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Transgressions
may trigger
escalations with
China:Gen Pande
First India Bureau
Pune: Chief of Army
Staff General Manoj
Pande on Monday said
transgressions remain
the potential trigger for
escalations along the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) with China and
asserted India has ade-
quate reserves and was
prepared to deal with
any contingency
.
He said China has ac-
crued significant capac-
ities for force mobiliza-
tion, application, and
sustenance of military
operations and main-
tained the long-pending
boundary issue can not
be divorced from bilat-
eral relations between
the two Asian giants.
Speaking at the 2nd
Strategic Dialogue on
‘Rise of China and its
Implications for the
World’, organized by the
Savitribai Phule Pune
University and the New
Delhi-based Centre for
China Analysis and
Strategy
, General Pande
said Chinese attempts
to carry out transgres-
sions across LAC in vio-
lations of past agree-
ments remain a matter
of concern, but Army’s
preparedness remains
of a high order.
‘Well connected”, Anishka
told Amruta, claims police
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Designer An-
ishka Jaisinghani in
one of her messages to
Maharashtra Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis’s wife
Amruta had claimed
that her father was in
regular contact with
NCP supremo Sharad
Pawar and Shiv Sena
(UBT) leader Uddhav
Thackeray, police told a
court here on Monday
.
The police also told
court there is possibil-
ity of involvement of
various political per-
sonalities in the con-
spiracy, which needed
to be probed.
Prosecution made
this claim while oppos-
ing Anishka’s bail plea,
however, her bail plea
was allowed on Monday
by Additional Sessions
Judge DD Almale.
While opposing bail
bail on Monday, special
public prosecutor Ajay
Misar, cited some of the
messages sent by the
accused to the deputy
CM’s wife.
As per the prosecu-
tion, in one the mes-
sages, Anishka said
‘You do not know my
father’ ..My father is
well connected with so
and so, so and so,... My
father is regularly in
contact with Sharad Pa-
war and Uddhav Thack-
eray, he will give the
video to them”.
Further, prosecution
submitted it was a
planned deep-rooted
conspiracy and that
Anishka had dared to
take a video in a high
security place.
All these aspects
need to be probed, pros-
ecution said opposing
her bail and also stress-
ing there is also the risk
of the accused abscond-
ing if given bail.
However, defence
lawyers Mrigendra Sin-
gh and Manan Sanghai
contended the sole al-
legation against Anish-
ka is demand for money
.
Anishka doesn’t hold
any office of profit for a
case under the Preven-
tion of Corruption Act,
the defence lawyers ar-
gued.
“Can I be kept be-
hind bars only because
the Deputy CM’s wife
has lodged a case
against me. Can a
daughter be kept be-
hind bars only because
there are a number of
cases against my fa-
ther,” the advocates
said in court.
AMRUTA FADNAVIS BRIBE CASE
Bookie’s daughter
claims father was
in contact with
Sharad Pawar,
Uddhav
Thackeray
Can I be kept behind bars only
because the Deputy CM’s wife has
lodged a case against me. Can a
daughter be kept behind bars only because
there are a number of cases against my
father.
—Advocates in court
Chief of Army Staff General
Manoj Pande
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day sought a response
from the Centre, Guja-
rat government and
others on a plea filed by
Bilkis Bano, who was
gang-raped and seven
members of her family
were killed during the
2002 post-Godhra riots.
Bano has challenged
the remission of sen-
tence of 11 convicts in
the case who were
granted remission by
the Gujarat govern-
ment and released on
August 15 last year. Af-
ter issuing a notice to
the Centre, the Gujarat
government and the
convicts, the top court
posted the matter for
hearing on April 18.
A bench of Justices K
M Joseph and B V Naga-
rathna said there is a
gamut of issues in-
volved and it needs to
hear the matter in de-
tail and also directed
the Gujarat govern-
ment to be ready with
the relevant files grant-
ing remission to the
parties on the next date
of the hearing.
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BILKIS BANO CASE: SC NOTICE TO CENTRE, GUJARAT GOVT
‘Be ready with remission files...’
Bench observed that it would not
be overwhelmed by emotions in the
case and would only go by the law
SC REJECTS BRS LEADER KAVITHA’S
PLEA FOR STAY ON ED SUMMONS
SHAH CHAIRS MEET TO
DISCUSS K’TAKA POLLS
‘AMRITPAL IS BELIEVED
TO BE HIDING IN NEPAL’
In a setback for BRS MLC K Kavitha,
the Supreme Court on Monday
rejected her plea, seeking protec-
tion from arrest and challenging the
summons issued by ED in a money
laundering case linked to the alleged
Delhi liquor policy scam. A bench
of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M
Trivedi did not give any interim relief to her on protec-
tion from arrest and refused to stay the ED summons.
SC has also tagged her plea, which said that a woman
can’t be summoned for questioning before ED.
Bengaluru: Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on
Monday chaired a
meeting with State
BJP core commit-
tee and election
management committee in
Bengaluru on Monday. P6
New Delhi: India has requested
Nepal govt not to al-
low Amritpal Singh,
who is believed to be
hiding in Nepal, to
flee to other country
and arrest him if he attempts to
escape, sources said on Monday.
OTHER COURT ORDERS OF THE DAY
l The Supreme Court
on Monday dismissed a
petition filed by the Uttar
Pradesh government chal-
lenging the Allahabad High
Court’s order to consider
giving a job to a family
member of the Hathras
victim and to relocate the
family from Hathras.
l A Mumbai court
on Monday sent the
accused in the case
of threat mail to actor
Salman Khan to police
custody till April 3. The
accused, Dhakad Ram
who is a resident of Luni
in the Jodhpur district of
Rajasthan was arrested
Sunday and handed over
to Mumbai Police.
l Islamabad High Court
has granted bail to Paki-
stan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
chief Imran Khan in seven
cases registered against
him in the wake of March
18 clashes at Federal
Judicial Complex (FJC).
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR MUMBAI
KARNATAKA BJP
MLA MADAL
ARRESTED IN
BRIBERY CASE
Bhopal: Namibian cheetah Sasha died due to a kidney ailment on Monday
at MP’s Kuno National Park , a top forest department official said. The more
than four-and-a-half years old female cheetah was among the eight cheetahs
translocated from Namibia and housed in the KNP in Sheopur since Sept 17.
Bengaluru: BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa, who had
stepped down as the KSDL chairman after his son
was caught taking a bribe, has been arrested by the
Lokayukta in a bribery case on Monday. The arrest
comes after HC dismissed Madal’s anticipatory bail.
COPS SAFELY
BRING ATIQ TO
UP JAIL, COURT
HEARING TODAY
New Delhi: Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed
and his brother Ashraf reached Naini Jail in Prayagraj
on Monday evening. Police has filed an application in
a Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court seeking permission
to interrogate, hearing in the court today.
CHEETAH SASHA DIES DUE TO KIDNEY AILMENT IN KUNO
UNRULYSCENES
‘RULE’ SANSAD
LS adjourned as MPs hurl
papers at Chair, protest
against Rahul’s disqualification
RS returns Finance Bill 2023
to the Lok Sabha without
discussion amid Opposition uproar
RAHUL ASKED
TO VACATE GOVT
BUNGALOW
BY APRIL 22
PRIYANKA’S ARROGANCE TO
COMPARE GANDHI FAMILY WITH
LORD RAM: ANURAG THAKUR
NOW CONGRESS HAS TO TAKE
THE SUPPORT OF BLACK MAGIC,
SAYS MINISTER PIYUSH GOYAL
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi, who was
disqualified from LS
following his conviction
in a criminal defama-
tion case, has now been
asked to vacate the
govt-allotted bungalow
by April 22. Lok Sabha
Housing Committee
has served a notice to
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi asking him to
vacate the 12, Tughlaq
Lane bungalow.
Union Minister Anurag
Thakur hit out Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi, saying it was out
of “arrogance” that she
compared the Gandhi
family with the dynasty
of Lord Ram. On Sunday,
Priyanka criticised BJP
for labelling Congress as
a “dynastic” party.
Union Minister Piyush
Goyal on Monday
said that Congress’
leaders came in black
clothes in the Parlia-
ment, questioning, “Do
they want to disrespect
the law?” “Congress is
so demoralised that now
it has to take...support of
black magic,” Goyal said.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Opposition
members in Lok Sabha
stormed the Well wear-
ing black clothes and 2
Congress MPs hurled
papers towards the
Chair, leading to ad-
journment of proceed-
ings till 4 pm on Monday
as ruckus persisted over
Rahul Gandhi’s disqual-
ification and the Adani
issue. Rajya Sabha re-
turned the Finance Bill
2023 with an amend-
ment, as well as the
JK Budget 2023-24 and
appropriation bills, to
the Lok Sabha without
discussion. Oppn par-
ties held a joint meeting
at the chamber of LoP
RS, Congress chief Mal-
likarjun Kharge. P6
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
LIC’s capital, to
Adani! SBI’s capital,
to Adani! EPFO’s
capital too, to Adani!
Why is public’s
retirement money
being invested in
Adani’s companies
even after ‘Modani’
exposed?. Mr
Prime Minister, no
investigation, no
answer! Why so
much of fear.
Proceedings of Lok Sabha gets adjourned amid sloganeering by the Opposition MPs wearing black
attires demanding a JPC inquiry into the Adani Group issue during Parl budget session on Monday.
Opposition MPs, wearing black over the disqualification of Rahul
Gandhi from Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in
New Delhi on Monday. Also seen here are Mallikarjun Kharge,
Sonia Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and others.
In a first, Trinamool
Congress (TMC) joins
opposition meeting
in the Parliament
CONGRESS’S BLACK DAY FROM PARLIAMENT TO STREETS
Amruta
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‘Public sympathy will fall with attacks on Savarkar’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Shiv
Sena - Uddhav Balasa-
heb Thackeray on Mon-
day reminded said Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi not to squander the
public sympathy his
disqualification as Lok
Sabha MP has garnered
by continuing to attack
freedom fighter and
Hindutva ideologue VD
Savarkar.
The truth--for which
Gandhi is fighting for
today--will not win by
making defamatory
statements against Sa-
varkar, an editorial in
Shiv Sena - UBT mouth-
piece Saamana said.
“By making defama-
tory statements against
Savarkar, the sympathy
gained by Rahul Gan-
dhi will start ebbing.
This will, for sure, put
the Maharashtra Con-
gress in a uncomforta-
ble position,” the edito-
rial said.
This comes a day af-
ter Uddhav Thackeray
asked Gandhi to refrain
from “insulting” his
“idol” Savarkar.
Thackeray said the
Maha Vikas Aghadi al-
liance of three parties
- Sena (UBT), Congress
and Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) - was
formed to protect de-
mocracy and it was nec-
essary to work unitedly
for it.
Gandhi’s remarks
that he is not Savarkar
to apologize will not af-
fect the faith of the peo-
pleintheHindutvaideo-
logue, the Saamana edi-
torial added.
Without naming
Prime Minister Modi,
theeditorialsaidadicta-
tor is always scared and
that he first starts con-
trolling the judiciary
and parliament and de-
stroys the opposition.
This is called slavery
,
theeditorialsaid,adding
that Gandhi should take
anoathtofightsuchslav-
ery
, just as Savarkar did
at the age of 12.
