The document discusses various aspects of Narendra Modi's personality and leadership based on the narrator's interactions and observations. It describes how Modi helped an acquaintance get funding for a kidney transplant even though they did not qualify for the scheme, demonstrating his compassionate nature. It notes Modi's passion for photography and how he encouraged those with talent. It highlights how as Gujarat's CM, Modi worked to address water shortage issues in Surendranagar by launching a Rs 320 crore pipeline project. The narrator emphasizes that Modi never forgot the problems he witnessed as a worker and ensured they were addressed as CM.

1. he narrator brings
to us the multidi-
mensional and ver-
satile aspects of PM
Modi’s personalit
y.
From being a com-
passionate
caretak-
er of the karyakar-
tas, to being a talented photogra-
pher and a dynamic leader, PM
ModiindeedisthegreatestPrime
Minister India has ever had!
An acquainta
nce of mine was
unwell and was about to undergo
a kidney transplan
t. He was an
employee
with a company
but
his salary wasn’t enough to fund
for his transplant. We then tried
to find out what help we could
have received from the PM and
CM Relief fund. We approache
d
Narendrabhai who was the CM
at that time and also informed
him that we had approache
d the
PM. It was Dussehra
that day
and shastra pooja was being con-
ducted at CM’s residence.
Media
was also present on the occasion
and as a photograp
her, I was pre-
sent at that event that day
.
As I found an opportuni
ty, I
tried to convey my message to
the CM that there is a needy per-
son here who cannot afford a
kidney transplan
t and that he
needs the CM’s help at the earli-
est. Although the patient did not
fall into the bracket of benefi-
ciariesfortheparticular
scheme,
yet we request the CM to make
this happen somehow to save his
life. Here I would like to bring
out the compassio
nate side of
Modiji. Immediately, he called
for his Secretary and said that he
wants the file on his table the
next day. Narendra
bhai sanc-
tioned the grant for the person’s
treatment
. A fund of Rs 175000
was released from the CM Relief
Fund towards
my acquaint-
ance’s kidney transplant.
The day Modiji signed the file,
I received a call from him and he
said to me in Gujarati “What you
had requested
for has been sanc-
tioned. If you need anything else,
let me know. The operation
is go-
ing on right now at Nadiad Kid-
ney Institute. So don’t worry!”
In fact the very first time I
mentioned
about my problem to
him, he spoke with somebody
at
Nadiad Kidney Institute and told
the relevant departmen
t to fix up
a date for the transplant
and
to commence with the pro-
cedures. Later on, the pa-
tient, who is a relative asked
me “Brother,
who did you
ask to call for my help after
all? The hospital got a call
from the CM office, my file
was moved immediate
ly and
I got a date for the opera-
tion.” I wish to bring to the
readers the truth about the
deep bonds PM Modi shares
with his karyakart
as. He
worries about them, lends an
ear to those in a crisis and
ensures their well-being
.
Not just this, Narendra
bhai is a multifaceted per-
sonality. He has a knack for
photograp
hy and he would
tell me that he is passionate
about it. He used to recall his
yatra to Kailash Mansarovar and
how in those days when such
high-tech
cameras
were not
available,
he still possessed
an
extraordin
ary collection
of pic-
tures clicked by him during his
trip. And, when I saw the photo-
graphs clicked by Narendra bhai,
they were simply mind blowing.
They were worth putting up in
an exhibition
! Not just this, he
also possessed
an eye for good
photograp
hy and appreciate
d
the nicely clicked pictures
printed in the newspapers.
Once in the month of
saawan, I clicked a picture of
the Brahmins
, pujaris and
sadhus worshipin
g the shiv-
ling with all the gods and
goddesses
and I captured it
in a frame outlined by a
rudrakshmala.Itwasafront
page photo. Narendra
bhai
was due to fly to America the
next day in the morning. But
he still called me up early in
the morning at 7 o’clock and
said “Congratu
lations! You
are a good photograp
her. It
is a wonderful
photograp
h.”
So this is how Narendra
bhai would encourage
tal-
ent and good work. It is in
his nature to appreciate
people
and inspire them to rise higher.
Another event I remember
is
vividly is when Narendra
bhai
reached Surendran
agar in Guja-
rat late in the night. Vijayabha
i
Rupani was the General Secre-
tary then. Surendran
agar was
undergoin
g severe water crisis
and Narendra
bhai said that eve-
ry time he would visit the state
when he was the pracharak
, peo-
ple would ask how many days he
would be staying there because
water was a major problem in the
town. People had to literally fetch
waterfromnearbyplacesinbuck-
ets and cans on a weekly basis. So
if he would say that he is going to
stay for three or four days, people
wouldmakearrangementsforad-
equate water for that much time.
Narendrabhaiwasfullyawareof
this grave problem and he prom-
ised that this problem would be
addressed
onaprioritybasis.The
first step he took after assuming
the position of the CM was to
havenewpumpingstationssetup
thatwouldliftNarmadacanalwa-
ter from the Saurashtr
a branch
canal. In a bid to solve this prob-
lem,NarendrabhailaunchedaRs
320 crore pipeline project and to-
day there is no drinking water
problem for the residents
of
Surendran
agar.
Thus, being a true leader, he
never forgot his experienc
es at
the grassroots level. The issues
and difficulties of people that he
came across during his pracha-
rak days remained
etched in his
memory
. And during his CM ten-
ure,heensuredthatheaddressed
each and every problem he knew
existed at the ground level. Nar-
endra bhai’s approach as a lead-
er is to treat even the smallest
problems
with immediac
y and
sort out issues bothering
the peo-
ple at lightning speed.
To be continued
...
T
Modi, a warm-
hearted human
A DYNAMIC LEADER, AN
ACCOMPLISHED PHOTOGRAPHER
AND A PM MODI DONS SEVERAL
HATS WITH PANACHE
MODI LAUNCHED `320 CRORE
PIPELINE FOR THE RESIDENTS
OF SURENDRANAGAR
T
he first step he took after
assuming the position of the
CM was to have new pumping
stations set up that would lift Narmada
canal water from the Saurashtra
branch canal. In a bid to solve this
problem, Narendra bhai launched a
`320 crore pipeline project and today
there is no drinking water problem for
the residents of Surendranag
ar.
NARENDRA BHAI TREATED
EVEN SMALLEST PROBLEMS
WITH IMMEDIACY
T
hus, being a true leader, he
never forgot his experiences at
the grassroots level. And during
his CM tenure, he ensured that he
addressed each and every problem
he knew existed at the ground level.
Narendra bhai’s approach as a leader
is to treat even the smallest problems
with immediacy and sort out issues
bothering the people at lightning speed.
Congratulations!
You are a good
photographer.
It is a wonderful
photograph.
—Narendra Modi
the relevant departmen
t to fix up
from the CM office, my file
was moved immediate
ly and
I got a date for the opera-
tion.” I wish to bring to the
readers the truth about the
deep bonds PM Modi shares
with his karyakart
as. He
worries about them, lends an
ear to those in a crisis and
Not just this, Narendra
bhai is a multifaceted per-
sonality. He has a knack for
also possessed
an eye for good
photograp
hy and appreciate
d
the nicely clicked pictures
printed in the newspapers.
saawan, I clicked a picture of
the Brahmins
, pujaris and
sadhus worshipin
g the shiv-
ling with all the gods and
goddesses
and I captured it
in a frame outlined by a
rudrakshmala.Itwasafront
page photo. Narendra
bhai
was due to fly to America the
next day in the morning. But
he still called me up early in
the morning at 7 o’clock and
said “Congratu
lations! You
are a good photograp
her. It
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Five-time world chess champion GM Vishwanathan Anand carries
one of the 38 torches in an open jeep toward Nehru Stadium
where Chess Olympiad inaugural event is planned in Chennai
on Wednesday. PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 44th
International Chess Olympiad today, the event ends on August
10. TN govt announced a holiday for schools, colleges, and other
non-essential govt offices in 4 districts for Thursday.
WINGCLIPPED!
ED questioning of Sonia
ends, no fresh summons
New Delhi: The ED on
Wednesday questioned
Congress president So-
nia Gandhi for over
three hours on the third
day of her deposition in
the National Herald
newspaper linked mon-
ey laundering case. As
of now, no fresh sum-
mons have been issued
to Sonia Gandhi. She
won’t be called in for
questioning until ED is-
sues summons to her
again. Several congress
MLAs and workers
were detained for pro-
testing against the ED’s
questioning of Sonia
Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi leaves ED office
after questioning in National Herald case in Delhi on Wednesday.
Congress President
grilled for over 3
hours on day 3
MONEY LAUNDERING
arrests “not arbitrary”!
BJP YOUTH
WORKER
MURDER
Sec 144 imposed in
Dakshina Kannada
Bengaluru: Tension
prevailed in Dakshina
Kannada district of
Karnataka, after the
murder of BJYM mem-
ber Praveen, who was
hacked to death on
Tuesday evening, by
unidentified people on
a bike. Hindutva groups
called for a bandh in
Puttur, Sullia and Kada-
ba taluks. Amid the
calls for bandh, Section
144 of the CrPC has
been imposed in Puttur
taluk in Dakshina Kan-
nada district on
Wednesday and Thurs-
day. Nettaru, was at-
tacked with a long knife
by bike-borne assail-
ants as he closed his
shop on Tuesday
.
Supporters of
Praveen Nettaru
gather for his last
rites at Bellare
on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Backing
ED with a crucial judge-
ment,theSConWednes-
day rejected almost all
objections raised
against the probe agen-
cy regarding several
powers including initi-
ating an investigation,
the power to arrest, and
others. The top court
has upheld almost all
the stringent provi-
sions of the PMLA.
TOP COURT ORDERS
‘SUPREME’ ORDER
z The Section 19 of the
Prevention of Money Laun-
dering Act is reasonable
z It is not mandatory for
the ED to disclose grounds
of the arrest
SpiceJet’s
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: SpiceJet
will operate a maxi-
mumof 50percentof its
flights, which were ap-
proved for the summer
schedule 2022, for a pe-
riod of eight weeks, avi-
ation regulator DGCA
on Wednesday ordered.
DGCA had on July 6
issued a show-cause
notice to the airline,
stating that “poor in-
ternal safety over-
sight” and “inadequate
maintenance actions”
have resulted in degra-
dation of safety mar-
gins. Just three days
after issuing the notice,
the regulator started
conducting spot checks
on SpiceJet planes. The
spot checks were com-
pleted on July 13.
Minister of state for
civil aviation VK Singh
recently told RS, DGCA
conducted 53 checks on
48 SpiceJet aircraft be-
tween July 9 and July 13
and it did not find any
major safety violations.
DGCA orders
SpiceJet to
operate 50%
of approved
flights for 8
weeks after
multiple snags
NO IMPACT ON OUR
FLIGHT OPS: SpiceJet
AS DGCA HALVES CAP
We want to reassure our passengers and
travel partners that our flights will oper-
ate as per schedule in the coming days and
weeks. There will be will be ‘absolutely no
impact’ on the flight operations as a conse-
quence of this order, said a SpiceJet source.
The airlines also said that DGCA’s observation
that SpiceJet is taking measures for arresting
the trend of incidents is very encouraging
and we will continue to work under the close
guidance of the regulator and adhere to their
regulations and norms.
SpiceJet airlines had reported at
least 8 technical malfunction
incidents in 18 days recently
A WARNING!
The cash-strapped airline
will be allowed to scale up
operations only after proving
that it has “sufficient, technical
support and financial resource
to safely and efficiently un-
dertake such enhanced
capacity.”
The DGCA
had on July 19
started a
2-month-long special
audit of all Indian
carriers after its spot
checks earlier this month
found that insufficient
and unqualified
engineering personnel are
certifying carriers’ planes
before their departure.
—DGCA Officials
MONSOON
SESSION
z Lok Sabha adjourned,
to meet at 11 am today
z Rahul Gandhi’s 10
questions to Centre after
suspension of the Op-
position MPs
z 20 suspended RS
MPs begin 50-hour pro-
test in the Parl complex
z Nat’l Anti-Doping Bill,
2021, passed in Lok Sabha
z RS adjourned till today
amid sloganeering
z All the Opposition
paries appeals for revo-
cation of Congress MPs
FULL REPORT P5
CRUCIAL READ
`1.64L CR REVIVAL PACKAGE FOR BSNL,
`1.49 L CR RECEIVED IN SPECTRUM SALE
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Wednesday said 5G spectrum
auctions will continue on Thursday as well.
