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PM NARENDRA MODI
TO ADDRESS 7 RALLIES
TODAY, TOMORROW
GUV DEVVRAT PICKS
UP BROOM & LIFTS
LITTER AT VIDYAPITH
Governor Acharya
Devvrat sweeping floor
with a broom at Gujarat
Vidyapith on Wednesday.
Shashikant Sharma
Ahmedabad: The Governor
of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat
surprised everyone on
Wednesday by undertaking
a surprise inspection of
the Gujarat Vidyapith,
Ahmedabad. The Governor
suddenly reached the
Vidyapith around 10
o’clock in the morning and
observing a pile of filth in
the campus, the Governor
could not control himself
and picked up a broom in
his hands. Acharya Devvrat,
who is famous for starting
a cleanliness campaign
wherever he sees dirt,
Turn to P5
Gandhinagar: Having
campaigned extensively in
areas of the state which go
to the polls in the first phase
of the assembly election, PM
Modi will again visit Gujarat
on December 1 and 2. Party
sources said he will address
seven rallies during his two-
day canvassing tour.
788
candidates in fray for
89 Assembly seats for
1st
phase voting today
The remaining
93seats will be
decided in a vote
on December 5
GUJARAT
TO VOTE TODAY!
Moni Sharma
Ahmedabad: The cam-
paigning for the first
phase of elections in 89
of the total 182 seats in
Gujarat came to an end
on December 29. The
first phase of elections
will take place today.
The remaining 93 seats
will be decided in a vote
on December 5.
The Gujarat assem-
bly elections will fea-
ture 1,621 candidates. A
total of 788 candidates
will run for the 89 seats
up for election in Phase
1, including 70 women
and 339 independents.
Similarly, 833 candi-
dates will compete for
the 93 seats in Phase 2.
In the second round,
there are 69 female can-
didates and 285 inde-
pendents. More on P5
AAP MIGHT NOT OPEN ACCOUNT
IN GUJARAT, SAYS AMIT SHAH
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his huge election campaign
roadshow on eve of 1st phase voting in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
HM Amit Shah in an interview
to PTI has downplayed AAP’s
challenge in Guj polls, claiming
Kejri’s party may not even
open its account. He described
Modi’s popularity, all-round
devp of Guj implementation
of zero appeasement policy as
main reasons for people repeat-
edly reposing faith in BJP over
last 27 years. More on P8
Every party has
a right to contest
elections, but it
is up to people to accept
party or not. AAP is no-
where in mind of people of
Gujarat. Wait for election
results, maybe AAP’s name
would not figure in the list
of successful candidates.
—Amit Shah, HM
EVM and other polling materials stacked in rows as
preparations underway on the eve of first phase of
Gujarat Assembly elections, in Surat on Wednesday.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
MODIJI IS OUR BIGGEST
LEADER, GUJARATIS FEEL
PROUD OF HIM, SAYS SHAH
THERE WILL BE A HISTORIC
VICTORY FOR BJP UNDER
MODI’S GUIDANCE: NADDA
In a tete-a-tete with First India’s Aditi Nagar,
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stressed
that the BJP will break its own previous
record of seats won in election. Shah also
claimed that foul words used by Congress
against PM Narendra Modi have always made
Gujaratis vote for PM Modi and BJP.
l Do you think the claim that BJP’s
earlier record on seats will be broken?
Definitely. We will have an unexpected win
with the most number of seats. More on P8
BJP national prez JP Nadda conducted a
rally in Nadiad on Wednesday and spoke
to First India’s Aditi Nagar wherein he
stressed that the hard work of all the leaders
under PM Modi’s guidance will result in a
huge, one-sided and historic victory for BJP.
l Carpet bombing of rallies have happened
in Guj. Now what results are you expecting?
I see that Gujarat’s people are one sided in
favour of BJP. Everyone has an unbreakable
love and trust towards PM Modi. More on P8
INDIA'S
Q2 GDP
GROWTH
COMES IN
AT 6.3%
New Delhi: The Indian
economy has grown by
6.3% in the July to Sep-
tember quarter, down
from explosive growth
of 13.5% in the previous
quarter, as distortions
caused by Covid lock-
downs faded, but the
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) raised repo rates
to combat inflationary
pressure, official data
revealed on Wednesday
.
Last year, the GDP
growth rate was 8.4% in
the July-September
quarter. The NSO, un-
der the Ministry of Sta-
tistics and Programme
Implementation, re-
leased the data on the
quarterly estimates of
the July-September pe-
riod of the current fi-
nancial year.
Bilkis Bano moves
SC challenging release
of 11 rape convicts
New Delhi: Bilkis
Bano has moved the
Supreme Court
against the remission
of sentences and the
release of convicts in
the 2002 gang-rape
case. The 11 men were
sentenced to life im-
prisonment for gang-
raping her and mur-
dering her family
members. Bilkis Bano
was 21 years old and
five-months pregnant
when she was raped
while fleeing riots that
broke out after Godhra
train incident.
NAWAB MALIK’S
BAIL PLEA REJECTED
Mumbai: A special
court in Mumbai on
Wednesday refused bail
to ex-Maha minister
Nawab Malik in a money
laundering case linked
to Dawood Ibrahim.
ED ARRESTS BUDDY
DIR AMIT ARORA
New Delhi: The ED
arrested Buddy Retail
Pvt Limited director Amit
Arora in connection with
its money laundering into
alleged irregularities in
Delhi Excise Policy case.
SC TRANSFERS
MURDER TRIAL
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has transferred
the murder trial of YS
Vivekananda Reddy, a
minister in undivided
Andhra Pradesh, to a
court in Telangana.
AT LEAST 16 KILLED,
24 INJURED IN NORTH
AFGHANISTAN BLAST
Kabul: At least 19 people
were killed and 24 others
wounded Wednesday by
a blast at a madrassa in
Afghanistan’s northern city
of Aybak. There have been
dozens of blasts and attacks
targeting civilians since the
Taliban returned to power.
FORMER CHINESE
PRESIDENT JIANG
ZEMIN DIES AGED 96
Beijing: Former Chinese
President Jiang Zemin, who
led the country for a decade of
rapid economic growth after
the Tiananmen crackdown in
1989, died on Wednesday at
the age of 96, prompting a
wave of nostalgia for the more
liberal times he oversaw.
AAFTAB CONFESSED
TO KILLING SHRADDHA
IN POLYGRAPH TEST
New Delhi: In the Shraddha
murder case, accused
Aaftab Poonawala reportedly
confessed to killing his live-
in partner in the polygraph
test. Aaftab, who not only
strangled Shraddha but also
chopped her body into 35
pieces and disposed them.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR
VICE CHAIRMAN DIES
OF CARDIAC ARREST
Bengaluru: Toyota Kirloskar
Motor Vice Chairperson
Vikram S Kirloskar, 64, has
died due to a heart attack,
the automaker said on
Wednesday. Kirloskar suffered
a cardiac arrest on Tuesday
and was taken to a hospital,
where he passed away.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow/Noida: IG-
rank IPS officer Laxmi
Singh, 48, on Wednes-
day took charge as the
police commissioner
of Gautam Buddh Na-
gar (Noida), becoming
the first woman officer
to head a Police Com-
missionerate in Uttar
Pradesh.
Singh, a 2000-batch
Indian Police Service
(IPS) officer, has re-
placed Additional Di-
rector General Alok
Singh, who has been
shunted to DGP head-
quarters along with A.
Satish Ganesh, who
was removed from the
post of Varanasi Police
Commissioner. Ashok
Mutha Jain has been
appointed as the new
police commissioner
in Varanasi.
Uttar Pradesh's
three new commission-
erates in Ghaziabad,
Agra and Prayagraj
also saw their first po-
lice commissioners
taking charge on
Wednesday. Ajay Ku-
mar Mishra assumed
charge in Ghaziabad,
Preetinder Singh in
Agra, and Ramit Shar-
ma in Prayagraj.
The Yogi Adity-
anath-led Uttar
Pradesh government
had issued an order for
the posting of five Po-
lice Commissioners on
Monday night, as part
of the transfer of 16
IPS officers.
In the latest reshuf-
fle, Home Department
Secretary Tarun Baba
has been made the new
IG of Lucknow Zone,
while Rakesh Singh
has been made the new
DIG of Bareilly Zone
and Chandraprakash
(II) the new IG of Pray-
agraj Zone.
Ghaziabad SSP Mu-
niraj has been made
the new Ayodhya SP,
Prashant Sharma has
been made Bahraich's
new SP
, while Bahraich
SP Keshav Kumar
Chaudhary has been
made ACP Agra.
Shailendra Pandey
has been made SSP Ma-
thura, Abhishek Yadav
has been made SP LIU
Lucknow, and Prabha-
kar Chowdhary has
been transferred from
SSP Agra to 11th Corps
PAC Sitapur.
In Noida, UP’s 1st woman police commissioner: Laxmi Singh
Three new commissionerates in Ghaziabad,
Agra and Prayagraj also get their first
chiefs, as Yogi govt transfers 16 IPS officers
SPECULATION
ON ATTACHMENT
IPS officers Alok Singh,
who was removed from
the post of Noida Po-
lice Commissioner, and
A. Satish Ganesh, who
was removed from the
post of Varanasi Police
Commissioner, have
not been given any new
posting; rather, they
have been attached
to the DGP Headquar-
ters. As a result of
this move, the Uttar
Pradesh bureaucracy is
abuzz with speculation
as to why these offi-
cials have been posted
in DGP headquarters.
Senior IPS officer Laxmi Singh at the Police Commissioner’s
office in Noida on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Ramit Sharma, new
CP of Prayagraj
Ashok Mutha Jain,
new CP of Varanasi
Preetinder Singh,
new CP of Agra
AJAY KUMAR MISHRA’S IB
DEPUTATION OVER
Ghaziabad: Ajay Kumar Mishra, 2003-batch
IPS officer, took charge as the first police
commissioner of Ghaziabad on Wednesday.
Prior to this he was on dep-
utation in the Intelligence
Bureau. Inspector Gen-
eral of Police (IGP) Mishra
replaced Senior Superin-
tendent of Police Muniraj G
who has been posted on the
same post in Ayodhya. Interacting with the
media, Mishra, 48, said the police force will
be more prompt in commissionerate system.
“Unorganised crime will be curbed by police
patrolling. Adequate lights and CCTV cam-
eras would also be installed with the help of
competent authorities,” he said.
Pinky Irani, who ‘introduced’
Sukesh to Jacqueline, arrested
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi Po-
lice spokesperson Su-
man Nalwa on Wednes-
day told reporters that
Pinky Irani, who alleg-
edly facilitated conman
Sukesh Chandrashek-
har’s meeting with Bol-
lywood personalities,
including actor Jacque-
line Fernandez, has
been arrested.
“After having suffi-
cient evidence against
her, she has been ar-
rested in this case and
produced before the
court where her police
remand for three days
has been granted. Fur-
ther investigation is in
progress,” Nalwa said.
Nalwa said that Irani,
a resident of Mumbai,
joined the investigation
at the Delhi Police’s
Economic Offence Wing
(EOW) office here.
Special Judge
Shailender Malik sent
Irani to custodial inter-
rogation till December
3 on a police application
which claimed that she
was in touch with the
main accused, Chan-
drashekhar, and was
aware of his criminal
activities. She allegedly
used to portray him as a
business tycoon and
was instrumental in fa-
cilitating his meetings
with certain Bollywood
personalities, the court
was told.
Police told the court
that her custody was
needed for tracking the
trail of extorted money
.
Irani arriving at the EOW office
in New Delhi in September.
I am of the
view that
EOW must
be given free hand
to investigate the
matter thoroughly
so that truth of the
matter can surface.
—Shailender Malik,
Special Judge
l Police given
remand till
December 3
l Irani used to
portray Sukesh as
‘business tycoon’
—FILE
PHOTO
EXCISE POLICY A
‘DEVICE’ TO
GENERATE FUNDS: ED
New Delhi: AAP leaders
considered the Delhi excise
policy as a “device” to
generate illegal funds at the
cost of the state exchequer,
the ED told a court here on
Wednesday. It also said that
at least 36 accused, including
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
and a PA of CM Kejriwal,
“destroyed or used” 170
phones in order to conceal
evidence of “kickbacks”.
