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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi’s
iconic Ramlila at Red
Fort grounds saw a star-
studded climax on
Dussehra with Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar, former Pres-
ident Ram Nath Kovind,
Delhi LG VK Saxena;
CM Arvind Kejriwal,
MP Dr Harshvardhan
and actor Prabhas join-
ing in the celebration.
“True to the meaning
of Ram Rajya, demonic
and destructive forces
are losing today,”
Dhankhar said.
DEMONIC FORCES LOSING TODAY: VP
DHANKHAR AT RED FORT RAMLILA
Major blaze in east
Delhi cloth market
New Delhi: A major fire broke out at Gandhi Na-
gar Market in east delhi on Wednesday evening.
Officials said 35 fire tenders and 150 fire fighters
were trying to control the blaze. No casualties
have been reported so far. The fire started in a
shop in the Nehru lane where mainly garments
and hosiery outlets are located. The operation was
impeded by narrows lanes and the absence of a
water source nearby
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PAK ARMY CHIEF
BAJWA MEETS
US DEFENCE
SECY, NSA
PANIC IN SOUTH KOREAN CITY AS MISSILE CRASHES
Seoul: A failed ballistic missile launch sparked panic in
a usually quiet South Korean city after it crashed into
the ground and triggered a huge fire, the officials
said on Wednesday.
Washington: Pakistan’s Army chief Gen Bajwa called
on US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, National
Security Adviser Jacob Sullivan and other top officials
and discussed matters of mutual interest, regional
security and bilateral cooperation in various fields.
G20 PARL
SPEAKERS’
SUMMIT IN
JAKARTA
Jakarta: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday
reached Jakarta to attend the 8th G20 Parliamentary
Speakers’ Summit. Birla is leading the Indian delegation
of the P-20 conference (organization of the parliaments
of G-20) to Jakarta.
3 JeM TERRORISTS
NEUTRALISED IN
J&K ENCOUNTER
Shopian: Security forces
neutralised three terrorists
linked with the terror outfit
Jaish-e-Mohammed in an
encounter in the Drach
area of Shopian, said the
police on Wednesday
morning. The encounter
between security forces
and terrorists had broken
out last evening. Another
encounter broke out early
morning in Moolu area of
Shopian, which according
to ADGP Kashmir Vijay
Kumar is in progress.
201 RAS OFFICERS
RE-SHUFFLED IN
RAJASTHAN
Jaipur: In a major
administrative reshuffle,
201 Rajasthan
Administrative Service
(RAS) officers were
transferred in Rajasthan
on Wednesday. As many
as 20 officers of the
Tehsildar service became
RAS as the Personnel
Department issued
promotion order. About
a third i.e. as many as
67 SDOs have been
shuffled.
PILOT DIES IN ARMY
CHOPPER CRASH IN
ARUNACHAL
FIR FILED AGAINST
MALLYA IN CHEQUE
BOUNCE CASE
New Delhi: An Army pilot
died in a Cheetah helicopter
crash near Tawang area
of Arunachal Pradesh on
Wednesday morning. “The
Cheetah helicopter flying in
forward areas near Tawang
crashed at around 10:00 AM
during a routine sortie. Both
the pilots were evacuated
to the nearest Military
Hospital,” Army said.
New Delhi: A fresh FIR has
been filed against fugitive
offender Vijay Mallya by Delhi
Police for not appearing
before a special court in
connection with a cheque
bounce case. The hearing
was going on in Rouse
Avenue Court. The court
noted that the accused was
skipping the trial and was not
willing to appear before it.
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AIIMS BILASPUR TO BE KNOWN
AS ‘GREEN HOSPITAL’: PM MODI
Shahrulesouttalks
withPak,sayswon’t
tolerateterrorism
Baramulla (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Wednes-
day ruled out any dia-
logue with Pakistan
and asserted that the
Narendra Modi govern-
ment will wipe out ter-
rorism from Jammu
and Kashmir and make
it the most peaceful
place in the country
.
At a rally here, Shah
asked whether terror-
ism has ever benefited
anyoneasithasclaimed
42,000 lives in JK since
the 1990s.
He also blamed the
families of the Abdul-
lahs (National Confer-
ence), Muftis (PDP) and
Nehru-Gandhi (Con-
gress) for the alleged
underdevelopment of
Jammu and Kashmir as
they ruled the erstwhile
state most of the time
since Independence in
1947. More on P6
Bilaspur (ANI): Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Wednesday inaugu-
rated the All India Insti-
tute of Medical Sciences
here and said that the
hospital will be called
the ‘Green Hospital’.
“In last 8 years, we
have worked on ensur-
ing development bene-
fits reach the remotest
parts of the country
.
AIIMS Bilaspur will not
only increase access to
affordable healthcare in
Himachalbutisalsoeco-
friendly and will be
known as ‘Green
AIIMS’,” he said. Term-
ing the inauguration of
AIIMS a moment of
pride in Himachal, PM
Modi said that the state
has played a crucial role
in“RashtraRaksha”and
the hospital will now
play a “pivotal role in
Jeevan Raksha” adding
that Himachal is one of
the three states chosen
for establishing Bulk
Drugs Park that will en-
sure the access to afford-
able medicines in India.
PM GAVE VOICE TO
HIMACHALIS, SAYS
BJP CHIEF NADDA
MODI GETS WARM
WELCOME AS HE
ARRIVES IN KULLU
‘NEED TO EMPOWER WOMEN’, SAYS RSS
CHIEF IN HIS VIJAYADASHAMI ADDRESS
JK POLLS AFTER
VOTERS’ LIST
COMPILATION: SHAH
Bilaspur: BJP chief JP
Nadda on Wednesday said
that PM Modi has given
a number of schemes to
Himachal Pradesh on the
occasion of Vijayadashmi.
“On the occasion of
Vijayadashmi today, PM
Modi is giving the state
not only one but a number
of schemes. I welcome
him on this day on behalf
of everyone here,” Nadda
said in his address here.
Kullu: PM Narendra
Modi received a warm
welcome as he arrived
for the International
Kullu Dussehra Festival
here. He participated in
the Dusshera festival
here for the first time
after becoming the PM.
The PM extended greet-
ings on Dussehra and
expressed his happiness
to be a part of the Kullu
Dussehra Festival.
Nagpur (Agencies): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday strongly advocated
for women empowerment in the country, and said that
men and women are equal in every aspect and respect,
have equal potential and capabilities. In his speech on
the customary Vijayadashami celebration here at the
RSS headquarters, Bhagwat pointed out that women,
who are regarded as “jagat janani (mother of the uni-
verse)”, but at home they are treated as “slaves”.
Baramulla: In a major
announcement, Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
on Wednesday said that
the elections will be held in
Jammu and Kashmir will
“full transparency” as soon
as the work of compiling the
voters’ list is completed.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Many many
congratulations to all
the countrymen on
Vijayadashami, the
symbol of victory. I wish
that this auspicious
occasion brings
courage, restraint
and positive energy in
everyone’s life.
A historical photo of Narendra Modi (2nd R) with the then
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal (C) and
other leaders during Kullu Dussehra festival in 1998. Modi was the
BJP’s in-charge of Himachal Pradesh affairs.
PM Modi with JP Nadda,Anurag Thakur, Himachal Guv Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, CM Jairam Thakur
during the ceremony for foundation stone laying of multiple projects, in Bilaspur, on Wednesday.
Union HM Amit Shah along with JK Lt Guv Manoj Sinha and MoS
Jitendra Singh releases a publication during inauguration of various
projects at a function at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar, on Wednesday.
India needs a population control
policy applicable to all: Bhagwat
Nagpur (Agencies):
RSS chief Mohan Bhag-
wat said on Wednesday
that India needs a policy
for population control
“equally applicable to
all”, and cited “religion-
based imbalance” and
“forced conversions” to
raise the spectre of the
country breaking apart.
He cited East Timor, Ko-
sovoandSouthSudanas
examples of “new coun-
tries that emerged be-
cause of religious com-
munity-based imbalanc-
es”. He said this at the
annual Dussehra rally
of the RSS. “Along with
population control, bal-
ance on religious basis
is also a matter of im-
portance which cannot
be ignored,” he stressed
in his speech, just weeks
after he met some Mus-
lim leaders in what was
seen as RSS’s outreach.
Mohan Bhagwat felicitates mountaineer Santosh Yadav during a
Vijayadashmi function, in Nagpur, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Sonia offers Dussehra prayers in K’taka
Mysuru (PTI): Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi on Wednesday
offeredDussehraprayers
at the Bheemanakolli
temple in Begur village
of HD Kote Assembly
segment in Karnataka.
She prayed to the pre-
siding deity at the old
temple in the village
near Nagrahole forest
reserve in the morning.
She was accompa-
nied by village pan-
chayat members and
local MLA Anil Kumar
C. Gandhi is here to
take part in the ongoing
Bharat Jodo Yatra and
will walk with the other
yatris in Mandya dis-
trict, from where it will
commence on Thursday
after a two-day break
for Dussehra.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi offers prayers at the Bheemanakolli
Temple on Dussehra, in Mysuru, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Telangana’s KCR moves to national
stage with Bharat Rashtra Samithi
‘Fact-checker
duo from India
in race for Nobel
Peace Prize’
New Delhi (Agencies):
Fact-checkers Moham-
med Zubair and Pratik
Sinha are among the
contenders to win the
2022 Nobel Peace Prize,
reported Time.
A Time report said
the co-founders of fact-
check site AltNews,
Sinha and Zubair are
among the contenders
to win the prize based
on nominations that
were made public.
Zubairwasarrestedin
June this year for a 2018
tweet that was “highly
provocative and more
than sufficient to incite
feelingsof hatred”asper
a Delhi Police First In-
formation Report (FIR).
TheDelhiPolicecharged
him for promoting en-
mity between different
groups on grounds of
religion and deliberate
acts to outrage religious
sentiments.
Hyderabad: Telangana
CM K Chandrashekar
Rao, aspiring for a na-
tional role ahead of the
2024 election, launched
the Bharat Rashtra
Samithi (BRS), a new
version of his party on
Wenesday
. The Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) is now BRS, Rao
declared after a meeting
of his party. Workers
celebrated by bursting
crackers.
OWAISI WELCOMES
BRS, BJP RAPS KCR
Hyderabad: The AIMIM
chief Asaduddin Owaisi has
welcomed the decision of
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) to enter the national
politics by changing its name
to Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(BRS) while the BJP has
termed it as misadventure by
Telangana Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao.
—PHOTO BY PTI

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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Highlight-
ing that the right to
have adequate and suit-
able treatment was part
of the fundamental
right enshrined in Arti-
cle 21 of the Constitu-
tion, the Delhi High
Court has ordered the
authorities at both RML
Hospital and Tihar Jail
to shift Kashmiri sepa-
ratist leader Altaf Ah-
mad Shah, arrested in a
terror funding case in
2018, to All India Insti-
tute of Medical Scienc-
es, Delhi, for treatment
of his renal cancer.
The Single-Judge
Bench of Justice Su-
dhir Kumar Jain ob-
served that the medical
record of Shah re-
vealed that he was suf-
fering from various ail-
ments, which included,
as per his daughter,
renal cancer.
