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15 STATES, OVER 106 HELD
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: In simulta-
neous raids across the
length and breadth of
country, a multi-agency
operation spearheaded
by the NIA on Thursday
led to the arrest of 106
activists of PFI in 15
states and 93 locations
for allegedly support-
ing terror activities in
country, officials said.
The maximum num-
ber of arrests were
made in Kerala followed
by Maharashtra and
Karnataka, TN, Assam,
UP, AP, MP, Puducherry,
Delhi & Rajasthan. Ar-
rests were made during
raids which have been
termed as the “largest-
ever investigation pro-
cess till date”. Raids are
being carried out
against those involved
in terror funding, or-
ganising training
camps and radicalising
others to join extremist
groups. Formed in 2006,
PFI claims to strive for
a neo-social movement
ostensibly for empower-
ment of marginalised
sections of India.
ZERO TOLERANCE...: RAHUL
GANDHI ON PFI AND SDPI RAIDS
NIA RAIDS PFI OFFICES IN RAJ,
4 TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY
SHAH DISCUSSES ACTION AGAINST
PFI WORKERS, TERROR SUSPECTS
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on
Thursday called for ‘zero tolerance’ in deal-
ing with ‘communalism and violence’ and
said, “... regardless of where they come
from... (all) are the same...”.
Jaipur: The NIA and ED conducted raids
at multiple places of Popular Front of India
(PFI) in Rajasthan including Kota, Baran,
Udaipur and Jaipur. Following the raids, 2
people from Udaipur and one each from
Kota-Baran were taken into custody. P3
Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held
a meeting wherein the ongoing searches at
premises linked to
the Popular Front
of India and action
against terror
suspects. NSA Ajit
Doval, Union Home
Secy Ajay Bhalla, DG
NIA Dinkar Gupta
were among the top
officials who attended the high-level meeting.
Shah is said to have took stock of the action
taken against the terror suspects and activists
of the PFI across the country, an official said.
...NIA’s ‘largest-ever’ anti-terror raids against Popular Front of India
PFI calls for a dawn-to-
dusk strike in Kerala
today to mark their protest
The maximum number
of 22 arrests of the PFI
org were made in Kerala
PFI chief OMA Salam, State
chief CP Mohammed, nat’l
secy Nazarudheen were arrested
The search-
es are
taking place
on the premises of
persons involved
in terror-funding,
organising training
camps, and radical-
ising people to join
proscribed organisa-
tions. —NIA official
NIA’s base-
less claims
and sensa-
tionalism are solely
aimed at creating an
atmosphere of terror.
The Front will “never
ever surrender” on
the action taken by a
“totalitarian regime”.
—Popular Front
of India
Police enter into scuffle while they attempt to detain the PFI and Social Democratic Party of India
(SDPI) workers during a protest against the raids of NIA, in Hubballi on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
NIA official during the raid at
the Popular Front of India (PFI)
office, in Chennai on Thursday.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat leaves after meeting All India Imam
Organisation Chief Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, at a mosque in New Delhi
on Thursday. (Bottom) RSS Chief during his visit at a mosque.
Mohan Bhagwat is
‘RASHTRA PITA’:
Top Muslim cleric
New Delhi: Reaching
out to the Muslim com-
munity
, RSS chief Mo-
hanBhagwat,alongwith
seniorSanghfunctionar-
ies, on Thursday met
Imam Umer Ahmed Il-
yasi, the chief of All In-
dia Imam Organisation.
The closed-door meeting
lasted for over an hour.
RSS chief has been
holding discussions
with Muslim intellectu-
als for strengthening
communal harmony.
RSSspokespersonSunil
Ambekar said meeting
was part of the continu-
ous discussion process,
Bhagwat meets people
from all walks of life.
Bhagwat meets
Imam Umer Ahmed
Ilyasi in New Delhi
Mohan Bhagwat
ji visited on
my invitation
today. He’s ‘rashtra-pita’
and ‘rashtra-rishi’, a good
message will go out from
his visit. Our ways of wor-
shipping god are different,
but the biggest religion is
humanity. We believe the
country comes first.
—Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, All
India Imam Org Chief
Tata group airlines AI, Vistara, AirAsia
ink MoU for sustainable aviation fuels
New Delhi: Tata group
airlines – Air India, Ai-
rAsia India and Vistara
(Tata SIA Airlines), on
Thursday signed a MoU
with the Council of Sci-
entific and Industrial
Research, Indian Insti-
tute of Petroleum to col-
laborate and work to-
gether on the research,
development, and de-
ployment of sustaina-
ble aviation fuels
(SAFs), officials said.
“The MOU outlines
the intent of the signa-
tories to work together
in a variety of other
areas related to sus-
tainable aviation,” an
Air India spokesperson
said adding the focus
of the MoU is to ex-
plore Single Reactor
HEFA (fuels) Technol-
ogy for Drop-in liquid
Sustainable Aviation
and Automotive Fuel
(DILSAAF).
This comes two days
after civil aviation min-
ister Jyotiraditya Scin-
dia stressed on carbon
neutrality
. The minister
also said India will have
over 90 carbon- neutral
airports by 2024.
(From Left) Siddharth Sharma, Niyant Maru, Campbell Wilson,
Sunil Bhaskaran and Dr Anjan Ray signing MoU on Thursday.
GYANVAPI: NOTICE
TO MASJID PANEL
HIJAB: SC RESERVES
VERDICT ON PLEAS
Lucknow: A Varanasi
court on Thursday issued
notice to Muslims on
application of Hindus,
who have now sought
carbon-dating of disputed
structure known to have
been found inside the
premises of the Gyanvapi
mosque in Varanasi.
New Delhi: After 10-day
stormy hearing a bench of
SC reserved its judgment
on petitions which
challenged verdict of K’taka
HC which upheld govt
order banning on wearing
of religious cloths, symbols
in edu institutions which
resulted in ban on hijab.
ABG: ASSETS WORTH
`2,747 CR ATTACHED
CALL APPS MAY NEED
TELECOM LICENCES
New Delhi: ED on Thursday
said it has attached
dockyards, agri lands,
commercial properties and
bank deposits worth over
Rs 2,747 crore as part of
an alleged bank loan fraud
linked money laundering
probe against ABG Shipyard
Ltd and its linked entities.
New Delhi: Apps like
Whatsapp, Zoom, Skype and
Google Duo which provide
calling and messaging
services may soon require
licences to operate in Ind, as
per draft telecommunication
bill 2022. The draft bill has
included OTT Apps as part
of telecommunication.
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` CRASHES TO NEW RECORD LOW, 81 PER $ IN SIGHT
New Delhi: The rupee crashed to a new record low against a rampant
greenback on Thursday, with 81/dollar now just a hop, skip and jump away,
driven by a deep rout in global risk assets after Federal Reserve warned
aggressive policy path even at cost of recession to fight elevated inflation. P8
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar NH will remain closed
for traffic for four hours daily till September 27 to
undertake repairs in various landslide prone areas,
officials said. Traffic would be halted from 3 am to 7
am during the repair work, Chief secy AK Mehta said.
NEW AIIMS DELHI
DIRECTOR TO BE
ANNOUNCED
SOON: SOURCES
New Delhi: With the tenure of the sitting Director
of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi Dr
Randeep Guleria coming to an end on September
23, the announcement of his successor is expected
anytime soon, as per the sources on Thursday.
BSE SENSEX 59,119.72 337.06 | NSE NIFTY 17,629.80 88.55
PROFOUND CONCERN: INDIA
CALLS TO END UKRAINE WAR
BrahMos: Defence min
inks `1,700 crore deal
United Nations: In its
sharpest statement on
the Russia-Ukraine war
yet, India on Thursday
“strongly” called for an
end to the armed con-
flict and said the situa-
tion was a matter of
“profound concern”.
Speaking at the UN
Security Council, Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar said, “The
trajectory of Ukraine
conflict is a matter of
profound concern for
the entire international
community
. Outlook ap-
pears truly disturbing.”
“India is strongly re-
iterating need for an
immediate cessation of
all hostilities, as Modi
said, this cannot be an
era of war,” he said.
S Jaishankar speaking at UN,
in New York on Thursday.
New Delhi:The defence
ministry on Thursday
inked a Rs 1,700 crore
contract for supply of
additional BrahMos su-
personic cruise mis-
siles, with a strike range
of 290-km,fortheNavy‘s
frontline warships.
The contract for the
“dual role” surface-to-
surface missiles, capa-
ble of both land attack
and anti-ship strikes,
was inked between the
MoD’sacquisitionswing
and the M/s BrahMos
Aerospace Pvt Ltd.
“Induction of these
missiles will further en-
hance the Navy’s opera-
tional capability. The
contract will also boost
indigenous production
of critical weapon sys-
tem and ammunition,
with active participa-
tion of domestic indus-
try,” MoD official said.
Ministry of Defence signs a
contract with BAPL on Thursday.
 Protests in Russia, over
1k detained as Putin orders
partial military call-up
 Russia’s Foreign Min Ser-
gei Lavrov walks out at UN
HIGHLIGHTS
Modi has powerful
voice in world: UK
PM Modi has a powerful,
influential voice on world
stage and Russia respects
India’s position on global
arena, UK Foreign Secre-
tary James Cleverly said.
CONG’S ‘INTERNAL DEMOCRACY’ PITCHES PARTY IN ‘A STATE OF UNCERTAINITY’!
Rahul steadfast on one person, one post; Gehlot cites
‘dangers’ before Raj government if face changes!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The search
for the next Congress
President seems to be
swinging like a pendu-
lum between Congress’
recent ‘commitment’ to
the ‘One person, One
post’ thought and vari-
ous hurdles in imple-
mentation of the said
idea. As of now there ex-
ists, as the media would
term it, ‘a state of uncer-
tainty’ in the Congress,
but if Congress leaders
are to be believed, this is
the‘internaldemocracy’
of Congress.
But why is this so?
Well, for one, there is a
‘controversy’ over who
would head the party
and the government in
Rajasthan. In this whole
episode, 5-6 people were
consulted and everyone
gavetheirdifferentopin-
ion citing ‘democracy’.
Wednesday’s two-
hour meeting at 10, Jan-
path in Delhi was noth-
ing short of a ‘political
turmoil’,asononehand,
Gehlot was told to take
over the responsibility
of party president by
September. Turn to P10
Wednesday’s meeting deliberated on points if Gehlot would
vacate CM post before or after filing nomination. Names of
Dr CP Joshi, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh and Dr Raghu Sharma
discussed for the CM post even as Priyanka bats for Sachin!
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot, Ramesh Chennithala, Govind Singh Dotasra and other
Cong supporters holding tricolors during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Chirangara on Thursday.
CONGRESS ISSUES NOTIFICATION
FOR AICC PRESIDENT POLLS
RAHUL GANDHI: ONE-MAN, ONE-POST
COMMITMENT TO BE MAINTAINED
Congress on Thursday issued a notification for the
party president poll, setting the ball rolling for elect-
ing the successor to the longest-serving chief Sonia
Gandhi, with senior leaders Ashok Gehlot and Shashi
Tharoor being seen as potential contenders. Rahul
urged candidate who would succeed Sonia in poll to
keep in mind that he “represents a set of ideas and be-
lief system and vision of India,” calling the job of Cong
president an “ideological office.”
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday
batted for the “one-man, one-post” concept in lines
with the Chintan Shivir reforms and indicated he may
not run for the party president’s post.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
02
Question
Hour
DHARIWAL: 237 POSTS OF JUNIOR
LAW OFFICERS SANCITONED
In a written reply to the question of MLA
Jagdish Chand, Minister Shanti Dhariwal
said that at present 130
posts of Junior Law Officer
are vacant in the state and
process is on to fill up the
vacant posts. A total of
237 posts of Junior Law
Officers are sanctioned,
out of which 150 posts of officers are al-
ready working, he added. Besides, 87 posts
are vacant because promotions are due.