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KOREA SCRAMBLES
JETS AFTER RUSSIA,
CHINA WARPLANES
FLYOVER AT ITS ZONE
Beirut: The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu
Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a
replacement. A spokesman for the jihadist group said Hashimi, identified
the group’s new leader as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi.
Seoul: South Korea scrambled its jet fighters on
Wednesday after Chinese, Russian strategic bombers
flew a joint patrol in its air defence zone in western
Pacific without warning. Jets were deployed after 2
Chinese, 6 Russian planes breached Korea’s KADIZ.
CHINA WARNS
USA NOT TO
INTERFERE IN
TIES WITH INDIA
Washington: China has warned American officials not
to interfere in its relationship with India. Throughout
its standoff with India along LAC, Chinese officials
sought to downplay severity of the crisis, emphasising
Beijing’s intent to preserve border stability.
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New Delhi: Table ten-
nis legend Achanta
Sharath Kamal was be-
stowed with the coun-
try’s highest sporting
honour the Major Dhy-
an Chand Khel Ratna by
President Droupadi
Murmu in a glittering
National Sports Awards
ceremony at the Rash-
trapati Bhavan here on
Wednesday
.
While Sharath is the
lone Khel Ratna award
recipient, 25 sportsper-
sons, including shut-
tlers Lakshya Sen, HS
Prannoy, woman boxer
Nikhat Zareen, track
and field athletes Eld-
hose Paul and Avinash
Sable, were conferred
with the Arjuna Award.
The event is tradition-
ally held every year to
commemorate the birth
anniversary of hockey
legend Major Dhyan
Chand on August 29. But
last year also, the event
was held on another
date.
The 40-year-old Shar-
ath had returned from
Birmingham Common-
wealth Games as the
most-decorated Indian
athlete with four med-
als. He is the second ta-
ble tennis player after
Manika Batra to get the
Khel Ratna.
While Sharath took
away the spotlight, the
star attractions among
Arjuna awardees were
shuttler Sen, world
champion boxer Zareen,
boxer Amit Panghal and
triple jumper Eldhose
Paul, all gold medallists
at Birmingham Games.
Rohit Sharma’s coach
Dinesh Jawahar Lad,
football coach Bimal
Prafulla Ghosh and
wrestling mentor Raj
Singh won the Dro-
nacharya award in the
Discus thrower See-
ma Punia was the first
to receive the Arjuna
award from the Presi-
dent, followed by Paul,
Sable, Sen, Prannoy and
Panghal, among others.
Dhyan Chand Award
for Lifetime achieve-
ment was won by Ash-
wini Akkunji C (athlet-
ics), Dharamvir Singh
(hockey), B C Suresh
(kabaddi) and Nir
Bahadur Gurung (para
athletics).
President Murmu confers National Sports, Adventure Awards
REWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
President Droupadi Murmu confers the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratana Award 2022 on Sharath Kamal Achanta, and (R) Athlete
Avinash Sable receiving the Arjuna Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
TT star Sharath Kamal gets Dhyan Chand
Khel Ratna, 25 others get Arjuna Award
New Delhi (PTI): A
court here has pulled up
Delhi Police for not be-
ing able to justify how
eight people, arrested in
a case against the Popu-
lar Front of India (PFI),
carried out unlawful ac-
tivities since they were
in custody when the of-
fences were claimed to
have been committed.
Granting bail to the
accused on Tuesday
, Ad-
ditional Sessions Judge
Sanjay Khanagwal said,
“Nothing could be
shown to prove that the
accused people were in-
volvedinunlawfulactiv-
ity from the date of de-
claring PFI as unlawful
organisation till their
arrest in the present
case.
The court noted that
the PFI was banned on
September 28 and re-
cords show that at the
time of the ban on PFI,
the accused were al-
ready in custody
. Four
were released from
Tihar Jail on the morn-
ing of October 3 and an-
other four on October 5.
They were released at
6.51am on October 3 and
5.10am on October 5, the
court noted.
TheIO(investigating
officer) has not been
able to show sufficient
incriminating material
against the accused per-
sons collected during
the probe that as to
when accused persons
were in custody from
September 27, 2022, and
remained in Tihar Jail
till October 4 or 3, 2022,
then how the accused
persons have carried
out such activities
which are aimed at ad-
vocating, abetting or in-
citing/assisting any un-
lawful activity of the
unlawful organisation,
the court said.
After the PFI was
banned in September,
an FIR was registered at
Shaheen Bagh Police
station on September 29
based on apprehension
of acts to be done by the
members of the unlaw-
ful association.
Police said Mohd
Shoaib, Abdul Rab,
Habeeb Asghar Jamali
and Mod Waris Khan
were arrested in the
case on October 3 after
information was re-
ceived that some people
were raising 'PFI
Zindabad' slogan. The
police said six PFI flags
were seized from them.
Police also said that
Abdullah, Sheikh Gul-
fam Hussain, Mohd
Shoeb and Mohsin Wa-
gar were arrested on
October 5 some PFI flags
along with pamphlets
reading 'PFI Zindabad'
were recovered from
them.
The court noted that
while Shoaib, Rab, Ja-
mali and Waris were re-
leased from preventive
detention on October 2,
Abdullah, Hussain,
Shoeb and Mohsin were
released on October 4.
In its order, the court
also said the material
collected during the in-
vestigation was silent as
to the role of accused
persons in financial ac-
tivities or in advocating
the activities of the un-
lawful organisation af-
ter its ban, being its
member.
It also noted that
there was no allegation
of involvement of ac-
cused persons in any
terrorist activities, and
the alleged offence was
not punishable for more
than seven years.
New Delhi (ANI): In a
case of alleged murder
of a woman in Queens-
land in October 2018,
Delhi’s Patiala House
court on Wednesday
listed the matter for evi-
dence for December 17
and directed authori-
ties to supply docu-
ments.
An extradition in-
quiry is going on and
the accused in the case
is Rajwinder Singh. Ad-
ditional Chief Metro-
politan Magistrate Na-
beela Wali listed the
matter on 17 December
for evidence in the mat-
ter. The court also di-
rected the government
authorities to supply
the copy of documents
to Rajwinder Singh.
Advocate Abdul Gaf-
far submitted before the
court that he has not
been supplied the docu-
ments.
Special public prose-
cutor of Ministry of
External affairs Ajay
Digpaul submitted that
the copies will be sup-
plied to him today. Ear-
lier he said that the cop-
ies have been supplied.
The court had on No-
vember 25 remanded
Rajwinder Singh to ju-
dicial custody. He was
arrested and produced
before Patiala House
Court by the Delhi po-
lice special cell on No-
vember 25.
Earlier a non-baila-
ble warrant was issued
for arrest of Rajwinder
by the court.
According to sources,
Rajwinder was in Aus-
tralia for 10 years and
was working as male
nurse. The woman who
was allegedly killed by
him was unknown to
him. He has a B Sc de-
gree. He also got Aus-
tralian citizenship and
he was married to a
woman also an Austral-
ian citizen.
Courtlistsmatterfor
evidenceonDec17
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Court
on Wednesday asked
jailed Delhi Minister
Satyendar Jain to ap-
proach the trial court
to challenge the pro-
ceedings against him
in a criminal defama-
tion complaint. BJP
leader Chhail Bihari
Goswami had filed a
defamation complaint
against Jain and sev-
eral other AAP leaders,
claiming the accused
had levelled defamato-
ry remarks against him
in connection with
funds of the NDMC.
JusticeDineshKumar
Sharma allowed Jain to
withdraw his plea chal-
lenging the orders by a
magisterial court here
and granted him liberty
to approach the trial
court by way of a revi-
sion petition instead of
approaching the HC.
File a revision petition.
Why to lose one forum?
the judge said.
Senior advocate Re-
becca John, appearing
for Jain, said the peti-
tioner filed the plea be-
cause no case was made
out to proceed against
him as his alleged state-
ments do not fulfil the
ingredientstoconstitute
the offence of defama-
tion. Goswami, who was
the chairperson of the
Standing Committee of
the NDMC, alleged the
accused passed the re-
markstolowerthemor-
al and intellectual char-
acter of the complain-
ant in the eyes of the
general public.
In February
, the court
of AdditionalChief Met-
ropolitan Magistrate
had summoned Jain,
Atishi, Raghav Chadha,
Sourabh Bharadwaj,
and Durgesh Pathak on
thecriminaldefamation
complaint.
HCasksJaintoapproachtrial
court in defamation case
Court grants bail to eight accused
PFI CASE
PFI was banned on September 28 while the accused were in jail till the first week of October.
Nothing could be shown to prove that the
accused were involved in unlawful activi-
ty from the date of declaring PFI as un-
lawful organisation till their arrest
—Sanjay Khanagwal, Additional Sessions Judge
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Del-
hi High Court on
Wednesday rejected
the petition seeking
house arrest for for-
mer chief of banned
outfit Popular Front
of India Erappungal
Abubacker, who was
arrested under the
stringent provisions
of the Unlawful Ac-
tivities (Prevention)
Act and the National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) Act.
TheDivisionBench
of Justice Siddharth
Mridul and Justice
Talwant Singh, how-
ever,saidthatitwould
consider Abubacker’s
plea for interim bail
on medical grounds
and better treatment
at the AIIMS.
Issuing notice to
NIA, the Bench di-
rected the national
agency to file a status
report on the matter.
Stating that it
would be totally un-
acceptable if Abu-
backer had to wait till
2024 for a scan at
AIIMS, the High
Court further asked
both NIA and AIIMS
to inform about Abu-
backer’s diagnosis
and treatment re-
quirement.
The PFI chief, who
belongs to a village in
Kozhikode district of
Kerala, was active in
organisations like
the Ideal Students
League, Jama’at-e-Is-
lami and Students Is-
lamic Movement of
India (SIMI).
He was arrested by
the NIA on Septem-
ber 22 and has re-
mained in judicial
custody since Octo-
ber 6. The 70-year-old
sought regular bail
on medical grounds
arguing that he was a
retired school teach-
er and suffering from
various medical ail-
ments”.
HC refuses house arrest for
ex-PFI chief E Abubacker
PFI ex-chairman E Abubacker was arrested by NIA in Sept
as part of a nationwide crackdown on the group.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Eight peo-
ple were arrested after
Delhi Police busted a
fake visa racket on
Wednesday. The ac-
cused were allegedly
running visa racket
from Connaught Place.
The crime branch of
the Delhi Police re-
ceived information re-
garding a gang which
was operating from
Connaught Place and
other areas. Later, a
raid was conducted at
many places and the 8
accused were arrested,
Special Commissioner
of Police (crime) Ravin-
dra Singh Yadav said.
The accused persons
were in the business of
securing visas from dif-
ferent countries for the
last 10 to 12 yrs and have
expertise in preparing
forged documents, po-
lice said.
The aspirants were
mostly unemployed
youth and they wanted
to go abroad in search
of employment.
Such aspirants don't
have valid documents
for securing a visa.
They used to prepare
forged documents
through skilled persons
and based on the docu-
ments, aspirants used
to apply for visas, police
said, adding that the ac-
cused were charging
them hefty amounts.
The accused have
been identified as
Baldev Raj (54), Ansh
Madan (23), Balihar
Singh (43) and Kuldeep
Singh (56), residents of
Haryana, Shiva Rama
Krishnan (39), a resi-
dent of Vasant Kunj,
Sunil Bisht (40) and
Nanda Ballabw Joshi
(43), residents of Mayur
Vihar, Phase-3, and Pan-
kaj Kumar Shukla (30),
a resident of Azamgarh
in UP, police said.
The illegal visa syndi-
cate was being operated
by Raj and Krishnan as-
sisted by Neeraj, Bisht
andShukla.Theaccused
disclosed that they were
running a tour and trav-
el business under the
name 'Green Tour and
Travel'. This network
was spread in several
states, including Hary-
ana, Punjab, Rajasthan,
UP etc, Yadav said.
