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Delhi Police nabs Moosewala murder accused
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Police’s Special
Cell on Wednesday
nabbed gangster Deep-
ak Tinu, an accused in
Sidhu Moosewala’s
murder who escaped
from Punjab police cus-
tody on October 1, from
Alwar, officials said.
Special Commission-
er of Police (Special
Cell) HGS Dhaliwal
said Tinu kept chang-
ing his hideout after
fleeing from Mansa in
Punjab. The Delhi Po-
lice carried out exten-
sive operations in dif-
ferent places in the
country and finally suc-
ceeded in arresting
him. “Five grenades
and two automatic pis-
tols have been recov-
ered from his posses-
sion. He is being
brought to the national
capital and his police
custody remand will be
sought,” Dhaliwal said.
In 2017, too, Tinu had
escaped from Haryana
after throwing pepper
spray in the eyes of a
police officer.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A woman
from Delhi was forced
into a car at gunpoint
while she was standing
at Ashram Chowk, then
gang-raped by five men
over two days, tortured
with an iron rod insert-
ed in her private parts,
and then dumped—
wrapped in a jute bag—
on the road at the same
Ashram Chowk, Ghazi-
abad police and Delhi
Commission for Wom-
en (DCW) said on
Wednesday
.
According to the FIR,
based on what the vic-
tim told her brother,
there were four people
inside the car whom she
knew. After taking her
to an unknown place,
five men raped her.
When she was in an un-
conscious state, the
men tied her hands and
legs and wrapped her
inside a jute bag. There-
after, they took her in
the vehicle to another
location where they
dumped her.
DCW chief Swati
Maliwal claimed that
an iron rod was insert-
ed in the private parts
of the 36-year-old wom-
an. Ghaziabad police
said there was a prop-
erty dispute between
the woman and the ac-
cused. Four of the five
accused have been ar-
rested, police said.
Authorities at the
Guru Teg Bahadur Hos-
pital said the woman’s
condition is stable and
no internal injury has
been found yet. Sources
at the hospital, howev-
er, said there were signs
of sexual assault and a
“foreign object” was
found in her body
.
According to Nipun
Agarwal, Superinten-
dent of Police (City-I)
Ghaziabad, the Nand-
gram police station re-
ceived a call on October
18, informing that a
woman was lying on the
Ashram road. The po-
lice took her to a nearby
hospital but Turn to P3
Woman abducted, gang-raped, dumped on road in Delhi
Ghaziabad SP
says there is a
property dispute
between victim
and the accused
It is shameful that the law and order situation
is helpless before such beasts.
—Rajendra Pal Gautam,
Delhi’s former Social Welfare Minister
NO FEAR OF LAW: NIRBHAYA’S MOTHER
BISHNOI GANG
Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi, who fought a long
legal battle to get the accused punished, said though
several years have passed, things have not changed
on the ground. “It is saddening that in the last 10
years, things have not changed. Several laws have
been enacted to protect women but they have not
translated into action on the ground,” Devi said. “The
perpetrators do not have any fear of law because
they know that they will find support
somewhere. Whenever they are
being tried, some person or the
other starts talking about their
human rights. But what about
the victim? Due to the trauma of
recalling the incident at various
stages of investigation and in
court hearings, she loses the
will power,” she said.
Sidhu Moosewala was
shot dead in Mansa district
on May 29. Goldy Brar, a
member of the Lawrence
Bishnoi gang, claimed re-
sponsibility for the murder.
Tinu is among 24 accused
charge-sheeted in the case.
6 MONTHS JAIL FOR
BURSTING CRACKERS
ON DIWALI IN DELHI
New Delhi: Kejri-led got
on Wednesday announced
purchasing or bursting
firecrackers on Diwali
in Delhi will attract a jail
term of 6 months, fine of
`200. Minister Gopal Rai
said production, storage,
sale of firecrackers in nat’l
capital will be punishable
with a fine of up to `5,000.
‘VERY POOR’ AQI:
TANDOORS BANNED
IN NCR EATERIES
New Delhi: With
“very poor” air quality
predicted in NCR by
Saturday, an official
panel directed stage two
of Graded Response
Action Plan (GRAP),
which includes banning
use of coal and firewood
in in tandoors in hotels,
restaurants, eateries.
F’FURT-B’LURU FLIGHT
DIVERTED DUE TO MED
EMERGENCY ON BOARD
READ
Crucial
Crucial
COURT DISCHARGES
TAHIR HUSSAIN IN ONE
DELHI RIOTS CASE
New Delhi (ANI): A Delhi
court on Wednesday
discharged former AAP
councillor Tahir Hussain
and nine others from the
offence of intent to destroy
property by fire (Sec 436
IPC) in a case related to the
2020 Delhi riots. However,
the accused will face trial
under IPC sections 147,
148, 149, 427, and 120B.
INDIAN-ORIGIN UK
HOME SECRETARY
QUITS TRUSS CABINET
New Delhi: Indian-origin
British home secretary
Suella Braverman resigned
on Wednesday after a
“mistake” in using her
private email for ministerial
communication in London.
On October 14, Kwasi
Kwarteng was removed as
the finance minister to be
replaced by J Hunt. Suella
tweeted her resignation.
CONGRESS GETS 1ST NON-GANDHI PREZ IN 24 YEARS
KHARGE PIPS THAROOR
IN ONE-SIDED WIN
New Congress President
Mallikarjun Kharge will
take charge on October 26
Sonia Gandhi congratulates
Kharge, Rahul Gandhi calls
Prez post ‘historic responsibility’
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Asexpected,
MallikarjunKhargewas
on Wednesday elected
the Congress president
beating Shashi Tharoor
in a tightly fought con-
test. The veteran, who
won 7,897 of the valid
votes (84.14 per cent) of
the Pradesh Congress
Committee (PCC) dele-
gates to Tharoor’s 1,072
(11.4percent),takesover
as the first non-Gandhi
chief of thepartyintwo-
and-a-half decades.
While Kharge’s victory
was no less than a land-
slide, Tharoor managed
to cross 1,000 vote mark,
surprising many
.
Newly-elected Con-
gress president Mall-
ikarjun Kharge will
take charge as party
chief on October 26. He
also thanked Outgoing
Congress president So-
nia Gandhi on behalf of
party workers. Rahul
Gandhi, who is in the
Bharat Jodo Yatra also
extended wishes to
Kharge and said that
post he has been elected
for “represents a demo-
cratic vision of India”.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and General Secretary Sonia Gandhi pose for a group picture with
newly elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his wife Radhabai Kharge after his victory,
at his residence, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates DefExpo22 at the Mahatma Mandir Convention in Gandhinagar on
Wednesday. Also seen here are Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Gujarat Guv Acharya Devvrat, Gujarat
CM Bhupendra Patel, Defence Chief Anil Chauhan, Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar and others.
PM Modi at the inauguration of the DefExpo22 at Mahatma Mandir
Convention and Exhibition Centre, in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
Congress had
strengthened
the democracy
of this country since
Independence. Today when
every institution is being
dismantled, Democracy is
in danger, the Congress,
by holding a countrywide
election, has worked
towards strengthening the
democracy.
—Mallikarjun Kharge
I didn’t stand for
dissent, I stood
for change. I
never doubted the party’s
election authority. Kharge’s
victory is victory of
Congress. Kharge’s win is
the Congress party’s win.
My thanks to Rahul Gandhi,
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
for doing their own bit to
support free and neutral
Cong prez elections.
—Shashi Tharoor
This is the very same country that once
released pigeons, today it has reached a
stage where it is releasing cheetahs. The
events may look small at times but the underlying
message is bigger. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Organizing this Def-Expo at the beginning
of ‘Amritkal’, reflects our strong resolve to
safeguard the nation and become a defence
manufacturing hub for the world in the next 25 years.
In line with Modi’s vision to make India a strong, self-
reliant nation, theme of this Expo is ‘Path to Pride’.
—Rajnath Singh, Union Defence Minister
MALLIKARJUN KHARGE’S NEXT
CHALLENGE IS RAJASTHAN!
PM UNVEILS HTT-40,
PAINTS ‘NEW INDIA’
MISSION LIFE TO
LAUNCH TODAY
The high-decibel election for Congress presiden-
cy is over. And now focus will now be back on
Rajasthan. New Congress president Mallikarjun
Kharge and senior leadership will have to take a
call on whether to let Ashok Gehlot continue as
CM, given the huge support he has of the MLAs,
or force a regime change and bring in Sachin
Pilot. Sources in the party said Rajasthan issue
was “still open” and argued that a decision had
been deferred till the party presidential elections.
PM Narendra Modi on
Wednesday unveiled HTT-40
– the indigenous trainer air-
craft designed by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited – at
the India Pavilion during the
expo, and also launched Mis-
sion DefSpace befor laying
foundation stone for Deesa
airfield in his home state.
PM Modi and visiting UN
secretary-general Antonio
Guterres on Thursday will
launch the global plan of
action for its brainchild
Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for
Environment) and appeal to
world to opt for “mindful and
deliberate utilisation to save
the Earth from disastrous.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
My best wishes
to Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
Ji for his new responsibility
as President of @INCIndia.
May he have a fruitful tenure
ahead. @kharge
GUJARAT SET TO BE
DEFENCE HUB SOON!
Gandhinagar: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday in-
augurated the Defence
Expo 2022 in Gandhina-
gar, laid the foundation
stone of a new airbase
at Deesa and said the
newairbasewillemerge
as an effective centre
for country’s security.
Guj will become a cen-
tre of defence in India
and will play a crucial
role in India’s security
.
With an aim to give
impetus to the defence
sector, India’s “biggest
ever” defence exhibi-
tion - DefExpo 2022 is
being held. “I was see-
ing on screen that peo-
ple of Deesa were ex-
cited over the construc-
tion of the new airfield.
Deesa is only 130km
away from the Interna-
tional Border. At pre-
sent, we are exporting
defence materials and
equipment to more than
75 countries of the
world. We aim to take it
to $5 billion dollars or
about `40,000 crore in
the next few years,” PM
Modi said addressing
Deesa’s ‘brothers and
sisters’ in Gujarati.
New airbase near India-Pakistan border will be crucial for
security, says PM Narendra Modi at Defence Expo 2022
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`CRASHES TO 83, HITS LOWEST RECORD AGAINST US$
New Delhi: Rupee crashed to 83 on Wednesday, hitting the lowest record
against US dollar. It has surpassed the psychological mark to settle amid
the outflow of foreign capital from India and high inflation in the global
market. It has seen the dip of 61 paise to close at 83.01.
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur
inaugurated Mega Cleanliness Drives under Swachh
Bharat 2022 campaign from Chandani Chowk, Delhi on
Wednesday. The aim is to integrate efforts of Swachh
Bharat and to ensure mass public participation. P6
SRI LANKA SC
ORDERS TO
ISSUE SUMMONS
TO GOTABAYA
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Wednesday
directed authorities to issue summons to ousted
president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appear in court over
the disappearances of two activists in 2011 as he has
now been stripped of constitutional immunity.
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New Delhi: Lufthansa’s
Frankfurt-Bengaluru flight
LH 754 on Tuesday had to
be diverted to Istanbul due
to a medical emergency
on board. Boeing 747 took
off from Germany at 1.05
pm with estimated time of
arrival in India at 1.25 am
next day. Passengers to
reach Bengaluru today.