The High Court noted
that without going into
the merits of the case,
considering the totality
of the circumstances
and in the interest of
justice, the petitioner is
directed to be shifted to
AIIMS, Delhi for appro-
priate treatment under
the judicial custody and
direct supervision of
the concerned Jail Su-
perintendent and after
following all necessary
security measures.
The family of Altaf
Shah, who is the son-in-
law of late Hurriyat
leader Syed Ali Shah
Geelani, alleged on
Tuesday that despite
the High Court order,
Shah was yet to be shift-
ed to the hospital.
His daughter Ruwa
Shah posted an update
on social media on
Tuesday, alleging that
even after 27 hours of
the High Court order,
her father, who was al-
ready on ventilator, was
“not being moved” from
RML. Since RML could
not treat him for can-
cer, losing every mo-
ment for someone on
life support was cru-
cial, she added.
The National Investi-
gation Agency (NIA)
had filed a charge sheet
in 2017, accusing vari-
ous separatist leaders
in the valley of acting
in connivance with mil-
itants for raising, re-
ceiving and collecting
funds domestically as
well as abroad through
various illegal channels
for ‘funding’ separatist
and terrorist activities
in Jammu and Kashmir.
The accused were
charged under various
offences of the Indian
Penal Code and the Un-
lawful Activities (Pre-
vention) Act, 1967.
The High Court on
Monday had permitted
either the son or daugh-
ter of Shah to meet him
once in a day for one
hour in the hospital,
subject to proper verifi-
cation and as per the
rules and regulations
of AIIMS.
Representing Shah,
Senior Advocate Tri-
deep Pais apprised the
High Court that the
charge sheet has al-
ready been filed in the
case and trial is pend-
ing before a special
NIA court.
New Delhi (PTI): A
young man is killed on a
busy weekend evening
in a Delhi colony
, scores
of people watching pas-
sively or walking on as
he is knifed by three.
Far from bustling
Sunder Nagri, a young
woman from a village in
Moradabad, is allegedly
gangraped, stripped and
walks 2km naked and
bleeding, her trauma
captured in a grainy
video that goes viral.
Both incidents hap-
pened exactly a month
apart. While 21-year-old
Manish was stabbed to
death following old ri-
valry on the evening of
October 1, the young
woman was sexually as-
saulted on September 1
though the video
emerged later. The dis-
parate stories from two
distinct societal worlds
are strung together by a
disturbing thread -- why
didnoonecomeforward
to save Manish, or stop
to shield the woman,
and help her get home?
It’s called bystander
effect, said Manoj Shar-
ma, clinical psycholo-
gist at the National In-
stitute of Mental Health
and Neuro Sciences
(NIMHANS). It renders
onlookers unable to as-
sess the incident and
act appropriately
.
“Bystander effect or
bystander apathy states
that individuals are less
likely to offer help to a
victim when there are
otherpeoplepresent.Be-
cause there are other
observers, individuals
do not feel as much pres-
sure to take action. The
responsibility to act is
thought to be shared
among all of those pre-
sent,” Sharma told PTI.
“When other observ-
ers fail to react, indi-
viduals often take this
as a signal that a re-
sponse is not needed or
not appropriate.”
During such mo-
ments, he added, people
often look to others in
the group to determine
what is appropriate.
“When they see no one
else is reacting, it sends
a signal that perhaps no
action is needed.”
Those who clicked
videos of the woman in
Moradabadorwitnessed
Manish being killed are
a cruel rewind to the nu-
merous times people
watchedthehumiliation
of othersawomanbeing
paraded in Delhi earlier
this year, the many
women branded witch-
es, stripped and made to
walk through villages
and the sight of passers-
by looking on as attack-
ers garland their vic-
tims with shoes and
show them off.
Why people watch murder and public humiliation without helping
BYSTANDER EFFECT
lll
In murder,
people want to
disassociate with
it for its violent
nature, but in
case of a rape or
woman walking
naked they feel
she deserves it
and don’t want to
be involved,
say experts
THE PASSIVE WATCHER GAZE
Transfer Altaf Ahmad Shah
to AIIMS for treatment: HC
Kashmiri separatist leader reportedly suffering from renal cancer, though NIA disputes
Altaf Shah with daughter Ruwa. —FILE PHOTO
RML ILL-EQUIPPED: SHAH’S COUNSEL
First India Bureau
Ghaziabad: Four peo-
ple were killed and two
seriously injured in a
LPG cylinder blast here
in Nithaura village on
Wednesday. The inci-
dent occurred in Babul
Garden colony under
Loni Police Station, of-
ficials said.
The impact of the
blast was so intense
that the 2-storey build-
ing in which the inci-
dent occured, collpased,
killing 10-month-old
Inayat, Saniya (15),
Shabnoor (21) and Ru-
kaiya (24).
“At 10 o'clock an inti-
mation was received
that a cooking gas cyl-
inder had exploded in
Loni and a building col-
lapsed with many peo-
ple buried in it. Imme-
diately, cops reached
the spot and rescue
work was started. Six
people were rescued, of
which four died and
two people are gravely
injured,” police said.
Four killed, two injured in
LPG cylinder blast in Loni
Rescue work underway after an LPG cylinder exploded in a house at Loni, in Ghaziabad, Wednesday.
—PHOTOS BY PTI
Family members and relatives mourn after the blast.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Commission for
Women has issued a no-
tice to the divisional
commissioner of the
Delhi government seek-
ing action against those
SDMs who have not
been implementing
rules to regulate the
sale of acid. The Su-
preme Court had given
several directions to the
Centre as well as state
governments to regu-
late the sale of acid to
prevent acid attacks in
the country
.
To regulate the sale
of acid, the Delhi gov-
ernment had passed an
order which empow-
ered area Sub-Division-
al Magistrate to impose
penalty of up to Rs
50,000 for violations.
However, it is ex-
tremely unfortunate
that acid continues to be
sold openly in the capi-
tal. In order to ascertain
the status of implemen-
tation of the order in
Delhi, notices were is-
sued by the DCW in Au-
gust to all District Mag-
istrates seeking specific
information regarding
acid sale in their dis-
trict, the panel said.
Information was
sought regarding the
number of inspections
conducted by the SDMs,
number of penalties
imposed along with the
amount collected, the
panel said.
New Delhi (PTI): An
86-year-old woman was
allegedly stabbed to
death by her ex-driver
who had entered her
house in outer Delhi’s
Rani Bagh area for rob-
bing it, police said on
Wednesday
.
Accused Gopal man-
aged to rob Rs 3,20,000
after killing the senior
citizen and fled from
the spot. The incident
took place on Tuesday
around 7:16 pm, they
said. The man was fired
from his duty just a few
days ago, police said.
The woman was bru-
tally assaulted. Her
family rushed her to
Maya Muni Ram Hospi-
tal in Pitampura where
doctors declared her
brought dead, a senior
police officer said.
From the enquiry of
the crime scene, it was
found that a room on
the balcony side had
blood on its wall and
blood-stained artificial
teeth, a pair of ladies
chappal and eyeglasses
were lying on the floor,
he said.
The mobile crime
team of the outer dis-
trict was called on the
spot, which inspected
the spot and picked up
the exhibits.
Statement of her son
was recorded and sub-
sequently, a case was
registered, he added.
The CCTV cameras
and all the routes of the
culprits were analysed
and the accused was ap-
prehended from his
rented room in Pitam-
pura village, police said.
MARCH OF TRADITION
RSS volunteers take part in ‘Path Sanchalan’ on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami festival, in
Gurugram on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DCW notice to divisional
comm over acid sale
Former driver murders
86-yr-old woman, held
ACID SOLD OPENLY
New Delhi (PTI): A
26-year-old man was ar-
rested for allegedly
stalkingandharassinga
woman by posting her
morphed pictures from
a fake Facebook account
in her name after their
engagement broke off,
police said Wednesday
.
Theaccusedwasiden-
tified as Sudheer Kumar
alias Tittu, a resident of
EtahinUP
.Heworkedin
a private company in
Ghaziabad, they said.
The matter came to
light after the victim
lodged a plaint regard-
ing the fake profile and
morphed pictures with
obscene descriptions,
according to the police.
She alleged the ac-
cused was sending re-
quests and morphed pic-
turestoherfamilymem-
bers as well. The ac-
cused even posted her
mobile number on the
profile and portrayed
her as a sex worker, a
police officer said.
Man held for
harassing
woman after
engagement
breaks off
New Delhi (ANI): The
Economic Offences
Wing of Delhi Police
have arrested a woman
for allegedly duping her
neighbours of over Rs 1
crore by running a kitty
and inducing them to
invest money to get high
returns in a short peri-
od of time.
The accused has been
identified as Sarla Garg
(52), a resident of Delhi's
Dwarka who used to op-
erate kitty parties in her
society
. It has been al-
leged that the accused
had duped more than 25
peoplebyinducingthem
to get high returns in a
shorter period of time.
A case was registered
against the accused on
complaints of 28 people
under sections 406, 420,
120(B) and 34 of the IPC.
Delhi woman arrested for duping
people of over `1 cr in kitty scheme
TRYING TO FLEE
DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal

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FIGUREHEAD
Some images of the demon king as imagined in the effigies burnt on the occasion of Dussehra. From left: The
Ravana at Red Fort ground in Delhi; the Ravana at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan; and the Ravana burning at Chandigarh.
RAVANA
New Delhi (PTI): Au-
thorities in Delhi have
stressed on the need to
keep a continued vigil
against coronavirus in
view of the festival sea-
son, even as they gave
nod to dismantle three
remaining Covid care
centres in the city and
vacate the land.
The Delhi Disaster
Management Authority
,
in its meeting held on
September 22, dis-
cussed the COVID-19
situation in the nation-
al capital.
Delhi LG V K Saxena,
who is the chairman of
the DDMA, said Delhi
coulddoalittlebetteron
the vaccination front.
Out of a total of 1.33
crore beneficiaries eligi-
ble for the precaution
doses, it was found that
only 31.49 lakh (24 per
cent) had taken them till
September20,according
to the data shared dur-
ing the meeting.
In view of the upcom-
ing festivals, Saxena
said there is a need for
a continued and strict
vigil. This will be a crit-
ical period as people
may ignore COVID-ap-
propriate behaviour
during festivals,
he said.
It is important to ad-
here to COVID-appro-
priate behaviour and to
create a mass aware-
ness among the people
to follow the same, he
said, according to the
minutes of the meeting.
The DDMA also gave
its nod to dismantle the
Covid care centres
erected on the proper-
ties of Radha Soami
Satsang, Chhattarpur,
Swan Kirpal, Burari,
and Sant Nirankari,
Burari and vacate
their land.
It was also decided
that the medical equip-
ment would be trans-
ferred to the hospitals
where it was needed.
