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‘HEAT OF THE MOMENT’
New Delhi: Aaftab
Amin Poonawala who
allegedly killed his
girlfriend Shraddha
Walkar, on Tuesday
told a Delhi court that
he murdered his girl-
friend in the “heat of
the moment”. The Sa-
ket court extended the
police custody of Aft-
ab Poonawala to four-
more days after he
was produced before
the court via video
conferencing in a spe-
cial hearing.
BJP’S UNION MINISTERS, CHIEF MINISTERS TO
GO DOOR-TO-DOOR IN BIG SUNDAY CAMPAIGN
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Last Sun-
day, led by party chief
JP Nadda, Union minis-
ters including Rajnath
Singh and Hardeep Sin-
gh Puri, and chief min-
isters of BJP-ruled As-
sam, Uttarakhand,
Haryana and Himachal
Pradesh took part in
roadshows in 14 areas
of Delhi.
Next Sunday, a string
of Union ministers and
chief ministers will be
going door to door seek-
ing support for party
candidates in the MCD
polls. TheBJP’smassive
voter outreach drive on
Sunday will be held in
all the 250 municipal
wards across the nation-
al capital, Delhi BJP
chief Adesh Gupta said.
“The drive to be
launched on Sunday is
aimed at reaching out
to people with the help
of more than one lakh
party leaders and work-
ers accompanying the
Union ministers and
chief ministers,” Gupta
said. “The party will
reach out to more than
one crore voters in Del-
hi through the cam-
paign,” he added.
Gupta said the public
outreach campaign will
start at 8am and con-
clude at 10pm on Sun-
day. The party leaders
will visit every house-
hold in their designated
wards, he added.
“The campaign is go-
ing on in a very organ-
ised manner and all the
candidates are getting a
huge support from the
general public. Now the
party is laying an em-
phasis on direct public
outreach,” Gupta said.
HIGH-STAKE MCD POLLS
BJP National President JP Nadda greeted by Delhi BJP President
Adesh Gupta as he arrives for a party meeting for the MCD
elections, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
PIL to transfer case
to CBI dismissed
Aaftab undergoes
polygraph test
The Delhi High Court on
Tuesday dismissed with
cost a PIL seeking transfer
of investigation in the
Shraddha Walkar murder
case from the Delhi Police
to the CBI.
Polygraph test on Aaftab
was done on Tuesday eve-
ning after a city court gave
permission to Delhi Police,
while investigators found
more evidence, including
blood stains in the flat. P3
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Mumbai: Mumbai Cyber Crime files
a chargsheet against actor Shilpa
Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra others
in connection with case of producing
and streaming pornographic content.
Jakarta: The death toll has risen to
252 in earthquake which occured on
Monday afternoon at the main island
of Java, Indonesia. Officials said that
31 are still missing, 377 were injured.
Srinagar: BSF troops foil 2 infiltration
bids by Pakistani intruders along
the IB in JK’s Arnia sector. In the
process, one was shot dead and
another was arrested, police said.
Bareilly: Rampur’s MP/MLA court in UP on Tuesday
granted regular bail to Samajwadi Party leader
Azam Khan in a 2019 hate speech case on the
condition of furnishing 2 bail bonds of `50,000 each.
The next date of hearing over pending appeal is Dec 2.
New Delhi: Northern Army commander LG Upendra
Dwivedi on Tuesday said that Indian Army is ready to
execute any order given by GoI, including taking back
Pak-occupied JK. He added, if ceasefire is broken by
Pak at any time, we will give them a befitting reply.
Congress ‘insulted’ Sardar Patel: Shah
Khambhat (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Tuesday
alleged that Congress
did everything possible
to “insult” Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel and it
has started praising
him only now in view of
Gujarat Assembly polls.
Even last rites of coun-
try’s first deputy PM
were performed in “un-
ceremonious” way, he
said at an election rally
at Khambhat. Shah fur-
ther said that it was PM
Modi who paid a real
tribute to Patel by con-
structing Statue of Uni-
ty, Patel’s statue which
is the tallest monument.
Shah dares Khambhat,
Congress candidate, to
produce any pic of him
paying tributes to Patel
at the Statue of Unity
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a gathering at the
Tharad (Banaskantha) public meeting in Gujarat on Tuesday.
Friend says Aaftab, kin likely had an agenda
Gajraj Singh and
Saloni Khandelwal
Jaipur: Amid ongoing
probe of brutal murder
of Shraddha Walker by
her live-in partner Aaft-
ab Poonawalla. Shrad-
dha’s friend Rajat Shuk-
la on Tuesday said since
2018 not everything was
good with Shradhha’s
end. “She would not talk
much, and would stay
alone most of the time,”
he said, adding, Shrad-
hha was trying her best
to get out of relation-
ship but could not due to
threats from Aaftab. ‘It
is most likely that Aaft-
ab came with an agenda,
else why would his fam-
ily leave their house,’
Rajat said. Full report on P6
Rajat Shukla, a close friend of
the victim, Shraddha Walker.
INTERVIEW
BHARAT24’S SHIKHAR SAMMAN IN RAIPUR
CM BHUPESH BAGHEL FELICITATES
EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS OF CHHATTISGARH
Priyanka Kaushal and
Devesh Tiwari
Raipur: In continua-
tion to its special initia-
tive that recognises and
encourages individuals
who are making ex-
traordinary contribu-
tion towards the Vision
of New India, Bharat24
organised Chhattisgarh
Shikhar Samman in
Raipur on Monday to
felicitate such extraor-
dinary individuals from
the state. Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra, CEO Editor-
in-Chief, Bharat24, be-
lieves “States make the
Nation” and Shikhar
Samman continues to
recognize extraordi-
nary individuals from
various walks of life
from various states for
their exemplary work.
CM Bhupesh Baghel,
Chief Guest, honoured
the winners from differ-
ent sectors for their ex-
emplary work with the
coveted trophy of Shi-
khar Samman. In a one-
on-one interaction with
Executive Editor and
Senior Anchor Miman-
sa Malik, Baghel talked
about current challeng-
es and work he is doing
towards holistic devp of
the state.
Chief Business Officer and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi, Executive Editor Senior Anchor Mimansa Malik felicitate Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel along with Senior Editor Syed Umar at Bharat24’s Chhattisgarh Shikhar Samman in Sayaji Hotel, Raipur on Monday.
Chief Business Officer and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi and Senior Editor Syed Umar greet ex-
CM Dr Raman Singh as Executive Editor and Senior Anchor Mimansa Malik looks on, on Monday.
INDIA-AUSTRALIA FREE
TRADE DEAL CLEARED
FOREST OFFICIAL, 5 MORE
KILLED IN ASSAM FIRING
New Delhi: Australian parliament
on Tuesday cleared a free trade
agreement (FTA) with India. “It is
a landmark moment for Australia
and India, would like to congrat-
ulate PM’s of both countries for
achieving significant milestone,”
Union Minister Piyush Goyal said.
Shillong: Meghalaya has sus-
pended mobile internet services
in 7 districts of the state for 48
hours after 6 persons including
1 Assam forest official were
killed in firing in Mukroh in
West Jaintia Hills on the border
between 2 states on Tuesday.
MAN HELD FOR
HOAX CALL ON
THREAT TO PM
Mumbai: A 38-year-old
man was arrested on
Tuesday, a day after
he called the Mumbai
police warning that “two
henchmen of notori-
ous gangster Dawood
Ibrahim were tasked to
kill PM Narendra Modi”.
An inquiry into 7 audio
messages left on the
Mumbai Traffic Police’s
WhatsApp helpline num-
ber revealed that man--a
West Bengal native--was
mentally unstable. He
was laid off from his job
in Kerala four months
ago and also recently lost
his brother, police said,
adding that further inves-
tigation is underway.
CELEBRATING
ROZGARMELA2.0!
First India Bureau
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
distributed 71,056 ap-
pointment letters to
newly inducted recruits
of Rozgar Mela via vid-
eo conference and said
that it shows the gov-
ernment’s commitment
to providing govern-
ment jobs to the youth.
Addressing the event,
PM Modi said that
schemes like ‘Make in
India’ or ‘Vocal for Lo-
cal’ are creating em-
ployment and self-em-
ployment opportunities
in the country. In his
address the PM men-
tioned PLI scheme as a
great source of new em-
ployment opportuni-
ties, under this scheme,
it is expected to create
60 lakh new employ-
ment opportunities.
PM Narendra Modi
also launched the Kar-
mayogi Prarambh mod-
ule - online orientation
course for all new ap-
pointees at Rozgar Mela
via video conference.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi distributes 71,056
appt letters to new ‘saarthis’
PM launches Karmayogi
Prarambh module - online
course for the new appointees
PM Narendra Modi addressing programme of distribution of over 71,000 appt letters to newly inducted
recruits under ‘Rozgar Mela’, via VC, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Also seen here is MoS Dr Jitendra Singh.
You are
getting
this new
responsibility in
a special era. The
country has entered
Amrit Kaal. We
the citizens have
taken the resolution
to make India a
developed nation
in this duration. To
attain this resolution,
you’re going to be
the ‘saarthi’ of the
country.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
INDIA SEALS SERIES 1-0
AGAINST NEW ZEALAND
India managed to win another T20I series against New Zealand even as the third
and final match of the series in Napier was washed out due to rain, leading to a
rare tie. India were 75 for 4 at the end of 9 overs, chasing a par total of 161 when
the rain started belting down at McLean Park on Tuesday.
Indian team poses for a group picture with the trophy at McLean Park, in Napier on Tuesday.

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NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022
02
Body in suitcase: Woman was
shot twice, post-mortem finds
Mathura (PTI): The
post-mortem on the
young woman whose
body was found in a
suitcase on the Yamuna
Expressway here re-
vealed two shots were
fired at her, police said
on Tuesday
.
The 21-year-old wom-
an, Ayushi Yadav, was
allegedly killed by her
father as the parents
were unhappy over her
inter-caste marriage,
according to the police.
Acting Senior Super-
intendent of Police
Martand Prakash Sin-
gh told newspersons the
woman’s father was
nabbed on Sunday and
her mother the next day
considering her an
equal partner in the
crime after the recov-
ery of the revolver used
in the crime, and the
car in whcih the body
was carried.
The post-mortem ex-
amination on the wom-
an, a resident of Delhi,
was conducted by a
panel of three doctors.
It found two bullets
were fired at her one of
which pierced through
her chest and the other
got stuck in her head,
police said, adding the
post-mortem was also
videographed.
According to the po-
lice, Ayushi had mar-
ried her classmate
Chhatrapal Gurjar, a
resident of Bharatpur, a
year ago at the Arya Sa-
maj temple. Her father
Nitesh Yadav and moth-
er Brajbala were very
upset over this.
The police have also
retrieved their mar-
riage certificate from
her house.
After getting mar-
ried, she used to go to
her husband’s place
whenever she wanted,
and her parents were
worried this was harm-
ing their social status.
She had returned
from her husband’s
place on Thursday also,
the day of the incident
and the father killed
her with his revolver in
a fit of rage, while the
mother supported her
husband in this, accord-
ing to the police.
The police said the
parents initially tried a
lot to convince Ayushi,
but she maintained that
since she was an adult,
she could take her deci-
sions. The family could
never reconcile with
this.
Singh said Ayushi
was a final-year student
of BCA at Delhi Global
School of Technology
and was very good in
studies.
One bullet pierced through her chest and the other got stuck in her head, police say
(R) 21-year-old Ayushi Yadav. (L) The trolley bag in which her body was found.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Centre’s Department of
Science and Technolo-
gy (DST) and green
think tank Centre for
Science and Environ-
ment (CSE) have col-
laborated to create a
platform that will sup-
port the development of
new electric vehicle
(EV) batteries to suit
Indian requirements.
