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Delhi choc-a-bloc with Dhanteras shoppers
New Delhi (PTI): Traf-
fic moved at a snail’s
pace in places like Laj-
pat Nagar, Anand Vihar,
Karol Bagh, Azadpur
and many others on Sat-
urday as people
thronged markets for
shopping on Dhanteras.
The Delhi Traffic
Control Room was
bogged with calls from
commuters from vari-
ous parts of the city
who complained about
heavy traffic at several
intersections.
“Places like Karol
Bagh, Anand Vihar,
Dwarka, Kondli Chowk,
Najafgarh, Azadpur
Mandawali, Lajpat Na-
gar, Connaught Place,
Janpath, Laxmi Nagar
have been witnessing
heavy traffic jams,” a
senior traffic official
posted at the Delhi Traf-
fic Control Room said.
A resident of Sangam
Vihar who had come to
shop at Lajpat Nagar
market said, “Due to ex-
cess crowd in the mar-
ket area, it took us al-
most an hour to drive
through the lanes.”
Keshav Singh, who
was commuting from
Gurgaon to Delhi, said
he faced traffic jams on
way to Dwarka and then
to the centre of the city
.
Shoppers at Lajpat Nagar market on Saturday. The crowded Lal Quarter market in Krishna Nagar on ‘Dhanteras’. —PHOTOS BY PTI
4 arrested for filming
couples at OYO rooms
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Four per-
sons were arrested in
Noida for allegedly re-
cording intimate mo-
ments of couples by
placing hidden cameras
in rooms of OYO hotels,
police said on Saturday
.
The arrested men
used to blackmail the
couples, police said,
adding that preliminary
probe suggests hotel
staff were not involved
in the racket.
The arrested men –
Vishnu Singh, Abdul
Wahav, Pankaj Kumar
and Anurag Kumar Sin-
gh – could be part of
three different gangs
operating in Noida, po-
lice said. These gangs
are also involved in un-
authorised call centers
and in providing fake
sim cards for illegal ac-
tivities. Eleven laptops,
21 mobiles and 22 ATM
cards were seized dur-
ing the raid, police offi-
cials said, adding that
the gang may be operat-
ing across the country
.
CHINESE ENVOY SAYS
TENURE IN INDIA
UNFORGETTABLE
New Delhi: Outgoing
Chinese Ambassador Sun
Weidong on Saturday
described his over three-
year tenure in India as an
“unforgettable period”. “I
cherish all the memories
in the past three years,”
Sun tweeted and hoped for
“evergreen friendship”.
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RISHI SUNAK,
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CAMPS CLAIM
HITTING 100 MPs
‘ROUTE BROADCAST ACTIVITIES VIA PRASAR BHARATI’
New Delhi: Centre has issued an advisory to Union ministries, state govts and
UTs. The Ministry of Info and Broadcasting asked those broadcasting their
content to route it through Prasar Bharati. It also asked entities distributing
broadcasting content to “extract themselves” from it by December 31, 2023.
London: Rishi Sunak supporters claimed on Saturday
that he has hit the threshold of 100 MPs required to
make it to the shortlist for the race to replace Liz Truss.
Ex-PM Boris Johnson flew back, his camp also claimed
that he has 100 MPs for a possible leadership bid.
COURT EXTENDS
JACQUELINE’S
INTERIM BAIL
TILL NOV 10
New Delhi: Delhi court has extended actor Jacqueline
Fernandez’s interim bail till November 10 in `200
crore money laundering case involving conman
Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Court directed ED to provide a
chargesheet & other relevant documents to all parties.
DECKED-UP
AYODHYA!
Ayodhya district is set to create another Guinness World
Record by lighting around 18 lakh earthen lamps as part of
Deepotsav, the Diwali celebrations that will include fireworks,
a laser show and the staging of Ramlilas, in the presence of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. In picture we see
illuminated Ram Ki Paidi on the banks of Saryu river ahead of
traditional ‘Deepotsav’ celebrations, in Ayodhya on Saturday.
‘HELICOPTER HAD
SENT MAY DAY CALL
BEFORE CRASHING’
New Delhi: Military
officials reported on
Saturday that the
Army’s Advanced Light
Helicopter (ALH) pilots
had made a “mayday”
call to air traffic control
just before the helicopter
crashed near Tuting in AP,
indicating a mechanical
issue with the aircraft.
T20 WC: CONFIDENT
IND HOPING TO TURN
TABLES ON PAK TODAY
Melbourne: Unblemished
record of success against
arch-rivals at marquee
ICC events a thing of the
past, a hurt Indian team
will be desperate for
revenge against a high-
quality Pakistan side in a
sell-out Super 12 clash
of the T20 World Cup, in
Melbourne on Sunday.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
AMRAPALI GROUP’S
EX-CMD AND EX-DIR’S
INTERIM BAIL EXTENDED
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court bench of CJI UU Lalit
and Justice Bela M Trivedi
on Saturday extended the
interim bail granted to
former CMD of Amrapali
Group of Companies Anil
Kumar Sharma & real estate
firm’s ex-director Shiva
Priya on medical grounds.
Reliance Jio 5G-powered
wifi goes live in India now
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: To enable
5G-for-all, Reliance Jio
Infocomm Limited (Jio)
on Saturday announced
that it is introducing
JioTrue5G-powered Wi-
Fi services in high foot-
fall areas. As a Shubh-
Aarambh, along with
JioTrue5G services, Jio
has started JioTrue5G-
powered Wi-Fi services
in Shrinath ji temple,
Nathdwara, in Ra-
jasthan. While Jio users
will get this service
without any charge.
Akash Ambani and his wife Shloka Ambani with Vishal Bawaji at
the launch of Jio 5G services, in Nathdwara on Saturday.
Service to humanity is one of the most
endearing facets of Indian culture, the roots of
which can be found in our socio-religious
traditions.In addition, we welcome Chennai as our latest
city to be added to Jio True5G Welcome Offer.
—Akash M Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
PM MODI SENDS
BIRTHDAY WISHES
TO HM AMIT SHAH
THAKUR PRESENTS
JOB APPT LETTERS
PM Modi greeted HM
Amit Shah on his 58th
birthday on Saturday. “As
India’s HM he is making
numerous efforts for our
nation’s progress. He is
also doing commendable
work in reforming the
important cooperatives
sector,” Modi said.
Union Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur at-
tended the Rozgar Mela
event in Chandigarh on
Saturday. The Union Min-
ister also handed over the
appointment letters to the
appointees at the event.
Record sanction of Rs
7,565 crore for Raj in
this year’s budget, says
Minister Vaishnaw.
YE DIWALI,
ROZGAR WALI!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Rozgar
Mela, a recruitment drive to provide jobs to 75,000
people in 38 Ministries/Departments of the GoI
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday launched
Rozgar Mela, the re-
cruitment drive for 10
lakh personnel by the
Union government. The
Centre will hand over
appointment letters to
more than 75,000 people
as part of the drive.
Launching the drive
via video conferencing,
PM Modi said, India is
today fifth largest econ-
omy in the world. In the
last eight years, we've
jumped to fifth position
from tenth. It's true that
many big economies of
the world are strug-
gling with inflation, un-
employment...side ef-
fects of biggest crisis in
100 years can't just go
away in 100 days.
Full Report on P6
PM Modi launches Rozgar Mela-recruitment drive for 10L personnel, via VC, from Delhi on Saturday.
The government
is working
towards
softening the blow of the
economic problems faced
by several countries across
the world in the aftermath
of the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Woman gang-raped in
Chaibasa, SIT formed
Chaibasa(Jharkhand):
A 26-year-old woman,
who works for a Bengal-
uru-based IT company,
was allegedly gang-
raped on Thurs-
day evening at a
secluded place in
Chaibasa area of
Jharkhand’s West
Singhbhum district,
police said. According
to the police, the inci-
dent took place when a
group of men spotted
her with a male friend.
A group of eight-ten
men stopped the couple,
beat boyfriend and
allegedly raped
woman after tak-
ing her to seclud-
ed spot. Accused
beat up woman’s
friend, raped her, took
away phone, belong-
ings. SIT formed to nab
the accused, police said.
Srinagar: The Divi-
sional Administration
of Kashmir on Satur-
day said that 106 deten-
tion orders had been
issued during the cur-
rent year under the PIT-
NDPS Act: in Srinagar
(10), Budgam (10), Gan-
derbal (1), Anantnag (4),
Kulgam (8), Pulwama
(13), Shopian (4), Bara-
mulla (15), Bandipora
(4) and Kupwara (24).
This year, 106
drug traffickers
detained in JK

First India Bureau
New Delhi: A day after
Ghaziabad police regis-
tered a case against a
woman for falsely
claiming gang rape,
Delhi Commission for
Womenchief SwatiMal-
iwal on Saturday wrote
to Uttar Pradesh CM
Yogi Adityanath, urging
himtosetupahigh-level
committee to probe the
Ghaziabad incident.
The police have ar-
restedthe36-yr-oldwom-
an and three others for
allegedly levelling a fab-
ricated charge against
five men with whom she
had a property dispute.
The woman had al-
leged she was gang-
raped by five men for
twodaysandtheyinsert-
ed an iron rod into her
private parts.
The DCW had also is-
sued a notice to UP Po-
lice on October 19.
On Saturday
, Maliwal
said the police stated
that the woman’s allega-
tions are unsubstantiat-
edandtheyhaveenough
evidence to prove she
hatched a conspiracy
against those named in
her complaint.
“It must be examined
as to who inflicted the
injuries on her and who
was responsible for in-
sertingironrod-likesub-
stance into her private
parts which was re-
moved by GTB Hospital
(as mentioned in MLC
report),” Maliwal wrote.
“In case it is proved
beyond doubt that the
girl (woman) was active-
ly involved in hatching
a conspiracy against the
men and that she is not
a victim but instead a
perpetrator, I would
urge you to ensure that
strong action is taken
against the woman,”
she urged.
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New Delhi (PTI): The
tunnellingprocessatthe
Begumpulstationonthe
Delhi-Meerut Regional
Rapid Transit System
(RRTS) came to an end
on Saturday, according
to an official statement.
National Capital Re-
gionTransportCorpora-
tion (NCRTC) is imple-
menting India’s first
Regional Rapid Transit
System (RRTS) between
Delhi and Meerut via
Ghaziabad.
The corridor wit-
nessed the first tunnel
breakthroughinMeerut
on October 22. Sudar-
shan 8.3 (tunnel boring
machine) made a break-
through from the tunnel
at the Begumpul RRTS
station.
Officialssaidthatnow
the tunnelling process
for further course of the
corridorbeyondBegum-
pul station will begin.
“Managing Director,
NCRTC, Vinay Kumar
Singh initiated the
breakthrough by press-
ing a remote button in
presence of the direc-
tors and other senior of-
ficials of NCRTC. This
feat has been achieved
within 4 months after
completing the boring
and formation of a
750-metre-long tunnel,”
the NCRTC statement
said.