MLA SANDEEP KUMAR RAISES ISSUE
OF POLLUTION IN TIJARA, BHIWADI
MLA Sandeep Kumar said that there
is severe pollution in Bhiwadi
and Tijara and the govt
should form a special
committee. On this,
Environment Min Hema-
ram Choudhary assured
that if any complaint
is received about the
industrial units located in Tijara about
non-compliance of rules, then a com-
mittee will be formed to investigate.
TOTAL 58 BUSSES OPERATING IN REODAR,
SIROHI; MIN OLA REPLIES TO JAGSI RAM
MLA Jagsi Ram raised the issue of
closure of roadways in Reodar
assembly constituency.
In response, Minister of
State for Transport Brijen-
dra Singh Ola said that
in 2019-20 due to Covid,
some bus services had
to be discontinued due to
reduction in the income of the corporation
and less passenger load but now 58 buses
of RSRTC are operating in Reodar.
ANJANA REPLIES FOR NON-PAYMENT OF
SALARY TO COOPERATIVES’ EMPLOYEES
MLA Manjit Dharampal Choudhary
raised the issue of non-payment of
salaries to the employees
in cooperative societies.
Minister Udayalal Anjana
said that the work of giv-
ing salary is of the Gram
Seva Cooperative Society.
“In order to strengthen
the cooperative societies, an amount of
2% is deposited in the savings accounts
of societies,” he said.
ISSUE OF DAMAGED DAMS IN JHADOL
CONSTITUENCY RAISED BY BABU LAL
The issue of damaged dams in Jhadol
assembly constituency was raised.
MLA Babu Lal said that
the officials have not
given correct informa-
tion to the minister and
the officials have not
seen the dams. Water
Resources Min
Mahendrajit Singh Malviya said that the
dept has nine dams in Jhadol and none
of them dams are damaged.
Total 23 samples of fuel
collected in last 3 years
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government in the past
three years collected 23
samples of fuel from
filling stations, of
which one flunked the
adulteration test while
reports of 14 are yet to
be received, the Finance
Department said in the
state Assembly on
Thursday
.
In a reply to an uns-
tarred question raised
by BJP legislator Vas-
udev Devnani, the de-
partment said eight
samples passed the test.
In 2020-21, complaints
of adulteration in pet-
rol and diesel were re-
ceived from Barmer (6),
Sri Ganganagar (3),
Jaisalmer (2), Jalore (2),
Churu (2), Bharatpur
(1) and Rajsamand (1).
Complaints of faulty
measurement of petrol
and diesel were re-
ceived from Barmer (7),
Jaipur (5), Jalore (2) in
2020-21.
‘Over 25K cases of illegal
encroachment in forests’
Jaipur (PTI): Over
25,000 cases of illegal en-
croachment on forest
land in Ra-
jasthan have
been identi-
fied by the
state govt. In a
written reply
to a question
raised by inde-
pendent legis-
lator Babulal
Nagar, forest depart-
ment informed the
House that a total of
25,908 cases are identi-
fied till date in the state.
A maximum of 6,178
illegal encroachment
have been identified in
Udaipur followed by
3,966 in Baran, 2,499 in
Kota, 1,896 in
Sikar, 1,874 in
Jodhpur, 1,459
inChuru,1,424
in Rajsamand,
1,252inPratap-
garh and 1,190
in Ajmer.
The illegal
e n c r o a c h -
ments in the forest are-
as are being removed
according to the rules,
there is a possibility of
further encouragement
of encroachment, the
forest dept said.
4,188pendingcasesofPSKSinSirohi
tobedisposedofsoon,saysDhariwal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Local Self Gov-
ernanceMinisterShanti
Kumar Dhariwal said in
the Vidhan Sabha on
Thursday that out of 30
thousand 559 cases, 26
thousand 381 cases have
been resolved till Febru-
ary 19, 2022, under the
Prashasan Shehron Ke
SangcampaigninSirohi
district and only 4,188
cases are left. He said
that there are seven mu-
nicipalities in Sirohi.
“Whichever municipal-
ityhasmorecases,aspe-
cial team will be formed
and the pending cases
will be disposed of.
In a written reply to
the question asked by
MLA Sanyam Lodha,
Dhariwal said that the
Municipality and Trust
area of Abu Road has
been approved and noti-
fied in the master plan.
He also told the House
about the achievements
of Sirohidistrictandthe
remaining works under
the campaign.
Meanwhile, Lodha
and Dhariwal engaged
in a heated debate on the
issue of Abu Road and
Mount Abu in the
House. Lodha launched
a scathing attack on
Dhariwal. Although
Dhariwal answered all
his queries one by one,
Lodha seemed dissatis-
fied with the answers.
Speaker CP Joshi repri-
manded Lodha when he
kept on speaking.
UDH Min Shanti Dhariwal addressing the House on Thursday.
Joshi reprimands Dilawar
for interrupting BL Nagar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: During the
question hour in the as-
sembly, Speaker Dr CP
Joshi reprimanded BJP
MLA Madan Dilawar
for interrupting Advi-
sor to CM Babulal Na-
gar on the question of
colonies settled on for-
est land. Speaker Joshi
told Madan Dilawar,
“The way a bull gets fu-
rious after seeing the
red cloth, in the same
way, when Dhariwal sa-
hib comes, you stand up
in anger. What kind of
example do you want to
set in public life?” After
this Dilawar sat down.
Notably, even in the
past, the speaker has
reprimanded him.
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
Recruiting trainers for sports is
continuous process : Chandna
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Minister of
State for Youth Affairs
and Sports Ashok
Chandna said in the
Vidhan Sabha on
Thursday that hiring
trainers for sports is a
continuous process.
Under this, 49 tempo-
rary coaches and four
govt coaches are work-
ing in Jodhpur.
Chandna said that
there is a budget an-
nouncement by the
state govt for 500 coach-
es per year. He said
that as soon as the dep-
utation of these coach-
es is completed, the
same coach is re-en-
gaged after retender-
ing. Chandna also laid
a copy of the criteria
for award of Khel Rat-
na. He said that the
award has not been
given in the last five
years. He said that till
now 493 short-term
trainers have been en-
gaged on contract by
the service provider in
various sports and
gave the list. He said
that at present a total
of 81 permanent in-
structors are engaged
in grades I, II and III
and gave their list also.
Ashok Chandna
HIGHLIGHTS
l Kalla assured that
the vacant posts in
Sanskrit colleges
would be filled
through Rajasthan
Public Service
Commission.
l Over the Smartphone
districution, LoP
Kataria said that
there is a difference
between the
announcement made
by CM in the budget
speech and the
actual figure.
l Discussions will also
be held on the law-
and-order situation
of Rajasthan in the
assembly.
Jaipur (FIB): The Ra-
jasthan govt will intro-
duce the ‘Right to
Health’ bill in assembly
on Friday
. The bill, aims
to commit to quality
and affordable health
care services through
government and pri-
vate health care provid-
ers. The bill will be
passed and later sent to
the Governor for his as-
sent. Rajasthan will be
the first state in the
country to pass such a
bill. The Business Advi-
sory Committee in its
meeting approved the
agenda for Friday
.
‘Right to Health
Bill, 2022’ to be
introduced today
BD KALLA INTRODUCES RAJ GST
BILL, PASSED WITH VOICE VOTE
Input Credit Tax has been reformed and it will benefit the people, says BD Kalla
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma and
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
legislative assembly on
Thursday passed the Ra-
jasthan Goods and Ser-
vices Tax (Amendment)
Bill, 2022 by voice vote.
Education Minister BD
Kalla introduced the bill
inthehouseonbehalf of
the minister in charge.
Afteradiscussiononthe
bill,Kallasaidthatmany
facilities are being given
to the dealers in the bill,
which will also increase
the revenue of the state
government. He said
thatInputCreditTaxhas
been reformed in Bill.
“Interest will now be
payable after using the
credit tax on incorrect
claim of input credit tax
by dealer. Also, the sys-
tem of issuing credit
notes has been included.
A provision has also
been included that the
registration will not be
cancelledif thereturnis
not filed for six months.
Besides, corrections
have also been made in
the returns of GSTR - 1,
3and8.Thiswillprevent
discrepancies,” he said.
The Minister-in-
Charge told the House
that due to efficient fi-
nancial management of
CM Gehlot, an increase
has been registered in
the tax collection in the
state. In the base year of
GST (2017-18), a tax col-
lection of 12 thousand
137 crore was made,
which reached 27 thou-
sand 501 crore in 2021-22.
He said that a 32.5% in-
crease has also been reg-
isteredintheGSTcollec-
tion as compared to last
year, which is more than
the neighbouring states.
Kalla said that when the
GST was implemented
in 2017, the Centre had
given an assurance of
14% increase in the in-
comeandif thisincrease
did not happen. But the
assurance was not ful-
filled by the Centre, add-
ed Kalla.
Dr BD Kalla during the discussion in the House on Thursday.
ASSEMBLY
SESSION
WOMEN HEADS IN THE FAMILY TO GET
SMARTPHONES OVER SPAN OF 3 YEARS
Jaipur: Women heads of 1.35 crore families en-
rolled in the Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme
eligible will get smartphones in three years’ time.
Responding to a question raised by the Opposition
during the Question Hour in the state assembly
on Thursday, Dr Kalla said that under the scheme,
women heads will get smartphones in the next
three years. “Three years’ data will also be given
free. There is a budget provision of Rs 12,000 crore
for the scheme. Its tender has been issued. ” The
mobile application under the project will be installed
on the smartphone. This year about 30 lakh women
will get a phone. It will start from next October.
KALLA: SANSKRIT
COLLEGES TO GET
TEACHERS SOON
Jaipur: Regular
recruitment process
will start in the state’s
Sanskrit colleges and
Jagadguru Ramanan-
dacharya Rajasthan
Sanskrit University in
the next one month
by implementing the
service rules and
roster system of
teachers for teaching
of Vedas. Minister
BD Kalla and LoP GC
Kataria also expressed
concern on this matter.
The issue of study
of Vedas came up in
Vidhan Sabha when
BJP MLA Narpat Singh
Rajvi said that when
there are no teachers,
where will the students
come from. Minister
BD Kalla said that it
is true that lecturers,
associate professors,
assistant professors
and professors have
not been recruited
regularly and Sanskrit
education is getting
affected but under the
Vidya Sambal scheme,
we are giving Rs
20,000 to lecturers, Rs
40,000 rupees to the
associate professors
and Rs 50,000 to the
professors.
Ironically,journos
have to stand
outsideAssembly,
says Shekhawat
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union
Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat
has raised the issue
of plight of video
journalist and pho-
tojournalist.
On Thursday,
Shekhawat shared
a photo and said,
“Ironically, those
who keep the fourth
pillar of democra-
cy strong, our jour-
nalist brothers,
have to stand out-
side the assembly
building in scorch-
ing sun and intense
rain. Passes are be-
ing refused under
the guise of Corona
protocol,” Shekha-
wat said. Union
Minister Shekha-
wat also demanded
to Speaker Joshi to
take cognizance
over this issue.
Gajendra S Shekhawat.
Encroachment
on forest land
issue raised
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Replying to
a question during
the Question Hour
on Thursday, Forest
Minister Hemaram
Choudhary said
that there are cases
from all over the
state regarding the
settlement of peo-
ple on forest land,
but there is no rule
of diversion for oth-
er uses of forest
land. Nagar said
that people have
been living on the
forest land for a
long time. Speaker
Joshi said that the
Forest Dept and the
Revenue Dept
should sit down and
settle the matter.
“There is a similar
problem in my as-
sembly constituen-
cy Nathdwara too.
Hemaram Choudhary
BJP corners CM Gehlot on
power issue, Bhati answers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: MoS for Power
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
has said that according
to the budget announce-
ment, 12 lakh 76 thou-
sand agricultural con-
sumers of the state have
been given a grant of Rs
1324 crore. The electric-
ity bill of about 7 lakh 49
thousand farmers has
become zero. “In this
way, about 50 percent
farmers of the state are
getting electricity free
of cost,” he added.