A white paper will be
prepared on a roadmap
to develop new battery
technologies in India.
This would be followed
by the creation of an
expert-industry forum
or platform to support
this process, the CSE
said in a statement.
This collaborative
initiative was kicked
off recently with a
round table on locally
appropriate EV batter-
ies that are safe, dura-
ble and effective in the
hot and humid tropical
climate.
Anumita Roychowd-
hury, executive direc-
tor-research and advo-
cacy, CSE, said: “India
has been working with
FAME and production-
linked incentives to
push the EV story, but
challenges are abound
with regard to cost,
safety and charging in-
frastructure all of
which point at gaps in
fulfilling the country’s
zero emission ambi-
tions. The gaps range
from concerns relating
to safety, supply chain,
cost sensitivity and
need for quick charging
opportunities among
others.”
As part of the Nation-
al Electric Mobility
Mission Plan (NEMMP)
2020, the Department of
Heavy Industry formu-
lated a scheme—Faster
Adoption and Manufac-
turing of (Hybrid )
Electric Vehicles in In-
dia (FAME India).
Centre collaborates with CSE to push production
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
lll
This initiative
was kicked off
recently with a
round table on
appropriate EV
batteries that are
safe, durable
and effective in
hot and humid
tropical climate
The CSE building in New Delhi.
Noida (PTI): A 35-year-
old woman jumped to
death from her 16th-
floor apartment in Eco
Village-3 society in
Greater Noida (West) in
the early hours of Tues-
day, police said.
Her husband, who
works for a leading me-
dia house in Noida, told
police that they had a
fight after dinner on
Monday
. The couple had
been married for four
years and had moved to
Greater Noida only six
months ago. The wom-
an, a native of Azam-
garh, was pursuing her
PhD from a local pri-
vate university
.
Woman jumps to
death after fight
with husband
DCPCR issues notice after
boy beaten up by constable
Delhi Commission For
Protection of Child
Rights (DCPCR) has is-
sued a notice to the po-
lice after a 15-year-old
boy was allegedly beat-
en up by a constable in
the Govindpuri area.
The commission said
it has received a com-
plaint from a resident
of Nehru Camp in
Kalkaji that his son was
assaulted by a constable
of the Govindpuri po-
lice station around 8 pm
on Monday
.
The man alleged his
son was slapped by the
constable in front of all
the neighbours at
Nehru Camp. He
claimed that the boy
was locked inside the
police booth, thrashed
with a baton and later
sent home.
According to the pan-
el, it was also alleged
that the constable was
not in uniform and was
in an inebriated state
when the alleged inci-
dent happened.
DCPCR has asked for CCTV footage of the police station.
NHRC notice to Haryana chief secy,DGP
over rape allegation against inspector
National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC)
Tuesday said it has is-
sued notices to the Har-
yana government and
the state’s police chief
over reports of a wom-
an being allegedly
raped by a crime branch
inspector in Palwal in
lieu of helping her
jailed husband.
In its statement, the
NHRC said the contents
of the media report, if
true, amount to human
rights violations by a
public servant.
The NHRC has taken
“suo motu cognisance
of a media report that
in Palwal, Haryana, a
crime branch inspector
raped a woman in lieu
of helping her jailed
husband,” it said.
Accordingly, it has is-
sued a notice to the
chief secretary and the
director general of po-
lice of Haryana, seek-
ing reports within six
weeks. The report must
also contain details for
the last one year regard-
ing such complaints of
sexual harassment.
ARMED AND READY
SWAT team takes part in a mock drill conducted by Delhi Police at Vishwavidyalaya metro station in New Delhi on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Girl injured as car hits
school van in G Noida
Noida (PTI): A seven-
year-old student suf-
fered minor injuries af-
ter a school van carry-
ing about half a dozen
children was hit by a
car in Greater Noida on
Tuesday, police said.
The incident took
place in the afternoon
at the Bhatta rounda-
bout in the Surajpur
police station area
when the children were
returning home in the
Maruti Eeco after
school, a police official
said.
“There were six to
seven children in the
vehicle. One girl, aged 7,
suffered minor injuries
in the incident. Her par-
ents reached the spot
after which she was
taken to a hospital for
treatment. Her condi-
tion is stable now,” a
police spokesperson
said.
3-YR-OLD SON FOUND
‘Spend time with son’:
HC to Ukrainian woman
New Delhi (PTI): In an
endeavour to re-unite a
three-year-old child,
who was allegedly ille-
gally brought to India
by his father, with his
Ukrainian mother and
sister, the High Court
on Tuesday asked the
family to spend some
time together so the boy
could bond with them.
A bench of Justices
Siddharth Mridul and
Amit Sharma asked the
family—the child, his
parents and sister—to
spend time together till
4 PM at the court’s cr
che and appear before
the court on Wednesday
.
As the minor boy’s
mother and sister, who
have come here from
Ukraine, tried to speak
to the child in the court,
he did not give any posi-
tive response.
When the woman al-
leged the child, who
was in his father’s lap,
had been tutored, the
bench said he was too
young to be tutored.
The child’s mother
earlier informed the
court she and her for-
mer husband, an Indi-
an, were divorced and
though the minor’s cus-
tody was granted to her
by a court in the east
European country, the
man took the boy away
without informing her.
At the outset, the
bench asked the man to
give the child to his
mother so he could
spend some time with
her and his sister.
As the man said he
has no issues if the
woman meets the child,
the court said, “You
should not have any
problem after all she is
the biological mother.
She is equally capable
of looking after the
child. The other one is
his sister, you should
not have any problem.”
During the day, the
counsel for both the
parties submitted they
are desirous of spend-
ing some time together
so the child can bond
with his mother and el-
der sister.
To the boy’s father,
the bench said, “Don’t
carry him in your lap
all the time.”
The bench asked the family—the child, his parents and sister—
to spend time together till 4pm at the court’s creche.
4 students of technical
institute arrested for
beating dog to death
New Delhi (PTI): Four
students of Don Bosco
Technical Institute in
Southeast Delhi have
been arrested for alleg-
edly bludgeoning a
pregnant street dog to
death, police said on
Tuesday
.
During interroga-
tion, the accused told
the police that the dog
used to bark at them
whenever they used to
play cricket on the insti-
tute’s ground and this
infuriated them.
The accused have
been identified as Avi-
nash Minj (24), a resi-
dent Khanpur here, An-
ish Horhoriya (18), a
native of Uttarakhand,
Rahul Kujur (19) from
Jharkhand and Guru-
vachan (19) from Samb-
hal in Uttar Pradesh.
Police said the dog
was tortured to death
on October 30. After a
video of the incident
surfaced on social me-
dia, police at the New
Friends Colony station
here registered a case.
The video shows the
accused cornering the
dog inside a tin shed on
the institute’s campus.
One of the accused
armed with a rod enters
the shed while the re-
maining students egg
him on from outside.
The video also shows
a person then dragging
the dog through the col-
lege compound.
All the four accused
are pursuing ITI. There
are no past police re-
cords against them.
Video grab of the incident.
PARENTS UPSET
OVER ‘HARM TO
SOCIAL STATUS’
Ayushi had mar-
ried her classmate
Chhatrapal Gurjar, a
resident of Bharatpur,
a year ago at the Arya
Samaj temple. After get-
ting married, she used
to go to her husband’s
place whenever she
wanted, and her parents
were worried this was
harming their social sta-
tus. She had returned
from her husband’s
place on Thursday also,
the day of the incident.

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03
Not us, Jain massage footage
leaked from Tihar: ED to court
New Delhi (ANI): Ap-
pearing for ED, advocate
Zohaib Hossain denied
the allegations by Saty-
endar Jain’s lawyer that
CCTV footage was
leaked to media by En-
forcement Directorate.
Hossain said, “That
presuming a leak on our
behalf is preposterous.
There has been no leak
and there will be no
leak.”
Advocate Rahul Meh-
ra, appearing for Jain,
submitted that the agen-
cies have already put his
client on the gallows.
“Even Ajmal Kasab
got a free and fair trial,”
he said. “I am surely not
worse than that. All I
seek is a fair and free
trial. Please look at the
kind of media reports
thatarerunningagainst
him and that is in their
interest,” Mehra sub-
mitted to the court.
Rahul Mehra also
showed screenshots of
prominent channels
running reply copy con-
tent in this case. Mehra
says the matter is al-
ready pending before
this court but it’s again
leaked.
Special Judge Vikas
Dhull listed the matter
for November 28. Court
noted that Additional
Solicitor General SV
Raju leading the matter
for ED, is not present for
personal reasons.
Jailed minister’s lawyer says agencies have ‘already put his client on the gallows’
A CCTV video shows Satyendar Jain getting a massage inside Tihar Jail, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
Not getting
proper food,
have lost 28
kg weight:Jain
New Delhi (ANI):
Jailed Minister Satyen-
dar Jain on Tuesday
submitted before the
trial court that he has
not been getting proper
food and medical check-
up in Tihar Jail and has
lost around 28 kg weight
in custody
.
Jain’s counsel Rahul
Mehra alleged Enforce-
ment Directorate was
leaking sensitive infor-
mation to media despite
order of the court and
undertaking given. “I
amdefamedeverysingle
minute by their act,”
Jain said.
“I have lost 28 kg in
jail. Is this what a privi-
leged person in jail gets?
I’m not even getting
proper food. What privi-
lege are they talking
about? No prison rules
are violated if an under-
trialispressingmyhand
or feet,” Jain added.
‘MASSEUR NOT PHYSIOTHERAPIST, PRISONER IN RAPE CASE’
New Delhi: The mas-
seur who was seen in
video footage giving a
massage to jailed Delhi
minister Satyendar Jain
is not a physiotherapist,
but an inmate who is
lodged in the Tihar Jail
in a rape case, sources
said on Tuesday. Deputy
Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia had claimed that
Jain was receiving physi-
otherapy following a spi-
nal injury and accused
the Bharatiya Janata
Party of doing “cheap”
politics on health is-
sues by illegally leaking
CCTV footage. However,
sources claimed the
man, seen giving Jain a
massage in the videos,
was a prisoner named
Rinku. “He is lodged in
jail in connection with a
rape case and sections
of the Pocso Act. Rinku
is not a physiotherapist,”
the sources said.
Aaftab’spolygraphdone;
bloodstainsfoundinflat
New Delhi (PTI): Poly-
graph test on Aaftab
Amin Poonawala was
conducted on Tuesday
eveningafteracitycourt
gavepermissiontoDelhi
Police, while investiga-
tors found more evi-
dence, including blood
stains in the flat where
both lived.
Earlier in the day,
Poonawala told a Delhi
court, which extended
his police remand by
four days, that he acted
in “heat of the moment”
and it was not “deliber-
ate”, according to Abi-
nash Kumar, the lawyer
representing him. Ku-
mar later said Poonawa-
la “never confessed in
court that he killed
Walkar”.
Sources said a ques-
tionnaire was prepared
for the test so that the
sequence of events in
the gruesome killing
can be ascertained.
After the polygraph
test, police are likely to
go for the narco analysis
which was permitted by
the court last week.
Police have not found
Walkar’s severed head
and other body parts
and are hoping to find
clues to recover key evi-
dence, including the
murder weapon, that
could firm up their case.
Sources said during
police questioning, the
accused said he dumped
the weapon and tools,
used to chop Walkar’s
body, at DLF Phase III
forest area in Gurgaon
after May
.
Police along with Aftab Poonawalla leave from the Forensic Science
Laboratory office, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DEBT-RIDDEN MAN STRANGLES WIFE
TO DEATH IN DELHI’S HARSH VIHAR
New Delhi(PTI): A
35-year-old man was
arrested for alleg-
edly killing his wife in
northeast Delhi’s Harsh
Vihar area, police said
on Tuesday. According
to police, the couple
had accumulated heavy
debts and had had a
fight before the killing
took place. On Sunday
around 8.10 am, police
received a call from a
man who said he had
killed his wife, they said.
