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BJP RELEASES ‘SANKALP PATRA’: ONLINE
SERVICES, 100% GARBAGE PROCESSING
New Delhi (Agencies):
Union minister Piyush
GoyalonFridayreleased
the BJP’s party mani-
festo ‘Sankalp Patra’ for
Delhi MCD polls, which
includes bringing all
municipal services on-
line and 100 per cent gar-
bage processing.
Reading out the
12-point manifesto, Del-
hi BJP chief Adesh
Gupta said all services
of the MCD will be
brought online through
a mobile application
within 100 days. “Hun-
dred per cent garbage
will be processed
through waste-to-ener-
gy conversion for a
green and clean Delhi.
Every slum dweller will
be provided flats and
17,000 flats are ready for
allotment. The BJP will
also do away with trade
and health licenses, and
also abolish factory li-
censes,” he said.
Gupta also an-
nounced that 50 ‘jan ra-
sois’ run by women will
be opened in the city at
Rs 5 per meal. “Free cy-
cles will be provided to
meritorious girls in
MCD schools and all
such schools will be up-
graded as smart schools
by 2027,” he added.
The saffron party
also promised to con-
struct 1,000 permanent
Chhath ghats in MCD
parks if voted to power.
Addressing the event,
Goyal said, “The AAP
government has failed
to reply on selling of
MCD tickets, massage
received by its jailed
minister and excise
policy irregularities.”
“Delhiites will sup-
port the BJP in the
MCD polls,” Goyal said.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal with Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta
and party leader Baijayant Jay Panda releases the party’s manifesto
for MCD polls at BJP office in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Flat to every slum dweller, meal at `5 at 50 ‘Jan Rasois’, free cycles to girls in MCD schools: Gupta
AIIMS server
still down, NIA
joins probe
THREE DAYS
AND COUNTING
New Delhi (ANI): The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Friday
joined the ongoing
probe into the AIIMS
server breakdown after
it failed to resume op-
eration for the third
straight day on Friday,
sources said. The Com-
puter Emergency Re-
sponse Team (CERT-
IN), Delhi Police, Intel-
ligence Bureau, CBI
and the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) of-
ficials are already prob-
ing the incident.
Sources said internet
services at the AIIMS
will remain blocked on
the advice of the inves-
tigating teams.
On Thursday, the
AIIMS issued a fresh set
of Standard Operating
Procedures (SOP)
which says admission,
discharge and transfer
of patients will be done
manually at the hospi-
tal till the e-Hospital is
down.
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NOBODY SHOULD GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE GONE
THROUGH: 26/11 SURVIVOR ‘BABY MOSHE’
Jerusalem: Moshe Holtzberg,
the Israeli child who was just
two years old when he lost his
parents in the 2008 Mumbai
attack, has called upon the
international community to look
for ways to counter terror so
that “nobody has to go through
what he has gone through”. In a
recorded message shared by his
family to PTI recently, Moshe,
now 16, is heard narrating the
story of his lucky escape in a
daring act by his nanny, Sandra,
“who risked her own life to save
his”. He also talked about grow-
ing up in Israel with his grand-
parents who have been raising
him. At the end, Moshe makes a
solemn appeal that the interna-
tional community should take
steps so that “nobody should
go through what I have gone
through”.
2008 2022
‘Shahanshah’ now an
‘intellectual property’
BJP established permanent peace
in Gujarat post-2002: Amit Shah
Apex court upholds bail for Anand
Teltumbde, dismisses NIA’s plea
Need to discuss violence against
women by intimate partners: Smriti
New Delhi: Union
Women and Child De-
velopment Minister
Smriti Irani said Friday
there is a need to dis-
cuss violence
against women
by intimate
partners and
the fact that
there was not much that
she could get in terms
of help. Irani stressed
on the need for discus-
sion on violence against
women by intimate
partners. “Nobody cuts
a woman into small
pieces in the heat (of
the moment).
Nobody contin-
ues to beat a
woman who he
claims to love or
is in a relationship with
in the heat of the mo-
ment,” she said.
The fact that the
abuse was continuous,
the fact that the abuse
was known to so many
people, and the fact that
there was not much that
she could get in terms
of help is an issue
which needs to be elabo-
rately reflected on by
people at large, because
violence by intimate
partner and violence by
members of the family
of a women is some-
thing that is aggressive-
ly reported in the Na-
tional Crime Records
Bureau, Irani said.
New Delhi: The SC on
Friday dismissed a plea
filedbytheNIAchalleng-
ing the bail granted by
Bombay High Court to
activist Anand Teltumb-
de in the Elgar Parishad-
Maoist links case. A
bench said it will not in-
terfere with the Bombay
courtordergrantingbail
to Teltumbde.
“We will not inter-
fere. The petition is dis-
missed. However, the
observations contained
in the impugned judge-
ment of the high court
shall not be treated as
conclusive final find-
ings at the trial,” the
apex court noted.
During the hearing,
CJI Chandrachud en-
quired about the role
attributable to Teltumb-
de due to which UAPA
sections were brought
into action against him.
“What is the specific
role to bring UAPA sec-
tions into action? Is
Dalit mobilisation pre-
paratory act to pro-
scribed activity?” CJI
Chandrachud asked Ad-
ditional Solicitor Gen-
eral Aishwarya Bhati.
New Delhi: Bollywood
legend and veteran Ac-
tor Amitabh Bachchan
filed a suit in Delhi
High Court seeking pro-
tection of his personal-
ity rights, image, voice
or any of his character-
istics without his con-
sent, following which
the court passed an in-
terim ex-parte injunc-
tion in his favour.
Eminent lawyer Har-
ish Salve submitted
that there is a complete
misuse of Amitabh
Bachchan’s name, im-
age, voice or any of his
characteristics without
his consent.
Justice Navin Chaw-
la passed an interim ex-
parte injunction in fa-
vour of the Amitabh
Bachchan.
Ahmedabad: Union
home minister Amit
Shah on Friday said
anti-social elements
earlier indulged in vio-
lence in Gujarat as the
Congress supported
them, but after the per-
petrators were “taught
a lesson” in 2002, they
stopped such activities
and BJP established
“permanent peace” in
the state.
Addressing a rally in
Mahudha town, Shah al-
leged,“DuringCongress
rule in Gujarat, commu-
nal riots were rampant.
Congress used to incite
peopleandstrengthened
its vote bank. Gujarat
witnessed riots in 2002
because perpetrators
became habitual of in-
dulging in violence due
to Congress support.”
Bachchan’s voice,
characteristics,
can’t be used with-
out permission: HC
SHRADDHA
WALKAR
MURDER
Baby moshe when he was 2 years
old after 26/11 attack
14 years on, Moshe is a teenager
being brought up by grandparents
‘Warriors of Maa Bharti
faced oppressors, sacrificed lives’
In the end, 9 terror-
ists netralised by
Indian security forces,
Ajmal Kasab captured
alive and hanged 4
years later on Novem-
ber 21, 2012.
LeT
Terrorists
coordinated
shooting and
bombing attacks
people died,
300 wounded
PM Narendra Modi being presented a memento by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma during the
closing ceremony of 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi.
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New Delhi: Stressing
on the need to rewrite
India’s history, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi said on Friday
that despite country’s
rich history of victory
and sacrifice, colonial-
era history is taught in
educational institutes.
Speaking at the 400th
birth anniversary cel-
ebrations of Lachit
Barphukan, Prime
Minister said that In-
dia’s history was dis-
torted deliberately. “In
every corner of the
country, bravehearts
of Maa Bharati faced
the oppressors and sac-
rificed their lives. Is
the valour of Lachit
Barphukan not impor-
tant? Are the sacrifices
of thousands of people
in Assam against the
Mughals not impor-
tant?” said Prime Min-
ister Modi.
He said that there
was a need after inde-
pendence to fight the
agenda of those ruling
over us. But that was
not done.
ELGAR
PARISHAD CASE
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Vishu Adhana
New Delhi: In the narrow
bylanes of Delhi's Chandni
Chowk, firefighters toiled
for hours to douse a blaze
that overnight gutted
around 100 shops of a
wholesale market of electri-
cal and electronic goods.
Ignoring the intermittent
sounds of blasts and police-
men warning of boned-out
portions of buildings col-
lapsing, dejected traders,
who had their faces covered
with handkerchiefs to pre-
vent the stench, waited im-
patiently to enter their in-
cinerated shops to recover
whatever they could.
According to DCP (North)
Sagar Singh Kalsi, four to
five buildings each housing
20 to 25 shops have been af-
fected by the fire while
three buildings collapsed
during firefighting opera-
tions.
Amid bellowing cries,
Sanjay Kumar, whose shop
was completely burnt out,
said, Our entire shop is de-
stroyed. We have suffered a
loss of several crores. We
are just waiting for the fire
to douse. But I don't think
anything is left.
Among the lucky ones is
Balwinder Singh who owns
a shop opposite a burning
building.
As of now, our shop is
safe. I got to know about the
fire at around 11 pm on
Thursday. My father was at
the shop and he told me our
shop is safe but I am here to
check, he said. —PTI
Lost crores, say traders
shops gutted in fire at Chandni Chowk
Country’s largest wholesale markets for electrical and electronics goods devastated; 22 fire tenders still at work
New Delhi (PTI):
Around 100 shops were
gutted in a massive fire
in the wholesale mar-
ket of Bhagirath Palace
area in Chandni Chowk
here even as the cool-
ing operations are cur-
rently underway
, police
said on Friday
.
No injuries have
been reported so far,
they said.
Five major buildings
got affected during the
fire-fighting opera-
tions out of which
three collapsed, they
said.
According to the fire
department, a call
about the blaze was re-
ceived at 9.19 pm on
Thursday and 40 fire
tenders were rushed to
the spot.
At present, 22 fire
tenders are engaged in
the cooling process as
the fire has been
brought under control
after more than 12
hours, a fire depart-
ment official said.
The fire broke out in
a shop in Mahalaxmi
Market and soon
spread to adjacent
ones, all dealing in
electrical appliances,
officials said.
White smoke bil-
lowed high in the sky
as the toxic stench of
burning plastic and
rubber polluted the air.
Director of Delhi
Fire Service Atul Garg
said, The fire is under
control. Now, 22 fire
tenders are working on
the cooling operations.
The cause of the fire is
not yet known.
Assoonasinformationwasreceived,
firedepartment,NDRF,MCD,reserve
forcefrompolicewererushedtothespot.
—Sagar Singh Kalsi, DCP North
MUNDKA FIRE MAY 13
ASHOK VIHAR BANQUET HALL
FIRE - MAY 17
ANAJ MANDI FACTORY FIRE
DECEMBER 8, 2019
z The deadly fire broke out on the first floor of
the four-storey building
z 27 charred bodies were found in the rubble
z Bawana Induatrial area
z 17 people died and 30 people injured
z Karol Bagh
z 17 people died and 35 rescued
z 4-storey building, GT Karnal Road near
Ashok Vihar in northwest Delhi
z 30, including the manager, were found
unconscious
z 43 people died and 59 were rescued after a
fire at a 5-story building in Sadar Bazar
BAWANA FACTORY FIRE
JANUARY 20, 2018
HOTEL ARPIT PALACE FIRE
DECEMBER 12, 2019
YOUNG GRADUATES SAVING LIVES
The firefighters in Delhi Fire Services include over
65% graduates, postgraduates, and professionals,
and over 30 % Class X and XII passouts. Out of
these, many have completed LLB, BTech, BEd, and
other courses.