CRUCIAL READ
3 HELD WITH
`1.5 CRORE IN
FOREIGN CURRENCY
WOMAN LOSES
`8.3 L TO CYBER
FRAUD IN THANE
MAN HELD FOR
KILLING CO-WORKER
IN THANE DISTRICT
4 OWNERS BOOKED
FOR CATTLE FOUND
ROAMING ON ROAD
Mumbai: The Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence
(DRI) has arrested three
passengers and allegedly
seized three trolley bags
containing Rs1.5 crore
in foreign currency from
them at Mumbai interna-
tional airport, an official
said on Monday. The
accused, held on Sunday,
were scheduled to fly to
Dubai and the foreign
currency seized com-
prises 57,900 Euros and
4,42,300 UAE Dirhams,
he said. The accused hail
from Haryana and were
intercepted at Customs on
a tip-off.
Thane: A 70-year-old
resident of Mira Road
in Thane district lost a
whopping Rs8.30 lakh,
in a case of cyber fraud
according to police. The
senior citizen had pur-
chased six towels online,
but instead of Rs1,169,
an amount of Rs19,005
was debited from her
account. “Soon, a man
called her up claiming
to be from the bank, and
asked her to download
an app for the refund.
After that, a sum of Rs1
lakh was debited from her
account. By the time she
reached the police station,
she had lost Rs8.30 lakh
in further withdrawals,”
he said.
Thane: A case has been
filed against two persons
for allegedly cheating
people looking for jobs
abroad, a Navi Mumbai
police official said on
Monday. The accused,
including a female, took
Rs2.94 lakh from three
persons after promising
them jobs in a petroleum
firm in Singapore, the
Kamothe police station
official said. “The job
documents given to the
victims were fake. Later,
the accused started avoid-
ing their calls. No arrest
has been made in the
case. Further investigation
is underway,” he said.
Thane: A 24-year-old
man has been arrested
in Thane district of for
allegedly killing his
31-year-old colleague at
an industrial unit over a
petty issue, police said on
Monday. According to a
Thane police official, the
accused used an iron rod
to attack his colleague
on the factory premises,
causing immediate death.
The motive behind the
attack remains unknown
as of now. Further
investigation into the
matter is underway. A
case was registered under
section 302 (Punishment
for murder) of the Indian
Penal Code.
Mumbai: Four individ-
uals who own stables
have been charged by
the Bhadrakali police
for releasing their cattle
onto the streets of Ghas
Bazaar in Mumbai. The
animals were discov-
ered wandering around
the area during the
early hours of Saturday
night. The police have
registered a case against
the accused. Police
personnel, on recent
instructions from senior
officials, have started
taking legal action against
people releasing their
cattle onto roads. They
say this not only hampers
the flow of vehicular and
pedestrian traffic but can
also lead to accidents.
2 BOOKED FOR
FRAUD ON PRETEXT
OF JOB ABROAD
‘Show courage,’ CM Shinde tells
Uddhav amid RaGa-Savarkar row
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Targeting
Uddhav Thackeray over
Rahul Gandhi’s re-
marks on VD Savarkar,
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde on Monday told
the Shiv Sena - Uddhav
Balasaheb Thackeray
(UBT) leader to “show
courage” and oppose
such comments.
Shinde, who was ad-
dressing reporters
alongside Deputy CM
Devendra Fadnavis,
also said the Shiv Sena
and the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party will hold a
‘Savarkar Gaurav
Yatra’ across the state.
“We will hold Sa-
varkar Gaurav Yatra in
every district of the
state to talk about the
contributions of Veer
Savarkar. Simultane-
ously, we will protest
against those who in-
sult Savarkar,” Fad-
navis shared.
Shinde said the
Thackeray-led outfit
had crossed all limits
when they joined the
Congress in opposing
Rahul Gandhi’s dis-
qualification as Lok
Sabha MP on March 24
after a court in Surat in
Gujarat sentenced him
to two years in jail in a
defamation case.
“What are you
(Thackeray) going to do
when you say you are
not going to tolerate Sa-
varkar’s insult. You
need to show that cour-
age,” Shinde said.
“If you have the guts,
then show it by doing
what Balasaheb Thack-
eray did,” he said, add-
ing that the Shiv Sena
founder late Bal Thack-
eray had launched a
“joda mara abhiyaan”
(hitting with slippers)
in 2004 against the then
Union minister and
Congressman Mani
Shankar Aiyar for his
remarks against Sa-
varkar.
At a rally on Sunday,
Thackeray had asked
Gandhi to refrain from
“insulting” Savarkar,
who he considered as
his “idol”.
Shinde termed
Thackeray’s move as
“belated wisdom”.
“Whatever Uddhav
Thackeray is saying
now on Savarkar’s in-
sult is belated wisdom,
when the assembly
started, Rahul Gandhi
was speaking so much
evil against Savarkar,
but those people did not
oppose it at all. Rather,
on the contrary, every-
one agitated to save Ra-
hul Gandhi’s member-
ship of parliament,”
alleged Shinde.
Sena and BJP to
hold ‘Savarkar
Gaurav Yatra’
across state to
raise awareness
on contributions
of Veer Savarkar
CM Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis address a press conference, in Mumbai on
Monday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Savarkar’s photo is CM’s
new social media DP
Mumbai (ANI): As a
gesture of support for
Hindutva ideologue
Vinayak Damodar Sa-
varkar, Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde on
Monday updated his
social media accounts
and placed Savarkar’s
pictures on Twitter,
Facebook and Insta-
gram as profile pic-
tures.
The gesture came
in accordance with
the ongoing contro-
versy following Rahul
Gandhi’s “My name
is not Savarkar, won’t
apologize” remarks.
“I condemn Rahul
Gandhi’s statement
on Veer Savarkar. He
played a great role in
the country’s freedom
struggle. Due to the
contribution of such
heroes, India got free-
dom. We will hold ‘Sa-
varkar Gaurav Yatra’
in the state,” said
Eknath Shinde.
To become like Sa-
varkar, one needs to
sacrifice and have
love for the country,
Shinde said.
Shinde also took a
swipe at Uddhav
Thackeray’s condem-
nation of Rahul’s re-
mark.
“They talk about
Hindutva but they re-
main quiet for (the
sake of) politics and
the Maha Vikas Agha-
di (alliance). This is
their double stand-
ard,” Shinde alleged.
SKILL INDIA
Maha governor underlines need for skill development of youth
First India Bureau
Thane: Maharashtra
Governor Ramesh Bais
on Monday appealed to
corporates, educational
institutions, industries
and other agencies to
support the state gov-
ernment in its effort to
develop skills among
youths. He was speak-
ing at the ground break-
ing ceremony for a Ma-
harashtra State Skill
University building and
an industrial training
institute at Panvel in
Navi Mumbai.
“The Skill India Mis-
sion launched by the
government aims to
create a skilled work-
force for employment.
The mission aims to
skill over 40 crore peo-
ple and enhance their
employability by train-
ing them in skills of
their choice. A skilled
human resource is es-
sential for inclusive
growth but government
agencies and systems
alone cannot accom-
plish this task,” the gov-
ernor said.
He said the private
sector, industry, corpo-
rates, NGOs, and educa-
tional institutions hav-
ing experience in skill
training will also have
to partner in the pro-
cess of skilling. The
governor said the de-
mand for products
made up of bamboo,
bamboo furniture, and
honey, is increasing in
the world.
“There is a need to
provide training to trib-
al people in marketing,
branding and packag-
ing of their products.
Kaushal Vishwavidya-
laya should also take
initiative in this field.
This will give them
good income from for-
est produce,” he said.
The governor ap-
pealed to skill universi-
ties to design innova-
tive courses for women.
“India was the skill
capital of the world
three centuries ago.
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi announced
the Skill India cam-
paign on July 15, 2015,
in which he pledged to
make 400 million people
from all over India
skilled under this cam-
paign,” he added.
Skilled human
resource is
essential for
inclusive growth,
but govt agencies
systems alone
cannot
accomplish this
task
Governor Ramesh Bais during the lamp lighting ceremony. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavisn is also seen. —MAHA GOVERNOR TWITTER
HUGE PROSPECT
TROUBLE BREWING
FOR MVA?
In the latest development
in the ongoing controversy,
the Shiv Sena - UBT decided
not to attend the meeting
called of opposition parties
at Congress chief’s Mallikar-
jun Kharge’s residence. “The
Uddhav Thackeray faction
has decided not to attend
the meeting at Mallikarjun
Kharge’s residence today
because Rahul Gandhi said
that I am not Savarkar, I am
Gandhi,” party MP Sanjay
Raut told the media.
Youth Cong supporters pour milk on a poster of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in Solapur on Monday.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui sues
ex-wife, brother for `100 cr
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Nawazuddin
Siddiqui has sought
Rs100 crore in damages
from his ex-wife Aaliya
alias Zainab Siddiqui
and his brother Sha-
masuddin Siddiqui for
allegedly making de-
famatory and false state-
ments against him.
The defamation suit
will likely be heard in
the Bombay High Court
on March 30 by a single
bench of Justice Riyaz
Chagla.
The actor, embroiled
in a matrimonial dis-
pute with his former
wife, requested the HC
to permanently restrain
Aaliya and his brother
from making any state-
ments or remarks that
would defame him.
He also sought a writ-
ten apology from the
duo.
As per the suit, Nawa-
zuddin had appointed
Shamasuddin as his
manager in 2008 and
“blindly” assigned all
financial work to him.
However, Shamasud-
din started cheating and
defrauding Nawazuddin
and purchased proper-
ties using his money
, the
suit alleged.
It added that when the
actor learnt about the
fraudandraisedqueries,
Shamasuddininstigated
Aaliya to file a false case
against Nawazuddin.
9 of family
charged for
harassment
over dowry
First India Bureau
Thane: Nine members
of a family, including
the husband and his
mother, have been
charged with a criminal
offense by the Navi
Mumbai police for al-
legedly subjecting a
37-year-old homemaker
to dowry-related tor-
ture, according to au-
thorities.
The complainant al-
leged that the victim
was forced to abort on
two occasions by family
members of her hus-
band by taking her to
Karnataka as she
couldn’t fulfil their per-
sistent demands for
money
.
The victim is mar-
ried for seven years and
was living with her in-
laws in Kalyan city
.
As per the FIR, the
victim was beaten up
frequently by the ac-
cused persons of her
family, a police official
said.
A case was registered
at Kamothe police
station under sections
315 and 498 of the IPC.
Bombay High Court
likely to hear the
actor’s defamation suit
on March 30

MAHARASHTRA
03
Racecourse clears `6.75 cr
pending dues to civic body
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Royal
Western India Turf
Club (RWITC) has
cleared its pending rent
dues of Mahalaxmi
Racecourse of Rs6.75
crore and has submit-
ted an undertaking de-
manded by the Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC).
With this, the long dis-
pute between the civic
body and RWITC has
come to an end.
Eversincetheleaseof
the land expired in 2013,
the civic body has not
been accepting rent
from the RWITC which
had accumulated to
Rs6.75 crore for the fear
that it may amount to
the renewal of the lease.
Later in January, the
BMC put a condition
that it will accept the
pending dues only if the
RWITCsubmittedanun-
dertakingalongwiththe
cheque of pending dues.
BMC wanted an un-
dertaking that in the fu-
ture,theRWITC will pay
whatevertheincreasein
rent and pay the interest
on that arrear. BMC also
wanted the club to give
an undertaking that the
payment it will make,
will not be linked to the
renewal of the lease.
“We have always offered
topaythedues,butBMC
wasn’t accepting it,”
Surendra Sanas, Chair-
man of RWITC, said
“Later it wanted an un-
dertaking which we
have submitted along
withtheremainingdues
of Rs6.75cr,” Sanas
added.
The civic body wasn’t
accepting the dues say-
ing it was difficult to
decide the amount of
increase in rent, and to
put the other terms and
conditions related to
the lease since the state
government is yet to
formulate the policy for
renewal of the RWITC
lease.
