt
have been embroiled in
legal battle over
Vikhroli land
Sachin Joshi discharged in money laundering case
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A special
court discharged ac-
t o r- b u s i n e s s m a n
Sachin Joshi here on
Tuesday from a mon-
ey laundering case
registered against
him by the Enforce-
ment Directorate
(ED) in connection
with city-based firm
Omkar Realtors and
Developers.
Special Judge MG
Deshpande, designated
to hear cases under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act
(PMLA), discharged
Joshi from the case.
Joshi was arrested
in February 2021 and
was later granted in-
terim bail by the Su-
preme Court on medi-
cal grounds. In March
2022, the special court
granted Joshi bail on
merits noting that pri-
ma facie no money
laundering case was
made out against him.
Joshi’s counsel
Aabad Ponda and ad-
vocate Subhash Jad-
hav of Parinam Law
Associates argued that
there was no evidence
of alleged money laun-
dering as claimed by
the Central probe
agency.
Two other accused in
the case, Kamal
Kishore Gupta (62),
Babulal Varma (51)
also granted relief; the
duo is currently in
judicial custody
SC to hear Aarey
matter on Nov 02
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The mat-
ter of the felling of
trees at Mumbai’s
Aarey Colony
, the site
for a metro car shed
project, will come up
for hearing on Novem-
ber 02 in the Supreme
Court. The matter was
mentioned on Tues-
day before a bench
comprising Chief Jus-
tice UU Lalit and Jus-
tice Bela M Trivedi.
The apex court had
been told by the Mum-
bai Metro Rail Corpora-
tion Ltd (MMRCL) on
August 05 that no trees
had been cut in Aarey
Colony since October
2019. On August 24, the
Supreme Court had di-
rected the MMRCL to
strictly abide by its un-
dertaking that “no trees
will be cut in Aarey
Colony” and warned
that any violation would
result in strict action.
The counsel, who
mentioned the case,
said the work for the
Metro car shed was con-
tinuing, and as a result,
the court may be pre-
sented with a fait ac-
compli. “As prayed for,
let this matter be not
deleted from the noti-
fied date,” the apex
court said in its order.
In 2019, the apex
court had taken suo
motu cognizance of a
letter seeking a stay on
the felling of trees in
Aarey Colony
.
Environmentalists and activists have opposed the cutting of trees
in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony. —FILE PHOTO

www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/
thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09
MUMBAI, WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 19, 2022
FIRST INDIA
QUEEN THE SHOW BEGINS...
First India and
Bharat24-Vision
of New India
present First India
Queen kicked off
on Tuesday at
Hotel Sahara Star,
Mumbai. City First
brings to you
glimpses from the
training and
grooming
sessions and
highlights the
associate partners
in various fields
behind the
magnificent show!
irstIndiaQueen,where
beauties from pan In-
dia will compete for the
privileged titles and
crowns, at Hotel Saha-
ra Star in Mumbai on
October 21, revealed its
top 30 finalists recently!
First India Queen, a national-
level beauty pageant reinforces
the values of teamwork and ca-
maraderie in quality struc-
tured environment. The brand
encourages women to be spon-
taneous, confident, unhindered
and free as they live. The pag-
eant would have been truly in-
complete without the love and
support of our partners.
Tuesday witnessed a very in-
teractive session with Den-
tokraftt by Dr Nida Khateeb and
another session with Skinworks
by Dr Priti Shenai. More than a
hundred talented and ravishing
women from across the country
walked the ramp and showcased
their talent during various audi-
tions rounds held across multi-
ple cities. Grooming and train-
ing sessions were held where
contestants prepared in various
aspects to enhance self-confi-
dence while walking the ramp,
personality enhancement, nu-
trition, fitness and other areas
of development that are needed
to become a professional model.
Parimal Mehhta, Founder -
Blanckanvas Media Pvt Ltd
said, “First India Queen cele-
brates the philosophy of living
your flow, of being in sync with
the universe so that nothing
comes in your way of achieving
your dreams. First India Queen
embodies the same spirit with
each contestant being sponta-
neous, confident, and breaking
stereotypes fearlessly. It is a
very organic association for
us.” He further added, “We are
extremely excited and gratified
to organise this season. It is go-
ing to be a journey of hard
work and perseverance
filled with countless
worthwhile moments for
the contestants.”
First India Queen is cu-
rated by Blanckanvas Me-
dia and the finale will be
choreographed by Parimal
Mehhta. Apart from cash
incentives, and gor-
geous crowns by
SVAR Fine Jewel-
lery, the winners
will also win
Brand endorse-
ments and SM
influencer con-
tracts, calendar
shoots and more.
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
F
OUR PARTNERS BEHIND:
Dr Priti Shenai- Skin Works with the top 30 finalists of First India Queen
The beautiful Grand Finale Venue, Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai
Rajendra Jain, MD SVAR Group
SVAR Crowning Partner
Dr Nida Khateeb Kavita Kharayat- Pageant Walk Mentor
Anees Deen
Kapil Charaniya-
Pageant Photographer Maxxi Talreja- Designer
Blanckanvas Crafting
Kaleidoscopes
Grooming and Brand
Association Partner
Bharat 24 First India
Media Partner
Ira
Content Partner
Parram Parraa
Designing Partner
SVAR fine Jewelry
Crowning Partner
91.1 FM Radio City
Radio Partner
Khalid Ansari
IP Consultant
Kinesiis
Fitness Partner
Regal Shoes
Footwear Partner
HSM school of
make-up hair
Hair Makeup Partner
Frizzano Sparkling Wine
Pouring Partner
Dr Nida Khateeb’s
Dentokraftt
Smile Partner
Caffeine Crew
Gifting Partner
Sun Studio Maxxi Talreja
Designing Partner
Skin Works
Skincare Partner
Statements
Jewellery Partner
Occasions
Celebration Partner
Essence Productions
Photography Partner
Aneesdeen label
Designing Partner

19102022_First India_Mumbai.pdf

19102022_First India_Mumbai.pdf

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Similar to 19102022_First India_Mumbai.pdf

Similar to 19102022_First India_Mumbai.pdf (20)

More from FIRST INDIA

More from FIRST INDIA (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (16)

19102022_First India_Mumbai.pdf