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‘WILL OPPOSE EXTENSION OF POLICE
REMAND BY MORE THAN TWO DAYS’
New Delhi (PTI): The
lawyer representing ac-
cused Aaftab Poonawa-
la in the sensational
Shradha Walkar mur-
der case said that he
will oppose any exten-
sion of police remand
by more than two days.
With Poonawala’s
5-day police remand
ending today, Delhi Po-
lice probing the case is
likely to seek an exten-
sion of his custody as
the narco analysis test
is still pending despite a
court order on Novem-
ber 17 to conduct it with-
in five days Also, Delhi
police had on Monday
moved an application in
court here for conduct-
ing a polygraph test on
Poonawala, who was ar-
rested on November 12,
and a decision on this is
expected on Tuesday.
Legal Aid Defence
Counsel Abinash Ku-
mar, representing Poon-
awala, said that police
are most likely to seek
an extension of his re-
mand on Tuesday.

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AAFTAB’S LAWYER SAYS
People gather at the spot where Aftab claims to have disposed of
the body parts of Shraddha, at Mahadhudi Pond, New Delhi.
Poonawala’s five-day
police remand ends
today, police likely to
seek an extension
New Delhi (ANI): The
Rouse Avenue Court on
Monday sent two busi-
nessmen to judicial cus-
tody in connection with
ED’s ongoing money
laundering probe into
the Delhi Excise policy
2021-22.
Special Judge MK
Nagpal decided to send
businessmen P Sarath
Chander Reddy and
Binoy Babu to judicial
custody till December 5,
2022. The court noted
that the ED still probing
the matter to trace the
proceeds of crime and
the involvement of oth-
er persons in the of-
fence of money laun-
dering. Both business-
men were produced be-
fore the court on Mon-
day after the end of
their ED remand. They
were arrested on No-
vember 10, 2022.
Judicial custody for two
businessmen till Dec 5
DELHI EXCISE POLICY CASE
New Delhi (PTI): A
court here on Monday
took cognisance of a
charge sheet filed by En-
forcement Directorate
against Popular Front
of India (PFI) and three
of its members in a
money laundering case
related to alleged terror-
ism-related activities.
Special Judge
ShailenderMalikdirect-
edjailauthoritiestopro-
duce accused -- Perwez
Ahmed, Mohd Ilias and
Abdul Muqeet – before
the court on December
16, when it will further
hear the matter.
3 PFI members
summoned for
Dec 16 hearing
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Gir Somnath: The peo-
ple of Gujarat have to
choose between the BJP
,
who made the state safe,
and the Congress, who
plunged it into commu-
nal violence, Union
home minister Amit
Shah said on Monday
while addressing an
election rally in Gir
Somnath district.
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Monday held
rallies at Jam Khamb-
halia in Dwarka, Kodi-
nar in Gir Somnath,
Mangrol in Junagadh
and later in evening at
Bhuj, Kutch. “Remem-
ber, you have to choose
between Modi and the
BJP govt, who made
Gujarat safe and
Congress who
plunged Gujarat
into communal
violence. Con-
gress is playing
caste politics,”
said Shah in
his rally
.
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ALL-STAR SHOW IN ‘GUJ’ FOR ‘RAJ’!
I have no aukat, let us discuss Gujarat’s...
PM Modi challenges Congress for a face-off
Moni Sharma
Surendranagar: As the
campaigning in Gujarat
gains momentum, PM
Narendra Modi chal-
lengedCongressto“aface-
off” on the issue of devel-
opment rather than dis-
cussing “aukat”. “I have
no aukat. Let’s discuss is-
sue of development and
develop Gujarat, come to
field, let this be a face off,”
PM said in a scathing at-
tackonCongduringapub-
lic address in Dudhrej
area of Surendranagar.
In a veiled attack on
Rahul Gandhi for walk-
ing with Medha Patkar,
PM Modi said that their
leader travels by putting
his hands on shoulders
of the people who made
Gujarat “thirsty”. With-
out naming Rahul, he
also sharpened his at-
tack saying Bharat Jodo
Yatra is not a padayatra
but a yatra for power.
GUJ POLLS: FULL REPORT ON P5
When I was the CM, I decided to provide
24 hours electricity to Gujarat-which was
termed ‘impossible’ by the Congress
leaders. But the people made me do difficult work
and that’s why I could deliver 24-hour electricity to the
villages in Gujarat in the last 10 years.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets public in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra
Patel and other party workers leaders during a public meeting in Surendranagar on Monday.
AMIT SHAH MEETS
RAVINDRA JADEJA
AND HIS WIFE RIVABA
BJP to hold Sabhas across 93 Assembly
constituencies in Gujarat on Tuesday.
We will see BJP nat’l chief JP Nadda,
HM Amit Shah, Maha Dy CM Deven-
dra Fadnavis, Assam CM Himanta
Biswa, Purushottam Rupala
and Mansukh Mandaviya.
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah met cricketer
Ravindra Jadeja and his wife
Rivaba Jadeja at Jamnagar
airport on Monday. Rivaba
is contesting in the Gujarat
Elections as a BJP candidate
from Jamnagar North.
Congress is playing
caste politics: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
addresses the public meeting
at Khambhalia Assembly, in
Dwarka on Monday.
TRIBALS HAVE FIRST RIGHT OVER
LAND, SAYS RAHUL IN SURAT
ZERO ELECTRICITY BILLS: ARVIND
KEJRIWAL’S MEGA POLL PROMISE
Surat: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged
the tribals of South Gujarat to choose between the Con-
gress and the BJP, saying if they choose the Congress
they would get forest rights, good health and education,
and if they choose the BJP they will have their unfulfilled
dreams. He was addressing his first public meeting after
election dates were announced at Panch Kakda, Surat.
Amreli: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday
promised zero electricity bill for all citizens if his party is
voted to power in Gujarat.
Addressing a roadshow in
Amreli, Kejriwal said, “Both
BJP and Congress don’t
speak about inflation. I will
free you from the clutches
of price rise. I will waive off
your entire electricity bill
from March 1”. During the
roadshow in Amreli, Kejriwal invoked the ‘rewadi’ (free-
bies) culture jibe by PM Modi to take a swipe at the BJP.
New Delhi: Days after
Central govt filed a re-
view petition in the SC
against release of con-
victs in Rajiv Gandhi as-
sassination case, Con-
gress, too, has moved top
court against freeing as-
sassination convicts,
sources said. Petition
challenginggrounds
in order will be filed
this week.
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New Delhi: Airlines and regulators
are pushing to have just 1 pilot in
the cockpit of passenger jets instead
of 2. It would lower costs and ease
pressure from the crew shortages.
New Delhi: In a major relief to travellers,
people flying into India from abroad will
no longer need to fill out the air suvidha
form from Tuesday. The government on
Monday revised int’l travel guidelines.
New Delhi: Zomato is asking employees
to leave company. It is said that company
is letting go of around 3% of workforce.
Zomato co-founder Mohit Gupta stepped
down after a 4.5 years stint at the firm.
New Delhi: Former Bureaucrat Arun Goel assumed the
office of election commissioner of India on Monday,
after being appointed to post on November 19. Post of
1 election commissioner in 3-member commission has
been lying vacant since May when Sushil Chandra retired.
Port Blair: Suspended Andaman and Nicobar Labour
Commissioner RL Rishi was on Monday arrested in
connection with the gangrape of a 21-year-old woman,
police said. Rishi arrived here aboard a flight from Chennai
around 1 pm, and was taken into custody by the Police.
At least 162 killed,700 injured
as earthquake rattles Indonesia
People injured during the earthquake receive medical treatment
in a hospital parking lot in Cianjur on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Cianjur:WestJavaGov-
ernor Ridwan Kamil
said the death toll from
an earthquake on Indo-
nesia’s main island of
Java on Monday had
jumped to 162. Over 700
injured in a 5.6-magni-
tude quake that rattled
Indonesia as people
rushed into the streets,
some covered in blood
and white debris. Med-
ics treated injured out-
side hosps, terraces etc.
Cong to file review petition in Top Court
SC ASKS GUJARAT HC
TO PERIODICALLY
MONITOR PROBE
FIRs AGAINST ARNAB:
SHINDE GOVERNMENT
WITHDRAWS SC PLEA
The SC on Monday called
Morbi bridge collapse in Gu-
jarat an “enormous tragedy”.
141 people were killed in the
incident, which turned out to
be one of the worst disasters.
Top court asks Gujarat HC
to take up matter suo motu
on a periodical basis to
ensure all aspects of a
proper probe, fixing
accountability,
adequate damages
for victims are
duly addressed.
Eknath Shinde led-Maha govt
on Monday withdrew from
the SC an appeal filed during
the previ-
ous Uddhav
Thackeray
government
against an
order by
the Bombay
High Court staying the probe
in two FIRs filed against
Republic TV editor-in-chief
Arnab Goswami over alleged
inflammatory remarks.
Representatives of GHCAA
met CJ DY Chandrachud, were
assured that collegium would
examine proposed transfer of
Justice Nikhil S Kariel
SC sought a response from
Centre, Delhi government on
the plea of conman Sukesh
Chandrashekhar seeking that
he be shifted from Mandoli jail.
The Delhi HC directed news
channels to adhere to norms
governing them to ensure that
all broadcasts carried in liquor
scam case are based on official
releases by the probe agencies.
RAJIV GANDHI
ASSASSINATION
BJP ‘CARPET BOMBING’ 2.0 ACROSS
93 ASSEMBLY SEATS TODAY
MANGALURU BLAST:
EXPLOSIVES, FAKE ID,
INSPIRED BY ISIS
Mangaluru: The accused
in the autorickshaw blast
in coastal Karnataka’s
Mangaluru was “inspired
by ISIS terror group” and
used dark web to contact
his handlers, police said and
added Shareeq worked under
multiple handlers, one of
them from Al Hind, a terror
outfit influenced by ISIS.
NOIDA: SOCIAL MEDIA
INFLUENCER ROHIT
DIES IN CAR CRASH
Noida: A 25-year-old social
media celebrity died and his
2 friends were injured after
their speeding car crashed
into a tree in Greater Noida
on Monday, police said.
Rohit also known as Rowdy
died in the accident while
his friends are undergoing
treatment at hospitals.
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Crucial
Crucial
‘MAN SHOT DAUGHTER,
WIFE HELPED DISPOSE
OF BODY IN SUITCASE’
New Delhi: A 22-year-old
Delhi woman, whose body
was found inside a suitcase
near Yamuna Expressway in
UP’s Mathura last week, was
killed by her father, police
said on Monday. Aayushi
Chaudhary’s parents have
been held for her murder. P8

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BJP releases ‘sting’ clip to claim
AAP selling ticket for MCD polls
New Delhi (Agencies):
The BJP Monday re-
leased a sting video shot
purportedly by a former
Aam Aadmi Party vol-
unteer from north west
Delhi’s Rohini to allege
the AAP sold tickets for
MCD polls.
AAP MLA Dilip Pan-
dey rejected the sting
video as “fake”.
The AAP and its
chief Arvind Kejriwal
are deeply involved in
corruption, BJP nation-
al spokesperson Sambit
Patra alleged at a press
conference here, play-
ing the purported sting
video.
The video was pur-
portedly shot by former
AAP volunteer Bindu
who was allegedly de-
mandedRs80lakhforan
AAP ticket from the Ro-
hini D ward in the MCD
polls, Patra alleged.
The video shows
Bindu purportedly dis-
cussing the payment of
money with some pur-
ported AAP leaders in-
cluding its North West
Delhi Lok Sabha in-
charge RR Pathania and
Rohini Assembly con-
stituency incharge coor-
dinator Punit Goel,
Patra claimed.
Patra claimed “These
leaders including Patha-
nia and Goel have links
withafive-membercom-
mittee of the AAP that
was associated with
ticket distribution. AAP
minister Gopal Rai,
MLAs Durgesh Pathak,
Saurabh Bhardwaj and
Atishi as well as Adil
Khan are its members,”
he said.