Evacuation of goods and remains being done at Bhagirath Palace market at
Chandni Chowk, in Old Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Charred shops at the
Bhagirath Palace market on
Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
T
he national
capital has
witnessed over
15,000 fire incidents in
the first six months of
the year claiming the
lives of over 60 people
and injuring over 400,
according to the Delhi
Fire Service (DFS) data.
Operators at the DFS
control room attended
16,763 calls between
January 1 and June 30
this year.
Plagued by Fire
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The poly-
graph test on Aaftab
Amin Poonawala was
completed on Friday af-
ter a three-hour third
session at the Forensic
Science Laboratory at
Rohini, officials said.
“Our experts will an-
alyse the recordings
and make a report. He
can be called again if
the experts are not sat-
isfied with the report.
Based on the outcome
of the report, a decision
will be taken on con-
ducting narco analysis
which can be carried
out even if he is sent to
judicial custody,” an of-
ficial said.
A series of questions
related to the case such
as the sequences of
events that led to the
murder, the accused’s
relationship with
Walkar, reason for their
strained relationship,
place where he dumped
the body parts, type of
weapon used, were
among the questions
asked in the test.
The intention was to
check for discrepancies
in his statement, the of-
ficial said, adding that
the results will be hand-
ed over within two-
three days.
According to FSL
sources, Aaftab’s poly-
graph test was conduct-
ed by three persons -- an
expert and two support
staff.
Delhi Police sources
informed ANI that Aaft-
ab had told police that
he used multiple weap-
ons to dismember
Shraddha’s body
.
On Thursday, police
sources told ANI, Aaft-
ab underwent a Percep-
tual Ability Test (PAT),
which is a psychologi-
cal analysis test. “Ac-
cused has been behav-
ing very normally from
the beginning,” said a
police source.
Delhi High Court on
Friday granted regular
bail to former Manag-
ing Director and CEO
of YES Bank Rana Ka-
poor in a Rs 466.51 crore
money laundering case.
The case is being
probed by the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED).
The Bench of Justice
Sudhir Kumar Jain on
Friday granted bail to
him.
The trial court in Oc-
tober last year, took cog-
nizance of the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
Chargesheet (Prosecu-
tion Complaint) filed
against Avantha group
promoter Gautam
Thapar involving Yes
Bank's Rana Kapoor
and several employees
in connection with
money laundering case.
New Delhi (PTI): Op-
posing strongly the in-
terim bail plea of 2020
northeast Delhi riots
accused Umar Khalid,
the police on Friday
filed a reply in a court,
warning his release
will likely to cause “un-
rest in society”.
Khalid has moved an
application before Ad-
ditional Sessions Judge
Amitabh Rawat seeking
interim bail for two
weeks for his sister’s
marriage. The court
had asked the Delhi Po-
lice to file its reply to
the application.
In its response filed
by LM Negi, ACP spe-
cial cell, the Delhi Po-
lice said the facts per-
taining to the wedding
of Khalid’s sister on
December 28 have been
verified.
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi’s Patiala Court on Friday
sent Rajwinder Singh, accused of killing an Aus-
tralian woman in Queensland in 2018, to judicial
custody till November 30, after being arrested by
the Delhi Police Special Cell today
.
Earlier, Singh was presented before the Patiala
House court by Delhi Police Special Cell. The Aus-
tralian Police had offered 1 million Australian dol-
lars, i.e. over Rs 5 crore for exchange of information
about the accused who killed Toyah Cordingley in
2018. Rajwinder was arrested in a joint operation of
CBI, Interpol, and the special cell with intelligence
inputs.
The Australian High Commission had informed
about the declaration of the reward of One Million
Australian Dollars on the arrest of Rajwinder Sin-
gh, an Indian-origin Australian citizen, who had
committed the gruesome murder of an Australian
lady on 21/10/2018 in Queensland, Australia, and
had been absconding ever since.
Our entire shop
is destroyed. We
have suffered a
loss of several crores. We
are just waiting for the
fire to douse. But I don’t
think anything is left
—Sanjay Kumar,
A shopkeeper
Poonawala’s polygraph test
over,reportin2-3days:Lab
Aaftab Poonawalla being taken back from Forensic Science
Laboratory (FSL) on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
body remains recov-
ered from a suitcase at
a forest area in Hary-
ana's Faridabad on
Thursday afternoon
are suspected to be of
Shraddha Walkar, po-
lice sources said.
Faridabad Police have
contacted the Delhi Po-
lice following the re-
covery of the suitcase
with body parts in the
Surajkund forest area.
According to police, the
remains were wrapped
in a plastic bag and a
sack, and clothes and a
belt were also recov-
ered near the suitcase.
Prima facie, it ap-
peared that a person
was murdered else-
where and a part of the
body was dumped here
to avoid identification,
Faridabad Police said
in a statement.
Suitcase with
body parts found
in Faridabad
HC bail to Rana
Kapoor in money
laundering case
Police oppose
Umar Khalid’s
interim bail plea
Accused of murdering
Oz woman, Rajwinder
sent to judicial custody
Rajwinder Singh in custody of police on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Founder of
the popular Midland
Book Shop in Delhi,
Mirza Yaseen Baig, who
passed away Thursday
at the age of 94, was re-
membered by scholars
and writers as an “eru-
dite”, “a gentle soul”,
“Delhi’s beloved book-
seller” and “the spirit of
a bookstore”.
“I used to scrounge
for books on the foot-
path. Baig had started
selling second-hand
books on the pavement
at Janpath. He would
take a risk and say
, ‘take
the book and return it
after reading’, even
when I didn’t have mon-
ey to pay him. Someone
could have easily taken
the book and disap-
peared. But this man
was very sweet.... A very
few booksellers allowed
browsing like he did at
his shops,” food critic
and historian Pushpesh
Pant said.
Filmmaker and writ-
er Sohail Hashmi said,
“There was something
about that gentleman --
the way he handled
books,thewayhepicked
them up. You knew that
he loved books. He was
in it because he loved
books,” Hashmi said.
Author William Dal-
rymple remembered
Baig as “a great figure
of literary Delhi” who
was “charming, erudite,
enthusiastic and super
welcoming to authors”.
While writer Namita
Gokhale called him “the
spirit of a bookstore” in
her tweet, Mrinal Pande
said the “erudite and
grand old bibliophile”
has left behind an “en-
during legacy”.
Author Amish Trip-
athi was “grateful for
his support when I need-
ed it most”.
“A kind and gentle
soul, he backed my
books 12 years ago,
when few others did. I
will always be grateful
for his support when I
needed it most. Fare-
well, Baig saab. Till we
meet again,” Tripathi
wrote on Twitter.
Baig, who arrived
here from Hyderabad in
1970, having packed up
his bookstore in Sultan
Bazar, started out at
Connaught Place, with a
small kiosk previously
owned by a florist.
Midland founder Mirza Yaseen Baig leaves behind fond memories
‘SPIRIT OF A BOOKSTORE’
lll
A kind and
gentle soul, says
Amish Tripathi
while author
William
Dalrymple
remembers
‘erudite’ Baig as
a great figure of
literary Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI on Friday filed its
first charge sheet in the
Delhi excise scam case
against arrested busi-
nessmen Vijay Nair and
Abhishek Boinpally and
five more accused, keep-
ing the probe open into
theallegedroleof others
namedintheFIRinclud-
ing DyCM Manish Siso-
dia, officials said. How-
ever,thenameof Sisodia
isnotthereinthecharge
sheet. AAP hailed it as
‘Satyamev Jayate’. Siso-
dia demanded Lt Gover-
nor VK Saxena and
Chief Secretary Naresh
Kumar be sacked, alleg-
ing he has been a victim
of their “witch hunt”.
Besides Nair and
Boinpally, those named
in the charge sheet are
MD of India Ahead
News channel Mootha
Gautam, Hyderabad-
based liquor business-
man and a partner of
Boinpally Arun R Pillai,
owner of Indospirit Sa-
meerMahendruandtwo
former officials of ex-
cise department -- Depu-
ty Commissioner Kul-
deep Singh and Assis-
tant Commissioner Nar-
ender Singh.
Nair and Boinpally
were arrested by CBI
but recently granted
bail by a special court.
They are still in custo-
dy in connection with
Enforcement Directo-
rate case against them,
they said.
The seven accused
have been named in the
charge sheet under IPC
section 120-B (criminal
conspiracy) and provi-
sions of bribery under
Prevention of Corrup-
tion Act, officials said.
Sisodia, named in the
CBI FIR, does not figure
in this charge sheet.
Midland Book Shop founder Mirza Yaseen Baig. —PHOTO BY PTI
50-YR-OLD LEGACY
AAP-BJP TUSSLE CONTINUES
BJP conspiring to assassinate
CM Kejriwal, says Sisodia
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Deputy
CMManishSisodiaFri-
dayallegedthattheBJP
was conspiring to ‘mur-
der’ Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal.
Speaking on the re-
marks made by BJP MP
Manoj Tiwari, Sisodia
said his language be-
trays the conspiracy be-
ing hatched to assassi-
nate Kejriwal and he
should be investigated.
The AAP is not
scared of such petty
politics, he asserted
and added that BJP MP
Tiwari should be arrest-
ed immediately and
strict action should be
taken against him since
he has openly threat-
ened to kill Chief Minis-
ter Kejriwal.
Kejriwal's politics is
based on good govern-
ance and it has the trust
of people, and the BJP is
ready to cross all lim-
its by conspiring to kill
him, he said.
The BJP has no faith
in democracy and their
open threat to kill Kejri-
wal shows the party can
go to any ex-
tent for
p o w e r,
S i s o d i a
said.
A CBI raid at the residence of Sisodia in New Delhi on August 19.
Excisescamcase:
No Sisodia in first
CBI charge sheet
AAP says Satyamev
Jayate; DyCM
wants LG Saxena, CS be
sacked for ‘witch-hunt’
Bizmen Boinpally,
Vijay Nair, former
excise officials among
seven accused named
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Alleging that naming DyCM
Manish Sisodia in the excise scam a ploy to
frame him, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
on Friday said the scam case was ‘fake’ as the
CBI found nothing against him in its probe.
Manish's name is not in the CBI charge
sheet. The whole case is fake. Nothing was
found in the raids. A total of 800 officers found
nothing in the probe for four months. Manish
offered hope of a good future to crores of poor
children in the country through a revolution
in education. I am sorry that a conspiracy was
hatched to defame such a person by implicat-
ing him in a false case, Kejriwal said in a
tweet in Hindi.
Case fake, attempts to
frame Sisodia: Kejriwal
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Taking for-
ward the allegation that
BJP was conspiring to
kill CM Kejriwal, Aam
Aadmi Party on Friday
said it will meet state
election commissioner
to submit a complaint
regarding this.
Party chief spokes-
person Saurabh Bhard-
waj said BJP was going
toloseGujaratandMCD,
which was why it had
hatched conspiracy to
assassinateKejriwal.He
said there had been at-
tacksonKejriwalearlier
priortoelectionsdespite
the presence of cops.
Bhardwaj said they will
meet State Election
Commissioner Vijay
Dev at 12.30 pm to sub-
mit a plaint about the
allegedthreatbyTiwari.
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion minister Anurag
Thakur on Friday said
the AAP government in
Delhi has become syn-
onymous with anarchy,
and alcohol, scams, and
corruption are its three
friends.
Campaigning for the
BJP ahead of the Delhi
civic body polls on De-
cember 4, Thakur said
Kejriwal penned an un-
forgettable chapter on
the politics of lies in
hissevenyearsinpower.
The AAP govern-
ment in Delhi has be-
come synonymous with
anarchy
. It has three
friends, alcohol, scams
and corruption, he said
at public meetings in
Dilshad Colony, Wel-
come Colony, Lalita
Park and Patparganj
here.
