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DAY AFTER ‘SECURITY
LAPSE’ CLAIM, RAHUL
RESUMES YATRA
Awantipora: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
resumed his Bharat
Jodo Yatra from here in
J&K’s Pulwama district
on Saturday, a day after
cancelling the foot-march
in Anantnag district after
the party alleged security
lapse. Rahul Gandhi was
joined by his sister and
Congress general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra,
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti,
her daughter Iltija Mufti. P5
2008 BATLA HOUSE
ENCOUNTER CONVICT
AHMAD DIES AT AIIMS
New Delhi: Indian
Mujahideen operative
Shahzad Ahmad died on
Saturday during treatment
at AIIMS in New Delhi. He
was convicted in the 2008
Batla House encounter case
for murdering Inspector
Mohan Chand.
2 DOCTORS AMONG 5
DEAD IN JHARKHAND
NURSING HOME FIRE
Dhanbad: At least 5 people,
including 2 doctors were
killed in a fire in a private
nursing home in Jharkhand’s
Dhanbad Saturday, an
official said. They include
Dr Vikas Hazra, his wife Dr
Prema Hazra, the owner’s
nephew Sohan Khamari and
domestic help Tara Devi.
BJP RELEASES TRIPURA
POLLS LIST; BIPLAB OUT,
MANIK GETS BORDOWALI
Agartala: BJP released list
of 48 candidates for 60
Assembly seats in Tripura
elections. CM Manik Saha
has been fielded from Town
Bordowali, Biplab Deb does
not figure in the list, Union
MoS Pratima Bhoumik is a
surprise addition. P5
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‘BEATING THE RETREAT’
CEREMONY TO BE HELD
AT VIJAY CHOWK TODAY
New Delhi: Beating the
Retreat ceremony will be held
at the historic Vijay Chowk in
New Delhi today. President
Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi
and Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh and other leaders will
witness the ceremony. P6
Amit Shah paints the BJP logo during Vijay Sankalp campaign, in
Dharwad on Saturday. Basavaraj Bommai is also seen here.
If you can’t sacrifice your life for the country
then live your life for your nation and make it
the number one country in the world. PM Modi
has given you all opportunities to do that.
—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister.
VoteforBJP,form
govtwithmajority
inK’taka,saysShah
First India Bureau
Hubballi: Urging peo-
ple to vote for the to
form a government with
absolute majority in by
placing trust in PM Nar-
endra Modi, Shah on
Saturdaysaideveryvote
cast in favour of JD(S)
would end up helping
Cong and making it win.
Amit Shah laid the
foundation stone of Na-
tional Forensic Scienc-
es University (Karna-
taka Campus) around
noon in National Foren-
sic Science University
(NFSU) in Dharwad, a
city located in the
north-western part of
Karnataka. During the
day
, he also inaugurated
a stadium at KLE soci-
ety’s BV Bhoomaraddi
Engineering College
Tech University
. P5
HM Amit Shah attends
‘Amrit Mahotsava’ event
of KLE and inaugurates
an indoor stadium at
KLE Society's BV BCET
AMIT SHAH HOLDS
MASSIVE ROAD
SHOW IN K’TAKA
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah arrived in
poll-bound Karnataka
for the second time this
month to participate in
several events, as well as
a roadshow organised by
the BJP on Saturday.
MUGHAL
GARDEN IS
‘AMRIT UDYAN’
general view of Mughal
Garden which has been
renamed as ‘Amrit
Udyan’ at Rastrapati Bhawan,
in New Delhi on Saturday.
The new name has been
given by President Draupadi
Murmu as part of “Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav” festivities,
to mark 75 years of India’s
independence. President
Droupadi Murmu will grace
the opening of the Amrit
Udyan today. It will be open to
the public from January 31.
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SABALENKA BEATS
ELENA TO CLINCH
MAIDEN GRAND
SLAM TITLE AT Oz
Melbourne: Aryna Sabalenka tamed
her nerves to blast her way to a maiden
Grand Slam title at the Australian Open,
with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh
22nd seed Elena Rybakina on Saturday.
‘DEADLY’ FOR
DEMOCRACY: EX-
SC JUDGE SLAMS
LAW MIN RIJIJU
Mumbai: Former SC judge Rohinton Fali Nariman has
slammed Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for his “diatribe”
against collegium system for appointment of judges and
said govt sitting on the names of judges recommended
by the collegium was “deadly” for democracy. P8
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DISASTROUS
DRILL!
The Air Force has
launched a probe to
examine if a mid-air
collision led to the crash
Wreckage from crash
in MP’s Morena landed
over 100 km away in
Bharatpur, Rajasthan
SUKHOI, MIRAGE FIGHTER JETS CRASH NEAR GWALIOR; 1 PILOT DIES
Moni Sharma
Morena/Bharatpur:
An Indian Air Force pi-
lot was killed after two
fighter jets — a Sukhoi
Su-30 and a Mirage 2000
— crashed during a
training exercise near
Gwalior in Madhya
Pradesh on Saturday.
While the two pilots on
the Su-30 sustained mi-
nor injuries, the pilot
on the Mirage died after
being fatally wounded
in the crash. Wreckage
of the crashed aircraft
was found in Bharatpur
in Rajasthan and More-
na in MP. IAF has or-
dered a court of inquiry
to examine if a mid-air
collision led to crash.
TWO PILOTS SAFE:
Su-30 had 2 pilots while
Mirage 2000 had 1 pilot
during the crash. Initial
reports suggest both pi-
lots are safe and sus-
tained minor injuries.
DEFENCE MINIS-
TER BRIEFED: De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh took stock of the
situation, spoke to IAF
chief VR Chaudhari
is monitoring situation.
(T) The wreckage of Su-30MKI
and Mirage 2000 fighter jets.
(B) 2 pilots lie on ground after
the two fighter planes crashed.
Two jets -Mirage Sukhoi-
took off from Gwalior in
the morning. As per IAF,
one aircraft had 2 pilots, while the
other had one; 2 safely rescued, the
body parts of the 3rd were found.
Some parts of the jet were found in
Bharatpur (Rajasthan), and details
are being collected.
—Ashutosh Bagri, Morena SP
The news of crash is
very sad. I have instruct-
ed the local administra-
tion to cooperate with
the Air Force in quick
rescue and relief work.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
@ChouhanShivraj
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Deeply anguished by the
loss of brave air warrior,
Wg Cdr Hanumanth Rao
Sarathi, who suffered
fatal injuries during an
accident near Gwalior.
Su-30MKI Mirage 2000 fighter jets crashed during an exercise, at Pagadgarh, Morena on Saturday.
PM HAILS GURJARS’
CONTRIBUTION OF
IN THE FREEDOM
Highlighting contribu-
tion of Gurjar commu-
nity in freedom struggle
and other movements, PM
Modi said it is misfortune
of the country that such
personalities did not get
place in history which
they deserved. Modi said,
new India is correcting the
mistakes done in the past.
PM MODI LIKELY
TO VISIT DAUSA
ON FEBRUARY 4
PM Modi is likely to
visit Nangal Pyariwas
of Dausa on Feb 4 on the
invitation of Dr Kirodilal
Meena. Modi is likely to
visit Meena HC. Kirodilal
had a conversation with
leaders of the high com-
mand Saturday. Meena’s
team is preparing for
a big function. Modi is
proposed to visit Dausa
after inauguration cer-
emony of Delhi-Mumbai
Express NH in Alwar.
PM MODI ATTENDS THE 1,111TH INCARNATION
FESTIVAL OF LORD DEVNARAYAN IN BHILWARA
VANCHIT KO
VARIYATA!
Aishwary Pradhan, Shikha
Sharma Navin Joshi
Bhilwara: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday said his gov-
ernment is working to
empower every section
of society that has faced
deprivation and ne-
glect, and is moving
ahead with the mantra
of “Vanchit ko Variyata
(preference to the un-
derprivileged)”.
Modi is on a visit to
Bhilwara district in Ra-
jasthan on the 1,111th
incarnation festival of
folk deity Lord Shri
Devnarayan, revered by
people of the Gurjar
community
. Addressing
a gathering at Malaseri
Dungri village after
taking part in a ritual to
mark the occasion, the
prime minister said the
world now looks at In-
dia with high hopes and
the country has shown
its strength and power.
Today
, India asserts it-
self on global platforms
and is reducing its de-
pendency on other coun-
tries, he added. During
theday
,Modialsooffered
prayers at the Devnaray-
an temple in Malaseri.
Many attempts were
madetobreakIndiaideo-
logically but no power
has succeeded, he said,
adding, “India is not just
a landmass, but an ex-
pression of our civili-
sation, culture, har-
mony
,andpotential.”
“People should stay
away from things
which is against
unityof nation,”he
added.
Our government working with mantra
of “preference for underprivileged” like
Lord Devnarayan, says PM Narendra Modi
PM Modi spent about 21 minutes in Purnahuti
on Dungri and also had detailed conversation
with the people of the Gurjar society about the place
PM Narendra Modi greets people during the ‘Avataran Mahotsav’
of Devnarayan Ji in Bhilwara on Saturday. Also present here are
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hemraj Gurjar and others.
Lord
Devnarayan
always gave
priority to social
service and public
welfare, and put all his
energy towards the
welfare of the people.
Lord Devnarayan
manifested
himself on a
lotus, which is
also the logo of
the India’s
Presidency of
the G20.
—Narendra
Modi,
Prime Minister
‘IshesayingBJPusesagenciesforgain?’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP) on Saturday que-
ried if Vanchit Bahujan
Aghadi (VBA) chief
Prakash Ambedkar had
implied that the Union
government uses inves-
tigating agencies to tar-
get the political rivals
of the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP).
Ambedkar had said,
“If I were Modi, I would
do the same to legally
save my chair and sus-
tain my party
.”
Calling it a grave al-
legation, NCP spokes-
person Clyde Crasto
responded to Ambed-
kar’s comment. “The
BJPhasmaintainedthat
the CBI and the ED are
independent agencies
andithasnevermisused
themforpoliticalbenefit
or personal vendetta....
But Prakash Ambed-
kar’s remark insinuates
that central agencies are
beingusedtosustainthe
party
,” he said.
Prakash
Ambedkar
must corrobo-
rate his statement and
prove that what he has
said is true. The BJP too
must prove that what
Prakash Ambedkar is
saying is false. If not, the
people of India will be-
gin to believe that the
BJP is truly misusing
the central agencies like
the CBI and the ED.
—Clyde Crasto, NCP
Spokesperson
...NCP asks after
VBA chief says
‘nothing wrong’ if
PM uses ED, CBI
Prakash Ambedkar

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No talk yet on bringing VBA
into MVA fold: Sharad Pawar
First India Bureau
Kolhapur: Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader Sharad Pawar on
Saturday said that no
talks have been held
among the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) constitu-
ents about taking the
VanchitBahujanAghadi
(VBA) on board, so far.
This comes days after
Uddhav Thackeray-led
ShivSena–UddhavBala-
sahebThackerayfaction
and Prakash Ambed-
kar’s VBA forged an alli-
ance for upcoming civic
polls in Maharashtra.
Pawar said the Con-
gress, Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) and
Thackeray-led Sena
will contest the upcom-
ing elections together.
He was talking to re-
porters at Kolhapur in
western Maharashtra.
Responding to a que-
ry about the Sena -UBT
and VBA’s alliance, the
former Union minister
said, “No talks were
held (in the MVA) re-
garding Prakash
Ambedkar’s VBA ahead
of the elections. We do
not know what is going
on between the two par-
ties...we will not discuss
anything over it.”
“Congress, NCP and
Thackeray-led Sena
will together contest
upcoming elections. We
have not held any dis-
cussion with Ambed-
kar,” he said.
The Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party (BJP) has re-
portedly said that it will
seek MVA’s support so
that the upcoming by-
polls to the Kasba and
Chinchwad Assembly
seats in Pune are held
unopposed.