With this, the
long ‘dispute’
between the
civic body and
RWITC has
come to an end
UNDERTAKING
Plug and Play: Pune firm launches compact LPG system
First India Bureau
Pune: Pune Gas, a
Pune-based company,
has introduced a skid-
mounted or a panel en-
closure model with plug
and play functionality
to make the installation
process of the Liquid
Off Take (LOT) type
LPG cylinders easier.
Pune Gas, which pro-
vides modern solutions
to heat and gas needs,
showcased “India’s
first high off-take com-
pact LPG System” in
the 37th edition of AA-
HAR – Asia’s largest
International Food and
Hospitality Fair held in
New Delhi recently,
said a release.
The LOT system
(Liquid Off Take) is a
revolutionary solution
for multiple industries
in India, providing a
highly efficient and
safe alternative to haz-
ardous practices. It is
the country’s first dry
type vapouriser, mak-
ing it a game-changing
technology
.
Jesal Sampat, the Ex-
ecutive Director of
Pune Gas told that the
LPG vapouriser is a
made in India solution
inspired by Germen en-
gineering, for the ever
changing gas needs of
the country
.
He added that exten-
sive research has gone
into the project to make
it perfectly viable for
Indian households.
“This technology is
India’s first compact
LPG system that comes
with a high-efficiency
dry-type vapourizer. It
is enclosed in a flame-
proof panel, making it
safe for use, and best
suited for users who
off-take or use LPG up
to 50 kg/hr. In order to
make the installation
process more easier
and friendly for LOT
cylinders, the skid-
mounted unit or the
panel enclosure with
plug and play function-
ality has been intro-
duced. The LPG system
is mounted on a heavy-
duty fabricated MS
structural skid and
comes with cylinder
manifoldswithfittings,”
the release added.
The system
would be India's
first LOT LPG
system with plug
and play
functionality for
easy installation
‘This technology
is India’s first
compact LPG
system that
comes with a
high-efficiency
dry-type
vapourizer’
Drunk peon dismissed
for trying to inject child
Major fire at hardware
store leaves 2 dead
in Mumbai’s Andheri
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Two men
were killed in a fire that
broke out in a hardware
shop at Sakinaka in
Mumbai in the wee
hours on Monday, offi-
cials said. The blaze
broke out at around 2
AM in the shop located
near the Sakinaka met-
ro station.
Initially
, it was feared
that some persons got
trapped inside the shop,
the official said, adding
that teams of Fire Bri-
gade and police rushed
tothespotandlaunched
a search and rescue op-
eration.
“During the search,
fire officials found a
22-year-old man with
serious burn injuries.
He was rushed to a hos-
pital where he was de-
clared brought dead,”
he said. Another man,
aged 23, who has been
missing, was also found
inside the shop by Fire
Brigade personnel.
He was taken to a
civic-run hospital in
suburban Ghatkopar
where he was declared
brought dead, the offi-
cial said. The fire was
doused after more than
8 hours at around 10:45
AM, he added.
The blaze was con-
fined to the shop, which
has two lofts, and gut-
ted electric wiring,
electric installations
and other materials,
the official said. He
said the loft inside the
shop has collapsed pos-
ing difficulty to enter
the structure following
which the front portion
of the structure was re-
moved.
First India Bureau
Palghar: A peon at a
healthcare centre in
Palghar district was
fired from his job on
Monday after he tried
togiveachildbrought
there for treatment
an injection, while
allegedly in an ine-
briated condition, an
official said.
The child’s parents
had objected to the
peon trying to admin-
ister the injection in
place of a doctor or
nurse,theofficialsaid.
The dismissal or-
der issued here in the
evening said the ac-
tion was taken on the
directions of Zilla
Parishad president
Prakash Nikam.
“A peon at the Tala-
sari primary health
centre has been sus-
pended for the inci-
dent that took place
on Saturday
. A doctor
handled the situation
and gave the child the
injection,” District
Health
Officer Dr Dayanand
Suryavanshi had ear-
lier said.
Nikam condemned
the episode, a video
of which was widely
shared on social me-
dia, and warned staff
against a repeat of
such incidents.
ZP health and pub-
lic works committee
chairperson Sandesh
Dhone welcomed the
move to dismiss the
peon, who he said
was drunk when
the incident
took place.
ManbookedfornegligenceafterhispetdogbitesteeninMum
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Oshi-
wara police has booked
a man for negligence
with respect to animals
after he allegedly un-
leashed his adopted
stray on children who
were playing in the
building premise at the
plush Brighton Tower
at Second Cross Road
in Andheri (West) on
March 23, officials
said.
The police are yet to
arrest the accused
identified as Rajkumar
Shahabadi, booked un-
der the bailable
offense.
The society mem-
bers have alleged that
this was the third such
incident that has taken
place there. They told
that last year in May,
Shahabadi’s adopted
dog bit two people.
In the incident, Sid-
dhant Gupta(14), Son
of film producer Ketan
Gupta was bitten by an
adopted stray while he
was playing in the soci-
ety compound with his
friends. Following the
incident, Ketan Gupta
filed a complaint
against Shahabadi.
“My son is the third
victim. He was attacked
by Shahabadi’s pet dog,
though his condition is
stable now, he is totally
shaken due to the inci-
dent,” Gupta said. He
said that a CCTV cam-
era from the building
has captured Shahaba-
di opening the gate and
the dog charging at the
teen.
My son
is the
third vic-
tim. He was at-
tacked by Sha-
habadi’s pet dog,
though his condi-
tion is stable
now, he is totally
shaken due to the
incident.
—Ketan Gupta,
Film producer
Child’s parents
had objected to
the peon trying to
administer the
injection in place
of a doctor
Fire officials found a
22-year-old man with
serious burn injuries.
He was rushed to a
hospital where he was
declared brought dead
Cough syrup
containing
narcotic drug
seized, 4 held
Latur (PTI): Four
members of a family,
including three chil-
dren, were killed and
three others injured on
Monday when their car
fell off a bridge in Latur
district of the state, po-
lice said.
The tragic accident
occurred on the Latur-
Gulbarga national high-
way at around 7 am, as
the family was return-
ing to Nilanga town in
Latur district from
Pune after attending a
wedding. According to a
police official, the acci-
dent claimed the lives of
four individuals, includ-
ing a 27-year-old man
and three children. Two
of the children were 10
years old, while the oth-
er was 15 years old.
“Prima facie, the
driver lost his control
of the wheel following
which the car over-
turned and fell off a
bridge,” assistant po-
lice inspector Nana
Linge said.
Latur (PTI): Four
members of a family,
including three chil-
dren, were killed and
three others injured
on Monday when
their car fell off a
bridge in Latur dis-
trict of the state,
police said.
T h e
trag-
i c
accident oc-
curred on the
Latur-Gulbarga na-
tional highway at
around 7 am, as the
family was returning
to Nilanga town in La-
tur district
f r o m
Pune af-
ter attend-
ing a wedding.
According to a po-
lice official, the acci-
dent claimed the lives
of four indi-
viduals, in-
cluding a
2 7 - y e a r - o l d
man and three
children. Two of
the children were
10 years old, while the
other was 15 years
old.
“Prima facie,
the driver lost
his control of
the wheel following
which the car over-
turned and fell off a
bridge,” assistant po-
lice inspector Nana
Linge said.
The injured persons,
including a 10-year-old
girl and a 40-year-old
woman, were admitted
to a private hospital in
Latur city.
The tragic
accident
occurred on the
Latur-Gulbarga
national highway
at around 7 am,
as the family
was returning to
Nilanga town
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not full makes noise.
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@narendramodi
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Shri @SukhuSukhvinder Ji on his
birthday. Praying for his long
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TOP TWEETS
ISRAELI UNION
JOINS PROTEST
AGAINST PM
NETANYAHU’S PLAN
ow strong democracy
is in Israel is to be
seen in the response
to a strike call given
by its largest trade
union Histradut asking all gov-
ernment employees to stay away
from work. Instantly, all Israeli
missions came to a halt and all
consular services were shut un-
til further notice. Histradut de-
cided to give the strike call to
mount pressure on Prime Min-
ister Benjamin Netanyahu to
drop his judicial reforms plan
which, it is feared by millions of
Israelis, will sound the death
knell of democracy. Histradut
has more than 700,000 members
across various sectors. Over the
last few months the Jewish state
has witnessed unprecedented
backlash over the proposed re-
forms. On Sunday Netanyahu
fired defence minister Yoav Gal-
lant for calling to halt the plan
to overhaul the judiciary for giv-
ing the government greater con-
trol in judges’ appointment.
Jews account for 81 percent of
the population while Muslims
constitute 14 percent and Chris-
tians 2 percent. Almost all are
united against judicial reforms.
H
ongress leader
Pramod Tiwari
made a preposter-
ous demand after
Rahul Gandhi’s
disqualification from the
Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha
MP who has not been a fa-
vourite of the Gandhis, said
that the Gandhi family
should be treated differently
by the law because of the sac-
rifices the family has made
for the country
. The law must
give minimum punishment.
The BJP appropriately hit
back with the charge that the
Congress wants a separate
set of laws for the Gandhi
family and freedom for Ra-
hul to abuse anyone he
deems fit. By no yardstick
can Tiwari’s demand be jus-
tified. On the contrary, BJP’s
assertion that the Gandhi
family considers itself “class
apart, elite and above the
Constitution” makes sense
in the light of Tiwari’s state-
ment.
The Congress has been ob-
serving satyagrah in several
parts of the country to pro-
test Rahul’s disqualification
from the Lok Sabha. In Par-
liament, ruckus over the is-
sue has led to proceedings
being disrupted and adjourn-
ments of the two Houses on a
daily basis. The BJP asserts
that neither the party nor the
government has anything to
do with his disqualification.
Even the Lok Sabha has no
discretionary power “as the
law is clear on the matter”.
Taking the issue to the
street and disrupting Parlia-
ment may not benefit the Con-
gress or Rahul. The institu-
tion which can grant reprieve
to Rahul is the court but so far
there’s no move to seek judi-
cial redress. The Congress ap-
pears to be depending on sym-
pathy, if any, for Rahul. Bar-
ring words of support from
other parties, the Congress is
alone in its fight.
PRAMOD TIWARI’S
BIZARRE DEMAND
Congress leader Pramod
Tiwari made a
preposterous demand
after Rahul Gandhi’s
disqualification from the
LS. The RS MP who has not
been a favourite of the Gandhis,
said that the Gandhi family
should be treated differently
by the law because of the
sacrifices the family has
made for the country
C
he inaugural season of the
WPL ended with a thrilling
finale as Mumbai Indians
emerged victorious, claiming
the title despite facing a
tough challenge from the Del-
hi Capitals. The five-team
competition culminated on
Sunday with India and Mum-
bai Indians captain Harman-
preet Kaur finally leading a
side to triumphant glory as
Mumbai crossed the line with
7 wickets and 3 balls to spare.
In a nervy summit clash
between the two best teams
of the WPL, Mumbai spin-
ners and the experienced duo
of Nat Sciver-Brunt and Har-
manpreet Kaur guided Mum-
bai Indians to the title. With
Issy Wong picking up the
first three wickets and Mum-
bai spinners Hayley Mat-
thews, Saika Ishaque and
Melie Kerr keeping things
tight, the Delhi Capitals kept
losing wickets regularly that
saw them slide to 79/9. But in
a rousing fightback, Radha
Yadav and Shikha Pandey
added 52 runs off just 24 balls
in a thrilling 10th wicket
stand. With both of them fin-
ishing unbeaten on 27 each,
the Delhi side reached a re-
spectable total of 131.