LastCovidcarecentrestobe
dismantled as cases decline
Two facilities in Burari,
and one in Chhatarpur
to be dismantled
DDMA Chairman LG
Vinai Saxena cautions
against letting guard down
Concern over only 31L
vaccinations among
1.33-cr beneficiaries
BA.2 VARIANT IN 90 PC SAMPLES
GENOME-SEQUENCED IN JULY-AUG
New Delhi: Over 90 per cent of the COVID-19
samples genome-sequenced in Delhi in July and
August were detected with the BA.2 variant of the
virus, according to official data. Total 1,271 sam-
ples were sequenced in July and 1,133 of those
were detected with the BA.2 variant. No sample
was detected with the BA.4 variant, while 138 were
detected with the BA.5 variant of the virus, the data
showed. In August, 2,064 samples were analysed
and 1,865 per cent of those were detected with the
BA.2 variant, while 199 had the BA.5 variant, ac-
cording to the minutes of the September 22 DDMA
meeting issued by Special CEO Sushil Singh. The
capital saw a surge in the number of Covid cases
in August, with experts attributing it to people
dropping their guard and not following Covid-
appropriate behaviour. Over the last few weeks, the
number of daily cases has fallen below 100. Delhi
on Wednesday reported 96 fresh Covid cases with
a positivity rate of 1.42 per cent.
New Delhi (PTI):
In its meeting held
last month, the Delhi
Disaster Management
Authority (DDMA) had
emphasised not lowering
guard against COVID-19
in view of the upcom-
ing festivals even as it
decided to do away with
wearing face masks after
September 30.
According to the min-
utes of the meeting held
on September 22, and ac-
cessed by PTI, a notifica-
tion revoking the Rs 500
fine on not wearing masks
is expected to be issued
by the health department
on Wednesday. The deci-
sion to revoke the mask
mandate was anything but
unanimous and differ-
ences abound, as per the
minutes of the meeting
issued by Sushil Singh,
special CEO, disaster
management.
Chief Secretary of Delhi
Naresh Kumar had in the
meeting said the current
situation was comfort-
able but the guard against
coronavirus could not be
lowered as the variants
keep coming up.
The health ministry
has advised caution in
view of multiple festivals
-- from September 26 to
December 31 and likely
mass gatherings across
the country.
Niti Aayog member Dr
VK Paul had in the meet-
ing emphasised that sur-
veillance was still needed
as the virus is still present
and its mutations and
variants have emerged
from time to time.
Dr Rajendra Singh,
member NDMA, came
up with a suggestion that
wearing of masks be con-
tinued up to November
15 in view of the coming
festivals. The Delhi Police
Commissioner sought
clarity and complete set
of instructions on the
enforcement of mask
mandate.
OFFICIALS NOT ON SAME PAGE ON
REVOCATION OF MASK MANDATE
File photo of Delhi govt’s Covid care centre at Radha Soami
Satsang Beas Chhatarpur.
New Delhi (PTI): Both
the BJP and the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
burnt effigies of Ra-
vana at various loca-
tions here in a symbol-
ic protest against each
others’ scams and
failures.
The effigies burnt by
AAP leaders and work-
ers were not made of
garbage as announced
by AAP's MCD poll in-
chargeDurgeshPathak.
'Ravana made of
BJP's garbage' was
written on all the effi-
gies burnt during the
protest, the party said.
The party changed its
plan to burn Ravana's
effigies made of gar-
bage in view of the ban
on their open burning
in the capital, accord-
ing to party sources.
All three erstwhile
municipal corporations
were ruled by the BJP
till they were unified
and renamed as the Mu-
nicipal Corporation of
Delhi (MCD) in May
.
We got the feedback
yesterday itself. That's
why smaller effigies
were used for a sym-
bolic protest with a
writing on them 'BJP
Ke Koode Ka Ravan' so
that they do not cause
air pollution, a source
in the party said.
In a statement, the
AAP said party leaders
and workers held pro-
test against the malad-
ministration of the BJP
and burnt the symbol-
ic effigies of 'BJP Ke
Koode Ka Ravan' at
3,500 places on the eve
of Dussehra.
An immediate reac-
tion from the MCD or
the BJP to AAP's charge
was not available. Effi-
gies of demon king Ra-
vana are burnt on
Dussehra festival,
which falls on October 5
this year, to mark the
victory of good over
evil.
People across Delhi
came together to burn
Ravana's symbolic effi-
gy
. This was a symbolic
protest against the is-
sue of garbage misman-
agement in Delhi by
BJP-ruled MCD,
Pathak said. AAP MLA
Sanjeev Jha said the
protest was a wake up
call for the BJP.
BJP-ruled MCD has
turned Delhi into a city
of garbage during its 15
year reign, he charged.
AAP MLA Atishi said
participation of the peo-
ple in the party's protest
indicated they want
Delhi to be free from
the garbage and the
BJP rule in the MCD.
BJP, AAP burn effigies attacking each other
Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta with party leader Ramvir Singh
Bidhuri and supporters demonstrate by burning an effigy over
the alleged corruption charges against Delhi Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia, at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
This was a symbolic protest against the
issue of garbage mismanagement in
Delhi by BJP-ruled MCD.
—Durgesh Pathak, AAP MCD poll in-charge
Participation of people in AAP’s protest
indicated they want Delhi to be free
from the garbage and BJP rule in MCD.
—Atishi, AAP MLA
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Metro Rail Corpora-
tion (DMRC) has once
again failed to honour
the Delhi High Court
order directing it to pay
a Rs 4,500 crore arbitral
award to the Reliance
Infrastructure subsidi-
ary’s Delhi Airport
Metro Express Private
Limited (DAMEPL)
within four weeks.
In the last six months,
this is the third con-
tempt of the High Court
order by DMRC.
The Delhi High Court,
in its last order dated
September 6, 2022, had
directed DMRC to pay
the entire amount of
Arbitral Award of Rs
4,500 crore due to
DAMEPL in four weeks’
time i.e. by 4 October,
yet it failed to comply
with the order of the
court as it did not make
any payment to DAME-
PL as the deadline end-
ed Tuesday
.
Legal team of DAME-
PL said that it has been
almost 13 months now
that it has been strug-
gling to get its dues
from DMRC.
4 suffocate to death inside
sewerofFaridabadhospital
Faridabad (PTI): Four
sanitation workers died
of suffocation after in-
haling toxic gases while
cleaning the under-
ground sewer of a
Faridabad hospital on
Wednesday afternoon,
police said.
Rohit, his brother
Ravi, Vishal and Ravi
Goldar, residents of
Sanjay Camp in Delhi’s
Dakshinpuri, had come
to the QRG Hospital in
Faridabad Sector 16 for
sewer cleaning through
an agency named San-
tosh Allied Service,
they said.
“Thefourhadentered
the manhole without
any safety equipment to
clean. During this, they
suffocated after inhal-
ing poisonous gases and
fell unconscious. When
they cried for help, their
colleagues and hospital
staff reached the spot.
All four were taken out
and admitted to the hos-
pital,” ACP, Central,
Mohinder Verma said.
“Soon after, the doc-
tors declared all four
dead. We are investigat-
ing the matter,” he add-
ed. The police have kept
the bodies at the mortu-
ary of Badshah Khan
Hospital. Their families
have been informed, the
official said.
The police said the
victims used to come to
the hospital every
month for work.
Distancing itself
from the entire episode,
the hospital manage-
ment said the agency
engagedforsewerclean-
ing services was respon-
sible for the incident.
Metro fails 3rd deadline
to pay Reliance Infra
New Delhi (ANI): A
Delhi Court on Wednes-
day granted one-day
custody of six accused
to Delhi Police for inter-
rogation over the mur-
der of a youth Manish
in Sunder Nagri area.
Manish was stabbed
multiple times.
Investigation officer
(IO) informed the court
that Sajid is the brother
of accused Mohsin. He
met Mohsin and Shakir
in jail. Thereafter, he
prepared Faizan, Bilal
and Alam and provided
them weapons.
Sunder Nagri
murder: Six
accused in
police custody
New Delhi (PTI):The
Delhi Police on Wednes-
day arrested two mem-
bers of the banned Pop-
ular Front of India (PFI)
who were booked under
the stringent Unlawful
Activities (Prevention)
Act, officials said.
A senior police officer
said the two accused --
Israr Ali Khan and
Mohd Samoon, alleged
tobePFIactivists--were
arrested from their
houses in Khajuri Khas
and Chand Bagh.
Khan practices as a
Vadiya while Samoon is
a Unani doctor, police
said, adding noth have
been associated with the
PFI for about seven-
eight years.
The arrests come a day
after an FIR was regis-
tered against the two
under IPC sections 120 B
(criminal conspiracy)
and 153 A (promoting
enmity between differ-
ent groups), along with
sections of the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention)
Act at Khajuri Khas po-
lice station.
2 PFI members booked
under UAPA arrested
—PHOTOS BY PTI

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PERSPECTIVE
04
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Chaired a meeting to review the
security situation of JK in Srinagar.
People of JK is witnessing a
new era of peace, progress and
prosperity under the leadership of
PM @narendramodi Ji. I applaud the
relentless coordinated efforts of our
security forces to curb terrorism.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Celebrated Vijaya Dashmi with the
Indian Army and ITBP personnel at Auli
Military Station in Uttarakhand today.
Lauded their contribution in providing
a secure environment in the country
which enables growth and prosperity.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Always speak if you
are right and don’t
blame others.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
TELANGANA CM’S
AMBITIOUS MOVE
TO TAKE POLITICAL
CENTRE-STAGE
TOP TWEETS
hat K. Chandrashek-
har Rao (KCR) of the
Telangana Rashtra
Samithi is nurturing
national ambitions
wasneverindoubt.Overthepast
several months he was busy
meeting several opposition lead-
ers across the political spectrum
for consensus on a political alter-
native to the ruling alliance led
by the BJP
. His national alterna-
tive plan has the backing of Ja-
nata Dal-Secular leader HD Ku-
maraswamy, the former chief
minister of Karnataka. The Con-
gress does not figure in KCR’s
anti-BJP plans as he did not find
the grand old party strong
enoughtoleadanallianceagainst
the ruling dispensation.
To realise his political ambi-
tion KCR announced the forma-
tion of a new national party---
the Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(BRS) --- on Wednesday
. It needs
the approval of the Election
Commission to be formally reg-
istered as a national party
.
It is a major announcement
that should, over the next few
months, give a clearer picture of
opposition unity. The Congress
and Trinamool Congress could
be the main stumbling blocks.
T
entre and opposi-
tion-ruled States
are headed to-
wards a conflict
over freebies or
revadis as described by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
The opposition has flagged
the issue as a threat to feder-
alism and interference in
their domain. After the gov-
ernment drummed up the is-
sue in view of deteriorating
economies of some states, the
matter reached the Supreme
Court. On August 3, the Su-
preme Court asked the Cen-
tre, Niti Aayog, the Finance
Commission and the Reserve
Bank of India to come up
with “constructive sugges-
tions” on the “serious” issue.
On August 10 the apex
court suggested that it will
form a committee to tackle
the issue. The Election Com-
mission welcomed the sug-
gestion but said that it will
not be a part of the committee
as it was a “constitutional au-
thority”. In a sudden U-turn
the Election Commission has
asked political parties about
how they will finance their
poll promises, how much ex-
penditure will be incurred
and who will be the benefi-
ciary
.Unionfinancesecretary
or the state chief secretary’s
information on budget esti-
mates. To incorporate the de-
tailed information the EC
proposes to change the Model
Code of Conduct to get rid of
hollow poll promises.
The DMK, Shiv Sena and
Congress have challenged
the EC move saying that the
EC was overstepping its au-
thority to end democracy in
the country
. The DMK called
it an assault on the directive
principles of state policies
and argued that the EC’s role
was limited to conducting
free and fair elections.
