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CIC writes to LG over AAP govt’s
‘failure’ to implement RTI Act
New Delhi (PTI): Cen-
tral Information Com-
missioner (CIC) Uday
Mahurkar has written
to Delhi Lt Governor V
K Saxena over the “fail-
ure” of AAP govern-
ment in implementing
the Right to Informa-
tion Act, sources said
on Tuesday
.
Following the letter,
the LG Secretariat di-
rected Delhi chief sec-
retary to take correc-
tive action at the earli-
est, they said.
It letter says depart-
ments like Revenue,
PWD, Cooperative,
Health and Power be-
sides bodies like DSSSB
and DSIIDC etc, which
directly deal with ordi-
nary people, either hold
back genuine informa-
tion with ulterior mo-
tives, refuse to share
legitimate information
with appellants seeking
information or provide
them with misinforma-
tion with an aim to mis-
lead, the source said.
LIGHT RAINFALL
LIKELY TODAY
IN DELHI
New Delhi: Mercury rose
in the capital on Tuesday
with the maximum tem-
perature settling at 28.9
degrees Celsius, even as
the weather office fore-
cast cloudy sky with light
rain on Wednesday. The
city recorded a relative
humidity of 86 per cent at
5:30 PM. The minimum
temperature in Delhi on
Tuesday had settled at
20.8 degrees Celsius, a
notch above the normal.
The city recorded a
relative humidity of 100
per cent at 8:30 AM, ac-
cording to data shared by
the India Meteorological
Department (IMD).The
minimum temperature
on Monday was 19.2
degrees Celsius.
LG for reviving ‘Phool Walon Ki Sair’
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena has empha-
sised the need to revive
‘Phool Walon Ki Sair’ --
an annual celebration
of flower sellers -- to its
traditional grandeur,
saying it represents the
truesyncreticcultureof
Delhi, according to an
official statement on
Tuesday
.
Saxena was presented
with a traditional
‘pankha’ to mark the be-
ginning of Phool Walon
Ki Sair’ at a function at
the Raj Niwas, it said.
The lieutenant gover-
nor emphasised the
need to revive the ‘Phool
Walon Ki Sair’ to its tra-
ditional grandeur.
“He told the organis-
ers that he will person-
ally take every step to
ensure that the festival,
which represented the
true syncretic culture
of Delhi, is restored to
its traditional glory
. The
fact that the festival cel-
ebrated Goddess Yog-
mayaandKhwajaBakh-
tiar Kaki together rep-
resented the very es-
sence of ‘sambhav’ that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi espouses,”
Saxena said in the state-
ment.
The lieutenant gover-
nor will be presenting a
‘chadar’ of flowers at
the Yogmaya Temple
and the Dargah of Kh-
waja Bakhtiar Kaki as
part of the festival, the
statement added.
Phool Waalon Ki Sair organisers Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan
presenting the traditional Pankha to LG VK Saxena at Raj Niwas in
New Delhi. —Twitter
Lt Governor VK Saxena has asked the chief secretary to take
requisite corrective action against the AAP government in Delhi
as per the rules. —FILE PHOTO
INDIA BEAT SA BY
7 WICKETS, WIN
SERIES 2-1
New Delhi: Shikhar
Dhawan-led India
defeated SA by 7 wickets
in the 3rd ODI in New
Delhi. With this, the Men
In Blue wrapped the
series 2-1. Chasing a
paltry 100 runs, Dhawan
and Shubman Gill got
India off to a strong start.
SC SNUBS ED PLEA
AGAINST BAIL TO
ANIL DESHMUKH
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has dismissed ED’s
plea, seeking cancellation of
the medical bail granted to
former Maharashtra Home
Minister Anil Deshmukh
in the police bribery and
money laundering case.
Deshmukh was recently
granted bail in PMLA case.
AMIT SHAH IN BIHAR:
NITISH IS CM AFTER
CHANGING SIDES
Sitab Diara: Home Minister
Amit Shah is on a tour of
Bihar, on Tuesday, Shah
launched a stinging attack
on former BJP ally Nitish,
referring to frequent change
of coalition partners by Bihar
CM who has, nonetheless,
held on to power. P5
READ
Crucial
Crucial
Netaji Amar Rahein!
Moni Sharma
Saifai: Amid a sea of
people, including top
politicians, across the
country, Samajwadi
Party founder Mulayam
Singh Yadav was cre-
mated with state hon-
ours in his native vil-
lage in Etawah district
in Uttar Pradesh on
Tuesday. Mulayam, 82,
passed away on Monday
at Medanta hospital in
Gurugram at 8.16 am
after a prolonged ill-
ness. People chanted
“Netaji amar rahein” as
a vehicle carried the
mortal remains of Ya-
dav for his last rites.
LS Speaker Om Birla,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh, Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot,
Chhattisgarh CM Bhu-
peshBaghel,Jharkhand
CM Hemant Soren, ex-
AP CM Chandra Babu
Naidu, Bihar Dy CM
Tejashwi Yadav, Baba
Ramdev, Anil Ambani,
Actor Abhishek Bach-
chan other dignitar-
ies paid last respect to
the socialist leader. P5
New Delhi: Roger Bin-
ny
, a member of the 1983
World Cup winning
team, on Tuesday filed
his nomination for the
post of president and is
likely to get top job un-
opposed, Board VP said.
Binny, 67, is so far the
only candidate to have
filed nomination for the
post and if no more can-
didate emerges, he will
replace as BCCI chief
onOctober18.JayShah,
son of HM Amit Shah,
will continue as BCCI
secy for his 2nd consec-
utive term. Shah will
also replace Ganguly as
India’s representative
at ICC Board. The only
Congressman in BCCI
cabinet is Rajeev Shuk-
la, who will continue as
VP
. Sports minister An-
urag Thakur’s younger
brother Arun will now
become IPL chairman.
2023 will feel
like recession:
IMF warns, cuts
India forecast
New Delhi: Interna-
tional Monetary Fund
on Tuesday cut India’s
2022 economic growth
forecast to 6.8% - down
from a January projec-
tion of 8.2% and in July
estimate of 7.4%. This
comes after the World
Bank this month down-
graded India’s project-
ed GDP for current fis-
cal to 6.5%. Last month
the Reserve Bank of
India said it expected a
real GDP of 7 per cent.
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TMC MLA MANIK
ARRESTED BY ED
Kolkata: The ED on Tuesday formally arrested TMC
MLA and ex-president of WB Primary Education board
Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the teachers’
recruitment scam. Manik was held after questioning
him overnight on Monday in connection with the case.
CHILD STAR OF
INDIA’S OSCAR
ENTRY ‘CHHELLO
SHOW’ DIES
Ahmedabad: Rahul Koli was very much excited to
see “Chhello Show” (The Last Film Show), India’s
official entry to Oscars 2023, on screen, but days
before its release teenage actor who played role of
friend of protagonist in Guj film died of leukemia.
INFOSYS PREZ RAVI KUMAR RESIGNS, SAYS COMPANY
Mumbai: Infosys in a regulatory filing said that Ravi Kumar S,
president has resigned from the company on Tuesday. “The
Board of Directors placed on record deep sense of appreciation
for the services rendered by Ravi Kumar S,” the officials said.
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Binny files nomination for
BCCI Prez, Jay to be Secy
Roger Binny Jay Shah
CJI Lalit recommends Justice
Chandrachud as his successor
‘MAHAKAL LOK’
FOR MAHADEV!
New Delhi: Chief Jus-
tice of India (CJI) UU
Lalit on Tuesday recom-
mended the name of DY
Chandrachud, the sen-
ior-most judge of SC, to
Union govt as his suc-
cessor. CJI Lalit submit-
ted his letter of recom-
mendation after Union
govt, on October 7. CJI
Lalit, who was sworn in
on August 27 this year,
is set to retire on Nov 8.
Thereafter, on Novem-
ber 9, Justice Chandra-
chud will be sworn-in as
India’s 50th CJ. Justice
Chandrachud will have
a tenure of two years
and will demit office on
November 10, 2024.
Justice DY Chandrachud
NEW APPOINTMENTS
l Justice Prasann
Bhalachandra Varale
of the Bombay HC
appointed as the CJ of
Karnataka High Court
l Justice Ali Moham-
mad Magrey of JK
High Court has been
elevated as its CJ
l Justice Pankaj
Mithal was transferred
to Rajasthan HC
Former UP CM Mulayam
Singh Yadav cremated with
State honours in the UP’s Saifai
Top leaders attend last rites
of Samajwadi Party supremo,
UP declares 3-day State mourning
l MODI INAUGURATES
MAHAKALESHWAR
TEMPLE CORRIDOR
l CORRIDOR HAS SHIVA
STATUES WITH QR CODE,
108 PILLARS A LAKE
l THE 1ST PHASE OF
`856-CRORE TEMPLE
CORRIDOR UNVEILED
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla pays last respect to mortal remains of former Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav during funeral at his ancestral village Saifai, in Etawah on Tuesday.
Rajnath Singh, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav at
the last rites ceremony of Mulayam Singh Yadav.
CM Ashok Gehlot pays homage to SP patriarch
Mulayam Singh during the funeral on Tuesday.
Spirituality is contained in every particle
and divine energy is being transmitted in
every corner of Ujjain. Ujjain has led India’s
prosperity, knowledge, dignity and literature for thou-
sands of years. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
First India Bureau
Ujjain: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi inaugurated the first phase of
the Rs 856-crore Mahakaleshwar
Temple corridor in Ujjain city of
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday even-
ing. MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
and Union minister Jyotiraditya
Scindia accompanied him. The new-
ly developed corridor at the temple,
which has been named as ‘Mahakal
Lok’, measures over 900 metres in
length. The corridor has a colon-
nade of 108 ornate pillars made of
intricately carved sandstones, gush-
ing fountains and a running panel
of more than 50 murals depicting
stories from ‘Shiv Puran’. More on P5
MAHAKALESHWAR: THE ONLY
SOUTH-FACING JYOTIRLINGA
The form of Shiva in Ujjain is that of
Mahakal — the Lord of Time and Death.
Kaal has two meanings in Sanskrit —
‘time’ and ‘death’. The Mahakaleshwar
Jyotirlinga is among the most eminent
of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India.
SEEKING BLESSINGS! (T) Prime Minister
Narendra Modi greets the priests present
during the dedication of the Phase I of the
Mahakal Lok Project to the Nation, at Shri
Mahakal Lok, in Ujjain on Tuesday. (L) Prime
Minister Narendra Modi performs Darshan
and Pooja at Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple,
in Ujjain on Tuesday.
PM Narendra Modi takes a tour of the corridor with Shivraj Chouhan.
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi at
Mahaka-
leshwar
Temple, in
Ujjain on
Tuesday.

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New Delhi (PTI): A
three-day symposium
by WADA got underway
hereonWednesday with
an aim to strengthen In-
dia’s anti-doping meas-
ures and make the coun-
try, a regional leader in
the field.
The third edition of
the meet is witnessing
200-plus participants
from 56 countries,
WADA Officials, repre-
sentatives and experts
from different national
anti-doping organisa-
tions, Athlete Passport
Management Units and
WADA accredited labo-
ratories.
The National Dope
Testing Laboratory
(NDTL) is in the process
of setting up an APMU
in India as the symposi-
um aims to “create the
necessary expertise in
the country and will
help the Indian Sports
by strengthening the
Anti-dopingprogramme
of India and also enable
us to become a regional
leader in anti-doping,”
state a PIB release.
The main topic of dis-
cussion in this sympo-
sium will be recent
trends, successes and
challenges with the
ABP, managing con-
founding factors affect-
ing the steroidal mod-
ule, evolving strategic
testing for the ABP etc
and will help WADA to
work towards the detec-
tion and eradication of
dopinginsportsthrough
APMUs. The first two
editions of the sympo-
sium were held in Qatar
(2015) and Rome (2018).