Thakur said the AAP
made tall claims in Ut-
tar Pradesh and Uttara-
khand ahead of Assem-
bly polls there but lost
its security deposits.
As soon as the AAP
formed the government
in Punjab, their health
minister had to resign
on charges of corrup-
tion. Delhi's health min-
ister is in jail, enjoying
massages and having
fun, a statement quoted
him as saying.
From mineral water
to massage, all five star
facilities are available
in jail. It can happen
only in Kejriwal's mod-
el. AAPs ministers do
corruption and Kejri-
wal gives them certifi-
cates of honesty,
Thakur said.
He also accused Kejri-
wal of indulging in poli-
tics of appeasement.
New Delhi (PTI): The
vigilance directorate
has recommended a
probe by a specialised
agency into alleged ir-
regularities in the con-
struction of classrooms
for Delhi government
schools, claiming it in-
volved a scam of Rs
1,300 crore, sources
said Friday
.
A report of Delhi gov-
ernment's vigilance di-
rectorate has been sub-
mitted to the chief sec-
retary, they said. The
Central Vigilance Com-
mission, in a report of
2020, highlighted glar-
ing irregularities in
construction of 2,400
classrooms in govern-
ment schools by PWD.
Probe ‘`1,3k-cr
classroom scam’,
says Vigilance
TROUBLE FOR AAP
New Delhi (ANI): A
day after Aam Aadmi
Party leader Sandeep
Bhardwaj's body was
found hanging at his
residenceinthenational
capital, Delhi DyCM
Manish Sisodia on Fri-
day said it was wrong to
allege the AAP leader
took his life as he was
denied a party ticket to
contest the upcoming
MCD polls. Meanwhile,
BJP alleged Bhardwaj
didnotdiebysuicidebut
he was murdered.
At a press meet here
today, the Delhi deputy
chief minister Sisodia
said, This is very sad.
Sandeep ji was close to
me too. He used to play a
very important role in
the trade wing. You can-
not connect the death
with ticket, it's wrong.
Sisodia was respond-
ingtoaquestionthatthe
AAP leader committed
suicide because he was
denied ticket to contest
the municipal elections.
Can’t connect death
with ticket: Sisodia
on Bhardwaj suicide
Sandeep Bhardwaj
New Delhi: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari Friday said he
was concerned about the safety of CM Kejriwal
and rejected the allegation that his party was
conspiring to kill him, saying it was an old script
of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Reacting to the allegation, Tiwari said, “The
way an AAP MLA was thrashed by his own party
volunteers for selling MCD poll tickets, I am
concerned about the safety of Kejriwal. Sisodia is
reading the old script that BJP is conspiring to kill
Kejriwal.”
“He does this every year,
claiming murder threat to
Kejriwal. I don’t under-
stand what is going on as
Kejriwal claims Sisodia
will be arrested, Sisodia
himself prophecies
that Kejriwal will be
murdered,” he said
in a press confer-
ence.
AAP READING ITS ‘OLD MURDER
CONSPIRACY SCRIPT’: TIWARI
‘Will complain
to state election
commissioner’
Alcohol,scams,corruption are three
friends of Kejriwal: Anurag Thakur
Union Minister Anurag Thakur speaks during a rally for MCD
elections in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Minister
Gopal Rai Friday said
his party would solve
the garbage problem in
the city within five
years, if the party came
to power in MCD. He
also said the BJP had
failed in its 15-year-ten-
ure in the civic body
.
Rai said, I visited
Sweden where garbage
from households direct-
ly goes to treatment
plants. They turn it into
into energy and fertilis-
er, he said. He said AAP
would install such
plants in Delhi, where
garbage collected from
households will directly
be dumped and energy
generated.
AAP will solve
garbage prob in
5 yrs, says Rai
He (Kejriwal)
indulges in
politics of ap-
peasement. He gave
salary to clerics of
mosques, but not to
priests of temples and
gurdwaras.
—Anurag Thakur,
Union Minister
Diptiman Chakraborty
New Delhi: AstheMCD
poll campaign gets loud-
er and more acerbic
across all pulpits of so-
cial influence, the most
natural and obvious of
democratic processes is
sounding more like a
war cry than a contest
on the hustings – that
deals with people’s is-
sues. In our country,
every new election is an
opportunity for parties
to produce a long list of
promises which often
never come to fruition.
Several years of BJP
atthehelmof theCorpo-
ration didn’t bring any
sea-change in Delhi’s so-
cial contours by way of
improved facilities or
path-breaking reforms
in any field. The AAP on
the other hand has also
got its share of failures
and unfulfilled promis-
es, which cast doubt on
its tall poll promises.
Yet, both parties are go-
ing overboard in killing
each other’s prospects
by honing the rhetoric
of acrimony
. No party
has time to lay down be-
fore the people a tenable
road map for making
Delhi more livable.
While the main focus
of BJP is to retain MCD
byanymeans,theAAP’s
sole determination is to
wrest the all important
municipalbodyfromthe
former. For the BJP it is
a prestige battle, while
AAP sees it as an oppor-
tunity to build its brand
valueacrossstatesgoing
to polls and expand its
footprint.
Bitten by ambition
and lured by the charm
of political heft that
power brings, parties
are making it a battle of
egos fed by existential
panic, forgetting that
people of Delhi are not
meresteppingstonesfor
their ascendancy
.
In battle for MCD, parties mustn’t forget Delhi
Delhi needs better
display of political
will, clarity of
purpose and honest
leadership
Fire tenders after a blaze at Bhagirathi Palace market, on Friday.
THE IMPORTANCE OF DELHI
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The confusion and
chaos generated by anger
lead to memory loss.
Never lose your focus and
never underestimate the
virtue of patience.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
India’s culture has stood the test of
time. It has bravely overcome several
challenges. And, the credit for this
goes to courageous stalwarts like
Lachit Borphukan. Lachit Borphukan is
India’s pride. We all get inspired by his
bravery against the Mughals.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
For decades, the rights of tribal sisters
and brothers were suppressed, but
Modi ji did the work of giving rights
and respect to the tribal society.
TOP TWEETS
UTTAR PRADESH
DREAMS BIG,
WORKING TO
REALISE IT
ttar Pradesh has a
trillion dollar dream
and Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath is
leaving no stone un-
turned to realise it in the next
five years. Ministers will do
road shows in several countries
to hard sell UP in various coun-
tries for investments. Together
with domestic corporate houses
the state has kept an ambitious
investment target of Rs 10,000
crore. Pushed by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, the state
government has been engaging
with economists to figure out
how this target can be achieved.
None could figure out how. Fi-
nally, consulting company De-
loitte was hired which has sug-
gested a road map.
To realise the dream will re-
quire the state’s gross domestic
product to quadruple from 21.73
lakh crore ($270 billion approx-
imately) in 2021-22, a tall order
by any yardstick. The state is
banking on its infrastructure
(expressways, highways, air-
ports) and temples and monu-
ments for religious and histori-
cal tourism. Despite the govern-
ment’s best efforts, economists
remain sceptical.
U
n the one hand
Maharashtra are-
as are grappling
with the outbreak
of measles and on
the other the opposition par-
ties want the Centre to take
back their “Amazon packet”.
Two vastly different issues
but one about human life and
health requires greater at-
tention. That is not exactly
how things are playing out in
Maharashtra where Mumbai
and its surrounding areas
have recorded 51 cases of
measles indicating low vac-
cination coverage which is
something to be concerned
about. The spotlight, howev-
er, is not on measles as much
as it is on Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshiyari, dubbed
‘Amazon packet’ for his con-
troversial remark on
Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Chhatrapati Shivaji is an
icon of Maratha pride and the
people, including those of the
BJP
, won’t accept an insult to
him. Surprisingly leaders of
the BJP, which is part of the
Eknath Shinde-faction led
state government, seem less
agitated than those of the Se-
na’s Thackeray faction and
the Nationalist Congress Par-
ty over Koshiyari calling
Shivaji “an icon of the olden
times” and Dr BR Ambedkar
and Nitin Gadkari “icons of
moderntimes”.FormerChief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray
went to the extent of suggest-
ing that the Governor should
be sent to an old age home.
Shivaji being a sensitive
issue, Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Devendra Fadnavis has
found it hard to defend Ko-
shiyari who made a similar
statement against Mahatma
Phule earlier. Centre could
be mulling its move as con-
tinued courting of contro-
versy by Koshiyari may
pose a threat to the Sena-
BJP alliance. Obviously,
measles can be put aside for
tackling by health officials
while Koshiyari takes the
centre stage.
KOSHIYARI’S REMARK
PUTS BJP IN A FIX
The spotlight, however, is
not on measles as much
as it is on Governor
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari,
dubbed ‘Amazon
packet’ for his
controversial remark on
Chhatrapati Shivaji
O
ecently a report on inequali-
ty in the world has been re-
leased by the global organiza-
tion United Nations Research
Institute for Social Develop-
ment (UNRISD). Pointing to
the dire consequences of in-
equality in this, it has been
emphasized to create a new
eco-social system. This re-
port, released in October
2022, points to the growing
inequality characteristic of
the world. This report comes
almost two years after the
pandemic. In this era the
global economy has been hit,
which for the first time in
several decades has pushed
the whole world into extreme
poverty
. The report says that
with the rise of democracy,
economic liberalization and
free markets, there has been
wide disparity in both in-
come and wealth. The situa-
tion today is the same as it
was at the height of Western
imperialism in the early 20th
century. In many countries
the situation is even worse.
The report suggests that
while the gap in basic living
standards is narrowing for
hundreds of millions of peo-
ple, their needs to thrive in
life are also changing. In the
current era, new types of in-
equalities are taking root,
mainly arising out of educa-
tion, technology and climate
change. If these ground-
shaking changes are not
stopped in time, the risk of
spreading a giant rift that the
world has not seen since the
Industrial Revolution will in-
crease. According to the re-
port, people are taking to the
streets due to many reasons.
Ticket prices, petrol prices,
demands for political free-
dom, fairness and justice, etc.
This is a new face of inequal-
ity and inequality is not be-
yond solutions.
According to the report,
the Human Development In-
dex (HDI) has seen impres-
sive progress since 1990 and
has benefited all sectors, in-
cluding the least developed
countries. The fastest eco-
nomic growth was seen from
2000 to 2010, but since then
this pace has slowed down.
From 1990 to 2018, many
countries have performed
well in terms of human de-
velopment. The number of
countries with high human
development has increased
from 12 to 62, while the num-
ber of countries with low hu-
man development has de-
creased from 62 to 36. The
report clarified that the chal-
lenge of inequality is not be-
yond solution and can be
dealt with, but bringing ine-
quality under control will
not be easy if the current pat-
tern continues. The report
says that unequal distribu-
tion in education, health and
standard of living affects the
progress of the country
. Sev-
eral suggestions have been
made in the report to im-
prove the situation and deal
with the growing problem of
inequality. According to the
report, inequality starts
right from the time of birth.
The gap between education
and health intensifies and
can continue until adult-
hood, so efforts and policies
to ameliorate the situation
must begin before or even be-
fore birth, with a focus on
children’s education, health
and well-being. Be nour-
ished. Such investments
should be continued especial-
ly at that stage of a person’s
life when they are making
money in the labor market.
Policies just to increase the
productivity of workers are
not enough and other poli-
cies including anti-trust have
to be focused to overcome the
imbalance in the market.
