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Imphal (Manipur):
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) National Presi-
dent Jagat Prakash Na-
dda on Sunday lauded
the initiatives taken by
the Central government
under the leadership of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, which he said
had contributed to
peace and harmony in
the state and contribut-
ed to growth in its eco-
nomic activity
.
Addressing achievers
and prominient celebri-
ties in Imphal, Nadda
said, “Under the dynam-
ic leadership of PM Nar-
endra Modi, a lot of new
steps have been taken.
Peace and harmony is
there, fundamental
rights are being protect-
ed and economic activi-
ty now growing.” The
BJP supremo also laud-
ed the efforts made by
the state under the
SwachhBharatMission.
He said, “2.60 lakh toi-
letshavebeenconstruct-
ed only in Manipur un-
der Swacch Bharat Mis-
sion. Through this, it
has reduced the water-
borne diseases and it
has brought a healthy
life in the field of health
to the people.”
Nadda said that a few
years ago Manipur was
known for its politics of
destruction adn there
were blockades, insta-
bility, insurgency ine-
quality and the politics
of “haves” and “have
nots”. —ANI
‘Centre’s initiatives have ensured peace in Manipur’
BJP Chief JP Nadda.
..SAYS PARTY WILL RETURN TO
POWER DUE TO DEVP WORKS
Imphal: BJP national
president JP Nadda on
Sunday offered prayers
at the Shri Govindji
Temple in Manipur’s
Imphal on second day
of his visit to the state.
Nadda was accompa-
nied by Manipur CM
N Biren Singh. Nadda
reached Manipur on
Saturday on a two-day
visit. Assembly polls
are due in Manipur.
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Nearly twenty-three years ago when Narendra Modi, the then party worker
of the BJP, was sent to the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh as its
in-charge, no one had even thought how he would completely change the
political paradigm of the hill state, writes SHASHIKANT SHARMA. P4
Petrol price increased by 30 paise and soared to Rs 104.14 per litre on
Sunday while diesel increased by 35 paise and hiked to Rs 92.82 per litre in
New Delhi. According to the industry experts, there may be constant hike in
coming days due to increase in crude oil price.
PERSPECTIVE: HOW
MODI SECURED
‘HIMALAYAN
ORCHARD’ FOR BJP...
9TH HIKE THIS
MONTH: PETROL,
DIESEL PRICES
SHOOT YET AGAIN
CORONA CATASTROPHE
NEW DELHI
INDIA
18,166
new cases
214
new fatalities
29
new cases
01
new fatalities
IS PM MODI AUTOCRATIC?
Amit Shah’s response to critics
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah strongly defended
dra Modi from a sugges-
tion that he was at times
dictatorial or autocrat-
ic, saying that in his
decades-long associa-
tion, he had “not seen a
listener like Modi ji”.
“All these people who
are accusing us, these
accusations are base-
less. I have not seen a
listener like Modi ji. If
there is a meeting for
any problem, Modi ji
talks less and patiently
listens to everyone and
then takes a decision.
We often think ‘what is
there to think so
much?’. He takes a deci-
sion patiently after 2-3
meetings,” he said in
response to a question
during an interview to
the state-run Sansad TV
channel.
“Every person’s sug-
gestion based on its
quality is given impor-
tance by Modi ji and
not based on who the
person is. So, saying
that he imposes his de-
cisions as PM is not
true at all. Whoever has
worked with him, even
the critics would agree
that the cabinet has
never functioned in
such a democratic man-
ner,” he said.
Amit Shah also de-
fended PM Modi over
the farmers’ protest,
saying their concerns
about the laws intro-
duced last year were
unfounded and that the
BJP government had
taken great steps to
help the growers.
PM Modi and Amit Shah have worked closely since their early
days in BJP. —FILE PHOTO
Every person’s
suggestion
based on its
quality is given impor-
tance by Modi ji and
not based on who the
person is. Whoever has
worked with him knows
that the cabinet has nev-
er functioned in such a
democratic manner.
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister
BLACKOUT CRISIS An energy crisis is looming in some states,
including Delhi and Punjab, due to a combination of factors such as
excess rainfall hitting coal movement and imported coal-based power
plants generating less than half of their capacity due to record high rates
PULLING STRINGS Power plants across the country regulated generation after stock ran
low. Against the requirement of maintaining 15 days to 30 days of stocks, over half of the
country’s 135 coal-fired power plants, which in total supply around 70 per cent of the nation’s
electricity, have fuel stocks of less than two days, as per the data from the grid operator
States battling crisis
n PUNJAB: Severe coal shortage at thermal power
plants in Punjab has forced power utility PSPCL
to cut down power generation and impose rota-
tional load shedding at several places, prompt-
ing the state government to slam the Centre for
inadequate coal supply. Coal-fired power plants
are running at a reduced capacity because of
shortage of coal, said an official of Punjab State
Power Corporation Limited on Saturday.
n RAJASTHAN: Rajasthan is resorting to one hour
power cuts on a daily basis. Tata Power, which has
signed contracts to supply 1,850 MW of electricity
to Gujarat, 475 MW to Punjab, 380 MW to Ra-
jasthan, 760 MW to Maharashtra and 380 MW to
Haryana from its imported coal-based power plant
at Mundra in Gujarat, has stopped generation. P7
n TAMIL NADU: The Tamil Nadu Generation and
Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) said that
power will be suspended in parts of Chennai for
carrying out maintenance work in the city.
n ANDHRA PRADESH: Andhra Pradesh has been
meeting grid demand of about 185-190 mega
units (MU) daily. Power generation stations oper-
ated by APGENCO, which supply about 45 per
cent of the state's energy needs, hardly have coal
stocks for 1 or 2 days and generation from these
could be impacted further.
n DELHI: Tata Power Distribution Ltd (TPDDL),
which supplies electricity to parts of the national
capital, on Saturday warned of intermittent rota-
tional power cuts as units supplying electricity to
Delhi discoms have coal stocks to meet genera-
tion requirements for 1-2 days, its CEO Ganesh
Srinivasan said. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Ke-
jriwal shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi over "a power crisis" Delhi could face.
n UTTAR PRADESH: 14 power plants temporarily
shut, 8 due to lack of fuel
n JHARKHAND AND BIHAR are also
among the worst affected by the
coal shortage.
Centre attempts
COAL
COMFORT
The country has four days’ reserve. We have
sufficient power available. We are supplying
power to the entire country. Whoever wants,
give me a requisition and I will supply them,
said Union minister for Power RK Singh
New Delhi: The huge
coal shortage affecting
power plants will be
handled in the next
few days, the Centre
said as several states,
includingDelhi,raised
concerns over impend-
ing blackouts. The
shortage is due to a
hike in global coal
prices, the Centre said.
The supply, accord-
ing to Union minister
for power RK Singh,
routinely drops dur-
ing monsoon as the
mines get flooded, but
the demand remains
high especially with
the growing economy
.
In October, as the de-
mands drop, the
stockpiles will start
growing again. “Ear-
lier, we used to have
17 days of coal stock
from November till
June,” he added.
An inter-ministeri-
al sub-group led by
the Coal Ministry has
been monitoring the
coal stock situation
twice a week.
The ministry has as-
sured that they are
making efforts to send
1.6 metric tonnes of
coal a day in the next
three days and will try
to reach 1.7 MT a day
.
THEY ALSO SAID
NO OXYGEN
CRISIS: SISODIA
SLAMS CENTRE
ON COAL CRISIS
Delhi Deputy Chief
Minister Manish
Sisodia on Sunday said
the centre’s statement
that all is well with the
coal stock situation is
“irresponsible”. Siso-
dia drew parallels with
the medical oxygen
shortage in Delhi during
the COVID-19 second
wave. “When we had
an oxygen crisis, they
kept saying there was
no such crisis. The coal
situation is similar. We
have a crisis today,”
Sisodia said. More on P3
CRUCIAL READ
EASTERN LADAKH ROW: INDIA, CHINA
HOLD 13TH ROUND OF MILITARY TALKS
Ladakh: After a gap of over two months, India and
China on Sunday are holding another round of high-level
military talks with an aim to move forward on the dis-
engagement process in the remaining friction points in
eastern Ladakh. The 13th round of Corps Commander-
level talks are taking place at the Moldo border point on
the Chinese side of LAC in eastern Ladakh, sources said.
AT LEAST 16 KILLED AS RUSSIAN L-410
PLANE CRASHES IN TATARSTAN REGION
Moscow: An L-410 plane crashed near
a city in Tatarstan region on Sunday,
killing 16 people and injuring seven.
The plane had been carrying a group of
parachute jumpers on board, the Emer-
gencies Ministry said. Seven people
were pulled alive from the wreckage.
Priyanka: Govt shielding MoS,
son; Modi won’t meet farmers
Varanasi: Launching a
scathing attack on the
BJP government over
thedeathsinLakhimpur
Kheri,AICCgeneralsec-
retary Priyanka Gandhi
Sundaysaidthatthegov-
ernment is “shielding”
Union MoS Ajay
Mishra’s son Ashish,
andtheCentrehasnever
listened earnestly to is-
sues being faced by the
farmers.
“Last week, the son of
Union MoS (Home)
mowed down six farm-
ers with his vehicle.
Families of all the vic-
tims said they want jus-
tice but all of you have
seen is CM Yogi Adity-
anath is shielding the
minister from a public
forum. Have you seen in
any country that a per-
son who mowed down
six people is being ‘in-
vited’ by the police to
talk to them?” Gandhi
said while addressing
the ‘Kisan Nyay’ rally in
Varanasi.
She added, “PM Modi
came to Lucknow for
Azaadi Ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav but couldn’t go
to Lakhimpur to share
the grief of the victim
families.
ATTEMPTS TO TURN LAKHIMPUR
INTO HINDU V/S SIKH BATTLE: VARUN
New Delhi: Days after being dropped
from the party’s national executive,
BJP Lok Sabha member Varun Gan-
dhi on Sunday
said that an
attempt is being
made to turn
the Lakhimpur
Kheri incident
into a Hindu vs
Sikh battle.It is
dangerous to
create these fault-lines and reopen
wounds that have taken a generation
to heal, he tweeted.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi
gestures to the crowd as she addresses
Kisan Nyay rally in Varanasi on Sunday.