The members of the
racket were using high-
ly encrypted mobile ap-
plications for communi-
cation. Many members
of this syndicate have a
criminal background,
Yadav said. Raj was the
mastermind of this
syndicate. He also con-
tested an election in
Punjab before moving
to Delhi in 2003.
Eight arrested for running fake visa racket
Delhi Police Crime Branch team with the eight arrested persons
accused of running the fake visa racket from Connaught Place, in
New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN’S MURDER
Delhi Police produce Rajwinder Singh before Patiala House Court
in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Rajwinder Singh
was arrested
and produced
before Patiala
House Court by
the Delhi police
special cell on
November 25
‘MASTERMIND’ HAD CONTESTED POLLS
Pulls up Delhi
police for not
being able to justify
arrest of accused
Records show
that at the time
of ban on PFI, accused
were in custody
IO has not been
able to show
sufficient incriminating
material, says judge
BJP leader Chhail
Bihari Goswami
had filed a
defamation
complaint against
Jain and several
other AAP leaders
—FILE
PHOTO

CAPITOL
03
Shalini Bhardwaj
New Delhi: For the
eighth day running, the
server at All India Insti-
tute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) remained out
of order, and according
to sources after the sus-
pension of two analysts
from Delhi more are on
the radar for suspension
for breaching cyber se-
curity
.
According to sources,
The sanitising process
has started. Earlier it
was 15 but now 25 out of
50 servers and more
than 400 endpoint com-
puters have been
scanned. Antivirus up-
loading has also been
started for future safe-
ty
. On Tuesday, the
AIIMS also issued a
statement that the e-
Hospital data has been
restored, The hospital
data has been restored
on the servers. Network
is being sanitised before
the services can be re-
stored. The process is
taking some time due to
the volume of data and
large number of serv-
ers/computers for the
hospital services. Meas-
ures are being taken for
cyber security
.
All hospital services,
including outpatient, in-
patient, laboratories, etc
continue to run on man-
ual mode.
It said further, The
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) has also
joined the investigation.
The India Computer
Emergency Response
Team (CERT-IN), Delhi
Police, Intelligence Bu-
reau, Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) and
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) representa-
tives are already prob-
ing the incident.
The internet services
after the recommenda-
tions from the investiga-
tion agencies will re-
main blocked in AIIMS
Delhi.
Laboratory informa-
tion system database
and other dependent da-
tabases have been re-
stored. Delhi's All India
Institute of Medical Sci-
ence (AIIMS) reported a
failure in its server on
November 23, as per of-
ficials. ANI
New Delhi (ANI): Aaft-
ab's most recent girl-
friend was in shock af-
ter hearing about the
horrific act by him and
said that she had no clue
that human body parts
were kept inside Aaft-
ab's Chhatarpur resi-
dence when she visited
there twice after the
murder of Shraddha
Walkar. She also in-
formed that Aaftab gift-
ed her a ring.
As per her, Aaftab had
gifted a fancy artificial
ring on October 12. As
per sources, this ring be-
longed to Shraddha.
The police recovered
the ring from Aaftab's
new partner and record-
ed her statement.
As per reports, Aaft-
ab'spartnerisapsychia-
trist by profession.
As per a statement
given to the police, this
friendinformedthatshe
had come to Aftab's flat
twice in the month of
October, but she had no
inkling of Shraddha's
murder or about the
presence of human
body parts in the house.
Aftab never looked
scared, she said. She
also informed that he
often used to tell her
about his Mumbai
home.
Aaftab and his new
girlfriend came in con-
tact through an online
dating app.
As per police, Aftab
was in contact with
about 15 to 20 girls
through different dating
sites.
During investigation,
the police traced his
Bumble app record and
found out about a girl
whohadcomeincontact
with Aaftab through the
app on May 30, about 12
days after Shraddha's
murder.
Had no inkling of body
parts kept in the house:
Aaftab’s ‘new girlfriend’
2suspendedasAIIMSserver
remainsdownforeighthday
Services at the OPD of AIIMS Delhi have been hit by the server glitch. —FILE PHOTO
Earlier it was 15 but now 25 out of 50
servers and more than 400 endpoint
computers have been scanned.
—AIIMS sources
n More may face
action for cyber
security breach
n Antivirus
uploading has
been started
Aaftab Poonawala being taken back from the Forensic Science
Laboratory, Rohini, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
MCD POLLS
As the Dec 4
voting day
nears, high decibel
campaigning by
parties across Delhi
Blame game on
as BJP marshals
top party leaders to
corner AAP; Cong,
AIMIM join in
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia during a roadshow in New Delhi on Wednesday. CM Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow at Malka Ganj in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: As the poll
battle for MCD heats up,
the political lingo is
also taking up quirky
tones and colours. The
intensifying campaign-
ing spree by parties is
seeing high-pitched de-
rision and ridicule of
each other, aptly being
supported by slapstick
jargon.
While the BJP has
flown down its top lead-
ership from various
states to corner AAP
with choicest epithets
like 'Dhokha Ratna' and
'Kattar Beiman', AAP
too has called the BJP a
'video-making company'
and 'mountain of fail-
ures' . These verbal vol-
leys have only upped the
ante ahead of the De-
cember 4 Municipal
Corporation of Delhi
(MCD) polls.
The BJP has been in
power in the MCD since
2007. During its 15-year-
run at its helm, the par-
ty has seen the civic
body trifurcated into
NDMC, SDMC, and
EDMC (2012-2022), and
its reunification earlier
this year.
Several chief minis-
ters and Union minis-
ters have stumped for
BJP candidates in the
past few weeks, raising
the fever pitch while
engaging in political at-
tacks, with the AAP
and its supremo Arvind
Kejriwal often in the
crosshairs.
Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan on Mon-
day blasted the Delhi
CM on corruption, say-
ing Kejriwal should get
a Dhokha Ratna for
creating a mess and
bringing ignominy to
the national capital.
Campaigning for the
BJP candidates, he
said, We have heard
about the Great Wall of
China... Kejriwal has
now become the 'cor-
ruption wall'.
Chouhan also
slammed the AAP con-
venor for defending his
ministers — Manish
Sisodia and Satyendar
Jain.
It is amusing that Ke-
jriwaldemandedBharat
Ratna for Satyendar
Jain and Manish Siso-
dia. Kejriwal should be
given 'Dhokha Ratna
Puraskar' and Sisodia
'Sharab Ratna Pursakar'
for the existing condi-
tion of Delhi, he said.
Citing leaked videos
of Satyendar Jain from
Tihar jail that showed
him taking a massage in
his cell, the senior BJP
leader said, He (Jain)
should get the 'Ghotala
and Massage Ratna'.
‘Kattar Beiman’ to‘Dhokha
Ratna’,the new jargon of
MCD election sloganeering
Gaurav Saini
New Delhi: Musta-
fabad, one of the worst-
hit areas in the Febru-
ary 2020 riots in North
East Delhi, is singed by
the memories of vio-
lence and many think it
will have a bearing on
the MCD polls.
December 4 will see
the first election in the
city after the riots.
There is unconcealed
anger against AAP
, with
people across religious
divide calling incum-
bent MLA Haji Younus a
“deserter.” People spent
their savings to repaint
and restore the burnt
buildings and damaged
places of worship in
Mustafabad, adjoining
Brijpuri and Shiv Vihar,
but no help came from
the government, said
Haji Yasin, 55, owner of
an automobile agency
.
“Students of Jamia
Milia University
, Jamiat
Ulema-e-Hind and Sikh
NGOs helped rebuild
lives here. Why would
anyone vote for AAP?”
he said.
The Mustafabad mu-
nicipal ward is reserved
for women and witness-
ing a five-cornered con-
test, with CPI(M) and
AIMIM also fielding
their candidates.
There are 53,000 vot-
ersintheMuslim-major-
ity ward. The Congress’
Sabila Begam is consid-
ered a strong candidate
asshehasthesupportof
the Saifi community
which has around 13,000
votes. The BJP has field-
ed Shabnam Malik who
is banking on the 10,000
votes of the Malik com-
munity
.
Malik’s brother-in-
law Mainu Malik said
the “internal fight” in
Congress (incumbent
councillor Praveen Ma-
roof not given ticket),
the anger against AAP,
and the AIMIM cutting
votes will help BJP win.
All India Majlis-e-Itte-
hadul Muslimeen
(AIMIM) is contesting
from 16 seats, including
Mustafabad. The Owai-
si-led party had contest-
ed the civic polls on nine
wards in 2017 but drew a
blank. —PTI
NE Delhi singed by memories of violence
ANGER AGAINST AAP
New Delhi (ANI): Po-
liceonWednesdayregis-
teredacaseagainstAam
Aadmi Party candidate
for MCD polls Joginder
Singh for brandishing a
revolver while dancing.
Acasehasbeenregis-
tered under Arms Act
against Joginder Singh
alias Bunty
, an AAP can-
didate for MCD polls
from Ward-19, Swaroop
Nagar, Delhi Police
said. Officials said they
received the video clip,
in which a group of peo-
ple were seen dancing.
One of them, in a yellow
t-shirt — identified as
Joginder Singh — took
out a revolver, bran-
dished it in the air and
pointed it out towards
the camera, police said.
New Delhi (ANI):
Ahead of Delhi Munici-
pal polls, Union Minis-
ter Hardeep Puri
Wednesdaysaidhousing
scheme under ‘Jahan
Jhuggi Wahan Makaan’
will benefit around 10
lakh people in Delhi.
“As per the census of
2011, the population of
Delhi was 1.67 crore.
When the next census
comes then the popula-
tionof Delhiwillbeover
2 crore. For this popula-
tion our schemes which
are currently going on
include Jahan Jhuggi
Wahan Makaan, under
which there would be 10
lakhbeneficiaries,”Puri
said. While talking
about another scheme
called PM Uday
, he said,
“The scheme is for regu-
larisation of unauthor-
ised colonies which will
benefit about 50 lakh
people.Thethirdscheme
islandpoolingwhichwe
started recently and as
per our assessment
there would be 75 lakhs
beneficiaries,”headded.
“Soforthepopulationof
2 crores, 1.35 crore citi-
zens of Delhi will bene-
fit from our re-develop-
mentplan,”theminister
said.
Hesaid,“NowDelhiis
the most populous ur-
ban agglomeration in
theworld(secondonlyto
Tokyo) with around 2
crore citizens. Delhi’s
population in 2041 is
estimated at 2.92 crores.
Delhi being the capital
city of the world’s fifth
largesteconomyislikea
dynamic growing or-
ganism.‘SabkaVikas’is
being assured by ensur-
ing urban development
through various mecha-
nisms”.
Around 10 lakh people will benefit from
our housing scheme in Delhi: Hardeep Puri
Supporters at a public meeting of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
ahead of MCD polls, at Seelampur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AAP supporters during a roadshow for MCD elections campaign
at Malka Ganj in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
AT THE RECEIVING END
AAP candidate
booked for
flaunting revolver
Union Min Hardeep Puri along with BJP leader Harsh Vardhan
addresses a press meet at BJP HQs on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Master Plan
2041 will
have policies
for regeneration of
existing colonies,
greenfield develop-
ment through Green
Development Area
policy and infra boost
—Hardeep Singh Puri,
Union Minister

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PERSPECTIVE
04
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
I call upon all #ExamWarriors, their
parents and teachers to take part in
these interesting activities relating
to Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023. Let us
collectively work towards creating
a stress free environment for our
students. #PPC2023
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
Senior writer and critic Dr. The news
of Nagnath Kottapalle’s death is sad.
My heartfelt tribute to him. Kottapalle’s
journey and career as a teacher of
Marathi, head of the department to
vice chancellor of the university and
then president of the All India Marathi
Literature Association is long.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
IRANIANS FIND
NOVEL WAYS TO
PROTEST AGAINST
THEIR GOVT
t has been a few
months now, Iran is
in turmoil over the
death of Mahsa Ami-
ni on September 16.