When police went to the
couple’s Sushila Garden
house, they found a
woman, later identi-
fied as Archana, lying
unconscious on the
floor inside a room on
their second floor flat.
She was rushed to a
hospital where she was
declared dead, police
said. She was 30. Yo-
gesh Kumar, Archana’s
husband, who was in
the house, was appre-
hended, police said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The BJP’s
strategy against the
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) for the MCD polls
has been crafted by the
party’s national general
secretary (organisation)
BL Santhosh, according
to media reports.
Santhosh, who is also
the RSS pointsman in
the BJP, told his party
colleagues that corrup-
tion charges against
AAP leaders and the
AAP-led government in
Delhi were “sticking”
and that the BJP should,
therefore, focus on rak-
ing up these allegations
in the run up to the civic
elections.
Santhosh gave these
instructions at a meet-
ing on 5 November (fol-
lowed by a core commit-
tee meeting on 14 No-
vember), which was at-
tended by BJP’s Delhi
in-charge Baijayant
Panda, national secre-
tary Sunil Deodhar and
Delhi BJP chief Adesh
Gupta, among others.
BJP national president
JP Nadda, meanwhile,
chaired another meet-
ing with party leaders
on November 7.
While the meeting
was in the context of the
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD) election,
cornering the AAP with
corruption allegations
is also expected to help
the BJP in the Gujarat
polls in which Kejri-
wal’s party is seeking to
emerge as the BJP’s
principal challenger.
According to a party
source, the feedback
that the central leader-
ship has received is that
the municipal elections
are going to be a ‘close-
contest’ and, hence, it
has been chalking out
different strategies to
ensure it is able to beat
the anti-incumbency of
three terms.
After several brain-
storming sessions over
the past week, the BJP
decided to hold press
conferences every day
on the issue of corrup-
tion and misgovern-
ance by the AAP gov-
ernment.
‘Liquor scam, bribes’ - how Santhosh plotted campaign against AAP
MCD POLL RUN-UP
lll
BJP accused
AAP of ‘bribe in
exchange of
tickets’. It also
said Mukesh
Goel demanded
Rs 1-cr from an
engineer for
giving gifts to
party leaders
‘LIQUOR SCAM’ IS BJP’S FOCUS
The BJP’s main focus in the election is the
alleged liquor scam to blunt AAP’s anti-cor-
ruption plank, which the Kejriwal-led party seems
to be highlighting in Gujarat as well. The BJP has
also been targeting Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia over alleged corruption charges related to
the excise policy. In October, Sisodia appeared for
questioning before the Central Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) in the excise policy case.
BL SANTHOSH
PERENNIAL BEAUTY
Tourists visit
the historic
Taj Mahal
during World
Heritage
Week, in
Agra on
Tuesday.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
Kejriwal, Sisodia misleading
ppl:AlkaLambaonTiharcase
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
gress spokesperson
Alka Lamba on Tues-
day accused Chief Min-
ister Arvind Kejriwal
and his deputy Manish
Sisodia of “misleading”
the people amid fresh
allegations related to
the video purportedly
showing Delhi minister
Satyendar Jain getting
a massage in Tihar jail.
Lamba urged the
eight women MLAs of
Delhi’s ruling party and
DCW Chairman Swati
Maliwal to hold a press
conference and ques-
tion senior leaders of
the party over the mat-
ter.
The Congress spokes-
person alleged the AAP,
which came to power
with a promise of bring-
ing a change, has now
compromised with the
security of the entire
Tihar jail.
“We all have seen the
footage in the Delhi
Tihar jail where Saty-
ender Jain was seen get-
ting a massage. When
caught, AAP Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal and Deputy CM
Manish Sisodia re-
marked that he is seri-
ously unwell and was
receiving physiothera-
py from a physiothera-
pist. But later Tihar Jail
officials have revealed
that he was no physio-
therapist but an inmate
arrested for raping chil-
dren,” she said.
Kejriwal should
dismiss Jain,
apologise: BJP
BJP demanded on Tues-
day that Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal should apologise to
the nation and dismiss
his jailed minister Saty-
endar Jain over fresh
allegations related to a
massage video.
At a press meet, BJP
spokesperson Gaurav
Bhatia dared Kejriwal
to respond to the fresh
allegations “within an
hour”. He termed the
AAP an “’arajak apara-
dhi’ party (anarchist
criminal party)”, accus-
ing it of defending the
wrongdoing in the jail.
HC seeks LG’s stand on Jasmine
Shah’s plea against sealing ofc
AAP plans magic shows, 1,000 nukkad sabhas
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
HC has sought the stand
of the lieutenant gover-
nor on DDCDvice chair-
man Jasmine Shah’s
challenge to the order
restraining him from
discharging his duties
and sealing his office.
Justice Yashwant
Varmalistedthecasefor
further consideration
on November 28 and
asked the counsel ap-
pearing for the LG and
other respondents to
make submissions on
that date.
Shah has challenged
the November 17 order
by Director (Planning),
Delhi government, on
the LG’s request to CM
Kejriwal to remove him
from his post.
AAP plans to go full-
throttle with its second
phase of campaigning
from Wednesday with
musicandmagicshows,
street plays, and 1,000
street-corner meetings
by star campaigners to
woo voters for the De-
cember 4 Delhi civic
polls.
During the first
phase, Aam Aadmi Par-
ty candidates held
marches, public meet-
ings and door-to-door
campaigns under the
theme ‘MCD me bhi Ke-
jriwal’.
The party’s Delhi
unit convener Gopal
Rai on Tuesday said the
AAP will hold 1,000
‘Nukkad Sabhas’ from
November 23 in all the
250 wards of the Mu-
nicipal Corporation of
Delhi till December 2,
the day when poll cam-
paigns will end.
The theme of the sec-
ond phase of the cam-
paign will be ‘Kejriwal
ki Sarkar, Kejriwal ka
Paarshad’ (Kejriwal’s
government, Kejriwal’s
councillor).
LG VK Saxena Jasmine Shah
‘WILL RESOLVE ALL YOUR ISSUES’
“Kejriwal is already at the helm of affairs in Delhi Govern-
ment. Now the party will be in power in MCD too. It is my
appeal to people that every ward has an AAP councillor.
Once that happens, we will resolve all your issues. BJP
kept on fooling you by making hollow promises for 15
years. We will finish all that work in five years,” Rai said.
Alka Lamba

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PERSPECTIVE
04
n Sunday, when Suryakumar
Yadav hit that scintillating
knock of 111 runs against
News Zealand in the second
T20I of the three-match se-
ries, he arguably became the
finest T20 batter in the world.
Suryakumar looked at his
(perhaps) best, notching up
the 3-digit figure in just 49
deliveries. He was on a song.
In fact, the entire team was
on a roll and took the shine
off the Kiwis in style. It was
a massive win.
However, the whole pur-
pose of this article is not
JUST to hail and glorify this
young Team India which
made the win look so easy,
but to remind the vast num-
ber of cricket fans in the
country NOT to be murder-
ous while criticising the
FADING greats. We get better
by the day and that is expect-
ed of us. What Suryakumar
can do today was achieved by
Rohit Sharma and Virat Koh-
li too. Greats will be greats
forever. We just have to keep
in mind that everyday we
must set a benchmark for the
nation to succeed.
The purpose of this article
istoactuallymakeprofession-
als aware of the fact that they
need to quit when the time is
right.Thetruelegendsshould
not be made to look van-
quished, struggling for form
and fatigued. Once the hard-
earned respect is gone… it is
gone forever. One needs to
know when to quit. We all
need to realise and age grace-
fully
. There are various stages
of life and we can all contrib-
ute to an institute, organisa-
tionandthecountrygainfully
.
We needn’t hold on or cling
ontothingslikenewborns.We
need to know when to leave it.
Indians in general have a
habitof hangingoninperhaps
every field from Bollywood to
cricket to politics. We need to
give young India their due. In-
dia’s 1.35-plus billion people
make the nation the second
most populous country in the
entire world and with an aver-
age age of 29, it has one of the
youngest populations globally
.
As this vast resource of young
India joins the workforce, it
could create a ‘demographic
dividend’. Demographic divi-
dend is clearly defined by the
United Nations Population
Fund as economic growth re-
sultingfromashiftinapopula-
tion’s age structure, mainly
when the working-age popula-
tion is larger than the number
of dependents.
We also need to note that
with the young India, India is
in a vantage position. The
overallrateof literacyamong
young India has increased,
with approximately 90 per
cent being able to read and
write. Coupled with the enor-
mous network of social me-
dia and internet penetration,
this has created a digitally
savvy population all across
the nation. With access to the
internet and the affordability
of smartphones, young India
is accessing online resources
that encourage learning and
acquisition of skills.
SOME QUICK FACTS
As per the National Policy for
Skill Development and En-
trepreneurship, 2015, it was
estimated that the average
age of the population in In-
dia by 2020 would be 29 years
as against 40 years in the US,
46 in Europe and 47 in Japan.
India will account for 20
per cent of the worldwide in-
crease in the working-age
population over the next two
decades from the year 2020.
World Bank projections show
that between 2020 and 2040,
India’s population aged be-
tween 15 and 59 years is ex-
pected to increase by 134.6
million. That large number
of potential workers is a big
boon for India’s economic
growth, but it is also a chal-
lenge for policymakers in or-
der to create new and decent
job opportunities.
LOOKING AHEAD
Let’s delve into the future.
The demographic dividend
opportunity in India is the
longest in the world which is
accessible for around five
long decades, starting from
the year 2005 to 2055. Owing
to the change in demograph-
ics and patterns, India is ex-
pected to emerge as one of
the largest consumer econo-
mies in the world.
The surge in young India
will bring about several
unique and interesting pos-
sibilities for the country’s
future, in terms of social mo-
bility, economic growth and
even a more inclusive, whole-
some and diverse cultural
network.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
Our country is a country of youth, our
youth power has proved its mettle all
over the world. The Government of
India under the leadership of the Prime
Minister is committed to build a New
India with the talent and energy of the
country’s youth. #RozgarMela
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
@JM_Scindia
Respectful salutations to Veerangana
Jhalkari Bai ji, the commander of the
women’s contingent ‘Durga Dal’ in
Rani Laxmi Bai’s army on her birth
anniversary. Today offered floral tributes
to his statue and worshiped his feet.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Arise, slay thy enemies,
enjoy a prosperous
kingdom.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
CONTROVERSIES
CHASE QATAR AS
SOCCER KEEPS
FANS ENTERTAINED
IFA World Cup at Qa-
tar started off with
the soccer body’s
president Giani In-
fantino ridiculing
the West for its hypocrisy and
controversies over ban on LG-
BTQ community and silent on-
field protests by Iranian players
to express solidarity with the
protesters in their country. “I
think for what we Europeans
have been doing the last 3,000
years we should be apologising
for next 3000 years before start-
ing to give moral lessons to peo-
ple”. Infantino recalled his own
experience and said that he
knew what “it means to be dis-
criminated, to be bullied, as a
foreigner in a foreign country.
As a child I was bullied because
I had red hair and freckles, plus
I was Italian so imagine”.
Infantino’s outburst was over
the controversy on Qatar’s ban
on display of LGBTQ commu-
nity’s symbols by players or
spectators. The authorities have
been strict in enforcing the ban
despite criticism.
The event has not been short
on soccer entertainment. The
Saudis beating Argentina 2-1
proved that.