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021
02
New Delhi: The Delhi
government will start
spraying free bio-decom-
poser solution in Delhi
from today as part of ef-
forts to reduce air pollu-
tion.
The process will start
from Fatehpur Jat village
of Narela. This time the
target has been set for
smelting stubble in more
than 4200 acres.
With the aim to stop
stubble burning leading
to air pollution, the Delhi
government in associa-
tion with the Indian Agri-
cultural Research Insti-
tute (IARI), Pusa devel-
oped a bio-decomposer
capsule. These capsules
can be converted into a
solution to be sprayed on
crop stubble in the farm-
lands. The Delhi govern-
ment has made a commit-
tee of 25 members to
reach out to farmers and
execute the drive.The
farmers only need to fill
forms and the govern-
ment will spray the bio-
decomposer solution on
their field for free.
On September 24, CM
Kejriwal started the pro-
cess of preparing bio-de-
composer solution. —ANI
Delhi Govt will start spraying free bio-decomposer from today
STOP STUBBLE BURNING

The process
will start
from Fatehpur
Jat village of
Narela. This time
the target is set
for smelting
stubble in more
than 4200 acres
HIGHLIGHT
MAN MURDERS WIFE, MOTHER-IN-LAW IN
DELHI’S BABA HARIDAS NAGAR AREA
MAN HELD FOR BEATING BROTHER TO
DEATH OVER PROPERTY DISPUTE
New Delhi: : A resident of Baba Haridas Nagar shot dead
his wife and mother-in-law in a fit of rage, informed the
police on Sunday. The accused used to
stay at the residence of his mother-in-
law and wife due to which they used to
taunt him. The deceased is identified
as Nidhi, the man’s wife, and Veero, his
mother-in-law. Both died inside the house after the man
opened fire at them. He surrendered to the police over
the phone, stated the police. —ANI
New Delhi: : A 43-year-old man was allegedly beaten to
death by his brother in the Shahdra area of Delhi, police
said. The accused identified as Rajinder
(38) had a fight with his brother over
the property. According to the FIR, the
accused had a dispute over property
which further escalated into a physical
fight. After which, he was admitted to the GTB hospital
where he succumbed to injuries. Both of the brothers
were drunkards, the police said. —ANI
New Delhi: As India cel-
ebrates the festival sea-
sons with traditional
gaiety and enthusiasm,
the police in the national
capital are on their toes
to prevent any untoward
incident.
“During the festive
season, there is a high
footfall of people in the
markets, temples, and
commercial places. This
rush of people can be
used by anti-national ele-
ments having nefarious
designs to carry out ter-
ror attacks in such plac-
es,” a top official told
IANS.
Owing to this, Delhi
Police Commissioner
Rakesh Asthana took a
crime review meeting on
Saturday with senior of-
ficials and issued direc-
tions to enhance their
vigil during these days.
“On such occasions
(festival season), Delhi
Police raises its alert. We
increase our visibility,
presence, and checking
to counter any threat,”
the senior police official
said.
He informed that the
Delhi Police has activat-
ed its community polic-
ing like ‘Eyes and Ears’
so that locals inform the
police personnel about
any anti-social element
in their area.
In the crime review
meeting of the Delhi Po-
lice chief, it was also dis-
cussed as to how to pre-
vent terrorists or anti-
national elements from
taking the help of local
gangsters.
The police official said
they have made strict se-
curity arrangements
keeping in view the on-
going countrywide cele-
brations. —IANS
New Delhi: BJP MP
Manoj Tiwari on Satur-
day urged the Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal to allow the
devotees to celebrate
Chhath Puja while fol-
lowing COVID-19 proto-
cols and said he will not
accept a complete ban.
Tiwari interacted
with people from the
Purvanchali community
on the matter of Chhath
Puja during his ‘Chhath
Yatra’ at the Ya-
muna Ghat in
the Sonia Vi-
har area of
Delhi.
“I urge CM
Kejriwal to
shed his ada-
mancy and
allow devotees to cele-
brate Chhath Puja while
following the COVID-19
protocols. We are ready
to follow every protocol,
be it social distancing,
m a s k , sanitisa-
tion o r
vaccination. We are not
going to accept a com-
plete ban,” the Member
of Parliament told re-
porters here.
“Through DDMA, Ke-
jriwal has issued this Tu-
ghlaqi decree, we want to
tell the wishes of the peo-
ple to the government, if
Kejriwal thinks that this
is my wish, then I am
sorry for that. It is not
my own wish, it is the
wish of these people,
they have tears in their
eyes. Nobody can
stop us from per-
forming the
puja while fol-
lowing COV-
ID proto-
cols,” he
added.
New Delhi: BJP has
lost all sense and mo-
rality and gone
against a High Court
order that permitted
the AAP to implement
the doorstep delivery
of ration scheme
in New Delhi, AAP
Chief Spokesper-
son Saurabh Bhard-
waj on Saturday
.
Bhardwaj’s state-
ment came after the
central government
refused permission to
the Door Step Ration
Delivery scheme.
In a letter to CM
Arvind Kejriwal, the
Central govern-
ment said that it
will not allow the
Delhi Government to
go ahead with the
scheme.
On this develop-
ment, Bhardwaj said,
“The Centre has gone
against the HC’s or-
ders after
the Delhi
Sarkari
R a t i o n
Dealers
S a n g h
made a
r e p r e -
sen-
tation to the LG.”
“These are the
same people who had
gone to court against
the Kejriwal govern-
ment and witnessed
the court green sig-
nal the ration deliv-
ery scheme. It is
astonishing that
the BJP is work-
ing at the behest
of a group of ra-
tion dealers and is
even willing to go
against the
court for
t h e m , ”
he add-
ed.
—ANI
WAR AGAINST POLLUTION
NOIDA WILL IMPOUND OLDER
VEHICLES TO CHECK POLLUTION
Air deteriorating in
Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal
DPCC to sign pact with Tata
Projects, NBCC to operate,
maintain smog tower in CP
Noida: In a measure to
prevent air pollution,
the Gautam Buddh Na-
gar administration has
asked the district po-
lice to impound diesel
vehicles older than 10
years and petrol vehi-
cles older than 15 years
in compliance with a
Supreme Court order.
Police have also been
asked to ensure that ve-
hicles not destined for
Noida or Greater Noida
use bypasses or periph-
eral expressways, ac-
cording to the ‘winter
action plan’ issued by
the Gautam Buddh Na-
gar district administra-
tion.
It stated that police
have been asked to keep
a strict vigil and show
no tolerance for visible
emissions by stopping
“visibly polluting vehi-
cles” from plying by
impounding or issuing
fines to offenders.
The administration
on October 6 released
the ‘winter action plan’
to check pollution to
various government
agencies and authori-
ties ahead of winters,
during which air pollu-
tion in the National
Capital Region (NCR),
including Noida and
Greater Noida, spikes
to severe levels affect-
ing human health.
The administration
asked the police to list
traffic hot-spots in the
district and release it
and an advisory ac-
cordingly.
“Deploy additional
man power and civil de-
fence volunteers to en-
sure smooth traffic
flow at identified traffic
hot-spots and impound
diesel vehicles older
than 10 years and petrol
vehicles older than 15
years in compliance of
the Supreme Court’s
order,” the plan stated.
“Ensure that non-
destined vehicles use
bypasses or peripheral
expressways, keep
strict vigilance and no
tolerance for visible
emissions - stop plying
of visibly polluting ve-
hicles by impounding/
fine,” it said.
The police have also
been asked to keep
strict vigilance and en-
forcement of pollution
under control (PUC)
norms besides ensur-
ing stoppage of en-
croachment on foot-
paths. —PTI
New Delhi: With the
withdrawal of mon-
soon, Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Ke-
jriwal on Saturday
informed that pollu-
tion has started in-
creasing in the na-
tional capital as the
air quality index
(AQI) surged to 171.
“Pollution has
started increasing. 09
October- AQI - 171 (0 to
50 - Good, 51 to 100 -
Satisfactory, 101 to 200
- Moderate) PM10 - 197
(0 to 50 - Good, 51 to 100
- Satisfactory, 101 to
250 - Moderate) PM2.5
- 69 (0 to 30 - Good, 31
to 60 - Satisfactory, 61
to 90 - Moderate),” Ke-
jriwal tweeted.
In a tweet on Satur-
day, Kejriwal said that
the Haryana govern-
ment should also help
its farmers and make
bio-decomposer solu-
tion free.
“Haryana govern-
ment should also help
its farmers like Delhi
government. Like Del-
hi, spraying of solu-
tion should be made
free in all the fields of
Haryana. Then there
will be no need to
burn the stubble,” he
wrote. —ANI
New Delhi: The Delhi
Pollution Control
Committee (DPCC)
will soon sign an
agreement with Tata
Projects Limited and
National Buildings
Construction Corpo-
ration (NBCC) for op-
erations and mainte-
nance of the smog
tower at Connaught
Place for the next four
years.
Inaugurated in Au-
gust, the smog tower
has been costing the
Delhi government
dear. According to An-
war Ali Khan, project
in-charge and DPCC
senior environmental
engineer, `12 lakh will
have to be spent per
month for the tower –
roughly amounting to
around `1.44 crore per
year. This does not fac-
tor in the use of elec-
tricity
. The tower con-
sumes around 1,150
kWh of energy
.
DPCC is the nodal
agency for the Con-
naught Place tower
and Tata Projects had
executed the project
while NBCC was the
project management
consultant. The smog
tower has already re-
sulted in expenses
worth `20 crore for the
government.
“Impound diesel vehicles older
than 10 years and petrol
vehicles older than 15 years in
compliance of the SC’s order”
Haryana Govt should also help its
farmers like Delhi gov-
ernment. Like Delhi, spraying
of solution should be made
free in all the fields of
Haryana.
— Arvind Kejriwal,
Chief Minister, Delhi
‘Won’t accept complete ban
on Chhath Puja celebration’
Centre slammed as permission
for doorstep ration denied again
Delhi Police on high
alert to counter any
threat: Top Official
Image for representational use only
DELHI POLICE
HOLDS MEETING
WITH FRRO
New Delhi: Delhi
Police held a meeting
with the Foreigners
Regional Registration
Officer (FRRO) on
Saturday to discuss a
plan of action against
the foreigners residing
illegally in the national
capital. As per the offi-
cials, it was an internal
meeting of the Delhi
Police over secu-
rity arrangements. But
the FRRO was called
to discuss to issue of
illegal foreigners. —ANI
CRIME
BRANCH
Delhi police has
arrested three
persons for
involvement in
snatching cases in
Maidan Garhi area
of national capital. A
mobile phone, scooty
and weapon have
been seized from
their possession.
Delhi police has
arrested two
snatchers identified
as Faizan and Bittu
in Amar Colony
area of national
capital. One mobile
phone recovered.

INDIA
03
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India's
COVID-19 vaccination
coverage crossed the
landmark of 94 crores,
with 66,85,415 vaccine
doses administered in
the last 24 hours, the
Union Minister in-
formed on Sunday
.
According to the pro-
visional reports issued
by the ministry at 7 am
on Sunday, India has so
far administered
94,70,10,175 COVID-19
vaccines. This has been
achieved through
92,12,314 sessions.
Meanwhile, the Health
Ministry earlier in the
day informed that India
reported 18,166 fresh
COVID-19 infections in
thelast24hours,thelow-
est in over 7 months. In-
dia reported 214 COV-
ID-19deathsinthelast24
hours. The death toll in
the country now stands
at 4,50,589. The active
caseload of the country
is presently at 2,30,971.
Consequently
, India's re-
covery rate stands at
97.99 per cent, the high-
est since March 2020.
Over 94 cr vax doses administered in the country
INDIA FIGHTS CORONA