The report also suggested
that the tax should be part of
a broader policy system, in-
cluding public spending on
health and education, and ex-
ploring alternatives to car-
bon-based lifestyles. The re-
port underscores the impor-
tance of new international
tax principles to ensure eq-
uity and avoids the race to
lower corporate tax rates. The
report says that average fig-
ures often do not accurately
reflect the truth. Further-
more, effectively tackling in-
equality requires detailed in-
formation, especially to com-
bat the various dimensions of
poverty and help those left
behind. The report claimed
that the nature of inequali-
ties could change in the fu-
ture and that the climate cri-
siscouldbeamajorreasonfor
this. Carbon pricing policies
can be mismanaged, but rev-
enues from carbon pricing, if
used for the benefit of taxpay-
ers as part of a social policy
package, will help reduce in-
equality
. Renewable energy,
energy efficiency, digital fi-
nance and health solutions
demonstrate how new tech-
nologies and opportunities
can be used to broadly im-
prove living standards.
According to the report,
deep inequalities emerged
even before the technological
revolutions and now a similar
picture is emerging with arti-
ficial intelligence and digital
technologies. In such a situa-
tion,theneedforsocialprotec-
tion must be emphasized,
which will require interna-
tional consensus on ensuring
fair compensation, investing
in life-long learning and tax-
ing digital activities. This will
help in building a new, secure
and stable digital economy
,
which will pave the way for
human development. The re-
portalsoindicatesthatif steps
are not taken in this direction
soon,thenthesituationwillbe
very dire in the coming times
and it will become difficult to
deal with them.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
If inequality is not stopped, then
the situation will be frightening
A report recently released by UNRISD on inequality in the world says that if steps are not taken to stop inequality soon,
then in the coming times the situation will become very serious and it will become difficult to deal with them
R
AMIT BAIJNATH GARG
The writer is a Senior Journalist
The report also suggested
that the tax should be
part of a broader
policy system, including
public spending on health
and education, and
exploring alternatives to
carbon-based lifestyles.
Carbon pricing policies
can be mismanaged, but
revenues from carbon
pricing, if used for the
benefit of taxpayers as part
of a social policy package,
will help reduce inequality
The gap in basic living
standards is narrowing for
hundreds of millions of
people, their needs to thrive
in life are also changing. In
the current era, new types of
inequalities are taking root,
mainly arising out of
education, technology and
climate change. If these
ground-shaking changes are
not stopped in time, the risk
of spreading a giant rift that
the world has not seen
since the Industrial
Revolution will increase
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NO PERSON OR RELATION IS ABOVE NATION: PM MODI
New Delhi (ANI): Tak-
ing examples from the
life of Lachit Borphu-
kan, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Fri-
day said that “no person
or relation is above na-
tion” and his life in-
spires us to live the
mantra of “Nation
First” instead of nepo-
tism and dynasty
.
He made the remark
while addressing the
closing ceremony of the
year-long celebrations
of the 400th birth anni-
versary of Lachit Bor-
phukan in New Delhi
today
. The Prime Minis-
ter also released the
book - ‘Lachit Borphu-
kan - Assam’s Hero who
Halted the Mughals’ on
the occasion.
In line with the Prime
Minister’s vision to
honour the unsung he-
roes in a befitting man-
ner, today’s occasion is
celebrated to honour
the 400th birth anniver-
sary of Lachit Borphu-
kan, the famous Gener-
al of the Royal Army of
the Ahom Kingdom of
Assam who defeated the
Mughals and success-
fully halted the ever-
expanding ambitions of
the Mughals under Au-
rangzeb.
Addressing the gath-
ering, the Prime Minis-
ter started with ex-
pressing his regard for
the land of Assam
which gave brave sons
like Veer Lachit. “We
bow to the valorous La-
chit Borphukan on his
400th birth anniversary
.
He played a pivotal role
in preserving the cul-
ture of Assam”, he said.
The Prime Minister
said, “India is celebrat-
ing the 400th birth an-
niversary of Lachit
Borphukan at a time
when the country is
marking ‘Azadi Ka Am-
rit Mahotsav’.”
Terming Veer La-
chit’s exploits a glorious
chapter of the history
of Assam, the Prime
Minister said, “I salute
this great tradition on
the occasion of the festi-
val of India’s eternal
culture, eternal valour
and eternal existence.”
The Prime Minister
reiterated India’s mood
to get rid of the mental-
ity of slavery and take
pride in its heritage. In-
dia is not only celebrat-
ing its cultural diversity
but also acknowledging
the unsung heroes and
heroines of its history
.
PM Narendra Modi with Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma during the closing
ceremony of 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Immortal sons of Maa Bharati like
Lachit Borphukan are the inspira-
tion for fulfilling the resolutions of
the Amrit Kaal. They make us familiar with
the identity and glory of our history and also
spur us to dedicate ourselves to the nation.
—NARENDRA MODI, Prime Minister
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) is contesting the
elections of the Munici-
pal Corporation of Del-
hi ie MCD like the elec-
tion of any State Legis-
lative Assembly. The
way leaders from all
over the country are
campaigning in Guja-
rat, they are campaign-
ing in Delhi as well. The
leaders who are going to
Gujarat have also been
asked to come to Delhi
and campaign. Think,
on Sunday the Chief
Ministers of four states
of the country conduct-
ed a road show in Delhi.
Baijayant Jai Panda, in-
charge of BJP in Delhi,
had urged these Chief
Ministers for road
shows. As part of the
plan prepared by him,
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma,
Haryana Chief Minis-
ter Manohar Lal Khat-
tar, Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Jairam
Thakur and Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
did roadshows in Delhi.
Not only this, De-
fense Minister Rajnath
Singh also participated
in this mega campaign
of BJP. He also did a
road show for the party
.
A dozen leaders of Bi-
har have been given the
responsibility of cam-
paigning in Delhi.
Wherever the popula-
tion of the people of
Purvanchal is more,
there the meetings of
the leaders of Bihar
and Eastern Uttar
Pradesh are to be held.
The BJP is trying to re-
tain the hold of the last
15 years in the MCD
through this big cam-
paign, while the Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal is also being forced
to stay in Delhi and not
focus on Gujarat be-
cause of the campaign-
ing of other senior
leaders of the BJP.
Along with this cam-
paign, BJP is also re-
leasing sting videos of
Aam Aadmi Party lead-
ers. BJP has also re-
leased videos ranging
from ticket selling inci-
dent to AAP’s MLA be-
ing beaten up by sup-
porters and the recent
video of jailed AAP
minister getting mas-
sage and five-star treat-
ment in jail.
MCD elections like state assembly polls for BJP?
REPUTATION AT STAKE?
Union Minister Anurag Thakur with BJP candidate Sunrika Sharma
Jha during party’s campaign for MCD elections, in New Delhi.
Union Minister Smriti Irani arrives to addresss a BJP election campaign for Gujarat Assembly
elections, in Surat on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BATTLEGROUND GUJARAT
IRANI FLAYS AAP OVER
LEAKED ‘MASSAGE’ CLIPS
OF SATYENDAR JAIN
Surat (ANI): Union
Minister Smriti Irani on
Friday lashed out at the
AAP over viral videos
showing jailed Delhi
ministerSatyendarJain
gettingmassagefroman
alleged rapist in jail.
At a rally at here on
Friday
, the Union Minis-
ter said, “I request wom-
en that if they come
across any leader or
worker of Aam Aadmi
Party, ask them what
kind of culture they
have that their minister,
who is lodged in Tihar
jail, is availing personal-
ised massage services
from a man accused of
raping a minor girl.” On
Tuesday
, official sources
atTiharjailclaimedthat
Rinku, the prisoner who
was administering mas-
sage on Jain, was ‘not a
physiotherapist’ but has
been charged under the
Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act, 2012 for al-
legedly raping a minor.
The AAP has been at
the receiving end of
barbs and volleys from
the Opposition ever
since the purported
footage of Jain receiv-
ing an oil massage in-
side his cell surfaced
ahead of the upcoming
Delhi civic elections.
The purported CCTV
footageshowstheminis-
ter lying on his bed
while a man, seated next
to him, is administering
a massage on his foot.
In another video
sharedbyBJPspokesper-
son Shehzad Poonawalla
on his Twitter handle, a
man is purportedly seen
massagingtheDelhimin-
ister’s legs and back be-
fore proceeding to give
him a head massage.
WILL
KEJRIWAL
BE STUCK
IN DELHI?
Arvind Kejriwal
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Most of
AAP leaders have
left Gujarat and
come to Delhi or are
about to come to Del-
hi. In a way
, the party
has completely left
the Gujarat cam-
paign to state leaders
Gopal Italia and CM
candidate Isudan
Gadhvi. There will
be rallies of Arvind
Kejriwal in between,
but like before, now
the AAP leaders are
not going to camp in
Gujarat. Punjab CM
BhagwantMannwill
also hold rallies and
roadshows in Delhi.
Gulab Yadav and Ra-
ghav Chadha, the in-
charge and co-in-
charge of AAP in
Gujarat, also have to
spend more time in
Delhi as the Munici-
pal Corporation of
Delhi poll has be-
comeveryimportant
for AAP
.
KHAMBHALIA SEAT: A
BATTLE OF PRESTIGE
BETWEEN BJP, AAP
Dwarka: The Khambhalia
seat in Dwarka has turned
into a battle of prestige
between the BJP and AAP,
in the Gujarat polls. With
Congress also in the fray
with a sitting MLA, it is also
a triangular contest. Senior
Congress leader Vikram
Madam, AAP CM’s face Isu-
dan Gadhvi and BJP’s Mulu
Ayar Bera are fighting it out
amongst themselves here.
AAP ONLY ‘HYPE’, WILL
REMAIN ‘MARGINAL
PLAYER’ IN GUJ: DEORA
Ahmedabad: The AAP has a
lot of “hype” but will remain
a “marginal player” in Gujarat
polls, Congress leader Milind
Deora said on Friday and
asserted that his party would
belie predictions to spring a
surprise in the polls. Deora,
who is a Congress party
observer for the Gujarat polls,
said there is a “strong under-
current” of anti-incumbency
against the BJP government.
❍ BHARAT JODO YATRA
BJP claims ‘Pakistan zindabad’
sloganraisedinBJY;Congdenies
New Delhi (Agencies):
Amit Malviya, the head
of the IT cell of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP),onFridayclaimed
that ‘Pakistan zindabad’
slogan was raised dur-
ing the Rahul Gandhi-
led Bharat Jodo Yatra in
Madhya Pradesh’s
Khargon.
Sharing the purport-
ed video, Amit Malviya
wrote on his Twitter
handle, “After
Richa Chaddha’s public
application to join Ra-
hul Gandhi’s Bharat
“Jodo” Yatra, Pakistan
Zindabadslogansraised
in Khargon. INC MP
posted the video and
then deleted it after the
faux pas came to light.”
Responding to the al-
legations,Congress’gen-
eral secretary in-charge
of communications
Jairam Ramesh said a
doctored video is doing
the rounds to discredit
the Bharat Jodo Yatra
andstatedthattherewill
be a “payback”.
Boxer Vijender Singh joins Rahul Gandhi during the party’s Bharat
Jodo Yatra, in Khargone on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
RAHUL'S STATEMENTS ON SAVARKAR
Cong into damage
control; after Jairam,
Rahul calls Raut to pacify
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress is trying to per-
suade Sanjay Raut to
make up for the loss
caused by Rahul Gan-
dhi’s statement on Vi-
nayak Damodar Sa-
varkar during Bharat
Jodo Yatra. The Con-
gress knows that Raut
isnotjustthefaceof the
Shiv Sena’s Uddhav
Thackeray faction, but
also the brain. Thus
when Shiv Sena got an-
gry after Rahul’s state-
ment,Rautgaveastate-
ment on his behalf. He
alsotargetedRahulper-
sonally and said that
whathewasgettinglost
from the real agenda of
his yatra through such
statements. Since then,
the Congress has been
trying to somehow per-
suade Raut. After
Raut’s statement,
Jairam Ramesh called
Raut. Ramesh tried to
pacifyhimandclarified
that Rahul has not at-
tacked Savarkar, but
has only stated a his-
torical fact. After this,
Rahul himself called
Raut.
Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata
on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Mamata meets
Suvendu over
tea in her
chamber
Kolkata (PTI): In a first
since last year’s state
elections, West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee
on Friday held a “cour-
tesymeeting”withLead-
er of the Opposition Su-
vendu Adhikari at her
chamber in the state As-
sembly
,raisingeyebrows
in political circles.
Later, during a dis-
cussion on ‘Constitu-
tion Day’ in the House,
the CM said that she
had at one point adored
him like a brother.
Adhikari and Baner-
jee had been at logger-
heads since the end of
2020 when he switched
over to the BJP from the
TMC and defeated the
TMCsupremoinNandi-
gram in Assembly polls.
The meeting came
close on the heels of
Adhikari complaining
that his name was not
included in invitation
letter for the ‘Constitu-
tion Day’ programme.
Ex-T’gana Cong
MLA Shashidhar
Reddy joins BJP
New Delhi: MShashid-
har Reddy,formerfour-
time MLA from Telan-
gana who has recently
quit Con-
gress,joined
the BJP in
New Delhi
on Friday
.
Reddy rep-
resented Sanathnagar
Assembly constituency
for four terms. His in-
duction to BJP took
place in presence of Un-
ion ministers G Kishan
Reddy and Sarbananda
Sonowal and Telangana
BJP chief Bandi Sanjay
Kumar, in New Delhi.
INDIA
05
NO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Activists belonging to various women’s organisations participate in a demonstration on
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Bengaluru on Friday.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

Gujarat: Reliance Jio
5G was first launched in
October this year. The
company is now rolling
out its True 5G network
in each of the 33 district
headquarters of Guja-
rat, thereby making Gu-
jarat the first state in
India to get Jio True 5G
coverage in 100% of the
district headquarters.
Announcing the roll
out, the telco said that
“Gujarat holds a special
place, as it is Reliance’s
Janmabhoomi. This
strategic announce-
ment is a dedication to
Gujarat and its people.”
“Starting 25th No-
vember, Jio users in Gu-
jarat will be invited to
the Jio Welcome Offer,
to experience Unlimit-
ed Data at up to 1Gbps+
speeds, at no additional
cost”, it further added.
The telco will also
launch several Jio True
5G-powered initiatives
across industries like
education, healthcare,
agriculture, IOT sectors
in Gujarat and more.
Akash M Ambani,
Chairman, Reliance Jio
Infocomm Limited,
said, “We are proud to
share that Gujarat is
now the first state to
have 100% district head-
quarters connected
with our robust True
5G network. We want to
showcase the real pow-
er of this technology
and how it can impact a
billion lives”.
Alongside, the com-
pany’s largest telecom
operator has also an-
nounced a True 5G-pow-
ered initiative named
‘Education-For-All’ in
the state. A collabora-
tion between the Reli-
ance Foundation and
Jio, the initiative aims
to digitize 100 schools in
Gujarat initially
.
Explaining, how Jio
True 5G is better than
5G services offered by
other telecom compa-
nies in the country, the
company said that Jio
True 5G has a three-
fold advantage.
Gujbecomes1ststatetoget100%JioTrue5Gcoverage
TRUE 5G FOR ALL INITIATIVE
Bengaluru (PTI): Kar-
nataka Home Minister
Araga Jnanendra on
Friday said the Centre
has directed the NIA to
probe the Mangaluru
blast case. In a state-
ment, Jnanendra said
the state government
had recommended an
NIA probe into the cook-
er bomb blast in a mov-
ingautorickshaw,which
the Union Ministry of
Home Affairs accepted
and ordered a probe by
the premier investiga-
tion agency
.
“With regard to the
incident occurred with-
in the Kankanadi police
station limits, the state
government had taken
a decision to recom-
mend an NIA probe
based on the evidences
and other information
collected during the pre-
liminaryinvestigation,”
the Home Minister said
in his statement.
Centre directs
NIA probe into
Mangaluru
blast case
Dehradun (PTI): Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la congratulated IIT-
Roorkee as it celebrated
its 175th foundation day
on Friday, saying the in-
stitution continues to
be in the forefront of
the pursuit of research.
Addressing the func-
tion to mark the occa-
sion, Birla acknowl-
edged its valuable con-
tribution to the country
and the region.
“This institute has
unwaveringly aimed at
attaining global levels
of excellence in educa-
tion and creating a sus-
tainable and equitable
society through innova-
tive research,” he said.
“I am sure (Indian In-
stitute of Technology)
IIT-Roorkee will con-
tinue to serve the na-
tion and build compe-
tency and recognition
for India as a ‘vishwag-
uru’,” Birla said.
Secretary in the De-
partment of Posts
Vineet Pandey released
a commemorative
stamp on the occasion.
IIT-Roorkee in
forefront of pursuit
of research: Birla
Bhubaneswar: The
second day of the Win-
ter Session of Odisha
assembly on Friday wit-
nessed pandemonium
as the opposition -- BJP
and Congress -- engaged
in a verbal duel with the
ruling BJD over farm-
ers’ issues.
As soon as the House
assembled for the day’s
proceedings at 10.30
a.m., both the opposi-
tion and ruling party
members rushed to the
Well of the Assembly
raising slogans against
each other over various
demands of the farm-
ers. The opposition
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) members
were demanding dis-
bursement of input
subsidy to the farmers
and irregularities in
paddy procurement.
OdishaAssemblyadjournedafter
ruckus over farmers’ issue
Nagpur (PTI): Union
minister Nitin Gadkari
on Friday said all vehi-
cles belonging to the
Indian government that
have completed 15 years
will be scrapped, and a
policy to that effect has
been sent to states.
He was speaking at
the inauguration of
the annual ‘Agro-Vi-
sion’ agriculture exhi-
bition here.
“Yesterday, I signed a
file under the guidance
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi that all the
vehicles of the Indian
government which have
completed 15 years will
be scrapped. I have sent
this policy of the Indian
government to all the
states. They should
adopt this policy at the
state level,” he said.
15-year-old govt vehicles
will be scrapped: Gadkari
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: In the bu-
reaucracy of Uttar
Pradesh, preparation
are going on to send IPS
officers of 2017 batch as
SPs in the districts
while their batchmate
friends IAS 2017 batch
officers are still CDOs
in the districts. There
are still many options
for them to become col-
lectors and they will
have to wait a year, as
even the 2014 batch of
IAS officers has not yet
been appointed as DM.
The DGP Headquar-
ters got 14 young IPS of-
ficers of its 2017 batch
to meet Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath and
got their presentation
done. Principal Secre-
tary Home Sanjay Pras-
ad, DGP DS Chauhan
and ADG Law and Or-
der were also present
on this occasion.
14 young IPS officers of 2017 batch meet CM Yogi in UP
CM Yogi Adityanath in a meeting with IPS officers.
BJD MLAs stage a protest near Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding
an increase of MSP and insurance for farmers, in Bhubaneswar.
Om Birla addressing the function at IIT Roorkee.
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3 WOMEN IPS AMONG THE 14 IPS
WHO WENT TO MEET CM YOGI
2017 BATCH
IPS OFFICERS
IPS Saurabh Dixit ASP
Prayagraj, IPS SM
Qasim Abidi in-charge
Deputy Commissioner
Lucknow Commission-
erate, IPS Dr. Deeksha
Sharma ASP Ghaziabad
and IPS Vikas Kumar
ASP Agra gave a presen-
tation in front of the CM.
Knowledgeable officers
say that IPS officers of
2017 batch should have
been posted in the dis-
trict 1 year back, but the
interesting thing is that
in the districts where
they will be posted as
SPs, their senior IAS are
posted as CDOs. Thus,
an IPS officer who goes
as a captain in a district
will also find it difficult to
coordinate with an IAS
officer who is 4 years
senior to him.
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z Saurabh Dixit
z S M Qasim Abidi
z Dr. Deeksha Sharma
z Nipun Agarwal
z Arpit Vijayvargiya
z Keshav Kumar
z Abhishek Kumar Agarwal
z Satyajit Kumar Gupta
z Vikas Kumar
z Dr Iraj Raja
z Kuldeep Singh Gunawat
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Nitin Gadkari
ISRO begins
countdown for
PSLV-C54 mission
Govt releases
` 17,000 cr GST
compensation
Chennai: Scientists of
the ISRO commenced
the countdown on Fri-
day for the launch of
Earth Observation Sat-
ellite-Oceansat- eight
other customer satel-
lites on a PSLV-C54 rock-
et from the spaceport of
Sriharikota on Satur-
day. The 25.30-hr count-
down for the 56th flight
of the Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV),
in its extended version
(PSLV-XL), started at
10.26 AM today
.
central government has
released an amount
worth Rs 17,000 crore to
states and Union terri-
tories towards the bal-
ance GST compensa-
tion for the period April
to June 2022.The total
amount of compensa-
tion released to the
States/UTs so far, in-
cluding thus Rs 17,000
crore, during the year
2022-23 is Rs 1,15,662
crore, the Ministry of
Finance said in a state-
ment on Friday
.
Amrik Singh
Amritsar: Two emi-
nent personalities,
Iqbal Singh Chahal
(IAS), Municipal
Commissioner Ad-
ministrator of Bri-
hanmumbai, Munci-
pal Corporation, Ma-
harashtra and Prof
Gagandeep Kang
(FRS), Department
of Gastrointestinal
Science at the Chris-
tian Medical College,
Vellore, Tamil Nadu
were honoured with
honoris causa de-
grees at the 48th an-
nual convocation of
Guru Nanak Dev
University (GNDU),
here on Friday
.
On this occa-
sion136 Ph.D, 2 M.
Phil, 95 Post-Gradu-
ate and 71 Under-
Graduate de-
grees and 177 medals
were awarded to stu-
dents from various
faculties. Governor
of Punjab and Chan-
cellor of the univer-
sity, Banwarilal
Purohit said what
India needs today is
incorruptible young
men and women
who will dedicate
themselves to the
service of the larger
society through in-
dividual pursuits.
This will lead India
as Vishwa Guru at
International level.
Iqbal Singh Prof
Kang honoured with
Honorary degrees
Iqbal Singh Chahal Prof Gagandeep Kang honoured with
honoris causa degrees at GNDU on Friday.
THE JOURNEY
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
INDIA
06
Shillong (PTI): At least
20 oil tankers, guarded
by armed personnel, en-
tered Meghalaya from
AssamonFriday
,ending
theuncertaintyoverfuel
supply to the state, offi-
cials said.
There is no fuel short-
age in the state, they
said, allaying apprehen-
sions after the Assam
Petroleum Mazdoor As-
sociation (APMA)
stopped fuel supply to
Meghalaya raising con-
cern over security amid
violence after six people
were killed at the border
of the two states.
APMAmembersstart-
ed loading fuel in tank-
ers after the Meghalaya
government assured
them of security
.
“So far six oil tankers
with Assam registration
have entered Meghalaya
through Jorabad today
.
Another 15 or so with lo-
calregistrationhavealso
proceeded inside,” a sen-
ior police officer of the
Ri-Bhoi district told PTI.
The oil tankers were
moving smoothly with
no untoward incident
reported, he said.