TOP TWEETS
F
he Lancet’s study
on deaths caused
by bacterial infec-
tions has flagged
the seriousness
of the problem in India. The
study claims that five bacte-
ria types claimed 6.8 lakh
lives in India in 2019. Glob-
ally, the study found, bacte-
rial infections were the sec-
ond leading cause of deaths
after ischemic heart disease
in 2019. Among the five path-
ogens which claimed lakhs
of lives in India, E Coli was
the deadliest, the study said.
These bacteria alone claimed
1.6 lakh lives in 2019. The
number of deaths caused by
E. coli is surprising as this
pathogen is normally consid-
ered harmless.
The four other bacteria
which the Lancet study iden-
tified as big killers in India
were: S. pneumoniae (1.4
lakh), K. pneumoniae (1.3
lakh), S. aureus (1.2 lakh) and
A. baumanii (1.1 lakh). The
study shows the challenge
before govt, health authori-
ties to deal with these micro-
bial killers. E. coli, which is
caused by contaminated wa-
ter and food, especially raw
vegetables, turns life threat-
ening in children older peo-
ple causing kidney failure.
Bacteria which requires
closer attention of hospital
authorities is A. baumanii. It
may have caused fewer fa-
talities than E. coli and the
two pneumonia causing bac-
teria but occurs mostly in
healthcare settings. Those at
risk include patients on ven-
tilators in hosps, those who
have catheters, are in inten-
sive care units, have open
wounds from surgery or
those who are hospitalised
for prolonged periods. Lancet
has done yeoman’s service by
drawing attention to dangers
posed by these bacteria.
Needed now is closer moni-
toring, better healthcare,
cleaner hospitals, awareness.
DEADLY MICROBES
TAKE THEIR TOLL
The Lancet’s study on
deaths caused by
bacterial infections
has flagged
seriousness of the
problem in India. The
study claims that five
bacteria types claimed 6.8
lakh lives in India in 2019
T
ONE SUN SETS, ANOTHER
SURYAKUMAR RISES…
LET YOUNG
INDIA BLOOM
O
Let’s delve into the future.
The demographic dividend
opportunity in India is the
longest in the world which
is accessible for around five
long decades, starting from
the year 2005 to 2055.
Owing to the change
in demographics and
patterns, India is expected
to emerge as one of
the largest consumer
economies in the world
The purpose of this
article is to actually
make professionals
aware of the fact that
they need to quit
when the time is right.
The true legends should
not be made to look
vanquished, struggling for
form and fatigued. Once
the hard-earned respect is
gone… it is gone forever.
One needs to know
when to quit
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India

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IN THE COURTYARD
PLEAS CHALLENGING
ELECTORAL BOND IN
APEX COURT ON DEC 6
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday said it
will hear on December 6
Congress’ plea challeng-
ing a recent notification by
which the sale of electoral
bonds has been extended
by 15 more days in the year
of general elections to as-
semblies of states and UTs.
NEED A CEC LIKE
LATE TN SESHAN:
SUPREME COURT
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday said the
Constitution has vested
enormous powers on the
“fragile shoulder” of the
chief election commis-
sioner and the two elec-
tion commissioners and
it wants a CEC of strong
character like late TN
Seshan. A five-judge Con-
stitution bench, headed by
Justice KM Joseph, said
its endeavour is to put a
system in place so that the
“best man” is selected as
the CEC. “There have been
numerous CECs and TN
Seshan happens once in a
while. We have to find the
best man for the post. The
question is how.”
SC TO HEAR BAIL PLEAS OF MICHEL IN
AUGUSTAWESTLAND SCAM ON NOV 28
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that
it will hear on November 28 the bail pleas of Chris-
tian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the
AgustaWestland chopper scam in which CBI and the
Enforcement Directorate have lodged two separate
cases. A bench said that the two separate bail pleas
can be heard on Monday.
INDIA
05
BOMBAY HC TERMS
OPEN MANHOLES AS
DEATH TRAPS
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Tuesday
took serious note of open
manholes in the city,
terming them as “death
traps”, and directed the
Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation to cover these
up by Nov 28 and submit
report on Dec 1.
VP Dhankhar hosts fourth
dinner for Rajya Sabha MPs
New Delhi (PTI): Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Tuesday
hosted a group of Rajya
Sabha members for
dinner at the Upa Rash-
trapati Niwas here, the
fourth such reception
he has hosted since tak-
ing office on August 11.
Union Minister L
Murugan, Nationalist
Congress Party’s
Praful Patel, Congress’
Rajiv Shukla and BJP’s
Sushil Modi were
among those present
for the dinner, sources
said.
Dhankhar is likely
to host two more din-
ners before the Winter
Session of Parliament,
which begins on De-
cember 7 and con-
cludes on December 29.
This will be his first
session as the presid-
ing officer of the Rajya
Sabha.
Dhankhar has been
asking the members
for their suggestions
on ways to reduce dis-
ruptions in House pro-
ceedings and improve
productivity, officials
said.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with MPs Imran Pratapgarhi
and others at the dinner on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh
Jethmalani during the dinner.
AAP will lose as it is ‘banner-based’ party: Nadda
Ahmedabad (PTI):
BJP president JP Na-
dda on Tuesday said the
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) will be defeated
in Gujarat polls as it is
a “banner-based party”
as against the BJP
which is cadre-based.
AAPleaderswillleave
Gujarat once the elec-
tionsareover,heclaimed,
speaking at a campaign
rally in Shehra town of
Panchmahal district.
“The AAP lost in Ut-
tar Pradesh, Uttara-
khand and Goa in the
recent past. And its can-
didates will lose depos-
its in all 67 seats it has
contested in Himachal
Pradesh. They will
meet the same fate in
Gujarat,” said Nadda.
Voting for Shehra and
92 other seats will take
place on December 5, in
the second phase of the
Assembly elections.
“AAP will lose be-
cause it is a banner-
based party which can
only paste banners dur-
ing the polls while we
are a cadre-based party
which believes in serv-
ing people,” he said.
He also accused the
Congress of shedding
“crocodile tears” for
Other Backward Class-
es and tribals. “But it is
the BJP under PM Nar-
endra Modi which has
actually changed your
condition on the ground.
ItwasModiwhomadean
AdivasiwomanthePres-
ident of this country for
the first time,” he said.
“Congress always
played politics with the
OBCs. Though several
commissions were
formed, nothing hap-
pened. It was Modi who
gave constitutional sta-
tus to the National OBC
Commission,’’ he added.
BJP chief JP Nadda holds swords during the public meeting at Shehra, in Panchmahal on Tuesday; JP Nadda greets the party supporters at another rally, in Siddhpur on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Guj CM Patel can
not even change
his peon: Kejriwal
Devbhumi Dwarka
(PTI): AAP leader
ArvindKejriwalonTues-
day said Gujarat CM
Bhupendra Patel can not
even appoint his peon.
Speaking at a cam-
paign rally at Khamb-
halia in Devbhumi
Dwarka district for
AAP’s chief ministerial
candidate Isudan Gad-
hvi, he also alleged that
there is secret collusion
between the BJP and
Congress.
“There are two faces
before the people of Gu-
jarat.OneisIsudanGad-
hviandtheotherisBhu-
pendra Patel. Who will
you vote for, who will
you make chief minis-
ter?” Kejriwal asked.
Gadhvi is a young,
educated man “whose
heartbeatsforthepoor”
and he is also the son of
a farmer, the Delhi
chief minister said.
“When he hosted a
show on TV
, he raised
the issues of farmers
and did not indulge in
‘ t u - t u - m a i n - m a i n’
(noisy debates). He has
worked for the farm-
ers and dedicated
his life for the
farmers and un-
e m p l o y e d
youth,” Kejri-
wal said.
BJP TRYING TO WIN
IN CONGRESS’S
SOMNATH BASTION
Gir Somnath: With weeks
to go for Gujarat polls,
BJP candidate from Gir
Somnath, Mansingh
Parmar has exuded con-
fidence in winning all four
seats in the constituency,
which the party had lost
to Congress in 2017. The
caste factor has always
dominated Gir Somnath,
which why Congress is
believed to have won all
four constituencies here
in the 2017 polls.
IT IS HARDER FOR
BJP IN SOUTH
GUJARAT THIS TIME
Ahmedabad: The AAP
challenge and agitations
by local tribals against
various govt projects
could queer the pitch
for the BJP in the south
Gujarat region this time.
Of the 89 seats going to
polls in the first phase of
on December 1, as many
as 35 seats are spread
across the southern
districts of Bharuch, Nar-
mada, Tapi, Dang, Surat,
Valsad and Navsari.
1,621 CANDIDATES IN FRAY FOR
GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Ahmedabad (PTI): A
total of 1,621 candidates
are left in the fray for
the next month’s Guja-
rat Assembly elections
after the deadline for
the withdrawal of nom-
inations got over.
For the 93 seats where
elections would be held
in the second phase,
there are 833 candidates
in the fray
, said a release
from the office of the
Chief Electoral Officer.
The last day of with-
drawal for the second
phase was Monday
.
As many as 788 candi-
dates are in the fray for
89 seats that will go to
the polls in the first
phase of elections.
The ruling BJP has
fielded candidates on all
182 seats, while Congress
hasfieldedcandidateson
179 seats while it allocat-
edthreeseatstotheNCP)
as part of a pre-poll
lliance.ButwiththeNCP
candidate withdrawing
his nomination for Dev-
gadh Baria seat, the par-
tyiscontestingtwoseats.
The AAP fielded can-
didates on all 182 seats,
but its candidates with-
drew his nomination
from the Surat East
seat, so it will end up
contesting 181 seats.
Meanwhile, BJP
confident of
coming to power
in Himachal again
Shimla (PTI): The BJP
will return to power in
Himachal Pradesh with
full majori-
ty
, party’s
state chief
spokesper-
son Ran-
dhir Shar-
maclaimedTuesdayand
termed the Congress’ al-
legations of a possible
horse-trading“baseless”.
He said the Congress
leaders are aware that
they would face a big de-
featandarethereforetry-
ing to divert people’s at-
tention by talking about
EVMsandhorse-trading.
Ever since EVMs are be-
ing used for voting in
country
, Congress lead-
ers are blaming the
EVMswhenevertheyare
defeated, he claimed.
A formation on an inked marked finger is displayed by teachers
with mobile flashlight at Lunsikui Ground, in Navsari on Tuesday.
Battleground
GUJARAT
Arvind Kejriwal
FALLOUT OF KAMAL NATH-SIKH EVENT ROW?
BJY’S NIGHT HALT VENUE IN INDORE SHIFTED
It would be the first time that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be joining brother Rahul Gandhi’s yatra
Rahul’s Yatra enters MP today; PGV to join
Bhopal (Agencies): Af-
ter winding up its Ma-
harashtra leg, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi-
led Bharat Jodo Yatra
will enter Madhya
Pradesh on Wednesday
.
According to party
sources, Congess gen-
eral secretary Priyanka
Gandhi will also join
the march on the very
first day of the yatra in
Madhya Pradesh.
Notably, it would be
the first time that Pri-
yanka Gandhi will be
joining the yatra. “Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra will join
theBharatJodoYatraon
Wednesday when it en-
ters Madhya Pradesh,”
senior party leader
Jairam Ramesh said.
The Yatra started
from Kanyakumari in
Tamil Nadu on Septem-
ber 7. So far, it has tra-
versed through the
states of Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Karnataka, and
Andhra Pradesh, Telan-
gana and Maharashtra.
The Yatra will enter
its first Hindi heartland
state Madhya Pradesh
on Wednesday after
winding up its Maha-
rashtra leg. In the next
13 days, Gandhi will
visit Ujjain’s Ma-
hakaleshwar Temple,
offer puja to the holy
Narmadariver,andgoto
the birthplaces of tribal
leader Tantya Bhil in
Khandwa and BR
Ambedkar in Indore’s
Mhow besides attend-
ing many other events.