India’s
COVID-19 vax
coverage
crossed the
landmark of 94
cr, with
66,85,415
doses in the last
24 hours, the
Union Min said
TRUCE BEING WORKED OUT
WITH G-23 BEFORE CONG MEET
Modi silent on murder of
farmers, inflation: Rahul
Congress has been mired with internal rift since Aug 2020 last year when
a letter was written to Sonia Gandhi for visible and effective leadership
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Truce is be-
ing worked out between
G-23 leaders and the
Congress leadership in
the party ahead of the
Congress Working
Committee CWC meet-
ing slated for Saturday
.
The CWC, which is
the highest decision
making body of the par-
ty, is likely to give a nod
to the organisational
polls, which is the key
demand of the dissent-
ing group. Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra is reach-
ing out to the other
camp through emissar-
ies. Kamal Nath has
been talking to the dis-
senting group and Pri-
yanka has also been try-
ing to reach out to the
G-23 by involving
Bhupinder Hooda's son
Deepender Hooda with
her protest on Lakhim-
pur Kheri violence. She
has also taken the jun-
ior Hooda to Varanasi
for her rally
. The sign of
thaw emerges from the
Congress letter, which
has been written by
party General Secre-
tary K.C. Venugopal
seeking an appoint-
ment with President
Ram Nath Kovind to
submit a memoran-
dum on the Lakhim-
pur Kheri incident.
The signatories of the
letter include Ghulam
Nabi Azad on the sec-
ond number after Ra-
hul Gandhi. Azad is
one among the G-23
leaders.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Rahul Gan-
dhi on Sunday slammed
PM Modi saying that he
is silent over the alleged
murders of farmers and
BJP workers in the
Lakhimpur Kheri inci-
dent and on issues of
rising inflation, surge in
oil prices, and unem-
ployment in the country
.
“PM silent- Rising
inflation - oil price, un-
employment, farmer
and BJP worker mur-
dered, PM violent -
Lack of camera and
photo ops, true criti-
cism, Question on
friends,” the Wayanad
MP wrote in a tweet
Samyukta Kisan
Morcha, an umbrella
body of several farmer
unions,allegedthatAsh-
ish Mishra Teni, son of
Union Minister of State
for Home Affairs Ajay
Mishra Teni arrived
with three vehicles
around the time that
farmersweredispersing
fromtheirprotest.Mean-
while, Petrol and diesel
priceswerehikedacross
the country
.
Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi
‘Giving tickets thrice to
defectors was shameful’
Panjai: Senior Con-
gress leader P Chidam-
baram on Saturday
said giving tickets to
habitual defectors in
Goa in the past was a
shameful chapter of
the Congress and as-
sured party workers
that it would not be re-
peated ever again.
Chidambaram, who
was addressing party
workers in Canacona
Assembly constituency
in South Goa, said he
was shocked to learn
that “a defector was
given a ticket not once,
not twice, but three
times”. “This is a
shameful chapter of
Congress history. I
have come to assure
you the shameful chap-
ter has now been
closed. Never
again will we
r e p e a t
it,” he
said in the presence of
the party’s Goa desk in
charge Dinesh Gundu
Rao, state unit chief
Girish Chodankar and
Leader of Opposition
Digambar Kamat
among others.Chidam-
baram said the chal-
lenge before the Goa
Congress was to redeem
its reputation and hon-
our in the coastal state.
He said Congress work-
ers have been totally
loyal and have worked
very hard to ensure poll
victories, but, unfortu-
nately, the win-
ning candi-
d a t e
betrayed
t h e
party
.
NIA RAIDS
VALLEY, 70
DETAINED
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The
National Investi-
gation Agency
(NIA) on Sunday
carried out raids
at 16 locations
across Kashmir
Valley in connec-
tion with two cases
ISIS voice of Hind
case and TRF case.
The raids are
still going on at
nine locations. As
many as 70 youths
have been de-
tained in Srinagar
and a total of 570
people have been
detained across in
the past 2-3 days.
In Kashmir, house
of commanderSaj-
jad Gul has also
been raided.
First India Bureau
New delhi: The Depart-
ment of Food and Public
Distribution in a land-
mark decision has im-
posed stock limits on
Edible Oils and Oilseeds
to soften the prices of
edible oils in the domes-
tic market for a period
up to March 31, 2022, in-
formed the Ministry of
ConsumerAffairs,Food,
and Public Distribution
on Sunday
.
According to a state-
ment issued by the min-
istry today
, the removal
of licensing require-
ments, stock limits and
movement restrictions
on specified foodstuffs
(Amendment) Order,
2021 has been issued
with immediate effect
from Sept 8.The Centre’s
decision will soften the
prices of edible oils in
the domestic market,
thereby
, bringing great
relief to consumers
across the country
, it
said. The Ministry said
the high prices of edible
oil in the international
market have a substan-
tialimpactonthedomes-
tic edible oil prices. Un-
der the visionary leader-
ship of PM Modi, the
Centre has formulated a
multi-pronged strategy
to ensure that the prices
of essential commodi-
ties like edible oils re-
main controlled. Meas-
ures like rationalization
of import duty struc-
ture, launching of a web
portal for self-disclosure
of stocksheldbyvarious
stakeholders had al-
ready been taken.As per
the release, the stocks
held by respective legal
entities are higher than
the prescribed limits.
—REPRESENTATION PHOTO PM MODI SEEKS MAA KUSHMANDA’S
BLESSINGS FOR VARIOUS ENDEAVORS
HOCKEY INDIA CAN’T UNILATERALLY
PULL OUT OF CWG: ANURAG THAKUR
New delhi: PM Modi offered prayer to Goddess Skan-
damata and Goddess Kushmanda of the occasion of
Navratri. Sharing a stuti video of Goddess Kushmanda,
PM Modi tweeted:“We pray to Maa Kushmanda and
seek her blessings for our various endeavours.Offering
his prayer to Goddess Skandmata in another tweet, the
prime minister wrote:“Goddess Skandmata is wor-
shiped during Navratri. I pray that Maa Skandmata gives
strength to her devotees to overcome all difficulties.”
New Delhi: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday
slammed Hockey India for pulling out of next year's
Commonwealth Games and said that they federation
can’t take unilateral decisions without consulting the
govt."I think any federation should refrain from giving
such statements and discuss with the govt first be-
cause its just not federation's team, its national team,"
he told. "In a country of 130 crore population, there are
not just 18 players to represent the country. CWG is a
global event I feel that they should engage with govt.
MANDAVIYA INAUGURATES INSTITUTE OF
GASTROENTEROLOGY SCIENCES IN BLG
RELIANCE ACQUIRES REC GROUP IN
$771 MILLION BUY OUT
PORTALS OF SIKH SHRINE HEMKUND
SAHIB CLOSES FOR WINTER MONTHS
Bengaluru: Union Health Min Mansukh Mandaviya on
Sunday inaugurated the Institute of Gastroenterology
Sciences and Organ Trans-
plant in Bengaluru. Karna-
taka CM Basavaraj Bommai
and state Health and Medical
Education Min Dr K Sud-
hakar were also present at
the event. "Inaugurated the Institute of Gastroenterology
Sciences and Organ Transplant in Bengaluru along with
state Health and Medical Edu Min Mandaviya tweeted.
Mumbai: Reliance New Energy Solar, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Sunday
announced acquisition of
100 per cent shareholding
of REC Solar from China
National Bluestar (Group) Co
Ltd for an enterprise value
of US$ 771 million. The
acquisition of REC will help
Reliance with a ready global platform and the opportu-
nity to expand and grow in key green energy markets.
Chamoli: The portals of Gu-
rudwara Hemkund Sahib in
Chamoli district were closed
on Sunday for the winter
season. Hemkunt Sahib
is visited by thousands of
devotees from all over the globe every summer. The Gu-
rudwara is beside a lake and it is believed that the 10th
Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh had meditated at the site.
CRUCIAL READ
VIDEO CLAIMING PUNJAB
REGIMENT JAWANS PROTESTING
WITH FARMERS IS FAKE: ARMY
NEW DELHI: The
Indian Army on Sunday
clarified that the video
circulating on social
media showing army
personnel standing
with civilians under a
tent saying that Punjab
regiment soldiers are
protesting with farmers
was fake. The Army
officials further clarified
that the ex-servicemen
of the unit had arranged
tea for the serving
personnel while they
were moving from one
location to another.”A
video is circulating on
social media showing
Indian Army jawans
standing with civilians
under a tent saying
that Punjab regiment
soldiers are protesting
with some farmers.
This is fake news,” an
army official said.
Pricecheck!Govt
imposesstock
limitonedibleoils
INDIA EXPORTS VAX TO OTHER COUNTRIES
P Chidambaram
There is no president in our
party, so we do not know who is
taking all the decisions. We know
it, yet we don’t know, one of my senior col-
leagues perhaps has written or is about to
write to the interim president to immedi-
ately convene a CWC meeting so that a
dialogue can be initiated.
— Senior party leader Kapil Sibal had said recently
—FILE PHOTO
Sisodia salms Centre
over shortage of coal
Priyanka Tanwer
New Delhi: Soon after
the Central government
assured that it has ‘suf-
ficient’ stocks to meet
power demand, Aam
AadmiParty(AAP)lead-
er and Deputy Chief
Minister of Delhi Man-
ish Sisodia on Sunday
slammed the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and
said the party is unable
to run the country
.
Addressing a press
conference here, Sisodia
said, “For the last few
days, ministers of vari-
ous states are complain-
ingabouttheshortageof
coal and asking Central
governmenttotakesteps
tomanagetheupcoming
crisis but the govern-
mentisrefusingthefact.
This is very disappoint-
ing.”
“Today
, I listened to
the Union Minister RK
Singh where he refused
any possibility of coal
crisis.Thisisveryunfor-
tunatethatUnionMinis-
ter of the country has
irresponsible approach
towards the issue,” he
added. Sisodia said that
with this kind of state-
ment, it is clear that the
BJP is unable to run the
government.
“With this it is clear
that the Central govern-
menthasreachedapoint
where BJP is unable to
run this country
. It is
findingexcusestoescape
the crisis. When there
was oxygen crisis in the
country everyone was
crying out that there is
oxygen crisis but then
too the Central govern-
ment shamelessly said
there is no crisis,” he
said.
He said that with this
irresponsible behaviour
of Centre, thousands of
people lost their lives
during the pandemic
and now again the same
situation is arising.
The policy of turning
a blind eye to the crisis
has been proved very
dangerous in the past
and now in present too
it will be dangerous, he
said.
The AAP leader said,
“If the government does
not accept the situation,
then the country will
witness a huge crisis
again. It is not just coal
crisis, it is industry cri-
sis, power crisis. They
wanttopushthecountry
into the crisis.”
Earlier in the day
, Un-
ion Power Minister RK
Singh said “a panic has
been unnecessarily cre-
ated about coal short-
age.”
He said that the situa-
tion will be handled in
the next few days and
“sufficient power is
available”.
Many states, includ-
ing Punjab, Gujarat, Ra-
jasthan,DelhiandTamil
Nadu, have been raising
the matter.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia at press conference on Sunday.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Neither fire, nor wind,
birth, nor death, can
erase our good deeds.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Hardeep Singh Puri
@HardeepSPuri
By bringing fundamental shift
in project planning execution,
the geo-spatial digital platform
#PMGatiShakti to be launched
by PM Modi Ji will do just as its
name suggests - lend more power
speed to development projects
under the national master plan.
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Addressed the Intellectual Meet
in Imphal, Manipur. Under the
dynamic leadership of Hon PM Shri
@narendramodi Ji lot of new steps
have been taken. Peace harmony
is there, fundamental rights are
being protected and economic
activity now growing.
TOP TWEETS
AFTER BRITAIN, WILL
POLAND NOW PART
WAYS WITH THE
EUROPEAN UNION
fter Brexit the Euro-
pean Union has come
under further strain
with Poland’s top
court, the Constitu-
tional Tribunal, ruling against
the primacy of EU laws over Pol-
ish legislations in some areas.
The Tribunal also told Polish
judges not to use EU laws to ques-
tion the independence of some
of their peers. It is the core legal
principle of the EU that rulings
bytheEuropeanCourtof Justice
will be binding on all member
countries. Poland’s Prime Minis-
ter Mateusz Morawiecki is spear-
heading the move against EU’s
judicial supremacy
. Most judges
in the Constitutional Tribunal
are sympathetic to the ruling
Law and Justice Party
. People,
though, are opposed to the PM’s
move. The European Commis-
sion is firm that only EU rulings
will have primacy
.
This has stoked fears of Po-
land’s exit from the EU which
would be detrimental for both.
A
early twenty-three years ago
when Narendra Modi, the
then party worker of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, was
sent to the Himalayan state
of Himachal Pradesh as its
in-charge, no one had even
thought how he would com-
pletely change the political
paradigm of the hill state.
Due to the role that Modi
played in forming the Dhu-
mal government formed in
1998 in Himachal, his status
in organization and the party
increased manyfold. This
government, led by the BJP
without a majority, started
amidst political ‘hiccups’ but
by the end of the term it had
strengthened itself. The story
of the formation of this gov-
ernment is also quite inter-
esting. At the time of its for-
mation, the current BJP
President Jagat Prakash Na-
dda was also an MLA in
Himachal and also became
the cabinet minister for the
first time in this government.
In fact, the political ‘fortunes’
of Nadda also started with
this government.
Before the 1998 assembly
elections, Shanta Kumar
himself got out of state poli-
tics which was a develop-
ment no one could even imag-
ine. Shanta Kumar, who did
not fit in with Modi’s style of
functioning, refused to lead
the BJP in this election and
this is what Modi wanted. On
the other hand, Prem Kumar
Dhumal, although he had
‘lived’ in the Parliament, de-
cided to enter into the state’s
political foray. The party de-
cided to contest the election
without projecting any lead-
er in the election, but Modi
got this decision changed
before the election.
Narendra Modi gave a
strong reasoning that BJP
would appear like a ‘baraat
procession’withoutitsgroom.
He stressed with the then
‘high command’ that it is im-
portant to know who will be
the face of BJP against Virb-
hadra Singh of Congress. It
goes without saying that Con-
gresswasextremelyconfident
of victory in this election.
There were two reasons for
this, one is the retreat of
Shanta Kumar due to Modi,
andtheotheristhepopularity
of theVirbhadragovernment.
Such was Virbhadra Sin-
gh’s confidence that even be-
fore completing his full term,
and with one year still to go,
he got the assembly dissolved
and the elections held sud-
denly
. He felt that in the fight
between Modi-Shanta-Dhu-
mal, the BJP would not be
able to compete with the sud-
den elections. Virbhadra
Singh’s guess was not wrong
either as Shanta Kumar was
also thinking on the same
line. Almost the same thing
happened. Congress was
ahead of the BJP when the
election results came.
Butinthisriseof Congress,
perhaps the sunrise of future
politics of Modi, Dhumal and
Nadda was hidden. In the gen-
eral elections held in the win-
terof 1998,electionswereheld
on only 65 of the total 68 as-
semblyseatsinHimachal.The
remaining three were tribal
seats whose elections were
postponed till summer due to
snowfall. Thus, for a majority
it was necessary for any po-
litical party to get at least 33
seats. In this election, the
HimachalVikasPartyof Sukh
Ram, a former communica-
tion minister and a staunch
opponentof VirbhadraSingh,
wasalsotryinghisluckforthe
first time. Sukhram was sur-
rounded by allegations of cor-
ruptionduetoaboutfivecrore
rupees received from his
houseduringtheCBIraids.He
had fielded his candidates in
all the assembly seats.
Perhaps for the first time
in the history of Indian De-
mocracy did any result come
which had such far-reaching
effects that even though a
party which became the sin-
gle largest party, failed to
form government while the
party with second-most seats
secured the position to the
government.
In the election results Con-
gress got the maximum 32
seats out of 65 and despite
winning as the largest party
this party was left behind by
only one seat from the major-
ity. The BJP could not even
take 33 seats required for ma-
jority and had to contend
with 29 seats. Meanwhile,
Sukh Ram’s Himachal Vikas
Congress won four seats.
In this way BJP and
Himachal Vikas Congress to-
gether could have touched a
majority of 33 seats but before
theycouldstakeclaimatform-
ing government, another ac-
cident happened. On the night
of the announcement of elec-
tion results, one BJP MLA
died due to heart attack and
the number of MLAs in BJP’s
kitty fell back to 32. Now even
if BJP and Sukhram’s party
got together, they would have
been equal to 32 MLAs of Con-
gress. In such a situation, the
key to form the government
came in the hands of an inde-
pendent MLA- Ramesh Dha-
wala- the lone independent
MLA, had won the election for
the first time and the ruling
Congress was desperately
searching for him. This is the
moment from where begins
the true story of Narendra
Modi’s political skills which
made him the ‘apple of the
eye’ of the party high com-
mand.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
To be continued...
SHANTA KUMAR
PREM KUMAR DHUMAL
JP NADDA
MODI COMPLETES 20 YEARS IN PUBLIC LIFE: DOWN THE MEMORY LANE ... (2.0)
How Modi secured ‘Himalayan orchard’
for BJP, eventually becoming ‘apple of
the eye’ of party high command!
SHASHIKANT
SHARMA
The writer is
senior journalist
At the time of
formation of Dhumal
govt in Himachal in
1998, the current BJP
President Jagat Prakash
Nadda was also an MLA
in Himachal and also
became the cabinet
minister for the first time
in this government. In
fact, the political ‘fortunes’
of Nadda also started
with this government
N
Due to the role that Modi
played in forming the
Dhumal government
formed in 1998 in
Himachal, his status in
organization and the
party increased
manyfold. This
government, led by the
BJP without a majority,
started amidst political
‘hiccups’ but by the end of
the term it had
strengthened itself. The
story of the formation of
this government is also
quite interesting
NARENDRA MODI