Two other TBMs -- Su-
darshan 8.1 and 8.2 -- are
boring 1.8-km parallel
tunnels from Bhaisali to
FootballChowk,Meerut.
The statement said
the Begumpul RRTS sta-
tionisbeingconstructed
throughatop-downtech-
nique, in which the sta-
tion is built from top to
bottom with deep exca-
vations.
Meerut RRTS: Tunnelling process at Begumpul stn ends
ENGINEERING FEAT
lll
Begumpul RRTS
station is being
built through a
top-down
technique, in
which it is built
from top
to bottom
with deep
excavations
National Capital Region Transport Corporation officials at the
construction site of Begumpul on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Act tough against fake rape
complainant:DCWurgesYogi
Case against Ghaziabad woman for levelling a ‘fabricated’ rape charge against 5 men
Woman arrested,
sent to 14-day
judicial custody
Ghaziabad: The wom-
an was arrested on
Saturday soon after
she was discharged
from GTB Hospital.
“The woman was
arrested by our
police team. She was
presented before a
magistrate to record
her statement. The
court has sent her
to 14 days in judicial
custody,” Superinten-
dent of Police (City-I)
Ghaziabad Nipun
Agarwal said.
Her accomplices
Azad, Afzal and
Gaurav were arrested
earlier. The woman
came to the hospital
at 7:15 am on Octo-
ber 18, GTB Hospital
said. “She has been
discharged and the
patient’s condition
was stable at the time
of discharge,” it said.
This is very serious, shocking and deeply
upsetting ... kindly set up a high-level
committee to probe the case in depth.
—Swati Maliwal, DCW Chairperson
New Delhi (PTI): A
man was arrested for al-
legedly blackmailing,
harassing and extort-
ing Rs seven lakh from
a woman he loved in
exchange for removing
her pictures he had up-
loaded on various social
media platforms with-
out her consent, police
said on Saturday
.
Accused Anshul Sriv-
astava (40), of Unnao,
UP is a BSc Computer
Science graduate. He
was in one-sided love
with the woman whom
he started harassing
when she did not give
him attention, they
said. On September 12,
when a resident of RK
Puram lodged a com-
plaint alleging that a
person was continu-
ously harassing, threat-
ening and bullying her
through emails and
messages, they said.
The accused was also
uploading her pictures
without her consent on
social media platforms
like Instagram, What-
sapp and Facebook in
order to defame her,
they said.
Srivastava also de-
manded seven lakh ru-
pees from the woman to
delete her pictures. The
money was transferred
to him via Real Time
Gross Settlement
(RTGS) process, police
said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (Southwest)
C Manoj said during an
enquiry, the victim pro-
vided the details of the
RTGS transactions
along with abusive, des-
perate, objectionable,
life-threatening, black-
mailing messages and
calls received from the
alleged mobile and
proxy numbers.
Notices were sent to
Instagram, Facebook,
Google and Rediff
mail along with the
concerned banks to get
the beneficiary details,
he said.
Man held for harassing,
extorting ` 7 lakh from
woman by blackmailing
` 10L DEMAND FOR DELETING PIC
New Delhi (ANI): A
Delhi Court has issued
notice to police on the
plea of accused Prince
Dalal seeking interim
bail to attend the ring
ceremony and marriage
of his sister. Prince is an
accused in the Sagar
Dhankar murder case.
Olympian wrestler
Sushil Kumar is one of
the 18 accused in the
case. Additional Ses-
sions Judge Shivaji
Anand of Rohini Court
issued notice on the plea
and listed the matter for
argumentonOctober31.
Advocate Swati Rathi
counsel for accused
Prince Dalal submitted
that the ring ceremony
of the sister of the ap-
plicant has been fixed
on November 2, 2022,
and marriage on No-
vember 3 and 4.
The Court on October
15directedtocommence
trial against Sushil Ku-
mar and 17 other ac-
cused after they denied
the murder and other
charges. The accused
persons could not be
produced before the
judge due to security
reasons.
The court had listed
the matter on November
10, 2022, for the com-
mencement of trial and
prosecution evidence.
Court issues notice
on accused Prince
Dalal’s bail plea
Olympion Sushil Kumar is also an accused. (R) Sagar Dhankar.
SAGAR DHANKAR MURDER
New Delhi (PTI):
Three years after a man
was declared dead of
respiratory failure, the
police have registered a
case of culpable homi-
cide in the matter on a
court’s direction. On
February 27, 2020, the
45-year-old man was
found unconsciousnear
Khajuri Khas red light
andtakentoJagPravesh
Chandra Hospital,
where he was declared
“broughtdead”,asenior
cop said.
Proceedings under
section 174 CrPC were
conducted in accord-
ance with rules, the of-
ficer added.
On March 11, 2020, a
medical board conduct-
ed an autopsy of the
body
. On March 19, the
deceased was identified
as Sikandar of Chand
Bagh. The body was
handed over to his fam-
ily
, police said.
The cause of death
was found to be respira-
tory failure with no in-
jury on the body, they
said. Not satisfied with
the version, the family
approached a court for
the registration of an
FIR and was vindicated.
Man found dead
in 2020: Culpable
homicide case on
court’s direction
New Delhi (PTI): Two
men were arrested after
a brief exchange of fire
between them and po-
lice in northeast Delhi’s
Jyoti Nagar in the early
hours of Saturday, offi-
cials said.
The arrested were
identified as Shakti ali-
as Sonu (36) and Sachin
(24), they said. Four
rounds were fired in-
cluding two by police in
retaliation, cops added.
Police said Shakti is
listed as a “Bad Charac-
ter” at the Mansarovar
Park police station and
has been named as an
accused in 18 criminal
cases, while Sachin has
four cases pending
against him.
According to police, on
Friday
, two back-to-back
armed robberies took
place in a short span of
time in the wee hours.
The incidents were re-
ported from Ashok Na-
gar and Jyoti Nagar,
they said.
The modus operandi in
bothincidentsweresim-
ilari.etwopersonscame
on a bike, robbed people
of cash at gun point and
fled, police said.
Police said around 2
am, a team spotted two
men on a bike, without
number plate, near Loni
roundabout on Wa-
zirabad road. The bike
skidded and the two fell
on the road while flee-
ing, the police said.
Two criminals held after
encounter in Jyoti Nagar
New Delhi (PTI): Wom-
en police officers in
plain clothes outside
colleges, anti-ragging
posters across campus,
vigilance squad in every
college and police pick-
ets are among the meas-
ures to be implemented
in the Delhi University
for maintaining disci-
pline from the new aca-
demic session.
Ameetingof theproc-
torial board of the Uni-
versity of Delhi was
held on Friday to delib-
erate upon measures for
facilitating the smooth
induction of students
during the opening of
the new session.
Officials from Delhi
Police and senior varsi-
ty officials were present
during the meeting.
Several important de-
cisions were taken to
ensure the maintenance
of discipline and pre-
vention of ragging in
the varsity and college
campuses, a senior uni-
versity official said.
In this connection,
the colleges and depart-
ments have been re-
quested to strictly en-
force the rules and regu-
lations issued from time
to time, especially provi-
sions of Ordinances XV-
B, XV-C, and the Sexual
Harassment of Women
at Workplace (Preven-
tion, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013 (14
of 2013), DU Registrar
Vikas Gupta said.
Gupta said all stu-
dents and hostel resi-
dents and their parents
have been asked to give
an undertaking regard-
ing anti-ragging at the
time of admission.
Women cops in plain clothes,vigilance squad at DU
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The ex-
cise department on
Saturday busted a
gang involved in adul-
teration of liquor and
arrested five persons
inthisregard.Atleast
150 bottles of foreign
liquor and 20 empty
bottles were also re-
covered, officials said
on Saturday
.
The gang included
some bartenders who
mixed premium for-
eign liquor with
cheapIndiaMadeFor-
eign Liquor (IMFL)
for sale to customers,
officials said adding
three FIRs were filed
against the accused.
The excise depart-
ment has enhanced
enforcement in city in
view of the festive
season. A team from
the department's in-
telligence branch on
Friday conducted
raids at several plac-
es, it said in a state-
ment.
The teams, led by
ACP (Excise Intelli-
gence Bureau) Rajesh
Meena, raided a shoe
shop at Karol Bagh
and two houses at
Rani Bagh and Maid-
an Garhi, it said.
One Vikram Ku-
mar was arrested
from Karol Bagh and
69 bottles of high-end
liquor were seized
from him. His inter-
rogation led to the ar-
rests of Mohit and
Jaipal from Maidan
Garhi. Kumar had
purchased the liquor
from the duo.
Students set up a help desk for admission seekers at North Campus.
Anti-ragging
posters in
English and
Hindi have been in-
stalled at the strategic
locations in North and
South Campuses,
University of Delhi.
—Vikas Gupta,
DU Registrar
Five arrested, 150
bottles of premium
liquor seized in raids
Teams under
ACP Rajesh
Meena raided
a shoe shop at
Karol Bagh
two houses at
Rani Bagh
Maidan Garhi
Swati Maliwal Yogi Adityanath

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Manik Gupta
New Delhi (PTI): It is
the season of lights,
parties and gifts. And
this Diwali, after a two-
year pandemic-induced
lull, people are throng-
ing the markets to grab
the perfect gift for their
loved ones and keep the
ritual of exchanging
goodies alive.
Shoppers are once
again contending with
theproblemof plenty
,be
it in deals or offerings,
which has bewildered
even the most seasoned
buyer.
Vandana Thapa, a
homemaker, played it
safeandboughtamixed-
bag, including electron-
ics, home accessories to
'tried and tasted' mithai,
to satiate her annual fes-
tival shopping cravings.
Her laundry list in-
cludes a bar cabinet for
her brother, phone for
her father, home decor
items for colleagues and
sweet boxes for her
house help.
Accordingtoindustry
experts, even though
gourmet hampers, fur-
niture and accessories,
like chic candle stands
or crockery, and sweets
are in huge demand,
electronic devices, in-
cluding mobile phones
and smart wearables,
remain the ones to beat.
Gaurav Khatri, co-
founder of technology
brand Noise, said, Dur-
ing the festival season,
demand for electronics
and smart gadgets is at
an all-time high and it's
no different for smart
wearablessegment...We
speculatetheindustryto
grow 2.2 times this sea-
son while we at Noise
are expecting a growth
of 150 per cent.
Expecting a truly
grand Diwali, Manish
Aggarwal, director of
leading packaged food
brand Bikano, has set a
mammoth target of Rs
400 crore in sales.
Sid Mathur, founder
of premium mithai
brand Khoya, echoed
Aggarwal's sentiments
and claimed that sweet-
meat sales at his
Chanakyapuristorehad
gone beyond their own
projections.
The festival season
has set the cash regis-
ters ringing even louder
for brands selling furni-
ture, homeware and soft
furnishing.
We have seen a buoy-
ant 50 per cent increase
in sales over last year...
our other fast selling
products have been our
bespoke candles, the
poker box and Eden col-
lection, which are all do-
ing very well, said Vi-
kashGupta,founderand
CEO of Three Sixty, a
lifestyle brand and de-
sign studio.