He said after 9 rounds of bidding, DoT has
received bids worth `1,49,454 crore. Cabinet
also approves a `1.64L cr revival package
for BSNL and merger of BBNL and BSNL.
PM to inaugurate 44th Int’l
Chess Olympiad in TN today
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde’s plan to fly
down to New Delhi
Wednesday evening
was cancelled at the last
moment on a day his
two-man council of
ministers (comprising
him and deputy CM De-
vendra Fadnavis) sanc-
tioned a slew of high-
cost proposals for farm-
ers, irrigation and
power projects that
would be difficult to
fund without support
from the Union Govern-
ment.
Efforts to seek infor-
mation from the CMO
regarding the sudden
cancellation of Shin-
de’s trip to New Delhi
did not elicit a response
till the time of going to
press.
“CM Shinde’s meet-
ing with Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
would have undoubted-
ly included discussions
on the pending expan-
sion of the cabinet of
ministers in Maharash-
tra, over challenges of
accommodating all as-
pirants particularly the
independent MLAs.
However, the main
course of discussions
are expected to dwell
around the huge fund-
ing that Shinde’s gov-
ernment will require in
the coming days from
the Union Govern-
ment to execute
the big ticket pro-
jects being
launched left,
right and centre,” ac-
cording to a source
close to the develop-
ment.
The Shinde led and
BJP backed govern-
ment today, for in-
stance, announced an
in-
centive scheme for
farmers that could pos-
sibly benefit 13.85 lakh
farmers, who regularly
cleared their outstand-
ing crop loans for any
two of the last four fis-
cal years (between
2017-2018 and 2020-2021)
as per the govern-
ment’s estimation.
Each such eligible agri-
culturist stands to gain
a maximum of Rs
50,000 as incentive from
the government which
would need Central
Government funding
to make this possible.
A Rs 20,000 crore re-
furbishment of Mum-
bai city’s local rail net-
work making it fully
air-conditioned is also
proposed by 2023.
Similarly, Wednes-
day’s cabinet meeting
also cleared two pro-
posals of around
Rs 40,000 crore in
infrastructure
bolstering for the state’s
Power Distribution
Company and a further
Rs 3,461 crore for the
Brihanmumbai Elec-
tricity Supply and
Transport (BEST) un-
dertaking.
According to the
source, the Shah meet-
ing, which deputy CM
Devendra Fadnavis
was not scheduled to at-
tend, was primarily an
outreach to the Centre
by the Maharashtra
CM seeking specific
guidelines and infor-
mation on how the mas-
sive funding for infra-
structure projects set
to unveiled in a blitz-
krieg format would be
undertaken through
the assistance of New
Delhi. “Of course, the
pending cabinet expan-
sion would also have
been discussed at the
meeting but, as we
know there is a major
discontent brewing
among the Shinde led
faction of MLAs (in-
cluding 40 rebel Shiv
Sena and 10 independ-
ent MLAs). The BJP
experiences no such
turbulence despite hav-
ing a 115 strong MLAs
grouping (including 9
independents) as it is a
structured political
formation with strict
disciplinary function-
ing.”
Maha CM To Meet Shah For Funds, Hitches in Cabinet Formation
MEGA PROJECTS
LINED UP
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde’s Delhi visit, rescheduled at last
moment, for finance needed to execute big
ticket projects for the state with
consolidated debt of `6 lakh crore
Eknath Shinde
Amit Shah
Mumbai trains to get `20K cr upgrade?
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Mumbai’s
local train network,
which caters to more
than 60 lakh commut-
ers daily, will be
spruced up and trans-
formed into a fully air-
conditioned avatar by
the end of 2023, at a
cost of Rs20,000 crore.
“The BJP govern-
ment at the Centre is
focused on ensuring
passenger conveni-
ence at no additional
cost. The current may-
hem and overcrowding
of local train networks
on all three (Western,
Central and Harbour)
lines begets the need
for more dignity in
travel, especially for
women commuters
who have been travel-
ling like sardines in a
can due to the huge
population growth in
Mumbai city,” Zonal
Railway Users’ Con-
sultative Committee
(ZRUCC) member Ma-
hendra Jain told First
India.
Jain, who is also co-
convenor of the Maha-
rashtra BJP Vyapari
Cell, added that the
last effort to ensure
the safety of passen-
gers was launched a
few years back when
Bombardier locomo-
tives were introduced
in the Mumbai sector.
“It came to our no-
tice then that the dis-
tance between the plat-
forms and the foot-
board of these new-age
locomotives evidenced
a huge gap, and work
on aligning the plat-
form suitably (incre-
mentally) high was ac-
complished due to
ZRUCC’s efforts while
keeping the urgency
of passenger safety in
mind. We were able to
introduce 181 ambu-
lances, set up out-pa-
tient departments
(OPDs) and ensure
special trains between
Daund and Pune,” he
said.
Alongside air-condi-
tioned comfort for pas-
sengers at no addition-
al cost, Union Rail-
ways Minister Ashwi-
ni Kumar is also seek-
ing to improve the ef-
ficiency and frequency
of local trains. Also
planned is making
15-coach trains man-
datory in Mumbai--as
opposed to the current
mix of 12-coach and
15-coach trains--for en-
hanced passenger ca-
pacities.
The BJP is set to
publicly announce the
Mumbai locals refur-
bishment plans with
an eye on the forth-
coming BMC elections,
where it intends to ag-
gressively try and dis-
lodge the Shiv Sena
from power.
LOCAL RAIL NETWORK TO BE REFURBISHED AND MADE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED BY 2023
Mumbai local trains cater to more than 60 lakh commuters daily. —FILE PHOTO

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Youth Cong workers detained
AFTER‘RAIL ROKO’ PROTEST
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Youth Con-
gress workers were
detained after 10-15 of
them stopped a Guja-
rat-bound express
train around 10.15 am
on platform no. 6 at
Mumbai’s Borivali lo-
cal train station on
Wednesday
. They were
protesting against in-
terim Congress
chief Sonia Gan-
dhi’s question-
ing by the En-
forcement
Directorate
(ED), offi-
cials of the
G o v e r n -
ment Rail-
way Police
(GRP) said.
The protesters
shouted slogans
against the Enforce-
ment Directorate and
the Narendra Modi-led
Union government, as
Sonia Gandhi appeared
before the ED in New
Delhi on Wednesday for
the third round of ques-
tioning in a money-
laundering case linked
to the National Herald
newspaper.
GRP Railway Protec-
tion
Force
(RPF) per-
sonnel removed the pro-
testers from the tracks
within a few minutes
and the train departed
for its onward journey,
the officials said.
The GRP then de-
tained some of the pro-
testers, they said.
A Western Railway
spokesperson said the
agitation, which was
staged for a few min-
utes, did not affect train
services as the GRP re-
moved the protesters
from tracks and de-
tained them.
Sonia Gandhi (75)
has been questioned
for over eight hours by
the ED during the last
two appearances where
she faced 65-70 ques-
tions relating to alleged
financial irregularities
in the Congress-pro-
moted Young Indian
Pvt. Ltd, which owns
the National Herald.
Cops detain Mumbai Youth Cong supporters, who were trying to stop a Gujarat-bound express train
during the protest over ED's questioning of Sonia Gandhi, in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Youth Congress activists block
a railway track during ‘Rail
Roko’ protest, in Mumbai on
Wednesday.
—PHOTOS BY ANI
Cong workers protest
outside Nagpur ED office
First India Bureau
N a g p u r / M u m b a i :
Congress workers on
Wednesday chanted
“Raghupati Raghav
Raja Ram” while pro-
testing outside the En-
forcement Directo-
rate’s office in Nag-
pur’s Seminary Hills
area, to express soli-
darity with Gandhi,
who recorded her
statement for the third
time before the agency
in Delhi in a money-
laundering case linked
to the National Herald
newspaper.
The Congress work-
ers sat in front of the lo-
cal ED office and chant-
ed “Raghupati Raghav
Raja Ram”—words from
a devotional song which
had been popularised by
Mahatma Gandhi—and
also raised slogans
against the BJP-led Un-
ion government.
The Congress has
slammed the ED’s ac-
tion against its top lead-
ership and termed it as
“political vendetta” and
“harassment”.
Mumbai Congress
President Bhai Jagtap
and other leaders were
detained during a simi-
lar protest in the state
capital.
Congress workers raise slogans during a protest outside the
ED office against the agency’s interrogation of interim party
president Sonia Gandhi in Mumbai on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
DISSENTING
ED QUESTIONS SONIA GANDHI
PIL filed in HC over
rechristening of
Aurangabad city
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A public in-
terest litigation (PIL)
was filed on Wednes-
day in the Bombay
High Court challeng-
ing the Maharashtra
government’s deci-
sion to change the
name of Aurangabad
to Sambhajinagar.
The petition filed by
Mohammed Mushtaq
Ahmed, Annasaheb
Khandare and Rajesh
More, all residents of
Aurangabad, is likely to
be heard by the court on
August 01.
Notably, the previous
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government un-
der Uddhav Thackeray
had decided to rename
the city as Sambhajina-
gar in its last cabinet
meeting on June 29 this
year.
The new government
led by Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde earlier
this month passed a
fresh proposal that will
see Marathwada’s big-
gest city being called
Chhatrapati Sambhaji-
nagar.
The petition claimed
that in 2001, the state
government made an
attempt to change the
name of Aurangabad
city but it was aborted.
However, the previ-
ous government led by
former Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray
raised the issue of
changing the name of
Aurangabad in the last
cabinet meeting for
“political considera-
tions”, claimed the
plea.
The present govern-
ment led by Chief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde re-
affirmed the decision
without taking into
consideration public
sentiments and in com-
plete disregard to provi-
sions of the Constitu-
tion, it further stated.
The city of Aurang-
abad is part of history
and has a rich culture,
and political parties
like the Shiv Sena have
been trying to change
the name to gain politi-
cal mileage, it added.
Residents oppose
move, term it an
‘attempt to gain
political mileage
through hatred’
THE NAMING
CONUNDRUM
The purpose behind changing the name
of Aurangabad is to spread hatred
among the community towards Muslims
so as to gain political advantage.
—Petition filed by Aurangabad residents
Shinde avoids ‘Shiv
Sena prez’ ref while
wishing Uddhav
Mumbai (PTI): Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de on Wednesday
greeted his predeces-
sor Uddhav Thacker-
ay on the latter’s 62nd
birthday. However,
Shinde’s greeting con-
spicuously refrained
from referring to
Thackeray as the Shiv
Sena president.
On Wednesday, Shin-
de tweeted: “Greetings
to former chief minis-
ter Uddhav Thackeray
on his birthday. I pray
for his healthy and long
life.”
Last month, Shinde,
along with 39 other Shiv
Sena MLAs and 10 inde-
pendents, had revolted
against the party lead-
ership, leading to the
collapse of the Thacker-
ay-led Maha Vikas
Aghadi government.
Recently, 12 of the 19
Shiv Sena Lok Sabha
members also extended
support to the Shinde
camp.
Shinde has also
formed a national ex-
ecutive of his faction,
claiming it to be the real
Shiv Sena.
The Thackeray-led
Sena and the Shinde
group are locked in a le-
gal battle over pleas
seeking disqualification
of 16 rebel legislators
and also over a claim for
the party’s symbol with
the Election Commis-
sion of India.
Former CM and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray being greeted
by party workers during his 62nd birthday celebrations at
‘Matoshree’, in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
MVA was not wrong, Sena will have its CM again: Uddhav
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
President and former
Maharashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav
ThackerayonWednes-
day said the Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi (MVA) al-
liance experiment led
by him was not wrong
and people had wel-
comed it.
In the second part of
his interview in Shiv
Sena mouthpiece
‘Saamana’,
T h a c k -
e r a y
s a i d ,
“ I
w a n t
not just
lo-
cal body polls due in
Maharashtra, but also
the Assembly elections.
