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JAIPUR & MUMBAI
Koshyari out, Bais gets Maha Raj Bhawan!
Kartikey Dev Singh
Mumbai: After much
tussle over the past
few months, on Sun-
day, Maharashtra Gov-
ernor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari finally left
the Raj Bhawan. A
Rashtrapati Bhavan
spokesperson on Sun-
day said President
Droupadi Murmu has
accepted the resigna-
tion of Koshyari.
In his place, Ramesh
Bais, who was the gov-
ernor of Jharkhand,
has been appointed
governor of Maha-
rashtra.
Koshyari, who has
been in the line of op-
position fire over his
remarks on Chhatra-
pati Shivaji, said last
month that he had con-
veyed his desire to
quit to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and
that he would like to
spend the remainder
of his life reading,
writing and in other
activities.
Koshyari, 80, took
charge as Maharash-
tra governor in Sep-
tember 2019 at the time
of a political turmoil
in the state following
Shiv Sena severing its
ties with the BJP.
He had adminis-
tered the oath of office
to Devendra Fadnavis
as the chief minister
and NCP leader Ajit
Pawar as the deputy
chief minster in a
shock early morning
ceremony
, but that gov-
ernment lasted only
three days.
When the Uddhav
Thakeray-led Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi was in
power, he had several
run-ins with the gov-
ernment on a range of
issues, including the
appointment of 12
members to the state
legislative council
from the gubernatori-
al quota, which he
never approved. The
MVA had accused him
of acting in a partisan
manner.
The latest contro-
versy surrounding Ko-
shyari was about his
remarks on Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj,
whom he de-
scribed as
the “icon of
o l d e n
times”. The
r e m a r k s
t r i g g e r e d
protests
f r o m
the op-
position
parties,
who de-
manded that
he be sacked.
Opposition parties welcome
Koshyari's exit as governor
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The National-
ist Congress Party
, Shiv
Sena (Uddhav Balasa-
heb Thackeray) and the
Congress on Sunday
welcomed the exit of
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
from the post of Maha-
rashtra governor, with
NCP chief Sharad Pa-
war saying the state is
now relieved, but the
decision to replace him
should have been taken
much earlier by the
Centre.
Shiv Sena (UBT) lead-
er Sanjay Raut also ex-
pressed similar views,
whileMaharashtraCon-
gress chief Nana Patole
said the ruling Bharati-
ya Janata Party will
learn how costly this
(decision to replace Ko-
shyari after much delay)
would prove for it in the
forthcoming elections.
Reacting to the gov-
ernment’s decision to
replace Koshyari, NCP
chief Pawar said, “Ma-
harashtra is relieved
now. It is a very good
decision, but should
have taken much earli-
er. The state in its his-
tory has never seen
such a person on this
post. I am content with
the Union government’s
decision.”
Maharashtra Con-
gress president Patole
claimed the Raj Bhavan
of Maharashtra had be-
comethe“BJPBhavan”.
“I was consistently
makingthepointthathe
should be removed, but
he resigned and his res-
ignation was accepted.
It is in a way showing
respect to him, and now
the BJP will learn how
costly it would be for
them in the coming elec-
tions. People will take
therevengeforsuchacts
(for the late decision to
replace him),” Patole
further claimed.
ShivSena(UBT)chief
spokesperson Sanjay
Raut said Koshyari’s
resignation was accept-
ed as a part of the Union
government’s routine
changes in several
states.
“The Union govern-
ment waited for his ten-
ure to get completed and
then made the changes
showing it as a routine
change. I do not consid-
er it as some special fa-
vour being shown to
Maharashtra. Going by
his controversial com-
ments on Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj and
Savitribai Phule, he
should have been re-
moved from the post
much earlier,” the Rajya
Sabha member told re-
porters.
Maharashtra is re-
lieved now. It is a
very good decision,
but should have
taken much earlier. The state in
its history has never seen such a
person on this post. I am content with the Union
government's decision. —Sharad Pawar, NCP Chief
I was consistently
making the point
that he should be re-
moved, but he re-
signed and his resignation was
accepted. It is in a way show-
ing respect to him, and now the
BJP will learn how costly it would be for them
in the coming elections. People will take the re-
venge for such acts (for the late decision to re-
place him). — Nana Patole, Maha Congress Chief
Chhatrapati Shiva-
ji Maharaj’s coro-
nation was per-
formed by a priest
from north India, and today
the person who insulted Shiva-
ji Maharaj has been sent back.
— Uddhav Thackeray, former CM
Big win for Maha-
rashtra! The resig-
nation of anti Ma-
harashtra Gov has finally been
accepted. He, who constantly
insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotiba Pule and Savitri
bai Phule, our Constitution, Assembly demo-
cratic ideals, cannot be accepted as a Governor.
—Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena (Thackeray) leader
The Union government waited for his tenure to
get completed and then made the changes show-
ing it as a routine change. I do not consider it as
some special favour being shown to Maharashtra. Going by
his controversial comments on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maha-
raj and Savitribai Phule, he should have been removed from
the post much earlier. —Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP
WHO IS
RAMESH BAIS?
z Ramesh Bais is the
23rd Governor of Maha-
rashtra.
z He previously held
the positions of Gov of
Jharkhand from 2021 to
2023 and Governor of
Tripura from 2019 to 2021.
z He is a member of
BJP and has served as a
Union Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for
Environment and Forests
in the government of Atal
Bihari Vajpayee.
z He has been elected
seven times to the Lok
Sabha, representing the
Raipur constituency.
z He was born on 2
August 1947 in Raipur, MP
and completed his Higher
Secondary education at
B.S.E., Bhopal.
z He was first elected to
the Municipal Corporation
of Raipur in 1978 and won
the 1980 MP Assembly
election from Mandir Hasod
Constituency.
z He was elected for the
first time to the Indian
parliament as a member
of the 9th Lok Sabha from
Raipur in 1989 and was re-
elected consecutively from
1996 to the 11th, 12th,
13th, 14th,15th and 16th
Lok Sabha.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Thegovern-
ment on Sunday ap-
pointed 6 new faces as
governors, including re-
tired Supreme Court
judge S Abdul Nazeer,
who was part of the his-
toric 2019 Ayodhya ver-
dict, and four BJP lead-
ers,besidescarryingout
a rejig of the gubernato-
rial posts in the 7 States.
President Droupadi
Murmu has accepted
the resignations of Bha-
gat Singh Koshyari and
RK Mathur as the gov-
ernor of Maha and the
lieutenant governor of
Ladakh respectively
.
4 BJP leaders, former SC
judge among 6 new Guvs
President Droupadi Murmu appoints 6
new Governors, reshuffles 7 others
BJP ON E-WAY TO 2024!
l PM Modi sounds poll bugle in
Rajasthan as he unveils Ist leg of
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa
l The expressway will benefit the
Sariska, Keoladeo and Ranthambore
National Park, stresses PM Modi
Aishwary Pradhan, Sikha
Sharma Laxmikant Sharma
Dausa: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugu-
rateda246-kmsectionof
Delhi-Mumbai Express-
way in Dausa on Sunday
.
PM pressed a remote
button to mark founda-
tion laying and inaugu-
ration of a total 4 pro-
jects, including the 1st
phase of Delhi-Mumbai
E-way, worth over
`18,000 crore. “Invest-
ment on infrastructure
attracts more invest-
ment. Cong govt was
afraid of building roads
in border areas of In-
dia,” he said.
Rajasthan is already known for its
tourism sector and the attraction will
increase further with the new infra-
structure project. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
CM Gehlot urges PM Modi to
declare ERCP as a nat’l project
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Sun-
day reiterated his stand
to declare the Eastern
Rajasthan Canal Pro-
ject (ERCP) as a nation-
al project. Gehlot said
that availability of
drinking water and wa-
ter for irrigation in 13
districts of Rajasthan
is very important.
Gehlot was address-
ing the ceremony of
inauguration of Delhi-
Mumbai E-way work
of 4 NHs. He skipped
the event and addressed
the gathering through
VC from the CMR.
Gehlot termed con-
necting the Delhi-
Mumbai expressway
with Jaipur as useful.
He said that along with
the construction of
new roads in the state,
strengthening works
are being done by the
state govt.
Construction of the
54,000 km of roads
in the State in four
years, 46,000 km in
progress: CM Gehlot
Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot met PM Narendra
Modi before his departure at the Jaipur airport on Sunday.
PM Narendra Modi, Nitin
Gadkari, GS Shekhawat,
Kailash Choudhary, Arun
Singh, Vasundhara Raje,
Satish Poonia, Rajendra
Rathore, Dr Kirodi Lal Meena
and others greet people
during inauguration of the
Delhi–Dausa–Lalsot section of
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, in
Dausa on Sunday. —PHOTO
BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Earlier, CM Gehlot paid
a courtesy visit to PM
Modi at airport and he
informed about situation
in State. As a courtesy,
PM Modi also warmly
met CM Gehlot and
inquired about his well-
being. It was speculated
that CM Gehlot would not
meet PM Modi but after
meeting on Sunday, all
such speculations ended.
PROVISION OF `10L
CRORE FOR INFRA IN
RAJASTHAN: MODI
GADKARI: WILL TRY
TO MAKE OUR NHs
AT PAR WITH U.S.
PM Modi said in this
budget, his govt has
made a provision of `10
lakh crore for infrastruc-
ture. He said, a huge
benefit of this investment
is going to be given to
Raj, its villages, poor and
middle class families.
When govt invests on the
NH, railway, port, airport.
Union Road and
Transport Minister Nitin
Gadkari on Sunday said
the government is mak-
ing every effort to take
the road infrastructure of
the country to a level at
par with America by the
end of 2024. “We will try
to make India’s highways
at par with America’s.
Vasundhara Raje, Nitin Gadkari, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and
others greet PM Narendra Modi as he goes to address audience.
PM MODI IN RAJ
THE NEW GOVERNORS ARE...
l LADAKH: Brig Dr BD
Mishra (Retd)
l MAHARASHTRA:
Ramesh Bias
l CHHATTISGARH: Biswa
Bhusan Harichandan
l MANIPUR: Sushri
Anusuiya Uikye
l NAGALAND:
La Ganesan
l MEGHALAYA: Phagu
Chauhan
l BIHAR: Rajendra
Vishwanath Arlekar
ARUNACHAL
Lt General
Kaiwalya T Parnaik
ASSAM
Gulab Chand
Kataria
SIKKIM
Lakshman Prasad
Acharya
ANDHRA
Justice (Retd) S
Abdul Nazeer
HIMACHAL
Shiv Pratap
Shukla
JHARKHAND
CP Radha
Krishnan
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For the love of
millets: Team
makes 4K kg
‘bhagar’
First India Bureau
Nashik: As much as
4,000kg of local savoury
favourite ‘bhagar’ was
prepared on Sunday in
Nashik in Maharash-
tra in honour of the
United Nations declar-
ing 2023 as the Interna-
tional Year of Millets
on a proposal by India.
Chef Vishnu Mano-
har said a team of 16
cooks used 400kg of
barnyard millet, 250kg
potatoes, 37kg salt,
125kg oil, 2,700 litres of
water, 400kg curd, 100
litres of milk, 100kg
peanuts and 12kg cum-
in seeds to prepare the
dish in a pan that
weighed 1.5 tonnes. The
three ladles used to mix
the dish weighed 22kg
each, he explained.
The food was given to
various NGOs involved
in welfare of the poor as
well as medical colleges
and other such units.
Truth shall prevail: Sanjay
Raut on pleas in Apex Court
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena -
Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray leader San-
jay Raut on Sunday
slammed Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fad-
navis saying that “truth
will prevail”.