Like previous years,
theonlinesectortoocon-
tinues to garner strong
demand. —PTI
New Delhi (ANI): A
blanket of smog en-
gulfed the national cap-
ital on Saturday morn-
ing as pollution level
deteriorated to the
poor category ahead
of Diwali.
Overall Air Quality
Index (AQI) was 262, as
per the System of Air
Quality and Weather
Forecasting And Re-
search (SAFAR).
In the morning, India
Gate and Rashtrapati
Bhavan were not visible
clearly as smog covered
Kartavya Path. A cy-
clist, Shastik Tripathi,
who said, I have been
cycling for last six years
here. Whenever I am cy-
cling I feel suffocated.
So many other people
also feel the same. I
came across the news
that a resident of Noi-
da, who ran a gym, died
due to suffocation. In
Delhi, I am a victim of
pollution.
Another cyclist, Nin-
gu said, I cycle 4 km
every day but today the
weather is foggy, and
pollution is increasing.
We are really afraid
that the pollution level
is increasing before Di-
wali, said Ningu.
Nikhil, who came for
a morning walk, urged
people not to burst
crackers on Diwali.
New Delhi (PTI): The
percentage of house-
holds bursting fire-
crackers in Delhi-NCR
on Diwali could be the
highest in five years as
two out of every five
families are likely to in-
dulge in the activity, ac-
cording to a survey
.
Ten per cent of re-
spondents said they
have already bought
firecrackers from shops
in Delhi, while 20 per
cent said they have pur-
chased firecrackers
from other cities in
NCR, indicating that the
ban on the sale of such
items is not as effective
as it needs to be, accord-
ing to the survey con-
ducted by LocalCircles.
The survey received
10,000 responses from
residents of all districts
in Delhi, Noida, Ghazi-
abad, Gurugram and
Faridabad. Sixty-nine
per cent of the respond-
ents were men, while 31
per cent were women.
Sixty-one per cent
respondents said they
will not be burning any
crackers either because
they are convinced that
they cause pollution or
because they are abid-
ing by the ban. The sur-
vey results, when com-
pared over time, indi-
cate that the percentage
of families burning
crackers this year is
likely to be the highest
in the five-year period
since 2018, it said.
AFTER 2 YEAR HIATUS DUE TO COVID
Diwalishoppingspreemakesgrandreturn
People purchase dry fruits at Chandni Chowk market ahead of the Diwali festival, in New Delhi,
on Saturday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
n Electronic
gadgets, mobiles
most in demand
n Online sellers
also witnessing
buyers’ rush
An employee shows an ornament at a jewellery showroom in New Delhi on Saturday. (R) A woman shops for gold ornaments in Gurugram.
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi Police has beefed up
security arrange-
ments in markets,
malls and heavy foot-
fall areas to ensure a
smooth and safe Di-
wali, officials said on
Saturday
.
Elaborate security
arrangements have
been made, especially
in markets, malls, vital
installations and plac-
es likely to draw large
crowds, they said.
Police visibility has
been enhanced
through intensified pa-
trolling and deploy-
ments of extra pickets.
All personnel are on
high alert to thwart
any untoward inci-
dent, they added.
Special Commis-
sionerof Police(Law
Order) SP Hooda said,
In view of the festival
season, we have inten-
sified patrolling in
market areas, extra po-
lice pickets have been
installed and person-
nel deployed.
From the anti-ter-
ror point of view, anti-
sabotage checks are
being done to ensure
that no anti-social or
anti-national elements
carry out activities
that can harm any-
body's life.
For women's safety,
women cops have been
deployed on the
ground, Hooda added.
They will also patrol
major intersections on
scooters to ensure a
safe environment.
Police beef up security in crowded areas
Diwali shoppers’ rush at Chandni Chowk on Saturday.
Sweetmeat sales at our Chanakyapuri
store have gone beyond our own ambi-
tious projections.
—Sid Mathur, Founder, Khoya
New Delhi (ANI):
Swadeshi Jagaran
Manch, an affiliate of
RSS strongly opposed
the complete ban on
crackers by the Delhi
administration dur-
ing Diwali, which it
said is inappropriate
and aimed at hurting
sentiments, besides
causing a blow to em-
ployment of millions
of workers and oth-
ers engaged in the
production and dis-
tribution of fire-
crackers.
In a statement, it
said it had urged oth-
er state governments
to avoid a complete
ban on firecrackers.
Two in 5 families in Delhi-NCR
intend to burst crackers: Survey
‘Firecracker
ban is aimed
at hurting
sentiments’
Blanket of smog covers capital
before Diwali, AQI reaches 262
STUBBLE BURNING
REMAINS
'SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTOR'
New Delhi (PTI): As
the air quality in the
capital exceeds the
National Ambient Air
Quality Standards dur-
ing the winters, stubble
burning remains a “sig-
nificant contributor” to
Delhi’s unbreathable air
in October and Novem-
ber, a research study by
the Centre for Research
on Energy and Clean Air
said. It further said the
causes behind Delhi’s
unbreathable air include
a “lack of emission
control technologies”.
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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
I will not look at another’s
bowl intent on finding
fault: a training to be
observed.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Paying tribute to the immortal
revolutionary, Ashfaq Ullah Khan,
who sacrificed his life for the freedom
of India, on his birth anniversary. A
grateful nation can never forget his
sacrifice in the freedom struggle.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
To empower the country with the energy
and potential of youth power, PM @
narendramodi Ji launched #RozgarMela
to provide 10 lakh government jobs. In
the first phase, 75,000 youths selected
in the program got an opportunity to
join Kanpur in the episode organized for
giving appointment letters.
TOP TWEETS
TERROR EXPORTER
AND FINANCIER
PAKISTAN IS OFF
FATF GREY LIST
akistan is winning
back its credibility
in the international
community. A defi-
nite sign of that is its
being taken off the “grey list” of
Financial Action Task Force
(FATF). It no longer has to fear
losing creditors and investors.
Global banks also will not hesi-
tate in doing business with Pa-
kistan. All this will lead to im-
proved economic activity, con-
sumption and investment cli-
mate in India’s neighbouring
country which was put on the
grey list for terror financing and
money laundering. Pakistan’s
terror-related activities caused
the maximum damage to India
and there is no guarantee that it
won’t go back to its old ways
once it starts getting funds its
monitoring slackens.
India is aware of Islamabad’s
doubtful credentials and wants
the world to “remain clear that
Pakistan must continue to take
credible, verifiable, irreversible
and sustained action against
terrorism and terror financing
emanating from territories un-
der its control”. To that end Pa-
kistan must Hafiz Talha Saeed
and Shahid Mahmood of LeT as
global terrorists.
P
n a strong-worded
order Justices KM
Joseph and Rishi-
kesh Roy of the
Supreme Court or-
dered the governments of Ut-
tar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and
Delhi to take suo motu action
against those making hate
speeches and not wait for any
complaint to be lodged. Fail-
ure to do so will invite con-
tempt action, the Bench
warned. The same Bench ob-
servedlastmonththatthegov-
ernment should not treat hate
speeches as trivial matters.
The three states named by
the court have witnessed the
maximum hate speeches with
their respective governments
using kid gloves to deal with
the offenders for fear of antag-
onising the majority commu-
nity
. Delhi, though a state, has
no power over the police who
willhavetotakeactionwithout
wasting time for the approval
of either the lieutenant-gover-
nor or Union Home Ministry
.
Itisdoubtfulif thestategov-
ernments will act firmly
againsthatespeeches,anissue
which was also flagged by An-
tonio Guterres, the UN secre-
tary-general, a couple of days
ago for the sake of harmony
.
Themindsetistopromotehar-
mony through fear and not by
taking action against hate-
mongers whose tribe has
grown at a frightening speed.
The Supreme Court has
been iterating curb on hate
speeches. In July this year the
court held that as per its 2018
orderthestatesandUnionter-
ritories must take measures
against hate speeches. The
order also said that FIR be
lodged immediately against
thosedisseminatinghatemes-
sages, or inciting mob vio-
lence and lynching. The order
expected trial courts to award
maximumsentencetothecon-
victs. The order remained un-
implemented.
YET ANOTHER ORDER
FOR HARMONY’S SAKE
In a strong-worded order
Justices KM Joseph and
Rishikesh Roy of the
Supreme Court ordered the
governments of Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand and
Delhi to take suo motu action
against those making hate
speeches and not wait for any
complaint to be lodged
I
VK KRISHNA MENON: NEHRU’S
COMRADE AND CONFIDANT
melancholy anniversary
passed unremembered three
days ago. China’s invasion of
India sixty years ago. The re-
sponsibility for the debacle
rests with Jawaharlal Nehru,
his erratic and incompetent
DefenceMinister,VKKrishna
Menon and Brigadier BM
Kaul, a favourite of Nehru
andMenon.ToappointMenon
Defence Minister was to give
precedence to friendship over
national interest.
S Gopal in volume three of
his biography of Jawaharlal
Nehru, writes, “On one occa-
sion, for example in the sum-
mer of 1961, addressing a
large number of junior offic-
ers, Menon vilified the Chiefs
of Staff, “Seventy five per-
cent of our difficulties come
from Chiefs of Staff. I am not
saying that they have not
made up their minds, be-
cause they haven’t got minds
to make up.”
General Thimayya, the
brilliant Chief of the Army
Staff, offered to resign be-
cause Menon constantly ig-
nored his advice. Gopal, a
genuine admirer of Nehru
had disdain for Menon. In his
words, “as Menon became
the Chief figure in the de-
monology of Indian politics
and many at home and
abroad saw him as Nehru’s
Chief adviser in such mat-
ters as Goa, the Prime Minis-
ter’s defence of him became
correspondingly more vigor-
ous and unqualified. “
Neither Jawaharlal Nehru
nor VK Krishna Menon had
the fuggiest idea of how to
conduct a war. Krishna
Menon had convinced Nehru
that the real enemy was Paki-
stan and not China. Jawaha-
rlal Nehru at one stage ap-
pointed Kailash Nath Katju
(1887-1968) as Defence Minis-
ter. He, was the despair of the
Defence Ministry
. The Prime
Minister as late as 1957 was
‘insufficiently alert to possi-
ble Chinese encroachment
on a major scale (Gopal),
I quote an incredible pro-
nouncement on China by
Nehru on 26 July 1956. “I am
not at all sure of what China
may do in ten or twenty years
hence.Buttoprotectourselves
against developments, we
havetodootherthingsandnot
to put up a useless Maginot
Line. In particular we have to
have peace, quiet and content-
mentonoursideof theborder.
I am more worried about the
Naga trouble from this point
of view than about anything
the Chinese may do.”
After the Chinese with-
drawl, Nehru remarked, “I do
not know how I will explain
to Parliament why we have
been found lacking in equip-
ment. It is not much good
shifting about blame. The
fact remains that we have ap-
proached these things in a
somewhat amateurish way
.”
The Non-Aligned coun-
tries remained neutral. The
USA under Kennedy prompt-
ly came to Nehru’s aid. As
did UK and France. Winston
Churchill was Prime Minis-
ter of the United Kingdom in
1952 when I was in my first
year at Cambridge.