Women spearheaded the pro-
tests in the beginning but were
later joined by the masses. The
unrest has been the centre of
global attention as it is challeng-
ing the clerics and the stringent
Islamic laws like wearing of hi-
jab. The protests have now got
nationwide support and people
are ready to face bullets and jail
as a consequence.
Burning of head scarves by
women and teenage girls was
just one of the methods. Iran’s
soccer team showed a passive
form of protest when they did
not sing their country’s national
anthem at the start of one of
their matches at the FIFA World
Cup soccer in Qatar.
What will really hit the Ira-
nian government hard is the
widespread celebration in sev-
eral parts of Iran over their loss
to the US, their sworn enemy, in
their match on Wednesday
.
I
avana and Sur-
panakha made
theirentryinGuja-
rat’s political lexi-
con. While Ravana
made its debut, Surpanakha,
the demon king’s sister appar-
ently debuted much earlier.
Both the terms should have
been avoided, especially the
one likening Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to the mytho-
logicalkingof Lanka.Compar-
ing Modi to Ravana lowered
thedignityof theprimeminis-
ter and harmed the prospects
of the Congress.
The remark was made by
the Congress president Mall-
ikarjun Kharge while cam-
paigning in Ahmedabad.
Khargewonderedif Modihad
“100 heads” like the villain in
Ramayan which is why he
asks people to vote in every
election looking at his face.
The comment won’t help the
Congress as it has lost sub-
stantial ground and because
Gujarat is Modi’s home turf
where he has made the BJP
invincible. It has also exposed
Kharge’s lack of knowledge
aboutRamayan’scharacters---
Ravanahadtenheads,not100!
The BJP hit out at the Con-
gress. Gujarat Chief Minister
BhupendraPatelsaidthebarb
reflected Congress’s despera-
tionandshowedthepartywas
out to defame Gujaratis. Oth-
er BJP leaders like Ravi
Shankar Prasad and Amit
Malviya, the party’s IT cell
chief also attacked Kharge
and his party
. The Congress
does not look at the remark as
aself goal.Instead,Khargebe-
ing a Dalit, the party leaders
brought in Dalit politics in
their war of words after he
wascalled“fringe”bytheBJP
.
Renuka Chaudhary, former
Union minister, joined the is-
sue alleging that Modi called
her a Surpanakha. The Con-
gresshasforgottenhowcostly
Sonia Gandhi’s “maut ke sau-
dagar” jibe proved earlier.
CONG REFUSES TO
LEARN FROM PAST
The remark was made by
the Congress president
Mallikarjun Kharge
while campaigning in
Ahmedabad. Kharge
wondered if Modi had
“100 heads” like the
villain in Ramayan
which is why he asks
people to vote in every
election looking at his face
R
ndia’s former coach Ravi
Shastri has set off a big buzz
by suggesting that Team In-
dia should give Sanju Sam-
son far more opportunities.
Team India’s former coach
has urged selectors, BCCI
and the team management to
support Samson for 10
straight matches before tak-
ing a final decision on his
future highlighting the injus-
tice that has dogged the in-
ternational career of the
skipper of the Rajasthan
Royals side in the IPL.
Sanju Samson fans have
often accused the national
selectors of ruining an in-
credible talent like him. Most
experts feel that the ‘Kerala
King’ has not been given
enough chances to cement
his place in the Indian team.
Samson was in tremendous
form this year but the selec-
tors didn’t pick him in the
squad for the T20 World Cup
or for the Asia Cup. This has
happened in a year where he
had a fine IPL season and led
Rajasthan Royals to their
first final since 2008 when the
Royals under Shane Warne
won the inaugural IPL cham-
pionship.
How shabbily Sanju often
gets treated is clear even
from the New Zealand trip
where the 28-year-old is tour-
ing with India’s white-ball
squad. Despite many seniors
missing, Samson was not
picked for any of the three
T20 games against the Kiwis.
In the first ODI game, he was
picked and scored 36 runs
from 38 balls after batting at
number 6 and forged a cru-
cial 94-run stand with
Shreyas Iyer which helped
India reach an over-300 total.
After New Zealand won the
first ODI, Samson was
dropped again - for the sake
of getting an extra bowler.
The team management in-
cluded batting all-rounder
Deepak Hooda in place of
Sanju for the next two ODI
games – for Hooda as a part-
time spinner could provide
cushion to the other five
bowlers. This further adds
fuel to the fans’ anger about
Sanju being treated unfairly
in Team India. Given how
much cricket Suryakumar
Yadav has played lately, he
could have been rested to give
a fair chance to Samson in
the middle order on the New
Zealand tour. The series was
an ideal time to give Saju con-
tinuous game-time in the
middle after years of sporad-
ic chances but the opportu-
nity was wasted.
Sanju made his interna-
tional debut in 2015 but since
then, he’s been given very
few chances. For the T20
World Cup in 2024, the choice
of keeper-batsman will be be-
tween Rishabh Pant, Ishan
Kishan and Samson. Though
Sanju was the first to get se-
lected, he has played much
less games than the other
two. The Rajasthan Royals
skipper has appeared in just
16 T20Is for India. Even Ishan
Kishan has played three
more T20Is than Samson,
while Rishabh Pant has
played a huge 66 games for
the country
.
In contrast to Pant who is
going through a torrid time
in white-ball games, Sanju
scored 179 runs in the six
T20Is he has played in 2022,
averaging nearly 45 at a
strike rate of 158.40. In ODIs,
Samson has a career average
of 66 but this year he aver-
ages 71 at a strike rate of 109
in 9 innings. His stats reveal
that Sanju has done exceed-
ingly well in the limited
chances he’s got but the team
management has hardly
done justice to him.
Moreover, Samson has al-
ways been the kind of player
who doesn’t waste balls,
plays impact innings and can
change the course of a match
in a matter of a few balls. As
a dynamic batter, Sanju can
be sent in both at the start of
the innings or in the middle
order. Despite being a wicket-
keeper, he’s an outstanding
fielder in the outfield.
Sadly, Sanju does not fig-
ure even in the squads an-
nounced for the upcoming
tour to Bangladesh where
India plays 3 ODIs before a
2-Test series. As such, he now
has to wait for the IPL to
showcase his talent.
Given the dismal losses in
the last two T20 World Cups,
Team India needs to change
its style of play from con-
servative to aggressive and
Samson fits that narrative
perfectly. At a time when In-
dia needs to rebuild its T20
team and prepare a strong
squad for the ODI World
Cup in 2023, Samson de-
serves an extended run in
Team India.
Nearly 33 years ago, India’s
legendary cricketer, Mohin-
der Amarnath had famously
called the selectors “a bunch
of jokers.” It’s a pithy phrase
that has been frequently used
for Indian selectors since
then. In looking at the curi-
ous case of mishandling the
career of Sanju Samson,
most Indian fans would tend
to agree with Amarnath’s as-
sessment even today!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
Nearly 33 years ago, India’s
legendary cricketer,
Mohinder Amarnath had
famously called the selectors
“a bunch of jokers.” It’s a
pithy phrase that has been
frequently used for Indian
selectors since then. In
looking at the curious case
of mishandling the career of
Sanju Samson, most Indian
fans would tend to agree
with Amarnath’s
assessment even today!
Sanju Samson fans
have often accused the
national selectors of
ruining an incredible
talent like him. Most
experts feel that the
‘Kerala King’ has not
been given enough
chances to cement his
place in the Indian
team. Samson was in
tremendous form this
year but the selectors
didn’t pick him in the
squad for the T20
World Cup or for the
Asia Cup
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry
THE CURIOUS
SANJU
SAMSON
WHY IS RAJASTHAN
ROYALS CAPTAIN
TREATED UNFAIRLY?
CASE
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05
Ahmedabad (PTI): De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Wednesday
said Mahatma Gandhi
and Vallabhbhai Patel
were the symbols of Gu-
jarat’s honour and pride
in the 20th Century and
PM Modi has emerged
as the state’s “honour
pride” in 21st Century
.
Addressing a press
conference, Singh said
the people of Gujarat
will give a befitting re-
ply to those who used
abusive words for the
prime minister. “he is
Gujarat’s honour and
pride, while Mahatma
Gandhi and Sardar Pa-
tel were the symbols of
Gujarat’s honour and
pride in the 20th Centu-
ry, our Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
emerged as Gujarat’s
honour and pride in the
21st Century
.”
‘Gandhi, Patel symbols of Gujarat’s
pride, PM Modi is State’s honour’
New Delhi (ANI): The
Prime Minister, Naren-
dra Modi addressed the
Manipur Sangai Festi-
val via video message
today. Labelled as the
grandest festival in the
state, the Manipur San-
gai Festival helps in
promoting Manipur as
a world-class tourism
destination. The festi-
val is named after the
state animal, Sangai,
the brow-antlered deer
found only in Manipur.
Addressing the gath-
ering, the Prime Minis-
ter congratulated the
people of Manipur for
the successful organi-
sation of the Manipur
Sangai Festival. He
pointed out that the fes-
tival is being organised
after a gap of two years
owing to the Corona
pandemic and ex-
pressed delight at the
grand scale of ar-
rangements. “Ma-
nipur Sangai Festi-
val highlights the
spirit and passion
of the people of Ma-
nipur”, the Prime
Minister remarked
as he ap-
plauded the
e f f o r t s
and the
compre-
hensive
vision
of the
Manipur Government
and Chief Minister N
Biren Singh for organ-
ising this festival.
Remarking on Ma-
nipur’s abundant nat-
ural beauty, cultural
richness and diversity,
the Prime Minister
said that everyone
wants to visit the state
at least once and drew
an analogy to a beauti-
ful garland that is
made up of different
gems. The Prime Min-
ister further added
that Manipur is exact-
ly like an elegant gar-
land where one can
witness a mini India in
the state.
The Prime Minister
underlined that India
in its Amrit Kaal is
moving forward with
the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat’.
Shedding light on the
theme of the Sangai
Festival which is the
‘Festival of One-ness’
the Prime Minister re-
marked that the suc-
cessful organisation of
this festival will act as
a source of energy and
inspiration for the na-
tion in the days to
come. “Sangai is not
only the state animal
of Manipur but also
has a special place in
India’s faith and be-
liefs. The Sangai Festi-
val also celebrates the
biodiversity of India”,
the PM Modi said.
Manipur is an elegant garland where one can witness mini India: PM
Everyone wants to visit
the state at least once
and drew an analogy
to a beautiful garland that is
made up of different gems.
Manipur is exactly
like an elegant gar-
land where one
can witness a
mini India.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
MANIPUR SANGAI
FESTIVAL
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: The steer-
ing committee of the
Congress will decide
when and where the
AICC session will be
held to finalize the
name of Mallikarjun
Kharge. But informed
leaders of the party say
that the convention
may be held by the end
of February or at the
most it will be held in
the first week of March.
This is being said on the
basis that Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
is coming to an end in
the first week of Febru-
ary. If there is no hin-
drance in the journey, it
will reach Srinagar be-
tween February 5 and 7
and Rahul Gandhi will
return to Delhi after
hoisting the tricolor
there. The party wants
the momentum created
by his visit to be con-
tinue for several
months more, if not
weeks, and the Con-
gress wants to take ad-
vantage of this in next
year’s assembly elec-
tions.
According to in-
formed sources in the
Congress, the conven-
tion will be held in the
break between the end
of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra
and the budget session
of Parliament. The
budgetsessionof Parlia-
mentbeginstowardsthe
end of January and
from the second week
there is a one-month
break. So, the time is
from the third week of
February to the second
week of March. Along
with this, the party has
to decide where the con-
vention will be held. As-
semblyelectionsaredue
in Kharge’s home state
Karnataka in May next
year, where the Con-
gressishopingtoreturn
to power. That’s why
Kharge’s name should
be stamped by holding a
convention in Karnata-
ka itself. If Congress
makes it a big event, the
party will surely get
benefit in the elections.
Elections are also to
be held in Rajasthan
and Madhya Pradesh
next year. But elections
will be held in both the
states at the end of the
year and Congress had
organized Nav Sankalp
Shivir this year in
Udaipur city of Ra-
jasthan. That’s why
there is less possibility
of convention in these
states. If Congress does
not want to make it a
big event and wants to
keep a low profile, then
it can be organized in
Delhi or Haryana.
