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Ex-AAP councillor cries foul from atop electricity tower
New Delhi (PTI): After
he was denied a ticket
for the upcoming mu-
nicipal polls, former
AAP councillor Haseeb-
ul-Hasan on Sunday
climbed an electricity
tower in east Delhi and
alleged that party lead-
ers had “sold” the tick-
ets for Rs 2 crore to 3
crore. Naming Atishi,
Durgesh Pathak and
Sanjay Singh, he al-
leged that they took his
original documents on
the pretext of fielding
him in the polls but re-
fused to hand them
back.
The Aam Aadmi Par-
ty, for its part, termed
Hasan a “dedicated,
loyal and hardworking
worker” and said it
“sympathises” with all
such members who
could not get a ticket for
the MCD elections.
“AAP leaders have
taken my original docu-
ments, including my
bank passbook, on the
pretext of giving me a
ticket but they are not
returning the docu-
ments. Tomorrow is the
last day to file the nomi-
nations. If anything
happens to me or if I
die, Durgesh Pathak
and Atishi will be re-
sponsible,” Hasan said
in a live video on social
media from atop the
tower in Gandhi Nagar.
“Atishi, Durgesh
Pathak and Sanjay Sin-
gh sold the tickets for
Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore.
They returned my doc-
uments only after I
climbed this tower,” he
told reporters after get-
ting down.
Police, along with of-
ficials from fire brigade
and BSES, and ambu-
lances reached the spot
and requested Hasan to
climb down. He eventu-
ally agreed.
ELECTION EVE
Claims party sold
MCD poll tickets
for `2-3 crore
AAP FIELDS WOMEN IN 55% SEATS
JNU SCUFFLE: 4
STUDENTS BARRED
FROM CAMPUS
New Delhi: Days after a
scuffle broke out between
two groups, Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU) has
declared the campus “out of
bounds” for four students
involved in the fight on
Thursday till its inquiry into
the incident is completed.
PUNJAB GOVERNMENT
TO TIGHTEN GRIP
OVER GUN LICENCES
Bhatinda: The Punjab govt
has directed the district
authorities to review all
arms licenses in 3 months,
and no new licenses will
be issued until DC of the
concerned districts is
satisfied with the security
angle for seeking a license.
MARATHI ACTRESS
KALYANI JADHAV DIES
IN ROAD ACCIDENT
Kolhapur: 32-year-old
Marathi TV actor Kalyani
Kurale-Jadhav died in a
road accident in Kolhapur.
According to the police,
Kalyani, known for her
appearance in Tujyhat
Jeev Rangala, was on her
motorcycle, hit by tractor.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
AMBANI ENTERS RACE
TO BUY LIVERPOOL FC
SAYS RECENT REPORTS
Mumbai: In big development,
Mukesh Ambani has shown
interest in acquiring Premier
League giants Liverpool FC.
Fenway Sports Group (FSG),
the current owners, have put
the club for sale. They had
bought the club in October
2010 and as per the reports.
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ENGLAND LIFT THE ICC MEN’S
T20 WORLD CUP 2022 TROPHY
ON TOP OF
THE WORLD!
z England won World
Cup final match in sen-
sational style, defeating
Pakistan by five wickets
z All-rounder Ben Stokes
kept the momentum go-
ing, lead team to become
the T20 WC champions
z England’s Sam Curran
proved to be the most
successful bowler in the
final, taking 3 wickets;
was announced as the
‘Player of The Match’ and
‘Player of The Tournament’
z England become
‘Kings’ of white-ball
cricket, hold both ODI,
T20 World Cups simulta-
neously in a first
z England won the ODI
World Cup crown back in
2019 after defeating NZ
z Kohli took to Insta-
gram to congratulate
England for winning 2022
T20 World Cup trophy
z Sachin Tendulkar on
Twitter: Congratulations
to the England team!
z It was a nervy game,
with the England bowlers
restricting Pakistan to
137-8
All eyes on India as Modi heads
for ‘short’ G-20 summit in Bali
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Indonesia visit for 3 days starting today as he will
formally take over India’s G20 Chairmanship for 2023 starting from December 1
First India Bureau
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi will be attend-
ing the 17th G20 summit
in Bali, Indonesia from
November 14-16 as he
will formally take over
India’s G20 Chairman-
ship for 2023 starting
from December 1.
Foreign Secy Vinay
Kwatra said that PM
Modi and other G20
leaders will discuss im-
portant contemporary
topics at the Bali Sum-
mit, including the status
of the world economy,
energy, environment,
agriculture, health, and
digital transformation.
He added, “The Bali
Summit comprises of 3
working sessions at the
leaders’ level.”
J&K LG SINHA CALLS ON PM MODI
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha calls on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
England players with the trophy celebrate after winning the T20 World Cup 2022 final
match against Pakistan, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne on Sunday. (Inset)
England captain Jos Buttler kisses the tropy during presentation ceremony after match.
Part of the bridge damaged tracks on Odha bridge near Kewda Ki
Naal after blast on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway line on Sunday.
Blast at Udpr-Ahmd rly
bridge inaugurated by
PM, NIA starts probe
Narayan Meghwal
Udaipur: Unidentified
people attempted to
blast a bridge on the
Udaipur-Ahmedabad
railway line, which was
inaugurated 13 days ago
by PM Modi. The inci-
dent happened on Sat-
urday night. The con-
spiracy was to blow up
the bridge and destroy
the railway track, said
source. Explosives were
also found on the spot.
The blast caused cracks
on the tracks. The ATS
of the Rajasthan Police
reached the spot to
probe the terrorist an-
gle in the conspiracy
.
CHIEF MINISTER
TELLS TOP COP
TO INVESTIGATE
The incident
of damage to
railway tracks
on Oda railway bridge of
Udaipur-Ahmedabad rail
route is worrying. Senior
police and administration
officials are on the spot.
The DG has directed the
police to go to the bottom
of the incident.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister
There has been
a conspiracy
to blow up the
bridge with detonators.
Soon the accused will be
caught. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has also
instructed Director
General of Police Umesh
Mishra for a detailed
investigation.
—Tarachand Meena,
Udaipur Collector
Planes collide at Dallas
air show, 6 feared dead
Texas: Two aircraft -
a Boeing B-17 bomber
and a smaller plane -
collided mid-air at an
air show at Texas’s
Dallas Executive Air-
port on late Saturday,
immediately falling
to the ground and
bursting into flames.
“According to our
Dallas County Medi-
cal Examiner, there
are a total of 6 fatali-
ties in Dallas air show
incident,” said Dallas
County Judge Clay
Jenkins on Sunday
.
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NEHRU HELPED INDIA
TAKE BABY STEPS
TOWARDS FREEDOM
Indians, especially children, will on Monday celebrate Pandit Nehru’s 133rd birth anniversary. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime
Minister always said that children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of
the nation and the citizens of tomorrow. He was a true statesman whose legacy transcended national boundaries.
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UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 18
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
PM MODI: AN INSPIRING,
MAGNETIC PERSONALITY
Meet the man who Brands India,
Educates India, Guides India - PM
minent Gujarati writer, Jay
Vasavada recalls how Modi-
ji’s unique vision and re-
sponses to seemingly obvi-
ous situations made him a
better marketer, educator
and a writer. Modiji’s in-
spiring thoughts, encourageme
nt and
out-of-the-bo
x examples in practical
life remain a guiding light for him.
What are Navratri? It is Modiji who
showed the world the grandeur and splen-
dour of Navratri. In one simple sentence
Modiji explained what Navratri are when
he described them as “the longest
running song and dance festival
of the world.” It is my observa-
tion that Modiji forms an in-
stant bond with people who
harbor love for erudition and
writing. His magnetic perso-
na attracts such people to
him and there is a natural
connect between Modiji
and men of letters.