The Sena will have its
own CM once again, for
which, I will tour the
state to rejuvenate the
party cadre.”
The Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) is giving
everything to those who
have come from other
parties--from the post of
chief minister (Sena re-
bel Eknath Shinde) to
leader of opposition
(which is currently
held by National-
ist Congress
Party’s Ajit Pawar), said
Thackeray, who turned
62 on Wednesday
.
“Delhi wants to insti-
gate a Shiv Sena versus
Shiv Sena fight and di-
vide the Marathi-speak-
ing people. If the pre-
sent rulers fear the op-
position, it is their inef-
ficiency
. In a democracy
,
no party is a permanent
winner,” he said.
Thackeray said “peo-
ple had welcomed the
MVA experiment” and
that the three-party alli-
ance was born out of
the BJP’s denial of what
was assured to him.
“The Shiv Sena will
have a chief minister
again. I will work to ex-
pand the party base and
cadre.Iwillstarttouring
the state from August. I
want to have maximum
membership,” he said in
an interview to Sena MP
and Saamana’s execu-
tive editor Sanjay Raut.
Without naming pre-
sent state CM Shinde,
Thackeray claimed
when the Shiv Sena was
with the BJP, he (Shin-
de) would say the BJP is
harming the Sena.
“He (Shinde) has got
the chief minister’s post
for himself in a very bad
way
. Such is his lust for
power that now he is
comparing himself to
Shiv Sena supremo late
Bal Thackeray
,” said the
Sena president.
Defending his deci-
sion to quit as the CM
before the trust vote,
Thackeraysaid,“Evenif
one of my MLAs voted
against me, it would
havebeenshameful.The
rebelshavebeenexposed
in the Speaker’s election
and the trust vote.”
CM Eknath Shinde visited veteran industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata at his residence
in Mumbai on Wednesday, in what the former termed a “courtesy meeting”. After the meeting,
Shinde said that Tata congratulated him and wished him all the best for his career as CM.
FELICITATIONS —PHOTO BY ANI
Party chief accuses BJP of instigating
fight in Shiv Sena, current CM Shinde
of securing the position ‘in a bad way’
Ex-minister Aaditya Thackeray
to visit Kolhapur on August 01
Mumbai (PTI): For-
mer cabinet minister
in the previous Maha
Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
government, Aaditya
Thackeray, is set to
visit Kolhapur on Au-
gust 01 in the second
leg of his Shiv Sam-
vad Yatra.
After receiving a pos-
itive response on his
tour to regions in the
state, following the col-
lapse of the MVA due to
the Eknath Shinde-led
rebellion, the Yuva
Sena chief will hold ral-
lies in the city
.
His visit comes on the
heels of two Shiv Sena
MPs, Sanjay Mandlik
and Dhairyashil Mane,
along with MLAs
Prakash Abitkar and
independent MLA and
Minister of State Rajen-
dra Patil-Yedravkar
(who was supporting
the Shiv Sena’s MVA
government) and Maha-
rashtra State Planning
Board Executive Chair-
man Rajesh Kshirsagar,
deserted the party to
join the Shinde camp.
Plans to build the
party from the
ground-up, reach
out to staunch Shiv
Sena supporters
Aaditya Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray

3. MAHARASHTRA
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First India Bureau
Aurangabad: The Ar-
chaeological Survey
of India (ASI) has
asked the Aurangabad
district administra-
tion to shift a 48-year-
old Jain ‘stambh’ (pil-
lar) located at the en-
try point of Ellora
Caves, as it damages
the “visual integrity”
of the world-famous
monument.
Earlier, members of
the local Jain commu-
nity had met ASI offi-
cials here and opposed
the pillar’s relocation.
After the district col-
lector’s office sought to
know the ASI’s stand
once again, the preser-
vation body reiterated
in a letter dated July 22
that it wanted the struc-
ture to be shifted.
TheJainKirtiStambh
was erected before the
Ellora Caves were de-
clared a world heritage
site, but now damages
the “visual integrity of
themonument”andalso
causes a nuisance as
vendors gather around
it, ASI Circle Superin-
tendent Archaeologist
Milan Kumar Chauley
wrote in the letter.
At Puri, some struc-
tureswhichwere200-300
years old were demol-
ished for the beautifica-
tion of the Jagannath
temple and also for tour-
ists’ convenience, the
letter noted.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Local train
services on the Har-
bour Line in Mumbai
were disrupted for
the second day on
Wednesday due to a
rail fracture near
Govandi station, a
Central railway offi-
cial said. Services on
the Line had also
been affected on
Tuesday after a local
train derailed at the
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Terminus
in south Mumbai.
The suburban ser-
vices on the down
(Panvel-bound) line
were halted for about
40 minutes due to a rail
crack near Govandi
station.
The Harbour Line
provides rail connec-
tivity from south Mum-
bai to Navi Mumbai
and Panvel in the ad-
joining Raigad district.
On Wednesday, a rail
fracture was detected
at 7.50 am and the traf-
fic on the line was re-
stored at 8.30 am, Cen-
tral Railway's chief
public relations officer
Shivaji Sutar said.
The local train ser-
vices, considered as the
lifeline of Mumbai,
were disrupted on the
Harbour Line during
themorningrushhours.
According to some
commuters, crowds in
the local trains and on
stations swelled as
trains were running
late by over 30 minutes.
Nearly 40 lakh com-
muters travel daily on
the Central Railway
routes, including 10
lakh on the Harbour
Line.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
on Tuesday released
bids for constructing
a pumping station
costing Rs400 crore
on salt pan land in
Mahul. The BMC has
sought approvals of
the Salt Department
once again, after its
attempt to exchange
property with a pri-
vate function place
did not yield results.
Shiv Sena MP Rahul
Shewale, who recently
joined the Shinde group,
wrote to Piyush Goyal,
Union minister for Pro-
motion of Industry and
Internal Commerce and
requested him to assign
the BMC’s salt pan site.
“I have urged the min-
ister to... submit a pro-
posal to the Union cabi-
net urgently
,” he said.
The BMC has chosen
tobuildthelandonapri-
vate property and ar-
ranged a land exchange
with Ajmera Realty and
InfrastructureIndiaLtd,
after waiting for salt de-
partment’s approval for
over two years.
Theattemptwasaban-
doned after the National
Costal Authority re-
vealed that the land fell
under a Coastal Regula-
tion Zone, making con-
struction unfeasible.
“While tenders were
awarded on the land, the
project could not go
ahead. We have again
written to the Salt De-
partment to provide us
with land and have
asked the state govern-
ment to push for the
same. We are looking
forward to float fresh
tenders,” P Velrasu, Ad-
ditional Municipal
Commissioner (pro-
jects) had earlier said.
First India Bureau
Pune: A Khadi tricol-
our bearing an image
of spinning wheel at
the centre, that was
hoisted by Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru in
Meerut is on public
display for the first
time in Pune and has
become the cynosure
of all eyes.
The 9 feet by 14 feet
flag, is maintained by
the family of Major
General (late) Ganpat R
Nagar, the then Gener-
al Officer Commanding
of 3rd division of the
Indian National Army
(INA) and was dis-
played at a public event
in a college in Pimpri
Chinchwad area in Ma-
harashtra for three
days from Sunday.
The flag was dis-
played on the occasion
of 125th birth anniver-
sary of freedom fighter
Subhash Chandra Bose,
50 years of 1971 India-
Pakistan war and Kar-
gil Vijay Divas said Dev
Nagar, grandson of Ma-
jor General Nagar.
“The last pre-inde-
pendence session of
Congress was organ-
ized on November 24,
1946 at Victoria Park in
xMeerut. The session
also included INA vol-
unteers. The session
saw Nehru hoisting the
khadi tricolour having
charkha image in the
centre,” he informed.
The session was pre-
sided over by JB Kri-
plani, the then Con-
gress president and
consisted of members
such as Nehru, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel and
Sucheta Kriplani.
“The last day of the
session witnessed the
flag coming down.
Nehru and General
Shahnawaz Khan from
INA signed it and then
handed the flag to my
grandfather for safe
keeping,” he said.
The flag has been
preserved by Dev Na-
gar and his family
since then.
Dev Nagar mentions
that at that time Nehru
said that the fight for
freedom has been
fought under this flag
and had said that the
flag will be the national
flag of the country.
While the three col-
ours have been re-
tained in the national
flag, the spinning
wheel was replaced by
Ashok Chakra repre-
senting Dhar-
machakra—a wheel
with 24 spokes.
On being asked about
the methodology for
preserving the flag for
so long, Dev Nagar said
he and his family are
no experts in preserv-
ing flags, but they fol-
lowed the basic rule of
keeping it away from
dust and moisture.
“Silica gel capusules
are used to keep it away
from moisture. It is al-
ways kept folded,
packed and sealed.
Sometimes, we keep it
out under the sun and
fold it back,” he said.
Khadi tricolour hoisted by Pt Nehru in 1946 on display in Pune
SLICE OF HISTORY
lll
Flag hoisted at
last pre-
Independence
session of
Cong was
given to Maj
Gen GR
Nagar; his
grandson gave
it its 1st public
appearance
Dev Nagar, the grandson of Maj Gen GR Nagar, at the college
where the 9x14-foot khadi Tricolour was displayed for public
viewing in Pune on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
Nashik: A tribal girl
student at a state-
run boarding facility
in Nashik district
has alleged a male
teacher stopped her
and other menstruat-
ing girls from plant-
ing trees during a
plantation drive.
This allegation has
prompted the state
Tribal Development
Department to order
an inquiry.
In her complaint ap-
plication, the Class XII
Science student at the
Ashram School for
Girls at Devgaon in
Trimbakeshwar taluka
claimed the teacher
had told her and others
that “trees will not
grow and will burn” if
girls plant them during
their period.
A senior Tribal De-
velopment Department
(TDD) official con-
firmed the receipt of
the complaint.
“Statements of all
persons involved, in-
cluding students from
the girl’s class, teach-
ers, the superintendent
and the principal will
be taken and an in-
quiry will be conduct-
ed,” said Additional
Commissioner Sand-
eep Golait.
On Wednesday, Na-
shik district additional
collector and TDD pro-
ject officer Varsha Mee-
na met the girl at the
school and asked about
her problems.
The complaint stated
the teacher had asked
menstruating girls to
avoid planting trees
during the plantation
drive held last week on
the premises of the
school. The school has
500 girl students.
The teacher also told
the girl students not to
go near trees as the sap-
lings planted last year
did not grow as they
had been planted by
students who were hav-
ing their period at the
time, the complainant
said, adding that she
was not allowed to
plant a sapling.
The girl then ap-
proached Bhagwan
Madhe, Nashik district
Secretary of Shram-
jeevi Sanghatna. Mad-
he said the girl could
not oppose the male
teacher as he is her
class teacher and had
even threatened her
that 80% of assessment
marks are in the hands
of school authorities.
He claimed the
school has also made a
urine pregnancy test
compulsory for admis-
sion, even though there
is no such rule and
made students bear the
cost.
Madhe said he spoke
to Golait over the phone
and submitted a memo-
randum against the
concerned teacher by
visiting Adivasi Vikas
Bhavan in Nashik with
the girl on July 26.
Teacher claimed saplings planted last year did not take root because girl students had planted them
while on their period. —FILE PHOTO
Girls on period should not
plant trees: Male teacher
Inquiry launched after Class XII student files complaint;
Ashram School for Girls has 500 female students
OTHER DISCOMFORTS
The teacher used to
taunt the complainant
and other girls. Students
at the school have other
complaints as well such
as the unavailability of
warm water to bathe
and mattresses to sleep
on. The school has also
made the Urine Pregnan-
cy Test (UPT) compulso-
ry for admission though
there is no such rule
and made students bear
the cost, said Bhagwan
Madhe, , Nashik district
Secretary of Shramjeevi
Sanghatna.
Woman, son, 3
more kin held
for murdering
her partner
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A
42-year-old wom-
an was arrested
along with three
of her family
members for al-
legedly killing a
man in Bhandup
suburb on Tues-
day
. Police also de-
tained her minor
son in this regard.
A Bhandup Po-
lice Station official
said, Vinod Satam
(38) was killed by
the woman and her
family members.