By-elections are ne-
cessitated as the sitting
BJP MLAs from these
seats died recently
.
When asked about it,
Pawar said, “I don’t
know to whom (state
BJP chief) Chandrakant
Patil is writing a letter
about it. I have no infor-
mation on that. I don’t
know how he didn’t
think about unopposed
elections during the by-
polls in Kolhapur and
Pandharpur.”
Whenaskedaboutthe
early morning oath-tak-
ing ceremony of Deven-
dra Fadnavis and Ajit
Pawar in November
2019, the NCP president
replied, “It’s been two
years now. Why are you
raking up that topic?”
After the 2019 Assem-
bly poll results, Fad-
navis had returned as
chief minister with Ajit
Pawar as his deputy on
November 23 that year.
Both were sworn in a
hush-hush early morn-
ing ceremony, but the
government lasted only
80 hours.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar with Shiv Sena – UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray. —FILE PHOTO
No talks were held (in the MVA) regarding
Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA ahead of the elec-
tions. We do not know what is going on be-
tween the two parties...we will not discuss anything
over it. —Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party chief
NCP supremo
reiterates MVA
alliance with
Thackeray-led
Sena, Congress
for civic polls
MVA’S DOWNFALL
Teen out on walk raped by
two fake cops in Dombivli
First India Bureau
Thane: Officials are on
the hunt for two men
who allegedly raped a
17-year-old girl while
posing as police person-
nel in Thane district.
The minor had been
taking a walk with her
boyfriend near a creek
in Dombivli town of
Kalyantalukaataround
1.30 pm on Friday, when
they were accosted by
two men who claimed to
be police personnel.
The accused allegedly
first warned the minor
and her friend against
“wanderinginthearea”
and then took the girl
into a nearby forested
area, where they took
turns raping her. One
of them shot a video of
the act and threatened
to circulate it.
The traumatized vic-
tim later approached
the police and lodged a
complaint, he said.
A case under Section
376(D) (gangrape) and
other relevant provi-
sions of the Indian Pe-
nal Code, Protection of
Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) and
Information Technolo-
gy Acts has been regis-
tered. Efforts are on to
nab the accused who
are absconding, said SI
PM Bhalerao.
22-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED FOR
RAPING MINOR
Mumbai: A 22-year-old man was arrested on
Friday for allegedly raping a minor girl in Mumbai’s
Dindoshi area, a police official said on Saturday.
The complaint was filed by the victim’s mother in
the evening, following which the man, a dumper
truck driver, was nabbed, he said. The woman has
said the accused raped her daughter twice, once
in Santosh Nagar and also in Aarey colony, the
official informed. The accused has charged under
Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for rape and other
offences, the official added.
Cops to sponsor education
of five-year-old rape survivor
Mumbai (PTI): The po-
lice will sponsor the
education of a five-
year-old girl who was
sexually assaulted by a
boy in the premises of
a school in central
Mumbai earlier this
month, an official said
on Saturday.
According to the po-
lice, the child was sexu-
ally assaulted by a
15-year-old boy in the
premises of a civic
school in Madanpura
area of central Mum-
bai. The boy, who aban-
doned the child near
her house, was appre-
hended within hours of
the incident.
The girl was admitted
to a hospital and was
discharged after she re-
covered, the official
said.
As the child comes
from a poor family, of-
ficials of Nagpada po-
lice station have decid-
ed to lend a helping
hand by sponsoring her
education till Class X,
he said.
The amount will help
the child to pursue her
education till Class X,
said the official.
Officials have collected
`1.11 lakh so far and
have opened a
recurring deposit
account in her name
TRAFFIC CHAOS
Traffic was a mess at Kasegaon in Sangli district on Saturday, as workers were cutting trees for the six-laning work of the
Kagal-Satara stretch of Pune-Bangalore National Highway 48. —PHOTO BY PTI
CRUCIAL READ
BANNED TOBACCO
PRODUCTS SEIZED
ON TRAIN; 3 HELD
COPS NAB MAN
WANTED FOR 14
HOUSE BREAK-INS
LUCKY ESCAPE FOR
COPS AFTER PATROL
BOAT CAPSIZES
SENIOR CITIZEN
RUN OVER BY
TRUCK IN VASAI
Thane: Three persons have
been arrested for allegedly
smuggling banned tobacco
products worth more than
Rs3 lakh in an express train
in Thane district, police said
on Saturday. The police
seized 24 bags containing
contraband worth Rs3.58
lakh on board UP Chhapra
Express at Kalyan railway
station on Friday afternoon,
an official said. Offences
under relevant sections of
the Indian Penal Code and
Food and Security Act have
been registered. Further
investigation is underway.
Palghar: The Palghar dis-
trict police have arrested
a 24-year-old man with a
criminal record, connect-
ed with at least 14 cases
of house-breaking, an
official said. As part of the
investigation into recent
burglaries in Virar, the
police zeroed in on one
Akram Farooque Ansari
based on CCTV footage
and intelligence inputs,
said senior inspector Pra-
mod Badakh of the local
Crime Branch. The police
took arrested Ansari and
recovered jewellery and
mobile phones worth
nearly Rs3 lakh from him,
solving 14 cases, said the
official.
Palghar: A police
patrol team had a close
shave with misfortune
when their boat almost
capsized in a creek, said
an official on Saturday.
The incident occurred on
Friday afternoon in Kelva
creek. “A team of five
policemen was patrolling
the coast in a boat when
water gushed in due to
high tide,” he said. The
police personnel raised an
alarm and informed their
on-shore counterparts/ A
team rushed to the spot in
another boat and brought
them back to the shore,
informed the official.
Palghar: A 75-year-old
woman was crushed to
death on Saturday in
Vasai in Palghar district,
a police official said. The
deceased identified as
Parvati Narayan had come
to her sister’s house here
from Tamil Nadu, a police
official said. “The incident
took place in Diwanman
main circle at around 11
am. The truck was loaded
with rations and had left
from the local tehsil office.
A case has been regis-
tered and further probe is
underway,” he said.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In a relief to
real estate projects, the
Bombay High Court on
Friday partly allowed
plea of the National
Real Estate Develop-
ment Council (NARED-
CO) and directed the
State Environment Im-
pact Assessment Au-
thority (SEIAA) to de-
cide all pending propos-
als expeditiously
.
It set a deadline of
eight weeks for passing
of proposals in accord-
ance with the Develop-
ment Control and Pro-
motion Regulations
(DCPR) 2034 and Uni-
fied DCPR.
In its plea, the prop-
erty developers’ self-
regulating body had
claimed that SEIAA
was deferring environ-
mental clearance to
various pending real
estate projects. It stated
that the authority had
been citing a September
2022, email from the
registrar of the Nation-
al Green Tribunal
(NGT), following an or-
der in a case related to
Kalpataru Group.
Realty developers
had recently sought
clarification with re-
gards to the tribunal’s
order that a developer
cannot show podiums
in a building as a rec-
reational ground.
The court observed
that the NGT order was
not an impediment to
consider pending appli-
cations. The queries re-
lated to recreational
grounds were to be de-
cided by the SEIAA on
its own merits.
Partial HC relief:
8-wk deadline for
pending proposals
Property developers
had sought
clarification over a
NGT order
Bombay
High Court
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Over 10 lakh
visitors from various
states have descended
on Godri village in Jal-
gaon district—mostly
Banjara tribals repre-
senting the Gaur, Naik-
da and Labana sub-
groups—fortheongoing
Banjara Mahakumbh.
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde and his
deputy Devendra Fad-
navis also attended the
six-day affair being
held by the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sevak
(RSS), which began on
January 25-30.
This is the first-ever
such event organized by
the RSS and Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP).
With 2024 Lok Sabha
polls ahead, many see
the Mahakumbh as part
of an orchestrated
move to woo the nomad-
ic Banjara groups and
bring them under the
larger Hindu umbrella.
The unstated agenda
is checking “the conver-
sion drive” targeting
the Banjaras by Chris-
tian groups.
According to a senior
RSS functionary, “We
are relentlessly work-
ing to stop the large-
scale conversion of the
Banjaras by Christian
missionaries across the
country
. RSS and allied
organizations have con-
vened this Mahakumbh
to effectively counter
religious conversion.”
Around 3,000 members
of the RSS have been
deployed to plan and ex-
ecute the summit.
Among those ques-
tioning the Sangh push
is Haribhau Rathod, a
Banjara leader and for-
mer BJP MP who re-
cently joined the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP). De-
nying any large-scale
conversion bids in Ma-
harashtra, Rathod says:
“This is false propagan-
da.Theremayhavebeen
some cases in Andhra
and Telangana, but it’s
certainly not an issue in
Maharashtra.” InMaha-
rashtra, the Banjara
vote bank is believed to
play a decisive role in
five Lok Sabha seats—
Jalgaon, Yavatmal-
Washim, Hingoli, Latur
and Dindori—and as
many as 44 of the state’s
288 Assembly seats.
The community,
which is categorized
under Vimukta Jati No-
madic Tribe (VJNT),
enjoys 3% reservation
in government jobs and
educational institu-
tions in Maharashtra.
For the last two dec-
ades, they have been
demanding reservation
under the ST category,
which has an 8% quota
and larger benefits.
CM, Dy CM’s presence to boost tribal outreach?
BANJARA MAHAKUMBH
Intention is to secure Banjara votes for polls, says opposition.
RSS underlines the Hindu identity of
Banjara community, claims it is fighting
against conversion bids targeting them

MAHARASHTRA
03
‘Police have mishandled
missing coworker case’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: After a com-
munity health volun-
teer went missing on
Monday, workers from
Chembur and Kurla-
based health posts of
the Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(BMC) marched to the
RCF police station on
Friday afternoon. They
alleged that the police
had mishandled the
missing person case of
their coworker.
“The police have not
found much about her
in four days,” said
Prakash Devdas, Presi-
dent of the Municipal
Health Service Employ-
ees Association.
“They told us that the
last location of her
phone has been traced
to Dadar, where she was
not supposed to be.
They have not been able
to find out whether she
went there or her phone
was stolen,” he said.
He alleged that the
police have not taken
the matter seriously
and if substantial infor-
mation on her wherea-
bouts did not come
through soon, all 4,000
BMC health workers
would go on strike.
As per Rekha Kharat-
mol’s colleagues at the
Ayodhya Nagar health
post in Vashi Naka, she
had reported for duty at
9 am on January 23. Af-
ter collecting some es-
sentials, she had left the
office to make home vis-
its. However, she did not
report back at 2 pm as
she did on other days.
Over the past five
days, the Municipal
Health Service Employ-
ees Association has
contacted various high-
er officials in the police
department and the
BMC.
On Friday, some of
Kharatmol’s colleagues
and her family mem-
bers met the Senior In-
spector at RCF police
station, Babasaheb
Ghawate, who assured
them that they were in-
tensifying the search.
“We met family mem-
bers of the missing
woman on Friday and
informed them about
the investigations done
by us so far and the pro-
gress we have made.
The woman’s phone has
been traced to several
locations and the phone
is working. There is no
untoward incident and
we will soon find her,”
added Ghavate.
A civic official said
that the BMC officials
have written a letter to
the police department
to hasten the search for
Kharatmol.
The police
have not
found much
about her in four
days. They told us
that the last location
of her phone has been
traced to Dadar,
where she was not
supposed to be. They
have not been able to
find out whether she
went there or her
phone was stolen.
—Prakash Devdas,
President, Municipal Health
Service EmployeesAssociation
Civic body’s
healthcare
workers
protested by
marching to
RCF police stn
WHAT HAPPENED
Cops have not found the BMC
health worker who has been
missing since January 23.
—FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Mumbai: More than 10
lakh commuters have
already used Metro
lines 2A and 7 of the
city’s mass transit cor-
ridor in less than 10
days since they were
launched, the Mumbai
Metropolitan Region
Development Authority
(MMRDA) said in a re-
lease on Saturday
.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi launched
the two lines as part of
Phase 2 on January 19.