Modiji initiated the
Vibrant Gujarat cam-
paign when he was
the Chief Minister
and I can recollect
vividly, he intro-
duced the con-
cept of “Five
Shaktis”. He
spoke about
Jan Shakti,
R a k s h a
Shakti and
for the cam-
paign he in-
vited a few se-
lect writers to his
bungalow.
I was
quite taken aback when I
found my name amongst those
who had been chosen by Modiji
for this endeavor. I reached his
residence and met him and Ad-
vaniji, who too was present
there. Much to my surprise,
Modiji knew all about me. I
mean, I would have been sur-
prised if it was someone from
the Information
Department
who was aware of my work
and had recommended
me to
Modiji. But it was Modiji
knew all about me. He re-
ferred to the books I had au-
thored, the last article I had
written, and spoke about
my passion for collecting
books. My library is the
greatest wealth I own
and I was completely
floored when Modiji
mentioned my library
to me. It was indeed a
pleasant feeling to have
my work acknowledged
by someone none other
than the CM.
One sentence spoken
by Modiji made me his
mureed. I was teaching
Marketing
Manage-
ment at that time and
when Modiji brought
up the brilliant idea of
marketing Navratri to
the world as the
“World’s longest run-
ning song and dance
festival”,
I was
stumped. He said that
we can google, at that
time the internet too
was in its nascent
stages, and know all
about the carnivals
in Brazil and Ire-
land but they run on for only two or three
days. But think of the Indian Navratri –
we celebrate this auspicious festival for 9
days and still the world knows very little
about it. Navratri are nothing without
Garba and are a celebration
of life. We
cannot think of Navratri without the raas
and dance. All Gujaratis understand what
Navratri are all about, but how to make
the world aware of this rich and wonder-
ful Indian carnival? It took only one sen-
tence for Modiji to brand Navratri in such
a powerful way that brought the Indian
9-day carnival so much fame!
When Vibrant Gujarat campaign came
to Gujarat, I was invited to speak at the
event at Mahatma Mandir. Modiji deliv-
ered a powerful speech as usual at the
event. In a personal conversation,
Modiji
said “We should let people read whatever
they wish to. It is not important where
people begin reading from. It is not of
consequence
whether people cultivate a
habit of reading by reading Swami Vive-
kanand or our own Manubhai Pancholi,
who goes by the pen name Darshak - no,
that is not the question.” To further elu-
cidate this point, Modiji cited the example
of a heavily loaded truck that is taking a
turn. It must move slowly, steadily and
take a nicely, calculated turn. If the truck
rushes on, it is bound to overturn. Thus
young children should not be forced to
read particular writers or books. They
must be allowed to explore the world of
books and reading and grow at their indi-
vidual pace. Now, this is how a perfect
teacher thinks and Modiji definitely is
one!
Modiji, at one point, showed me how to
think about branding and now he showed
me how to act like a teacher. During the
Vibrant Gujarat Campaign,
we do not
limit ourselves to inviting Indian lumi-
naries; we go ahead and showcase our
culture and heritage to the world by invit-
ing dignitaries from other countries. We
invite nations such as Israel, Korea and
Japan. We do not compete with other In-
dian states. As CM, Modiji would say,
“We’ve got a global campaign!”
So his vi-
sion and appeal at that time too was uni-
versal and all-inclusive.
I vividly recollect the Aug 15 celebra-
tions for which I had been invited. I was
carrying a copy of my latest book Life @
Kite but when I went ahead and presented
it to Modiji, his first question to me was
“Have you presented copy of your book to
the Governor?”
Now, let me tell you,
Modiji was the inspiration
behind the
concept of the book. He had told me that
I must project big and come up with qual-
ity work - be it my books, my words, my
campaign!
So when I went up to present the book
to him, he asked me if I had one more
copy and took the book to the Governor
himself. He said “Meet Jay Vasadeva, the
much loved youth writer from Gujarat
who will be honoured today in the event.
Here’s a copy of his latest book for you!”
Well, my father, out of much happiness
and excitement,
had moved a little to-
wards the front row. The guard stopped
him and my face was turned the other
way where I could not see what was hap-
pening. It was Modiji who noticed my
father and immediately
sent for someone
to escort him to the front row, from where
he could watch the proceedings.
And
then, Modiji did not just present the roll
of honour to me, but honoured my father
at the event as well. Thus, it is my good
fortune that I have known Modiji’s
thoughts, his vision and experienced
his
greatness closely
.
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‘ONE SENTENCE SPOKEN
BY NARENDRA MODI JI
MADE ME HIS FOLLOWER’
O
ne sentence spoken by Modiji
made me his mureed. I was
teaching Marketing Management
at that time and when Modiji brought
up the brilliant idea of marketing
Navratri to the world as the “World’s
longest running song and dance
festival”, I was stumped. He said
that we can google, at that time the
internet too was in its nascent stages,
and know all about the carnivals in
Brazil and Ireland but they run on for
only two or three days. But think of
the Indian Navratri – we celebrate this
auspicious festival for 9 days and still
the world knows very little about it.
Navratri are nothing without Garba and
are a celebration of life. It took only one
sentence for Modiji to brand Navratri
in such a powerful way that brought
Indian 9-day carnival so much fame!
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Noida (PTI): The Noida
Authority board has ap-
proved a policy proposal
for structural audit of
high-rise buildings in
the city
, according to an
official statement.
The policy defines
roles and responsibili-
ties of the builder as
well as the residents' as-
sociation vis-a-vis re-
pair of structures, if
found defective.
The decision was tak-
en during the 207th
board meeting of the
Noida Authority
.
The meeting was
chaired by Uttar
Pradesh Infrastructure
and Industrial Develop-
ment Commissioner
and Noida Authority
chairman Arvind Ku-
mar with Noida Author-
ity chief executive of-
ficer Ritu Maheshwari
in presence.
According to this
policy, the structural
audit report from em-
panelled IIT or NIT or
expert institutions will
be submitted by the de-
veloper before the par-
tial or full occupancy
certificate is issued,
according to the official
statement.
It stated that even af-
ter the issuance of par-
tial or full occupancy
certificate, in any pro-
ject, if 25 per cent or
more allottees of AOA
or tower complain
about structural de-
fects, the committee
constituted at the au-
thority level will exam-
ine the complaint and
decide whether the de-
fect is of minor or ma-
jor category
.
For structural de-
fects of major category,
structural audit will be
conducted from expert
institutions. Under the
Apartment Ownership
Act, it is the responsi-
bility of the builder to
remove the structural
defects within two
years, it stated.
According to the
RERA Act, the respon-
sibility of removing the
structural defects rests
with the builder for five
years and after five
years with the AOA,
the statement said.
At present, it has
been decided by the
Board that if the struc-
tural audit report
comes negative, then
the structural defects
will be removed by the
builder within five
years from the date of
issue of occupancy
.
In cases of two to five
years period, the au-
thority will inform the
Real Estate Regulatory
Authority (RERA) to
get the action taken by
the builder after getting
the audit done by the
empanelled agency
.
NOW SHOWING AT PRAGATI MAIDAN
(Clockwise from top): The pavilions of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Delhi getting finishing touches on the eve of the
India International Trade fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday. The India International Trade Fair begins on
Monday but tIll November 18, it will be strictly restricted to Business Visitors. The fair will be thrown open for the general
public from November 19 and will conclude on November 27. The Delhi police have made special traffic arrangements
in view of the India International Trade Fair, 2022 at Pragati Maidan from November 14 to 27 and advised people to plan
their travel accordingly. Visitors to the International Trade Fair have been requested to avail of public transport due to
insufficient parking space. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Decision was taken
during the 207th
board meeting of the
Noida Authority
Policy defines roles
and responsibilities
of the builder as well as
residents’ association
If the report comes
negative within 5
yrs, then the defects will
be removed by builder
Structural audit of high-
rises in Noida approved
There are about 100 high-rise projects in Noida.