Patra also said the
stingvideorevealedthat
110 tickets of the AAP
were reserved for distri-
bution on the basis of a
payment.
Responding to charg-
es, AAP’s Dilip Pandey
said the party’s tickets
for MCD polls were
much sought after.
“There are many touts
who got active. Touts got
active but no tickets
were given on the basis
of money
. The BJP did
not do anything. The
AAP is not BJP or Con-
gress where tickets are
distributed to those who
pay money
,” he said.
Ensure broadcast based on official press releases: HC to news channels
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on
Monday directed news
channels to adhere to
the guidelines govern-
ing them and to ensure
that all broadcasts car-
ried while reporting liq-
uor scam case are based
on official press releases
by the investigation
agencies.
The bench also issued
notice to 5 channels im-
pleaded by Vijay Nair.
Heallegedthatthesensi-
tive information related
is being leaked to the
media. While hearing
the petition moved by
businessmanVijayNair,
the bench of Justice
YashwantVarmapassed
the above directions.
The matter has been
listed on February 7,
2023. The bench also pe-
rused the status report
and heard the submis-
sions made by the coun-
sel for the CBI and ED.
The counsel for CBI
submitted that the agen-
cy issued 3 press releas-
es. The press releases do
not contain what has
been broadcast.
ED’s counsel said that
they did not issue any
press releases.
Justice Verma asked
the counsels, Where
fromtheyaregettingthe
information?
The counsel replied
that the channels only
answer this.
Advocate Nisha
Bhambhani,thecounsel
for News Broadcaster
andDigitalStandardAu-
thority (NBDSA) sub-
mitted that some of the
channels are not our
partners. We are not
monitoring what they
broadcast.
“If self-regulation is a
mereeyewash,thenwhy
should we not disband
you?,” Justice Varma
asked the counsel for
NBDSA while express-
ing displeasure over the
reporting made by news
channels.
The bench asked the
counsel about certain
channels and whether
they are members or
not. Where from they
are getting the informa-
tionrelatedtodisclosure
made to CBI? You call
them and ask them. The
counsel for NBDA said,
“I can communicate and
ask them to remove the
content.”
The counsel submit-
ted that some channels
are members of News
Broadcaster and Digital
Association (NBDA). I
won’t be able to tell
where from they are get-
ting the information.
After noting the submis-
sion the bench directed
to Implead NBDA and
examine what has been
broadcasted.
NOTICE TO FIVE
THE COURT SAID...
‘DEEP IN CORRUPTION’
BINDU’S CHARGE
‘KEJRIWAL KI SARKAR, KEJRIWAL
KA PARSHAD’ CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
New Delhi (PTI) :
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Manish Sisodia
on Monday said the
BJP has “no vision”
for the civic body as
he announced a new
campaign for his par-
ty to “alert voters” to
choose the Aam Aad-
mi Party in the MCD
polls. The BJP has
done nothing in the
past 15 years in the
Municipal Corpora-
tion of Delhi and has
no vision for the next
five years as well, he
told reporters. “But,
we gave a vision to
fix civic problems.
The AAP is going to
win this polls. So, if
you want work to be
done in your ward,
pick an AAP council-
lor as if a BJP coun-
cillor will be there in
your ward that per-
son will try to ob-
struct work since the
AAP will be in power
in MCD,” Sisodia
claimed.
“So, a new cam-
paign ‘Kejriwal ki
Sarkar, Kejriwal ka
Parshad’ (Kejriwal’s
governent, Kejri-
wal’s councillor)
campaign has been
launched to alert
people to pick AAP
over BJP in civic
polls due on Decem-
ber 4,” he said.
MCD POLLS
DyCM Manish Sisodia launching the campaign on Monday.
BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra. —FILE PHOTO
LGokayspleainSCagainst
Chhawlaconvicts’acquital
New Delhi (PTI):
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena has ap-
proved the filing of a
petition in the Su-
preme Court chal-
lenging its decision to
acquit three convicts
in the 2012 Chhawla
rape-and-murder case
who were awarded the
death sentence by a
lower court, officials
said on Monday
.
Saxena has also ap-
proved engaging So-
licitor General Tush-
ar Mehta to represent
the Delhi government
in the case, a senior
official said.
The three were
awarded the death
sentence by a trial
court which was up-
held by the Delhi High
Court for the grue-
some rape and mur-
der of a 19-year old
woman on February
9, 2012 at Chhawla,
Dwarka, Delhi.
They had appealed
against the sentence
at the Supreme Court
which set aside the
trial court and High
Court orders in its
judgment on Novem-
ber 7, 2022.
“The LG has ap-
proved the filing of a
review petition in the
Supreme Court
against its decision of
acquitting the three
accused,” a senior
Delhi government of-
ficial said. The SC’s
acquittal prompted
the parents of the
19-year-old woman to
seek police protection
out of fear, officials
said.
New Delhi (PTI):
The father of the
2012 Chhawla gan-
grape-and-murder
victim on Monday
welcomed the Delhi
Lt Governor VK
Saxena’s approval
to the city govern-
ment to file of a re-
view petition in Su-
preme Court
against the acquit-
tal of the three ac-
cused, and ex-
pressed hope they
would be hanged to
death. He said the
family was yet to
come to terms with
the November 7 SC-
judgment acquit-
ting them.
“If not they, who
inflicted brutality
onmydaughterand
murdered her? Isn’t
it the duty of the po-
liceandjudicialsys-
tem of the country
to get us justice?”
the victim’s said af-
ter the LG gave the
go-ahead to file the
review petition. “I
willfighttillmylast
breath to get jus-
tice.”
The three were
awarded death sen-
tence by a trial
courtwhichwasup-
heldbyDelhiHCfor
the gruesome rape-
and-murder of the
19-year old on Feb-
ruary 9, 2012 at
Chhawla, Dwarka.
VICTIM’S FATHER WELCOMES
APPROVAL FOR PETITION
Lt Governor VK Saxena. —FILE PHOTO
SC seeks Centre,
Del govt replies on
plea of Sukhesh to
shift to another jail
Supreme Court on Mon-
day sought response
from the Centre and the
Delhi government on
plea of conman Sukesh
Chandrashekhar seek-
ing that he be shifted
from the Mandoli jail
here to any other prison
in the country
.
A bench of Justices
Ajay Rastogi and CT
Ravikumar, which was
hearing two separate
petitions of Chan-
drashekhar, asked him
to move a representa-
tion to jail authorities
on increasing the visit-
ing hours with his law-
yers.
Chandrashekhar,
through his lawyer,
claimed that he was as-
saulted in Mandoli jail,
which is evident from
his medical records and
said that he is facing a
threat to life in the pris-
on. He said 28 cases are
pending against him in
six cities across the
country and for that he
needs to meet his law-
yers for 60 minutes eve-
ry day as against the 30
minutes each twice a
week provided under
the Delhi Prison Rules.
Chandrashekhar’s
counsel said after his
disclosure statements
that Rs 10 crore was al-
legedly extorted by
Delhi’s Jail minister
Satyendra Jain, he is
facing a threat to his
life in jail.
At 8.9 deg C, Delhi records coldest morning of season
New Delhi(PTI): Delhi
recorded its coldest
morning of the season
so far on Monday as the
temperature fell to 8.9
degrees Celsius, while
the air quality re-
mained in the ‘very
poor’ category. Mon-
day’s temperature was
lower than Saturday’s
minimum of 9 degrees
Celsius, which was then
the lowest for the sea-
son. he air quality in-
dex (AQI) at 9.10 am on
Monday was recorded
at 316. An AQI between
201 and 300 is consid-
ered poor, 301 and 400
very poor, and 401 and
500 severe. The relative
humidity at 8.30 am was
86 per cent.
SUNSHINE
Tourists enjoy river rafting on the waters of the Beas river, in Kullu on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Delhi Riots: HC to hear bail pleas
of accused daily from Nov 25
New Delhi (ANI):
TheDelhiHighCourton
Monday began hearing
the bail plea by ‘United
Against Hate’ found-
er Khalid Saifi in a
UAPA case related to the
alleged conspiracy be-
hind the 2020 riots and
said it would hold daily
hearing from November
25 on the batch of relat-
ed pleas seeking the re-
lease of several accused.
Besides Khalid, the
appeals by accused Shi-
fa Ur Rehman, Saleem
Khan, Meeran Haider,
Gulfisha Fatima and
Salim Malik against the
dismissal of their bail
applications by the trial
courtarependingbefore
the high court. Delhi Po-
lice’s challenge to the
trial court order grant-
ing bail to former Con-
gress councillor Ishrat
Jahan in the case is also
among the petitions.“At
the outset, we must let
you know that this
bench would be hearing
all of these appeals” We
will hear you for a while
today and then we will
adjourn it to Friday and
then Friday onwards,
the bench would assem-
ble every day in the post-
lunch session,” said a
bench of justices Sid-
dharth Mridul and Ra-
jnish Bhatnagar.
Last week, the bench
had observed that being
a special bench, it did
not assemble on a regu-
lar basis and therefore,
it needed to “take a call”
on whether these bail
pleas could be heard by
it or if they be sent to
the designated bench.
Khalid Saifi, Sharjeel
Imam, Umar Khalid and
severalothershavebeen
booked under the anti-
terror law Unlawful Ac-
tivities (Prevention) Act
(UAPA) and provisions
of IPC for allegedly be-
ing the “masterminds”
of the February 2020 ri-
ots in Northeast Delhi.
The violence erupted
during the protests
against the CAA and
NRC.
On Monday, advocate
Rebecca John arguing
for the grant of bail to
Khalid Saifi said the
42-year-old, arrested on
March 21, 2020 in the
present FIR, was man-
aging the protest site at
Khureji Khas but was
not part of any unlawful
activity
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New Delhi (PTI): A
PIL was filed in the Del-
hi High Court on Mon-
day seeking a direction
to transfer the investi-
gation into the Shrad-
dha Walkar murder
case from Delhi Police
to the CBI, alleging that
presence of media and
public at places of re-
covery amounts to tam-
pering of evidence.
The petition, which is
likely to be listed for
hearing on Wednesday,
alleged that so far the
Delhi Police has re-
vealed each and every
detail to the media and
public regarding the
investigation which is
not permitted under
the law.
It claimed that the al-
leged place of incident
has not been sealed by
the Delhi Police till date
which is continuously
being accessed by the
public and media per-
sonnel.
Walkar was mur-
dered by 28-year-old
Aaftab Poonawala, who
sawed her body into 35
pieces and dumped the
body parts across the
city over several days
past midnight.
“The incident of
murder is alleged to
have been taken place
in Delhi and thereafter
the body parts have
been alleged to have dis-
posed at different plac-
es, thus investigation of
Police Station Mehrauli
cannot be efficiently be
carried out due to ad-
ministrative/ staff pau-
city as well as lack of
sufficient technical and
scientific equipment to
find out the evidences
and the witnesses as the
incident had taken
place about six months
back in May, 2022,” the
petition filed by Joshini
Tuli submitted.
The plea, filed
through advocate
Joginder Tuli, claimed
that sensitive details of
the investigation by the
Delhi Police have so far
been revealed to public
persons through the
media which has lead to
tampering of sensitive
evidence.
“The presence of
media and other pub-
lic persons at the place
of recoveries, court
hearings etc. Of any
accused amounts to in-
terference with the
evidence and witness-
es in the present case,”
it alleged.
PleainHCtoletCBItakeoverfrompolice
‘354 people died in nearly 900 road crashes’
Noida (PTI): More than
350 people lost their
lives in road accidents
this year across Noida
andGreaterNoidainUt-
tar Pradesh’s Gautam
Buddh Nagar district,
according to police data.
The district, adjoin-
ing Delhi, recorded
nearly 90 road crash in-
cidents on an average
per month during the
period, the data showed.
From January to Oc-
tober 2022, a total of 897
road accidents took
place in Gautam Buddh
Nagar, in which 354 peo-
ple died and 680 were
injured,accordingtothe
police.