The EC move will cripple a
political party’s freedom to
make promises and leave
them hugely disadvantaged.
FREEBIES: EC
CHANGES MIND
The EC welcomed the
suggestion but said that it will
not be a part of the committee
as it was a “constitutional
authority”. In a sudden U-turn
the Election Commission has
asked political parties about
how they will finance their poll
promises, how much
expenditure will be incurred and
who will be the beneficiary
C
INDIA WINS SERIES WITH PROTEAS
BUT BOWLING WORRIES DEEPEN
ndia ended their prepara-
tions for the upcoming T20
World Cup by winning the
series against South Africa
2-1. But the loss in the final
match has left more ques-
tions unanswered than Team
India would have liked. The
balance of the squad is a huge
problem still and despite nu-
merous changes and combi-
nations, Indian bowling re-
mains a major worry. India
had clinched the series with
an emphatic victory in the
second match but their hopes
of ending on a high and scor-
ingacleansweepweredashed
as the Proteas won by 49 runs
in the last game.
Before the Asia Cup, it was
felt that Indian bowling was
more or less settled and the
batters needed to get back in
form. The aggressive batting
approach adopted after the
loss in the last year’s World
Cup turned around fortunes
of some of the struggling
batsmen in the team. But it’s
the flop show by the bowlers
that has been instrumental
in some of the recent losses.
The shock exit from the Asia
Cup where India lost to Paki-
stan and Sri Lanka in crunch
games, was also the result of
poor bowling which failed to
defend substantial totals.
It was felt that Bumrah and
Harshal Patel’s inclusion in
the playing 11 after the Asia
Cup would infuse a much-
needed boost to the bowling
department, but that has not
materialized as the series
against the Aussies and the
Proteas have shown. The two
games that Bumrah did play,
he returned with figures of 23
for 1 and 50 for none. Thereaf-
ter his back injury flared up
again, forcing him to bow out
of the World Cup team.
It was another pathetic
show by the bowlers in the
final game against the Pro-
teas as India was set a stiff
target of 228. Barring Ash-
win, none of the bowlers
could restrict the African
batters and all pacers had an
economy rate of over 11.
Quinton De Kock and Rilee
Rossouw carted the Indian
bowlers all over the park. Ri-
lee, especially, was magnifi-
cent as he hit a century in
just 48 balls. It wasn’t just
them but David Miller too
joined in the fun as he hit 3
sixes of Deepak Chahar in
the final over to end the in-
nings with an imposing total.
India had rested Rahul and
Kohli for the game which
meant the batting was slight-
ly thin and there was a long-
ish tail. Dinesh Karthik was
promoted to number 4 ahead
of Suyakumar Yadav after
India were down 2 wickets
early in the powerplay
. While
India did maintain a steady
run rate, they lost too many
wickets too quickly. Eventu-
ally Karthik was the highest
scorer with 46 runs which
included 4 fours and 4 sixes.
India was down to 120 for 8
but some lower order resist-
ance saw them reach 178.
Eventually, they were bun-
dled out with 9 balls remain-
ing, losing by 49 runs.
Suryakumar was awarded
the Man of the Series for his 2
brilliant fifties. Currently
, In-
dian batting is firing all guns
blazingandwithKohlibackin
form, it is a formidable line-up
in Australian conditions
which suit the batsmen more.
Even in the second game in
thisseries,Indiagotawaywith
a win only due to the fact that
they posted a massive total of
237.Whileitwasexpectedtobe
an easy win, bowlers were so
tardy at the backend of the in-
nings that South Africa, cour-
tesy David Miller’s outstand-
ing century
, fell short by only
16runs.Atonepointtheywere
70 for 3 in the first ten overs.
Indianbowlersleaked151runs
in the last ten overs without
picking a single wicket!
In the post-match inter-
view, Rohit Sharma men-
tioned the worry he has
about the bowling unit. Team
India leaves early for the
World Cup as they will get
time to prepare for the condi-
tions better. While Jadeja’s
absence has been well-filled
by Axar Patel, India would
hope that the same happens
quickly with the vacant spot
left by Bumrah. The mis-
match between the batting
and bowling departments
has meant that every single
time India bats, they have to
score heavily as a cushion for
their bowlers, which is near-
ly impossible.
Significantly, Team India
has played most of its T20
games this year without
Bumrah who is so special
that nobody even comes close
to him. In the absence of
‘Boom Boom’, one hopes the
World Cup will inspire other
bowlers to step up and per-
form with greater purpose
and responsibility. Despite
recent losses, India do have
the players to win the T20
World Cup but for that to hap-
pen the bowlers will need to
fire at their very best!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
It was another pathetic show
by the bowlers in the final
game against the Proteas as
India was set a stiff target of
228. Barring Ashwin, none
of the bowlers could restrict
the African batters and all
pacers had an economy rate
of over 11. Quinton De Kock
and Rilee Rossouw carted the
Indian bowlers all over the
park. Rilee was magnificent
Significantly, Team India
has played most of its T20
games this year without
Bumrah who is so
special that nobody
even comes close to
him. In the absence of
‘Boom Boom’, one hopes
the World Cup will inspire
other bowlers to step up
perform with greater
purpose responsibility
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry

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INDIA
05
OMAR ASKS WHY
PM MODI INVITED
PAGD LEADERS
Srinagar (PTI): National
Conference leader Omar
Abdullah hit back at Union
over his remarks that
the ‘Gupkar model’ gave
stones and guns to the
youth of Kashmir, asking
if so, why had the PM
invited leaders of PAGD
(People’s Alliance for
Gupkar Declaration) for
meetings? In Baramulla,
Shah had said the ‘Gupkar
model’ gave the country
the Pulwama attack.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Election Commission
of India (ECI) on Tues-
day wrote to the politi-
cal parties for provid-
ing authentic informa-
tion to the voters to as-
sess the financial via-
bility of their election
promises.
“It cannot overlook
inadequate disclosures
on election promises
and consequential un-
desirable impact on fi-
nancial sustainability
as empty Election
promises so made have
far-reaching ramifica-
tions,” said ECI. ECI
prescribes a standard-
ized disclosure profor-
ma, facilitating compa-
rability, with minute
details broadly captur-
ing standard parame-
ters as used by FC, RBI,
FRBM, CAG and in
Budgets. Election Com-
mission aimed to in-
form voters about the
financial feasibility of
election promises in the
manifesto and also
whether sustainable
within the financial
space of the State/Un-
ion. While the existing
guidelines under MCC
require the political
parties and candidates
to explain the rationale
for promises made
therein as well as the
possible ways and
means to finance such
promises, the ECI has
observed that the decla-
rations are quite rou-
tine, ambiguous and do
not provide adequate
information to voters to
exercise informed
choice in an election.
EC in its meeting led
by CEC Rajiv Kumar
and attended by EC
Anup Chandra Pandey
decided that ECI cannot
remain a mute specta-
tor and overlook the un-
desirable impact of
some of the promises
and offers, on the con-
duct of free and fair
elections.
EC wants parties to give info on financial viability
ELECTION PROMISES
lll
In a letter to all
recognised
national and
state political
parties, the EC
asked them to
submit their
views on the
proposals by
October 19
INDIAN NAVY’S TRAINING SQUADRON
COMPRISING NAVAL SHIP IN KUWAIT
Kuwait City (ANI): In an opportunity to expose trainees to
the military and maritime linkages of India with Kuwait,
the ships of the First Training Squadron comprising
Indian Naval Ship Tir, Sujata and Coast Guard Ship Sarathi
arrived at Port Al-Shuwaikh, Kuwait. The ships arrived at
the port and are deployed in the Persian Gulf as part of
their training deployment. The naval ships were accorded
a warm welcome by senior officers of the Kuwaiti Naval
forces, Border Guard and the Embassy of India officials.
‘ADIPURUSH’ NOW
FACES POLITICAL
FLAK TOO
ISSUE IS THE DEMAND
FOR RESTORATION OF
JK’S AUTONOMY: SOZ
CENTRE EASES
GUIDELINES FOR FM
RADIO EXPANSION
Lucknow (Agencies):
Om Raut’s magnum
opus ‘Adipurush’ is now
attracting political flak.
Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief
Minister Brajesh Pathak said
that no one will be allowed
to play with the sentiments
of millions of Hindus.He
said that a number of saints
had objected to the portrayal
of gods in ‘Adipurush’ and
their demand to ban the
film was justified. BJP MP
Sakshi Maharaj said that the
film makes a mockery of
Hindu deities.
Srinagar (Agencies):
Former Union Minister
and senior Congress
leader on Wednesday said
that a section of the JK
mainstream politicians
was creating confusion
on the real demand of the
people of UT relating to
its autonomy within the
Constitution of India. “I feel
deeply surprised that certain
JK mainstream leaders are
creating confusion on the
basic issue of the people
regarding autonomy within
the Constitution of India.
New Delhi (Agencies): The
government announced
the removal of the three-
year window period of
restructuring of FM radio
permissions within the
same management group
during the licence period of
15 years. The decision to
amend the Policy Guidelines
on Expansion of FM Radio
Broadcasting Services
through Private Agencies
was taken at the meeting of
the Union Cabinet, chaired
by PM last week.
CRUCIAL READ
Uttarkashi (ANI): A
dayafterfourmountain-
eers lost their lives in
the avalanche in Ut-
tarkashi with several
still missing, the survi-
vors narrated their hor-
rific experiences on
Wednesday
.
Meanwhile, Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
conducted an aerial in-
spection of the rescue
and relief operation be-
ing carried out to find
the mountaineering
traineeswhowerehitby
an avalanche. In a tragic
accident on Tuesday,
four mountaineers lost
their lives in the ava-
lanche at Draupadi’s
Danda-II mountain
peak. 14 have been res-
cued so far.
The mountaineers,
who were rescued
reached Matli where
they are being provided
with first aid treatment.
These people were evac-
uated via chopper to the
12th Battalion ITBP in
Matli,Uttarkashi.“Deep
Singh (Guj), Rohit
Bhatt), Suraj Singh
(UK), Sunil Lalwani
(Mumbai), Anil Kumar
(Raj), Manish Agarwal
(Delhi), Kanchan Singh
(Chamoli) and Ankit
Singh were amongst
whohavebeenrescued,”
Police said.
‘Our rally is not political’
Nagpur (ANI): Maha-
rashtra BJP leader and
former minister Pan-
kaja Munde on Wednes-
day said that she would
like to hear both Shiv
Sena factions in their
respective Dussehra ral-
lies and extended good
wishes to them.
Talking to the media,
Pankaja Munde said
that her party’s rally is
not political but for the
common people of soci-
ety
. Notably
, the Dusseh-
ra rallies of Eknath
Shinde-led Sena and
Uddhav Thackeray-led
Sena are to be held to-
day at different venues
in Maharashtra after a
months-long tug of war
over the rally
. The Bom-
bay High Court ruled in
favour of the Thacker-
ay-led Sena faction and
allowed them to hold
the Dussehra rally at
the Shivaji Park on Sep-
tember 23.
The tussle between
the Shinde-led faction
and former Chief Min-
ister Uddhav Thacker-
ay-led faction was on for
weeks and the decision
came only after multi-
ple brawls came to the
fore. “We talk about the
subjects on which our
supporters and unprivi-
leged people expect
from us. Our rally is not
a political rally, but I
would like to hear both
factions. Let’s see on
which issues they are
going to talk,” Pankaja
Munde said.