The audit re-
port from em-
panelled IIT
or NIT or expert insti-
tutions will be submit-
ted by the developer
before the partial or
full occupancy certifi-
cate is issued.
—Official statement
Women sort cigarette butts in Noida on Saturday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Manoj Rammohan
New Delhi: On the
outskirts of the na-
tional capital, a group
of people patiently
separate piles of ciga-
rette butts into paper,
brown fibre and to-
bacco powder. And
over a period of time,
each separated item is
churned into prod-
ucts ranging from soft
toys to diaries.
Focused on sustain-
ability, startup Code
Effort is recycling
cigarette butts into
different products for
more than four years
and is now exploring
the possibility of
making air purifiers
with recycled butts.
We pay Rs 200 to
400 per kilogram of
cigarette butts that we
procure from various
entities. We have
more than 200 collec-
tion centres in differ-
ent parts of the coun-
try, the startup's
founder and Director
Naman Gupta said.
The cigarette butts,
which end up as litter,
are collected by Code
Effort through vari-
ous means, including
with the help of more
than 2,000 ragpickers
from different parts
of the country
.
The laborious pro-
cess of recycling ciga-
rette butts is not only
helping in boosting
sustainability efforts
but is also providing
additional income for
women in the nearby
areas in these times
of price rise. —PTI
From recycled cigarette butts,
plans to make air purifiers
A woman holds a soft toy made from recycled butts.
Soft toys made from recycled cigarette butts in Noida.
We employ and provide livelihood to
100 plus women and local artisans at
our factory in Noida.
—Naman Gupta, Founder Director, Code Effort
New Delhi (ANI): The
A n t i - C o r r u p t i o n
Branch (ACB) on Satur-
day registered an FIR
against unidentified
persons in connection
with the alleged embez-
zlement of funds of
Delhi Jal Board (DJB)
worth Rs 20 crore, ac-
cording to the officials.
According to the
ACB, in 2019 the vigi-
lance department of the
DJB discovered seri-
ous fraud and embez-
zlement of DJB money
by the officials/agen-
cies concerned. The
Vigilance Department,
after scrutinizing the
documents seized from
the Revenue Depart-
ment of DJB, has con-
cluded that the prelimi-
nary investigation into
the matter reveals em-
bezzlement of DJB
funds amounting to Rs
20 crore and above, an
official statement said.
The ACB said that the
department would in-
vestigate the role of the
DJB officials and other
private players in the al-
leged embezzlement
that it claimed took
place between 2012 and
2019.
Detailing the case,
the ACB officials said
that the DJB had award-
ed the work of setting
up automotive bill pay-
ment collection ma-
chines at different loca-
tions in different DJB
offices to Corporation
Bank (now Union Bank
of India) for a period of
three years. It was al-
leged that the bank in-
volved a private agency
for the setting up of ki-
osks and collection of
bills from various loca-
tions in the city. The
contract is said to have
been extended from
time to time till the time
the alleged fraud was
detected, in October
2019.
The matter was im-
mediately brought to
the notice of the Bank
for recovery of the
amount collected from
the e-Kiosks, which the
Bank had failed to de-
posit in the bank ac-
count of DJB during
the above said period,
along with penal inter-
est and other liabilities.
However, despite pro-
tracted deliberations at
the senior level all this
while, the Bank is ap-
parently reluctant to
return the money em-
bezzled by its vendor to
cause substantial finan-
cial loss to DJB, the
statment said.
ACB registers FIR in `20 crore Jal Board scam
LG HAD ORDERED FIR IN SEPTEMBER
New Delhi (PTI): In a
first, Lieutenant Gover-
nor VK Saxena has au-
thorised the Delhi Sub-
ordinate Services Selec-
tion Board (DSSSB) to
recruit group 'B' 'C'
non-judicial subordi-
nate staff for the Delhi
High Court, official
sources said on Sunday
.
Saxena cleared im-
pediments restricting
the DSSSB to recruit
only for the Delhi gov-
ernment and its under-
takings, Municipal Cor-
poration of Delhi, New
Delhi Municipal Coun-
cil, they said.
It was also desired by
the Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court that
DSSSB, being a profes-
sional government re-
cruiting body, may or-
ganise and conduct
open examination on
behalf of the Court for
certain posts.
The new posts for
which the DSSSB can
now hold recruitment
exams include private
secretary, court master,
administrative officer,
senior judicial assis-
tant, personal assistant
among others. Exami-
nations for such posts
are currently conduct-
ed by outside agencies.
New Delhi (PTI): A
26-year-old man ab-
sconding since 2018 in a
murder case was ar-
rested from Jharkhand,
police said on Sunday
.
The accused has been
identified as Shalu To-
pno, a resident of
Jharkhand, police said.
After receiving infor-
mation about Topno, a
police team was sent to
Gumla district in
Jharkhand from where
he was arrested on Fri-
day, DCP (Special Cell)
PS Kushwah said.
The dismembered
body of a 15-year-old
girl was found in the
Mianwali Nagar area
here on May 17, 2018. A
case was registered and
three persons were ar-
rested, but Topno had
been absconding since
then, police said.
Topno disclosed that
he worked in a place-
ment agency and used
to bring girls from
Jharkhand and Bihar to
get them employed as
domestic helps, the
DCP said. He brought a
12-year-old girl from
Jharkhand in 2015 but
after three years the
girl wanted to return
home and asked Topno
to pay Rs 2 lakh which
was part of her salary
.
New Delhi (PTI): A
36-year-old Nigerian na-
tional was arrested
here after 50 grams of
heroin was seized from
him, police here said on
Sunday
.
On Friday, we re-
ceived a tip-off regard-
ing a drug supplier, who
was a foreign national,
coming to M Block, Mo-
han Garden, Deputy
Commissioner of Po-
lice (Dwarka) Harsha
Vardhan said.
A trap was laid and
around 11.45 pm, the
man -- Obinna -- was ap-
prehended, Vardhan
said. A case under the
Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substanc-
es Act has been regis-
tered, the DCP said.
LG authorises
recruitment of non-
judicial staff for HC
Murder accused on
the run since 2018
held in Jharkhand
LG Saxena
cleared
impediments
restricting the
DSSSB to recruit
only for the
Delhi govt and
its undertakings
Topno dis-
closed that he
worked in a
placement agency and
used to bring girls
from Jharkhand and
Bihar to be employed
as domestic helps.
—PS Kushwah,
DCP (Special Cell)
Nigerian held
with drugs

CAPITOL
03
Muh. Mazhar Saleem
Lucknow: The con-
struction of a mosque
in Ayodhya, being built
pursuant to the Su-
preme Court verdict in
the Ram Janmabhoomi-
Babri Masjid case, is
expected to be complet-
ed by December next
year, the trust entrusted
with the task has said.
“We hope to get ap-
proval to the map of the
proposed mosque, hos-
pital, community kitch-
en, library and research
centre from the Ayod-
hya Development Au-
thority by the end of
this month. Soon after
we will start the con-
struction of the
mosque,” Indo-Islamic
Cultural Foundation
Trust secretary Athar
Hussain told PTI.
The construction of
the Dhannipur Ayod-
hya Mosque is likely to
be completed by the end
of December 2023, while
the remaining struc-
tures on the five-acre
Maulvi Ahmadullah
Shah Complex will be
come up subsequently,
he said.
The Supreme Court,
in its verdict in the
long-standing Ayodhya
dispute, ordered the
construction of a Ram
temple on the 2.77-acre
plot where the Babri
Masjid once stood, and
directed that five acres
be allotted for building
a mosque in the Uttar
Pradesh district.
