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First India Bureau
Nagpur: The Maha-
rashtra government on
Monday presented a
supplementary demand
of Rs 52,327 crore in the
Assembly, including Rs
8,945 for the Urban De-
velopment Department,
which is headed by
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde. The supplemen-
tary demand presented
by Deputy CMDevendra
Fadnavis, who also
holds the finance portfo-
lio, has a sum of Rs 3,200
earmarked for compen-
sation to farmers affect-
ed by unseasonal rains.
The Rs 8,945 crore allot-
ted to the UDD assumes
significance as the
terms of several civic
bodies have ended and
polls are due.
The Rural Develop-
ment Dept has been giv-
en Rs 5,579 crore, while
Rs 1,000 crore has been
earmarked for basic in-
frastructure in rural ar-
eas and a similar
amount has been allo-
cated for the Hinduhri-
day Samrat Balasaheb
Thackeray Nagpur-
Mumbai Expressway
.
'REVOLUTIONARY'
Border dispute, naxal threat heats up the political temperature in House
First India Bureau
Nagpur: The first day
of the winter session of
the Maharashtra Legis-
lative Assembly began
with an uproar by the
opposition, with MLAs
of the Mahavikas Agha-
di holding placards pro-
testing in the Vidhan
Bhavan premises over
the Maharashtra-Kar-
nataka border dispute
MLAs of NCP, Con-
gress and Uddhav Bala-
saheb Thackeray Shiv
Sena joined the protest.
Leader of Opposition
Ajit Pawar raised the is-
sue of the border dis-
pute in the Assembly
and said “A Lok Sabha
member from Maha-
rashtra has been
stopped from entering
Belagaum. In a meeting
with Home Minister
Amit Shah it was de-
cided that no one would
be stopped from going
there, then how can the
collector there take
such a decision.”
Responding to the is-
sue raised by Pawar,
Shinde said, “For the
first time the Home
Minister of the country
mediated the border
dispute, he has taken
this issue seriously
. We
have presented the side
of the border residents
to him. Amit Shah has
put forth his point in
front of the border dis-
pute. Now there should
be no politics on the
border dispute. We
should stand together
with the border resi-
dents.”
Maharashtra Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis aligned
with CM Shinde’s re-
marks and said that the
government will look
into the matter.
Notably, after the
House adjourned for
the day
, Deputy CM Fad-
navis spoke to reporters
in the Vidhan Bhavan
complex, and address-
ing the blackade of Ma-
harashtra Turn to P6
1ST DAY OF MAHARASHTRA ASSEMBLY'S WINTER SESSION
Home Minister has
mediated the border
dispute, taking this issue
seriously, Shinde said Nagpur: Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis on
Monday said a political party was behind a sudden
surge in the passing of resolutions by some villages
in the border areas seeking to join Karnataka and Tel-
angana. Speaking at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
function in Nagpur, Fadnavis, who holds the Home
portfolio, cited intelligence input to say workers of a
political party in those villages held such meetings
with an intention to defame the Maharashtra govt.
“There has been a surge in resolutions being passed
by some villages in (border areas) of Maharash-
tra over the last few weeks seeking to merge with
neighbouring Karnataka and Telangana. I am also a
home minister and asked intelligence officials to find
out the truth behind it. It was evident that workers of
a particular political party in those villages held such
meetings to defame the state government”, he said.
“Political party behind border villages
resolving to join K’taka and Telangana”
Maha govt
presents
supplementary
demand of
`52,327 crore
First India Bureau
Pune: Social activist
Anna Hazare on Mon-
day said the proposed
Lokayukta Act in Maha-
rashtra on lines of Cen-
tre’s Lokpal legislation
will be a “revolution-
ary” tool to fight against
corruption. Hazare,
who has been demand-
ing the state govern-
ment bring the Lokay-
ukta law, congratulated
and thanked Chief Min-
isterEknathShindeand
Deputy CM Fadanvis
for the decision to ac-
cept the draft. “I
thanked CM Shinde and
Deputy CM Fadnavis
for deciding to bring the
Lokayukta Law. I told
them this Act will prove
revolutionary to fight
against corruption in
the state,” said Hazare.
The 85-year-old anti-
corruption crusader
said he had held several
agitations and indefi-
nite hunger strikes
seeking the Lokayukta
Act.
“In 2018, I sat on a
hunger strike in Ram-
leela Maidan in Delhi.
The then CM Fadnavis
had promised to enact
the (Lokayukta) act in
the state but later that
promise was not kept.
Besides the previous
Fadnavis-led govern-
ment, I had also asked
its successor Uddhav
Thackeray-led govern-
ment to introduce this
law but they also didn’t
do anything,” Hazare
told reporters at Rale-
gan Siddhi village in
Ahmednagar district.
Social activist Anna Hazare —FILE PHOTO
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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. P8
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.”
Opposition MPs walk out from the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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 pri-
mary producers and
consumers of millet
crops.

First India Bureau
Nagpur: Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde on
Monday said in the Ma-
harashtra Assembly the
state should stand firm-
ly behind people in the
Marathi-speaking areas
of neighbouring Karna-
taka. He also appealed
to political parties not
to behave in a way that
would hurt them.
He was addressing
the state Assembly on
the first day of the Ma-
harashtra Legisla-
ture’s Winter Session
in Nagpur.
