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DELHI EXCISE SCAM LG INTERVENES
ED to file supplementary
charge sheet by Jan 6
11 long pending projects
cleared by Delhi govt
New Delhi (PTI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate on Monday told a
Delhi court that it will
file a supplementary
chargesheet by January
6 against all the accused
arrested in a money
laundering case related
to the Delhi excise poli-
cy scam case in which
DyCM Manish Sisodia
is also an accused.
The ED made the sub-
mission before Special
Judge MK Nagpal dur-
ing the brief hearing on
the bail application of
AAP’s communications
in-charge Vijay Nair
and businessmen Ab-
hishek Boinpally and
Binoy Babu.
The court adjourned
the hearing on the bail
pleas of Nair and Boin-
pally for January 4 on
request of the advocates
in the case while Babu’s
plea was posted for Jan-
uary 9 for arguments.
New Delhi(PTI): Lt
Governor VK Saxena
invoked his powers to
get cleared within days
11 files on important de-
velopment projects of
the Centre pending ap-
proval with Delhi gov-
ernment, officials said
on Monday
.
Some projects await-
ing clearance included
redevelopmentof GPRA
Colony, Srinivaspuri
pending since 2019,
GPRA Sarojini Nagar
pending since August
2021 and Urban Exten-
sion Road (UER-II) by
NHAI, pending since
September 2021. There
was no immediate reac-
tion from the govern-
ment.
The LG approved the
proposals sent by Delhi
Government after it was
informed about invok-
ing of provision by the
LG to recall files, offi-
cials added.
3 sharpshooters
of Bishnoi-Jatheri
gangs arrested
DSPs among 5
Mandoli jail
officials suspended
Gurugram (PTI):
Three inter-state sharp-
shooters of Lawrence
Bishnoi and Kala
Jatheri gangs were ar-
rested here, police said
on Monday
.
Six pistols, 16 car-
tridges and a car were
seized from their pos-
session, they said.
Preet Pal Singh Sang-
wan, Assistant Com-
missioner of Police
(Crime), said the three
men were wanted in
about two dozen cases
registered in Haryana,
Rajasthan and Delhi-
NCR.
New Delhi (PTI): Two
deputy superintendents
of police and three head
wardensweresuspended
after mobile phones and
handmade knives were
recovered from inmates
of Mandoli jail here, of-
ficials said on Monday
.
Acting on a tip-off,
Director General (Pris-
ons) Sanjay Baniwal
constituted a special
vigilance team at pris-
on headquarters for a
major crackdown on
communication gadg-
ets smuggled into the
jail, said Additional In-
spector General (Delhi
prisons) HPS Sran.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
1971 INDO-PAK
WAR: HERO OF
LONGEWALA
PASSES AWAY
New Delhi: Work on railways’ ambitious bullet train project between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad has gained momentum, with more than 98 per cent of land being
acquired in Maharashtra. Piers have been erected for 118 kilometres, girders are
being launched and the work on construction of bullet train stations has started.
Jodhpur: Bhairon Singh Rathore, a BSF veteran
of the 1971 India-Pakistan war whose bravery at
Rajasthan’s Longewala post was portrayed by actor
Suniel Shetty in the Bollywood movie ‘Border’, died
in Jodhpur on Monday. He was 81.
ELON MUSK ASKS
TWITTER USERS TO
VOTE ON WHETHER HE
SHOULD STAY AS BOSS
Washington: Elon Musk has asked Twitter
users to vote whether he should quit as
head of Twitter. In a poll, Musk tweeted, “
“Should I step down as head of Twitter? I
will abide by the results of poll”.
BULLET TRAIN: OVER 98% LAND ACQUIRED IN MAHA
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE ECHOES IN UPPER HOUSE
Oppn walks out of RS as Dhankhar
rejects Chinese incursions debate!
New Delhi: Opposition
parties in the Rajya
Sabha walked out on
Monday after Chair re-
jected demands for de-
bate on Chinese incur-
sion on borders.
Chairman Jagdeep
Dhankhar rejected all
the nine notices under
rule 267 saying they
were not in order. How-
ever, Congress and oth-
er parties kept insisting
on their demand for
suspension of business
so the issue could be
taken up.
But the chair did not
relent, leading to MPs
of the Congress, Left,
DMK and other parties
staging a walkout.
Meanwhile, the Lok
Sabha passed a bill for
the repression of piracy
onhighseaswithlifeim-
prisonment along with
death penalty for con-
victs. Foreign Minister
Jaishankar said govern-
mentisincludingoption
of life in prison.
Meanwhile, LS passes bill to deal with maritime piracy and Appropriation Bills moved in RS
Should not disrespect our jawans: EAM
objects to ‘pitai’ word by Rahul Gandhi
“Terror attacks down
168%, ‘naxalism’ by
265% in Modi govt”
New Delhi: EAM S
Jaishakar took strong
exception to word
“pitai” used for Indian
soldiers by Congress
MP Rahul Gandhi last
week. Jaishankar said
in LS that word “pitai”
should not be used for
country’s soldiers. “Our
soldiers are standing at
a height of 13,000 feet in
Yangtse and guarding
our border. They should
be respected,” Jais-
hankar said.
New Delhi: Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur on Monday
said that “terror inci-
dents in JK de-
creased by 168 per
cent” since the Modi
government came to
power and “Left Wing
Extremism incidents
were down by over 265
per cent” since 2015.
Thakur said, “the
Modi government un-
dertook decisive ac-
tions which yielded
definitive results.”
Surgical strikes in
2016 were in response
to the Uri attack. Bala-
kot Air strikes in 2019
were in response to the
Pulwama bombing, so
all these decisive ac-
tions yielded defini-
tive results,” Thakur
told reporters here.
He said since 2014,
violence due to insur-
gency has come down
by 80 per cent, civilian
deaths decreased by 89
per cent and 6,000 mili-
tantshavesurrendered.
Thakur said, “an
era of peace has start-
ed in the northeastern
region under the lead-
ership of Prime Min-
ister Modi.”
“INDIA DIDN’T EXPECT
ANYTHING FROM PAK”
New Delhi: India’s level of
expectation from Pakistanis
is “never very high”, EAM S
Jaishankar said on Monday,
in his first comments over the
personal attack made by his
Pakistani counterpart Bilawal
Bhutto-Zardari against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. Jais-
hankar said, “Our expectation
levels with the Pakistanis are
never very high.”
MODI TO CHAIR 2ND
NAT’L CONFERENCE OF
CHIEF SECRETARIES
NEXT MONTH
New Delhi: Ahead of the
Union Budget 2023-24,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will chair the ‘second
national conference
of chief secretaries’
in the national capital
next month, a senior
government official said.
The second national
conference of chief
secretaries will be held
in Delhi from January
5-January 7 and it will be
a significant step towards
further strengthening the
partnership between the
Centre and state govts, the
official told PTI.
Shah lays out plan for ‘Bangla-Vijay’!
New Delhi: It seems
that the BJP top brass
has finally taken a call
on how the party wants
to move ahead in the po-
litically volatile state of
West Bengal. After fac-
ing a defeat in the as-
sembly elections, the
party will put all its
might in local outreach
rallies. Moreover, Shah
has reportedly also
asked the party leaders
in state why has the
left’s vote share in-
creased while BJP’s
hasnt.
In view of the 2024
General Elections, BJP
has taken an aggressive
stance in Bengal that
has 42 Lok sabha seats.
For this, rallies have
been planned - about 30
in all - throughout 2023
and of these some mega
rallies will also be ad-
dressedbyPMNarendra
Modi. Notably, Amit
Shah,onSaturday
,asked
state leaders to focus on
holding smaller rallies.
It is also being said that
every month 2-3 rallies
will be held in approx
two dozen constituen-
cies already chosen by
the high command.
Amit Shah and BJP na-
tional President JP Na-
dda, it is being said, will
address a dozen rallies
each during this time.
Baghel takes dig
at Bajrang Dal
New Delhi: Chhattis-
garh CM Bhupesh
Baghel on Monday took
a sharp
swipe at
members
of the Ba-
jrang Dal,
over a song
from Shah Rukh Khan-
Deepika Padukone star-
rer “Pathaan”, and
spoke about the signifi-
cance of saffron colour
among ascetics as he
said that the colour
symbolises sacrifice.
Opposition MPs walk out from the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
15million
tonnes of millet produced
in India, in last 5 years
Millet
Millet
MealforModi
Union Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar to
host a “millet-only” lunch for
PM Narendra Modi and all
the members of Parliament
(MPs) on Tuesday in the
Parliament premises.
Lunch being hosted to mark “Mil-
let Year”, a special initiative by
PM Narendra Modi, after which
United Nations declared 2023
as the International Year
of Millet (IYOM).
Special chefs from
Karnataka to cater to MPs
with delectable ragi Idlis,
dosas. Other items like ragi
and jawar rotis, bajra and
jawar khichdi along with
bajra kheer to be served
among many others.
Millet was notified as a nutritious-
cereal in April 2018 and was also
included in the Poshan Mission
campaigns.
Asia and Africa, primarily
India, Nigeria and Sudan
are primary producers and
consumers of millet crops.
SEVERAL VARITIES OF MILLETS
l Jowar l Proso millets (common millet)
l Sorghum and pearl millet l Ragi (finger
millets) l Cheena (proso millets)
l foxtail millets (kangni)
other non-segregated millets are available.

season’s first dense fog
blanketed Delhi and
neighboring areas on
Monday morning, low-
ering visibility to 150
metres and affecting
road and rail traffic
movement. The India
Meteorological Depart-
ment said the Indo-
Gangetic plains are
likely to see “dense to
very dense” fog over the
next five days, which
may result in cancella-
tion and diversion of
trains and flights.
A railway official
said around 20 trains
were delayed by 15 min-
utes to 2 hours in the
morning.
“Fog affecting train
movement today. We
have taken precaution-
ary measures. Speed
restrictions are put in
place in such condi-
tions. Safety is our pri-
ority. Passengers are
informed about sched-
ules through announce-
ments and other
means,” a northern rail-
way spokesperson said.
However, an airport of-
ficial said flight opera-
tions were not affected
as Low Visibility Proce-
dures (LVP) were in
place for around four
hours starting at mid-
night. Satellite images
showed a thick layer of
fog extending from Pun-
jabtoeastUttarPradesh
across Haryana and
Delhi, the IMD said.
Visibility dropped to
150-200 metres at the
Palam Airport between
3.30 am and 6 am and
improved to 350 metres
by 7 am, an IMD official
said. The Safdarjung
Observatory, the pri-
mary weather station
of the national capital,
recorded a minimum
temperature of 7.2 de-
grees Celsius.
CAPITOL
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Season’s first dense fog hits
rail, road traffic in Delhi-NCR
Dense to very dense fog is predicted in northwest India during the next five days: IMD
Vehicles are stuck in traffic congestion on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway, in Gurugram on foggy
Monday Morning. —PHOTO BY ANI
MAY DISRUPT
FLIGHT, TRAIN
SERVICES: IMD
IMD also issued an
advisory, saying diffi-
cult driving conditions
on highways, some
collisions and tripping
of power lines are also
possible. “Likely train
delays, diversons and
cancellations. Airport
operations are likely to
be affected with flight
delays and cancel-
lations,” it said. The
Met office suggested
that travellers carry
essential items like
water and medicine on
long journeys.
DENGUE OUTBREAK
Tally crosses 4K-mark in
Delhi, 500+ cases in Dec
New Delhi(PTI): More
than 250 dengue cases
have been reported in
the national capital in
December, taking the in-
fection tally of the vec-
tor-borne disease past
the4,000marksofarthis
year, according to a civic
report issued on Mon-
day
. In November, 1,420
cases were logged, while
1,238 cases were record-
ed in October.
The dengue infection
tally stood at 3,857 till
December 9, and 257
more cases have been
recorded since then till
December 16. The city
has also recorded 251
cases of malaria and 45
cases of chikungunya
this year, according to
the report released by
the Municipal Corpora-
tion of Delhi (MCD).