The figures were
shared as the Gautam
Buddh Nagar police
marked the ‘World Re-
membrance Day’ on
Sunday to pay tributes
to those who lost their
lives in road crashes.
“A two-minute silence
was observed and can-
dles lit in memory of the
deceasedduringthepro-
gramme attended by
Noida traffic police per-
sonnel, traffic volun-
teers, NGOs, members
of civilsocietyandtrade
associations,” a police
spokesperson said.
“To reduce road acci-
dents, the traffic police
is constantly taking ac-
tion to make people
aware of traffic rules
and ensure enforcement
of laws through various
means,” the spokesper-
son said.
JAN-OCT 2022
The district reported 90 road crash incidents on an average per month.
Remembrance Day
held to pay tributes
to those who died
Delhi residents
burnt to death as
car catches fire
Rashtrapati Bhavan opens
to visitors from December 1
HC asks rlys
to take back
demolition
notice to slum
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
High Court Monday
asked railways to take
back the demolition no-
tice issued by it to slum
dwellersinShakurBasti
in North West Delhi.
As per the notice, dem-
olition drive was to be
carriedoutonMonday
,a
plea said.
The HC said in future,
if railways decides to is-
sue fresh demolition no-
tices to the residents
there, it shall issue indi-
vidual notice mention-
ing the jhuggi number
and give them time to
file replies.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice SC Sharma and Jus-
ticeSubramoniumPras-
ad passed the order on a
plea on behalf of the
slum dwellers who have
been residing there for
years and have been
servednoticefordemoli-
tion.
The plea said the HC
had in 2019 passed a
judgment in the matter
of Congress leader Ajay
Maken in which rail-
ways was directed to re-
habilitate the residents
at the slum cluster first
before conducting any
demolition.
New Delhi(PTI): Rash-
trapati Bhavan will be
open for public viewing
for five days a week
from December 1, an of-
ficial statement said on
Monday
.
People can pay a visit
on Wednesdays, Thurs-
days,Fridays,Saturdays
and Sundays, except on
gazettedholidays,infive
time slots of one hour
each, from 10 am to 1 pm
and 2 pm to 4 pm, it said.
They can also visit the
RashtrapatiBhavanMu-
seum Complex six days
a week from Tuesday to
Sunday
, except on gazet-
ted holidays, a state-
ment issued by the Pres-
ident’s secretariat said.
Every Saturday
, people
can also witness the
Change of Guard cere-
mony at from 8 am-9 am.
Mathura (PTI): Two
persons were charred to
death inside their car
which caught fire after
ramming a tractor
parked on the roadside
on Yamuna Expressway
in Mathura Monday
morning, police said.
They did not get a
chance to come out of
their four-wheeler
which burst into flames
immediately on impact,
the police said.
Inspector in-charge
of Naujheel police sta-
tion Dharmendra Bhati
said the speeding Swift
Dzire car, going to Agra
from Noida, rammed
the stationary tractor
near Chandpur Khurd
village in Naujheel area
on Yamuna Expressway
.
The car was blown
away and burnt to ash-
es, Bhati said.
He said the deceased
were identified as Lala
and Sonu Kumar, resi-
dents of Delhi. The fo-
rensic team of the dis-
trict has reached the
spot and samples have
been collected, he said,
adding police are prob-
ingthematterastowhat
caused the accident.
The remains of the ill-fated car.
HIT A TRACTOR
Noida (PTI): Five doc-
tors of a hospital here
have been booked for
negligence in treatment
of a COVID-19 patient
which allegedly led to
his death during the sec-
ond wave in 2021, offi-
cials said on Monday
.
The family of the pa-
tient, who was in his
early 20s, claimed he
was not administered
remdesivir injection in
time at the hospital de-
spite them purchasing
it on the basis of doc-
tor’s prescription, ac-
cording to the FIR. The
FIR has been lodged
against doctors of Ya-
tharth Hospital.
FIR against 5 Noida hospital
doctors over negligence
Family members claimed the victim was not given injection in time.
SHRADDHA MURDER PROBE
It alleges presence of media and public at places of
recovery amounts to tampering of evidence, and Delhi
Police have revealed every detail to the media public
Probe by Mehrauli police can’t be efficiently carried out
due to administrative/ staff paucity and lack of sufficient
technical and scientific equipment, the plea says
NO NARCO TEST DONE ON MONDAY, SOME
PARAMETERS NEED TO BE FINISHED: FSL
New Delhi(PTI):
The narco analysis
test on Aaftab Amin
Poonawala who has
been accused of kill-
ing his live-in-part-
ner was not conduct-
ed on Monday, the
Forensic Science Lab-
oratory (FSL) said.
A polygraphic test
is to be conducted on
Aaftab before the
narco test for which
his consent is need-
ed, and the police
have been informed
about that, it said.
“The narco test on
Aaftab was not done
today,” said FSL As-
sistant Director San-
jeev Gupta.
Punit Puri, also an
assistant director at
the FSL, said the pol-
ygraphic test will
conducted if the con-
sent is received. “It
will be followed by
medical tests and af-
ter these only the
narco will be per-
formed.”
“Within 10 days,
narco will be done,”
he added.
Sanjeev Gupta fur-
ther said they have
received request for
the narco test “and
we have started our
work as well. Our di-
rector Deepa Varma
has instructed to take
this case on priority.”
“There was a meet-
ing on Sunday be-
tween FSL and police
and everything has
been decided but
some parameters
need to be completed
before the test and
they have been in-
formed to the police.
Delhi Police question 11 people in connection with murder
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Police team at Vasai,
Palghar in Maharashtra
has recorded the state-
ments of 11 people in
connection with the
Shraddha murder case,
according to the sources
on Monday
.
Among those who
were questioned and
whose statements were
recorded include Shrad-
dha’s friends Laxman
Nadar, Rahul Rai, God-
win, Shivani Mhatre
and her husband, Aftab-
Shraddha’s flat owner,
Shraddha’s manager
Karan Bahri, Shraddha-
Aftab’s flat owner Jay-
shree Patkar, Secretary
of Unique Park, where
Aftab’s family lived - Ab-
dullah Khan, Ramdas
Kevat, President of
UniqueParkandGovind
Yadav, the owner of
Packers and Movers,
who sent Aftab’s goods
from Vasai to Chhatar-
pur. A team of Delhi Po-
liceheadedbySHOMeh-
rauli also went to the
Bidhuri Dental Clinic in
the national capital to
seek a second opinion
from the doctor on the
jaw that was recovered
recently
.
According to the doc-
tor present there, the
police wanted to match
the denture (which has
been treated) with the
jaw that was recovered
at the Mehrauli forest.
According to the po-
lice, Shraddha’s teeth
were also treated (root
canal) in Mumbai.
The doctor said that
the Delhi Police team
had also brought the in-
vestigation report of
Mumbai along with
them.
“The police had come
to us only to take a sec-
ond opinion,” the doctor
said.
According to sources,
the police are investigat-
ing if the accused Aftab
owned more than one
phone number.
“The police believe
that Aftab used more
than one number. The
police got this informa-
tion from the bills recov-
eredbythepoliceduring
the investigation of this
case. The first bill was
that of the movers and
packers who got them
shifted from Mumbai’s
Vasai to Delhi. The sec-
ond bill is from Tilak
Electronic from where
he bought the fridge.
Aftab’sphonenumberis
different on both bills.
For this reason, the po-
lice suspected Aftab was
using more than 1 num-
ber,” the sources said.
Earlier on Sunday, as
part of its probe into the
horrific Shraddha mur-
dercase,theDelhipolice
team recorded the state-
ment of the secretary of
a housing society where
accusedAftab livedwith
his family
.
POLICE MOVE APPLICATION FOR
AAFTAB’S POLYGRAPH TEST
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi police on
Monday moved an ap-
plication in court
here for conducting a
polygraph test on
Aaftab Amin Poon-
awala, who is ac-
cused of brutally kill-
ing his live-in partner
six months ago.
Metropolitan Mag-
istrate Aviral Shukla
referred the matter to
Judge Vijayshree
Rathore,whohadear-
lierheardtheapplica-
tion on Poonawala’s
narco analysis test.
The court had on
Thursday directed
the city police to com-
plete the narco analy-
sis test within five
days while making it
clear that it cannot
use any third-degree
measure on him. The
application was
moved on Monday on
the ground that Poon-
awala is providing
incorrect informa-
tion and misleading
police, a court source
said.
Narco-analysis is a
controlled intrave-
nous administration
of hypnotic medica-
tion on a suspect to
get information that
would usually not be
revealed in the nor-
mal state.
A polygraph, popu-
larly referred to as a
lie detector test, re-
cords several physio-
logical indices like
blood pressure, res-
piratory rate and
pulse while a suspect
is asked a series of
questions.
POLICE LAPSES
Accused Aaftab Poonawala in police custody. —FILE PHOTO
Aaftab (in hoodie) being taken by police during probe. —FILE PHOTO

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PERSPECTIVE
04
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The news of many casualties in the
road accident in Bihar’s Vaishali
district is very sad. My condolences
are with the bereaved families. I pray
to God for speedy recovery of the
injured and pray for the peace of the
departed souls.
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
As COP27 draws to a close, thank you
to the entire team with me in Sharm
El-Sheikh, Egypt that worked hard to
make the summit a success for India.
Thank you, all.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
So, if you think you are
standing firm, be careful
that you don’t fall!
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
AMERICA IN NO
POSITION TO
LECTURE OTHERS
ON LAW, ORDER
he United States of
America may be the
world’s richest and
most developed coun-
try but its gun cul-
ture and narrow mindset to-
wards different social groups
like women, Blacks and the LG-
BTQ. For women the US may not
be as safe as it is perceived to be.
According to World Population
Review’s latest rape statistics,
number of rapes or sexual as-
sault varies from one state to
another but the average worked
out to one rape every 1-2 min-
utes. Women aged 16-19 years are
more likely to be victims of rape.
Last Saturday night at least
five people were killed in a
shooting incident at an LGBTQ
club in Colorado taking the
number of deaths in mass shoot-
ings to over 601 this year. Blacks
have also been victims of such
shootings. With over a month
still remaining in 2022, it may
catch up with last year’s toll of
692. The US is in no position to
lecture any county on rule of
law, but it does.
TOP TWEETS
T
awyers often go
on strike but rare-
ly do they do so to
question the deci-
sion of the Su-
preme collegium over the
transfer of a judge with the
concurrence of the Union
Law Ministry. Gujarat High
Court lawyers have been on
strike over the transfer of
Justice Nikhil S Kariel to the
Patna High Court calling the
collegium’s decision as “the
death of judiciary’s inde-
pendence” and even observed
two minutes’ silence in
mourning. Lawyers claim
that it is a “penal transfer”
and described the judge as
independent, balanced and
clean. They see no reason for
Justice Kariel’s transfer to
Patna and conveyed their ob-
jections to the Chief Justice
of India Justice DY Chandra-
chud when they met him on
Monday
.
Neither the Union Law
Minister Kiren Rijiju nor
Justice Chandrachud had
sounded encouraging of the
move. Law Minister Rijiju
deprecated the action by law-
yers and said at a function
organised by the Bar Council
of India that “if it becomes a
recurring instance for every
decision by the collegium,
which is supported by the
government, then where will
it lead to”? Justice Chandra-
chud also did not appreciate
lawyers questioning the col-
legium’s decision and said
that decisions are taken
keeping in view “the national
perspective”.
Justice Chandrachud told
the lawyers that the issue
would be duly examined. Is
that setting a precedent?
Right or wrong, lawyers must
defer to the collegium’s deci-
sions on transfer and eleva-
tion of judges. They should
not avoid acting like a trade
union to seek reversal of the
collegium’s decisions.