Rahul Gandhi takes part in Bharat Jodo Yatra. —FILE PHOTO JOLT TO T’GANA CONG
AS SHASHIDHAR REDDY
QUITS THE PARTY
Hyderabad: Former Minister
Marri Shashidhar Reddy
resigned from the Congress
on Tuesday, four days after
the party expelled him for six
years following his meeting
with Union Home Minister
Amit Shah. The senior leader
announced his resignation
from primary membership of
the party while slamming the
state leadership. He is likely
to join the BJP soon.
REVOLT BREWING IN TN
CONGRESS AGAINST
STATE PREZ KS ALAGIRI
Chennai: Close on the heels
of a group of party workers
led by Nanguneri MLA Rubi
R Manoharan creating scene
at the Tamil Nadu Congress
Committee (TNCC) headquar-
ters Satyamoorthy Bhavan,
revolt seems to be brewing
in the Tamil Nadu Congress
against party state president,
KS Alagiri. Sources senior
leaders have upped their ante
against KS Alagiri.
Indore: Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi will stay at Chimanbagh Maidan in Indore on November
27 and 28 and not in Khalsa Stadium as planned earlier, a
development viewed as the fallout of a row over party veteran
Kamal Nath attending a Sikh religious event recently. A police
official said on Tuesday the permission for the Yatra’s stay at
Chimanbagh Maidan was given based on the application of
Congress. In view of the controversy, local BJP leaders had
threatened to show black flags if Nath entered the Khalsa Sta-
dium with Bharat Jodo Yatra. The cross-country foot march
recently wound up its Maharashtra leg.
PM gave a sustainable model of governance: MoS
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of State Dr Jiten-
dra Singh on Tuesday
said that Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi has
given India a “sustain-
able” model of govern-
ance, which has defied
the principle of dimin-
ishing returns as the
dividends increase with
each passing year.
Taking part in the
“Capital Dialogue” pro-
gramme of a TV Chan-
nel, Dr Singh said, over
the last 20 years, Modi’s
governance model has
grown stronger with
every new challenge.
Dr Singh said, soon af-
ter Modi took over as
Chief Minister of Guja-
rat, his first challenge
was to overcome and
buildafreshthedevastat-
ing earthquake in Bhuj
and as he completes 20
years as head of govern-
ment, the latest chal-
lenge confronted by him
was the COVID pandem-
ic sweeping across the
nation of 140 crore peo-
ple.Hesaid,eachof these
challenges were handled
by providing new ideas,
his long hours of intro-
spectionabouthowtoin-
novatenewideasandhis
intimate connection
with the ground which
enables him to convert
every challenge into an
opportunity
.
On questions about
his governance model,
he said, ever since Modi
took charge in May
, 2014,
his first mantra was
“MaximumGovernance,
MinimumGovernment”
and after nearly nine
yearsnow,itis“Wholeof
Govt” approach through
integration of schemes
and ideas, rather than
working in silos.
He said, transparen-
cy, accountability and
citizen-centricity be-
came the hallmark of
Modi’s Governance
Model. He said, within
three months after tak-
ing charge at the Cen-
tre, one of the first ma-
jor decisions was to in-
troduce self-attestation
and do away with the
practice of getting doc-
uments attested by ga-
zetted officer, thus re-
posing faith in youth of
India, which consti-
tutes 70% below the age
of 40 years.
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh takes part in the programme.

INDIA
06
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: On Tuesday
,
the UP govt transferred
6 IAS officers including
the commissioners of
Mirzapur, Ayodhya, Ali-
garhandBastidivisions.
According to the or-
ders, IAS Gaurav Dayal
has been made the new
commissioner of Ayod-
hya division, IAS Yo-
geshwar Ram Mishra,
who till now served as
Commissioner of Mir-
zapur division, has been
made the new commis-
sioner of Basti division
and IAS Navdeep Rinwa
has been made commis-
sioner of Aligarh divi-
sion from Ayodhya com-
missioner. Moreover,
IAS Dr. Muthukumaras-
wamy —MD, Medical
Supplies UP— has been
posted as Commission-
er in charge of Vindhy-
achal Division, Mir-
zapur, while IAS Jag-
dish has been made
Managing Director Ut-
tar Pradesh Medical
Supplies Corporation.
Additionally, IAS
Akhand Pratap Singh
serving as as Special
Secretary APC has been
appointed as Special
Secretary, Home De-
partment while IAS Go-
vind Raju NS, who was
the commissioner of
Basti, has been relieved
to go on State Govern-
ment Inter State Cadre
Deputation. He is going
to Bangalore ISRO.
The officers are say-
ing that in view of the
municipal elections, a
lot of changes are being
made in bureaucracy
.
She wanted to come out of relationship: Shraddha’s friend
Gajraj Singh
Saloni Khandelwal
Jaipur: As the nation
is still in shock at bru-
tal murder of Shrad-
dha Walkar allegeged-
ly by her live-in part-
ner Aaftab Poonawalla,
First India had an ex-
clusive interview with
Shraddha’s friend Ra-
jat Shukla who shared
chilling details about
the relationship be-
tween Aaftab and
Shraddha, and the like-
ly intentions behind
the gruesome killing.
The excerpts:
z How was Shraddha
as a student, theater
artist and a friend?
I was in regular touch
with Shraddha from
2015 to 18 during col-
lege. We both were pur-
suing Bachelor’s De-
gree in Mass Media
(BMM) from Viva Col-
lege in Virar, Mumbai.
She was a very active
girl with a bold person-
ality, and was bluntly
honest. She was
also into
theater
and we
did per-
form some
acts to-
gether
as well.
She would
always
take part in college
programme as a danc-
er, artiste. It was in
2018 when things start-
ed looking bad at
Shraddha’s end. She
would not talk much,
and would stay alone.
z Do you think Aaft-
ab was in touch with
other girls than
Shraddha?
Aaftab was also
seeing other
women be-
hind Shrad-
dha’s back. I
am informed
and pretty
sure too that
he was seen on
his ‘intruder’
bike with
other
girls
as a pillion. And would
be jealous and inse-
cure if Shraddha even
hung out with her
friends.
(Shraddha last
talked to Rajat in 2019
when they gave an
exam together. But as
per Rajat, Shraddha’s
behavior was totally
different).
“She was very rude,
and wouldn’t talk
straight. She was to-
tally different from
the Shraddha I met in
college.
Rajat said that in the
year 2021, she was in
contact with her best
friend from college.
Shraddha then showed
her friend that her
back was stubbed out
with cigarette burns.
z If any of common
friends knew or were
in touch with Aaftab?
There are many friends
of Shraddha who were
in regular and close
contact with Aaftab. He
never seemed like a per-
son who would have
such an extreme crimi-
nal mindset. People got
negative vibes, but it
was general. No one
thought of him to be
this extreme. Aaftab
likely came with an
agenda, otherwise why
would his family leave
the house they were
staying in for years
right before this horri-
fying news broke out?
z How was Shrad-
dha’s relationship
with her parents?
During college, she
would stay at home.
She wasn’t a hosteller.
She was close to her
mom but not to her
dad. 1.5 years back,
when her mother died,
Shraddha was in a
very vulnerable state.
She was trying her
best to get out of the
relationship but
couldn’t because of
threats from Aaftab. In
fact in 2021, when
things went really hay-
way, she sought help
from her manager. The
manager then sent
his/her friend to
Shraddha’s house to
take Shraddha to hos-
pital as well as the po-
lice station. The man-
ager’s friend knew
Shradha and Aaftab
both as they lived in
the same locality.
When they were trying
to file a complaint at
the police station, Aaft-
ab called and threat-
ened her saying that he
will end his life and
Shraddha, her parents
would be blamed. I just
know of one instance,
there might be many
.
z Was Shraddha a
girl who’d pressure
someone to marry her?
I’m hundred percent
sure that Shraddha did
not pressurize Aaftab
for marriage. No one
has said this except for
Aaftab. Shraddha real-
ly wanted to get out of
the relationship.
FULL INTERVIEW AT
www. firstindia.co.in
EXCLUSIVE
Aaftab Poonawalla and Shraddha Walkar
Rajat Shukla
JOINT INSPECTION
LIKELY IN SOFT DRINK
PLANT GAS LEAK
HIDDEN CAM IN
WOMEN'S TOILET:
STUDENT ARRESTED
KERALA: PRINCIPAL, 3
GOVT TEACHERS HELD
UNDER POCSO CASE
WOMAN DELIVERS
BABY ON ROAD IN
TIRUPATI TOWN
Kolkata (PTI): A joint in-
spection is likely at the soft
drink manufacturing unit
near here following leakage
of toxic gas and production
activity has been halted as
a precautionary measure.
Varun Beverages Ltd, the
owner of the unit, claimed
there was no fatality or
serious illness due to the
leakage from the unit on
Monday. A police official
said, “There is no report of
any major injury due to the
leakage and the situation
was brought under control
last night itself.”
Bengaluru (Agencies):
A college student was
arrested for allegedly
installing a secret camera
in a ladies’ restroom here
on Tuesday. According to
police, the accused was
caught red-handed while
fixing the camera. The ar-
rested student is identified
as Shubham M Azad, the
student of a private college
in Hosakerehalli locality
of Bengaluru. Shubham,
studying in fifth semester
of BBA, had fixed a secret
camera in the ladies toilet,
the police said.
Kochi (ANI): Kerala police
arrested a govt school
teacher from neighbouring
Tamil Nadu dist on Monday
on charge of sexually as-
saulting her plus-one girl
student last week. Besides,
the school principal and 2
other teachers were also
arrested on Monday itself
for not reporting the inci-
dent to the police on time,
the police said in a press
statement issued here
on Tuesday. All of them
have been arrested under
Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act.
Tirupati (Agencies): In
a shocking incident, a
woman delivered a baby
on a road near a govern-
ment hospital in Andhra
Pradesh’s Tirupati town on
Tuesday after the hospital
staff allegedly denied her
admission. The shocking
incident occurred in the
temple town in front of
Tirupati Maternity Hospital.
A video has gone viral on
social media, showing a
man helping the pregnant
woman deliver while two
women holding a bedsheet
to cover her.
CRUCIAL READ
ASI TO PROBE VIRAL VIDEO OF MAN
OFFERING NAMAZ AT TAJ MAHAL
New Delhi (Agencies): The Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) has instructed to probe the authenticity
of a viral video allegedly
showing a man deliver-
ing ‘namaz’ with a woman
sitting alongside him in
garden area which is said
to be inside the Taj Mahal
premises. Raj Kumar Patel,
the superintending archae-
ologist for Agra circle of
ASI, pointed out: “We have come across a purported
video going viral wherein a man is seen offering namaz
in the area said to be the premises of the Taj Mahal.
“However, there is no certainty about the authenticity
of the video particularly because none of our staff at Taj
Mahal saw such happening.”
New Delhi (PTI): High
amounts of chemicals
linked with heart disor-
ders, diabetes and can-
cer, have been found in
popular sanitary nap-
kins sold in India, ac-
cording to a study done
by a Delhi-based envi-
ronmental NGO.
The study by NGO,
Toxics Link, found the
presence of phthalates
and volatile organic
compounds in a total of
ten samples, six inor-
ganic and four organic
sanitary pads available
in the market. The find-
ings were published in
a report titled ‘Men-
strual Waste 2022’.
Exposure to phtha-
lates have been linked
to a variety of health
concerns including en-
docrine disruption, im-
pacts to the heart and
reproductive systems,
diabetes, some cancers,
and birth defects.
Exposure to VOCs in-
creases the risk of brain
impairment, asthma,
disabilities, certain can-
cers, and the proper
functioning of the re-
productive system.
Highest amounts of
phthalates were found
in self-proclaimed ‘or-
ganic’ sanitary nap-
kins, the study found.