Of the total of 4,114
reported cases, 693
were logged in Septem-
ber. In 2017, the city
logged 4,711 cases in
the January 1-Decem-
ber 16 periods, the re-
port stated. No death
has been reported so
far this year due to the
disease while in 2021,
dengue claimed 23
lives, the report said.
In 2015, the city wit-
nessed a massive den-
gue outbreak, with the
number of cases cross-
ing 10,600 in October. It
was Delhi’s worst den-
gue outbreak since 1996.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
New Delhi: The city recorded 23 dengue cases in Janu-
ary, 16 in February, 22 in March, 20 in April, 30 in May,
32 in June, 26 in July, and 75 in August. Cases of vec-
tor-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria are usu-
ally reported between July and November, sometimes
stretching till mid-December as per the MCD report
issued on Monday. Cases of vector-borne diseases such
as dengue and malaria are usually reported between July
and November, sometimes stretching till mid-December.
WHAT THE MCD REPORT SAYS?
New Delhi (Agencies):
Travellers headed to
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi
International Airport
and residents of Dwar-
ka sub-city are set to get
some relief from issues
related to flooding and
waterlogging during
monsoon as the Delhi
Development Authority
(DDA) will redevelop
the entire drain and cre-
ate five new water bod-
ies to store excess rain-
water, said officials.
According to offi-
cials, Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Vinai Kumar Sax-
ena inspected the pro-
ject on Sunday and di-
rected the executive
agency to complete the
project by May 2023. All
concerned departments
have been strictly di-
rected to start works for
de-silting and redevel-
opment of drain lines to
avoid waterlogging
when foreign dignitar-
ies arrive for the G20
summit scheduled in
September. The drain-
age work commenced
on November 20.
Speaking about the
initiative, an official
with the L-G’s House
said, “Once completed,
these water bodies will
have a total storage ca-
pacity of 1.22 lakh cubic
meters (cu m) and it
will prevent rainwater
from flooding the
streets. This major pro-
ject was stuck for the
last two years due to
pending permissions
for tree cutting/translo-
cation from Delhi Gov-
ernment. It was only
after the L-G’s interven-
tion that permission for
translocation of trees
was given.”
5 new water bodies to resolve waterlogging issues
AROUND IGI AIRPORT DWARKA
lll
Of the five water
bodies, 3 will be
in Dwarka
Sector 8 and the
remaining two
will come up in
Dwarka Sector
20 and Dwarka
Sector 23.
Drains in the
area will also be
redeveloped
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
Artists performing a classical dance ‘Kathak’ during the 70th anniversary celebrations of the India-Japan diplomatic
relations, at APRC Ground, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
Plants, designer lights stolen from revamped
roads in Delhi; PWD to hire guards to keep watch
Following incidents of
theft and encroachment
on its revamped roads,
the Public Works De-
partment (PWD) has
decided to hire a special
agency to man each
stretch and ensure dec-
orative lights, plants
and other expensive
items are not stolen.
Explaining the need
for security, a senior
PWD official said, “Un-
der the streetscaping
project, the department
has installed costly
plants,artefacts,decora-
tivepillars,lanternsand
streets lights and furni-
ture for beautification.
Theft encroachment,
however, are a big issue
– more than 60 costly
polesanddesignerlights
were stolen during in-
stallation… even people
travelling in luxury cars
plunder costly plants in-
stalled on the sidewalks.
To prevent petty
theft, encroachment as
well as for upkeep and
maintenance of the
area, the streetscaping
division has decided to
hire a special agency
for providing round-
the-clock security
.”
As of now, the PWD
has hired and deployed
an agency at Road 49
Pitampura, Moti Bagh-
Naraina flyover and
Road 59 Wazirabad.
15-yr-old girl ‘married off’,
‘subjected to domestic abuse’
Delhi Commission for
Women (DCW) has is-
sued a notice to the city
police in connection
with a 15-year-old Mus-
lim girl’s allegation that
she was married off
and subjected to domes-
tic abuse.
In a statement, the
panel said it has re-
ceived a complaint from
the girl, a resident of
Delhi, who said she was
married off in Febru-
ary at the age of 15 in
Badaun, Uttar Pradesh.
She also informed the
DCW that she got preg-
nant and her in-laws
tried to abort the foetus,
but were unsuccessful.
“She has alleged that
her husband and in-
laws often beat her up.
She has alleged that her
husband even hit her
with a hot tava, electric
wire and screwdriver.
She has stated that her
husband threw her out
from her matrimonial
house and thereafter,
she came to Delhi to her
parental home where
she is presently resid-
ing,” the statement
said.
DCW chief Swati
Maliwal has issued a
notice to the Delhi Po-
lice and sought a copy
of the FIR, along with
the details of the ar-
rests made in the mat-
ter. The commission
has also sought an ac-
tion-taken report by De-
cember 22.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal
SUBMIT ACTION-TAKEN REPORT OVER
MISSING GIRL: CHILD’S BODY TO POLICE
Delhi Commission For
Protection of Child Rights
has directed police to
submit an action taken
report over an
FIR registered in
connection with
a 13-year-old girl
missing for 18
days. The child
rights panel said that it
has taken cognisance of
a tweet about the case.
The report has to be
submitted by December
28. In a tweet on Sunday,
the DCPCR said, “A
13-year-old girl missing
for 18 days. No clues
FIR 0529/22 registered
on 01/12/2022 under
police station Budhvihar,
Rohini.” “The
commission has
taken cognisance
of this tweet in
reference to a
13-year-old girl,
who went missing from
Delhi. Consequently, SHO,
PS Budh Vihar has been
directed to furnish an
action-taken/status report
in the instant case,” the
panel said.
DCW NOTICE TO DELHI POLICE
Ex-AIIMS dir
Guleria joins
Medanta hosp
Former AIIMS director
Dr Randeep Guleria has
joined Medanta hospi-
tal as the chairman of
the Institute of Internal
Medicine and Respira-
tory and Sleep Medi-
cine, said Medanta hos-
pital officials Monday.
Dr Guleria will also
take over the role of di-
rector of the Medical
Education department.
“Further strengthen-
ing its team of doctors
who deliver world-
class, holistic health-
care, Medanta has ap-
pointed Dr Randeep
Guleria as chairman of
the Institute of Inter-
nal Medicine and Res-
piratory Sleep Medi-
cine and director of
Medical Education,”
said Medanta officials.
Prior to joining Medan-
ta, Dr Guleria was di-
rector of AIIMS,
New Delhi where he
served as faculty for
over 3 decades.
With expertise in the
field of lung cancer,
asthma, COPD, respira-
tory muscle functions,
and sleep disorders, he
has over 400 publica-
tions in reputed Inter-
national and Indian
journals.
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Lieutenant Gover-
nor VK Saxena on
Monday approved the
proposals of extremely
important projects of
the government of In-
dia or other agencies
that were pending for
long periods.
These projects
aimed at transforming
the city’s skyline and
augmenting infra-
structure included re-
development of GPRA
Colony at Srinivaspuri
pending since 2019,
GPRA Sarojini Nagar
pending since August
2021 and the Urban Ex-
tension Road (UER-II)
by NHAI, pending
since September 2021,
said a statement from
LG office.
It took the Lt. Gover-
nor, V.K. Saxena, in-
voking his powers to
recall files in terms of
Rule 19(5) of the Trans-
action of Business of
the GNCTD Rules
(ToBR), 1993, for the
Kejriwal Government
to finally send 11 files
of critical infrastruc-
tural importance to
the Capital, to the LG
for approval.
LG approves proposals
for infra projects held up
for unreasonable periods

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Farmers warn govt of trouble
New Delhi (PTI):
Thousands of farmers
held a rally here on
Monday under the ban-
ner of RSS-affiliated
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
(BKS) to press for a
rollback of GST on ag-
ricultural goods and
other demands and
threatened to intensify
their protest if these
are not met.
Braving cold condi-
tions, the farmers trav-
elled to Delhi from sev-
eral states, including
Punjab, Maharashtra,
Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh and
West Bengal, on trac-
tors, motorcycles and
private buses and par-
ticipated in the ‘Kisan
Garjana’ rally at the
Ramleela Ground to
seek relief measures,
the organisers said.
The protesters were
demanding a rollback
of GST on farming ac-
tivities, an increase in
the income support
provided under the
PM-Kisan scheme, rev-
ocation of the permis-
sion for commercial
production of geneti-
cally modified (GM)
crops and remunera-
tive prices for their
produce based on the
input cost, they said.
Launched in Decem-
ber 2018, income sup-
port of Rs 6,000 per
year in three equal in-
stallments is provided
to all land-holding
farmer families under
the PM-Kisan scheme.
The BKS, in a state-
ment, said “state and
central governments
will face trouble if
they do not heed the
farmers’ demand in
time”.
National General
Secretary, BKS, Mohi-
ni Mohan said: “The
promises made by the
prime minister regard-
ing the rights of farm-
ers have proved to be
empty.”
RSS-affiliated BKS holds protest for rollback of GST, increase in income support under PM-Kisan scheme
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) farmers take part in the ‘Kisan Garjana Rally’ to demand various relief measures from the Central
Government, at Ramleela Maidan, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
FARMERS FROM
VARIOUS STATES
REACH DELHI
New Delhi: The farm-
ers travelled to Delhi
from several states,
including Punjab,
Maharashtra, Telanga-
na, Andhra Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and West Ben-
gal, on tractors, mo-
torcycles and private
buses and participated
in the ‘Kisan Garjana’
rally at the Ramlee-
la Ground to seek
relief measures. The
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
(BKS), in a statement,
said “state and central
governments will face
trouble if they do not
heed the farmers’
demand in time”.
JNU students protest
outside UGC office
New Delhi (PTI): Doz-
ens of students of Jawa-
harlal Nehru Universi-
ty on Monday staged a
demonstration outside
the University Grants
Commission office, de-
manding an extension
for the terminal MPhil
and PhD batches.
The students have
claimed that the termi-
nal batches of MPhil
and PhD have been “un-
justly asked” to submit
their research by De-
cember 30 without con-
sidering the time lost
due to COVID-19.
The demonstration
was called by the stu-
dent union of JNU as-
serting that adequate
compensation for the
time lost due to the clo-
sure of academic spac-
es because of Covid19
should be provided to
students.
Students raised slo-
gans and held placards
mentioning their de-
mands.
Some of the placards
read: ‘UGC jawab do
(UGC give answers),
‘UGC, don’t play with
the future of students
of MPhil and PhD
batches.’ Speaking to
PTI, JNUSU counsellor
Madhurima highlight-
ed that quality research
must be ensured by pro-
viding adequate com-
pensation for the time
lost due to the closure
of academic spaces.
“The 2018 PhD batch
lost more than one and
half years to COVID
lockdown and are un-
justly asked to submit
before December 30
2022 without adequate
compensation for the
time lost,” Madhurima
said.
“Moreover, the 2020
MPhil batch started
coursework in Febru-
ary 2021, and is being
asked to submit before
completing 2 years of
the programme,” she
added.
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi
Tihar Jail administra-
tion is now preparing to
updatethetechnologyof
jammers inside the jail.
According to Tihar
Jailsources,theexisting
jammers have failed to
jamthe5Gnetworkafter
the introduction of this
super-advanced technol-
ogy
. The Tihar adminis-
tration has already in-
formedtheDelhigovern-
ment about this.
Therefore, there is a
need to update the jam-
mers. Preparations are
already underway
though it might take
some more time to get
implemented.
According to Tihar of-
ficials, there are three
jammers in Tihar Jail
and one each in Mandoli
and Rohini Jail.
They have already
mastered the skill of
jamming 3G and 4G net-
works. Meanwhile, noto-
rious gangsters, are tak-
ing the advantage of
this, even staying within
the boundaries of the
jail. These jammers
work like dominant tow-
erswhichreducethesig-
nal strength of the net-
work inside the prison.
According to Tihar
Jail sources, there are
many dark spots inside
thejailwheretheraysof
the jammers can’t pene-
trate.