UNPRECEDENTED
SUPPORT FOR JUDGE
Gujarat HC lawyers
have been on strike
over the transfer of
Justice Nikhil S Kariel
to Patna HC calling the
collegium’s decision as
“the death of judiciary’s
independence” and even
observed two minutes’
silence in mourning
L
India will host the G-20
Leaders’ Summit at the level
of Heads of State/
Government on 9th and
10th September 2023, in
New Delhi. Under its
Presidency, India is
expected to host over 200
meetings across India,
commencing from December
2022. As indicated by
Indian PM, it’s going to be
Impeccable and Uniquely
‘Indian’ G-20, and this
mega event will be
conducted closer to the lives
of the people of India
making it ‘People’s G-20’
he G-20 or Group of Twenty
was created in 1999 as an ac-
ceptable medium between
the more “elitist” G-7 and the
more unwieldy 38-member
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Develop-
ment (OECD). The formation
of the G-20 is more so linked
to the disappointment of the
international community
over the failure of the G-7 in
finding solutions to the prob-
lems of the global economy.
The middle-income coun-
tries and those with systemic
economic influence in the
negotiations to find solutions
to global economic problems
became imminent. Over the
past two decades, the global
economic balance has shift-
ed, and the G-20 has been
seen as a more representa-
tive and egalitarian grouping
of global leadership, and was
particularly useful in steer-
ing the global economy after
the financing crisis and
banking collapse of 2008. Sig-
nificantly, the “Troika” of
G-20 will be made up of
emerging economies for the
first time with India, Indone-
sia and Brazil - an indicator
of the shift in the global eco-
nomic agenda towards the
Global South. While G-7 is
generally engaging more in
political and security- relat-
ed issues, the G-20 primarily
focuses on global economic
and finance governance.
G-20 is the premier forum
for international economic
cooperation representing
around 85% of the global
GDP, over 75% of the world-
wide trade, and about two-
thirds of the world popula-
tion. The G-20 is an intergov-
ernmental forum comprising
19 countries and the Europe-
an Union. It works to address
major issues related to the
global economy
, such as inter-
national financial stability,
climate change mitigation,
and sustainable development.
The members of the G-20 are:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, France, Ger-
many, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Republic of Korea,
Mexico, Russia, Saudi Ara-
bia, South Africa, Turkey
, the
United Kingdom, the United
States, and the European Un-
ion. The G-20 is divided into
two channels, namely the fi-
nancial track and the Sherpa
track. The financial channel,
specifically addresses a num-
ber of agendas related to the
financial sector.
Bali Summit 15-16 Nov
2022: The motto of recently
concluded Bali Summit in
Indonesia was ‘Recover To-
gether, Recover Stronger’.
Recovery from the pandemic
was major focus despite geo-
political tensions overshad-
owing the summit. The Bali
Summit focuses on a durable
recovery multilateral action
on climate, debt, taxation,
and pandemic preparedness.
The Bali Declaration ac-
knowledged differences over
Russia-Ukraine war, but
most members strongly con-
demned it and opined that it
is essential to uphold inter-
national law and multilateral
system that safeguards peace
and stability
. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s mantra “to-
day’s era must not be of war”
resonated in the joint decla-
ration or communiqué is-
sued after the G-20 Summit.
INDIA’S PRESIDENCY:
DEC 2022 - NOV 2023
India has been a member of
the G-20 since its inception in
1999. As an important mem-
ber of the grouping, India
ensured that its perspective
on issues of vital national
importance did not go un-
heard in the global financial
narrative. India will be as-
suming chairmanship of the
G-20 for one year from 01 De-
cember 22. This is a matter of
pride for every Indian and an
opportunity for the country
to emerge as a leader to solve
some of the most pressing is-
sues facing humanity today.
However, India’s Presidency
comes at a watershed mo-
ment coinciding with a peri-
od of global flux. The global
community is facing multi-
ple political and economic
challenges.
India’s three guiding prin-
ciples going into the G-20
Presidency are: - First, serv-
ing as a bridge between the
developed and developing
world, second, serving as the
representative of the eastern
bloc of nations and third, in-
sulating the G-20 from some
of the divisive pressures that
have paralysed multilateral-
ism elsewhere.
INDIA’S MAJOR
OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES
Evolve a clear G-20 policy on
Russia- Ukraine war ending
the conflict, preventing fur-
ther isolation of Russia in
the forum.
Focus on inclusive, equita-
ble and sustainable growth;
LiFE (Lifestyle for Environ-
ment); women’s empower-
ment; digital public infra-
structure and tech-enabled
development. The Indian PM
Modi’s vision of Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam - “One Earth,
One Family, One Future”
with focus being “ principle
of ‘data for devp’ of all.
The after-effects of the
pandemic and economic re-
covery have been worsened
in the wake of Russia –
Ukraine war and needs
global co-operation to re-
store normalcy. While the
overall focus will have to be
on sustainable economic
growth but need to chalk out
a roadmap to deal with the
economic situation in col-
laboration with the IMF,
OECD, WTO, and the Finan-
cial Stability Board.
Climate financing is an-
other area that India has to
work on with the affluent na-
tions. The developed coun-
tries have to be prodded for
transfer of clean technolo-
gies and renewable energies
to medium and low-income
countries.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
The G-20 or Group of
Twenty was created
in 1999 as an
acceptable medium
between the more
“elitist” G-7 and the
more unwieldy
38-member OECD. The
formation of the G-20 is
more so linked to the
disappointment of the int’l
community over failure of
the G-7 in finding
solutions to problems of
global economy
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author is a Post Graduate in
International Studies, Alumni of Defense
Services Staff College, Wellington
and College of Combat, Mhow
G-20 INDIAN CHAIRMANSHIP
CHALLENGES
OPPORTUNITIES

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INDIA
05
Mahuva (PTI): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Monday said he
felt the pain of farmers,
youth and tribals after
meetingthemduringhis
Bharat Jodo Yatra and
accusedtheBJPof draw-
ing up plans to displace
adivasisbyhandingover
forests to industrialists
as he hit the campaign
trail in Gujarat 10 days
ahead of the first phase
of Assembly polls.
Addressing his first
rally in Gujarat after the
announcement of the
Assembly poll schedule,
Gandhi asserted tribals
are the first owners of
the country
, but the BJP
was working to take
away their jungles and
keeptheirchildrenaway
from modern education.
He took a break from
his Bharat Jodo Yatra,
currently passing
through Maharashtra,
and travelled to Gujarat,
where he addressed a
gathering of tribals at
Mahuva in Surat dis-
trict in support of his
party, which is seeking
to end its nearly three-
decade stint in the op-
position in the BJP-
ruled state in the next
month’sAssemblypolls.
Gandhi said his yatra
was for the unity of the
country and during the
cross-country foot-
march he felt the pain
of farmers, youth and
tribal people.
Surendranagar (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
took a dig at Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi's
Bharat Jodo Yatra, say-
ing those who have been
thrown out of power are
taking out foot march to
get back to power. Ad-
dressing a gathering in
Surendranagar town of
poll-bound Gujarat,
Modi also said instead
of talking about devel-
opment during elec-
tions, the opposition
Congress is saying it
will show him his “au-
kat” (status).
“Now, the Congress
does not talk about de-
velopment during elec-
tions. Instead, Congress
leaders are saying they
will show Modi his au-
kat. Just look at their
arrogance. They, in-
deed, belong to a royal
family, while I am mere-
ly a servant having no
aukat,” he said. “In the
past, the Congress had
used words like ‘neech
aadmi’, ‘maut ka sauda-
gar’ and ‘naali ka kee-
da’ for me. I urge you to
talk about development
instead of playing this
game of ‘aukat’,” he
said, adding that he
swallows such insults
because his focus is to
make India a developed
nation.
Elections to the Guja-
rat Assembly will be
held in two phases on
December 1 and 5. Modi
said people who were
dethroned long back
were taking out yatra to
get back the power.
“Some people are doing
foot march to get back
to power. They are also
taking along those who
had stalled the Narma-
da project for 40 years
through litigation and
kept Gujarat thirsty for
40 years. In this elec-
tion, the people of Guja-
rat will punish those
who are doing this
padyatra,” he said.
Lucknow (PTI): Sama-
jwadi Party Chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav sharing a
stage with his uncle and
Pragatisheel Samajwa-
di Party (Lohiya) leader
Shivpal Singh Yadav in
family bastion Saifai to
canvass for Dimple Ya-
dav has made party
workers confident
about their victory in
the Mainpuri Lok Sab-
ha bypoll.
In a show of bonho-
mie, the SP chief on
Sunday touched the feet
of his uncle at the rally
and asserted that there
has never been any
strain in their relation-
ship. Shivpal Yadav
termed the bypolls, ne-
cessitated by the death
of Mulayam Singh Ya-
dav, a “high-stake con-
test” and told the audi-
ence that the family has
become one.
KARNATAKA GOVT TO HC: DECISION ON
APP-BASED AUTO SERVICES BY NOV 25
ORDER QUASHING
FIR AGAINST SIVA
BABA RECALLED
SEX WITH CHILD IN
MARRIAGE’S GUISE
OFFENCE: COURT
Bengaluru (PTI): The High Court of Karnataka was
informed by the state government on Monday that
a decision on the online app-based autorickshaw
hailing services will be taken by November 25. The
government said the petitions of the service providers
have been considered and a decision is pending. The
transport department had recently directed stopping
of auto-hailing services as it was not covered under
the Karnataka On-Demand Transportation Technology
Aggregator Rules in 2016.
Chennai (PTI): The
Madras High Court on
Monday recalled its
earlier order, which set
aside the First Infor-
mation Report (FIR)
registered against
controversial Godman
Siva Shankar Baba in
a sexual harassment
case. Justice RN Man-
jula recalled her order
passed on October 17
after being satisfied
with the submissions of
State Public Prosecutor
Hasan Mohammed Jin-
nah, on Monday.
Kochi (Agencies):
Muslim marriages
under personal law are
not excluded from the
POCSO Act and sexual
intercourse with a child,
even if it is under the
guise of marriage, is
an offence, the Kerala
High Court said. The
court denied bail to
a 31-year-old man
charged under the act
for allegedly abducting
and impregnating a
15-year-old minor girl
whom he claims he had
married.
MAN ARRESTED FOR STOPPING KERALA
HIGH COURT CHIEF JUSTICE’S CAR
Kochi (ANI): A man was arrested for stopping the official
car of Kerala High Court Chief Justice S Manikumar and
allegedly using abusive words against him. The incident
happened in Kochi near Goshree bridge. Police have
registered a case of attempt to murder against the per-
son. The incident took place on Sunday around 11 pm
when Chief Justice was going to his residence. Tijo, who
is the accused is a native of Udumbanchola in the Idukki
district. According to the Mulavukad police, where the
case was registered, the accused, who is a lorry driver,
was in an intoxicated state at the time of the incident.
IN THE COURTYARD
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Former
Congress president Ra-
hul Gandhi made K
Sudhakaran the state
president of Kerala
Congress. The party
has not benefited much
from his becoming the
president, rather his
statements are definite-
ly causing trouble to the
party. He has given two
such statements recent-
ly
, due to which the Con-
gress is cornered. Not
only have the Left par-
ties raised questions on
these statements, but
the Indian Union Mus-
lim League, an ally of
the Congress, has also
criticized them. Al-
though some experts of
Kerala politics say that
while Sudhakaran’s
statement looks harm-
ful for the Congress, but
Congress can get bene-
fit from it in the elec-
tions.
He first said that
many decades ago,
when people from Com-
munist parties did not
allow RSS people to set
up shakhas and used to
attack them, he (Sudha-
karan) used to protect
Sangh people by send-
ing his own people. Af-
ter that he said that the
country’s first Prime
Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru was very demo-
cratic and had made
Syama Prasad Mukher-
jee a minister in his
government by compro-
mising with the fight
against fascism.
Congress in tizzy about Sudhakaran’s statements
KERALA AFFAIRS OF GOP
Kerala Congress chief K Sudhakaran. —FILE PHOTO
SECTION OF KERALA CONG RATTLED
OVER THAROOR’S MALABAR TOUR
Kozhikode (PTI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's
ongoing Malabar tour to attend
various programmes and meet
public figures seems to have
rattled a significant section in
Congress in Kerala with a few of
them sensing an “agenda” behind
the Thiruvananthapuram Lok
Sabha Member of Parliament (MP)’s move.