Earlier, during a discus-
sion on the power crisis,
BJP MLAs cornered the
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment. Suratgarh MLA
Rampratap Kasniyan
said that in just four
years, people are fed-up
with the power scenario
in the state. He said that
farmers must get at
least six hours of elec-
tricity or the govern-
ment will be doomed.
BJP MLA from Bun-
di’s Keshoraipatan
Chandrakanta Meghw-
al said that five propos-
als of 132 KV GSS have
come to the discoms in
his assembly constitu-
ency
. “Due to the flood,
there was a power out-
age in my area for 15
days. All GSS sections
of 132kVshouldbedone
and proposals for laying
33 KVA lines should also
be sanctioned. When it
rains, there is no power
for eight hours in the
area,” he said. BJP MLA
from Jalore Jogeshwar
Garg said that it has
beenmorethan20years,
when Rajasthan State
Electricity Board was
dissolved and five com-
panies were formed.
Bhanwar Singh Bhati

First India Bureau
Jaipur: The National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) and the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
on Thursday conducted
multiple raids at offices
and residences of lead-
ers of Popular Front of
India (PFI) in various
parts of Rajasthan.
The NIA conducted
raids at places in Kota,
Baran, Udaipur and
Jaipur. Following the
raids, two people from
Udaipur and one each
from Kota-Baran were
taken into custody
.
The raids are being
carried out against
those allegedly involved
in terror funding, or-
ganising training
camps and radicalising
others to join extremist
groups. In Jaipur,
search operations con-
tinued till Thursday
late night at three plac-
es. The PFI office in Lal
Kothi and MD Road
area were raided where
suspected documents,
flags and books were
found. Similarly, a
team of 40 members of
NIA reached Baran
and conducted raids.
The NIA team also
rounded-up Sadiq
Shafaq from Baran.
Two PFI activists,
Mohammad Irfan and
Mohammad Salim,
were taken into custody
from Udaipur’s Khanji-
peer area and are being
interrogated. In Kota,
the son of a former
councillor was taken
into custody by the NIA
team. Later, a demon-
stration was also held
outside the police sta-
tion protesting against
the detention.
RAJASTHAN
03
Statewide NIA-ED crackdown on PFI
Four arrested after raids conducted in several districts including Kota, Baran, Udaipur, and Jaipur
PFI workers hold protest against raids, detention of its leaders. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Following
the raids of National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) at offices of
Popular Front of In-
dia (PFI), Food and
Civil Supplies Minis-
ter Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas on
Thursday said that
such actions are tak-
en to divert attention
from the basic issues
of the country
.
While speaking to
media persons out-
side the state assem-
bly, Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariya-
was said, “We would
have welcomed the
raids, if they were
done with the right
intention. But these
actions are being
taken to divert atten-
tion from issues like
inflation and unem-
ployment”.
Meanwhile, BJP
MLA Ramlal Sharma
said that NIA raids
were within the pur-
view of law and eve-
ryone should wel-
come it.
“Whether it is a
case of raid on PFI or
investigation of any
other people, the law
will take its own
course,” added Ram-
lal Sharma.
CONGRESS, BJP AT
LOGGERHEADS
Minor girl raped
by father for 2 yrs,
mother files FIR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 14-year-old
minor girl was allegedly
raped by her father in
Jaipur’s Renewal area,
police said on Thursday
.
Police informed the
victim was subjected to
sexual cruelty by her fa-
ther from last two years.
“The minor girl be-
came pregnant, follow-
ing which, the victim
underwent an abortion
at a private hospital. Af-
ter a police complaint
by the victim’s mother,
an FIR was filed at Kis-
hangarh-Renwal Police
Station under provi-
sion of POCSO Act,”
police said.
“The medical exami-
nation of the girl was
conducted.OnThursday
,
thestatementsof thevic-
timwerealsorecordedin
thecourtandtheaccused
father will be arrested
soon,” police added.
In a separate inci-
dent, a 30-year-old mar-
ried woman was black-
mailed and raped by her
Instagram friend on
Thursday
.
The woman filed a
complaint at Sindhi
Camp Police Station.
The accused called the
woman to a hotel on the
pretext of meeting and
raped her, the victim
said in her complaint.
The victim informed
the police that in Febru-
ary
, the accused, who
hails from UP
, came to
Jaipur and met her in a
hotel, where he forced
himself on the victim
and took her pictures.
ACP Sadar Zulfiqar
said “The complaint has
beenlodgedandthemat-
ter is being probed.”
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The Municipal
Corporation, Greater
has signed an MoU
with the International
Urban and Regional
Corporation (IURC).
Under this, selected cit-
ies will be supported in
urban infrastructure
development.
The MoU was signed
by Municipal Commis-
sioner Mahendra Soni
and IURC’s Indian Co-
ordinator Pengoytis.
Mayor Soumya Gurjar
was also present at this
event.
Various pro-
grammes are being
run by IURC of Europe
with the aim of pro-
moting urban develop-
ment and innovation
in different urban
body areas of many
countries.
Ten cities in the
world and 14 cities in
India are connected to
it. The Municipal Cor-
poration Greater will
study flood control
through IURC by visit-
ing other corporations
here.
JMCG signs MoU for urban development
INFRASTRUCTURAL PUSH
1) Municipal Commissioner Mahendra Soni greets IURC delegation, in Jaipur on Thursday. 2) Dr Somya and IURC member hold MoU.
SC ORDERS FINANCIAL
AID TO ‘TALAQ’ VICTIM
Jaipur: A three-judge
bench of the Supreme
Court on Thursday
ordered the husband of
Rana Nahid, a victim of
Triple Talaq, to pay the
interim maintenance of
Rs 20,000 per month, till
the disposal of the matter
in the Lower Court. The
bench was headed by
Justice Sanjay Kishan
Kaul, Justice Surya Kant,
and Justice Abhay S Oka.
In 2005, Sahidul Haq
Chisti gave triple talaq
to Rana Nahid, following
which she filed an applica-
tion in the Family court
seeking a monetary relief
of Rs 8,500 from her hus-
band. The court accepted
the application under the
Muslim Woman (Protec-
tion of Right on Divorce)
Act, 1986, and awarded Rs
2,000 per month mainte-
nance for son till he attains
majority and Rs 3,00,000
as one time maintenance.
The husband, how-
ever, stopped paying the
maintenance since 2018.
In 2011, the Nahid filed
another appeal in the Su-
preme Court, on which the
Division bench referred
the case to a larger bench.
The matter was argued by
Advocate SK Singh.
NOTICE TO GOVT
FOR SENDING
DEER AS PREY
FOR CHEETAHS
Jaipur: City-based lawyer
Poonam Chand Bhandari
has sent a notice to the
Ministry of Forest and
Environment, Ministry of
Law and Justice, Animal
Welfare Board of India and
State Chief Secretary stat-
ing that it is a legal offence
to kill a wild deer to feed
Cheetahs. The advocate
in its notice stated that
under Article 51A (G) of
the Constitution of India,
it shall be duty of every
citizen of India to protect
and improve the natural
environment, wildlife and
to have compassion for
living creature, but the Un-
ion Government is killing
them in order to provide
food to cheetahs.
IN THE COURTYARD Agitating CHAs end dharna as
Khachariyawas assures help
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Covid
Health Assistants
(CHA) on Thursday
gathered at Saheed Sa-
marak demanding job
status from the State
Government.
The protestors ini-
tially planned to gher-
ao the State Assembly.
However, after assur-
ance of Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas, the protes-
tors called off their
protest.
Meanwhile, Bharati-
ya Janata Patry (BJP)
Rajya Sabha MP Kirori
Lal Meena and Behror
MLA Baljeet Yadav
also reached the spot
after hundreds of CHA
gathered at the Saheed
Samarak and extended
their support.
The BJP MP on
Thursday tweeted in
support of the protest-
ers and demanded the
Gehlot Government to
provide employement
to the CHAs.
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena meets protesting Covid Health Assistants in
Jaipur on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Dr Kirodi Lal Meena at the site
of protest in Jaipur.
Rathore meets Bhajan Lal
over poor road condition
JDA seals commercial
building in Ambabari
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The enforce-
ment wing of Jaipur
Development Authority
(JDA) on Thursday
sealed a five-storey ille-
gal commercial build-
ing in the Ambabari
area for violation of
building by-laws.
Sources also revealed
that the building is
owned by a national-
level BJP leader. Chief
Controller (Enforce-
ment) Raghuveer Saini
informed that the com-
mercial building was
constructed on a 290
square yards plot in an
unapproved Ashok Vi-
har scheme located be-
hind Ambabari Petrol
Pump in Zone-6.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chairman of
Rajasthan Tourism De-
velopment Corporation
(RTDC) Dharmendra
Rathore on Thursday
met PWD Minister
Bhajan Lal Jatav and
raised the issue of dam-
aged roads of Kis-
hangarh.
Dharmendra Rathore
apprised him about the
poor condition of Kis-
hangarh to Kundiyawas
road and requested him
for its repair.
The road passes
through Mangra and
Hoshiara area. PWD
Minister Bhajan Lal
Jatav assured him the
renovation of roads
will be announced in
the next budget.
Dharmendra Rathore meets Bhajan Lal Jatav on Thursday.
Man rams into
check post,
injures 2 cops
Manoj Saini
Jaipur: A car driver hit
the policemen at the
checkpostblockadenear
Tantiawas toll plaza lo-
cated on NH 52 of Chau-
mun police station area
on Wednesday night.
Two policemen were in-
jured in this accident.
Meanwhile, other po-
licemen present on the
spot seized the car.
Rakesh Meena, a resi-
dent of Anatpura was
driving the car. He has
been arrested for dis-
turbing the peace. Both
the policemen injured
in the accident were dis-
charged after treatment
from the hospital.
On the other hand, a
carcomingathighspeed
near the Hadota inter-
sectionhitthebikerider.
After the accident, the
bike rider was seriously
injured.Withthehelpof
locals, the injured were
admitted to the hospital.
Ajmer Dairy orders purchase
of 6L vaccines to fight Lumpy
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: For the control
of the Lumpi skin dis-
ease spreading in the
State,RCDFMDSushma
Arora is serious and
therefore on directions
of RCDF Jaipur, the
AjmerDairyhasordered
to buy 6 lakh vaccines.
After getting approv-
al to buy 6 lakh vaccines
from Jaipur for Rs 94
lakh, Ajmer Dairy will
send the said amount to
Hester Company
.
It is also told that it is
the opinion of the veter-
inry doctors that in the
farm or village where
the disease has come a
month ago and all the
remaining cows have
not got the disease, they
can be vaccinated so
that these bovines will
befreefromthisdisease.
Notably
,theStateGov-
ernment has demanded
the Union government
to declare lumpy a na-
tional calamity
.
‘Systematic failure’ of
Rajasthan Govt: Union
Min Balyan on Lumpy
Laxmikant Sharma
Dausa: Union Minister
Dr Sanjeev Balyan on
Thursday reviewed
schemes of the Union
Government in Dausa.
During his two-day vis-
it, Dr Sanjeev Balyan
targeted the State Gov-
ernment for its failure
on tackling issues like
Lumpy skin disease.
“In Rajasthan, there
is a systematic failure
of State Government.
The Congress govern-
ment looks up to the
union government for
everything and does
not perform its duty.
Whether it is the issue
of Lumpy virus or
black-marketing of fer-
tilisers, the State Gov-
ernment has failed to
tackle such issues,”
Balyan said.
“The Congress Gov-
ernment in Rajasthan
has created such an at-
mosphere that they
keep blaming the cen-
tral government for
their failure. The de-
mand for lumpy vac-
cines was raised, but
due to a communication
gap, the vaccines got de-
layed. Later, the minis-
ter spoke to the secre-
tary to get the vaccines
delivered,” he added.
Minister Sanjeev Baluan during an event in Dausa on Thursday.
Peoplegeharopolicepersonnelafterthearrestofformercouncillor’s
son in Kota’s Sangod on Thursday.