Indian athletes’ suc-
cess story in the recent
past has coincided with
the rise of doping men-
ace in the country as
well. Recently
, the build-
up to the Common-
wealth Games in Bir-
mingham, saw five ath-
letes, including two
from the para disci-
pline, test positive for
banned substances as
their names were then
struck off the list. Ac-
cording to a 2021 WADA
report, India (152)
ranked third in terms
of doping violations re-
ported in 2019 with
bodybuilding, weight-
lifting and athletics
adding mostly to the
country’s infamy
.
WADA symposium looks to address doping menace, strengthen measures
ABPSYMPOSIUM 2022
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Third WADA
edition is
witnessing 200-
plus participants
from 56
countries and
experts from
different national
anti-doping
organisations
INDIA 3RD IN DOPING VIOLATIONS
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Tuesday
flagged off 50 low-floor
CNG-powered cluster
buses and said they will
improve connectivity to
the rural belts of the
national capital.
He also flagged off 30
Innova cars and 36 mo-
torbikes for the enforce-
ment wing of the Trans-
port Department.
These vehicles will
be involved in enforcing
lane discipline. From
April, we started the
lane discipline drive,
he said at the event.
According to trans-
port department offi-
cials, this is the first
time motorcycles have
been inducted in the en-
forcement team. This
will ensure enforce-
ment teams can enter
narrow lanes where
cars cannot.
Kejriwal said there
will be 1,800 electric bus-
es on the roads of Delhi
by 2023, while 80 per
cent of the city's fleet
will be electric by 2025.
The government has
floated a tender for 1,500
electric buses, and by
November next year,
1,800 such buses will be
playing on Delhi roads,
he said.
We have inducted 50
new low-floor CNG (air-
conditioned) buses.
From many years, peo-
ple faced inconvenience
since there were no
buses. But in the last
two-three years, elec-
tric, CNG, cluster buses
have been inducted, he
added.
The new buses will be
kept at the new Bawana
bus depot.
This will help rural
connectivity. There are
already 360 cluster bus
routes. There will be six
new routes for these
buses that will serve ru-
ral areas, he said.
Later, in a tweet in
Hindi, Kejriwal said,
Today 50 new CNG
buses and 66 new vehi-
cles for road safety and
bus lane enforcement
were flagged off from
the Rajghat depot. As
many as 7,320 buses are
on the roads of Delhi
now, the highest-ever.
By 2025, more than
10,000 buses will be in
service of the people of
Delhi, 80 per cent them
will be electric buses.
Arvind Kejriwal flags off
50 low-floor CNG buses
These buses will improve
connectivity to the rural belts
of the national capital, says CM
80 per cent of the city’s
fleet will be electric by
2025, says AAP chief
We have in-
ducted 50 new
low-floor CNG
buses. From many
years, people faced in-
convenience since
there were no buses.
But in the last two-
three years, electric,
CNG, cluster buses
have been inducted
—Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi CM
New Delhi (PTI):
Kejriwal on Tuesday
said the 40-year-old wa-
ter pipeline of the Bha-
girathi Water Treat-
ment Plant will be re-
placed, a move which
will help provide clean
Ganga water to resi-
dents of east Delhi.
The move will also
help in ensuring round-
the-clock water supply
to the region.
“The Delhi govern-
ment has decided to re-
place the 40-year-old wa-
ter pipeline of Bhagi-
rathi Plant. With the re-
placementof this20-km-
long pipeline, as many
as 130 MGD of clean
Gangawaterwillbesup-
plied to lakhs of people
in east Delhi. It will
prove to be a milestone
towards providing 24x7
water to the people of
Delhi,” Kejriwal said in
a tweet in Hindi.
The Delhi govern-
ment has been taking
various decisions to im-
prove the water supply
across the city and also
to clean River Yamuna.
Earlier this month,
DelhiDeputyChief Min-
isterManishSisodiahad
approved the construc-
tionof anewfilterhouse
at the Nangloi Water
Treatment Plant (WTP)
at a cost of Rs 59.7 crore
to ensure round-the-
clockwatersupplytothe
national capital.
With the new filter
house having advanced
technology, the Nangloi
WTP will be able to
treat 10-15 per cent
more water during the
peak summer season
and meet the increased
demand. Kejriwal on
Monday said 85 million
gallons of sewage from
Keshopur and Najaf-
garh will be cleaned be-
fore it flows into the
Najafgarh drain.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Covidisstill
an in-thing, with the
country recording close
to 2,000 new cases and
eightdeathsinthelast24
hours, yet the no-mask
rule has been naively
adopted by the general
populace in public plac-
es of Delhi. This despite
thefactthatthe`500pen-
alty on not wearing
mask has still not been
officially withdrawn.
The administration
has also stopped impos-
ing challans for the vio-
lation since October 1.
Witnessing a sharp de-
cline in Covid cases, the
Delhi Disaster Manage-
mentAuthority(DDMA)
in its last Covid review
meeting had decided to
discontinue the fine. As
a result, malls, markets,
eateries, parks are all
fullof unmaskedcrowds,
paving the ground for a
possible spike in cases.
Anofficialsaidthough
an official order was not
out yet, the order on
mask fines expired on
September 30. Subse-
quently
, enforcement
teams have also been re-
duced. “Awareness cam-
paigns on the impor-
tance of wearing masks
and Covid-appropriate
behaviourarebeingcon-
ducted, but mask fines
have been discontinued.
If cases do increase, we
willincreasethenumber
of enforcement teams to
control the spread,” said
another official.
Guards down but no order yet on unmasking
Kejriwal said education
is the topmost priority
of his government, as
he asserted that if chil-
dren will get quality
education, they will
reach great heights in
their career.
He said this while tak-
ing part in the Mahari-
shi Valmiki Prakatotsav
programme organised
in Aliganj and Palika
Kunjof hisconstituency
,
according to an official
statement.
Maharishi Valmiki
and Babasaheb Ambed-
kar gave utmost impor-
tance to quality educa-
tion of children. Educa-
tionisourtopmostprior-
ity in Delhi; if children
will get quality educa-
tion, they will reach
great heights in their
career,theirfamilieswill
prosper and the country
willprogress.If children
remain uneducated,
their family lags behind
andremainspoor,Kejri-
wal said.
Heurgedpeopletopay
utmost attention to the
education of children.
Education is
our topmost
priority: Delhi
CM Kejriwal
For clean water to residents,
40-yr-old Bhagirathi plant
pipeline to be replaced
WTP will help in ensuring round-the-clock water supply.—FILE PHOTO
ENSURING MORE WATER IN SUMMER
New Delhi (PTI): The
fee structure for medi-
cal education at AIIMS
across India may be re-
vised and modelled
along the lines of IITs
and IIMs to augment
the revenue generating
potential of the premier
institute, according to a
recommendation made
at AIIMS' 'chintan shi-
vir' held in August.
Improvingthehealth-
care services at all the
AIIMS and identifying
an implementable mod-
el suitable for sustaina-
ble revenue generation
to reduce the depend-
ence on government
funds were among the
topics that were deliber-
ated at the 'shivir'.
The Union health
ministry is in the pro-
cess of finalising a com-
mittee which will study
the feasibility of these
recommendations and
see the level of increase
that can be done, an of-
ficial source told PTI.
“One of the recom-
mendations suggested
is revising the fee struc-
ture of courses such as
MBBS, post-graduation
and nursing education
and adopting the struc-
ture followed at IITs and
IIMs to augment the rev-
enue generating poten-
tial of the premier insti-
tute,” the source said.
Currently
, the fees for
the MBBS course at
AIIMS is around Rs
6,500. The others recom-
mendations highlight-
ed are converting a
third of general ward
beds at all AIIMS into
special wards and in-
creasing the number of
private wards besides,
constituting a commit-
tee for revising the
charges of AIIMS for
non-paying and paying
patients for improving
revenue generation.
Another recommen-
dation also highlighted
creating a mechanism
foridentificationof ben-
eficiaries of AB-PMJAY,
state government
scheme and any other
gover nment-linked
scheme towards con-
tributing to the revenue
kitty
, they said.
Cross subsidisation
model can also be pilot-
ed wherein the poor get
the services free of cost
those who opt for paid
service are treated ac-
cording to their entitle-
ment, the recommenda-
tions stated adding an-
cillary service and sup-
port services can be
tapped for additional
revenue generation.
‘Fee structure for education
at AIIMS could be modelled
along lines of IITs, IIMs’
HIGH ON WIN
Indian bowler Kuldeep Yadav with teammate Ishan Kishan celebrates the wicket of Bjorn
Fortuin during the 3rd ODI cricket match between India and South Africa, at the Arun Jaitley
Stadium in New Delhi, Tuesday. India won the decider by 7 wickets. —PHOTO BY PTI
COVID-19 UPDATE
NEW CASES
2000
TOTAL DEATHS
08
VIOLATION FINE
` 500
2 juveniles among four
held for killing man
New Delhi (PTI): Two
men have been arrested
and two juveniles ap-
prehended for allegedly
killing a 23-year-old per-
son in south Delhi's Neb
Sarai area, police said
on Tuesday
.
The accused have
been identified as Ajay
(20) and Aamir (18),
both residents of
Sangam Vihar here,
they said.
The deceased had
thrashed one of the ju-
veniles earlier follow-
ing which the four at-
tacked him to take re-
venge, police said.
The police received
information about the
stabbing incident on
Sunday. The injured,
Faraz, a resident of
Sangam Vihar, was tak-
en to AIIMS where he
was declared brought
dead, police said.
During inquiry, a
friend of Faraz said
that Ajay, Aamir the
and two juveniles
stopped them on Sun-
day after which one of
the juvenile confronted
him, a senior police of-
ficer said.
CM Arvind Kejriwal flagging off the new CNG buses in New Delhi
on Tuesday. —TWITTER
The cost of an MBA or PG degree at an IIM is
`24-25 lakh while for pursuing BTech at an IIT
one has to shell out up to `10-12 lakh

AAP govt silent on
minorities’ issue:
Left students’ body
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New Delhi (PTI) Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister
ManishSisodiaonTues-
day said all the city hos-
pitals have been asked
by the government to
reserve 10-15 per cent
beds for patients of vec-
tor-borne diseases and
also to ensure that no
such patient is denied
admission due to a lack
of beds.
Seeing the low occu-
pancy rate of the COV-
ID-19 beds in the last
few weeks, the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
government has also
asked the hospitals to
use the vacant beds to
accommodate dengue
patients, Sisodia was
quoted as saying in a
statement.
The city logged 937
dengue cases this year
till September-end and
321 more cases were re-
ported in the first five
days of October, taking
the tally to 1,258, accord-
ing to a report released
by the Municipal Corpo-
ration of Delhi (MCD)
on Monday
.
“The government
has put all the hospitals
across the national cap-
ital on alert and is keep-
ing an eye on the situa-
tion. Hospitals have
been directed to reserve
10-15 per cent of their
beds for vector-borne
disease patients and en-
sure that no patient is
denied admission due
to lack of beds,” the
statement said.
Sisodia said the pre-
sent weather condi-
tions are conducive for
the transmission of
vector-borne diseases.
He said the number of
dengue cases has seen
a sharp rise in the last
two weeks but there is
no need to panic as all
arrangements have
been put in place to pro-
vide treatment to the
patients at hospitals.
Hospitals asked to reserve 10-15 pc beds for patients
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
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The city logged
937 dengue
cases this year
till September-
end and 321
more cases
were reported in
the first five
days of October,
taking the tally
to 1,258
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day issued notice to the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) regarding
Satyendar Jain's plea
challenging the Delhi
High Court upholding
the trial Court order al-
lowing the agency's peti-
tion to transfer his case
to another judge.
A bench headed by
Justice MR Shah asked
the ED to file a response
on Satyendar Jain's plea
and listed the matter for
hearing on October 31.