Centre makes major reshuffle;
Aramane is new defence secy
New Delhi: In a major
shake up of top bureau-
cracy, govt on Wednes-
day appointed reshuf-
fled 16 senior officials as
secretaries. While AP
cadre IAS Giridhar Ara-
mane will take charge as
new defence secy from
next month, Haryana
cadre IAS Vivek Joshi
has been named as new
financial services secre-
tary. Sanjay Malhotra,
current financial ser-
vices secy, has been ap-
pointed as new revenue
secy and he will replace
Tarun Bajaj who is retir-
ing in Nov 6 of these 16
officers will take charge
as secretaries in new
depts in December, Jan
uary and Feb. Turn to P5
Mukesh Ambani
splurges $163
mn on priciest
Dubai villa
First India Bureau
Dubai: Mukesh Amba-
ni bought
the Palm
Jumeirah
m a n s i o n
last week
for about
$163 million from the
family of Kuwaiti ty-
coon Mohammed Alsh-
aya, said the people,
asking not to be named
as they’re not author-
ized to speak publicly.
Alshaya’s conglomerate
owns the local franchis-
es for retail brands in-
cluding Starbucks,
HM and Victoria’s Se-
cret. The billionaire has
been snapping up prop-
erties overseas, increas-
ingly looking westward
for second homes.

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NEW DELHI | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2022
02
Aparna Bose
New Delhi: Amid a
labyrinth of shops in a
bustling market in
south Delhi’s Jangpu-
ra, lies a tiny room in a
basement where
around 300 refugees
from Afghanistan are
taught English and fa-
miliarised about Indi-
an society to help them
get employment.
Refugees of all age
groups attend classes
at the Anjam Knowl-
edge House a commu-
nity school started by
another refugee, Ah-
mad Khan Anjam,
some six years ago.
Some students here as-
pire to be doctors and
engineers, others
dream of becoming pi-
lots and teachers.
“I want to become a
pilot,” said an enthusi-
astic 10-year-old Yasir,
who arrived in India
with his family around
five years ago.
Reema Hassan, 15,
said, “I want to be a doc-
tor when I grow up. I am
very keen to study
, and I
hope to have a success-
ful career.”
“When it comes to ad-
justing in society, the
first problem is lan-
guage barrier. Most of
them speak only Pashto
and hence, we teach
Englishandgrammarto
the students. We also
teach them about Indian
cultures like Holi and
Diwali,” Anjam said.
“Before the pandem-
ic, there were around
16 teachers and more
than 600 students at-
tended classes here.
But the coronavirus
outbreak severely im-
pacted our finances.
Now, there are six
teachers and around
300 students,” Anjam
said. But the students
need to study other im-
portant subjects as well
to have a career and for
that the school needs
support, he added.
“I reached out to the
Indian government and
appealed to them for
help and support multi-
ple times but received
no response. People
who come here for edu-
cation cannot have a
career until they get to
study other important
subjects along with
English,” Anjam said.
Many children in
this school have never
been to an educational
institute until they ar-
rived in India. —PTI
Flicker of hope for Afg refugees in tiny basement
LIFE LESSONS IN JANGPURA
VARSITY WELCOMES DECISION
STEPHEN’S HAS TO FOLLOW
DU ADMISSIONS POLICY: SC
Delhi University on
Wednesday welcomed
the Supreme Court’s or-
der refusing to stay a
Delhi High Court’s that
asked St. Stephen’s Col-
lege to follow the univer-
sity’s admission policy,
and assured the aspir-
ants will face “no issue”
as undergraduate ad-
missions will be con-
ducted as per schedule.
DU registrar Vikas
Gupta said, “The court
has decided in the right
spirit. As a matter to re-
spect to the court we
delayed the list. We are
there for the students.
They will face no issue
during admission. Stu-
dents need not to worry
.
The admission will be
conducted as scheduled
and the session will
start on November 2.”
The high court had
directed St Stephen’s
College to follow the
university’s admission
policy, according to
which 100 per cent
weightage has to be giv-
en to the Common Uni-
versity Entrance Test
(CUET)-2022 score while
granting admissions to
non-minority students
in undergraduate
courses. St Stephen’s
College, however, want-
ed to give 85 per cent
weightage to CUET and
15 per cent to interviews
for admitting students
across categories.
DU ANNOUNCES FIRST LIST OF ADMISSIONS
TO UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
New Delhi(PTI): Delhi
University announced
on Wednesday the
much-awaited first list
of seat allocations for
admission to under-
graduate programmes.
This marks the com-
mencement of the third
and last phase of the
admission process.
The list was initially
slotted to be announced
on October 18. How-
ever, it was deferred to
Wednesday. “The first
round of the Common
Seat Allocation System
(CSAS) of the Univer-
sity of Delhi has been
released today,” said
DU Dean of Admission
Haneet Gandhi. The list
has not be issued in the
public domain and the
candidate will only be
able to see the college
and courses allotted to
them on their dash-
board. The candidate
will have to click on
“Accept Allocation”
under user action
tab. “On receiving the
‘Approval from the
College Principal’,
student will proceed to
pay the fee to confirm
the admission.
New Delhi: St
Stephen’s College
on Wednesday
removed from its
website a conten-
tious prospectus
which was at the
centre of a discord
between the college
and its governing
Delhi University,
hours after the Su-
preme Court re-
jected the college’s
petition against the
university’s admis-
sion process. The
prospectus, which
was on the web-
site since May, for
admission to the
college’s under-
graduate courses
for 2022-23 men-
tioned 85 per cent
weightage to the
Common Univer-
sity Entrance Test
Admissions (CUET)
and 15 per cent to
an interview.
PROSPECTUS
GONE FROM
WEBSITE
SCurgesHCtohearplea
onJamiaviolencesoon
New Delhi (ANI):
TheSupremeCourton
Wednesday requested
the Delhi High Court
to give an early hear-
ing to a plea relating to
alleged violence in Ja-
mia Millia Islamia
University on Decem-
ber 15, 2019.
A bench of justices
Aniruddha Bose and
Vikram Nath’s re-
quest came while
hearing a plea by Na-
bila Hasan. The peti-
tioner’s lawyer sub-
mitted that matters
have been pending be-
fore the HC for years.
The petitioner ap-
proached the HC
against Delhi Police
for allegedly attacking
the students of Jamia
Millia Islamia on De-
cember 15 2019.
TheHCwashearing
a batch of petitions in-
cluding one filed by
lawyer Nabila Hasan
through advocates
Sneha Mukherjee and
Siddharth Seem seek-
ing action against
cops. The petitioners
blamed the forces for
using extreme physi-
cal force and violence
against unarmed and
peaceful students.
The plea also raised
questions over the use
of “extreme” meas-
ures (tear gas shells,
chilli-based explosives
and rubber bullets)
against the protesters.
Several protesters
and cops sustained in-
juries during a protest
against the citizen-
ship law near the Ja-
mia campus.
Students protest as police act tough near Jamia campus on December 15, 2019. —FILE PHOTO
INVASION
EOWprobeintoroleofjailofficials
in Sukesh’s‘crime syndicate’
New Delhi (PTI): LG
VK Saxena has granted
permission to the Eco-
nomic Offences Wing
(EOW) of the city police
for investigating the
role of 82 Delhi Prison
Department officials in
the organised crime
syndicate being run by
conman Sukesh Chan-
drashekhar from the
Rohini Jail, sources
said on Wednesday
.
The LG has also not-
ed that the Prison De-
partment was under
the now jailed AAP
leader and minister
Satyendar Jain. Under
him, it was marred
with “several serious
controversies includ-
ing confiscation of mo-
bile phones from pris-
oners”, following which
jamming devices were
installed in and around
various jail premises
recently, the LG Office
sources said.
“Similarly, issues of
overcrowding, violent
clashes among inmates
and prisoners jumping
parole have put the de-
partment under a
cloud. The case per-
tains to the extortion of
Rs 200 crore by Chan-
drashekhar in collu-
sion with jail officials,”
a source said.
Chandrashekhar was
lodged in jail number
10 of Rohini Jail at the
time of the incident.
The EOW had in-
formed that during in-
vestigation in the case,
seven officers have al-
ready been arrested for
facilitating the extor-
tion syndicate being
run by the accused.
During investigation, it
also found the involve-
ment of another 82 of-
ficials who had collud-
ed in running the syn-
dicate from the prison.
Chandrashekhar,
who is currently in
Mandoli jail here, is ac-
cused of cheating many
people, including high-
profile individuals
such as former Fortis
Healthcare promoter
Shivinder Mohan Sin-
gh’s wife Aditi Singh of
Rs 200 crore.
SC grants bail
to SP MLA
Nahid Hasan
Supreme Court on
Wednesday granted bail
to Samajwadi Party
MLA from Kairana Na-
hid Hasan in a case of
alleged criminal intimi-
dation.
A bench of Justices A
S Bopanna and PS Nar-
asimha noted the mate-
rial witnesses in the
case have already been
examined and Hasan
was not keeping good
health. “It is no doubt
true that HC has advert-
ed in detail to the facts
while rejecting the re-
quest of the appellant
for bail.
“However, having tak-
en note of the subse-
quentdevelopmentsand
also the fact that the ma-
terial witnesses have
already been examined
and the appellant is not
keeping a good health,
without expressing any
opinion on the merits,
we find it appropriate
that the appellant be re-
leased on bail,” the
bench said.
An FIR was regis-
tered against Hasan and
one Nawab in 2019 by a
woman Shahjahan.
❍ NEW COVID VARIANT
Keep masks on, beware of
festive season: Dr Guleria
New Delhi (ANI): With
India reporting a highly
infectious new COV-
ID-19 variant, former
Director of Delhi
AIIMS, Dr Randeep Gu-
leria on Wednesday
urged the common peo-
ple to follow COVID-ap-
propriate behaviour.
He said, “I would sug-
gest to everyone that if
they are going out and
especially in crowded
places then they must
wear a mask. High-risk
groups, elderly people
should avoid going out
because there are high
chances of spreading
infection.”
“New variants are ex-
pected and this variant
has a tendency to mu-
tate that will continue,
but now the situation is
different, earlier, there
was no vaccination, but
people are now vacci-
nated also. But this
doesn’t mean that peo-
ple will stop taking pre-
cautions, festival season
is coming up and cases
are also rising,” he ex-
plained further.
Sukesh Chandrashekhar in police custody. —FILE PHOTO
7 OFFICERS ALREADY ARRESTED
CONGRESS WITH KHARGE
Shashi Tharoor greets newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with Mallikarjun
Kharge on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi with Radhabai Kharge, wife of
Mallikarjun Kharge, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

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Jail, fine for bursting crackers on Diwali
Production, storage sale of firecrackers in the capital will also be punishable, with fine of up to `5K, 3 years jail: Minister Gopal Rai
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs has issued the final
gazette notification for
redrawing of municipal
wards in Delhi, paving
the way for civic polls in
the city
.
The 800-page gazette
notification by the
MHA, dated October 17,
stated that the number
of municipal wards in
Delhi will now be 250.
Before the reunification
of the three erstwhile
corporations, there
were 272 civic wards.
Thedelimitationcom-
mittee on Monday sub-
mitted to the Centre the
final report on redraw-
ing of the wards of Mu-
nicipal Corporation of
Delhi, sources earlier
said. According to
sources, the move will
now pave the way for the
civic poll as after the fi-
nal delimitation order,
the Centre is likely to
direct the state election
commission to initiate
the poll process.
“And, whereas, sug-
gestions/objections so
received have been ex-
amined and the Draft
Delimitation Order for
wards of MCD has been
amended wherever re-
quired, feasible and jus-
tified on reasonable
grounds.