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NEWS
05
People's trust is our
capital, BJP will
come again: Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh
CM Yogi Adityanath on
Sunday asked party MPs
and MLAs to go door-to-
door of the beneficiaries
of government schemes.
The CM has said that in
the last four and a half
years, the deprived sec-
tions have been at the
center of the policies of
the government. Be it
floods or corona, people
felt that the BJP govern-
ment and party workers
were part of their family
.
“You need to reach out
tothosewhoreceivedben-
efits of the welfare
schemes. Their belief in
our governance is our
capital, “the CM said
while discussing develop-
ment projects with BJP
MPs, MLAs and district
heads of Gorakh and
Kashi provinces
In the program organ-
ised at the CM residence,
BJP’s UP election in-
charge Dharmendra
Pradhan, State President
Swatantra Dev Singh and
DeputyCMsKeshavMau-
rya Dinesh Sharma
were also present.
Talking to MPs and
MLAs district-wise, the
CM said that there
wouldbenoassemblycon-
stituency where develop-
ment projects worth less
than `1,000 crore were not
approved.
“Medical colleges are
beingestablishedinevery
districtandthestateisbe-
coming self-sufficient in
oxygen generation for
medical needs,” he said.
He said that “under the
guidance of the PM,
dreams of farmers, wom-
en and youth are coming
true and a positive atmos-
phere prevails in the
state.” CM called upon to
work as a team and main-
taincoordinationbetween
MPs and MLAs, public
representatives and or-
ganisation office bearers
which according
to him would
beveryuse-
ful in the
upcoming
assembly
e l e c -
tions.
Priyanka invokes goddess,
chants shlokas in Varanasi
Varanasi: Congress
leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra on Sunday
invoked Goddess Dur-
ga and urged the audi-
ence to chant ‘Jai Mata
Di’ as she addressed a
rally in Varanasi, one
of the holiest cities of
Hindus and the parlia-
mentary constituency
of PM Narendra Modi.
“I am on fast and I
will start my speech
with the ‘stuti’ (prayer)
of Maa,” she said at the
pub-
lic meeting held to ex-
press solidarity with
farmers in poll-bound
UP.
The Congress gener-
al secretary recited two
shlokas in Sanskrit
and urged the people to
chant ‘Jai Mata Di’
with her to which the
audience reciprocat-
ed. She also ended her
speech with the saluta-
tion ‘Jai Mata Di’ and
greeted the people on
the festival of
Navratri when
G o d d e s s
Durga is
w o r -
shipped.
Priyanka Gandhi’s
gesture is significant
as the Congress has
been projecting “Hin-
duism that is inclusive
and secular” as a coun-
ter to the BJP’s Hindu-
tva, which the opposi-
tion party has dubbed
as a “political doctrine
based on exclusion”.
As the public meet-
ing started, Priyanka
Gandhi, Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister Bhu-
pesh Baghel and other
Congress leaders pre-
sent on the dais chant-
ed ‘Har har Mahadev’.
It was followed by a
reading of excerpts
from the holy Koran
and the Gurbani. —PTI
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur pays floral tribute to the idol of
hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand at National Stadium in New Delhi. —Photo by ANI
TRIBUTE
The Congress general secretary recited two
shlokas in Sanskrit and urged the people to
chant‘Jai Mata Di’with her to which the
audience reciprocated. She also ended her
speech with the salutation‘Jai Mata Di’
Bhubaneswar: When
BJP leader Narendra
Modi gave “Congress
Mukta” India call be-
fore 2014 General Elec-
tions, many non-Con-
gress parties including
Odisha’s Biju Janata
Dal (BJD), who had seen
the grand old party as
its main rival had seem-
ingly applauded the
plan. The regional outfit
headed by Naveen Pat-
naik joined hand with
BJP and became part of
the NDA with the objec-
tive of ousting if not
marginalising Congress
from power. The BJD-
BJP alliance ran a coali-
tion government from
2000 to 2009 in Odisha.
Twenty years after
joining the anti-Con-
gress movement and
steadily eroding the
country’s oldest party’s
base at the grass root
level, the ruling BJD
now finds itself in a dif-
ferent position where
BJP has emerged as its
major rival. The BJD
insiders now realised
that making Odisha
‘Congress Mukt’ has not
benefited the regional
party, rather it has
helped BJP grow in the
state. BJP now takes
home a majority of the
tribals, dalits and back-
ward classes votes in
elections, which at one
time formed the voter
base of the Congress.
While the minorities
who also formed the
voter base of Congress
has eluded BJD. —PTI
BIG CHALLENGE