Raut’s response
comes a day after Fad-
navis on Saturday said
the ruling Eknath Shin-
de-BJP coalition in Ma-
harashtra is a legiti-
mate government. The
Supreme Court will
rule in their favour, he
had added, in reference
to a disqualification
plea filed by the Sena
(UBT) faction against
MLAs of the Eknath
Shinde-led group.
On Sunday, Raut in a
tweet said, “Neither
Hon’ble Supreme Court
nor Election Commis-
sion pay heed to what
NON-ENTITIES say.
Truth shall prevail.”
He also tweeted:
“Who is Devendra Fad-
navis to claim that
Hon’ble SC will pro-
nounce in their favour?
Narayan Rane an-
nounces that EC will
give the Shiv Sena Sym-
bol to Shinde?”
In the 2019 state As-
sembly polls, the BJP
emerged as the single
largest party by win-
ning 105 seats in the
288-member House.
The BJP’s then ally
Shiv Sena (undivided)
had won 56 seats, but
the saffron allies fell
out over the post of the
chief minister.
Fadnavis on Satur-
day had refuted the
criticism that the state
government was ille-
gal and that many
members (of Balasahe-
banchi Shiv Sena led
by Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde) will be
disqualified (by the
apex court).
“What we have done
was legal, as per the
Constitutional norms
and the law was prop-
erly studied, and there-
fore, the result will be
in our favour,” the BJP
leader said, after Ud-
dhav Thackeray-led
Shiv Sena faction pre-
dicted the collapse of
the state government
which came to power
in June after Shinde
pulled down the tripar-
tite Maha Vikas Agha-
di government.
“This message is be-
ing spread so that the
remaining 10-15 MLAs
(in the Thackeray-led
Shiv Sena camp) don’t
defect. Whatever we
have done is as per the
rules and adhering to
the Constitution,” he
added.
The Supreme Court
last month said that it
will commence hear-
ing on February 14 on
pleas related to the Ma-
harashtra political cri-
sis triggered by the
Shiv Sena’s division.
@rautsanjay61
Neither Hon’ble Supreme
Court nor Election
Commission pay
heed to what NON-
ENTITIES say. Truth
shall prevail…. Who
is Devendra Fadnavis
to claim that Hon’ble
SC will pronounce in
their favour? Narayan
Rane announces that EC
will give the Shiv Sena
Symbol to Shinde?
Shiv Sena - UBT
leader was
responding to
comments by Dy
CM Fadnavis
CM meets BJP MP Bapat;
says Pune bypoll in the bag
First India Bureau
Pune: Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde, who
met ailing Bharatiya
JanataPartyMPGirish
Bapat recently in Pune
has said that the parlia-
mentarianassuredhim
that the ruling alliance
in the state will win the
upcoming bypolls to
two Assembly seats in
Pune.
Shinde, who was in
Pimpri-Chinchwad
town here on Saturday
,
went to meet Bapat, the
Lok Sabha member
from Pune, and en-
quiredabouthishealth.
After the meeting,
the CM said, “Girish
Bapat is an old friend. I
went to his place just to
enquire about his
health. I am sure he
will be back in the next
few days. He also as-
sured me that we will
win the bypolls in both
the constituencies.”
The by-elections to
Pune’s Chinchwad and
Kasba Peth constituen-
cies, scheduled for Feb-
ruary 26, have been ne-
cessitated due to the
death of sitting BJP
MLAs Laxman Jagtap
and Mukta Tilak.
The Shinde-led Shiv
Sena faction and the
BJP came to power in
the state in June last
year after the collapse
of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (comprising
theUddhavThackeray-
ledShivSena,NCPand
Congress)government.
The BJP has fielded
its candidates in both
the Assembly seats in
Pune where the by-
polls are to be held
later this month.
The opposition Con-
gress has fielded its
candidate from Kasba
Peth and the NCP from
Chinchwad, despite
CM Shinde’s appeal
for an unopposed con-
test to honour the po-
litical tradition in the
state to ensure unop-
posed bypolls to seats
falling vacant due to
the death of sitting
lawmakers.
The bypolls to
Chinchwad and
Kasba Peth
constituencies,
scheduled for
February 26,
have been
necessitated
due to the death
of sitting BJP
MLAs Laxman
Jagtap and
Mukta Tilak
3Maharashtra-cadreIPS
officerspromotedtoDGP
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Three IPS of-
ficers of the 1998 and
1999 batches of the Ma-
harashtra cadre--Rash-
mi Shukla, Atulchan-
dra Kulkarni and Sad-
anand Date--have been
promoted to the post of
Director-General of
Police (DGP).
The Appointments
Committee of Cabinet
(ACC) announced the
new appointments after
it approved the empan-
elling of 20 IPS officers
from across the country
on Friday
.
Date, who now takes
charge as Joint CP Law
and Order and Joint CP
Crime, has served on
deputation as Addition-
al director general of
police (ADG), Central
Reserve Police Force
(CRPF), for three years.
Most recently, he was
the Maharashtra ATS
Chief, prior to which he
was the Police Commis-
sioner of Mira Bhay-
andar Vasai Virar.
Kulkarni, who is cur-
rently posted in the Na-
tional Investigation
Agency, has served in
the Intelligence Bureau.
He has also held the
command of Joint CP in
the Crime Branch of
Mumbai Police and lat-
er served as the chief of
the Maharashtra Anti-
Terrorist Squad. He has
also previously served
as the chief of Maha-
rashtra Crime Investi-
gation Department.
Shukla was the Police
Commissioner of Pune
from March 2016 to July
2018 and is currently
posted in Hyderabad as
ADG - CRPF, on deputa-
tion. She has been ac-
cused of tapping the
phones of politicians.
Rashmi Shukla Sadanand Date Atulchandra Kulkarni
‘Hanuman Chalisa’
protest outside Dy
CM’s office today
Nagpur (PTI): Mem-
bers of women Self-
Help Groups (SHGs)
will chant the Hanu-
man Chalisa in front of
the office of Maharash-
tra Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Devendra Fadnavis
in Nagpur city on Mon-
day to draw his atten-
tion to their demands.
On Sunday, the police
in the city increased
safety measures at the
office of Deputy Chief
Minister Fadnavis, who
is the representative of
the Nagpur south-west
Assembly constituency,
due to the demonstra-
tion that had been
called for that day
.
Members of women
SHGs have been staging
protests in Nagpur city,
the hometown of Fad-
navis, for a week de-
manding the release of
the honorarium which
they claimed has been
withheld by the state
government.
Nihal Pande, a repre-
sentative of the pro-
testers, announced that
a march will be con-
ducted from Samvid-
han Square to Trikoni
Park, close to the resi-
dence of Deputy Chief
Minister Fadnavis, on
Monday morning.
“The women will
read Hanuman Chalisa
so that the eyes of
Fadnavis will open,”
Pande said.
Members of
women SHGs
have been
demanding that
the state govt
release the
honorarium
which they claim
is being withheld
Should be named
Vande Mataram
bullet train: Kelkar
Thane (PTI): Sanjay
Kelkar, MLA from Ma-
harashtra BJP said that
theMumbai Ahmedabad
high-speed rail corridor,
popularly known as the
bullet train project,
must be given the name
‘Vande Mataram’. It
should be called the
‘Vande Mataram’ bullet
train, Kelkar, the Thane
MLA told reporters.
He said he would dis-
cuss this request with
the central government
shortly as it would fos-
ter “patriotism and
fondness for the nation
among citizens”. On
February 14, Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur visited Thane
district as part of the
BJP’s campaign for
2024 LS polls. Kelkar,
who is the Kalyan LS
seat, mentioned that
several meetings will
be conducted.
Thakur will meet par-
ty cadre and several seg-
ments of society during
hisone-dayvisittoboost
the BJP’s chances. Kaly-
an LS seat is represent-
ed by Shrikant Shinde,
who is the son of Maha-
rashtra CM Shinde.
Shinde’s Balasahe-
banchi Shiv Sena and
the BJP have been part
of state’s ruling alliance
since June last year.
APPEAL FOR UNITY
EXPRESSING DISSENT
Workers of the Aam Aadmi Party protested against the Centre's lack of action over the
Hindenburg-Adani row, outside Mumbai's Churchgate station, on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
‘Sena doesn’t discriminate between
Marathi-speakers and north Indians’
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv
Sena president Uddhav
Thackeray on Sunday
said his party doesn’t
discriminate between
Marathi-speaking peo-
ple and north Indians
settled in Mumbai, re-
marks viewed as an out-
reach to the key vote
bank ahead of the cru-
cial city civic polls.
Addressing a gather-
ing of north Indians, the
former chief minister
called for unity and said
Hindutva doesn’t mean
spreading hate and di-
viding people.
“IfelloutwithBJPbut
I never abandoned Hin-
dutva. The BJP is not
Hindutva.UttarBharati-
yas want answers on
what Hindutva is. Hat-
ingeachotherisnotHin-
dutva. We don’t discrim-
inate between Marathi-
speaking and north In-
dian people residing in
Mumbai,” Thackeray
said, appealing to people
to bury old hatchets.
Significantly, the
Shiv Sena has always
projected itself as the
sole guardian of the
sons-of-the-soil and has
led violent agitations
against north Indians
in the past.
Thackeray said he
walked out of the alli-
ance with BJP to protect
his dignity and joined
hands with the NCP and
Congress to form the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) after the 2019 As-
sembly polls.
“Otherwise I would
have been a slave with a
collar around my neck
just like some of my peo-
ple have now become,”
he said in an apparent
reference to the rebel
Shiv Sena MLAs who
have moved to the Bala-
sahebanchi Shiv Sena
factionledbyChief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde.
Thackeray accused
the BJP of creating a rift
among Hindus, adding
that everyone should
come together to protect
the freedom achieved
from the British.
Uddhav
Thackeray
attempts to reach
key vote bank in
poll-bound
Mumbai
I come here to
open your eyes
and not pro-
voke you. Shiv Sena
never discriminates
among people while
helping them when it
comes to blood donation
or taking patients to
hospitals in their ambu-
lances. If we are together
for five years why
should we be separate
during elections?
—Uddhav Thackeray,
Former CM

MAHARASHTRA
03
Nine convicted for ‘filmy’
`1.65 cr heist in Mumbai
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A court here
has convicted nine peo-
ple for robbing a busi-
nessman of Rs1.65 crore
in a heist reminiscent of
the plot of Hindi film
Special 26—which itself
wasbasedonthereal-life
Opera House heist of
1987—by posing as In-
come Tax officers. Six
convicts were sentenced
to10yearsinjail,andthe
otherthreereceivedfive-
year terms.
Pronouncing the
crime “serious in na-
ture,” Additional Ses-
sions Judge of the Din-
doshicourt,MILokwani
found the accused guilty
of dacoity
, trespassing
and kidnapping in the
order passed on Febru-
ary 01 and made availa-
ble recently
.
According to the busi-
nessman’scomplaint,an
acquaintance had visit-
ed his residence 20 days
priortotheincident,and
asked him to hold on to
two bags for a few days.
As a gesture of goodwill,
he took the bags and
locked them in a sepa-
rate cupboard, telling
onlyhiswifeaboutthem.
On June 02, 2015, a
group of persons claim-
ing to be I-T officers con-
fiscated mobile phones
andfoundthetwobags—
which contained jewel-
lery worth Rs40 lakh,
Rs1 crore in cash, and
Indian and foreign
watches worth Rs25
lakh—following their
35-minute “raid” at the
businessman’s house.