The Centre is
ready to provide
more vaccines
and logistics if
the Rajasthan
government
asks so, the
Minister said
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Train up a child in the
way he should go, and
when he is old, he will not
depart from it.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
Government under the visionary
leadership of Hon PM Shri @
narendramodi ji is dedicated to
unfolding prosperity in Andhra Pradesh
through world class infrastructure the
development of above projects would
create large scale employment in the
state.#PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti
Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
India has a long history of conserving
one-horn rhinoceros. It’s matter of
pride poaching of rhinos in Kaziranga
has gone down to the lowest in the
last two decades. Govt is committed to
conserving this megafaunal species.
Kudos to all involved in the effort.
#WorldRhinoDay
TOP TWEETS
COMEDY KING
RAJU SRIVASTAVA
HAS DEPARTED
LEAVING A VOID
aughter is the best
medicine, read a
headline in a classy
journal popular
among the genteel
class. Go out in a park and laugh
your lungs out, say yoga gurus.
Charlie Chaplin, Robin Wil-
liams of Mrs Doubtfire fame
and Rowan Atkins who makes
us laugh as Mr Bean have helped
us laugh away our blues like Bol-
lywood’s Johnny Walker, Johny
Lever, Paresh Raval and Boman
Irani. Stand-up comedy is a dif-
ferent genre and in this category
Raju Srivastava carved out a
niche for himself in a very short
time. Sadly, he departed early
leaving us grieving.
Some people believe that
those who laugh live longer but
why should the life of those who
make us laugh be cut short so
abruptly to leave us sad?
Raju Srivastava belonged to
Kanpur and came from a very
humble background. With his
sharp observation and comic
sense he soon became a star co-
median. He will be remembered
for his creation---Gajodhar.
L
ith the cost of liv-
ing constantly ris-
ing in sync with
the aspiration
level of youth,
moonlighting is an easy way
of making that extra buck.
Work from home policy dur-
ing the Covid-19 pandemic
provided young profession-
als eager to extra money to
moonlight.
The practice adopted by
young information technol-
ogy professionals during the
Covid-19 pandemic has been
flagged as unfair and unethi-
cal by technology companies.
Wipro, for one, has fired 300
of its workers who were
found moonlighting as they
were working for rival com-
panies while working from
home. Now that’s unfair and
should not have been done, at
least not without the compa-
ny’s permission.
Other IT companies like In-
fosys and TCS have similar
viewsonthepracticeasthatof
Wipro Chairman Rishad
Premji. TCS has called it un-
ethical and Infosys has also
warned its workers in taking
up dual jobs either during or
post working hours without
the company’s knowledge.
Tech Mahindra is the only
companytohaveadoptedahu-
mane approach saying that it
was open to the practice if it
helps augment a worker’s in-
come. The company did not
clarify if it will allow them to
work for rivals. Sackings by
Wipro show a hardening of
stance by companies which
spoke of the no two-timing
clauseinemployees’contracts.
Yet, a handful of employees
could have been hard-pressed
for money due to a financial
crunch. Although the IT com-
panies are said to be good
paymasters, for some employ-
ees they could still be inade-
quate because of their finan-
cial backgrounds. Employees
should work for another com-
pany only after taking their
employers into confidence.
NO TWO TIMING,
SAY IT COMPANIES
Wipro, for one, has fired
300 of its workers who
were found moonlighting as
they were working for rival
companies while working
from home. Now that’s
unfair and should not
have been done, at least
not without the
company’s permission
W
‘INVESTING IN STOCKS BY PREDICTING
MACRO—ECONOMIC OUTCOMES IS
NOTHING BUT FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY’
ebates around macroeconom-
ic issues (interest rates, infla-
tion, wars, global political
risks) are often esoteric in
nature that only few inves-
tors fully grasp or under-
stand. Even well—known
experts and economists will
admit that they have had a
very shabby record of accu-
rately predicting macro—
economic outcomes. And yet
many investors spend enor-
mous amounts of intellectu-
al horsepower financial
resources to gauge the state
of world affairs. Maybe those
who time the market to trade
in out of securities have
seen large pay—offs but what
the last two and a half years
has shown is that the risks
that hurt investors are not
the ones they imaginatively
price in but those that they
did not see coming at all.
In an ideal world, an equity
investor would spend his en-
tire being on picking out in-
dividual businesses and judg-
ing if they are worthy of in-
vestments. In reality, most
spend far more time rational-
izing the decline or uptick in
share prices of companies
based on their assessment of
the prevailing macro—eco-
nomic scenario. Of—course,
there is no denying that the
broader economic outlook
can affect share prices inthe
short—term (just as they are
currently with NASDAQ
down around 30%) but in the
longer term it is the inherent
quality of the business that
determines its valuation.
The key lesson for investors
here is to understand that no
one is asking them to com-
pletely ignore the larger eco-
nomic reality but be broadly
aware of it—to the extent it
impacts the future prospects
of the businesses they own.
Truth be told, companies
and businesses are prone to
cycles of economic boom and
bust, just like it is the funda-
mental nature of stock prices
to be volatile. A few compa-
nies may benefit out of a tem-
porary tailwind, something
that has no effect on its long—
term earning power. On the
other hand, some companies
may see strong headwinds
that have significant no im-
pact on its long—term pros-
pects. Most companies tend
to be impacted by some
change in economic condi-
tions and it is a) necessary to
differentiate between tempo-
rary and permanent impair-
ment to earning power; b)
accept the cyclical nature of
most businesses and c) worry
more about the individual
business’ ability to adapt to a
new economic reality
.
A better approach to equi-
ty investing, therefore, would
be to treat individual stocks
of companies “family busi-
nesses” that you would want
to own for long periods of
time. For one, no rational
person would set up or run a
family business if they a)
don’t understand the under-
lying business; b) do not see
potentially great returns go-
ing forward; and c) plan to
sell out as soon as the going
gets tough. Essentially, the
characteristics you would
look for in a family business
are not dissimilar to what
you would look for in a pub-
licly listed company: a busi-
ness that dominates the in-
dustry with no or minimal
competition, one that sells
more products/services at
higher prices and lower costs
over a period of time and one
that intelligently allocates
capital to achieve the com-
pany’s mission or purpose.
Owning stocks of compa-
nies as different “family busi-
nesses”isapowerfulideathat
forcesindividualstospeculate
less on macro trends (short—
term gains or challenges) and
to think of themselves as
“owners” of businesses. Good
businesses don’t just survive
periods of economic down-
turn but in—fact come out
stronger on the other side
(killing weaker competition
in the process). Ultimately, a
company’s stock price should
reflect the strength of the un-
derlying business (although
one just doesn’t know when).
Which is why it is not a sur-
prise that the highest equity
returns come from owning
the best businesses in the
world—the most dominant,
thehighestqualitycompanies
thatarealwaysfocusedonget-
ting better at their game.
Equity investing is really
that: buying a collection of su-
perior businesses and con-
stantly re—evaluating their
“superiority”, as if they were
your family businesses. Any-
one who tells you where the
market is headed in the next
year or two is doing nothing
but indulging in financial as-
trology
.So,everythingelsethat
we usually hyperventilate
about(thedramaaroundinfla-
tion, the possibility of sus-
tained high interest rates fol-
lowed by a prolonged reces-
sion, the threat of a nuclear
war,theconstantfluctuationin
shareprices)isactuallyagiant
distraction to attaining solid
long—term financial returns.
Whichiswhyoneshouldbeton
company fundamentals, not
investorsentimentormacro—
economic outcomes.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
D
ARIHANT PANAGARIYA
The writer is a Portfolio Manager at
Hundred Ten Capital in London
Anyone who tells you where the
market is headed in the next
year or two is doing nothing
but indulging in financial
astrology. So, everything else
that we usually hyperventilate
about (the drama around
inflation, the possibility of
sustained high interest rates
followed by a prolonged
recession, the threat of a nuclear
war, the constant fluctuation in
share prices) is actually a giant
distraction to attaining solid
long—term financial returns.
Which is why one should bet on
company fundamentals, not
investor sentiment or macro—
economic outcomes
A better approach to equity
investing, therefore, would be
to treat individual stocks of
companies “family
businesses” that you
would want to own for long
periods of time. For one, no
rational person would set up
or run a family business if
they a) don’t understand the
underlying business; b) do
not see potentially great
returns going forward; and c)
plan to sell out as soon as
the going gets tough

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INDIA
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi walks holding hands with supporters during his party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Ernakulam on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
RaGa TO FLY TO
DELHI, TO RESUME
YATRA FROM SEP 24
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi is
scheduled to return to the
national capital on Thurs-
day, ahead of the com-
mencement of nominations
for the post of national
president of the party, ac-
cording to sources. Rahul
Gandhi and the party’s
General Secretary Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra will then re-
sume the Bharat Jodo Yatra
on September 24. As per
an official statement, the
nominations for filing the
candidature for the party’s
topmost post will continue
from September 24 (Satur-
day) to September 30 and
the final list of candidates
will be released at 5 pm on
October 8. The Congress
President election will be
conducted on October 17 at
all PCC and the results shall
be announced on October
19, immediately after the
counting of votes. —ANI
RAHUL RESUMES
YATRA FROM ALUVA UC
COLLEGE IN KERALA
Kochi: Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Thursday resumed
the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ by
planting a sapling brought from
Lakshadweep at the premises
of the Union Christian College
Aluva here. He also paid floral
tribute to a mango tree planted
by Mahatma Gandhi at the col-
lege on March 18, 1925. “Day
15 began at 6:20 am from UC
College, Aluva with @Rahul-
Gandhi paying floral tribute at
a mango tree planted by the
Mahatma there on 18.03.1925.
@RahulGandhi planted a sap-
ling brought from Lakshadweep
by a delegation of Athithi Yatris.
This is the spirit of
#BharatJodoYatra,”
senior Congress
leader Jairam
Ramesh tweeted.
Thousands joined
Gandhi on the
15th day of the
Yatra. —PTI
DIGVIJAY SINGH TO CONTEST FOR
CONGRESS’ PRESIDENT POST: SOURCES
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijay Singh is likely to
contest for the position of party’s national president,
sources said on Thursday. Sources said Singh will to
meet party interim chief Sonia Gandhi.
The process of filing nominations for
the post of party chief will begin on
September 24 and will continue till
September 30. The election is scheduled
for October 17 and the counting of votes
will take place on October 19. Earlier,
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot met Sonia Gandhi on
Wednesday amid growing buzz about a contest in the
presidential election in the party, while party leader
Shashi Tharoor also signalled his desire to contest the
election to elect a new party chief. —ANI
TEWARI CONSIDERING TO THROW HAT IN
THE RING FOR PARTY PRESIDENT POLLS
New Delhi: With Congress preparing to elect the
successor of party chief Sonia Gandhi, former Union
minister Manish Tewari is the latest among the list
of contenders speculated to be in the
fray. The party on Thursday issued
an official notification announcing the
schedule for the election to the post
of party president. The elections are
slated to be held on October 17 at
all Pradesh Congress Com-
mittees. Sources close to the Sri Anandpur
Sahib MP said on Thursday that he is
considering throwing his hat in the ring
after Sonia Gandhi made it clear that
anybody can run in the poll. —ANI
GOURAV VALLABH SLAMS SHASHI THAROOR,
BACKS ASHOK GEHLOT FOR AICC CHIEF
New Delhi: Congress leader Gourav Vallabh on Thursday
hit out at Shashi Tharoor over his probable AICC president
poll bid, saying his “only major contribution” to the party
was to send letters to Sonia Gandhi when
she was hospitalised. In a first indicator of
leaders taking sides in the upcoming contest
for the top post, Vallabh also voiced support
for another likely contender, Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot, who many believe has the
backing of the current leadership. However,
Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have told both Gehlot and Tharoor
that she would remain “neutral” in the polls. “The choice is
very simple and clear,” said Vallabh on Twitter. Vallabh is
also a party spokesperson but he asserted his comments
were as a Congress worker and not spokesperson. —PTI
SHARAD PAWAR LIKELY CONSULTED MAMATA BEFORE MAKING
REMARK ABOUT BURYING DIFFERENCES WITH CONG: TMC LEADER
Kolkata: A TMC leader on Thursday said NCP chief Sharad Pawar likely consulted Mamata
Banerjee before making a statement about her being ready to bury differences with Con-
gress, to form an alliance of opposition parties ahead of the 2024 elections. Speaking to
media in Mumbai, Pawar had said Banerjee is ready to
bury her differences with the Congress in the national
interest and come together to form an anti-BJP front
before the Lok Sabha polls. “It is a good statement.