“Now, therefore, the
Central Government,
after careful considera-
tion of all aspects, here-
by determines the ex-
tent of each of the 250
wards as comprised
within the Municipal
Corporation of Delhi
and as per Annexure to
this order, “ reads the
notification.
Delimitation of Delhi wards done, polls next
WARDS NOW DOWN TO 250
The Centre had fixed
total number of seats
in MCD at 250 from
the existing figure of
272. This was stated
in a Delhi Gazette
notification, issued
on September 10.
The total number of
seats reserved for the
members of Scheduled
Castes in MCD in pro-
portion to their number
is also determined
to be 42, it had said.
The previous three
corporations in Delhi
comprised 272 wards.
While the North and
South corporations ac-
counted for 104 wards
each, the East corpo-
ration had 64 wards
under its jurisdiction.
The move will pave way for Delhi civic body polls. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Wednesday
appealed to Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi to
work together to im-
prove the country’s
schools and offered his
government’s expertise.
Kejriwal’s remarks
come after Modi visited
a school in Gandhi Na-
gar, Gujarat, and inter-
acted with students.
“PM sir, we have done
a wonderful job in the
field of education in
Delhi. In five years, all
the government schools
of Delhi were improved
remarkably
. Schools
across the country can
be improved in five
years,” the CM tweeted.
Woman abducted...
she insisted on getting
admitted to a hospital in
Delhi. She was then tak-
en to the GTB Hospital,
he said.
“Four of them (the ac-
cused) have been arrest-
ed. Preliminary investi-
gation has revealed that
there is a property dis-
pute between the wom-
anandtheaccused.That
case is already in Kark-
ardooma court. The
matter is being investi-
gated,” Agarwal said.
The SP said the victim
claimed that after rap-
ing her, the accused had
inserted an iron rod in
her private part but
when the police tried to
get her medically exam-
ined at a Meerut hospi-
tal, she refused.“After
preliminary treatment,
when we tried to get her
medical examination
conducted, she refused.
Doctors referred her to
the Meerut Medical col-
lege for treatment but
she refused to go there.
The woman was then
taken to a Delhi hospital
and is undergoing treat-
ment there. Police is tak-
ing legal advice to ob-
tain evidence,” said the
SP. In a statement, Dr
Rajat Jhamb, media
spokesperson of the
GTB Hopital said the
woman was admitted to
the hospital on Tuesday
morning. Her vitals
were stable, he said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi
government has re-
minded the people of
the city that bursting
firecrackers is banned
this Diwali.
Addressing a press
conference here on
Wednesday, Delhi envi-
ronment minister Go-
pal Rai said, “Bursting
of firecrackers on Di-
wali in Delhi will at-
tract jail term up to six
months and a fine of Rs
200.”
Not only this, even
production, storage and
sale of firecrackers in
the capital will be pun-
ishable with a fine of up
to Rs 5,000 and three
years jail under Section
9B of the Explosives
Act, the minister said.
Rai further said a
public awareness cam-
paign -- Diye Jalao Pa-
takhe Nahi (light diyas,
not firecrackers) -- will
be launched on October
21. In September, the
city government re-im-
posed a complete ban on
the production, sale and
use of all types of fire-
crackers till January 1,
a practice it has been
following for the last
two years.
The government will
light 51,000 diyas at the
Central Park in Con-
naught Place on Friday
.
Rai said 408 teams
have been set up to im-
plement the ban.
“Pollution levels rise
around Diwali every
year. The major reason
is the bursting of fire-
crackers. Emissions
from firecrackers are
extremely dangerous
especially for kids,
women and the elderly
.
“Therefore, the Delhi
government has im-
posed a complete ban on
the production, sale and
use of all types of fire-
crackers this year too.
The ban covers online
delivery of firecrack-
ers,” the minister said.
Rai urged Union En-
vironment Minister
Bhupender Yadav to en-
sure the ban on fire-
crackers is strictly im-
plemented in the entire
NCR “as the smoke
from firecrackers burst
in the region impacts
the people in Delhi
also”.
A public awareness campaign—Diye Jalao Patakhe Nahi—will be launched on October 21.
ABOVE 50 L VEHICLES DE-REGISTERED
IN DELHI THIS YEAR TILL OCTOBER 17
DEFENDS DDCD, JASMINE SHAH
On the achievements of the Dialogue and Development
Commission of Delhi (DDCD) in last seven years, Kejri-
wal said DDCD has done exemplary work and termed
the showcause notice to vice-chairperson Jasmine Shah
wrong.“Earlier, CATS ambulance used to take 55 min-
utes but during the pandemic, the DDCD redesigned the
system, procured new ambulances and brought down
waiting time to 18 minutes,” the chief minister said.
transport department
has de-registered over
50 lakh vehicles so far
this year, according
to official data. They
include diesel vehicles
older than 10 years and
petrol vehicles older
than 15 years, officials
said, adding this is
the highest number of
vehicles deregistered in
a year. According to the
data, 53,38,045 vehicles
have been de-registered
between 2018 and 2022,
with 50,25,447 dereg-
istered till October 17
this year. In 2018, the
SC had ordered ply-
ing of diesel and petrol
vehicles older than 10
years and 15 years,
respectively is banned
in Delhi.
‘Recommended
Anand for social
welfare minister’
OVER 1,400-KG
FIRECRACKERS
SEIZED, 5 HELD
New Delhi (PTI):
The police arrested
five people in sepa-
rate operations and
seized over 1,400 kg
of firecrackers, of-
ficials said Wednes-
day. In Kanhaiya
Nagar cops nabbed
Mohit Gupta (22)
for carrying a bag
full of firecrackers.
Dinesh Chand (63)
was held for storing
huge quantity of
crackers in his shop
at Madangir. In Amar
Colony Shubham
Gupta (24) and
Pawan Arora (24),
and Gopal Das (64)
were arrested.
New Delhi (PTI): CM Ke-
jriwal on Wednesday said
he has recommended to
the LGthe name of Raaj
Kumar Anand for social
welfare minister, days
after Rajendra Pal Gau-
tam resigned following
a row over his presence
at a religious conversion
event.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference at
CM Camp Office in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
MISSION GUJARAT
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia with AAP leaders Isudan Gadhvi, Pravin Ram, Jagmal
Vala and others offers prayers at Somnath Temple on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Husband arrested after woman’s
naked body found in suitcase
Gurugram (PTI): The
husband of the woman
whose naked body was
found stuffed inside a
suitcase near IFFCO
Chowk a couple of days
ago was arrested
Wednesday for alleged-
ly killing her, police
said. Police claimed
that the 22-year-old man
Rahul has confessed
that he killed his wife
over domestic strife.
The deceased has
been identified as Pri-
yanka (20) who lived
with her husband and a
one-year-old daughter
at a rented accommoda-
tion in Sirhual village
here. They married in
February last year.
During interroga-
tion, Rahul revealed
that the wife used to de-
mand mobile, TV and
refrigerator which was
out of his means. They
used to fight over this
issue quite often. On
the night of October 16,
Priyanka slapped Ra-
hul following a fight,
which enraged him and
he strangulated her.
On the morning of
October 17, he bought a
big suitcase and stuffed
her wife’s naked body
into it after peeling off
the skin from her hand
which had her name tat-
tooed. The knife also
has been recovered.
2 Nigerians arrested for
duping women of lakhs
New Delhi (PTI): Two
Nigerian nationals were
arrested for allegedly
duping women after be-
friending them on social
media, police said on
Wednesday
.
Accused, Raphael (19)
and Evans Chukwudi
(20), lived in Tilak Na-
gar,theysaid.Thepolice
conducted a raid and
nabbed the accused,
DCP (northwest) Usha
Rangnani said.
The two arrived in In-
dia in 2022 for medical
treatment and started
scamming people
through social media,
she said.
They befriended
women on social media
and induced them to pay
large amounts on the
pretext of customs duty
and foreign currency
conversion charge on
costly gifts, the police
said.
DCW notice to police
Delhi Commission for
Women (DCW) has is-
sued a notice to Ghazi-
abad police in connec-
tion with the brutal
gang-rape of a 38-year-
old woman.
“The woman was
found “wrapped in a
jute bag, with her hands
and legs tied and an
iron rod inserted in her
private part,” the DCW
said.
The woman is in hos-
pital in a “very critical
condition”, it said.
The notice was issued
to Ghaziabad SSP seek-
ing action taken report
and a copy of the FIR
along with details of ar-
rests made. DCW chief
Swati Maliwal said,
“The incident is very
horrific and disturbing.
It reminds me of the
Nirbhaya case. All ac-
cused must be arrested
immediately and strict
action taken against
them.”
NEIGHBOUR HELD
FOR RAPING
11-YEAR-OLD
New Delhi: A 28-year-old
man was arrested for rap-
ing a minor girl in north
Delhi’s Wazirabad area,
police said on Wednesday.
According to a complaint
filed by the girl’s parents,
the 11-year-old girl was
allegedly raped by the
neighbour in September.
The accused, a cook,
was arrested on Tuesday,
they said. Police said the
matter came to light after
the girl narrated her ordeal
to her mother following
which she approached the
Wazirabad police.
FROM PG 1
2 bodies with
heads crushed
found at 2 sites
New Delhi (PTI): Two
bodies with their heads
crushed and multiple
injuries were recovered
in separate incidents
here, police said on
Wednesday
.
In the first case, a
body was found on Out-
er Ring Road in CR Park
area. Police suspect it to
be a case of accident.
DCP (South) Chandan
Chowdhary said the
body was of an approxi-
mately 40-year-old man.
In another case, a
body of a man in his 30s
was found in Jounapur
village in south Delhi’s
Fatehpur Beri area.
A labour attendance
card recovered from one
his pocket identified
him as Pradip.
The man accused of kiling his wife, in police custody in
Gurugram on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CM Kejriwal urges PM Modi to
work together to improve schools

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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Health is the greatest gift,
contentment the greatest
wealth, faithfulness the
best relationship.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Discussions were held regarding
status of implementation of the
respective action plans of the NCR
States and NCTD, utilization of
machinery for in-situ and ex-situ
management, extensive use of bio-
decomposers for in-situ management
of paddy straw among other issues.
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
Giving Momentum to New India’s
Economy with World Class
infrastructure! The project section of
Delhi-Vadodara Expressway (Package-I),
is the part of the 8 Lane access-
controlled expressway that would
connect New Delhi with financial capital
Mumbai. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti
TOP TWEETS
IDEA OF GOVT
REPLACING THE
COLLEGIUM IS
QUITE SCARY
udiciary is under at-
tack from the gov-
ernment and on so-
cial media. Adding to
judiciary’s troubles
is the concern voiced by senior
advocate CS Vaidyanathan who
said on Tuesday that there were
rumours the Supreme Court
Collegium “is thinking of send-
ing recommendations only if
they are going to be accepted by
the government”. Even as a ru-
mour it is dangerous to imagine
that such a situation could arise.
The government has been
critical of the Collegium system
and judiciary
. Union Law Minis-
ter Kiren Rijiju recently said
that the Collegium system is
“too opaque” and that the judges
spend half their time in deciding
who to appoint as judges instead
of delivering justice. Appointing
judges is the task of the govern-
ment, he said. The remark was
an unexpected cut Rijiju inflict-
ed. It may not have been without
a purpose, however.
Jibes like these are intended
to bring the judiciary to its
knees. Hopefully the Collegium
will stand its ground and not
make bureaucrats out of judges.