Locking the business-
man’s family in a room,
they directed him to ac-
company them to the I-T
office in Worli, the pros-
ecution told the court.
Having loaded the com-
plainant and the two
bags into a car, the ac-
cused drove for a while,
but eventually dropped
him off and told him to
come to the office in the
afternoon, it added.
The prosecution ex-
amined 21 witnesses, in-
cluding the complainant
and his family
, during
the course of trial.
The court in its order
said the overall acts of
the accused sufficiently
make it clear that they
have committed dacoity
in furtherance of their
criminal conspiracy
.
MODUS OPERANDI
3 who posed as
I-T officials to
‘raid’ bizman’s
house get 5-year
jail term; 6 get
10 years in jail
`25L govt aid for
family of murdered
journalist Warishe
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
government on Sunday
announced financial
aid of Rs25 lakh for the
family of slain journal-
ist Shashikant War-
ishe. The government
will also give a perma-
nent job to Warishe’s
son, Ratnagiri district
guardian minister
Uday Samant said
while making the an-
nouncement.
“Financial aid of
Rs25 lakh, including
Rs10 lakh from the
chief minister’s relief
fund, will be provided
to Marathi journalist
Warishe’s family,” Sa-
mant told reporters.
He said various or-
ganizations of journal-
ists have been demand-
ing that the government
help the family of War-
ishe, comprising his
grandmother and son.
Warishe (48) was
mowed down by an
SUV allegedly driven
by land dealer Pand-
harinath Amberkar at
Rajapur, some 440km
from Mumbai, on Feb-
ruary 06. He died in the
hospital the next day.
Amberkar, arrested
for murder, allegedly
used to threaten any
person who opposed
land acquisition for a
proposed refinery in
the area.
An article written by
Warishe against Am-
berkar had appeared in
a local Marathi news-
paper on the morning
of the incident.
The Maharashtra
government has al-
ready ordered a probe
by a special investiga-
tion team (SIT) into the
alleged murder.
A day earlier, Shiv
Sena - Uddhav Balasa-
heb Thackeray leader
Sanjay Raut had de-
manded that the state
government provide
aid of Rs50 lakh to War-
ishe’s kin.
Shashikant Warishe
(48) was allegedly
killed for writing an
article against land
dealer Pandharinath
Amberkar, who has
since been arrested
14-year-old girl’s
uncle and cousin
held for raping her
Mumbai (PTI):
Mumbai Police have
arrested a 14-year-old
girl’s uncle and a
cousin for allegedly
raping her, an official
said on Sunday
.
The girl’s parents
approached the Virar
police with a com-
plaint, after she told
them of the incident,
which allegedly took
place when the girl
visited her 50-year-
old uncle’s home in
suburban Borivali
between 2014 and
September 2022, he
said, adding that the
girl and her parents
live in Virar town.
Based on the com-
plaint, the police reg-
istered an FIR, the
official from MHB
police station in
Mumbai said. The
case was later trans-
ferred to the MHB
police station as the
incident took place in
Mumbai, he said.
The city police
swung into action and
nabbedthegirl’suncle
and19-year-oldcousin
brother on Saturday
,
the official said.
The case was regis-
tered against the ac-
cused under various
IndianPenalCodesec-
tions including 376
(rape), 376-II (gang
rape), and provisions
of the Protection of
Children for Sexual
Offence (POCSO) Act,
and an investigation
has been launched
into the case, the offi-
cial added.
MAN ON THE RUN
AFTER RAPING,
IMPREGNATING
16-YEAR-OLD
Mumbai (PTI):
Police are on the
hunt for a man who
is accused of raping
a 16-year-old girl
and impregnating
her, officials said on
Sunday. An offence
was registered under
Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act and In-
dian Penal Code after
the minor gave birth
on Saturday, he said.
Lok Adalat settles 49K cases worth `128 cr
First India Bureau
Thane: The National
Lok Adalat held in
Thane has settled
48,988 pending cases,
resulting in settle-
ments totalling
Rs128.07 crore, a Dis-
trict Legal Services Au-
thority official said on
Sunday.
More than a third of
all cases—36.95%—
were settled under the
Negotiable Instru-
ments Act, with settle-
ments cumulatively
worth Rs47.32 crore,
DLSA secretary Ishwar
Suryavanshi said.
“This was followed
by settlements worth
Rs35.07 crore in MACT
cases, Rs12.87 crore in
cases under the reve-
nue department, and
Rs6.78 crore and Rs4.96
crore for cases under
power and water supply
departments, respec-
tively,” he explained.
“Of the 2,29,589 mat-
ters that were taken up
at the Lok Adalat here
on Saturday, 48,988
were settled. Thane led
with settlements worth
Rs47.89 crore, followed
by Rs30.97 crore for Ul-
hasnagar and Rs11.30
crore for Belapur,”
he said.
The settlement in-
cluded one of Rs73 lakh
between Vilas Mhatre
(43) and an insurance
firm in a 2014 accident
case at Kalyan panel,
one of the 88 panels set
up as part of the Lok
Adalat, an official said.
Thane led with
settlements worth
`47.89 cr, followed by
Ulhasnagar with
`30.97 cr and Belapur
with `11.30 cr
Two killed in
house slab
collapse in
Mumbai
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Two teens,
identified as Rajkumar
Dhotre (19) and Ra-
manandYadav(18),were
killed after the portion
of a slab of a house col-
lapsed in Mumbai’s
Bhandup area on Sun-
day
, a fire official said.
The incident took
place at around 9.45
am when repair work
was underway at the
structure.
Theteenswererushed
to a hospital where they
weredeclaredead,theof-
ficial said.
Officials of the fire de-
partment, police and lo-
cal civic body rushed to
the spot and carried out
rescue work, he added.
4 injured in blaze at Badlapur MIDC chem unit
Thane (PTI): On Sun-
day afternoon, a fire
broke out at a chemical
plant located in the
Thane district of the
state. At 12.50 pm, the
blaze was reported from
Badlapur MIDC and
four fire engines were
sent to the spot to extin-
guish the flames.
One worker was se-
verely burned and had
to be hospitalized while
the other three suffered
minor injuries after
they jumped from a
high place to escape the
fire. The fire was put
out after three hours
and cooling operations
commenced at the site.
The cause of the fire is
being investigated.
OLD WORLD GLAMOUR
They might be
almost 100 years
old, but don’t
discount the power
of these beauties!
Owners of about
150 vintage
and classic cars
lined up outside
the World Trade
Centre, in Mumbai
on Sunday, to
show off their
wheeled treasures
ahead of the ‘40th
Annual Vintage Car
Fiesta’, organized
by VCCCI (Vintage
Classic Car Club
of India).
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Even as the
city administration
plans to tackle air pollu-
tion, experts worry that
this might be too little
too late.
According to SAFAR
(System of Air Quality
and Weather Forecast
and Research) data, the
city saw just one day of
“satisfactory” air quali-
ty in the 92 days from
November 01, 2022, to
January31,2023;against
66 days of “poor” or
“very poor” ratings on
the air quality index.
With this in mind, the
city’s budget for fiscal
2024 highlights meas-
ures to tackle pollution.
The Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation
plans to spend Rs10
crore to set up five vehi-
cle-mounted air purifi-
cation units at the city’s
most crowded areas by
the end of the fiscal.
These would “filter out
Particulate Matter (PM)
2.5 and 10 and harmful
gases such as carbon
monoxide and nitrogen
dioxide,” a report in the
Times of India said.
The same report also
quotes BMC chief IS
Chahalassayingthatra-
dio waves generated by
the proposed smog tow-
ers—each 30 feet high
and covering a 1km radi-
us—”would enable dust
particles to get ionized
and thus further attract
more dust particles”.
Theoretically, the
technology would cre-
ate bubbles of clean air.
However, not everyone
is convinced, with offi-
cials admitting that set-
ting up smog towers
could take a while.
“Air pollution has
reached unprecedented
levels. BMC is trying to
bandage the injury
rather than ensure a di-
agnosis,” Bhagwan Kes-
bhat, of Navi Mumbai-
based environment
group Waatavaran
Foundation, said.
Are BMC’s efforts to curb air pollution just smoke and mirrors?
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?
Budget for FY 2024 highlights plan
to tackle bad air days, including
`10 cr for air-purification units
The city saw just one day of ‘satisfactory’ air quality between
November 01, 2022, and January 31, 2023. —FILE PHOTO
—PHOTOS
BY
BHUSHAN
KOYANDE

PERSPECTIVE
04
got my first medal in 2010
games and that was when I
received the most precious
gift of my life. I got the first
weapon of my life from Modi
sir. Modi sir said to me “Go
ahead and achieve your
dreams! The government is
with you!” I was super moti-
vated by the words he said to
me. I developed interest in the
sport in 2006 and was deter-
mined to pursue my passion
against all odds. I completed
my NCC and then I received
my own rifle from Modi sir. I
worked very hard, got sup-
port from NCC, and then I
won the first medal. There
was a lot of happiness around
me. My family was celebrat-
ing and I got a call from my
father saying “Modiji will be
calling you!” Obviously, I
found that very hard to belief
and dismissed it more as
prank from some one than
anything serious. And when I
actually got a call from Modi
sir, I still was in disbelief and
I hung up. The phone rang
again and now I was con-
vinced that it was none other
than sir himself. That was a
huge moment for me. I recog-
nised his voice and the way
he congratulated me, praised
my efforts and blessed me, I
was filled with gratitude and
happiness. Sir motivated me
a lot and asked me to meet
him after the competition. I
reached Gujarat after the
competition and I got a call
from CM office telling me that
Modi sir will be visiting my
house. When he came, he saw
all my medals, my rifle and
encouraged me to keep going.
He asked me about my plans
for the future. I said that this
was just the beginning and
that I wanted to go really far
in shooting. I also expressed
my desire to promote shoot-
ing as a sport in Gujarat. He
assured me that his support
and the support of the gov-
ernment shall stay with me,
and that I must simply con-
tinue to work harder.
I was invited to Khel Maha-
kumbh that was organised in
Gujarat in 2010. It was the
first Khel Mahakumbh ever
organised. I got the opportu-
nity to be the baton bearer in
the relay and carried the
torch. What I can say is that
Modi sir is like my father. I
went on to win a medal in
2012 and then in 2013 I won a
silver medal in World Cup in
Spain. This time again I re-
ceived a call from sir. Well,
this time I had full faith that
Modi sir will be calling me
and I was invited to the CM
office once again. I received
the second rifle of my life
from sir that day. Of course
he gifted me cash on both oc-
casions but those rifles are
very close to my heart!
More importantly
, after my
second visit, sir brought
about major changes to the
Shaktidoot Yojana. Earlier
players would get support of
upto 2 lakhs which was in-
deed very less. Modi sir in-
creased this amount to 25
lakhs which would help play-
ers in their training and in-
cluded cash rewards.
I recollect that I went to
CM’s office with my mother
and father. I did not feel at all
that I was meeting someone
so big and powerful. When I
entered the room, he was
standing and welcomed me
with such warmth that I al-
most felt as if I was meeting
a relative. He hugged me and
asked me how I was feeling. I
felt really happy and was not
scared of meeting him there-
after. I then showed my rifle
to Modi sir. He look a careful
look at it, read what all was
written on it and then signed
it. I was delighted to have got
his autograph and have pre-
served it carefully. I have ac-
tually covered it with a paper
so that it does not get erased.