The ridership on the
Yellow and Red lines
has crossed the 1-crore
mark after the first
phase was commis-
sioned on April 02, 2022,
MMRDA said.
“Now, the Metro is
not just a means of
transport, it’s becom-
ing a new lifeline,” said
SVR Srinivas, metro-
politan commissioner,
MMRDA, adding that
people have begun to
switch from private ve-
hicles to the eco-friend-
ly mode of transport.
The 18.6km line 2A
connects suburban Da-
hisar (East) with the
16.5km DN Nagar (yel-
low line), while line 7
(Red) links Andheri
(East) with Dahisar
(East). A total of 22
trains provide 245 ser-
vices daily on lines 2A
and 7, said MMRDA.
The lines are expect-
ed to cut travel time be-
tween Dahisar and
Andheri and are likely
to decongest the busy
arterial roads along the
western suburbs SV
Road and Western Ex-
press Highway
.
“Almost 1,00,03,270
commuters have trav-
elled to date,” the MMR-
DA release stated.
With the inaugura-
tion of the second
phase of 2A and 7, both
lines are now fully op-
erational and connect-
ed with Ghatkopar-
Andheri-Versova line 1,
creating the first Metro
network in Mumbai
Metropolitan Region,
the authority said.
The planning body
also said that more
than 20,000 Mumbai 1
cards have been issued
in the past one week.
The card, a common
mobility initiative,
helps commuters
seamlessly hop on to
trains and BEST buses
in the city.
According to MMR-
DA, more than 75,000
users have also down-
loaded the Mumbai 1
mobile app, also
launched by the PM on
January 19, which gen-
erates QR codes for
tickets.
RIDERSHIP TOUCHES 10L SINCE LAUNCH OF PHASE 2: MMRDA
METRO LINES 2A 7
PM inaugurated
the second phase
of the mass
transit corridor
on January 19
MMRDA’s metropolitan commissioner SVR Srinivas shows the
travel card for the newly launched Mumbai metro Lines 2A and 7,
in Mumbai on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Almost
1,00,03,270
commuters
have travelled to date.
—MMRDA release stated
Crane hook hits local
train,motorman injured
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The metal
hook attached to a
crane crashed into
the front part of a
suburban train in the
wee hours of Satur-
day, leaving the
train’s motorman
with a minor head in-
jury, officials said.
The incident oc-
curred around 12.55
am on Platform One
at Naigaon station in
Palghar district,
when the last Virar-
bound local from
Mumbai was arriving
there, Sumit Thakur,
chief spokesperson
of the Western Rail-
way said.
“A block was
planned at the
Naigaon station for
the erection of lift
steel columns, for
which the crane was
being positioned par-
allel to the track.
There was a sudden
commotion and stone-
pelting, during which
the crane operator
was injured,” he said.
Around the same
time, a Virar-bound
local train was enter-
ing the station. The
crane operator’s inju-
ry had made it diffi-
cult for him to control
his equipment, and
the crane’s hook hit
the glass frame of the
local train, leaving a
slight dent in the
frame, he also said.
The motorman re-
ceived a minor injury
and was administered
first-aid. Subsequent-
ly, the train was emp-
tied and taken to Vi-
rar car shed, the offi-
cial said.
While the official
called it an “unfortu-
nate incident”, mem-
bers of the motorman
community, however,
expressed concern
over their safety.
A motorman said
that it was a narrow
escape for the passen-
gers and crew of the
local train as it could
have led to a major ac-
cident if the train
was not slow. The in-
cident also highlights
how the works are un-
dertaken bypassing
the safety guidelines,
he said.
Official calls it
‘unfortunate event’,
staffers say ‘narrow
escape’ could have
been a lot worse
WR operates nearly 1,385 suburban services on a daily basis
and ferries more than 30 lakh commuters. —FILE PHOTO
COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER
Commander Pierre-Alban Pancrazi,
under whose command French
Navy Ship ‘Marne’ was on a
goodwill visit to Mumbai January
21-28, called on Vice Admiral
Krishna Swaminathan, Chief of
Staff, Western Naval Command
and discussed subjects of mutual
interest, the Navy said in a release.
FNS ‘Marne’ is part of the Carrier
Strike Group (CSG) of the French
nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier
‘Charles de Gaulle’.
135 acres of NTC
mill land could be
opened up for devt
State Board loses shine;
Mum parents keen on IB,
CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE edu
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The land of
nine textile mills owned
by the National Textile
Corporation (NTC) is
expected to be released
for redevelopment in
the near future.
A very small por-
tion—13.8 acres—is oc-
cupied by 11 chawls in
which mill workers
live. NTC has under-
taken the redevelop-
ment of the chawls as a
first step, leading to
anticipation that the
remaining mill land
will soon be sold on the
open market.
According to offi-
cials, NTC will open up
the remaining 135 acres
for residential and com-
mercial exploitation af-
ter the chawl redevelop-
ment is over. “Of the 25
NTC mills, eight have
already been sold or dis-
posed of while five mills
are still running,” said
an official from the
state government.
NTC has entered into
joint ventures for four
of them. There could be
plans for commercial
exploitation of these
mills lands but only af-
ter the rehabilitation of
mill workers, he added.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
has received a stagger-
ing 4,100 applications
for the 868 seats avail-
able in Mumbai’s pub-
lic schools that offer
Central Board of Sec-
ondary Education
(CBSE), Indian Certifi-
cate of Secondary Edu-
cation (ICSE), Interna-
tional General Certifi-
cate of Secondary Edu-
cation (IGCSE) and In-
ternational Baccalau-
reate (IB) curricula for
the academic year
2023-24.
To ensure a fair pro-
cess, the seats will be
allotted through a lot-
tery system, likely to
be held in February, of-
ficials said.
The city has 11 pub-
lic schools, offering
CBSE curriculum, and
one each offering the
ICSE, IGCSE and IB
curriculum. All the ap-
plications received are
for entry-level admis-
sion, as all other class-
es are now full.
Starting this year,
the civic body will only
be conducting entry-
level admissions in
public schools offering
a non-state board cur-
riculum, a BMC offi-
cial said.
The CBSE and ICSE
curricula are known
for their focus on criti-
cal thinking and prob-
lem-solving skills,
while the IGCSE and
IB curricula are also
gaining popularity for
their international
perspective and em-
phasis on creativity
and innovation. Some portion of land is occupied by 11 chawls. —FILE PHOTO
WELL-ROUNDED

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not let any unwholesome
talk come out of your mouths,
but only what is helpful for
building others up according
to their needs, that it may
benefit those who listen.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Welcome and thank Hon’ble @
rashtrapatibhvn Smt. Droupadi Murmu
ji for renaming the iconic gardens at the
President House as ‘Amrit Udyan.’ This
new name not only shreds yet another
symbol of colonial relic but also reflects
India’s aspirations for the #AmritKaal.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Regards on the birth anniversary
of Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai ji,
the unshakable pillar of the freedom
movement, the lamp illuminated by
national new-consciousness and
who sacrificed his everything for a
harmonious society. Your contribution
towards building an egalitarian society
will be remarkable.
TOP TWEETS
TYPICAL MASS
SHOOTERS ARE IN
THEIR 20s AND 30s
he two men who shot
dead 18 people in sep-
arate incidents just
days apart in Califor-
nia are the latest per-
petrators in America’s long his-
tory of mass gun violence. But
something about these public
shootings, and the men held re-
sponsible, stands out.
The median age of mass shoot-
ers in the United States is 32. Yet
the man who is alleged to have
shot dead 11 people in Monterey
Park on Jan. 21, 2023, before turn-
ing the gun on himself was 72
yearsold–theoldestmassshooter
in modern American history
, our
recordsshow.Meanwhile,thegun-
man who took the lives of seven
more in Half Moon Bay two days
later was also older than most —
66, the third-oldest in history
.
We are criminologists who
builtadatabaseof 191massshoot-
ers using public data. The shoot-
ers in our records date back to
1966 and are coded on nearly 200
different variables, including age
atthetimeof attack.Ourresearch
shows that mass shootings – de-
fined here as events in which four
ormorepeoplearekilledinapub-
licplacewithnounderlyingcrim-
inal activity – have become more
frequent, and deadly
, over time.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
T
ndia and Egypt on
January 26, 2023,
‘74th Republic
Day’ reiterated
support for the
Non-Aligned Movement. In a
jointstatementissuedafterthe
end of bilateral engagements
for President Abdel Fattah el-
Sisi, who was the chief guest
at the Republic Day parade at
Kartavya Path, both countries
expressed desire for exchange
of technology between their
defence industries.
“The two countries reaf-
firmed their commitment to
multilateralism, the princi-
ples of the United Nations
Charter,internationallaw,the
founding values of the Non-
Aligned Movement, and re-
spect for the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of all
states,” they said in the joint
statement. Sisi arrived here
on January 24, 2023 and held
restrictedanddelegation-level
talks at the Hyderabad House,
where he and PM Modi hailed
bilateral diplomatic relations
between India and Egypt.
India and Egypt agreed to
“initiate new engagements to
intensify military-to-military
engagements” and planned
more joint exercises between
the armed forces of the two
countries.Thejointstatement
expressed support to safe-
guard cultural principles and
said, “The two sides take into
considerationtheculturaland
socialsensitivitiesof allstates
and, in this regard, they
agreedtoworktogethertopro-
mote and safeguard these ba-
sicprinciplesthroughregular
consultations and coordina-
tion at bilateral and multilat-
eral levels.” The two govern-
ments agreed to fight terror-
ism in all forms, “including
cross-border terrorism” and
intensify consultation be-
tween their respective Na-
tional Security Councils.
WALK THE TALK LIKE EGYPTIAN-INDIAN TIES
I
MONI SHARMA
The writer is Editor (News) in
First India, Jaipur
he Art and Craft of writing
Autobiographies and Biogra-
phies arrived in India in the
first decade of 20th century
.
DILIP HIRO BABAR
NAMA WROTE
Dilip Hiro in his Preface to
Babar Nama, writes, “While
numerous rulers in the world
established dynasties, Zahir
Uddin Babar has the distinc-
tion of being the only known
founder of a leading dynasty
who kept a journal.” Babar
wrote in Turkish. His grand-
son, Akbar (1556-1605) had it
translated into Persian.
The manuscript fortunate-
ly survived. Those of Kalidas
did not. Kabir was, broadly
speaking illiterate but most
of his dohas and ‘poems’ sur-
vive. For centuries the oral
preceded the written in In-
dia. Alas! Very few Indians
have private libraries. I im-
plored my IFS colleagues and
friends to do so. All in vain.
Exceptions no doubt exist.
That is not good enough.
From my early teens I have
been a voracious reader and
buyer of books. Today I have
a library of 6,000 books. Au-
tobiographies and biogra-
phies fill many shelves.
NEHRU IN ONE
OF HIS BOOKS...
Jawaharlal Nehru in one of
his books wrote, “For me the
absence of books would be
greatest deprivation.” I could
say the same about myself.
Many of my literary friends
were eminent authors. EM
Forster, Mulk Raj Anand, RK
Narayan, Raja Rao, Ahmed
Ali (Twighting Light in Del-
hi), Thakazi Sivesenkare Pil-
lai, Santha Rama Rau, Han
Suyin, Amrit Rai, Nirad C
Choudhary. They have all
passed away. I am myself in
my 94th year.
C RAJAGOPALACHARI’S
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
I got to know C Rajago-
palachari (Rajaji) well. I kept
pestering him to write his
autobiography
, but he did not
agree. It would have in sev-
eral ways a gem- What a life.
Besides he wrote superb Eng-
lish, politically he was very
near to Gandhiji and close
colleagues of Sardar Patel,
Nehru, Rajendra Prasad,
Abul Kalam Azad, Sarojini
Naidu. It is a thousand pities
that Sardar Patel did not
write his autobiography
.