Despite the modest target,
the Mumbai Indians suffered
a few early jolts and at 27/2
they had their second worst
power-playof theWPLseason.
Butacrucialpartnershipof 72
between Sciver-Brunt who hit
a half-century and Harman-
preet,whogotavital37,setMI
on the road to victory
.
Besides the grand finale,
the WPL made a captivating
debut and promised a bright
future for young, aspiring fe-
male cricketers in India.
Mumbai Indians’ Saika
Ishaque who took 15 wickets
was the outstanding find
amongIndiantalents.Though
she lost the Purple Cap by just
one wicket to her MI team-
mate Hayley Matthews, left-
arm spinner Ishaque took the
scalps of some of the world’s
finest batters through the sea-
son though she had a modest
spell in the final.
While WPL did not throw
up a huge number of young
talents, Shreyanka Patil and
Kanika Ahuja of Royal Chal-
lengers Bangalore made their
mark on the big stage. While
20-year-old Ahuja showed
raw talent at a young age with
her explosive batting, Patil’s
energy and enthusiasm in the
field was quite impressive.
Also, Yastika Bhatia from
Mumbai became the emerg-
ing player and won Rs 5 lakhs
in prize money
.
However, there was a clear
gap between those from the
Indian domestic circuit and
the world’s best players who
dominated the WPL. As Har-
manpreet rightly acknowl-
edged, little-known Indian
players did not get many
roles and opportunities to
play in the first season of
WPL. But experts believe
that in the long-run young
and uncapped Indian players
would emerge wiser from the
experience of playing with
the best and sharing dressing
rooms with the most knowl-
edgeable players in the world
and gradually this will help
them realize what they need
to do to improve their skills.
Beyondyoungtalents,some
senior domestic players have
also grabbed at the opportu-
nity afforded by the WPL to
showcase their skills and give
their careers a boost. Among
these, 33-year-old pacer Shi-
kha Pandey was the most no-
table. The veteran pacer has
often been ignored quite inex-
plicably but her 10 wickets for
Delhi Capitals were seven
more than the next-best Indi-
an pace bowler. In addition,
her power-hitting in the last
wicket partnership in the
WPL final, reflected Pandey’s
huge utility
. RCB’s 32-year-old
spinner Asha Joy and 30-year-
old wicket-keeper-batter Su-
shamaVerma,wholastplayed
for India in 2020, are some of
the other nearly-forgotten
players for whom the WPL of-
fered a great chance to show
the selectors what they are
missing and keep their na-
tional hopes alive!
The women’s version of
the Indian Premier League
has been a massive commer-
cial success and the WPL has
become the second-most lu-
crative domestic women’s
sports competition after US
professional basketball. The
way the tournament was con-
ducted, the response to the
matches and the superb TV
ratings made the WPL seem
like a festival for women’s
cricket. Now, the effort
should be that this momen-
tum is maintained going fur-
ther so that the league can be
a ‘game changer’ for women’s
cricket in the years to come.
Interestingly, it was just 3
yearsaftertheIPLin2008that
the Indian Men’s team lifted
the ODI World Cup in 2011.
Cricket pundits believe that
IPL exposure had a huge role
in getting the team ready for
tense situations. Indian Wom-
en’s team would also hope
that WPL gives them the
much needed edge, both in
terms of unearthing fresh tal-
ent from within the country
and making them mentally
stronger for knockout games
in ICC championships, one
which has been their Achilles
heel in the last few years!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
MUMBAI TRIUMPH
IN FITTING FINALE
WPL EMERGES A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR WOMEN’S CRICKET
T
Interestingly, it was just 3
years after the IPL in 2008
that the Indian Men’s team
lifted the ODI World Cup in
2011. Cricket pundits believe
that IPL exposure had a
huge role in getting the team
ready for tense situations.
Indian Women’s team
would also hope that WPL
gives them the much needed
edge, both in terms of
unearthing fresh talent from
within the country and
making them mentally
stronger for knockout games
in ICC championships, one
which has been their Achilles
heel in the last few years!
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry
The inaugural season of
the WPL ended with a
thrilling finale as Mumbai
Indians emerged
victorious, claiming the
title despite facing a
tough challenge from the
Delhi Capitals. The five-
team competition culminated
on Sunday with India and
Mumbai Indians captain
Harmanpreet Kaur finally
leading a side to triumphant
glory as Mumbai crossed
the line with 7 wickets
and 3 balls to spare

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INDIA
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia’s restless-
ness is increasing. As
elections to the Madhya
Pradesh Assembly are
nearing, Scin-
dia has started
uniting his sup-
porters and
is pres-
s u r i z -
ing the
p a r t y
h i g h
command
to declare
him as the CM candi-
date. His supporters
had started peddling a
story that Shivraj Singh
Chouhan was being re-
moved and Scindia was
being made the CM. But
now no such mood is
visible in the BJP which
is neither going to
change the CM nor is it
going to declare anyone
as the chief ministerial
candidate. Informed
sources of the party say
that the party will con-
test the elections keep-
ing Chouhan as the CM
and will seek votes by
promoting his schemes.
Scindia’s supporters
are now preparing to
launch his son in polls.
It has been told that
Scindia’s son Mahanar-
yaman Scindia can be
contested from any tra-
ditional seat of the fam-
ily. Although it is not
easy in BJP. There are
few exceptions in which
both father and son got
ticket and both are
members of one house
or the other. Keep in
mind that Scindia him-
self is in Rajya Sabha
and his Lok Sabha seat
is also vacant, on which
it is being said that he
will contest the elec-
tions next year. That’s
why he wants the party
to give the assembly
ticket to their son. For
this, the son is being
senttopublicprograms,
inaugurations, laying
of foundation stones,
etc. are being done by
him. Meanwhile, a
knowledgeable leader
at the Congress head-
quarters in Delhi said
that if Scindia wants a
ticket for his son as
well, he will have to join
the Congress, as it is dif-
ficult in the BJP.
FAMILY PLANNING?
New Delhi (ANI):
Within minutes of the
commencement of pro-
ceedings of both Hous-
es were adjourned on
Monday, amid Opposi-
tion MPs’ protest in the
second phase of the
Budget Session.
The Opposition mem-
bers were sloganeering
over the Adani Group
issue and Rahul Gan-
dhi’s disqualification.
Earlier, the Opposition
MPs held a meeting at
the chamber of LoP Ra-
jya Sabha and Congress
chief Mallikarjun
Kharge in the Parlia-
ment building on Mon-
day to formulate the
strategy for the day
.
The Opposition par-
ties which participated
in the meeting include
DMK, Samajwadi Party
,
JD(U), Bharat Rashtra
Samithi, CPI(M), RJD,
Nationalist Congress
Party, CPI, IUML,
MDMK, Kerala Con-
gress, TMC, RSP, AAP,
J-K NC and Shiv Sena
(Uddhav faction).
Trinamool Congress
MPs also participated
in the meeting which
came as a huge develop-
ment following Rahul
Gandhi’s suspension as
MP from Lok Sabha.
TMC chief and West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee, who
has been a critic of
the BJP, supported Ra-
hul Gandhi.
Meanwhile, Congress
president Mallikarjun
Kharge welcomed
TMC’s move to partici-
pate in the meeting
stating that anyone
who comes forward
to “protect democracy”
is welcome.
Both Houses of Parliament
adjourned again amid ruckus
Proceedings of Lok Sabha underway during the second phase of Budget Session of Parliament, in
New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
LOGJAM CONTINUES
Bengaluru (ANI): Sen-
ior BJP leader and Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Monday
chaired a meeting with
the state BJP core com-
mittee in Bengaluru on
Monday. Karnataka is
scheduled to go to polls
later this year.
BJP National Organ-
izing General Secretary
BL Santhosh, co-in-
charges Man Sukh
Mandaviya, Anna-
malai, CM Basavaraj
Bommai, ex-CM BS
Yediyurappa, Union
Minister Prahlad Joshi,
State President Naleen
Kumar Kateel, Union
Minister Shobha
Karandlaje and other
core committee
and election manage-
ment committee
members were present
in the meeting.
Earlier on Sunday,
Amit Shah lauded Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai and
his immediate prede-
cessor and BJP veteran
BS Yediyurappa stat-
ing that both have pro-
vided “good govern-
ance” during their re-
spective tenures.
At core meet,Shah
discusses strategy
for K’taka elections
BJPmanhackedtodeathinPuducherry
Puducherry: A func-
tionary of the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP),
Senthil Kumar, was
killed at Villianur in
Puducherry by un-
known assailants fol-
lowing which the police
have constituted four
special teams to nab the
killers, the police said
on Monday
.
Senthil Kumar was
reportedly close to BJP
leader and Puducherry
Home Minister, A Na-
massivayam.
The police said that
the incident took place
at around 9 p.m. on Sun-
day when the BJP func-
tionary was waiting
near a tea stall.
Police said that a
group of assailants who
reached the spot on sev-
en motorcycles hacked
Senthil Kumar to death.
According to eyewit-
nesses, the assailants
also hurled two country
bombs at Senthil Ku-
mar, following which
smoke engulfed the
area and they hacked
him to death.
The gruesome mur-
der occurred near a
bakery adjacent to
Kannaki Government
High School.
Tension prevailed in
Villianur area with a
large number of BJP
supporters reaching the
spot of crime.
A heavy contingent
of police is camping in
the area.
Bhubaneswar (Agen-
cies): Odisha Chief
Minister Naveen Pat-
naik-led Biju Janata
Dal (BJD)
has ap-
pointed top-
brass lead-
er Pranab
P r a k a s h
Das as party observer
for four districts --
Dhenkanal, Angul,
Sambalpur and Keon-
jhar in the 2024 Lok
Sabha polls.
Union Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan
is likely to contest elec-
tions either from Dhen-
kanal (Angul district
also comes under this
seat) or Sambalpur Lok
Sabha seat.
Besides, Sambalpur
MLA segment is repre-
sented by Leader of Op-
position Jayanarayan
Mishra while BJP chief
whip Mohan Majhi be-
longs to Keonjhar dis-
trict. Both are strong
critics of Naveen
Patnaik government in
the Assembly
.
BJD appoints
top leader in the
den of Union
Minister Pradhan
Kolkata (ANI): Leader
of Opposition in West
Bengal Assembly and
BJP leader Suvendu
Adhikari on Monday
slammed Chief Minis-
ter Mamata Banerjee
afterherannouncement
of a two-day sit-in pro-
test against the Centre.
Briefing media, he
said, “TMC is not a po-
litical party but a pri-
vate limited company.
Elections before PM
Narendra Modi came to
power used to be held on
three grounds – dynasti-
cism, ethnicity, and ap-
peasement – which has
been rooted out except
for two states, West Ben-
gal and Telangana.”
He alleged the West
Bengal govt has already
taken “thousands of
crores of money” under
the centrally-sponsored
MGNREGA scheme.
He said around Rs
3.60 crore MGNREGA
job card holders were
registered during the
time when the scheme
was launched in the
state. When the Centre
announced the linking
of the job cards with
Aadhaar, the West Ben-
gal govt deleted around
1 crore job card data.
Suvendu Adhikari
further alleged that
West Bengal govern-
ment took a significant
amount of money on
behalf of those 1 crore
job cards in the last 10
years that were found to
be fake.
TMC not a political party but a pvt
limited company: Suvendu Adhikari
Will BJP give ticket to Scindia’s son?