I also had a long and detailed
conversation with sir about
my experiences at the game,
about the arrangements, the
environment and discussed
the areas of opportunity in
Indian sport. He wanted to
bring about reforms in Guja-
rat so that more players ben-
efited and could represent
the country. I suggested in-
crease in financial help, in
infrastructure and that there
should be more shooting
ranges. Sir is a great listener
and I have observed the tre-
mendous transformation
that has taken place in the
country, in not just the facili-
ties but the way sports are
perceived by youngsters!
Modi sir made me the
Swachh Bharat brand ambas-
sador in 2013-14. This time
round I got to meet sir in
Delhi. The best part about
meeting him is that he always
addresses you by your name.
In spite of being the PM and
meeting hundreds of people
every day, he still remembers
people by their first name.
The turning point in my life
came after my meeting with
Modi sir in 2010. I feel fortu-
nate that sir visited my house
and he knows exactly how I
have come up in life through
my passion for shooting. All
my struggles, challenges and
difficulties - Modi sir has
been a witness and because
of his unrelenting support,
not just me, many other
sports persons have been able
to successfully navigate their
challenges in sports. It is a
great motivating factor for
any athlete to have that as-
surance that the government
is there to support him or her.
Today sports in India has
reached the level of Khelo In-
dia. Sports scenario in our
country has seen massive ad-
vancement. Today we have a
lot many stadiums, and they
now match up to the world
class levels in facilities,
equipment and training.
It was my dream to bring
shooting to the forefront as a
sport and I feel I have been
successful in doing that,
thanks to Modi sir’s support.
Today I have my own shoot-
ing academy where I train
youngsters for the country.
Whatever cash awards I have
won so far, I have invested in
my academy. There was a
time when I did not have a
rifle and today, because of
sir’s support, I have my own
academy!
TO BE CONTINUED...
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
I
YOU READ PART 29 ON JANUARY 24, 2023
PM Narendra Modi: Tapping the multi-
dimensional capabilities of Indian youth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a great fan following among the sports
community. The narrator shares with us how PM Modi supported her,
encouraged her to grow in her career as a shooter. Not just this, he has been
the harbinger of great schemes for the advancement of sports in the country.
‘WHEN I GOT A CALL FROM PM MODI SIR,
I STILL WAS IN DISBELIEF AND I HUNG UP’
My family was celebrating and I got a call from my father saying
“Modiji will be calling you!” Obviously, I found that very hard to
belief and dismissed it more as prank from some one than anything
serious. And when I actually got a call from Modi sir, I still was in
disbelief and I hung up. The phone rang again and now I was convinced
that it was none other than sir himself. I recognised his voice and the
way he congratulated me, praised my efforts and blessed me, I was filled
with gratitude and happiness. Sir motivated me a lot and asked me to
meet him after the competition.
‘IT IS A GREAT MOTIVATING FACTOR WHEN
GOVT ASSURES TO SUPPORT ATHLETES’
The turning point in my life came after my meeting with Modi sir in
2010. I feel fortunate that sir visited my house and he knows exactly
how I have come up in life through my passion for shooting. All my
struggles, challenges and difficulties — Modi sir has been a witness
and because of his unrelenting support, not just me, many other sports
persons have been able to successfully navigate their challenges
in sports. It is a great motivating factor for any athlete to have that
assurance that the government is there to support him or her.
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 30
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
It was my dream to bring shooting to the
forefront as a sport and I feel I have been
successful in doing that, thanks to Modi
sir’s support. Today I have my own shooting
academy where I train youngsters for the country
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MODITRANSFORMINGINDIA
INTOASPORTS‘SUPERPOWER’
Lajja Gauswami
Shooter, Commonwealth Games medalist

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05
INDIA
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah’s visit to Srinagar
on June 26 in 2019 was to
give the final touch to
the government’s re-
solve for carrying out
the abrogation of Arti-
cle 370 in JK, Lt Gen
(retired) KJS Dhillon
has claimed in his yet-
to-be-released book.
‘Kitne Ghazi Aaye
Kitne Ghazi Gaye’, au-
thored by Dhillon, will
be released on February
14 as a mark of respect
to the 40 Central Re-
serve Police Force per-
sonnel who were killed
in a suicide car bomb
attack in 2019 near Leth-
pora in South Kashmir.
Shah’s visit on June
26, 2019, was already
touted to be a precursor
for a dramatic an-
nouncement and “I got
a call at 2 am in the
morning, informing me
of a meeting with the
home minister at 7 am”,
Dhillon said in his book.
Without divulging
much about his meeting
with the home minister,
the retired Lt General,
who was the head of the
army’s strategic Srina-
gar-based XV Corps,
wrote that “a lot of sen-
sitive issues and key
points were on the table
for discussion apart
from delectable food
that include ‘aloo para-
tha and famous Guja-
rati dish ‘dhokla’ dur-
ing our tete-e-tete”.
The discussions in-
cluded understanding
the reaction of Paki-
stan to the “path break-
ing declaration” that
was now certain to be
followed, he said.
“I must point out, and
with absolute objectivi-
ty and great profession-
al input, that the home
minister was in abso-
lute control and fully
conversant with the
agenda and... he had ob-
viously done extensive
research and home-
work,” the retired Lt
General said.
At the conclusion of
the meeting, “I was
asked about my frank
and personal view,
(and) my immediate re-
sponse was ‘agar iti-
haas likhna hai, toh
kisi ko itihas banana
padega’ (we can write
history only if we make
history)”, Dhillon said
in the book.
“We ate paranthas, dhokla, then 370 went off”
ARTICLE 370 ABROGATION MEETING
Union HM Amit Shah during one of his visits to JK. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (ANI): Re-
membering Maharishi
Dayanand Saraswati’s
contribution to Indian
society on his birth an-
niversary, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Sunday said he was a
beacon of knowledge
and spirituality
.
Prime Minister inau-
gurated the year-long
celebrations commemo-
rating the 200th birth
anniversary of Mahari-
shi Dayanand Saraswa-
ti at Indira Gandhi In-
door Stadium in the
national capital on Sun-
day
. Prime Minister per-
formed puja and yagna
on the occasion.
Union Ministers G
Kishan Reddy, Arjun
Ram Meghwal and
MeenakashiLekhiwere
also present.
Addressing the gath-
ering at Indira Gandhi
Indoor Stadium, PM
Modi said, “We bow to
Maharishi Dayanand
Saraswati Ji on his
200th Jayanti. He was a
beacon of knowledge
and spirituality. Today
in the 21st century,
when the world is en-
gulfed in many contro-
versies, engulfed in vio-
lence and instability,
then the path shown by
Maharishi Dayanand
Saraswati ji instills
hope in crores of peo-
ple.” the PM said the
country is calling for
“pride in our heritage.”
He said Maharishi
Dayanand revived the
understanding of Vedas
in the society
. He said
when Maharishi Day-
anand Saraswati was
born, the country had
lost its confidence and
weakened due to centu-
ries of bondage. Day-
anand Saraswati
launched a strong cam-
paignagainstsocialevils
like social discrimina-
tion and untouchability
.
Modi said, “Mahari-
shi Dayanand ji also
emerged as a logical and
effective voice against
the stereotypes that had
flourished in society re-
garding women. He
fought against discrimi-
nation against women
and launched a cam-
paign for women’s edu-
cation. Efforts were
made to make our his-
tory and traditions cor-
rupt. At that very time,
the efforts of Maharishi
Dayanandjiappearedas
Sanjeevani in the socie-
ty and rejuvenated it.”
CPI(M) to lose
by aligning with
Cong, says Shah
Agartala (ANI): Ahead
of Tripura assembly
elections, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Sunday said that by
aligning with Congress,
CPI(M) proved that they
are going to lose polls.
At ‘Vijay Sankalp ral-
ly’ in Chandipur, Shah
said, “By aligning with
Cong, CPI(M) proved
that they’re going to
lose polls. They couldn’t
face BJP alone.” “Con-
gress must feel
ashamed, they aligned
with CPI(M) who killed
so many of their mem-
bers. They have also
made Tipra Modha a
pawn,” he added.
Shah further stated
that the BJP govern-
ment has provided
health insurance and
drinking water was sup-
plied to all the houses.
He added, “Trans-
ported gas cylinders,
did the work of build-
ing toilets, and did the
work of giving food for
free.”
If the work of giving
respect rights to all was
done, then it was done
by the Manik Saha gov-
ernment under the
leadership of the Modi
government, he further
added.
He stated, “In the last
five years, we have
brought peace to the re-
gion. Next year, we will
make Tripura prosper-
ous by following the for-
mula, HIRA, given by
PM Modi.”
“Cheating in exams will invite life term”
Dehradun (ANI): Tak-
ing a strong stand
against the alleged re-
cruitment scams and
paper leak cases, Utta-
rakhand CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami on Sunday
said that those who will
cheat in examinations
will be given life impris-
onment or undergo a
sentence of 10-years.
“Our government
will not compromise
with the dreams and as-
pirations of the youth.
Now anyone who will be
found cheating in the
recruitment exam will
be given life imprison-
ment and 10 years of
imprisonment. Along
with this, their property
will also be confiscat-
ed,” he said while ad-
dressing a sports and
cultural festival in Kal-
si. Uttarakhand Gover-
nor Lt Gen (Retd) Gur-
mit Singh on Friday
signed the Uttarakhand
Competitive Examina-
tion (Measures for Pre-
vention and Redressal
of Unfair Means in Re-
cruitment) Ordinance,
popularly known as an
anti-copying Ordinance.
Earlier, CM Dhami
himself announced
that he had approved
the Ordinance follow-
ing students’ protest
against the paper leak
cases in the State. Fol-
lowing the Governor’s
assent, the Ordinance
has now become a law.
New Delhi (ANI): Sev-
eral religious leaders
walked off the stage
from the 34th General
Session of Jamiat Ula-
ma-I-Hind, after the
President of the organi-
sation Syed Arshad
Madani made a contro-
versial speech.
Jain Muni, Acharya
Lokesh Muni, who was
also present on the stage
expressed displeasure
with Madani’s remarks
andsaid,“Weonlyagree
with living in harmony
,
but all the story regard-
ing, Om, Allah, and
Manu is all rubbish. He
(Madani) completely
spoiled the atmosphere
of the session.” “The
stories he said, I can
narrate even bigger sto-
ries than that. I would
evenrequesthim(Mada-
ni) to come for a discus-
sion with me,” he said.
Earlier, Madani
sparked controversy by
saying “asked the Dhar-
ma Gurus that when
therewasnoone,neither
Shri Ram nor Brahma
nor Shiva, then whom
did Manu worship?”
He added, “Some told
me that they used to
worship ‘Om’. I said
that it is the ‘Om’ only,
that we refer to as Al-
lah, those speaking Far-
si refer as ‘Khuda’ and
those speaking English
refer as ‘God’.”
JK people
want love, but
BJP giving
bulldozers:
Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (Agencies):
Former Congress presi-
dent Rahul Gandhi on
Sunday targeted the
anti-encroachment
drive in JK and said
that people there want
love and not bulldozers.
He launched a scathing
attack against the rul-
ing BJP at Centre.
In a tweet in Hindi
the senior Congress
leader said, “People of
JK want employment,
trade and love but what
are they getting? BJP’s
bulldozer. The land
which the people there
worked upon with hard
work for many decades,
is being snatched from
them. Peace and Kash-
miriyat will be protect-
ed by uniting, not by di-
viding people.”
Resentment in SP over Maurya’s
remark on Ramcharitmanas
Lucknow (Agencies):
The controversy
sparked off by senior
Samajwadi Party lead-
er Swami Prasad Mau-
rya on the allegedly ob-
jectionable verses from
Ramcharitmanas, has
now started boomer-
anging on the Samajwa-
di Party itself.