Satyendar Jain had
challenged the Delhi HC
order which upheld the
trial court order of
transferring his bail
pleatoanotherjudge.He
was represented by Sen-
iorAdvocateKapilSibal.
The Delhi high court
had dismissed the plea
of Delhi minister Saty-
endar Jain challenging
the Principal District
and Sessions Court or-
derallowingEDpetition
to transfer his case to
another judge.
On September 23,
2022, Principal District
and Sessions Court
judge transferred Saty-
endar Jain's money
laundering case from
one court to another.
Delhi High Court
while passing the order
observed that the facts
showed that the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) did not merely har-
bour an apprehension
of bias but had also
acted upon it by rushing
to the High Court and
therefore the apprehen-
sion cannot be said to be
flimsy or not reasona-
ble.ED had moved an
application before the
Principal District and
SessionsJudgeof Rouse
Avenue Court urging
the transfer of Satyen-
dar Jain's money laun-
dering proceedings to
another Judge.
The ED petition
sought the transfer of
Delhi Cabinet Minister
Satyendar Jain's matter
toSpecialJudgeGeetan-
jali Goel after raising
certain contentions re-
lated to the bail argu-
ments being examined
by the court.
The central agency
on June 6 claimed to
have seized `2.85 crore
in cash and 133 gold
coins weighing 1.80 kg
from Satyendra Jain's
aides during its day-
long raid conducted at
various places across
Delhi and the National
Capital Region (NCR).
During these raids, the
agency also seized vari-
ous incriminating doc-
uments and digital re-
cords. The money-laun-
dering investigation
was initiated on the
basis of a FIR regis-
tered by the CBI on Au-
gust 24, 2017.
USE VACANT BEDS
MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
SCnoticetoEDonSatyendar
Jain’spleaagainstHCorder
n Court fixes
next hearing on
October 31
n Jainhad
challengedlower
court’sorder
Satyendar Jain was arrested on May 30. —FILE PHOTO
WHAT DELHI HC HAD SAID
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer AAP minister Ra-
jendra Pal Gautam on
Tuesday appeared be-
fore the Delhi Police for
questioning over his
presence at a religious
conversion event where
Hindudeitieswerealleg-
edly denounced, offi-
cials said.
He has joined the in-
vestigation at the Pahar-
ganj Police Station, said
a senior police officer. I
receivedthenoticetoday
(Tuesday) and will coop-
erate with the police,
Gautam said. We are
those who follow Baba-
saheb Ambedkar and
the Indian Constitu-
tion, he said in a tweet
in Hindi. The develop-
ment comes a day after
he was interrogated by
police at his residence
regarding his presence
at the religious conver-
sion event. Later, he was
issued a formal notice to
appearbeforeofficialsat
the Paharganj Police
Station on Tuesday
.
According to the no-
tice, on October 5, Gau-
tam attended a pro-
gramme at the Ambed-
kar Bhawan where cer-
tain words were uttered
publicly
, which has infu-
riated public at large.
“Written complaints
have been received in
this regard... During the
enquiry, presence of
your good self is very
muchessentialtodecide
the further course of ac-
tion as per law, the no-
tice read.Accordingly,
you are here by request-
ed to appear in person at
police station Pahar
Ganj without fail, other-
wise it will be presumed
that you have nothing to
say or explain anything
on your part and matter
would be decided as per
law,” it added.
After being ques-
tioned by police on Mon-
day
, Gautam said, “They
asked me about the na-
ture of the programme
and how it was organ-
ised... I follow the law
and if I have committed
any crime, you can reg-
ister a case and arrest
me.If Ihavenot,youcan
interrogate me.”
“I will feed sweets to
the complainant if I am
arrested,” he had said.
Gautam had resigned
from the Delhi Cabinet
on Sunday due to the
controversy over him at-
tending the event.The
BJPhasusedtheissueto
attackAAPchief Arvind
Kejriwalduringtheelec-
tion campaigning in Gu-
jaratandaccusedhimof
being anti-Hindu”.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Delhi High
Court on Tuesday
sought response of
the Delhi police on a
plea by real estate ty-
coon Sushil Ansal
seeking to set aside
his conviction and
sentence for tamper-
ing with evidence in
the 1997 Uphaar cine-
ma fire case.
Sushil Ansal has
already completed his
jail term in this case
pertaining to the fire
incident on June 13,
1997 that left 59 dead.
Justice Purushain-
dra Kumar Kaurav
issued notice to the
Delhi Police on the
83-year-old Ansal's pe-
tition and listed the
matter for further
hearing on December
13. The HC issued
bailable warrant
against Ansal's then
employee PP Batra,
who was also convict-
ed in the evidence
tampering case, as
neither he nor any
lawyer on his behalf
was present in the
court during the hear-
ing on the victims'
plea. The HC was
hearing two separate
pleas - one by Ansal
challenging his con-
viction and sentence
and another by the
AVUT seeking en-
hancement of the
punishment awarded
to the convicts in evi-
dencetamperingcase.
High Court seeks
police reply to
Sushil Ansal’s plea
UPHAAR CINEMA FIRE
New Delhi (PTI) The
AllIndiaStudents’As-
sociation (AISA) has
written an open letter
to Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal,accusinghis
government of ‘fail-
ing’ to abide by B R
Ambedkar’s ideolo-
gies and remaining
silent on the issues of
minorities.
In the letter, the
Left-affiliated stu-
dents’ body said Ra-
jendra Pal Gautam’s
resignation as a min-
ister in Kejriwal’s
cabinet due to a con-
troversy over his
presence at a reli-
gious conversion
event comes off as a
“betrayal of what
Ambedkar stood for”.
“For a party that
calls itself ‘AAP’, the
ideology of Ambed-
kar should not strike
such fear as it did
with you. Rajendra
Pal Gautam’s resigna-
tion comes off as
nothing but an utter
betrayal of what
Ambedkar stood for,”
the letter said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
32-year-old woman was
allegedly raped by three
men inside a hotel room
in northwest Delhi’s
Adarsh Nagar, police
said on Wednesday
.
The accused -- Ajay
(39), Tara Chand (34)
and Naresh (38) -- all na-
tives of Rajashan’s Al-
war, have been arrested,
they said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (northwest)
Usha Rangnani said a
PCR call regarding the
incident was received at
AdarshNagarpolicesta-
tion on Sunday
.
The woman in her
statement said she was
invited by her acquaint-
ance Ajay to a hotel
room on Sunday where
two of his friends were
also present, the DCP
said. They offered a
spiked cold drink to the
woman and she became
unconsciousafterdrink-
ingit.Followingthis,the
trio allegedly raped the
woman, she said.
Based on the victim’s
statement and medico-
legal case (MLC) report,
a case was registered
undersection376D(gan-
grape), 377 (unnatural
offences) and 328 (Caus-
ing hurt by means of
poison, etc., with intent
to commit an offence) of
the Indian Penal Code at
AdarshNagarpolicesta-
tion, the DCP said.
The police said a
crime team collected
samples from the hotel
and further investiga-
tion is underway
.
32-year-old woman gang-raped in
Delhi hotel room, three arrested
Excise policy likely to be delayed
as committee seeks more time
Delhigovernment’snew
excise policy is likely to
be delayed as a high-lev-
el committee formed to
frame its broad outlines
has sought more time to
submit its report, offi-
cials have said.
The committee con-
stituted in August in-
cludes principal secre-
tary finance, principal
secretary revenue, ex-
cise commissioner and
an expert member.
The Excise Policy
2021-22 was withdrawn
in July after a CBI probe
was recommended by
Lieutenant Governor V
K Saxena into alleged ir-
regularities in its imple-
mentation.
Announcing the with-
drawal of the Excise
Policy 2021-22, Deputy
CM Manish Sisodia had
said a new policy will be
framed within six
months. The committee
formed to give recom-
mendations for the ex-
cise policy 2022-23 was
stipulated to submit its
report within one
month. However, it
could not do so due to
various reasons, the of-
ficials said.
Religiouseventrow:Delhi
Policequestionex-minister
RajendraPalGautam
Delhi riots: BJP MLA
denies involvement
New Delhi: Several
purported videos of
the 'Virat Hindu Sab-
ha' organised by VHP
and other outfits on
Sunday have come to
the fore including one
in which BJP MLA
from Loni in Ghazi-
abad Nand Kishor
Gurjar said that he
will not desist from
killing jihadis if they murder any Hindus.
There were some reports that suggested
that Gurjar at the event talked about his al-
leged involvement in the February 2020 North-
east Delhi riots. The MLA, however, denied
that he entered Delhi during the riots.
What have I to do with riots in Delhi? I did
not go there. I said at the event that I was ready
with 25,000 people at Loni so no riots took
place here even as riots happened in Delhi,
Gurjar told PTI over phone.
The Sunday event, organised against the
killing of a Hindu youth Manish from Sundar
Nagari in Northeast Delhi earlier this month,
has sparked controversy for alleged hate
speeches by participants. A video of the event
shared on social media showed Gurjar deliv-
ering a speech in his firebrand style.
Sushil Ansal
has already
completed his
jail term in
Uphaar fire
incident case
that left 59
dead
New excise
policy (2022-
23) of Delhi
government will be
framed within six
months
—Manish Sisodia
Deputy Chief Minister
Former Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam appears for
questioning at Paharganj police station in New Delhi, Tuesday,
Nand Kishor Gurjar
AAP INJUSTICE
—PHOTO BY PTI
—FILE PHOTO
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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For whatever things were
written before were written for
our learning, that we through
the patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
Today our dream has come true...!
Launched India’s first Flexi-Fuel Strong
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV)
which would run on 100% petrol as
well as 20 to 100% blended ethanol
and electric powertain.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
To give a fillip to
#BetiBachaoBetiPadhao, a component
of Skilling in NTL has been introduced
as part of the program. Through
this initiative, girls will be given skill
training in non-traditional vocations
thereby making them torchbearers of
Women-Led #AatmaNirbharBharat.
TOP TWEETS
SPREADING HATE:
IS THE LAW UNABLE
TO STOP MAKERS
OF HATE SPEECHES
elhi MP Parvesh Ver-
ma’s alleged call for
the boycott of a com-
munity is an attempt
to keep the commu-
nal pot boiling. At a meeting or-
ganised by the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad at Delhi’s Dilshad Gar-
den called for the financial boy-
cott of a community. Although
the community was not named,
the reference was obvious as it
was to protest the murder of a
Hindu youth in which members
of another community have
been arrested. A case has been
registered against the organiz-
ers of the event but those who
made hate speeches have not
been named. The silence of sen-
ior BJP leaders over the provoca-
tive speeches and also on the
public flogging of Muslims in
Gujarat is not just intriguing but
is also dangerous as was said by
the former Supreme Court
judge, Justice Rohinton Mistry
.
Severalsectionsof theIPCand
the CrPC prohibit hate speeches
butthelawenforcementagencies
have been found wanting when it
comes to an unbiased execution
of those provisions.
D
ndia’s External
Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar has
emerged as one of
the most outspo-
ken foreign ministers India
has had. His recent statement
defending India’s substantial
inventory of Russia-made
weapons and pointing out the
long-standingrelationshipbe-
tweenthetwocountriesisone
such brutal truth he has told
the West in recent months.
On a visit to Australia, Jais-
hankar told a journalist that
for decades the Western coun-
tries did not supply weapons
to India and opted for a neigh-
bouring dictator instead. It is
a fact that the western powers
cannot deny no matter how
much commonality they see
in India’s and their own de-
mocracies. The US-Pakistan
F-16 refurbishment deal is a
recent case in point where
Washington has ignored In-
dia’s concerns in the hope
that Islamabad will distance
itself from China.