J
ctogenarian Mall-
ikarjun Kharge, a
loyal Congress sol-
dier, has been
elected president
of the Grand Old Party
. He is
only the sixth non-Gandhi
president in the party’s 137
year-oldhistoryandthefirstin
the last 24 years. He defeated
his nearest rival Shashi Tha-
roor, the MP from Kerala, by a
huge margin. Tharoor, who al-
leged foul play and said that
therewasapro-Khargebiasin
the run-up to the poll, gra-
ciously accepted the verdict.
After the announcement
of Kharge as president-elect,
the incumbent Sonia Gandhi,
her son Rahul Gandhi and
daughter Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra are all expected to take
a back seat and not make the
new party boss a rubber
stamp as is being feared by
many of the party members.
He will have to ensure.
The challenges before
Kharge are many but the
deep-seated factionalism and
bringing rival factions in Ra-
jasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mad-
hya Pradesh and Karnataka
to the conciliation table to
make the party a cohesive
unit is the biggest. Reviving
the party in Gujarat, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Andhra
Pradesh is another and win-
ning elections will be his big-
gest test. How he makes work-
ers repose faith in the party
and in his leadership will
decide the fate of the party
.
Senior leaders like Kapil
Sibal, Sunil Jakhar, Ghulam
Nabi Azad, RPN Singh, Jitin
Prasada, Ashwani Kumar
and Hardik Patel resigned
citing lack of vision in the
leadership. With Kharge at
the helm, the exodus of party
leaders will hopefully be
checked. It is for him to prove
that inner party democracy
is not short-lived.
TOUGH ROAD AHEAD
FOR NEW CONG PREZ
The challenges before
Kharge are many but the
deep-seated factionalism
and bringing rival factions
in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP
and Karnataka to the
conciliation table to make the
party a cohesive unit is the
biggest. Reviving the party in
Gujarat, UP, MP, Maharashtra
and AP is another and winning
elections will be his biggest test
O
EMOTIONAL
SHREWDNESS
young man began experienc-
ing backaches. He became
deeply troubled about it, as-
suming the worst. The more
he worried, the greater the
pain became. Finally
, he went
to a physician, who found no
reason for his problem.
Initially
,thebackpainstart-
ed due to increased work load
which made him worry about
being a failure. After under-
standing the source of the dif-
ficulty
,thismanstoppedbeing
anxious, and the pain disap-
peared. This illustrates that
emotionalproblemscanaffect
one’s physical well-being. Un-
knowingly, a person can be-
come his own enemy
.
We live in a high-speed age
with pressures that make peo-
ple edgy
. Small things like a
thoughtless remark, an unin-
tentional bump or a discour-
tesy shown can be so annoy-
ing that it can cause tensed
personstoexplodewithanger.
If one permits small things
to cause irritation, temper
can quickly soar. Under prov-
ocation, a person does and
says things which one re-
grets later, that makes him /
her lose friends and ruin re-
lationships. Acting rashly on
some personal affront, makes
one appear foolish in the eyes
of others. By ignoring the er-
rors, one allows the dishon-
our to die down. It helps one
to preserve his / her dignity
as well as peace of mind, and
even aid those responsible
for provocation to attain
emotional balance.
Shrewdness is defined as
sharpness in perception or
understanding. An emotion-
ally shrewd person is not
crafty but practical and pru-
dent, who can foresee diffi-
culties and prepare for it.
Over sensitivity
, over con-
scientiousness,andbeingover
fussy results in nervous ex-
haustion. Such persons make
‘mountains out of molehills,’
and expect much from others.
Anxiety, fear and worry
are other harmful emotions.
They speed up aging, wrinkle
the skin and make one sus-
ceptible to disease. Tension
headaches may occur due to
stress from conflict at work
or at home.
Controlling and restrain-
ing our emotions is a sign of
strength. What makes more
sense – to ‘let off steam’ now,
thus showing anger or to cool
down the fire that is building
up the steam? Often, due to
short sightedness or igno-
rance, one reacts in a hasty
manner.
Am I a ‘worry bird’? One
can ask oneself. Can I do
something about it? If not,
one must dismiss it from
one’s mind. As the saying
goes, “what cannot be cured
must be endured.” Getting
rid of the ‘blues’ requires re-
adjusting one’s outlook to-
wards problems and learning
to remain unruffled when
people irritate. This will re-
duce emotional strain. Fa-
tigue vanishes through pur-
poseful activity
.
If a friend or a family mem-
ber is emotionally disturbed,
it is easy for them to give in to
instability, become with-
drawn, introvertedorbecome
very independent and asser-
tive. Some use coarse speech,
others pretend to be some-
thing they are not, thereby
becoming superficial.
By showing affection and
care, their self-respect can be
built. Emotional maturity is
the ability to get along well
with others with minimum
friction. Rather than treating
anyone inferior, one can heal
others by thoughtful words
and actions.
Good mental and emotion-
al habits lead to good health.
Taking out time for relaxa-
tion and a jovial frame of
mind can shield one from the
bad effects of harmful emo-
tions. Those who maintain a
cheerful disposition despite
difficulties benefit them-
selves physically
.
Music can stir every kind
of emotion – love, tender-
ness, reverence, sadness, ha-
tred and passion. It can relax
and soothe, or refresh and
enliven when one listens to
the right kind. We have an
aesthetic nature that can re-
spond emotionally to the
unique song of birds.
Fearful people generally
complainof abdominalpains.
Aggressive persons experi-
ence pain in the neck and
those in sadness usually com-
plainof backpain.One’semo-
tions can intensify the pain,
or can suppress it. For exam-
ple, players, who are involved
in a game can be injured and
yet feel no pain at that time.
Strong motivation helps one
to resist yielding to damaging
emotional upheavals.
Allof usareexposedtonew
experiences and challenges
that help one to grow emo-
tionally and develop coping
skills – the ability to handle
successandfailureeffectively
.
Many crave emotional
stimulation through fast
driving, risky sports and
drugs. Their tolerance for
quiet environment is low,
wanting to get more emotion-
al exhilaration out of life.
Appropriately controlled
emotions add spice to life.
Healthy sentiments strength-
en determination to achieve
worthwhile goals.
Emotional shrewdness
helps us to weigh the conse-
quences before we act. It
guides one to make a right
estimate of things – recogniz-
ing what are the really big
things in life and what things
meritonlyminorimportance.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal
development skills facilitator.
rekhakumar@protonmail.com
Many crave emotional
stimulation through fast
driving, risky sports and
drugs. Their tolerance for
quiet environment is low,
wanting to get more
emotional exhilaration out
of life. Appropriately
controlled emotions add
spice to life. Healthy
sentiments strengthen
determination to achieve
worthwhile goals. Emotional
shrewdness helps us to weigh
the consequences before we
act. It guides one to make a
right estimate of things –
recognizing what are the
really big things in life and
what things merit only
minor importance.
We live in a high-speed age with pressures that make
people edgy. Small things like a thoughtless
remark, an unintentional bump or a discourtesy
shown can be so annoying that it can cause tensed
persons to explode with anger

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INDIA
05
Denied entry into J-K,
Mann holds protest
Kathua/Jammu (PTI):
ShiromaniAkaliDal(A)
chief Simranjit Singh
Mann’s protest at
Lakhanpur — the gate-
way to Jammu and
KashmirborderingPun-
jab — after being denied
entry into the Union
Territory entered the
third day on Wednesday
.
Mann, a Member of
Parliament from San-
grur in Punjab, was
stopped on the orders of
Kathua District Magis-
trate Rahul Pandey,
leading to protests by
the politician and his
supporters since Mon-
day evening.
He spent a second
night in his vehicle on
the road at Lakhanpur,
SAD(A) officials said.
Supporters from
Jammu, Kathua and
Punjab continued to
throng the protest site
and raised slogans
against the BJP and the
Jammu and Kashmir
administration, the of-
ficials said. Mann is in
the process of ap-
proaching courts in
Punjab and Jammu and
Kashmir, they added.
CENTRE APPOINTS...
From P1
For example, current
rural development
secretary NN Sinha
will take charge of
steel secretary on
January 1, 2023.
JharkhandcadreIAS,
Sailesh Kumar Singh
will replace Sinha.
Sanjay Malhotra of
Rajasthan cadre IAS,
from 1991 batch, who
has been designated
as officer on special
duty in the shipping
ministry, will take
over as shipping sec-
retary in February
after superannuation
of current secretary,
Sanjeev Ranjan.
UP cadre IAS,
Kamran Rizvi will
take charge as heavy
industries secretary
in January
NHAI chairperson
Alka Upadhyaya is
new road transport
secretary
Amrit Lal Meena
of Bihar cadre as the
new coal secretary
Odisha cadre IAS
Sanjeev Chopra will
be the new food secre-
tary
MP cadre IAS
Manoj Govil will be
the new corporate af-
fairs secretary
Rachna Shah of
Kerala cadre will
take charge of textile
department
In-situ upgrada-
tion of 8 officers as
special secretaries in
their current post-
ings approved
Simranjit Singh Mann is on
protest at Lakhanpur.
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla ad-
dressed the participants
in the “National Confer-
ence on Tourist Police”
organized by the Minis-
try of Tourism at Vig-
yan Bhawan today
.
Referring to the po-
tential of tourism in the
country, Birla observed
that India is a country
full of natural resourc-
es, historical sites, ar-
chaeological monu-
ments, and religious
places, which are fa-
mous for tourism glob-
ally. He mentioned that
in today’s times tourism
is not limited to travel
only, rather India is
known all over the
world as a hub of spir-
ituality
, Yoga, Ayurveda
and Naturopathy
. Laud-
ing India’s growing pro-
file in various fields,
Birla opined that India
is emerging as an im-
portant destination for
ecotourism, business
tourism and education
tourism.
Better law and order increases tourist
inflow: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOURIST POLICE
IN THE
COURTYARD
MP: MINING DEPT
OFFICIAL GETS
JUDICIAL CUSTODY
Madhya Pradesh:
A court in Madhya
Pradesh’s Ratlam has
sentenced a mining
department official
for demanding sexual
favours from a woman
five months ago,
after her mine owner
husband was found
allegedly indulging in
irregularities.
SEXUAL ASSAULT
CASES AGAINST
MINORS RISING: HC
New Delhi: Offences of
sexual assault against
minors are increasing
alarmingly making it
necessary for the courts
to imbibe legislative
wisdom, the Delhi High
Court has observed
while upholding life
imprisonment awarded
to a man for raping his
one-year-old niece here.
SC: TAX EXEMPTION
FOR INST IF SOLELY
ENGAGED IN EDU
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court said on Wednesday
educational institutions
will not be entitled to
approval under section
10(23C) of the Income
Tax (IT) Act where their
objective appears to be
“profit-oriented”.Section
10 of the IT Act exempts
from taxation certain
classes of income.
UPHAAR FIRE: HC
SEEKS RESPONSE
New Delhi: The Delhi HC
Wednesday sought the
response of the city police
to a plea by a former
employee of the Ansal
family seeking setting
aside of his conviction
and sentence for
tampering with evidence
in the 1997 Uphaar
cinema fire tragedy case.
SC TO HEAR DELHI-
CENTRE ON NOV 24
New Delhi: The SC on
Wednesday posted a plea
of the Arvind Kejriwal-led
Delhi government on
the contentious issue
of who should control
administrative services in
Delhi over the transfers
and postings of officers
in the national capital, for
November 24.
Englishjustamediumofcomm,notabenchmarkofintellect:PM
New Delhi (PTI): Ad-
vocating the use of local
languages in the coun-
try, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Wednesday said that
English is just a medi-
um of communication,
not a benchmark of be-
ing intellectual. While
speakingatGujaratgovt’
s Mission Schools of Ex-
cellenceinitiativeatAda-
lajtowninGandhinagar,
PM Modi pointed out
that earlier English was
considered the bench-
mark of being intellec-
tual despite being a me-
diumof communication.