LIZZ TRUSS BECOMES
SHORTEST-SERVING PM
Liz Truss, sat in Churchill’s
chair for forty four chaotic
days. No other served a short-
er term. Even the forty four
days were like “revolving
chaos”. Truss lost her Secre-
taries of State for Foreign
and Home Affairs in quick
succession. The brutal fact is
that the United Kingdom has
no government because it
has no Prime Minister.
Candidates to succeed her
are the Indian origin Rishi
Sunak, who was defeated by
Liz Truss seven weeks ago.
The next is Penny Mordaunt
and the lamentable, discred-
ited Boris Johnson who lied
in the House of Commons.
The Labour Party is seeking
a general election. The Con-
servative will certainly not
agree. The party has a large
majority in the House of
Commons. In an election they
will be wiped out. The UK
will have a Prime Minister by
28th October. The front run-
ners appears to be Rishi Su-
nak. If Barak Obama can be
Presidentof theUnitedStates
why can’t a brown man head
a government in the UK.
The image of UK has taken
an unprecedented beating.
How have the mighty fallen.
It really is absurd for Britain
to remain a permanent mem-
ber of the U.N Security Coun-
cil. At least Britain should
give up using the veto. Two
days ago a billionaire Indian
who has a vast business es-
tablishment in Ukraine came
to see me. I met him after
many years ago. His house is
next to that of the President
of Ukraine. He told me that
the Ukraine would end by De-
cember. I sincerely hope so.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
The image of UK has taken
an unprecedented beating.
How have the mighty fallen.
It really is absurd for
Britain to remain a
permanent member of the
U.N Security Council. At
least Britain should give up
using the veto. Two days ago
a billionaire Indian who
has a vast business
establishment in Ukraine
came to see me. I met him
after many years ago. His
house is next to that of the
President of Ukraine. He
told me that the Ukraine
would end by December.
I sincerely hope so.
Neither Jawaharlal
Nehru nor VK Krishna
Menon had the fuggiest
idea of how to conduct a
war. Krishna Menon had
convinced Nehru that the
real enemy was Pakistan
and not China.
Jawaharlal Nehru at
one stage appointed
Kailash Nath Katju
(1887-1968) as
Defence Minister
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

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06
Chandigarh (PTI): Un-
ion Minister and BJP
leader Anurag Thakur
on Saturday exuded
confidence that his par-
ty will again form gov-
ernment in Himachal
Pradesh as people have
seen the working of the
“double-engine” gov-
ernment.
The “double-engine”
phrase is used by BJP
leaders to emphasise
that development will
be expedited if the same
party is at the helm in
states and the Centre.
Voting for the
Himachal Pradesh As-
sembly elections will
take place on November
12 and the counting will
be held on December 8.
Speaking to report-
ers, Thakur said the
BJP will again form the
government in
Himachal Pradesh.
“Results will be in fa-
vour of the BJP because
people have seen the
working of the BJP and
the double-engine gov-
ernment. We will get
the benefit of the lead-
ership which Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi gave in the coun-
try and (Chief Minis-
ter) Jai Ram Thakur at
the state level,” he add-
ed. He said the BJP will
also retain power in Gu-
jarat. Earlier also, the
BJP had retained power
in Uttar Pradesh, Utta-
rakhand, Goa and Ma-
nipur, he said.
Targeting the Aam
Aadmi Party, Thakur
said the Kejriwal-led
outfit will not be able to
open an account in the
Himachal Pradesh As-
sembly elections.
Thakur exudes confidence of retaining power
HIMACHAL ELECTIONS
Wishes pour in on Home Minister Amit Shah’s 58th birday
New Delhi (PTI):
Along with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, several leaders
greeted Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on his
58th birthday on Sat-
urday. PM Modi said
he is making numer-
ous efforts for the
country’s progress.
“As India’s Home
Minister he is making
numerous efforts for
our nation’s progress.
He is also doing com-
mendable work in re-
forming the important
cooperatives sector.
May he lead a long and
healthy life in service
of our nation,” Modi
said in a tweet.
Besides, several oth-
er Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leaders
also greeted the for-
mer party president
on his birthday.
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh said
Shah has been work-
ing in a dedicated
manner to strengthen
India’s internal secu-
rity and that he com-
petently discharges
every responsibility
assigned to him.
Union ministers Ni-
tin Gadkari and Bhu-
pender Yadav were
also among those who
wished the home min-
ister on his birthday.
A close associate of
Modi for more than
three decades, Shah is
credited with launch-
ing the saffron party’s
massive expansion
drive after he became
its president in 2014
and is considered a key
strategist behind its un-
precedented electoral
success since then.
Anurag Thakur inspects Doordarshan centre in Chandigarh.
‘GRIHAPRAVESHAM’
of over 4.5 L beneficiaries of PMAY-G in Madhya Pradesh
Satna (PTI): The Prad-
han Mantri Awas Yojna
(PMAY) has become a
“major medium for
bringing in socio-eco-
nomic change” in the
country, PM Narendra
Modi said on Saturday
.
He was speaking after
conducting, virtually,
the ‘griha pravesh’ cer-
emony of 4.51 lakh ben-
eficiaries of the scheme
in Madhya Pradesh’s
Satna district by press-
ing a remote button.
Earlier governments
did not do anything for
the poor except coining
the slogan of poverty
removal and delayed the
implementation of all
such schemes, he said.
These govts had no
time for providing basic
amenities to people, he
said. The houses under
PMAY have all facilities
like electricity, water
connection, toilet and
gas connection, and
will give strength to
beneficiaries to fulfil
their dreams, he said.
Criticising those in-
dulging in distributing
freebies, Modi said tax-
payers will be happy to
see that people are get-
ting houses of their
own under the PMAY.
People, however, be-
come unhappy due to
the ‘Revdi’ culture in
the country, he said.
CONVICT IN RAPE-CUM-MURDER CASE TO
REMAIN IN PRISON FOR 20 YEARS: SC
‘MAGISTRATE CAN’T PERMIT QUESTIONING
OF UNDERTRIALS IN CUSTODY IN SPL CASES’
DEEPLY SADDENED: PREZ MURMU ON MISHAP
New Delhi (PTI): President
Droupadi Murmu on
Saturday expressed
sadness over the loss of
lives in a bus accident
in Madhya Pradesh’s
Rewa district and offered
her condolences to
the bereaved family
members.“I am deeply
saddened to hear the
news of the death of
many passengers due
to the accident of a bus
going to Gorakhpur from
Hyderabad in Rewa,
Madhya Pradesh. My
deepest condolences to
all the bereaved families. I
wish the injured a speedy
recovery,” Murmu said in
a tweet in Hindi.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday modified its
earlier verdict commuting the death sentence of a man
who had sexually assaulted and killed a four-year-old girl in
Madhya Pradesh in April 2013, and said he would now be
released after serving 20 years jail term for all the offences.
The apex court, in its April 19 verdict, had commuted the
death penalty of convict Mohd Firoz into life imprisonment.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a
Magistrate court order permitting the ED to question five
undertrials who are in judicial custody in a Special Court
case. The case pertained to Harsha D, a clerk who was
arrested in police sub-inspector recruitment scam this year.
The first case against him was filed in the Chowk Police
Station in Kalaburagi which was later transferred to the CID.
IN THE COURTYARD
ODISHA MAN GETS
15 YEARS IN JAIL
FOR RAPE
PM CONDOLES LOSS OF
LIVES IN REWA MISHAP
MP CM ANNOUNCES
`1L EX-GRATIA FOR KIN
TMC LEADER’S
BODYGUARD SENT
INTO ED REMAND
DEATH SENTENCE
OF CHILD RAPIST
COMMUTED
Baripada: A local
court here on Saturday
sentenced a man to 15
years of imprisonment
after convicting him
of raping a girl 8 years
ago. The judgment was
delivered by Fast Track
Court Judge Baripada
Durga Charan Mishra.
The court imposed a
fine of Rs 15,000 on the
convict Arjun Hembram.
New Delhi: PM Modi has
expressed anguish over the
death of 15 people in Rewa
accident. He announced an
ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the
next of kin of deceased, and
Rs 50,000 to the injured.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Saturday announced to
provide ex-gratia of Rs 1
lakh each to the families of
the deceased in the road
accident in Rewa district. A
total of 15 people died in a
tragic road mishap in MP’s
Rewa on Friday night.
WILL KEEP WORKING
TO FULFIL THE VISION
OF GURU SAHIBS: PM
New Delhi: PM Modi on
Saturday thanked Jathedar
Sri Akal Takhat Sahib,
members of Sikh community
including spiritual
personalities for their joy and
kind words about Hemkund
Sahib Ropeway. He assured
the Sangat of keep working
to fulfil the vision of the
Guru Sahibs. In response
to a tweet thread by the
Press Information Bureau,
he tweeted: “Jathedar
Sri Akal Takhat Sahib,
respected members of the
Sikh community including
leading spiritual personalities
have expressed joy on the
Hemkund Sahib Ropeway.
I thank them for their kind
words and assure the
Sangat we will keep working
to fulfil the vision of the
Guru Sahibs.”
New Delhi: The Rouse
Avenue Court of Delhi on
Saturday sent Sehegal
Hossain, the former
bodyguard of Trinamool
Congress (TMC) leader
Anubrata Mondal, to
Enforcement Directorate
(ED) custody till October
28, in connection with
a cattle smuggling case
registered by the West
Bengal Police.
indore: Justice Subodh
Abhyankar and Justice
Satyendra Kumar Singh
of the Indore Bench of
Madhya Pradesh High
Court has decided to
reduce the life sentence
awarded to a rape
convict to rigorous
imprisonment of 20
years, after noting the
fact that he legt the four-
year-old survivor alive.
BBMP TO REPORT
ON BIZ ACTIVITIES
IN RESI. AREAS
Bengaluru: The K’taka
High Court has directed
the Bruhat Bengaluru
Mahanagara Palike
(BBMP) to file a detailed
report on commercial
activities in residential
areas of the city civic
body within eight weeks.
The order came on a
PIL filed by the Wilson
Garden Residents
Welfare Association.
CONGRESS’ THIRD LIST OUT; FOUR
MORE CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday released
its third list of four candidates for the Himachal
Pradesh polls.The party renominated sitting MLA
Jagat Singh Negi from the Kinnaur-ST seat and
fielded Yadwinder Goma from Jaisinghpur-SC
constituency. Bhuvneshwar Gaur has been fielded
from the Manali seat and old-timer Kirnesh Jung
has been renominated from Ponta Sahib.
PMAY has become
major medium for
ushering in socio-
economic change,
says PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi addresses during ‘Griha Pravesham’ of beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awaas
Yojana - (Gramin) in Satna, via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel greets Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on his birthday at his residence, in Valsad
on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DHAMI GIFTS PM A TRADITIONAL CAP
CARVED WITH BRAHMA KAMAL
Dehradun (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Saturday left for the national capital from Jolly
Grant airport in Uttarakhand after his two-day
long visit to the state. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami gifted PM Modi famous sweets
from Almora and a cap with Brahma kamal flower
embossed on it. During his visit to the state, PM
Modi pitched for the Vocal for Local initiative.