Sources said if
Scindia wants a
ticket for his son
as well, he will
have to join
Congress, as it is
difficult in BJP
BUDGET
SESSION
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Parliament House Complex, in
New Delhi, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
SUCH STATEMENTS
REVEAL THEIR OWN
CHARACTER: CONG
“CONG MAY DEMAND
SEPARATE NATION
FOR RaGa ONE DAY”
SECURITY BREACH
DURING HM’S VISIT:
2 HELD IN K’TAKA
Bengaluru: Karnataka
Police have arrested two
students from Bengaluru
and are grilling them for
violating security during
the visit of Union Home
Minister Amit Shah,
sources said on Monday.
The arrested persons are
identified as Imran and
Zibran, both students
from Bengaluru and res-
idents of Neelasandra.
The incident took place
on Sunday late night
when Shah was reaching
HAL Airport.
New Delhi: The Congress
on Monday slammed Union
minister Hardeep Puri
for his remarks against
Rahul Gandhi, saying new
entrants to the BJP often
make outrageous remarks
to strengthen their loyalties
and it “reveal their own
character”. “New entrants
to the BJP especially those
who become Cabinet
Ministers often make
outrageous statements to
strengthen their loyalties,”
Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
New Delhi: Launching an
attack against expelled
Lok Sabha MP Rahul
Gandhi and
Congress
party, BJP’s
Rajya Sabha
MP Deepak
Prakash on
Monday said
that both of them have no
faith in democracy and the
Constitution. Jharkhand
BJP chief Deepak Prakash
told Congress to pursue
the matter in the court.
Deceased Senthil Kumar
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari
Opposition MPs hold protest at Parliament House complex in New Delhi, on Monday.
New Delhi (ANI): In
an attempt to show
unity, the Opposition
parties protested
against Centre over
Adani Group issue
wearing black attire
and marched from
the Parliament com-
plex towards Vijay
Chowk in the nation-
al capital on Monday
.
The Opposition
MPs raised slogans
against the govern-
ment at the Gandhi
statue in the complex
and demanded the
constitution of a
Joint Parliamentary
Committee (JPC)
over the Adani issue.
Congress president
Rajya Sabha LoP
Mallikarjun Kharge
and UPA chairperson
Sonia Gandhi also
joined the protest.
During the march,
Kharge was seen
holding the hands of
other MPs and
marching. A banner
of Satyameva Jayate
was also seen. Other
opposition MPs were
seen holding plac-
ards. The MPs chant-
ed slogans against
the Centre and PM
Narendra Modi.
Oppn takes out march
towards Vijay Chowk
UNITY AGAINST CENTRE
“GETTING AN ASS TO RUN A HORSE’S
RACE...” PURI’S JIBE AT RAHUL GANDHI
WILL CONG KEEP WEARING BLACK
AFTER THEIR BLACK DEEDS: THAKUR
New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep Puri on Monday lashed
out at Rahul Gandhi who was disqualified as Lok Sabha MP
recently, and said that the Congress leader
should fight the “court’s action in the court”
instead of speaking against Veer Savarkar.
“You are getting an ass to run a horse’s race...
They really deserve to do some serious intro-
spection...People of India would judge them
for what they are...Fight Court’s action in the
Court, you are invoking Mahabharat and Savarkar,” he said.
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday
lashed out at the Congress’ “drama” over Rahul Gan-
dhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha and
questioned whether leaders of the Opposi-
tion party will “continue to wearing black
clothes after their black deeds”. Thakur also
took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi claiming that
that he was not ready to accept the verdict
by Surat court which convicted him in a
2019 defamation case on his ‘Modi surname’ remark.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended interim
stay on the proceedings against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in
a case registered against him for
allegedly making objectionable
remarks against the BJP and the
Congress in Uttar Pradesh during
the 2014 parliamentary election
campaign. Kejriwal has moved the
apex court against an order of Lucknow bench of Allahabad
High Court which had last month declined to discharge him
in the criminal case pending before a trial court at Sultanpur.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the
response of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa on a plea of
the Karnataka Lokayukta challenging grant of
anticipatory bail to him by the high court in
the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents (KSDL)
contract scam case. A bench of justices An-
iruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia issued
the notice to the BJP MLA. On March 14, the
top court had agreed to hear the Lokayukta’s
plea against the Karnataka high court order in the case.
STAY EXTENDED ON PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
KEJRIWAL IN UP OVER POLL LAW VIOLATION
KARNATAKA BRIBERY CASE: SC SEEKS BJP
MLA’S RESPONSE ON LOKAYUKTA’S PLEA
IN THE COURTYARD
FODDER SCAM: SC’S
NO TO ISSUE NOTICE
TO CBI PLEA ON LALU
3 GET VARYING JAIL
TERMS FOR ATTACK
ON OOMMEN CHANDY
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday tagged
with pending matter a plea
of the CBI challenging
grant of bail to Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD) supremo
Lalu Prasad Yadav in the
Doranda Treasury case of
Jharkhand wherein he was
sentenced to five years in
prison. A bench of Justices
Ajay Rastogi and Bela M
Trivedi said it is not issuing
notice but tagging the mat-
ter with the pending similar
appeal also filed by the CBI.
The bench said it will hear
the matter together.
Kochi: A court in Kerala
on Monday sentenced 3
men to varying jail terms
after finding them guilty
in a case of hurling stones
at Oommen Chandy,
when he was the state CM
10 years ago, during a
protest organised by the
CPI(M)-led LDF. Former
CPI(M) local leader C O
T Naseer, two other party
workers, including Biju
Prambathu and Deep-
ak, were handed terms
ranging from two to three
years in prison by the Sub
Court, Kannur.
We welcome anyone who comes forward to
protect democracy and Constitution and
safeguard the people. We extend heartfelt
gratitude to the people who support us.
Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress president
Jyotiraditya Scindia
STONES AT BSY

06
INDIA
Kolkata (ANI): Presi-
dent Droupadi Murmu
arrived in Kolkata on
Monday for a two-day
visit to West Bengal.
State’s Governor CV
Ananda Bose and min-
ister Firhad Hakim re-
ceived her. According to
an official release on
Sunday, the President
will visit Netaji Bha-
wan in Kolkata to pay
homage to Netaji Sub-
hash Chandra Bose on
March 27 (Monday).
“Subsequently, she
will visit Jorasanko
Thakurbari — Ra-
bindranath Tagore’s
House to pay tributes to
Gurudev Rabindranath
Tagore,” the official
press release said.
The President will at-
tend a civic reception to
be hosted in her honour
at Netaji Indoor Stadi-
um, Kolkata on the
same evening.
On Tuesday, Presi-
dent Murmu will visit
Belur Math.”She will
also grace the celebra-
tion of the completion
of 80 years of UCO
Bank in Kolkata,” the
release said.
Later, the President
will visit Santiniketan
where she will grace
the annual convocation
of Visva-Bharati.On
March 19, President
Murmu visited the
Vivekananda Rock Me-
morial in Tamil Nadu’s
Kanyakumari district.
“Visiting the iconic
Vivekananda Rock me-
morial is a memorable
experience for me. I
marvel at the greatness
of the late Eknath
Ranade Ji who was be-
hind the building of the
spiritually charged
complex”, tweeted the
President’s official
Twitter handle.
President Murmu arrives in Kolkata on 2-day West Bengal visit
PREZ’S HISTORICAL PILGRIMAGE IN WB
New York (PTI): A
number of pro-Khal-
istan supporters pro-
tested at the Times
Square here in support
of India’s fugitive Am-
ritpal Singh.
The protesters took
out a car rally from the
Baba Makhan Shah Lu-
bana Sikh Centre in the
Richmond Hill neigh-
bourhood and ended at
Times Square in Man-
hattan city on Sunday
afternoon (local time).
With blaring music
and loud horns, a multi-
tude of cars with Khal-
istan flags and LED mo-
bile billboard trucks
displaying photos of
Singh criss-crossed the
streets near the venue.
Men, women and chil-
dren gathered in large
numbers at the popular
New York destination,
carrying the Khalistani
flags and raising slo-
gans at the rally
.
The protesters, carry-
ing placards reading
‘Free Amritpal Singh’,
held up photos of Singh
as they raised anti-In-
dia slogans.
Khalistan supporters protest
at Times Square in New York
Protesters took out a car rally from Richmond Hill that ended in the Manhattan city
Khalistan supporters protest outside Indian Embassy in Washington, USA. —FILE PHOTO
AMRITPAL SINGH’S
SELFIE WITH CLOSE
AIDE SURFACES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
Chandigarh (Agencies):
While Khalistan sym-
pathiser Amritpal Singh
has been successful to
dodge the police for
last 10 days, his new
picture with close aide
has surfaced on the
social media.
The selfie features the
Waris Punjab De chief
with his associate Papal-
preet Singh while holding
cans of energy drinks in
their hands.
Papalpreet, who appears
in the picture, is said to
be Amritpal’s mentor. He
was in contact with Paki-
stan’s spy agency ISI.
In the photo, Amritpal is
seen wearing a jacket, a
maroon turban and sun-
glasses. His companion,
sitting beside him, is in a
sweatshirt. In the selfie,
it can be clearly seen that
Amritpal has a trimmed
beard and moustache
while he is drinking
energy drink along with
Papalpreet Singh.
Amritsar: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on
Monday served a 24-hour ultimatum on Punjab Govt,
led by Bhagwant Mann, to release “supporters” of
Amritpal Singh, who have been arrested in the last 10
days.The decision was taken at a Panthic gathering at
the Akal Takht, which was attended by more than 50
Sikh organisations. Following the Ajnala clash, the Pun-
jab Police have launched a massive crackdown against
supporters of Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh.
During the Panthic gathering called to discuss “cur-
rent atmosphere in Punjab’, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani
Harpreet Singh allowed each representative of Sikh
organisations to speak for two minutes. The Jathedar
of the Akal Takht Sahib demanded that the National
Security Act (NSA) imposed on all youths should be
immediately removed. He said the impounded vehicles
of Sikhs, who were peacefully protesting at Harike’s
headworks, should be released immediately.
RELEASE ARRESTED INNOCENT SIKHS
IN 24 HOURS: AKAL TAKHT JATHEDAR
CLOSE AIDE OF
AMRITPAL SINGH
HELD IN PUNJAB
Chandigarh: As the hunt
of fugitive pro-Khalistani
leader Amritpal is still on,
his close aide and gun-
man, who is an ex-ser-
viceman, was arrested
by the police for his
alleged involvement in
the Ajnala violence case.
The accused, Varinder
Singh, belonged to Patti
subdivision of Tarn Taran
district in Punjab. Follow-
ing the invocation of the
NSA, he has been sent to
Assam’s Dibrugarh jail.
Kaushambi (PTI):
Nine people were ar-
rested in this Uttar
Pradesh district on
Sunday for allegedly
giving shelter to an ac-
cused in the 2005 mur-
der case of BSP MLA
Raju Pal, police said.
The accused were ar-
rested from Purkhas
Yusufpur village, locat-
ed within the Sarai Akil
police station limits.
With these arrests,
the number of people
nabbed so far in con-
nection with the case
has gone up to 19, police
said.A huge cache of
arms and ammunition,
including eight coun-
try-made pistols, was
seized from those ar-
rested, they added.
Superintendent of
Police (SP) Brijesh Ku-
mar Srivastava said the
arrests were made dur-
ing a search operation
to nab Abdul Kavi, who
is wanted in the Raju
Pal murder case.
“Those arrested are
Mohammad Anas, Ha-
meedul Gufran, Dani-
yal Kareem, Ehsan-ul
Kareem, Satish Vishwa-
karma, Nafees Ahmed,
Akhtar Hussain, Ajit
Pratap Singh and
Nawaz Ashraf,” he said.