Pankaja said that our
rally is to be held, our
rally is not for the po-
litical but for the com-
mon society. Pankaja,
talking about the real
‘Sena’ said that she
would not speak any-
thing about it. “I will
not say anything about
this as I consider my-
self too small to com-
ment on it.”
Punjab Police bust
drone-based arms
smuggling module
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Punjab Police on
Wednesday busted a
drone-based arms/am-
munition smuggling
module with the arrest
of its two members in-
cluding a prisoner.
Those arrested have
been identified as
Jaskaran Singh of
Bhikhiwind in Tarn
Taran, currently
lodged at Sub Jail Goin-
dwal Sahib, and Rattan-
bir Singh of Khem-
karan in Tarn Taran,
out on bail.
The Punjab police on
Wednesday have also
recovered 10 foreign-
made pistols including
five .30 bore (made in
China) and five 9mm
(made in USA Beretta)
along with 8 spare mag-
azines recovered from
both of them, besides a
mobile phone con-
cealed by Jaskaran in
his barrack.
EAM Jaishankar
begins his visit to New
Zealand, Australia
New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar kicked-off
his official visit to New
Zealand and Australia
from Wednesday
.
He will be in New Zea-
land and Australia from
Wedesday. It is to be
noted that the visit will
be Jaishankar’s first
visit to New Zealand.
According to the Minis-
try of External Affairs,
the EAM will partici-
pate in an event on
Thursday in Auckland
along with Prime Minis-
ter of New Zealand,
Jacinda Ardern to fe-
licitate members of the
Indian community for
their exceptional
achievements.
Both leaders will re-
lease India@75 postage
stamps to commemo-
rate and showcase Aza-
diKaAmritMahotsavin
New Zealand. Jais-
hankar will also launch
the book ‘Modi@20:
Dreams Meet Delivery’.
Also, a book showcasing
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s special bond
with the Sikh commu-
nity ‘Heartfelt - The
Legacy of Faith’ will be
released. He will have a
bilateral meeting with
Nanaia Mahuta, MoF
Affairs of New Zealand
in Auckland to discuss
and review the entire
gamut of our relations,
added the release.
BJP’s Pankaja
Munde on Dussehra
rallies of two Shiv
Sena factions
Maharashtra BJP leader and former minister Pankaja Munde.
S Jaishankar
SOLDIERS ARE “REAL PRIDE OF INDIA”
Def min performs
Shastra Puja in Auli
Chamoli (Uttara-
khand) (ANI): Un-
ion Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh on
Wednesday ex-
pressed confidence
in the armed forces
of the country and
said that they are the
“pride of the na-
tion”.
“We are confident
that our country is
safe in the hands of
our armed forces.
The jawans of our
armed forces and
paramilitary forces
are the pride of our
country,” Rajnath
Singh said after per-
forming ‘Shastra
Puja’ in the presence
of Army Chief Gen-
eral Manoj Pande at
the Auli Military Sta-
tion in Uttarakhand.
He further said that
India is the only
country where
“Shaastra” as well as
“Shastra” are wor-
shipped.
Singh’s remarks
came while he was
interacting with the
Army jawans de-
ployed at the forward
post located on the
China border in Utta-
rakhand. He was also
seen with the latest
weapons and ma-
chines used by the
Army in the forward
areas.
Defence Minister Rajnath addressing media Uttarakhand’s Auli
district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Badrinath (ANI):
Union Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh on
Wednesday offered
prayers at Badrinath
Dham in Uttarakhand
on the occasion of
Dussehra. Singh is
on a two-day visit
to Uttarakhand from
Tuesday to cel-
ebrate the festival of
Vijayadashmi with the
Jawans of the Indian
Army. On the occa-
sion of the victory of
good over evil, Singh
performed ‘Shastra
Puja’ at the Auli Mili-
tary Station in Uttara-
khand in the presence
of Army Chief General
Manoj Pande. He was
also seen with the
latest weapons and
machines used by the
Army in the forward
areas. He expressed
confidence in the
armed forces of the
country and said that
they are the “pride
of the nation”. “We
are confident that our
country is safe in the
hands of our armed
forces. The jawans of
our armed forces and
paramilitary forces
are the pride of our
country. India is the
only country where
‘shaastra’ (ethology)
as well as ‘shastra’
(weapon) both are
worshipped,” he
said. Singh’s remarks
came while he was
interacting with the
Army jawans de-
ployed at the forward
post located on the
China border in Ut-
tarakhand.
SINGH OFFERS PRAYERS AT
BADRINATH DHAM IN U’KHAND
UTTARKASHI AVALANCHE
CM DHAMI CONDUCTS AERIAL
SURVEY OF RESCUE OPERATIONS
8 OF 29 TRAINEE
MOUNTAINEERS
RESCUED BY ITBP
New Delhi (ANI):
Eight of the 29 train-
ee mountaineers,
who were trapped in
the Uttarkhand ava-
lanche on Tuesday,
have been rescued
and taken to the
Indo-Tibetan Border
Police Hospital for
treatment, the ITBP
said. “Eight moun-
taineers were imme-
diately rescued by
the team. However,
there has been no
clarity on deaths,”
Vivek Pandey, ITBP’s
PRO told ANI, add-
ing that the group
was on a mission
to reach Draupadi’s
Danda-2 mountain
peak, located at
18,000 feet when an
avalanche at around
8 am. The ITBP,
National Disaster
Response Force,
State Disaster Re-
sponse Force along
with local police
started the rescue
operation as soon
as they received the
information about
the incident.
CM reaches Simdi village
with MoS Def Ajay Bhatt
Pauri Garhwal (Utta-
rakhand) (ANI): Utta-
rakhand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
on Wednesday reached
Simdi village in Bi-
rokhal of the Dhumakot
area of Pauri, where as
many as 25 people were
killed and 21 others
were injured in a tragic
bus accident.
Ministry of Defence
Ajay Bhatt was also pre-
sent with CM Dhami.
Police and SDRF had
rescued these 21 people
overnight and admitted
the injured persons to
nearby hospitals, Depu-
ty General of Police
AshokKumarinformed.
The Uttarakhand Police
on Tuesday informed
about the bus carrying a
wedding procession of
45 to 50 people fell into a
gorgenearSimdivillage
in Pauri Garhwal.
“Twenty five people
were found dead in the
Pauri Garwhal bus ac-
cident that took place
last night in the Bi-
rokhal area of Dhu-
makot. Police and SDRF
rescued 21 people over-
night; the injured have
been admitted to nearby
hospitals,” DGP Ashok
Kumar said.
Pauri Garhwal:
Twenty Five people
were killed in the
Pauri Garhwal bus
accident that took
place on Tuesday
night in the Birokhal
area of Dhumakot
in Uttarakhand,
informed Deputy
General of Police
Ashok Kumar.Police
and SDRF rescued
21 people overnight
and the injured have
been admitted to
nearby hospitals, he
added.
25 PEOPLE
DEAD IN BUS
ACCIDENT

INDIA
06
Jakarta (ANI): Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la on Wednesday
reached Jakarta to at-
tend the 8th G20 Parlia-
mentary Speakers’
Summit.
Birla is leading the
Indian delegation of
the P-20 conference (or-
ganization of the par-
liaments of G-20) to Ja-
karta comprising Rajya
Sabha Deputy Chair-
man Harivansh, Secre-
tary-General of Rajya
Sabha PC Mody, and
other officials. He was
welcomed by the Indian
Ambassador to Indone-
sia, Manoj Bharti.
Speaker Birla and Indi-
an parliamentary party
welcomed the P-20 sum-
mit being held in Indo-
nesia.
The organization of
the parliaments of G-20
countries is P-20. It rep-
resents 80 per cent of
the world’s GDP and 75
per cent of trade. It also
represents two-thirds of
the world’s population.
Birla reaches Jakarta to attend 8th Summit
G20 PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKERS’ SUMMIT
Om Birla worshipping at an Indonesian temple on the occassion
of Vijayadashmi.
SC ASKS 11 STATES TO RESPOND ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF RERA RULES
GRANTING COMPATE EMPL IS TO ENABLE
FAMILY TO TIDE OVER SUDDEN CRISIS: SC
New Delhi: The SC has asked West Bengal, UP and several
other states to file responses on issues relating to the
implementation of Real Estate (Regulation and Development)
Act within four weeks or their principal secretaries in charge
of housing departments would have to make personal
appearances before it. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud
and Hima Kohli said that if the state governments failed to
file their responses their principal secretaries have to appear
before the court and explain as to why they should not be
proceeded with under the coercive arm of the law.
New Delhi: The SC has said that granting compassionate
employment is intended to enable the family to tide over
the sudden crisis by providing a source of livelihood and
should not be considered as a right. The apex court’s remark
came while setting aside a Bombay HC order which directed
to appoint the respondent woman, who was married and
youngest daughter of the deceased, on compassionate
ground in the Water Resources Department in Maha. The top
court observed that the respondent woman cannot be said to
be dependent on the deceased employee, i.e., her mother.
IN THE COURTYARD
ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN J-K AFTER
VOTERS’ LIST COMPILATION: SHAH
JK (ANI): In a major
announcement, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Wednesday
said that elections will
be held in JK will “full
transparency” as soon
as work of compiling
the voters’ list is com-
pleted. Shah said that
manner in which delim-
itation has been done in
region, representatives
of the people’s choice
will be elected.
Assembly polls to
elect the govt in the UT
are due since the abro-
gation of Articles 370
and 35A on August 5,
2019. The Centre while
abrogating the special
status of the region, had
said that the status of
state will be given to
JK at the appropriate
time and the elections
will be held after delim-
itation. The orders of
the Delimitation Com-
mission were effective
from May 20 with the
Centre choosing the day
for the move using pow-
ers of the J KReorgani-
sation Act, 2019.
As per the final De-
limitation Order, out of
the 90 (ACs) in JK, 43
will be part of the Jam-
mu region 47 for the
Kashmir region keep-
ing in view provisions
of Section 9(1)(a) of the
Delimitation Act, 2002
and Section 60(2)(b) of
JK Reorganization
Act, 2019.
Amit Shah addresses a public rally, in Baramulla district on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
GUPKAR LAID OUT
‘RED CARPET’ FOR
PAK TERRORISTS
DON’T TOUCH INNOCENTS, DON’T SPARE
THE GUILTY: SHAH TO JK SECURITY
SHAH PAUSES SPEECH AFTER HEARING
‘AZAAN’ FROM NEARBY MOSQUE
Congress eyes revival in Uttar
Pradesh through BSP votebank
THREE FAMILIES MADE JK ‘TERRORIST
SPOT’ WE MADE IT ‘TOURIST SPOT’: SHAH
NO TALKS WITH
PAK: SHAH IN
KASHMIR
JAMMU AND KASHMIR VISIT: SHAH CHAIRS
HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN SRINAGAR
Launching an unsparing
attack on former Jammu
and Kashmir Chief Minis-
ters Farooq Abdullah and
Mehbooba Mufti, Union
on Wednesday accused
the ‘Gupkar alliance’ of
“laying a red carpet” for
Pakistani terrorists into
the country. His remarks
came while address-
ing a public meeting in
Baramulla.