During his speech,
PM also asked to make
sure those comfortable
in Hindi and not Eng-
lish aren’t left behind.
Earlier, knowledge of the English language
was considered a mark of being intellectual.
In reality, the English language is just a me-
dium of communication. The English language barrier
was a hindrance. Many young talents from villages
could not become doctors and engineers because they
were not well-versed in English.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
HIMACHAL PRADESH ELECTIONS 2022:
BJP RELEASES LIST OF 62 CANDIDATES
KEJRIWAL URGES PM MODI TO WORK
TOGETHER TO IMPROVE INDIA’S SCHOOLS
Himanchal Pradesh: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on
Wednesday released a list of 62 candidates for the upcoming
Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. The
list was released a day after the meeting of
BJP’s central election committee chaired by
party president Jagat Prakash Nadda con-
cluded. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union
home minister Amit Shah were present in
the meeting along with other members of the
party’s election committtee. Himachal Pradesh chief minister
Jai Ram Thakur will contest from Seraj constituency
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednes-
day appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work to-
gether to improve the country’s schools and
offered his government’s expertise. Kejriwal’s
remarks come after Modi visited a school in
Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, and interacted with
students.“PM sir, we have done a wonderful
job in the field of education in Delhi. In five
years, all the government schools of Delhi
were improved remarkably. Schools across the country can
be improved in five years,” Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi.
PM Modi lays foundation stone of
various devel works in Junagadh
Gujarat(ANI):Ahead
of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s visit
to Gujarat’s Tapi, the
residents exclaimed
that due to Modi’s
growing global popu-
larity, it has become a
matter of pride to be
called a Gujarati.
The residents ex-
pressed their exhilara-
tion to see their Vada
Pradhan and are wait-
ing with bated breath
to see and listen to the
Prime Minister. Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi is likely to visit
Tapi on Thursday to
lay the foundation
stone of multiple de-
velopment initiatives.
Meanwhile, PM
Narendra Modi also
launched the ‘Mission
Schools of Excellence’
at Adalaj in Gandhina-
gar, the students and
teachers said that
through this project,
the quality of educa-
tion and learning will
be enhanced.
AMARAVATI WILL BE ONLY
CAPITAL OF AP: RAHUL
Andhra Pradesh: Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Wednesday said
that the Congress would
ensure that Amaravati
was the only capital of
Andhra Pradesh.
Interacting with the
media persons during
the lunch break of his
Bharat Jodo Yatra at
Kurnool, Rahul said the
Congress would not sub-
scribe to the three capi-
tals or decentralisation
of administration.
He said the party
would also look into
every promise that was
made to the people of
AP at the time of bifur-
cation in 2014. “The govt
of India had made some
promises to the people.
It made some provisions
in the AP Reorganiza-
tion Act 2014. We would
look into all those issues
and implement every-
thing written in the Act
and said on the floor of
the Parliament,” Rahul
Gandhi reiterated.
He blamed the BJP at
the Centre and the re-
gional parties in the
state for diluting the
spirit of bifurcation.
He expressed concern
over the delay in com-
pleting the Polavaram
project and implement-
ing the rehabilitation
and resettlement pack-
age for the displaced
families. In reply to a
questiononthedistribu-
tion of river water be-
tween the two Telugu
States, Rahul Gandhi
said the Congress would
create a mechanism to
settle all issues between
the two states.
Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Kurnool district of Andhra
Pradesh on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES POUR IN FOR
KHARGE: ‘QUINTESSENTIAL ORGANISATION MAN’
RAGA ANNOUNCES
NEW CONG CHIEF
BEFORE RESULTS
THAROOR CAMP
ALLEGES ‘FRAUD’
I WAS CANDIDATE OF
CHANGE: THAROOR
KHARGE HOLDS
PRESS CONFERENCE
New Delhi: With Mallikarjun Kharge sweeping the party’s presidential elections, party lead-
ers from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah congratu-
lated the veteran functionary as he became the first non-Gandhi president in more than two
decades. Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor who sprang a surprise by polling more
than 1,000 votes in the elections was among the first people to congratulate Kharge. The
party’s general secretary and communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh posted on Twitter,
“Shri Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge has completed 50 years in electoral politics. He has
distinguished himself as a legislator and Minister in the state and at the Centre.”
Sonia Gandhi with newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun
Kharge, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Mallikarjun Kharge being
greeted by Vivek Bansal.
Andhra Pradesh: Con-
gress leader Rahul Gandhi
Wednesday said that the
newly-elected Congress
president will be the
supreme authority in the
party and all members and
functionaries will report to
him, including himself.
New Delhi: In a letter ad-
dressed to the CEA, chief
Madhusudan Mistry, Salman
Soz, chief election agent
for Tharoor has alleged that
the election process in UP
is “devoid of credibility and
integrity”.
New Delhi: Congress leader
Shashi Tharoor congratulated
his opponent Mallikarjun
Kharge who defeated him in
the election for Cong presi-
dent, but tempered the greet-
ing by raising concerns about
an “uneven” playing field.
New Delhi: In his first press
conference, Cong Prez-elect
Mallikarjun Kharge said for
him every Congress worker
is equal and all have to work
together to fight the fascist
forces threatening democ-
racy and the Constitution.
Prashant Kishor claims Nitish
Kumar in touch with BJP
New Delhi (PTI): Po-
litical strategist
Prashant Kishor
claimed on Wednesday
that Bihar Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar is in
touch with the BJP and
that he may go for a tie-
up with the party again
if situation demands so,
a suggestion dismissed
by the JD(U) as mislead-
ing and aimed at spread-
ing confusion.
Kishor, who is on a
padyatra in Bihar in
what is widely seen as a
precursor to his fresh
entry into active poli-
tics,toldPTIthatKumar
has kept a line of com-
munication open with
the BJP through JD(U)
MP and Rajya Sabha
Deputy Chairperson
Harivansh.
Harivanshdeclinedto
comment but his party
rejected the claim and
asserted that Kumar
will never join hands
with the BJP again.
Kishor said, “People
who are thinking that
Nitish Kumar is actively
building a national alli-
ance against the BJP
will be surprised to
know that he has kept a
line open with the BJP.
He is in touch with the
BJP through his party
MP and Rajya Sabha
Deputy Chairperson
Harivansh ji.”
PM Narendra Modi at the foundation stone laying ceremony
of the various development projects in Junagadh.
—FILE
PIC

INDIA
06
Lahore (PTI): A ‘disap-
pointed’ Pakistan Crick-
et Board on Wednesday
requested the Asian
Cricket Council to con-
vene an emergency
meeting in the wake of
BCCI secretary Jay
Shah’s statement that
India won’t travel to Pa-
kistan for next year’s
Asia Cup.
In its first official re-
sponse to Shah’s state-
ment that India would
liketoplaythecontinen-
tal tournament at a neu-
tral venue and not tour
Pakistan, the PCB said
“such statements can
spilt the Asian and in-
ternational cricket com-
munities” and impact
Pakistan’s visit to India
for the 2023 World Cup.
Shah, who made the
statement after the
BCCI AGM on Tuesday,
also happens to be the
ACC president.
“The overall impact
of such statements have
the potential to split the
Asian and international
cricketing communi-
ties, and can impact Pa-
kistan’s visit to India for
the ICC Cricket World
Cup 2023 and future ICC
Events in India in the
2024-2031 cycle. “The
PCB has to date not re-
ceived any official com-
munication or clarifica-
tion from the ACC on
the statement of the
ACC President. As such,
the PCB has now re-
questedtheAsianCrick-
et Council to convene an
emergency meeting of
its Board as soon as
practically possible to
discuss this important
and sensitive matter,”
the PCB said.
Pakistan has been al-
lotted hosting rights for
the Asia Cup which will
be held ahead of the
ODI World Cup in India
in October-November.
The T20 Asia Cup held
last month had to be
shifted from Sri Lanka
to the UAE amid the
economic crisis in the
island nation.
The 2018 Asia Cup,
scheduled to be held in
India, was moved to the
UAE after the BCCI
couldn’t procure clear-
ance from government
security agencies to
host Pakistan. India and
Pakistan only play each
other in Asian and ICC
events due to the politi-
cal tensions between the
two countries. India last
toured Pakistan in 2008
while Pakistan’s last se-
ries in India came in
2012-13.
Kolkata (Agencies):
West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee made a surpris-
ing claim today, saying
it was not she who had
chased Tata Motors out
of the state, but the
CPM that was in power
then. In a strong retort
to her comment, CPM
leader Sujan
Chakraborty told
NDTV that Ms Baner-
jee's statement was a
blatant lie.
Speaking in Siliguri,
the Bengal Chief Min-
ister said: It's all rub-
bish that I had chased
away the Tatas and that
it's the Tatas who are
now giving jobs here. I
did not chase the Tatas
away. It is the CPM that
had chased them away
.
She said CPM had tried
to forcefully acquire
land, which was later
returned by her gov-
ernment.
There is no dearth
of land, so why acquire
land forcefully? she
asked. She further said:
We have also done so
many projects, but we
did not acquire land
forcefully.
Reacting to her state-
ment, Mr Chakraborty
said: What Mamata
Banerjee said today is a
blatant lie and she has
exposed herself as a
blatant lier. Unfortu-
nately, she's the Chief
Minister of Bengal.
Taking a dig at the Ben-
gal Chief Minister, he
further said: She had
started her career with
a lie, saying that she
was 'Doctor' Mamata
Banerjee.
Ms Banerjee and her
party Trinamool Con-
gress (TMC) were cata-
pulted to power in Ben-
gal after the CPM-led
Left Front lost the 2011
assembly elections, fol-
lowing the anti-land
acquisition agitations
in Singur and Nandi-
gram that saw Tata Mo-
tors move their Nano
car manufacturing
plant from Singur to
Sanand in Gujarat.
Centre on Wednesday
saidincidentsof stubble
burning have started in-
creasing rapidly, espe-
cially in Punjab, and the
state government has
nottakenadequatesteps
to prevent farm fires.
At an inter-ministeri-
al meeting on the issue
of crop residue burning
inDelhi-NCR,UnionEn-
vironment Minister
Bhupender Yadav ex-
pressedconcernthatthe
Punjab government has
not been able to take co-
ordinated actions.
Union Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare
Minister Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar mentioned
that the status of paddy
straw management in
Haryana is “significant-
ly better than that in
Punjab”, the environ-
ment ministry said in a
statement.
“Till October 15, the
trend of fire events was
less as compared to last
year but now it has
started growing rapidly
,
especially in Punjab,”
the statement read.The
ministers noted that the
Pusa bio-decomposer – a
microbial solution
which turns stubble
into manure in 15-20
days was being sprayed
in a lesser area in Pun-
jab and its application
needs to be promoted.
MM Kutty, the chair-
man of the Commission
for Air Quality Manage-
ment (CAQM), said Pun-
jab has taken “inade-
quate” steps in spite of
several meetings and
efforts by the statutory
panel.
NIA FILES FIR IN
MOMINPUR
VIOLENCE
VARANASI RESIDENT
RADICALISED YOUTH
FOR ISIS IN INDIA: NIA
NPCL MAKES
ARRANGEMENTS
FOR DIWALI
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) has
registered a case and
initiated a probe into the
October 9 anti-Hindu
violence in Mominpur
in West Bengal, sources
said. The move comes
after the Counter
Terrorism and Counter
Radicalization division
of the Ministry of Home
Affairs directed the
agency to register a FIR
and start a thorough
probe considering the
gravity of the case.