OnThursdayevening,
hundreds of vehicles
were seen waiting at the
petrolpumpsinthestate
as people scrambled to
fill up tanks fearing
shortage. The queues of
vehicles led to traffic
snarls in Shillong and
some other parts of
Meghalaya. On the ap-
prehensionexpressedby
the drivers, police said
the empty oil tankers
would also be escorted
out with armed guards.
Five vehicles were
burnt on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights in
Meghalaya amid vio-
lence over the killings at
the state’s border with
Assam, officials said.
The Petrol Pump
Dealers Association of
Meghalaya welcomed
the decision of the
APMA to resume fuel
supply
. “We are grateful
that all stakeholders
came to an understand-
ing and ended a
crisis-like situation,” a
senior leader of the as-
sociation said.
MEGHALAYA-ASSAM TENSION
UNDER ARMED GUARD, OIL
TANKERS ENTER MEGHALAYA
Assam workers start loading fuel after Meghalaya assures security
Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma meets NHRC chairperson
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra over the firing incident at Mukroh
area, in Shillong on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Prayagraj (Agencies):
The district administra-
tion on Friday attached
0.1320 hectare land in
Kasari Masari village
belonging to mafia-
turned-politician Atiq
Ahmed, police said.
Superintendentof Po-
lice (city) Santosh Ku-
mar Meena said the at-
tachment was carried
out on Friday in compli-
ance with the District
Magistrate’s order of
November 21. The land
said to be worth around
Rs 6.60 crore. He also
saidthateffortsareonto
know about other prop-
erties of Atiq Ahmed.
Atiq Ahmed is cur-
rently lodged in
Ahmedabad jail, and
has over 100 cases regis-
tered against him at
Dhoomanganj Police
Station. Police force
from Dhumanganj and
many police stations of
the district joined in
this action.
AtiqAhmed’slandworth`6.60
croreinUPvillageattached
Police along with officials attach property of Atiq Ahmad in
Prayagraj district on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Guwahati/Shillong
(PTI): Attendance in
government offices
in Meghalaya was
‘thin’ on Friday in
response to a call by
various organisations
for a non-cooperation
movement in pro-
testing against the
November 22 violence
along the border with
Assam, which left six
people dead, includ-
ing five tribal villag-
ers from Meghalaya,
officials said.
Assam police officials
on Friday issued a
fresh advisory asking
its citizens not to
travel to Meghalaya
as the situation is still
“not very good” in the
neighbouring state
where police vehicles
were torched and
several people were
injured on the previ-
ous night.
LOW ATTENDANCE
IN MEGHALAYA
OFFICES; ASSAM
COPS’ ADVISORY

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,837.00 270.00 0.51 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,875.00 705.00 1.13 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.62 0.08 0.09
GBPINR 96.71 0.73 0.75
CURRENCIES
CoalIndiatoboostproduction
New Delhi (PTI): State-
owned Coal India (CIL) on
Friday said it will further
boost production in the
coming months and is opti-
mistic that the company
will achieve the output tar-
get set for the current fi-
nancial year.
CIL, which accounts for
over 80% of domestic coal
production, is eyeing an
output of 700 million
tonnes (MT) for FY’23. “We
began FY’23 requiring 78
MT jump in volume terms
to touch the target of 700
MT. As of Nov 24, the com-
pany has already achieved
an increase of nearly 58
MTs. “In the ensuing
months we aim to sustain
the tempo and further scale
up the production and feel
upbeat about achieving the
target,” the PSU said.
Following the end of the
monsoon season, most of
the mines have been dewa-
tered. The festive season is
also over. There will be
greater availability of ma-
chines and manpower lead-
ing to better production
and productivity in the
coming months, the com-
pany said.
The PSU produced 400
MT of coal as on Nov 24 of
the current financial year,
registering a growth of
17%. As of Nov 24, 2021
CIL had produced 342 MT
of coal.
AIM TO ACHIEVE FY23 TARGET
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Beauty
and fashion e-com-
merce firm Nykaa has
recorded a 75% growth
in gross merchandise
value and a 12-fold
jump in revenue on Day
1 of its Pink Friday sale,
the company said on
Friday. The company
said that it recorded
over 400 orders per
minute on the first day
of the sale which start-
ed on November 21.
The sale will be live un-
til November 28 on its
website, app and Nykaa
stores. The number of
visitors on Day 1 of
Pink Friday grew by
37% to 10 million, the
company claimed.
New Delhi (PTI): Engi-
neering systems and solu-
tions provider Uniparts In-
dia on Friday said it has
set a price band of `548-
577 a share for its
`836-crore IPO. The
three-day initial share sale
will open for public sub-
scription on November 30
and conclude on Decem-
ber 2. The bidding for an-
chor investors will open
on November 29. The IPO
is entirely an Offer for
Sale (OFS) of 14,481,942
equity shares by promoter
group entities and existing
investors.
UNIPARTS INDIA
FIXES IPO PRICE
BAND AT `548-577
NYKAA’S GROSS
MERCHANDISE
VALUE GROWS 75%
Mumbai (PTI): Lubes
maker Castrol India Limit-
ed (CIL) on Friday said it
will acquire a 7.09 per
cent stake in TVS Auto-
mobile Solutions’ digital
subsidiary Ki Mobility So-
lutions with a planned in-
vestment of `487.5 crore
in an all-cash deal. With
this strategic investment,
CIL aims to expand its
presence in service and
maintenance for both in-
ternal combustion engine
(ICE) and EV and leverage
myTVS’ digital and opera-
tional capabilities.
CASTROL TO ACQUIRE
7.09% STAKE IN KI
MOBILITY SOLUTIONS
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
prices fell by `270 to
`52,837 per 10 grams in
the national capital on
Friday amid weak global
trends, according to
HDFC Securities. In the
previous trade, the pre-
cious metal had settled
at `53,107 per 10
grams. Silver also tum-
bled by `705 to `61,875
per kg. In the interna-
tional market, gold was
quoting lower at
$1,752.5 per ounce
while silver was down at
$21.30 per ounce.
GOLD PRICE FALLS
BY `270; SILVER
SEES DIP OF `705
*Rates till the edition went to print.
RUPEE RISES 8 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 81.62
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee settled
for the day 8 paise higher at
81.62 (provisional) against the
American currency on Friday
on broad dollar weakness and
improved risk sentiments. Forex
traders said positive domestic
equities and foreign fund inflows
supported the local unit. At the
interbank foreign exchange
market, the local unit opened at
81.69 and touched an intra-day
high of 81.44 and a low of 81.71
against the greenback. The local
unit finally settled at 81.62,
registering a rise of 8 paise over
its previous close.
ADANI TO RAISE `20,000
CRORE THROUGH FRESH
SHARE ISSUE
New Delhi (PTI): Billionaire
Gautam Adani’s conglomer-
ate on Friday said it will raise
`20,000 crore in
equity to fund the
massive expansion
at his sprawling
business empire
that now spans
from ports to energy to cement.
Adani Enterprises Ltd will raise
funds through the issue of fresh
equity shares, it said. The public
offering will help AEL diversify
the shareholder base and build
its credibility and acceptance
among investors.
TWO NEW POLYMER
MANUFACTURING
PARKS IN BENGAL
Kolkata (PTI): The Indian Plas-
tics Federation on Friday said it
is planning to set up two new
poly parks in
West Bengal
as polymer
demand in
the state is
expected to double in five years.
The federation also sought
special electricity incentives.
“We have identified a plot of 100
acre near Singur and another
of 70 acre near Dankuni. Nearly
90-100 units are expected to
be completed by 2025,” IPF
president Sishir Jalan said.
OTHER STORIES
GoM TO SUBMIT REPORT NEXT WEEK ON GST
LEVY ON CASINOS, ONLINE GAMING
New Delhi (PTI): The state
finance ministers’ panel for
GST levy on casinos, online
gaming and horse racing will
submit its report to the GST
Council next week, Meghalaya
CM Conrad Sangma said on
Friday. Sangma-headed GoM
held its final meeting on the
issue earlier this week and is
understood to have recommended a GST levy of 28% on online gam-
ing, irrespective of whether it is a game of skill or chance. Sangam
said: “We will submit the report next week”.
Kolkata (PTI): Coal India, the world's largest miner, has said it
exceeded the annual target of green coverage by mid-November.
Coal India's plantation of 1,526 hectares as of November 15 has
exceeded the FY'23 annual target of 1,510 hectares achiev-
ing 101% target satisfaction, it said. The increased plantation
helped in creating 76,544 tonnes of carbon sink potential per
year. Driven up by the eco concerns and to reduce carbon diox-
ide emissions, CIL in recent years has stepped up the efforts on
greening its mining areas, the miner said.
CILSURPASSESFY'23GREENCOVERTARGET
New Delhi (PTI): The cen-
tral banks of India and
UAE are discussing a con-
cept paper on promoting
bilateral trade in rupee and
dirham with a view to re-
duce transaction cost, a top
official said on Friday
.
India's Ambassador to
the UAE said that the con-
cept paper for trade in local
currencies was shared by
India. The central banks of
both the countries will dis-
cuss the standard operat-
ing procedures and modali-
ties. The objective of the
exercise is to reduce the
cost of transactions, he
added. India and the UAE
had already signed a FTA
in Feb to give a fillip to bi-
lateral trade and eco ties.
New Delhi (ANI): Broker-
ages Anand Rathi and
Swastika Investmart have
given “subscribe” ratings
for the upcoming initial
public offering of Dharmaj
Crop Guard. “The upward
momentum in pesticide in-
dustry output is expected
to continue going forward,
backed by a growth in food
consumption amid demand
from export markets, and
the horticulture and flori-
culture markets,” Swastika
Investmart said.
India, UAE central
banks discuss
rupee, dirham trade
‘Subscribe’ rating
to Dharmaj Crop
Guard’s IPO
SAYS MEMBER OF EAC OF PM
SANYAL:INDIACAPABLEOF
GENERATING 9% GROWTH
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India is capa-
ble of generating a 9%
growth rate but in view of
the geopolitical situation,
we should be satisfied with
a 6.5-7% economic expan-
sion, member of the EAC to
the PM, Sanjiv Sanyal said
on Friday
.
India is following an “in-
vestment and export-driv-
en growth model” and
against the backdrop of
“turbulent” global times,
the RBI and the govern-
ment have followed a re-
strained macro-economic
approach, which is a cor-
rect step.
“It is a very turbulent
time and we are generating
a 7% growth rate already.
Nothing to sniff at. But if
we get an open road, this
economic machinery that
we have built is capable of
generating a 9% growth
rate,” Sanyal said at the
Times Now Summit 2022.
The global economy is
facing supply chain disrup-
tions following the out-
break of the Russia-
Ukraine war in February
.
Sanyal said, “This is not
the time to try and overex-
tend ourselves. Any growth
rate between 6.5-7% growth
rate is not to be sniffed at.
Even in the best of times.”
WHAT SANJIV
SANYAL SAID
z India is following an
“investment and export-
driven growth model” and
against the backdrop of
“turbulent” global times, the
RBI and the government
have followed a restrained
macro-economic approach,
which is a correct step.
z The global economy is facing
supply chain disruptions
following the outbreak of the
Russia-Ukraine war in Feb.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Commerce
and Industry Minister Pi-
yush Goyal has said that
the Indian economy was
not to be blamed for weak-
ening of rupee, as this was
mainly due to the strength-
ening of the dollar.
Speaking at the Times
Now summit, the minister,
despite rising inflation,
sounded an optimistic
note, noting that compared
to sky rocketing inflation
in many countries, where
it is ranging between 8 to
10%, India has maintained
a fair balance between in-
flation and interest rates
and price rise in the coun-
try is much lower than
compared to others.