The ‘bhoomi pujan’
for the temple was per-
formed by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi in
August 2020 and, ac-
cording to the temple
trust, it is likely to be
opened to devotees in
January 2024.
The timing of the
completion of the tem-
ple and the mosque is
significant as the next
parliamentary election
is scheduled for early
2024.
The Indo-Islamic Cul-
tural Foundation Trust,
formed by the Uttar
Pradesh Sunni Central
Waqf Board for the con-
struction of the
mosque, has also decid-
ed to build a hospital,
community kitchen, li-
brary and a research
institute.
“The trust will start
the construction of all
proposed structures si-
multaneously and the
mosque is likely to be
completed first because
of its small size. Al-
though no deadline has
been fixed, it will hope-
fully be constructed
within a year’s time,”
Hussain said. —PTI
‘Construction of Ayodhya mosque likely to complete by Dec 2023’
ON FAST TRACK
In the long-standing dispute, the SC
had directed that 5 acres be allotted by
the government for building a mosque
Proposed design of new mosque at Ayodhya
HOSPITAL, LIBRARY ALSO TO BE BUILT
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJPonSundaymounted
a fresh attack on CM
Arvind Kejriwal on the
excise policy issue and
asked him to prove his
honestybyundergoing
a lie detector test as
sought by conman Su-
kesh Chandrashekhar.
Addressing a press
conferencehere,BJPna-
tional spokesperson
Shehzad Poonawala tar-
geted Kejriwal on the is-
sueof allegedscamsand
said a 'Lootera' film di-
rected by the Delhi CM
was going on in the na-
tional capital for the last
eight years
Referring to the 2013
Ranveer Singh starrer
'Lootera', the party also
shared a poster on Twit-
ter which showcased
DyCM Manish Sisodia
as 'Lootera'
Poonawala's remarks
came a day after Kejri-
wal said the BJP should
make Chandrashekhar
its national president as
he was speaking the
same language as BJP
.
“It's a good chance for
Kejriwaltoundergoalie
detector test along with
Satyendar Jain and
Kailash Gahlot in a live
telecast and proveSuke-
sh's claims wrong,” he
said. Chandrashekhar
has written letters to the
LG, levelling various al-
legations of extortion
againstAAPleadersand
said he was ready for a
lie detector test along
with Kejriwal and his
ministers.
Poonawala said Kejri-
wal can prove his hon-
esty through a lie detec-
tortestbuthewouldnot.
He could have ap-
proached the court for
quashing of FIR in liq-
uor scam but he did not
do so either, he said.
The cast of Lootera
film directed by Kejri-
wal has Sisodia who is
an accused in the liquor
scam case, he said and
claimed the now
scrapped Excise Policy
2021-22 caused a loss of
Rs1,800croretothestate
exchequer,” he said.
Kejriwal’s ‘Lootera’ in Del: BJP
POLL NARRATIVE HOTS UP
Broken roads, waterlogging,
garbage among key issues
Aparna Bose
New Delhi: Broken
roads, waterlogging and
garbage are some of the
key issues that the resi-
dents in the capital have
been facing for years, ac-
cording to the Residents'
Welfare Associations
(RWAs).
President of north
Delhi RWA, Ashok Bha-
sinsaid80percentroads
in their area are broken
and sewer lines around
slums need to be fixed.
The biggest issue we
have been facing for last
3 to 4 years is broken
roads. Condition of
these roads and gullies
(streets) are pathetic.
Even the sewer lines
around the slum area
are in the same condi-
tion, Bhasin said.
What has MCD given
us in last 15 years? They
have provided us with
zero benefits. Residents
are being threatened
and charged fines in the
nameof pollutionbythe
authorities. Politicians
are busy focusing on
publicity rather than
working for develop-
ment, he said.
BS Vohra, president
of east Delhi RWA said
the civic body needs to
focus on infrastructure
He said due to improper
drainage systems, resi-
dents face waterlogging
during rains. Pothole-
riddled roads add to this
problem. —PTI
A poster parodying the original poster of the 2013 Hindi film
Lootera, with Manish Sisodia purportedly leading the charge.
A watrerlogged street in Delhi after a bout of rain. —FILE PHOTO
Anti-smog guns in action in Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
n SPOKESMAN SHEHZAD POONAWALA HITS OUT
AT CM; ASKS HIM TO UNDERGO POLYGRAPH TEST
The cast of Lootera film directed by Kejri-
wal has Sisodia who is an accused in the
liquor scam case.
—Shehzad Poonawala, BJP nationall spokesperson
RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS COMPLAIN
New Delhi (PTI): In
less than 24 hours,
AIIMS saw a second in-
stance in which a family
donated the organs of a
brain dead girl, giving a
new lease of life to two
kids, officials said.
Earlier, the family
members of an
18-month-old girl, de-
clared brain dead, do-
nated her organs, offer-
ing life to two and vision
to two other children.
Mansi from Mathura
had fallen down from a
height at her home on
November 2. The eight-
year-old girl suffered
severe brain damage
and was declared brain
dead on November 11,
Professor of Neurosur-
gery
, AIIMS, Dr Deepak
Gupta said.
With the consent of
her parents, her liver
andakidneyweretrans-
planted in a 5-year-old
who was undergoing
treatment at Institute of
Liver and Biliary Sci-
ences Hospital here.
The other kidney was
given to a child aged 12
years, who was on peri-
toneal dialysis for over
five years and there was
no suitable donor in the
family
.
Mansi's corneas and
heart valves have been
preserved to be used in
other children.
During the counsel-
ling, Mansi's parents
were told about Rolly's
story after which they
understood the concept
of brain death and the
need for organ dona-
tion, he said.
The parents of 6-year-
old Rolly Prajapati, de-
clared brain dead fol-
lowing a gunshot injury
,
had donated her vital
organs -- heart, liver,
kidneys and corneas --
in April this year.
I believe Rolly's case
has given a message to
everyone to increase
sensitisation in families
towards this cause. Af-
ter that case, donations
from children have been
taking place at AIIMS,
he said.
Familyofbrain-dead8-yr-oldgirldonatesorgans
Dr Deepak Gupta
advised parents
to ensure their
balconies are
twice the height
of their kids,
saying fall from
height is biggest
killer among
them in India
New Delhi: BJP MPs
Gautam Gambhir and
Manoj Tiwari are report-
edly unhappy with the
selection of candidates
and have met with na-
tional leaders to register
their complaints.
“Gambhir was par-
ticularly dissatisfied with
distribution of tickets
against his recom-
mendations for Anand
Vihar, Mayur Vihar and
Mandawali wards. Tiwari
is also learnt to be
unhappy with the tickets
given to ‘undeserv-
ing’ candidates in 8-10
wards in North East
Delhi,” sources close to
the two MPs said.
The Delhi BJP had on
Saturday released its
first list of 232 candi-
dates for the elections.
Delhi BJP Mahila
Morcha general sec-
retary Teena Sharma
questioned the tickets
given to Mahila Morcha
president and another
general secretary. She
also alleged that she
was denied ticket from
Andrews Ganj despite
her name being recom-
mended by the district
and state units.
RESENTMENT BREWS IN DELHI BJP OVER CANDIDATE SELECTION
Indian Biogas Associa-
tion (IBA) has urged the
Delhi government to
increase its budget
spending on environ-
ment by over five times
to Rs 700 crore amid ris-
ing air pollution in the
national capital region.
In a letter to Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal earlier this
month, the IBA point-
ed out that the spend-
ing on environment
should be at least 1 per
cent of the total budg-
et outlay of the Na-
tional Capital Territo-
ry of Delhi in the back-
drop of high air pollu-
tion in the city and
adjoining areas.