Tihar jail gears up to update technology
GETTING ADVANCED
lll
According to
sources, the
existing
jammers have
failed to jam the
5G network after
the introduction
of this super-
advanced
technology
Plea to prohibit
images of deities
on walls rejected
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
High Court on Monday
dismissed a PIL seeking
to prohibit the practice
of putting up images of
deities on walls to pre-
vent people from urinat-
ing, spitting or littering
in public places.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice Satish Chandra
Sharma and Justice
Subramonium Prasad,
which had earlier re-
served its order on the
plea, rejected it.
“This seriously deni-
grates and disparages
the sanctity of the sa-
cred images... Fear is
used as an element to
stop people from urinat-
ing or spitting and litter-
ing.Thesethingscannot
be permitted over the
element of pure devo-
tion borne out of faith
and freedom to practise
and profess one’s reli-
gion,” petitioner and ad-
vocate Gorang Gupta
said. The plea said af-
fixation of sacred imag-
es to prevent urination
in public and spitting
violatedsections295and
295Aof theIPCasithurt
the religious sentiments
of the general public.
Labourers taking a break and basking under the winter sun near Kartavya Path, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Members of the Democratic Students’ Federation from JNU holding placards protest seeking an
immediate extension to Terminal Mphil/Ph.D. scholars, at UGC building in New Delhi on Monday.
EXTENSION FOR TERMINAL MPHIL, PHD BATCH
NO GUARANTEE
OF PREVENTION
The petition said the
common practice of
affixing photographs of
deities on walls to pre-
vent urination, spitting
and throwing garbage in
public places had cre-
ated a serious menace
in society as these pic-
tures did not guarantee
the prevention of such
acts. Instead, people
publicly urinate or spit
on the “sacred images”,
the petition said.
20 yrs after, man
convicted in rash
driving case
New Delhi: A court in
New Delhi has convict-
ed a man of rash driv-
ing and causing serious
injuries to a person in
an accident two decades
ago. It was hearing a
case against Nawal
Kishore, who was ac-
cused of driving a trac-
tor rashly and hitting
Hira Nand Sharma on
the Old Pankha Road in
southwest Delhi on
March 2, 2002.
Hira Nand Sharma
succumbed to injuries
12 days later at a hospi-
tal, the prosecution
said.
Hearing on Fatehi’s defamation
complaint on January 21
New Delhi(PTI): A Del-
hi court is likely to hear
on January 21 a crimi-
nal complaint filed by
actor Nora Fatehi
against Jacqueline Fer-
nandez for allegedly de-
faming her by “unfairly
dragging” her name
into a Rs 200 crore mon-
ey laundering case in-
volving ‘conman’ Suke-
sh Chandrashekar.
Fatehi, a Canadian
citizen, has also arrayed
15 media organisations
as accused in her com-
plaint. The complaint
was brought up before
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Snigdha Sar-
varia, who assigned the
matter to Metropolitan
Magistrate Kapil Gupta.
Gupta posted the matter
for January 21 to decide
whether to take cogni-
sance on the complaint.
Fatehi had said in her
complaint filed on De-
cember12thatshehas“a
pristinereputationapart
from a rapidly progress-
ing career which has
quite obviously threat-
ened her rivals who are
unable to compete with
her on fair footing”.
Nora Fatehi. (R) Jacqueline Fernandez and Sukesh Chandrashekhar
No house arrest for jailed PFI
leader Abubacker: Delhi HC
New Delhi (PTI): Hear-
ing a plea by E Abuback-
er against a trial court
order refusing to release
himonmedicalgrounds,
the Delhi HCon Monday
said the jailed former
chairman of the Popu-
larFrontof Indiawillbe
provided medical treat-
ment but not kept in
house arrest.
“Whenyouareasking
for medical bail, why
should we send you to
your house? We will
send you to a hospital,”
remarked a bench head-
edbyJusticesSiddharth
Mridul Talwant Sin-
gh. Last month, Abu-
backer’s counsel had
said he had cancer and
Parkinson’s disease and
was in “great pain”,
which needed urgent
medical supervision.
Abubacker was ar-
restedbytheagencydur-
ingamassivecrackdown
on the banned organisa-
tionthisyearandispres-
ently in judicial custody
.
Abubacker was arrested during a massive crackdown this year.
There are 3 jammers in Tihar and one each in Mandoli Rohini.
WINTER BREAK
15-yr-old Dalit
girl assaulted,
raped; juvenile
among 3 held
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A 15-year-
old Dalit girl was alleg-
edlyassaultedandraped
by two men and a teen-
ager -- all three known to
her and from the same
neighbourhood --
in Greater Noida, offi-
cials said on Monday
.
Police have arrested the
two men, aged 21 and 22,
while the third accused,
a 15-year-old juvenile,
has been taken into cus-
tody, two days after the
incident took place in
the Kasna police station
area, an official said.
“On Saturday
, the girl
had gone to meet one of
the accused, who is a
friend of hers, at his
rented accommodation
near her home. The two
others, who were also
knowntoher,wereatthe
accused’shomeandthey
locked the room from in-
side before assaulting
her and forcing them-
selves on her,” a local
police officialsaid.
“The girl somehow
managed to reach her
home and narrated the
ordeal to family after
which they approached
the police station and an
FIR was lodged, leading
to the arrest of the two
accused men and the de-
tention of the juvenile,”
the official said. The ac-
cusedhavebeencharged
with various sections,
police said.
—PHOTO BY ANI
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
“World Champions!
I dreamed it so many
times, I wanted it so
much that I still
haven’t fallen, I can’t
believe it. Thank you
very much to my
family, to all who
support me and also
to all who believed in
us. We demonstrate
once again that
Argentines when we
fight together and
united we are capable
of achieving what we
set out to do. The
merit belongs to this
group, which is above
individualities, it is
the strength of all
fighting for the same
dream that was also
the dream of all
Argentines... We did
it! Go Argentina! we
are seeing each other
very soon,” Messi
captioned a photo
after winning
n a sport that produces su-
perstars every year, what
does it take to get immortal-
ised as one of the greats for
posterity?Theanswercould
beverysimpleandyetquite
complicated. In today’s day
and age, when every move
and tackle made, every pass
completed and every goal
scored makes it to the hand-
sets of millions of football
fans within seconds, it sure
could be easy to become
popular in the world’s most
popular sport. Over the
years, there have been sev-
eral stars who have pro-
duced greatness on the
greens, from Alfredo de Ste-
fano to Johan Cryuff, Fer-
enc Puskas to Lev Yashin,
Zico to Michel Platini, there
areaplethoraof namesthat
one can recount. But when
it comes to the list of the
greatest of them all, they
are all dwarfed by two
names,Brazil’sPeleandAr-
gentina’s Diego Maradona.
This is because apart from
the exemplary skills and
achievements that the two
could boast of, leading their
respective countries to the
WorldCuptitleensuredthat
their names have been writ-
tenintheannalsof football-
inghistoryingoldenletters.
On Sunday
, December 18,
2022, another name joined
that rare and elite list of all.
Lionel Messi, not that his
silkendribblingskills,innu-
merable goals at club and
internationallevel,werenot
enough to earn him a leg-
endary status, but a World
Cup win was just the stamp
thatheneededtobecomean
all-timegreat.Themagician
himself wasattheforefront,
scoring 7 times in the tour-
nament, including two
strikes in the see-saw final
encounter against defend-
ing champions France. He
shatteredseveralrecordsen
route to the trophy that Ar-
gentina has been pining for
36longyearssincethegreat
El Diego had done it for
them. Having emulated his
idol at last, Messi is truely
now Argentina’s “Messi-
ah”. Lionel Messi is ‘D10S’
(DIOS), a combination of
the Spanish word for “God”
with the No. 10 on his jersy
.
Before the 2022 World Cup,
Messi had only scored six
World Cup goals - meaning
he more than doubled his
tally from his previous four
tournaments combined.
The Argentina captain
was part of the national
team that lost to Germany
1-0 in the 2014 final, but the
magic he produced game
in, game out during his
peak years for Barcelona
never seemed to translate
when wearing the blue and
white stripes of his coun-
try
. He has now surpassed
Pele with 13 goals at World
Cups and is tied for fourth
with Just Fontaine on the
all-time list. His seven in
this year’s tournament
surpassed Maradona’s five
at the 1986 edition in Mex-
ico. In what may come as
a relief to millions of
football fans across the
world, Argentine tal-
isman Lionel Mes-
si has an-
nounced that
he will con-
tinue to play
football for
Argentina.
I
OM SHARMA
The writer is pursuing
engineering from the University
of Melbourne (Australia)
t 35, Lionel Messi seems to be keen on
enjoying the feeling of playing as the
world champion for Argentina, some-
thing that he
has never done before in
his long and decorated
career. After winning the
World Cup in Qatar, Messi
confirmed he would carry
on to play for Argentina, at
least a “few more” times
as he dismissed rumors
about his retirement. “I
wanted to close my career
with this, it was the one
that was missing so I can no longer ask for any-
thing else,” said Messi and added “I was able to get
the Copa America and now the World Cup that I had
fought so hard for. I’ve got it at the end of my ca-
reer. But I love football and I want to continue living
a few more games being world champion.”
A
LIONEL MESSI IS THE
WORLD CHAMPION!
l Lionel Messi has won the
World Cup Player of the
Tournament for a second time
l As a result, Messi makes
history to become the first
player to win this prize twice
l The Argentina star scored
seven goals in the tournament
and got three assists
l Messi's most: 21 total
World Cup goal contributions
(13 goals, 8 assists)
l Messi became first player to
win 5 Player of Match awards
at a single men's WC
Messi - D10S
(DIOS: GOD IN SPANISH)
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE LIKE HIM...
MESSI OPENS UP ON RETIREMENT TALKS
WANT TO CONTINUE
AS WORLD CHAMPION
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
he UK is facing
a winter of dis-
content against
the Tory gov-
ernment led by
Prime Minister Rishi Su-
nak. Major trade unions
have threatened to cripple
work demanding pay
hikes. The earlier instance
of such a massive strike
was in December 1979 dur-
ing the rule of Margaret
Thatcher. It will be unfair
to blame workers, includ-
ing those from the health
sector, for their drastic
step as the inflation is at an
all-time high and the cost
of living has gone through
the roof. The energy crisis
because of the conflict be-
tween Russia and Ukraine
has made life tougher. In
line with Thatcher’s ap-
proach, Rishi Sunak is pre-
paring to foil the strike by
considering deploying an
army if needed.
Most of the unions
which have threatened to
go on strike are mainly
from the public sector like
National Health Service
unions of nursing, junior
doctors, ambulance crews,
midwives and physiothera-
pists. Railway workers
struck work. The country
is faced with travel chaos
this month with passport
and border check staff go-
ing on strike unless Sunak
and his Chancellor Jeremy
Hunt agree to the workers
demand for a pay hike,
chances of which are re-
mote as the economy is in
recession.
The strikers are facing
both criticism and support
from the public. The criti-
cism is on account of
large-scale disruptions the
strike would cause but
those aware of the hard-
ships being faced by the
working class because of
the unaffordable cost of
living are sympathetic to-
wards them. The govern-
ment is refusing to give
pay hikes saying that it
will further fuel inflation.
For Rishi Sunak these are
testing times.
UK’S DECEMBER
OF DISCONTENT
The UK is facing a winter
of discontent against the
Tory government led
by Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak. Major
trade unions have
threatened to cripple work
demanding pay hikes.
The earlier instance of
such a massive strike
was in December 1979
during the rule of
Margaret Thatcher
T
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to perceptions and views
wander the world offending people.
—Buddha
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil, Thakur Roshan
Singh and Ashfaq Ullah Khan are the
national heroes whose patriotism and
contribution to the freedom movement
inspires every Indian. The grateful
nation will always be indebted to these
sacrifices who happily laid down their
lives for the freedom of the country.
Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur
Heartfelt salutations to the brave and
hardworking sons of Mother India,
Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaq
Ullah Khan and Thakur Roshan
Singh, the administrators of ‘Kakori
Rail Action’, on their sacrifice day.
Your sacrifice while fulfilling your
duty towards the country in the freedom struggle will be
remembered for generations.
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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Congress’
Bharat Jodo Yatra is
now about to reach Del-
hi border. The yatra, led
by Rahul, will reach
Delhi on December 24
and take a week’s rest.
After that, the yatra
will start again on Jan-
uary 2 or 3 and will go to
Haryana, Punjab and
then Jammu and Kash-
mir via Ghaziabad. So,
the responsibility of
Rahul’s visit for the
next few days is going to
fall on Haryana leader
Bhupinder Singh Hoo-
da. There is a big pro-
gram to welcome Ra-
hul’s visit in Delhi and
the responsibility is
also on him. Apart from
this, for the duration of
the journey in Haryana,
he will have to make
better arrangements
than in Madhya
Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Even when the Yatra
reaches Punjab, his re-
sponsibility will not
end. Keep in mind that
whatever program is
organized by Cong in
Delhi and NCR, respon-
sibility of gathering
crowd and making all
other arrangements re-
mains with Hooda.
However, prepara-
tions are also being
made in the All India
Congress Committee to
organize a big program
on the arrival of Bharat
Jodo Yatra in Delhi.
The Congress party has
called a meeting on De-
cember 23 to discuss its
preparations. In it, all
the party’s general sec-
retaries, secretaries,
state in-charges, state
presidents and leaders
of the Congress Legisla-
ture Party in the As-
sembly have been
called. It is being told
that all these leaders
will be present in the
Congress visit on 24th
December. Keep in
mind that Congress has
lost badly in the recent
municipal elections in
Delhi. In the last two as-
sembly and two Lok
Sabha elections, the
party could not even
open its account. For
this, the party is mak-
ing all-out efforts and
along with Delhi, the
leaders of Haryana and
Raj have been engaged.
Rahul’s Yatra is now Hooda’s responsibility!
PASSING ON THE BATON
Patna (PTI): The Nit-
ish Kumar government
in Bihar on Monday put
at 38 the number of peo-
ple who died in the Sa-
ran hooch tragedy, as-
serting that higher
death figures quoted by
various quarters were
“misleading”.
State Prohibition
Minister Sunil Kumar
made the averment at a
hurriedly convened
press conference inside
the assembly premises
on the last day of the
winter session, when
proceedings were dis-
rupted by the opposi-
tion BJP over the deaths
that took place in the
dry state last week.
“The number of peo-
ple who died after con-
suming spurious liquor
in Saran is 38... higher
figures are mislead-
ing,” said the minister.
BJP leaders have
been claiming that
“more than 100 people”
have died. Most media
reports have put the
death toll to be more
than 50.
The minister, howev-
er, added, “We may re-
vise the death toll if we
get any additional in-
formation which is
found correct upon ver-
ification.”
Only38died,higherdeath
tollmisleading:BiharGovt
Higher death figures are being quoted by various quarters: Minister
BJP MLAs stage a protest outside Bihar Assembly questioning liquor prohibition in the state in the
wake of Chhapra hooch tragedy during the Winter Session of State Assembly, in Patna on Monday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leads the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra,
in Alwar on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BIHAR HOOCH TRAGEDY
Belagavi (PTI): Hindu-
tva ideologue Vinayak
Damodar Savarkar’s life
size portrait was un-
veiled inside the Assem-
bly chamber at the ‘Su-
varna Vidhana Soudha’
here, along with several
national icons, drawing
criticism from opposi-
tion Congress, which al-
leged that it was a uni-
lateral decision, keep-
ing them in dark.
The portraits of Swa-
mi Vivekananda, Sub-
ash Chandra Bose, BR
Ambedkar, Basavesh-
wara, Mahatma Gan-
dhi, Sardar Vallabhb-
hai Patel and Savarkar
were unveiled by As-
sembly Speaker Vish-
weshwar Hegde Kageri
and CM Basavaraj Bom-
mai, inside the Assem-
bly chamber, before the
commencement of the
10-day winter session of
the state legislature.
VeerSavarkar’sportraitin
K’takaAssemblyfuelsrow
Bengaluru (PTI): The
Janata Dal (Secular) on
Monday released the
first list of its 93 candi-
dates for the Assembly
election in Karnataka,
due by May next year.
The list has nominees
from almost all the dis-
tricts of Karnataka
right from Khanapur in
Belagavi in north Kar-
nataka to Hanur in
Chamarajanagar dis-
trict of southern part
of the state. The list
was released after tak-
ing consent Ex PM HD
Deve Gowda.
JD(S) releases
first list of 93
candidates for
K’taka elections
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: The speed
with which CM of the
Congress took oath in
Himachal Pradesh was
a unique thing from the
point of view of the
Congress. Congress'
own previous record
shows that the party
took so much time to
decide the leader in
many states that the
other party's govern-
ment was formed. This
time the party did not
take such a risk. The
election results came
on Thursday and the
chief minister and dep-
uty chief minister were
sworn in on Sunday
. On
the contrary, the leader
of the BJP in Gujarat
wasalreadyannounced,
yet a day later, on Mon-
day, the Chief Minister
was sworn in there. But
in Gujarat all the minis-
ters were sworn in
along with the Chief
Minister and portfolios
were also distributed
among them. The BJP
administered the oath
of the government with
full preparation. On the
contrary, in Himachal
Pradesh everything
stopped after the oath
of Chief Minister and
Deputy Chief Minister.
It has been a week
since the Chief Minis-
ter was sworn in and it
is not certain when his
government will take
oath. Right now the gov-
ernment of Chief Min-
ister and Deputy Chief
Minister has been run-
ning for a week and this
is not a new thing. Just
a few days ago, govt of
Chief Minister and
Deputy Chief Minister,
that is, 2 people, contin-
ued to run for a month
in Maharashtra.
WilldelayinformingCabinetinHimachal
Pradesh lead to factionalism in Cong?
Shimla (PTI):
Himachal Pradesh is
taking steps to reform
the state's transport
sector with innovative
ideas and will shortly
introduce a new elec-
tric vehicle policy, Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Mukesh Agnihotri said
on Monday.
Agnihotri test-drove
an electric vehicle
from the Secretariat
and inquired about its
technical aspects. He
said positive efforts
would be made to radi-
cally change the trans-
port sector.
Discussions are be-
ing held at various lev-
els to introduce the new
policy, he said.
Initially, the opera-
tion of electric vehicles
will be promoted at the
Secretariat. Thereafter,
their use will be in-
creased in public trans-
port, Agnihotri said.
‘Himachal taking
steps to reform
transport sector,
new EV policy’
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: West Ben-
gal CM and Trinamool
Congress leader Mama-
ta Banerjee's attitude
has really changed.
She attended the PM's
meeting in Delhi on De-
cember 5 and also at-
tended the meeting of
the North Eastern Zon-
al Council with the Un-
ion Home Minister
held recently. Mamata,
who kept distance from
programs till now, not
only attended the meet-
ing with Amit Shah,
but also gave him a
grand welcome. Her
photo was released
welcoming Amit Shah
wearing a patka and
talking to him holding
his hand. Yet another
photo, of her having
food with Amit Shah,
was also released.
Not only this, after
the meeting she also
took Amit Shah to her
office in Nabanna, state
secretariat. Together
they reached Mamta's
office from VVIP lift
and there was a 15-min-
ute conversation be-
tween two. It is being
told that Mamata asked
Shah for outstanding
money of MNREGA.
Is change in Mamata’s
attitude seasonal?
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): The sleuths of
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) on
Monday conducted
raids on educational in-
stitution owned by Kar-
nataka Congress Presi-
dent DK Shivakumar in
Bengaluru.
The sleuths raided
the National Education
Foundation located in
Rajarajeshwarinagar
in Bengaluru and con-
ducted verification of
documents. Shivaku-
mar is the chairman of
the foundation and his
daughter Ishwarya is
the secretary
.
Shivakumar stated
that CBI has conducted
raids on his educational
institutions. “They
(CBI) are conducting in-
quiries on our land and
business,” he said.
CBI raids educational
institutionownedbyDK
Bhopal (Agencies):
The first day of the win-
ter session in the Mad-
hya Pradesh Legislative
Assembly witnessed
verbal exchanges be-
tween the ruling and
opposition leaders,
with the former Chief
Minister Kamal Nath
saying that he has kept
the opposition chair
warm for CM Shivraj
Singh Chouhan.
Before the session be-
gan, Speaker Girish
Gautam chaired the
meeting of the business
advisory committee.
Finding Chief Minis-
ter Shivraj Singh Chou-
han absent during the
question hour, state
Congress president Ka-
mal Nath said he has
kept the chair of oppo-
sition warm for him.
He (CM Chouhan) is
not here, I want to tell
him through you that I
have kept this chair (op-
position seat) warm for
him, Kamal Nath said,
referring to state Home
Minister Minister
Narottam Msihra.
Responding to that,
Mishra, who is also the
state Parliamentary Af-
fairs Minister, said,
This is the day dream.
Narottam Mishra
accused the opposition
of not allowing the
House to function
properly and evading
from the debates on
public issues.
Have kept Opposition chair
warm for CM Chouhan: Nath
KHAJURBANI
VICTIMS GOT ` 4L,
WHY NOT SARAN’S?:
SUSHIL MODI TO CM
RAIDS ARE ON TO NAB ACCUSED: MINISTER
GIVE COMPENSATION
TO VICTIMS’ KIN: BJP
The BJP MLCs staged
a protest against the
Nitish government outside
Vidhan Parishad in Patna
on December 19. The MLCs
demanded compensation
for the families of those
who died in the hooch
tragedy in Saran.
IMPOSE PREZ RULE
IN BIHAR: CHIRAG
Bihar leader and MP Chi-
rag Paswan demanded
President’s rule in the state
over Nitish Kumar govt’s
mismanagement of the
Hooch Tragedy. After at
least 72 people died after al-
legedly consuming spurious
liquor in Bihar’s Chhapra.
New Delhi: BJP MP Sushil
Modi hit out at Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar over compen-
sation to the kin of victims
who died due to hooch.
He said, “In 2018, as per
media reports, CM said
compensation will be given
if liquor proved to be
cause of death.
He promised
Rs 4 lakh each
to the kin of
hooch vic-
tims.”
Patna (ANI): In the aftermath of Bihar hooch tragedy, state
Excise Minister Sunil Kumar on Monday said that raids are
being conducted at various places to nab all the accused.
He added that further action in the hooch tragedy would be
taken only after the post-mortem report. “Raids are being
conducted at various places so that all accused and non-
FIR accused can be nabbed,” said Sunil Kumar.
DK Shivakumar
HC JUNKS PLEA
AGAINST PACKED
TIHAR JAIL
SC ASKS J’KHAND
TO RESPOND
BEFORE DEC 23
New Delhi (PTI): The Del-
hi High Court on Monday
refused to entertain a PIL
seeking to call for proba-
tion report of Tihar Jail
inmates to consider re-
leasing first time offenders
accused of offences pun-
ishable with imprisonment
of less than three years
to reduce overcrowding.
A bench of Chief Justice
Satish Chandra Sharma
and Justice Subramonium
Prasad, however, allowed
the petitioner to withdraw
the plea and file a fresh
one after better research.
New Delhi (PTI): Taking
note of the delay in the
appointment of a new
police chief in Jharkhand,
the Supreme Court has
directed the state govern-
ment to respond to the
Union Public Service Com-
mission (UPSC) to cure
the defects in the proposal
for recommending the
names of officers for the
post of the DGP. Incum-
bent Jharkhand Director
General of Police (DGP),
Neeraj Sinha, a 1987 batch
IPS officer, is scheduled to
retire on Feb 11, 2023.
New Delhi (PTI): Expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh
Sengar on Monday sought interim bail from the Delhi High
Court in connection with a case in which
he was sentenced to life term for raping a
minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao in 2017.