CONG’SYATRAISTOGETBACKPOWER:PM
PM Modi says those dethroned are taking out yatra to get back to power
BATTLEGROUND GUJARAT
MODI SURPRISES
BJP WORKERS AT
PARTY OFFICE
KAMALAM IN GUJ
Gandhinagar (ANI):
After powerpacked
campaigning and ad-
dressing four rallies,
PM Narendra Modi
on Sunday chose
to go to ‘Kamalam’,
the Bharatiya Janata
Party headquarters
in Gandhinagar and
spend some time
with party workers
and colleagues. While
his sudden visit was
surprising for many,
it was a pleasant
meeting for quite a few
who spent a couple
of decades working
for the party. Sources
told ANI that it was
a “light and fun”
conversation as the
Prime Minister walked
into the Kamalam
office and instead of
going into a room,
he chose to sit in the
open area and on the
benches. Initially, only
a few people who were
working in the party
office late in the night
came and welcomed
the Prime Minister.
PM TO GIVE APPOINTMENT LETTERS
TO 71,000 AT ‘ROZGAR MELA’ TODAY
CONGRESS PRESIDENT KHARGE TO
CAMPAIGN IN GUJARAT FROM NOV 26
New Delhi (PTI): As part of the government's 'Rozgar
Mela', PM Narendra Modi will distribute about 71,000
appointment letters to new recruits on Tuesday via
video conferencing and also address them, his office
said. The Prime Minister's Office said the drive is a
step towards fulfilling his commitment to according
highest priority to employment generation, and it is
expected to be a catalyst in creating more jobs and
providing meaningful opportunities to the youth.
New Delhi (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun
Kharge will campaign in Gujarat from November 26
to 28, sources close to him said here. Kharge will
address a public meeting in Ahmedabad on Novem-
ber 26 and is likely to address a press conference the
next day, they said. He will address a public meeting
in Indore after participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra
with Rahul Gandhi on November 27. The yatra enters
Madhya Pradesh on November 23.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded during a public meeting ahead of the Gujarat Assembly
elections, in Surendranagar, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Rahul hits Guj campaign trail
after taking break from yatra
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi draws a bow and an arrow during a
public rally in Surat, Gujarat. —PHOTO BY PTI
MP: Cong MLA
booked for rape,
harassment
Vijayan’s govt
works only for its
cadre: Kerala Guv
Dhar (PTI): Police
have registered a case
against Madhya
Pradesh Congress MLA
Umang Singhar on
charges of raping and
assaulting a 38-year-old
woman, a senior official
said on Monday. The
case was lodged on Sun-
day evening at Naugaon
police station in Dhar
city following a com-
plaint by the woman,
who claimed that she
was living with the ac-
cused as his ‘wife’ and
alleged that he sexually
assaulted her, SP Adi-
tya Pratap Singh said.
Kochi: Back in the
state after an eight-day
gap, Governor Arif
Mohammed Khan on
Monday yet again
slammed the Pinarayi
Vijayan government
over its functioning.
“This government
works only for its cadre.
If someone sitting in
the Chief Minister’s of-
fice directs vice-chan-
cellors, and the Chief
Minister doesn’t know,
then it’s his incapabil-
ity and if he knows of
it, then he is also a par-
ty to what’s happen-
ing,” said Khan.
Hope PM will
end Russia’s
war with
Ukraine: Farooq
Jammu: National
Conference chief
Farooq Abdullah on
Monday expressed
hopethatPMNaren-
dra Modi would be
successful in end-
ing the Russia-
Ukraine war that
has stretched for
nearly nine months.
He stated that the
warhascreatedhav-
oconglobaleconom-
ic situation. “I am
happythatIndiahas
got the presidency
of the G20 Summit.
ItcouldbethatIndia
hastheburdenof all
thesecountries.And
I hope that the PM
will be successful in
ending the Russia-
Ukraine war which
hascreatedhavocon
the economic condi-
tion,” he said.
Mainpuri bypoll: Akhilesh-Shivpal
bonhomie energises SP workers
Akhilesh Yadav campaigns along with Shivpal Yadav and SP General
Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav in Etawah, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BJP stages walkout in WB Assembly
over Giri's comment on Prez Murmu
Kolkata (PTI): BJP
MLAs Monday staged a
walkout from West Ben-
gal Assembly demand-
ing immediate resigna-
tion of Minister of
State for Correctional
Homes Akhil Giri from
the cabinet and disqual-
ification from the
House for his controver-
sial comments on Presi-
dent Droupadi Murmu.
They staged the walk
out after Speaker Bi-
man Bandyopadhyay
rejected their demand
for an adjournment mo-
tion to discuss Giri’s
controversial remarks.
Bandopadhyay had
said that the matter
cannot be discussed in
the House as the matter
pertained to the presi-
dent of the country and
the reported comment
was made outside it.
The BJP MLAs de-
manded that the motion
be taken up. However,
this was turned down
by the speaker.
BJP leaders hold protest against
TMC leader Akhil Giri.
Bharat Jodo Yatra to enter MP on Wed
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi-led Bharat Jodo
Yatra will enter Mad-
hya Pradesh from Ma-
harashtra on Wednes-
day, Congress leader
Jairam Ramesh tweet-
ed on Monday
.
Before entering Mad-
hya Pradesh after cov-
ering parts of six states
of the country, the par-
ticipants in the yatra
will camp at Nimkhedi
in Maharashtra’s Jal-
gaon district for two
days, he added. Con-
gress General Secretary
in-charge Communica-
tions Jairam Ramesh
tweeted on Monday:
“Today and tomorrow
are rest days for
# B h a r at Jo d o Yat r a
which is camped at
Nimkhedi in Maha-
rashtra. Early morning
on Wednesday, 23rd No-
vember, the yatra will
move into Madhya
Pradesh.”
The former Congress
president Rahul Gandhi
remained absent from
Gujarat as he did not
campaigninthestatetill
today in this election.
Indore: The man who
allegedly sent a letter
threatening blasts
during Congress
leader Rahul Gand-
hi’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra in Indore has
been identified and
efforts were on to
nab him, police said
on Monday.
COPS IDENTIFY MAN
WHO THREATENED
OF BLAST IN YATRA

INDIA
06
Hard to seek death just based
on circumstantial evidence
New Delhi (PTI): ”If
they (police) seek more
than two days custody
remand, I will definitely
oppose it citing that he
(Poonawala)hasalready
been in police custody
for a long time,” Aaftab
Poonawal’s Legal Aid
Defence Counsel Abi-
nash Kumar said.Ku-
mar is a practising law-
yer for the last 12 years
and has handled crimi-
nal, civil and matrimo-
nial cases.
Recalling how law-
yers raised slogans
against Poonawala
while he was taken to
court, Kumar alleged
that a section was using
this as an opportunity
for a “publicity stunt”.
When asked if he has
been able to speak to
Poonawala or his family
members, the counsel
said only the investigat-
ing officer has been able
to get in touch with
Poonawala’s father, ma-
ternal uncle and cousin.
“This case is definite-
ly difficult...But only
when charge sheet is
filed, things will be
clearer. Aaftab has been
cooperating with the
probesofar,”heclaimed.
He said key evidence
like murder weapon and
phones of the two are
yet to be found.
“Right now, police is
depending on circum-
stantial evidence and
unless the circumstan-
tial evidence does not
connect with the other
evidence, a person can-
not be convicted.
“Life imprisonment
is possible only if police
prove beyond a reason-
able doubt. However,
seeking death penalty
just based on circum-
stantial evidence is dif-
ficult,” he added.
‘Possibility of life term to accused only if police able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt’
AAFTAB’S COUNSEL SAYS Andaman gang
rape case:Ex-
labour comm
arrested
New Delhi (Agencies):
Suspended Andaman
and Nicobar labour
commissioner RL Rishi,
wanted in connection
with the alleged gang
rape of a 21-year-old in
theUnionTerritory
,was
arrested on Monday
.
Sources said Rishi ar-
rived at Port Blair air-
port from Chennai fol-
lowingwhichhewasput
under arrest.
This is the third ar-
rest by Andaman and
Nicobar Police in the
case where former An-
daman CS Jitendra
Narain is key accused.
Earlier, cops arrested
Narain and Sandeep
Singh ‘Rinku’, owner of
a hotel in Port Blair who
introduced the woman
to Narain.
While Narain was ar-
rested on November 10,
Rinku was arrested
from Karnal in Haryana
on November 14. He had
earlier been denied bail
and AN Police had an-
nounced cash award for
both Rinku and Rishi.
5 held with drugs
worth `50 crore
Guwahati (Agencies):
In two separate inci-
dents, Assam Police
have seized narcotic
substances worth sev-
eral crores from Cachar
and Karbi Anglong dis-
tricts. Five persons,
who were allegedly in-
volved in drug peddling,
were apprehended.
In Cachar, three peo-
ple were arrested with
1.80 lakh tablets used
for intoxication on Sun-
day in the Lakhipur
area in the district. Po-
lice informed that the
international market
value of seized tablets
is around Rs 50 crore.
The accused were
identified as Abdul
Saeed, Ibazur Rahman
and Sameer Alam, resi-
dentsof Cachardistrict.
Cachar Superinten-
dent of Police Numal
Mahato said, “These
three were smuggling
tablets in a lorry
. The
drugs were being smug-
gled in a secret chamber
built in the vehicle’s car-
rier. Based on a specific
information, three peo-
ple were arrested after
searching the vehicle
andtabletswereseized.”
The police said that
Abdul Saeed had
brought the tablets
from the Churachand-
pur district of neigh-
bouring Manipur state.
The purpose was to
smuggle them to for-
eign countries.
Accused along with seized drugs in police custody.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Depart-
ment of Pension and
Pensioners’ Welfare has
created 25 lakh Digital
Life Certificates (DLCs)
for Central Govern-
ment pensioners in 20
days of the nationwide
campaign.
These certificates
were created during a
special campaign organ-
ised between November
1andNovember19indif-
ferent cities all over In-
dia. Briefing the media
hereinthenationalcapi-
tal, Union Minister Ji-
tendra Singh informed
that the Department of
Pension organized “spe-
cial awareness camps
from 1st to 19th Novem-
ber 2022 in different cit-
ies all over India from
Srinagar in the North to
Nagercoil (Kanyaku-
mari District) in the
South and from Guwa-
hati in the East to
AhmedabadintheWest”.
He said that out of 25
lakh DLCs, 2.20 lakhs
have been created
through face authenti-
cation by the latest Face
Recognition Technolo-
gy, thus providing a
huge relief, especially
to the aged and infirm
elderly population.
“All the registered
Pensioners’ Associa-
tions, Pension Disburs-
ing Banks, Ministries
of Government of India
and CGHS Centers had
been directed to pro-
mote the Digital Life
Certificate and Face Au-
thentication Technique
for giving Life Certifi-
cate by organizing spe-
cial camps for ‘Ease of
Living’ of pensioners,
thus setting an example
of “whole of govern-
ment” approach,” said
the Minister.
—With ANI inputs
Govt creates 25L Digital Life Certificates in 20 days
NATIONWIDE DRIVE
lll
MoS Jitendra
Singh lauds role
of Department
of Pension for
creation of 25
lakh Digital Life
Certificates
(DLCs) for
Central Govt
pensioners
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh with V Srinivas and Saurabh Garg.
CRUCIAL READ
4 COPS SUSPENDED
FOR EXTORTING
GOLD MERCHANT
3 WOMEN KILLED, CHILD AMONG 7 INJURED
AS GOODS TRAIN DERAILS IN ODISHA
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION BEGINS
INQUIRY INTO FOOTBALL MATCH FIXING
Jajpur: A goods train derailed at Korai railway station in Odi-
sha’s Jajpur on Monday, with wagons ploughing into waiting
passengers, killing at least three
of them, all women, and injuring
seven others, including a two-
and-half-year-old child, officials
said. Railway officials said that
the accident took place at 6.44 am
when some people were waiting at
the platform and the waiting hall for a passenger train.