When and where will Congress hold AICC session?
DILEMMA ON DATES
Sonia Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge. —FILE PHOTO
IN THE COURTYARD
KERALA HIGH COURT DISMISSES PIL SEEKING
TIME-LIMIT ON PASSING OF BILLS BY GOVERNOR
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON PFI FOR
ITS INVOLVEMENT IN ANTI-NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
DELHI HIGH COURT ALLOWS MEHBOOBA MUFTI
TO WITHDRAW PLEA IN PMLA CASE
Kochi: Kerala HC on Wednesday dis-
missed the PIL seeking to set a time limit
for the Kerala Governor to take a decision
on the bills passed by the State Assembly.
While dismissing the PIL, the Court ob-
served that “It’s not the court’s duty to fix
a time limit to decide on bills by the Governor and it’s for the
legislature to do so.” A PIL was filed in the Kerala High Court
seeking to set a time limit for Governor to take decision.
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has upheld the re-
cent ban imposed by the Central govt on the Popular Front
of India (PFI) for its involvement in anti-national activities. A
single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna on Wednes-
day pronounced the judgment. The ban was challenged by
Nasir Ali, a resident of Bengaluru and the state president of
the proscribed outfit. The Central government had issued
an order banning the organisation and its allied outfits for a
period of five years with immediate effect on Sept 28.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on
Wednesday allowed the withdrawal of the
plea filed by former Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti challeng-
ing the vires of the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA). The plea filed by
former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti
was allowed the withdrawal by the Delhi High Court. The HC
Bench on Wednesday allowed the withdrawal of the plea.
QUEER LAWYER REQUESTS
CJI FOR GENDER INCLUSIVE
APPEARANCE IN COURTS
New Delhi: A queer lawyer
practising before the Su-
preme Court has written to
the Chief Justice of India DY
Chandrachud with a request
to modify the appearance
slips in the SC to include
an additional column for
mentioning people’s pro-
nouns so that they may be
correctly used in the court’s
orders or judgments. While
this may seem simple, and
such a change will only
require an administrative
direction from you, it will go
a long way in affirming the
identities, the lawyer said.
VARANASI COURT TO
CLUB HALF DOZEN CASES
RELATED TO GYANVAPI
Varanasi: A Varanasi court
is set to deliver its verdict
on the matter of clubbing
together all the cases on the
plea seeking worship rights
of the ‘Shivling’ that Hindu
side claimed to be found
on the Gyanvapi mosque
premises. The matter will
be heard in the district
judge’s court. During the
proceedings of the Advocate
Commissioner in Gyanvapi
Masjid case in the month of
May, many new cases re-
garding the alleged Shivling
found in the survey have
also come.
DMK TO SC: CENTRE STEP
MOTHERLY TOWARDS
TAMIL REFUGEES
New Delhi: The DMK has told
the Supreme Court that the
Citizenship (Amendment)
Act of 2019 is “arbitrary” as
it only considers religious
minorities from 3 countries
while keeping Sri Lankan
Tamils staying in India as
refugees. The Central govt
has “categorically remained
silent to the plight of the Ta-
mil refugees. Step-motherly
behaviour of Respondent
No.1 (Centre) towards the
Tamil refugees has left
them living in constant fear
of deportation,” stated the
affidavit filed by DMK.
POLICE RECRUITMENT
SCAM: JK HC REFUSES
BAIL TO BSF OFFICER
Jammu: The Jammu and
Kashmir High Court on
Wednesday rejected the
bail plea of BSF Com-
mandant (Medical) Karnail
Singh who was among the
24 people charge-sheeted
by the CBI in the police
sub-inspector recruitment
scam in the Union territory.
The CBI arrested Singh on
October 18 for allegedly
using touts to get his son
the question paper of the
recruitment examination
conducted by the Jammu
and Kashmir Services
Selection Board (JKSSB).
BJP WILL COME BACK TO POWER
WITH HUGE MANDATE: AMIT SHAH
IF ANTI- RADICALISATION CELL WORKS, WILL BRING IT NATIONALLY, UNION
HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH ASSERTS DURING A RALLY AHEAD OF VOTING
Govt aims at one
crore job-mark
from digital
economy in next
2 yrs: Vaishnaw
New Delhi (ANI): The
government has set a
target to cross 1 crore
job-mark in the next 2
years in three main seg-
ments of digital econo-
my — electronics, start-
ups and IT, and IT-ena-
bled services, minister
for IT Communica-
tions Ashwani
Vaishnaw said on
Wednesday
.
While speaking at an
ESC?STPI event for
startups, Vaishnaw
said three big pillars of
digital economy -- elec-
tronics manufacturing,
IT and ITes, startups --
they have created 88-90
lakh jobs. “Govern-
ment has set a target
that in this we should
be easily crossing 1
crore jobs in the com-
ing two years without
any doubt,” the minis-
ter said.
He said that the digi-
tal economy and its as-
sociated employment is
a major trend now and
the other trend is diver-
sity. “Earlier names of
a couple of cities were
mentioned for startups.
Now when I go to
schools in villages, chil-
dren in villages want to
set up a start-up,”
Vaishnaw said.
The minister said
that India is now be-
coming a technology
producer from being a
technology consumer.
He said that the Soft-
ware Technology Parks
of India (STPI) is creat-
ing plug-and-play infra-
structure to provide a
platform to startups.
Ashiwini Vaishnaw at National
startup campiagn on Wednesday.
GUJARAT POLLS
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Home minister Amit
ShahonWednesday
,held
a mega roadshow in
Asarwa, where thou-
sands of supporters
gathered to cheer for the
saffron party
. During the
roadshow, he asserted
that the Anti-radicalisa-
tion Cells in Gujarat,
which is one of the poll
promises of the BJP
, is
an experiment and will
be started in other states
too after a thorough
study
. He also exuded
confidence that BJP will
come back to power with
a huge mandate.
He said that if Anti-
radicalisationcellworks,
willbringitinnationally
.
BJP will come back to
power with a very good
mandate. When asked
where he sees Cong and
AAP in the election, the
HM responded, It won't
be right of me to com-
ment on any other party
,
but we will come back.
Amit Shah added.
BJP has ful-
filled its
promises and
created credibility
among the people.
That is why every sec-
tion of Gujarat, be it
tribals, farmers,
youth or women, are
all with BJP. The
public support from
including Santaram-
pur, Asarva, and
Mansa confirms it.
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister
Union Home Minster Amit Shah during a rally in Mansa on Wednesday.
ON EVE OF FIRST PHASE, NADDA, RAJNATH
TARGET CONG OVER ‘RAVAN’ REMARK
Ahmedabad: On the eve of the Gujarat assembly polls’ first phase,
the BJP intensified its attack on the Congress over its president
Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘Ravan’ jibe at PM Modi. During a roadshow
here, BJP president J P Nadda said Kharge’s barb and another Con-
gress leader Madhusudan Mistry’s ‘aukat’ remark at Modi expose
the party’s mindset and betray its frustration as the party stands
nowhere while the BJP is getting one-sided support. Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh told reporters that the people of Gujarat will
give a befitting reply to those using abusive words for the prime
minister who, he asserted, is Gujarat’s “honour and pride”.
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always carries a broom
and a trowel in his car.
Even on Wednesday, he
took a broom and
cleaned all the garbage
lying in front of him. He
was engaged in the
cleanliness campaign
for a long time. During
the surprise inspection,
he also inquired about
the food and other facili-
ties provided to the chil-
dren in the institute.
Even while being the
Governor of Himachal
Pradesh, Acharya Dev-
vrat had been undertak-
ing such surprise in-
spections by visiting
universitiesandbecause
of this, he is also very
popularamongstudents.
GUV DEVVRAT PICKS UP BROOM
Jaishankar meets US Charge
d'Affaires Elizabeth Jones
New Delhi (ANI): Unit-
ed States Charge
d’Affaires Elizabeth
JonescalledonExternal
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar here on Wednes-
day
. During the meeting,
the two sides discussed
ongoing progress in bi-
lateral cooperation.
“GladtoreceiveUSCd’A
Elizabeth Jones. Dis-
cussed the ongoing pro-
gress in our bilateral
cooperation,” Jais-
hankar said in a tweet.
Elizabeth Jones was
last month appointed as
Charge d’ Affaires ad in-
terim at Embassy in
New Delhi. Previously,
Jones served as Assis-
tant Secy of State for
EuropeandEurasia,act-
ing Assistant Secy of
State for the Near East.
Rajnath Singh during door-to-door campaign on Wednesday.
S Jaishankar Elizabeth Jones
in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Gujarat Governor Acharya
Devvrat cleans floor at Gujarat
Vidyapith on Wednesday.

INDIA
06
Bhopal (ANI): Two
Naxals carrying a re-
ward of Rs 43 Lakh on
their head were killed
in an encounter with
Hawk Force at Supkhar
forest area (Mandla and
Kawardha, Chhattis-
garh border) in Bala-
ghat district on Wednes-
day, an official said.
The Special Opera-
tion Group (SOG) of
Hawk Force also recov-
ered AK 47, 315-rifle,
various diaries and
Naxalites literature
from the spot. The two
Naxals killed in the en-
counter were identified
as Ganesh Mandavi
(around 35 years), a res-
ident of Gadhchirauli,
Maharashtra and
Rajesh (around 30
years), a resident of
Sukma, Chhattisgarh.
Inspector General of
Police (Anti-Naxal Op-
erations) Farid Shapu
said that Ganesh was
incharge of coordina-
tion team DVCM (Divi-
sion Committee Mem-
ber), MMC Zone. He
was carrying a reward
of 29 Lakh on his head
(five lakh in MP, eight
lakh in Chhattisgarh
and 16 lakh in Maha-
rashtra). Rajesh was a
commander (Bhoram-
dev Area Committee-PL
2) and he was carrying
a reward of 15 lakh on
his head (Three lakh in
MP, five Lakh in Chhat-
tisgarh and six lakh in
Maharashtra).
IG Shapu further said
that acting on a tip-off,
the SOG of Hawk Force
went on a search opera-
tion around 1 am on
Wednesday. During the
search, the force
reached the naka of the
forest department in
the morning. After feel-
ing the movement, the
Naxalites opened fire
on the force. They re-
taliated in self-defence
thatcontinuedtillabout
11am. Later, their bod-
ies were found when
search was conducted.
Two Naxals carrying reward of `43 lakh killed
BY HAWK FORCE IN BALAGHAT
CASES REGISTERED IN 3 STATES
LALU TO UNDERGO
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
ON DEC 5: TEJASHWI
Bihar: RJD president Lalu
Prasad will go under the
knife at Singapore on
December 5 for a kidney
transplant, his son and
Bihar Deputy C Tejashwi
Yadav said on Wednesday.
The RJD heir apparent
made the disclosure at
a rally in Kurhani as-
sembly segment, where
the disqualification of the
party’s MLA Anil Sahani
has necessitated a by-poll,
which, incidentally, is also
scheduled for Dec 5. “Lalu
ji wanted to be here, but
he is in Singapore where
he will undergo a kidney
transplant,” said Yadav.
BHARAT GAURAV
TRAIN FARES LIKELY
TO BE SLASHED
New Delhi: The fares of
the Bharat Gaurav trains
are likely to be slashed
by 20-30 per cent after
low occupancy forced the
IRCTC to cancel at least
two of its special tour
packages, sources said
here. The Railways’ nod
to the IRCTC to reduce
fares of the special train
comes barely a year after
the service was launched.
So far, the transporter has
managed to operate just
one service of the train on
the Ramayana circuit. The
AC-3 tier fare for an 18-day
tour in the Bharat Gaurav
tourist train is Rs 62,000.
INDIA, AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
TO COME INTO FORCE FROM DEC 29
New Delhi: A trade agreement between India and Aus-
tralia will be implemented from December 29, almost
nine months after the two sides signed a deal. “India
Australia consolidate their
long-standing partnership.