Heading home for Diwali, 15 die in
bus-truck collision in MP’s Rewa
Rewa (PTI): Fifteenper-
sons were killed and 40
others injured after an
Uttar Pradesh-bound
private bus, mostly car-
rying labourers going
home for Diwali,
rammed into a trailer-
truck from behind in
Rewa of Madhya
Pradesh,officialssaidon
Saturday
. The accident
occurred around 11.30
pm on Friday near Teon-
thar. The bus was going
to Gorakhpur from Hy-
derabad. The bus was
negotiating a mountain
road in Sohagi ghati,
about60kmfromthedis-
trictheadquarters,when
the accident occurred.
Electricity supply not
cut at Bhagat Singh’s
house: Punjab govt
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Facing criticism,
the local administration
of Shaheed Bhagat Sin-
gh Nagar in Punjab on
Saturday refuted the
electricity disconnec-
tion of the ancestral
house of legendary free-
dom fighter Bhagat Sin-
gh situated at Khatkar
Kalan and clarified that
there is no bill pending.
“In fact, Powercom
has an advance bill pay-
ment worth Rs 6,760
with them,” Deputy
Commissioner Navjot
Pal Singh Randhawa
told the media.
He also made an ap-
peal to a section of the
media not to use the
name of ancestral
house as emotions of
lakhs of people are at-
tached with this histor-
ic place.
Earlier, Power Minis-
ter Harbhajan Singh
also clarified that the
power connection of
the ancestral house or
themuseumof Shaheed
Bhagat Singh at Khat-
kar Kalan was never
disconnected.
Meanwhile, the an-
cestral house of
Shaheed Bhagat Singh
has a separate power
connection in the name
of Department of Cul-
tural Affairs.
15 more classes
get reservation
benefits in JK
Srinagar (ANI): The
JK Govt on Saturday
issued an order to re-
draw the social caste list
expanding it by adding
15 new classes under the
Jammu and Kashmir
Reservation Act, 2004.
Jats, West Pakistani
Refugees, Gorkhas,
Wagheys, Pony Walas
among the new classes
in the list. In a notifica-
tion, the JK govt said,
“In exercise of the pow-
ersconferredbythefirst
proviso to clause (o) of
Section 2 of the Jammu
and Kashmir Reserva-
tionAct,2004,andonthe
recommendationsof the
JammuandKashmirSo-
ciallyandEducationally
Backward Classes Com-
mission, the Lieutenant
Governor of Jammu
and Kashmir hereby di-
rects that the following
amendments shall be
made in Jammu and
Kashmir Reservation
Rules 2005.”
PoK refugees ask Pakistan
to return occupied land
Jammu (ANI): The ref-
ugees of Pakistan-occu-
pied Kashmir (PoK) set-
tled in Jammu observed
Black Day on Saturday
and demanded to return
theillegallyoccupiedar-
eas of Kashmir.
On October 22, 1947,
Kabali tribals who were
backed by the Pakistan
ArmyhadattackedJam-
mu and Kashmir and
killed thousands of peo-
ple. Their attack on the
citizens in the valley in
1947forcedmanytoleave
theirhomesandtakeref-
uge at other safer places.
Since then, the PoK
refugees who are settled
in Jammu observe the
day as ‘Black Day’ and
remember the ones who
lost their lives in the in-
humane crisis.
Pakistan attacked the
Union Territory just
nine days after being
carved out of India. It
first dispatched armed
irregulars and then reg-
ular troops to invade
Kashmir. The campaign
was led by the maverick
Major General Akbar
Khan who brazenly
calledthetroopsas‘raid-
ers’.ThePakistanArmy
code-named the Kash-
mir mission as ‘Opera-
tion Gulmarg’. The
boastful book of Khan
which was belatedly
published in 1970, leaves
little to argue or imagi-
nation about the nature
andmotiveof operation.
Several leaders, chief ministers of many
states and celebrities extend greetings
on the birthday of the BJP strongman
Naveen Patnaik
@Naveen_Odisha
Warm birthday wishes
to Hon’ble Union
Home Minister Shri @
AmitShah Ji. Wishing
you good health and a
long life.
N.Biren Singh
@NBirenSingh
Warm birthday greetings to the Hon’ble Union
Home Cooperation Minister Shri @AmitShah
Ji. Hailed as the Chanakya of modern India, his
efforts in serving our great country have lead
us towards achieving great heights and dignity.
Praying for your long, healthy prosperous life.
Dr. Pramod Sawant
@DrPramodPSawant
Wishing Union Home Minister and Minister
of Cooperation Shri @AmitShah ji a very
#HappyBirthday. May he keep rising to newer
heights with his unwavering dedication to
India’s progress.
#HBDayAmitShah #AmitShah
YS Jagan Mohan
@Reddy @ysjagan
Best wishes and warm
birthday greetings to
Honourable HM Sri @
AmitShah ji. May God
bless him with good
health and long life.

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 51,440.00 840.00 1.63 (Per 10g)
SILVER 57,700.00 1550.00 2.68 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.68 0.00 0.00
GBPINR 92.85 0.00 0.00
CURRENCIES
`40K crore business expected during 2-days of Dhanteras: CAIT
Mumbai (PTI): Around
`40,000 crore of business is
expected to be generated
on this Dhanteras, which
is spread over the week-
end, on the back of positive
consumer sentiment, the
Confederation of All India
Traders (CAIT) said on
Saturday
.
Dhanteras, the first day
of Diwali, is considered
auspicious to buy new
items, especially gold, sil-
ver jewellery, all kinds of
utensils, kitchenware, ve-
hicles, clothes and ready-
made garments, electron-
ics, electrical goods among
others.
This year Dhanteras is
spread over the weekend,
with the muhurat begin-
ning from 2 pm on Satur-
day till 6 pm on Sunday
.
“Around `40,000 crores
of business” is expected on
two days festival of Dhan-
teras, CAIT national presi-
dent B C Bhartia said.
All India Jewellers and
Goldsmith Federation na-
tional president Pankaj
Arora said there is great
enthusiasm among jewel-
lery traders across the
country regarding the sale
of Dhanteras on Saturday
and Sunday, for which the
industry has made elabo-
rate preparations.
There is also demand for
artificial jewellery that is
also visible in the markets
this year, while gold, silver
coins, notes and idols are
also likely to be bought in
large quantities on Dhan-
teras, he added.
ON THE BACK OF +VE CONSUMER SENTIMENT
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Reliance In-
dustries Ltd will demerge
its engineering, procure-
ment and construction
(EPC) business to create a
focused entity catering to
the group’s EPC needs,
the firm said in a state-
ment. The board of the
company helmed by bil-
lionaire Mukesh Ambani
on Friday “approved a
scheme of arrangement
under which the engineer-
ing, procurement and
construction and infra-
structure undertaking of
Reliance Projects and
Property Management
Services Ltd, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of RIL
is proposed to be de-
merged into RIL,” it said.
Mumbai: The country’s
largest lender SBI upped
its interest rates on term
deposits by up to 0.80%
amid a ‘war for deposits’
in the banking system.
Fixed deposits of under
`2 crore for a period of
over 211 days but less
than 1 year will earn an
interest of 5.50% from
October 22, as against
4.70% earlier. For other
maturities, the quantum
of the rate hike is lower at
0.25-0.60%, while the
7-45 days deposit rate
has been left untouched at
3% per annum.
SBI HIKES TERM
DEPOSIT RATES BY
UP TO 0.80 PER CENT
RELIANCE TO
DEMERGE ITS EPC
BIZ RESOURCES
New Delhi: Bank of Baro-
da-promoted IndiaFirst
Life Insurance has filed
preliminary papers with
capital markets regulator
Sebi to raise funds
through an IPO. Acc to
merchant banking sourc-
es, the IPO size could be
between `2,000 crore and
`2,500 crore. The public
issue consists of a fresh
issue of equity shares
worth up to `500 crore
and an offer-for-sale of up
to 141,299,422 equity
shares by promoter and
selling shareholders.
INDIAFIRST LIFE
INSURANCE FILES
IPO DRAFT PAPERS
New Delhi: Loss-making
telecom operator Voda-
fone Idea said it has re-
ceived board nod to settle
`1,600 crore dues to
equipment vendor ATC
Telecom Infrastructure Ltd
by converting the due
amount into equity if un-
paid in 18 months. Voda-
fone Idea (VIL) will raise
the amount through equi-
ty convertible debt bonds
that carry a coupon rate
of 11.2% per annum pay-
able every six months
during its term.VIL said
that the funds raised will
be used to pay ATC
amounts owed to ATC.
VODA IDEA TO RAISE
`1,600 CRORE DEBT
VIA BONDS TO ATC
*Rates till the edition went to print.
EXPECT RECORD
DELIVERIES OF CARS,
TWO-WHEELERS: FADA
New Delhi: Rebounding after
two pandemic-hit years, auto-
mobile dealers expect a bumper
sale of two- and four-wheelers
during the auspicious Dhan-
teras this year. Dealers expect
a rush for automobiles across
categories. Auto dealers are
expecting bumper sales in all
segments, including passenger
and commercial vehicles and
two-wheelers. “We expect record
retail sales of passenger vehicles
on Dhanteras. Even two-wheeler
sales are expected to reach
the pre-COVID levels,” FADA
President said. Besides, CVs as
well as tractor and three-wheeler
sales are expected to be much
better than the last year. —PTI
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=
ICICI BANK SECOND QTR
CONSOLIDATED NET
PROFIT JUMPS 31%
Mumbai: ICICI Bank on
Saturday reported a 31.43%
jump in its September quarter
consolidated
net profit at
`8,006.99
crore. On a
standalone
basis, the second largest private
sector lender reported a 37.14%
rise in September quarter net
profit at `7,557.84 crore, as
against `5,510.95 crore in the
year-ago period. The bank’s total
income grew to `31,088 crore
in the reporting quarter, while
the overall expenses climbed
to `19,408 crore from `18,027
crore. —PTI
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK
Q2 PROFIT RISES 27 PER
CENT TO ` 2,581 CRORE
New Delhi: Kotak Mahindra
Bank on Saturday reported an
about 27% rise in net profit at
`2,581 crore
for the quarter
ended Sep-
tember 2022.
Total income
during July-September period
of 2022-23 grew to `10,047
crore. Net interest income
increased to `5,099 crore from
`4,021 crore in Q2 FY22, up
27%. Net interest margin for the
quarter was at 5.17%. On the
assets front, the bank’s gross
non-performing assets stood at
2.08% of gross advances at the
end of September 2022. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD BECOMES FIRST INDIAN
COMPANY TO POST EARNINGS CALL ON METAVERSE
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) posted the proceed-
ings of its second quarter earnings call on the metaverse, becoming
the first Indian firm to use the me-
dium to engage with its stakeholders.