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Devendra Fadnavis
said the state govern-
ment will initiate a spe-
cial programme for the
development of villages
located along the bor-
der and resolve their
pending issues.
The state govern-
ment was making ef-
forts for the release of
the people and leaders
detained in Karnataka,
he said amid the ongo-
ing boundary dispute
between the two states.
Raising the issue in
the Assembly
, Leader of
Opposition Ajit Pawar
said Shiv Sena MP
Dhairyasheel Mane (of
the Shinde faction) was
stopped from entering
Belagavi in Karnataka,
despite the intervention
of Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah in the
boundary dispute.
Responding to it,
Shinde said there can be
no dispute over the fact
that the issue raised by
Pawar is important in
terms of Maharashtra.
“For the first time,
the Union home minis-
ter intervened in the
matter and mediated.
He called a meeting and
this has happened for
the first time. He has
taken the matter seri-
ously,” said the CM.
“We should stand by
the people residing in
border areas, back their
struggle and act in a
way that does not hurt
them,” he added.
Shinde said the state
government urged the
Centre that this issue is
related to the self-re-
spect of Maharashtra
and that it should take a
firm stand in the favour
of Maharashtra and
people residing in the
border areas.
“We said vehicles
from Maharashtra are
vandalized and at-
tacked. This is not in
sync with law and order
and democracy. Such
things should not hap-
pen because there could
be a reaction to an ac-
tion,” the CM said.
The Union home min-
ister also gave instruc-
tions that such things
shouldnothappensince
the matter is (pending)
before the Supreme
Court, Shinde said.
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First India Bureau
Nagpur: Senior Con-
gress leader Ashok
Chavan on Monday
claimed Maharashtra
was being misled over
the issue of Karnataka
Chief Minister Basa-
varaj Bommai’s ‘fake’
Twitter handle amid
the boundary dispute
between the two states.
Speakingtothemedia
complex here, Chavan
asked why the Maha-
rashtra government
was silent in the matter
and said it seemed the
state government was
helping Karnataka to
brush aside the contro-
versy over the issue of
the ‘fake’ Twitter ac-
count from which “pro-
vocative comments”
were made.
The former chief
minister added that the
provocative language
used in the tweets was
objectionable.
“It was clarified that
the Twitter handle was
fake. But the handle
was active since Janu-
ary 2015 and has been
verified by Twitter. Till
now, the official deci-
sions taken by the Kar-
nataka government are
posted on that handle,”
Chavan said.
CM Eknath Shinde
last week said tweets in
the name of his Karna-
taka counterpart claim-
ing some areas of Maha-
rashtra were not actu-
ally posted by Bommai.
On this Chavan said,
“The Maharashtra gov-
ernment is being mis-
led over the fake Twit-
ter handle issue,” he
alleged.
Maha being misled over ‘fake’
Twitter account issue: Chavan
Ex-Maharashtra
CM said the
provocative
language used in
tweets was
‘objectionable’
Congress leader Ashok Chavan —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Shiv Sena
- Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray faction
member Arvind
Sawant on Monday con-
demned the “ban” on
the entry of party MP
Dhairyasheel Mane
into Karnataka’s Bela-
gavi district and called
it an attack on the Con-
stitution.
Raising the issue
during Zero Hour in
the Lok Sabha, the
south Mumbai MP also
called for Union Home
Minister Amit Shah’s
intervention in the
matter and demanded
protection to Maha-
rashtra Ekikaran
Samiti’s leaders follow-
ing Karnataka Police’s
action against some of
them during a protest
in Belagavi.
Sawant described the
Belagavi district ad-
ministration’s move as
an “insult” to the home
minister, saying it
came close on the heels
of Shah advising Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai and
his Maharashtra coun-
terpart Eknath Shinde
on resolving the bound-
ary dispute between
the two states.
“The ban on the en-
try of leaders from Ma-
harashtra is an attack
on the Constitution.
The worst is that our
home minister is being
insulted by non-compli-
ance with the advice
that he gave to the chief
ministers of Karnata-
ka and Maharashtra
for maintaining peace,”
Sawant said.
Mane was recently
appointed as the chief
of an expert committee
formed by the Maha-
rashtra government re-
garding a writ petition
in the Supreme Court
on the border dispute
with neighbouring
state Karnataka.
He had requested the
Belagavi administra-
tion to make arrange-
ments for his visit to
the city. However, the
district authorities
banned his entry, say-
ing a “possible inflam-
matory speech” by him
might create law and
order problems.
“Karnataka chief
minister is not follow-
ing his (Shah’s) advice.
We vehemently con-
demn it and demand
that the Union Home
Minister immediately
intervene,” Sawant
said.
Attack on Constitution: Uddhav ‘Sena’
MP MANE BAN
Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MP Arvind Ganpat
Sawant speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of the
Parliament, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Arvind Sawant calls for Union Home
Minister Amit Shah’s intervention in
the matter, demanded protection to
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti’s
leaders after Karnataka police action
‘WE SHOULD STAND BEHIND MARATHIS’
DAY 01 OF MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE WINTER SESSION IN NAGPUR
Nagpur (PTI): Na-
tionalist Congress
Party (NCP) MLA Sa-
roj Ahire Wagh
caught everyone’s at-
tention when she ar-
rived at the Maha-
rashtra Legislature
carrying her two-
and-a-half-month-old
son to attend the
Winter Session,
which began here on
Monday
.