Amit Shah chaired a high-level security meeting on
Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir. Lt. Governor Manoj
Sinha was also at the meeting, which was attended by
senior police, paramilitary and intelligence officers of the
union territory and the Centre. Shah took a review of anti-
militancy operations in the UT and directed the security
agencies to show zero tolerance towards terrorism while
ensuring that innocent people are protected.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday
briefly stopped his speech during a rally in Baramulla
district of Jammu and Kashmir as ‘Azaan’ or Muslim
call to prayer was going on from a nearby mosque.
After a brief moment, he said the call for prayer has
now stopped and asked if he would continue his
speech.“Should I start or not? Say it loudly, should I
start,” he asked and then went on with his speech.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party is eyeing the
votebankof theBahujan
Samaj Party in Uttar
Pradesh. In fact, it is tra-
ditionally the vote of the
Congress, which has
gone to the BSP and is
now splitting away from
the BSP because BSP
chief Mayawati is not
veryactiveinpoliticsand
is working as a reluctant
politician. In the last as-
sembly elections, there
was no feeling that the
party was contesting. As
a result, a big party like
BSP could win one seat
outof 403assemblyseats.
Justthink,apartywhich
has 10 MPs in the LS won
one assembly seat.
However, the vote that
brought power to the
BSP was the vote of Dal-
its, Brahmins and Mus-
lims which has tradi-
tionally been a Congress
vote. But due to the
weakening of the BSP,
some part of the Dalit
vote has gone to the BJP
,
the Muslims are now al-
most completely with
the Samajwadi Party
and the Brahmins com-
pletely with the BJP.
Congresshastogetthese
three ‘votes’ back. The
party has created such
an equation through the
new state president and
six provincial presi-
dents, which will help in
getting this vote.
TheConghasmadean
aggressive Dalit leader
Brijlal Khabri, who was
intheBSP
,thestatepres-
ident of the party
. Along
withhim,Muslimleader
Nasimuddin Siddiqui,
who was in the BSP
, has
been made the provin-
cial president of the
Western Zone. Former
minister Nakul Dubey,
who was one of the
Brahmin faces of BSP,
has been made the presi-
dent of Awadh zone.
Amit Shah said assembly
polls will be held with “full
transparency” in Jammu
and Kashmir after the
EC publishes the revised
electoral rolls and asserted
that the Modi govt will
wipe out terrorism from
the Union territory. Ad-
dressing a public rally in
Baramulla district of north
Kashmir, Shah lashed
out at those advocating
dialogue with Pakistan.
Jammu and Kashmir (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah,
in a security review meeting here, on Wednesday directed to
strengthen the security grid to ensure zero fear of terrorists
and separatists. The Minister also reviewed the working of
the security grid and progress made on various items of the
security agenda in previous meetings to reduce the incidents
of terrorism and the stranglehold of the separatist networks
over the system. Shah’s direction came during the security
review meeting earlier in the day.
As soon as the work of compiling the voters’
list is completed, elections will be held in JK
with full transparency. Earlier the delimitation
was done in such a way that only the representatives
from the three families would be elected, no matter
what you do. The delimitation that Election Commis-
sion has done, your own representatives will win the
elections and rule. —Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
OM BIRLA VISITED GARUDA WISNU
KENCANA CULTURAL PARK (GWK) IN BALI
Om Birla visited the Garuda Vishnu Kencana Cul-
tural Park (GWK) in Bali. The colossal Garuda Vishnu
Kencana statue located in the Garuda Vishnu Kencana
Cultural Park is a splendid example of architecture and
engineering. This statue is based on Indian mythology.
He also briefed about the concept of the statue.
History made in Amit Shah’s
rally in Rajouri during J-K visit
Jammu and Kashmir
(ANI): History was
made on Tuesday when
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah addressed a
huge public rally in
JK’s Rajouri, the first
byanyhomeministeron
such a large scale since
1991 in the Pir Panjal re-
gion.Shah is on a three-
day visit to Jammu and
Kashmir, where he had
an eventful day on Tues-
day. According to a re-
port, nearly 60,000 peo-
ple from the border dis-
tricts of Poonch and
Rajouri districts partici-
pated in the public meet-
ing, which was the
Shah’s first visit to the
Pir Panjal region as a
Home Minister.
“So far, no public rally
has been held in this re-
gion on such a large
scale. In 1991, the then
Union Home Minister
Shankar Rao Chauhan
held a rally in Mendhar
in which thirty thou-
sand people, mostly hill
tribes, participated,”
said the report.
History was made
when Shah announced
that the Pahari tribes,
who have been strug-
gling for more than five
decades, will be given
Schedule Tribe status.
Amit Shah along with Manoj Sinha greets the people gathered for a public rally, in Baramulla district
on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday
that Mufti Co and Abdullah Sons had made Kash-
mir a ‘terrorist spot’ while Modiji has made it a ‘tourist
hotspot’. Shah addressed a large public rally in Baram-
ulla town, his first public meeting in Kashmir after the
abrogation of Article 370. He started his speech with a
glowing tribute to the son of soil, Maqbool Sherwani
who was martyred fighting the tribal invaders in 1947.
Demand for
smaller allies
amid alleged
rift in Bihar
Priyanka to
start Cong poll
campaign in
Himachal
‘EC itself needs
a model code
of conduct’
Bihar: Smallerconstitu-
ents of the ruling ‘Maha-
gathbandhan’ or grand
alliance in Bihar sought
to step up the demand for
the early formation of a
coordination committee
amid a perceived rift be-
tween the JD(U) and the
RJD, two largest parties
of the coalition. None-
theless, smaller allies,
especially the Left par-
ties, feel that it was high
timethata“coordination
committee” was put in
place, an absence of
whichisoftenblamedfor
the disintegration of the
NDA in the state.
New Delhi: Congress
General Secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
will start the election
campaign from Solan in
Himachal Pradesh from
October 10 and will ad-
dress a rally in the state.
Priyanka is likely to
hold the fort of the Cong
in the state since Rahul
Gandhi is leading the
Bharat Jodo Yatra. The
Congress is eyeing a
comeback in the hill
state and this will be the
first election in the state
which will be without
Virbhadra Singh.
New Delhi: Rajya Sab-
ha MP Kapil Sibal took
adigattheECproposing
a change in the model
code to ask
p o l i t i c a l
parties to
provide au-
thentic in-
formation
tovotersonthefinancial
viability of their poll
promises, saying maybe
the poll watchdog itself
needs a model code of
conduct. The EC has
asked parties to submit
their views on the pro-
posals by Oct 19.
Tharoorwinshearts,butKhargetotakethevotes
Thiruvananthapuram:
Shashi Tharoor seems
to have won the hearts
many, but those do not
find a place in the voters
list and that’s where Ma-
likarjuna Kharge, who
has now got the tag of
the being the ‘official’
candidate will help him.
The moment Tharoor’s
name surfaced as a like-
ly candidate, those who
are aligned to the Gan-
dhi family smelt a rat
and then things took a
different turn. The high-
light is that two
Keralites are doing their
very best to see that an-
other Keralite does not
walk away with the hon-
ours, when votes are
counted after the Octo-
ber 17 polling day
.
Sources said that calls
are now going to all to
see that there should be
no doubt whom they
should vote for.
SOME ASKED RAHUL GANDHI TO REQUEST
ME TO BACK OUT, SAYS SHASHI THAROOR
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was asked by
some party leaders to seek withdrawal of Shashi Tha-
roor’s candidature, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, who
has made an aggressive bid to its
top post, claimed here on Tuesday.
Tharoor, who is in Kerala as part of
the poll campaign, told reporters
here that Gandhi said he will not ask
the former to withdraw as a contest
would benefit the grand old party.
“He reminded me that he has been
saying so for the past 10 years that
there should be a contest for the party chief’s post.
“He also told me that some persons have asked him to
request me to withdraw my candidature,” he said.

business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Valuation of
IPO-bound OYO in the
private market has dipped
to around $6.5 billion fol-
lowing reports of a mark-
down of valuation of the
hospitality and travel-tech
firm by SoftBank in its
private books. Nearly 12.3
lakh shares of the compa-
ny were sold in the pri-
vate market as compared
to over 1.6 lakh shares
sold in previous week.
The sell-off followed re-
ports that its largest in-
vestor SoftBank has cut
the valuation of hospitali-
ty platform by 20%. —PTI
OYO VALUATION DIPS
IN PVT MKT AFTER
REPORTEDMARKDOWN
New Delhi: The finance
ministry has modified the
Emergency Credit Line
Guarantee Scheme
(ECLGS) by raising loan
limit under the scheme to
`1,500 crore from `400
crore to help the COVID-
hit industry tide over li-
quidity stress. Recognis-
ing that an efficient and
strong civil aviation sec-
tor is vital for the eco-
nomic development of the
country, the Department
of Financial Services has
modified the ECLGS on
Tuesday to enhance the
maximum loan amount
eligibility for airlines, an
official statement issued
on Wednesday said. —PTI
FINMIN MODIFIES
ECLGS TO HELP
AVIATION SECTOR
New Delhi: Global rating
agency Fitch assigned a
stable outlook to public
sector lenders State Bank
of India (SBI) and Bank of
Baroda (BoB) while af-
firming their ‘BBB-’ rat-
ing. The probability of ex-
traordinary state support
is the highest for SBI
among Indian banks due
to its high systemic im-
portance as the largest
Indian bank, the state’s
56.9% controlling owner-
ship, and its broader poli-
cy role than peers, Fitch
said in a statement. —PTI
FITCH AFFIRMS ‘BBB-’
TO BANK OF BARODA,
STATE BANK OF INDIA
New Delhi: The govern-
ment plans to auction 22
mineral blocks in Maha-
rashtra, UP and Goa in
November and December.
The mines to be auc-
tioned include six iron ore
blocks, three blocks each
of limestone and gold,
two blocks of bauxite, one
block each of copper,
phosphorite and glauco-
nite. The notice inviting
tenders for the blocks
were floated in Septem-
ber. While the mines in
Maharashtra will be auc-
tioned next month, those
in UP and Goa will be put
on sale in Dec. —PTI
GOVERNMENT PLANS
TO AUCTION 22
MINERAL BLOCKS
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,250.00 430.00 0.82 (Per 10g)
SILVER 62,000.00 200.00 0.32 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.52 0.35 0.43
GBPINR 92.64 1.03 1.13
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
RUPAY CREDIT CARD
USE ON UPI FREE FOR
SOME PAYMENTS
New Delhi: There will be no
charge for RuPay credit card use
on Unified Payments Interface
(UPI) for
transactions
up to `2,000
in line with the
RBI Direction,
a recent NPCI circular said.