The metaverse earnings call, which
can be accessed through any device
(even a smartphone), was produced
in partnership with GMetri — a no-
code metaverse creation platform,
sources said. One does not need to
wear an AR/VR headgear to access it. —PTI
India’s economic activity
impressive: FinMinreview
New Delhi (PTI): Sound-
ing a note of caution, the
Finance Ministry’s Eco-
nomic Review said on Sat-
urday that inflation might
witness another resur-
gence in case of deteriora-
tion of geo-political situa-
tion leading to higher glob-
al energy prices and supply
chain pressures.
Observing that India has
managed inflation better
than most other countries
in the world, the Review
said that barring further
weather extremities, retail
food inflation is expected to
decline in the coming
months, leading to lower
headline retail inflation.
However, it added, global
energy prices and supplies
remain sources of concern.
“Geopolitical conflicts
may yet intensify reignit-
ing supply chain pressures
that have eased recently
. If
so, inflation may yet see a
resurgence rather than a
decline in 2023,” the review
said.
Retail inflation for India
during these six months
stood at 7.2%, lower than
the world inflation of 8%,
as represented by the me-
dian inflation of major
economies, it said.
During the same period,
it said, the INR depreciated
by 5.4% against the USD,
less than the depreciation
of 8.9% of six major cur-
rencies in the DXY Index.
A series of measures
taken by the RBI during
July 2022 is expected to sta-
bilise the capital flows fur-
ther and support the INR,
it said.
The report said India’s
growth narrative in the
first six months of the cur-
rent financial year featured
the uninterrupted thrust
government provided to its
capital expenditure that,
until August of FY 2022-23,
stood 46.8% higher than
the corresponding period
of the previous year.
The increase marked a
decisive shift towards im-
proved quality of spending
as the ratio of revenue ex-
penditure to capital outlay
fell to 4.5 from 6.4 in the last
year, it said, adding, rising
capital expenditure levels
were also supported by
stronger revenue genera-
tion following an improve-
ment in tax compliance,
higher corporate profita-
bility, and growing eco-
nomic activity
.
Increasing revenue gen-
eration has further kept
the fiscal deficit until Au-
gust aligned with its budg-
eted level, which otherwise
could have gone awry with
high capital expenditure,
higher fertilizer and food
subsidies and excise tax
cuts to rein in inflation, it
added.
While capital formation
and digitalisation boost
medium-term potential
growth rate, learning loss-
es caused by the pandemic-
induced shutdowns and
rising obesity levels re-
strain it, the report said, a
healthy and educated India
is a productive India.
The government quietly
went about facilitating the
development of India’s
digital infrastructure on
the foundation of unique
national identity, financial
inclusion and payments, it
said.
Similarly, quietly re-
building the economy’s
ability to grow and letting
it grow.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z Observing that India has
managed inflation better than
most other countries, the
Review said that barring further
weather extremities, retail food
inflation is expected to decline
in the coming months
z India’s growth narrative
in the first six months of
the current FY featured the
uninterrupted thrust govt
provided to its capex
z A series of measures taken
by the RBI during July 2022 is
expected to stabilise the capital
flow further support the INR
New Delhi (Agencies): In-
dia’s central bank must
stay focused on moderating
components of inflation
that are not directly influ-
enced by food or fuel, and
work on dampening overall
price expectations, said a
rate-setter usually known
for his dovish views.
“As far as monetary poli-
cy is concerned, modera-
tion in the core inflation
should be the priority,”
Shashanka Bhide, an exter-
nal member of the RBI’s
MPC, said.
“It is important that the
inflation expectations are
anchored closer to the pol-
icy target.”
While the debate on In-
dia’s inflation centers
around the headline con-
sumer price inflation, it is
the core measure that has
troubled policymakers for
years. Despite raising its
main policy rate by 190 ba-
sis points this year, the RBI
failed in its mandate to
keep the retail number
within its targeted 2%-6%
range for nine straight
months. More worryingly,
the core measure has
stayed above 6% for at least
a year.
“The food and fuel infla-
tion are driven by the sup-
ply conditions and inelas-
tic demand,” Bhide said.
“They may be more respon-
sive to other policy meas-
ures. But it is also neces-
sary to weaken their im-
pact on the price condi-
tions in the other sectors.”
RBI should focus on
softening core inflation
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Reserve Bank of India
is receiving encouraging
responses from countries
to participate in rupee-
based trading, deputy gov-
ernor T Rabi Sankar said.
RBI has been pushing
rupee-based trade settle-
ment since July this year
by creating a comprehen-
sive framework for it, as
part of its endeavour in the
process of ‘internationali-
sation’ of the rupee.
“Increased use of rupee
in cross-border transac-
tions requires a unified
global market in rupee
both in interest rates and
currencies. Such unifica-
tion would not only im-
prove depth and liquidity
of our markets, but they
would also facilitate uni-
form pricing across bor-
ders,” he said. Pertinent to
note that invoicing export
and import in rupees was
long permitted, but it was
being resorted to for lim-
ited uses all these years.
The deputy governor
drew a distinction between
the status of ‘rupee as an
international currency’
and the process of ‘interna-
tionalisation’ of the local
currency. “Rupee as an in-
ternational currency, with
all its attendant privileges
that we saw USD enjoys, is
a state that lies well into
the future. It is not achiev-
able by financial regula-
tion alone,” he added.
RUPEE-BASED TRADING GETTING
RESPONSES: RBI’S DEPUTY GUV
SETTLEMENT
SINCE JULY 2022
z RBI has been pushing rupee-
based trade settlement
since July this year by
creating a comprehensive
framework for it, as part of
its endeavour in the process
of ‘internationalisation’ of
the rupee.
50% Indian
mobile users
wish to upgrade
to 5G device
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Close to 50%
smartphone users in the
country have plans to buy
a new device within the
first year as 5G roll-out be-
gins, a report has said.
India has more than 500
million smartphone users
to date. The price band of
`20,000-`30,000 is the most
preferred price band for
the future smartphone pur-
chases in the country, ac-
cording to Counterpoint
Research.
India’s smartphone mar-
ket ASP is expected to rise
because consumers tend to
prefer a higher price band
for every subsequent pur-
chase. Samsung, Apple and
OnePlus are at the top as
the survey respondents
preferred smartphone
brands for the next pur-
chase, the report noted.
AUSPICIOUS
DHANTERAS
z Dhanteras is considered
auspicious to buy new
items, especially gold, silver
jewellery, all kinds of utensils,
kitchenware, vehicles, clothes
and readymade garments,
electronics, electrical goods
z This year Dhanteras is spread
over the weekend, with the
muhurat beginning from 2
pm on Saturday till 6 pm on
Sunday
‘MUST MODERATE
INFLATION FACTORS’
New Delhi: External member
of the Reserve Bank of India’s
monetary policy commit-
tee, Shashanka Bhide said
that India’s central bank must
stay focused on moderating
components of inflation that are
not directly influenced by food
or fuel, and work on dampening
overall price expectations.

08
2NDFRONT
Let us celebrate Narak Chaturdashi
and strive to abolish evil from our
motherland and earth.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
DHANTERAS SHOPPING
People stand in a queue to buy gold and silver coins on ‘Dhanteras’, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Lucknow (PTI): BSP
president Mayawati al-
leged on Saturday that
the RSS is raising issues
related to religious con-
version and the popula-
tion policy to divert peo-
ple’s attention from the
failures of the BJP gov-
ernment at the Centre.
She also said the “si-
lence” of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) on the present
situation in the country
is harmful.
“Thediscordantvoice
being raised by the RSS
now over the new popu-
lation policy and reli-
gious conversion for di-
verting the attention of
the people of the coun-
try reeling under the
curse of massive infla-
tion, unemployment,
violence, and disorder
are grossly improper.
This is a planned con-
spiracy to divert the at-
tention from the fail-
ures of the BJP govern-
ment,” the former Uttar
Pradesh chief minister
said while addressing a
daylong convention of
the office-bearers of her
party’s state unit here.
“Actually, this cam-
paign by the RSS is be-
ing taken up before the
next (2024) Lok Sabha
polls as part of a con-
spiracy to support the
BJP its govt it is
very important to make
people aware of this,”
Mayawati was quoted as
saying in a release is-
sued by the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (BSP). She
said it is an irony that
the RSS supports the
BJP in every election
with its “eyes closed”,
but “never openly op-
poses its govt’s wrong
anti-people policies”.
Silence of RSS on
country’s situation
shameful: Mayawati
Says RSS trying to
cover up failures of
the BJP government
‘Issues of religious
conversion being
raised to divert attention’
BSP chief Mayawati chairs a meeting with office bearers at the
party office, in Lucknow on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI Rishikesh (PTI): The
number of snow leop-
ards has increased to
121 in Uttarakhand, ac-
cording to the latest
census. State’s Chief
Wildlife Warden Samir
Sinha said the 2022
snow leopard census
was conducted on the
orders of the Centre.
Sinha said the cen-
sus, conducted under
the joint aegis of the
Forest Department and
Wildlife Institute of In-
dia, has shown encour-
aging results. 86 snow
leopards were found in
the state when the last
such census was con-
ducted 6 years ago. Only
12 countries have snow
leopards India is one
of them. The population
of snow leopards in
these countries is esti-
mated to be between
3,000 7,000. In 2016 cen-
sus, 516 snow leopards
were found in India.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Dr M Srini-
vas, the newly-appoint-
ed Director of AIIMS
Delhi, in an order said
he will not receive gifts
from vendors, contrac-
tors and agencies on fes-
tive occasions. The new
order is the latest in a
slew of orders passed by
Dr Srinivas since he as-
sumed charge. “I do not
accept gifts or greet-
ings. Accordingly, staff
posted in the office of
undersigned are re-
quested to not allow any
such visitors into my of-
fice,” he added.
Latest from
AIIMS Dir: No
festival gifts
Srinagar (PTI): The
Jammu and Kashmir
State Investigation
Agency (SIA) on Satur-
day carried out raids at
14 places in three dis-
tricts of the Valley as
part of its investiga-
tions into a terror fund-
ing case, officials said.
An agency spokes-
man said 14 houses
and a business premise
of suspects in Srina-
gar, Sopore, Baramulla
and Shopian were
searched in compli-
ance to a search war-
rant obtained from the
Court of Special Judge,
designated under the
NIA Act (TADA/POTA)
Srinagar.
“Continuing to rein
in the financial net-
works of terror outfits
with a purpose of de-
stroying the ecosystem
and support structure
of terrorism complete-
ly, the State Investiga-
tion Agency today con-
ducted searches at mul-
tiple locations across
the Valley,” the spokes-
man said.
“The case was regis-
tered on a reliable in-
formtion that a group
of overground workers
of terrorist organisa-
tions in connivance
with and active support
from their Pakistan-
based terror handlers,
including terrorists
who had exfiltrated
from the valley and now
based in Pakistan, are
arranging a variety of
logistic support includ-
ing channelling financ-
es with the overall ob-
jective of furthering
and sustaining terror
activities in J-K in or-
der to destabilize the
Union of India by clan-
destinely waging a
war,” he added.