Pawar is a very senior leader of the country, and I
don’t think he has made the remarks without consult-
ing our party chief,” TMC leader Sougata Roy said.
The party’s chief spokesperson, Sukhendu Sekhar
Ray, however, declined to comment on Pawar’s re-
mark. “How can I comment on what Pawar has spoken about?” said Ray. Relations between
the Congress and TMC hit an all-time low last year, after the latter had slammed the grand
old party as “incapable and incompetent”, which had gone into a “deep freezer.” —PTI
CANDIDATES’ LIST
FOR CONGRESS
PREZ LENGTHENS
New Delhi: The Congress
on Thursday launched the
process of electing a new
chief with 2 names almost
certain — Ashok Gehlot
and Shashi Tharoor. More
names have emerged.
Former Union Minister
Manish Tewari and former
Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal
Nath have joined the list.
Kamal Nath is “being con-
sidered and may contest”,
sources said. —Agencies
You choose to focus on me but the idea is
to involve all Cong workers: Rahul Gandhi
Ernakulam (Agen-
cies): Senior Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Thursday said that the
idea of the Bharat Jodo
Yatra is to involve hun-
dreds of Congress
workers.
While speaking at a
press conference in Ker-
ala, Rahul Gandhi said,
“You choose to focus on
me but the idea of the
yatra is to involve hun-
dreds of Congress
workers.”
Explaining the need
for the Bharat Jodo
Yatra, Rahul Gandhi
said, “We are fighting a
machine that has cap-
tured the institutional
framework of this coun-
try, that has unlimited
money and ability to
buy, pressurise and
threaten people. The
outcome of that is what
you’ve seen in Goa.”
He also said that the
idea that is pushing the
Bharat Jodo Yatra
ahead is an India that is
not at war with itself.
The Wayanad MP
said, “The yatra is to
tell the people of India
that they need to be
united. They need to go
back to an India which
was loving and affec-
tionate towards itself.”
“The success of this
yatra is based on a cou-
ple of ideas. An idea
that India which is unit-
ed, an India which is not
at war with itself, and
an India that is not filled
with hate,” he added.
The Bharat Jodo
Yatra led by Rahul Gan-
dhi began from Kanya-
kumari in Tamil Nadu
on September 7 and will
conclude in Jammu and
Kashmir.
This comes just a few
monthsaheadof several
crucial assembly polls,
including Himachal
Pradesh and Gujarat.
Bihar has
turned into a
sleeper cell
for terrorists:
Giriraj Singh
Purnia (ANI): Union
Minister Giriraj Singh
on Thursday alleged
that Bihar has turned
into a “sleeper cell for
terrorists”.
His remarks came
while reacting to the
largest joint operation
conducted by the Na-
tional Investigation
Agency, Enforcement
Directorate, and state
police forces across 11
states of the country in-
cluding Andhra
Pradesh, Assam, Delhi,
Karnataka, Kerala,
MadhyaPradesh,Maha-
rashtra, Puducherry,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
and Uttar Pradesh. Ac-
cusing Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar and Lalu Yadav
of encouraging the PFI
workers, Singh said,
“Simi organization
started working as Pop-
ular Front of India
(PFI), Nitish Kumar and
Lalu Yadav have been
patronizing them as cul-
tural organizations. Bi-
har has become a sleep-
er cell for terrorists.”
On the said raids by
the investigative agen-
cy, Singh said that the
law will take its course.
“They (PFI) want to
make Purnia its centre.
The way they were
caught in Phulwari
Sharif, they always in-
tended to make India a
Muslim nation, in 1947
as well,” Singh said.
A day before Home
Minister Amit Shah’s
visit to Bihar, the NIA
also conducted search-
es at the regional office
of PFI in Purnia.
Kejriwal using Assembly to present his political agendas!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Aam Aad-
mi Party can do any-
thing. Party supremo
and self proclaimed
champion of ‘honesty’
Arvind Kejriwal is de-
veloping his own politi-
cal modalities. One of
his methods from day
one has been to accuse
anyone and later apolo-
gize if he gets into a le-
gal trouble. He is still
doing that kind of poli-
tics. Similarly
, he has no
hesitation in using any
institution to promote
the party or to say any-
thing for votes. He is
now using the assembly
to promote his party, to
present his agenda and
for political gains. He is
using the proceedings
of the Assembly for
electoral gains.
The Legislative As-
sembly has a process of
securing a vote of confi-
dence, which is usually
done at the time of the
formation of a new gov-
ernmentorinexception-
al circumstances. But
Kejriwal is calling the
assembly session by pre-
tending that there exists
an extraordinary situa-
tionandismakingpoliti-
cal speeches in the name
of winningthetrustvote.
In Delhi, he had called a
special one-day session,
which lasted for five
days, and during that
time not a single legisla-
tive business was held or
any meaningful discus-
sion. Only Kejriwal ac-
cused the BJP that it
wants to break the Aam
Aadmi Party
. A one-day
sessionof thePunjabAs-
sembly has now been
called to make similar
allegations. Bhagwant
Mann will seek the trust
vote in a special session
on Thursday
. AAP has 92
MLAsinthe117-member
assembly and no one has
challenged the majority
,
but AAP is still calling
the session and claiming
that BJP was breaking
AAPMLAsbutcouldnot
break them. This is a
missuse of the process.
Those who keep trying
get victory one day: Irani
Amethi (PTI): Union
Women and Child De-
velopment Minister
Smriti Irani on Thurs-
day said she learnt from
Amethi that those who
continue to make efforts
get victory one day
.
Irani was apparently
referring to her victory
against former Con-
gress president Rahul
Gandhi in the 2019 Lok
Sabha polls. Addressing
a job fair through vide-
oconferencing, the min-
ister said,” Those who
keep trying and never
give up get victory one
day
, this is what I learnt
from Amethi.” Irani
said Prime Minister
Narendra Modi created
a ministry for skill de-
velopment for the first
time after the Independ-
ence and this will work
in coordination with
other departments.
2 persons linked with LeT
apprehended in Sopore
Sopore (ANI): Two per-
sons allegedly a part of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
were apprehended by
Sopore Police on
Wednesday, after a cor-
don and search opera-
tion in Botingoo village.
The two apprehended
persons have been iden-
tified as Imtiyaz Ahmad
Ganai and Waseem Ah-
mad Lone, informed lo-
cal police. During the
interrogation, they re-
vealed that they both
were working for LeT
and at the behest of LeT
terrorist Bilal Hamza
Mir, were planning to
attack the security forc-
es and civilians in and
around the Sopore area.
While Imtiyaz was
working as a hybrid ter-
rorist, Waseem was
working as an Over
Ground Worker (OGW).
The Sopore Police in-
formed that it had some
reliable information
about the presence of
terrorists belonging to
the proscribed terrorist
organisationLeT.Based
on it, a cordon and
search operation was
launched in Botingoo
village, along with 22
Rashtriya Rifles, 179 BN
CRPF and Det Marcos.
During the opera-
tion, one pistol, one pis-
tol magazine, and eight
pistol rounds were re-
covered from the pos-
session of Imtiyaz
while one Chinese
hand grenade was re-
covered from the pos-
session of Waseem, the
police said.
Former Tripura
CM Biplab Deb
elected to RS
Agartala: Former
Tripura CM Biplab Ku-
mar Deb won the Rajya
Sabha by-
poll held on
Thursday.
He polled 43
votes.“Grat-
itude to the
BJP and IPFT MLAs of
Tripura for electing me
as a Rajya Sabha MP.
Gratitude to PM Sri @
narendramodi Ji, @
BJP4India President Sri
@JPNadda Ji HM Sri
@AmitShah for giving
me this opportunity to
representTripurainRa-
jya Sabha,” Deb tweeted
after his victory
.
BOBBY KATARIA GETS ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN
SMOKING ON SPICEJET PLANE ROW
New Delhi: Social media influencer Bobby Kataria was on
Thursday granted anticipatory bail in connection with a
video showing him smoking on a SpiceJet flight which had
triggered a massive row last month. Kataria
had moved an anticipatory bail plea in a Delhi
Court in relation to an FIR registered against
him for allegedly smoking on board during his
journey from Dubai to Delhi on January 21,
2022. Delhi Police had taken cognizance of
the incident and invoked section 3(1)(c) of the
Suppression of Unlawful Act against the safety of the Civil
Aviation Act,1982. The anticipatory bail plea was filed before
the district and sessions judge of Patiala House Court. —ANI
SC APPOINTS EX-JUDGE L NAGESWARA RAO
FOR AMENDING CONSTITUTION OF IOA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday appointed former
SC judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for amending constitu-
tion of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and preparing elec-
toral college. A bench said the ex-top court
judge would ensure a fair and development-
oriented approach for the future of Olympics in
tIndia. The court asked Justice Rao to prepare
a road map for amending the constitution and
holding elections by Dec 15, 2022. It also
gave its permission to Rajeev Mehta, who is
currently the secretary general of IOA, and Adille Sumariwalla,
vice president of IOA, to participate in the Sep 27 meeting
with the International Olympic Committee. —PTI
IN THE COURTYARD
HC RESERVES ORDER
ON L-G’S DEFAMATION
AGAINST AAP LEADERS
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Thursday
reserved its order on a
defamation suit moved by
L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena
against the AAP leaders for
levelling allegations against
the L-G of corrupt practic-
es during demonetisation.
After hearing the submis-
sions of the parties, Justice
Amit Bansal reserved the
order. —Agencies
NO COERCIVE ACTION
AGAINST SCHOOLS:
HC TO C’GARH GOVT
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh
high court has directed the
state government that no
coercive steps shall be tak-
en against private schools
as far as the distribution of
study materials, uniforms
and books among students
getting admission under
the Rights of Children
to Free and Compulsory
Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
—Agencies

INDIA
06
HP TO CREATE 2,000 DIGITAL CLASSROOMS
IN GOVT SCHOOLS ACROSS INDIA
Bengaluru (Agencies): HP India on Thursday said it
would enable up to 2,000 digital classrooms under HP
Accessible Learning for All (ALFA)
initiative in India. These digital class-
rooms would be set up in government
or government-aided schools across
17 States for Class 9 and 12 students.
The initiative was in line with the gov-
ernment’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, said the
company in a statement.HP would rope in NGO partners,
corporate foundations, and non-governmental organisa-
tions (NGOs) to implement this project.
IPL TO RETURN TO HOME-AWAY FORMAT IN
2023, SAYS BCCI PRESIDENT GANGULY
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Premier League (IPL) will re-
turn to its original, pre-COVID-19, home-and-away format
from the 2023 season, BCCI President
Sourav Ganguly has conveyed to the
Board’s affiliated state units. The IPL
has been held at only a few venues
since the outbreak of COVID-19 in
2020 as the lucrative league unfolded
behind close doors across three venues in UAE — Dubai,
Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. In 2021 too, the tournament was
held across four venues — Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai
and Chennai.
New Delhi (ANI): In
the USD 5 billion ten-
ders to buy 26 combat
aircraft, the report of
the extensive trials of
the French Rafale and
American F-18 planes
is being evaluated by
the Indian Navy head-
quarters.
The aircraft is
planned to be acquired
under a government-to-
government deal by the
Navy for operations
from its latest aircraft
carrier INS Vikrant
commissioned recently
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi in Kochi.
“The extensive trial
was held by a naval
team in Goa for both the
fighter aircraft Rafale
and F-18. The report is
with the headquarters
and is being eventuated
for final shortlisting,”
government sources
said. The evaluation is
to see whether the air-
craft has met the techni-
cal specifications of the
naval requirements or
not, they said.