Bharatiya Janata
Party now takes
home a majority
of the tribals,
dalits and
backward
classes votes in
elections, which
at one time
formed the voter
base of the
Congress
Congress ‘Mukta’ Odisha may land BJD in trouble
State President Samir Mohanty during his visit to Badamba-Narsinghpur in Cuttack district, he was
given a grand welcome by the villagers at Sudharpur @BJP4ODISHA/TWITTER
Minor among five
arrested for brutal
killing of Dalit youth
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Five people, in-
cluding a minor, have
been arrested for bru-
tally assaulting and kill-
ing a Dalit in Surajgarh
area of Hanumangarh
district. The accused
threw the body of the
deceased, Jagdish
Meghwal, in front of his
house in Prempura vil-
lage in Pilibanga area.
DGP ML Lather said
the four accused, Muke-
sh Kumar, Duleep, Si-
kandar and Hansraj
and a minor have been
arrested. A financial as-
sistance of Rs 4,12,500
has been given by the
Collector to the family
of the deceased under
the Scheduled Castes
and the Scheduled
Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act. Accord-
ing to Additional DG
Crime Ravi
Prakash, the
deceased and
accused Muke-
sh were neighbours.
Mukesh’s wife Suman
had an affair with the
deceased and the mat-
ter was heard even at
the panchayat. Later,
Mukesh and Suman
separated.
Lakhimpur Kheri:
The second FIR lodged
over the Lakhimpur
Kheri violence claims
“bad elements” among
farm law protesters at-
tacked BJP workers
who were in an SUV but
makes no reference to
the mowing down of
farmers or presence of
Union minister Ajay
Mishra’s son Ashish in
the car.
The FIR was lodged
on October 4 at the
Tikonia police station.
It mentions only one
“unnamed rioter”, who
has been charged with
IPC Sections 302 (mur-
der), 324 (causing hurt
by dangerous weapons
or means) among oth-
ers.
It was lodged on the
basis of a complaint by
one Sumit Jaiswal, who
claimed to have been
among the BJP workers
going to welcome Uttar
Pradesh’s Deputy CM
Keshav Prasad Maurya.
According to Jaiswal,
journalist Raman
Kashyap, car driver
Hari Om and BJP work-
ers Shubham Mishra
and Shyam Sunder
were lynched by the
protesters.
However, parents of
the journalist have al-
legedthathewasamong
those knocked down by
a vehicle.
“The applicant along
with the BJP workers
was going to the Kale
Sharan chowk and was
in the Mahindra Thar
(UP 31 AS 1000). Driver
Hari Om, who was driv-
ing the vehicle, and my
friend namely Shub-
ham Mishra, were go-
ing to welcome the
chief guest,” the FIR,
seen by PTI, stated.
“The bad elements in
the farmers’ protest
had attacked the vehicle
by bamboo sticks,
bricks and stones due to
which driver Hari Om
got injured and stopped
the car on the road
side,” Jaiswal alleged.
“After this, the said
protesters who took
Hari Om out of the car
and started to thrash
with bamboo sticks and
sword. We were pelted
with stones and tried to
run away from there
and during this, the
said persons caught my
friendShubhamMishra
and started to beat him
up,” Jaiswal alleged.
He claimed he some-
how managed to run
away from the spot, oth-
erwise, he too would
“have been killed”.
He claimed he later
got to know through so-
cial media that Hari Om
and Shubham Mishra
have been killed while
“two other unidenti-
fied” BJP workers have
also died, according to
the FIR. —PTI
PROTESTERS ATTACKED BJP WORKERS
LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE: SECOND FIR SAYS
COMPLAINT
No mention of farmers’ killing, ‘bad
elements’ among protestors blamed
for the deadly massacre
Lucknow: Police will appeal for remand of Ashish Mishra prime accused
of Lakhimpur Kheri violence for further interrogation. Ashish, son of union
home minister for state Ajay Mishra, was arrested after 12 hours long
interrogation on Saturday. He was sent for 14 days of judicial custody when
he was presented in front of judicial magistrate Diksha Bharati.Appeal for
police custody remand of the accused was submitted in court and the court
will hear the application on Monday, a senior official said adding that the
Union minister’s son was taken to the Lakhimpur district jail, where he
has been placed under Covid-19 quarantine. “Initially, inmates are kept in
isolation, away from the main barrack. Jail food is being given to him. The
quarantine period is of 14 days and his (medical) tests will be done,” the
official said. Ashish was named in an FIR following allegations that he was
in one of the vehicles in the convoy that mowed down four farmers at the
anti-farm law protest site in Lakhimpur Kheri, where they were protesting
UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit on October 3.
Police seek remand of
Ashish Mishra for further probe
File photo of the accused beating a Dalit youth in Hanumangarh.
(Inset) Accused in police custody after the incident.
It is clear from the
murder of a Dalit
youth that the law and
order situation in Ra-
jasthan is getting out
of control of the Gehlot
government day by
day. Dalit atrocities
are at their peak in the
state and the Dalit
love of Congress is just
for show.
—Rajendra Rathore,
Deputy Leader of Opposition
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday
asked why the Congress high command is
silent on the beating of a Dalit man to death
in Hanumangarh. Taking to Twitter, Mayawati
asked whether the chief ministers of Punjab and
Chhattisgarh would visit Hanumangarh to provide
compensation to the Dalit victim`s family. “The
incident where a Dalit was thrashed to death in
Hanumangarh district is sad and condemnable,
but why is the Congress high command silent on
the issue?
WHY IS CONGRESS HIGH COMMAND
SILENT OVER KILLING: MAYAWATI

NEWS
06
UP’s Rampur to host next ‘Hunar Haat’ from Oct 16 to 25
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The next
Hunar Haat will be
organised in Rampur,
Uttar Pradesh, from
October 16 to 25 as a
part of series of 75
Hunar Haat, going to
be organised across the
country under Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav to
celebrate 75 years of
India’s Independence.
Union Minister for
Minority Affairs
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
here said on Sunday
that Union Minister for
Education and Skill
Development and En-
trepreneurship Dhar-
mendra Pradhan will
inaugurate the
29thHunarHaat in
Rampur on October 16.
Union Minister of
State for Parliamenta-
ry Affairs and Culture
Arjun Ram Meghwal
will be present as the
Chief Guest on the oc-
casion. Artisans and
craftsmen from more
than 30 States and Un-
ion Territories will
bring their indigenous
exquisite handmade
products for sale and
display at the Hunar
Haat. Artisans and
craftsmen from Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Delhi, Nagaland, Mad-
hya Pradesh, Manipur,
Bihar, Andhra
Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Goa, Punjab, Uttara-
khand, Ladakh, Karna-
taka, Gujarat, Hary-
ana, Jammu-Kashmir,
West Bengal, Maha-
rashtra, Chhattisgarh,
Tamil Nadu, Kerala
and other places of the
country will bring
their indigenous prod-
ucts made with wood,
brass, bamboo, glass,
cloth, paper, clay etc at
the event.
Naqvi said that
Vishwakarma Vatika
will be one of the main
attraction in Hunar
Haat to be organised
across the country
. Ar-
tisans and craftsmen
will display live, how
these traditional indig-
enous products are
made in these “Vish-
wakarma Vatika.
It will be helpful in
preserving and pro-
moting the traditional
art and craft of the
country
.
He said, besides Vo-
cal for Local, the up-
coming Hunar Haat
will also be based on
the theme of Best
from Waste. Exquisite
products made from
used and discarded
items in households
such as plastic, paper,
ply, wood, glass, ceram-
ic, jute, cotton, wool as
well as banana stems,
sugarcane pulp, paddy
and wheat straw-stems,
husk, Tur, rubber, iron,
brass, etc will be avail-
able in the “Hunar
Haat”.
Besides ‘Vocal for Local’, the upcoming
‘Hunar Haat’ will also be based on the
theme of ‘Best from Waste’, says Naqvi
Several Oppn leaders join UP BJP
in presence of state party chief
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Several lead-
ers of the Samajwadi
Party (SP) and the Ba-
hujan Samaj Party
(BSP) in Uttar Pradesh
joined the BJP in the
presence of state BJP
chief Swatantra Dev
Singh and the state in-
charge of the BJP, Rad-
ha Mohan Singh, who
handed over the new
membership of the par-
ty to the new leaders
coming from other par-
ties.
Altogether 17 leaders
of different political
parties, joined the BJP.
On this occasion Swa-
tantra Dev Singh said
that today Uttar
Pradesh is becoming
Uttam Pradesh. With
all-round development
in the state, the rule of
law has been estab-
lished. “During the ten-
ure of our government,
every person has got the
benefit of all the
schemes. Now the tar-
get is to provide pucca
house to every poor by
2024,” he announced.
Prominent among
those who joined the
BJP are former BSP
Minister of State Dev
Narayan Singh alias
GM Singh, who was
MLA from Sahjanwa in
Gorakhpur district and
Paniyara in Maharaj-
ganj, has found a new
home in the BJP after
resigning from the BSP.
Former MLA GM Singh
also shared the infor-
mation about his resig-
nation from BSP on Fa-
cebook. Along with
this, Mukesh Dixit, who
was MLA of Bahujan
Samaj Party from Saha-
ranpur Nagar also
joined the BJP.
CONGRESS MOVE
Akhilesh-led SP to take
out ‘Rath Yatra’ in UP
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The Akh-
ilesh Yadav-led Sa-
majwadi Party is
gearing up to regis-
ter its strong pres-
ence once again
through ‘Rath Yatra’
in UP which is head-
ing towards the as-
sembly elections.
In fact, Rath Yatras
have a lot of impor-
tance in the politics
of Mulayam Singh
Yadav's “Saifai’ fam-
ily
. In 1987, Mulayam
Singh Yadav took a
tremendous entry in
the politics of UP
through Rath Yatra.
In the beginning of
his political journey,
Akhilesh Yadav had
toured the entire
state from 31 July to
14 October in the
year 2001. After this,
during the BSP rule,
on September 12,
2011, he took out the
Rath Yatra and
gained power. On 3
November 2016, Akh-
ilesh Yadav took out
the third yatra when
the conflict between
Akhilesh and Shiv-
pal had deepened.
According to Sa-
majwadi Party
sources, Akhilesh
Yadav considers Un-
nao district lucky for
his election debut.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: National
Mineral Development
Corporation Ltd.
(NMDC) , the country’s
largest iron ore produc-
er, has bagged Gold
Award in Environmen-
tal Sustainability cate-
gory and Kumaraswa-
my Iron Ore Mine
baggedPlatinumAward
in Environment Man-
agement category
.
The function was or-
ganised by Sustainable
Development Founda-
tion and the awards
were presented in the
10th conference held on
at Dehradun on October
10. Uttarkhand Gover-
nor Lt General Gurmit
Singh was the Chief
Guest at the function.
NMDC is selected for
the awards based on its
contribution towards
implementation of Sus-
tainable Development
Goals and Environment
Management initia-
tives at its projects.
NMDC bags two
environmental
awards in Doon
On behalf of NMDC, the awards were received by M Jayapal
Reddy, CGM RP and Sanjeev Sahi, CGM, Donimalai Complex from
Uttarakhand Minister Dr Harak Singh Rawat.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has called a special ses-
sion of the Legislative
Assembly on October
18. The special session
will run for only one
day
.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath had passed
a resolution in the cabi-
net. Following this,
Governor Anandiben
Patel gave her consent.
A notification will be is-
sued to convene the ses-
sion soon.
According to sources,
President Ram Nath Ko-
vind will address a joint
session of members of
the Legislative Assem-
bly and Legislative
council as a part of
‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav’ celebrations. There
are also reports that the
government may get
the Population Control
Bill passed. Some time
ago, CM Yogi had said
that the Population
Control Bill will be
brought at the right
time.
 Q: How will the
Congress party’s 25-
year vanvas (exile)
end in Gujarat?
dra Modi, Union Home
MinisterAmitShahand
the Bharatiya Janata
Party have cheated the
people of Gujarat in the
name of development.
The BJP government
has failed on parame-
ters that decide how de-
velopment including
human development
index, unemployment
rate, education quality
and reach, health infra-
structure, economic
growth, law and order,
inflation and farmers’
income. So, the Con-
gress will take up these
issues and reach out to
the people. We plan to
run an aggressive agita-
tive campaign, which
will bring the ruling
party to its knees.
 Q: You are chal-
lenging the develop-
ment model projected
by the PM and Union
Home Minister?
It is very easy to make
tall claims. For all its
talkof goodgovernance,
the state has transferred
its financial and social
responsibilities onto the
common people by pro-
motingtheprivatization
of health and education.
TheBJPtalksof lawand
order, but Rs1.75 lakh
croreworthof drugsare
smuggled into the
state—one where Prohi-
bition is in place—and
both the Central and
state governments are
unable to catch those re-
sponsible.
 Q: The BJP has
said that people un-
happy or unsatisfied
with its functioning
would not keep re-
electing its candi-
dates… what do you
say to that?
The BJP is not re-elect-
ed on the development
platform. They play the
communal card on the
eve of every election
and polarize society
. Re-
ligious beliefs are per-
sonal, but they are now
politicized. In the last
Assembly elections,
Congress had given the
slogan, “Vikas Pagal ho
Gaya”. We can’t use the
same line this time,
since there is no devel-
opment.
 Q: How was Day 1
of your visit to the
state?
It was a fantastic expe-
rience of one-to-one dis-
cussion with senior
leaders. We discussed
where the party is head-
ed. Dialogue with team
members gives you
great insight on the
ground realities and is-
sues faced by the peo-
ple. Young blood is very
important in any organ-
ization. Youngsters
should get their due.
This is the time for the
seniors to give back to
the party. But for now,
the Congress is plan-
ning a big protest on
Monday in support of
the families of Lakhim-
pur farmers, who were
mowed down by the Un-
ion Minister of State’s
son.
Will the BJP apologise to people of Gujarat for its failed govt? asks Raghu Sharma
STRAIGHT TALK