According to po-
lice sources, the
woman was in a re-
lationship with Sa-
tam, who frequent-
ly beat her and her
children. Fed up
with this treatment,
the woman and her
family members
took on the man
and injured him se-
riously. The man
later died in the
hospital.
The accused have
been booked under
relevant sections of
IPC, including 302
(murder) and fur-
ther investigation
is underway, the of-
ficial added.
Shift pillar from entry
to Ellora Caves: ASI
There are over 100 caves at the site in the Charanandri Hills, 34
of which are open to the public. —FILE PHOTO
‘Jain Kirti Stambh
erected before the
Caves were became
world heritage site
damages monument’s
‘visual integrity’
Man denied relief in
rape, cheating case
filed by ‘2nd wife’
Mumbai (PTI): The
Bombay High
Court on Tuesday
refused to dis-
charge a man from
a rape and cheating
case registered
against him by a
Marathi actor. It
noted that there
were sufficient
grounds to initiate
a trial against him.
A single bench of
Justice NJ Jamadar
dismissed the peti-
tion filed by Sid-
dharth Banthia, who
claimed that his rela-
tionship with the ac-
tor was consensual.
He had pleaded that
the alleged marriage
between them was
just a film shoot and
not real.
According to the
actor, she met Ban-
thia in 2008 and mar-
ried him in July 2010.
Two months later, a
woman informed the
actor that she was
Banthia’s legal wife
and the mother of his
two children. When
confronted, Banthia
showed the actor doc-
uments claiming that
he had divorced his
first wife.
A year later, the ac-
tor learnt that the di-
vorce papers were
fabricated and lodged
aFIRagainstBanthia
in Pune on the charg-
es of cheating and
rape in 2013.
Harbour Line glitch hits
Mum locals for 2nd day
BMC floats `400cr tender
for Mahul pumping station
The Panvel Railway Station was crowded on Wednesday, after
trains on the Harbour Line were delayed due to a technical glitch,
in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. —FILE PHOTO

4. PERSPECTIVE
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he narrator brings
to us the multidi-
mensional and ver-
satile aspects of PM
Modi’s personality.
From being a com-
passionate caretak-
er of the karyakar-
tas, to being a talented photogra-
pher and a dynamic leader, PM
ModiindeedisthegreatestPrime
Minister India has ever had!
An acquaintance of mine was
unwell and was about to undergo
a kidney transplant. He was an
employee with a company but
his salary wasn’t enough to fund
for his transplant. We then tried
to find out what help we could
have received from the PM and
CM Relief fund. We approached
Narendrabhai who was the CM
at that time and also informed
him that we had approached the
PM. It was Dussehra that day
and shastra pooja was being con-
ducted at CM’s residence. Media
was also present on the occasion
and as a photographer, I was pre-
sent at that event that day
.
As I found an opportunity, I
tried to convey my message to
the CM that there is a needy per-
son here who cannot afford a
kidney transplant and that he
needs the CM’s help at the earli-
est. Although the patient did not
fall into the bracket of benefi-
ciariesfortheparticularscheme,
yet we request the CM to make
this happen somehow to save his
life. Here I would like to bring
out the compassionate side of
Modiji. Immediately, he called
for his Secretary and said that he
wants the file on his table the
next day. Narendra bhai sanc-
tioned the grant for the person’s
treatment. A fund of Rs 175000
was released from the CM Relief
Fund towards my acquaint-
ance’s kidney transplant.
The day Modiji signed the file,
I received a call from him and he
said to me in Gujarati “What you
had requested for has been sanc-
tioned. If you need anything else,
let me know. The operation is go-
ing on right now at Nadiad Kid-
ney Institute. So don’t worry!”
In fact the very first time I
mentioned about my problem to
him, he spoke with somebody at
Nadiad Kidney Institute and told
the relevant department to fix up
a date for the transplant and
to commence with the pro-
cedures. Later on, the pa-
tient, who is a relative asked
me “Brother, who did you
ask to call for my help after
all? The hospital got a call
from the CM office, my file
was moved immediately and
I got a date for the opera-
tion.” I wish to bring to the
readers the truth about the
deep bonds PM Modi shares
with his karyakartas. He
worries about them, lends an
ear to those in a crisis and
ensures their well-being.
Not just this, Narendra
bhai is a multifaceted per-
sonality. He has a knack for
photography and he would
tell me that he is passionate
about it. He used to recall his
yatra to Kailash Mansarovar and
how in those days when such
high-tech cameras were not
available, he still possessed an
extraordinary collection of pic-
t u r e s
clicked by him during his trip.
And, when I saw the photographs
clicked by Narendra bhai, they
were simply mind blowing. They
were worth putting up in an ex-
hibition! Not just this, he also
possessed an eye for good pho-
tography and appreciated the
nicely clicked pictures print-
ed in the newspapers.
Once in the month of
saawan, I clicked a picture of
the Brahmins, pujaris and
sadhus worshiping the shiv-
ling with all the gods and
goddesses and I captured it
in a frame outlined by a
rudrakshmala.Itwasafront
page photo. Narendra bhai
was due to fly to America the
next day in the morning. But
he still called me up early in
the morning at 7 o’clock and
said “Congratulations! You
are a good photographer. It
is a wonderful photograph.”
So this is how Narendra
bhai would encourage tal-
ent and good work. It is in
his nature to appreciate people
and inspire them to rise higher.
Another event I remember is
vividly is when Narendra bhai
reached Surendranagar in Guja-
rat late in the night. Vijayabhai
Rupani was the General Secre-
tary then. Surendranagar was
undergoing severe water crisis
and Narendra bhai said that eve-
ry time he would visit the state
when he was the pracharak, peo-
ple would ask how many days he
would be staying there because
water was a major problem in the
town. People had to literally fetch
waterfromnearbyplacesinbuck-
ets and cans on a weekly basis. So
if he would say that he is going to
stay for three or four days, people
wouldmakearrangementsforad-
equate water for that much time.
Narendrabhaiwasfullyawareof
this grave problem and he prom-
ised that this problem would be
addressedonaprioritybasis.The
first step he took after assuming
the position of the CM was to
havenewpumpingstationssetup
thatwouldliftNarmadacanalwa-
ter from the Saurashtra branch
canal. In a bid to solve this prob-
lem,NarendrabhailaunchedaRs
320 crore pipeline project and to-
day there is no drinking water
problem for the residents of
Surendranagar.
Thus, being a true leader, he
never forgot his experiences at
the grassroots level. The issues
and difficulties of people that he
came across during his pracha-
rak days remained etched in his
memory
. And during his CM ten-
ure,heensuredthatheaddressed
each and every problem he knew
existed at the ground level. Nar-
endra bhai’s approach as a lead-
er is to treat even the smallest
problems with immediacy and
sort out issues bothering the peo-
ple at lightning speed.
To be continued...
T
Modi, a warm-
hearted human
A DYNAMIC LEADER, AN
ACCOMPLISHED PHOTOGRAPHER AND
A PM MODI DONS SEVERAL HATS WITH
PANACHE
MODI LAUNCHED `320 CRORE
PIPELINE FOR THE RESIDENTS
OF SURENDRANAGAR
T
he first step he took after
assuming the position of the
CM was to have new pumping
stations set up that would lift Narmada
canal water from the Saurashtra
branch canal. In a bid to solve this
problem, Narendra bhai launched a
`320 crore pipeline project and today
there is no drinking water problem for
the residents of Surendranagar.
NARENDRA BHAI TREATED
EVEN SMALLEST PROBLEMS
WITH IMMEDIACY
T
hus, being a true leader, he
never forgot his experiences at
the grassroots level. And during
his CM tenure, he ensured that he
addressed each and every problem
he knew existed at the ground level.
Narendra bhai’s approach as a leader
is to treat even the smallest problems
with immediacy and sort out issues
bothering the people at lightning speed.
Congratulations!
You are a good
photographer.
It is a wonderful
photograph.
—Narendra Modi
YOU READ PART-15 ON JULY 21, 2022
NaMo:
PEOPLE’S PM,
A POWERFUL
LEADER!
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 16
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
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SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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New Delhi: It was a spe-
cial day for an 8-yr-old girl
as she met PM Modi for
the first time and it turned
out to be an interesting
conversation. BJP MP
from Ujjain, Anil Firojiya,
brought his family to meet
the PM. The PM asked
Firojiya’s daughter, Aa-
hana if she knew who he
was. “Yes, you are Modi
ji...I see you on TV!”, she
replied. “And you work for
Lok Sabha TV,” she said.
OPPN APPEALS FOR REVOCATION
OF CONG MPS SUSPENSION IN LS
Government seeks guarantee of ‘no protest’ in Well, no displaying of placards in House
New Delhi (PTI): The
Opposition in Lok Sab-
ha on Wednesday de-
manded the revocation
of the suspension of the
four Congress MPs, but
the government insisted
that it can be withdrawn
provided the opposition
members give assur-
ance that they will not
enter the Well or display
placards in the House.
The demand was
made by the Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP),
the Trinamool Congress
(TMC) and the Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam
(DMK). Congress mem-
bers were not present.
Several Congress
MPs have been detained
after staging a protest at
Vijay Chowk against the
alleged “misuse” of
probe agencies.
Parliamentary Af-
fairs Minister Pralhad
Joshi said,”with the
speaker’s permission,
we are ready to with-
draw, but are you ready
to take guarantee that
they will not come in-
side with placards and
will not come into the
Well”.
NCP’s Supriya Sule
said the Opposition is
willing to cooperate
with the government for
the smooth functioning
of the House.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting,Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur speaks in Lok
Sabha during the Monsson Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets daughter of BJP MP from
Ujjain Anil Firojiya, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
'DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DO?' PM ASKS 8-YEAR-OLD
New Delhi: The Lok
Sabha took up a bill
to provide a statutory
framework for function-
ing of National Anti-Dop-
ing Agency National
Dope Testing Lab for
consideration and
passage. The National
Anti-Doping Bill, moved
by Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur, seeks
to strengthen measures
to check drug abuse by
sportspersons.
New Delhi: Indian
Space Research Or-
ganisation (ISRO),
through its commercial
arms, has earned 279
million dollars in foreign
exchange by launching
satellites for global cli-
ents, Minister Jitendra
Singh told Lok Sabha.
Singh said ISRO has
successfully launched
345 foreign satellites
from 34 countries.
New Delhi: Total 84,405 posts are lying vacant in six Cen-
tral Armed Police Forces, with Central Reserve Police Force
having the highest number of vacancies at 29,985, Rajya
Sabha was informed on Wednesday. MoS Nityanand Rai
also said the government has decided to fill up the existing
vacancies in CAPFs by December 2023.
New Delhi: Of over 22.05 crore applicants for Central govern-
ment jobs during 2014 and 2022, over 7.22 lakh were recom-
mended by recruiting agencies, Lok Sabha was informed.
As many as 7,22,311 candidates were recommended by
recruiting agencies for appointment in different departments
from 2014-15 to 2021-22, said MoS Jitendra Singh.
BILL ON NADA
COMES UP FOR
CONSIDERATION
ISRO EARNS $ 279
MN IN FOREX BY
LAUNCHING SATS
‘84,405 POSTS VACANT IN PARAMILITARY
FORCES, TO BE FILLED UP BY DEC 2023’
OF OVER 22.05 CR APPLICANTS, OVER 7.22 L
GOT GOVT JOBS DURING 2014-22: CENTRE
New Delhi: The
Delhi High Court on
Wednesday granted
time to Delhi Police to
respond to Alt News
co-founder Mohammed
Zubair’s plea against
his arrest and search
and seizure exercise
in a case related to an
alleged objectionable
tweet he had posted in
2018 against a Hindu
deity. Lawyer Vrinda
Grover, appearing for
the petitioner, informed
the high court that the
trial court had granted
bail to him earlier this
month but urged the
bench to grant him
relief as sought in the
petition. Counsel for
Delhi Police sought
four weeks from Justice
Purushaindra Kumar
Kaurav to file a reply.
“Let the matter come
up after four weeks
for consideration,” the
judge said.