The American air-
craft are built for carri-
ers weighing around
one lakh tonnes while
the French Rafale is
made for 60,000 tonne-
size carriers. The Navy
has MiG-29Ks which op-
erate from the INS
Vikramaditya and also
don’t have a strong ser-
viceability record and
their numbers are con-
sidered to be sufficient
only for one carrier.
10 KILLED, 11
INJURED IN UP IN
RAIN-RELATED
INCIDENTS
Lucknow (PTI): At least 10
people were killed, seven
of them in Etawah, and
11 injured in incidents
of lightning, and wall
and house collapses as
heavy rains in parts of
Uttar Pradesh affected
normal life in Firozabad
and forced the closure of
schools in Aligarh. Apart
from Etawah -- where the
seven deceased included
four children of a family
-- deaths have also been
reported from Firozabad
(2) and Balrampur (1)
districts since Wednesday,
officials said. According to
the India Meteorological
Department, rainfall or
thundershowers have been
observed at most places
over West Uttar Pradesh
since Wednesday morning.
It said Etawah observatory
recorded 140 mm rainfall
in 24 hours till 8.30 am
Thursday.
GOVT WANTS TO
INTERCEPT
WHATSAPP
ENCRYPTED CHATS
New Delhi: A law with
far-reaching consequences
may soon be in place to
bring over-the-top
(OTT) communication ser-
vices under a legal frame-
work. A draft Telecommu-
nications bill uploaded by
the Union government has
proposed the introduction
of a bill to enable intercep-
tion of encrypted services
like WhatsApp and Signal,
the Hindustan Times
reported. According to
definitions in the bill, tele-
communication services
include service of any
description – including
broadcasting services,
electronic mail, voice
mail, voice, video and data
communication services,
audiotex services, videotex
services, fixed and mobile
services, Internet and
broadband services, satel-
lite-based communication
services.
CRUCIAL READ
Indian Navy evaluating trial
reports of two fighter jets
Aircraft is planned to be acquired under a govt-to-govt deal by Navy for operations
Representative image of a Rafale Marine aircraft. —FILE PHOTO
INDIA ON CUSP OF
INFRA REVOLUTION,
SAYS LT GEN SINGH
Panaji (ANI): Pointing out
that now the Army was
also using high-energy
technology to construct its
buildings for operational
usage, the
topmost
engineering
officer of
the Indian
Army said
the country
was on the cusp of an
infrastructure revolution in
view of the developments
in the sector. Speaking at
a conclave in Goa, Indian
Army’s Engineer in chief
Lt Gen Harpal Singh said,
“The Military Engineering
Services, an infrastructure
arm of the Corps of En-
gineers of Indian Army is
taking up nische technolo-
gies to bring in faster and
quality construction all
around.” “India’s first 3D
Concrete Printed per-
manent married accom-
modation for soldiers was
constructed by co-opting
a start-up by the Military
Engineering Service in a
matter of weeks,” he said.
UNEP SIGNS MOU WITH NCC TO CURB PLASTIC POLLUTION
New Delhi: The UN En-
vironment Programme
(UNEP) has signed a
Memorandum of Under-
standing (MoU) with the
National Cadet Corps
(NCC) to tackle the issue
of plastic pollution. The
aim is to achieve the
universal goal of clean
water bodies through
‘Puneet Sagar Abhiyan’
and ‘Tide Turners Plastic
Challenge programme’,
the Ministry of Defence
said in a statement.
The MoU was signed
between DG NCC Lt Gen
Gurbirpal Singh and
Resident Representative,
UN World Food Pro-
gramme Bishow Parajuli
in the presence of De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh, MoS Defence
Ajay Bhatt, Defence
Secretary Ajay Kumar;
other senior officials of
Ministry of Defence and
representatives of UNEP.
Now,PunjabAssembly
sessiononSeptember27
Chandigarh (ANI):
Punjab Chief Minis-
ter Bhagwant Mann
on Thursday said that
it was decided in the
cabinet meeting that
the Assembly Session
will now convene on
Tuesday, September
27. In the session, is-
sues like electricity
and stubble burning
will be discussed, CM
Bhagwant Mann said.
“In the cabinet
meeting today, it has
been decided to con-
vene an Assembly ses-
sion on September 27.
Issues like electricity
and stubble burning
will be discussed,”
CM Mann said after
chairing a cabinet
meeting at the Punjab
Secretariat in Chandi-
garh, day after the
previous assembly
session (that was
scheduled to be held)
was cancelled by state
governor Banwarilal
Purohit.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announces a special session of the assembly that has now been
called on September 27 with a revised list of agendas. —FILE PHOTO
11 CONG MLAs SUSPENDED ON
LAST DAY OF GUJARAT ASSEMBLY
Gandhinagar (Agencies):
As many as 11 Con-
gress MLAs were on
Thursday suspended
for the day from the
Gujarat Assembly after
they created a ruckus
demanding a debate
on caste-based cen-
sus and OBC reserva-
tion in local bodies.
When the house was
discussing the amend-
ment bill on Gujarat
National Law Univer-
sity, a senior Congress
leader demanded for a
debate on OBC reser-
vation in local bodies.
Speaker Neemaben
Acharya turned down
the request saying that
the party should have
moved a request for it
earlier.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: What is the
loss to the Congress or
the gain to the BJP if
Captain Amarinder
Singh, the former Chief
Minister of Punjab,
joins the saffron party?
According to informed
sources, the BJP does
not expect much from
the Captain. Therefore,
he is less likely to be
given any important re-
sponsibility in the par-
ty. BJP has already giv-
en a big message to the
Sikh voters of the state
by including former IPS
officer Iqbal Singh Lal-
pura as a Sikh face in
the Parliamentary
Board. Therefore, there
is no need to send any
message to the Sikhs
through the 80-year-old
captain. A BJP leader
says that the captain’s
case is only about one
Lok Sabha seat and
even the BJP is working
on one Lok Sabha seat
for the next election and
even Captain will also
work on the same.
It is worth mention-
ing that the BJP had
fought the last election
in coordination with
the Akali Dal and got
two seats. This time the
party is trying to win
one or two new seats
while somehow retain-
ing these two seats.
That is, the party is
fighting with a target of
winning three to four
seats in Punjab.
Captain Amarinder
Singh can come in
handy in this. His wife
Preneet Kaur is a Con-
gress MP from Patiala
seat.
In the next Lok Sabha
elections, she can con-
test on a BJP ticket and
the party can win this
seat. Apart from this,
Captain has no more
use for BJP.
Is BJP hoping to win one more LS seat in Punjab?
PLANNING FOR FUTURE
Comedian Raju Srivastava cremated in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI) : Pop-
ular comedianand actor
Raju Srivastava was on
Thursday cremated in
the presence of family
and close friends here.
The 58-year-old come-
dian, one of the most
well-known names in
the comedy and film cir-
cles, died on Wednesday
morning at the All India
Institute of Medical Sci-
ences after spending 41
days in hospital. He was
admitted to AIIMS fol-
lowing a heart attack
while working out at a
Delhi hotel gym on Au-
gust 10. Srivastava’s
mortal remains were
taken to his house in the
south-west Delhi locali-
ty Dwarka, after they
were handed over to the
family on Wednesday
.
An ambulance decked
up with white flowers
left for the Nigambodh
Ghat crematorium at
Kashmere Gate at
around 9am for the fu-
neral, which also had
veteran poet-humour-
ists Surendra Sharma
and Ashok Chakradhar
in attendance.
Srivastava’s son
Ayushmaan performed
the last rites as per Hin-
du rituals at around
11am, the comedian’s
younger brother Dipoo
told PTI. “We left from
the house in Dwarka at
about 9am for the fu-
neral. Our family mem-
bers from Kanpur and
Lucknow are here,” he
added.
Industry colleagues
Sunil Pal and Ahsaan
Qureshi, director
Madhur Bhandarkar
and singer Ram
Shankar along with
hundreds of fans also
reached the venue to
pay last respects to the
comedian.
31 PPS officers
to be promoted
as IPS officers
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: In UP
, 31 po-
lice officers of the Pro-
vincial Police Service
(PPS) cadre will soon be-
comeIPSofficers.ADPC
to make 31 officers of the
PPS cadre of the state
IPS has been called in
Lucknow on October 7.
The PPS officers who
will get promoted in-
clude Amit Mishra,
Shravan Kumar Singh,
Sarbanand Singh Ya-
dav, Hafeezur Rahman,
Ramesh Prasad Gupta,
Keshavchand Goswami,
Omvir Singh, Rajesh
Kumar Yadav, Babita
Sahu, Lal Saheb Yadav,
Rajdhari Chaurasia, Vi-
nod Kumar, Om
Prakash Yadav, Mahat-
ma Prasad, Prabal
Pratap Singh, Rajesh
Kumar, Dayaram,
Girjesh Kumar, Prem
Chandra, Bhim Priya
Ashok, Sanjay Kumar,
Dinesh Kumar Singh,
Chandra Prakash Shuk-
la, Brijesh Kumar
Mishra, Ashutosh
Shukla and others.
Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh at BJP headquarters after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, in
New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
FRESH SNOWFALL
A view of the vehicles commute as Baralacha pass receives fresh snowfall, in Lahaul-Spiti
of Himachal Pradesh. —PHOTO BY ANI
No evidence of Republic TV’s
involvement in TRP case: ED
Mumbai (ANI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) has said that
there is no evidence of
involvement of Repub-
lic TV and R Bharat in
the case of manipula-
tion of Television Rat-
ing Points (TRP).
The central agency
said that its findings
were at “variance” with
the investigation car-
ried out by the Mumbai
Police. It was alleged in
October 2020 that Arn-
ab Goswami-owned Re-
public TV and R Bharat
were manipulating the
TRP numbers.
Earlier on September
15, the ED had filed a
chargesheet in a special
court under the Preven-
tion of Money Launder-
ing Act (PMLA). The
chargesheet was filed
after the central agency
filed an ECIR in Novem-
ber 2020.
Mortal remains of Raju Srivastava being carried for cremation at
Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
RAFALE VS F-18

Swiggy,Zomato in Top 10 e-comm platforms
New Delhi: A report pub-
lished by a Canada-based
research firms has placed
Indian food aggregator
platforms Swiggy and Zo-
mato in the top ten e-com-
merce food delivery compa-
nies. The report has put
China’s publicly listed food
platform Meituan at the
top of the list, followed by
the UK’s Deliveroo, and the
US’ Uber Eats.
ThereportbyETCGroup
said, “The food delivery
sector is rapidly consoli-
dating, but ownership is a
moving target. As compa-
nies jostle for regional he-
gemony, they are buying,
selling and swapping
stakes in competitors.”
The most important part
is that both of them are
part of over 100 Indian uni-
corns. According to the re-
search firm, the food deliv-
ery sector refers to digital,
on-demand platforms for
ordering and paying for
prepared food, groceries
and other retail items. Res-
taurants/retailers fill the
orders and couriers deliver
them to customers within a
prescribed timeframe.
Further, Ele.me, Door-
Dash, Just Eat Takeaway/
Grubhub, Delivery Hero,
and iFood found them-
selves in the 4th to 8th spot.