It pointed out that for
a long time, the burning
of crop residues was
considered one of the
main causes of the
city's pollution prob-
lem. But other contrib-
uting factors such as
automobile and indus-
trial pollution, road
dust, and construction
and demolition waste
also do not get adequate
attention from the gov-
ernment.
Biogas Assn for
hiking environment
outlay to Rs 700-cr
As per Budget
2022 23, Rs
126.9 crore has
been allocated for envi-
ronment, which seems
miniscule in compari-
son to the initiatives
needed to curb pollu-
tion in Delhi.
—IBA, official statement
Supreme Court lawyer joins BJP
New Delhi (PTI): A Su-
preme Court lawyer
who worked as a legal
advisor to governors of
several states joined the
BJP here on Sunday
.
Vikas Bansode joined
the party at its head-
quarters in the presence
of its national general
secretary CT Ravi.
Ravi told reporters
that Bansode had
worked as a legal advi-
sor to former governors,
including late Congress
leader Hansraj Bhard-
waj, of states of Karna-
taka, Kerala, Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana.
He knows many oppo-
sition leaders inside out
and that is why some of
them are losing sleep at
his decision to join the
BJP
, Ravi said.
Bansode’s induction
into the party will
strengthen it in south
India, he said.
BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi with Vikas Bansode as
the latter joins BJP, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
n Vikas Bansode
has been legal
advisor to guvs

PERSPECTIVE
04
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 18
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
PM MODI: AN INSPIRING,
MAGNETIC PERSONALITY
Meet the man who Brands India,
Educates India, Guides India - PM
minent Gujarati writer, Jay
Vasavada recalls how Modi-
ji’s unique vision and re-
sponses to seemingly obvi-
ous situations made him a
better marketer, educator
and a writer. Modiji’s in-
spiring thoughts, encouragement and
out-of-the-box examples in practical
life remain a guiding light for him.
What are Navratri? It is Modiji who
showed the world the grandeur and splen-
dour of Navratri. In one simple sentence
Modiji explained what Navratri are when
he described them as “the longest
running song and dance festival
of the world.” It is my observa-
tion that Modiji forms an in-
stant bond with people who
harbor love for erudition and
writing. His magnetic perso-
na attracts such people to
him and there is a natural
connect between Modiji
and men of letters.
Modiji initiated the
Vibrant Gujarat cam-
paign when he was
the Chief Minister
and I can recollect
vividly, he intro-
duced the con-
cept of “Five
Shaktis”. He
spoke about
Jan Shakti,
R a k s h a
Shakti and
for the cam-
paign he in-
vited a few se-
lect writers to his
bungalow. I was
quite taken aback when I
found my name amongst those
who had been chosen by Modiji
for this endeavor. I reached his
residence and met him and Ad-
vaniji, who too was present
there. Much to my surprise,
Modiji knew all about me. I
mean, I would have been sur-
prised if it was someone from
the Information Department
who was aware of my work
and had recommended me to
Modiji. But it was Modiji
knew all about me. He re-
ferred to the books I had au-
thored, the last article I had
written, and spoke about
my passion for collecting
books. My library is the
greatest wealth I own
and I was completely
floored when Modiji
mentioned my library
to me. It was indeed a
pleasant feeling to have
my work acknowledged
by someone none other
than the CM.
One sentence spoken
by Modiji made me his
mureed. I was teaching
Marketing Manage-
ment at that time and
when Modiji brought
up the brilliant idea of
marketing Navratri to
the world as the
“World’s longest run-
ning song and dance
festival”, I was
stumped. He said that
we can google, at that
time the internet too
was in its nascent
stages, and know all
about the carnivals
in Brazil and Ire-
land but they run on for only two or three
days. But think of the Indian Navratri –
we celebrate this auspicious festival for 9
days and still the world knows very little
about it. Navratri are nothing without
Garba and are a celebration of life. We
cannot think of Navratri without the raas
and dance. All Gujaratis understand what
Navratri are all about, but how to make
the world aware of this rich and wonder-
ful Indian carnival? It took only one sen-
tence for Modiji to brand Navratri in such
a powerful way that brought the Indian
9-day carnival so much fame!
When Vibrant Gujarat campaign came
to Gujarat, I was invited to speak at the
event at Mahatma Mandir. Modiji deliv-
ered a powerful speech as usual at the
event. In a personal conversation, Modiji
said “We should let people read whatever
they wish to. It is not important where
people begin reading from. It is not of
consequence whether people cultivate a
habit of reading by reading Swami Vive-
kanand or our own Manubhai Pancholi,
who goes by the pen name Darshak - no,
that is not the question.” To further elu-
cidate this point, Modiji cited the example
of a heavily loaded truck that is taking a
turn. It must move slowly, steadily and
take a nicely, calculated turn. If the truck
rushes on, it is bound to overturn. Thus
young children should not be forced to
read particular writers or books. They
must be allowed to explore the world of
books and reading and grow at their indi-
vidual pace. Now, this is how a perfect
teacher thinks and Modiji definitely is
one!
Modiji, at one point, showed me how to
think about branding and now he showed
me how to act like a teacher. During the
Vibrant Gujarat Campaign, we do not
limit ourselves to inviting Indian lumi-
naries; we go ahead and showcase our
culture and heritage to the world by invit-
ing dignitaries from other countries. We
invite nations such as Israel, Korea and
Japan. We do not compete with other In-
dian states. As CM, Modiji would say,
“We’ve got a global campaign!” So his vi-
sion and appeal at that time too was uni-
versal and all-inclusive.
I vividly recollect the Aug 15 celebra-
tions for which I had been invited. I was
carrying a copy of my latest book Life @
Kite but when I went ahead and presented
it to Modiji, his first question to me was
“Have you presented copy of your book to
the Governor?” Now, let me tell you,
Modiji was the inspiration behind the
concept of the book. He had told me that
I must project big and come up with qual-
ity work - be it my books, my words, my
campaign!
So when I went up to present the book
to him, he asked me if I had one more
copy and took the book to the Governor
himself. He said “Meet Jay Vasadeva, the
much loved youth writer from Gujarat
who will be honoured today in the event.
Here’s a copy of his latest book for you!”
Well, my father, out of much happiness
and excitement, had moved a little to-
wards the front row. The guard stopped
him and my face was turned the other
way where I could not see what was hap-
pening. It was Modiji who noticed my
father and immediately sent for someone
to escort him to the front row, from where
he could watch the proceedings. And
then, Modiji did not just present the roll
of honour to me, but honoured my father
at the event as well. Thus, it is my good
fortune that I have known Modiji’s
thoughts, his vision and experienced his
greatness closely
.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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YOU READ PART-17 ON AUGUST 25, 2022
‘ONE SENTENCE SPOKEN
BY NARENDRA MODI JI
MADE ME HIS FOLLOWER’
O
ne sentence spoken by Modiji
made me his mureed. I was
teaching Marketing Management
at that time and when Modiji brought
up the brilliant idea of marketing
Navratri to the world as the “World’s
longest running song and dance
festival”, I was stumped. He said
that we can google, at that time the
internet too was in its nascent stages,
and know all about the carnivals in
Brazil and Ireland but they run on for
only two or three days. But think of
the Indian Navratri – we celebrate this
auspicious festival for 9 days and still
the world knows very little about it.
Navratri are nothing without Garba and
are a celebration of life. It took only one
sentence for Modiji to brand Navratri
in such a powerful way that brought
Indian 9-day carnival so much fame!

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INDIA
05
Thane (PTI): Rashtri-
ya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) leader Indresh
Kumar on Sunday said
99 per cent Muslims in
India are “Hindustani”
by their ancestry, cul-
ture, traditions and
motherland.