The MLA from Na-
shik was accompa-
nied by two members
of her family
, and her
son Prashansak, who
was born on Septem-
ber 30.
Speaking to re-
porters before enter-
ing the Vidhan
Bhavan, Ahire Wagh
said, “Apart from be-
ing a mother to a
baby boy, I am also a
public representa-
tive and have come to
raise concerns of my
constituency
.”
First India Bureau
Nagpur: The Balasa-
hebanchi Shiv Sena
faction led by Chief
Minister Eknath
Shinde took posses-
sion of the existing
Shiv Sena office on
the premises of the
Nagpur Legislative
Assembly complex
on Monday
.
While Shiv Sena -
Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray faction
MLAs were allotted
another office, the
Shinde faction moved
in making their de-
sired adjustments to
the 3-decade-old par-
ty headquarters.
Prior to CM Shin-
de’s visit to the office,
portraits of Uddhav
Thackeray and his
son were replaced
with the portrait of
Shinde’s political
mentor late Anand
Dighe.
NCP MLA arrives with newborn
son to attend Winter Session
‘Old’ Sena office at Assembly
goes to Eknath Shinde camp
Saroj Ahire Wagh with her 2-month-old son Prashansak. Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde.
First India Bureau
Nagpur: Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra
Fadanvis on Monday
said youth from the
Naxalism-affected Gad-
chiroli district in Vid-
arbha region of the
state are not joining the
outlawed movement
anymore. New recruits
are brought from Odis-
ha and Chhattisgarh,
he added.
Speaking in the Ma-
harashtra Assembly
during on the first day
of the Winter Session,
Fadnavis, who is also
the state home minister,
said his stand remains
the same as was of for-
mer Home Minister RR
Patil, who acted tough
against the left-wing ex-
tremism.
“Today, the youth of
Gadchiroli are not join-
ing the Naxal dalams.
They have to bring re-
cruits from Chhattis-
garh and Odisha,” said
Fadnavis.
He was replying to
queries raised by oppo-
sition members over
Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) MLA Dhar-
amrao Atram getting
threats from Naxalites
demanding stopping of
the Surjagarh mining
project in Gadchiroli
district.
in the Assembly and
NCP MLA Ajit Pawar
demanded that Atram’s
security be enhanced in
view of the threat.
NCP leader Dilip
Walse-Patil said,
“Naxalites have started
activities to stop the
mining project and
steps should be taken to
ensure nothing of that
sort happens.” He said
the project gives em-
ployment to over 4,000
people.
However, Congress
MLA Nana Patole took
a contrary stand. He
said the Naxal move-
ment was gaining
strength due to the Sur-
jagarh mining project.
“Do not take this
lightly
. I want to keep it
on record. The iron con-
tent in the ore is 65%
and the deposit could
last for 300 years,” said
Patole.
The ban on the entry of leaders from
Maharashtra is an attack on the
Constitution. The worst is that our
home minister is being insulted by
non-compliance with the advice that he gave to
the chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra
for maintaining peace.
—Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP
CM Eknath Shinde addresses the Maharashtra Assembly in Nagpur on Monday.
CM Shinde reiterates support to people in Marathi-speaking areas of K’taka amid border row
We should stand by the people residing in border areas, back
their struggle and act in a way that does not hurt them. We said
vehicles from Maharashtra are vandalized and attacked. This is
not in sync with law and order and democracy. Such things should
not happen because there could be a reaction to an action.
—Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra Chief Minister
Nagpur (PTI): As the
Winter Session of the
Maharashtra legisla-
ture began in Nagpur
on Monday, opposition
parties raised the issue
of the boundary dis-
pute with Karnataka.
They also condemned
the ban imposed on MP
Dhairyasheel Mane
from entering Belagavi
district in the neigh-
bouring state.
Talking to reporters
complex here, Leader
of Opposition in the
Assembly Ajit Pawar
said there was a meet-
ing of the Maharash-
tra Ekikaran Samiti
(MES) on Monday
wherein some leaders
and other people from
Maharashtra were
stopped by the Karna-
taka government.
“Shiv Sena MP Dhair-
yasheel Mane was not
allowed to enter Bela-
gavi. We condemn this
incident,” said the Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty (NCP) leader.
Pawar also demand-
ed the government
should collect informa-
tion on this and inform
the House about it.
On the state govern-
ment’s plan to intro-
duce a bill in the legis-
lature to have a Lokay-
ukta law which will
also bring the chief
minister and ministers
under its ambit, the
said it will be studied
and there is no reason
to protest against it if
it is in the interest of
the people.
OPPN PARTIES CONDEMN
BELAGAVI VISIT BAN ON MP
‘Gadchiroli youth not joining Naxal movement’
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis addresses the Maharashtra
Assembly in Nagpur on Monday.
Ajit Pawar arrives for the Winter
Session in Nagpur on Monday.
—ANI
PHOTO

MAHARASHTRA
03
Minor gang rape case: MSCW
takes suo moto cognizance
First India Bureau
Palghar: Taking suo
moto cognizance of the
alleged gang rape of a
16-year-old by eight men
in Palghar district, the
Maharashtra State
Commission for Women
has directed police to
take stringent action
against the culprits,
said Raupali Cha-
kankar, the panel’s
chairperson on Monday
.
In a video message,
Chakankar said the
commission came to
know about the inci-
dent through social me-
dia and has taken suo
motu (on its own) cogni-
zance of the same.