In an exclusive
chat with First
India’s Deepa
Bafila and
Haresh Jhala,
Gujarat Congress
in-charge Raghu
Sharma talks
about issues
facing the state
UP govt calls special session
of Assembly on October 18
PUJA PANDAL ON ‘KHELA HOBE’ THEME
West Bengal: A Durga puja pandal in South Kolkata has been designed on the theme of
‘Khela Hobe’. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mohan Kanwar, mother of Union
Minister Shekhawat, passes away
Jodhpur: Mohan Kan-
war Champawat, moth-
er of Jodhpur MP and
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat and wife of
Shankar Singh Shekha-
wat Mehroli, passed
away in Delhi on Sun-
day after a prolonged ill-
ness. The cremation of
Mohan Kanwar will
held on Monday at 1 pm
at Kaga Rajput cremato-
rium in Jodhpur.
According to sources
close to the Union Jal
Shakti Minister, Mohan
Kanwar had been ill
withrespiratorydisease
for a long time and was
undergoingtreatmentin
AIIMS Delhi. A person
of a rich religious na-
ture and simplicity in
her approach, she was
involved in social ser-
vice also. Mohan Kan-
war breathed her last at
DelhiAIIMSHospitalon
Sunday in the presence
of herbereavedhusband
Shankar Singh Shekha-
wat,sonGajendraSingh
Shekhawat and other
family members.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
with his mother Mohan Kanwar.

TALKING POINT
07
FITNESS WATCH
THE ABILITY TO STAND ON
ONE LEG FOR A PERIOD IS AN
e s e a r c h
shows that
p e o p l e ’ s
ability to
stand on
one leg is
an indica-
tor of
health and
that getting better at
standing on one leg can
add to fitness and poten-
tially lifespan.Being able
to stand on one leg is
linked to increased levels
of physical activity and
decreased risk of falls and
is associated with both
quality and length of life.
Around 37.3 million falls
per year worldwide are se-
vere enough to require
medical attention.
The inability to balance
on one leg for 20 seconds
or longer is linked in oth-
erwise healthy people to
an increased risk of
small blood vessel dam-
age in the brain and re-
duced ability to under-
stand ideas. You are less
likely to be able to stand
on one leg without a wob-
ble if you have a multi-
tude of medical condi-
tions such as Parkinson’s
disease, stroke or Alzhei-
mer’s disease).
Pregnancy, menopause,
the diagnosis of disease
and retirement can also
alterourstrengthandbal-
ance and ability to stay
upright, mostly because
of the way these affect
our ability and motiva-
tion to engage in regu-
lar physical activity
.
Sitting or reclining
while awake is asso-
ciated with lower
muscle strength,
risk of falls and
physical function,
sometimes irre-
spective of the
amountof moderate
orvigorousintensity
physical activity you
do. People who sit for
prolonged periods are
more likely to develop
type 2 diabetes, higher
waist circumfer-
ence and obe-
sity
.
WHYSTANDINGONONELEGMATTERS
D
ata shows that the time people can stand on one leg changes for men and wom-
enatdifferentages–andaninabilitytohitthosetargettimesforyourage
group can highlight health problems. The human body
, when
standing upright, is inherently unstable. We have a very small
base of support relative to our height and width.
Wheningoodhealthwerelyonourcentral
andperipheralnervoussystemtointe-
grate all the information coming in
from our balance senses (eyes, inner
ears and feedback from muscles and
joints).Wethenengagetherightmus-
cles(feet,ankle,legandcoremuscles,
sometimeseventhearmmuscles)at
the right time to make the neces-
sary adjustments to our posture to
stay upright.Other health prob-
lems can also affect our physical
activity and are characterised by
stooped posture and worsened bal-
ance, such as depression and osteopo-
rosis, leading to an increased risk of
falls and fracture. A stooped posture
makes standing on one leg more difficult.
BEING ABLE
TO STAND
ON ONE LEG
IS LINKED TO
INCREASED
LEVELS OF
PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY AND
DECREASED
RISK OF
FALLS
R
Y
ou can improve your ability to
stand on one leg at any age,
and improve your balance. It’s
more challenging if you have a neu-
rological condition, but studies
have shown improvements in bal-
ance following exercise in many
conditions and it is known to re-
duce falls in many others. In the UK
around one in three adults over 65
and half of people over 80 will have
at least one fall a year. A recent Pub-
lic Health England report suggests
that lack of activity in older adults
because of the social restrictions
during the pandemic could lead to
110,000 more older people falling
this year. Standing on one leg can
be made much more challenging if
you close your eyes while doing it.
This is worth practising as it helps
with our long- term balance and re-
duces the risk of falling over. With
our eyes open the body becomes
lazy and relies on our vision to help
keep us balanced. If you take out
vision, it gets the other senses
working better. Most people
can only do this for a short
time compared to when they
keep their eyes open. Have
something close by to hold
on to. You will improve over
time. For the over 70s, there’s
also evidence to show stand-
ing on each leg for one minute
three times a day can help im-
prove hip bone mineral density
.
Stronger hip bone mineral den-
sity means if you do fall you are
less likely to fracture.
INDICATOR
OF GOOD
HEALTH
SHOULD I START STANDING ON ONE LEG?