Upper caste legisla-
tors in SP have started
raising objections to
Maurya’s statement
and have even threat-
ened to quit the party if
action is not taken
against Swami Prasad
Maurya.
Rakesh Pratap Singh,
MLA from Amethi,
said, “Whether I re-
main in politics or not,
whether I remain a leg-
islator or not and
whether I get a ticket or
not, I will not remain
quiet when my religion
is questioned.”
Deep power crisis in
Telangana: Sharmila
Hyderabad (Agencies):
YSR Telangana Party
(YSRTP) leader YS
Sharmila on Sunday al-
legedthatTelanganaCM
K Chandrasekhar Rao
hasthrownthestateinto
“a deep and dangerous
power crisis”.
Charging him with
“continuously bluffing”
that Telangana is a pow-
er-surplus state,
Sharmila said that, due
to KCR government’s
“mismanagement and
myopic view”, the dis-
coms today are neck-
deepsunkindebtstothe
tune of Rs 50,000 crore.
She said: “This is a
blatant and crude exhi-
bition of inefficiency
and shortsightedness by
KCR. The entire agri
community in the state
is pushed into a painful
power crisis, where not
evenfivehours of power
supply is guaranteed.”
Rahul Gandhi during Bharat
Jodo Yatra. —FILE PHOTO
Swami Prasad Maurya
Syed Arshad Madani at event.
New Delhi (PTI):
Congress presi-
dent Mallikarjun
Kharge on Sunday
said the promises
made by the party
inMeghalayashall
be the foundation
of a ‘5-star’ state.
The Congress
has promised one
job to each house-
hold, free health-
careforallandfree
education for all
girls up to class 12,
if voted to power.
In its manifesto
for February 27
polls which was
released on Satur-
day by senior lead-
erJairamRamesh,
the Congress also
promised free
roofing materials,
free power of up to
200 units and free
LPG cylinders
quarterly to BPL
families across the
state. Polling in
Meghalaya for the
60 assembly seats
will be held on
February 27 and
the counting of
votes will take
place on March 2.
Cong vows to
lay foundation
of ‘5 Star
Meghalaya’
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. —FILE PHOTO
BURNING ISSUE
Year-long celebrations begin to mark Maharishi’s 200th birth anniversary
Dayanand Saraswati was
beacon of knowledge: Modi
PM Modi inaugurates year-long celebrations to mark 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand
Saraswati, on Sunday. Gujarat Guv Acharya Devvrat Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal also seen.
New Delhi (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Saturday called
Jaffna Cultural Centre,
which was inaugurated
on Saturday, an “impor-
tant initiative” signifying
the close cooperation
between India and
Sri Lanka.The Prime
Minister who had laid
the foundation stone
of the Jaffna Cultural
Center in 2015, shared
some pictures from that
special visit. “The Jaffna
Cultural Center is an im-
portant initiative signify-
ing the close cultural
cooperation between
India and Sri Lanka.
It will benefit sev-
eral people. The august
presence of President
Ranil Wickremesinghe
made the programme
even more special. @
RW_UNP”,”PM Modi
tweeted while acknowl-
edging the presence
of President Ranil
Wickremesinghe on the
occasion.
JAFFNA CENTRE SIGNIFIES INDIA-SL TIES, SAYS PM
Amit Shah with Tripura CM Manik Saha and other BJP leaders at a
rally in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICES ARE...
4 HCs get new CJs; 2, including
only woman CJ, will retire soon
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Chief Jus-
tices were appointed to
4 high courts on Sunday
.
The appointments were
madetoGujarat,Gauha-
ti, Tripura and Jammu
Kashmir and Ladakh
high courts. Law Minis-
ter Kiren Rijiju an-
nounced the fresh ap-
pointments on Twitter.
He wrote on Twitter,
“As per the relevant pro-
visions under the Con-
stitution of India, the
following Judges are
appointed as CJs of dif-
ferent HCs. I extend
best wishes to all!”
Judge of the
Gujarat High
Court, was
appointed
the Chief
Justice of
Gujarat
Judge at the
Orissa HC,
has been
elevated as
Chief Justice
of Tripura
High Court
Judge of the
Rajasthan
HC, has been
appointed as
Chief Justice
of the Gauhati
High Court
Judge of
Gauhati HC,
has been
made CJ of the
HC of Jammu
Kashmir
and Ladakh
JUSTICE SONIA
GIRIDHAR GOKANI
JUSTICE
JASWANT SINGH
JUSTICE
SANDEEP MEHTA
JUSTICE N
KOTISWAR SINGH
Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind head stirs row

06
INDIA
Bengaluru (Agencies):
The “largest-ever” US
delegationparticipating
at the Aero India 2023,
signifies the growing
Indo-US ties in various
sectors, US Charge
d’Affaires A Elizabeth
Jones said on Sunday
.
Jones, who will inau-
gurate the USA Part-
nership Pavilion at
Aero India 2023 on Mon-
day, said: “India and the
United States are work-
ing together in so many
ways to ensure a free
and open, prosperous,
connected, and resilient
Indo-Pacific region,
where our democracies
can thrive. As partners,
we’re working together
to address climate
change; improve global
health and prepare for
new pandemics; cooper-
ate on cyber challenges;
build quality infra-
structure; and ensure
sustainable supply
chains. We’re strength-
ening our cooperation
on critical technologies,
from space components
to semiconductors.”
Aero India 2023, the
biennial air show that
India hosts in Bengalu-
ru, set for inauguration
on Monday, has evolved
into one of the prestig-
ious air shows in this
part of the world. A
host of US aeronautical
and aerospace compa-
nies are setting up op-
erations in India.
US envoy lauds growing ties with India
AERO INDIA 2023
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress president and
Leader of Opposition in
Rajya Sabha Mallikar-
jun Kharge has called a
meeting of “like-mind-
ed” opposition parties
on Monday
.
The meeting will be
heldatKharge’sofficeat
Parliament before the
start of the business of
Rajya Sabha. The meet-
ing is believed to be
called to chalk out the
strategy of the Opposi-
tion in Rajya Sabha on
Monday
. Congress presi-
dent Mallikarjun
Kharge on Friday reiter-
ated his party’s demand
for a Joint Parliamenta-
ry Committee probe
into the businesses of
the Adani Group in the
wake of the report by
US short-seller firm
Hindenburg Research.
At a press conference,
Kharge said, “Shouldn’t
there be an inquiry into
the Adani scam?
Shouldn’t the matter be
referred to the JPC?
Should not there be a
discussion on the mon-
ey that public sector
banks invested in Ada-
ni’s businesses? Public
money is involved in it.
Why does the govern-
ment have a problem
taking Adani’s name?”
Kharge alleged that
PM Modi acted as an
‘agent’ for the Adani
group of companies.
The Congress nation-
al president added,
“Modi-ji acted as Ada-
ni’s agent and got him
tenders in Sri Lanka
and Bangladesh. Every-
bodyknowsaboutthis.”
Questioning the reg-
ulatory bodies of the
country, Kharge said,
“The RBI, SEBI, ED,
Corporate Affairs Min-
istry, Income Tax, and
the CBI seem paralysed.
Can they not see the
corruption here? Is
Adani invisible to
them? With our institu-
tions in inertia, it is our
duty to question the
government. The peo-
ple sent us to the Parlia-
ment as their represent-
atives and it is our re-
sponsibility to safe-
guard the public.”
“We tried to raise sev-
eral issues in the Parlia-
ment. However, the
Prime Minister evaded
all questions and just
gave an election speech,
boasting about him-
self,” Kharge added.
Meanwhile, taking a
serious note of the Op-
position uproar on Fri-
day over the demand for
JPC probe into the Ada-
ni businesses in the
wake of the report by
US firm Hindenburg Re-
search, Vice President
and Rajya Sabha Chair-
man Jagdeep Dhankhar
lost his cool and warned
the protesting MPs that
“every transgression
from both sides would
not go without his deep
reflection”.
The outburst came
amid a heated exchange
of words between Un-
ion Minister Piyush
Goyal and Kharge, who
is also the Leader of the
Opposition in the Upper
House, after the Con-
gress alleged that PM
Modi has ‘links’ with
industrialist Adani.
KHARGE CALLS OPPN MEET TODAY
TO CHALK OUT FLOOR STRATEGY
Meeting will be held at Kharge’s office at Parliament before start of RS proceedings
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders KC Venugopal (R) and Randeep Surjewala.
GISshowsdevelopingUP’spic:Thakur
Lucknow (ANI): Re-
cord-level investments
are coming in different
sectors of the Uttar
Pradesh at the Global
Investors Summit, Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur said on Sunday
.
UP Global Investors
Summit 2023 is the flag-
ship investment sum-
mit of the Government
of Uttar Pradesh. The
mega event is aimed to
bring together policy-
makers, industry lead-
ers, academia, think
tanks, and leaders from
across the world to col-
lectively explore busi-
ness opportunities and
forge partnerships.
Talking to reporters
here in Lucknow, the
Union Minister said,
“At the Global Investors
Summit, record-level
investments are coming
in for different sectors.
This shows the picture
of new and developing
Uttar Pradesh.”
“The image of UP
has changed a lot in the
last five years, which
has also increased peo-
ple’s confidence. One
trillion dollar economy
is a huge thing in it-
self,” he added.
He further said that
the state is also becom-
ing the sports capital
of the world.
UP TO SOON HAVE MAXIMUM DOMESTIC
FLIGHTS IN INDIA, SAYS SCINDIA
“UK TO INVEST IN DEFENCE, AEROSPACE
MEDICAL SECTORS IN UTTAR PRADESH”
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh will soon have the maximum
number of domestic flight services in the country and also
21 airports in the coming
days, Union Civil Aviation
Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
said. Addressing a session
on “Civil Aviation in Uttar
Pradesh: The Emerging Op-
portunities” during the Uttar
Pradesh Global Investors
Summit-2023 here, Scindia also said that PM Narendra Modi
and UP CM Yogi Adityanath have rejuvenated the country.
Lucknow: The British Minister of
State for Defence Procurement
on Sunday said that the United
Kingdom will invest in defence,
aerospace and medical sectors in
Uttar Pradesh. At Global Investor
Summit, Alex Chalk, said, “It is a
matter of pride for me to partici-
pate in GIS-23. Standing on this
great land of Uttar Pradesh and
inviting the whole world to invest
is a big achievement.”
New Delhi (PTI): Arti-
ficial intelligence (AI)
should not be viewed as
a threat, but as an oppor-
tunity to enhance quali-
ty of legal practice, Su-
premeCourtjudgeHima
Kohli said, terming it is
a “game-changer” that
has the potential to revo-
lutionise the way law-
yerswork.JusticeKohli,
however, flagged ethical
concerns about the “ac-
countability, transpar-
ency and protection of
rightsof parties”,which
maycropupwiththeuse
of AI in the legal field.
She said it is undeniable
that technology has
played a significant role
in keeping the wheels of
justicemovingevendur-
ingCOVID-19pandemic.
SC judge lays
emphasis on
use of AI in
legal practice
SC Justice Hima Kohli
New Delhi (PTI): Over
97.64 lakh pending and
pre-litigation cases
were settled in the first
National Lok Adalat of
2023, held under the
guidance of the Nation-
al Legal Services Au-
thority in all 36 states
and Union Territories
on Saturday. The NAL-
SA, under its executive
chairman Justice San-
jay Kishan Kaul, said
according to the infor-
mation received till
7.30 pm, around 97.64
lakh cases were settled
in the Lok Adalat.