India’s ties with the West
are continuously coming un-
der strain for one reason or
another but mostly because
it is holding its ground in
buying oil and weaponry
from Russia and refusing to
toe the western alliance’s
line of isolating Russia for its
invasion of Ukraine. The
West is also not amused with
India as it has not criticised
Moscow for either attacking
Ukraine or for the referen-
dum it carried out in three
Ukrainian states.
Also, New Delhi has justifi-
ably issued a demarche to be
conveyed to Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau over an up-
coming Khalistan referen-
dum in Canada and ques-
tioned Trudeau’s double
standards. Trudeau, who
criticised Russia for the refer-
endum in Ukraine, has so far
not said a word on the Khal-
istani move which may pose
a threat to India’s integrity
.
INDIA CANNOT BE
PUSHED AROUND
India’s External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar has
emerged as one of the
most outspoken foreign
ministers India has had. His
recent statement defending
India’s substantial
inventory of Russia-made
weapons and pointing out
long-standing relationship
between 2 countries is one
such brutal truth he has told
West in recent months
I
ven as West Bengal was show-
casing its Durga Puja Carni-
val live to the entire world on
Saturday especially after
Bengal’s biggest festival had
obtained the UNESCO’s In-
ternational Cultural Herit-
age tag, a few hours after that
yet another unfortunate inci-
dent put the police in a spot
and was a matter of concern.
CONTROVERSY
OVER FLAG DISPLAY
According to reports, there
wascommunaltensioninMo-
minpur since late Saturday
. A
dispute reportedly started
over the display of communal
flagsontheoccasionof Milad-
un-Nabi. Violence erupted on
Sunday
. Incidents of vandal-
ism, stone pelting and bomb
throwing were reported. Sev-
eral vehicles were damaged.
A large number of police
personnel were deployed late
at night and the Ekbalpur po-
licestationareawascordoned
off. The Rapid Action Force
(RAF) has also been deployed.
The proactive Opposition
BJP in West Bengal took al-
most no time in plunging into
the crisis. No sooner did the
incident happen than the
Leader of Opposition, Suv-
endu Adhikari, wrote to Un-
ion Home Minister Amit
Shah requesting “urgent de-
ployment of Central forces in
the wake of Mominpur vio-
lence and ransacking of Ek-
balpur police station to con-
tain law and order situation.
“I have written to Hon’ble
Union Home Minister Shri @
Amit Shah Ji Hon’ble Gov-
ernor Shri La Ganesan Ji re-
questing them to urgently
deploy Central Forces in the
wake of Mominpur violence
ransacking of Ekbalpur
Police Station before the Law
and Order situation of WB
gets out of hand,” tweeted
BJP leader.
“I am compelled to write
this letter to you at this hour
because the gravity of the
situation has prompted this
urgency
. The Hindu commu-
nity has come under attack
in the Khidderpore Momin-
pur area of Kolkata on the
eve of Lakshmi Puja. Many
shops and bikes belonging to
Hindus have been vandalised
by hooligans and anti socials.
The onslaught has similari-
ties to the Panchla violence
which happened in June in
the Uluberia area of the How-
rah district. At that time the
violence spread across West
Bengal, especially in the Na-
dia and Murshidabad dis-
tricts,” the letter read.
Adhikari wrote he appre-
hended that as the West Ben-
gal Government is reluctant
to act against the perpetra-
tors this time as well, as be-
cause they belong to a certain
community
, this time too this
may flare up and start to
spread across the state result-
ing in loss of lives and prop-
erty; both Public Private.
The State Government has
already meekly surrendered
in front of the wrath of the
goons, who have taken over
the Ekbalpur Police Station,
he added. If morning shows
the day, then the day definite-
ly is gloomy. Kindly find an-
nexed video of the incident
as well as some footage of the
vandalism, he stated.
Meanwhile, a war of words
broke out between the ruling
Trinamool Congress and the
Opposition BJP on Monday
over clashes between two
groups in the Khidderpore-
Mominpur area of Kolkata,
thatleftseveralpeopleinjured.
The saffron camp claimed
that law and order has wors-
ened in West Bengal, draw-
ing a sharp retort from the
ruling TMC which accused
the BJP of trying to vitiate
the atmosphere of the state.
BJP state president Sukanta
Majumdar, who tried to visit
the area, was stopped and ar-
rested on Monday
.
Police said clashes broke
out between two groups in
the Khidderpore-Mominpur
area on Sunday evening over
some local issues, in which
several people were injured.
The agitators also staged a
protest outside the Ekbalpur
police station.
Personnel of the police in-
cluding those of the Rapid
Action Force (RAF) were de-
ployed in the area. Majumdar,
who wanted to visit the area,
was stopped at the Chin-
grighata area in north Kolka-
ta and was asked to go back as
Prohibitory Orders under
Section 144 of the CrPC had
been imposed in the area.
“Sukanta Majumdar was
later arrested and taken to
Lalbazar police headquar-
ters,” a senior police official
said. Hitting out at the saf-
fron camp for allegedly try-
ing to vitiate the atmosphere
of the state, senior TMC lead-
er Sougata Roy said the po-
lice had taken all the steps
needed to bring the situation
under control.
“The miscreants have been
arrested. What will Sukanta
Majumdar do by going there
apart from giving hate
speeches? The BJP is trying
to vitiate the atmosphere of
the state. The BJP should
stop politicising every inci-
dent,” Roy said.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
DurgaPujaCarnival’sglory
eclipsedbyMominpurflashpoint?
E
The West Bengal
government has been
targeted by the Opposition
party over the violence in
the state, especially after the
declaration of the 2021
Assembly election results.
This year, the theme of a
Durga Puja pandal in
Kolkata depicted the
post-poll violence that
claimed at least 16 lives
Even as West Bengal was
showcasing its Durga
Puja Carnival live to
the entire world on
Saturday especially
after Bengal’s biggest
festival had obtained
the UNESCO’s
International Cultural
Heritage tag, a few
hours after that yet
another unfortunate
incident put the police in
a spot and was a matter
of concern
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
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New Delhi (ANI): High-
lighting the role of tal-
ent, PM Narendra Modi
on Tuesday said India is
a young nation with a
great innovative spirit
and its number of uni-
cornstartupshasalmost
doubled since 2021.
While addressing the
United Nations World
GeospatialInternational
Congress virtually
, the
PM said, “India is one of
the top startup hubs in
the world with the num-
ber of unicorn startups
having almost doubled
since 2021— a testimony
to India’s young talent.”
The theme of the sec-
ond UNWGIC is “Geo
Enabling the Global Vil-
lage—No one must be
left behind.” Welcoming
International delegates,
the Prime Minister
said, “the people of In-
dia are happy to host
you on this historic oc-
casion as we build our
future together.” Ex-
pressing his happiness
at the conference hap-
pening in Hyderabad,
the PM said that the city
is known for its culture
and cuisine, its hospital-
ity and hi-tech vision.”
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: When for-
mer Congress President
Rahul Gandhi held a
press conference during
the Bharat Jodo Yatra,
in response to a ques-
tion, he said that both
MallikarjunKhargeand
Shashi Tharoor are con-
testing the Congress
President’selection,and
are strong leaders and
theonewhowinsamong
them can not be gov-
erned through remote
control.Itmaybetruein
the case of Shashi Tha-
roor that if he wins, he
will not be able to use
the remote control. But
he will not win, because
Mallikarjun Kharge is
unofficially the official
candidate of the Nehru-
Gandhi family. So it is
certain that Kharge
will win the election of
the President and Tha-
roor will not be able to
get even 10 per cent of
the votes.
Now the question is,
will Kharge not be oper-
ated with a remote con-
trol? The day Rahul
GandhisaidthatKharge
and Tharoor cannot be
controlled with remote
control, Kharge said
that he is contesting the
election of the presi-
dent because no one
from the Gandhi family
is contesting the elec-
tion. Think, when he is
ready to fight because
no one from the Gandhi
family is fighting, then
what can be expected of
him to make his own de-
cisions? Kharge is a sen-
ior leader who came
from the grassroots and
has a lot of experience
and yet he will run the
party the way Rahul
Gandhi would like it to
be. But it is a good thing
that Rahul Gandhi is po-
sitioning an ‘independ-
ent’ president for him.
Will Kharge be covertly controlled via a remote?
CONG PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Mallikarjun Kharge addressing a press conference, in Kolkata.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Delhi High
Court on Tuesday issued
a bailable warrant against
one convict in Uphar evi-
dence tampering case for
his non-appearance. The
court on Sep 5 had issued
notice to him on petition
moved by the Associa-
tion of Victims of Uphaar
Tragedy against the trial
court’s judgment reducing
his sentence in the case.
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has reserved its order on
a plea filed by actor Salman Khan against a Mumbai court
order refusing to issue him an interim relief in a defamation
case filed by him against his Panvel farmhouse neighbour
Ketan Kakkar. Sessions Court had earlier refused to pass a
restraining order against his neighbour’s post which Sal-
man had moved the Bombay High Court. On Tuesday, the
High Court, after hearing the matter, reserved its order.
New Delhi: BJP legislator Vikram Saini and 11 others were
sentenced on Tuesday to two years imprisonment in a
Muzaffarnagar riots case by a special MP/MLA court which
convicted them of rioting and other offences. The court
acquitted 15 other accused in the case for lack of evidence.
The BJP MLA and 26 others were facing trial for their al-
leged role in the violence at Kawal village when a crowd was
returning after the cremation of two Jat youths.
New Delhi: Observing that an accused going to court
is “fundamental to the criminal system”, the Supreme
Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea which said
production of undertrial prisoners before court on every
date should not be ordered as a “matter of routine”,
while raising the issue of safety. A bench headed by Chief
Justice UU Lalit said as an idea it is good but the practical
application would create a lot of difficulty.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday admitted
the pleas seeking ‘Talaq-e-
Hasan’ and all other forms
of “unilateral extrajudicial
divorce” to be declared
unconstitutional. ‘Talaq-e-
Hasan’ is a form of divorce
among Muslims by which a
man can dissolve marriage
by pronouncing the word
‘talaq’ once every month
over a 3-month period.
UPHAAR TRAGEDY:
BAILABLE WARRANT
FOR A CONVICT MAN
HC RESERVES ORDER ON SALMAN’S PLEA
AGAINST CIVIL COURT IN DEFAMATION CASE
MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS: BJP LEGISLATOR
VIKRAM SAINI SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS
SC JUNKS PLEA SEEKING PRODUCTION OF
UNDERTRIALS BEFORE COURTS VIRTUALLY
APEX COURT ADMITS
PLEAS AGAINST
TALAQ-E-HASAN
KHARGE TO WORK
AS RaGa WISHES?
‘KOI AAYE YA JAAYE HUMKO FARAK NAHI
PADTA HAI’: NITISH KUMAR ON AMIT SHAH
CONG HAS OUTSOURCED CONTRACT OF ABUSING ME: MODI
When Kharge is contest-
ing because no one from
the Gandhi family is
fighting, then what can
be expected of him to
make his own deci-
sions? Kharge is a senior
leader who came from
grassroots and has a lot
of experience and yet he
will run the party the way
Rahul would like it to be.
Patna (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday
sought to make light of Union Home Minister Amit
Shah’s visit to Sitab Diyara, the village where Lok Nayak
Jayaprakash Narayan was born, on his 120th birth an-
niversary. “Whoever may come and go, it does not affect
me (koi aae ya jaae humko koi fark nahin padta hai),”
was Kumar’s curt reply to journalists’ queries whether
he thought that Shah’s visit was an attempt to appropri-
ate the legacy of ‘JP’. The JD(U) leader also said he will
be in Nagaland later in the day to attend a function held
there in honour of the legendary socialist leader.