A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and
Justice Talwant Singh directed that the case
be listed before another bench for hearing
on December 22. List this application
before a bench in which one of us, namely, Justice Talwant
Singh, is not a member subject to obtaining directions of
the chief justice, the court ordered.
UNNAO RAPE CASE: KULDEEP SENGAR
MOVES DELHI HC FOR INTERIM BAIL
IN THE COURTYARD
MASOOD OBJECTS TO MISHRA’S REMARK
Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar and others stage protest over Veer
Savarkar’s portrait in Karnataka Assembly, on Monday.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu being felicitated at IYC office.
Kamal Nath
—FILE
PHOTO

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of State (MoS) (In-
dependent Charge) Dr
Jitendra Singh on Mon-
day inaugurated the
countrywide Good Gov-
ernance Week celebra-
tions from December
19-25, 2022, with a na-
tionwide launch of
“Prashasan Gaon Ki
Ore” campaign.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Minister said,
the ultimate litmus test
of good governance is
that its benefits should
reach the remotest citi-
zen living in the remot-
est village of India.
Dr Jitendra Singh
said, the “Rural Regen-
eration” vision of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi entails an
outcome-based ap-
proach to assess real
development on the
ground. Modi had once
said, “The country has
sufficient resources to
deliver benefits to the
last man in the queue
in the true spirit of An-
tyodaya and the de-
sired results can be
achieved through Good
Governance”.
MoS said that for sus-
tainable development
of rural India, Schemes
must take into account
the needs and wishes of
the people in true bot-
tom-up approach and
should be implemented
through latest techno-
logical tools in trans-
parent, effective ac-
countable manner.
Ultimatelitmustestisreachingremotestvillage:Singh
PRASHASAN GAON KI ORE
BJP on Monday accused
the Opposition, espe-
cially the Congress, of
having an obstruction-
ist approach and called
for not politicising a
sensitive issue like na-
tional security after sev-
eral parties walked out
of Rajya Sabha when
their demand for a de-
bate on alleged Chinese
incursion was not al-
lowed by the chairman.
Leader of the House
in RS and senior BJP
leader Piyush Goyal
said there are several
precedents of demands
for a discussion or clar-
ification on sensitive
issues not allowed in
Parliament when the
Congress-led UPA was
in power between 2004
and 2014.
It is unfortunate that
opposition’s “frustra-
tion” has reached such
a level that they have
stopped respecting par-
liamentary rules and
regulations or paying
any heed to the chair-
man’s rulings, he told.
OPPOSITION BEING OBSTRUCTIONIST, SAYS BJP
It is in India’s, its democracy’s and everyone’s interest that an issue as sensitive as national security should not be politicised, says Goyal
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
Congress and treasury
benches were engaged
in a verbal spat in the
Rajya Saba on Monday
after ex-finance minis-
ter P Chidambaram
sought to know if the
border situation fig-
ured during the brief
exchange Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi had
with Chinese President
Xi Jinping in Bali.
As the senior Con-
gress leader referred to
a video of Modi's brief
chat with Jinping in
Bali during the G20
summit last month,
treasury benches raised
a protest, alleging he
was deviating from the
discussion on supple-
mentary grants.
Rajya Sabha Chair-
man Jagdeep Dhankhar
asked Chidambaram to
place the video on the
table of the House later
in the day
.
Chidambaram said,
“I just want to know,
without going into de-
tails, was the border
situation discussed?
Don’t tell me what you
discussed.”
DidIndia-Chinarowfigurein
Modi,Jinpingexchange:PC
Piyush Goyal speaks during Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
P Chidambaram speaking in the RS during the Winter Session.
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress Leader in Lok
Sabha Adhir
Ranjan Chowd-
hury on Mon-
day sought time
for a detailed
discussion on
JK in the backdrop of
ongoing exodus of
Kashmiri Pandits tak-
ing place from valley
due to targeted terror.
Speaking in the
Lower House on
Monday, Chowd-
hury said, “In this
situation, a de-
tailed discussion
should be held on the
issue of Jammu
Kashmir in the House.”
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeks
discussion in Parliament on JK
New Delhi
(PTI): Nearly
1.15 crore In-
dians who
had never
before tak-
en a flight
were able
to experi-
ence air
t r a v e l
via the
govt's ambitious UDAN
scheme, Union Civil
Aviation Minister
Jyotiraditya Scindia
informed Parliament
on Monday.
Replying to queries
during Question Hour
in RS, Scindia said
UDAN is an ambitious
scheme of the govern-
ment of India, under
which during the last
six years — since its
inception in 2016 —
nearly 1.15 crore peo-
ple who had never trav-
elled in an aeroplane
were able to undertake
journey.
He further shared
that 11 airlines are cur-
rently part of UDAN,
out of which three are
startups, whereas 70
new airports have been
established.
“Apart from these we
are going to establish 68
new airports by end of
2024towardsdiversifica-
tionof civilaviationsec-
tor,” said the minister.
UDAN (Ude Desh ka
Aam Nagrik) was start-
ed on October 21, 2016.
68 new airports by end of 2024: Scindia
New Delhi (ANI): As
per National Monetiza-
tion Pipeline (NMP), 25
airports of the Airports
Authority of India (AAI)
have been earmarked
for leasing over years
2022 to 2025, said
Ministry of Civil Aviation
on Monday.
Minister of State for
Civil Aviation VK Singh,
in reply to a ques-
tion in Rajya Sabha
on Monday, said AAI
airports are leased out
in the public interest for
their better manage-
ment utilizing private
sector efficiency and
investment. States and
passengers are the
ultimate beneficiaries
of enhanced airport
infrastructure and facili-
ties created by a private
partner, who operates,
manages and develops
leased airport under
Public Private Partner-
ship (PPP), he said.
Minister further said
airports have emerged
as a nucleus of eco-
nomic activities have
a multiplier effect on the
economy of the State.
According to the MoCA,
airports namely Bhu-
baneshwar, Varanasi,
Amritsar, Trichy, Indore,
Raipur, Calicut, Coim-
batore, Nagpur, Patna,
Madurai, Surat, Ranchi,
Jodhpur, Chennai,
Vijayawada, Vadodara,
Bhopal, Tirupati,
Hubli, Imphal, Agartala,
Udaipur, Dehradun
Rajahmundry have been
earmarked for leasing.
WILL LEASE
OUT 25 AAI
AIRPORTS
BETWEEN
2022-25: GOVT
Sahibganj (Jharkhand)
(PTI): Search is under-
way to trace the remain-
ing body parts of a
woman, who was found
chopped into pieces in
Sahibganj district, po-
lice said on Monday.
Around 18 pieces of the
22-year old woman’s
body were recovered on
Sunday, they said. Her
husband Dildar Ansari
and several family
members have been ar-
rested for allegedly
committing the crime
following a feud on in-
tervening night of Fri-
day and Saturday
, police
said. Victim belongs to
primitive Pahariya
community, and was
the second wife of An-
sari. “Search operation
to retrieve other body
parts of the deceased is
on,” SP (Sahibganj)
Anuranjan Kispotta
said. Meanwhile,
sparked a war of words
between leaders of op-
position BJP ruling
JMM-led combine on
Monday. Ex Jharkhand
CM and senior BJP
leader Raghubar Das al-
leged that crimes
against tribal women
have been continuously
.
18 pieces of J’khand
woman’sbodyfound
New Delhi (FIB): The
Speaker of Lok Sabha,
Om Birla, inaugurated
the orientation pro-
gramme for Indian For-
est Service officers at
Parliament House Com-
plex on Monday
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Birla said that In-
dia’s diversity is its
strength and this
strength of ours is en-
shrined in our Constitu-
tion. Unlike other demo-
cratic countries, democ-
racy in India is associat-
edwithtraditionandhas
been part of our lives.
Talking about the role
of Indian Forest Service
officers, Birla said that
they should work for the
protection of forests as
well as increasing the
forest cover in the coun-
try
. Birla also said that
while implementing the
laws, the officers should
be sensitive towards
those whose lives live-
lihooddependonforests.
Referring to India’s
commitment to climate
conservation, Birla said
that climate protection
and worship of nature
have been an integral
part of Indian culture.
India is leading world in
climate protection: Birla
Om Birla addressing probationary officers of Indian Forest Service.
Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurating Good Governance Week.
NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN
Auraiya (UP): 5 people were killed 33 others injured
in separate accidents here on Monday morning due to
dense fog, police said. In Auraiya dist, 3 people were
killed and 9 others were
injured when a bus going
to Lucknow from Dehardun
rammed into a truck from
behind on Lucknow-Agra
Expressway, they said.
Deceased have been identified
as Mahesh Chandra, Neeraj Kumar and Aman Kumar,
they said. Due to dense fog, some other vehicles includ-
ing a bus and car were also affected by accident but no
passenger riding on them was hurt, police said. Injured
passengers were rushed to Saifai medical college hospi-
tal in Etawah for treatment, they said.
Lucknow: The Lucknow police have lodged an FIR
against a Twitter handle named, ‘AzaarSRK’, for sharing
a snippet of the song ‘Besharam Rang’ from Pathaan
with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s face in place of
Deepika Padukone. An
FIR has been registered
under Section 295A of
IPC Section 66 of the
Information Technology
(IT) Act. Several BJP
leaders and Twitter users
found this objectionable and disrespectful and demand-
ed strict action against the accused. Cyber team of DGP
headquarters is currently investigating matter. Song
‘Besharam Rang’ from Pathaan has courted controver-
sies ever since it was released.
FIVE KILLED, 33 INJURED IN ROAD
ACCIDENTS DUE TO DENSE FOG IN UP
FIR FOR MORPHING YOGI'S PICTURE IN
‘PATHAAN’ SONG, INVESTIGATION ON
NEWS DIGEST
Malta couple
who adopted
baby, charged
with conversion
Bareilly (Agencies):
An FIR has been filed
against a Malta-based
couple and an orphan-
age official here for
‘wrongful conversion’
of an abandoned baby
girl who was adopted
by the foreigners.
3 years ago, the baby
was found abandoned
in an earthen pot here
and was adopted by the
couple. Right-wing ac-
tivists have now lodged
an FIR against the or-
phanage in Bareilly
and Malta-based cou-
ple that has adopted
the baby.
This comes a week
before child, named
Sita, was supposed to
travel to Malta.
VIOLENCE ROCKS
ALLAHABAD
UNIVERSITY
3 DIE AFTER CAR
FALLS INTO RIVER
IN KERALA
Prayagraj: The Allahabad
University was rocked
by violence on Monday
when students fought
a pitched battle with
security guards and then
the police. Trouble began
when the guards stopped
a student leader from
entering the campus. The
student leader said that
he was on his way to the
bank inside the campus.
This led to a scuffle that
paved the way for stone
pelting by the students,
the officials said.
Thtissur: Three members
of a family died on Mon-
day after their car fell into
a river at Arattupuzha in
Thrissur district of Kerala,
police said. The family
was on the way to attend
a marriage function in a
nearby resort, the police
said. Rajendra Babu (66),
his wife Sandhya (62) and
their grandson Samarth
(6) died in the accident
the car met with while
navigating on the road
along river, the officials
further said.
These are strategic and border
roads in the northeast... We know
who is threat in country’s northern
and eastern parts. Have Chinese agreed to
discuss the friction points in Doklam
junction. —P Chidambaram, former Finance Minister
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) (ANI): Following the
Yangtse skirmish between the Indian and Chinese soldiers
along the Line of Actual Control in Tawang sector, the
monks of famous Tawang Monastery have warned China
that, “it’s not 1962, it’s 2022” and “it is PM Narendra Modi
government” at the helm. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will not spare anyone. We support the Modi govern-
ment and Indian army,” Lama Yeshi Khawo — a Monk
of Tawang Monastery said voicing the concerns of all
those present at the 17th-century monastery that has also
witnessed the 1962 clash between the Asian giants. Yesi
Khawo said that the Chinese government always “goes
after” other countries’ territories and it’s totally wrong.