According to the
study, all types of sani-
tary napkins, organic
and inorganic, tested
positive for the pres-
ence of phthalates.
Among phthalates,
maximum concentra-
tion was of DIDP, a type
of phthalate, at 19,460
microgram/kg (µg/kg)
in a self-claimed organ-
ic pad. Concentrations
of a combination of
phthalates were found
to be 0.0321 and 0.0224
gram in an organic and
an inorganic sample,
respectively, which is
greater than 0.1% by
the weight of the prod-
uct mandated under EU
regulations, study said.
The study recom-
mends regulations and
schemestopromotesub-
stitution or reduction in
the use of these chemi-
cals in the products.
Shocking facts about sanitary pads sold in India
Mirzapur, Ayodhaya, Aligarh, Basti commissioners transferred
WOMEN’S WOES
New Delhi (PTI): De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh met his Cambo-
dian counterpart, Gen-
eral Samdech Pichey
Sena TEA Banh, in
Siem Reap and said
there is “immense
scope” to boost defence
cooperation between
the two countries.
Singh is currently
visiting Cambodia to at-
tend the ASEAN De-
fence Ministers’ Meet-
ing (ADMM) Plus and
the maiden India-ASE-
AN Defence Ministers’
meeting.
He arrived at Siem
Reap on Monday to co-
chair the India-ASEAN
Defence Ministers’
meeting and attend the
9th ADMM Plus, the de-
fence ministry said in a
statement on Tuesday
.
“Reviewed the full
range of India-Cambo-
dia defence ties during
the fruitful meeting
with Cambodia’s Depu-
ty Prime Minister and
Defence Minister, Gen-
eral Samdech Pichey
Sena TEA Banh in Siem
Reap today
. There is im-
mense scope to boost
defence cooperation be-
tween both the coun-
tries,” Singh said in a
tweet on Monday
.
On Tuesday, he
shared pictures of his
meetings with other
leaders on Twitter.
“Insightful delibera-
tions with Australia's
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for De-
fence, Mr. @Richard-
MarlesMP on boosting
defence ties and deep-
ening cooperation be-
tween India and Aus-
tralia in Siem Reap,
Cambodia today
,” Singh
said in a tweet.
“Delighted to meet
the US Secretary of De-
fence, Mr Lloyd J. Aus-
tin in Siem Reap. @Sec-
Def,” he wrote on the
microblogging site.
In another tweet, Sin-
gh said: “Had a wonder-
ful interaction with the
Defence Minister of
New Zealand, Mr. Peeni
Henare.”
Guwahati (Agencies):
Six people, five civil-
ians of Meghalaya and
an Assam forest guard,
died following “unpro-
voked” firing by Assam
Police and state forest
guards on Tuesday,
Meghalaya CM Conrad
K Sangma said.
He said that Assam
Police and forest guards
entered Mukroh village
in West Jaintia Hills
District and resorted to
“unprovoked” firing,
killing the five civilians
of Meghalaya.
Sangma said that the
Assam Police and forest
guards intercepted a
truck carrying timber at
Mukrohvillageandafter
that, a large number of
people from the village
reachedthespotandsur-
rounded the police and
forest guards leading to
the firing by the latter.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The In-
come Tax Department
on Tuesday said it has
unearthed unaccounted
transactions exceeding
Rs 100 crore during
searches on a few
groups engaged in jew-
ellery and real estate
business across the
country in connection
with alleged tax eva-
sion. According to an
official, on November
17, the searches were
carried out in more
than 30 locations spread
across Patna, Bhagal-
pur, Dehri-on-Sone,
Lucknow and Delhi.
High amounts of harmful chemicals
found in sanitary napkins sold in
the country, reveals a latest study
DefenceMinisterRajnathmeethisCambodiancounterpartinSiemReap
‘Immensescopetoboost
India and Cambodia ties’
Rajnath Singh with Defence Minister of Vietnam General Phan Van
Giang, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Insightful deliberations with Aus-
tralia’s Dy PM and Defence Minis-
ter, Mr. @RichardMarlesMP on
boosting defence ties and deepening coopera-
tion between India and Australia in Siem
Reap today. —Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
(L to R) IAS officers Gaurav Dyal, Muthukumaraswamy B,Yogeshwar Ram, Govindaraju NS, Navdeep Rinwa
6 die as cops open
fire at N-E border
`100 cr unaccounted
transactions detected
Assam Police and forest guards had intercepted a truck carrying
timber at Mukroh village.
Megha-
laya Govt
strongly
condemned the in-
cident where the
Assam Police and
Assam forest
guards entered
Meghalaya and
resorted to unpro-
voked firing.
—Conard K Sangma,
Meghalaya Chief Minister
IT OFFICER HELD

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,731.00 30.00 0.05 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,518.00 856.00 1.39 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.67 0.12 0.14
GBPINR 96.71 0.73 0.75
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Gold price in
the national capital rose
`30 to `52,731 per 10
grams on Tuesday amid
appreciation in rupee, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the yellow metal had
touched `52,701 per 10
grams. Silver also climbed
`856 to `61,518/kg. The
rupee appreciated 14 pai-
se to 81.65 against the US
dollar in early trade on
Tuesday as the American
currency retreated from
its elevated levels. In the
international market, gold
was up at $1,741.95 per
ounce while silver was
trading higher at $21.05
per ounce. —PTI
GOLD GAINS `30 AS
SILVER PRICES ALSO
SEE JUMP OF `856
New Delhi : State-owned
BHEL on Tuesday said it
has paid a final dividend
of `88 crore to the gov-
ernment for the financial
year 2021-22. The total
dividend paid to the com-
pany’s shareholders for
FY22 amounts to over
`139 crore, it said in a
statement. “A cheque to-
wards the final dividend
on the equity (63.17 per
cent) held by the Govern-
ment of India, was pre-
sented to Mahendra Nath
Pandey, Union Minister of
Heavy Industries by Nalin
Shinghal, CMD BHEL,” it
said. —PTI
BHEL PAYS `88 CR
AS FINAL DIVIDEND
TO GOVT FOR FY22
New Delhi: SP Global
Ratings on Tuesday upped
its credit rating on Axis
Bank with a stable outlook
on expectations that the
private sector lender will
maintain good asset quali-
ty over the next two years.
It said India’s robust eco-
nomic growth should sup-
port borrowers’ credit-
worthiness and Axis
Bank’s weak loans, or
nonperforming loans,
could decline to 2.5-3% of
total loans by end-March
2023, from 3.7% as of
March 31, 2022. —PTI
AXIS BANK RATING
UPGRADED ON IMP
ASSET QUALITY
Mumbai : The asset base
of non-banking financial
companies has scaled
past `54 lakh crore as of
March 2022, constituting
almost a quarter of the
balance sheet of the com-
mercial banking sector,
Union Minister Bhagwat
Krishanrao Karad said on
Tuesday. It can be noted
that since the fall of the
two major non-banking fi-
nancial companies (NBF-
Cs) — ILFS and Dewan
Housing Finance Ltd
(DHFL) — the shadow
banking industry was in a
long crisis. —PTI
NBFCs’ ASSET BASE
SCALES PAST `54 L
CR: MoS FINANCE
*Rates till the edition went to print.
OTT COMMUNICATORS
SERVICES SHOULD BE
LICENCED, SAYS COAI
New Delhi: Telecom operators’
body COAI on Tuesday made a
strong pitch for OTT commu-
nications ser-
vices to directly
compensate
telcos for data
traffic they are
driving onto the networks, as it
advocated a licencing and light-
touch regulation framework for
such services. COAI Director
General, said that the associa-
tion, as part of draft telecom
bill, has given its suggestions
on how OTT comms services
should be defined, to ensure
there is no ambiguity. —PTI
INDIA’S FISCAL
CONSOLIDATION TREND
INTACT: MOODY’S
New Delhi: Moody’s Investors
Service on Tuesday said the
trend of gradual fiscal consoli-
dation remains
intact for India
and going
forward the
country will
see strong revenue performance
and debt stablisation. “We ex-
pect that India is going to be the
fastest growing G-20 economy
next year... (but) high inflation
pose a downside risk to India’s
growth as households and busi-
nesses have less purchasing
power,” Moody official said on
Tuesday.—PTI
OTHER STORIES
AMAZON WEB SERVICE TO INVEST `36,300
CRORE IN HYDERABAD DATA CENTRE
Hyderabad: Amazon Web Service (AWS) on Tuesday announced an
investment of $4.4 billion (about `36,300 crore) by 2030 in building
in Hyderabad its second data center cluster in India. Amazon.Com Inc
company, through the AWS Asia Pacific
(Hyderabad) region, will provide develop-
ers, startups, and companies among
others to “run workloads with greater
resilience and availability, securely store
data in India, and serve end users with
lower latency.” AWS already has a similar
facility in Mumbai, which opened in 2016. It runs such facilities in 30
geographies in the world. —PTI
FARMERS’ BODIES ASK GOVT
New Delhi (PTI): In a pre-
budget consultation with
the finance ministry, farm-
ers’ organisations on Tues-
day asked the government
to lift ban on exports of
agri items like wheat and
restrict import of products
that cost below the mini-
mum support price (MSP).
They also demanded that
the government should fo-
cus on increasing domestic
output of local oilseeds
such as soyabean, mustard,
groundnut and sunflower,
instead of palm.
Imposition of higher
taxes on processed foods
was another suggestion
made by farmers’ bodies
during the virtual meeting
with finance minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman.
In his wish list for the
Union Budget 2023-24,
Bharat Krishak Samaj
Chairman Ajay Vir Jakhar
demanded that the govern-
ment should “not allow im-
port of produce where
landing costs are below
MSP”. He also urged the
Centre to focus on human
resources development in
the farm sector.
Jakhar also pitched for
allowing voluntary carbon
credits from farms to be
traded globally to enable
farmers to get the highest
value.
‘Liftexportbanon
wheat,otheragriitems’
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z Farmers’ organisations
asked the govt to lift ban on
exports of agri items like
wheat and restrict import of
products that cost below
the MSP
z They also demanded that the
government should focus on
increasing domestic output
of local oilseeds such as
soyabean, mustard
New Delhi (PTI): The pan-
el of state finance minis-
ters is likely to recommend
a uniform GST levy of 28
28% on online gaming ir-
respective of whether it is
a game of skill or game of
chance, sources said.
However, it is likely to
suggest a revised formula
for calculating the amount
on which the Goods and
Services Tax (GST) would
be levied.
Currently, online gam-
ing attracts 18% GST. The
tax is levied on gross gam-
ing revenue, which is the
fees charged by online
gaming portals.
The Group of Ministers
(GoM) had in its earlier re-
port submitted to the
Council in June suggested
a 28% GST on on the full
value of the consideration,
including contest entry
fee, paid by the player,
without making a distinc-
tion such as games of skill
or chance. However, the
Council had asked the
Group of Ministers to re-
consider its report.
Panel may
recommend
28% GST on
online gaming
MARKETS BOUNCE BACK AFTER 3 DAYS OF FALL
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks ended with
gains on Tuesday after fall-
ing for the past three days
amid buying in index ma-
jors Infosys and Reliance
Industries.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 274.12 points or
0.45% to settle at 61,418.96.
During the day, it jumped
321.79 points or 0.52% to
61,466.63. The broader NSE
Nifty gained 84.25 points or
0.46% to end at 18,244.20.
From the Sensex pack,
IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Ul-
traTech Cement, Titan, In-
fosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata
Consultancy Services and
Larsen Toubro were
among the winners.
In contrast, Nestle, Bhar-
ti Airtel, PowerGrid, HDFC
Bank and Kotak Mahindra
Bank were the laggards.