GANDHIJI’S
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Gandhiji’s autobiography,
“The Story of My Experienc-
es with Truth”, came out in
1927. The original was in Gu-
jrati. His secretary and close
confident Mahadev Desai
translated it into English. I do
not have the exact figures, but
the book sold in lakhs and
was translated into many lan-
guages. I bought my copy in
August 1945. In the last chap-
ter, “farewell” he wrote, “The
time has now come to bring
these chapters to a close.
“My life from this point on-
ward has been public that
there is hardly anything
about it that people do not
know….In bidding farewell
to the reader, for the time be-
ing at any rate, I ask him to
join with me in prayer to the
God of Truth that He grant
me the boon of Ahimsa in
mind, word and deed.”
“AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY”
BY NEHRU
In my judgement, between
1936 and 2023 three outstand-
ing autobiographies, written
in English are: “An Autobiog-
raphy” by Jawaharlal Nehru,
publishedinLondonin1936.It
is still selling. In the summer
of 1912Nehruwascalledtothe
Bar. In the early winter of the
year he let for India “…….But
now I returned for good, and I
am afraid, as I landed in Bom-
bay
, I was a bit of a prig with
little to command me.”
NIRAD C CHAUDHARY’S
WRITE UP
The next is Nirad C Chaud-
hary’s “The Autobiography
of An Unknown Indian”,
published in London in 1951.
It created a sensation. Its
dedication caused the author
no end of trouble. It reads,
“To the memory of the Brit-
ish Empire in India which
conformed subjecthood on us
but without citizenship; to
which yet every one of us
throughout the challenge.
‘Civics Britanicus Sum’, be-
cause all that was gone and
living within us was made,
shaped and quickened the
same British Empire.”
TheIndianEditionwaspub-
lished by Jaico. The 32nd in
2013. Nirad C Chaudhary died
in Oxford in 1999 having been
born in 1897. The third is S.
Gopal’s biography of his fa-
ther, Dr S Radhakrishnan. Go-
pal was an eminent historian,
educated at Oxford. For over a
decade he was Director of the
HistoricalDivisionintheMin-
istry of External Affairs.
GOPAL’S BIOGRAPHY OF
HIS FATHER
Gopal’s biography of his fa-
ther was published in 1989, by
University Press, Oxford.
Paragraph one of chapter one
is staggering. “The future
President of India was born
on 20th September 1887. His
parents, Sarvapalli Veeras-
wamy and Sitmma were a
poor Brahmin couple. There
is doubt if Veeraswamy was
his father…..” Intellectual en-
dowment and physical ap-
pearance both suggested that
Radhakrishnan belonged to a
different stock. Rad-
hakrishnan himself accepted
this version, and critical of
his mother’s conduct, always,
throughout her long life, kept
her at a distance. But he was
attached to the man who
passed for his father.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
REFLECTIONS ON THE
WAYOFSTORYTELLING
T
The Indian Edition was
published by Jaico. The
32nd in 2013. Nirad C
Chaudhary died in Oxford
in 1999 having been born in
1897. The third is S. Gopal’s
biography of his father, DR
S Radhakrishnan. Gopal
was an eminent historian,
educated at Oxford.
For over a decade he was
Director of the Historical
Division in the Ministry of
External Affairs. Gopal’s
biography of his father was
published in 1989, by
University Press, Oxford.
Paragraph one of chapter
one is staggering
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
The manuscript fortunately survived. Those of
Kalidas did not. Kabir was, broadly speaking
illiterate but most of his dohas and ‘poems’
survive. For centuries the oral preceded the
written in India. Alas! Very few Indians have
private libraries. I implored my IFS colleagues
and friends to do so. All in vain. Exceptions no
doubt exist. That is not good enough
For me the absence of books would be greatest
deprivation. I could say the same about myself.
Many of my literary friends were eminent
authors. EM Forster, Mulk Raj Anand, RK Narayan,
Raja Rao, Ahmed Ali (Twighting Light in Delhi), Thakazi
Sivesenkare Pillai, Santha Rama Rau, Han Suyin, Amrit
Rai, Nirad C Choudhary. They have all passed away. I
am myself in my 94th year.—NATWAR SINGH

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INDIA
Guwahati (Agencies):
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
on Saturday said that
women should give
birth to children before
they attain 30 years of
age. Sarma was speak-
ing at a function at
Sankardev Kalakhetra
in Guwahati.
Addressing the wom-
en present at the func-
tion, he said, “We are
trying to stop child
marriage because if
you give birth to chil-
dren at a very young
age, you would face
problems. Similarly, if
you do the same thing
after reaching a higher
age, like 30 or 35,
there must be complica-
tions. Many people
keep delaying these
things, and it gives rise
to problems.”
The Chief Minister
also proposed an ‘ideal
age’ for women to give
birth between the ages
of 22 and 30.
“Neither less nor
more than that is a good
age for giving birth to
children because the
human body has cer-
tain basic things. God
has made our bodies
like that. So I suggest
that girls who have not
married yet complete it
at the earliest,” Chief
Minister Sarma added.
Hubballi (PTI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Saturday asked
the youth to join in na-
tion building and en-
sure that when India
celebrates its centenary
year of independence
in 2047, it is number one
in every field.
Hecalledontheyouth
to take a resolve for pro-
gress in their personal
lives and also to contrib-
ute towards nation
building in some field.
“When we celebrate
centenary year of inde-
pendence in 2047, in eve-
ry field this great nation
of ours should be num-
ber one. To build such a
nation, you the youth
must join hands on ap-
peal of PM Modi and
contribute in building a
great India,” he said.
Speaking at the plati-
numjubileecelebrations
of BVBhoomaraddiCol-
legeandafterinaugurat-
ing an indoor stadium at
thecampus,helistedout
progress made by the
countryinvariousfields
and strong foundations
laid by the government
for development in a
number of areas.
Karnataka CM Basa-
varaj Bommai, who is
also an alumni of the
college; Union Minister
Pralhad Joshi, senior
BJP leader BS Yedi-
yurappa, several minis-
ters, and MLAs were
present at the event.
Asking students to
read about the freedom
struggle and sacrifice
made by the people for
the country, Shah said,
“Everyone is not fortu-
nate to sacrifice their
lives for the sake of the
country like our sol-
diers do. We may not
sacrifice our lives for
the country, but we can
live our lives for the
sake of this nation.”
First India Bureau
Kathua: Union Minis-
ter of State (MoS) Dr
Jitendra Singh on Sat-
urday called for change
of mindset to avail
StartUp opportunities
knocking at their door.
Speaking after inau-
gurating the “Young
Start-Up Conclave” at
Kathua in Jammu and
Kashmir organised by
CSIR, Ministry of Sci-
ence and Technology,
Dr Singh said, the gov-
ernment job mind-set is
proving an impediment
to Start-Up culture,
mainly in North India.
Referring to Four
Success Stories of
Youths, who narrated
their experiences, in-
cluding two B-Techs
and one Mechanical En-
gineer, who quit their
jobs for Start-Up
Ventures, Dr Jitendra
Singh pointed out that
“Purple Revolution”
spearheaded by him
through CSIR
became part of the Re-
public Day Parade Tab-
leaux, thus earned
countrywide recogni-
tion and popularity
.
Dr Singh pointed out
that the ‘Purple Revolu-
tion’ originating from
Jammu Kashmir of-
fers attractive Start-Up
avenues and those who
have entered the laven-
der sector are making a
fortune out of it. He
said, it is important to
take note of some of the
exemplary instances of
many young entrepre-
neurs who are seen
quitting their lucrative
jobs in the MNCs to es-
tablish their own Start-
Ups, as these young en-
trepreneurs are now
beginning to realise the
possibility of greater
fortunes in this.
The Minister also un-
derlined that JK has
huge unexplored poten-
tial of Agri-tech Start-
ups as the geography
and climatic conditions
here favour the cultiva-
tion of medicinal and
aromatic plants.
Dr Jitendra Singh in-
formed that the Biotech
KISAN Hub has rejuve-
nated over 40 orchards
till date in Jammu and
Kashmir under rejuve-
nation of apple or-
chards, where a very
innovative methodolo-
gy has been used to
transform the old or-
chards. The Minister
promised full help
by DBT and CSIR for
setting up of Agritech
Start-ups.
The Minister exhort-
ed the Youth of Jammu
and Kashmir not to
miss the Start-Up Bus,
which is playing a cru-
cial role in India’s
Technological Eco-
nomic Journey to
emerge as a Frontline
Nation in the World.
Change your mindset to avail Start-Up opportunities: Dr Singh
YOUNG START-UP CONCLAVE
lll
MoS exhorts
youth not to miss
the Start-Up Bus,
which is playing a
crucial role in
India’s
Technological
Economic Journey
to emerge as a
Frontline Nation in
the World
Make India No. 1 in every
field by 2047: Amit Shah
Union HM calls upon youth to contribute towards nation building
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at University of Agricultural Sciences, in Dharwad on Saturday.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and other dignitaries also present.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with PDP President Mehbooba Mufti and her daughter Iltija Mufti
during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, at Awantipora in Pulwama, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Srinagar (PTI): Con-
gress’ rally in Kashmir
on January 30 after the
Bharat Jodo Yatra ends
is “not a coalition build-
ing exercise” or to build
a platform for the 2024
Lok Sabha polls, Jairam
Ramesh said.
To a question at a
press conference on
whether some Opposi-
tion leaders such as
that of the Samajwadi
Party, Bahujan Samaj
Party, and Trinamool
Congress not attending
the event would be a set-
back, he said “No, abso-
lutely not.”
“I believe somebody
from the BSP is coming.
I am not entirely sure.
But, I do not see the ab-
sence of anybody who
has been invited as a
setback. They may have
other preoccupations,”
Ramesh claimed.
“Jan30rallynotformaking
platformforLS2024polls”
New Delh (PTI): The
BJP on Saturday an-
nounced its first list of
48 candidates for the
Tripura Assembly
polls, fielding Union
minister Pratima Bhou-
mik from Dhanpur.
State Chief Minister
Manik Saha has been
nominated as a BJP
candidate from Town
Bordowali. Party lead-
ers Anil Baluni and
Sambit Patra on Satur-
day announced the
BJP's candidates for the
Tripura assembly polls
at a press conference in
the party headquarters
here. Bhoumik is a Un-
ion minister in the BJP-
led government at the
Centre. She is an MP
from Tripura.
In the last assembly
polls in 2018, the BJP for
the time had formed a
government in Tripura,
considered the left bas-
tion. The CPI(M) had
ruled the state unabat-
ed for 25 years.
The BJP top brass
was in talks with TI-
PRA, a regional party
founded by former Con-
gress leader and royal
scion Pradyot Deb Bar-
man, for a prepoll alli-
ance, which has now
been ruled out.
BJP releases list of
48 candidates for
Tripura elections
Kolkata (Agencies):
Leader of Opposition in
West Bengal, Suvendu
Adhikari, on Saturday
alleged that the state
govt diverted central
funds allocated for mid-
daymeal(MDM)scheme
to pay compensation to
families of the 2022 Bog-
tui carnage victims.
In a series of tweets,
Adhikari said: “CM @
MamataOfficial paid
compensation to the vic-
tims’ kin; burnt alive in
the Bogtui carnage at
Birbhum District, from
the Mid Day Meal funds.
Doing charity for photo
op, that too by misusing
Central Govt funds
meant for food nutri-
tion of school children!
It’s a financial crime.
“She’s swindling
MDM funds has cast
her evil eyes on the
nourishment of poor
students. I will inform
Hon’ble Union Educa-
tion Minister; Shri @
dpradhanbjp Ji about
the financial trans-
gression request
him to initiate legal
action against the CM,
Chief Secretary
Birbhum DM.”