HC GRANTS
POLICE TIME TO
RESPOND TO
ZUBAIR’S PLEA
HC DISMISSES
PLEA FOR JAIN’S
SUSPENSION
WOMAN GETS
LIFE TERM FOR
KIDNAPPING BOY
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court dismissed a plea
seeking
suspension
of Minister
Satyendar
Jain from
the cabinet following his
arrest in connection with a
money laundering case.
Sultanpur: A court here
awarded life term to a
woman for kidnapping a
minor for Rs 5 lakh ran-
som in 2016. Advocate
PK Dubey said, “Three
people -- Brajesh Shukla,
wife Shalini Shukla and
Sujata Thapa -- were held
for kidnapping a boy.”
New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thurs-
day two separate pleas of the Jharkhand
government and Chief Minister Hemant
Soren against a high court order that had
accepted the maintainability of a PIL for a
probe against the JMM leader into alleged
irregularities in the grant of mining leases.
Hyderabad: Four minor accused were released on bail in
the Hyderabad gangrape case, which had set off clashes
in Telangana a month ago. All accused have been released
from a juvenile home where they had been detained since
first week of June. Bail was granted by the Juvenile Justice
Board. They have been directed to cooperate with inves-
tigating officers, and record their attendance before the
District Probation Officer on first Monday of every month.
SC AGREES TO HEAR PLEAS OF
J’KHAND GOVT, CM AGAINST HC
HYDERABAD GANG-RAPE: FOUR
ACCUSED, ALL MINORS, GET BAIL
IN THE COURTYARD
CSI BISHOP APPEARS BEFORE ED IN KERALA
IN MEDICAL COLLEGE GRAFT CASE
Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi: Church of South India
(CSI) Bishop A Dharmaraj Rasalam appeared before
the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in
Kochi on Wednesday in connection with
the probe over corruption allegations at
the church’s Karakonam Medical Col-
lege. Bishop arrived at the ED office in
Kochi at 11 AM pursuant to the notice
issued to him on Tuesday to appear
before it. The Bishop was stopped
yesterday from travelling to England to take part in the
Lambeth Conference.
CRUCIAL READ
YASIN MALIK
DOESN’T WANT
TO BE TREATED
STUDENT DIES BY
SUICIDE IN TN; 5TH
SUCH INCIDENT
New Delhi: Kashmiri
separatist leader Yasin
Malik, who was on a
hunger strike in Tihar Jail
here, has
been ad-
mitted to
the RML
hospital
following a
fluctuation
in his blood pressure,
sources said on Wednes-
day. Malik has submitted
a letter to the doctors at
the medical facility, saying
he did not want to be
treated, they said.
Chennai: A class 12
student was found hang-
ing at his residence near
Karaikudi in Sivagangai
district of Tamil Nadu on
Wednesday following
which the authorities have
initiated a probe into the
incident. “Last night, a
class 12 student commit-
ted suicide by hanging
himself at home. We are
investigating the case. The
autopsy was done. The
body was handed over to
his parents,” Karaikudi
Deputy Superintendent of
Police (DSP) Vinoj told.
Murder of democracy: Cong
on detention of party MPs
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
gress MPs staging a pro-
test at Vijay Chowk here
over the alleged misuse
of investigative agen-
cies were detained by
police on Wednesday,
with the party calling it
a “murder of democra-
cy” and claiming the
government wants an
“ O p p o s i t i o n - m u k t
Bharat”.
LoP in Rajya Sabha
Mallikarjun Kharge,
leader of the Congress
in the Lok Sabha Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury and
a host of party MPs sat
on a protest and raised
slogans against the
“misuse” of agencies
such as the ED and the
suspension of Opposi-
tion MPs from both
houses of Parliament.
They also raised the
issues of price rise and
imposition of GST on
certain essential daily-
use items.
The MPs marched
from Parliament com-
plex to Vijay Chowk
lawns, where they held a
sit-in raising slogans.
“We are fighting on is-
sues of people such as
price rise and GST on
essential items of daily
use. We will keep fight-
ing against this and the
misuse of the ED and
other agencies. The sus-
pensionof MPsiswrong
and we demand that it
be taken back immedi-
ately
,” Kharge said.
New Delhi: Senior Congress
leader P Chidambaram said
the exorbitant price of the
subsidised cylinder under
'Ujjwala Yojana' is a spoiler
and asserted that a good
scheme of subsidised cook-
ing gas started by the UPA
government has practically
perished due to the callous
attitude of the present
government. He said data
shows nearly 25 per cent
beneficiaries of the scheme
order only one or two or
three refills per year and in
the remaining months they
do not use LPG cylinders
but use non-clean fuel.
New Delhi: Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday
took a swipe at PM Modi
dubbing him as a 'king' who
has got 57 MPs arrested and
23 MPs suspended for asking
questions on unemployment
and inflation. He also alleged
that while the king is afraid
of questions in the temple of
democracy, they well know
how to fight dictators. Why
a cylinder for Rs 1053? Why
GST on curd-cereals? Why
Mustard Oil for Rs 200? The
'king' arrested 57 MPs and
suspended 23 MPs for asking
questions on inflation and
unemployment, Gandhi said.
GOOD UPA SCHEME
PRACTICALLY
PERISHED: PC
RAHUL TARGETS
PM MODI ON ISSUE
OF PRICE RISE
Suspended MPs continue to sit at the Day-Night 50-hour protest
at Gandhi statue in Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
P Chidambaram Rahul Gandhi
—PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi
Wednesday extended
his greetings to all the
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) person-
nel on the raising day
of the force.
“Raising Day greet-
ings to all @crpfindia
personnel and their
families. This force has
distinguished itself for
its unflinching courage
and distinguished ser-
vice. The role of CRPF,
be it in addressing secu-
rity challenges or hu-
manitarian challenges
is commendable,” PM
Modi wrote on Twitter.
Home minister Amit
Shah said the CRPF has
“notonlymadeaunique
contribution in keeping
the security of the
country”, but also, he
added, that the force
has “created a proud
history of valor”.
Raising Day 2022: PM, Shah
extend greetings to CRPF
New Delhi: A country’s economic prowess gets reflected in
the field of ammunition and India must focus on boosting
RD as well as manufacturing
capability in this area, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh said on
Wednesday. “We have come
far ahead of those times when
a bomb’s size and explosive
capacity were the only things
that mattered. Now, their
smartness is as important,”
Singh said in his speech during an event of FICCI.”...the coun-
try should focus its attention on where it is standing today in
terms of research and development, indigenous capacity and
manufacturing capability in this area, he said.
‘COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC PROWESS GETS
REFLECTED IN ITS AMMUNITION’
Home Minister Amit Shah with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and
others at Parliament after the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
Abhinav Pandey
Lucknow: Two es-
tranged partners of
the Samajwadi Party-
-Janwadi Party (Social-
ist) and Mahan Dal--
are showing inclina-
tion to return to the
Akhilesh Yadav-led op-
position alliance to
take on the ruling BJP
in the next Lok Sabha
polls.
The leaders of the
two OBC caste-based
regional parties, which
were SP allies in the
2022 Uttar Pradesh as-
sembly polls but had
left the alliance after
its defeat in the elec-
tions, have all praise
for the SP chief.
The development
comes days after the
exit of Om Prakash
Rajbhar-led Suheldev
Bharatiya Samaj Party
(SBSP) from the SP-led
alliance. While the
Janwadi Party-Social-
ist (JPS) says it is
strongly with Akhilesh
Yadav and gearing up
for the 2024 parliamen-
tary polls, the Mahan
Dal has all praises for
the SP chief and ready
to return with a condi-
tion, remov-
al of Swa-
mi Pras-
ad Mau-
rya.
T a l k -
ing to
P T I ,
J P S
n a -
t i o n a l
p r e s i -
dent Sanjay
Chauhan said, “Akh-
ilesh ji ke saath hai aur
rahenge (We are with
Akhilesh and will re-
main with him) .
Chauhan, who after
the Azamgarh and
Rampur Lok Sabha by-
polls had said he would
reconsider an alliance
with the SP and also
criticised Akhilesh for
not campaigning for
the party candidates,
has now softened his
tone and tenor. When
asked whether he had
any meeting with the
SP chief recently, he
said, “We keep on meet-
ing and discuss pro-
grammes to strengthen
the party for the 2024
polls. I will organise a
big event in Lucknow
in September.”
Asked about SBSP
chief Om Prakash Ra-
jbhar, Chauhan said,
“Rajbhar has no politi-
cal ideology. He does
politics of personal in-
terests. He is a ‘parjivi
prani’ (parasite). He
needs support to sur-
vive. After 20 years of
politics, he could not
become an MLA until
he forged alliance with
the BJP.” —PTI
Two estranged partners willing to fight LS polls with Akhilesh-led alliance
INCLINATION TO RETURN
lll
Janwadi Party
(Socialist) and
Mahan Dal are
showing
willingness to
return to the
Akhilesh
Yadav-led
opposition
alliance
CHAUHAN’S TAKE
ON RAJBHAR
Starting his political
innings with the
BSP, Rajbhar could
enter the assembly
only in 2017 with
the help of the BJP,
Chauhan said, adding,
“He (Rajbhar) thought
Akhileshji will become
CM, so he came with
the SP. As the SP failed
to form a government,
his interests are now
with the BJP. Had his
son been made MLC
(by SP), he would
have remained in the
alliance for some more
time.”
We keep on meeting and discuss pro-
grammes to strengthen the party for the
2024 polls. I will organise a big event in
Lucknow in September.
— Akhilesh Yadav, SP chief

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New Delh (PTI): India
has lost 1,059 tigers
since 2012 with Madhya
Pradesh, which is
known as the ‘tiger
state’ of the country, re-
cording the highest
number of deaths of
striped felines.
According to the Na-
tional Tiger Conserva-
tion Authority (NTCA),
75 tigers have died this
year so far, while 127
had died last year, the
highest in the 2012-2022
period. As many as 106
tiger deaths occurred in
2020; 96 in 2019; 101 in
2018; 117 in 2017; 121 in
2016; 82 in 2015; 78 in
2014; 68 in 2013 and 88 in
2012.
MP logged the maxi-
mum number (270) of
deaths followed by Ma-
harashtra (183), Karna-
taka (150), Uttarakhand
(96), Assam (72), Tamil
Nadu (66), UP (56) and
Kerala (55).Rajasthan,
Bihar, WB, Chhattis-
garh and AP saw 25, 17,
13, 11 and 11 tiger
deaths, respectively
. MP
has lost 68 tigers in the
last one-and-a-half
years, while Maharash-
tra has seen 42 tiger
deaths in this period.
In the 2018 Tiger Cen-
sus, MP had emerged as
the ‘tiger state’ of India
with 526 tigers, followed
by Karnataka which
had 524 tigers.
According to data,
193 tigers died due to
poaching in the 2012-
2020. Data of deaths due
to poaching since Janu-
ary 2021 is not yet avail-
able. The authorities
identified “seizure” as
the reason for the death
of 108 tigers, while 44
big cats died due to “un-
natural” causes in this
period.
India lost over 1,000 tigers since 2012: NTCA
IN DANGER
MP saw maximum deaths; 75 big
cats have died this year so far
WB CM Mamata Benarjee says anyone proven guilty must be punished
‘MEDIATRIALSUNACCEPTABLE’
Kolkata (PTI): Days
after her cabinet col-
league and senior TMC
leader Partha Chatter-
jee was arrested by the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) in connection
with a school recruit-
ment scam, Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Wednesday
slammed the media for
launching a “malicious
campaign” against her
party
.
Banerjee also assert-
ed that anyone was
proven guilty by the
court must be punished
but probe agencies
must not be used to ma-
lign political parties .
Addressing a pro-
gramme of Titagarh
Wagons, Banerjee de-
nounced media trials in
the scam.
“When you run a big
institution, there can be
mistakes. If anyone has
committed any mistake,
and it is proven legally,
he or she must be pun-
ished. But I am against
any malicious media
campaign. Media is
playing the role of kan-
garoo (court). A senior
judge also said that re-
cently,” she said.
Banerjee claimed
that businessmen, too,
along with opposition
leaders, were being
threatened by agencies
at the behest of the rul-
ing BJP at the Centre.