RUPEE GAINS 12
PAISE TO CLOSE AT
81.67 AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee ap-
preciated by 12 paise to close
at 81.67 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Tuesday. At
the interbank foreign exchange
market, the local unit opened at
81.72 and touched an intra-day
high of 81.64 and a low of 81.83.
The local unit finally settled at
81.67, registering a rise of 12
paise over its previous close.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Around 1.14
crore passengers in Octo-
ber were carried by Indian
airlines, 10% higher than
the number of people flown
in September.
Data released by the
DGCA on Tuesday showed
that domestic air traffic
jumped nearly 27% to
114.07 lakh last month com-
pared to the year-ago peri-
od when it was 89.85 lakh.
In September, the air
traffic number stood at
103.55 lakh. Air traffic has
been picking up in recent
months after the airline in-
dustry was significantly
impacted by the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
“Passengers carried by
domestic airlines during
January-October 2022 were
988.31 lakh as against 620.96
lakh during the corre-
sponding period of the pre-
vious year, thereby regis-
tering an annual growth of
59.16% and monthly
growth of 26.95 per cent,”
DGCA said.
Domestic air traffic rises 10% in Oct
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The total num-
ber of mobile subscriber
base in India fell by 3.6 mil-
lion in September, with
Vodafone Idea suffering
subscriber count decline
even as larger rivals Reli-
ance Jio and Bharti Airtel
added users month-on-
month, according to tele-
com regulator’s data.
India’s largest mobile op-
erator Jio further cement-
ed its position in the mar-
ket, adding 7.2 lakh wire-
less subscriber during
September, while Bharti
Airtel increased its mobile
users’ tally by 4.12 lakh.
Ailing Vodafone Idea
faced subscriber count de-
cline (by 40 lakh), its base
shrank to 24.91 crore dur-
ing September. Overall, the
telephone subscribers
number in India decreased
to about 117.19 crore.
JIO, AIRTEL
STRENGTHEN
USER TALLY IN
SEPTEMBER
18%womendirectorsintop500NSE-listedcompanies
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Even though it
is at a slower pace right
now, but gender diversity
in boardrooms is picking
up, with women account-
ing for nearly 18% of the
directorships in the top 500
NSE-listed companies at
the end of March this year.
According to a study ti-
tled ‘Corporate India:
Women on boards’, proxy
advisory firm Institutional
Investor Advisory Services
(IiAS) on Tuesday, it said
that at a global level, board-
room diversity continues
to improve with an average
of almost 24% female rep-
resentation in corporate
boardrooms.
“India also has pro-
gressed in appointing
women on company
boards; from 6% in 2014 to
14% five years ago. Women
now account for 17.6% of
directorships of the Nif-
ty-500 companies.
“Although the number of
women directorships is in-
creasing, the pace of new
appointments has faltered
with just an aggregate 1%
increase over the last three
years.
Based on these current
rates, India will take till
2058 to achieve 30% gender
diversity on boards,” it
said. At the end of March
this year, the Nifty-500 com-
panies had 4,694 director-
ships, out of which 827 or
17.6% were held by women.
Europe and North Amer-
ica sit above the global av-
erage, with women making
up 34.4% and 28.6% of com-
pany boards, respectively
.
GENDER DIVERSITY IN WORKSPACE
INDIA AND THE
WORLD LEADERS
z At the end of March this year,
the Nifty-500 companies had
4,694 directorships, out of
which 827 or 17.6% were
held by women
z Europe and North America
sit above the global average,
with women making up
34.4% and 28.6% of
company boards
India-UK trade pact
high on priority: Goyal
New Delhi (PTI): The pro-
posed free trade agreement
(FTA) between India and
the UK is a high priority for
both the countries and the
next round of negotiations
for the pact is slated to hap-
pen next month, commerce
and industry minister Pi-
yushGoyalsaidonTuesday
.
He said that things are
progressing well and it will
yield good results.
“We are all very well
aware that it was progress-
ing very fast until we had a
little bit of a blip because
of political happenings in
the other country. Fortu-
nately
, we have a stable gov-
ernment. I believe in office
now (in the UK) and I am
already in touch with my
(UK) counterpart. We are
working together to possi-
bly have an in person meet-
ing also very soon but our
teams are already engaged.
Next month, the next round
of negotiations are slated
to happen,” Goyal said.
He said that industry
support is required for the
agreement and it should be
a fair, equitable and bal-
anced FTA.
He also said that there
should not be any strict
timelines to conclude nego-
tiations for an FTA as such
agreements have to be
thought through and care-
fully calibrated and negoti-
ated. “With UK we are do-
ing a comprehensive deal
like the UAE ….I assure
you that it is a high priority
of both countries. It has
been reiterated in the meet-
ing of the G20,” Goyal said.
India and Britain
launched negotiations for
the FTA in January with
an aim to conclude talks by
Diwali (October 24), but the
deadline was missed due to
political developments in
the UK.
OZ PARLIAMENT APPROVES FTA WITH INDIA
New Delhi (PTI): India and Australia would now implement the
free trade agreement on a mutually agreed date as the Austral-
ian Parliament on Tuesday approved the pact between the two
countries.“BREAKING: Our Free Trade Agreement with India has
passed through parliament,” Austral-
ian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
said in a tweet. The India-Australia
Economic Cooperation and Trade
Agreement (AI-ECTA) needed ratifi-
cation by the Australian parliament
before its implementation. In India,
such pacts are approved by the
Union Cabinet. The agreement was
signed between the two countries
in April this year. Commerce and
industry minister Piyush Goyal said
in a tweet: “Delighted that India-Australia Economic Cooperation
Trade Agreement has been passed by the Australian Parliament. “A
result of our deep friendship, it sets the stage for us to unleash the
full potential of our trade ties spur massive economic growth.”
Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal addresses at the
3rd ISA Steel Conclave in New Delhi on Tuesday.

08
2NDFRONT
A person can look ‘successful,’ but
till a deep peace and joy abides in
life, True success is elusive.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi during the celebrations of the ‘Poonch Linkup Day’, at Naman Sthal, in Poonch on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
300 terrorists active in JK:
Northern Army commander
Poonch (PTI): As
many as 300 terrorists
are active in Jammu
and Kashmir, while 160
others are waiting on
launch pads for an op-
portunity to sneak into
this side from across
the Line of Control
(LoC) in Pakistan, a top
army commander said
on Tuesday. However,
General Officer Com-
m a n d i n g - i n - C h i e f,
Northern Command,
Lieutenant General Up-
endra Dwivedi said the
security situation in the
Union territory has un-
dergone a major change
after the abrogation of
Article 370 in August
2019 and terrorist ac-
tivities have been con-
trolled to a large extent.
“Around 300 terror-
ists are present in
length and breadth of
Jammu and Kashmir
but we are making sure
they are not able to car-
ry out any action,” the
army commander told
reporters on the side-
lines of platinum jubi-
lee of historic ‘Poonch
Link-up Day’ here.
The platinum jubilee
of Poonch Link-Up Day
,
marking the ‘Operation
Easy’ conducted by In-
dian Army in 1948 to de-
fend the border district
from the Pakistani raid-
ers, was celebrated with
traditional gaiety and
fervour by the people of
Poonch and the Army
.
Askedaboutthenumber
of terrorists present on
the launch pads in Paki-
stan, Lt Gen Dwivedi
said around 160 terror-
ists are present across
the Line of Control -- 130
in north of Pir Panchal
(Kashmir valley) and 30
in south of Pir Panchal.
“
Asperourdata,82Pa-
kistani terrorists and 53
localterroristsareactive
in the hinterland, while
the area of concern is
thecriminalactivitiesof
170 others who are not
identified,” he said.
“As far as the Indian
Army is concerned, it
will carry out any order
givenbythegovernment
of India. We are always
ready for it,” he added.
O
O
‘TERRORISM IN KASHMIR CONTROLLED TO
A LARGE EXTENT AFTER 370 ABROGATION’
Lt Gen Dwivedi says 82 Pakistani
and 53 local terrorists active in JK
LeT module busted,
woman among four
held in Bandipora
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A major
tragedy was averted
after security forces
on Tuesday busted a
terror module of
L a s h k a r- e - Ta i b a
(LeT) arrested two
active terrorists and
their two associates,
including a woman,
from Bandipora dis-
trict of Jammu and
Kashmir, police said.
The arrested ter-
rorists were directed
by their handlers in
Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK)to car-
ry out attacks on ci-
vilians, they said.
“Not only this, in-
criminating materi-
als, a huge cache of
arms and ammuni-
tion, and material for
preparing IEDs have
been recovered from
their possession,” a
police official said.
“This was a major
b r e a k t h r o u g h
against terrorist in-
frastructure in North
Kashmir, police
along with security
forces busted LeT
terrorist module by
arresting two active
terrorists and their
two important asso-
ciates including a
woman associate in
Bandipora,” a police
official said.
During a search
operation, security
forces arrested 2 ac-
tive terrorists linked
with the proscribed
terrorist outfit. They
have been identified
as Musaib Mir alias
Moya, resident of
Rakh Hajin and Ara-
fat Farooq Wagey
alias Dr Adil, resi-
dent of Gulshnabad
Hajin,” he said.
The recoveries in-
cluded one AK-47 ri-
fle, one AK-56 rifle,
four AK series maga-
zines, live rounds,
RDX powder, nails
and ball bearings,
batteries, detona-
tors, IED mechanism
circuit, remote con-
trol, loose wire and
iron pipes.
Security personnel inspect the bag of a commuter during
a surprise search operation at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Supreme Court has
agreedtohearonFriday
an appeal by the Nation-
al Investigation Agency
(NIA) against the bail
granted to scholar-ac-
tivist Anand Teltumb-
de in the Elgar Pari-
shad-Maoist links case.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice DY Chan-
drachud took note of
the submissions by So-
licitor General Tushar
Mehta that the stay on
the operation on the
high court’s bail order
is for a week only and
the matter needed
urgent hearing.
The solicitor general,
at the outset, said the
NIA has filed the appeal
and the plea has been
numbered and may be
listed for an urgent
hearing.
“Let us hear this at
12.45 pm (today itself),”
said the bench which
also comprised justices
Hima Kohli and J B
Pardiwala to which the
law officer said, “My
colleague, who is not
present today, will ar-
gue. Please hear it (ap-
peal) on Thursday
.”
“We will hear it on
Friday,” the CJI then
said.
SC TO HEAR
NIA’S APPEAL
AGAINST BAIL
TO TELTUMBDE
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Solicitor
General Tushar Me-
hta told a bench of Jus-
tice MR Shah and Jus-
tice MM Sundresh that
there are organisations
which send their fact-
finding teams to Naxal
incidents with a pre-de-
termined conclusion:
faulting the security
forces and then filing
petitions in courts.
He said this during
the hearing on a plea
seeking an SIT investi-
gation into an alleged
massacre in a Chhattis-
garh village which is
currently been probed
by the CBI. The plea
sought constitution of a
special investigation
team (SIT) comprising
officers from outside
Chhattisgarh for prose-
cuting members of the
security forces for the
massacre in Bijapur dis-
trict’s Edesmeta village
on May 17, 2013,where
manypeoplewerekilled.
The plea also asked
for compensation to the
victims and their fami-
lies. The SC in 2019 said
that it was convinced
that the matter pertain-
ing to the inquiry into
the incident should be
referred to the CBI for
an expeditious probe.
The court had earlier
said that the director
CBI shall ensure that
theinvestigationisdone
by an officer or officers
who are not from the
state of Chhattisgarh.
Solicitor General Me-
hta reminded that the
matter is serious as it
relates to a Naxal inci-
dent. The SG said the
CBI probe into the inci-
dent shall be completed
and a final status report
will be submitted before
the court by November
30. The matter has been
posted for further hear-
ing on December 9.