SIA raids 14 houses, 1 business premises in 3 Kashmir districts
UP TO HAVE NEW ELEPHANT RESERVE SOON
Lakhimpur Kheri (PTI): Uttar Pradesh is all set
to have a new elephant reserve soon. The Union
Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE) has given
its nod to the Terai Elephant Reserve (TER), which
will be set up over a 3,049.39-square kilometre area,
including the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) and the
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR), Ramesh Pandey, Direc-
tor of Project Elephant and Inspector General, Forests
in the MoFE, told PTI on Saturday.
Snow leopard count crosses 120 in U’khand
SIA conducts raids at the office of Burhan ul Haq, Proprietor, M/s
Travel Companion, at Residency Road in Srinagar on Saturday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI): A
woman, the daughter of
a senior Delhi Police of-
ficer was arrested on
Saturday for allegedly
causing injuries to a
parkingattendantwhom
she allegedly rammed
her car into, at a mall in
Saket, officials said.
“The car has been
seized,” officials said.
The Police registered
a case against the wom-
an at the Saket Police
Station for driving rash-
ly and leaving one per-
son injured. “The wom-
an is the daughter of a
Delhi police officer,”
Police said. A parking
staff (35) member, work-
ing as a parking assis-
tant in Saket Mall, filed
a complaint against the
womanafterbeingalleg-
edly hit by a rashly driv-
en car in the Saket Po-
lice Station area.
Police officer’s
daughter held
for hitting
parking staff
KHARGE’S REAL
CHALLENGE IS TO
OVERCOME RAHUL
LOYALISTS
The moment of the
ordeal of newly
elected Congress Presi-
dent Mallikarjun
Kharge has just arrived.
His political experience
of five decades will be
feathered when he takes
overasthenewNational
President of Congress
on October 26 after Di-
wali. The most impor-
tant thing is that Rahul
Gandhi is going to leave
his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
in the middle to come to
Delhi to participate in
this programme to be
held at the Congress
Headquarters. If sourc-
es are to be believed,
Kharge has consulted
some of his loyalists to
finalisehisPresiden-
tial road map.
His plan is to
make a ma-
jorreshuffle
in all the
important
organisa-
tions of
C o n -
gress. But the real chal-
lenge before Kharge will
be to deal with the ‘Tu-
ghlaq orders’ of Team
RahulsittinginTughlaq
Lane. It is possible that
these recommendation
letters of Team Rahul
would be stopped be-
cause most of the letters
that came out from here,
have been proving to be
an effective weapon in
the organisation and
posting of committees
of Congress. It is said
that Kharge is in touch
with his family astrolo-
ger.Kharge’sluckynum-
ber is 8, so his astrolo-
gers have suggested him
thattherighttimeforhis
‘Raj Tilak’ will be on Oc-
tober 26.
WHAT HAPPENED
IN SANGH’S
PRAYAGRAJ
MEETING?
The four-day
‘All India Ex-
ecutive Board’
meeting of the
Sangh in Prayagraj
has just concluded.
In this meeting, 370
All India-level offi-
cials including top
RSS leaders Mo-
han Bhagwat
and Dattatreya Hosab-
ole participated. In this
meeting, issues like
caste-varna-free society
and social harmony
and population control
were discussed in de-
tail. But in this meet-
ing, the real focus of the
Sangh was on the gen-
eral elections of 2024.
The concern of the
Sangh also came to the
fore that whenever the
glory of the Ram tem-
ple, under construction
in Ayodhya, is narrated,
the cases of Ayodhya
land scam also start
gaining momentum on
social media. If sources
are to be believed, it has
been decided in Sangh’s
meeting that now the
cadre will fo-
cus all its
attention
on Gyan-
vapi and
Mathura.
It is said
that in
this meet-
ing of
the
Sangh, the strategies
for Gujarat elections
have also been revealed.
Sangh is working on a
strategy that like Pun-
jab pattern, some ferti-
lizers and water should
be put in the organiza-
tion of Aam Aadmi
Party in Gujarat, since
giving it more power,
means cutting the Con-
gress and it will be eas-
ier for BJP to hit the
ground there. Another
news has come out
from this meeting that
the Sangh wants Man-
ish Sisodia to be arrest-
ed only after the voting
is over in Gujarat.
MOVIE ON RATAN
TATA’S
BIOGRAPHY?
Ratan N Tata: The
Authorized Bi-
ography, the official
biography of Tata
Sons Emirates
Chairman Ratan
Tata, is set to hit the
market in No-
ve m b e r
next month. It has been
written by Thomas
Mathew, a former IAS
officer of the Kerala
cadre. The publisher of
this book is HarperCol-
lins.Itisbelievedthatas
royaltyforthisbook,the
publisher has paid a
huge amount of Rs 2
crore to the author.
Mathew has already
written two books. Dur-
ing Congress leader K
Karunakaran’s time,
Thomasusedtobeinthe
‘power echelon’. In 2016,
when Pranab Mukher-
jee was the President of
the country
, Thomas re-
tired as his Additional
Secretary
.Thepublisher
hopes that Ratan Tata’s
biography will break all
sales records as soon as
itcomesintothemarket.
In order to make films
and shows on the life of
Ratan Tata, all the big
producers and produc-
tion companies are
ready to pay a begging
price to Thomas for its
rights, but Thomas
wants to wait a little
longer. He first wants to
see the response to his
book once it hits the
market.
WILL RAHUL BE
THE PARTY’S
LEADER IN LOK
SABHA?
Rahul Gandhi has
publicly acknowl-
edged that ‘he will glad-
ly accept whatever re-
sponsibility the new
Party President Kharge
assigns to him.’ Hence
sources in the Congress
Party have revealed
that Congress’ leader in
Lok Sabha - Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury - will be
shown the door on the
reason that his
tongue falters
at times and
the party
finds it difficult to de-
fend him. So it is be-
lieved that Kharge may
present Rahul Gandhi
as the new leader of
Congress in the Lok
Sabha due to his ‘mas-
ter stroke’. Rahul may
not be able to refuse it.
At the same time, spec-
ulations are rife about
who will be the leader
of the Party in the Ra-
jya Sabha. The name of
Digvijay Singh is said
to be at the fore in the
race, but the name of
Pramod Tiwari, a Brah-
min leader belonging to
UP, is emerging as
Kharge’s first choice.
He has known Kharge
for a long time. Shashi
Tharoor, who contested
against Kharge in the
presidential election,
may have been able to
get only 1,072 votes, but
Kharge is not said to be
in favor of handing him
the leader’s post in the
Lok Sabha. Kharge
feels that Tharoor
sometimes speaks
something controver-
sial.
KHARGE’S NEXT
MOVE
Kharge has already
started carving
himself into the new
presidential responsi-
bility
. He has become ac-
tive on social media,
especially on Twit-
ter. He wants to
associate a person with
him, who is recognised
even by the smallest
Congress worker. If
sources are to be be-
lieved, he has selected
Nanhaki Thakur, who
was an aide of Sitaram
Kesari, for this work.
Thakur is currently
working in Ajay Mak-
en’s office. Even though
Kharge hasn’t formally
taken over as Party
Prez, he has been flood-
ed with complaints
against big leaders like
Mukul Wasnik. There
are also plaints against
K Raju. Complaints are
also coming against
Himachal in-charge Ra-
jiv Shukla his close
friendship with BJP
leader Anurag Thakur
is being targeted. It is
believed that only after
the Himachal polls,
Kharge will make a ma-
jor reshuffle in party
organisation, and will
entrust important re-
sponsibilities to the
members of G-23 group.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Mallikarjun Kharge
Rahul Gandhi Ratan Tata
Mohan Bhagwat

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NEW DELHI, SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 23, 2022
INDIA GRACEFULLY STRADDLED THE GLOBE AFTER THE HUGE
SUCCESS OF FIRST INDIA QUEEN, HELD AT JADE BALLROOM,
SAHARA STAR, MUMBAI ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21! BHAKTI
JANI, HAILING FROM THE CITY OF DREAMS, MUMBAI WAS
CROWNED THE FIRST INIA QUEEN 2022!
irst India Queen,
presented by
First India and
Bharat24- Vision
of New India
held its corona-
tion night on Fri-
day at Hotel Sahara Star,
Mumbai.
Bhakti Jani, from
Mumbai, was crowned
First India Queen 2022,
with Victoria Fernandez
as the first runner-up,
Swara Mandlik as the sec-
ond runner while Sanya
Hissaria and Divya Mam-
nani bagged the third and
fourth runner-up awards
respectively
.
Famous Fashion De-
signer Aditi Jaggi Rasto-
gi, who was present as one
of the jury members on
the occasion crowned the
winner while Pearl Agar-
wal, First Miss India 2021
felicitated her successor
with the winning sash.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as the
Chief Guest. While wel-
coming the audience, he
said, “We strongly wish to
open the gates of opportu-
nity in the fashion and
entertainment industry
for many deserving girls.
First India and youth are
natural allies and we pro-
mote talent for one and
all.” Deepak Agarwal, MD
of Bikaji Group was also
present as a special guest.
The pageant in its hy-
brid format had launched
a worldwide hunt to find
prospective talents from
all corners of the world
through auditions. These
shortlisted finalists un-
derwent rigorous training
and grooming sessions,
mentored by the best in
the industry, to compete
for the coveted title of
First India Queen 2022.
The women were brim-
ming with pride and were
motivated to put
their best foot for-
ward during all
the talent rounds.
Parimal Me-
hhta, Founder
B l a n ck a nva s
Pvt Ltd said, “I
feel truly elat-
ed to see the
ravishing girls
put the best foot
forward. I congratu-
late all the participants,
especially the winners
and our entire team for
putting up a great show.
To me, each one of you is
already a winner to be
able to reach this plat-
form. All the best to eve-
ryone for their future.”
He further added, “I ex-
press my heartfelt grati-
tude to Jagdeesh Chan-
dra and the First India
team for giving the op-
portunity to showcase
this extravagant event.”
Various dignitaries in-
cluding Bollywood and
television stars were
also present on the occa-
sion to make the even-
ing more special.
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Jagdeesh Chandra along with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi felicitate Bhakti Jani, First India Queen 2022 winner with a memento.
Also seen are Parimal Mehhta and Pearl Agarwal, First Miss India 2021 with the other winners and participants during the ceremony
Jagdeesh Chandra with the winners of First India Queen 2022.
(From left) Sanya Hissaria (Third runner-up), Victoria Fernandes (First runner-up), Bhakti Jani (Winner of First India Queen),
Swara Mandalik (Second runner up) and Divya Mamnani (Fourth runner-up)
Clockwise: Bhakti Jani (Winner of First India Queen), Swara Mandalik (Second runner up),
Divya Mamnani (Fourth runner-up), Sanya Hissaria (Third runner-up) and
Victoria Fernandes (First runner-up)
FIRST INDIA QUEEN 2022
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

ETC
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DHANA LAKSHMI
Dhana Lakshmi (Wealth
Lakshmi) is Lakshmi in
her form as the goddess
of material wealth. She
is depicted with red
garments sitting on a red
lotus with four hands
holding a lotus, an Amrit
kalasha and gold coins
falling from one hand.