“I don’t have a prob-
lem if agencies func-
tion impartially. These
should not be used to
malign parties,” she
said.
PARTHA RETORTS
SHARPLY TO
QUESTIONS ABOUT
QUITTING
Kolkata (PTI): Senior
Bengal Minister Partha
Chatterjee, who is in the
custody of Enforcement
Directorate in connec-
tion with the teachers
recruitment scam, on
Wednesday countered
repeated queries by the
media on whether he
would resign in view of
his arrest by retorting
why he should do so.
He was approached by
the media outside the
ESI hospital at Joka in
the city where he was
taken on Wednesday
morning along with
Arpita Mukherjee for a
regular medical check
up before being interro-
gated by the ED, which
is probing the money
trail in the scam.
ED FINDS MORE CASH AT
ARPITA MUKHERJEE’S FLAT
Kolkata(PTI): The ED
on Wednesday made
more recoveries from
the residence of Arpita
Mukherjee. Fresh raids
were carried out by the
agency at Mukherjee’s
two residences includ-
ing her ancestral home
in North 24 Parganas.
The ED is said to have
made more recoveries
from her Belghoria flat,
including cash. On
Wednesday, around
12 ED officials along
with the CRPF person-
nel arrived at Mukher-
jee’s Belghoria and
Rathtala residences in a
bid to find more crucial
documents and cash.
IsNitishKumar
tryingtocarvea
‘balancingimage’?
Sharat K Verma
Patna: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had
talked about cremation
and graveyard in Uttar
Pradesh, but it seems
that Nitish Kumar’s
government is doing
the work of creating
such a balance in Bihar.
In Bihar, boundary
walls of eight thousand
graveyards have been
built with the expendi-
ture of the state gov-
ernment and they have
been painted. So, now
the state government is
going to build the
boundary walls of tem-
ples in the entire state.
It is being said that the
way the cemetery has
been renovated, in the
same way the temples
will also be done. For
this, Bihar State Reli-
gious Trust Council
has also been formed,
under which registra-
tion of temples will be
done.
The state govern-
ment is going to con-
duct a survey of tem-
ples so that the condi-
tion of the temples can
be known. Along with
this, it is also being as-
certained how much
land is with the tem-
ples. The survey will
also find out how many
people visit the temple
every day. It is being
said that most of the
temples are open from
all sides, due to which
gradually there is en-
croachment on the land
of the temples, leading
to disputes. Keep in
mind that most disputes
in Bihar happen over
land. The government
wants to end such dis-
putes. It is not clear if
any other help be given
to temples or priests,
but the leaders of JDU’s
ally BJP are happy with
this initiative of the
government.
Nitish Kumar
CWG:CoachBhaskargives
uproominGamesVillage
Birmingham (PTI): In-
dian women’s boxing
team head coach
Bhaskar Bhatt has
moved out of his room
at the Commonwealth
Games Village here to
accommodate Olympic
bronze medallist Lov-
lina Borgohain’s per-
sonal coach Sandhya
Gurung.
Bhatt has checked
into a hotel nearby. Gu-
rung has moved into
Bhatt’s room in the Vil-
lage. “I have moved to
a hotel which is a
10-minute walk from
the Village,” Bhatt told
PTI.
“I volunteered to do
it (give his room to Gu-
rung) as it’s all ‘ghar
ka mamla’ and it’s best
to sort out such things
amongst ourselves.”
Bhatt, who took over
the senior women’s
head coach’s job last
year, still has access to
all the venues and the
Village. The only
change being that he
won’t be able to stay at
the Village at night.
“I have all the re-
quired access, so it’s
not a problem for me,”
Bhatt said. Under
Bhatt, the Indian wom-
en’s team returned
with three medals, in-
cluding a gold, at the
World Championship
in May.
CBI arrests Lalu Prasad’s
‘man Friday’ Bhola Yadav
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI has arrested former
Bihar chief minister
LaluPrasad’saideBhola
Yadav in connection
with the “land-for-jobs”
scam in the railways
when Prasad was the
railway minister in the
UPA government, offi-
cials said on Wednesday
.
The Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI)
also conducted searches
on Wednesday at four
premises -- two each in
Darbhanga and Patna --
belonging to Yadav, who
was the officer on spe-
cial duty (OSD) to the
then railway minister
Prasadbetween2005and
2009, they said.
The agency has also
arrested a railway em-
ployee, Hridayanand
Chaudhary
, who is an al-
leged beneficiary of the
scam, the officials said.
Yadav, fondly re-
ferred to as “Hanuman”
or the “shadow” of
Prasad among Rashtri-
ya Janata Dal (RJD)
supporters, was ques-
tioned by the CBI in
connection with the
scam, in which land
measuring over one
lakh square feet belong-
ing to job aspirants’
families in Patna was
allegedly purchased or
transferred to Prasad’s
family members in re-
turn for group-D jobs in
the railways as substi-
tutes.The CBI suspects
that Yadav had played a
crucial role in facilitat-
ing the jobs and later,
the transfer of land to
Prasad’s family
.
Remain on
alert, Govt
tells officials
Ranchi/Garhwa (PTI):
The Jharkhand govern-
ment has asked health
officials to remain on
alert and arrange isola-
tion beds in all the dis-
trict hospitals after a
seven-year-old girl was
detected with symp-
toms of monkeypox in
Garhwa, an official said
on Wednesday
.
The samples of the
girl have been collected
and would be sent to the
National Institute of Vi-
rology (NIV), Pune for
testing, he said.
“The girl has been
found suffering from
fever with a skin rash
on her body. Instruc-
tions have been given
to send her samples to
NIV Pune as per the
protocol. Samples are
also being sent to Ra-
jendra Institute of
Medical Sciences
(RIMS),” Additional
Chief Secretary, Health
Arun Kumar Singh
told PTI.
5 kanwariyas hurt after truck hits
them; angry people torch vehicle
Bhopal (PTI): Five kan-
wariyas were critically
injured after a truck
rammed into a group of
pilgrims in MP’s More-
na district, following
which angry people set
the vehicle on fire, po-
lice said on Wednesday
.
The incident oc-
curred near Rithoraka-
la village around 11 PM
on Tuesday when a
group of kanwariya pil-
grims was returning
from Haridwar (on
foot), said ASP Ray Sin-
gh.Soon after the inci-
dent, local people gath-
ered at the spot,
thrashed the truck driv-
er, and set the vehicle
ablaze, he said.
People also blocked
the Morena-Bhind road
for two hours after the
incident. Two of the
critically injured Kan-
warias were referred to
Gwalior for further
treatment.
Cloudburst near Amarnath Shrine, 4,000
pilgrims shifted to safety by rescue teams
Jammu (PTI): About
4,000 pilgrims were
shifted to safety by res-
cue teams following a
cloudburstneartheholy
cave shrine of Amar-
nath on Wednesday
. The
situation is now control
and there has been no
loss of lives. The area
received heavy rainfall
on Tuesday, following
which a flood alert was
issued and the yatra was
suspended between
Panchtarni and the holy
cave.Due to the rainfall,
water started gushing
down mountain passes
at a few places, which
also led to an increase in
the water level in a near-
by stream, PTI reported.
On July 8, flash flood
triggered by a cloud-
burst near the cave
shrine resulted in the
death of 15 pilgrims.
About 55 persons were
alsoinjuredasthefloods
washed away few tents
and langar stalls.
Loccal people thrashed the truck driver, and set the vehicle ablaze.
Bhaskar Bhatt
An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on
their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chargesheet in
terror-funding
case filed
Jammu (PTI): A nexus
between the Jaish-e-
Mohammad (JeM) ter-
ror group and Punjab-
based gangsters has
come to the fore as the
State Investigation
Agency (SIA) of Jam-
mu and Kashmir
has filed a chargesheet
against five accused
in a terror-funding case
registered last year.
The case was regis-
tered in November last
year following the re-
covery of Rs 43 lakh
from a Kashmir-bound
vehicle.
RJD CRIES FOUL OVER ARREST
Patna (PTI): The
Rashtriya Janata Dal
on Wednesday alleged
that arrest of Bhola
Yadav was a fallout of
the party’s opposition
to the ruling BJP at
the Centre.The BJP
hit back, pointing
out that most legal
wrangles involving
the RJD supremo,
his family members
and confidants had
been lodged while the
party ruled Bihar or
shared power in the
Congress-led UPA
government at the
Centre.
Kolkata(PTI): Actor-
turned-politician
Mithun Chakraborty,
who had joined the
BJP ahead of the West
Bengal Assembly polls
last year, on Wednes-
day claimed that 38
TMC MLAs are in
touch with the saffron
camp.Of the 38 legisla-
tors, 21 are directly
in touch with him, he
said.At least 38 TMC
MLAs are in touch with
the BJP. Out of them,
21 are personally in
touch with me. When I
was in Mumbai, I read
in newspapers one fine
morning that the Shiv
Sena and the BJP have
formed the govern-
ment in Maharashtra,
he said.The TMC,
while reacting to his
allegations, said the
famed actor is “trying
to fool the people by
making false claims”.
38 TMC MLAS IN TOUCH WITH BJP,
CLAIMS MITHUN CHAKRABORTY
I am against any malicious media
campaign. Media is playing the role
of kangaroo (court)
—Mamata Benarjee, West Bengal Chief Minister

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 51,166.00 115.00 0.22 (Per 10g)
SILVER 55,485.00 482.00 0.87 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 79.91 0.13 0.1379
GBPINR 96.2590 0.4342 0.4531
CURRENCIES
HOUSING PRICES RISE UP TO 15% ANNUALLY IN JUNE QUARTER
New Delhi (PTI): Average
housing price rose up to
15% during April-June
across 9 major cities, with
Chennai witnessing the
highest appreciation of
15%, according to data ana-
lytic firm PropEquity
.
The weighted average
price rose by 15% in Chen-
nai to `6,744 per square feet
in the June quarter from
`5,855 per square feet in the
year-ago period.
Gurugram witnessed
12% increase in prices to
`11,517 per square feet
from `10,315 per square
feet, and Hyderabad too
saw 12% rise to `6,472 per
square feet from `5,764 per
square feet.
The average prices in
Noida rose 9% to `7,411 per
square feet from `6,791 per
square feet. In Bengaluru,
the prices were up 8% to
`6,196 per square feet from
`5,760 per square feet.
Housing prices in Mum-
bai, Thane and Pune in-
creased by 3%.
Kolkata witnessed the
minimum increase of
1%in the average housing
prices to `5,431 per square
feet in April-June 2022 from
`5,355 per square feet in the
same period last year.
“Residential market has
been witnessing steady
growth in sales and price
appreciations over the last
one year,” Samir Jasuja,
Founder and MD of
PropEquity, said.
As per the data, the
housing sales rose 96%
year-on-year to 93,153 units
during the June quarter
this year. Sales, however,
dropped 7% to from the
previous quarter.
Total units launched
across the top 9 cities rose
51% annually to 69,813
units during the April-
June period, but fell 24%
from the previous quarter.
The unsold housing in-
ventory dropped 11% an-
nually to 4,05,586 units in
the June quarter. The fall
was 5% from the previous
quarter.
In Delhi-NCR, Guru-
gram witnessed 57% rise to
1,205 units from 769 units,
while Noida saw 87%
growth to 1,010 units in the
April-June period from 539
units last year.
PROPEQUITY DATA
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Google Maps
has launched its street
view service across 10
cities in India in partner-
ship with two local com-
panies, the firm said on
Wednesday. Google said
Street View is being
launched in partnership
with Genesys Internation-
al and Tech Mahindra.
“Starting today, Street
View will be available on
Google Maps with fresh
imagery licensed from lo-
cal partners covering over
1,50,000 km across ten
cities in India, including
Bengaluru, Chennai, Del-
hi, Mumbai, Hyderabad,
Pune, Nashik, Vadodara,
Ahmednagar, and Amrit-
sar,” it said. —PTI
New Delhi : Honda Mo-
torcycle and Scooter India
(HMSI) on Wednesday
said it has commenced
exports of its 125cc mo-
torcycle SP125 to Aus-
tralia and New Zealand.
Around 250 units of the
motorcycle have been
dispatched and will be
sold as ‘CB125F’ in these
two markets, the compa-
ny said in a statement.