Ten others were ar-
rested from Bhakanda
village on Friday and
Saturday
. The police ac-
tion is being seen as a
move to tighten the
noose around gangster-
turned-politician Atiq
Ahmed.
9 held for giving
shelter to BSP
MLA’s murderer
Jammu (PTI): Family
of the Dhangri terror
attack victims on Mon-
day threatened to mi-
grate from their village
to a “safer” place and
return ex-gratia
amount if govt fails to
catch the attackers and
bring them to justice.
Terrorists had struck
Dhangri village in Jam-
mu and Kashmir’s Ra-
jouri district on Janu-
ary 1 and targeted vil-
lagers and fled before
planting an Improvised
Explosive Device (IED).
While five people
were killed in the firing
by terrorists, two others
died in the IED explo-
sion the next morning.
And 14 were injured in
the twin attacks. The at-
tackers are still at large.
Saroj Bala, who lost
two sons in the terror-
ist attack, said if the
govt cannot provide her
justice, it should “shoot
me dead too”.
“We don’t need jobs.
Wedon’tneedmoney
.We
need justice by bringing
terrorists and their sup-
porters to book. If they
don’t address our de-
mand, we will all mi-
grate from here,” she
told reporters.
Dhangri terror
attack victims’
kin want to shift
to safer place
Seven-year-old girl ‘raped, killed’;
violent protest erupts in Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): A
7-year-old girl was killed
after being sexually mo-
lested by one of her
neighbours in Kolkata’s
Tiljala area, prompting
local people to blockade
roads and railway
tracks and vandalise po-
lice vehicles on Monday
.
The girl, a resident of
Kustia’s Shri Dhar Roy
Road, was missing since
Sunday morning and af-
ter an extensive search,
policemen found her
body in one of the flats
inanapartmentblockin
the locality, the police
said. The flat owner was
arrested and the body
was sent for post-mor-
tem examination.
Alleging that the po-
lice “delayed” in search-
ing for the missing girl,
locals staged protests
outside the Tiljala Po-
lice Station.
Amaravati (PTI): Be-
sides welfare and devel-
opment work in villag-
es, temples are being
built on a massive scale,
an Andhra Pradesh
Minister has said. Min-
ister Kakani Govard-
han Reddy made these
remarks while laying
the foundation for Sri
Radhakrishna Mandir
at Mohammadapuram
village of Podalakuru
mandalam in Nellore
district, which is being
built with the funds pro-
vided by the Tirumala
Tirupati Devasthanams
Vani Trust. He said con-
struction of 28 temples
have been sanctioned in
Sarvepalli constituency
with cooperation from
TTD, official custodian
of the Tirupati Lord
Venkateswara temple,
until now.
Temples being
constructed at
massive scale:
Andhra Minister
New Delhi: BJP MLA
Ajay Mahawar raised is-
sue of stray dogs in the
Delhi assembly. “Stray
dogs killed two brothers
in three days in Vasant
Kunj. Over 100 people
are attacked by dogs
every day in Delhi”, he
said.”A house commit-
tee was also formed un-
der the chairmanship
of the house member,
Somnath Bharti, which
gave its report in De-
cember 2019, this report
should be implemented.
BJP MLA raises
stray dogs’ issue
in Delhi Assembly
Shimla (Agencies):For-
mer union minister and
senior Congress leader
Anand Sharma on Mon-
day called on Himachal
Pradesh Chief Minister
Thakur Sukhvinder
Singh Sukhu at his offi-
cial residence Oak Over
and discussed various
issues. The Chief Minis-
ter honoured Sharma
with a Himachali cap
and a shawl.
Interacting with the
media, the Chief Minis-
ter said Rahul Gandhi’s
fearless campaigning to
save democracy was a
hitch to the Union gov-
ernment and the deci-
sion of his disqualifica-
tion from Lok Sabha
has been attempted to
suppress his voice.
He said Rahul Gan-
dhi had started Bharat
Jodo Yatra to raise
awareness of the mis-
deeds of the Centre. He
said people would give
befitting reply to the
BJP in the coming elec-
tions in the country
.
Sukhu urged all Op-
position parties to unite
to save the democracy
.
On the occasion,
Anand Sharma said Ra-
hul Gandhi has every
right to speak in Parlia-
ment, but the Centre
had targetted him un-
der a conspiracy
.
Ex-Union minister Sharma calls on Sukhu
DEEPLY TOUCHED AFTER VISITING RABINDRANATH TAGORE’s
ANCESTRAL HOUSE: PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU
Kolkata: President Droupa-
di Murmu on Monday said
she was deeply touched
after visiting Nobel laureate
Rabindranath Tagore’s an-
cestral house, Jorasanko
Thakurbari here. Murmu
went around rooms where
Tagore was born, where
he breathed his last and
where he spent most of his
time in and expressed awe
over the preservation of
the centuries-old structure,
Registrar Subir Moitra of
Rabindra Bharati Universi-
ty, which is housed on the
premises, said. Murmu,
who is on a two-day visit
to West Bengal, also went
to Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose’s ancestral house in
the city and paid homage
to the freedom fighter.
President Droupadi Murmu pays tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose during a visit to Netaji Bhawan, in Kolkata on Monday.
President Droupadi Murmu at ancestral house of Nobel Laureate
Rabindranath Tagore, in Kolkata, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chandigarh: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday
seized six kg narcotics dropped by a drone in Punjab’s Am-
ritsar sector, an official said. “On March
26, at around 9.36 p.m., BSF troops
deployed at the International Border
heard the buzzing sound of a suspected
flying object (drone) entering from Pa-
kistan into the Indian territory near Toor village in Amritsar
district,” the BSF said in a statement on Monday.
Agartala: Noted poet Chandra Kanta Murasingh (66), who was
Sahitya Akademis first Bhasha Samman awardee, passed away
in Agartala on Monday following a cardiac
arrest. Murasingh, who wrote poems, prose
and drama in both Bengali and Tripura’s tribal
Koknorok language, is survived by two sons, a
daughter and wife. In recognition of his contri-
bution to Kokborok’ literature, Sahitya Akademi
had conferred the prestigious Bhasha Samman
award on him, which is given to poets and authors.
BORDER SECURITY FORCE RECOVERS 6 KG
NARCOTICS DROPPED BY DRONE IN PUNJAB
SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDEE POET CHANDRA
KANTA MURASINGH PASSES AWAY AT 66
New Delhi: The Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
on Monday said that
they recently carried out
search operations at three
places in Bhubaneswar
and one at Berhampur
against Keshari Estates
Pvt Ltd and its directors.
The searched premises
include two residential
premises belonging to the
directors at Bhubaneswar
and one office premises
each in Bhubaneswar and
Berhampur.
ED ATTACHES ASSETS
WORTH `1 CR OF
REAL ESTATE FIRM
CAF COMMANDER
KILLED IN IED BLAST
IN C’GARH’S BIJAPUR
Raipur: An assistant
platoon commander of the
Chhattisgarh Armed Force
was killed in a pressure IED
blast planted by Naxals in
the Bijapur district of the
state. The martyred officer
was identified as Assistant
Platoon Commander Vijay
Yadav of the 19th battalion.
The incident comes a day
after an encounter broke out
between the Naxals and a
joint party of ITBP and Dis-
trict Reserve Guard in forest
area of Chote Burgum.
The arrests were made
during a search opera-
tion to nab Abdul
Kavi, who is wanted
in the Raju Pal
murder case.
—Brijesh Kumar Srivastava,
Superintendent of Police
Congress leader Anand Sharma meets Himachal Chief Minister
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, in Shimla on Monday.
—PHOTO BY ANI Kakani Govardhan Reddy
PROCESS BEGINS TO
SELECT KERALA
POLICE’S NEW CHIEF
MONGOLIAN BOY
IS 3rd HIGHEST
BUDDHISM LEADER
Thiruvananthapuram:
With just 3 months left for
retirement of state Police
chief, Kerala govt is in the
process of finalising a list
of senior police officers
to be sent to the Centre
for consideration and
pruning. According to the
rules, state govt has to
submit a list of eight offi-
cials, which will be pruned
to three and sent back to
the state to select any one.
This rule is making Kerala
CM Pinarayi Vijayan —
who is also the Home
Minister — uneasy.
New Delhi: A Mongolian
boy, born in the United
States, has been named
as the third highest rank in
Tibetan Buddhism, by the
Dalai Lama. A report said,
Dalai Lama was pictured
with the eight-year-old boy
taking part in a ceremony
held on March 8 in Him-
achal Pradesh’s Dharam-
shala, where the Buddhist
leader lives in exile. The
eight-year-old US-born
child reportedly has a twin
brother and is the son of
a university professor and
the grandson of a former
Mongolian MP.
CRUCIAL READ
A mob sets a police vehicle on fire after the death of a girl, at
Tiljala area in Kolkata, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 59,220.00 640.00 1.08 (Per 10g)
SILVER 70,140.00 700.00 0.99 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.37 0.03 0.03
GBPINR 101.36 0.16 0.16
CURRENCIES
Realestatesectorlikelytogarner$12-13bn
New Delhi (PTI): Real es-
tate sector has received an
equity capital of $32 billion
during the last five years
and is expected to attract
$12-13 billion during 2023-
24 with office assets likely
to garner maximum fund,
according to CBRE.
It has estimated that eq-
uity flows in real estate sec-
tor will remain steady with
expected investment at
around $12-13 billion over
the next two years with an
average $6-7 billion flow
per year.
Equity investments in-
clude those by private eq-
uity funds, pension funds,
sovereign wealth funds,
institutional investors,
real estate developers, in-
vestment banks, corporate
groups, and REITs, etc.
CBRE expects that office
assets would continue to
garner a majority share of
total institutional inflows,
followed by Industrial
Logistics (IL) and sites/
land parcels.
IN 2023-24
MAJOR
FINDINGS
z Real estate sector has
received an equity capital
of $32 billion during the
last five years and is
expected to attract $12-13
billion during 2023-24
z Equity flows in real estate
sector will remain steady
with expected investment at
around $12-13 billion over
the next two years
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Hospi-
tality and travel-tech firm
OYO estimates its revenue
in FY23 to be more than
`5,700 crore, up 19%
from `4,780 crore it had
recorded in FY22, accord-
ing to its Founder
Group CEO Ritesh Agarw-
al. At a town hall on Mon-
day, Agarwal told employ-
ees of the firm that OYO is
aspiring to reach adjusted
EBITDA of nearly `800
crore in the next financial
year. In the presentation,
Agarwal said OYO’s reve-
nue for FY2023 is expect-
ed to be over `5,700
crore, up around 19%
from the `4,780 crore
achieved in FY2022.
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
price declined `640 to
`59,220 per 10 grams in
the national capital on
Monday amid weak global
trends, according to HDFC
Securities. The precious
metal had ended at
`59,860 per 10 grams on
Friday. Silver also tumbled
`700 to `70,140 per kilo-
gram. “Spot gold prices in
the Delhi market traded at
`59,220 per 10 grams,
down `640 per 10
grams,” Saumil Gandhi,
Senior Analyst - Com-
modities at HDFC Securi-
ties, said.
GOLD RATES FALL BY
`640/10 GM; SILVER
TUMBLES `700/KG
OYO EXPECTS MORE
THAN `5,700 CRORE
REVENUE IN FY23
Mumbai (PTI): Electric
three-wheelers are ex-
pected to gain traction
due to favourable operat-
ing economics, and the
government’s focus on
cleaner means of trans-
portation. According to a
Icra report, the electric
segment is likely to ac-
count for 14-16% of new
three-wheeler sales (ex-
cluding rickshaws) by
FY2025, up from 8% cur-
rently. Penetration is esti-
mated to rise to 35-40%
by FY2030 as the product
gains more acceptance,
as per the report.