“During credit card on-boarding
on the apps, the device binding
and UPI PIN setting process
shall include and be construed
as customer consent for credit
card enablement for all types of
transactions,” the circular dated
October 4 said. —PTI
24 STATES, UTs ROLL
OUT NEW BH-SERIES FOR
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
New Delhi: To ensure seamless
movement of personal vehicles
across India, 24 states and UTs
have rolled
out the new
Bharat Series
(BH-series)
for vehicle
registration, according to the
minutes of the annual meeting
of the Transport Development
Council. “Since policy incep-
tion, more than 20,000 vehicles
have been registered in 24
different States and UTs,” the
minutes of the meeting said on
Wednesday. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
COMMERCE MINISTRY SAYS NO EXPORT BAN ON
RICE AND TRADERS CAN SHIP THE COMMODITY
New Delhi: The commerce ministry clarified that there is no export
ban on rice and traders can ship the commodity after paying 20 per
cent duty. On September 8, the government banned exports of broken
rice. In a trade notice, the directorate gen-
eral of foreign trade said it has received
representations regarding rice (5% and
25% broken) where irrevocable letter of
credit has been issued before September
8 is also being stopped at the ports. “It is
clarified in respect of normal rice that rice
(5% and 25%) is already exempted as it is not broken rice but normal
rice with permissible limits of broken rice as per standards. However,
it will carry 20% duty,” it said. —PTI
WTOseesslowdown
in global trade in 2023
Geneva (Agencies): The
World Trade Organisation
is predicting global trade
volumes will grow a lack-
luster 1% next year as cri-
ses and challenges weigh
on markets, including high
energy prices, rising inter-
est rates and uncertainties
about Chinese manufactur-
ing output amid the linger-
ing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Geneva-based trade
body said Wednesday that
the amount of goods
shipped between countries
are expected to rise 3.5%
this year, up from the 3%
that WTO anticipated in its
first forecast for the year in
April. In 2023, the predic-
tion is for such trade vol-
umes to grow just 1%,
down from the 3.4% expect-
ed previously. “The risks
are certainly to the down-
side” next year, WTO Di-
rector-General Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala told report-
ers at its headquarters.
This year, the higher pre-
dicted increase in trade
volumes stems from better
data that arrived in the
middle of the year, contrib-
uting to a clearer forecast,
and a boom in trade vol-
umes from oil- and gas-pro-
ducing countries in the
Middle East as supplies
from Russia were shunned
and consuming countries
sought alternative sources,
WTO economists say
.
The WTO laid out sev-
eral factors weighing on
trade, including higher en-
ergy prices resulting from
Russia’s war in Ukraine,
which prompted a number
of countries — including
European Union members
that are big consumers of
Russian oil and gas — to
slap economic sanctions
on Moscow.
“Today, the global econo-
my faces a multipronged
crisis,” Okonjo-Iweala said.
“Monetary tightening is
weighing on growth across
much of the world, includ-
ing in the United States. In
Europe, high energy prices
are squeezing households
and businesses. And in
China,COVID-19outbreaks
continue to disrupt produc-
tion and ordinary econom-
ic life.” “Low-income devel-
oping countries in particu-
lar face serious risks from
food insecurity and debt
distress,” she added.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z The Geneva-based trade
body said that the amount
of goods shipped between
countries are expected to rise
3.5% this year, up from the 3%
that WTO anticipated in its first
forecast for the year in April
z The WTO laid out several
factors weighing on trade,
including higher energy prices
resulting from Russia’s war in
Ukraine
z In 2023, the prediction is
for such trade volumes to grow
just 1%, down from the 3.4%
expected previously
Sugar exports up
57% to record
109.8 lakh tonnes
in 2021-22
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
sugar exports rose 57% to
109.8 lakh tonnes during
2021-22 marketing year end-
ed September, resulting in
foreign currency inflow
worth about Rs 40,000 crore
into the country, the gov-
ernment on Wednesday
said.
Sugarcane arrears to
farmers stood at only Rs
6,000 crore at the end of
2021-22 marketing year (Oc-
tober-September) as mills
have already paid Rs 1.12
lakh crore to farmers out to
total payable amount of Rs
1.18 lakh crore.
In 2021-22 marketing
year, the food ministry said
that “India has emerged as
the world’s largest produc-
er and consumer of sugar
as well as the world’s 2nd
largest exporter of sugar”.
A record of more than
5,000 lakh tonnes sugar-
cane was produced in the
country during 2021-22, out
of which about 3,574 lakh
tonnes were crushed by
sugar mills to produce
about 394 lakh tones of
sugar (sucrose).
FTA with India won’t
be ‘free-for-all deal’,
says UK minister
London (PTI): The free
trade agreement (FTA) be-
ing negotiated with India
won’t be a “free for all deal”
but something that is good
for both countries and not
a particular sector, the UK
government cautioned as a
Diwali deadline set at the
prime ministerial level for
the pact approaches.
UK Secretary of State for
International Trade Kemi
Badenoch was addressing
concerns around access for
the country’s services sec-
tor into the Indian market.
The senior Cabinet min-
ister also indicated that the
Diwali timeline set by for-
mer Prime Minister Boris
Johnson was not “arbi-
trary” and could be met
with further aspects cov-
ered beyond that deadline.
“We want something
comprehensive, but it has
to be right for both coun-
tries,” said Badenoch.
“The Prime Minister has
a deadline, which the previ-
ous Prime Minister had.
That was quite a long dead-
line, so it’s not arbitrary, it
wasn’t set last week. But
doing a trade deal is not a
simple and easy thing. So,
what we want to do is some-
thing that lifts both coun-
tries. It may not be every-
thing the services sector
wants, we may not get eve-
rything, we are not doing a
unilateral, free-for-all
deal,” she said.
DIWALI 2022
TIMELINE
z The senior Cabinet minister
also indicated that the Diwali
timeline set by former Prime
Minister Boris Johnson was
not “arbitrary” and could
be met with further aspects
covered beyond
that deadline
India Inc’s foreign
commercial
borrowings rise
by 4.6% in Aug
Mumbai (PTI): India Inc’s
foreign commercial bor-
rowings in August this
year rose by nearly 4.6% to
$2.98 billion, according to
the RBI data.
In August 2021, the Indi-
an businesses borrowed
$2.85 billion in the form of
external commercial bor-
rowings.
Of the total borrowings
in August this year, over
$2.47 billion was through
the automatic route of rais-
ing funds from foreign
sources. While more than
$502.79 million was raised
by way of issuing rupee de-
nominated bonds (RDBs)
or masala bonds.
Among the major bor-
rowers include mortgage
lender HDFC Ltd $1.1 bil-
lion for the purpose of sub-
lending; FS India Solar
Ventures $500 million for a
new project.
City gas volume
growth to more
than halve to
8-10 percent
Mumbai (PTI): With the
cost of natural gas increas-
ing by a steep 40% from
this month on top of a
steeper 110% hike during
April-September, volume
growth is seen more than
halving to 8-10% this fiscal
from the earlier forecast of
around 25%, says a report.
Rating agency Crisil sees
industrial consumers
switching to other cheaper
fuels leading to a demand
compression of 10-12% this
fiscal, while piped cooking
gas demand may fall to
8-10% from an earlier pro-
jection of 20-25% as prices
since the beginning of this
fiscal skyrocketed by 150%.
30% growth in e-commerce platforms sales
New Delhi (PTI): E-com-
merce platforms during the
first week of festive season
are estimated to have regis-
tered 30% growth year-on-
year, inventory and ware-
house management tech
firm EasyEcom said on
Wednesday
.
EasyEcom said that e-
commerce volume will
grow more in Tier-2 and
Tier-3 towns compared to
Tier-1 cities, with non-met-
ros driving nearly 80% of
the total e-commerce sales
along with Tier-2 towns
adding about 60% to the fig-
ure. “The first week of the
festive sales across e-com-
merce platforms in India
will exceed the gross mer-
chandise value on non-sale
days by five times, project-
ing a figure which will be
around 1.3 times up from
last year,” EasyECom said
on Wednesday
.
The company said that
its analysis is based on data
captured by its software-as-
a-service platform which
focuses on omnichannel
inventory warehouse
management and reconcili-
ations. The company has
seen a 14% growth in prod-
uct lines on e-commerce.
IN 1st WEEK OF FESTIVE SEASON
VOL GROWTH IN
TIER-2 3 TOWNS
z EasyEcom said e-comm
volume will grow more in
Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns
compared to Tier-1 cities,
with non-metros driving
nearly 80% of the total
e-commerce sales along
with Tier-2 towns adding
about 60% to the figure
IPOs worth more than `1
lakh cr set to hit D-Street
New Delhi (FIB): After 14
IPOs in the first half of
2022 financial year, 71 new
IPOs are ready to hit Dalal
Street soon. Emcure Phar-
maceuticals, Navi Technol-
ogies, Bikaji Food, and Mo-
bikwik are among the
prominent names set to hit
the primary market.
Presently, 71 companies
proposing to raise `1,05,000
crore have Sebi approval.
Another 43 companies
looking to raise about
`70,000 crore are awaiting
approval from the market
regulator. Out of these 114
companies, 10 are NATCs,
looking to raise roughly
`35,000 crore. Pranav Hal-
dea, Managing Director,
Prime Database Group,
said IPO activity would be
impacted by the volatility
in the secondary market,
mainly because of reces-
sionary fears and rising
interest rates.
Mid-course changes in
gas pricing to delay
investments: Reliance
New Delhi (PTI): Billion-
aire Mukesh Ambani’s Re-
liance Industries has told a
government-appointed
panel reviewing gas pric-
ing that any ‘retrograde’
move to artificially cap
rates will add to fiscal poli-
cy instability
, delays invest-
ment and dent India’s at-
tempt to become Atmanirb-
har in fuel production.
In a submission to the
committee headed by Kirit
Parikh, which has been
asked by the Oil Ministry
to look at setting a ‘fair
price to consumers’, the
firm detailed how the eco-
nomics of its about-to-start
field in the KG-D6 block,
where billions of dollars
have been spent to recover
reserves lying several kilo-
metres below the seabed,
will be impacted under dif-
ferent prices.
The mid-course changes
through price caps not just
go against pricing and mar-
keting freedom contracts
and government policy
promises to companies but
also add to uncertainty to a
fiscal regime which would
impact investments.
WHAT RIL SAID
TO GOVT PANEL
z RIL has informed govt panel
that any ‘retrograde’ move
to artificially cap rates will
add to fiscal policy instability,
delays investment

08
2NDFRONT
All the technology to stay connected
cannot bridge a difference between
hearts, if we do not take the first step.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
RSS not a danger to minorities: Mohan Bhagwat
Nagpur (ANI): Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh chief Mohan
Bhagwat on Wednesday
said that it is “neither
the nature of the Sangh
nor Hindus” to endan-
ger the minorities while
also adding that the RSS
resolves to stand on the
side of brotherhood.
Notably, opposition
parties including Con-
gress have accused RSS
of trying to divide soci-
ety and making people
fight against each other.
Addressing the occa-
sion of the Vijayadash-
mi festival here, where
mountaineer Santosh
Yadav was the chief
guest, Bhagwat said,
“Scare-mongering is
done among minorities
that there is a danger to
them because of us or
Hindus. This has not
happened in the past,
nor will it happen in the
future. This is neither
the nature of Sangh nor
of the Hindus.”
He said that “neither
threatens nor gets
threatened” is the kind
of Hindu society that is
needed. “Self-defence
and defence of our own
become a duty for eve-
ryone against those
who spread hatred,
commit injustice and
atrocity, and engage in
acts of hooliganism and
enmity towards society
.