The commission has
directed the Palghar
district superinten-
dent of police to take
stringent action
against the arrested ac-
cused, she said.
Chakankar said she
has spoken to the po-
lice chief and got de-
tailed information
about the incident. The
culprits will be con-
victed and stringent
action will be taken
against them, she said,
adding the commission
always makes efforts to
ensure such incidents
do not occur.
The incident took
place during the inter-
vening night of Friday
and Saturday. The ac-
cused, including a
friend of the girl, alleg-
edly raped her at an
unoccupied bungalow
in the beach village be-
fore taking her to the
seashore where they
again sexually assault-
ed her, a police official
said earlier.
In an official release
on Sunday, the Palghar
police said when the
girl did not return
home on Saturday, her
parents carried out a
search for her. When
they called her up, she
kept crying. Later, they
approached the police
who traced the girl.
She narrated her or-
deal later.
Based on the victim’s
complaint, the police
arrested the eight ac-
cused in the early hours
of Sunday and regis-
tered a case against
them under various
sections of the Indian
Penal Code (IPC) and
also the Protection of
Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act.
The accused have been
remanded in police cus-
tody till December 22,
the police said.
MSCW head asks Palghar cops to
take strict action against culprits;
accused in custody till December 22
ON GUARD
BMC invites tenders worth
`30 cr for manhole upkeep
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Tenders
worth Rs30 crore for
the repair and mainte-
nance of manholes in
Mumbai have been in-
vited by the stormwa-
ter drain department
of the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC).
“If we find broken
potholes or if our em-
ployees receive com-
plaints of leaking wa-
ter from the manholes,
it will be repaired in
the next 12 hours. Ac-
cordingly, BMC has
invited tenders from
the contractors,” an
official said.
There are more
than one lakh man-
holes in Mumbai city
and suburbs. Drain-
age lines of Mumbai
are of the British era
with several of them
damaged. The cur-
rent condition leads
to the sewage water to
come out through the
manholes. It also pos-
es risk to the health
condition of people in
the locality.
Notably
. There have
been a few reports of
humans falling into
manholes. According
to the officer, the ap-
pointed contractor
will be given a two-
year contract.
Till November end,
BMC installed around
5,792 protective grills
over manholes on
stormwater drains
and sewerage net-
works across the city.
These protective
grills are to protect
people from falling
down in manholes
even if they are left
open during flooding.
However, it has been
noticed that the man-
hole cover gets stolen
at many places as it
fetches between
Rs3,000-5,000.
One dead, 10 injured
as container truck rams
into bus with 35 on board
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A container
truck collided with a
passenger bus on the
Mumbai-Pune Express-
way in Raigad district
on Monday morning,
resulting in the death of
the bus driver and injur-
ing at least 10 other pas-
sengers, said a Raigad
police official.
There were 35 passen-
gers aboard the bus, on
their way to Shahpur
from Sindhudurg, after
returning from a wed-
ding function, he added.
The accident hap-
pened when a container
truckhitthebusfromits
rear side. The massive
impact caused the bus
drivertofalloff thevehi-
cle. He came under the
wheels of the container
killing him on the spot,
said the official.
Ten other passengers
were also injured in the
incident and rushed to a
nearby hospital for
treatment.
The container driver
tried to flee the spot, but
was later detained by
police. An investigation
has been launched re-
garding the incident.
COP HURT WHILE
PUTTING OUT
FIRECRACKERS
Mumbai: A police consta-
ble suffered burn injuries
while trying to put out fire-
crackers for safety reasons
during a Urs procession
near a school in Mahim
area on Sunday night.
Police have booked three
brothers for bursting the
crackers. The procession
was held last day of the
renowned and heavily pa-
tronized Makhdoom Shah
Baba’s death anniversary.
“Some people in proces-
sion were bursting crack-
ers. The on-duty inspector,
keeping the safety in mind,
instructed the constable
to put out the firecrackers.
While trying to douse the
crackers with his feet, the
constable suffered burn
injuries” said official.
NOD TO `34.61 CR
CIVIC STAFF
EXPENSE BILL
Mumbai: Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation has
approved an expenditure
bill worth Rs34.61 crore
generated by civic hospi-
tals, assistant commis-
sioners and their staffers
for accommodation during
the COVID-19 lockdown.
Since essential person-
nel could not go to their
homes back then, deans
of the hospitals as well as
assistant commissioners
had requested the BMC
to arrange accommoda-
tion for them. The BMC
commissioner had issued
a circular and directed
the officials to give make
arrangements as per their
staffers’ cadres and also
asked them to check bills
and certify payments.
FAKE DOCUMENTS
TO SECURE BAIL:
TWO PEOPLE HELD
Mumbai: Officials of
Crime Branch unit 03 have
arrested two persons for
allegedly producing fake
documents to secure bail
for under-trial accused in
severe offences. The ac-
cused have been identified
as Nitin Sarvade (49) and
Mohammed Shareef Dhalait
(50). “We found that ac-
cused, with help of a ration-
ing officer, made fake ration
cards, which they provided
to various undertrials to
secure bail,” an officer
said. Investigation revealed
that a group of people was
involved in submitting fake
documents in magistrate
courts in Mumbai.