08
2NDFRONT
Courage is a daily habit of all
successful people, not just
soldiers; to break the comfort
zone and confront the new!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
M Sharma
Gandhinagar: Gandhi-
nagar political and bu-
reaucratic circles are
abuzz about likely links
between a top politician
and his family and a real
estate group which was
recently raided by the In-
come Tax authorities in
Saurashtra region.
According to sources,
thetaxauthoritiesduring
theraidsinvariousprem-
ises of the group have ap-
parently found some “in-
criminating links includ-
ing money trail in land
parcels” between several
individuals closely relat-
ed to the political figure’s
family and the realty
group.
“The raids were car-
ried out just a few weeks
before the political over-
haulinthestate,”asource
in the state capital said,
adding that the details of
the raids were shared
with political bosses in
New Delhi. The group is
among Gujarat’s promi-
nentrealestateanddevel-
opers and is actively en-
gaged in realty
, construc-
tion and land trading
businesses in and around
Rajkot. More than 40
premises were covered in
the search operation. It
has been learnt that top
political figures occupy-
ing important portfolios
in the previous adminis-
trationwereontheradars
of the central govern-
ment and its various
agencies.
In September, Gujarat
witnessed a political
earthquake when sud-
denly but not entirely un-
expectedly CM Vijay Ru-
pani resigned paving the
wayforachangeof guard
inthestate.Subsequently;
BhupendraPatelwascho-
sen as Rupani’s successor
while no minister who
served in the Rupani ad-
ministrationwasretained
in the new dispensation.
Since then; there have
been speculations about
possible causes that led to
the drastic changes the
BJP affected in Gujarat;
thehomestateof PMNar-
endra Modi and Union
HM Amit Shah.
“The party high com-
mand had reportedly re-
ceived details from reve-
nue, urban development,
energy
, mining and port
departments about al-
leged irregularities and
high ticket corruption,” a
topfunctionaryof therul-
ing BJP said. After the
change of guard, the poli-
ticianinquestionhassud-
denly become low profile
and hardly engages with
any political activities in
the state.
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Personal re-
cords of many Indian
Coast Guard officers
have reportedly disap-
peared in thin air.
What does it say? One
simple thing! The sys-
tem created by first de-
fense secretary HM Pa-
tel, ICS, and modified
and sustained through
about 38 of his illustri-
ous successors and cur-
rently lorded by Ajay
Kumar, IAS, isn’t work-
ing, nay, it may be in a
horrible shape and prob-
ably demands an imme-
diate overhaul.
Because the loss of
personal records of sen-
ior Coast Guard officials
directly impacts our
coastal security where
an avoidable breach
caused 26/11.
Data in the modern
world is a weapon. Since
our civilization and cul-
tural adversaries can’t
win a direct open war
with us, it can’t but be as-
sumed that the personal
records of senior coast
guard officials were sto-
len to analyse and figure
out the capability/weak-
nesses of officers whose
records were stolen.
It’s also reported that
the issue of the missing
personal records or the
Annual Confidential Re-
ports of senior officers
was raised during an in-
quiry by the defence
ministry into the manip-
ulation of service re-
cords of officers at the
inspector general and
additional director gen-
eral ranks.
That it has been hap-
pening frequently for a
very long time is known
to retired and serving
ranking officers. Some-
times, the issue is raised,
then buried, and no in-
stitutional reforms take
place because successive
concerned top authori-
ties have apparently
shown no commitment
or ability to institution-
alize defence of India, or
ensuring that every cog
in the wheel of defence
of India is neither weak
nor out of tune with the
requirement of the mod-
ern world.
Following the charges
madeabouttamperingof
person records by an in-
spector-general rank of-
ficer who complained to
thedefenceministrythat
hisrecordsweremanipu-
lated, which led to the
change in merit, lower-
ing his mark, an investi-
gationwasorderedandis
reportedly being carried
out by two JS rank offic-
ers.
As the investigation
progressed, it was gath-
eredthatmanyappraisal
reports of officers of ad-
ditional director gener-
al-rank officers have also
disappeared.
Meantime, a promo-
tion board’s functioning
has been suspended till
the inquiry report is sub-
mitted and the ministry
figures out what exactly
had happened: whether
it was yet another rou-
tine criminal act or a
case of espionage or
both.
Either way, it may do
no harm if the whole
system of maintenance
of records is examined
afresh and best global
practices adopted to
maintain the inviolabil-
ity of official records.
The current dispensa-
tion will earn gratitude
and respect of officers if
it puts his talent into
building a firewall
against tampering ACRs
of military personnel. If
he does it, his name will
figure in the hall of fame
of defence secretaries.
Or lapse as one more DS
in the long list.
ArchaicsystemletspersonalrecordsofCoastGuardofficialsgomissing
Nexusbetweentoppolitician,realtygroupunderI-Tscanner?
RAIDS AT REAL-ESTATE FIRM UNEARTHED CASH TRANSACTIONS WORTH `350 CR JUST BEFORE REGIME RESHUFFLE
Dubai: The winners of
the ICC Men's T20
World Cup 2021 will
take home a winners'
cheque of USD 1.6 mil-
lion while the runners-
up will get half that
amount, ICC confirmed
on Sunday.
As in 2016, there will
be a bonus amount for
every match that teams
win in Super 12. The
victors in each of the 30
games in that phase
will this time win USD
40,000, total pot of USD
1,200,000.
SUPER 12 TEAMS
The teams confirmed to
be competing in Super
12 are Afghanistan,
Australia, England, In-
dia, NZ, Pakistan, SA,
and WI.
The 8 teams whose
ICC Men's T20 World
Cup campaigns end at
that stage will automat-
ically receive USD
70,000 each, a totally of
USD 560,000. The first-
round victories - with
USD 40,000 available to
those who win each of
the 12 games, amount-
ing to USD 480,000. —ANI
T20 WORLD CUP
Winner to get USD
1.6 million, says ICC
New Delhi: Afterthehis-
toric Air India privatisa-
tion, govt will now start
work on monetising its
four other subsidiaries,
including Alliance Air,
and over Rs 14,700 crore
worth non-core assets
like land and building,
DIPAM Secretary Tuhin
Kanta Pandey said. The
government on October 8
had announced that salt-
to-softwareconglomerate
Tatas have won the bid to
acquire debt-laden na-
tional carrier Air India
for Rs 18,000 crore.
This includes a cash
paymentof Rs2,700crore
and taking over Rs 15,300
crore debt. The deal,
which is expected to be
completed by December-
end, also includes sale of
Air India Express and
ground handling arm
AISATS.
It (sale of subsidiar-
ies) could not be started
becausetheseallareinti-
mately linked. Unless
and until Air India goes,
we could not proceed
with other things, he
said.AsaprecursortoAI
sale, the government in
2019 had set up a special
purpose vehicle AIAHL
for holding debt and non-
core assets of the Air In-
dia group.
Four Air India sub-
sidiaries -- Air India Air
Transport Services Ltd
(AIATSL), Airline Allied
Services Ltd (AASL),
Air India Engineering
Services Ltd (AIESL)
and Hotel Corporation
of India Ltd (HCI) --
along with non-core as-
sets, painting and arte-
facts non-operational
assets, was transferred
to SPV
. —ANI
3 AI subsidiaries to
start now: T Kanta
Work to monetise Alliance Air
Jammu: The National
Conferencesufferedama-
jor setback in Jammu as
twoprominentleadersDe-
vender Rana and Surjit
Singh Slathia resigned
fromthepartyonSunday
.
They are likely to join the
BJP in Delhi on Monday
.
Dr Farooq Abdullah has
received accepted the
resignationsof Salathia
Rana.Nofurtheractionor
commentisdeemedneces-
sary
, a NC spokesman
tweeted. Rana, a former
MLAandyoungerbroth-
er of Union min Jiten-
dra, had taken over the
post of provincial presi-
dent of the NC in 2011
after relinquishing his
officeaspoliticaladvisor
to then CM Omar Abdul-
lah. —ANI
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi will virtually
launch the Indian Space
Association (ISpA) on
Monday at 11 am and
also interact with repre-
sentatives of space in-
dustry
.
EchoingPM’svisionof
Aatmanirbhar Bharat,
ISpA will help in making
India self-reliant, techno-
logically advanced and a
leadingplayerinthespace
arena.ISpAisthepremier
industry association of
spaceandsatellitecompa-
nies, which aspires to be
collective voice of Indian
space industry
. —ANI
2 leaders Rana,Slathia resign
PM to virtually launch Indian
Space Association on Oct 11
NC SUFFERS MAJOR JOLT IN JAMMU
CBDT ISSUES STATEMENT
The IT department after the raids that lasted 36
hours found details of cash transactions worth
Rs 350 crore. “Total unaccounted cash receipts in
various projects of approximately 350 crore have
been unearthed alongwith corroborative evidence.
Further, evidence related to land purchase of
approximately Rs 154 crore has also been found,
out of which, Rs 144 crore was purportedly paid
in cash, a statement issued by the CBDT after the
raids in August stated.
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Punjab is
the only state out of 28
states and eight union
territories in the
country where a Dalit
is the chief minister.
Punjab is the state
with the largest Dalit
population and for the
first time since inde-
pendence, a Dalit has
become the Chief
Minister. Think, the
Dalit population of
the country is close to
16% and in Punjab
33% of the population
is Dalit. Yet how many
obstacles are there in
the way of Charanjit
Singh Channi, the
first Dalit CM of the
state and the only
Dalit CM of the coun-
try! He has to fight on
several fronts at once,
be it other parties, the
union govt, dissen-
sion in his own party
or powerful castes in
his state. However,
taking advantage of
his political acumen
and the unconditional
support of the Con-
gress high command,
he has started fixing
everything. But think
how Navjot Singh Sid-
hu tried to make him
function, by guiding
him and holding his
hands, however, Chan-
ni has now left Sidhu
and moved ahead.
Soon after he be-
came the CM, there
was such uneasi-
ness in the
e n -
tire
systemthattheformer
CM Captain Ama-
rinder Singh reached
Delhi and made an is-
sue of national securi-
ty by meeting the Un-
ion HM and the Na-
tional Security Advi-
sor. After his meeting
with Amit Shah and
Ajit Doval, the entire
media started describ-
ing the almost com-
pletelypeacefulborder
of Punjabasdisturbed.
A Dalit Chief Minister
and a horde of obstacles
Many barriers
are in way of
Channi, the first
Dalit CM of the
state, only Dalit
CM of nation!
DIPAM will now get down to work-
ing out plan for monetising special
purpose vehicle AIAHL and setting
off the liabilities. There will be a
plan for monetising the assets of
AIAHL. It is a very big task again
of clearing of AIAHL liabilities
and disposal of assets.
—Tuhin Kanta Pandey, DIPAM Secy
ICC RELEASES
STATEMENT...
All 16 competing
teams will receive
part of USD 5.6 million
allocated as prize
money for tournament,
which will be played in
UAE and Oman from
Oct 17 to Nov 14. “The
two losing semi-final-
ists will receive USD
400,000 each from the
games taking place on
Nov 10 and 11,” ICC
said in official release.
Charanjit Singh Channi
SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Former
SAIL Executive Director
AlokSahayhassucceed-
edDrBhaskarChatterjee
as the new Secretary-
General of the Indian
Steel Association (ISA).
Dr Chatterjee, former
Union Secretary of De-
partment of Public En-
terprise, concluded his
fouryears-longtenureas
the Secretary-General
onSeptember30,2021,on
completion of 70 years
of cut-off age whereas
Sahay retired as ED
SAIL in May this year.
The Association is the
commonplatformforthe
Indian iron and steel in-
dustry for echoing the
collective voice of its
common members and
acts as a bridge between
the industry and the gov-
ernmentandotherstake-
holders within and out-
side India in compliance
with all applicable laws
and regulations, includ-
ing but not limited to the
competitionlawsinIndia
and abroad, for the time
being, in force.
Sahay is Secy Gen of
Indian Steel Assn
‘INCRIMINATING LINKS’

NEW DELHI, MONDAY
OCTOBER 11, 2021
or the past two and
half decades, Mo-
hit Falod has keen-
ly focused on his
handcrafted crea-
tions while main-
taining the light-
ness and focusing on the
ease of wear for brides
on their special day.
Never compromising
on the garment's move-
ment and fluidity, he
has found ways to work
with traditional and
modern techniques to
fabricate these verita-
ble pieces of art in mo-
tion. This season's col-
lection ‘PAKEEZAH’ would
be distinct from Falod's pre-
vious offerings. For the past
eight months, he and his
entire team have been work-
ing on it. My mother start-
ed a boutique, and I started
designing for the boutique,
that's how I developed an
interest in designing. Later
I went and did a designing
course. And now I have
started my fashion label 'M
M Falod', said Mohit.
The regalia collection is a
tribute to Rajasthan's Royal
Rajwada culture, dates back
to the early 1900s.
This series will fea-
ture antique cuts,
materials, and jew-
els worn by royals.
The bridal col-
lection features a
colour palette
that ranges from
deep peacock
blues to roohafza
pink, a staple for
many of his previ-
ous collections. Pakeezah
has taken a lot of effort,
patience,andtime.Each
attire has been meticu-
lously made to make
one feel like a regal
Indian bride. It's an
amalgamation of
history, nature,
customs, and
monarchy that
makes the per-
son feel both
real and mys-
tical.
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ACE FASHION DESIGNER MOHIT FALOD, THE OFFICIAL DESIGNING
PARTNER OF THE FIRST INDIA FC SEASON 10, IS KNOWN FOR
DESIGNING BRIDAL WEAR. IN AN EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH
CITY FIRST, MOHIT FALOD SHARES DETAILS OF HIS LATEST
COLLECTION 'PAKEEZAH' AND HIS DYNAMIC JOURNEY SO FAR!
PAKEEZAH
F
ATTIRE THAT WILL TALK
ON YOUR BEHALF
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
THE WAIT IS OVER!
The much-awaited First India
Fashion Connect Season 10 is
finally happening! The grand
event will be held at Hotel
Fairmont today, October 11 from
7 pm onwards!
Mohit Falod with his wife Anjula

10
ETC
CITY FIRST
irls face a lot
of issues in
their life,
whether it's
India or any
other coun-
try in the
world, they are ex-
pected to suffer and
bear the pain. Start-
ing from female in-
fanticide to gender
inequality to sexual
abuse, there is no
dearth of issues. Thus, to
curb these menaces and
to recognise girls' rights
and the unique challeng-
es girls face around the
world, International Girl
Child Day is observed
every year.
This day is celebrated
annually on October 11 to
empower and amplify the
voices of young girls around
the world. The theme, this
year, is “Digital generation.
Our generation”. Like every
year, the United Nations Chil-
dren's Fund (UNICEF) will
celebrate International Day
of the Girl Child 2021 reaf-
firming its pledge to promote
the progress of girls and
safeguard their rights.
SIGNIFICANCE
Achieving gender equality
and women's empowerment
is an integral part of the 17
Sustainable Development
Goals that UN member na-
tions adopted in 2015. The
International Day of the Girl
Child holds the key to achiev-
ing this as empowering wom-
en and girls, who represent
half of the world's popula-
tion, is crucial to accelerat-
ing sustainable development.
Nations need to pledge to as-
sist young
girls to grow
into empowered
women, who have
access to proper
healthcare, skill-
based learning facilities
and equal opportunities in
a world free from gender-
based violence and discrimi-
nation.
The world is home to more
than 1.1 billion girls under
age 18, who are “poised to
become the largest genera-
tion of female leaders, en-
trepreneurs and change-
makers the world has
ever seen,” ac-
cording to the
United Nations.
Right from
shaping homes
to moulding
world econo-
mies, women
have a crucial
role to play. “I
don’t believe
there’s any econ-
omy in the world
that can be successful with-
out tapping into the incredi-
ble potential of women going
forward. I just don’t believe
that’s possible,” believes In-
dra Nooyi, chairperson and
chief executive officer (CEO)
of PepsiCo. This Internation-
al Girl Child Day
, let’s pledge
to always push the women in
our homes and lives to keep
their best foot forward. With
Digital era bestowed upon us
as a blessing, women have all
the more opportunities today
to showcase their talents. To-
day, the world breathes on-
line and no career field is
untouched by women. All
they need is a helping hand,
equal treatment at workplac-
es and a healthy environ-
ment to perform their abso-
lute best. Therefore, let’s
take it upon us as an aware
society to create a better eco-
system for women from all
walks of life. With hopes of
a safer, more evolved world
for women, City First wishes
its readers, a very progres-
sive International Day for
Girl Child.
INTERNATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY
G
Investing in the pathways to
employment: For adolescent girls
and young women in low and
middle-income countries. Nearly
1 in 4 girls aged 15–19 globally
are not in education, employ-
ment or training, compared to 1
in 10 boys. The analysis lays out
six core investment themes and
examples of investable opportu-
nities and calls on commercial
organizations and investors, with
an eye on social and economic
impact, to adopt bold investment
approaches across these
themes.
SOURCE: https://www.un.org/
en/observances/girl-child-day
“DIGITAL GENERATION,
OURGENERATION”