‘IT’S NOT 1962, BUT 2022 WITH PM MODI GOVT’,
TAWANG MONASTERY MONKS WARN CHINA
Dildar Ansari

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 54,652.00 231.00 0.42 (Per 10g)
SILVER 68,255.00 784.00 1.20 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.69 0.06 0.07
GBPINR 100.75 0.12 0.11
CURRENCIES
Google to invest in early-stage startups
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Google will fo-
cus on investing in women-
led early-stage startups
through its `75,000 crore
India Digitisation Fund, a
senior company official
said on Monday. The com-
pany had launched $10 bil-
lion -- about `75,000 crore as
per the prevailing ex-
change rate at the end of
2020 -- to make access to the
internet affordable.
Through Google IDF, the
company bought a 7.73%
stake in Jio for $4.5 billion
and a 1.2% stake in Bharti
Airtel for $700 million.
“Moving forward, as
part of our IDF invest-
ments, we will be targeting
support for early-stage
companies with a particu-
lar focus on women-led
startups,” Sanjay Gupta,
Country Manager VP,
Google India said.
Thecompanyannounced
several projects powered
by artificial intelligence.
LED BY WOMEN
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z The company had
launched $10 billion India
Digitisation Fund to make
access to the internet
affordable.
z Through Google IDF, the
company bought a 7.73%
stake in Jio for $4.5 billion
and a 1.2% stake in Bharti
Airtel for $700 million.
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Net leas-
ing of office space is likely
to rise by 41-49% across
seven major cities this
year on a lower base and
improved demand post-
pandemic, according to
JLL India. Net absorption
or leasing of office space
stood at 26.2 mn square
feet in 2021, and it is like-
ly to be in the range of 37-
39 million square feet this
year across seven cities --
Bengaluru, Delhi NCR,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Kol-
kata, Mumbai and Pune.
Nevertheless, the net of-
fice leasing will remain
lower than the record ab-
sorption achieved in 2019
-- the pre-COVID year -- at
47.9 million square feet.
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
price rose `231 to
`54,652 per 10 gram in
the national capital on
Monday amid strong
global trends, according
to HDFC Securities. In the
previous trade, the pre-
cious metal had closed at
`54,421 per 10 gram. Sil-
ver also climbed `784 to
`68,255 per kilogram.
“Gold prices traded higher
in the Asian trading hours.
Comex gold prices are
trading up by 0.32% at
$1,795 per ounce,” said
Dilip Parmar, Research
Analyst at HDFC.
GOLD PRICES GAINS
`231; SILVER ALSO
CLIMBS BY `784
NET LEASING OF
OFFICE SPACE LIKELY
TO RISE BY 41-49%
New Delhi (PTI): The flexi
staffing industry grew 6%
in July-Sept as compared
to the preceding quarter
this year mainly due to
rise in demand across all
sectors due to festivities,
a report said. “Buoyed by
a strong festive season
and rising demand across
sectors, the ISF members
added 78,000 new jobs in
July-September quarter, a
6% rise in new jobs over
previous April-June quar-
ter,” said ISF’s Flexi Staff-
ing Employment Growth
report.
FLEXI STAFFING
INDUSTRY GROWS
6% IN JULY-SEPT
Mumbai (PTI): Italian su-
perbike maker Ducati on
Monday said it will hike
the prices of its entire
range of motorcycles in
India from January 1. The
company, however, did
not disclose the quantum
of the hike. Ducati India
announces an increase in
price on its entire motor-
cycle range to be effective
on ex-showroom price
from January 1, 2023, the
luxury bike maker said in
a statement. The revised
prices will be applicable
for all models and vari-
ants of the bikes irrespec-
tive of dealerships.
DUCATI INDIA TO HIKE
PRICES OF BIKES
FROM JANUARY 1
*Rates till the edition went to print.
JIO, AIRTEL GAIN
SUBSCRIBERS IN OCT
AT VI’S EXPENSE
New Delhi (FIB): Reliance
Jio and Bharti Airtel gained
1.41 million and 0.8 million
mobile users
respectively
in October,
largely at
the expense
of cash-strapped Vodafone
Idea (Vi), which continued to
suffer heavy customer losses,
unable to compete effectively
with its financially stronger
rivals. Vodafone Idea (Vi) lost
a whopping 3.5 million mobile
users in October, further
shrinking its user base to
245.62 million.
COAL PRODUCTION IN
INDIA TO TOUCH 1BN
TONNES NEXT FISCAL
New Delhi (PTI): India’s coal
production will touch one
billion tonnes
in the next
financial year
from 900
million tonnes
this fiscal ending March, as
the country gears up to stop
the import of thermal coal by
2024-25, Union Coal Minister
Pralhad Joshi informed Parlia-
ment on Monday. The Coal
Minister said India’s domestic
coal requirement will reach
1,500 million tonnes by 2030,
for which the nation needs to
scale up its production.
SUGAR OUTPUT UP 5%
DURING OCTOBER 1 TO
DEC 15, 2022 PERIOD
New Delhi (PTI): Sugar
production has increased
5% to 82.1
lakh tonnes
between
October 1 and
December 15
period of this marketing year,
while mills have contracted
to export 45-50 lakh tonnes
of sweetener, industry body
ISMA said on Monday. Sugar
marketing year runs from
October to September. The
production of sugar stood
at 77.9 lakh tonnes in the
corresponding period of the
2021-22 marketing year.
INDIA SEES ALMOST
TWO-FOLD JUMP IN
OILMEALS EXPORT
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
oilmeals export saw almost
two-fold jump at 23.92 lakh
tonnes during
the April-No-
vember period
of the current
fiscal, on re-
cord export of rapeseed meal,
according to the latest data
released by SEA. The country
had exported 15.96 lakh
tonnes of oilmeals in the same
period last fiscal. According to
SEA, the export of soyabean
extraction rose to 3.26 lakh
tonnes during April-November
period of the 2022-23 fiscal.
NTH TO OFFER EV BATTERY TESTING AT MUMBAI
KOLKATA CENTRES FROM NEXT FISCAL
New Delhi (PTI): Anticipating a rise in demand for electric vehicles
(EV), the government’s National Testing House (NTH) on Monday
said it will offer testing services for
EV batteries and charging systems
at its Mumbai and Kolkata centres
from the next fiscal. Currently, the
Manesar-based International Centre
for Automotive Technology and the
Pune-based Automatic Research
Association of India (ARAI) are the
two agencies in the country providing testing services for EVs and
their batteries.
OTHER STORIES
NiCrise8%annuallyto`32
lakhcrore:FMSitharaman
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sitharaman
on Monday said note in cir-
culation (NiC) has wit-
nessed an annual growth
of 7.98% to `31.92 lakh
crore as of December 2,
2022.
The demand for curren-
cy depends upon several
macroeconomic factors,
includingeconomicgrowth
and level of interest rates,
she said in a reply to the
Lok Sabha. The quantum
of cash or banknotes in the
economy depends on the
requirement for meeting
the demand for banknotes
due to GDP growth, infla-
tion, replacement of soiled
banknotes and growth in
non-cash modes of pay-
ment. She stressed that the
mission of the government
is to move towards a less
cash economy to reduce the
generation and circulation
of black money and to pro-
mote the digital economy
.
Both the government
and RBI have taken meas-
ures to promote a less cash
economy and encourage
digital payment, she said.
Minister of State for Fi-
nance Pankaj Chaudhary
in a reply to the House said
crypto assets are by defini-
tion borderless and require
international collabora-
tion to prevent regulatory
arbitrage.
“Therefore, any legisla-
tion on the subject can be
effective only with signifi-
cant international collabo-
ration on evaluation of the
risks and benefits and evo-
lution of common taxono-
my and standards,” he
said. In another reply,
Chaudhary said the total
FDI inflow in the country
increased from $81,973 mil-
lion in FY21 to $84,835 mil-
lion in FY22, reflecting in-
creased foreign investment
opportunities in India.
Indiais2ndlargest
steelproducer:Min
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India’s steel
production has reached a
historic level of 120 million
tonnes per year making it
the world’s second-largest
producer of Steel, the gov-
ernment said on Monday
.
Steel Minister Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia said India in-
tends to double its steel
production to 300 million
tonnes per annum by 2030.
“There has been a dou-
bling in the last eight years
of steel production in the
country, which has been
historic and which is why
we have become the second
largest steel producer in
the world today,” he told
Rajya Sabha.
The minister informed
that steel production in the
country has increased at a
historic level. In 2013-14, we
had only close to about 60
million tonnes per annum
production of steel, we are
today at 120 million
tonnes,” he said.
“In terms of capacity, we
had only 75 million tonnes,
we are today at 154 million
tonnes,” he said.
India will be big
export eco: Pichai
New Delhi (PTI): India
will be a big export econo-
my and it needs to create a
balance between safe-
guarding citizens and ena-
bling compa-
nies to inno-
vate with its
f r a m e w o rk ,
Google CEO
Sundar Pichai
said. Pichai
said that the company is
focussing on startups from
India and out of its $300
million for the startups,
around one-fourth will be
invested in entities that are
led by women. He said that
the technology is working
at a big scale and touching
lives of people around the
world, which calls for fram-
ing responsible and bal-
anced regulation.
Govt to take view on privatisation
of PSBs after consultation
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Monday said it
will take a view on privati-
sation of public sector
banks (PSBs) after consul-
tation with the concerned
department and regulator.
Consideration of issues
related to disinvestment
and decision on selection,
terms and conditions, etc.
in case of strategic sale is
entrusted to the Cabinet
committee designated for
this purpose under the
Government of India
(Transaction of Business)
Rules, 1961, minister of
state for finance Bhagwat
Karad said in a written re-
ply to Lok Sabha.
“Before such considera-
tion for decision thereon,
consultation is undertaken
with the ministries and de-
partments concerned and,
where necessary, with the
regulator concerned,” he
said.
In the Union Budget for
the financial year (FY)
2021-22, he said, the govern-
ment’s intent to take up
privatisation of two PSBs
and approval of a policy of
strategic disinvestment of
Public Sector Enterprises
(PSEs) was announced.
Icra revises banking
sector outlook to
‘positive’
Mumbai (PTI): Domestic
rating agency Icra on Mon-
day upped its banking sec-
tor outlook to ‘positive’ on
healthy asset growth, im-
proving asset quality and
stronger capital buffers.
The agency expects asset
quality to improve to a dec-
adal best of 4% from a gross
NPAs perspective by the
end of FY24.
The banking system’s
credit growth will slow
down to 11-11.6% in FY24,
after a very healthy growth
of 15.2-16.1% expected in
FY23, the rating agency
said. A bulk of the credit
growth story will be led by
state-owned lenders which
are in far better shape now
having recognised and pro-
vided for loan losses and
also after some capital infu-
sions, it said, adding that
the market share gains for
private sector lenders will
slow down. Public sector
lenders will witness a cred-
it growth of 13.4-14.1% in
FY23 and 9.5-10.1% in FY24,
the agency estimated, add-
ing that the same for pri-
vate sector banks will be
14.5-15.5% and 12.6-13.5%.
AS OF DECEMBER 2, 2022
IT DEPENDS ON
REQUIREMENT
z The quantum of cash or
banknotes in the economy
depends on the requirement
for meeting the demand
for banknotes due to
GDP growth, inflation,
replacement of soiled
banknotes
Sensex,Nifty climb
nearly 1% after
two sessions of fall
Mumbai (PTI): Key
stock indices Sensex and
Nifty closed nearly 1%
higher on Monday fol-
lowing heavy buying in
banking, oil and FMCG
shares after two ses-
sions of losses. Bench-
mark Sensex jumped
468.38 points or 0.76% to
settle at 61,806.19. Dur-
ing the day, it advanced
507.11 points or 0.82% to
a high of 61,844.92.