Kumar was addressing
the concluding ceremo-
ny of the two-day state-
level workshop of activ-
ists of the Muslim
Rashtriya Manch
(MRM), a wing of the
RSS, at Rambhau Mhal-
gi Prabodhini at Uttan
in Thane district.
“We must consider our
duty towards our na-
tion as supreme and
above all other things
as per the directives
and tenets of the Holy
Quran,” a release quot-
ed Kumar as saying.
“Ninety-nine per cent
Muslims in India are
Hindustani by their an-
cestors, culture, tradi-
tions and motherland,”
he said.
Kumar referred to RSS
chief Bhagwat’s past
statement on Indians
having common DNA,
and said, “D means the
dreams we get everyday
,
N denotes native nation
and A represents ances-
tors. We all dream in
our mother tongue. We
have common ancestors
and share a common
native nation which
makes all of us share
the common DNA.”
RSS leader:‘99% Muslims in
India Hindustani by ancestry’
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar has got his first
ally outside Bihar.
Ever since he broke
ties with the BJP and
formed an alliance
with the Rashtriya Ja-
nata Dal and formed a
new government
in Bihar, he has
been trying to
forge a role in
national poli-
tics. For this,
he visited
Delhi twice
in the past
and met
o p p o s i -
t i o n
leaders. He is also in
touch with socialist
leaders from across the
country, with whom he
did politics in the
eighties and nineties.
Despite this, he has not
yet received open sup-
port from any Sama-
jwadi Party.
Meanwhile, Badrud-
din Ajmal, leader and
MP of Assam’s All In-
dia United Democratic
Front (AIUDF) has an-
nounced to accept Nit-
ish as a leader. Ajmal
has said that if Nitish
Kumar leads the oppo-
sition alliance, he (Aj-
mal) would be ready to
join it. Keep in mind
that Ajmal’s party has
been in coalition with
the Congress in Assam.
But right now both the
parties are doing differ-
ent politics. With Ajmal
siding with Nitish, the
Janata Dal-U can get
some advantage in the
politics of the North-
east. The JDU has been
influential in the north-
eastern states of Ma-
nipur, Nagaland,
Meghalaya and
Arunachal Pradesh.
There are elections in
two of these states next
year. If Nitish’s party
repeats the previous
performance, then JDU
will come closer to be-
coming a national par-
ty
. However, it is not yet
clear whether Nitish
will benefit from Aj-
mal’s support in the
rest of the country or
some parties will dis-
tance himself from him
due to the compulsion
of Hindutva politics.
Will all parties accept Nitish as nat’l leader?
MISSION 2024
Chandigarh (PTI): De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Sunday as-
serted that safeguard-
ing national interests is
the main focus of the
BJP-led government
and anyone casting an
evil eye on India is now
given a befitting reply
.
“India is no longer
weak. We believe in
peace,” Singh said, add-
ing that a befitting re-
ply is now given if any-
one tries to harm us.
Our soldiers have
proved this time and
again, Singh said refer-
ring to the 2016 surgical
strikes and 2019 Balakot
airstrikes. He also men-
tioned about the brav-
ery shown by soldiers
during the Galwan Val-
ley standoff in Ladakh.
Singh was address-
ing a gathering after
unveiling the statue of
legendary warrior
Prithviraj Chauhan in
Haryana’s Jhajjar.
He also said to get rid
of the colonial mindset,
the Narendra Modi gov-
ernment has taken a
number of initiatives,
including a new Indian
Navy ensign inspired
from Maratha warrior
Chhatrapati Shivaji,
abolition of around
1,500 obsolete British-
era laws, renaming of
Rajpath as Kartavya
Path and installation of
a grand statue of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose
at India Gate.
Over 1,500 archaic
laws dating back to
British era, whose rele-
vance was over, have
been abolished. There
are many such laws for
which we are preparing
a scheme, he said.
AnyonecastingevileyeonIndia
isgivenbefittingreply:Rajnath
Says air strikes and surgical strikes post Uri Pulwama terror attacks are testimony
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the unveiling ceremony
of the statue of Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan, in Jhajjar on Sunday.
Haryana CM ML Khattar and others also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI
JK L-G MANOJ SINHA CALLS
ON DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH
New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Jammu and Kash-
mir Manoj Sinha on Sunday met Union Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Taking to a
micro blogging site Twitter, Defence Ministry of In-
dia wrote, “The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and
Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha called on Raksha Mantri
Shri @rajnathsingh in New Delhi today.”
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress leader Kanhaiya
Kumar on Sunday said
that the party has com-
pleted the first leg of its
Bharat Jodo Yatra and
the yatra has revealed
the real identity of Ra-
hul Gandhi.
“When yatra started,
there were many ques-
tions in our minds, but it
has succeeded beyond
ourexpectations.During
the Bharat Jodo Yatra,
many people joined the
party and mostly the
common people of the
country
.Farmers,youth,
and working people are
joining the yatra,” Ku-
mar said.
“Women are also
meeting Rahul Gandhi
comfortably
. It has re-
vealed the real identity
of Rahul Gandhi. The
first leg of Yatra has
been completed and the
second stage of the
journey will be
based on the unful-
filled promises of
the BJP govt,”
he added.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Yatrahasrevealed
RaGa’srealidentity:
KanhaiyaKumar
“WILL NAIL GOVT”
New Delhi (ANI): The
BJP on Sunday held a
meeting under its Gen-
eral Secretary BL San-
tosh at the party’s head-
quarters in Delhi to pre-
pare for the upcoming
2024 Lok Sabha polls.
According to sources,
during the meeting, the
party reviewed the pro-
gress of all the ongoing
programmes as well as
the progress of the cen-
tral government-run
schemes across the na-
tion. The sources fur-
ther said that the party
also reviewed various
initiativesthatneededto
be taken up ahead of the
next general elections.
BJP is looking to put
all its efforts into the up-
coming Gujarat polls.
Apart from this, the
year 2023 also has As-
sembly polls likely in 9
states including Tripu-
ra, Meghalaya, Karna-
taka, Rajasthan, Mad-
hya Pradesh and Chhat-
tisgarh amongst others.
BJP-led NDA govt has
beeninpowerinthecen-
tre since 2014 and is
serving its second term
under PM Narendra
Modi. BJP had a full ma-
jority in 2019 too with
the party winning over
300 seats in the 2019
polls. The party is confi-
dent that under the lead-
ership of Modi, they can
emerge victorious in
2024 elections.
A scattered opposi-
tion is still searching for
aleaderwhocanbindall
of themtogether.Sharad
Pawar, Mamata Baner-
jee and K Chandrashek-
harRaohaveallattempt-
ed opposition unity
.
BJP meet for 2024 Lok Sabha polls;party
reviews Central government-run schemes
Lucknow (PTI): UP
Minister Jaiveer Singh
has said the political
stature of Mulayam
Singh Yadav and Dim-
ple Yadav is as different
as the earth and sky and
claimed the BJP will
win the Samajwadi Par-
ty’s bastion of Mainpu-
ri in the December 5
Lok Sabha bypoll.
The SP has fielded
party chief Akhilesh
Yadav’s wife Dimple Ya-
dav as its candidate
from the Mainpuri Lok
Sabha seat, which fell
vacant after the death
of party patriarch Mu-
layam Singh Yadav.
The seat had been
represented by Mulay-
am for five times since
1996 while other SP
nominees have won it a
number of times.
Singh said Samajwa-
di Party under Mulay-
am was seen on the
ground whereas under
Akhilesh, it is being op-
erated from air-condi-
tioned rooms and visi-
ble only on Twitter.
Dimple no match to MSY,BJP will win Mainpuri: UP Minister
New Delhi (ANI): BJP
MP Locket Chatterjee
on Sunday filed a police
complaint at North Av-
enue police station
against TMC leader
Akhil Giri who passed
derogatory remarks on
President Droupadi
Murmu recently
.