Economic Cooperation
Trade Agreement, realised
under the guidance of
leaders of both countries,
comes into effect from
December 29, 2022. ndia’s
President has approved the deal. The two nations signed
an interim free trade deal—Economic Cooperation and
Trade Agreement (ECTA)--in April and the Australian
Parliament ratified it last week.
LIGER STAR VIJAY DEVERAKONDA APPEARS
BEFORE ED IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
New Delhi: Popular Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda
on Wednesday appeared before the ED in connection with
the investigation relating to sourcing
of funds for his recent film ‘Liger’. The
actor appeared before ED officials at the
agency’s regional office in Hyderabad.
The central agency is investigating the
alleged violation of Foreign Exchange
Management Act (FEMA). As per
sources, Vijay Deverakonda is being
questioned about sources of funding for
the movie, his remuneration and payments made to other
actors including American boxer Mike Tyson.
CRUCIAL READ
Ahmedabad (PTI):
The Gujarat Anti-Ter-
rorist Squad has raided
a manufacturing unit
on the outskirts of Va-
dodara city and seized a
huge cache of the
banned mephedrone
drug and its raw mate-
rial worth Rs 478.65
crore, an ATS official
said on Wednesday
.
During the raid at the
small factory-cum-go-
down near Sindhrot vil-
lage of Vadodara dis-
trict on Tuesday night,
the ATS also arrested
five persons from the
spot, he said.
A preliminary in-
vestigation revealed
the accused were mak-
ing mephedrone, also
known MD drug, a nar-
cotic substance, for
the last 45 days in the
factory which was
erected using metal
sheets, the ATS said in
an official release.
During the raid, the
ATS recovered 63.6 kg
of mephedrone and
80.26 kg of its raw mate-
rial worth Rs 478.65
crore, the release said.
The machinery used
for manufacturing the
drug was also seized, it
said.
Those arrested have
been identified as
Saumil Pathak,
Shailesh Kataria, Vinod
Nijama, Mohammad
Shafi Dewan and
Bharat Chavda, the re-
lease said.
The investigation re-
vealed Vadodara resi-
dent Saumil Pathak had
learnt the process of
making narcotic drugs
from the ‘dark web’ and
roped in others after
setting up the unit near
Sindhrot, the ATS said.
Accused Kataria, a
chemistry graduate,
used to work as a chem-
ist at the factory to pro-
duce the MD drug using
various materials,
while the three others
used to handle other lo-
gistical operations, the
release said.
The probe revealed
Mumbai Police caught
Pathak with drugs in
2017 and he was then
sent to jail.
During his time in
jail, he came in contact
with one Salim Dola,
who gave Pathak guid-
ance about drug manu-
facturing and also ar-
ranged the raw mate-
rial for him, the ATS
release said.
Gujarat ATS recovers
mephedrone, 5 held
—Image for representational purpose only
AdaniPortinKerala:Some
supporting,othersprotesting
New Delhi: The Kerala
police on Wednesday
said they will not allow
a Hindu group close to
the ruling BJP to march
in support of a mega
$900-million port by the
Adani Group amid ten-
sion over protests led by
Catholic priests.
Members of the Hin-
du United Front have
announced a march to
the port in Vizhinjam
to pledge their sup-
port for a project they
say will create jobs in
the region.
Construction has
been stalled for almost
four months by pro-
testers from a fishing
community who say
the port, being built
by Asia's richest and
the world's third rich-
est man, Gautam Ada-
ni, is causing erosion
that has hit their live-
lihoods.
Protesting villagers
yesterday blocked
trucks carrying con-
struction material to
the project site. An at-
tempt by the police to
intervene triggered
clashes in which more
than 80 people were in-
jured.
The police said secu-
rity had been increased
around the port to pre-
vent the Hindu group
from reaching it. Rein-
forcements have al-
ready been sent to the
Vizhinjam area after
more than 3,000 villag-
ers stormed a police
station in clashes on
Sunday.
We have denied per-
mission to the rally by
the Hindu United
Front. We have taken
enough precautions to
prevent it if the front
defy the order, Trivan-
drum Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police Ajith V
was quoted as telling
Reuters.
The port is of strate-
gic importance to In-
dia. It is set to be India's
first container tran-
shipment hub, rival-
ling Dubai, Singapore
and Sri Lanka for busi-
ness on the lucrative
east-west trade routes.
Both the Adani Group
and the government of
Kerala have denied ac-
cusations the port is
causing environmental
damage.
Police force around Adani’s port project in Kerala’s Vizhinjam.
Dhaka (PTI): Newly-
appointed Indian High
Commissioner to Bang-
ladesh Pranay Verma
called o n PM Sheikh
Hasina here on Wednes-
day during which they
pledged to work togeth-
er to curb terrorism in
the region. Verma, a
1994-batch IFS officer,
met Hasina a month af-
ter presenting his cre-
dentials to President
Abdul Hamid on Octo-
ber 27. “India has a poli-
cy for neighbouring
countries. But Bangla-
desh gets the highest
priority. Bangladesh al-
ways gets priority in
any case,” Verma was
quoted as saying by a
PMO spokesperson dur-
ing his meeting with PM
Hasina at her official
Ganabhaban residence.
India, B’desh
pledge to work
together to
curb terrorism
Qatar (ANI): Eng-
land head coach Ga-
reth Southgate ap-
plauded Marcus
Rashford’s impres-
sive showing in the
team’s 3-0 win over
Wales where the for-
ward managed to
score a brace on
Wednesday
.
“It’s great for Mar-
cus Rashford, he has
trained really well. I
have to say
, he’s really
beenimpressivesince
he came back in with
us. He could have had
a hat trick, couldn’t
he? And the free kick
is what he’s capable
of, it’s an incredible
strike really,” ex-
pressed Southgate,
quoted ESPN as re-
ported by BBC.
“In moments I
thought both Foden
and Rash were quiet
in the first half, we
decided to switch
wings, and I thought
thatmightallowthem
to go on the outside
and also the chance to
come in and they re-
sponded really well,
so for both to get the
goals is great,” said
the England boss.
Southgate hails Rashford
after win over Wales
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The Aam
Aadmi Party has adopt-
ed all the ‘old methods’
of politics. The party
has no problem in dis-
tributing tickets on the
basis of religion and
caste, nor does it have
any problem in giving
tickets to people with
criminal antecedents to
win elections. All par-
ties doing traditional
politics give priority to
winning candidates
while selecting candi-
dates but at the same
time take care of some
ethics. But the Aam
Aadmi Party has gone
so far ahead in selecting
winnable candidates
that it has fielded candi-
dates with a maximum
criminal record in the
Gujarat assembly elec-
tions and the municipal
elections in Delhi.
In Gujarat, polling is
to be held on 89 seats in
the first phase, and out
of these 89 seats, AAP
has given 32 candidates
who have criminal cas-
es against them. Out of
these, there are 26 can-
didates who have seri-
ous criminal cases
against them. Similarly
,
out of 250 candidates of
the Municipal Corpora-
tion of Delhi, 45 candi-
dates of AAP have a
criminal record more
than 20 of them have
serious criminal cases.
Is criminality AAP’s way
of coming to power?
Adelaide (PTI) Indian
men’s hockey team
stunned world number
one side Australia 4-3 in
the third Test to regis-
ter a rare win and keep
the five-match series
alive here on Wednes-
day
.
Skipper Harman-
preet Singh (12th min-
ute), Abhishek (47th),
Shamsher Singh (57th)
and Akashdeep Singh
(60th) scored for India.
Australia’s goals
came from the sticks of
Jack Welch (25th), skip-
per Aran Zalewski
(32nd) and Nathan
Ephraums (59th).
After Wednesday’s
win, India trailed 1-2 in
the series. The visitors
had lost 4-5 and 4-7 in
the first two Tests.
India shock Australia 4-3
in 3rd hockey test
New Delhi: India lost
the three-match ODI se-
ries against New Zea-
land 0-1 after the third
game was called off due
to rain on Wednesday.
Sent in to bat, India
were all out for 219 in
47.3 overs with Wash-
ington Sundar (51) and
Shreyas Iyer (49) doing
the bulk of the scoring.
In reply, New Zealand
were comfortably
placed at 104 for one in
18 overs when the heav-
ens opened up.
Match called off;
NZ win series
1-0 against India
JK(ANI): The BSF-
has worked well and
kept the international
border incident-free de-
spite several efforts of
neighbouring regions,
Inspector General BSF
(Jammu frontier) DK
Boora said on Wednes-
day. BSF IG Boora was
addressing a press con-
ference, and said, BSF
has worked well and
keeps borders incident-
free despite several ef-
forts of neighbouring
regions. In the last
one year, we have kept
border incident free.
There have been at-
tempts from the other
side but we have kept
the international bor-
ders secure, he said.
There were seven at-
tempts of infiltration at
the border and all were
foiled, he pointed out.
He added that four
AK 47 rifles, ammuni-
tion, and 50 kilograms
of Heroin were recov-
ered.
BSF IG Boora also
mentioned that Jammu
Frontier has been given
the best Frontier trophy
this year, and said, I
congratulate officers
and jawans for that.
Our international border is safe
and incident-free:BSF IG DK Boora
Pune (PTI): Chief of
Naval Staff Admiral R
Hari Kumar on Wednes-
day said the integration
of aircraft with the
newly commissioned
aircraft carrier INS
Vikrant is likely to be
accomplished by May
or June next year.
The sea-going trials
are already over after
which the carrier was
commissioned. Now,
the aircraft integration
trials have been started,
he told reporters after
reviewing the Passing
Out Parade of the 143rd
course of the NDA at
Khadakwasla in Maha-
rashtra’s Pune district.
Integration of
aircraft with INS
Vikrant likely by
June: Navy chief
DGP Pankaj Kumar Singh addresses the media on Annual Press
Meet 2022 prior to the BSF Day at BSF Aswini Officers Institute,
in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
kAashdeep Singh competes
with Ky Willott.
FIFA WORLD CUP
England’s players celebrate a goal during the match against
Wales in the FIFA World Cup 2022, at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.
Qatar (ANI): History will be made when Costa
Rica face Germany on December 1 at the Al
Bayt Stadium when France’s Stephanie Frap-
part will become the first woman in the history
of the FIFA World Cup to referee a finals match
in the men’s tournament. Frappart, who will
be the first woman to referee a men’s World
Cup match, will be joined by assistant refer-
ees Neuza Back of Brazil and Mexico’s Karen
Diaz Medina for the crucial Group E game on
Thursday, Fifa announced on Tuesday. “The
men’s World Cup is the most important sporting
competition in the world. I was the first referee
in France and in Europe, so I know how to deal
with it,” Frappart said in an official statement
released by FIFA.com. Before the World Cup,
Pierluigi Collina, chairman of the FIFA Referees
Committee, said of the three female referees
at the World Cup: “They were not selected
because they are women but as FIFA referees.
They could officiate any game.”
STEPHANIE FRAPPART FIRST FEMALE
REFEREE AT MEN’S WORLD CUP GAME
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
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Samsung India plans to hire 1K engineers
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Samsung In-
dia is planning to hire
around 1,000 engineers for
its research and develop-
ment institutes across In-
dia, the company said on
Wednesday
.
The young engineers
will join the company in
2023, and will work on new-
age technologies at its RD
institutes in Bengaluru,
Noida, Delhi and at Sam-
sung Semiconductor India
Research in Bengaluru.
“Strengthening their fo-
cus on innovation and cut-
ting-edge technology, Sam-
sung’s RD centres aim to
hire new talent from In-
dia’s top engineering insti-
tutes who will work on
breakthrough innovations,
technologies, products and
designs, including India-
centric innovations, that
enrich people’s lives.
“This will further our vi-
sion of Powering Digital
India,” Samsung India
head for Human Resources
Sameer Wadhawan said in
a statement. The Korean
electronics major will re-
cruit engineers from
streams such as CSE.