The bike is currently be-
ing manufactured at HM-
SI’s Tapukara plant in Al-
war (Rajasthan). HMSI
started exports from India
in 2001 with its model
Activa. —PTI
HONDA SP125 BIKE
NOW EXPORTED TO
AUSTRALIA, NZ
GOOGLE MAPS
LAUNCHES STREET
VIEW IN INDIA
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet on Wednesday
gave approval to state-
owned BPCL to invest an
additional $1.6 billion in a
Brazilian oil block. The
Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs, chaired
by PM Narendra Modi,
has approved additional
investment by Bharat
PetroResources Ltd
(BPRL), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of BPCL, for
the development of the
BM-SEAL-11 Concession
Project in Brazil, an offi-
cial statement said. —PTI
CABINET APPROVES
BPCL’s $1.5 BN
INVESTMENT PLAN
Mumbai: TCS expects the
$1 billion retail sector
business in the UK, Eu-
rope to outpace the com-
pany’s overall revenue
growth on the back of
strong demand for IT ser-
vices, a senior official has
said. The country’s larg-
est software exporter on
Wednesday announced a
multi-year, multi-million
dollar deal with Marks
Spencer, with which it has
been working for over a
decade, to transform the
British retailer’s human
resource operations.
—PTI
TCS SIGNS DEAL
WITH MS; EXPECTS
$1 BN RETAIL SEC BIZ
TATA MOTORS LOSS
WIDENS TO `4,951 CR
IN JUNE QUARTER
New Delhi: Tata Motors on
Wednesday reported a con-
solidated net loss of `4,951
crore in
the June
quarter
as chip
shortage
and COVID-19 lockdown in
China impacted Jaguar Land
Rover sales. The company
had posted a consolidated net
loss of `4,450 crore in the
same quarter last fiscal. It sold
78,825 vehicles in the June
quarter, broadly flat compared
with the fourth quarter of last
fiscal and down 37% compared
with the April-June period of
last fiscal. —PTI
CIL EARNS REVENUE
WORTH OVER `1.52 L
CR FROM COAL SALES
New Delhi: State-owned CIL
has earned revenue worth over
`1.52 lakh crore from coal
sales in
financial
year
2021-22,
Parlia-
ment was informed on Wednes-
day. Coal India (CIL) earned
revenue by selling 661.89
million tonnes of coal in the
last fiscal year. In a written
reply to the Lok Sabha, Coal
Minister Pralhad Joshi said the
mahartana firm has garnered
`29,400 crore by selling
177.59 MT of coal in the
April-June period of the
ongoing financial year. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
ROSHNI NADAR REMAINS RICHEST INDIAN
WOMAN; NYKAA’S NAYAR AT NUMBER TWO
Mumbai: HCL Technologies’ chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra
has retained her position as the richest woman in India, with a 54%
jump in her networth to `84,330 crore in 2021.
Falguni Nayar, who quit her investment bank-
ing career to start the beauty focused brand
Nykaa around a decade ago, has emerged
as the richest self-made woman with a
networth of `57,520 crore, as per the Kotak
Private Banking-Hurun list published on
Wednesday. Nayar, who is 59, saw a 963
per cent increase in her wealth during
the year and is also the second richest
woman overall. —PTI
LIC MUTUAL FUND EYES ` 1,000 CRORE
FROM NEW MONEY MARKET FUND
Mumbai: LIC Mutual Fund is targeting to collect `1,000 crore from
its new money market fund launched
on Wednesday. The new fund is an
open-ended debt scheme that facilitates
investing in money market instruments,
it said in a statement. Nityanand Prabhu,
executive director and business head of
LIC MF, said that it has set an internal
target of garnering at least `1,000 crore from the scheme during the
primary subscription period. —PTI
RBI TO GO FOR 0.35% HIKE
Mumbai (PTI): The Re-
serve Bank of India’s rate-
setting panel will go for a
0.35% hike in the key repo
rate at its meeting next
week, an American broker-
age said on Wednesday
.
The hike will be accom-
panied by a change in the
policy stance to “calibrated
tightening”,BofaSecurities
said in a report published
ahead of the Monetary Pol-
icy Committee (MPC) reso-
lution which is set to be an-
nounced on August 5.
RBI has hiked the rate by
a cumulative 0.90% in two
tightening moves in May
and June, responding to
the runaway headline in-
flation which has consist-
ently overshot the upper
end of the target set for the
central bank for many
months.
Referring to policy ac-
tions since April, when RBI
introduced the standing
deposit facility, the broker-
age said the central bank
has effectively hiked rates
by 1.30%.
“In our base case, we
now see the RBI MPC hike
policy repo rate by 0.35%,
taking it to 5.25% (higher
than pre-pandemic level),
with stance change to cali-
brated tightening from
withdrawal of accommoda-
tion,” the report said.
The brokerage expects
MPC to retain its FY23 Con-
sumer Price Inflation (CPI)
and real GDP growth fore-
casts, at 6.7% and 7.2%, re-
spectively
.
Last week, RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das said that
headline inflation, which
came at 7.04% for April, is
appearing to have peaked.
There is a possibility for
MPC to adopt a more ag-
gressive measure and de-
liver a 0.50% hike in rates
like it did in June, joining
some developed market
and regional central banks
who have sent out more de-
cisive signals.
On the other hand, a
0.25% hike in rates can also
not be ruled out, the bro-
kerage said.
MPC RATES
Market rebounds
after two-day break;
Sensex up by 548 pts
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices bounced back
on Wednesday after a two-
daydecline,withtheSensex
and Nifty climbing nearly
1% each, tracking a positive
trend in European markets.
Buying in IT and bank
stocks also supported the
recovery in equities.
The 30-share BSE bench-
mark jumped 547.83 points
or 0.99% to settle at
55,816.32. The broader NSE
Nifty advanced 157.95
points or 0.96% to 16,641.80.
Sun Pharma was the top
gainer in the Sensex pack,
spurting 3.39%, followed
by State Bank of India,
Larsen Toubro, Asian
Paints, TCS, UltraTech Ce-
ment, Bajaj Finance and
IndusInd Bank.
IMPORTANT
HIGHLIGHTS
z RBI has hiked the rate by
a cumulative 0.90% in two
tightening moves, responding
to the runaway headline
inflation which has consistently
overshot the upper end of the
target.
z The hike will be
accompanied by a change in
the policy stance to “calibrated
tightening”, Bofa Securities
said in a report
z Monetary Policy Committee
(MPC) resolution is set to be
announced on August 5 later
this year.
Power generation capacity to
hit 820GW by 2030: Singh
New Delhi (PTI): Union
Power and New Renewa-
ble Energy Minister R K
Singh on Wednesday said
the country's electricity
generation capacity will
reach 820GW by 2030, in-
cluding over 500GW from
non-fossil fuel sources.
In his message at the
launch of a report of
TERI, Singh said: By 2030,
the total capacity for pow-
er production would be
about 820GW. Out of that,
more than 500GW will be
non-fossil.
Pointing out that India
has already started adding
storage capacity to renew-
able energy, the minister
said the government has
come out with one of the
largest bids on storage and
is trying to bring down the
storage cost by adding vol-
ume. He also emphasised
on India's commitment to
energy transition targets
though the country has one
of the lowest per capita
emissions.
TERI on Wednesday re-
leased a roadmap charting
the feasible pathways to
achieving the ambitious
decarbonisation targets.
Apart from suggesting
policies as well as techno-
logical interventions to
achieve the 2030 goals,
TERI's roadmap also calls
for state leadership in the
development of pumped
storage plants and feed-in-
tariff for solar generation.
IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
z By 2030, the total capacity
for power production would
be about 820GW. Out of that,
more than 500GW will be
non-fossil.
z Singh also emphasised
on India’s commitment to
energy transition targets.
RUPEE FALLS 13 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 79.91/$
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined 13 paise to close at 79.91
(provisional) against the US dol-
lar on Wednesday, weighed down
by the overall strength in the
greenback and expectations of
an aggressive rate hike by the US
Federal Reserve. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the local currency opened at 79.83 and
finally ended at 79.91, down 13 paise over its previous close.
CoscanspendCSRfundsfor‘HarGharTiranga’
New Delhi (PTI): Compa-
nies can spend their CSR
funds for activities related
to the 'Har Ghar Tiranga'
campaign, according to the
government.
Under the Companies
Act, 2013, certain class of
profitable companies are
required to shell out at
least 2% of their three-year
annual average net profit
towards Corporate Social
Responsibility activities.
In a circular, the corpo-
rate affairs ministry said
the campaign is aimed to
invoke the feeling of patri-
otism in the hearts of peo-
ple and to promote aware-
ness about the Indian na-
tional flag.
... Spending of CSR
funds for the activities re-
lated to this campaign such
as mass scale production
and supply of the national
flag, outreach and amplifi-
cation efforts and other re-
lated activities are eligible
CSR activities, the circu-
lar said.
The activities are eligi-
ble for CSR funds under the
provisions of Schedule VII
of the Companies Act.
KNOW ABOUT
THE CAMPAIGN
z The campaign is organised
by the govt as part of the
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to
encourage people to bring
home the national flag.
AGGREGATE OFFICE
LEASING RISES
ANNUALLY
New Delhi (PTI): Total
office space leasing in June
jumped nearly 1.5 times
annually across seven cities
to 5.8 million square feet,
but it fell 5% from previous
month, according to JLL In-
dia. Aggregate market leas-
ing activity refers to lease
transactions for all grades in
the top seven cities.
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment is considering
changes in the pricing
structure to ascertain the
Average Selling Price of
metallurgical grade baux-
ite in order to attract pri-
vate players in the sector.
At present, states are not
able to auction the existing
bauxite mines as compa-
nies find the selling price
of the mineral unviable.
Bauxite is the principal
ore of aluminum and
therefore the mineral is the
essential raw material for
aluminium producers.
The change in calcula-
tion would be made
through amendment in the
mining law and the mines
ministry has invited sug-
gestions for the same, ac-
cording to an official note.
Government mulls
changes in
pricing structure

9. First India Bureau
Mumbai: A day after
personally visiting
the police staff quar-
ters in Borivali area
of the city on Tuesday
night, Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde on
Wednesday asked the
departments of
Home, Urban Devel-
opment, Housing and
City and Industrial
Development Corpo-
ration (CIDCO) to co-
ordinate and prepare
a comprehensive plan
for police housing.
Shinde chaired a
meeting which was at-
tended by Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fad-
navis, and top officials
of the state government
including Chief Secre-
tary Manu Kumar Sriv-
astava,AdditionalChief
Secretary (Home)
Anand Limaye, Director
General of Police (DGP)
Rajnish Seth, Mumbai
Police Commissioner
Vivek Phansalkar and
Brihanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation (BMC)
Commissioner Iqbal
Singh Chahal.
Archana Tyagi, Addi-
tional Director General
of Police, Police Hous-
ing Welfare Board, gave
a presentation on the
ongoing and proposed
projects of the Board.
Speaking at the meet,
Shinde said, “A large
section of the Maha-
rashtrapolicepersonnel
are deprived of housing
and there is a need to
build a large number of
houses.” He asked all de-
partment heads to pre-
pare a blueprint for
short,medium and long-
term measures.
He also directed offi-
cials to consider rental
housing, look at surplus
land available under the
Urban Land Ceiling Act
provisions, examine
availability of plots re-
served for police hous-
ing in other cities, and
plots owned by the Ma-
harashtra State Road
Transport Corporation.
Shinde assured that
there will be no short-
age of funds for the po-
lice housing schemes.
“The government is
committed to providing
rightful houses as well
as government resi-
dences to police person-
nel who are continu-
ously on duty under
challenging condi-
tions,” he said, adding
that planning should be
done to optimize the
availability of houses
for police through au-
thorities like MHADA,
CIDCO, Slum Rehabili-
tation Authority
, cluster
schemes, affordable
housing schemes as
well involvement of pri-
vate developers. He also
said modern technology
and quality materials
should be deployed in
the construction.