Lucknow (Agencies):
The National Investi-
gation Agency (NIA)
arrested Basit Kalam
Siddiqui (24) from Va-
ranasi. NIA had carried
out a search operation
in Varanasi on late night
of October 18 at the
premises of the accused.
During its searches, NIA
has seized incriminating
articles such as hand-
written notes related to
fabrication of IEDs and
explosive substances,
mobile phones, laptops,
pen-drives.
Noida (Agencies) :
Noida Power Compa-
ny Limited has made
special arrangements
to keep Greater Noida
lit on Diwali and to
ensure 24-hour power
supply to its consum-
ers. Like every year,
this time too extra vigi-
lance is being taken by
NPCL on Diwali. While
wishing a happy Diwali
to the residents of
Greater Noida, the MD
and CEO of NPCL PR
Kumar has appealed
to them to celebrate
Diwali safely.
Patna (Agencies): Bihar Education Minister
Chandra Shekhar Singh on Wednesday assured
a probe into the Kishanganj incident wherein a
class seven exam paper contained a question that
allegedly mentioned
Kashmir as a sepa-
rate country React-
ing to the matter,
Chandra Shekhar
Singh said there
would be no lapses
in the investigation
of this matter and it would be probed thoroughly.
“This is a serious matter for which the probe shall
take place even if it involved top officials,” state
Education Minister Chandra Shekhar Singh said.
BIHAR CLASS 7 PAPER REFERS TO
KASHMIR AS SEPARATE COUNTRY
CRUCIAL READ
‘New Delhi’s global impact
has grown in Covid times’
Mumbai (ANI): Term-
ing India a partner of
choice of the UN, Secre-
tary-General Antonio
Guterres said on
Wednesday that New
Delhi has increased its
impact on the interna-
tional stage due to the
donation of medicines,
equipment, and vac-
cines at height of Cov-
id-19 to neighbouring
countries.
Addressing the stu-
dents at the Indian Insti-
tute of Technology (IIT)
Bombay, Guterres said,
“From your donations
of medicines, equip-
ment and vaccines at
the height of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, to your
humanitarian assis-
tance and development
finance to Afghanistan
and Sri Lanka, you’re
increasing impact on
the international stage.
India is today a partner
of choice of the UN.”
UN Chief, who arrived
in Mumbai today, said
that India’s digital plat-
form Cowin is the larg-
estvaccinationprogram
for Covid-19 which is
delivering more than 2
billion doses.
He further said that
India was the first coun-
try to launch a single-
country south-south
cooperation support
framework via the In-
dia-UN development
framework partner-
ship. Talking about In-
dia’s contribution to
UN Peacekeeping, Gu-
terres said, “India is
also the biggest provid-
er of military and po-
lice personnel to UN
missions, including the
first all-women UN po-
lice contingent to a
peacekeeping mission.
Over 200,000 Indian
men and women have
served in 49 peacekeep-
ing missions.
India’s voice can only gain in authority and credibility, says UN Secretary General
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres being felicitated during
‘India @75: UN-India Partnership: Strengthening South-South
Cooperation’ event at IIT Bombay on Wednesday.—PHOTO BY ANI
Terror is absolute evil. There are no
reasons, no pretext, no causes, and
no grievances that can justify ter-
rorism. Terrorism is absolute evil.
—Antonio Guterres, UN, Secretary-General
TERROR ABSOLUTE EVIL
THAT NO REASON, PRETEXT
CAN JUSTIFY: GUTERRES
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a
group picture with the faculty and students of IIT Bombay,
on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at ‘Bijaya Samillani’,
in Siliguri on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A farmer burning paddy stubble in a field in Amritsar. —FILE PHOTO
Mumbai (ANI): UN
Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres paid
tributes to the victims
of the 26/11 terror
attacks at the Taj Mahal
Palace hotel in Mumbai
and said that terror is
an absolute evil and
no reason, pretext or
grievance can justify the
act of terrorism.Terror
is absolute evil. There
are no reasons, no
pretext, no causes,
and grievances that
can justify terrorism.
Terrorism is absolute
evil. It has no room in
today's world, Guterres
said at Taj Hotel. UN
Chief, who came to
India on Wednesday,
visited the Taj Hotel on
Wednesday and laid a
wreath in honor of all
those who sacrificed
their lives in the 26/11
Mumbai terror attack.
UN Chief further said,
I feel deeply moved to
be here where one of
the barbaric terrorist
acts in history took
place where 166 peo-
ple lost their lives.
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah arrives for the 91st Annual General
Meeting of the BCCI, at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai. — FILE PHOTO
‘Can split cricketing
communities’: PCB
JAY SHAH’S STATEMENT
New Delhi (Agencies):
Union Minister for
Youth Affairs and
Sports Anurag Singh
Thakur will inaugurate
Mega Cleanliness
Drives under Swachh
Bharat 2022 from Chan-
dani Chowk, Delhi on
19th October 2022. Simi-
lar Cleanliness Drives
will be undertaken on
19th October 2022 in all
villages across the
country
.
The aim is to consoli-
date the efforts of
Swachh Bharat 2022 in
the Deptt. of Youth Af-
fairs and its affiliate
organizations, namely
NYKS and NSS, and fur-
ther intensify activities
for ensuring mass pub-
lic participation in the
campaign by organiz-
ing similar programs in
all villages across the
country
.
A humble beginning
can lead to great change
and big transformation.
Swachh Bharat Pro-
gramme initiated by
Deptt. of Youth Affairs
in commemoration of
Azadi Ka Amrit KaAm-
rit Mahotsava bears tes-
timony to this. Barely
17 days ago, the pro-
gram commenced with
the objective of collect-
ing One Crore k.g. of
waste in the span of one
month. To date, more
than 60 Lakh k.g. of
waste has been collect-
ed with overwhelming
support and response
from youth and people
from all walks of life
from all Districts across
the country
.
This is a trendsetter
of a sort. People par-
ticularly the youth irre-
spective of their back-
ground and affiliations
are not only participat-
ing in the program but
playing a pivotal role in
motivating and encour-
aging others to join the
program purely on a
voluntary basis.
Swacchta Abhiyan
was started by Prime
Minister Sh. Narendra
Modi Ji during 2014 and
since then, remarkable
headway can be noticed
in this regard.
Anurag Thakur launches Mega Cleanliness Drives
SWACHH BHARAT CAMPAIGN
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur participates in the Mega
Cleanliness Drive under Swachh Bharat 2022, in New Delhi on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Punjab not taking adequate
stepstostopstubbleburning’
‘I didn't chase out Tatas, CPM
did’: Didi's surprising claim
Punjab has
taken inade-
quate steps in
spite of several meet-
ings and efforts by the
statutory panel.
—MM Kutty,
Chairman of Commission for Air
Quality Management
VAISHALI’S EX-
BOYFRIEND RAHUL
NAVLANI ARRESTED
Indore (Agencies): TV
actress Vaishali Takkar
was found dead in
her home in Indore.
A suicide note was
recovered, in the note,
the actress accused
Rahul Navlani of
harassing her. She was
in a relationship with
the businessman in the
past, who was allegedly
harassing her and not
letting her get married.
Rahul was arrested in
Indore. Takka’s neigh-
bor Rahul and his wife
Disha were booked for
abetment to suicide.

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,471.00 276.00 0.54 (Per 10g)
SILVER 56,406.00 487.00 0.86 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 83.01 0.61 0.73
GBPINR 93.64 0.80 0.86
CURRENCIES
JewellerscautiouslyoptimisticthisDhanteras
Mumbai (PTI): With the
Dhanteras around the cor-
ner, the jewellery industry
is cautiously optimistic
about the demand, mainly
due to the exceptionally
high base last year, infla-
tion worries and the over-
all rising cost of living.
The industry is cautious
despite benign gold prices
and overall positive con-
sumer sentiment.
After the first wave of
the pandemic, revenge pur-
chases along with post-
poned weddings boosted
demand, resulting in an
exceptionally good Dhan-
teras in 2021, with sales
crossing even the pre-pan-
demic levels.
Dhanteras, which marks
the first day of Diwali in
India, is considered auspi-
cious to buy gold and silver
as part of Hindu festivities.
“The demand for jewel-
lery during Dhanteras is
likely to be at par with last
year as 2021 was an excep-
tional year for the industry
when the country slowly
inched towards normalcy
after the pandemic.
This year, the consumer
sentiment is dampened fol-
lowing high inflation, ris-
ing costs and unseasonal
rains affecting agriculture
activities.
EXPECT BUSINESS AT PAR WITH 2021 LEVEL
INDUSTRY
EXPECTATIONS
z The industry is cautious
despite benign gold prices,
which are ruling at around
`47,000-49,000 per 10
grams, and overall positive
consumer sentiment
z Dhanteras is considered
auspicious to buy gold
business
BRIEFS
Mumbai: The decrease in
number of COVID-19 test
will result to a fall of upto
7% in diagnostic compa-
nies’ toplines in FY23, rat-
ing agency Crisil said on
Wednesday. The fall in
revenues in FY23 will
come after a handsome
30% growth in FY22 on
higher testing, the agency
said, attributing the fall in
Covid testing in the ongo-
ing fiscal to the waning in-
tensity of the pandemic
and also a preference for
self-test kits. The operat-
ing profit margins will
moderate to 24-25% in
FY23 on the decline in
revenue and the higher
operating expenses. —FIB
New Delhi: The Competi-
tion Commission on
Wednesday slapped pen-
alties totalling more than
`392 crore on online trav-
el firms MakeMyTrip, Goi-
bibo and OYO for unfair
business practices. A fine
of `223.48 crore has been
slapped on Make My Trip-
Goibibo (MMT-Go) and
`168.88 crore on OYO,
according to a 131-page
order. Among others, it
was alleged that MMT-Go
imposed a price parity in
their agreements with ho-
tel partners. —PTI
COMPETITION COMM
SLAPS PENALTIES
ON MMT-GO, OYO
DIAGNOSTIC COS
REVENUES TO
DECLINE 7% IN FY23
New Delhi: India is now
home to over 450 Web3
startups that have raised
$1.3 bn, about `10,700
crore, in last two years, a
joint report of NASSCOM
with venture capital fund
Hashed Emergent said.
According to it, over 80%
of Indian Web3 startups
are in tier I cities. Howev-
er, the tier II/III ecosystem
is growing rapidly with lo-
cations such as Jaipur,
Vadodara, Ahmedabad,
Kolkata, Trivandrum, and
Coimbatore evolving as
emerging hubs. —PTI
WEB3 STARTUPS IN
INDIA RAISE $1.3
BILLION IN 2 YEARS
Mumbai: No-frills carrier
SpiceJet on Wednesday
said it has revised the sal-
ary structure for its Cap-
tains, increasing their
monthly remuneration to
`7 lakh per month for 80
hours of flying, from No-
vember. The airline, in a
statement on Wednesday
claimed that with this lat-
est hike, the salaries of its
Captains will be higher as
compared to their pre-
Covid salaries. According-
ly, salaries of Trainers and
senior First Officers have
also been increased com-
mensurately, the airline
said. —PTI
SPICEJET REVISES
SALARY STRUCTURE
OF ITS CAPTAINS
*Rates till the edition went to print.