“WB govt diverted
MDM funds to
compensate
Bogtui victims”
Womenshouldgivebirthtochild
between 22 30 years: Sarma
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Srinagar: Rahul Gandhi’s
Burberry T-shirt and his
scraggly beard, V D Savarkar
and north India’s chilling
winters, the Kathua rape
and Covid… As the curtains
fall, the Bharat Jodo Yatra
replays in a patchwork of
issues personal and the
overtly political with contro-
versies aplenty to ensure the
spotlight seldom wavered.
The Yatra started from the
southern tip of the country
on September 7 and ends on
January 30 in Srinagar.
Awantipora: The Congress
must be the “fulcrum” of any
Opposition alliance to take
on the BJP
in 2024 Lok
Sabha as no
coalition can
be “mean-
ingful” or
“relevant” with-
out it, Jairam Ramesh said on
Saturday. The Congress leader
also said that in his view, the
Congress should be preparing
to fight on its own in every
state in the 2029 LS polls.
CONTROVERSIES AND
BARBS KEPT
SPOTLIGHT ON BJY
RAHUL GANDHI PAYS FLORAL TRIBUTE TO
MARTYRS OF PULWAMA TERROR ATTACK
Srinagar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
on Saturday paid floral tribute to the
martyrs of 2019 Pulwama terror attack
at Lethpora. He stopped the Yatra for a
while at Lethpora in Pulwama and laid
a flower bouquet at the spot where 40
CRPF jawans were killed in the terrorist
attack. Rahul Gandhi had resumed Yatra
from Chersoo village in Anantnag district.
NO COALITION
POSSIBLE WITHOUT
CONGRESS: RAMESH
ASSAM CM HANDS OVER APPOINTMENT
LETTERS OF GOVT JOBS TO 1200 PEOPLE
PM HAS GIVEN ALL
OPPORTUNITIES TO
YOUTH: AMIT SHAH
Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
on Saturday distributed appointment letters to over 1,200 peo-
ple who got jobs in various government departments. Among
the candidates were appointees on compassionate grounds
who are family members of police personnel killed in action
since 1988. “Happy to distribute appointment letters to 1,208
selected candidates for Health Family Welfare and Home
Political departments at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati.
With 41,710 appointments so far, we are marching towards
our goal of providing 1 lakh Govt jobs,” Sarma tweeted later.
Hubballi: Amit Shah on
Saturday appealed the
youth that PM has given
them all the opportunities
to make India number one
in the world. “If you can’t
sacrifice your life for the
country then live your life
for your nation and make
it the number one country
in the world. PM Modi has
given you all opportunities
to do that,” Shah said.
SHAH HITS OUT AT CONGRESS AND
JD(SECULAR) FOR DYNASTY POLITICS
Kundgol: Amit Shah on Saturday took part in a
road show here, as part of Karnataka BJP’s ‘Vijaya
Sankalp Abhiyan’, in the
run-up to the Assembly polls
in the state, due by May. Tar-
geting the opposition Con-
gress and JD(Secular) and
accusing them of dynasty
politics and corruption, he sought support for the BJP
to form a govt with full majority in Karnataka. Shah
took part in the road show on a specially decorated
open vehicle, for over a km distance from Basavanna
Devara Matha to Gali Mariyamma temple here.
FOREST OFFICER
GETS 5-YEAR JAIL
IN ASSETS CASE
MAN’S DETENTION
UPHELD IN GOLD
SMUGGLING CASE
Mangaluru (PTI): A range
forest officer in Karnataka
has been sentenced to five
years imprisonment and
slapped a fine of Rs 1.5
crore in a disproportionate
assets case. S Raghava
Patali, a resident of Dere-
bail Konchady, range forest
officer of Sahyadri zone of
Belthangady in Dakshina
Kannada district, was con-
victed and sentenced to
jail by the third additional
district and sessions (spe-
cial) court. If Patali fails to
pay the fine, he will have to
undergo one more year of
simple imprisonment.
Kochi (PTI): The Kerala
High Court has upheld the
preventive detention of a
man under COFEPOSA Act
in a gold smuggling case.
Abdul Raoof, accused of
smuggling gold worth over
Rs 7 crore through the Co-
chin port by the Director-
ate of Revenue Intelligence
in 2021, was detained
under the Conservation of
Foreign Exchange and Pre-
vention of Smuggling Ac-
tivities (COFEPOSA) Act. A
division bench comprising
Justices Anil K Narendran
and PG Ajithkumar upheld
the detention of Raoof.
Muzaffarnagar (PTI): In a major relief to Samajwadi Party
MLA Nahid Hasan, a special MP/MLA court acquitted
him in a 2019 attempt to murder
case due to lack of evidence. Special
judge Surender Kumar acquitted
Hasan and one Haider Ali on Friday
on the grounds that the prosecution
failed to prove the case against them,
Hasan’s counsel Rashid Ali Chauhan
said on Saturday. Chouhan said he had pleaded before the
court in Kairana in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district that the
charges against the accused have not been proven.
COURT ACQUITS SP LEGISLATOR NAHID
HASSAN IN ATTEMPT TO MURDER CASE
IN THE COURTYARD
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addressing media
persons. —FILE PHOTO
Swami Prasad Maurya
with Akhilesh Yadav.
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh addressing at the inauguration of “Young
Start-Up Conclave” organised by CSIR in Kathua on Saturday.
Lucknow (ANI):
Samajwadi Party
Member of Legisla-
tive Council (MLC)
Swami Prasad Mau-
rya met the SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav at
the Party office on
Saturday amid row
over his remarks on
Ramacharitmanas.
Refusing to apolo-
gise for his remarks
on the holy book of
Hindus, SP MLC
Maurya said that
the party is seeking
justiceforthesched-
uled castes, sched-
uled tribes and the
backward classes of
the country
.
Ramcharitmanas
remarks: Swami
Prasad Maurya
meets Akhilesh
HIGHLIGHTS
Chief Minister Manik
Saha fielded from
Town Bordowali seat
Union Minister Pra-
tima Bhoumik fielded
from Dhanpur seat

06
INDIA
Hyderabad: Union
Minister of Culture,
Tourism and the Devel-
opment of the North
Eastern Region, G Kis-
han Reddy attended the
InceptionMeetingof the
G-20 Start-up 20 Engage-
ment Group at the Taj
Krishna in Hyderabad
on Saturday
. The meet-
ing was also attended by
the Union Minister of
State for Commerce and
Industry, Som Prakash,
Sherpa of the G-20, Am-
itabh Kant, CEO of NITI
Aayog, Parameshwaran
Iyer, officers of the Min-
istry of Commerce and
Industry and delegates
from the G-20 nations,
special invitees from
the observer countries,
representatives from
various multilateral or-
ganisations and the
Global and Indian start-
up ecosystem.
Addressing the dele-
gates and the partici-
pants under the theme
‘Innovating for Amrit
Kaal, India @ 2047’, he
said, “True to its theme,
this G-20 under India’s
presidency aims to set
the course for acting re-
sponsibly, aiming for
joint cooperation and
achieving and sharing
our successes.”
G Kishan Reddy also
spoke about the start-up
ecosystem in India. He
said “India is the ideal
location for today’s
start-up engagement
group as we have close
to 85,000 registered
start-ups with 100 plus
unicorns at a combined
valuation of $350 billion
dollars. With the third
highest number of uni-
corns in the world, it is
only a matter of time
before India leads this
list”. “Through our
start-ups, our youth
wants to become job
creators instead of be-
ing job seekers. Our
startups are innovating,
investing and inventing
new products and expe-
riences. The success of
our startups ecosystem
symbolises the passion,
progress and the priori-
ty of the government in
encouraging and hand
holding these startups.
Our large talent pool
and our demographic
dividend makes India
an ideal investment lo-
cation,” he added.
Reddyalsospokeabout
the various initiatives
takenbytheGovernment
of India in fostering a vi-
brant innovation and
start-up Ecosystem.
INDIA IS EMERGING AS THE LAND
OF JOB CREATORS: MoS G REDDY
India has 85,000 registered startups 100 plus unicorns at a valuation of $350 billion
G Kishan Reddy, Amitabh Kant other officials at the Inception Meeting of the G-20 Start-up 20
Engagement Group at the Taj Krishna in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Hyderabad (ANI):
India has third highest
number of startups in
the world, said Union
Minister G Kishan
Reddy on Saturday.
“Our youths want to
become job creators
instead of job hold-
ers. The success of
Indian startups shows
our youths’ passion,”
G Kishan Reddy said.
Amitabh Kant, G20
Sherpa at the inaugural
session said, “Startups
of today are solving
problems of education,
health, agricultural
productivity etc for one
billion people for India
and also for the world”
Kant further said that
earlier, opening a bank
account in India took
8-9 months whereas
today, it’s possible
within a minute using
biometrics. “For last 4
years, we do more fast
payments compared to
US, Europe and China,”
Kant added.
INDIA HAS THIRD
HIGHEST NUMBER
OF STARTUPS IN
THE WORLD: REDDY
New Delhi (ANI):
Amid ruckus outside
the Delhi University’s
Arts faculty building,
the Vice Chancellor of
the University has
formed a seven-member
panel to conduct a probe
into the matter.
This committee have
been formed to enforce
discipline and maintain
law and order on cam-
pus. The committee,
headed by DU Proctor
Rajini Abbi, has been
asked to submit its re-
port to Vice Chancellor
Yogesh Singh by 5 pm on
January 30.
“The other members
of the committee in-
cludeProfessorAjayKu-
mar Singh of the De-
partment of Commerce,
Professor Manoj Kumar
Singh, Joint Proctor,
Professor Sanjoy Roy of
the Dept of Social Work,
Professor Rama, Princi-
pal of Hansraj College,
Professor Dinesh Khat-
tar, Principal of Kirori-
mal College, and Gaje
Singh, Chief Security
Officer. The Committee
may specifically look
into the incident of the
27th of January, 2023
which occurred outside
the Faculty of Arts and
opposite gate No. 4, Uni-
versity of Delhi,” DU
said in a notice.
BBC DOCUMENTARY ROW
7-member panel to
proberuckusoutside
DU’s Arts Faculty
Police detain members of Bhim Army Student Federation.
Aligarh (ANI): Uttar
Pradesh police has reg-
istered an FIR over 'Al-
lah Hu Akbar' slogans
purportedly raised in-
side the Aligarh Muslim
University on the occa-
sion of Republic Day
.
The slogans were al-
legedly raised by a stu-
dent dressed as a NCC-
cadet. An FIR was filed
under Sections 153B
and 505 of the Indian
Penal Code at the Civil
Line Police Station in
this connection. Police
has initated a probe
into the incident and
will also conduct a fo-
rensic investigation to
check to the authentici-
ty of the sloganeering
video which went viral
on the internet.
On Friday a com-
plaint was lodged by Yo-
gesh Varshney, a resi-
dent of Bannadevi un-
der Civil Line Police
Station. In the com-
plaint, he alleged that
anti-national slogans
were raised by a NCC
cadet at the AMU on
January 26, said Kul-
deep Singh Gunawat,
Aligarh City SP
.
Police lodges FIR over religious slogan
Ayodhya (ANI): A two-
day meeting of the Ram
Mandir building con-
struction committee
will commence on Sat-
urday in Ayodhya to re-
view the progress made
in the temple construc-
tion. A decision will
also be taken regarding
the shape and stone of
the permanent idol of
Lord Ramlala.
Nripendra Mishra,
the chairman of the
building construction
committee has already
left for the Shri Ram
Janmabhoomi site from
Ayodhya circuit house
on Saturday morning
for the meeting.
The meeting will con-
tinue for two days at the
Viswamitra Ashram
present at the Ram Jan-
nabhoomi temple site.
The construction of
the temple of Lord Ram
in Ayodhya is going on
at a fast pace.