TICKET CHECKER
ATTACKED BY
PASSENGER
Thane: Sunil Kumar
Gupta, a ticket checker of
the Central Railway was
attacked by a passenger
at Ambivali railway station
in Kalyan taluka of Thane,
police said. While on duty
at around 9 am, Gupta
spotted a passenger who
he suspected was travel-
ling without a ticket. Upon
approaching him, the
accused allegedly pulled
out a blade and attacked
Gupta who sustained a
cut to his neck. He was
rushed to a nearby hospi-
tal. A complaint has been
lodged under relevant
sections of the Indian
Penal Code (IPC).
TWO ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS KILLED IN
NAGPUR; 4 ACCUSED ABSCONDING
Nagpur: Two men ferrying illicit liquor were killed in Wadi area
of Nagpur, said a police official. Bodies of Yogesh Meshram
(27) and Mahesh Gajbhiye (26) were found on road divider
on Amravati Road near Gondkhairi when they were allegedly
bringing cans of ‘mahua’ (liquor) on a motorcycle. “A car fol-
lowing them first rammed into the two-wheeler, and four men
from the vehicle alighted and stabbed the duo. They then fled
from the scene,” he said. A murder case has been registered,
said Senior Inspector Pradip Raynawar of Wadi police station,
adding teams from Crime Branch and Gittikhadan police sta-
tion were helping in the efforts to nab the four.
WRITTEN PLEA FOR FIR TO COPS OVER
‘BESHARAM RANG’ SONG FROM ‘PATHAAN’
Mumbai: A written complaint has been submitted to Mum-
bai police seeking the registration of an FIR in connection
with the saffron dresses worn by actor Deepika Padukone
in the song “Besharam Rang” in the upcoming Shah
Rukh Khan-starrer “Pathaan”. The complaint against the
producer, director and lead cast of the film is for allegedly
hurting the religious sentiments of people and “intentional”
use of the colour saffron to offend Hindu religion was sub-
mitted on Saturday, said a Sakinaka police station official.
The complaint by an activist alleged the song promotes
vulgarity among the youth and could also cause law and
order disruptions in society, he added.
CRUCIAL READ
STATUS QUO
Bombay HC directs Maha to appoint an appellate authority
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Monday
asked the Maharashtra
government to expedi-
tiously appoint an eligi-
ble person as the Divi-
sional Commissioner,
Konkan Division, Navi
Mumbai, to decide (ex-
ternment) appeals.
“It has been observed
the appellate authority
is not deciding the ex-
ternment appeals expe-
ditiously. It is submit-
ted that in some mat-
ters the dates are fixed
after six months and
even in cases where the
order of externment is
for a period of six
months or more, the ap-
pellate authority is not
hearing the appeal ex-
peditiously,” the High
Court said.
An affidavit to that
effect will also have to
be filed by the state
government before
January 05, 2023.
The bench of Justice
Amit Borkar passed the
order while hearing a
pleafiledbyoneGanesh
Dhabale who was ex-
terned on August 23,
2022, for a period of
eight months. On Sep-
tember 20, 2022,
Dhabale filed an appeal
before the appellate au-
thority
.
Advocate Ganesh
Gupta, appearing for
Dhabale, pointed to the
court that the post of
Divisional Commis-
sioner, Konkan Divi-
sion, Navi Mumbai, is
vacant, and the charge
had been handed over
to the Collector, Raigad.
The bench then ob-
served that the Collec-
tor is a very busy per-
son, and said, “It is,
therefore, necessary
that the state govern-
ment shall take imme-
diate steps to fill in the
post of Divisional Com-
missioner, Division
Konkan, Navi Mumbai,
so that the appeals are
heard by the competent
authority
.”
An affidavit to that
effect will also have to
be filed by the state
government before
January 05, 2023
Loan agents circulate morphed photos
of woman to extract money,case filed
First India Bureau
Navi Mumbai: The
Kharghar police have
registeredacaseagainst
loan recovery agents of
one instant loan appli-
cation for allegedly har-
assing a 41-year-old
Navi Mumbai woman
by circulating her mor-
phed photographs with
her husband, and rela-
tives to extract money
.
According to the
complainant, the victim
received a message on
her mobile in the first
week of December 2022
regarding an urgent
loan facility from an
app called ‘Paisa Home’.
The victim is resident
of Kharghar Taloja and
works as marketing
manager. On December
17 around 11 am, she re-
ceived a message from
an unknown mobile
number saying Hello.
Later, she received de-
tails of the loan she had
taken from the loan app
‘Paisa Home’.
After a while, she re-
ceivedhermorphedpho-
to from the same num-
ber in which her face
was clubbed with a nude
photo. However, after
some time, she received
a message from her hus-
band and relatives about
receiving a message that
theyhadtakenoutaloan
and did not return.
Thesenderof themes-
sage threatened to circu-
late her photos on social
media platforms to de-
fame her. According to
police, the complainant
woman had to return
Rs31,000 in a week after
receiving a loan in her
bank account.
Victim received
message on her
mobile in the
first week of
December 2022
regarding an
urgent loan
facility
Family creates ruckus after infant loses life at Mum hosp
ANOTHER INFANT DEATH
First India Bureau
Mumbai: An infant
passed away within a
few hours after she was
born at a non-registered
hospital at Shivaji Na-
gar, in the eastern sub-
urbs of Mumbai, which
allegedly did not have
any neonatal facilities.
The incident took
place in the wee hours
of Monday and a First
Information Report
(FIR) was registered
based on the complaint
of the girl’s father.