FROM IITs, TOP INSTITUTES FOR RD UNITS
TO WORK ON
NEW AGE TECH
z The young engineers will
join the company in 2023,
and will work on new-age
technologies at its RD
institutes in Bengaluru,
Noida, Delhi and at
Samsung Semiconductor
India Research in
Bengaluru.
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (FIB): Low-
cost fashion brand HM
on Wednesday said that it
will be reducing its global
workforce by around
1,500 positions as part of
a plan to reduce costs and
further improve efficiency.
The Sweden-based com-
pany said a restructuring
charge of 800 million kro-
nor ($76 million) will be
booked in the last three
months of the year. The
staff reduction is estimat-
ed to provide annual sav-
ings of about 2 billion kro-
nor ($190 million). Be-
sides the clothing retailer,
the group includes brands
like COS, Monki, Week-
day, Cheap Monday,
Other Stories.
New Delhi (PTI): State-
owned NMDC on Wednes-
day hiked the prices of
iron ore lumps and fines
by `300 per tonne with
immediate effect. Recently
government removed duty
on the exports of the min-
eral. The price for a tonne
of lump ore or high-grade
iron ore having Fe (iron)
content 65.53% and
above has been fixed at
`4,100. While the rate of
fines or inferior grade ore
with 64% and less Fe con-
tent has been increased to
Rs 2,910 per tonne,
NMDC said in a BSE filing.
NMDC HIKES LUMP
ORE, FINES PRICES
BY `300/ TONNE
FASHION RETAILER
HM TO CUT 1,500
JOBS WORLDWIDE
New Delhi (PTI): Invest-
ment in technology start-
ups in the agriculture and
food sector jumped over
twofold to $4.6 billion
during the last fiscal on
the back of higher inflow
in restaurant marketplace
and e-grocery, according
to a report by AgFunder
and Omnivore. Total in-
vestment in agrifoodtech
startups for India’s fiscal
year (FY) 2022 stood at
$4.6 billion, up 119%
from FY2021. Deal vol-
ume also increased to 234
in FY2022.
INVESTMENT IN AGRI
TECH STARTUPS
JUMPS 2-FOLD
New Delhi (PTI): The
Ministry of Power on
Wednesday said outstand-
ing dues of electricity dis-
tribution firms (discoms)
towards gencos, transcos
and traders have come
down by `24,680 crore
to `1,13,269 crore in the
last six months. The total
outstanding dues of
states (discoms) which
were at `1,37,949 crore
as on June 3, 2022 have
been reduced by `24,680
crore to `1,13,269 crore
with timely payment of
just four EMIs (equated
monthly installments),
it stated.
DISCOM DUES DIP
BY `24,689 CRORE
IN SIX MONTHS
*Rates till the edition went to print.
PARIKH PANEL SUBMITS
GAS REPORT, SUGGESTS
PRICING FREEDOM
New Delhi (PTI): A govern-
ment-appointed gas price re-
view panel, led by Kirit Parikh
on Wednesday
submitted its
report to the
government,
recommend-
ing a floor and ceiling price
for legacy fields and complete
pricing freedom starting
January 1, 2026. A fixed
band of pricing for gas from
legacy fields would ensure a
predictable pricing regime for
producers and at the same
time moderate prices of CNG.
IEX SEEKS
SHAREHOLDERS' NOD
TO BUYBACK SHARES
New Delhi (PTI): Indian
Energy Exchange (IEX) will
seek shareholders’ approval
through postal
ballot to buy-
back shares
worth up to
`98 crore.
The board of directors in its
meeting on November 25
has approved the cash offer
for buyback of equity shares
of face value of `1 each at a
maximum price of `200 per
share for an aggregate amount
up to `98 crore. The e-voting
will commence on Thursday.
GOVT ENVISIONS DOUBLING MSME SECTOR'S
CONTRIBUTION TO INDIA'S ECONOMY: MINISTER
New Delhi (PTI): The govern-
ment envisages doubling the
contribution of India’s micro,
small and medium enterprises
sector to the economy by realis-
ing its full potential, Union Minis-
ter Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
said on Wednesday. The Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSME) sector contributes one-third to India’s gross domestic
product (GDP). The Minister of State for MSME said the Ministry
is working towards this objective by resolving bottlenecks.
New Delhi (PTI): The government on
Wednesday sought views from the
industry about the existing national
design policy and aims to come out with
an updated policy before August 15,
2023. The National Design Policy was
approved by the government in February
2007. Its objectives include promotion
of Indian design through a well-defined and managed regulatory,
promotional and institutional framework; and setting up of special-
ised design centres or innovation hubs for different sectors.
HOPE TO COME OUT WITH UPDATED NATIONAL
DESIGN POLICY BEFORE AUGUST 15: DPIIT SECY
OTHER STORIES
‘INDIA WILL SUCCEED IN
HANDLING INFLATION’
New Delhi (PTI): Finance
Minister Nirmala Sithara-
man on Wednesday exuded
confidence that India will
succeed in handling infla-
tion better as it has already
put in place a “very good
framework” in place to ad-
dress supply side pressures
on food prices.
The retail inflation based
on the CPI has remained
above the RBI’s comfort
level of 6% since January.
She also acknowledged
that inflation due to im-
ports of commodities like
crude oil is going to persist.
“We probably will suc-
ceed in handling inflation
better and there is clearly a
picture from the RBI that is
on a downward slide and it
will be well within the tol-
erance band by early next
year or middle of next
year,” said the minister
who is scheduled to present
the Budget for 2023-24.
Sitharaman further said
inflation is going to be in-
fluenced by external fac-
tors but within India, “we
are comfortable” in terms
of agricultural supplies,
and energy among others.
“I look forward to a good,
fast growing Indian econo-
my and the next year,” she
said.
New Delhi (PTI): The Reserve Bank’s modified guidelines on digital
lending that seek to protect customers from exorbitant interest rates
by certain entities and also check unethical loan recovery practices
will come into effect from Thursday. Under the new norms, all
loan disbursals and repayments are required to be executed only
between the bank accounts of borrower and the regulated entities
(like banks and NBFCs) without any pass-through/ pool account of
the Lending Service Providers (LSPs). Also, “any fees, charges, etc,
payable to LSPs in the credit intermediation process shall be paid
directly by RE and not by the borrower”, the Reserve Bank said in a
press release while conveying the regulatory stance.
RBI’S MODIFIED DIGITAL LENDING NORMS
TO COME INTO EFFECT FROM TODAY
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark BSE Sensex settled
above the 63,000-level for
the first time on Wednes-
day, extending its win-
ning momentum to sev-
enth day amid a largely
positive trend in global
markets and continuous
foreign fund inflows.
The 30-share barome-
ter rallied 417.81 points
or 0.67% to settle at
63,099.65, its fresh record
closing high. The broad-
er NSE Nifty advanced
140.30 points or 0.75% to
end at 18,758.35, its fresh
record closing high.
Among the Sensex
pack, Mahindra Mahi-
ndra, UltraTech Cement,
Power Grid, Hindustan
Unilever, Bharti Airtel,
Asian Paints, Tata Steel
and Titan were major
gainers. IndusInd
Bank, State Bank of In-
dia, HCL Technologies
and ITC were among
the laggards.
Sensex hits 63K mark for first
time; Nifty ends at fresh high
New Delhi (PTI): The market
capitalisation of BSE-listed
firms reached an all-time
high of Rupees 288.50 lakh
crore on Wednesday amid
an ongoing rally in equities.
Investors wealth climbed
Rupees 7,59,642.89 crore
in seven days, taking the
market capitalisation (mcap)
of BSE-listed firms to Rupees
2,88,50,896.03 crore.
MCAP OF BSE-LISTED
FIRMS AT ALL-TIME
HIGH OF `288.50 L CR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
appreciated 34 paise to
close at 81.38 (provision-
al) against the US dollar
on Wednesday as a weak
greenback in the overseas
market and a rally in
domestic equities boosted
investor sentiment. At
the interbank foreign ex-
change market, the local
unit opened at 81.63 and touched an intra-day high of 81.38 and
a low of 81.64 against the greenback. The local unit finally settled
at 81.38, registering a rise of 34 paise over its previous close.
RUPEE GAINS 34 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 81.38
AGAINST AMERICAN CURRENCY
New Delhi (PTI): Retail
inflation for industrial
workers rose to 6.08% in
October from 6.49% in Sep-
tember 2022 mainly due to
lower prices of certain food
items, according to the gov-
ernment data released on
Wednesday
.
Year-on-year inflation
for the month stood at
6.08% compared to 6.49%
for the previous month
(September) and 4.52%
during the corresponding
month (October 2021) a
year before, a labour min-
istry statement said.
Similarly, it stated that
food inflation stood at
6.52% against 7.76% of the
previous month (Septem-
ber, 2022) and 2.20% during
the corresponding month
(October 2021) a year ago.
The All-India CPI-IW
(consumer price index for
industrial workers) for Oc-
tober, 2022 increased by 1.2
points and stood at 132.5
points. It was 131.3 points
in September 2022.
In terms of one-month
percentage change, it in-
creased by 0.91% with re-
spect to previous month
compared to an increase of
1.30% recorded between
corresponding months a
year ago.
Retailinflationforindustrialworkerseases
Fiscal deficit at
45.6% of full-year
target in October
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment’s fiscal deficit at
the end of October touched
45.6% of the full year budg-
et estimate, as per data re-
leased by the CGA on
Wednesday
.
In actual terms, the fis-
cal deficit -- the difference
between expenditure and
revenue -- was `7,58,137
crore during the April-Oc-
tober period of 2022-23.
In the corresponding pe-
riod last year, the deficit
was 36.3% of the budget
estimates of 2021-22.
For 2022-23, the fiscal
deficit of the government
is estimated to be `16.61
lakh crore or 6.4% of GDP.
Go First adds 55th
Airbus A320neo
aircraft to its fleet
Mumbai (ANI): TMumbai
(ANI): Go First, formerly
known as GoAir, on
Wednesday inducted the
55th Airbus A320neo air-
craft to its fleet of next-
generation aircraft.
According to Go First, the
airline has placed firm or-
ders for the delivery of 144
Airbus A320neo aircraft as
part of its expansion plan.
With this induction, Go
First’s fleet now comprises
60 aircraft, of which 55 are
A320neo and 5 are A 320ceo.
In line with Go First’s stra-
tegic growth plan, the air-
craft induction will aid the
growing demand on its ex-
isting and new routes.
P-notes investment hits
1-yr high in October 2022
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Investment in
the Indian capital markets
through participatory
notes rose to `97,784 crore
at the end of October, the
highest in a year.
This was also the third
consecutive monthly in-
crease in investments
through such a route.
Participatory notes (P-
notes) are issued by regis-
tered foreign Portfolio In-
vestors (FPIs) to overseas
investors who wish to be
part of the Indian stock
market without registering
themselves directly. They,
however,needtogothrough
a due diligence process.
According to Sebi data,
the value of P-note invest-
ments in Indian markets --
equity, debt, and hybrid
securities -- stood at `97,784
crore in October-end, as
compared to `88,813 crore
at the end of September.
October P-notes invest-
ment level was the highest
since Oct 2021, when invest-
ment through this route
stood at `1.02 lakh crore.
Core sector growth slows
down to 0.1% in Oct
New Delhi (PTI): The
growth rate in the produc-
tion of eight key sectors
slowed down to a 20-month
low of 0.1% in October on
account of contraction in
the output of crude oil,
natural gas, refinery prod-
ucts, and cement, accord-
ing to the official data re-
leased on Wednesday
.
In October last year,
these sectors expanded by
8.7%. In September this
year, the core sectors’ out-
put growth stood at 7.8%.
Last time it was in Feb-
ruary 2021, when the eight
infrastructure sectors --
coal, crude oil, natural gas,
refinery products, fertilis-
er, steel, cement and elec-
tricity -- recorded a nega-
tive growth of 3.3%.
The growth rate during
April-October this fiscal
was 8.2% as against 15.6% a
year ago. In October, crude
oil, natural gas, refinery
products, and cement out-
put recorded negative
growth rate. However, ferti-
liser output rose by 5.4% in
the month under review.