New Delhi (ANI): The
person who was
dragged for about 350
metres atop the car in
Keshav Puram, suc-
cumbed to injuries, of-
ficials said on Saturday
.
Earlier on Thursday,
a four-wheeler allegedly
hit two persons on a
scooter and dragged the
biker on its roof for
about 350 metres in
north-west Delhi’s Kes-
hav Puram area, leav-
ing the pillion rider
dead on the spot.
The driver was under
treatment, and has now
succumbed to his inju-
ries in the hospital.
Man hit by car,
dragged 350m
in Delhi; dies
2-day meeting of Ram Temple
building committee starts
Excise department team
attackedinBihar’sArrah
Bhojpur (ANI): The
excise department
and the police team,
which went to raid
for illegal liquor in
Arrah, was attacked
by the liquor mafia
with bricks and
stones, during which
11 policemen were in-
jured, informed the
police on Saturday
.
The injured are be-
ing treated at
Jagdishpur sub-divi-
sion hospital. Mean-
while, three police
vehicles were also
damaged during the
stone-pelting.
The incident oc-
curred in the Maha-
dalit Tola of Ghagha
village located in Dul-
heinganj of the Jag-
dishpur police sta-
tion area.
Police have also ar-
rested four accused.
The police received
information about il-
legal liquor manufac-
turing late Thursday
evening after which
the excise depart-
ment team reached
for the raid.
Product Inspector Chaudhary Surya Bhushan and 11 others
were injured i Bihar’s Arrah on Saturday.
Bihar: Three policemen
were injured after liquor
smugglers attacked a
police party in Chhapra on
Saturday. The police party
was apparently returning
after arresting a liquor
smuggler in the Masoom
Ganj area. After seizing the
illicit liquor and arresting
the smuggler, the police
party was attacked by three
to four smugglers. During
the attack, the smugglers
fired on the police. Accord-
ing to the police, the three
injured police personnel
have been admitted to the
Sadar Hospital and are
undergoing treatment.
Patna: Former Bihar CM
Jitan Ram Manjhi on
Saturday demanded lifting of
liquor ban in the state as it is
impacting foreign tourists'
arrival and foreign exchange
earnings. Manjhi, while ad-
dressing a gathering during
Budha Mahotsava in Bodh
Gaya, claimed that Bihar
is losing huge amounts of
foreign exchange earnings
due to liquor ban.
POLICE PARTY
ATTACKED BY
LIQUOR SMUGGLERS
‘LIFT LIQUOR BAN IN
BIHAR TO ATTRACT
FOREIGN TOURISTS’
NEW ACT RENAMING INDIA INTL
ARBITRATION CENTRE INTO FORCE
New Delhi (ANI): An Act that renames the New Delhi
International Arbitration Centre to the India Interna-
tional Arbitration Centre has now come into force. In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2)
of section 1 of the New Delhi International Arbitration
Centre (Amendment) Act, 2022 (23 of 2022), the
Central Government hereby appoints the 27th day of
January 2023 as the date on which the said Act shall
come into force, reads the notification.
—Image for representational purpsoe
POLICE NABS MAN
FOR THREATENING
BLASTS ON R-DAY
WOMAN, 2 KIDS
FOUND DEAD
NEAR RLY TRACKS
MAOIST KILLED IN
GUNFIGHT WITH
SECURITY FORCES
2 CONSTABLES
SUSPENDED FOR
BEATING MINOR
Ballia: A man here has
been detained by the
Gujarat Police for allegedly
threatening to cause a seri-
al bomb blast in Ahmed-
abad on Republic Day,
police said on Saturday.
The family members of the
accused, however, claimed
that he was being framed.
SHO of Maniyar police
station Praveen Singh
said a team of Gujarat
Police personnel took Om
Prakash Paswan in their
custody on Friday night.
New Delhi: Three bodies,
including that of a woman
and two children, with in-
juries on their heads were
found near railway tracks
in northwest Delhi's Narela
area, police said on Satur-
day. A senior police officer
from railway division
said they have recovered
three bodies. The case is
now being investigated
by the outer north district
police, he said.
Chatra: A Maoist was
killed in a gunfight
with security forces in
Jharkhand’s Chatra district
on Saturday, police said.
The encounter between
security forces and Maoist
took place in a forest
adjacent to Kariman-
dar-Butkuiya village, some
250 km from the state
capital Ranchi, police said.
Chatra SP Rakesh Ranjan
said that CRPF and district
police teams were on their
anti-Maoist movement.
Jamnagar: Two police
constables have been
suspended in Gujarat's
Jamnagar for allegedly
beating a minor. Address-
ing reporters, the DSP
Prem Sukh Delu said
that the minor's parents
personally complained
to him against two con-
stables Hitesh Chavda
and Vanraj Khavad that
they had beaten their
17-year-old son.
Mumbai: Rakhi Sawant’s mother Jaya Bheda passed away
on Saturday, January 28, after a prolonged battle with
cancer which she fought for
three years. She was admitted
to the Citicare hospital in Juhu,
where she was undergoing
extensive treatment for a
brain tumour, and breathed
her last on Saturday evening.
The actress confirmed the news and said, “Maa ab nahi
rahi (Mother is no more now)”. She added to the portal
that her mother died of a multi-organ failure as her cancer
spread to the kidneys and lungs.
New Delhi: The ED on Saturday made four fresh arrests
in Chhattisgarh in connection with a Prevention of Money
Laundering case pertaining to illegal commission on coal
sale by state government
officials The accused were iden-
tified as Dipesh Tonk, Sandeep
Nayak, Shiv Shankar Nag and
Rajesh Chaudhary. Tonk is
said to be a close associate of
Saumya Chaurasia, the Deputy
Secretary to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
Meanwhile, Chaudhary had carried a fake ED ID card to dupe
the probe agencies. Meanwhile, Chaurasia, IAS Sameer
Vishnoi and a few others are under the scanner in the case.
RAKHI SAWANT’S MOTHER PASSES AWAY
AFTER PROLONGED BATTLE WITH CANCER
ED ARRESTS 4 IN CHHATTISGARH COAL
LEVY ‘SCAM’, MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
NEWS DIGEST
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia’s time has come, and
the driving force of the
country’s development
journeyisitsYuvaShak-
ti, said Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at the
NCC rally on Saturday
.
The NCC rally was
held on the occasion of
the commemoration of
75 years at the Cariappa
Ground in Delhi. Nota-
bly, 196 officers and ca-
dets from 19 foreign
countries also partici-
pated in the rally. Ad-
dressing the event, PM
Modi said, “NCC is cel-
ebrating 75 years of its
formation. Those who
have represented NCC
over the last 75 years
have been a part of it. I
appreciate their contri-
bution to nation-build-
ing. India is proud of
the determination and
spirit of service of the
NCC cadets.”
“Both as NCC cadets,
and as a youth, you are
representing an ‘
Amrit
Pidhi’ (Amrit genera-
tion), which will help in
making the country de-
veloped and Atmanirb-
har. We all witnessed the
role, NCC is playing in
our lives,” he added. Ear-
lier in the day
, PM Modi
released a special day
coverandacommemora-
tive specially minted
coins of Rs 75 denomina-
tion on the occasion of
thecommemorationof 75
successful years of NCC.
PM unveils special coins marking 75 years of NCC
COMMEMORATIVE COINS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NCC Director General Lt. General
Gurbirpal Singh at Cariappa Ground in New Delhi, on Saturday.
CLASSICAL RAGAS, INDIA’S BIGGEST
DRONE SHOW AT ‘BEATING THE RETREAT’
New Delhi (ANI): Indian tunes based on Indian
Classical Ragas will be the flavour of the ‘Beating the
Retreat’ ceremony this year which will be graced by
President and Supreme Commander of the Armed
Forces Droupadi Murmu at Vijay Chowk in the national
capital on Sunday, January 29. According to the
Ministry of Defence, 29 captivating and foot-tapping
Indian tunes will be played by the music bands of the
Army, the Navy, the Air Force and the State Police and
the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF). Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
will also be present in the ceremony.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

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BRIEFS
Akron: Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company said it
will cut about 500 jobs,
which is about 5% of its to-
tal workforce, in its aim for
cost-cutting, the Wall Street
Journal. According to a
statement released on fri-
day, the company had also
warned that fourth-quarter
results fell below expecta-
tions as the elevated infla-
tionary environment decap-
itated demand.In a state-
ment, Chief Executive Rich-
ard Kramer said that earn-
ings were disappointing
“given a significantly weak-
er industry backdrop, par-
ticularly in Europe.” Good-
year is set to report earn-
ings for the fourth quarter
on February 8. —ANI
New Delhi: The Centre
has notified three griev-
ances appellate commit-
tees (GACs) to address
users’ complaints against
social media and other
internet-based platforms.
It says each of the three
GACs will have a chair-
person, two whole-time
members from different
government entities and
retired senior executives
from the industry for
three years from the date
of assumption of office.
The step is part of the
tighter IT rules, notified
in October 2022. —ANI
CENTRE ASKS GACs
TO LOOK INTO
COMPLAINTS
LOOKING TO CUT
COSTS, GOODYEAR
TO LAY OFF 500
Washington: Ahead of the
annual budget presenta-
tion, an India-centric top
US strategic and business
advocacy group has urged
Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman to
simplify and rationalise di-
rect and indirect taxation
system in India, a move it
believes would increase
the confidence of global
investors and yield greater
foreign direct investment
in the country. USISPF
sought harmonising hold-
ing periods and rates of
different instruments.—PTI
RATIONALISE,
SIMPLIFY TAXES:
USISPF TO INDIA FM
New York: Goldman
Sachs Chief Executive,
David M Solomon saw
his 2022 pay slashed by
nearly 30 per cent, fol-
lowing missteps that
have weighed on the elite
Wall Street bank’s profits
and performance, the
New York Times report-
ed.Solomon took home
USD 25 million last year,
the bank said in a filing
Friday, down from USD
35 million a year earlier.
Solomon ceded his title
as the highest-paid bank
chief executive to Jamie
Dimon of JPMorgan
Chase. —ANI
GOLDMAN SACHS
SLASHES CEO’S PAY
BY ALMOST 30%
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INVESTMENT
LESSONS FROM 2022
With the worst of the pan-
demic behind us, we all
started 2022 with hopes of
bluer skies and back to our
beloved “normal” days. Lit-
tle did we know that the
black swan sightings will
become the new “normal”.
First, crazy high inflation,
then war, Fed rug-pulling
the stock markets, energy
crisis, and then cryptos
crashing down, 2022 has
been anything but normal.
A wave of bad news kept
bombarding us throughout
the year.
And unfortunately, we
will be carrying pretty
much all the concerns of
global economic uncertain-
ty
, war, supply chain issues,
inflation, and higher inter-
est rates into the new year
as well. This year has been
tough for a large number of
retail investors, many of
whom only started their
trading journey at the
height of last year’s bull
market run.
As we step into the new
year, it’s a good time to re-
flect back and learn some
investing lessons that are
hard to learn without actu-
ally experiencing them
firsthand.
Here are seven investing
lessons from 2022 that I
learned this year that will,
hopefully, help you as well.
LESSON 1: WHAT
GOES UP MUST COME
DOWN, RISE AGAIN
Equity markets are inher-
ently volatile and may or
may not give high returns
every year. Nifty 50 was up
just 3.2% and if adjusted
for inflation, real returns
from equity were negative
in 2022. In case you had a
1-year goal, very likely you
would have not been able to
meet it had you invested
entirely in equities.
So, one should invest in
equities only if you have a
longer time horizon and
have the risk appetite to
withstand the volatility.
But do not put 100% of your
money in equities, ever.
LESSON 2: KEEP
INVESTMENTS SIMPLE
Do not complicate your in-
vestments and invest only
in things you understand.
Do not give into “hype” and
stick to the basics. About
115 million Indians invest-
ed in cryptos so far. These
are highly risky and un-
regulated investments and
one should only invest
keeping the risk-reward ra-
tio in mind. Bitcoin is down
about 65% and other to-
kens and coins are down
much more.