The broader NSE Nif-
ty climbed 151.45 points
or 0.83% to end at
18,420.45.From the
Sensexpack,Mahindra
Mahindra, Power Grid,
Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Fin-
serv, HDFC, Hindustan
Unilever, Maru-
ti, ITC, Titan,
Nestle, Bajaj
Finance and
Reliance In-
dustries were
the major
winners.Tata
Consultancy
Services, In-
fosys, Tata
Motors and
I n d u s I n d
B a n k
w e r e
among
the lag-
gards.
RUPEE RISES 6 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 82.69
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
gained 6 paise to settle at
82.69 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Monday as
robust buying in the domestic
equities and a weak American
currency against key crosses
overseas boosted investor
sentiments. At the interbank
forex market, the local unit
opened weak at 82.80 against
the greenback and witnessed
an intra-day high of 82.57
and a low of 82.80. It finally
ended at 82.69 against the
American currency, register-
ing a rise of 6 paise over its
previous close of 82.75.

08
2NDFRONT
9 J-K STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL ASTEROID SEARCH CAMPAIGN
Jammu(PTI): In the
first, nine students of a
private school in Jam-
mu and Kashmir’s
Kathua district partici-
pated in a global aster-
oid search campaign as
part of NASA’s citizen
science project.
The campaign was
organised by Delhi-
based Homi Lab in as-
sociation with the In-
ternational Astronomi-
cal search collaboration
(IASC) from October 21
to November 15, Homi
Lab said in a press re-
lease here.
A spokesperson of
the lab said this was the
first time that a school
from the Kathua dis-
trict has participated in
the NASA Campaign.
It said Shrnya, Abhay
Pratap Singh, Divum
Bharti, Rashi Sharma,
Alyssa Sardhalia, Sa-
mar Pratap Singh Bhad-
wal, Mehul Sharma,
Mrigan Kamouli Vaish-
isth and Pranaya Ma-
hajan from Spring
Dales English School
Kathua participated in
the Kalam Asteroid
Search Campaign.
“As part of NASA’s
citizen science project
that is conducted by
Hardin Simmons Uni-
versity
, USA, under this
programme, IASC and
Homi Lab deployed a
unique platform that
gave selected partici-
pants a once-in-a-life-
time opportunity to dis-
cover real near-Earth
objects and Main Belt
asteroids. Outreach and
training support was
extended by Kalam Cen-
tre, Delhi,” the release
said. It said a total of 105
participants from nine
countries were selected
acrosstheglobethrough
a rigorous screening
process and were later
trained to analyse data
and spot potential aster-
oids close to the earth.
“At the end of the
campaign, young minds
made path-breaking
contributions to NASA’s
Near-Earth Object
(NEO) Programme and
discovered 3 prelimi-
nary asteroids. Prelimi-
nary discoveries are the
first observations of
asteroids found in the
main belt located be-
tween the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter which
need further confirma-
tion to go to provisional
status,” the release said.
It said this usually takes
up to five years after
which the asteroid can
be officially catalogued
by Minor Planet Center,
International Astro-
nomical Union (IAU).
The release said se-
lected participants
were provided highly
specialised training in
order to operate the ad-
vanced astronomical
software, Astrometrica.
This software is used
to analyse images from
the ‘Pan Starrs’ (The
Panoramic Survey Tele-
scope and Rapid Re-
sponse System) tele-
scope,locatedinHawaii,
USA. It uses a 1.8 m (60
inch)telescopetosurvey
the sky to look for aster-
oids, comets, and Near-
Earth Objects (NEO).
NASA PROJECT
105 FROM 9 NATIONS
New Delhi: The Delhi
government informed
the Delhi High Court
Monday that the matter
pertaining to the imple-
mentation of the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to
Animals (Pet Shop)
Rules, 2018 is currently
pending before the
Lieutenant Governor’s
office for consideration,
in a public interest liti-
gation seeking regula-
tion of pet shops in
strict compliance with
the said rules and the
Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals Act, 1980.
The counsel appear-
ing for the Delhi gov-
ernment informed a di-
vision bench of Justice
Siddharth Mridul and
Justice Talwant Singh
that the file went from
the Chief Minister’s of-
fice on December 14 and
the issue is presently
before the L-G, pending
consideration. The HC,
thereafter, listed the
matter on February 2,
2023. Last month, the
HC had asked the Delhi
government to inform
the court about the
“mode and manner in
which the 2018 rules are
being implemented and
enforced in accordance
with law”.
In a hearing last
month, senior advocate
Jayant Mehta, appear-
ing for the PIL litigant,
had submitted that
pleadings have been
complete. During the
hearing, the Delhi gov-
ernment was unrepre-
sented, and Mehta said
replies have been filed
by respondents and the
Delhi government was
represented in the mat-
ter in the previous
hearings.
Mehta had submitted
that as per the RTI filed
by the petitioner in No-
vember last year, a list
of pet shops registered
with the Delhi Animal
Welfare Board shows
that not even a single
pet shop has been regis-
tered. Mehta further
submitted that pet
shops need a licence be-
fore housing animals,
and in Delhi not even a
single pet shop is regis-
tered with the state ani-
mal welfare board.
2018 PET SHOP RULES
FILE PENDING BEFORE L-G OFFICE,
DELHI GOVT TELLS HIGH COURT
HCasksDelhigovt,MCDto
replytopleaforbasicamenities
BHALSWA RESETTLEMENT COLONY
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi High
Court Monday
sought response of
Delhi government,
municipal corpora-
tion and other au-
thorities on a plea
seeking to provide
basic amenities in-
cluding sanitation,
drinking water,
health and education
services to the in-
habitants of Bhalswa
resettlement colony
here which is located
near the landfill
leaving the whole
area polluted.
A bench of Chief
Justice Satish Chan-
dra Sharma and Jus-
tice Subramonium
Prasad issued notice
to the authorities and
sought their replies
on the petition that
also said the resi-
dents are forced to
live with contaminat-
ed water and poor liv-
ing conditions due to
which they are facing
serious health issues.
‘AUTHORITIES IGNORANCE’
RETIRED UP COP
LOSES OVER RS 8L
TO CYBER THUG
‘Nafrat ke bazaar mein,
merimohabbatkidukan’
Alwar: Former Con-
gress president Rahul
Gandhi was at his po-
etic best on Monday
when, while addressing
a mega crowd at
Malakhera in Alwar
district of Rajasthan,
Rahul jibed at BJP lead-
ers and stressed, “I do
not find BJP leaders to
be bad. When I go on
the way, they point and
ask what are you doing?
I want to answer them
that I am opening a
shop of love in the mar-
ket of hatred. Come,
you also open a shop of
love in the market. Ma-
hatma Gandhi, Sub-
hash Chandra Bose,
Sardar Patel, Ambed-
kar all had opened shop
of love in the market of
hatred,” the Gandhis
scion said. Rahul also
said that the best
scheme for the poor is
in Rajasthan.
Noida (PTI): A re-
tired police sub-in-
spector has been
conned of over Rs
8.50 lakh by a cyber
thug who posed as
the government’s
treasury officer to
help him with his
pension, an official
said on Monday
.
An FIR has been
lodged at the Cyber
Crime police station
in Noida’s Sector 36
and police have
launched an investi-
gation into the case,
the official said.
“On November 21,
I got a call from an
unknown number.
The person on the
other side identified
himself as a treasury
officer from Saharan-
pur. He said you have
applied for transfer-
ring your pension to
Saharanpur and
shared a lot of details
about my profession-
al documents, con-
vincing me that he
indeed is a govern-
ment officer,” Ac-
cording to complain-
ant Bijendra Singh
Malik, who retired
from the police ser-
vice on July 31.
“This person then
told me that he was
preparing the file of
my pension and that
in order to proceed
further he would
send me an OTP on
my phone number
which I must share
with him. I obliged
with the OTP and
some other details as
sought by him over
the phone. A little
later, I got notifica-
tions that a sum of
Rs 8.62 lakh has been
withdrawn from my
account in two in-
stallments,” the re-
tired cop said.
FOR THEIR SUPREME SACRIFICE
Students pay floral tributes to Kakori martyrs near the statue of Chandra Shekhar Azad, at
Azad park, in Prayagraj on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AIIMSsuspendsstoreofficeroverirregularities
New Delhi: AIIMS Del-
hi has suspended a
store purchase officer
after authorities found
several irregularities at
the store under him. In
an order, the All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences said the store
purchase officer will re-
main in New Delhi
headquarters and will
not leave without ob-
taining the prior per-
mission of the compe-
tent authority
. “During
the period that this or-
der shall remain in
force he shall be enti-
tled to subsistence al-
lowance as per rules,”
said the order issued on
December 17.
According to official
sources, the officer had
been keeping expired
products in his store
and the suspension no-
tice came after AIIMS
Director M Srinivas vis-
ited the store last
Wednesday and found
irregularities with the
procurement and stock-
ing of surgical items.
“He had placed products
which were without ten-
der,” said an official.
The move comes days
after AIIMS Delhi an-
nounced it will create a
procurement digital li-
brary (PDL). The digital
library will act as a re-
pository of all the sup-
ply and work orders is-
sued by the AIlMS and
willbemadepublicfrom
April 1 next year. This
will ensure transparen-
cy and reduce the bur-
den of applications filed
under the Right to Infor-
mation Act (RTI) related
to AIIMS procurement,
according to officials.
Seats up for
grab in special
spot admission
round in 33
DU colleges
New Delhi: Admis-
sions to 33 shortlisted
colleges will take place
in Delhi University’s
special spot round, for
which candidates can
begin applying Monday
.
While very few of the
arts courses are up for
grabs in this special
round, the largest num-
ber of vacant seats in
some colleges are for
language courses such
as BA (Honours) in San-
skrit, Punjabi or Urdu.
Apart from this, several
seats continue to re-
main vacant for various
science courses across
colleges, and in home
sciences programmes.
Even courses such as
B.Com and B Com (Hon-
ours) continue to have
seats vacant in some
colleges such as Aditi
Mahavidyalaya, Dr
Bhim Rao Ambedkar
College and Swami
Shraddhanand College.
No north campus col-
lege is part of this spe-
cial round. Candidates
who have not been allot-
ted to any college so far
will be able to partici-
pate in this round. They
will be able to apply
over the next two days
and the allocations will
be declared on Dec 22.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Rahul Gandhi at a rally at Malakhera on Monday.
Stress is good as it helps us perform
at our best, but unrelenting stress
breaks one’s life, so revitalise
yourself regularly.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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here are sev-
eral alterna-
tives availa-
ble when
looking for a
dress to wear
on a night
out. It might be hard to
attempt to narrow
down your options on
your own because dif-
ferentclothesworkbet-
ter for different body
shapes, climates, and
events. If you want to
add extra glamour to
your appearance then
you can go with a stun-
ning strapless outfit.
A strapless dress or
top has no apparent
shoulder straps or oth-
er forms of support,
yet it nonetheless fits
snugly around the up-
per torso. The internal
corset and/or bras-
siere are typically
used to support the
dress, and the tight-
ness of the bodice pre-
vents the garment
from falling out of
place.
Strapless fashion
was born when wom-
en’s clothes got more
open-minded in the
1960s and it became
more popular and ac-
ceptable to expose
skin. Today, strapless
dresses can also incor-
porate elements from
other dress types, such
as belts, fitted bodices,
and long, flowing
skirts like in maxi
dresses. International
fashion designers in-
cluding Christian
Dior, Alexander Mc-
Queen, and Stella Mc-
Cartney all include
strapless pieces in
their designs.
In recent years, sev-
eral celebrities have
been photographed
donning strapless
gowns. Gisele, a Brazil-
ian fashion model, was
one of them and she
was dressed in a long,
flowing white dress by
Christian Dior.
There are a tonne of
alternatives available
for the strapless fash-
ion to add to your
closet if you’re
ready to incorpo-
rate the trend into
your wardrobe.
There are so
many interesting
strapless designs
that designers are
embracing right
now, from sculp-
tural minidresses
to chic maxis.
Apart from styling
a straoless dress
the difficulties of
wearing a strapless
dress are
numerous. Depend-
ing on the situation,
if you style it cor-
rectly, the appear-
ance would have the
desired style.