97.64lakh cases
settled in Nat’l
Lok Adalat
Noida (PTI): Presence
of Pakistan’s pavilion
to promote the country
at an international trav-
el and tourism event
here piqued the curios-
ity of several visitors.
Peopleenquiredabout
the country’s tourist
destinations, tourism
potential and cultural
heritage, said an official
at the Pakistan pavilion
at the SCO Tourism
Mart. Part of the
Shanghai Corporation
Organisation (SCO),
Pakistan and other
countries showcased
their tourism products
as well as cultural her-
itage at the event held
as part of activities un-
der India’s presidency
of the grouping.
Pak’s pavilion at
int’l tourism event
near Delhi piques
curiosity of visitors
Delhi Police ropes in Truecaller to save
people from impersonators,cyber frauds
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Police is all set to
sign an agreement with
caller ID verification
platform Truecaller to
help people identify ver-
ified numbers and pro-
tect themselves from
cyber frauds and scams
involving the imperson-
ation of govt officials.
In addition to educat-
ing Delhiites and hold-
ing a joint awareness
campaign against cyber
frauds, Truecaller will
alsodisplayofficialnum-
bers of the Delhi Police
representatives on the
app’s government direc-
toryservices,policesaid.
“During the Covid
pandemic, Truecaller
helped us a lot as a lot of
scams and frauds on the
pretext of selling oxy-
gen cylinders, concen-
trators, medicines and
other essentials associ-
ated with treating the
deadly virus were re-
ported,” police said.
The Aero India
2023 offers the
perfect setting
for companies
from both
countries to
explore new
opportunities

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Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader and
former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was
on Sunday airlifted to a
private hospital in Benga-
luru, party sources said.
Chandy had been admitted
to a private hospital in
nearby Neyyattinkara for
treatment after he was
infected with pneumonia. The Congress veteran,
who was taken out of the hospital in a wheelchair,
thanked the doctors and staff of the hospital and
said there was no basis for the concerns regarding
the treatment given to him.
New Delhi: The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on
Sunday said that they have arrested an accused, who
had been on the run for five
years, in connection with a
case related to misappro-
priation of Rs 2.22 crore
meant for ATMs. A senior
police officer said that the
accused was identified as
Mohammad Abdul Qadir, a resident of Lucknow. “Ac-
cused was wanted in a case of misappropriation of
Rs 2.22 crore of Brinks India Private Limited, having
a contract with national and private banks to replen-
ish the currency available in ATMs,” the police said.
EX-KERALA CM CHANDY AIRLIFTED TO
BENGALURU FOR FURTHER TREATMENT
MAN WANTED IN MISAPPROPRIATION OF
ATM CASH HELD IN UP AFTER 5 YEARS
“DOES GOVT HAVE
HAND IN ADANI’S
GROWTH”: CONG
Union Minister Anurag Thakur, BJP MPs Hema Malini and Ravi
Kishan during the last day of the UP GIS, in Lucknow, on Sunday.
Kochi (ANI): Amid the
row over the Hindenburg-
Adani issue Congress
general secretary KC
Venugopal on Sunday
attacked the Centre and
said people of the country
need an answer whether
the government has hand
in Adani Group’s growth
or not. “Rahul Gandhi
raised the Adani issue in
Lok Sabha, but instead of
giving answers,
Prime Minister
abused Con-
gress, he did it
to run away
from this
issue.”
New Delhi: The AAP on Sunday protested outside
the BJP office demanding a probe into the allegations
of fraud against the Adani Group in the Hindenburg
research report. AAP leader Gopal Rai said a joint
parliamentary committee comprising members from
all parties should probe the matter. “BJP is running
away from the probe. There is only one leader Kejri-
wal who is not scared of any investigation,’’ he said.
AAP PROTESTS OUTSIDE BJP OFFICE
SEEKING PROBE IN ADANI ISSUE
BUDGET
SESSION
New Delhi (ANI):
The protest by locals
against the Demoli-
tion Drive by the
Delhi Development
Authority (DDA) is
underway for the
third consecutive
day in the Mehrauli
for the third consecu-
tive day on Sunday
.
The agitated pro-
testorscouldbeheard
sloganeering against
the government and
the DDA. It has also
been claimed from
the site that the rag-
ing protestors threw
red chilli powder on
the security person-
nel at the protest site.
Meanwhile, the
Delhi Police said that
suitable legal action
will be taken against
some women who al-
legedly threw red
chilli powder on the
police personnel.
They also clarified
that police did not
conduct lathi charge
on any individual
there and no one
was injured.
3rd day of protest
against DDA’s
demolition drive
DDA workers during a demolition drive at Mehrauli area in
New Delhi, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CRUCIAL READ
3 DIE IN BLAST
AT FIRECRACKER
GODOWN IN TN
MAN ARRESTED
IN WOMAN COP’S
SUICIDE CASE
Chennai: Three
people died and seven
people were injured
in an explosion at a
firecracker godown
in Vaniyambadi,
Tirupatthur district.
Police said the explo-
sion took place in the
firecracker godown
and investigation is on
regarding the cause of
the explosion. The po-
lice added that seven
people were rescued.
New Delhi: A man,
who was carrying a
reward of Rs 20,000
on his head in connec-
tion with the suicide
case of a woman Delhi
Police Constable, was
arrested by the Crime
Branch from Uttar
Pradesh’s Meerut, of-
ficial said on Sunday.
A senior police official
said that the accused
was identified as Sonu
Bhalotiya (27).
UP GLOBAL INVESTORS SUMMIT-2023

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS’ PROFIT JUMPS 65% IN Q3
New Delhi (PTI): Public
sector banks (PSBs) have
logged a robust profit
growth of 65% to `29,175
crore during the third quar-
ter ended December 2022,
with Bank of Maharashtra
(BoM) emerging as the top
performer in terms of per-
centage growth in profit.
ThePune-headquartered
lender recorded a 139%
jump in profit to `775 crore
at the end of Dec 2022, ac-
cording to quarterly re-
sults declared by the PSBs.
BoM was followed by
Kolkata-based UCO Bank
which posted a profit of
`653 crore, 110% higher
than its earning in the
third quarter of the previ-
ous fiscal. Two other lend-
ers whose profit growth
was higher than 100% were
Union Bank of India and
Indian Bank.
The Mumbai-based Un-
ion Bank of India wit-
nessed a 107% rise in net
profit at `2,245 crore, while
Chennai-based Indian
Bank reported a 102% in-
crease at `1,396 crore for
the October-December pe-
riod of 2022.
All 12 PSBs cumulatively
earned a profit of `29,175
crore in the third quarter
of the current financial
year, as against `17,729
crore in the same period a
year ago, recording a jump
of 65%.
For the first nine
months of the current fi-
nancial year, PSBs have
earned a cumulative profit
of `70,166 crore as com-
pared to `48,983 crore in
the year-ago period, an
increase of 43%.
ROBUST GROWTH
MARKET
LEADERS
z Bank of Maharashtra
(BoM) emerged as the
top performer in terms of
percentage growth in profit
z BoM recorded a 139% jump
in profit to `775 cr at the end
of Dec 2022
z BoM was followed by UCO
Bank which posted a profit
of `653 crore
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Foreign inves-
tors continue to desert In-
dian stock markets as
they pulled out over
`9,600 crore this month
so far on costlier valua-
tion of domestic equities
compared to other
emerging markets. The
outflow comes following
a net withdrawal of
`28,852 crore by FPIs in
January. This was also
the worst outflow in the
last seven months. Ac-
cording to the data, FPIs
withdrew a net sum of
`9,672 crore from equi-
ties in Feb 1-10. —PTI
FPIs TAKE OUT `9,600
CRORE FROM INDIAN
EQUITIES IN FEB 2023
New Delhi: The combined
valuation of six of the 10
most valued firms eroded
by `49,231.44 crore last
week, with FMCG major
Hindustan Unilever taking
the biggest hit. Last week,
the 30-share Bombay
Stock Exchange Sensex
declined 159.18 points or
0.26%. While Bharti Air-
tel, ITC, ICICI Bank and
HDFC twins were the oth-
er laggards from the top-
10 pack, TCS, SBI, Reli-
ance Industries and Info-
sys posted gains. Howev-
er, the combined market
valuation gain of the four
firms at `35,840.35 crore
was less than the total
loss suffered by the six
companies. —PTI
SIX OF TOP-10
FIRMS LOSE `49,231
CRORE IN M-CAP
New Delhi: Blinkit is look-
ing to expand its micro-
fulfilment centres or dark
stores, targeting up to
40% increase in store
count in the next 12
months, according to
company CEO Albinder
Dhindsa. The company-
currently has over 400
dark stores. “We’ve iden-
tified several new high
potential neighbourhoods
in existing as well as new
cities. We should start
seeing the net dark store
number increase going
forward,” he said. —PTI
BLINKIT LOOKING TO
EXPAND DARK STORE
COUNT BY 40%
New Delhi: State-owned
Oil India Ltd (OIL) report-
ed its highest ever quar-
terly net profit in the third
quarter ended December
31 on the back of a rise in
oil and natural gas prices.
Net profit of `1,746.10
crore, or `16.10 per
share, in October-Decem-
ber compared with
`1,244.90 crore, or
`11.48 a share, in the
same period a year back,
the company said in a
statement. The rise in
profitability was helped by
higher realisation on
crude oil and gas the firm
produces and sells. —PTI
OIL INDIA REPORTS
ITS HIGHEST EVER
QUARTERLY PROFIT
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 57,380.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 10g)
SILVER 70,500.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.50 0.00 0.00
GBPINR 99.81 0.00 0.00
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
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HYUNDAI INDIA AIMS TO
TAP RISING DEMAND IN
RURAL AREAS
New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India
is looking to tap growth oppor-
tunities in the rural areas with
rise in demand
for aspirational
products like
sports utility
vehicles and
feature-rich models. It is looking
to enhance presence in the
smaller towns and rural areas
with more sales outlets and
also initiatives like deployment
of mobile service vans. The
automaker’s sales outlets in
the rural areas have crossed
the 600-mark and it has also
increased its manpower. —PTI
INDIA’S TOY EXPORTS
TOUCHED `1,017 CR
DURING APRIL-DEC
New Delhi: The country’s toy
exports have touched `1,017
crore during April-Dec period
this fiscal, ac-
cording to the
govt data. In
2021-22, the
exports stood
at `2,601 crore. “Made in India
toys continue to tap global mar-
kets! India’s toy exports rose to
more than 6 times in April-
December 2022 as compared
to the same period in 2013,”
commerce and industry minister
Piyush Goyal said. During April-
Dec 2013-14, the shipments
were at `167 crore. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
DOMESTIC MARKET OWNERSHIP RISES FOR FIFTH
QUARTER IN A ROW TO 24.44% IN DECEMBER
Mumbai: The equity ownership of domestic investors, including
institutions and high networth individuals, touched an all-time high of
24.44% in December quarter, making it the fifth consecutive quarterly
increase. Retail investors’ ownership in
the market stood at 7.23% in December
2022, marginally down from 7.34% in
September 2022. But in rupee terms, the
same increased to `19.94 lakh crore from
`19.48 lakh crore in the previous quarter,
registering an increase of 2.35%. —PTI
TILL FEBRUARY 10
Direct tax collections up 24% to `15.67 L cr
New Delhi (FIB): Accord-
ing to a data released by the
Finance Ministry of India,
country’s Direct Tax collec-
tions, between April 1, 2022,
and February 10, 2023, rose
24.09% to `15.67 lakh crore.