ELECTRIC THREE
WHEELERS LIKELY
TO GAIN TRACTION
Panaji (PTI): Air India Ex-
press, India’s first inter-
national budget airline, on
Monday said it has com-
menced operations from
Goa International Airport,
with four weekly direct
flights on the Goa-Dubai
route. The first flight IX
840 took off at 1:00 am
on Monday with 148 pas-
sengers on board from
Dabolim Airport. Aloke
Singh, Managing Director,
Air India Express and Ai-
rAsia India, said that the
airline takes pride in be-
ing the only airline that
offers direct connectivity
to Dubai from Goa.
AIR INDIA EXPRESS
LAUNCHES DIRECT
GOA-DUBAI FLIGHT
*Rates till the edition went to print.
FOUR SAIL PROJECTS
WORTH `2,338 CR FACE
DELAYS: STEEL MIN
New Delhi (PTI): Four projects
of Steel Authority of India Ltd
(SAIL) worth `2,338 crore are
facing delay
due to reasons
like delayed
placement of
orders and
supply of materials/equipment.
“There is delay in projects...
Mainly on account of poor
performance of contractors/
sub-contractors, delay in
placement of orders and sup-
ply of materials/equipment,
etc. However, there is no cost
overrun,” Union steel minister
Jyotiraditya M Scindia said.
BMW TO LAUNCH 19
CAR MODELS IN INDIA
THIS YEAR
New Delhi (PTI): German
luxury auto maker BMW plans
to introduce 19 car models,
including
electric vehi-
cles, in India
this year as it
looks to sus-
tain double- digit sales growth
in the country. The car maker,
which expects 2023 to be the
best for it in terms of sales in
the country so far, also aims
for electric vehicles to account
for about 15% of its overall
sales this year. The group also
plans to introduce three bike
models in India this year.
EPFO TO DECIDE RATE OF INTEREST ON EPF
DEPOSITS FOR FY23 BY TUESDAY
New Delhi (PTI): The retirement fund body EPFO is likely to an-
nounce the rate of interest on employees’ provident fund (EPF)
deposits for 2022-23 at its two-day
meeting beginning Monday. EPFO had
lowered the interest on EPF for 2021-22
to an over four-decade low of 8.1% for
its about five crore subscribers, from
8.5% in 2020-21 in March 2022. “The
EPFO’s apex decision making body
Central Board of Trustees (CBT) is likely
to decide the rate of interest on EPF for 2022-23 at its two-day
meeting beginning on Monday afternoon,” a source said.
HDFC BOARD CLEARS RAISING `57,000 CRORE
THROUGH NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
New Delhi (PTI): Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd on Monday said
its board has approved raising funds through non-convertible
debentures (NCDs) in tranches ag-
gregating to `57,000 crore. The board
has cleared issuance of unsecured, re-
deemable, non-convertible debentures
under a Shelf Placement Memorandum,
aggregating `57,000 crore, in various
tranches, on a private placement basis,
HDFC said in a regulatory filing.
OTHER STORIES
FCI stops wheat auction under OMSS
New Delhi (PTI): State-
owned Food Corporation
of India (FCI) on Monday
said wheat sale at discount-
ed rates via e-auction to
bulk consumers, institu-
tions and state govern-
ments has been stopped for
now as procurement of the
fresh crop begins next
month.
Under the Open Market
Sale Scheme (OMSS), the
FCI has sold 33 lakh tonnes
of wheat till March 15
through e-auction, out of
which, buyers have lifted
31 lakh tonnes of the grain
so far. They have to lift the
balance quantity by March
31.
“The last e-auction of
wheat to bulk consumers
was undertaken on March
15. The auction has been
stopped for now as the pro-
curement of the fresh crop
will pick up in the coming
days,” FCI Managing Di-
rector Ashok K Meena
said.
Sale of wheat to institu-
tions like Nafed and state
governments under the
OMSS has also been
stopped. The wheat auction
will resume only if there is
a need to intervene in the
market, he added.
The government in Jan-
uary had announced plans
to sell wheat in the open
market from its buffer
stock under the OMSS in
order to check rising wheat
and wheat flour prices.
A total of 50 lakh tonnes
of wheat was allocated for
sale under the OMSS. Out
of the allocated quantity,
FCI was mandated to sell a
total of 45 lakh tonnes of
wheat to bulk users till
March 15 through weekly
e-auctions.
About 3 lakh tonnes of
wheat was earmarked for
state governments and 2
lakh tonnes for institutions
like Nafed for converting it
into wheat flour and then
selling at `27.50 per kilo-
gramme.
Under the OMSS, the re-
serve price of fair and aver-
age (FAQ) quality wheat
was also fixed at a dis-
counted rate of `2,150 per
quintal, while for Under
Relaxed Specifications
(URS) wheat at `2,125 per
quintal.
TEMPORARY MEASURE
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z Under the Open Market Sale
Scheme (OMSS), the FCI
has sold 33 lakh tonnes of
wheat till March 15 through
e-auction, out of which,
buyers have lifted 31 lakh
tonnes of the grain so far.
They have to lift the balance
quantity by March 31.
z Sale of wheat to institutions
like Nafed and state
governments under OMSS
has also been stopped.
RBI likely to
pause interest
rate hike in Apr
New Delhi (ANI): The Re-
serve Bank of India (RBI)
is expected to pause their
interest rate hike and the
c u r r e n t
6.5% repo
rate could
be the ter-
minal rate
for now,
said SBI Research in its lat-
est Ecowrap report.The
repo rate is the interest
rate at which the RBI lends
money to all commercial
banks.
The next monetary poli-
cy meeting is scheduled for
the first week of April 2023.
“The (RBI’s) stance could
continue to be withdrawal
of accommodation, even as
liquidity is now in deficit
mode. RBI can always keep
the options open in June
(monetary) policy,” the SBI
Research said.
Sensexbreaks2-daylosing
streak,Niftytests17Klevel
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarkSensexclimbed
126 points on Monday,
propped up by buying in
index heavyweights Reli-
ance Industries, Maruti
and SBI amid a higher
opening in European equi-
ties.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 126.76 points or
0.22% to finish at 57,653.86.
During the day, it jumped
492.45 points or 0.85% to
58,019.55.
The broader NSE Nifty
advanced 40.65 points or
0.24% to end at 16,985.70.
Among the Sensex firms,
Reliance Industries, Maru-
ti, Sun Pharma, State Bank
of India, UltraTech Ce-
ment, Infosys, Kotak Mahi-
ndra Bank, Hindustan Uni-
lever, ITC and HDFC Bank
were the biggest gainers.
Shares of Reliance In-
dustries climbed 1.54%, the
most among the 30-share
BSE constituents.
Power Grid, Axis Bank,
Mahindra Mahindra and
Tata Motors were among
the major laggards.
` GAINS 3 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 82.37
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
appreciated by 3 paise to
close at 82.37 (provisional)
against the US dollar on
Monday. At the interbank
foreign exchange market,
the local unit opened at
82.36 against the American
currency and finally set-
tled at 82.37
(provisional)
against the
greenback,
registering a
gain of 3 pai-
se over its previous close of
82.40. During the trading
session, the rupee touched
a high of 82.27 and a low of
82.42 against the dollar.
SP keeps India growth
aim at 6% for fiscal 2024
New Delhi (PTI): SP
Global Ratings on Monday
kept its forecast for India’s
economic growth un-
changed at 6% in the fiscal
year starting April 1, be-
fore rising to 6.9% in the
following year.
In the quarterly econom-
ic update for Asia-Pacific,
SP saw inflation rate eas-
ing to 5% in 2023-24 fiscal,
from 6.8% in the current
financial year.
It saw India’s gross do-
mestic product (GDP) like-
ly growing by 7% in the
current financial year end-
ing March 31 (2022-23), be-
fore slowing to 6% in the
next 2023-24 fiscal.
“India leads, with aver-
age growth of 7% in 2024-
2026,” the update said.
GDP is projected to rise
to 6.9% in the following
two financial years -- 2024-
25 and 2025-26 and rising to
7.1% in 2026-27.
“In India, domestic de-
mand has traditionally led
the economy
. But it has be-
come more sensitive to the
global cycle lately, in part
due to rising commodity
exports; and its year-on-
year GDP growth slowed to
4.4% in the fourth quarter
(October-December 2022),”
the rating agency said.
Pronounced core infla-
tion in India suggests little
slack in these economies, it
said.
COCA COLA TO CONTINUE INVESTING
THROUGH PARTNERS IN INDIAN MKT
Lucknow (PTI): Global
beverages major The Coca-
Cola Company is bullish
on the Indian market and
is continuing to invest in
the country through its
partners, the company’s
President and Chief Fi-
nancial Officer John Mur-
phy said on Monday.
India’s rapid progress in
infrastructure, electrifica-
tion and digitisation offer
a long runway ahead for
the economy to grow and it
fosters confidence, he said.
A lot of development
has taken place in urban
and rural India, which has
created an emerging mid-
dle class, ensuring growth
for many years to come, he
said.
“When you have an econ-
omy growing, our industry
typically benefits from eco-
nomic growth,” he said.
“For us, there are tre-
mendous ingredients to
the growth equation that
we are developing. And to
manage growth, you have
to invest. We are fortunate
to have partners in India
who believe in the opportu-
nity they have and are in-
vesting in infrastructure
and people,” he noted.
Vi stares at bleak
future: Report
Mumbai (PTI): Vodafone
Idea or Vi stares at a bleak
future, including the pos-
sibility of “shutting shop”
due to factors triggered by
heightened competition, a
domestic brokerage said on
Monday
. It also expects tel-
ecom companies to start
hiking tariffs only after the
general elections in 2024.
In the absence of the
price hikes, Vi will not be
able to keep up with the in-
vestments required and
launch 5G services, which
will lead to an erosion of
subscribers.

At many a time, emotional
attachment to a cause can liberate
you to achieve more than possible.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
Court sends ‘bookie’ Anil Jaisinghani to 14-day judicial custody
AMRUTA FADNAVIS BRIBE CASE
Mumbai (PTI): A court
here on Monday re-
mandedsuspectedbook-
ie Anil Jaisinghani and
his cousin Nirmal to 14-
day judicial custody in a
case pertaining to al-
leged blackmail and at-
tempted bribery of Am-
ruta Fadnavis, the wife
of Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Devendra Fadnavis.
Anil Jaisinghani,
who was arrested last
week from Gujarat, and
Nirmal were produced
before additional ses-
sions judge D D Almale
at the end of their police
remand on Monday
.
The investigation
agency, represented by
special public prosecu-
tor Ajay Misar, sought
extension of their cus-
tody for five days. How-
ever, Saying that fur-
ther investigation can
be carried out without
the custody of the ac-
cused, the court sent
the accused to judicial
custody. After being re-
manded in judicial cus-
tody, the accused moved
a bail application,
which will be heard on
Tuesday
.
Misar submitted
that while there has
been some progress, in-
vstigators are yet to
recover the documents
used for purchasing
the SIM card used in
the mobile handset
(used while commit-
ting the crime). They
are also looking into
the identity of the per-
son who shot the vide-
os, Misar said, adding
that this required ad-
ditional further custo-
dy of five days is re-
quired.