` PLUNGES 61 PAISE TO DIP BELOW 83-MARK
FOR FIRST TIME AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee plunged 61 paise to decline below the
83-mark for the first time against the US dollar on Wednesday amid
unabated foreign capital outflows and a strong dollar in the overseas
markets. Besides, rising crude prices in the international markets
and risk-averse sentiment among investors weighed on the local cur-
rency, traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the lo-
cal currency opened strong at 82.32 but later pared gains to settle at
an all-time low of 83.01(provisional) against the American currency,
down 61 paise over its previous close. In the previous session on
Tuesday, the rupee slipped 10 paise to end at 82.40 against the dollar.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength
against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.31% to 112.48.
COMMITTEE ON MSP TO
HOLD 3RD MEETING ON
OCT 31 IN BHUBANESWAR
New Delhi: The government’s
committee on the minimum
support price (MSP), natural
farming and
crop diver-
sification is
scheduled to
hold its third
meeting on October 31 in Bhu-
baneswar. In the first meeting
held on August 22 in Delhi, the
committee had formed three
internal sub-groups to deliber-
ate on the mandated topics. The
second meeting, held on Sept
27 in Hyderabad, deliberated on
organic farming. —PTI
BHARAT BOND ETFs
CROSS ` 50,000 CRORE
AUM MARK
New Delhi: Bharat Bond
Exchange Traded Funds have
crossed the `50,000 crore
asset under
management
mark in just
two-and-a-half
years. The
fund house manages Bharat
Bond ETFs. The overall passive
debt category has crossed
`1.15 lakh crore mark at the
industry level – this growth was
kickstarted by the launch of the
first tranche of the Bharat Bond
ETF in December 2019, accord-
ing to a statement. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
MSMEs CAN CONTINUE TO AVAIL NON-TAX
BENEFITS POST RE-CLASSIFICATION: GOVT
New Delhi: MSMEs will continue to avail all non-tax benefits in
their respective categories post re-classification for three years, the
government said on Wednesday. The Ministry of MSME has notified
that in case of re-classification in terms
of investment in plant and machinery
or equipment or turnover or both, and
consequent re-classification, an enter-
prise shall continue to avail of all non-tax
benefits of the category it was in before
the re-classification for three years from
the date of the such upward change.
Non-tax benefits include benefits of various government schemes,
including Public Procurement Policy, Delayed Payments, etc. —ANI
Inflation to fall below
6%nextyear: Goyal
New Delhi (PTI): RBI
Monetary Policy Commit-
tee (MPC) member Ashima
Goyal on Wednesday said
that the efforts of the Re-
serve Bank to contain price
rise by repeatedly increas-
ing interest rates will help
in containing inflation,
which is likely to fall below
6% next year.
Goyal further said that
the policy rate hikes have
largely reversed pandemic-
time cuts but the real rate
remains low enough not to
hurt the growth recovery
.
“With a lag of two-three
quarters, higher real rates
will reduce demand in the
economy. “International
commodity prices are sof-
tening with the global slow-
down and supply chain bot-
tlenecks have reduced,”
she said. In order to control
rising inflation, the RBI on
Sept 30, raised the short-
term lending rate for the
third consecutive time by .5
to take repo rate to 5.9%.
“The Indian government
is also taking action to re-
duce supply-side inflation.
Current projections show
inflation falling below 6%
next year,” Goyal said.
According to Goyal, a
mildly positive real inter-
est rate can act to reduce
inflation, with supportive
supply-side action, while
imposing minimal growth
sacrifice.
She noted that today the
forward-looking real inter-
est rate is positive and such
a rapid response in an in-
flation targeting regime to
inflation exceeding toler-
ance bands, helps anchor
inflation expectations.
Replying to a question on
the Indian rupee touching
a historic low, Goyal point-
ed out that a more depreci-
ated rupee makes imports
more expensive and hurts
those who have borrowed
abroad but may raise re-
turns for some exporters.
While observing that
lower imports and higher
exports can help reduce the
current account deficit,
she said the dollar is
strengthening against all
currencies as rising Fed
rates attract funds back to
the US.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z RBI Monetary Policy
Committee member Ashima
Goyal said that the efforts of
the Reserve Bank to contain
price rise by repeatedly
increasing interest rates will
help in containing inflation
z The policy rate hikes have
largely reversed pandemic-time
cuts but the real rate remains
low enough not to hurt the
growth recovery
z In order to control rising
inflation, the RBI raised the
short-term lending rate for the
third consecutive time by .5%
‘Eager’ to secure trade
deal with India, says
UK’s Home Secretary
London (PTI): Home Sec-
retary Suella Braverman
has said the UK is “eager”
to secure a trade deal with
India to boost both econo-
mies and that Brexit has
meant that Britain no long-
er has a Eurocentric mind-
set towards trade or visas,
days after she caused a stir
with her “concerns” over
what she feared could be an
“open borders” approach
in the ongoing trade talks
with India.
The Indian-origin Cabi-
net minister spoke of being
a proud member of the
British Indian community
and hailed the contribu-
tion made by the Indian
diaspora to British life.
In an apparent effort to
override her recent contro-
versial remarks about Indi-
ans forming the largest
group of visa overstayers,
the minister said the UK’s
villages, towns and cities
have been “profoundly en-
riched by immigration
from India”.
“Naturally, there is an
economic imperative for
our countries to work to-
gether, which is why we are
so eager to secure a trade
deal,” said Braverman.
“But the boost to our
economies is not the only
virtue in making our
friendship even stronger.
We have a shared vision
that by 2030 we will enjoy
an even stronger partner-
ship… As Home Secretary,
I particularly value the co-
operation on security mat-
ters between our two coun-
tries. This is vital, on a do-
mestic level in India and in
the UK but also more
broadly on an internation-
al scale, especially in the
Indo-Pacific,” she said.
With Diwali no longer
the target deadline for a
draft FTA, Braverman
sought to reiterate that the
Liz Truss led government
remains determined to
build on the momentum set
by PM Narendra Modi.
SUELLA
BRAVERMAN SAID
z UK Home Secretary Suella
Braverman has said the UK
is “eager” to secure a trade
deal with India to boost both
economies
z The Indian-origin Cabinet
minister spoke of being a
proud member of the British
Indian community and hailed
the contribution made by the
Indian diaspora to British life
India’s domestic
passenger
volume rose 65%
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India’s domes-
tic air passengers volume
went up by 64.61%to 10.35
million in the month of
September 2022 as com-
pared to the same period
last year, according to a
data released by Directo-
rate General of Civil Avia-
tion (DGCA) on Wednesday
.
Indian domestic carriers
(excluding newly launched
Akasa Air) had flown a to-
tal of 7.66 million passen-
gers on the local routes, the
data showed.
Akasa Air commenced
its flight services on do-
mestic routes from August
7 this year.
The average passenger
load factor of these carri-
ers stood at 77.5% against
72.5% PLF delivered in Au-
gust 2022, the DGCA data
show.
In terms of market
share, leading carrier In-
diGo cornered 57% of the
total domestic traffic pie,
carrying 59.72 lakh passen-
gers across its domestic
network followed by full
service carrier Vistara,
which flew 9.96 lakh pas-
sengers with 9.6% market
share.
Sensex, Nifty settle higher for 4th
straight day as RIL, HDFC twins gain
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark stock indices Sensex
and Nifty closed higher on
Wednesday, rallying for the
fourth straight session
helped by buying in index
majors Reliance Industries
and HDFC twins.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
rose by 146.59 points or
0.25% to settle at 59,107.19.
During the day, it rallied
439.09 points or 0.74%to
59,399.69.
The broader NSE Nifty
advanced 25.30 points or
0.14% to end at 17,512.25.
From the Sensex pack,
Nestle, HDFC, Axis Bank,
Reliance Industries, ITC,
HDFC Bank and UltraTech
Cement were the promi-
nent winners.
NTPC, State Bank of In-
dia, Bajaj Finserv, Hindu-
stan Computers Limited
(HCL) Technologies, Dr
Reddy’s, Infosys and Maru-
ti were among the laggards.
India’s forex
buffers
sufficient: Fitch
New Delhi (ANI): India’s
external buffers are suffi-
cient to cushion risks asso-
ciated with rapid monetary
policy tightening in the US
and high global commodity
prices, and risk to the sov-
ereign rating from external
pressure is limited, Fitch
Ratings said on Wednesday
.
It expects the country’s
foreign exchange reserves
to remain robust and cur-
rent-account deficit (CAD)
to be contained at a sus-
tainable level and reach
3.4% of GDP this fiscal
year, up from 1.2% in last
financial year.
India’s foreign reserves
fell by almost $101 bn in
Jan-Sept 2022, but are still
large at around $533 bn.
India’s mineral output grew
4.2% during April-August
New Delhi (FIB): In com-
parison to a year-ago peri-
od, India’s mineral output
in the first five month of
ongoing fiscal registered a
cumulativegrowthof 4.2%.
But the index of mineral
production of mining and
quarrying sector during
August was at 99.6, which
was 3.9% lower as com-
pared to the level in August
last year, according to the
provisional data of Indian
Bureau of Mines (IBM).
The output of important
minerals in August in-
cludes coal 580 lakh tonnes,
lignite 29 lakh tonnes, nat-
ural gas (utilised) 2,829 mil-
lion cu m, petroleum
(crude) 24 lakh tonnes and
bauxite 14.5 lakh tonnes.
4.2 PER CENT
GROWTH
z In comparison to same
period last year, India’s
mineral output in the first
five month of ongoing fiscal
registered a cumulative
growth of 4.2%

08
2NDFRONT
If you wish to live each day with
passion, learn to stand for
something higher than yourself.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
US REPATRIATES
307 ANTIQUITIES
STOLEN FROM INDIA
Yoshita Singh
New York: A globe-
spanning, 15-year inves-
tigation has led to the
repatriation of 307 an-
tiquities by the US that
was stolen and traf-
ficked from India and
valued at nearly four
million dollars, the ma-
jority seized from dis-
graced art dealer Sub-
hash Kapoor.
Of these, 235 antiqui-
ties were seized follow-
ing the investigation by
the office of the Man-
hattan District Attor-
ney into Kapoor, “a pro-
lific looter who helped
traffic items from Af-
ghanistan, Cambodia,
India, Indonesia, Myan-
mar, Nepal, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Thailand,
and other countries.”
All antiquities were
returned during a repa-
triation ceremony at the
IndianConsulateinNew
York attended by India’s
Consul General Randir
Jaiswal, and US Home-
land Security Investiga-
tionsActingDeputySpe-
cial Agent-in-Charge
ChristopherLau,astate-
ment issued by the Man-
hattan District Attor-
ney’s office said.
“These antiquities
were stolen by multiple
complex and sophisti-
cated trafficking rings
the leaders of which
showed no regard for
the cultural or histori-
cal significance of these
objects,” Bragg said,
adding that “we are
proud to return hun-
dreds of stunning piec-
es back to the people of
India.” One of the an-
tiquities being returned
from Wiener is the
Vishnu and Lakshmi
with Garuda dating to
the 11th century C.E.,
which was looted from
a temple in Central In-
dia and smuggled into
New York County
. —PTI
The artefacts were
recovered from int’l
trafficking networks
The repatriation is a
result of a 15-year
global probe: US officials
The US authorities formally handed over 307 antiquities,
estimated to be worth nearly $4 million, to Indian officials.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Among the pieces being returned is the Arch Parikara,
crafted from marble and dating to the 12th-13th century.
Valued at approximately USD 85,000, the Arch Parikara
was among the antiquities seized from Kapoor. It first
surfaced in photographs depicting antiquity in a dirty,
pre-restoration condition. These photographs along with
dozens of others depicting antiquities lying in the grass
or on the ground were sent to Kapoor by a supplier of
illicit goods in India, the statement said, adding that the
piece was smuggled out of India and into New York in
May 2002. Kapoor laundered the Arch Parikara to the Na-
than Rubin Ida Ladd Family Foundation, which donated
the piece to the Yale University Art Gallery in 2007.