Police have arrested
the hospital’s manager
along with the nurse
while they were still
looking for the attend-
ing doctor and its owner.
According to Senior
Inspector of Shivaji Na-
gar police station Arjun
Rajane said “The hospi-
tal is not registered, the
nurses are not quali-
fied, the doctors do not
have the necessary
qualifications and the
hospital did not have
the neonatal facilities
required as per law,”.
They said no doctor
was present when the
motherstartedtoexperi-
ence labour pain and an
under-qualified nurse
assisted the woman in
delivering her baby
.
The local police were
informed about the in-
cident. When the police
team reached the RN
Medical Hospital, a doc-
tor, who has a Bachelor
of Ayurvedic Medicine
and Surgery (BAMS)
degree, jumped from
the terrace and fled.
Rajane said Rabiya
Khan, 23, was admitted
to the hospital around 8
pm Sunday. Around 2
am, when she was about
to deliver the girl, no
doctors were present
and the nurse, Soliha
Khan, was asked to ad-
minister an injection by
the BAMS doctor, Me-
htab Khan, he said.
Soliha assisted Rabi-
ya to deliver her baby in
the absence of the doc-
tor, the police said.
Baby’s father,
who is an auto-
rickshaw driver,
had to ferry her
in his vehicle
MOB ATTACK

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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05
INDIA
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
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-
ingadefeatintheassem-
bly elections, the party
will put all its might in
local outreach rallies.
Moreover, Shah has re-
portedly also asked the
party leaders in state
why has the left’s vote
share increased while
BJP’s hasnt.
In view of the 2024
General Elections, BJP
has taken an aggressive
stanceinBengalthathas
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 addressed by
PM Narendra Modi. No-
tably
, Amit Shah, on Sat-
urday
,askedstateleaders
tofocusonholdingsmall-
er rallies. It is also being
saidthateverymonth2-3
rallies will be held in ap-
prox two dozen constitu-
enciesalreadychosenby
thehighcommand.Amit
Shah and BJP national
President JP Nadda, it is
beingsaid,willaddressa
dozen rallies each dur-
ing this time.
Amit Shah lays out plan for
‘BANGLA-VIJAY’!
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
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.
—FILE
PHOTO

06
INDIA
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
New Delhi (PTI): The
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
New Delhi (PTI): The
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
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.
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
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 De-
hardun 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 including a bus
and car were also affected by accident but no passenger
riding on them was hurt, police said. Injured passengers
were rushed to hospital in Etawah for treatment, they said.
FIVE KILLED, 33 INJURED IN ROAD
ACCIDENTS DUE TO DENSE FOG IN UP
NEWS DIGEST
Border dispute...
leader in Karnataka,
said, “It was decided be-
foretheUnionhomemin-
ister that people from
boththestateswillnotbe
stopped from crossing
the border and visiting
the neighbouring areas.
However, the Karnataka
government did not al-
low people from Maha-
rashtra to participate in
a local morcha organised
democratically
. We will
also discuss the issue
with Karnataka chief
minister.” Meanwhile,
the issues of Naxalites
and the recent threat to
Aheri MLA Dharmarao
Baba Atram from Gad-
chiroli also surfaced in
the House to which
DyCM Devendra Fad-
navis said that the said
MLA will be given apt
security
.
“The government has
takenseriouslythethreat
received by Naxalites to
MLA Dharmarao Baba
Atram, he will be given
all necessary security
.
Naxalites are deliberate-
ly instigating people re-
garding the Surjagarh
project. The government
will complete the Surjag-
arhproject,Maharashtra
will never stop fearing
Naxalites,wewillanswer
them, today we have
stopped Naxalism in
Gadchiroli up to a few
tehsils, and the youth of
Gadchiroli has stopped
going towards Naxalism
today
,” said Fadnavis.
On the issue of villag-
es looking to merge with
other neighbouring
states, CM Eknath Shin-
de, without naming for-
mer Maharashtra chief
minister Uddhav Thack-
eray, said, “the earlier
government had stopped
schemes (pertaining to
the welfare of people re-
siding in border areas),
while his government
hasagainstartedthemin
four months. We have got
information from the po-
lice which parties are be-
hind the resolution
(passed by some border
villagesof Maharashtra)
tomergewithneighbour-
ingstates.Wehaveallthe
information.”
He said an irrigation
project worth Rs 2,000
crorefor48villagesinJat
taluka in Sangli was
cleared by the cabinet on
Sunday
.
FROM PG 1

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
following heavy buying
in banking, oil and
FMCG shares after two
sessions of losses.
Benchmark Sensex
jumped 468.38 points or
0.76% to settle at
61,806.19. During 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 Uni-
lever, Maruti,
ITC, Titan, Nes-
tle, Bajaj Fi-
nance and Reli-
ance Industries
were the major
winners.Tata
Consultancy
Services, Info-
sys, Tata Mo-
tors and In-
d u s I n d
Bank were
a m o n g
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
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
First India Bureau
Mumbai: For the past
couple of days, Mum-
bai has been register-
ing high tempera-
tures. The India Mete-
orological Depart-
ment (IMD) recorded
a maximum day tem-
perature of 35.2 °C in
the Santacruz obser-
vatory on Sunday
.
According to mete-
orologists, warmer
days are expected in
this week too.