Goyal also said that even
as the prevailing geopoliti-
cal situation remains fluid
owing to the global head-
winds and signs of reces-
sion in many nations, India
is on a path of rapid recov-
ery and its growth rate is
7%, which is a positive sign.
At the same time though,
he added that the situation
arising out of the Corona-
virus pandemic and Rus-
sia-Ukraine war could not
be ignored.
On job losses in the IT
and technology sectors and
rising unemployment, an
issue being raised by the
opposition, Goyal said that
on the contrary India’s job
market is seeing an upward
trajectory
.
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks settled at re-
cord highs on Friday
, rally-
ing for the fourth day run-
ning,helped by intensebuy-
ing in index majors Reli-
ance Industries, Wipro and
Maruti. In a largely range-
bound trade, the 30-share
BSE Sensex climbed 20.96
points or 0.03% to settle at
62,293.64, its fresh record
closing high.
Likewise, broader NSE
Nifty went up by 28.65
points or 0.15% to end at
18,512.75, its all-time high.
Reliance Industries
emerged as the biggest
gainer among the Sensex
firms, rising 1.34%, fol-
lowed by Wipro, Tech Mahi-
ndra, Axis Bank, IndusInd
Bank, Maruti, Tata Steel
and Mahindra Mahindra
were among the major win-
ners.
On the other hand, Nes-
tle, Kotak Mahindra Bank,
ICICI Bank and HCL Tech-
nologieswerethemajorlag-
gards.
` weakening due to $
strengthening: Goyal
Sensex Nifty scale
fresh lifetime highs as
RIL, Wipro advance
Sitharaman meets state FMs for Budget inputs
New Delhi (ANI): Union
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharman has chaired a
pre-Budget meeting with
the finance ministers of all
States and Union Territo-
ries for taking their inputs
and suggestions for the up-
coming Budget for 2023-24.
The meeting took place
on Friday in New Delhi. Be-
sides Sitharaman and
state/UT finance minis-
ters, Union MoS for Fi-
nance Pankaj Chaudhary
and Bhagwat Karad, secre-
taries from various arms
of Union finance ministry,
Chief Economic Advisor
Anantha Nageswaran,
among others attended the
meeting.
Sitharaman has so far
chaired several pre-Budget
consultations group of ex-
perts, and industry lead-
ers, including the agricul-
tural and food processing
industry experts.
The first meeting was
held on Monday
.
The formal exercise to
prepare the annual Budget
for the next financial year
-- 2023-24 - commenced on
October 10. The Budget for
2023-24 is likely to be tabled
on February 1.
Mumbai (PTI): In the sec-
ond consecutive week of an
increase in the kitty
, India's
forex reserves have grown
by $2.537 billion to $547.252
billion for the week ended
November 18, the RBI said
on Friday
.
In the previous report-
ing week, the overall kitty
had swelled by $14.721 bil-
lion in the highest weekly
rise since August 2021 to
$544.715 billion.
It can be noted that in
October 2021, the country's
forex kitty had reached an
all-time high of $645 bil-
lion.
Foreign currency assets
(FCA) increased by $1.76
billion to $484.288 billion
during the week to Novem-
ber 18, according to the
Weekly Statistical Supple-
ment released by the RBI.
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SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK

08
2NDFRONT
Make a habit of living life in a
constant state of gratitude and also
of positive, joyous expectation.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Ayodhya (ANI): A fa-
ther-son duo from Ta-
mil Nadu have been ar-
rested for allegedly
stealing jewellery and
other valuables from
Bhojpuri actress Amra-
pali Dubey, the police
said on Friday
.
Officials said that the
Bhojpuri film actress,
Dubey had in a com-
plaint to Kotwali Nagar
police alleged that uni-
dentified men had sto-
len jewellery and other
valuables from her ho-
tel room on Thursday.
The actress had come to
Ayodhya along with her
mother for a shoot and
was staying in room
number - 415 and 416 of
a hotel in the Kotwali
Nagar area.
The theft was report-
ed at around 06.30 am,
and the estimated val-
ue of stolen jewellery
was rs25 lakh, the po-
lice said.
The actress had left
the door of her room
open by mistake and
went out when two uni-
dentified suspects
gained entry to the ho-
tel room and stole a bag
containing jewellery
and mobile phones.
The theft came to
light when the actress
returned and found
her belongings miss-
ing from the room.
Soon after this, the po-
lice were informed and
a case of theft was reg-
istered against uniden-
tified men.
Additional SP Mad-
huban Singh said that
they went through the
CCTV footage of the ho-
tel, and zeroed in on the
two suspects, who were
seen entering the ac-
tress’ room, and leaving
with the bag.
We activated our lo-
cal intelligence, and
the suspects were
rounded up at Badi
Bua Crossing area,
said Singh, while add-
ing that the accused
during questioning
confessed about the
theft, and have been ar-
rested.
“All valuable items
stolen from the actress’
room have been recov-
ered from the accused,”
claimed Singh.
Bhojpuri actress Am-
rapali Dubey expressed
her gratitude for the
prompt action and re-
covery of her stolen be-
longings.
Police recover jewellery stolen from Bhojpuri actress’s room
Bhojpuri actress Amrapali Dubey —FILE PHOTO
COURTESY CALL
Dr. Jagdeesh Chandra paid a courtesy visit to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at
Uparashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Con-
gress leader
Pankhuri Pathak,
posting a clip of
CCTV footage on
social media, al-
leged that her car
parked near Del-
hi’s Janakpuri
area was stolen.
She also said
that the gang of
thieves made sev-
eral attempts for
nearly half an
hour before finally
stealing the SUV
.
“Delhi was nev-
ersounsafeearlier.
The city has now
turned into the
crimecapital,”said
Pathak, who is the
social media chair-
person of the UP
Congress. “Is there
any hope that you
willbeabletocatch
thecriminals?”she
asked, tagging the
Delhi police com-
missioner and the
DCP of the south-
west district.
UP Congress
social media
chairperson's
car stolen
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Indian
Railways is now plan-
ningtointroduce‘tilting
trains’ with an aim to
maintain higher speed
on curvy stretches by
2026, according to the
railways officials said.
100 new units of the
semi-high speed Vande
Bharat trains are being
manufactured using
this technology
, a senior
official said on Friday
.
He also said 100 of the
400 Vande Bharat trains
to be manufactured by
2025 will have this tech-
nology
. Such trains are
now operational in 11
countries -- Italy, Portu-
gal, Slovenia, Finland,
Russia, the Czech Re-
public, the UK, Switzer-
land, China, Germany
and Romania.
Rlys to introduce
100 Vande Bharat
with tilting train
tech by 2025-26
New Delhi (ANI): In a
move that will strength-
en the country's diplo-
matic capability
, the Ap-
pointments Committee
of the Cabinet approved
the appointment of 3
new Indian Foreign Ser-
vice officers at the
Prime Minister's Office
(PMO) on various posts
while also extending the
tenure of a Joint Secre-
tary at the office.
Public Grievances
and Pensions, Dr Deep-
ak Mittal, an IFS officer
of the 1998 batch has
been appointed as Offic-
eronSpecialDuty(OSD)
in the PMO.
The Ministry ap-
proved the appointment
of Dr Vipin Kumar, IFS
(2013) as Deputy Secre-
tary in the PMO for a
tenure of 3 years, from
the date of his joining.
It also appointed Ni-
dhi Tewari, IFS (2014)
as Under Secretary in
the PMO for a tenure of
3 years w.e.f. the date of
her joining or until fur-
ther orders. Also, The
tenure of Joint Secre-
tary at the PMO, Rudra
Gaurav Shresth, IFS
(1999), was extended for
a period of two months.
New Delhi (PTI) Amid
frequent run-ins be-
tween the government
and the judiciary, Un-
ion Law Minister Kiren
Rijiju on Friday
pitched for fraternal
ties between the two
pillars of democracy,
saying they are like
brothers and should
not fight each other.
He said the central
government under PM
Narendra Modi has
never undermined the
authority of the judici-
ary and will always en-
sure its independence
remains untouched and
is promoted.
“We are offspring of
the same parent.. hum
bhai-bhai hain. Aapas
me ladna-jhagadna
theek nahi hai. Hum
sab milkar kaam ka-
renge aur desh ko maz-
boot banaenge. (We are
brothers. It is not right
to fight with each other.
We will work together
to strengthen the na-
tion),” he said speaking
at an event held on the
Supreme Court lawns
on the eve of Constitu-
tion Day. The govern-
ment of India will al-
ways support and
strengthen the Indian
judiciary, he said, add-
ing the two should work
in cohesion and guide
each other.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Friday while ad-
dressing at the Indo-
Pacific Regional Dia-
logue (IPRD) 2022 em-
phasised the signifi-
cance of the Indo-Pacif-
ic region and expressed
the nation’s intention to
engage constructively
in the region for shared
prosperity and security
.
He stated that India
does not believe in a sys-
tem of world order in
which few are deemed
to be superior to others.
He also stated that In-
dia’s actions are dictat-
ed by the fundamental
principles of human
equality and it has al-
ways seen security and
prosperity as atruly
“collective pursuit” of
entire humankind.
“It is my firm belief
that if security be-
comes a truly collective
enterprise, then we can
think of creating a
global order that is ben-
eficial for all of us,”
Singh said.
“India believes in a
multi-aligned policy
which is realised
through diverse en-
gagements through
multiple stakeholders
so that views and con-
cerns of all can be dis-
cussed and addressed
for prosperity for all,”
Singh said.
The IPRD seeks to
foster an exchange of
ideas and promote de-
liberations on region-
ally relevant maritime
issues.
3 NEW IFS OFFICERS APPOINTED AT PMO,
JOINT SECRETARY’S TENURE EXTENDED
Executivejudiciarylikebrothers,
should not fight each other: Rijiju
‘India doesn’t believe in world order
where few countries are superior’
Dr Deepak Mittal (L), Dr Vipin Kumar (C), Nidhi Tewari (R)
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice D.Y Chandrachud with Union Law
Minister Kiren Rijiju during a programme as part of Constitution Day
celebrations in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Navy chief Admiral R Hari
Kumar during the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2022 (IPRD-2022),
at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Supreme Court on Fri-
day agreed to examine
pleas seeking legal rec-
ognition of same-sex
marriage under the
Special Marriage Act
as it issued notice to the
Centre on the petition.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice of India DY Chan-
drachud and Justice
Hima Kohli issued no-
tice to the Centre and
Attorney General on
the petition.
The top court also
noted that various pleas
relating to same-sex
marriage issues are be-
ing heard in various
High Courts including
Kerala and Delhi.
It also noted the Cen-
tre made a statement
before HC that the Min-
istry was taking steps to
transfer all pleas to the
Supreme Court.
Two gay couples had
approached the High
Courts to recognise
same-sex marriage. Ap-
pearing for one of the
petitioners, Senior Ad-
vocate Mukul Rohatgi
said that they are not
touching any religion
they are only seeking
recognition under the
Special Marriage Act.
Meanwhile, one of
the petitions raised the
absence of a legal
framework that al-
lowed members of the
LGBTQ+ community to
marry any person of
their choice.
According to the pe-
tition, the couple
sought to enforce the
fundamental rights of
LGBTQ+ individuals to
marry any person of
their choice and said,
the exercise of which
ought to be insulated
from the disdain of leg-
islative and popular
majorities.
The petitioners fur-
ther asserted their fun-
damental right to each
other and prayed for
appropriate directions
from this Court in do-
ing so. However, the le-
gal framework govern-
ing the institution of
marriage in this coun-
try does not presently
allow members of the
LGBTQ+ community to
marry the person of
their choice and en-
force the fundamental
right which has been
guaranteed to them un-
der our Constitution.