However, advocate
Mrigendra Singh and
Manan Sanghai, appear-
ing for Anil and Nirmal,
submitted the entire in-
vestigation had been
completed and nothing
further remains to be
investigated.
Singh also told the
court Anil Jaisinghani
is suffering from blood
pressure and asthma.
The court, after hear-
ing both sides, said the
grounds put forth by the
investigation officer for
extension of police cus-
tody are almost similar
to the ones mentioned
in the earlier remand
paper.
Hence, both the ac-
cused are sent to judi-
cial custody till April 10,
the court said.
Anil’s daughter An-
ishka Jaisinghani is
also an accused in the
case. The court granted
her bail on Monday.
They have been booked
under IPC sections for
conspiracy and extor-
tion and provisions of
the Prevention of Cor-
ruption Act.
Anil Jaisinghani was arrested last week from Gujarat. —FILE PHOTO
Jaisinghani and his cousin
Nirmal were produced before
additional sessions judge DD
Almale on Monday
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The special
investigation team (SIT)
of Mumbai police inves-
tigating the death of In-
dian Institute of Tech-
nology Bombay student
Darshan Solanki has
recovered a note that
mentions the name of
his hostel mate, an offi-
cial said on Monday
.
The supposed suicide
note, was recovered
from Solanki’s hostel
room some days ago, he
added.
Darshan Solanki, a
residentof Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, reportedly
died by suicide on Feb-
ruary 12 after jumping
off the seventh floor of
his hostel building. Fol-
lowing his death, Solan-
ki’s parents and several
student organizations
claimed that caste dis-
crimination was the
reason behind his tragic
demise. The official said
the note mentions phys-
ical and mental harass-
ment by the engineer-
ing student hostler who
has been named. This
student stays on the
same floor of the hostel
and had allegedly
threatened Solanki af-
ter a dispute, the official
said quoting the note.
The Maharashtra
government had formed
an SIT headed by Joint
Commissioner of Police
(Crime) Lakhmi Gau-
tam to probe the case.
According to the of-
ficial, the process of fil-
ing a case of abetment
of suicide was in pro-
gress.
Maha sees 205 new nCoV
cases, including 66 in Mum
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state on
Monday witnessed 205
fresh cases of COV-
ID-19, which took its
total tally to 81,42,059,
a health official said,
adding that the death
toll stood unchanged at
1,48,435.
The state had report-
ed 397 cases on Sunday.
Mumbai circle led
with 135 cases, followed
by 43 in Pune circle,
nine in Kolhapur cir-
cle, eight in Nashik cir-
cle, five in Nagpur cir-
cle, three in Aurang-
abad circle and two
cases in Akola circle.
The 135 cases in
Mumbai circle include
66 in the metropolis,
the official added.
The tally in Mumbai
stood at 11,55,527,
while the toll stood un-
changed at 19,747, he
said.
The recovery rate in-
creased in the state by
110 to touch 79,91,412,
leaving Maharashtra
with an active tally of
2,212.
The active tally in-
cludes 618 in Pune dis-
trict, 589 in Mumbai
and 399 in Thane, he
said.
So far, 8,65,85,260 tests
have been conducted in
the state, including
2,249 in the last 24
hours, the official said.
As per state health
department data, the
recovery rate is 98.15%
and the fatality rate
stands at 1.82%.
Ex-Guv’s remarks on Shivaji
not a criminal offence: HC
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court has dis-
missed a petition seek-
ing action against for-
mer Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari and
BJP MP Sudhanshu
Trivedi for their state-
ments on Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj and
other icons, saying
their remarks prima
facie do not constitute
an offence under any
criminal law.
The high court also
said that the statements
reflect the perception
and opinion of the
speaker about those fig-
ures with an aim to per-
suade the audience, and
the intention appears to
be to enlighten society
for its betterment.
Justices Sunil
Shukre and Abhay
Waghwase, on March
20 dismissed a petition
filed by Panvel resident
Rama Katarnaware,
who belongs to the
Scheduled Caste (SC)
community.
The petitioner
claimed that the state-
ments made by Koshy-
ari and Trivedi who
are non-SC or Sched-
uled Tribes (ST) mem-
bers, at public speech-
es are disrespectful to
these late political fig-
ures who were held in
high esteem by mem-
bers of society in gen-
eral and members of
the SC/ST communi-
ties in particular.
The petitioner re-
ferred to several objec-
tionable statements
made by Koshyari and
Trivedi on Shivaji Ma-
haraj, Mahatma Phule
and Savitribai Phule
and “Marathi manoos”.
“These statements
cannot be seen, by any
stretch of the imagina-
tion, to be disrespect-
ful to any great person,
held in high esteem by
the members of the so-
ciety in general and by
the members of the
Scheduled Castes and
the Scheduled Tribes
in particular,” the
judges said in the or-
der, which was made
available recently.
Koshyari, whose ten-
ure was dogged by con-
troversies caused by his
utterances about Shiva-
ji Maharaj, social re-
formers Mahatma
Phule and his wife
Savitribai and Marathi
people, stepped down
from the post of the gov-
ernor last month.
He had faced flak for
calling Shivaji Maha-
raj an ‘icon of olden
times’, while Trivedi
had allegedly said that
the founder of the
Maratha empire had
apologized to Mughal
emperor Aurangzeb.
BS Koshyari had come under heavy fire for calling the Maratha king an ‘icon of olden times’
BS Koshyari stepped down from his post as Maharashtra governor last month. —FILE PHOTO
An in-depth consideration of the re-
ferred statements would tell us that
they are in the nature of the analysis of
history and the lessons to be learnt from histo-
ry… They also show the intention of the speak-
er, which is that at least in the present times,
we should learn from history and also realise
the consequences of following certain traditions
and what may happen perhaps for the worst, if
those traditions are followed.
—Bombay High Court
Sena - UBT seeks
rally attendees at
joggers’ tracks
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: The
members of Shiv Sena
- Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray (UBT) are
meeting citizens at var-
ious places, including
jogging tracks, in Au-
rangabad to invite them
to the party’s rally on
April 02, party leader
Ambadas Danve said on
Monday
.
Uddhav Thackeray’s
rally will take place at
the Marathwada San-
skrutik Mandal (MSM)
ground, it will be at-
tended by other leaders
of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi as well, said
Danve who is the leader
of opposition in the Ma-
harashtra Legislative
Council.
The political party is
employing unique
methods to connect
with the public this
time around. In addi-
tion to conventional
party meetings, they
have been visiting jog-
ging tracks in various
locations across the city
during early morning
hours.
They also intend to
meet people at shopping
malls and encourage
them to attend the rally
.
As per Danve, each par-
ty worker has been in-
structed to approach a
minimum of 100 indi-
viduals and invite them
to the rally
.
BEST PF case:
Ex-mayor’s
firm named
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Three
employees of Kish
Corporate Servic-
es Pvt. Ltd, owned
by former Mayor
Kishori Pednekar,
have been booked
for reportedly not
releasing the prov-
ident funds (PF) of
264 BEST-bus em-
ployees.
The 45-year-old
complainant Vid-
ya Sandeep Babar,
a resident of Ban-
dra filed an FIR
accusing three em-
ployees of Kish
Corporate Servic-
es, identified as
Prashant Mahesh
Gawas, Shaila
Prashant Gawas,
and Girish
Ramesh Revankar.
As per the com-
plaint, PF was de-
ducted from the
salaries of 20-plus
employees for Oc-
tober and Novem-
ber 2021 but there
are no records that
these amounts
were added to the
employee’s ac-
counts. An inquiry
hasbeenlaunched.
Maha has conducted, 8.66 crore tests so far. —FILE PHOTO
Mumbai circle
led with 135
cases, followed
by Pune circle
(43), Kolhapur
circle (9), Nashik
circle (8),
Nagpur circle (5)
and Akola circle
IPS officer swims from Gateway
of India to Elephanta Caves
Mumbai (PTI): Sen-
ior Indian Police Ser-
vice (IPS) officer
Krishna Prakash has
claimed he swam
against the waves dur-
ingahightidefromthe
Gateway of India in
south Mumbai to the
famous Elephanta
Caves in the Arabian
Sea, covering a dis-
tance of around 16km
in nearly 5.5 hours.
The officer—who
has previously com-
pleted the gruelling
Ironman and Ultra-
man triathlon com-
petitions—called his
mega sea swim an
adventure expedition
dedicated to an
“Drowning Preven-
tion Awareness”
campaign.
“Today I completed
the daunting task of
swimming from Gate-
way of India to Ele-
phanta caves and be-
came the first person
in the world to do so.
Contrary to the popu-
lar swimming route of
Elephanta caves to
Gateway of India,
(where) swimmers
ride the waves of the
high tides towards
gateway
,Idecidedtodo
itfromthereverseside
against the waves. I
could swim a distance
of 16.20km in 5 hours
26 minutes,” he tweet-
ed on Sunday
.
However, an official
of the Maharashtra
StateAmateurAquatic
Association said there
was no record of
Prakash’sfeatwiththe
Mumbai-based body
.
“This was his
(Prakash’s) solo effort.
We can not comment
further as we were not
contacted before he
embarkedontheswim-
ming expedition,” the
person said.
Prakash is posted in
Mumbai as Inspector
General of Police in
the VIP security de-
partment.
Waves crash at the shore at Gateway of India during high
tide. The IAS officer claims to have swum 16.20km against
the tide. —FILE PHOTO
IIT Bombay student’s
death: Note naming
hostel mate recovered
—FILE
PHOTO
Uddhav Thackeray
Each party worker
has been instructed
to approach a
minimum of 100
individuals and
invite them to the
rally on April 02
—FILE
PHOTO

he three-day Jaipur
Couture Show, pre-
sented by First India
and Bharat24-Vision
of New India organ-
ised at The Palace on
Ajmer Highway on
March 13.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced
the occasion as the chief guest
and appreciated the designer,
Kingshuk Bhaduri for his eso-
teric collection. Designer King-
shuk Bhaduri took everyone on
a ride to the glittery world
with evening cocktail colours
white infused with metallic
silver vibes. While describing
his gorgeous collection, the tal-
ented designer said, “The only
aim I have in my mind is to
showcase the world my designs
and show people the indo-west-
er culture through my every
piece. My motive since the start
has been to promote the beauty
that the Indian fashion indus-
try has to offer through my de-
signs and I just give them a lit-
tle modern touch with my im-
agination. I am so grateful to
actually show the world my
work and Indian Culture Week
2023 is again a great opportu-
nity for me. My long-term vi-
sion includes making an even
bigger impact and I will put my
all into that, I am grateful to
Gaurav Gaur for the great op-
portunity
.”
Kingshuk Bhaduri, who is
from the small UP town of Na-
jibabad, has gained attention
for his unique fashion pieces.
Since class fourth, he had the
dream of becoming one of the
most successful fashion design-
ers but he had hardships along
the way. Being from a small
town it was not easy to make
people understand what fash-
ion designing is and it was even
more challenging to present his
work. However, Kingshuk Bha-
duri never gave up, he used to
travel to Dehradun for his work
and all that effort was worth it
when he successfully launched
his own brand Kamakhya.
Various who’s who of the
city including Supermodels,
Elite Miss Rajasthan Winners,
Models and Influencers were
present during the electrifying
fashion show.
City First highlights some glimpses of designer
Kingshuk Bhaduri’s collection showcased at the Jaipur
Couture Show, held at The Palace on March 13!
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JAIPUR
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SHOW 2023
Harshita, Rutvi, Shivangi, Navya and
Soni with others walking the ramp
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Designer Kingshuk Bhaduri, along with
showstopper of the sequence Gaurav Gaur and Riya Sain
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