ARCH PARIKARA FROM 12-13TH CENTURY
Prayagraj (PTI): RSS
leader Dattatreya Hosa-
bale on Wednesday said
religious conversion
and migration from
Bangladesh are causing
“population imbal-
ance” and called for
strict implementation
of anti-conversion laws.
Addressing report-
ers after a four-day all-
India working commit-
tee meeting of the
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh here, the
RSS general secretary
said the organisation is
trying to create aware-
ness on conversions.
He said as a result
there has been a favour-
able outcome of “Ghar
Wapsi” -- the Sangh
Parivar effort to bring
back to the Hindu fold
people it says converted
to faiths like Islam and
Christianity
.
He said the existing
lawstopreventreligious
conversion need to be
implemented strictly
.
This was an apparent
reference to laws in
some states, including
Uttar Pradesh, that pro-
hibits conversion by
force or allurement, par-
ticularly through mar-
riage. RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat too attended
the meeting in Praya-
graj from Oct 16 to 19.
New Delhi (PTI): After
Congress gets its new
president, focus is now
expected to shift to Ra-
jasthan which has been
witnessing long-run-
ning differences be-
tween chief minister
Ashok Gehlot and his
bete noire Sachin Pilot
on who gets to call the
shots.Significantly
,both
Gehlot and his former
deputy Pilot separately
metMallikarjunKharge
after he was elected as
the Cong president. The
tensions between Ge-
hlot and Pilot seem to be
simmering with the for-
mer earlier this week,
saying that there is no
substitute for experi-
ence at any level.
Gehlot suggested that
young leaders should
have patience as they
would get their chances
when the time comes.
ThoughGehlotslammed
leaders such as Jyotira-
ditya Scindia and Jitin
Parsada, who left Con-
gress to join BJP
, as “op-
portunists” said that
all of them became Un-
ion ministers at a young
age, many saw it as a
veiled swipe at Pilot.
Conversion and infiltration root cause: RSS leader
FOCUS NOW SHIFTS TO
GEHLOT-PILOT DUEL
‘POPULATION IMBALANCE’
POST CONG CHIEF POLL
Yogi announces ` 5 lakh for kin
of workers killed in Kashmir
Lucknow (PTI): The
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment on Wednesday de-
clared an ex gratia of
Rs 5 lakh each to the
families of the two mi-
grant workers from
Kannauj killed in a ter-
ror attack in Jammu
and Kashmir. Their last
rites were performed at
their native place.
A “hybrid terrorist”
of the proscribed
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
and another suspect
were arrested for the at-
tack in the Shopian dis-
trict on Tuesday, police
said. A government of-
ficial said CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath had directed
officials to provide as-
sistance of Rs 5 lakh
each to family members
of the dead workers,
identified as Manish
and Ramsagar of Dan-
na Purva village in the
Thatia police station
limits. Kannauj District
Magistrate Shubhrant
Kumar Shukla said
they were sleeping in a
tin shed with other mi-
grant workers when the
terrorists attacked.
Family members, relatives, and other villagers upon arrival of the
bodies of Ramsagar and Manish at their village Danna Purva in
Kannauj district on Wednesday. The duo was killed in a terrorist
attack in Kashmir’s Shopian district. —PHOTO BY PTI
SC grants
interim relief
to Abbas
Ansari in Arms
Act case
New Delhi (ANI): Inan
interim relief to Abbas
Ansari, the Supreme
Court on Wednesday di-
rected the UP govern-
ment not to take any co-
ercive steps against him
till further orders. The
bench issued a notice to
the UP government on
Abbas Ansari seeking
relief in an arms act
case. In August, the UP
Police had raided sever-
al locations in different
states across the coun-
try in search of MLA
Mukhtar Ansari’s son
Abbas Ansari, who was
declared an absconder
by the district police.
Abbas Ansari is accused
in a fraud case of trans-
fer of arms licence.
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur on Wednesday
said the BJP high com-
mand will take a deci-
sion on the next chief
minister of Himachal
Pradesh, even as his
party released the first
list of candidates for
electionsinthehillstate.
“Be it Himachal or
any other state, the par-
ty high command takes
a decision,” Thakur, the
Minister of Informa-
tion Broadcasting,
and Sports Youth Af-
fairs, told reporters
here when asked about
the next chief minister
of Himachal Pradesh.
Himachal Pradesh
goes for elections on No-
vember 12 when Chief
Minister Jai Ram
Thakur is hoping to re-
turn to power in the
face of the challenge
posed by the Congress.
The BJP on Wednes-
day released its first list
of 62 candidates for
Himachal Pradesh,
fielding the chief min-
ister from Seraj assem-
bly seat. The Union
Minister expressed con-
fidence in winning the
Himachal Pradesh as-
sembly polls and
claimed that the opposi-
tion Congress will con-
tinue its losing streak
in the elections.
High Command will decide next Himachal CM: Anurag Thakur
POLITICAL EQUATIONS
lll
Thakur is the
son of former
Chief Minister
Prem Kumar
Dhumal and
sources claim is
himself hopeful
for the top post
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur interacts with youth during
the 14th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme, in New Delhi on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Lucknow (PTI): Nine
months after he left the
Congress to join the Sa-
majwadi Party, Imran
Masood on Wednesday
switched to the Bahujan
Samaj Party
.
Welcoming him into
the party fold, BSP su-
premo Mayawati said
the Muslim community
is convinced that it is
the BSP and not the SP
that can get rid of the
“hateful and cruel poli-
tics of the BJP”.
Masood joined the SP
in January before the
2022 assembly elections.
The leader, who con-
tested the 2014 Lok Sab-
ha polls from Saharan-
pur on a Congress tick-
et, had courted contro-
versy over his hate
speech in which he al-
legedly threatened to
“chop” Narendra Modi
“into pieces”.
“Imran Masood is a
well-known name in the
politics of Western UP.
He met me today along
with his close associ-
ates. He has left the Sa-
majwadi Party and has
promised to work with
full force and good in-
tentions in the BSP. He
is warmly welcomed,”
Mayawati said in a se-
ries of tweets in Hindi.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary
Dattatreya Hosabale (left) addresses a press conference during
the ongoing four-day ‘Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal Baithak’,
near Prayagraj, Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Quitting SP, Imran
Masood joins BSP
Mayawati welcomes former SP
leader Imran Masood into BSP.
Ashok Gehlot arrives to meet
Mallikarjun Kharge at his
residence in New Delhi on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
IMMERSED IN GRIEF
Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav immerses ashes of his father Mulayam
Singh Yadav at Sangam in Prayagraj on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (ANI): Six
days after the inaugura-
tion by PM Narendra
Modi, New Delhi to
Amb Andaura Vande
Bharat Express com-
menced its regular ser-
vice on Wednesday
. The
Vande Bharat Express,
is a semi-high-speed, in-
tercity, electric multi-
ple-unit train operated
by the Indian Railways.
Train number 22447
Vande Bharat Express
departed from New Del-
hi railway station at 5:50
am. “It will take 4 hours
46 minutes to reach Una
at 10:34 am,” said Loco
pilot Mahendra Kumar.
New Delhi-Una Vande Bharat Exp kicks off
z Nineteen
greenhorns
are trying
their luck as
BJP can-
didates in
Himachal
Pradesh As-
sembly polls
slated to be
held on No-
vember 12.
19 NEW FACES IN BJP’S LIST
z The party released its first
list of 62 candidates. The state
has 68 Assembly segments.
z 19 out of the 62 candidates
declared in the first list are new
faces and trying their luck for the
first time, state BJP president
Suresh Kashyap said.
z Five doctors and a retired
IAS officer are among those
given BJP tickets.
z Hosabale claimed
that after conversion,
infiltration was the
second biggest cause
of “population
imbalance.”
z The RSS leader
said those who
changed their religion
should not get the
benefit of reservation.
z Hosabale said the
participation of women
in social activities is
increasing; their role
in decision-making
must also increase.
‘THE SECOND
BIGGEST CAUSE’
Hindu preacher booked
for calling Sita, Draupadi
‘extremely beautiful’
Mathura (PTI): Po-
lice here lodged a
caseagainstapreach-
er for allegedly mak-
ing derogatory re-
marks against Hindu
deities, officials said
on Wednesday
.
A video of his re-
marks surfaced on
social media.
The FIR was
lodged at the Vrinda-
van police station
late on Tuesday night
against Anirud-
dhacharya, a Bhag-
watacharya (one who
recites the Bhagavad
Gita). Inspector
Suraj Prakash Shar-
ma said, “Anirud-
dhacharya made de-
rogatory remarks
against Draupadi
and Goddess Sita.”
The FIR has been
filed for hurting reli-
gious sentiments on
the complaint of BJP
member Pawan
Sharma and some
Akhil Bharat Hindu
Mahasabha mem-
bers, he said.
The way derogato-
ry comment against
Draupadi and God-
dess Sita has been
expressed is hurting
and insulting to wom-
en, the FIR reads.

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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 20, 2022
he term
modelling
covers a
vast and
varied area
of endeav-
our. Global
standardsof beautyhave
undergone a sea change
over the years, and beau-
ty pageants are no excep-
tion. The criteria to win
is not just looks, but a fit
body, an all-round per-
sonality, spoken
skills and inner
depth. Right from
when they are
shortlisted by the
First India Queen
organisation, con-
testants are encour-
aged to eat healthy
, exer-
cise, and adopt healthy
habits. They are
groomed physically,
mentally and emotion-
ally, and their innate
skills are honed.
A pageant is a talent
or personality contest
where beauty is just one
of several criteria, you
need a combination of
communication skills,
stage presence and per-
sonality. While some
models showcased pow-
erful dance performanc-
es, some ended up sing-
ing melodious songs.
Parimal Mehhta,
Founder Blanckanvas,
Kavita Chauhan of the
First India family and
Khalid Ansari, IP Con-
sultant graced the even-
ingasthejury
.Thegrand
show witnessed spectac-
ular performances in
various genres of acting,
singing and dancing
among many others.
The young ravishing
girls stepped out of their
comfort zones,
groomed, and
armed to the
teeth with grace,
poise, information
self-confidence and
displayed immense
talent during the tal-
ent round.
Thegirlskicked
off the talent
round with a
brief introduc-
tion followed by
spectacular per-
formances. After
the grooming and
mentoring sessions
alone,thesegirlsout-
shine as epitomes of
empowered women
withwell-shapedopin-
ions. Within a short
span, they have in-
spiredthousandsnot
just to believe, but
also to speak up
forthemselves.
Mumbai, popularly known as the ‘City of Dreams’ is gearing up for the grand
finale of the National level beauty pageant First India Queen 2022 to
be held on October 21 at Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai, with
gorgeous-looking top 30 models all set to compete for the
coveted crown. City First brings to you glimpses of the talent
round conducted on Day 2 of the three-day grooming, mentoring and
talent round held at Hotel T24, Mumbai on Wednesday!
FIRST INDIA QUEEN 2022
TALENT GLAMOUR
ANEVETOREMEMBER
T
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
The stunning finalists of First India Queen during one of the grooming sessions
Clockwise: Garima Ahuja, Swara Mandlik and Kulsum Ali
Nigar Sayyed
Parimal Mehhta and Kavita Chauhan at the jury panel. Also seen are the finalists of First India Queen.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

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