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
has launched a preliminary inquiry into allegations of
football match fixing, as well as
irregularities in the investments
of football clubs, sources said
on Monday. According to CBI
sources five football clubs have
allegedly received huge ill-gotten
money and the role of a few
international fixers have also cropped up.
Chikkamagaluru: 4 cops
have been suspended
for extorting Rs 5 lakhs
from a gold merchant and
threatening to frame him
in a smuggling case in
Chikkamagaluru district.
The four were identified as
Sub-Inspector Lingaraju,
constables Dhanapal
Nayak, Omkarmurthy and
Sharat Raj, of Ajjampura
police station. On May 11,
policemen stopped gold
merchant Rohit Sankla’s
car in Davanagere. He was
carrying 2.450 kg of gold.
Upon finding the gold,
they threatened him that a
case of smuggling would
be lodged against him if
he doesn’t give a Rs 10
lakh bribe. They extorted
Rs 5 lakh from him.
UP: SIX BOOKED
FOR RELIGIOUS
CONVERSION
‘JAMTARA’ INSPIRES
CYBER THUGS, 7
CASES IN LUCKNOW
3 DIE AS BUS RAMS
INTO TRACTOR IN
TELANGANA
Bareilly: Six persons
have been booked for
alleged forced reli-
gious conversions in
Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly
district. Additional Su-
perintendent of Police
(ASP) Rahul Bhati said
the action was taken
after the police got
information that reli-
gious conversion was
going on at the Vanshi
Nagar locality in Bareilly
where 60-70 people
were present. Later, an
FIR was lodged against
six persons under
provisions of the Uttar
Pradesh Prohibition of
Unlawful Conversion
Act, 2021, said Bhati.
Lucknow: Taking inspiration
from web series ‘Jamtara’,
cyber thugs in Lucknow are
now duping innocents by
pretending to be defence
personnel. Last week,
a retired bank manager
Krishnanand Gupta, who
had given an ad seeking
tenants for his house, was
duped of Rs 1.24 lakhs by a
miscreant posing as an army
captain. In another case, a
businessman in Lucknow’s
PGI locality was duped of Rs
15,000 by a man posing as
army officer on Sunday. The
businessman had also given
an ad for selling his double
bed. According to police, at
least seven cases have been
reported from the city in the
last 20 days.
Hyderabad: 3 persons
were killed when a bus
rammed into a tractor
on Hyderabad-Bangalore
highway in Telangana’s
Wanaparthy district,
early on Monday. Garuda
bus of Telangana State
Road Transport Corpo-
ration, which was on its
way from Hyderabad to
Bangalore, collided with
a sugarcane-laden tractor
from the rear side near
Mummalapalli in Kottakota
mandal. Two persons died
on the spot while one
succumbed to his injuries
at the government hospital
at Wanaparthy. The bus
driver, a cleaner and a pas-
senger were killed while
15 others were injured.
K’taka: Conman robs
ISRO scientist of `18L
Bengaluru (Agencies):
An incident of a con-
man duping an ISRO
scientist of Rs 18 lakh
after promising him of
a medical seat for his
daughter came to light
in Bengaluru on Mon-
day
. Upparpet police in
Bengaluru have regis-
tered a case in this con-
nection and launched a
hunt for the accused.
According to police,
48-year-old Chidananda
Shivappa Mugdum, a
scientist working with
ISRO and a resident of
CGS Colony in Mumbai
is the person who wasd
duped. The conman is
identified as Arun Das.
Police explain that sci-
entist Chidananda’s
daughter prepared for
MBBS.Two months ago,
the accused contacted
the scientist through a
phonecallandpromised
him a medical seat in
Bengaluru. The accused
Arun Das had also vis-
ited the victim’s resi-
dence twice and verified
educational documents
of his daughter.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India TV
owner Rajat Sharma’s
brother Salil Sharma re-
cently passed away
. He
was 59 year old. Accord-
ing to family sources,
Salil Sharma was fondly
called Chachaji by the
friends and acquaintes
of the family
.
A prayer meet for the
departed soul was held
on Monday in New Del-
hi. The prayer meet was
held at the Chinmaya
Mission, Lodhi State in
thenationalcapitalfrom
3 to 4 PM on Monday af-
ternoon. A number of
eminent personalities
from political, media
andothersectionsof the
society attended the
prayer meet and paid
their last respects to the
departed soul.
India TV owner Rajat Sharma’s
brother Salil Sharma dies at 59
UP govt transfers 11 IAS officers ahead
of municipal bodies elections in State
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Ahead of
municipal polls, UP govt
has transferred 11 IAS
officers. Special Secre-
tary Revenue Mahendra
Singh has been made
Special Secretary Home
while Renu Tiwari, Spe-
cialSecretaryFoodSafe-
tyandDrugAdministra-
tion, is now Addl Com-
missioner Rural Devel-
opment MNREGA.
MD UP Agro Shesh
Nath has shifted to sug-
ar industry and sugar-
cane development de-
partment as Special
Secretary. Arun
Prakash, special secre-
tary secretariat admin-
istration has been post-
ed as Special Secretary
MSME and has been
given additional charge
of CEO Khadi Village
Industries Board. Addl
Commissioner MGN-
REGA Yogesh Kumar is
now special secretary-
agriculture produce
commissioner branch.
Three officers who
were under waiting list
have also got postings.
TK Shibu was made ad-
ditional commissioner
land management, reve-
nue council, Sunil Ver-
ma and Anurag Patel
werealsogivenpostings.
3 new members
in Staff Selection
Commission in HP
Hamirpur (PTI): Three
people were on Monday
sworn in as members of
the Himachal Pradesh
Staff Selection Commis-
sion. PC Akela, Profes-
sor PK Vaidya, and
Rakesh Bhardwaj were
administeredtheoathof
office by HPSSC Chair-
man Dr Sanjay Thakur.
These new members of
thecommissionwereap-
pointed by BJP-ruled
state govt earlier but
their swearing-in was
put on hold by Election
Commission due to the
assembly polls in
Himachal Pradesh.
Odisha ‘sextortion’: ED
seizes SUV of accused
Enforcement Directo-
rate has seized a sports
utility vehicle (SUV)
belonging to the prime
accused in the money
laundering case linked
to a recent alleged sex-
tortion case in Odisha.
“The vehicle, a Ford
Endeavour, was found
abandoned without a
number plate. The
seized vehicle is valued
around Rs 40 lakh,” the
ED said in a statement.
The agency said the
vehicle belongs to Arch-
ana Nag who is the
main accused in the
“high-profile sextortion
racket run in and
around the city of Bhu-
baneswar.” The En-
forcement Directorate
had earlier said it seized
“incriminating” docu-
ments, digital evidence
and mobile phones.
Prayer meet being held for Salil Sharma in New Delhi.
Sonbhadra TK Shibu Sunil Kumar Verma Anurag Patel
Accused Aaftab Poonawala in police custody. —FILE PHOTO
DELHI POLICE TEAM RECORDS ONE
MORE STATEMENT IN MAHARASHTRA
Mumbai (PTI): A Delhi police team, which is in Va-
sai in Maharashtra’s Palghar to probe the murder
of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by Aaftab Poonawa-
la, on Monday recorded the statement of a person
in connection with the case. However, details of
this person or his connection with the case was
not immediately known. It has taken the number of
people whose statements have been recorded here
to 11, including two who helped Walkar when she
was allegedly assaulted by Poonawala in 2020.
AAFTAB MOVED HIS
STUFF TO DELHI IN 37
BOXES IN JUNE: COPS
“DAD DIDN’T
SHARE DETAILS
ABOUT AAFTAB”
Mumbai: Aaftab Poon-
awala had shifted
belongings from his flat
in Maharashtra’s Palghar
district to Delhi in 37
boxes in June and paid Rs
20,000 for it, police said
on Monday.Poonawala
had told Delhi Police that
before moving to Delhi, he
and Walkar fought about
who would pay for shifting
the items from their house
in Vasai area of Palghar,
police sources said.
Mumbai: Amin Poon-
awala, father of Aaftab,
did not share information
about Aaftab while taking
a flat on rent in a building
in Mira Road area last
month, a real estate agent
said. The agent who
helped Amin find a flat
in Delta Garden Com-
plex said the Poonawala
senior initially wanted
a 1 BHK flat but later
changed his mind and
took a 2 BHK flat on rent.

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,847.00 408.00 0.77 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,075.00 594.00 0.97 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.81 0.07 0.08
GBPINR 96.71 0.73 0.75
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
Hyderabad: Around 370
companies, including 50
foreign firms, will partici-
pate in ‘Poultry India
Expo’, touted as South
Asia’s biggest poultry
event, to be held here for
three days from Novem-
ber 23. Indian Poultry
Equipment Manufacturers
Association president
Chakradhar Rao Potluri on
Monday said the compa-
nies would showcase their
products, including feed,
medicine, equipment and
their best farming practic-
es during the event which
is being held after a gap
of three years. —PTI
370 COS TO TAKE
PART IN ‘POULTRY
INDIA EXPO’
New Delhi: Canadian res-
taurant chain Tim Hortons
plans to open around 120
stores in India in the next
three years at an invest-
ment of up to `300 crore,
a top company official
said on Monday. The
chain, which had in Au-
gust opened its first out-
lets in India, is initially fo-
cussing on North India
and will later expand to
other regions. “The com-
mitment that I made to
the board is in the first 36
months of operation, in
the first three years,
there’ll be 120 stores (in
India),” the company’s
India CEO Navin Gurnaney
said. —PTI
TIM HORTONS PLANS
TO OPEN 120 STORES
IN NEXT 3 YEARS
New Delhi: Gold price in
the national capital de-
clined `408 to `52,847
per 10 grams on Monday
amid a fall in prices of
precious metal in over-
seas markets, according
to HDFC Securities. In the
previous trade, the yellow
metal had settled at
`53,255 per 10 grams.
Silver also dropped by
`594 to `61,075 per kilo-
gram. In the int’l market,
gold was trading in red at
$1,745.5 per ounce while
silver was down at $20.83
per ounce. —PTI
GOLD DECLINES BY
RUPEES 408; SILVER
DROPS RUPEES 594
New Delhi: The country
imported 23.4 lakh tonne
of fertilisers, including
urea and Di-ammonium
Phosphate (DAP), in Oc-
tober this year, according
to official data. Out of the
total fertiliser imports,
DAP was maximum at
14.70 lakh tonne, fol-
lowed by urea at 4.60
lakh tonne, Muriate of
Potash (MoP) at 2.36 lakh
tonne and complexes at
1.70 lakh tonne in the
said month, the data
showed. Meanwhile, the
domestic production of
fertilisers was 36.19 lakh
tonne in October. —PTI
INDIA IMPORTS 23.4
LAKH TONS OF
FERTILISER IN OCT
*Rates till the edition went to print.
Crisil lowers FY23 growth by 30 bps to 7%
Mumbai (PTI): Rating
agencies Crisil and Icra on
Monday revised down their
India growth projections
for the current fiscal and
the second quarter mainly
due to the ripple effect of
slowdown in global growth
and mixed crop output.
Crisil downgraded the
India growth forecast by 30
bps to 7% while Icra pegged
the economic expansion at
6.5% for the second quarter
of FY2022-23.
“We have revised down
our forecast for real gross
domestic product growth
to 7% for fiscal 2023 from
7.3%, primarily because of
the slowdown in global
growth that has started to
impact our exports and in-
dustrial activity. This will
test the resilience of do-
mestic demand,” Crisil
chief economist said.
Icra, in its report pen-
cilled a 6.5% growth in Q2
of the current fiscal, which
is still a tad higher than the
monetary policy commit-
tee’s September forecast of
6.3% and at 6.5% in GVA
less than half of 13.5% a
year ago.