Jamkandorna (Gujarat)(PTI): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said
the Congress has outsourced the contract
of abusing him. Addressing a rally in Jam-
kandorna town of Rajkot district in Gujarat
ahead of the state Assembly polls due this
year-end, Modi warned BJP workers and
supporters to be aware of the Congress
which, he said, has stopped abusing
him and is “working silently” to capture
rural votes. “In the last 20 years, those
who were against Gujarat left no stone
unturned to defame the state. They hurled
choicest abuses against me, including
calling me maut ka saudagar,” the prime
minister said.
‘India a young nation with
a great innovative spirit’
“DisciplessacrificedJP’s
ideology,sidedwithCong”
Top leaders pay respects at Mulayam Singh Yadav’s cremation
Saifai (PTI): Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh, Congress leader
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla, and NCP chief
Sharad Pawar were
among those who
joined thousands of
people at the funeral of
Mulayam Singh Yadav
on Tuesday
.
RajasthanCMAshok
Gehlot, his Chhattis-
garh counterpart Bhu-
pesh Baghel, Telanga-
na CM K Chandrashek-
ar Rao and Jharkhand
CM Hemant Soren,
former Madhya
Pradesh CM Kamal
Nath, Telugu Desam
Party chief N Chan-
drababu Naidu, and
Bihar Deputy CM
Tejashwi Yadav were
among the leaders
from various states
who paid their tributes
to the socialist leader.
NCP leader Praful
Patel, CPI(M) general
secretary Prakash Kar-
at and the Left party’s
Sitaram Yechury were
among the others who
paid their respects at
theSaifaiMelaGround.
UP Deputy CMs Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya
and Brajesh Pathak
were seen offering
their condolences to
Yadav’s son Akhilesh
Yadav. Minister Jitin
Prasada, too, took part
in the funeral rites.
Businessman Anil
Ambani, Yadav’s broth-
er and Pragatisheel Sa-
majwadi Party (Lohia)
founder Shivpal Yadav,
senior UP Congress
leader Pramod Tiwari,
NCP leader Supriya
Sule, RLD chief Jayant
Chaudhary, farmer
leader Rakesh Tikait,
and senior AAP leader
Sanjay Singh were pre-
sent as Mulayam was
to consigned to flames.
Al Huda Trust terror funding: NIA
raids 18 places in JK,arrests 1
Oh My God! Hanuman told
to remove temple in 10 days
New Delhi (ANI): The
NIA on Tuesday con-
ducted searches at 18
locations in JK and ar-
rested one person in a
case related to suspect
funding activities of Al
Huda Educational
Trust (AHET).
The agency carries
out searches in Rajouri,
Poonch, Jammu, Srina-
gar, Bandipora, Shopi-
an, Pulwama and Bud-
gam districts of Jammu
and Kashmir and ar-
rested Md. Ameer
Shamshi is a resident of
the Rajouri district in
Jammu and Kashmir.
Shamshi is the Chair-
person (Nizam-e-ala) of
AHET and acts on the
directions of the Chief
Patronof theTrust,said
the NIA in a statement.
Dhanbad (Agencies):
Describing a temple as
an encroachment, the
Railways has sent a no-
tice to Lord Hanuman
in Dhanbad city of
Jharkhand. In the no-
tice, Lord Hanuman has
been asked to remove
the temple within 10
days and hand over the
vacated land to the Rail-
ways section engineer.
This notice has been
pasted on the wall of
the temple located near
the waste dam of the
city
. Directly addressed
to Hanuman ji, the no-
tice says that “you have
illegally occupied the
railway land. This is a
legal offence. If this
place is not vacated
within 10 days, legal ac-
tion will be taken
against you.” The last
line of the notice says
that “consider it very
necessary”.
Nadda calls for
support from all
for Himachal’s
development
Birla on 2-day
visit to Surat
from today
Bilaspur (ANI): BJP
National President JP
Nadda asked everyone
including the Opposi-
tion Congress to come
forward and extend sup-
portforthedevelopment
of Himachal Pradesh.
Addressing a rally
here, Nadda said, “Do
not look for BJP, Con-
gress (while voting), see
who is concerned for
you. BJP is concerned
for you. I would even
ask Congress persons to
come and support us.
We are given the chance
for (state’s) develop-
ment,letusdo,strength-
en us. If I make roads,
universities -will only
people from BJP use
them?,” BJP national
president said.
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla will
be on a two-day visit to
Surat from Wednesday
.
During this he will par-
ticipate in various pro-
grammes in Surat. Ac-
cording to the informa-
tion received from the
Lok Sabha Secretariat,
Birla will leave New Del-
hi at 5.35 am on Wednes-
day and will reach Surat
by air at 7.25 am. He will
participate in the pro-
gramme organized at
Bhagwan Mahaveer
University at 12 noon.
In a veiled attack on Bihar CM, Shah says Nitish
switched alliance 5 times to remain in power
Sitab Diara (PTI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah in an apparent dig
at the Mahagathband-
han government in Bi-
haronTuesdaysaidthat
those who claim them-
selves to be disciples of
Jayaprakash Narayan
havesacrificedhisideol-
ogy to sit in the “lap” of
Congress for power.
At a rally here at the
birthplaceof theheroof
anti-Emergency move-
ment, popularly known
as JP, here after unveil-
ing a 15-feet high statue
of JP
, Shah also targeted
CM Nitish Kumar.
“JP fought for ideolo-
gy and no power. But
those who do politics in
his name have changed
sides five times for pow-
er and are sitting in the
lap of the same Con-
gress against which he
fought. He (Nitish) is
power hungry and for
power, he sacrificed JP’s
ideologies,” Shah said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters during a
public rally, at Jamkandorana, in Rajkot on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Unicorn startups
in India almost
doubled since
2021: PM Modi
Amit Shah unveils the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan on his
120th birth anniversary, as UP CM Yogi Adityanath and others
look on, at his ancestral village ‘Sitab Diara’, in Saran on Tuesday.
BJP president JP Nadda being
felicitated in Bilaspur, on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Police personnel accord gun salute before torching the fire of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s mortal
remains at his ancestral village Saifai, in Etawah on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kamal Nath Hemant Soren
Mallikarjun Kharge Baba Ramdev
—FILE PHOTO
JK SEPARATIST
LEADER ALTAF
AHMAD SHAH DIES
New Delhi: Jailed Kash-
miri separatist leader and
son-in-law of late Hurriyat
leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani,
passed away at the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) in New Delhi. He
was shifted to AIIMS from
Tihar jail for treatment a few
days ago. Altaf Shah, 66,
died of cancer in the early
hours of Tuesday. In a tweet,
Altaf Shah’s daughter said
he breathed his last at the
All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
“as a prisoner”.

INDIA
06
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Secre-
tary Durga Shankar
Mishra was greeted by
24 trainee officers of
2021 batch of Indian Ad-
ministrative Service
and Indian Forest Ser-
vice (IFS) 2018 and 2019
batch.
On this occasion the
Chief Secretary got the
introduction of all the
trainee officers. Most
of the trainee officers
were from the engineer-
ing stream. The Chief
Secretary said that an
engineer is a solution
finder. In any difficult
situation an engineer
finds a solution to that
situation. Explaining
the difference between
civil service and engi-
neer, he said that an en-
gineer is a ‘machine
based solution’ and a
civil service officer is a
‘human based solu-
tion’.
He said that it must
be seen in their deci-
sions that they will not
create any obstacle in
the unity and integrity
of the country. Apart
from this, during the
service, efforts should
be made to bring
change and ease in the
life of the common
man. It is the responsi-
bility of the system to
create a positive envi-
ronment so that they do
not have to struggle for
the benefits they get
from the government.
The 16 trainee IAS
that met CS are Jagriti
Awasthi, Ankita Jain,
Sarthak Agarwal,
Shashwat Tripurari,
Krishan Kumar Singh,
Divya Mishra, Prakhar
Kumar Singh, Jagat Sai
Rallapalli, Mrinali Avi-
nash Joshi, Dr. Pooja
Gupta, Dhrav Khadia,
Kriti Raj, Shahid
Ahmed, Kandarkar Ka-
malkishore Deshmukh,
Harshita Singh and
Himanshu Gupta.
Along with this, 8 IFS
officers Prakhar Gupta,
Sitanshu Pandey, Gau-
tam Rai, Vikas Yadav,
Vikas Nayak, Jagdish
R, Saurish Sahai and
Dobriya Chintan Prab-
hubhai were present!
UP chief secy greeted by 24 trainee IAS officers
Cong sheds inertia, eyes pole
position in Opposition space
Hiriyur/Siddapura
(K’taka) (PTI): One
month into the Bharat
Jodo Yatra, the Con-
gress is looking at some
visible gains, with the
party donning a re-
vived, aggressive look.
Currently in power
on its own in just two
states -- Chhattisgarh
and Rajasthan -- the
Congress has embarked
on the marathon 3,570
km journey eyeing po-
litical and electoral re-
vival, riding on the en-
thusiasm of former
party president Rahul
Gandhi.
Party leaders are up-
beat as the yatra has
entered its 34th day.
They list three clear
positive outcomes an
activated Congress
which has hit the
ground running leaving
the past inertia behind,
an interactive top brass
which is directly engag-
ing the people, and a
mobilised organisation
which was dormant.
AICC general secre-
tary Jairam Ramesh,
one of the key drivers
of the exercise, sees the
yatra as a psychological
boost. “I think what the
yatra has done is show
to the Congress party
that we can do it. We are
on the roads, on the
streets, we are fighting
the BJP. We are taking
the battle to their
c a m p s , ”
R a m e s h
said.
Jairam, one of the key drivers of the exercise, sees the yatra as a psychological boost
ONE MONTH OF BHARAT JODO YATRA
Rahul Gandhi waves to the supporters during the yatra, as Karnataka party chief DK Shivakumar
and party leader KC Venugopal look on, at Harthikote, in Chitradurga on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Digvijaya urges
Lalu to
participate in
Bharat Jodo Yatra
New Delhi (PTI): Sen-
ior Congress leader Dig-
vijaya Singh on Tues-
day urged RJD supremo
Lalu Prasad Yadav to
participate in the
Bharat Jodo Yatra for a
day for some time, say-
ing this would send out
a good message.
Singh was respond-
ing to the former Bihar
CM’s remarks at the
RJD’s national conven-
tion when he had ex-
horted all Opposition
parties, including “big
party” Congress, to
cometogethertotakeon
the BJP in the 2024 gen-
eral elections. Sharing a
video of the remarks,
Singh said in a tweet in
Hindi, “Thank you
Lalu ji. There is
one suggestion. If
you join the
Bharat Jodo Yatra
for a day for
s o m e
time.”
PATEL WAS NOT AVERSE TO JK
JOINING PAK: AICC GENERAL SECY
CONG ON BACCHE
JODO CAMPAIGN...
EAM lauds
Indo-Australia
defence ties
Canberra (ANI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Tues-
day spent an instructive
morning with the Aus-
tralian Armed Forces
as the defense and secu-
rity ties contribute sig-
nificantly to a free and
open Indo-Pacific.
“Spent an instructive
morning with the Aus-
tralian Armed Forces.
Our defense and secu-
rity collaboration con-
tributes significantly to
a free and open Indo-
Pacific,” Jaishankar
said in a tweet. Yester-
day, Jaishankar met
Australian Deputy PM
Richard Marles in Can-
berra and gifted a
signed bat from Virat
Kohli, in a special ges-
ture to show the com-
mon thread of cricket
that binds both coun-
tries together. “A pleas-
ure to host @DrSJais-
hankar here in Canber-
ra. There are many
things which bind us,
including our love of
cricket. He surprised
me with a signed bat
from cricket legend @
imVkohli,” Marles said.
EAM S Jaishankar spends time with the Australian Armed Forces
as the defense and security ties in Canberra on Tuesday.