Tushar Mehta tells
Supreme Court to be
tough on Naxalism
The CBI probe into the
alleged massacre in a
Chhattisgarh village
shall be completed and
a final status report
will be submitted before
the court by Nov 30.
—Tushar Mehta,
Solicitor General
First India Bureau
New Delhi: As the mid-
term elections in the
United States nearly
concluding, the Presi-
dent Joe Biden’s admin-
istration is likely to
make a fresh attempt
and committed to ap-
point Eric Garcetti as
the US envoy to New
Delhi, the White House
has said, after the ap-
pointment is approved
by the US Senate.
“As for Mayor Garc-
etti, we are committed
to getting him through
the process. We’re con-
tinuing to talk to the
Senate about making
that happen. That is a
priority of ours,” Jean-
Pierre said.
Garcetti 51, is a close
aide of the US Presi-
dent Joe Biden and is
currently the Mayor of
Los Angeles, a position
he has held since 2013.
“Indiaisaveryimpor-
tantrelationshipthatwe
have. You saw the Presi-
dent (Biden) greet and
meet very briefly with
Prime Minister (Naren-
dra) Modi just last week
when he was in Bali. So
clearly
, it’s an important
relationship that we tru-
lyrespect,”WhiteHouse
Press Secretary Karine
Jean-Pierre told report-
ers on Monday
.
She exuded confi-
dence that the presiden-
tial nominee for the US
Ambassador to India,
Garcetti, would be soon
confirmed by the Sen-
ate. The nomination
has been pending be-
fore the upper chamber
of the US Congress for
more than a year now.
In July 2021, Biden
nominated Los Angeles
Mayor Garcetti as his
Ambassador to India.
Committed to Eric Garcetti as US
envoy to New Delhi: White House KIN STAGE
DHARNA TO
PRESS FOR
CBI PROBE
Dehradun (PTI):
The parents of An-
kita Bhandari on
Tuesday held a pro-
test in Rishikesh to
demand a CBI probe
into her killing.
Alleging that the
SIT probing the case
is under pressure to
shield the guilty
, An-
kita’s father Viren-
dra Singh Bhandari
said he does not
have confidence in
the ongoing probe
and his demand for
a CBI probe have
fallen on deaf ears.”
To woo investors, UP
govt plans roadshows
in 18 countries: Yogi
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment has created a
sense of security for the
industry by adopting a
“zero tolerance” ap-
proach towards crime
and criminals, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath said on Tuesday,
as he announced plans
to organise roadshows
in 18 countries to invite
investors. He also said
Uttar Pradesh has
emerged as one of the
most favoured destina-
tions for investors due
to its transparent poli-
cies which enhance
ease of doing business.
Addressing a curtain-
raiser here ahead of the
Uttar Pradesh Global
Investors Summit 2023
to be held in Lucknow
from February 10 to 12
next year, he said the
event would prove use-
ful in providing a uni-
fied platform to the
global industrial world
for cooperation in eco-
nomic development.
The state govern-
ment plans to organise
roadshows in 18 coun-
tries and seven major
cities of India to invite
investors for the sum-
mit. The state has set a
target of attracting in-
vestment of Rs 10 lakh
crore through the event.
To help India become
aUSD5trillioneconomy
,
Uttar Pradesh will work
as a growth engine, Adi-
tyanathsaid,addingthat
his state too has set a tar-
get of becoming a USD 1
trillion economy in the
next5years.Tostrength-
en ‘ease of investors’,
the CM launched the
‘Online Incentive Man-
agement Portal’ and
Customer Relationship
Management Portal
(Nivesh Sarathi)’.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaks at the curtain raiser event for the UP
Global Investor Summit, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
INTO THE STORM
Integrated Fire Power Exercise ‘Shatrunash’ being conducted by South Western Command of the Indian Army, at Mahajan
Fieldfiring Range village (MFFR) in the Thar desert, in Bikaner district, Rajasthan. —PHOTO BY PTI
Eric Garcetti
ANKITA BHANDARI
MURDER CASE

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NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
irst India, The
Fashion Connect
season 13 in asso-
ciation with India
Fashion Week Lon-
don took place on
20 November at No-
votel London Hammer-
smith, London. Fashion
Connect is a celebration of
Asian fashion by national
and internationally re-
nowned designers. The con-
ception of India Fashion
Week London has been driv-
en by the need for a plat-
form to showcase the exist-
ing creativity of world-class
designers alongside sup-
porting upcoming NEW-
GEN designers. The whole
show was concluded by ce-
lebrity designer Samant
Chauhan.
Farha Ansari from Sewa,
Ayesha and Radhika from
Citrine and Shalini Naru-
kaa participated in the
grand event and showcased
their astonishing designer
collections in between the
designer sequence First
Kiss fame famous singer Ip-
sitaa performed.
In the same episode, the
grand launch of the cover
page of the book ‘Unheard’
by Bhavini Bhargava was
done by ace designer Sa-
mant Chauhan, Ipsitaa and
many other dignitaries. Un-
heard is about an untold
emotional journey of a
teenager during the ups and
downs of life through the
medium of poetry
.
The talented Singer
thanked Dr Jagdeesh Chan-
dra for inviting her to the
mega event.
While expressing his
gratitude, the brand ambas-
sador Rishee Miglani said,
“Something big like this
can only be done and visual-
ized by a visionary like
Jagdeesh Chandra, when he
said we will do a show in
Dubai during covid, nobody
would believe it but after
spreading the love of Fash-
ion Connect in Asia and
Dubai, we have now come to
another continent in Lon-
don, which is a very big
thing. I m really thankful to
Dr Chandra for taking
Fashion Connect to a differ-
ent level”.
Lokesh Sharma, director
of Fashion Connect said, “I
am very happy with the re-
sponse Fashion Connect
got, I directed Fashion Con-
nect in India and Indian
Fashion Week in London
simultaneously, to direct
this grand show together
was very interesting
and fun and I am
glad about this
grand associa-
tion of
Fashion
C o n n e c t
with Indian
Fashion Week,
London.
The celebration of In-
dian fashion involved
fringe events in various
places across London,
ranging from VIP jewel-
lery launch events to
seminars on the vari-
ous styles and trends.
F
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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hen we say a movie
“defines” a genera-
tion, we are not talk-
ing about timeless
works but rather
movies that resonat-
ed with us. Our cul-
ture was defined by the charac-
ters, songs, and scenes of those
films. We all connected with
them in some way
, and they con-
tinue to be our favourite go-to
movies. They become so special
to us that we can’t stop but
watch them over and over again
all our lives. City First brings to
you some of the iconic movies
that perfectly define our gen-
eration and the friendships we
build along.
YEH JAWANI HAI DEEWANI
Our generation was graced
nine years ago with a film that
will live on in our memories.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is
without a doubt the movie I’ve
seen the most times and can
now recite the dialogues in
sync. The film, directed by
Ayan Mukherji, examines a
number of issues that young
people deal with, including re-
lationships, romance, aspira-
tions and most importantly
friendship. When my dad
proudly cites Jai and Veeru as
an example of the most self-
less friendship, I swoop in
with Avi, Aditi, and Bun-
ny showing us the most
uplifting friend-
ship. And how
could I possi-
bly forget
t h e
lovely
relationship that Aditi and Nai-
na grew to have as the film went
on—it totally set the bar for
friendship in real life!
ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA
On July 15, eleven years ago, the film delineated new stand-
ards for friendship and revived the bromance subgenre after
‘Dil Chahta Hai’ had revolutionised it in 2001. Without a ques-
tion, Zoya Akhtar’s best work, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, had
a fantastic response from both the public and the critics. Many
predicted that “ZNMD” would be a trip, a charming excursion that
would be quickly forgotten, but it actually turned out to be a trip with
friends that we treasure even today
. It gives us a great deal of motiva-
tion to live and eagerly anticipates experiencing life with our friends,
travelling, and discovering love somewhere far away
.
JAANE TU... YA JAANE NA
We all learn through relationships and maturation that
friendship is a crucial component of love. Even though
I had heard Shah Rukh Khan say, “Pyaar dosti hai,” in
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I didn’t fully understand what
it meant until I saw it happen in Abbas Tyrewala’s
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. The movie not only perfectly
portrayed youthful relationships, but it also de-
scribed how friendships functioned. Despite its
many clichés and melodramatic elements, I always
enjoy this movie. I’d call it a contemporary classic
because of the songs, the humour, the heartache,
and of course the collegiate friendships.
F
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E
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F
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JANHVI, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Gifting something to your
beloved is likely to make
the day memorable.
Matrimonial match for
siblings will bring happiness for
entire family. You will get a good
price for your property. Those
awaiting results are assured of
succeeding with flying colours.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Despite hectic schedule
you will manage to find
time for family. Seek the
opinion of your family
before finalizing a property deal. Your
bold initiatives on romantic front
bring back passion and spark in
romantic relationship.Overall health
remains fine.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Happiness in the domestic
sphere will only come with
a changed mind set. Some
of you are likely to become
a part of an overseas official trip.
Better to consult an expert in
financial matters before making an
investment. Harsh words may create
a rift in your romantic relationship.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your intuition will save
you from a tricky spot
today. Yoga would help in
raising energy levels and
improve your metabolism. You will
manage to achieve your aim through
travel. This is a great time on the
academic front, when you mange to
render your best.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will succeed in
resolving misunderstand-
ing with family, normal-
izing ties. Despite your
misgivings, you retain good health.
You will do much to bring peace and
harmony at home. You will remain
much in demand on social front. You
can get romantically involved.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Avoid raising controversial
issues at home to maintain
harmony. Successful
implementation of new ideas
and projects would add to your
prestige on the professional front. It is
a wonderful day to build new
connections. Your relationship requires
you to be tactful.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It’s a very good day to take
calculated risks in financial
matters. Your efforts on
the professional front will
be recognised. Opting for some
healthy choices will ensure you
remain in perfect health. You will feel
much happy and contented on the
family front.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Family will be most
supportive, when it really
matters for you. Some of
you may add to your list of
properties by booking a new one. It
is good day to confess your love as
stars appear favourable for positive
reply. A long drive is likely to help
you get over mental tiredness.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Using your initiative at
work will be much
appreciated. You may get
a chance to pursue old
hobby. Health tips from an expert will
enable you to get closer to your
fitness goals. Your generous
behavior would enable to enjoy some
lovely moments with family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A friend or colleague may
motivate you to take up a
healthy activity. Parents
may appear more than
happy with what you deliver. Plans
for overseas travel are likely to
materialise. You are likely to get
clearance or approval for your
construction plans.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your optimism will keep
Distant relatives may drop
in for a surprise visit. On
professional front,
recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder. Those
awaiting an affirmation on romantic
front are likely to get lucky today, as
partner responds positively.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Following a health diet will
be a good idea. Luck
favours you today.
Focussing on health now
will help you in keeping physically fit.
Clarity of mind and retentive power
will help you forge ahead on the
academic front. Frustration on the
romantic front is possible.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
W
KHUSHI TAMBI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
MOVIES THAT DEFINED OUR
MOVIES THAT DEFINED OUR
GENERATION
GENERATION
3 IDIOTS
Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idi-
ots is without a doubt a
movie so precious to our
generation, one that made
us laugh, cry, and sing our
hearts out. A fantastic
movie showing Raju, Ran-
cho, and Farhan’s strong
bond as they become
friends in college. This
kind of friendship is
something we all love,
value, and aspire to have.
The movie demonstrated
what it means to have
your friend’s back and
how friendship tran-
scends prejudice and
class. It is so heartwarm-
ing, relevant, and yet so,
so humorous. Whether it
is gatecrashing a wed-
ding, studying together
the night before the exam,
or addressing family-re-
lated concerns, the movie
was relatable to an extent
we couldn’t imagine.

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