Take out time and under-
stand your investments
and be wary of internet
hype or stocks that sky-
rocket overnight.
LESSON 3: KEEP
EMOTIONS ASIDE
Ups and downs in an equity
market are inevitable.
However, panic selling
when markets crash is one
of the worst things you can
do as a retail investor.
You can never accurately
predict the stock market’s
short-term movements.
You should therefore re-
main calm and focus on
your long-term investment
strategy during a market
crash. Keep your SIPs run-
ning and buy more on days
when markets are massive-
ly down. That’s the easiest
and time-tested method to
keep emotions away from
your investments.
Remember what Warren
Buffett once said: “If you
are not willing to own a
stock for 10 years, don’t
even think about owning it
for 10 minutes.”
LESSON 4: KNOW
WHOM TO TRUST
For decades, retail inves-
tors have been a victim of
rampant mis-selling of fi-
nancial products and SEBI
has been rightly brutal
about such false narra-
tives. Money is serious
business and provision of
financial advice should not
be open to any Tom, Dick,
and Harry on the back of
social media popularity
. Be
very careful of whom you
rely on for sound financial
advice. Do not “blindly”
follow social media tips
and always apply your own
discretion.
LESSON 5: DO NOT
LOSE SIGHT OF
FUNDAMENTALS
Investors had put in a lot of
money in several hyped
IPOs of 2021 which are 35-
60% down from their IPO
price in 2022. This reminds
me of a quote from a popu-
lar author Robert Greene
– “Learn to use the knowl-
edge of the past and you
will look like a genius even
if you are really just a clev-
er borrower”.
If you looked at the past
performance of these
IPOs, most of them did not
have a single profit-mak-
ing year. Yet they were val-
ued at 30-40 times their
sales. While I agree that for
some stocks past records
may not work in the future,
they are more of an excep-
tion than the rule.
LESSON 6: DO NOT
IGNORE DEBT
Investors often ignore debt
instruments such as bonds,
and debt mutual funds
when there is a boom men-
tality in the equity mar-
kets. During (and post)
Covid-19 a large number of
first-time Indian retail
investors migrated from
investing in FDs into
equities.
While this led to the fi-
nancialization of savings,
investors today, especially
millennials are wary of in-
vesting in fixed-income in-
struments due to their low
returns compared to equi-
ties. Staying ahead of infla-
tion doesn’t always mean
buying only the equity-
oriented instruments. The
optimal way to go forward
is to have the right asset al-
location model as per the
risk appetite and goals of
an investor.
FINALLY LESSON 7:
CREATE A BACKUP
Economic downturns and
layoffs move hand in hand.
18,000+ employees were
fired by startups this year.
Thus, creating an emer-
gency fund or a buffer is all
the more important to en-
sure that you do not fall
into a debt trap when fi-
nancial surprises come
your way
.
Above all, the biggest
mistake that you would
have made in 2022 is if you
didn’t invest at all. With in-
vestments comes discipline
and these little steps help
you get closer to the future
and lifestyle you envision.
Important investing lessons from 2022
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IMF review finds
`2K bn breach in
Pak’s budgetary
estimates
Islamabad (PTI): Ahead
of its crucial talks with the
cash-strapped Pakistan
government, the IMF has
found an over Rs2,000 bil-
lion breach in budgetary
estimates for 2022-23 in its
initial assessment. This
finding might result in es-
calating the budget deficit
and primary deficit targets
with a massive margin.
Pakistan and the Inter-
national Monetary Fund
(IMF) officials are sched-
uled to kick-start economic
discussions from Tuesday
for accomplishing the
ninth review under the Ex-
tended Fund Facility dur-
ing which the fiscal slip-
pages and reconciliation of
figures will be the major
topic of discussion.
The review would lead to
the release of the next
tranche of funds which has
been pending since Septem-
ber. A budget deficit target
of 4.9 % of the GDP was en-
visaged bythegovernement.
Textile Min nod for RD
projects worth `32.25 cr
New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministry of Textiles has
cleared 15 research and de-
velopment projects worth
`32.25 crore across key stra-
tegic areas such as special-
ity fibres, protective tex-
tiles, high-performance
textiles, geo-textiles, medi-
cal textiles, and more.
An official statement
from the ministry of tex-
tiles said among these, sev-
en projects were of special-
ity fibres, two from protec-
tive textiles, two from high-
performance textiles, one
from geo-textiles, one from
medical textiles, one from
sustainable textile, one
from textiles for building
materials was approved.
The clearance was an-
nounced during the 5th
Mission Steering Group
(MSG) meeting held under
the chairmanship of Pi-
yushGoyal,UnionMinister
of Textiles, Commerce and
Industry and Consumer Af-
fairs, Food and Public Dis-
tribution held in New Del-
hi. During the meeting, Pi-
yush Goyal said that lead-
ing textile manufacturers
and institutes should come
togethertoindigenouslyde-
velop strategic and high-
value technical textile prod-
ucts, with the support of
the National Technical Tex-
tiles Mission (NTTM).
Hyderabad (ANI): G20
Sherpa Amitabh Kant on
Saturday said startups of
today are solving problems
of education, health, agri-
cultural productivity, etc,
for 1 billion people in India
and also for the world.
Speaking at the inaugu-
ral session of G20's first
inception meet in Hy-
derabad, the G20 Sherpa
said, Earlier, opening a
bank a/c in India took 8-9
m o n t h s
w h e r e a s
today, it's
possible
within a
minute
using bi-
omet-
rics. Since last four years,
we do more fast payments
compared to US, Europe
and China. Kant said
when he was an officer in
Kerala two decades ago, it
took 8-9 months to open an
account. He said, It was a
nightmare doing Know-
Your-Customer then. To-
day in India, we open a
bank account in less than a
minute using biometrics.
So, I have seen this trans-
formation from nine
months to one minute.
Startups grow and ma-
ture, there are many chal-
lenges, Amitabh Kant
said, adding, Today there
will be a challenge on fi-
nance. Tomorrow. there
will be a challenge of cor-
porate governance.
He said when these In-
dian startups solve these
challenges, they are not do-
ing it for India alone, they
are also solving the whole
world's problem.
A new Engagement
Group, Startup20 has been
established as part of the
G20 India Presidency to de-
velop a global narrative for
supporting startups.
Start-ups solving problems,for
billion Indians the world: Kant
G20 INDIA PRESIDENCY
STARTUP20
AT A GLANCE
z Startup20 aims to develop a
global narrative for supporting
startups and facilitating
synergies among startups,
corporations, investors,
innovation agencies, and
other key stakeholders
z The primary objective
is to harmonise the global
startup ecosystem through
a collaborative and forward-
looking approach
z The group will provide a
common platform for startups
from G20 member countries to
develop actionable guidance

08
2NDFRONT
To grow and succeed, self-awareness is
the first crucial critical step, without
it, there is no clear path ahead.
— Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Court acquits man accused
of rape and murder in 2016
Thane (PTI): A 33-year-
old man from Palghar,
whowasarrestedin2016
for raping and killing a
woman has been acquit-
ted by a local court that
gaveabenefitof doubtto
him for want of suffi-
cient evidence.
The court, however,
held him guilty for giv-
ing false information to
the police and sentenced
him to six months of
simple imprisonment.
Since he has spent the
last seven years in jail,
he is not required to re-
main imprisoned any
further, the court said.
The accused, a tribal
man from Wada taluka
in Palghar, was acquit-
ted by Additional Ses-
sions Court Judge AN
Sirsikar in Thane on
January 16. The copy of
the order was made
available on Friday
.
The man, Sagar Wa-
man Malavkar, is a la-
bourer from Varai
Khurd village.
Appearing for the
prosecution, additional
public prosecutor Rakhi
Pande told the court that
the accused and the vic-
tim, then 18, were in a
relationship. The wom-
an had been asking him
to marry her, although
he was already married
and had children.
On March 26, 2016, he
took the woman to an
isolated place and raped
her,theprosecutionsaid,
adding that after the
rape, the victim went to
a nearby forest area, and
was later found dead.
“It is proven that the
accused gave false in-
formation to the public
servant, that is police
officer, and as such the
offence under IPC Sec-
tion 177 has been prov-
en against him,” said
the court.
Court held him guilty
of giving cops false
info but gave him the
benefit of doubt
Screened controversial BBC
docu on campus: FTII students
First India Bureau
Pune: The students’ as-
sociation of the Film
and Television Institute
of India screened the
controversial BBC doc-
umentary on the 2002
Godhra riots on cam-
pus, the student body
said on Saturday, add-
ing that authorities
should know that “the
sure-fire way for some-
thing to be watched is to
ban it”.
“On January 26, we
screened the banned
BBC documentary ‘The
Modi Question’ on the
premises at FTII,” the
FTII Students’ Associa-
tion said in a statement.
The Centre had last
week directed social me-
dia platforms Twitter
and YouTube to block
links to the documenta-
ry “India: The Modi
Question”. The Minis-
try of External Affairs
has trashed the docu-
mentary as a “propa-
ganda piece” that lacks
objectivity and reflects
a colonial mindset.
Throughout history,
the banning of litera-
ture, music, and—in re-
cent times—media, has
been a sign of a crum-
bling society, the stu-
dents’ association said
in its statement. “The
act of scrutiny should
be welcomed by our
elected representatives.
Instead, they quickly
tag it as false propagan-
da and try to shove it
under the rug. They
should know that the
sure-fire way for some-
thing to be watched is to
ban it,” it added.
“However, the BBC
documentary barely
scratches the surface of
the kind of violence that
has been perpetuated
throughout the country
for a dedicated, singular,
vicious purpose. It
would be startling to us
if anyone in India was
surprised by the hap-
penings in this docu-
mentary
, it also said.
FTII Registrar Sayyid
Rabeehashmi said that
an inquiry will be con-
ducted into the issue. “It
is being reported that a
group of students
screened the documen-
tary
. The matter will be
looked into,” he said.
Students at many ed-
ucational institutes, in-
cluding the Jawaharlal
Nehru University
, Delhi
University and Ambed-
kar University in New
Delhi have come under
fire for attempting to
screen the contentious
BBC documentary
.
The Film and Television Institute of India. —FILE PHOTO
‘Throughout
history, the
banning of
literature, music,
and—in recent
times—media,
has been a sign
of a crumbling
society’
BJP’S SHELAR
DEMANDS POLICE
ACTION AGAINST
TISS STUDENTS
Mumbai (FIB): BJP
workers protested
outside the Tata
Institute of Social
Sciences (TISS)
campus in Mumbai
on Saturday evening,
even as students of
the premier institute
decided to disregard
the administration’s
advisory and screen
the controversial BBC
documentary “India:
The Modi Question”.
While the administra-
tion asked its secu-
rity team to remain
vigilant, BJP’s Mumbai
unit chief Ashish
Shelar has called for
police action against
the students. Student
representatives said
the screening was
expected to be held in
the new campus on
Saturday evening.
‘Diatribe’ against Collegium: Nariman slams Rijiju
LEGAL TUSSLE
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Former Su-
preme Court judge Roh-
inton Fali Nariman has
came down heavily on
Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju for his “di-
atribe” against the Col-
legium system over the
appointment of judges.
Warning that the
country was on the
brink of falling into
“the abyss of a new
dark age” if “independ-
ent and fearless judges”
are not appointed in a
timely manner, he said
the government’s habit
of “sitting on” the
names of judges recom-
mended by the collegi-
um was “deadly” for
democracy
.
He was speaking at
the Mumbai University
while delivering the
seventh Chief Justice
MC Chagla Memorial
Lecture on Friday
.
Theformerapexcourt
judge also suggested the
formation of a special
five-judge bench to be
formed. This bench
could pass a judgment
giving the government a
30-day deadline to com-
ment or object to names
sentinbytheCollegium,
he explained.