ACCORDING TO REPORT BY ETC GROUP
GLOBAL
LEADERS

z China’s publicly listed food
platform Meituan at the
top of the list, followed by
the UK’s Deliveroo, and the
US’ Uber Eats

z Ele.me, DoorDash, Just Eat
Takeaway/Grubhub found
themselves in 4th to 6th spot
business
BRIEFS
Guwahati: The Indrad-
hanush Gas Grid Limited
(IGGL), joint venture of
five oil and gas public sec-
tor undertakings, has
achieved a physical pro-
gress of 42.94% and a
capital expenditure of
`1556.46 crore for the
2021-22 financial year, ac-
cording to a company re-
lease on Thursday. IGGL
Chairman Atindra Roy-
choudhury said this while
addressing the fourth an-
nual general meeting. “The
company achieved a capi-
tal expenditure of
`1556.46 crore and physi-
cal progress of 42.94 per
cent in the financial year
2021-22”, he said. —PTI
New Delhi: Amid the
funding winter, 128 Indian
startups have raised over
$995 million venture capi-
tal funding in August,
GlobalData said. The
funds raised in August are
9.7% more than that in
July, the data and analyt-
ics company said. Aurojy-
oti Bose, Lead Analyst at
GlobalData, said: “Al-
though the total VC fund-
ing amount still remains
below $1 billion akin to
July, August managed to
reverse the decline in fun-
draising, despite a 2.3%
fall in deal volume.” —PTI
INDIAN STARTUPS
RAISE OVER $995
MILLION VC FUNDING
IGGL MAKES 42.94%
PHYSICAL PROGRESS,
`1556.46 CR CAPEX
Kolkata: Loan disbursals
by microfinance institu-
tions during the first quar-
ter of 2022-23 increased
to `45,830 crore as com-
pared to `25,503 crore in
the same period last fis-
cal, a report by MFIN said.
MFIN, a self-regulatory
organisation recognised
by RBI, said in the report
that the number of loans
disbursed in the first
quarter of the current fis-
cal stood at 116 lakh, as
compared to 71 lakh in
the same period of last fi-
nancial year. —PTI
LOAN DISBURSALS
BY MFIs RISE IN 1st
QUARTER OF 2022-23
New Delhi: Ola Electric
on Thursday said it plans
to foray into the interna-
tional markets starting
with Nepal. The company
said it has signed a MoU
with CG Motors in Nepal
partnering them as local
distributors for its Ola S1
scooters (S1 S1 Pro).
The scooters will be
available in Nepal starting
next quarter. In the sec-
ond phase, the company
also aims to enter Latin
America, ASEAN and Eu-
ropean Union, increasing
the company’s presence
in up to five international
markets. —PTI
OLA ELECTRIC TO
FORAY INTO INT’L
MKT, FROM NEPAL
SPICEJET HIKES PILOTS
SALARY BY 20% AFTER
GETTING ECLGS FUNDS
Mumbai: SpiceJet has hiked
salary of its captains and senior
first officers by around 20%
from October
as it gets the
first tranche of
funds under
the govern-
ment’s credit guarantee scheme.
The carrier is also expected to
deposit TDS of all employees in
next two to three weeks, as per
the communication sent to the
airline pilots. The communica-
tion to the airline pilots came on
the day it sent 80 of its cockpit
crew on Leave Without Pay for
three months. —PTI
FUTURE ENTERPRISES
GETS 3 MONTHS EXTN
FOR HOLDING AGM
New Delhi: Future Enterprises
has received a three-month
extension for holding its AGM,
a regulatory
filing by the
debt-ridden
firm said.
The Registrar
of Companies, Mumbai has
accorded its approval to the
company granting an extension
for three months for holding
the AGM of the company before
December 31, 2022. “Accord-
ingly, the aforesaid AGM of the
Company would be held within
the extended timeline,” said FEL
in late night filing. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
‘WANT TO MAKE SURE INDIA-UK FTA IS FIRST STEP
IN CONTINUALLY EVOLVING TRADE, ECO P’SHIP’
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a very ambitious
desire to get the India-UK Free Trade Agreement signed by Diwali and
his new British counterpart Liz Truss wants her administration to
“match the pace and ambition” of the
Indian leader, UK Foreign Secretary
James Cleverly has said. Cleverly also
said that the bilateral relationship
between India and UK is longstanding
and wide-ranging, which is both a “huge
plus” but it also means that “quite
understandably there is a desire to have a very, very wide-ranging,
meaningful free trade agreement.” —PTI
` tanks 83 paise to close
at all-time low of 80.79/$
AFTER US FED’S RATE HIKE DECISION
Mumbai: The rupee
plunged by 83 paise -- its
biggest single-day loss in
nearly seven months -- to
close at an all-time low of
80.79 against the US dollar
on Thursday after the US
Federal Reserve’s interest
rate hike and its hawkish
stance weighed on investor
sentiments.
Forex traders said the
US Fed’s rate hike and es-
calation of geopolitical
risk in Ukraine sapped
risk appetite.
Moreover, the strength
of the American currency
in the overseas market, a
muted trend in domestic
equities, risk-off mood and
firm crude oil prices
weighed on the rupee.
At the interbank for-
eign exchange market, the
local currency opened at
80.27, then fell further to
an all-time intra-day low
of 80.95 against the Amer-
ican currency.
It finally ended at 80.79,
down 83 paise over its pre-
vious close of 79.96. The
rupee suffered its biggest
single-day fall since Febru-
ary 24 when it had declined
by 99 paise.
The US Fed hiked inter-
est rates by 75 basis points
to 3-3.25%. It was the third
straight 75 basis points
hike. Fed Chair Jerome
Powell reiterated the cen-
tral bank’s commitment to
taming inflation.
Focus will be on Bank of
Japan (BoJ) and Bank of
England (BoE) monetary
policies next, forex traders
said.
Meanwhile, the dollar
index, which gauges the
greenback’s strength
against a basket of six cur-
rencies, advanced 0.38 per
cent to 110.06.
Besides the hawkish US
Fed stance, the US Dollar
extended gains against its
major crosses after Rus-
sian President Vladimir
Putin announced partial
military mobilisation.
“An aggressive Fed
Chair Jerome Powell and
Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s escala-
tion of geopolitical risk in
Ukraine turned on the
green light for King Dollar
against most currencies,”
said Dilip Parmar, Re-
search Analyst, HDFC Se-
curities. Rupee along with
other Asian peers tumbled
to a record low.
SENSEX FALLS FOR
2ND DAY; ENDS 337
POINTS DOWN
Mumbai (PTI): Equity indices
fell on Thursday, mirroring weak
global market trends following
the US Federal Reserve’s interest
rate hike and hawkish stance.The
30-share BSE Sensex declined
337.06 points or 0.57% to settle
at 59,119.72. During the day, it
tanked 624 points or 1.04% to
58,832.78.The NSE Nifty went
lower by 88.55 points or 0.50%
to end at 17,629.80.Among the
30-share Sensex pack, Power
Grid, HDFC Bank, HDFC, Axis
Bank, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank
and UltraTech Cement were the
major laggards.
GOLD JUMPS `442; SILVER CLIMBS `558
New Delhi (PTI): Gold price in the national capital rose by `442 to
`50,399 per 10 grams on Thursday amid a rise in international pre-
cious metal prices and sharp rupee depreciation, according to HDFC
Securities. In the previous trade, the
yellow metal had closed at `49,957 per
10 grams. Silver also climbed by `558 to
`58,580 per kilogram from `58,022 per
kg in the previous trade. In the interna-
tional market, gold was trading higher at
$1,677 per ounce, while silver was flat at
$19.69 per ounce.
At WTO meeting,
India defends ban on
rice, wheat exports
New Delhi (PTI): India
has defended its decision
to ban export of wheat and
rice at a WTO meeting
even as some member
countries have flagged con-
cerns over the country’s
stand, an official said.
At a meeting last week in
Geneva, Senegal, the US
and the European Union
raised questions over this
decision, stating it could
have adverse implications
on global markets.
Defending its decision,
India clarified that the ban
on export of broken rice,
which is used in poultry
feed, follows a rise in the
grain’s exports in recent
months which put pressure
on the domestic market.
In the case of wheat, food
security concerns necessi-
tated export curbs.
“India has also stated
that the measures are tem-
porary in nature and under
continuous monitoring,”
the official said.
Senegal, a major import-
er of India’s broken rice
and other rice products,
urged India to keep trade
open in these difficult
times to ensure food suffi-
ciency, the official added.
QUESTIONS
RAISED

z Senegal, the US the EU
raised questions over this
decision, stating it could
have adverse implications
on global markets

z India clarified that the ban
on export of broken rice
follows a rise in the grain’s
exports in recent months
which put pressure on the
domestic market
Adani makes
no-poaching
pact with RIL
Mumbai (Agencies): The
Adani Group, led by the
world’s third richest man
Gautam Adani, has entered
into a no-poaching agree-
ment with Mukesh Amba-
ni-led Reliance Industries,
such that both groups will
be restricted from hiring
talent from each other. The
agreement has come into
effect from May this year
and will be applicable to all
their businesses.
What makes this pact in-
teresting is that it is be-
tween two of India’s larg-
est conglomerates and of
late both have entered sec-
tors where the other has a
big play. Last year, Adani
Group announced its entry
into the petrochemical
space with Adani Petro-
chemicals Limited, which
is where Reliance has a
large presence. The other
area where their paths
cross is the high-speed data
services.
Mumbai (PTI): The Re-
serve Bank of India on
Thursday said it has can-
celled the licence of
Solapur (Maharashtra)
based The Laxmi Co-opera-
tive Bank Limited as the
lender does not have ade-
quate capital and earning
prospects.
“The bank does not have
adequate capital and earn-
ing prospects,” the RBI
said while announcing
that The Laxmi Co-opera-
tive Bank ceases to carry
on banking business, with
effect from the close of
business on Thursday
(September 22, 2022).
As per the statement, the
co-operative bank has
failed to comply with the
requirements the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949 and
its continuance is prejudi-
cial to the interests of its
depositors.
“The bank with its pre-
sent financial position
would be unable to pay its
present depositors in full,”
the RBI said.
The bank is now prohib-
ited from conducting the
‘business of banking’.
RBI cancels licence of
Laxmi Co-operative Bank
DEPOSITORS TO
GET ` 5 LAKH

z On liquidation, every
depositor would be entitled
to receive deposit insurance
claim amount of his/her
deposits up to Rs 5 lakh
from DICGC. 99 per cent of
depositors are entitled to
receive full amount of their
deposits from the DICGC,
the RBI said in a statement
Over `58,000 crore
lost due to illicit trade
New Delhi (PTI): The ex-
chequer is estimated to
have lost `58,521 crore in
taxes in 2019-20 due to il-
licit trade in goods in 5 key
industries, including
FMCG, mobile phone, to-
bacco products and alco-
hol, a Ficci report said.
The size of illicit mar-
kets in these industries at
a little over `2.60 lakh crore
for the year 2019-20, with
the FMCG industry ac-
counting for 75% of the to-
tal illicit value of goods in
five key industries.
The two highly regulated
and taxed industries, to-
bacco products and alco-
holic beverages, account
for nearly 49% of the over-
all tax loss to the govern-
ment due to illicit markets
in these five key industries.
The max number of jobs
(7.94 lakh) were lost due to
illicit trade in the FMCG
packaged foods industry
.
Another hefty
cheque to BSNL
to cut debt load
New Delhi (Agencies):
The government has given
a `19,000-crore sovereign
guarantee to Bharat San-
char Nigam Ltd (BSNL),
which will allow the ailing
state-run telco to restruc-
ture its debt and that of
state-run Mahanagar Tele-
phone Nigam Ltd (MTNL),
officials said.
Both firms have a com-
bined debt of around `60K
crore, of which `33,000
crore is on the books of
BSNL. As per the officials,
another similar amount of
bank guarantee will be
given to the firm in the
next financial year start-
ing, so that the debt burden
can be reduced further.
08
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,399.00 442.00 0.87 (Per 10g)
SILVER 58,580.00 558.00 0.95 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 80.79 0.83 1.02
GBPINR 91.30 0.56 0.62
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.

NEWS
09
Raj5th
inroadmishapdeaths:Report
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Road accidents
are one of the leading
causes of death in Ra-
jasthan. According to
recent figures of NCRB,
one person dies in every
second road accident.
In terms of deaths in
road accidents, Ra-
jasthan stands at fifth
position, while it ranks
ninth when it comes to
number of road acci-
dents. In 2021, 10,043
people lost their lives in
20,954 road accidents.
State of UP ranks
first in terms of death
in road accidents. Also,
there has been an in-
crease in road accidents
in India. A total of 13.6
per cent more road ac-
cidents took place in
2021 as compared to
2020. In 2021, 1,55,622
people died in a total of
4,03,116 road accidents
in the country. Figures
also suggest that speed-
ing was leading cause
of death in accidents.