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
STRAPLESS
DRESSES HAVE
HAD QUITE A
JOURNEY IF
YOU ASK. THE
POPULARITY
OF BANDEAU
DRESSES AND
CORSETS HAS
CONTRIBUTED
TO THE
ENDURING
POPULARITY
OF STRAPLESS
NECKLINES.
LET’S DIVE
INTO THIS
STAGGERING
STRAPLESS
FASHION WITH
CITY FIRST
SLAY THE DAY
SLAY THE DAY
YOUR WAY
YOUR WAY

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SANTOSHI,
Artist
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Limiting some items
from your diet will have
a positive effect on your
health. There is much
to achieve today and
you will find yourself up to it.
Academic front seems favourable. You
are likely to buy something you have
been longing for.You are likely to spend
some time in self introspection.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Family issues that are
leading to disputes are
likely to be resolved
amicably. There is a
chance of somebody
taking you along for a function or a
party. Keeping track of something or
someone may prove an uphill task.
Your standing in your professional
circle is likely to get a boost.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Financial front remains
rosy and promises to
bring in gains.
Guidance may become
the key to further your
career. A family member may make
you proud with an achievement.
Spending time with friends is possible.
Some of you may decide to take your
romance to the next level.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
You may want things
differently on the
domestic front, but will
need to convince others
about your ideas. A
break from the routine is indicated and
will give you time to do things you
were not getting time. Change of
season requires you to take good care
of your health.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
You will succeed in
wriggling out of a tight
financial situation by
curbing wasteful
expenditure. An outing
with family promises much fun. Prepare
well for a long journey, if you want to
travel comfortably. Shifting to a new
house or a new city cannot be ruled out
for some.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Something being
organised on the social
front may get you
totally involved. Expect
immediate returns from
the investments made by you.
Workload is likely to increase on the
professional front. This is a fine day on
the financial front, as you manage to
earn a lot.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
Your bank balance is
likely to swell and make
you financially secure.
Buying something
expensive for the house
is indicated. Responsibilities are likely to
increase manifold. Those feeling
lethargic and unwell may get back on
the path to perfect health. Love is in the
air and you are likely to enjoy.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Problems faced on the
financial front are likely
to disappear. Someone
who admires you will
leave no stone unturned
in appeasing you today. Those unwell
are likely to recover soon through
regular medication. Something may
keep you from realizing your full poten-
tial on the academic front.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
Someone’s good advice
will help in making the
right decisions on the
academic front. Things
start looking up on the
health front as you manage to remain
regular in your workouts. Prospects of
marriage for lovers are set to brighten.
Some of you can book tickets to
someplace exotic.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Something new may be
acquired for the home
by homemakers. An
initiative on the health
front is likely to give
rich dividends. Those involved in a
project will be able to give a good
account of themselves. Someone you
despise is likely to turn over a new leaf,
so let bygones be bygones.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
This is a positive day
that proves special for
some. Meditate to
embark on a new
spiritual journey. You
will be able to regain lost ground on
the academic front to come at par with
the rest. Excellent showing at work will
get you hand-picked for an important
assignment.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
Going the extra mile for
someone will be greatly
appreciated by all.
Much hustle and bustle
can be expected on the
social front to your delight.Someone
may not agree to your terms but that
should not affect your productivity. You
will get a chance to tap your potential
on the professional front.
YOUR DAY Horoscopeby
SaurabbhSachdeva
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WHETHER YOU’RE AN AVID WINTER SPORTS ENTHUSIAST OR ONE THAT PREFERS TO STAY INDOORS AT ANY SIGN OF
COLD OR WET WEATHER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW TO KEEP YOUR FEET WARM AND DRY.
WHEN VENTURING OUT INTO THE ELEMENTS YOU MAY NEED SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A
RAIN BOOT OR A FANCY KNEE-HIGH. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME EASY SURVIVAL TIPS TO
EFFECTIVELY KEEP YOUR FEET WARM AND DRY THIS WINTER SEASON!
ow in case you are one
of those who wish for
winterstogoawaysoon,
we have something spe-
cial for you! What if we
told you, that you can
love the Christmassy
season, just as much as others
and also keep your feet (and
hands) warm and soft, how
would you feel? Elated, right?
WEAR A WARMER SHOE:
Give your feet a head-start by
keeping your shoes indoors
where it is warmer.
WEAR SHOES DESIGNED
FOR YOUR ACTIVITY AND
WEATHER: Avoid mesh run-
ning shoes. Instead, wear a hik-
ing boot or trail shoe and some-
thing with a thicker sole, is wa-
ter resistant or has water-proof
features, especially around the
toes and lower sides of the shoe.
WEAR A THICKER SOCK:
Aim for wool or synthetic fiber
socks rather than cotton, which
can absorb moisture quickly,
dry slowly and pull heat away
from your skin, making it a fab-
ric to avoid when there might be
snow involved.
WATERPROOF CLOTHING:
If you’re going to be in cold con-
ditions for an extended period
of time, consider adding a liner
between your sock layers, or
even using plastic bags.
MOVE YOUR BODY:Startingto
feel cold, walk faster, ski faster,
runfaster,doafewjumpingjacks.
Physical activity increases body
heat and helps to get the blood
movingfastertoyourextremities
whichalleviatesthatcoldfeeling.
Remember that if you use toe
warmers or do warm water
soaks, then you’ll want to make
sure the toe warmer or water is
not too hot as you can easily
burn yourself. If you have neu-
ropathy then you need to check
the temperature with your
hand or forearm first, as you
cannot rely on your feet to tell
you if it is too hot.
Don’t let cold feet keep you
indoors during the winter.
There is more to winter walking
than just the treadmill. But
your toes can get painfully cold,
and you may even risk frostbite
in bitter weather. You want to
avoid getting sweaty feet, as that
puts you at risk of developing a
blister. You can protect your feet
in cold weather with these tips.”
HAPPINESS IS
HAPPINESS IS,
,
WARM FEET!
WARM FEET!
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
N
z Take one tablespoon of ghee and
heat the same in a small pan
z Add about 2-4 almonds to
the heated ghee and let the dry fruit
turn black in colour
z On medium heat, let these
two ingredients mix well and
afterwards, just add it to a small
container
zEvery night, before sleep, ap-
ply this roasted almond ghee concoc-
tion to your toes and over the same,
wear your socks for some time
z You can massage your toes and also
your cuticles for nail health
z Do this for about 2 weeks and you
will see the difference yourself. Not
only will your feet stay warm but they
will feel soft and supple (like the ones
shown in ads)
HOW TO KEEP YOUR FEET WARM AND SOFT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS

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J
anhvi Kapoor is one of the
most talented actresses in
the industry. The Roohi ac-
tress always remains in
limelight due to her personal and
professional life. Janhvi, who
dated Shikhar Pahariya in the
past was recently spotted in Delhi
with her ex-boyfriend at an event.
To note, Shikhar Pahariya is the
grandson of Sushilkumar Shinde,
the former Chief Minister of Ma-
harashtra. The two dated each oth-
er for a few years before parting
ways. However, they did not con-
firm their relationship.
On Saturday, Janhvi and Shikhar
attended a fashion show in Delhi.
Many pictures and videos of the duo
from the event are doing
rounds on the internet and
soon after fans wondered if
they have rekindled their
romance. One user wrote,
“Are you guys back to-
gether?” While another
user said: “Happy to see
you both together
again.” In the video,
Janhvi is seen don-
ning a beige bodycon
dress and paired it
with a matching
oversized blaz-
er, while Shi-
khar sported
a sparkly
outfit.
eepika Padukone, who
is one of the most loved
actresses in town, re-
cently jetted off to Qa-
tar to launch the FIFA
World Cup 2022 trophy.
The first pictures and
videos of the diva
are out and fans
just can’t
stop gush-
ing over her. She was seen un-
veiling the trophy in style ahead
of the final match between
France and Argentina. Soon af-
ter her appearance, the pictures
and videos went viral on the
Internet.
In the viral pictures and vide-
os, the actress is seen donning a
white shirt with black pants and
a leather overcoat. She complet-
ed her chic look with a side-part-
ed bun. While launching the tro-
phy, Deepika was seen adding
extra charm to the frame with
her million-dollar smile. The
dimpled beauty looked
all things gorgeous. She
launched the trophy in a jam-
packed stadium. A while ago,
her Pathaan co-star Shah Rukh
Khan was seen making an ap-
pearance during a pre-match
show with Wayne Rooney. The
duo recreated SRK’s signa-
ture pose in the studio. The
picture of them has gone
viral on the Internet.
D
DEEPIKA UNVEILS FIFA
WORLD CUP 2022 TROPHY
SECRET ROMANCE!
K
areena Kapoor
Khan is current-
ly going through
an excellent
phase in her acting ca-
reer, with some unique
and promising projects
in her kitty. The su-
premely talented ac-
tress, who recently won
the hearts of audiences
with her stellar perfor-
mance in Laal Singh
Chaddha, is keen to play
challenging characters.
Kareena, who is also a
great movie buff, often
gives her followers rec-
ommendations on what
to watch, and even re-
views her favourite
films and shows. Simi-
larly, she recently re-
viewed the White Lotus
Season 2, with an inter-
esting Instagram story
.
The popular star,
who is highly im-
pressed with the
highly popular
show, took to her
official Instagram
handle and posted a
special story, which
reads: “White Lotus
Season 2 - One word -
Genius (red heart emo-
ji). However, it is the
next line in Kareena Ka-
poor Khan’s Insta story
that caught the eye of
cine-goers. “We can do
this too... Zoya Akhtar
@zoieakhtar Are you
listening? (red heart
emoji),” wrote the pop-
ular actress.
SHEER BEAUTY
A
swespeakaboutcelebs,onesuchstarwhohas
always been attracted to avant-garde style is
Fashion Queen Shehnaaz Gill. Time and
again, Shehnaaz has simply stunned us
with her fashion statement, and we are totally
bowled over her wardrobe collection. Ditching
the extravagant heavily embellished ensem-
bles, Shehnaaz hopped on the ongoing ombre
saree trend and nailed it like a goddess. The
actress shared a few pictures on her Instagram
handleinwhich,shelooksbreathtakingdraped
in a pink and white ombre dupion silk floral
printed six-yard and exudes elegance as she
poses for the pictures. Her saree is beautifully
adorned with floral motifs on the border and is
draped very well. She paired her six-yard with a
floral printed sleeveless blouse that per-
fectly elevates her look. Shehnaaz
completed her look by donning dia-
mond jewellery with her outfit. She
went for subtle makeup and styled
her hair into a bun.
A
REQUEST
FOR
ZOYA
AKHTAR!
N
ora Fatehi is back in one of her
personal favourites, that is, a co-
ordinated outfit. At the moment,
she’s in Qatar the land of FIFA
World Cup 2022. As expected, we were
in sheer fireworks and her recent
lookisournewagendafortheseason.
Is there a style code that read ‘dresses
for December’? When you feel like
there needs to be a look in the spirit of
monochrome wholesomeness, watch
out for this dream ensemble. So
tastefully and royally Prada,
she looks c’est chic in this
two-piece combo. Loosen
up your style this winter
and get your summer-
ish appeal with this en-
semble because life is
too short to not try
something sexy
, isn’t it?
There is too much has-
sle around a long shirt
andallthosehackswe
use to make it look
modishly stylish.
Reach for this Rs.
1,19,766.94 twill
cropped shirt
which features a
retro-stylecollar,
long sleeves, a
pocket, a print-
ed logo, and an
e l a s t i c a t e d
hem.
NORA’S PRADA
CO-ORD SKIRT SET
Nora Fatehi
Kareena Kapoor
Zoya Akhtar
Janhvi Kapoor
Janhvi and Shikhar Pahariya during the fashion show
Shehnaaz Gill
Nora in Prada co-ord skirt set
Deepika Padukone
Deepika unveils the trophy
Shehnaaz in silk
floral saree

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