Chatterjee has re-
quested immediate ac-
tion against Giri under
sections of the Indian
Penal Code (IPC) and
Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes (SC/
ST) Act. According to
her, Mamata Banerjee
should fire Giri and
apologize to President
Murmu about the inci-
dent herself.
Speaking to media af-
terfilingFIR,Chatterjee
said, “Mamata Banerjee
should give a statement.
Akhil Giri is a minister
in her government, she
should sack him imme-
diately
. She should come
to Delhi and apologize.
Theymaysayalotabout
theSC-STcommunityin
public but this is the ac-
tual sentiment of their
ministers.”
Mumbai (PTI): Senior
BJP leader Anurag
Thakur on Sunday took
a dig at former Con-
gress chief Rahul Gan-
dhi,wonderingwhether
the party had kept him
away from campaign-
ing in the Himachal
Pradesh elections as
part of a strategy
.
The state voted on
Saturday where the
Congress is keen to de-
feat the BJP govern-
ment led by Jai Ram
Thakur.
“We have to under-
stand whether it was
part of a strategy that
Rahul Gandhi was kept
away from elections on
thepretextof theBharat
Jodo Yatra or whether it
was a political move,”
the information and
broadcasting minister
told reporters here.
Only the Congress
can shed light on why a
prominent leader of the
party had not cam-
paigned in the elec-
tions, which form an
important aspect of de-
mocracy, he said.
Remarks on Murmu:
BJP MP lodges FIR
against TMC leader
Did Cong keep
away Rahul
from Himachal
polls?:Thakur
UP POCSO COURT
GIVES LIFE TERM
TO RAPE ACCUSED
HC: SENSITISE
OFFICIALS TO
THEIR POWERS
Shamli: A man accused of
raping a minor has been
awarded a life sentence
by the POCSO court in
Shamli. Additional district
sessions judge (POCSO),
Mumtaz Ali, also imposed
a fine of Rs 30,000 on the
man. In April this year,
the accused, identified
as Mohd Usman, 32,
who worked as a mason,
kidnapped the 16-year-old
girl from her village when
her parents were away and
raped her for three days.
Chennai: The Madras
High Court has directed
the Adi Dravidar and Tribal
Welfare Department to
sensitise its officials to
their powers and respon-
sibilities in verification of
community certificates.
“We hope the needful will
be done at the level of
the secretary,” a Division
Bench of Justice R Sub-
ramanian and Justice K
Kumaresh Babu said while
allowing a writ petition
from a woman recently.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said augmentation of
medical infrastructure was crucial to meet the rising need of
qualified doctors and deserving colleges
must not be denied the opportunity to en-
hance the strength of medical profession-
als as it allowed a Tamil Nadu college to
increase intake of students for NEET-UG
2022. The observation came dealing with
a petition by Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan
Medical College Hospital in Tamil for raising the issue of
denial of request for increased intake of students to 250.
New Delhi: Per capita income of population in India has in-
creased in real terms by 33.4 per cent since the enactment
of National Food Security Act (NFSA)
in 2013, Centre has told the Supreme
Court. In an affidavit, the Union govt said
this rise in per capita income of people
has taken a large number of households
to higher income class. “During last eight
years, since the enactment of NFSA, per
capita income of the population in India has increased in
real terms by 33.4 per cent,” the Centre said.
DELHI HC ALLOWS TN MEDICAL COLLEGE
TO INCREASE INTAKE OF STUDENTS
PER CAPITA INCOME ROSE IN REAL TERMS
BY 33.4% SINCE NFSA: CENTRE TELLS SC
IN THE COURTYARD
BJP RAISING ISSUES LIKE UCC AHEAD OF 2024 LS POLLS: BARQ
Nitish Kumar
Dimple Yadav
Locket Chatterjee
Kanhaiya Kumar
BJP National President JP Nadda holds a meeting with party's National General Secretaries, at the
party headquarters, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
Sharm el-Sheikh: Sec-
retary Ministry of Envi-
ronment Forest and Cli-
mate Change, Leena
Nandan delivered her
special remarks at a ses-
sion on ‘Long Term
Strategy on Adaptation
and Adaptation Readi-
ness in India’, organised
by The Energy and Re-
sources Institute (TERI)
at the India Pavilion at
COP27 on Sunday
.
Underscoring the im-
perative need for fi-
nance for adaptation,
Leena Nandan, Secre-
tary, pointed out that
developing a global
baseline to enhance
transparency and inves-
tor confidence is a cru-
cial measure in enhanc-
ing adaptation readi-
ness. Noting that adap-
tation must be at the
forefront of develop-
ment interventions,
Nandan said, “The insti-
tutional arrangement,
the action plan and re-
source mobilization, all
have to walk hand-in-
hand and see the macro
picture through the
same lens.”
She strongly empha-
sised on the need for in-
formation dissemina-
tion to strengthen com-
munities for adaptation.
Secretary MoEFCC participates in COP27
LONG TERM STRATEGY ON ADAPTATION
lll
MoEFCC said,
“Developing a
global baseline
to enhance
transparency
investor
confidence is
crucial in
enhancing
adaptation”
No relief: IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, Chennai waterlogged
Tamil Nadu (ANI): In-
dia Meteorological De-
partment predicted
rainfall accompanied by
thunderstorms in Chen-
nai on Sunday
.
The Met Department
issued a red alert for Ta-
mil Nadu.
Several parts of
Chennai have been wa-
terlogged due to the
heavy rainfall since Fri-
day, adding to the woes
of the common people.
The IMD had earlier
stated the depression
that formed in the Bay
of Bengal is likely to
move towards the Tamil
Nadu and Puducherry
coast as an intense de-
pression by Saturday,
due to which coastal re-
gions of Tamil Nadu
and Puducherry are
likely to experience
heavy rains from for the
next three days.
“Puducherry and sur-
rounding areas have
been receiving wide-
spread heavy rains
since last night due to
the low-pressure area,”
the Meteorological De-
partment said adding
that the incessant rains
in areas like Bussi Road,
Laspettai East Coast
Road, Karuvadikuppam
are flooded compelling
the motorists to suffer.
Notably, the low-lying
areas including Rain-
bow Nagar and Krishna
Nagar are also sur-
rounded by rainwater.
The Puducherry gov-
ernment ordered two
days of holiday for
schools and colleges in
Puducherry and Karai-
kal for Friday and Sat-
urday (i.e., November 11
to November 12) due to
heavy rain. Similarly in
Tamil Nadu, schools
and colleges remain
closed in several dis-
tricts in view of inces-
sant rainfall.
TNFRS personnel evacuate people from a waterlogged residential
area following heavy rains, in Chennai, Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Rains to recede, Stalin to inspect delta
Chennai (PTI): Ta-
mil Nadu Chief Min-
ister M K Stalin on
Sunday said he would
soon be inspecting
rain-affected areas in
the Cauvery delta re-
gion.
After inspecting ar-
eas in north Chennai,
Stalin said he would
be visiting Sirkazhi in
Mayilduthurai dis-
trict on November 14.
“People said there is
no rain water stagna-
tion in most (North
Chennai) areas,” the
Chief Minister said
on his visit to city ar-
eas. From Monday
, the
India Meteorological
Department has fore-
cast a significant de-
crease in rainfall ac-
tivity in Tamil Nadu
and nearby Puduch-
erry
.
Electricity distribu-
tion infrastructure
was hit. Sirkazhi saw
a record 44 CM, all-
time high for this spe-
cific region and high-
est in Tamil Nadu dur-
ing the 24-hour
period that
e n d e d
on the
mor n-
ing of
Novem-
ber 12.
Weareinourextended
family:VicePrezDhankhar
Siem Reap (PTI): Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Sunday
said he felt like home in
Cambodia, which is
part of India’s “extend-
ed family”, as he inau-
gurated the completed
conservation work of
‘Haal of Dancers’ in Ta
Prohm Temple here.