Health experts have
asked Mumbaikars to
use of face masks to
prevent the risk of res-
piratoryailments.Doc-
tors have also suggest-
ed office goers to work
from home and install-
ing air purifiers to en-
sure clean air indoors.
Experts blamed the
cause of the air pollu-
tiononwindsthathave
stagnated,trappingthe
pollutants.
Sandeep Shukla
Mumbai: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) state
chief, Chandrashekhar
Bawankule, on Monday
said that the party plans
to secure 51% of the
vote share in the 2024
Lok Sabha elections. He
called on workers and
leaders to begin prepa-
rations to achieve the
target.
A one-day meeting of
BJP state office-bearers
and district presidents
was called in Nagpur on
the day to discuss prep-
arations for the upcom-
ing polls.
Addressing the gath-
ering, Bawankule said,
“During my visit to
various districts of the
state, I found that after
the government led by
Shinde and Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis came to
power, support for the
party has increased.”
On the BJP’s fight in
Lok Sabha polls, the
state unit chief said,
“There is a fight for 51%
in coming elections. We
have to secure more
than 50% of total votes,
and to achieve that, we
have to strengthen the
party organization.”
Talking about state
polls, Bawankule reaf-
firmed BJP’s support to
Shinde faction Balasa-
hebanchi Shiv Sena.
“When Balasahe-
banchi Shiv Sena fields
its candidate in upcom-
ing polls, the support of
BJP organization will
be useful to them and
ensure their victory.
Therefore, we have to
play an aggressive and
active role to strength-
en the party organiza-
tion,” he said.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The ambi-
tious bullet train pro-
ject between Mumbai-
Ahmedabad seems to be
on the right track as the
work on this mega pro-
ject has gained momen-
tum with the ministry
claiming on Monday
that more than 98% of
the land has been ac-
quired for the project in
Maharasthra.
Piers have been erect-
ed for a distance of
more than 118km , gird-
ers are being launched
and the work on the
construction of bullet
train stations has also
started, the Railway
Ministry said.
In a series of tweets,
the ministry claimed
that while 98.22% land
hasbeenacquiredinMa-
harashtra, in Gujarat,
98.87% land has been ac-
quired and in Dadra and
Nagar Haveli, 100% of
the land has been ac-
quired for the project.
IMD says, Mumbai expected to
have warmer days in this week
More than 98% land acquired
for bullet train project in Maha
Aurangabad (PTI): At
least 80 to 90 acres of
landwasdugupillegally
during the construction
of the Mumbai-Nagpur
Samruddhi Expressway
in Maharashtra's Au-
rangabad, a Bharatiya
JanataParty(BJP)MLA
has claimed.
BJP MLA Haribhau
Bagde has written to the
administration regard-
ing illegal digging car-
ried out in his constitu-
ency Phulambri.
“The Deogiri Cooper-
ative sugar factory has
around 135 acres of land
at Sawangi in Phulam-
bri. While 20 acres had
been acquired in Mum-
bai-Nagpur Samruddhi
Expressway project, il-
legal excavation was
carried out on the re-
maining land, which
has been left unleveled,”
Bagde said on Saturday
.
An inquiry should be
conducted by the collec-
tor and administration
into the illegal digging
and land owners must
be given compensation,
he said.
“Illegal excavation
was carried out in near-
ly 80-90 acres of land.
The authorities should
find out if the excavated
soil was used for the ex-
pressway project or else-
where,” he added.
First India Bureau
Nashik: Efforts are on
to develop infrastruc-
ture to make Nashik a
leading legion in the
country for export-im-
port of agricultural pro-
duce as well as automo-
bile and other manufac-
turing items, said Union
Minister Nitin Gadkari
on Monday
.
He was speaking at an
event while inaugurat-
ing a few projects and
layingfoundationstones
for the upcoming ones.
“Rapid development,
especiallyof goodroads,
will bring about employ-
ment opportunities. We
want the export of
grapes, onions etc as
well as automobile sec-
tor items to take place
directly from here. Ef-
forts are on to make Na-
shik a leading region for
export-import using the
road, rail and air,” Gad-
kari said.
He launched and
laid foundation stones
of 226km of road
worth Rs1,830 crore
during the function
held in Igatpuri.
“We are performing
the bhoomipujan of sev-
en road works with a to-
tal length of 205km.
Theseprojectsareworth
Rs1,577 crore. They in-
clude works in Dhule
Lok Sabha area as well.
The work on six-laning
the Gonde-Pimpri Sado
section will also start,”
he said.
The Union Minister
of Road Transport and
Highways said the com-
missioning of the Nag-
pur-Mumbai Samrud-
dhi Expressway will
bring traffic pressure at
Vadpe, where the Mum-
bai-Agra Highway and
the upcoming Mumbai-
Delhi Expressway will
converge.
“Vadpe will become a
very important junction
in the future. It will di-
rectly benefit JNPT Port
near Mumbai. It will
speed up export-import.
From Vadpe, we will
reach Delhi, Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan in a quick
time. This will increase
the importance of Nah-
sik,” he said.
Moreover, some
Rs10,000 crore of works
of theproposedRs80,000-
crore Surat-Chennai Ex-
pressway, will pass
throughNashik,hesaid,
adding the expressway
will be 1,290km-long and
motorists can reach the
twocitiesinGujaratand
Tamil Nadu in 10 hours.