ECONOMY
FORECAST
z Crisil downgraded the India
growth forecast by 30
basis points to 7% while
Icra pegged the economic
expansion at 6.5% for the
second quarter of Financial
Year 2022-23
Markets fall for 3rd
day; Sensex, Nifty
decline nearly 1%
Mumbai (PTI): Market
benchmarks fell for third
day running on Monday
and ended nearly 1% lower
amid weak trend in global
equities.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
declined 518.64 points or
0.84% to settle at 61,144.84.
During the day, it tumbled
604.15 points or 0.97% to
61,059.33.The broader NSE
Nifty fell 147.70 points or
0.81% to end at 18,159.95.
From the Sensex pack,
Reliance Industries, HDFC,
Tata Consultancy Services,
Tech Mahindra, Infosys,
Bajaj Finance, Wipro and
Tata Steel were the major
laggards. Bharti Airtel,
Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank,
Hindustan Unilever and
Power Grid were among
the winners.
Elsewhere in Asia, mar-
kets in Seoul, Shanghai
and Hong Kong ended low-
er, while Tokyo settled
higher.
INDIAN RUPEE FALLS BY 7 PAISE ON MONDAY
TO CLOSE AT 81.81 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 7 paise to close at 81.81
(provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, tracking the strength
of the American currency in the overseas markets and a muted trend
in domestic equities. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the local
unit opened at 81.84 and later wit-
nessed an intraday high of 81.74 and
a low of 81.91 during the session.
The domestic unit finally settled at
81.81 against the American currency,
registering a fall of 7 paise over its
last close. Meanwhile, the dollar
index, which gauges the greenback’s
strength against a basket of six cur-
rencies, rose 0.83 per cent to 107.81.
INDIA INC TO FINANCE MINISTER
‘BUDGET SHOULD FOCUS ON JOB CREATION’
Budget should focus on
measures to accelerate job
creation and broaden the
tax base by rationalising
GST and personal income
tax slabs to boost consump-
tion, industry bodies said
in their pre-Budget meet-
ing with finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman on
Monday
.
“The external scenario
is likely to continue to be
unfavourable for some
time. Hence, we must
broad-base our domestic
economy by creating new
sectors of growth and driv-
ing employment genera-
tion to boost domestic de-
mand, inclusion, and
growth,” CII president San-
jiv Bajaj said.
The Confederation of In-
dian Industry (CII), which
was part of the virtual pre-
Budget meeting, called for
an aggressive focus on pri-
vatisation of public sector
units and increasing allo-
cation to capital expendi-
ture with focus on an in-
vestment led growth strat-
egy to pump India’s econo-
my amidst the global un-
certainty
.
To boost job creation, CII
suggested that an employ-
ment linked incentive
scheme be introduced and
the government could con-
sider an urban employ-
ment guarantee scheme
and initiate a pilot in metro
cities first in this Budget.
“Going forward, to pro-
vide tax certainty to busi-
nesses, the corporate tax
rates should be maintained
at the current levels.
“Further simplification,
rationalisation, ease of
paying taxes, and reducing
tax litigation should be key
priorities,” the CII presi-
dent said. Industry body
PHDCCI also submitted its
suggestions for the Budget
to the finance minister vir-
tually on Monday
.
It suggested a five-
pronged strategy to revital-
ise the private investments
through measures to en-
hance consumption, in-
crease capacity utilisation
in factories, boost job crea-
tion, improve quality of
social infrastructure, and
accelerate India’s econom-
ic growth. “The Union
Budget 2023-24 is being pre-
sented at a crucial juncture
of geo-political uncertain-
ties, high inflation and
slowing world eco growth.
New Delhi (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on
Monday kicked off pre-budget consultations, holding meetings
with industry chamber heads and infrastructure experts about
their expectations from the upcoming Budget. “Union Finance
Minister Smt. @nsitharaman chairs her 1st #PreBudget2023
consultation with the first group of captains from Industry
experts of #Infrastructure and #ClimateChange, in New Delhi,
today,” the Ministry of Finance said in a tweet. “The 2nd #PreB-
udget2023 meeting is being attended by MoS Finance Shri @
mppchaudhary and Dr @DrBhagwatKarad ; Finance Secretary
Dr T.V. Somanathan; Secretaries of DEA, @SecyDIPAM, DoR,
@DFS_India, CEA Dr Anantha Nageswaran Senior Economic
Advisor @FinMinIndia.
FINANCE MINISTER SITHARAMAN KICKS
OFF PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATIONS
SITHARAMAN TO
MEET STATE FMs
z Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman will hold pre-
budget consultations with her
state counterparts on Friday.
The meeting is part of the
customary meetings that the
minister undertakes
z According to an official form
the ministry, the pre-budget
meeting with state finance
ministers will be held in New
Delhi on November 25
z On November 22 (Tuesday),
the minister will meet
the agriculture and agro-
processing industry
Airtel hikes minimum
recharge plan by 57%
New Delhi (PTI): Bharti
Airtel has increased the
price of its minimum re-
charge for 28 days mobile-
phone service plan by
about 57% to `155 in Hary-
ana and Odisha.
The company has
stopped its minimum re-
charge plan of `99, under
which it offered 200 mega-
byte of data and calls at the
rate of `2.5 paise per sec-
ond. In Haryana and Odis-
ha, Airtel has now started
offering the `155-plan with
unlimited calling, 1 GB
data 300 SMSes. The com-
pany has started trial of
the new plan and is likely
to roll out the same across
India based on the result.
AIRTEL LAUNCHES 5G
SERVICES IN GUWAHATI
Guwahati (PTI): Telecom opera-
tor Bharti Airtel on Monday said
that it has rolled out the latest
5G services in Guwahati. The
‘Airtel 5G Plus’ services will
be available to customers in a
phased manner as the company
continues to construct its net-
work and complete the rollout.
“Customers with 5G enabled
devices will enjoy high-speed
Airtel 5G Plus network at no ex-
tra cost until the rollout is more
widespread,” it said.
Bengaluruseeshighestofficerentalgrowth
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Office rent in
Bengaluru rose 12.1% year-
on-year in July-September
this year, the highest in the
Asia Pacific region, accord-
ing to Knight Frank.
In its Asia-Pacific Prime
Office Rental Index for Q3
2022, property consultant
Knight Frank said that
Bengaluru topped the list
with 12.10% Y-o-Y growth
in office rentals in Q3 (Ju-
ly-September) 2022.
Mumbai was at the 3rd
rank in the index, record-
ing 7% Y-o-Y growth in of-
fice rentals, followed by
Delhi-NCR at 14th rank,
which remained stable.
Jakarta was in the sec-
ond position with a 10.90%
growth in office rent.
Taipei stood at fourth
rank with a 5.50% increase
in rent, followed by Singa-
pore with a 5.3% rise, Bris-
bane with a 3.9% apprecia-
tion and Seoul with a
3.7percent rise.
IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION
LEADERS IN
APAC
z Jakarta was in the second
position with a 10.90%
growth in office rent.
z Mumbai was at the 3rd
rank in the index, recording
7% Y-o-Y growth in office
rentals, followed by Delhi-
NCR at 14th rank
z Taipei stood at 4th rank with
a 5.50% increase in rent
‘EXPORT DUTY ON STEEL
WAS IMPOSED TO
CONTROL INFLATION’
New Delhi: The government
had levied export duty on steel
to control inflation which has
now come
down, JSW
Group Chair-
man Sajjan
Jindal said on
Monday. He made the remarks
reacting to the govt’s action of
removing the export duty on
steel items. “Duty was brought
in because there was huge
pressure on inflation and gov-
ernment wanted to cool down
the inflation and the industry
supported the government in
the efforts,” he said. —PTI
JIO GETS NCLT
APPROVAL TO ACQUIRE
RELIANCE INFRATEL
Mumbai: The NCLT on Mon-
day gave its approval to Jio for
the acquisition
of Reliance
Infratel (RITL).
The tribunal
asked Jio
to deposit `3,720 crore in
the SBI escrow account to
complete the acquisition of
RCOM’s tower and fibre as-
sets. On November 6, Jio had
proposed to deposit `3,720
crore in an escrow account
to complete the acquisition
of Reliance Infratel which is
undergoing an insolvency
resolution process. —PTI
INDIA’S FOOD SERVICE
MARKET TO REACH
$79.65 BN BY 2028
New Delhi: India’s food service
market is expected to reach
$79.65 billion
by 2028,
growing at
a CAGR of
11.19% from
$41.1 billion in 2022, accord-
ing to a report published on
Monday. The restaurants and
food service market in the
country is divided into two
segments with the unorganised
segment accounting for the
major share, the report said,
adding that the organised sec-
tor also grew at a strong rate
between 2014 2020. —PTI
AVG HOUSING PRICES
UP BY 5% IN 8 CITIES
BETWEEN JAN-SEPT
New Delhi: Average housing
prices appreciated nearly 5%
across eight major cities in
the first nine
months of
this year on
account of
rise in input
costs and a strong revival
in demand, according to
PropTiger.Com. The weighted
average prices of residential
properties in primary markets
across eight cities stood at
`6,600-6,800 per square
feet at the end of September
quarter, PropTiger.Com said in
a statement. —PTI
REMOVAL OF EXPORT DUTY WILL LEAD TO NEW
ERA OF GROWTH FOR STEEL INDUSTRY: SCINDIA
New Delhi: Removal of export duty on steel products will lead
to a new era of growth for the domestic steel industry which has
gained footprint internationally, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
said. It has taken years for the domestic steel industry
to gain footprint in the international
markets, the steel minister said. The govt
has cut the export duty on steel products
and iron ore to nil with effect from Nov19,
2022 -- six months after imposition of the
levy on May 21. The decision was taken
very judiciously after taking all stake-
holders’ concerns into account. —PTI
OTHER STORIES

08
2NDFRONT
Emotional stability is necessary to
excel in professional world, work on
all aspects of your personality.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Chandig arh(PTI):
Bharti Kisan Union
(Ekta Sidhupur) presi-
dent Jagjit Singh Dalle-
wal on Monday said he
would continue his fast
unto death till the Pun-
jab government comes
up with a resolution to
the various demands of
farmers.
Doctors attending on
the farmer leader told
reporters that the sugar
level of Dallewal, who
is on fast since Satur-
day, is low and a medi-
cal team has been sta-
tioned at the protest site
in Faridkot to monitor
his health.
The ongoing protests
by farmers entered the
sixth day on Monday.
BKU (Ekta Sidhupur) is
spearheading the pro-
tests in Amritsar, Man-
sa, Patiala, Faridkot
and Bathinda in Punjab
in support of its de-
mands. Dallewal has ac-
cused the Aam Aadmi
Party of acting the
same way as the BJP
did during the farmers’
stir against the now re-
pealed farm laws.
“We are sitting here
for resolution of our de-
mands. If the govern-
ment does not accept
then this fast unto death
and our protests will
continue like this,”
Dallewal told reporters
in Faridkot.
He said farmers were
compelled to stage sit-
ins on roads after their
protests outside the of-
fices of deputy commis-
sioners failed to yield
any positive action
from the state govern-
ment. Dallewal said he
is not going to avail
medical aid and his fast
in support of demands
will continue.
“We are ready to give
treatment, but he is re-
fusing,” said a doctor
who examined him.
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann had
slammed the farmers’
unions on Friday last
for frequently staging
protests by blocking
roads in Punjab to get
their demands fulfilled,
which evoked strong re-
action from farmers’
bodies, with the Bharti
Kisan Union (Ekta Sid-
hupur) hitting out at the
CM, accusing him of
not fulfilling promises..
Dallewal had earlier
accused CM Mann of
deceiving farmers by
not fulfilling demands
which were earlier ac-
cepted by him.
“We were promised
that sugarcane mills
would start crushing
from November 5 but it
failed to do so. We were
promised that Rs 2,500
per acre will be given
for not burning stub-
ble. We were again
promised no action will
be taken against farm-
ers who burn stubble,
but it failed on this
front also,” Dallewal
had last week said.
Farm leader to continue fast
unto death till demands met
Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur) president Jagjit Singh Dallewal addressing the media persons.