“If the government
has nothing to say with-
in 30 days, then it will
be taken as it has noth-
ing to say
.” he said.
“This sitting on
names is a deadly for
the country’s democ-
racy. What you are do-
ing is merely trying to
wait out a particular
Collegium in the hope
that the next one
changes its mind. Ap-
pointments must be
carried out within a
reasonable time peri-
od,” he also said.
“It is how a constitu-
tion works. If you don’t
have fearless and inde-
pendent judges, there is
nothing left. As a mat-
ter of fact, according to
me if this last bastion
were to fall, we would
enter the abyss of a new
dark age, in which RK
Laxman’s Common
Man will ask himself
only one question: If
the salt shall lose its sa-
vor, wherewith shall the
earth be salted?...” Na-
riman pointed out.
Law minister Rijiju
has often questioned
the Collegium system
of appointment of judg-
es, noting that it was
“opaque and not trans-
parent”.
Nariman was part of
the Supreme Court Col-
legium until his retire-
ment in August 2021.
Ex-SC judge says govt sitting on
judges’ names ‘deadly’ for democracy
Former SC judge Rohinton Fali
Nariman —FILE PHOTO
‘Tipu Sultan’ struck off
Malad garden name
Mumbai (ANI): Guard-
ian minister Mangal
Prabhat Lodha, has
said that the name of
Tipu Sultan, the ruler
of the erstwhile king-
dom of Mysore, has
been removed from a
garden in Malad West.
The garden was so
named during the previ-
ous Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government and
the nomenclature was
opposed by the BJP
, then
in the opposition.
Lodha, who is Maha-
rashtra’s minister for
Tourism, Skill Develop-
ment and Entrepre-
neurship and Women
and Child Development,
shared the news on
Twitter on Friday
.
“My order to remove
Tipu Sultan’s name
from the garden was
implemented in a peace-
ful manner... At present,
we don't have any pro-
posed names for the
garden but in upcoming
meetings, proposals
will be mooted and we
will decide on a new
name,” Lodha said.
The garden was named for the Muslim ruler under the MVA
government. —FILE PHOTO
Mirch Masala
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB RAMAN
The author is a journalist and political
commentator and views expressed are his personal
There is a lot of pres-
sure in the Shiv Sena
to choose its new alliance
partner. In fact, when
Sanjay Raut came out
of jail, the same even-
ing, one of the biggest
industrialists associ-
ated with BJP reached
Matoshree. It is said that
he had come to Uddhav
with a clear message
from BJP that ‘Shiv Sena
should break its alliance
with Congress, as it is not
a natural alliance. Word
is that it is after this meet
that Uddhav has fastened
his ties with Prakash
Ambedkar’s ‘Vanchit
Bahujan Aghadi’. At the
same time, coordination
between NCP Congress
has also been confirmed.
Shiv Sena has made it
clear before Congress
that in 2024 general polls,
even if the alliance of
Mahaghadi Vikas remains
intact, then Sena will field
its candidates on max
26 seats will leave 16
seats for NCP. Congress
will have to be satisfied
with these seats.” The
BJP is confident that
Uddhav will contest 2024
polls in coalition with
saffron party. Regard-
ing Eknath Shinde, BJP
believes that even though
he has brought away
MLAs and MPs from
Uddhav’s Shiv Sena, but
workers have remained in
Uddhav’s Shiv Sena, that
is why BJP desperately
needs Uddhav.
Can Narendra Modi contest from Vara-
nasi as well as any other Lok Sabha
seat in South India in the 2024 general
elections? If the claims of sources as-
sociated with the BJP are to be believed,
then the answer is ‘yes’. The reason is
very clear, at present the graph of BJP is
on the upswing in the states of North and
West India and gradually BJP has made
inroads in the states of East also. The
BJP’s real concern is about the 128
seats in the south where regional
parties, including the Congress,
continue to hold sway. The
BJP is confident that ‘the
arrow in its quiver named
Modi, is the only answer to
all these challenges.’ Sources
associated with the BJP claim
that ‘Ramanathapuram
seat in Tamil Nadu
is one of Modi’s
favourite seats
in the 2024 general elections from where
he can think of contesting elections. BJP
needs one such ‘master stroke’ for its
expansion in South India. Apart from
Ramanathapuram, the saffron party is al-
ready trying to gauge the public mood in
Madurai and Coimbatore. If we talk about
Ramanathapuram, the BJP was at the
third place here, but by the time the 2019
Lok Sabha elections came, the BJP joined
the main fight here and it stood at the
second place. How South India fares
in the agenda of Modi and BJP can
be understand from two examples.
‘Tamil Sangam’ was started with
great fanfare in Kashi and at the
inauguration of ‘Central Vista’
in Delhi, PM recited the poem
of Tamil Mahakavi Bharatiyar i.e.
Subrahmanyam Bharathi. Modi’s
expressions and his conduct
itself give indications of his
future strategies.
Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashek-
har Rao wants to become the new
head of the united opposition, but he also
wants the Congress to find a place on the
platform of his opposition unit. So, he is
trying his best that Congress does not
have an alliance with JDS in Karnataka
assembly elections. More or less, this is
also the feeling of Karnataka Congress
President DK Shivakumar and about this
Rao had two-three rounds of talks with
DK. Sources reveal that Rao has also got
an opinion poll done for JDS in Mysore
region with his own money. This survey
shows that JDS is getting maximum num-
ber of seats in Mysore region. Congress
is here at number two and BJP at number
three. Mallikarjun Kharge is in constant
touch with Deve Gowda and he had also
invited Deve Gowda to visit Jammu and
Kashmir on January 30, where he is
concluding the first phase of his Rahul
Bharat Jodo Yatra. But Deve Gowda,
expressing his inability to come there, has
definitely sent his best wishes to Rahul.
Interestingly, BJP is in constant touch
with Deve Gowda’s son Kumaraswamy
and is persuading him to join hands with
it. Kumaraswamy is also among those
who likes BJP more than Congress.
Mukesh Ambani has now made up his mind to
invest in America. Reliable sources reveal that
Ambani’s company Reliance has taken services of a
big PR company of America. The reason given was
that Reliance Group has to expand in America. Last
month, when Mukesh Ambani reached Washington
DC, a senator there hosted a ‘breakfast’ in his honour,
which 8 other senators attended. These US senators
are said to have invited Ambani to
visit their respective states, saying
‘Ambani should come there and
create new jobs.’ In response,
Mukesh reportedly told them that
‘Reliance Is always your friend’.
Then at a dinner held by American
Congressman with more than 30
senators, an ‘Indian American
Group’ i.e. ‘Samosa Group’ has
invited Mukesh Ambani as chief guest in one of its
events in coming summer. Be aware that this ‘Samosa
Group’ has a lot of interest in American politics and
those who formed this group include renowned Indian
Americans like V-P Kamala Harris, Senator Raja
Krishnamurthy, Ro Khanna, Dr Amy Bera Pramila
Jayaram. In another US-related development, acc to
sources, two big wealth managers ‘Black Rock’ and
‘Black Stone’ who have invested billions in Adani’s
‘Green Energy’ say they will review their investments.
Are these people now trending towards Reliance?
Mallikarjun Kharge, the new fledgling National
President of Congress, knows that Rahul Gandhi
is extra enthused about Bihar. So, he is looking
forward to infuse a new life into
the Bihar Congress. This Friday,
he virtually addressed a workshop
organised at Sadakat Ashram, the
state HQs of Bihar Congress in
Patna. This workshop was organ-
ised for the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’
campaign of Congress, in which
500 delegates of the Bihar Con-
gress were to participate, where
around 500 chairs were also set up. But it is said that
hardly 150-200 delegates gathered in this workshop
and later all the unoccupied chairs were removed in
a hurry. After this, there was again a ruckus in Bihar
Congress that the names of fake delegates should be
removed from the list. Soon after, Kharge summoned
Bihar Congress President Akhilesh Singh to Delhi.
In this programme, a leader of Bihar Congress, Anil
Sharma created a storm by saying that Congress
should not run ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ campaign but
‘Dil Jodo’ campaign should be run. When Sharma was
saying this, the programme was being broadcast live.
NOW MUKESH AMBANI’S RELIANCE
WILL EXPAND IN AMERICA!
WHY BIHAR CONG IS IN BAD SHAPE?
WITH WHOM WILL
SHIV SENA GO?
NARENDRA MODI CAN CONTEST FROM TWO PLACES IN 2024
RAO’S ALLERGY TO THE CONGRESS PARTY

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Mehandipur Balaji
ke darbar mein...
The Mehandipur Balaji temple is known far and wide for it’s
healing powers; the troubled and sick reach from all over seeking
solace and peace and such is the power of this diety that the
prayers of his devotees are always answered!
SATYANARAYAN SHARMA, LAXMIKANT SHARMA
AND MONU SINGH RAJAWAT
Mehandipur: The Mehandipur Balaji tem-
ple is one of the most visited temples in Ra-
jasthan and sees lakhs of devotees through-
out the year but Saturday saw even more
people with the Shrimad Bhagwat Gyan
Kathayagya going on presently
. Lord Hanu-
man is truly a Sankatmochan and nowhere
more than in his manifestation at Mehand-
ipur Balaji. Lakhs flock to his darbar.
On Saturday Lok Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la,UnionMinisterof CommerceIndustry
Piyush Goyal, Jagdeesh Chandra, MP Ka-
rauli-Dholpur Manoj Rajoria, BJP State Ex-
ecutive Member Bhupendra Saini reached
the holy darbar of Balaji to seek blessings
and soak the spiritual atmosphere.
LS Speaker Om Birla, Union Minister
Piyush Goyal and Jagdeesh Chandra at-
tendedtheholyceremonyof ‘PraanPrathi-
shtha’ at the Sita Ram Mandir wherein
Mehndipur Dham Mahant Naresh Puri
Maharaj completed all the traditional reli-
gious rituals concerned with the life-con-
secration (Praan Prathishtha) of the idols
of ‘ShriRadha-Krishnaji’andledeveryone
in a heartfelt aarti. After this, Om Birla,
Piyush Goyal and Jagdeesh Chandra
along with Manoj Rajoria and Bhupen-
dra Saini went to the main temple to seek
the blessings of Balaji. Mahant ji gave
blessing and prasad to all.
Earlier, Jagdeesh Chandra also met
Mahant Naresh Puri Maharaj who
welcomed him with a stoll of Balaji
Maharaj Jai Siya Ram,
Chandra also presented
a copy of the day’s
First India Jaipur edi-
tion which had a
charismatic photo of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on the jacket, welcom-
ing the PM to Bhilwara, Ra-
jasthan. The Prime Minister visited
Bhilwara on Saturday to attend the
ceremony commemorating 1,111th
Avataran of Shri Devnarayan ji.
Om Birla and Piyush Goyal, who flew
down in a chopper to Mehandipur, im-
mersed themselves for a while in the
Bhagwat Katha before leaving for Del-
hi.Duringtheirvisit,BhupendraSaini
and P D Sharma honoured them on
behalf of various social organisa-
tions, Saini also presented them with
a ‘Gada’ as a symbol of the blessings
of Balaji. Piyush Goyal said that the
Mehendipur Dham is a special place
for the devote and pilgrims.
Mahant Nareshpuri Maharaj leads the holy procession accompanied by Om Birla, Piyush Goyal,
Jagdeesh Chandra and other devotees.
Jagdeesh Chandra with Piyush Goyal and Om Birla. Manoj Rajoria, Om Birla, Jagdeesh Chandra, Mahant Nareshpuri Maharaj, Rajeev Dutta and others.
Temple Pandit hands over the aarti thaal to
Om Birla and Jagdeesh Chandra. Om Birla and Jagdeesh Chandra at aarti.
Jagdeesh Chandra presents a copy of First India
to Mahant Nareshpuri Maharaj.

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