GAJA LAKSHMI
Gaja Lakshmi (Elephant Lakshmi) is the giver of
animal wealth (such as cattle), or the being who
offers royal splendour, according to the Narayana
Pancharatra. According to Hinduism, Gaja Lakshmi
restored the potential lost by Indra (King of the
devas) during the Samudra Manthana. Vasudha
Narayanan has interpreted this name as the, “one
who is worshipped by elephants. She is depicted
as four-armed, donning red garments, carrying two
lotuses, two arms expressing the Abhaya mudra
and the varada mudra, surrounded by two elephants
bathing her with water pots.
DHANYA LAKSHMI
Dhanya Lakshmi (Grain Lakshmi) is the form of Lakshmi
who represents the wealth of agriculture. Dhanya Lakshmi
is also the aspect of Lakshmi who provides resources
to adherents for their sustenance and well-being. She is
depicted wearing green garments with four hands holding
sugarcane, rice paddy, bananas and kalasha. In ancient
cultures, grains were considered wealth and were even used
in exchange to buy other commodities.
SANTANA LAKSHMI
Santana Lakshmi (Offspring Lakshmi) is
the goddess’s manifestation who bestows
offspring. She is depicted as a mother
carrying a child in her lap and food crop in
one hand and kalasha in another hand.
VIDYA LAKSHMI
Vidya Lakshmi (Knowledge
Lakshmi) is the goddess and the
bestower of knowledge of arts and
the sciences. She is dressed in a
white saree and has a resemblance
to the goddess Saraswati. She
holds a book of the Vedas, a
peacock feather as a pen, the varada
mudra and the Abhaya mudra.
DHAIRYA LAKSHMI
Dhairya Lakshmi (Courage
Lakshmi), or Veera Lakshmi
(Valourous Lakshmi), is a
form of Lakshmi inspired by
Durga. She is the form of the
goddess who bestows valour
during battles and courage
plus strength for overcoming
difficulties in life.
VIJAYA LAKSHMI
Vijaya Lakshmi or Jaya
Lakshmi (Victorious Lakshmi)
is also a manifestation drawn
from Durga. She is the form
of the goddess who bestows
victory, not only in battles but
also in conquering hurdles
in order to achieve
success.
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ADI LAKSHMI
This is the earliest form
of Lakshmi. Adi Lakshmi
is the manifestation
who supports a seeker
to reach their source or
Atman. She is believed to
proffer dhyana, a state of
absolute silence, bliss and
peace. This aspect of the
goddess is responsible
for the furtherance of
the quest for spiritual
wealth. She is adorned
with Golden clothes and
jewellery and has a
golden complexion.
Interestingly, during Lakshmi Puja on Diwali, there is a
custom to draw 8 petal lotus to rest the coin or the idol of
the goddess.These 8 petal lotus depicts Ashta Lakshmi.
PADMA MEANS THE ONE WHO IS LIKE A LOTUS. GODDESS LAKSHMI, THE GODDESS OF WEALTH AND FORTUNE AS WE ALL KNOW, IS AS BEAUTIFUL AND PURE AS A
LOTUS. THIS PHOTO SHOOT IS BASED UPON THE ASHTA LAKSHMI ASPECT OF GODDESS LAKSHMI. SIMILAR TO NAVDURGA, ASHTALAKSHMI, IS A GROUP OF THE
EIGHT MANIFESTATIONS OF LAKSHMI, THE HINDU GODDESS OF PROSPERITY. SHE PRESIDES OVER EIGHT SOURCES OF WEALTH: SPIRITUALITY, MATERIAL WEALTH,
AGRICULTURE, ROYALTY, KNOWLEDGE, COURAGE, PROGENY AND VICTORY. WE ALL WORSHIP GODDESS LAKSHMI ON FESTIVALS LIKE DIWALI BUT WHAT WE KNOW
AND WORSHIP IS ONLY THE DHANA LAKSHMI FORM OF THE GODDESS. WITH THIS PHOTOSHOOT, TARUN GUPTA HAS TRIED TO DEPICT ALL EIGHT FORMS. HE
CONCEPTUALISED THIS BEAUTIFUL SHOOT KEEPING HIS DAUGHTER IN MIND AND SHE DID TOTAL JUSTICE TO THE SHOOT.
—PHOTOS BY TARUN GUPTA

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
THE ANNUAL DANCE DRAMA ‘SHRI RAM’
Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra presented its 66th scintillating edition of the Annual Dance Drama of ‘Shri Ram’ showcasing a perfect synergy of idealism, grandiosity and reality. The great drama unfolds on a stage resplendent with
magnificent costumes, lighting, choreography and music by the maestro and custodian of Indian cultural heritage, Padma Shri Shobha Deepak Singh at the open-air Kendra Lawns, 1, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi recently.
CITY FIRST
he renowned
celebrity make-
up and beauty
e x p e r t
turned Ontolo-
gist relation-
ship expert
Aashmeen Munjaal,
founderof theShukrana
Gratitude Founda-
tion organised a grand
Shukrana conclave re-
cently at PHD Cham-
bers, Hauz Khaz.
Along with Aash-
meen, the event was
led by Actor Aman
Verma, Actress Ritu
Shivpuri, Vandy Mehra,
Director Study by
Janak, Annie Mun-
jaal,Director,StarMake-
up, and Hair Acade-
my Ramon LLamba,
business life
coach, Arvind Munjaal,
co-founder Shukrana
Gratitude Founda-
tion, Vivek Behl, Rela-
tionship Family
Coach, Rita Gangwani,
personalitycoach,Varun
Katyal, Nutritionist
Wellness Expert, Preeti
Ghai, Fashion Design-
er, Aradhya Ma-
heshwari, Director Sa-
trang Creations, Kiran-
deep Rawat, Punjabi ac-
tor and many more.
Being a certified On-
tologist for the past ten
years, Aashmeen re-
vealed her motive be-
hind the Shukrana Con-
clave, she stated, “Our
Shukrana Foundation
through this conclave is
heading and aiming to
reach out to people who
need motivation and di-
rection in life to accom-
plish their dreams and
fulfil their desires. Our
theme is to beautify hu-
manity internally and
externally
. Our topic of
discussion is also based
on the understanding of
our audience to know
the importance of their
inner self and to under
the need of their soul to
have a healthy mental
life ahead. I am also
thankful to the jury for
giving their valuable
time.”
GRAND SHUKRANA CONCLAVE ONE MORE STEP
TOWARDS SUCCESS
CITY FIRST
A
vinash Trip-
athi, a re-
nowned film
writer, lyricist
and director was re-
cently honoured at the
Qatar International Art
Festival. He was the
sole panellist repre-
senting India at the art
festival in Doha, Qa-
tar. Representing In-
dia on the prestig-
ious Art Panel talk
show, Avinash referred
to cinema as the most
complete art form and
stated that cinema is,
combining both tradi-
tional and digital medi-
ums and incorporates
all art forms. The Art
Talk was attended by
artists from eleven
countries, including
Sweden, Romania, the
United Kingdom, Rus-
sia, and Portugal. Rash-
mi Agarwal, director of
the festival, referred to
Avinash as a man of
versatility and stated,
“Avinash is the best per-
son to represent
India due to his in-
terventions in all
art verticals.” Avi-
nash has signifi-
cantly produced
and directed more
than 700 short
films.
Celebrating another Milestone!
CITY FIRST
T
he 31st Ravi Jain
Memorial Foun-
dation Annual
Awards for Up-
coming Young Artists’,
Dhoomimal Gallery’s
Annual Flagship Event
was organised recently
.
Art lovers, philan-
thropists, connois-
seurs and industry
leaders came for-
ward to encourage all
creative forms of art.
The winners’ names for
the 31st Ravi Jain Me-
morial Foundation An-
nual Awards include
Raja Baro, Kaustav
Chatterjee, Vikash Dha-
man, Surajit Mudi, Ab-
hijay Tomar and Har-
shal Khatri.
In association with
AuTypical.in, Dhoomi-
mal Gallery created a
section to showcase
these artworks. This
year, the participation
of Autistic artists was a
new flavour that was
introduced in pro-
fessional art for the
first time amongst
the Art Galleries in
New Delhi and will be
unique in its treatment.
I was amazed to see
young people doing
such innovative and ex-
perimental works with
so much dedication and
focus in their streams,
be it paintings, print-
making, sculptures,
video and engineered
installations. I person-
ally felt good that the
youngsters are showing
incredible interest and
producing remarkable
works. In line with us
while the Gallery pre-
pares for a major print-
making show by the
members of the group,
‘Multiple encounters’
by the year’s end. On
the whole, collectively,
all the artists exhibited
have been either influ-
enced by their socio-
economic situations
and the unforgettable
pandemic said Uday
Jain, Director of
Dhoomimal Gallery
.
CITY FIRST
C
hefs are known
for their skills
and innovative
p r e s e n t a b l e
techniques and for
cooking some delecta-
ble savouries. They
are the creative hands
behind the love lan-
guage called food. To
mark a day, Interna-
tional Chef Day dedi-
cated to these wonder-
ful cooks, Crowne
Plaza Greater Noida
played host to a
unique fun
a c t i v i t y,
where they
invited kids
from Prath-
mik Vidhya-
laya Mubarik-
pur and gave
them the oppor-
tunity to be the
master chef for
the day to cook some
delicious dishes on
Saturday
.
Along with cooking
food, the kid received
insight into a career in
the hospitality indus-
try from the Chef’s
team led by Executive
Sous Chef, Saurabh
Singh Chandel and
General Man-
ager Crowne Plaza
Greater Noida, Sharad
K Upadhyay. During
the program, the kids
dancedtothetunesand
recited some songs and
poems.
Talking about the ac-
tivity GM Sharad K
Upadhyay said, we all
areincelebrationmode
and it’s International
Chef Day. To contrib-
ute to society and in an
effort to make these
kids have a good time,
entertainment and cel-
ebrations, we plan to
host this program with
kids and chefs. It was
thoroughly entertain-
ing for us to have them
here to celebrate Chef
Day, some of them
were quite talented
and tried their hands
at deliciously cooked
dishes.
Saurabh Singh
Chandel said, “be-
ing a part of such ac-
tivities is really fun,
especially when these
kids cooked the dishes
and served like pro-
fessionals. We at
Crowne Plaza Greater
Noida believe in cele-
brating each and eve-
ry occasion in a differ-
ent way, so we all de-
cided to dedicate the
International Chef
Day celebrations to
these little master
chefs for a day and it
was some serious fun
and entertainment for
all”, he said.
INTERNATIONAL CHEF DAY
T
During the event
Glimpse from the 31 Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation Annual Awards
Aashmeen Munjaal, Aman Verma and Ritu Shivpuri with others during the Grand Shukrana Conclave
Avinash Tripathi with others
during the Qatar International Art Festival
Avinash Tripathi addressing the audience
—PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
—PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN

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