After adjusting for re-
funds, the net Direct Tax
collection was `12.98 lakh
crore which is 18.40% high-
er than the net collections
for the corresponding pe-
riod of last year. This col-
lection is 91.39% of the to-
tal Budget Estimates of
Direct Taxes for FY 2022-23
and 78.65% of the Revised
Estimates of Direct Taxes
for FY 2022-23.
The Corporate Income
Tax grew at 19.33% while
Personal Income Tax saw
29.63% growth.
After adjustment of re-
funds, the net growth in
corporate tax collections
stood at 15.84% and that in
personal tax collections is
at 21.93% (PIT only)/
21.23% (PIT including
STT), according to latest
data.
The govt further said
that refunds amounting to
`2.69 lakh crore have been
issued during 1st April,
2022 to 10th February 2023,
which are 61.58% higher
than refunds issued during
the same period in the pre-
ceding year.
The government has pro-
jected a 10.5% growth in
revenues from corporate
and individual income tax
to `18.23 lakh crore in the
next fiscal.
FY23 revenue from di-
rect tax, which includes
income and corporate tax-
es, is projected to grow by
over 17% to `16.50 lakh
crore from `14.08 lakh
crore in FY22.
Between April 1 last year
and February 10 this year,
growth in gross corporate
income tax (CIT) and gross
personal income tax (PIT)
collections was 19.33% and
29.63%, respectively, from
the year-ago period.
After adjusting for re-
funds, CIT was up 15.84%
and PIT was up 21.23%. PIT
included securities trans-
action tax.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z After adjusting for refunds,
the net Direct Tax collection
was `12.98 lakh crore which
is 18.40% higher than
the net collections for the
corresponding period of
last year
z This collection is 91.39%
of the total Budget Estimates
of Direct Taxes for FY 2022-23
and 78.65% of the Revised
Estimates
z The Corporate Income Tax
grew at 19.33% while Personal
Income Tax saw 29.63%
growth
Telecom department starts doling
out production-linked incentives
New Delhi (PTI): The De-
partment of Telecom has
started disbursing produc-
tion-linked incentives to
shortlisted manufacturers
who have completed their
target for 2021-22, a govern-
ment official said.
Telecom gear maker GX
Telecom, which has been
shortlisted under the PLI
scheme for promoting local
manufacturing, said it re-
ceived an incentive from
the DoT under the scheme.
“Our vision for 2023 will
be to develop products that
are designed in India, made
in India which will create
skilled job opportunities in
the direction of building
India as a global hub ... With
the incentive received fur-
ther supporting new inno-
vation to cater internation-
al market demands with
indigenous products,” GX
International Group CEO
Paritosh Prajapati said in a
statement on Sunday
.
The company has a ca-
pacity to make 3.5 lakh
units of GPON equipment
which are used for rolling
out broadband networks.
A DoT official said that
the GX Group firm GX In-
dia is the first shortlisted
entity under the scheme to
have received the incentive.
42 COMPANIES
SELECTED
z The government has
selected 42 companies
under the production-
linked incentives (PLI)
scheme, of which 17
companies have applied for
additional incentives of 1
per cent under design-led
manufacturing criteria
Macro data,
global cues to
guide markets
New Delhi (PTI): Trading
activity in the domestic eq-
uity markets this week will
be largely driven by infla-
tion data, trend in global
markets and foreign fund
movement, analysts said.
Participants will also
monitor developments re-
lated to the Adani Group
crisis, which has been a
major overhang recently,
they added.
“...The movement of
crude oil, the dollar index,
and US bond yields will be
other important factors.
The institutional flow will
be important as FIIs’ sell-
ing has come down after
relentless selling in Janu-
ary,” Santosh Meena, Head
of Research at Swastika
Investmart Ltd, said.
FIIs offloaded equities
worth a net `144.73 crore
last week.
DUE TO EARTHQUAKE
India’s exports to Turkiye may get hit
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
merchandise exports of
commodities such as cot-
ton, manmade yarn and
textile dyes may be impact-
ed in the short run to earth-
quake-hit Turkiye, accord-
ing to exporters.
Exports to Turkiye in-
creased to $6.2 billion dur-
ing April-November 2022
against $5.1 billion in the
corresponding period in
2021. Federation of Indian
Export Organisations
(Fieo) Director General
Ajay Sahai said that the ex-
tent of the damage in Tur-
kiye is yet not known and
thus its impact on exports
is difficult to ascertain.
However, the earthquake
will further depreciate
Turkish Lira , which has
significantly depreciated
recently, and has touched
its record low following the
earthquake making im-
ports costlier and impact-
ing the demand, he said.
“Since textile manufac-
turing centres of Gaziant-
ep and Kahramanmaras
provinces are worst-affect-
ed, our exports of cotton
and manmade yarn and
textile dyes may be impact-
ed in short run,”he said.
TATA STEEL
SUBSIDIARY
MERGERS BY
FY24, SAYS MD
New Delhi (PTI): The
merger of 7 subsidiary
companies with Tata Steel
is expected to be completed
in 2023-24 fiscal year, its
CEO and managing direc-
tor T V Narendran said.
In September 2022, Tata
Steel board had approved a
proposal to merge six of its
subsidiaries into itself for
greater synergies, higher
efficiency and reduce costs.
“We had already an-
nounced (merger of) 6 com-
panies earlier. (Merger of)
one more Angul Energy we
announced recently,” he
said when asked about the
timeline for the merger.
However, the completion
of the merger depends on
the regulatory processes
including NCLT clearanc-
es, post which the process
is expected to be completed
in the next financial year,
the CEO said.
“We are dependent on
the speed at which we can
go through our regulatory
requirements,” he added.
Modified norms for some
foreign investors soon
New Delhi (PTI): The I-T
Dept is likely to come out
with modified valuation
rules under the I-T Act for
ascertaining the fair mar-
ket value (FMV) of shares
of unlisted companies for
the purpose of levying tax
on non-resident invest-
ments, an official said.
The Finance Bill, 2023
has proposed amending
Section 56(2)(viib) of the
I-T Act, thereby bringing
overseas investment in un-
listed closely held compa-
nies, excepting DPIIT-rec-
ognised startups, under the
tax net. Amendments are
needed as I-T Act and
FEMA provide different
methodologies for calculat-
ing the FMV of shares of
unlisted companies.

08
2NDFRONT
Reminiscing about good
times is always joyful and
rejuvenating, one should
indulge in this too…sometimes!
— Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bharati-
ya Janata Party's Maha-
rashtra unit chief
C h a n d r a s h e k h a r
Bawankule on Sunday
said his party would
register a record win in
the Mumbai civic polls,
which are due since
early last year.
Addressing the exec-
utive committee of the
BJP's Mumbai unit, he
said his party was con-
fident of a record win
in the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation
due to the leadership of
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis and
(Mumbai chief and
MLA) Ashish Shelar.
Every BJP worker in
Mumbai must visit at
least 2,000 homes and in-
crease the reach of the
party
.Itisanowornever
situationaswehavegov-
ernments that take good
and quick decisions at
the Centre as well as in
the state, he claimed.
Ridiculing Shiv Sena
(UBT) head Uddhav
Thackeray, Bawankule
said the former was
probably the only CM in
the state who never car-
ried a pen. He never
signed or gave a remark
on any file or letter of
request. On the other
hand, Fadnavis gives or-
ders, directives on every
fileandletterthatcomes
to him, he claimed.
Mumbai BJP presi-
dent Ashish Shelar said
the BJP and ally Balasa-
hebanchi Shiv Sena of
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde will together
win 150 out of the 227
seats in the BMC.
The BJP will ap-
points it own mayor. I
want see even one work
completed by the Ud-
dhav Thackeray faction
despite ruling the BMC
for so long, Shelar said.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Con-
gress’ Maharashtra in
charge HK Patil on Sun-
day said there was no
question of accepting
the resignation of Bala-
saheb Thorat as legisla-
ture party leader and
asserted all misunder-
standings will be re-
solved amicably
.
Thorat had last week
resigned as CLP leader
after criticising Maha-
rashtra unit chief Nana
Patole’s style of func-
tioning.
Talking to reporters
after meeting Thorat,
Patil said the former
will attend the All India
Congress Committee
plenary at Raipur in
Chhattisgarh on Febru-
ary 24 and will meet
party president Mall-
ikarjun Kharge and
AICC general secretary
(organisation) KC
Venugopal.
Patil said he had con-
veyed to Kharge and
Venugopal about the
“hurt feelings” of
Thorat and the recent
developments in the
state unit of the party
.
“I apprised them
about the develop-
ment’s and hurt feel-
ings. The Congress is a
family and such issues
crop up. We will resolve
themamongourselves,”
Patil said.
He also said such in-
fighting will not hurt
the party as “things are
good and will improve”.
“There is no question
of accepting Thorat ‘s
resignation as CLP lead-
er. I requested him to
attend the plenary ses-
sion, which he has ac-
cepted,” Patil said, add-
ing the Maharashtra
Legislative Council poll
setback for the party in-
volving Satyajit Tambe
was not discussed.
The Congress was
left high and dry after
its official candidate for
the Nashik division
graduates seat Sudhir
Tambe refused to con-
test and got his son
Satyajit Tambe to stand
successfully as an inde-
pendent. After his win,
Satyajit Tambe had ac-
cused Patole of defam-
ing his family and con-
spiring to deny him an
opportunity to contest
the MLC polls.
The Tambes are kin
of Thorat, whose si-
lence during the cam-
paign to the MLC polls
as he was recuperating
from a shoulder injury,
was misinterpreted as
silent support by some
segments of the party
.
On the friction since
the MLC polls, Patil
said, “There has been
no dialogue between
Thorat and Patole. But
it will happen.”
Thorat, who is recu-
perating from a shoul-
der injury, refused to
divulge details of his
meeting with Patil say-
ing it was an internal
matter of the Congress.
“There is no need for
the media to blow
things out of propor-
tion. I will go to Raipur
(for the plenary). All is-
sues raised by me in the
meeting with Patil were
about strengthening
the party,” Thorat said.
Queried on whether
he would continue as
CLP leader. Thorat said
it was an internal mat-
ter of the Congress.
HK Patil meets Thorat, says all issues will be resolved amicably
MAHA CONG TUSSLE
lll
Thorat will
attend the
AICC plenary
at Raipur on
February 24. I
have conveyed
to Kharge and
Venugopal
about Thorat’s
“hurt feelings”,
Patil said
Balasaheb Thorat —FILE PHOTO
Police ‘baton-charged’ farmers
in Buldhana; suspend SP: Patole
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Congress president
Nana Patole on Sunday
accused Buldhana po-
lice of unleashing a
“brutal baton-charge”
on farmers during a
protest and demanded
the suspension of the
district superintendent
of police (SP).
Patole also demanded
that Saturday’s baton-
charge incident be in-
vestigated by a joint
committee of the state
legislature.
Farmers will teach a
lesson to the “anti-
farmer” Eknath Shin-
de-Bharatiya Janata
Party government in
the state, he claimed
while talking to report-
ers here.
Patole alleged that
the Buldhana police
“brutallylathi-charged”
farmers on Saturday
while they were staging
a protest for their de-
mands to get right price
for cotton and soybean
and compensation for
those deprived of crop
insurance.
Congress district
president Rahul Bondre
and former minister
Rajendra Shingane
were also stopped by po-
lice while they were go-
ing to meet the protest-
ingfarmers,heclaimed.
“Is protesting for
your demands a crime
in a democratic state?
What was the need to
lathi-charge? We will
not tolerate this bully-
ing by Shinde-Fadnavis
government. The entire
case should be thor-
oughly investigated
and action should be
taken against the
guilty,” Patole said.