Maharashtra Hous-
ing and Area Develop-
ment Authority Vice
Chairman Anil Diggi-
kar, Mumbai Metropoli-
tan Region Develop-
ment Authority Com-
missioner SVR Srini-
vasan, CIDCO Manag-
ing Director Sanjay
Mukherjee, Principal
Secretary (Housing)
Milind Mhaiskar, Prin-
cipal Secretary (Urban
Development) Sonia
Sethi, Slum Rehabilita-
tion Authority Chief
Executive Officer Sat-
ish Lokhande were also
present at the meeting.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
government on
Wednesday approved
a Rs369.78 crore de-
velopment plan for
the Lonar crater lake,
a notified national
geo-heritage monu-
ment situated in
Buldhana district.
The Bombay High
Court had last year di-
rected the government
to set up a development
authority to preserve
Lonar Lake, known as
the only crater lake in
the world formed by me-
teoric impact. Develop-
ment works will be im-
plemented under the
supervision of the Am-
ravati divisional com-
missioner and will fo-
cus on the preservation
of temples in the vicin-
ity, wildlife protection,
rehabilitation of en-
croachers and road de-
velopment, an official
release said here.
In other decisions, the
cabinet—whichcurrent-
ly consists of only Chief
Minister Eknath Shinde
andhisdeputyDevendra
Fadnavis—decided that
charge sheets filed in
cases related to political
and social agitations till
march 2022 will be with-
drawn. A committee
headed by the police
commissioner and addi-
tional district collector
will take a decision on
withdrawing cases
against students and ed-
ucated jobless young-
sters during the COV-
ID-19 pandemic as they
are facing problems dur-
ing character scrutiny
for the purpose of get-
ting jobs or a passport,
the release said.
The committee will
decide on the withdraw-
al of cases where there
had been no loss of life
during the agitation and
the damage to property
did not exceed Rs5 lakh.
It also approved a pro-
posal to set up prepaid/
smart meters for elec-
tricity consumers and
strengthen the electric-
ity distribution system.
Projects of the state dis-
comMahavitaranworth
Rs39,602 crore and those
of Mumbai transport
and electricity distribu-
tion undertaking BEST
worth Rs3,461 crore
were green-lighted.
The government aims
to reduce technical and
commercial losses by 12-
15% by 2024-25, the re-
lease said. The prepaid/
smart meters will bene-
fit 1.66 crore consumers.
The cabinet on
Wednesday also ap-
proved an incentive of
Rs50,000 to farmers who
regularly repay their
crop loans.
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between virtues and faults,
truly it is blind.
— Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Lonar, believed to have been formed when a meteorite crashed into Earth 50,000 years ago, is popular among tourists. —FILE PHOTO
STATEALLOTS`369CROREFORLONARLAKEDEVELOPMENT
CABINET DECISION
ALSO DECIDES THAT CASES RELATED TO POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL AGITATIONS TILL MARCH 2022 WILL BE DROPPED
‘Police housing top priority for Maha govt’
CM ASKSTOP OFFICIALSTO FORMULATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES FOR POLICE PERSONNEL
CM Shinde interacts with one of the residents of Borivali police quarters on Tuesday.—FILE PHOTO
A large section of the Maharashtra
police personnel are deprived of hous-
ing and there is a need to build a large
number of houses. The government is commit-
ted to providing rightful houses as well as gov-
ernment residences to police personnel who are
continuously on duty under challenging con-
ditions. —Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
BEING PROACTIVE
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said the govern-
ment has prioritized high-quality construction of
police stations and government residences through
police housing, but these works are proceeding
very slowly. He urged that these projects need
to be speeded up and time-bound execution of
projects should be prioritized. He also directed that
the Police Housing Welfare Board should create a
separate department to monitor these buildings.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Police have
arrested two people
for kidnapping Telen-
gana native Shankar
Mathamalla (45) and
attempting to extort
Rs15 lakh from his
family.
However, the investi-
gation revealed that
Mathamalla had been
hired by an internation-
al gold smuggling syn-
dicate and promised a
commission of Rs10,000
for carrying two gold
pellets—each weighing
160g and worth a total
of Rs16 lakhfrom Dubai
to Mumbai.
Mathamalla was kid-
nappedbythesmugglers
when he only delivered
half the consignment on
arrival in Mumbai; after
accidentallypurgingone
of the pellets before
reaching the city
.
After kidnapping
him on June 22, the
smugglers beat him up,
sent pictures of him in
a battered condition to
his family, and demand-
ed that they pay a ran-
som of Rs15 lakh on
June 27.
They later dumped
Mathamalla near a rail-
way station in Puduch-
erry —where they had
taken him via Chennai
and Thiruchirapalli—
when they realized the
police were tracking
them. A team from Sion
police rescued Matha-
malla from Puducherry
.
The cops then arrest-
edAbu,aliasAurangjeeb
Akbar, 38, from Tamil
Nadu who had received
Mathamalla in Mumbai.
Abu’s accomplice Vijay
,
alias Pura Vijay Vasude-
van, 25, was also arrest-
ed. Police said the mas-
termind,Raja,aliasHaja
Kamluddin Majid, is
still at large.
2 held for kidnapping
after gold-smuggling
attempt goes wrong
Former IAS official Mopalwar to
head Shinde’s infra war room
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With the
number of COVID-19
patients on a steady
decline, the Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
on Wednesday decid-
ed to close down eight
of the nine Jumbo
COVID-19 Centres in
the city, in a phased
manner.
The BMC had opened
the Jumbo COVID-19
Centres to create addi-
tional bed capacity
when patient numbers
increased during the
first and second wave of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
The eight centres had a
total capacity of 12,375
beds and 907 Intensive
Care Unit (ICU) beds.
Thesecentresplayeda
crucial role at the peak
of the pandemic and
hundreds of nCoV-posi-
tive patients were isolat-
ed and treated there.
However,withasubstan-
tial decline witnessed in
positivecases,theadmis-
sionrateinthesecentres
has dropped sharply
.
Therefore,thecivicbody
has taken the onus to
shut them down in a
phased manner. This is
to enable an emergency
scaleup,if thereisasud-
den change in incidence
of COVID-19 cases.
In Phase I, the BMC
will shut down three
Jumbo COVID-19 Cen-
tres, and then close an-
other five in Phase II.
Additional Municipal
Commissioner (West-
ern suburbs) Dr San-
jeev Kumar said, “The
COVID-19 Centre at
Seven Hills Hospital in
Andheri will continue
to operate, and all civic-
run hospitals will also
continue providing
nCoV care to people.”
Mumbai: Retired IAS
official Radheshyam
Mopalwar was on
Wednesday appointed
as director-general of
War Room-Infra-
structure Projects by
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde.
As several big-ticket
infrastructure projects
are underway and
many others are in the
offing, the Shinde gov-
ernment created a war
room to facilitate their
speedy and planned im-
plementation, the Gen-
eral Administration
Department said in its
appointment order.
A 1995-batch IAS of-
ficer, Mopalwar retired
from service in Febru-
ary 2018 but was given
multiple extensions as
Vice-Chairman and MD
of Maharashtra State
Road Development Cor-
poration (MSRDC).
However, Mopalwar
faced allegations of cor-
ruption and, in 2017,
then-CM Fadnavis an-
nounced in the Assem-
bly that he was being
removed as MSRDC MD
until the inquiry
against him ended.
BMC set to shut down 08
Jumbo COVID-19 Centres
Centres in
Dahisar, Worli,
Nesco-Goregaon,
Kanjurmarg, BKC
Mulund areas
to be affected
A man reacts while receiving a COVID-10 vaccine shot in Dharavi
area of Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Cases: 2,138
Mumbai Cases: 508
Total Cases: 80,39,319
New Deaths: 08
Mumbai Deaths: 02
Death Toll: 1,48,088
Active Cases: 13,943
COVID-19 FIGURES
HARD AT WORK
Idols of Lord Ganesh get the final touches at a workshop ahead of the upcoming Ganesh
Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mathamalla said that
he might have
accidentally purged 1
of 2 gold pellets
Radheshyam Mopalwar

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or the Jodhpur
Couture Show
2022, ace design-
ers from Ra-
jasthan decided
to celebrate the
gestures of tradi-
tion and royalty as a
symbol of unity, em-
bodied by the tree of
life – an emblem
that appears
throughout the
looks, in a profusion
of embroidery, galloon
patchworks and playful
smocking. The grand show
was held at Hotel Radisson,
Jodhpur on Sunday where
Jagdeesh Chandra graced
the occasion as the Chief
Guest and walked the ramp
with the supermodels and
designers.
While addressing the au-
dience, Jagdeesh Chandra
said, “Fashion shows are a
channel of communication
between fashion designers
and clients where design-
ers showcase new ideas
through merchandise on
live models and First India
has always supported
young and talented women
in the world of fashion and
glamour industry
Showcasing the magnifi-
cence of Rajasthan, the
show kicked off with glam-
orous designer Ekish show-
casing the royal Indian sa-
rees with actress and su-
permodel Charvi Tanya
Dutta as the showstopper
during the round. In the
second round of the show,
models graced the ramp in
chiffon saris designed by
Jodhpur-based designer
Ankit Bagra. In this round,
supermodel Tanu Choud-
hary walked the ramp with
the designer as the show-
stopper.
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(L-R) Shubhda Panwar, Megha Shyam Soni, Rewati Upadhyay,
Charvi Tanya Dutta, Ekta Soni, Isha Agrawal Jodhpur, Shrishti Khatri and Isha Agrawal
Hotel Radisson Blue, Jodhpur acquired a lively buzz on Sunday when supermodels
walked the ramp showcasing a dazzling range of clothing that portrayed the
versatility of the Indian traditional textiles at Jodhpur Couture Show 2022!
F
Ajay Moondra and Gaurav Gaur
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra walks the ramp
with supermodels: Kanggana Malik,
Shubhda Panwar, Tanu Choudhary,
Astha Khandelwal, Tanu Chaudhary,
Riya Suledia and Rutvi Tiwari
Clockwise: Megha Shyam Soni,
Rewati Upadhyay and Kanggana Malik

11. ACING THE RAMP WALK
In the third sequence of the
show, designer Nirbheek Doy-
al presented casual and party
wear garments with super-
model Sonakshi Channa as
the showstopper.
After this, supermodel
Akanksha Bhalla was the
showstopper in designer Yo-
gesh Jajra’s Rajasthani
bridal sequence from Indus
Pride Fashion.
Designer Amit Chauhan
further showcased his
collection in the show.
This was followed by a
showcase of resort-
wear and swimwear
collections from
the label Outmo-
da in which
S h u b h a d a
P a n w a r
walked the
ramp as
the showstopper. The musical
grand finale of the show show-
cased traditional garments by
designer label Panisha and RK
Art Jewellery. The showstop-
per of this sequence was Swati
Jangid. As part of the Jodhpur
Couture Show 2022 by show’s
founder and director Gaurav
Gaur, and director of the show
(Jodhpur chapter) Ajay Moon-
dra, a fashion show was con-
ducted bringing to the fore the
latest designs in handloom
weaves.
It is very rare that you watch
a fashion show and end up lik-
ing every look that the design-
er presents. That’s what hap-
pened at the me Show 2022.
The audience cheered and
hooted as models brought out
the best of what the brand has
offered to its patrons in the
past few years.
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Clockwise: Simran Modi, Shubhda Panwar,
Isha Agarwal Jodhpur, Isha Agarwal and Akanksha Bhalla
(L-R) Megha Shyam Soni, Astha Khandelwal, Isha Agarwal, Swati Jangid, Rewati Updhyay, Khushboo and Tanu Choudhary
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ranu Machhar, Vani Machhar and Neelam Moondra
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
(L-R) Charvi Tanya Dutta, Neelam Moondra, Prem Dande and Swati Jangid
(R-L) Isha Agarwal, Kanggana Malik, Shrishti Khatri, Astha Khandelwal, Isha Agarwal Jodhpur, Ekta Soni, Vani Machhar, Rutvi Tiwari, Charvi Tanya Dutta, Rewati Upadhyay, Simran Modi and Tanu Choudhary walks the ramp with others
Clockwise: Rutvi Tiwari, Shrishti Khatri,
Astha Khandelwal, Tanu Choudhary and Swati Jangid
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