Jatin Takkar
Ahmedabad: In an in-
terview to PTI, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah spoke of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s popularity, the
all-round development
of Gujarat during his
tenure as the state chief
minister, and the imple-
mentation of zero ap-
peasement policy as the
main reasons for people
repeatedly reposing
faith in the BJP over
the last 27 years.
“The BJP will regis-
ter an unprecedented
victory in Gujarat. Peo-
ple have full faith in our
party and our leader
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi,” said Shah,
who has been criss-
crossing the state and
addressing five rallies a
day in the run-up to the
two-phase polls on De-
cember 1 and 5.
On Congress, Shah
said, “It is still the main
opposition party, but
the party is going
through a crisis, and its
impact is visible in Gu-
jarat as well.” Asked
about Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat
Jodo Yatra, Shah said
sustained efforts are a
must in politics.
“I have always been
of the view that politi-
cians need to be hard
working and it is good
when someone works
hard. But in politics
only sustained efforts
show results. So let’s
wait and see,” he said.
Shah, who has been
talking about issues of
national security in the
campaign for the state
election, said they are
important in every as-
sembly poll. The Oppo-
sition has accused the
BJP of raising national
issues like terrorism in
state elections to divert
the people’s attention
from governance-relat-
ed concerns. “Is the se-
curity of Gujarat asso-
ciated with national se-
curity or not?
“Security of Gujarat
and national security
are not different issues.
And if the country is
not secure, how can Gu-
jarat be secure? There-
fore, national security
is a major issue in all
state assembly polls.
With the Opposition
often accusing the govt
of misusing investiga-
tion agencies against its
political rivals, Shah
said there is an inde-
pendent neutral judi-
ciary in the country
, and
“if there is any misuse
of investigation agen-
cies, then they can ap-
proach the judiciary”.
Shah, who has been
raising law and order
issues in his campaign
speeches, described
ending lawlessness as
one of the achieve-
ments of the BJP gov-
ernment in Gujarat.
TheformerBJPpresi-
dent described the par-
ty’s poll promise to set
up an anti-radicalisa-
tion cell as a good initia-
tive and said any organ-
isation like PFI that
pushes youths towards
terrorism will not be tol-
erated. He said the Pop-
ular Front of India (PFI)
was banned after due
diligence and several
states had demanded it.
On whether BJP’s an-
nouncement in mani-
festo for setting up an
anti-radicalisation cell
in Gujarat will be im-
plemented in other
states also, Shah said,
“It is a good initiative.
Let it be implemented
(here) first. It will be
given a legal shape and
its working mechanism
will be decided.” He
said radicalisation
should be checked not
only in Gujarat but in
the entire country
.
“And it (anti-radicali-
sation cell) can be con-
sidered at the national
level other states. Rad-
icalisation has nothing
to do with any sect, but
we all know which forc-
es are promoting radi-
calisation. And the en-
tire world is concerned
about it,” Shah said.—PTI
08
2NDFRONT
Dream big dreams, the highest
possible but also savour your
present, the place where you
are, at any given time.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Gurugram: Guru-
gram-based realty
firm Elan Group plans
to invest Rs 4,000 crore
in the city as it an-
nounced the launch of
its first residential
project on Dwarka Ex-
pressway in Guru-
gram.
Prior to this, Elan
Group has developed
retail and commercial
projects across Gur-
gaon in January. The
group bought 40 acres
of land in Gurugram
from Indiabulls Real
Estate Ltd (IBREL) for
Rs 580 crore for the de-
velopment of housing
and commercial pro-
jects on the Dwarka
Expressway.
Elan Group will
invest about Rs 4,000
crores in developing
the project and expects
sales revenue of Rs
10,000 crore from it.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The survey
for the acquisition of
land for the second
phase of the upcoming
Noida International
Airport (NIA) will be-
gin in two weeks, ac-
cording to officials.
The first phase of the
Greenfield airport in
Jewar, Gautam Buddh
Nagar is currently un-
der construction, with
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment recently ap-
provinglandacquisition
for the second phase.
And the second phase
of the NIA will cover an
areaof 1,365hectares,of
which approximately
1,185hectaresareowned
by private individuals,
including farmers, from
6 villages including Ra-
nhera, Kureb, Dayanat-
pur, Karauli Bangar,
MundrahandBirampur,
according to the official.
The land is being ac-
quired in accordance
with the 2013 Act on the
Right to Fair Compensa-
tion and Transparency
in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Re-
settlement. “Consent of
landowners has been
taken already after
which the proposal for
land acquisition was
sent to the government.
The proposal has been
accepted. Now the sur-
vey is expected to begin
in the next two weeks in
the six villages for meas-
urement of individual
properties against
whichthecompensation
would be disbursed,”
AdditionalDistrictMag-
istrate (Land Acquisi-
tion) Balram Singh said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Dy
CM Kehsav Prasad Maurya during the foundation stone laying ceremony
for the Noida International Airport in Jewar. —PHOTO BY ANI
Survey for Phase II of land
acquisition likely in 2 weeks
Elan Group to invest `4K cr in 1st housing project
DAWN ON A RIVER
Migratory
birds fly
above the
Narmada
river on a
foggy winter
morning, at
Gwarighat in
Jabalpur on
Wednesday.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
We are excited
to enter the
residential
real estate segment
with the launch of this
superluxury project.
—Ravish Kapoor, Managing
Director, Elan Group
NOIDA AIRPORT
BJPENDEDLAWLESSNESSINGUJARAT:SHAH
THE HOME MINISTER SPEAKS
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being garlanded during a public meeting ahead of Gujarat Assembly
elections at Naranpura in Ahmedabad on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Organisations like PFI will not be
tolerated; Centre, other states may
consider anti-radicalisation cell
Technical,
medical, legal
education in
‘mother tongue’
Amit Shah stressed
that states should
promote education
in Hindi or regional
languages in techni-
cal, medical and law
fields so that the
country can utilise
the talent of non-
English speaking
students. Underlin-
ing the importance
of education in
Hindi regional
languages, Shah
said students can
develop an original
thought process with
ease if they study in
their mother tongue
and this encourages
research and in-
novation. Technical,
medical, and law - all
should be taught in
Hindi and regional
languages. All state
governments should
take initiative to
properly translate the
curriculum of these
3 fields of educa-
tion into regional lan-
guages, Shah said.
The people of Gujarat are
sensitive about national
security. We cannot af-
ford to have national
security affected
at any one loca-
tion. If there
is any misuse
of probe agen-
cies, then
they can
approach
the
judiciary.
The Modi govt decided
to ban PFI after gather-
ing a lot of information
and proof related to
their anti-national ac-
tivities, especially their
activities to push youth
towards terrorism by
radicalising
them. And sev-
eral states
have de-
manded to
ban PFI.
z Carpet bombing of
rallies have happened
in Gujarat. Now what
results do you expect?
JP Nadda: I see that Gu-
jarat’s people are one
sided in favour of BJP
.
Everyone has an un-
breakable love and trust
towards PM Modi and
with that Gujarat unit
has worked a lot. Our
CM Bhupendra Patel,
state president CR Patil
and other leaders have
worked with utmost
hard work and commit-
ment and campaigned
for the party along with
our leaders who came
from outside. Moreover,
have also made up their
mind that they will bless
the BJP
.
z If AAP opens its ac-
count this time around,
will it be a challenge in
the next election?
We do not have any chal-
lenge. AAP goes to every
state, contests election
and claims it will form
government but later
their security on all the
seats gets forefeited. It is
anon-startedparty
.Here
too AAP will face the
same situation.
z Does BJP gain
strength from Cong’s
usage of words like Ra-
van or king of lies?
With the love that people
of India have for PM
Modi, they react to such
comments and so do the
people of Gujarat. But
what needs to be under-
stood is that Sonia Gan-
dhi and Rahul Gandhi
have not been able to di-
gest that Modiji has be-
come PM. Hence they
givesuchstatementsand
othersfollowsuit.Kharge
sahab would give state-
ments which make Soni-
aji and Rahulji happy
.
z What will be the im-
pact of anti-radical
issue mentioned in
your manifesto?
Not only Gujarat, we
think on these lines for
the entire nation. Every
body has cancerous and
TB cells, but if the body
is strong, these cells do
not grow much. Simi-
larly
,inournation,,who
are anti-nationals, they
want to divide India and
to keep an eye on them
there is a need of Anti-
radical cell.
z It is being said that
first phase of poll is
Cong dominated.
What is strategy?
They will not get any-
thing and it will be a one
sided result. People will
support BJP and all re-
cords will be broken.
z How do you see your
Rajasthan tour start-
ing Thursday?
Definitely
,theill-govern-
ance of Gehlot Sahab’s
government has made
the citizens want for re-
lief. Our role is of oppsi-
tion and we will carry it
outwithutmoststrength.
z Where ever we go in
Gujarat, there is al-
ways Modi’s name
everywhere...
Amit Shah: It is but
natural. He is our big-
gest leader and wher-
eever in the nation there
is an election, people
love and like Modiji’s
name and Gujarat is
Modiji’s home state. it
was from here that he
started the developmen-
tal politics in nation. So
it is obvious that people
are happy with Modiji’s
name and feel proud too.
z Is this why Malliar-
jun Kharge targets
Narendra Modi? Per-
haps he cannot see
any other target?
See, the culture of using
fould words that has
been promoted by Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gan-
dhi, I feel that as many
times bad words or re-
marks have been made
for Modiji, the people of
Gujarat had given their
decision with an even
bigger majority
. This
time too the same shall
happen.
z Will AAP open its
account?
A: Looking at the envi-
ronment it does not
seem so. But let’s see
what happens in future.
On phase 1 voting eve, BJP’s top shots predict massive victory in Guj
In a tete-a-tete with First India’s Aditi Nagar, Union Home Minister
Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda stressed that the
BJP will break its own previous record of seats won in election
Amit Shah
JP Nadda

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FIRST INDIA QUEEN
A RAY OF PURE
Suhani Chauhan, one of the finalists of First India Queen shares
her inspiring journey in an exclusive chat with City First
BEAUTY!
ou are bound to
be successful if
you do some-
thing you love
with passion.
R a v i s h i n g
beauty Suhani
Chauhan’s inspiring
story perfectly fits here.
The 19-year-old diva was
born and brought up in
Noida, while describing
her personality Suhani
Said, “I’m currently pur-
suing English Honours
from Delhi University
.
Dancing is my way to es-
cape the cruelties of the
world. When I am upset
and start dancing, my
mind wanders to other
possibilities, which
helps me feel better. Be-
sides dancing, painting
gives me happiness too,
itisaformof expression
and more of natural tal-
ent. When I paint or
draw, I am completely
immersed in this hobby
of mineandIliketoread
as well. Apart from my
hobbies, I describe my-
self as a confident, viva-
cious and optimistic per-
sonwithanopenmindto
learn and evolve.”
When asked about her
journey the beauty said,
“Hailing from a family
where academic career
is always their first pri-
ority
, I decided to choose
my own path and fulfil
my dream of being a
beauty pageant winner. I
was 15 when I made up
mymindthatIwantedto
do this and after that, it
was years of hard work
for building that confi-
dence, all those qualities
that are required to be
the one. It is rightly
said that doing the
bestatthismoment
puts you in the best
place for the next
moment and final-
ly, here I am step-
ping into my own
passion and out-
side of what my
family has ever
done and I’m so
excited for what
the future holds
for me.”
The diva strongly be-
lieves that hard work
teaches us discipline,
dedication and deter-
minationwhilesharing
her vision, she said
“Mypageantjourneyso
far made me realize that
it’s not going to be easy
but it’s going to be worth
it. All you have to do is
stay strong, optimistic
and work hard no mat-
ter what I believe you
are never denied only
redirected and the only
thing that stands be-
tween you and your
dream is the will to try
and the belief that it is
actually possible.
The exquisite beauty
further said, “I am im-
mensely grateful to Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra and
the First India Queen
for providing us with
this wonderful plat-
form, something amaz-
ing like this can only be
envisaged by JC sir,
First India Queen has
given me some mem-
orable moments of
my life.”
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
Y

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