The petitioners sub-
mitted that this is viola-
tive of the fundamental
rightsguaranteedunder
Part III of the Constitu-
tion, including Articles
14, 15, 19(1)(a) and 21.
The present petition
has been filed by the pe-
titioners to assert for
themselves, and for all
members of the LGT-
BQ+ community, the
fundamental right to
marry person of their
choice, irrespective of
gender identity and
sexual orientation.
The petitioners said
that they have been in
love with each other
and have had a relation-
ship with each other for
the last seventeen years
and are presently rais-
ing two children togeth-
er, but unfortunately
the fact that they can-
not legally solemnize
their marriage has re-
sulted in a situation
where both petitioners
cannot have a legal re-
lationship between par-
ents and children with
both of their kids.
FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE UNDER SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT
SC NOTICE TO CENTRE ON PLEA
SEEKING LEGAL RECOGNITION
Two gay couples had filed PIL to recognise same-sex marriage
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS INVOKED
S
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‘APPARENT CONFLICT’ BETWEEN 2 WINGS
I did not
think that my
belongings
would be recovered. I
would like to thank
the entire police ad-
ministration and the
state government for
the prompt action.
—Amrapali Dubey,
Bhojpuri actress

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NEW DELHI, SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 26, 2022
aipur Dori is
a brand that
has made its
presence felt
by creating
ethnic fash-
ion in a con-
temporary format. Prin-
cess Shalini Narukaa of
Jawli, Alwar, the partici-
pating designer for the
First India Fashion Con-
nect, season 13 held at No-
votel London Hammer-
smith on November 20
has been a powerful pillar
and backbone of the
brand, leading to a large
customer base and un-
precedented success.
Jaipur Dori is creating a
symphony that is ultimate-
ly inspired by
a strong fe-
male fig-
ure such
as herself.
T h e
fashion in-
dustry is
always cate-
gorized as a
dynamic one,
where con-
sumer
preferences surely rule the
market. There is no deny-
ing that Indian arts, crafts,
and local traditions are un-
paralleled the world over,
often inspiring global fash-
ion trends. Jaipur Dori,
founded in 2015 by Prin-
cess Shalini Narukaa of
Jawli, Alwar, focuses on
fabric, craftsmanship and
comfort.
As we make a transition
to an eco-friendly land-
scape, especially in the
fashion industry, new
concepts have come
to the forefront.
From sus-
tainable
f a s h i o n
to slow
f a s h i o n
to ethical fash-
ion, these terms
have become quite ubiqui-
tous. For centuries, Ra-
jasthan has witnessed sev-
eral marauders and people
from different regions of
the world and that is the
reason why the region has
absorbed some of the tradi-
tions, culture, and style of
these visitors. Taking the
fashion statement and
Jaipur Dori to London,
Shalini highlights the sus-
tainable fashion highlight-
ing hemp.
Hemp is the most sus-
tainable plant on the earth
requires 4 times less wa-
ter than cotton. Hemp fab-
ric looks like linen but
doesn’t wrinkle like it and
feels exactly like cotton.
Hemp clothing is more
comfortable, breathable
and softer than other fab-
rics. It also retains colour
longer and lasts more
washes than clothing
made up of other fabrics.
In addition to being better
for the environment,
wearing clothing made of
hemp is better for you.
The heels and the décors, the flamboyance and the ardor,
enwrapped the traditional fervor of Jaipur in London. With the city
hosting First India Fashion Connect Season 13, the show set
benchmarks with the emerging trends and sustainable fashion
flicks by ace designer Shalini Narukaa!
ETHICS
AESTHETICS
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Jaipur Dori
is com-
mitted to
endorsing
slow and sustain-
able fashion and
we’re proud to
recently launch our
carbon-free cam-
paign in London
using hemp for its anti-bacterial property,
durability, biodegradable property and
above all, how effectively it reduces eco-
logical footprints. We believe in having a
minimalistic collection, using very less
embellishments and very intricate details
in the fabric itself which makes it unique
and class apart.” —SHALINI NARUKAA
FASHION
CONNECT
SEASON 13

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ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
This is the
best time try
something new
with life give
yourself a new
purpose. You
will feel amorous
towards your
wife. Work on
your limitations, there can be no better
time than this. You have more opposite
sex friends than the same and you may
be judged sometimes but don’t care.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You love to live
close to your
family. You are
a child at heart
and never let this
child die. You
have a big heart
and you always
help someone if
you can. Video gathering is possible as
you miss your social circle like anything.
Best day to buy gold and silver or any
precious metal for investment sake.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You will feel
financially
comfortable and
infant you are in
position to invest
money in some
new venture.
Your personality
will attract many
eligible bachelors. Spend time talking
with likeminded people as it will make
you feel good for now. The day will bear
fruiful rewards.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are a pro in
your field and
none can beat
you. Female
scorpios are
lioness and
women around
are often jealous.
You give tough
competition to people. Many people
get inspired by you. You will get special
treatment from your dear ones. Try new
things in life.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You are very
generous by
nature and also
you are the
backbone of your
family. You are
very fortunate
to have a great
friend circle.
Today is a favourable day for business.
You may postpone your study plans. Be
careful of the words that come out of
your mouth.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Take stand where
you need to, don’t
run in the same
direction where
everybody else
is going. Don’t
attack stress even
if you don’t have
any. Let go of
things that are not in your control. You
want to have your own house and you
will work hard to make your dream come
true.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You must create
an environment
of understanding
at home. You
need a break
from day to
tensions and the
way to cope up
with stress is to
meditate. You will succeed in any sort
of examination if you put your heart and
soul to it. Promotion can be expected
even if other are not.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Never demotivate
someone even if
someone is not
capable of doing
something. You
make sure to
make things work
your way. You are
most wanted by
your friends. You can have romantic affair
in office and a serious one. You will invest
money in clothes and accessories today.
You are a God fearing person.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You need help on
academic front
and you should
not shy away
from asking.
Your spouse
may make you
spend more than
you expected.
Fantastic day for investing money in stock
market as you can make fortune. You
miss your parents a lot and somewhere
fear to loose them.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You are
opportunist and
this will make you
successful one
day. Your spouse
is someone
who can do
anything for your
happiness. You
are happy spending whole day at home.
Help your mothers at home today and
give them a reason to smile. You will be
surprised today.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You care about
you lover but
somehow
hesitate in
expressing that
care. Don’t make
friends for money
and status rather
make friends
who will stick with you forever. On social
front, you may have to spend some extra
money in buying gifts for someone for
some specific occasion.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Scrumptious
food is what you
are craving for
today. You always
maintain cordial
relationship with
everyone. You
workout daily
to keep yourself
fit. You may start a side business to earn
extra money. You are not a jealous kind
and you feel happy for others. You are a
very grounded person.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Honey: Health Benefits of
Honey: Health Benefits of
THE GOLDEN LIQUID
THE GOLDEN LIQUID
IS HONEY HEALTHY?
oney is a sweet
food, which is
healthier than
table sugars. It
is a natural
sugar made by
honeybees us-
ing nectar from the
flowers. Cave paint-
ings suggest human
beings collected honey
from honeycombs
roughly 8000 years ago
and the goodness
of honey has
been known and
used in food and as
medicine for at least
4000 years.
Honey is loaded
with powerful antioxi-
dants with antiseptic
and antibacterial
properties. It is not
just to spread on bread
toasts in the morning
breakfast. Apart from
its nutritive food val-
ue, honey is extensive-
ly used for its medici-
nal properties in alter-
native medicine. Stud-
ies about honey have
revealed that honey
has powerful anti-bac-
terial activity on a
wide span of bacteria.
The low water content
and the osmotic prop-
erty make honey an
excellent anti-bacteri-
al natural product.
H
KRISHNA BORA
B.Sc. (Microbiology)
HEALTH BENEFITS OF HONEY
Honey is known for various amazing benefits. It has
been widely used in a variety of products from sweet
confectioneries to cosmetics.
SOME OFTHE BENEFITS OF HONEY ARE MENTIONED BELOW:
SOURCE: https://www.medindia.net/patients/lifestyleandwellness/honey.htm
Honey and Cinnamon: A
Perfect Combination
Honey and cinnamon have
been curing many diseases
and infections since ancient
times. Traditional societies
have mixed honey and cin-
namon from time immemo-
rial to cure people from
common cold, sore throat
and skin infections. This
practice is still followed by
alternative medicine practi-
tioners who use it to cure
infertility in men and wom-
en. The combination of
honey and cinnamon cures
arthritis pain, cholesterol,
hair fall and gastric prob-
lems. It also clears stomach
ulcers and helps digest the
heaviest meals. The most
common use of honey and
cinnamon is to cure a cold
and sore throat. Studies
show that applying honey
and cinnamon on your skin
can cure pimples and acne.
Honey and Immunity
Honey is an excellent rem-
edy for improving your im-
munity against allergies
and asthma. Honey con-
tains floral flavonoids.
When honey is ingested, it
immediately increases the
antioxidant levels within
the cells of the body and de-
creases the capillary per-
meability and fragility.
Honey has also shown anti-
cancer and anti-tumor
properties preventing the
risks of cancer in humans.
Research by students at the
Xavier University in New
Orleans showed a positive
result of local honey and its
allergy curing properties.
The results say that honey
acts as a vaccine for those
who are allergic to pollen
grains. Honey contains the
same kind of pollen grains
that cause this allergy. By
consuming honey, we make
the body accustomed to
these pollen grains de-
crease the chance of the im-
mune response to them like
the release of histamines.
Local honey is said to be the
best kind against allergies.
Honey and Stamina
Honey helps build stamina
in athletes. When athletes
take honey drinks before
and after important athletic
events, it replaces all the
carbohydrates and minerals
spent during the workout or
in extreme conditions.
While we are g o i n g
through work-
outs, our body
sweats and we
lose minerals.
Honey contains a
g o o d
amount
of all the
important
m i n e r -
als and
replaces
them in
the body
.
It is like an
energy drink for the sports-
men and athletes and helps
them in muscle building.
Honey and Weight Loss
Honey is a natural sweet-
ener that contains 22 amino
acids including a variety of
minerals, which are impor-
tant for metabolism and
therefore helpful in pre-
venting obesity. Lemon
juice with a little honey
early morning is believed to
be the effective anti-cellu-
lite treatment. This is an
effective remedy to speed
up shedding pounds from
your body. Again, honey
and cinnamon is another
powerful remedy for effec-
tive weight loss. For people
who love binge eating, hon-
ey can be taken as an effec-
tive remedy for digestion
later on.
Honey and Cosmetics
Honey is widely used in
many types of cosmetics
like lip balm, face creams
and shower gels. The rea-
son behind this is because
honey does not spoil due to
its high sugar content. It
has 50% more density than
water. The osmotic proper-
ty of honey attributes to its
anti-bacterial property.
Honey is a thick liquid that
acts as a perfect skin and
hair conditioner. It brings
smoothness to the skin and
hair. Hence, is used in cos-
metics and shampoos.
Honey and Antiseptic
Properties
Generally in hospitals,
doctors prefer hydrogen
peroxide to clean wounds
so they heal quickly. The
same chemical is present
in honey in very good
amounts. It is released by
diluting honey in water
or body fluids. When it is
applied on the open
wounds, especially burn
wounds, the glucose pre-
sent in honey dilutes
gradually releasing hydro-
gen peroxide and due to its
viscous constituency,
honey prevents wounds
from sticking to the dress-
ing and there are little
or no scars after
healing.

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