3 ARRESTED FOR
SUSPECTED
HUMAN SACRIFICE
MUSLIMS OPPOSE
‘SHIVLING’ CARBON
DATING PLEA
Kochi (PTI): The Two
women were allegedly
sacrificed as part of
black magic to bring
prosperity to a village
of Pathanamthitta
district of Kerala and
three people, including
a couple, suspected
to be involved in the
crime, were taken into
custody, police said.
The two women, who
had earned their daily
bread selling lottery
tickets, were allegedly
sacrificed.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Gyanvapi Masjid
committee opposed
the plea filed by the
Hindu side demanding
carbon dating of the
structure they claimed
to be a Shivling found
inside the Gyanvapi
Mosques wazukhana or
reservoir. The court will
now take the matter for
hearing on Oct 14. The
petitioners claimed that
the “Shivling” found
in the wazookhana or
reservoir.
Chikkamagaluru (Agencies): Jagadeesha Gowda, a
staunch BJP supporter in Karnataka’s Chikkamaga-
luru district, has been ac-
cused of keeping 16 Dalit
people locked up for days
in his coffee plantation.
The victims say they were
tortured. One of them, a
pregnant woman, lost her
baby after he assaulted her, the police said. A police
case has been registered and the woman is under-
going treatment at the district hospital. A case has
been registered under the law against atrocities on
Dalits naming Jagadeesha Gowda and his son Tilak
Gowda, the police said.
16 DALITS TORTURED, LOCKED UP IN
K’TAKA, PREGNANT WOMAN LOSES BABY
CRUCIAL READ Pakistan minister
denies any move
to resume rail
air link with India
Lahore (PTI): Paki-
stan’s Railways and
Aviation Minister Kha-
waja Saad Rafique said
on Tuesday that no pro-
posal is under consid-
eration to resume air
and rail link between
Pakistan and India.
The air and land link
between the two coun-
tries were suspended
following India’s move
to revoke the special sta-
tusof JammuandKash-
mir in 2019. The train –
Samjhauta Express –
and Lahore-Delhi bus
service were also sus-
pended. “Currently, no
proposal to resume air
and rail traffic between
Pakistan and India is
under consideration at
the moment,” the minis-
ter said in a reply to a
question during a me-
dia talk. Before the rela-
tions soared between
the two countries, Paki-
stan International Air-
lines (PIA) had been
operating two weekly
flights to New Delhi
from Lahore.
New Delhi (PTI): Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Tuesday
described health and
education as twins and
underlined the need to
nurture the two for the
country’s present and
future well-being.
He said healthcare is
one of the most impor-
tant pillars of nation-
building and called for
collective effort and
greater public- private
partnership to ensure
its infrastructure ex-
pansion in the country
.
Addressing an event,
he noted that Indian
healthcare demands are
of a great scale and di-
versity. Dhankhar
called for greater col-
laboration between all
stakeholders to achieve
the “collective dream of
universal healthcare”.
Referring to the gov-
ernment’s initiative in
positioning India as a
global hub for medical
and wellness tourism
through the ‘Heal in
India’ initiative, the
vice president called
for redoubling efforts
to utilise India’s poten-
tial to become a prime
health tourism desti-
nation.
RecallingIndia’sexpe-
rience with the Covid
pandemic, Dhankhar
paid tributes to the
healthcare workers and
scientists for their con-
tributions and said In-
dia has not only vacci-
nated its citizens in a
short period, but also
exported vaccines to
many nations. Thanks
to the tireless efforts of
thehealthcaresector,In-
dia has registered a sig-
nificant decline in
health indicators such
as the ‘Infant Mortality
Rate’since1990andison
course to achieving the
SDGs targets, he said.
Chandigarh (PTI):
The Haryana govern-
ment is working on a
plan to buy paddy
straw at minimum
support price in a bid
to find a permanent
solution to the issue
of stubble burning,
Chief MinisterMano-
har Lal Khattar said
on Tuesday
.
He was speaking at
a meeting chaired by
Union Minister for
Environment, Forest
and Climate Change
Bhupender Yadav on
crop residue manage-
ment and air pollu-
tion control in the
Delhi-NCR region.
“Working in the di-
rection of finding a
permanent solution
for stubble manage-
ment, the state gov-
ernment is also mak-
ing a plan to buy pad-
dy straw at
MSP
. This will direct-
ly benefit the farmers
along with giving
them an option of
earningadditionalin-
come,” Khattar said,
asperanofficialstate-
ment issued here.
ED raids
premises of
officials, biz
men in C’garh
Raipur (PTI): The En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) raided the premis-
es of senior officials,
businessmen and politi-
cians of the ruling Con-
gress at different loca-
tionsinChhattisgarhon
Tuesday
, sources said.
Chief Minister Bhu-
pesh Baghel termed it
as an “act of intimida-
tion”. The opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) is not able to fight
directly, hence it is try-
ing to fight through the
ED, Income Tax (I-T)
department and the De-
partment of Revenue
Intelligence, Baghel
told reporters here.
According to sources,
separate teams of the
ED conducted raids in
state capital Raipur,
Raigarh, Mahasamund,
Korba and other dis-
tricts. The raids cov-
ered premises of a dis-
trict collector, some
senior officials, busi-
nessman and politi-
cians, the sources said.
Baghel said, “The BJP
is not able to fight di-
rectly, so is trying to
fight through the ED, IT
and DRI. I have already
said that they will come
again and it’s not the
last time.”
‘Health and edu are twins, need to nurture them’
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar with Dr Sangeeta Reddy, Joint Managing
Director of Apollo Hospitals, at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday.
STUBBLE BURNING
Haryana govt working
on plan to buy paddy
straw at MSP: Khattar
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar attends a meeting
virtually held by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra
Yadav on air pollution in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
MEETING WITH
DEF MIN MARLES
During his meeting
with Marles, who is
the Defence Minister
of Australia, Jais-
hankar exchanged
views on regional
and global security.
Jaishankar reached
Canberra on Monday
after a successful
visit to New Zealand.
Trainee IAS officers posing with Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra.
New Delhi (ANI): National
Commission for Protection
of Child Rights chairper-
son Priyank Kanoongo on
Tuesday said that Con-
gress is making children
involved in Bharat Jodo
Yatra as it has lost the
trust of elders. He alleged
that the Jawahar Bal
Manch, created in 2021.
New Delhi: The Con-
gress countered the
claims of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi that
the issue of JK was
not resolved by India’s
first PM Jawaharlal
Nehru. Even though
PM Modi did not take
the name of Nehru,
the Congress said he
should check the facts
first. The party blamed
Maharaja Hari Singh,
the then ruler of the
JK for not acceding
to India soon after
Independence, but
took the decision only
after invaders from
Pakistan tried to take
over the place.
—PHOTO BY ANI
EC allots‘two swords a shield’
as poll symbol to Shinde faction
Election Commission
on Tuesday allotted ‘two
swords and a shield’ as
the poll symbol to the
Eknath Shinde-led fac-
tion of the Shiv Sena.
The Shinde faction,
which is now named as
‘Balasahebanchi Shiv
Sena’, will be able to use
the symbol for the And-
heri East assembly by-
poll, should it decide to
contest the election
scheduled for Novem-
ber 3.
In a letter to Maha-
rashtra Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde, the
Commission said it has
decided to declare ‘Do
Talwarein aur Ek Dhal
(Two Swords Shield)’
to be a free symbol and
allot it to the candidate
set up, if any, by the
Shinde-led group in the
current byelection.
The Shinde faction
had suggested ‘peepal
tree’, ‘sword and shield’,
and ‘sun’ as its choice of
poll symbols.

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SILVER 58,990.00 600.00 0.05 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
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GBPINR 90.93 0.22 0.1208
CURRENCIES
How UPI spelling doom for candy business
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Remember the
time when you used to ask
for the remaining change
amount from the shopkeep-
er and got candies instead
at a shop. This gesture by
shopkeepers was often frus-
trating. But now, this prac-
tice of giving away candies
instead of the remaining
change account became
prevalent at all shops.
Abhishek Patil, growth
leader in Cred and Dunzo
and founder at GrowthX,
said that with the increas-
ing usage of UPI, there is
no scope for chuttas. Before
UPI, shopkeepers would
shamelessly trade toffees
for loose cash, a transac-
tion that wasn’t happening
other way round. Patil ex-
plains that with UPI this
practice stopped as people
started paying the exact
amount thereby eliminat-
ing the need for change. As
a result, the daily toffee
sales got hit.
DRASTIC FALL IN TOFFEE SALES
UPIs CROSSED
MILESTONE
z The payment through
UPIs crossed milestone
of Rs 11 lakh crore in
September, PTI quoted
the data released by
the National Payments
Corporation of India.
z A total of 678 crore
transactions were done in
the previous month on the
platform launched in 2016
JSW CEMENT TO
INVEST OVER RS 3,200
CRORE IN NEW PLANTS
New Delhi: JSW Cement is
planning to invest over Rs
3,200 crore to establish an in-
tegrated green-
field cement
manufacturing
facility in Mad-
hya Pradesh
and a split grinding unit in Uttar
Pradesh. The combined cement
capacity of these units will be
5 million tonnes per annum.
The announcement comes a
day after the company picked
up India Cements’ Madhya
Pradesh unit for Rs 477 crore.
INDIA A KEY AVIATION
MARKET; AIR TRAVEL
DEMAND TO BE ROBUST
New Delhi: India is a key avia-
tion market for the Asia Pacific
region as well as the rest of
the world and
is expected to
see robust air
travel demand,
global airlines’
grouping IATA said on Tuesday
amid the country’s domestic
air passenger traffic inching to-
wards pre-COVID levels. After
being hit by the pandemic, the
Indian aviation sector is on the
recovery path and airlines are
also ramping up their staff.
OIL FALLS OVER 2% ON
GLOBAL RECESSION
CHINA COVID FEARS
New Delhi (PTI): Oil slid more
than 2% on Tuesday, extending
losses of nearly 2 per cent in
the previous
session, as re-
cession fears
and a flare-up
in COVID-19
cases in China raised concern
over global demand. World
Bank President David Malpass
IMF Managing Director
Kristalina Georgieva warned of
a growing risk of global reces-
sion and said that inflation
remains a continuing problem.
TELECOM DEPT TO
MEET MOBILE
HANDSET MAKERS
New Delhi: With 5G services
having been launched in the
country, the government has
convened a
meeting of
handset man-
ufacturers and
telecom ser-
vice providers on Wednesday
to ensure a smooth transition
towards the new technology.
Though 5G has been unveiled,
mobile handsets in India are
not yet compatible with the
new technology and their soft-
wares need to be upgraded.
NPCI JOINS HANDS WITH WORLDLINE TO
FACILITATE UPI PAYMENTS IN EUROPE
New Delhi (PTI): Those visiting Europe will be able to make pay-
ments through UPI as the NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL)
has entered into a partnership with European
payment services facilitator Worldline. NIPL
is the global arm of the National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI). The partnership
between NIPL and Worldline is aimed at ex-
panding acceptance of Indian payment means
across Europe, as per joint release issued on
Tuesday. Under the partnership, Worldline’s QR code-based mecha-
nism will allow merchants’ Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems in Europe
to accept UPI payments from Indians using their mobile phones.