‘Slew of road projects will make Nashik an export-import hub’
‘CONNECTING INDIA’
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched and laid foundation stones of 226km of road worth `1,830
crore during the function held in Igatpuri on Monday.
Nitin Gadkari said efforts are on to
develop infrastructure to make
Nashik a leading region in the country
Reiterates BJP’s
support for
Shinde camp as
party targets
51% vote share
The Union Minister
of Road Transport
and Highways said
the commissioning of
the Nagpur-Mumbai
Samruddhi Express-
way will bring traffic
pressure at Vadpe,
where the Mumbai-
Agra Highway and
the upcoming Mum-
bai-Delhi Expressway
will converge.
SMOOTH
ROAD AHEAD
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Nafrat Ke Bazaar Mein,
Mohabbat Ki Dukan
Khol Raha Hu: Rahul
First India Bureau
Alwar: Former Con-
gress president Ra-
hul Gandhi was at his
poetic best on Mon-
day when, while ad-
dressing a mega
crowd at Malakhera
in Alwar district of
Rajasthan, Rahul
jibed at BJP leaders
andstressed,“Idonot
find BJP leaders to be
bad. When I go on the
way, they point and
ask what are you do-
ing? I want to answer
them that I am open-
ing a shop of love in
the market of hatred.
Come,youalso opena
shop of love in the
market. Mahatma
Gandhi, Subhash
Chandra Bose, Sard-
ar Patel, Ambedkar
all had opened shop
of love in the market
of hatred,” the Gan-
dhis scion said. Ra-
hul said that the best
scheme for the poor is
in Rajasthan. “In the
state before Ra-
jasthan, people used
to say that we have to
get kidney transplant
done, we do not have
money
. This does not
happen in Ra-
jasthan,” he said.
Jalna (PTI): Leaders of
some political parties
andfunctionariesof out-
fits rued the absence of
government officials at
the Minority Rights Day
event in Jalna on Mon-
day
, though the district
collector said it was due
to staff being deployed
for gram panchayat elec-
tion duty
.
Minority Rights Day
,
establishedin1992,iscel-
ebrated nationwide on
December 18, which was
a Sunday
, leading to the
official observance of
the day being scheduled
this year on Monday
.
Activists claimed that
government officials re-
mained absent despite
theJalnadistrictadmin-
istration issuing a press
note about the day being
observed on Monday
.
Minority Rights Day:
Officials’ absence
upsets activists
BJP MLA demands
investigation into
illegal excavation
A 54-km stretch of
the Mum-Nagpur
Expressway will pass
through Aurangabad
The BMC has issued guidelines to reduce dust in the air.
Picture of the work under construction shared by Ministry of
Railways on its Twitter handle @RailMinIndia.
Maha BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule —FILE PHOTO
Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sukhjinder Randhawa,
CM Ashok Gehlot, KC Venugopal, Dr BD Kalla, GS Dotasra,
Tikaram Jully, Mamta Bhupesh, Bhanwar Jitendra, Sachin
Pilot others at the public meeting held during ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ in Malakhera in Alwar.
BawankuleurgespartytobeginLSpollprep
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) chief Mohan
Bhagwat has said In-
dia’s development will
be based on the vision
and aspirations of its
people.
Speaking at an event
in Mumbai on Sunday,
Bhagwat said, “If India
does it by looking at
America and China, it
won’t be India’s devel-
opment. It may be devel-
opment, but then India
will become like China
and America, he said.
“India’s development
will happen based on
its vision, the condi-
tions and aspirations
of its people, culture
and our country’s out-
look towards the
world,” Bhagwat said.
Talking about reli-
gion, Bhagwat said, “A
religion which makes
man prosperous but
destroys nature is not
religion.”
“If India becomes
strong, we won’t wield
the ‘danda’ (stick) as
China and America do,
but due to us those who
wield the ‘danda’ will
stop wielding them,” as-
serted the RSS chief.
India’s development
model is not about de-
veloping itself and let-
ting other countries
fight with each other,
the RSS chief said. “In-
dia’s development
means progress of the
whole world,” he added.
“
As India is becoming
strong and prosperous,
Indians all over the
world are holding their
heads high. Earlier,
hardly anyone took no-
tice, but now we have
been asked to host the
G20Summitandgranted
its presidency
,” he said.
“We are telling Rus-
sia not to continue the
war (with Ukraine) and
it says India is a good
country
. Had we said so
in the past, Russia
would have shut us up.
This shows India is
growing and the reputa-
tion of Indians is grow-
ing,” said Bhagwat.
INDIA’S DEVT WILL BE BASED ON
PEOPLE’SVISION,SAYSBHAGWAT
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat —FILE PHOTO
According to
the RSS chief,
the reputation
of Indians is
growing globally
India’s development will happen based
on its vision, the conditions and aspi-
rations of its people, culture and our
country’s outlook towards the world.
—Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief
“As India is becoming
strong and prosper-
ous, Indians all over
the world are holding
their heads high. Earlier,
hardly anyone took
notice, but now we
have been asked to host
the G20 Summit and
granted its presidency,”
he said. “We are telling
Russia not to continue
the war (with Ukraine)
and it says India is a
good country. Had we
said so in the past, Rus-
sia would have shut us
up. This shows India is
growing and the reputa-
tion of Indians is grow-
ing,” said Bhagwat.
INDIA INDIA!

MUMBAI, TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 20, 2022
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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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TANISHA
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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