“The state govern-
ment has mercilessly
attacked the farmers
who are fighting for
their justice and
rights,” he alleged.
Patole demanded that
the Buldhana SP be sus-
pended immediately
and the entire matter be
investigated by a joint
committee of the legis-
lature. He slammed the
Shinde-Fadnavis gov-
ernment and con-
demned “police atroci-
ties” on the protesting
farmers. Farmers are in
trouble and are not get-
ting the right price for
their produce, he said.
Under the BJP’s rule,
farming is not afforda-
ble anymore due to the
high cost of fertilisers,
seeds and diesel, he
claimed.
This (financial) year
also, crops were dam-
aged due to natural ca-
lamities and farmers
from 16 districts suf-
fered damages, he said.
Is protesting for your demands a crime
in a democratic state? What was the
need to lathi-charge? We will not
tolerate this bullying by the Shinde-Fadnavis
government. The entire case should be thorough-
ly investigated and action should be taken
against the guilty.
—Nana Patole, Maharashtra Congress president
Farmers were staging a protest for their demands to get right price for cotton soybean
Centre not paying
heed to hurdles in
agri exports: Pawar
First India Bureau
Thane: Nationalist
Congress Party chief
and former Union ag-
riculture minister
Sharad Pawar has
slammed the Naren-
dra Modi government
at the Centre for not
doing enough to re-
move hurdles in the
export of fruits and
vegetables.
He was speaking to
the media at an event
in Sanpada in Navi
Mumbai on Saturday
.
The Centre is not
paying attention to is-
sues being faced in the
export of fruits and
vegetables, which was
distressing farmers,
especially those grow-
ing onion, a crop that
needs to be exported
in order to fetch a
good price domesti-
cally
, Pawar said.
He also flagged the
increase in land ac-
quisition for infra-
structure projects
like highways and
expressways, rail
routes and airports,
all of which he
claimed also put load
on the agriculture
sector.
“The Centre must
provide support for
the modernisation of
agriculture. The pro-
duction of fruits and
vegetables is on the
rise but there are hur-
dles in its export,
which the Centre is
not paying attention
to,” he added.
He also flagged the
increase in land
acquisition for
infrastructure
projects
Will try to make India’s
highways at par with
America’s: Nitin Gadkari
First India Bureau
Dausa: The new Del-
hi-Mumbai Express-
way passes through
backward areas to
give priority to the de-
velopment of socially,
economically and edu-
cationally backward
districts, Union Road
and Transport Minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari said
here on Sunday
.
The minister was
addressing the inau-
guration ceremony of
the first phase of the
highway in Dausa.
He also said the gov-
ernment is making
every effort to take the
road infrastructure of
the country to a level
at par with America
by the end of 2024. We
will try to make In-
dia's highways at par
with America's, Gad-
kari said.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
talked about making
India self-reliant and
especially the infra-
structure of interna-
tional standards,
which he has repeat-
edly put in front of us
as a goal. We believe
that before the end of
2024, under the guid-
ance of the prime min-
ister, we will try our
best to make India's
road infrastructure at
par with America,
the Union minister
said. It was the dream
of Prime Minister
Modi that develop-
ment of socially, eco-
nomically and educa-
tionally backward
districts are given pri-
ority, he added.
Gadkari said he has
identified around 500
blocks that are social-
ly, economically, and
educationally back-
ward, and so, this
highway is passing
through backward ar-
eas and becoming a
growth engine for
these areas.
An electric cable
will be laid between
Jaipur and Delhi, and
e-trucks and e-buses
will be able to ply on
this highway, he said.
We are also making
670 roadside facilities
in the state along this
highway which will
have handicrafts and
food outlets... Under
the PM's leadership,
India's road infra-
structure will improve
and we will become
self-reliant and a su-
per economic power,
Gadkari added.
Prime Minister
Modi inaugurated the
246-km Delhi-Dausa-
Lalsot section of the
Delhi-Mumbai Ex-
pressway on Sunday
.
The government is making every
effort to take the road infrastruc-
ture of the country to a level at
par with America by the end of 2024. We
will try to make India’s highways at par
with America’s.
—Nitin Gadkari, Union Road Transport Min
NCP LEADER
FROM THANE
JOINS BJP BJP will register record win, says Bawankule
❍ MUMBAI CIVIC POLLS
Thane (FIB): A NCP
leader from Thane dis-
trict in Maharashtra
joined BJP at the latter’s
executivemeetinginNa-
shik.NCPstateunitvice
president Dashrath Thi-
wre was welcomed into
the BJP by Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis and state
unitchief Chandrashek-
har Bawankule.
He said some 800 NCP
workers joined the BJP
along with Thiwre, who
was vice president of
Thane Zilla Parishad
and chief of the NCP’s
Thane rural unit and
hasapresenceinthedis-
trict’s Shahapur area.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule
Thackeray was
probably the only CM
who never carried a
pen, Bawankule said
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Congress
leaderBalasahebThorat
resigned as the leader of
his legislature party fol-
lowing the dramatic de-
velopments in the Na-
shik graduate constitu-
ency during the Legisla-
tive Council elections.
After Thorat's decision,
it was said that internal
discord had started in
the Congress. Mean-
while, now Balasaheb
Thorat has made an im-
portant comment on his
displeasure. Thorat in-
teracted with the media
after a meeting with Ma-
harashtra Congress in-
charge HK Patil and
commented on his 'dis-
pleasure'.
“I have not appeared
in front of the media for
the last several days. My
resignation is an inter-
nal matter of the Con-
gress. Today I had a dis-
cussion with Maharash-
tra Congress in-charge
HK Patil. He has urged
me to attend the Con-
gress session in Raipur.
I am going to this con-
ference, said Thorat,
adding, “Every organi-
zation has many ques-
tions. They are also in
our organization. I have
some questions. HK Pa-
til believes those ques-
tions should be dis-
cussed with President
Mallikarjun Kharge. It
will be discussed. All
these questions are for
the strength of the
Congress.
My resignation is party’s internal
matter, says Balasaheb Thorat
Thorat met with Maharashtra Congress incharge
HK Patil and commented on his ‘displeasure’

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love. In actu-
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Week’s sev-
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before Valentine’s
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. It’s a day devoted
to showing compas-
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T
heworldhasseen
the phenomenal
success of Hom-
bale films, Kan-
tara. As the film is still
conqueringthehearts
of the masses, it has
alsobeenflowingin
a rumor of Urvashi
Rautela joining the
cast of Kantara 2.
Much before this ru-
mourcomestothesur-
face a source close to
the production has
come up with the
clarification stating
all these rumors
are baseless.
On Saturday
,
Urvashi shared
a picture with
actor-director
Rishab Shet-
ty posing
h a p p i l y
with all
s m i l e s
she cap-
tioned it
as
#KANTARA2@rishab-
shettyofficial @hom-
balefilms loading #RS.
A source close to the
production house has
revealed that “
All the ru-
mors around Urvashi
Rautela casting in Kan-
tara 2 are totally base-
less and untrue. Recent-
ly
, Urvashi Rautela just
happened to be on the
samepremisesasRishab
Shetty
, where she re-
questedtomeettheKan-
tarafameandhepolitely
obliged. She posted the
pictureclickedwithhim
with a cryptic caption,
giving rise to these com-
pletely false rumours.”
As now we hear that
all this buzz is baseless,
we are eagerly waiting
to hear more about the
progress of the prequel
of Kantara as an-
nouncedbyRishabShet-
ty on the occasion of the
film completing 100
days, recently
.
Baseless rumours
hank you dresses, thank
you for making dates hap-
pen. As we're all in Valen-
tine's state of mind, fash-
ion does feel like a needed
and hard-to-ignore influ-
ence. Having fallen into
the spell of little black dresses long
ago, mini white dresses have mint-
ed a chic sartorial status. If no new
trends have changed your perspec-
tive for 2023, here is a dress for
your rut. Color it on and wear it
risqué as Disha Patani. Her love af-
fair with cutesy, ultra-mini, and
sexy dresses is nothing new but hot
always, we can never disagree.
The 30-year-old was styled by
Aastha Sharma over the weekend
and we're still not over this look.
A dress that can ensue tons of
compliments, the Bollywood ac-
tress's Rs. 29,200.58 (approx.)
ensemble from the brand's
AW22 collection is a
semi-sheered one.
Designed in London, the short
numberisdoubleandthickstrapped
(just adjustable). If you're someone
who appreciates a fabric as mesh as
this one, this is simply right for
you. The Malang actress's plunging
neckline dress had a frilled hem,
lace embroidered bodice, a midriff
cut-out detail placed as a cowl, and
an embellished heart.
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STOP
WON'T
CAN'T
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K
ourtney Kar-
dashian has
been slammed
for her new
gummy vitamin brand,
eversinceshelaunched
it for the public. The
43-year-old Poosh
founder introduced a
line of supplements
called ‘Lemme’ last
year. Although, the
newest addition to the
vitamin range has
raised eyebrows and
offended several gy-
necologists and fans
as she claims it
boosts vaginal
health. Recently,
the mum of three
posted an Insta-
gram video of
herself sur-
rounded by cats
and eating one
of the gummies to pro-
mote her brand.
Gummies are chew-
able vitamins that
come in varied flavors,
colors, and forms. They
taste just like gummy
candies. Kourtney’s
Lemme Purr, on the
other hand, are chew-
able vitamins that
promise to improve
vaginal health. Kar-
dashian wellness web-
site “Poosh” describes
this product as a “yum-
my little treat in gum-
my form with some ef-
fective features”. Ac-
cording to the website,
it is full of Vitamin C
supplements that help
to prevent vaginal dis-
eases like urinary tract
infections (UTI) and
bacterial vaginosis.
E
ver since the trailer of
Selfiee was released,
moviegoers and fans
are eagerly waiting
for it to hit theatres. Mean-
while, the first track from
the film, ‘Main Khiladi’, has
also taken the internet by
storm. And now, the second
song from the film is also
out, titled ‘Kudiye Ne Teri
Vibe’ featuring Mrunal
Thakur in a cameo.
In the song, Mrunal sports
a new grunge glam look, and
it has sparked excitement
amongst fans. Besides this,
we had earlier reported that
Mrunal Thakur will be do-
ing an extremely important
cameo in the film. She is
playing an actress on screen,
paired opposite Akshay
Kumar’s character in
the film. In the visuals,
Mrunal can be seen
performing a high-
octane action se-
quence with Aksh-
ay Kumar.
F
or those of you
who may not be
aware, Rosé just
turned 26 and
seems to be living her
best life. Amongst the
Twitter trends and love
showed her way, the
singer decided to treat
Blinks to a heartfelt
cover, this time of Until
I Found You.
The song, originally
sung by Stephen
Sanchez took over the
internet for its deep and
meaningful lyrics. Of
course, today is the per-
fect day to drop the cov-
er, considering it is her
birthday and Valen-
tine’s day is right
around the corner.
Rosé is currently liv-
ing her best life on tour,
along with the rest of
the Blackpink girls.
They have been
on the Born Pink
tourformonthsnow,
with several other
countries left to be ex-
plored. While the tour
has been met with a
mixed reaction from
fans, it hasn’t stopped
Blinks from going gaga
overtheirfavoritegirls.
The viral hit, Until I
found you was origi-
nallysungbyStephen
Sanchez. In her cov-
er, Rosé brought
out her soulful
vocals fit for the
o l d - s c h o o l
style of the
acoustic
p o p
song.
ROSÉ
treats fans
Last moment entry
Disha Patani
Her post...
Urvashi Rautela
Rose
Kourtney Kardashian
Still from the song...
KOURTNEY FACES BACKLASH
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