‘Neither threatens
nor gets threatened’,
this kind of Hindu soci-
ety is the need of the
present times. This is
not anti-anybody
. Sangh
resolves to stand on the
side of brotherhood,
amity, and peace,” he
said. “The second type
of obstacle that hinders
our Sanatana Dharma
is created by forces who
are inimical to Bharat’s
unity and progress.
They spread fake narra-
tives, encourage anar-
chy, engage in criminal
acts, foment terror, con-
flict and social unrest,”
Bhagwat added.
The RSS chief also
said that people should
raise their voices
against wrongs, “but by
acting within the frame-
work of the law”.
He also laid emphasis
on women’s empower-
ment and said a society
cannot progress with-
out women.
Nagpur (PTI): Mohan Bhagwat said the way India helped
crisis-hit Sri Lanka and its stand during the Ukraine-Rus-
sia conflict showed the nation was being heard and that it
was becoming more and more self-reliant on the national
security front. Bhagwat said for a populous country like
India, it is a natural expectation that economic devel-
opment policymaking should be employment-oriented,
but he also emphasised encouraging enterprise-oriented
actions. “The government is to be commended for its
clear enunciations. However, it is required that we all
perform our responsibilities in word deed in this direc-
tion. To advance on the Atmanirbhar’ (self-reliant) path,
it is important to understand the fundamental tenets and
ideas that define us as a nation,” Bhagwat said.
New Delhi (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist)
senior leader and Polit bureau member Brinda Karat
on Wednesday slammed RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s
remark to call for empowering women
and treating them with equality on the
occasion of Vijayadashmi. She ques-
tioned, “What is the definition of good
and evil for the RSS?” Brinda Karat said
that today, on the occasion of Vijaya-
dashami, people across the country will
celebrate the victory of good over evil,
“what is the definition of good in our country today?
What is the definition of evil? for RSS”, she questioned.
‘INDIA’S STAND ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA
WAR SHOWS WE ARE BEING HEARD’
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF GOOD
AND EVIL FOR RSS? ASKS KARAT
(Above) RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat pays floral tribute to
the statue of RSS founder KB
Hedgewar during the Vijaya
Dashami festival at Hedgewar
Smruti Temple, in Nagpur.
(Right) RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat performs
Shastra Puja on Wednesday.
Says ‘neither the nature
of the Sangh nor of
Hindus’ to harm minorities
RSS chief says forces
inimical to Bharat’s
unity do scare-mongering
1 2
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India said
on Wednesday that 13
more of its nationals
had been rescued from
Myanmar after falling
prey to an international
job racket. External Af-
fairs Ministry spokes-
person Arindam Bagchi
said the Indians have
reached Tamil Nadu
safely on Wednesday
.
The external affairs
ministry issued an ad-
visory on September 24
warning Indian citi-
zens about fake job of-
fers floated on social
media platforms after
more than 100 workers
were lured to Myanmar
by dubious IT firms.
It was reported last
month that, 32 Indian
nationals were rescued
from a remote part of
Myanmar, where they
were being forced to
work in harsh condi-
tions by firms engaged
in digital scamming
and forged crypto
activities.
“We have been active-
ly pursuing the case of
Indiansbeingtrappedin
fake job rackets in My-
anmar. Thanks to the
efforts of @IndiainMy-
anmar @IndiainThai-
land, around 32 Indians
had already been res-
cued,” Bagchi tweeted.
“Some more Indian
citizens have been res-
cued from their fake
employers and are in
the custody of Myan-
mar authorities for il-
legal entry into that
country,” Bagchi said.
“Instances of similar
job rackets have also
come to light in Laos
and Cambodia. Our Em-
bassies in Vientiane,
Phnom Penh and Bang-
kok have been helping
in repatriating people
from there,” he added.
13 Indians trapped in
fake IT job racket
rescued from Myanmar
13 Indian citizens who were rescued have reached Tamil Nadu.
Late Bipin Rawat’s village gets
road connectivity, healthcare
New Delhi (PTI): The
ancestral village of In-
dia’s first Chief of De-
fence Staff, the late Bi-
pin Rawat, in Uttara-
khand’s Pauri Garhwal
district is emerging on
the country’s develop-
ment map with the
building of roads,
healthcare, vocation-
al education facilities.
A Maharashtra-based
NGO, Dr. Harivanshrai
Bachchan Prabodhan
Pratishthan (HBPP), is
spearheading efforts to
carry out development
activities in the Saina
village, which lacked
road connectivity and
was accessible only
through a narrow path-
way until recently
.
The HBPP, with the
support of the Uttara-
khand government, has
also helped in the con-
struction of public toi-
lets, building water
tanks for irrigation
purposes, and piped wa-
ter supply to house-
holds, HBPP founder
Nivrutti Yadav said.
The state government
has also approved build-
ing a panchayat office,
installing solar lights in
the village, he said. Ya-
dav said he was now
pursuing converting
the first CDS’s ances-
tral home into a memo-
rial dedicated to the
decorated military of-
ficer, and building a
statue of General Raw-
at in the village.
Late General Bipin Rawat
z
z
z
z
MORE FACILITIES
Curtains down on Durga
Puja festival in W Bengal
First India Bureau
Kolkata: The five-
day-long Durga Puja
festival in West Ben-
gal came to a close on
Wednesday with the
immersion of idols on
‘Vijayadashami’ at
various river ghats
across the state.
Amid the beating of
drums and chanting
of mantras, organis-
ers of most house-
holds and community
pujas were seen lead-
ing colourful proces-
sions to the ghats.
People exchanged
sweets and greetings
and offered prayers to
the goddess before
bidding her farewell
for the year. Women
also participated in
the traditional ‘Sin-
dur Khela’ (smearing
vermilion on each
other’s faces). At Ba-
bughat, which wit-
nesses the highest
number of idol im-
mersions saw devo-
tees queuing up since
11 am, chanting of
Asche bochor abar
hobe’ (till next year)
adding to the fervour.
Women apply vermillion on the face of each other as they
participate in ‘Sindoor Khela’ on the last day of Durga Puja
festival celebrations, in Kolkata on Wednesday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Lakhimpur Kheri
(PTI): Villagers in Ja-
munabad claimed that a
tiger mauled a 25-year-
old man to death in
Gola forest range, caus-
ing resentment among
the locals who staged a
protest on Wednesday
demanding the admin-
istration to check the
movement of wild ani-
mals in the area.
Yadunath, who
worked as a watchman
at a seed farm on daily
wages, was killed while
he had gone to a nearby
field to relieve himself
after his night duty on
Tuesday, a senior forest
department official
said, adding his partial-
ly eaten body was recov-
ered from the field.
It is, however, not yet
known whether the ani-
mal was a tiger or a leop-
ard, as per official. The
angry villagers held a
sit-in on the Gola-Lakh-
impur road demanding
that the administration
initiate some measure
to check the movement
of wild animals.
‘Tiger’ mauls
25-yr-old man
to death in
Lakhimpur
Kheri forest
‘Mulayam remains critical, being given life-saving drugs’
First India Bureau
Lucknow/Gurugram:
According to the hospi-
tal authorities, the
founder of Samajwadi
Party, Mulayam Singh
Yadav, is still critical
and is being adminis-
tered life-saving drugs.
In a press release, the
Samajwadi Party said,
“According to the hospi-
tal authorities, Mulay-
am Singh Yadav is still
critical and on life-sav-
ing drugs, he is being
treated in the ICU of
Medanta Hospital, Gu-
rugram, by a compre-
hensive team of spe-
cialists.” The SP patron
has been under treat-
ment at Medanta since
August 22. He had also
been admitted to the
facility in July, sources
said. Haryana CM
Manohar Lal Khattar
visited the hospital.
When reporters
asked him about the
health condition of the
former defence minis-
ter, he said, “There is
some improvement. But
we cannot say that he is
out of the ‘risk zone’.
We will know more in a
day or two,” he said.
Khattar also met Mu-
layam Singh Yadav’s
son former Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav.
Manohar Lal Khattar meets Akhilesh Yadav at Medanta hospital in
Gurugram on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
INLD supremo OP
Chautala admitted to
Medanta hospital
Gurugram (PTI): Former
Haryana Chief Minister
and Indian National Lok
Dal (INLD) supremo Om
Prakash Chautala has been
admitted to the Medanta
Hospital here with a fever
and stomach infection,
sources said on Wednesday.
They said Chautala was
admitted last night and his
condition is stable now.
LAST RESPECTS
Family members lay a wreath on the mortal remains of Jammu Kashmir DG Prisons, Hemant Kumar Lohia, at district police lines in Jammu on Wednesday.
Mortal remains of JK DG Prisons, Hemant Kumar Lohia,
being carried for the wreath-laying ceremony at district police
lines in Jammu on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
—PHOTOS
BY
ANI

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NEW DELHI, THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 6, 2022
limpses of beauty
and classiness
were witnessed in
the fashion festi-
val of Rajasthan
‘Udaipur Couture
Show 2022’ pre-
sented by First India and
Bharat 24 was held at Ra-
mee Royal Resort in the
beautiful lake city of Ra-
jasthan on Monday
. The
showwasembellishedwith
nine fashion sequences in
which designers from
Udaipur as well as Jaipur,
Surat, Rajkot, Mumbai and
Delhi presented their gar-
ments on the exhibition
stage. The fourth se-
quence flaunted
western costumes
by Twinkle Batra
having Super-
model Aditi Hun-
dia, Elite Miss
Rajasthan 1st
Runner up 2016,
Femina Miss
India Ra-
jasthan 2017,
Liva Miss Diva 2nd Runner
up 2018 and Miss Suprana-
tional India 2018, as the
showstopper of the se-
quence. The costumes
showcased ‘Exclusive IAM,
which glorifies the extrava-
gance collection at afford-
able prices. The designer
wants to bring the latest
fusion of ethnic attires
with the touch of western
fashion, from the streets of
Italy
. She aims to bring
modernization to royal eth-
nic women’s outfits and
furnishes them with the
best styles that glorify their
personality and foster their
confidence. When asked
about the designs the de-
signers said “My soul aim
was to bring the modern
fashion from the streets of
Italy to our pink city, so I
decided to revise the fash-
ion statement and tried cre-
ating the amalgamation of
Jaipuri ethnic with Italian
fashion and that’s how ‘Ex-
clusive IAM’ was born.”
While sharing her vision
the designer further said
“Via my creation, we strive
to curate the most delin-
quent fashion trends,
which are intricately de-
signed in traditional and
contemporary styles, keep-
ing sustainability in mind.
My collection includes
elaborate Anarkalis, Sa-
rees, Suits, Sharara and a
mix of traditional and con-
temporary Gowns.” De-
signers from different cor-
ners of the country show-
cased their collections dur-
ing the fashion event.
Gaurav Gaur, the direc-
tor of the Show said he was
overjoyed with the aston-
ishing designs showcased
in Couture Show.
The glorious royal fashion show titled, Udaipur Couture Show 2022 presented by
First India and Bharat 24 took place at Ramee Royal Resort, Udaipur on Monday,
September 5. City First brings to you glimpses of pure fashion from the mega show!
G
KAVITA CHAUHAN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in UDAIPUR
COUTURE
SHOW 2022
Aditi Hundia, Mona Gautam, Sahkshi, Daisy,
Khushbu Dahiya and Astha Khandelwal
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

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