41ST
INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR
कारायालर नगर पाललका मण्डल ककशनगढ़-रेनवाल (जरपुर)
क्रमांक: न.पा.कक.रे./PSKS-21/2022-23/2870 किनांक: 22.09.2022
-ः आपत्ति सूचना ः-
सर्व साधारण को सूकित ककया जाता है कक प्रशासन शहरों के संग अकियान-2021 के तहत नगर पाकिका में कनम्ानुसार आरेिकों ने अपने सराकमतर
िसतारेजों के साथ कृकि िूकम कनयमन / कनमा्वण आज्ा हेतु आरेिन ककया है।
क्र.
सं.
नाम आवेदनकराता
क्ेत्रफल
वरतारज
खसरा नं. योजना का नाम वव. वववरण
1 श्री शकरीि कुरेशरी पुत्र श्री बफातरी कुरेशरी 199.33 1117 पेट्ोि पमप के पास बेिान पत्र
2 श्रीमतरी ओमा िेररी पत्री श्री अकनि कुमार जांकगड़ 192.00 1106, 1107 पेट्ोि पमप के पास सहमकत पत्र
3 श्रीमतरी सरोज िेररी पत्री श्री जगिरीश प्रसाि रमा्व 166.66
1047, 1048,
1049, 1051
शंकर करहार (पिाॅट सं. 41) जररये इकरारनामा
4 श्री बनराररी िाि कुमहार पुत्र श्री शोिाराम 569.44 673 मोहन मन्िर बेिान पत्र
5 श्रीमतरी नारायणरी िेररी पत्री श्री घासरीराम जाट 209.00 1106 पेट्ोि पमप के पास बेिान पत्र
6 श्रीमतरी कबमिा िेररी पत्री श्री गोपाि िाि रणरां 142.22
1072/5,
1076/1, 1077/1
बांगडरा रेसटोरे्ट के सामने जररये इकरारनामा
7 श्री कशरिगरान पुत्र श्री िैरूराम खटरीक 80.00 675 मोहन मन्िर जररये इकरारनामा
8 श्री मूिि्ि सरामरी पुत्र श्री मिन िाि सरामरी 109.66 708/1 संतोि जरी सारडा करी िूकम जररये इकरारनामा
9 श्रीमतरी सरजू िेररी पत्री श्री बाबूिाि सरामरी 107.57 708/1 संतोि जरी सारडा करी िूकम जररये इकरारनामा
10 श्री रतन िाि पुत्र श्री िूरामि सरोज 73.33 1131/1 पेट्ोि पमप के पास हकतयाग
11 श्री रामप्रसाि कुमारत पुत्र श्री गंगाराम कुमारत 58.33 1117 पेट्ोि पमप के पास बेिान पत्र
12
श्री शयाम कमत्र मणडि रासते श्री शयाम सतसंग िरन,
अधयक्ष श्री िागि्ि सैन पुत्र श्री िूरामि सैन
333.33 901 कशर कॉिोनरी आरंटन पत्र
13
श्री ओमप्रकाश िाखराण, श्री रामकनरास पुत्रान श्री
मांगरीिाि िाखराण
453.00 899 कशर कॉिोनरी इकरारनामा
14 श्री अजु्वन िाि पुत्र श्री नानगराम 225.00 726, 727 िािू कॉिोनरी आरंटन पत्र
15 श्री िरीनियाि पुत्र श्री िंरर िाि कुमहार 540.00
1072/5,
1076/1, 1077/1
पेट्ोि पमप के पास जररये बेिान
16 श्री बाबूिाि बिाई पुत्र श्री रूडाराम बिाई 48.88 कनमा्वण आज्ा
रूडा बाबा िेखरा बस सटटेणड
के पास, कक. रेनराि
जररये पट्टा
अत: उपयु्वकत आरेिकों के पक्ष में कृकि िूकम कनयमन/कनमा्वण आज्ा जाररी करने बाबत ककसरी िरी वयनकत को कोई आपकति हो तो रह अपनरी आपकति किकखत
में मय िसतारेज इस सूिना के जाररी होने से 7 किरस में इस काया्विय में प्रसतुत कर िे। बाि कमयाि प्रसतुत आपकति पर कोई करिार नहीं ककया जायेगा।
सूिना में अंककत अरकध पशिात् पत्रारकियों के कनसतारण करी काय्वराहरी करी जारेगरी। िसतारेज/साक्य के प्रसतुतरीकरण के अिार में कनयमन नहीं होने के किये
आरेिनकता्व सरयं कजममेिार होंगे।
(वराता चौधरी)
अवधशारी अवधकारी
नरर पावलका वक. रेनवाल
‘Different image of state will be shown’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RAJSICO
President Rajiv Arora
said that a different
image of state will be
witnessed in upcom-
ing 41st
India Interna-
tional Trade Fair. The
2022 India Internation-
al Trade Fair will be
held from Nov 14 to 27
at Pragati Maidan,
New Delhi. For first
time, well-known
popular artisans,
craftsmen from state
govt will display finest
products.
Arora was review-
ing preps related to
trade fair in a meeting
held at Udyog Bhawan
on Thursday, he said
that this year theme of
fair has been kept as
“Vocal for Local”
“Local to Global”.
According to him,
intention of govt is to
give a lot of work to lo-
cal organizations and
to provide global rec-
ognition for their
products. He also gave
necessary directions
to concerned officials
to give a grand at-
tractive look to fair.
Rajiv Arora, Manisha Arora, Nalini Kathotia, Arun Joshi and others during the meeting.
ART AND CULTURE OF RAJASTHAN
CS Usha Sharma reviews state and
dist level preps for Gandhi Jayanti
11 IPS officials to get DGP Disc
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Eleven IPS of-
ficers of Raj have been
chosen for DGP Com-
mendation Disc
Award. DGP ML La-
thar issued an order
on Thursday. List in-
cludes three Addition-
al DGP, two IG, 5 DIG.
ADG (Housing) AK
Ponuchami, ADG
(SDRF) Sushmita Bis-
was, ADG (Traffic) Vi-
jay Kumar Singh, IG
(Human Rights) Bipin
Kumar Pandey, IG
(RAC) Lata Manoj Ku-
mar, DIG (Planning,
Modernization Wel-
fare) Ashok Kumar
Gupta, DIG (Civil
Rights) Dr Ravi and Dr
Vikas Pathak, Deputy
Inspector General of
Police (CID CB) Rahul
Kotoki, Deputy In-
spector General of Po-
lice (Armed Battalion
First) Omprakash-II
and Deputy Inspector
General of Police,
(Railways Rajesh)
Singh have been cho-
sen for the award.
First India Bureau
Jaipur : The birth an-
niversary of the Fa-
ther of the Nation, Ma-
hatma Gandhi will be
celebrated on October
2 with the message of
communal unity
.
CS Usha Sharma
was instructed to make
sumptuous arrange-
ments for the pro-
grammes including
the singing of Bapu’s
favourite hymns dur-
ing these events.
In a meeting held at
the Secretariat, she re-
viewed the prepara-
tions for the state-level
function as well as the
district-level func-
tions.
In the meeting, she
said that the new gen-
eration should memo-
rise Bapu’s favourite
hymns. She also said
that the sole purpose
of these events is to
give the message of so-
cial harmony by cele-
brating the Gandhi
Jayanti.
RobbersdecampwithATMhaving`12.5L
Jaipur(PTI): Some
unidentified miscre-
ants fled away with an
ATM machine having
over Rs 12 lakh cash
after uprooting it in
Sawai Madhopur, po-
lice said on Thursday.
The incident hap-
pened on Wednesday
night at State Bank of
India’s ATM in Sar-
saunp village, Station
House Officer Tinu
Sogarwal said.
The miscreants fled
from the spot with the
ATM machine having
Rs 12.10 lakh cash, the
SHO said.
On the bank man-
agement’s complaint,
a case has been regis-
tered at Chauth ka
Barwara police sta-
tion, Sogarwal said.
The footage of
CCTV cameras in-
stalled in the bank are
being scanned to trace
the robbers, police
said.
Rajasthan reported 20,954 road accidents, and 10,043 deaths, one person dies in every second
13-YEAR-OLD GIRL CRUSHED TO
DEATH BY ROADWAYS BUS
Babulal
Jaipur: A 13-year-
old girl was crushed
to death in Chaksu
on Thursday while
she was marching
towards Sheetla
Mata Temple during
a padyatra. Police in-
formed victim was
part of a religious
procession which
had started from
Roopura-Khetpura
of Bassi and was
heading towards
Sheetla Mata Tem-
ple. “A speeding bus
ran over the girl and
killed her on spot.
The devotees later
set the roadways bus
on fire and jammed
Jaipur-Kota high-
way,” police said.
“Locals also gath-
ered at spot and
started protesting.
Senior police offi-
cials rushed to spot
to prevent any mis-
hap,” police added.
“Deceased family
members devotees
sat on a protest on
the road demanding
a govt job and com-
pensation,” police
informed.
Locals staged a protest with a dead body on road in Chaksu.
Police and bank management scanning CCTV footage.
TOP FIVE STATES
WHERE DEATHS
WERE REPORTED
 Uttar Pradesh -
33,711 road accidents,
21,792 people died
 Tamil Nadu - 55,682
road accidents, 15,384
people died
 Maharashtra -26,598
road accidents, 13911
people killed
 Madhya Pradesh -
48,219 road accidents,
12,480 deaths
 Rajasthan- 20,954
road accidents, 10,043
deaths
Roadways bus set on fire in Chaksu.
Woman killed by
live-in partner,
accused in
police custody
Man chokes
minor sons to
death before
hanging himself
First India Bureau
Churu: A young wom-
an in a live-in relation-
ship was killed by her
lover. The accused lov-
er has been arrested by
police. On the informa-
tion of the murder on
Thursday morning, the
police reached the spot
and got the girl’s body
kept in mortuary.
According to the police,
accused lover Rajesh
Swamy, a resident of
Sandwa, killed 18-year-
old Nandani, who was
in a relationship with
him, late at night. Rope
marks were found on
the girl’s neck and inju-
ries sustained by a
glass bottle were found
on her body. Sandwa
police have arrested
the accused youth.
In the report given to
the police, the mother
of deceased Nandani
told that Rajesh Swamy
was keeping her
18-year-old daughter in
a live-in relationship
forcibly for about six
months. Accused
Rajesh was arrested.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: A father
strangled his two chil-
dren to death and then
committed suicide by
hanging himself. The
incident took place at
Pariharon ki Dhani
near Jhanwar police
station. The mother of
the children had gone
to farm during the inci-
dent. According to the
police, bodies of chil-
dren Ramaram and
Krishna were found in
the room at night, when
mother returned home
from farm. The sons
were found dead at the
gate of the house, while
father Ruparam was
found hanging on a
noose in the animal’s
stable at a distance.
Hearing the screams
of the woman, villag-
ers gathered. On get-
ting information about
the incident, the police
reached spot and after
investigation, the bod-
ies of all three have
been kept in Jodhpur
AIIMS. The deceased
Ruparam Patel worked
as a farmer. It is being
told that Ruparam took
this step due to a do-
mestic dispute.
JDA approves developmental
works of `77 cr in PWC meet
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The meeting
of PWC of JDA took
place on Thursday. Var-
ious development
works of Rs 77 cr were
approved. Approval
was given to complete
work of 384 houses in
Kheda Jagannathpura
village on Mahal Road
under CM Jan Awas Yo-
jana. Financial approv-
al of Rs 60.32 cr was
given for construction
of a sewage treatment
plant. Rs 8.06 cr was
also given for devt of
Prithviraj Marg.
MOU SIGNING EVENT
Global Institute of Technology (GIT) in Collaboration with
Mayo College General Council Ajmer signs an MoU with
Govt of Rajasthan to establish Mayoor School in Jaipur.
GIT intends to invest Rs. 110 Crores towards the same.

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