A
s Bella Hadid celebrated
her birthday on October 9,
the model received a sweet
birthday wish from Gigi
Hadid. On Instagram, Gigi wrote
the sweetest messages to ring on
Bella’s special day as she said,
“We celebrate you today and eve-
ry day.” Along with a photo of
Bella and Khai, Gigi praised her
sister for being “forever protec-
tor” as an auntie.
Gigi’s post consisted of a photo,
showing Bella holding her
niece Khai where the duo is back
facing. —Agency
Y
G Entertainment
has broken its si-
lence on the talks
doing the rounds
about its artist BLACK-
PINK’s Jisoo. There were
rumours that the singer is
datingfootballerSonHeung
Min following her return to
South Korea from Paris.
The label called the ru-
mours groundless and has
asked people to refrain
from reckless speculation.
In an official statement re-
leased on October 10, YG
Entertainment has re-
sponded with:
“We would like to make
it clear that all dating ru-
mours related to BLACK-
PINK’sJisooareground-
less. —Agency
ETC
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11
nushaasan, Pratishtha, Parampa-
ra…now that’s what I am reminded
of when I think of the grandeur of
Mr Bachchan. Right from his stride
of pride to the assertion in his talk,
the man exudes charisma, every
step on the way. An entertainer of
generations, not one person has been left
untouched by the excellence of his craft.
Be it a Vijay Deenanath Chauhan from
Agneepath or a Jai from Sholay, every
character single-handedly hallmarked
an era by its name. The unflagged
host of KBC for 21 tireless years,
senior Bachchan has charmed the
global audiences with his play-
ful banters with celebrities
and contestants on the
show.
A family man at best,
he wears his heart
on the sleeve
for madam
J a y a
a n d
his beautiful
family. A ‘sac-
cha yaar’ for his
filmy friend Dhar-
mendra, Amit Ji
is the epitome of
m a g n a n i m i t y.
‘Hero’ of the most
celebrated ro-
mantic fanfic, his
and Rekha’s is an
unfinished sto-
ry that shat-
tered a million
hearts in one
breath. A friend,
philosopher and lover
of life, Amitabh Bach-
chan is truly the beat-
ing heart of the film
fraternity.
Unparalleled at 79, Big
B will always hold the ba-
ton of the most iconic
and celebrated Hindi film
star of all times. As he
successfully signs off
another year of his
life, City First
wishes Amit Ji,
a very Happy
Birthday!
A
POORVI SINGHAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Happiest
Birthday, Big B
S
outh’s popular and notable filmmak-
er SS Rajamouli celebrated his 48th
birthday on Sunday, and the direc-
tor has been flooded with wishes
from fans and industry folks. Alia, who
will be working with Rajamouli in her first
pan-Indian film titled RRR, took to social
media to pen a few words for him. “Happy
Birthday to the master storyteller! So
grateful and honoured to have been di-
rected by you! Wishing you all the love
and happiness in the world.” —Agency
SWEET
GESTURE!
Dating
Goal
fails!
Amitabh Jaya Bachchan
Still from the film Paa
Amitabh Bachchan
Jai and Veeru from Sholay
Big B’s iconic style
A still from the film Silsila
Alia Bhatt
...her IG story
Jisoo
FOREVER
PROTECTOR!
...her post
Gigi Hadid
HIS
FAN!
J
asmin Bhasin’s new music video
‘Pyaar Ek Tarfaa’ is making a lot
of noise, for all good reasons of
course. The song has been crooned
by Amaal Mallik and Shreya Ghoshal.
The ‘Tashan-e-Ishq’ actress is paired
with Amaal in the song. Speaking about
working with Amaal, Jasmin said: “He
is super talented, very sweet, simple,
down-to-earth and a humble person
who is serious and passionate about his
craft. I respect him a lot and like him
for the kind of person he is. I have be-
come his fan.” —Agency
Jasmin Bhasin

CITY FIRST
P
arenting com-
munity ‘Mo-
mimperfecto’
recently hosted
a social cause in asso-
ciation with NGO
Goonj. The event was
held at the posh Fat
Jar Cafe Market
in South Delhi and
the aim was to get
as much contri-
bution from Delhi-
ites. Leading mom
bloggers and many
home-grown and inter-
national brands like
Label Kaari, Swati
Modo, A’s Kitchen,
Zielle, Neet Eat and
Oriflame came forward
to donate for the noble
cause.
Celebrity influencer
Harpreet Suri graced
the occasion and kick-
started the collection
drive. “I always believe
we must always donate
whatever little or big
we can. Come forward
and help the people
whenever possible,”
said Suri at the event.
Speaking about the
cause, Sidhi Kapoor,
event host founder of
the parenting commu-
nity says, “As mom in-
fluencers, we have a
great responsibility.
Moms love to hoard and
so I realised it’s time to
open our hearts. We
must grab every small
opportunity and do our
bit for the needy
.”
cityfirstdel@gmail.com
12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
IAS Aspirant Aditi - British High Commissioner for a Day
CITY FIRST
T
wenty-year-old Adi-
ti Maheshwari
from Rajasthan has
spent a full day
leading the British High
Commission in New Delhi
after winning a competi-
tion. Aditi, who aspires to
join the Indian Adminis-
trative Service, is the fifth
winner of the India edition
of the ‘High Commission-
er for a Day’ competition,
organised annually since
2017 to celebrate the Inter-
national Day of the Girl
Child (October 11).
As the UK’s top diplomat
in India, Aditi experienced
a broad variety of diplo-
matic activities. She ob-
served the India-UK Ener-
gy for Growth Dialogue
alongside Ministers
Raj Kumar Singh and
Kwasi Kwarteng. She
met with beneficiaries
of a leadership pro-
gramme for aspiring fe-
male politicians funded by
the Chevening Alumni
Programme Fund; climate
experts from the Council
on Energy, Environment
and Water (CEEW), who
signed the UK in India
Pledge for Progress, to
show their leadership in
gender equality; and young
leaders from the not-for-
profit Global Youth.
Aditi Maheshwari,
High Commissioner for
the Day, said, “I had ap-
plied for the competition
last year as well and I’m
really pleased that I got
the opportunity
. The inter-
action with senior diplo-
mats and with women
from ‘She Leads’ leader-
ship programme were the
two personal highlights of
the day for me. I also en-
joyed being driven around
in an electric vehicle by
the High Commissioner.
The amount of work that
both the UK and India are
doing to tackle issues like
climate change and gen-
der inequality made me
really hopeful as a young
woman. I will cherish this
day for a long time to
come.”
Alex Ellis, Deputy High
Commissioner for the Day
(on other days, High Com-
missioner to India), said,
“It was a pleasure for me
to work with Aditi
throughout the day. Her
confidence and thought-
fulness on important is-
sues like climate change
and women’s rights shone
through. The UK is work-
ing with India to provide a
platform for young women
like Aditi to help them
reach their potential. I am
pleased that so many
young girls sent in their
entries for this year’s com-
petition which focussed on
climate change. I wish
Aditi the very best for the
future and hope that she
enjoyed this experience as
much as I did.”
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
The fifth day of Navratri is
dedicated to Goddess Skanda
Mata, Lord Kartikeya’s moth-
er. Skanda is another name
for the war god Kartikeya and
Mata is a term used for moth-
er. This is why the Goddess is
known as Skanda Mata. She
is the motherly incarnation of
Goddess Durga. On this pious
occasion, City First wishes
its readers a very prosperous
Navratri.
GODDESS
Skanda
During the ongoing
staging of Luvkush
Ramleela staged at
Redfort Ground, New
Delhi, Bollywood
actor Sudesh Bary
plays the character
of Raja Dasharatha
and captivates
the audience with
his mesmerizing
performance.
The Parivartan team of North West Delhi Police conducted
an Awareness Campaign On Sunday where the team
elaborated the context of good touch and bad touch to
children of slum areas and also encouraged them to share
their problems whenever needed.
The pre-birthday bash of
Rashme Sachdeva was
hosted by two of her close
friends, Atul Mehrotra and
Amit Chitkara, all the loved
ones had a gala time and
created happy memories
once again.
Congratulations to PCS Prasun Dwivedi SDM Sadar
Noida who has been appointed as OSD of Noida
Development Authority.
ashion Designer
Ranna Gill has
come up with her
latest Spring and
Summer collec-
tion 2021. Her lat-
est creations were
displayed on Lakme Fash-
ion Week virtually on Sun-
day, through the medium
of a short film, 'Levitate'
which is also the title of
her collection. In a conver-
sation with City First,
Ranna Gill shared, The
virtual show is a celebra-
tion of times to come. The
latest collection which has
a lot of back detailing fo-
cuses on feminine beauty.
This contemporary collec-
tion is cross-cultural and is
deemed to attract people
from all origins.
Fashion has become the
new language as it incorpo-
rates different contempo-
rary ideas that serve as an
inspiration cross culturally
.
Customers who are the real
patron of the brand with
this collection are promised
a fresh wave of fashion.
Delhi Moms Pause
FOR A CAUSE!
PRE-BIRTHDAY BASH!
MESMERIZING PERFROMANCE!
SPRING SUMMER
COLLECTION
DISPLAYED AT THE
LAKME FASHION WEEK,
DESIGNER RANNA GILL
PRESENTS HER
SRPING AND SUMMER
COLLECTION, LEVITATE!
F
MENTAL WELL-BEING!
The Police Families Welfare
Society launched a month-
long awareness program on
Sunday for the Dwarka welfare
centre for the Delhi Police
families in the presence of Vice
President Priti Singh. Being a
police personnel is a task that
takes a toll on the mental well
being, therefore the program
addresses the issues related to
the same.
A STEP AHEAD!
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
Harpreet Suri with Delhi Bloggers
Nidhi Jain Sidhi Kapoor
Saniya, Jyotika and Arpita
During the celebration
Rashme, Atul and Kanika
Sona, Rashme and Arti
Amit, Rashme, Yash, Veena
and Arti
Arti, Sylvia, Rashme,
Amit and Sona
Aditi Maheshwari with Alex Ellis
Models displaying the collection ‘Levitate’
—PHOTOS BY MANOJ KESHARWANI
—PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

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