The ongoing protests by BKU
(Ekta Sidhupur) farmers
entered the sixth day on Monday
It is spearheading the protests
in Amritsar, Mansa, Patiala,
Faridkot and Bathinda in Punjab
Farmers held protests for eight months
outside the offices of the deputy com-
missioners. When nobody listened to
us, we were compelled to come on the roads.
—Jagjit Singh Dallewal, BKU (Ekta Sidhupur) president
Shahjahanpur (PTI):
The Shahjahanpur dis-
trict magistrate has or-
dered the installation
of CCTV cameras at all
religious places here
following the alleged
desecration of the
Quran at a mosque ear-
lier this month.
On November 2, a
copy of the Quran was
found burnt at the
mosque located in the
Kotwali area of Shahja-
hanpur, after which a
large number of people
held a demonstration
there. The police swung
into action and arrested
Taj Mohammad for the
incident the next morn-
ing. District Magistrate
Umesh Pratap Singh on
Monday told PTI that
when he inspected the
mosque, he found no
cameras were installed
there. The accused was
traced with the help of
CCTV footage from a
camera installed in a
shop right in front of
the mosque, he said.
Keeping this in view,
instructions have been
given to install CCTV
cameras at all religious
places. All major reli-
gious places will install
the cameras in the first
phase, and the smaller
ones will follow, he said.
Shahjahanpur DM orders religious
places to install CCTV cameras
New Delhi (PTI):Using
a special type of MRI,
researchers at the Indi-
an Institute of Technol-
ogy (IIT) Delhi have un-
covered brain changes
in patients up to six
months after they recov-
ered from COVID-19.
Studies have shown that
about 1 in 5 adults go on
to develop long-term ef-
fects from COVID-19.
Neurological symp-
toms associated with
long COVID include dif-
ficulty thinking or con-
centrating, headache,
sleep problems, light-
headedness, pins-and-
needles sensation,
change in smell or taste,
depression or anxiety
.
However, studies have
found COVID-19 may be
associated with changes
to the heart, lungs or
other organs even in
asymptomatic patients.
The latest study, being
presented next week at
the annual meeting of
the Radiological Society
of North America, used
susceptibility-weighted
imaging to analyse the
effects that COVID-19
has on the brain.
Magnetic susceptibil-
ity denotes how much
certain materials, such
as blood, iron and calci-
um,willbecomemagnet-
ised in an applied mag-
netic field. This ability
aids in the detection and
monitoring of a host of
neurologic conditions
including microbleeds,
vascularmalformations,
brain tumours stroke.
IIT study: MRI shows significant
brain abnormalities post-COVID
Unrest in Shahjahanpur after desecration of the Quran.
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THIRD EYE HELPS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Grey
Line of the Delhi Metro
will not be operational
today on November 22,
for an hour to under-
take speed trials which
are being conducted on
theDwarka-DhansaBus
Stand section, officials
announced on Monday
.
“The services will not
be available between
Dwarka and Dhansa
Bus Stand from 12:30 pm
to 01:30 pm tomorrow
for the purpose of en-
hancement of speed and
overall improvement in
the quality of train op-
erations,” the DMRC
said in a statement.
Presently, the Delhi
Metro network consists
of about 390.14 Km with
286 stations. The net-
work has now crossed
the boundaries of Delhi
to reach Noida and Gha-
ziabadinUttarPradesh,
Gurgaon, Faridabad,
Bahadurgarh, Ballab-
hgarh in Haryana.
Passengers are kind-
ly advised to plan their
trip accordingly, the
statement added.
GREY LINE
SERVICES TO
BE HIT FOR AN
HOUR TODAY
DELHI METRO
Srinagar (PTI): Actor
Zain Khan Durrani on
Monday said Kashmir is
opening up to the world
of cinema as a lot of pro-
duction houses are com-
ing up which not only
provide job opportuni-
ties to the locals, but de-
velop work culture.
Durrani, who was in
Srinagar to promote
his spy thriller series
“Mukhbir The Story of
a Spy”, also said Kash-
miri filmmakers have
to bring about a change
if they want the coun-
try to see the stories
from the Valley with a
new perspective.
“Kashmir is now
opening up to films.
Many people are into
production now. A lot of
production houses have
come up, people are
working in them. It not
only provides job oppor-
tunities, but also devel-
ops work culture. Peo-
ple from outside come
and work here, we get to
learn from them. It
leads to change in the
work culture,” he said.
The actor, a Kashmiri
himself, said while it
would take time for the
cinema to evolve in the
region, “if we want to
narrate or showcase our
own stories, we have to
openproductionhouses,
nurture local talent like
they do in the south”.
“If we want the whole
country to see the sto-
ries from Kashmir, and
that too with a new per-
spective, we have to
bring a change our-
selves. We have to show
different stories from
here, the stories about
those topics which have
not been explored so far.
“Right now, people
outside have a micro
view and see only those
things for which Kash-
mirremainsinthenews.
KASHMIR NOW OPENING UP TO WORLD
OF CINEMA: ACTOR ZAIN KHAN DURRANI
Durrani was in
Srinagar to
promote his spy
thriller series
“Mukhbir – The
Story of a Spy”
POLICE SUSPECT HONOUR
KILLING, FATHER ARRESTED
WOMAN’S BODY IN TROLLEY BAG
First India Bureau
New Delhi: When the
country is still reeling
under the shock of the
brutal murder of
Shraddha Walker by
her live-in partner in
the national capital,
the details of another
gruesome killing has
emerged from the na-
tional capital after a
21-year-old girl’s body
was found in a trolley
bagontheYamunaEx-
pressway near Mathu-
ra in Uttar Pradesh.
The victim Ayushi
Yadav was allegedly
killed by her father,
with police terming it
a case of suspected
honour killing.
Her father Nitesh
Yadav is in police cus-
tody and a murder
weapon has been re-
covered, according to
a police official.
Ayushi Yadav’s
family members told
the police that she had
“gone out for some
days” without inform-
ing them and this en-
raged her father.
When she returned on
November 17, he al-
legedly shot her dead
at their house in Mod-
band village.
The same night, he
packed her body in a
trolley and threw it
near Raya cut on the
Yamuna Expressway,
as per sources.
—FILE
PHOTO
RajasthanChief Minis-
ter and Senior
Observer of Congress in
Gujarat assembly elec-
tions,AshokGehlotiscon-
fident of the party’s victo-
ry in the Assembly elec-
tions.Inaninterviewwith
the Consulting Editor of
Bharat24 Amit Mishra,
Gehlotsharedthereasons
forhisconfidenceandwhy
he feels that Congress has
an upper edge over BJP
and AAP in Gujarat.
z Congress is con-
stantly raising issues
of unemployment and
inflation. Do you
think, after Ra-
jasthan, people in Gu-
jarat are able to un-
derstand that these
are big issues?
Gehlot: The aim of Ra-
hul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ is also simi-
lar(toraisetheseissues).
The inflation has broken
the back of the public.
Although,Gujaratiscon-
sidered financially well
off, but there is a limit to
price rise. There is se-
vereunemploymenthere
and there is unrest
among young people.
The system of jobs for
goodgovernanceismiss-
ing here. This govt has
failed and the entire cab-
inet had to be re-jigged.
During Corona, the situ-
ation has not been good
and people did not get
treatment, and people
died of spurious liquor.
z You have started in-
itiative of door-to-
door campaign. How
much will Congress
benefit from it?
The five yatras of Con-
gress at the divisional
level received warm wel-
come because there is
unrest among the public
against the present re-
gime. In 2017 also, there
was anger among the
public but this time,
there is more anger. Only
Congress can give an op-
tion, no other party can.
So, I think the Congress
will benefit from this
strategy
.
z Last time also, you
took the command
and Congress got 77
seats. Do you think
the Congress will
cross that figure or re-
main around that fig-
ure only?
The PCC has done an as-
sessment and set a target
of 125 seats and we are
moving towards that
daily
. Where we will
reach, only time will tell.
z PM has accused
that people opposing
Narmada Project
have joined ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’?
PM Modi and Amit Shah
are worried as such they
are using such ‘Jumlas.’
Activistsdotheirjoband
keep their view point in
every state. It is not nec-
essary that the govern-
ment agrees to them all.
Medha Patkar kept op-
posing it, but the dam
wasconstructed.‘Bharat
JodoYatra’isnotof Con-
gress only
. This Yatra is
in the interest of the na-
tion.Thisisnotgoodand
the public is gradually
understanding these is-
sues.
z AAP is also contest-
ing with full force. Do
you think AAP’s pres-
ence will lead to tri-
angular contest?
During the last one
month, they cam-
paigned a lot. It is a
mystery and Arvind Ke-
jriwal should answer as
to why they campaigned
a lot in Himachal
Pradesh and later to-
tally withdrew from the
contest. This is beyond
comprehension.
z Your ‘Old Pension
Scheme’ has become a
role model. Congress
is including it in its
manifesto in other
states also. How will
you assure Gujarat
people that schemes
implemented in Ra-
jasthan will be repli-
cated there also?
Wehavepromisedpeople
andtheCongressgovern-
ment will fulfil it. The
healthinsurancescheme
of Rajasthan should be
implemented across the
country
. I publicly ap-
pealed to PM Modi at
Mangarh event to repli-
catethehealthinsurance
scheme across the coun-
try for social security
.
The ‘Ayushman Scheme’
is for limited people only
.
We have provided Rs 10
lakhinsuranceandinad-
dition Rs 5 lakh acciden-
tal insurance.
z How assured are
you about Congress’
victory in Gujarat?
I think there will be
startling results. I can
say this much only
.
Only Congress can provide an option in Gujarat: Gehlot
l There will be startling results in Gujarat,
says Gehlot lGujarat PCC has done
assessment and set a target of 125 seats
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot interacts with the Consulting Editor
of Bharat24 Amit Mishra in Surat on Monday.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022
POISEPASSION
National Glorious Awards 2022 featured
3 fashion sequences with supermodels
of Elite Miss Rajasthan held at the Hotel
Indana Palace Jaipur on Sunday
enowned Bollywood
actress Mugdha Godse
showed off her glitz
and flair at the Nation-
al Glorious Awards
(NGA) 2022 held at the
the Hotel Indana Pal-
ace Jaipur on Sunday
. Around
51 people were acknowledged
at this ceremony for their out-
standing contributions to soci-
ety in their respective fields.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced
the occasion as the Chief Guest
and inaugurated the program
by lighting the lamp along with
Pradeep Biswal, Anshul Jain,
Hukum Singh Kumpawat, JD
Maheshwari, Show organiser
Luupa Mudrra Gogoi, pro-
gram’s brand ambassador
Surbhi Gupta, manager Rinku
Singh Gurjar and Ambalika
Shastri.
The event also featured 3
fashion sequences with super-
models of Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan. The show kicked off
with talented designer Ruchi
Pathak showcasing her resort
wear collection with model
Himakshi Choudhary as the
showstopper. The brand fea-
tures lively dresses with bold
printsandvibrantstyleswhich
grabbed the attention of the
audience, follwed by the fash-
ion label brand Sarte by
Palace and Apurva
who rose the tem-
perature with
beautiful west-
ern collection
with model Tanu
Choudhary as the
showstopper.
The entire
collection
was based
on care-
ful fore-
casting
of the
f a s h i o n
weather. The
colour palette
was based on the
upcoming season.
In the final round,
designer Arvind Sharma
brought a new range of fash-
ion through his astonishing
brand Laksha Priya with
Shrishti Khatri as the show-
stopper. The brand features a
unique collection made of Silk
fabric in flowy gowns, the col-
lection was made of Subtle col-
ours.
Giving an overview of the
desinger show, Gaurav Gaur,
the director of the show said
that he was very thrilled to
see the amazing collections
shown by talented designers
at the National Glorious
Awards (NGA) 2022.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
R
Jagdeesh Chandra greets Mugdha Godse
(Clockwise) Rishika Chandani,Sheena Parashar, Shweta, Tanu, Shristi, Sneha and Himakshi
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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