OTHER STORIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: JSW Energy
on Tuesday said its arm
JSW Neo Energy has re-
ceived a letter of intent
from the Himachal
Pradesh government for
developing the 126 MW
Chhatru hydro power
plant. “JSW Neo Energy
Limited, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of JSW Ener-
gy Limited, has received
a Letter of Intent (LoI)
from the Government of
Himachal Pradesh for al-
lotment of 126 MW
Chhatru Hydro Electric
Power Plant (HEP) on
BOOT basis, with an op-
erational life of 40
years,” the company said
in a statement. —PTI
Mumbai: Reliance Jio re-
corded almost 600 Mbps
median download speed
on its 5G network in Delhi
while India’s overall 5G
speed hit 500 Mbps as
the country rolled out 5G
services, a report showed
on Tuesday. According to
Ookla’s ‘Speedtest Intelli-
gence’ report, telecom
operators have been test-
ing their networks and
they witnessed a wide
range of 5G download
speeds -- from low dou-
ble-digit (16.27 Mbps) to
809.94 Mbps. —PTI
RELIANCE JIO
TOUCHES 600 MBPS
5G SPEED IN DELHI
JSW ENERGY TO
DEVELOP HYDEL
PROJECT IN HP
Moscow: Japanese au-
tomaker Nissan will sell
its Russian assets -- in-
cluding a factory in Saint
Petersburg -- to the Rus-
sian government, the min-
istry of industry and trade
in Moscow said on Tues-
day. The announcement
comes after Nissan sus-
pended production at the
plant in Russia’s second
city in March, shortly after
Moscow sent troops to
Ukraine. No financial de-
tails of the transaction
were provided by either
side on Tuesday. —PTI
NISSAN TO SELL ITS
RUSSIA ASSETS TO
RUSSIAN GOVT
New Delhi: The rupee
consolidated in a narrow
range and settled 5 paise
higher at 82.35 (provi-
sional) against the US
dollar on Tuesday. At the
interbank forex market,
the local unit opened at
82.35 against the green-
back. It witnessed an in-
tra-day high of 82.32
and a low of 82.41 dur-
ing the session. It finally
ended at 82.35, up 5
paise from its previous
close. On Monday, the
rupee slipped 10 paise
to finish at a fresh life-
time low of 82.40. —PTI
RUPEE RISES 5 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 82.35
AGAINST US DOLLAR
*Rates till the edition went to print.
New Delhi: Toshiba India on
Tuesday signed a deal with In-
dian EV startup EVage to supply
its SCiB rechargeable lithium-ion
cells to power the next 10,000
EVage electric commercial vehi-
cles. With this agreement, EVage
has become the first company
in the world to use Toshiba’s
SCiB technology for delivery
vans. EVage is a key supplier of
electric vans to global companies
like Amazon and India’s largest
logistics company, Delhivery,
among others.
New Delhi: Warren Buffet-
backed Chinese electric
carmaker BYD unveiled its first
passenger car in India, an elec-
tric sport-utility vehicle (SUV),
marking its entry into the main-
stream market amid a broader
global expansion. BYD, which
already sells electric buses
and electric vehicles (EVs) for
corporate fleets in India. Book-
ings for the BYD Atto 3 electric
SUV are open in the country.
Deliveries, the company says,
will begin in January 2023.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The funding in Indian start-
ups nosedived a massive 80
per cent (year-on-year) in
the third quarter (July-Sep-
tember period) this year,
with the late-stage funding
seeing the biggest fall, a re-
port showed on Tuesday
.
Indian startups raised $3
billion in Q3, which was
also 57 per cent lower as
compared to the previous
quarter (Q2) this year.
The average ticket size
also witnessed a drop
across all funding stages,
with the late stage seeing
the biggest fall of over 70
per cent, from $142 million
in Q3 2021 to $42 million in
Q3 2022.
This indicated that in-
vestors are not willing to
make large investments
until economic conditions
stabilise, reports market
intelligence platform
Tracxn.
“India is currently expe-
riencing a funding slow-
down which is expected to
continue for the next 12-18
months and the effects of
the funding slowdown are
expected to intensify going
forward,” said Neha Singh,
Co-Founder of Tracxn.
Executives across the
world anticipate a reces-
sion in the near future and
are making preparations to
cut costs.
FUNDING IN INDIAN STARTUPS SHRINKS
Startupsectorsees80%dropinQ3funding
FUNDING
SLOWDOWN
z Genomics sector saw
maximum investor interest
in Q3, receiving over $231
million in funding, which
is higher than the total
funding received in 2021.
z The 5 firms that raised
funding rounds of over
$100 million in the quarter
were EarlySalary, 5ire,
InsuranceDekho, OneCard,
and BookMyShow, with the
most active investors being
Better Capital, Venture
Catalysts and Surge.
z 109 startups closing their
first funding round, three
startups turning unicorns,
39 getting acquired, and
two filing for their IPOs.
New Delhi: India’s geospatial
economy is expected to cross
Rs 63,000 crore by 2025, grow-
ing at a rate of 12.8%, and will
provide employment to over
10 lakh people mainly through
geospatial startups, said Union
minister of state for Science
and Technology Jitendra Singh
on Tuesday. Addressing the
second United Nations World
Geospatial Information Con-
gress, the minister said in the
current boom of technology-led
startups, there are around 250
geospatial startups in India.
To provide a fillip, the Indian
government has provisioned for
a Geospatial Incubator. Singh
added that national organisa-
tions like Survey of India, Geo-
logical Survey of India, National
Atlas and Thematic Mapping
Organisation, Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO)
and National Informatics Centre
implemented several GIS-based
pilot projects across a range of
domains like waste resource
management, forestry, urban
planning, etc. to demonstrate
the applications of Geospatial
Technology. The minister
said geospatial technology
and Geographic Information
System (GIS) is going to make
a significant impact in the way
India has been adopting this
technology moving ahead.
GEOSPATIAL ECONOMY TO CROSS `63,000
CROREBY2025:UNIONMINJITENDRASINGH
Bengaluru: Indian eq-
uity benchmarks crashed
over 1.5 per cent on Tues-
day, marking the third
straight day of losses, tak-
ing cues from global stocks
heading towards 2-year
lows on anxiety over
quickly rising interest
rates, an escalation in the
Ukraine crisis, and China
stepping up pandemic
preparations weighing on
sentiment.
The BSE Sensex index
tumbled 843.79 points to
end at 57,147.32, and the
broader NSE Nifty index
fell 257.45 points to close at
16,983.55.
IndusInd Bank, Nestle
India, Tata Steel, Tech Ma-
hindra, Infosys, Dr. Red-
dy’s, Titan, and Reliance
Industries were the major
laggards in the 30-share
Sensex pack. Axis Bank
and Asian Paints, on the
other hand, saw gains.
Following a fourth con-
secutive decrease in US
stocks, shares fell in Asia,
and the dollar rose sharply
amid ongoing worries that
rising interest rates and
geopolitical threats will
hamper global economic
growth.
Nitin Gadkari launches
Toyota’s pilot project on
flex fuel-strong hybrid EV
New Delhi: Union minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari on Tues-
day launched Japanese car
maker Toyota’s first-of-its-
kind pilot project on flex
fuel-strong hybrid electric
vehicle (FFV-SHEV) that
can run on 100 per cent
ethanol.Duringthelaunch,
the Toyota Corolla Altis
FFV-SHEV
, which has been
imported from Toyota Bra-
zil for the pilot project, was
unveiled.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Union Road Trans-
port minister Nitin Gad-
kari said pollution is a big
concern in India and the
transport sector is contrib-
uting to pollution.
“Therefore, there is a
need to encourage use of
electric vehicles and vehi-
cles that run on biofuels
like ethanol and metha-
nol,” he added.
Besides Gadkari, union
ministers Mahendra Nath
Pandey, Bhupinder Yadav
and senior officials of Toy-
ota Kirloskar Motor were
present at the event.
India, UAE offer numerous
prospects for investments
New Delhi (PTI): Com-
merce Minister Piyush
Goyal on Tuesday co-
chaired the 10th meeting of
the UAE-India joint task
force on investments in
Mumbai, along with
Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed
Al Nahyan, member of the
Executive Council of the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Discussions took place on
ways of enhancing bilat-
eral investments in key sec-
tors like food security
, man-
ufacturing, infrastructure,
energy technology. The
momentum between India
and the UAE is exceptional,
with numerous prospects
for collaboration rising
investments in vital fields
like technology and infra-
structure, Union Minister
Goyal has said. The two
delegations reviewed the
status of the negotiations
of the India-UAE Bilateral
Investment Treaty
.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari drives
India’s first Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) during
its launch, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
TOSHIBA TO POWER
EVAGE ELECTRIC VANS
WITH ITS BATTERIES
BYD REVEALS ATTO
THREE ELECTRIC SUV
Closing Bell: Sensex, Nifty crash 1.5%
IT, REALTY, METALS
WERE WORST HIT
Among individual stocks,
Infosys was down 2.5 per
cent. Shares of Tata Con-
sultancy Services (TCS)
declined up to 2 per cent
after the company clocked 8
per cent net profit in Q2FY23.
Among other IT stocks, Tech
Mahindra too shed 2.5 per
cent. HCL Technologies and
Wipro too declined 2 per cent
each ahead of their Q2 re-
sults. IndusInd Bank, down
3.7 per cent, was the major
per centage loser among
the Sensex 30. Nestle India,
Tata Steel, Dr.Reddy’s, Titan,
Reliance Industries, Maruti,
and Hindustan Unilever were
the other major losers along
with the Consumer durables,
realty indices were - down
2-3 per cent each.
3RD STRAIGHT
DAY OF LOSSES
z The NSE Nifty not only
dipped below 17,000-mark, but
below its psychological 200-
DMA (Daily Moving Average)
placed at 16,986, yet again.
The Nifty 50 finally settled at
16,984 - down 258 points
z The Sensex ended with a
heavy loss of 844 points at
57,147. BSE benchmark index
has now shed 1,075 points in
last 3 straight trading sessions.
z Apart from the BSE IT
index, which declined 2%, the
Consumer Durables, Metal
Realty were the major losers

08
2NDFRONT
New Delhi(PTI): Lead-
ing Indian singers
Suresh Wadkar, Wadali
Brothers,PrahladSingh
Tipania,andOsmanMir
are among the artists
performing at the ongo-
ing 26th edition of ‘Vira-
sat Arts and Heritage
Festival’ in Dehradun.
The15-dayfestival,or-
ganised by the Rural En-
trepreneurship for Art
and Cultural Heritage
(REACH), opened on Oc-
tober 9. Known as ‘
Afro-
Asia’sbiggestheritage
folklife’ gala, Virasat
Arts and Heritage Festi-
val is touted to be a plat-
form for people to close-
ly experience art, cul-
ture and music by the
renowned classical mu-
sic and dance maestros
and master craftsmen.
“Each passing year,
at Virasat we work to-
wards introducing and
promoting the best of
the traditional artwork
and cultural treasures
that adorned many re-
gions of the nation.
“We are convinced
that Virasat 2022 will be
as successful as the past
years as it promises to
enchant you and take
you on yet another
memorable musical and
cultural adventure,”
said RK Singh, founder
and general secretary
of REACH, in a state-
ment. The one-stop-
shop for multicultural
activities, the festival
besides folk music and
Bollywood-style perfor-
mances will also show-
case a crafts village and
an art fair. It will also
host heritage walks and
serve multiple cuisine
foods to the visitors.
“Each element of the
festival, art exhibition,
musicals, food and her-
itage walk denotes a tra-
ditional value attached
to the Indian heritage,”
said the organisers.
Other artists partici-
pating in the festival in-
clude Aswini Bhide,
Kumresh, Deboshri Bh-
attacharya, Nirbhay
Saxena, Richa Sharma
andSujataNair.Thecul-
tural extravaganza will
conclude at BR Ambed-
kar Stadium with a per-
formance of Delhi-
based Jazz group ‘Level
Nine’ on October 23.
Wadali Brothers, Prahlad Tipania to perform in Dehradun
VIRASAT ARTS AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Wadali Brothers —FILE PHOTO
MULTIPLE ARTISTS
ALTAF DIES OF CANCER, DAYS AFTER HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSP
Kashmiri separatist Altaf
Shah dies ‘as a prisoner’
Srinagar (Agencies):
Jailed Kashmiri separa-
tist Altaf Ahmad Shah
has died at All India In-
stitute of Medical Sci-
ences in Delhi. He was
in Delhi’s Tihar Jail for
last five years after be-
ing arrested on charges
of funding terrorism.
After initially being ad-
mitted to RML Hospital
in Delhi, he’d been shift-
ed to AIIMS a few days
ago on court orders af-
ter her family said he
had renal cancer.
“
Abu breathed his last
at AIIMS, New Delhi. As
a prisoner,” tweeted his
daughter Ruwa Shah.
ShetweetedtheQuranic
verse recited at the time
of bad news, in Arabic:
“Inna lillahi wa inna il-
ayhi raji’un (‘Surely
, we
belong to Allah and ver-
ily to Him do we re-
turn’).” Altaf Shah, 66,
was a son-in- law and
close aide of Syed Ali
Shah Geelani, one of
Kashmir’s top separa-
tists, who died on Sep-
tember 1 last year.
The family has al-
leged that Altaf Shah
was not given the medi-
cal help he needed for
cancer. He was shifted
to AIIMS only after the
family went to the Delhi
High Court. Altaf Shah
had been arrested as
part of a major crack-
down on separatists by
the National Investiga-
tion Agency. He’s the
third separatist to have
died in jail in the last
two years. In May last
year, Mohammad
Ashraf Khan ‘Sehrai’,
who was jailed in Jam-
mu, died at a hospital.
He was chairman of the
Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, a
separatist outfit found-
ed by Syed Ali Shah
Geelani. Earlier, a
Jamaat-e-Islami separa-
tist booked under the
Public Safety Act died
in a jail in UP.
Over the past few
days, Altaf Shah’s
daughter Ruwa Shah
had posted a series of
tweets about her fa-
ther’s deteriorating con-
dition.Shehadappealed
to Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and Home
Minister Amit Shah to
release him on health
grounds, so that he
could “die a free man”.
Srinagar (PTI): PDP
chief Mehbooba Mufti
on Tuesday said while
criminals and rap-
ists are released and
felicitated, political
prisoners or those
against whom there are
no solid cases are not
released on bail even
on health grounds.Her
remarks came after
separatist leader Altaf
Shah, the son-in-law
of late Hurriyat leader
Syed Ali Shah Geelani,
died of cancer at the
AIIMS early Tuesday,
days after he was taken
to the hospital from
the Tihar Jail on the
orders of the Delhi High
Court.“This is not just
about Altaf Shah whose
family is waiting for
his dead body since
morning at AIIMS.
Eighty-year-old Stan
Swamy did not get bail
and died in jail. There
are others like Siddique
Kappan, activists, politi-
cal prisoners, who are
languishing in jails and
are not well, especially
people from J-K and
separatists,” Mehbooba
told reporters.
‘CRIMINALS FELICITATED BUT NO BAIL FOR
POLITICAL PRISONERS EVEN IN SICKNESS’
HURRIYAT
MOURNS DEATH
HaryanaCMMLKhattarto
meethisPunjabcounterpart
Chandigarh (PTI):
Haryana Chief Minis-
ter Manohar Lal
Khattar and his Pun-
jab counterpart Bhag-
want Mann will meet
to discuss the Sutlej-
Yamuna Link (SYL)
canal issue on Octo-
ber 14.
The discussion be-
tween the two chief
ministers has been
scheduled after the
Supreme Court had
recently nudged them
to meet and try to find
an amicable solution.
We will definitely
try to find a way to
resolve the issue,
Khattar told report-
ers here on Tuesday.
Last month, he had
said water from the
SYL was crucial for
Haryana.
“On one hand, we
are not getting this
water, while on the
other, Delhi is de-
manding more water
from us. Fixing a
deadline to resolve
this issue at the earli-
est has become very
essential,” he had
said.In Punjab, oppo-
sition parties had re-
cently asked Mann to
stand up for the state’s
cause over the issue.
Water sharing from
the SYL canal has
been a bone of con-
tention between the
two states for several
decades. Punjab has
been demanding a re-
assessment of the
Ravi-Beas river wa-
ters’ volume while
Haryana has been
seeking completion
of the SYL canal to
get its share of 3.5
million acre-feet of
the river waters.
The Centre had on
September 6 in-
formed the Supreme
Court that the Punjab
government was “not
cooperating” in re-
solving the dispute.
OFFICIAL-
LEVEL TALKS
The counsel for
Punjab had last
month told a
bench headed by
Justice S K Kaul
that the state gov-
ernment was very
keen to resolve the
issue amicably.
Though official-
level talks between
the two states are
on, the Centre has
been insisting on
meetings between
the two chief
ministers.
Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal —FILE PHOTO
Stubble burning incidents are expected to rise as paddy
harvesting got delayed due to rains last month.
Stubble burning:
Over 700 farm fires
recorded in Punjab
Chandigarh: Punjab
has recorded more than
700 farm fires since Sep-
tember 15 despite the
state authorities mak-
ing several efforts to
curb stubble burning.
As per data from the
Ludhiana-based Punjab
Remote Sensing Centre,
the state witnessed four
farm fire incidents --
two in Amritsar and
one each in Ludhiana
and Kapurthala -- today
.
From September 15
till October 10, 2022, a
total of 718 farm fires
were recorded, accord-
ing to the data. During
the same period in 2020
and 2021, the state had
witnessed 244 and 150
farm fires, respectively
.
Paddy straw burning
in Punjab and Haryana
is one of the reasons be-
hind the alarming spike
in air pollution levels in
Delhi in October and
November. As the win-
dow for rabi crop wheat
is very short after pad-
dy harvest, farmers set
their fields on fire to
quickly clear off crop
residue. Punjab gener-
ates around 180 lakh
tonnes of paddy straw
annually
.
Farm fires have con-
tinued in Punjab de-
spite the state govern-
ment assuring more
crop residue manage-
ment machines and
launching massive
awareness programmes
against stubble burn-
ing. Stubble burning
incidents are expected
to rise in the coming
days as paddy harvest-
ing got delayed by at
least ten days due to
rains last month.
Bhadohi (PTI): The
death toll in the fire in-
cident at a Durga Puja
Pandal here reached 14
on Tuesday with two
more people succumb-
ing to burn injuries at a
Varanasi hospital, a
senior official said. Dis-
trict Magistrate
Gaurang Rathi said Shi-
vangi Gautam (18) and
Nitya (1) died during
treatment in Varanasi.
“Priyal (16) and Priti
(16), who were injured
in the fire, died on Sun-
day,” Rathi said, adding
that 10 other people lost
their lives in the fire
that broke out on Octo-
ber 2 in Nathua village
due to overheating of a
halogen light.
As per officials,
among those killed,
Jaya Devi (45), Naveen
(10), Seema Bind (25),
Harshwardhan (8) and
Priyal were of the same
family
. The other people
who died are Ankush
Soni (12), Arti Devi (48),
Shivpujan(70),RamMu-
rat (65), Manju Devi (40)
and Ashok Yadav(35).
At least 68 people in-
jured in the fire are un-
dergoing treatment at
seven hospitals in
Bhadohi, Varanasi and
Prayagraj, and the con-
dition of some of them
are stated to be serious,
the DM said.
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ALL-OUT EFFORT
SYL CANAL ROW
Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah with his daughter,
journalist Ruwa Shah.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanth with Freddy Swain
Death toll in
Durga Puja
pandal fire in
UP’s Bhadohi
climbs to 14
DU forms committee to resolve seat
allocation,admission-related issues
University on Tuesday
constituted a nine-mem-
bercommitteetoresolve
issues related to seat al-
location and admission
to undergraduate and
postgraduate pro-
grammes. In a notifica-
tion, Registrar Vikas
Gupta said the commit-
tee, headed by Prof Ran-
jeet Behra of the De-
partment of Sanskrit,
has been formed for the
smooth conduct of the
admissionprocessatthe
Delhi University (DU).
The varsity began the
admission process for
undergraduate courses
for the academic year
2022-23 last month.
Admission through
the Common Seat Allo-
cation System is being
conducted in three
phases -- submission of
the CSAS-2022 applica-
tion form, selection of
programmes and filling
of preferences, and seat
allocation admission.
“A Central Admission
Grievance Redressal
Committee (CAGRC)
for admission to Under-
graduate and Postgrad-
uate programmes has
been constituted with
the faculty members for
the Academic Session
2022-23 for smooth con-
duct of admission pro-
cess of the University,”
the notification said.
Besides Behra, the
committee also includes
Bhupesh Rathore, Law
Centre-II; Ruchika Ram-
akrishnan, Shyam Lal
College; Manju Kumari
Saroj, Gargi College;
Jasmeet Kaur, Mata
Sundri College; M. Khy-
othonglo Humtsoe,
Cluster Innovation
Centre; Renu Yadav,
Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee College;
Laishram Rajender Ku-
mar Singh, ACBR; and
Mahender Kumar-Mee-
na, Shivaji College.
Danish Ambassador Swain
calls on UP CM Adityanath
Lucknow: Denmark’s
Ambassador to India
Freddy Swain on Mon-
day called on Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adity-
anth and expressed his
country’s desire to con-
nect with the ‘Namami
Gange Project’ in Vara-
nasi and other districts,
the statement said.
Adityanath informed
the Ambassador about
the ‘UP Global Investors
Summit’ to be held in
2023 and said it will be a
good opportunity for
Danish entrepreneurs,
it said. Swain appreci-
ated the investment-
friendly environment
created in UP under the
leadership of Adity-
anath and congratulat-
ed him for the achieve-
ments of the state in
various fields.
He said Denmark
would actively partici-
pate in the ‘UP Global
Investors Summit’ and
expressed the desire of
his country to connect
with ‘Namami Gange
Project’ in Varanasi
other districts, it said.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
T
T
PANEL TO ADDRESS GRIEVANCES
At one stage of personal growth, we
must shift from a selfish desire to
survive to a heartfelt wish to serve
and then we will know true success.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

decorative frill of lace or
gathered ornamenta-
tion of fabric adds the
beautiful charm of
clothing, often used to
trim or beautify the
wrist or neck. These
beautiful frills of shirts and
dresses are commonly called
Ruffles, these ruffle fashions
are often inspired by vin-
tage fashion mostly from
the 20’s dressing sense. When
Britishers used to carry these
frills in full fashion and ele-
gance. One such example is
Henry VIII, when he wore
beautiful lace ruffles with
full elegance.
In the 15th century,
ruffles first seemed at
the drawstring neck-
lines of full chemis-
es. They later ex-
panded into the
independently
built ruff of
the 16th cen-
tury. Bloat-
ed, fluffy
ruffles may
seem feminine,
yet their ori-
gins are any-
thing from
feminine.
In reality,
the ruf-
fle’s his-
tory can
be traced
back to
the 15th
century, when
soldiers in Ger-
many would cut
the sleeves of
their uniforms
to create a ruf-
fled effect that
would later
come to repre-
sent their re-
turn from bat-
tle. Later, Kings,
indigenous women
from Oaxaca, presi-
dents, and later fa-
mous people like
Jerry Seinfeld and
Rihanna adopted
the detailing of
this clothing style
and donned the
fashion world. Ruf-
fles are melodramat-
ic, bridging costume
design and high fashion to become
one of the most historically signifi-
cant summer fads.
In today’s fashion world, this
beautiful modulation of clothes is
called flounce. This specific kind of
fabric manipulation produces a
comparable appearance while using
less volume. The word was first
known as fronce or frounce, because
of this preparation technique. By
cutting a curved ribbon of textile
and hooking the inner or shorter
edge to the garment, a wavy look
can be created without gathers or
pleats. These beautiful wave stripes
can be deepened by different tech-
niques and at different parts of the
attire.
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NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 12, 2022
BEYOND THE TREND:
RUFFLES
RUFFLES ARE IN TREND AGAIN AND THIS SEASON IS ALL ABOUT MAKING A
TREND THROUGH RUFFLED TOPS, SKIRTS, OR SHIRTS. CITY FIRST BRINGS
TO YOU SOME ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF FLOUNCE FASHION
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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