Dhankhar, accompa-
nied by his wife Sudesh
Dhankhar and External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar, visited the Ta
Prohm Temple and of-
fered prayers.
“We are not in the
country of our extend-
ed neighbourhood, we
are in our extended
family,” Dhankhar said
while inaugurating the
restored Hall of Danc-
ers at Ta Prohm Temple
in the Angkor archaeo-
logical complex.
‘The Hall of Dancers’
at Ta Prohm temple is
part of a USD 4 million
worth collaboration
project between India
and Cambodia on pres-
ervation and restora-
tion of cultural herit-
age in Cambodia.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar also visits Angkor Wat Temple
Jagdeep Dhankhar at inauguration of restored Hall of Dancers at
the Ta Prohm temple, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Sunday.
VP highlights
concerns on
food energy
security
Phnom Penh : Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar high-
lighted the global
concerns on food
and energy securi-
ty, and emphasised
the role of the East
Asia Summit (EAS)
mechanism in pro-
moting free, open
and inclusive Indo-
Pacific with free-
dom of navigation
and overflight.
He emphasised
the role of the EAS
mechanism in pro-
moting free, open
and inclusive Indo-
Pacific with free-
dom of navigation
and overflight.
VICE PRESIDENT DHANKHAR ADDRESSES
EAST ASIA SUMMIT IN CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
addressed the East Asia Summit here on the last
day of his visit to Cambodia. An official in the MEA
said that the vice president’s address was a closed
session. Dhankhar is in Cambodia for his three-
day visit. This year marks the 30th anniversary of
ASEAN-India relations and is being celebrated as
the ASEAN-India Friendship Year.
Phnom Penh (PTI):
External Affairs Minis-
ter S Jaishankar met US
Secretary of State An-
tony Blinken on Sunday
and discussed the
Ukraine conflict, the
strategic Indo-Pacific
region and bilateral re-
lations on the sidelines
of the ASEAN-India
summit here in the
Cambodian capital.
Jaishankar is accom-
panying Vice President
Jagdeep Dhankhar, who
is leading the Indian del-
egation to the ASEAN-
India Commemorative
Summit and the 17th
East Asia Summit here.
“A good meeting with
US Secretary of State @
SecBlinken. Discussed
Ukraine, Indo-Pacific,
energy
, G20 and bilateral
relations,” Jaishankar
said in a tweet.
He also met UN chief
Antonio Guterres at the
end of the ASEAN gala
dinner on Saturday
.
“Always nice to catch
up with DPM FM Don
Pramudwinai of Thai-
land. Discussed our
shared regional con-
cerns and the strength-
ening partnership with
ASEAN,” he said.
US President Joe
Biden also attended the
East Asia Summit. He
shook hands with Vice
President Dhankhar
during the summit. S
Jaishankar on Saturday
discussed a range of is-
sues with his counter-
parts from Canada, In-
donesia and Singapore.
New Delhi (PTI):
ArmyChief GenManoj
Pande on Sunday left
for France on a four-day
visit with an aim to fur-
ther strengthen the
“bonds of trust” be-
tween the Indian and
French armies amid the
fast-evolving security
matrix and the geopo-
litical situation.
Gen Manoj Pande
will hold extensive
talks with the top mili-
tary brass of France.
“The Chief of the
Army Staff has pro-
ceeded on a visit to
France from November
14 to 17.
“During the four-day
visit, he will be meeting
his counterparts and
senior military leader-
ship of France with an
aim to enhance defence
cooperation between
both the nations,” the
Army said in a state-
ment issued on Sunday
.
Jammu (PTI): The
JK Police is all set to
procure seven mine-pro-
tected vehicles (MPVs),
five remotely operated
vehicles (RoVs), and 18
under-vehicle surveil-
lance systems (UVSS),
officials said on Sunday
.
The special vehicles
and equipment will
boost the security and
surveillance abilities of
the Jammu and Kash-
mir Police engaged in
counter-terrorism oper-
ations, they said.
Police headquarters
recently floated bids on
the Government e-Mar-
ketplace (GeM) portal
for purchasing the secu-
rity equipment and ve-
hicles. According to of-
ficials, the vehicles
should protect police
personnel against IED
and mine attacks.
Besides, police are
also procuring two
bomb baskets — de-
signed to withstand
blasts — and 260 bullet-
resistant shields, for
which bids have been
floated, they said.
Gujarat Assembly elections: Congress
announces its fifth list of 6 candidates
First India Bureau
New Delhi (PTI): t The
Congress on Sunday re-
leased its fifth list of six
candidates for the Guja-
rat Assembly elections
scheduled to be held in
Decemberintwophases.
The six candidates de-
clared by the party in-
cluded Manhar Patel
from Botad in place of
Ramesh Mer.
The total number of
candidates declared so
far by the party is 109.
TheCongresshadonNo-
vember 4 released its
first list announcing the
names of 43 candidates
for the elections.
On November 10, the
party came out with an-
other list with 46 names.
It released a list of seven
candidates on Friday
but one was a replace-
ment for the earlier an-
nounced candidate. A
fourth list of nine candi-
dates was released on
Saturday
.
Leena Nandan delivering special remarks at COP27.
450 cases of theft of electricity and
billing settled during National Lok Adalat
First India Bureau
Greater Noida: With
the aim to dispose of
pending cases of billing
and theft of electricity
through settlement,
Noida Power Company
Limited participated in
the 4th National Lok
Adalat held at Surajpur
Court Complex in Gau-
tam Budh Nagar on No-
vember 12. Noida Power
Company Limited was
able to settle 450 cases
related to billing and
thefts in the National
Lok Adalat.
A large crowd turned
up in the Surajpur
court complex for the
settlement of billing
and power theftrelated
cases in the Lok Adalat.
In order to facilitate its
consumers, NPCL had
set up many counters
for the smooth settle-
ment of pre-litigation
cases and electricity
thefts separately. The
company had made sep-
arate counters for its
rural consumers and
advocates to help them
resolve their cases.
5 KILLED, 20 INJURED IN TRACTOR-LORRY
COLLISION IN TELANGANA’S SURYAPET
Telangana: Five people, including a child, died while
20 others sustained injuries after a lorry collided with a
tractor they were travelling on the national highway at
Munagala in the early hours of Sunday in Telangana’s
Suryapet.The deceased were returning home after a
pooja at a Lord Ayyappa temple on the outskirts of
Munagala when the accident took place. Thenneru Pra-
meela (35), Chinthakayala Prameela (33), Uday Lokesh
(8), Naragoni Kotaiah (55) and Gundu Jyothi (38) lost
their lives in the road accident.
DR RANDEEP
GULERIA TAKES VRS
New Delhi: Former
director of AIIMS Delhi
Dr Randeep Guleria has
taken voluntary retire-
ment. Dr Guleria was
among the key people
who led the central govt’s
response team during the
peak of the COVID-19. He
served at AIIIMS for more
than 30 years.
POACHGATE: POLICE
LAUNCH SEARCHES
Telangana: Telangana po-
lice on Saturday launched
searches at seven places
across four states in con-
nection with Poachgate.
The special investigation
team (SIT) probing the al-
leged scandal, claimed to
have seized incriminating
evidence during searches
till last reports came in.
CRUCIAL READ
JK to procure
MPVs to boost
anti-terror ops
EAM discusses Ukraine
conflict with US Secy
S Jaishankar meets Antony Blinken in Phnom Penh on Sunday.
Met Canadian colleagues Trade
Minister @mary_ng and FM @
melaniejoly at the ASEAN gala din-
ner. All for greater trade and strategic con-
vergence, while countering terrorism and
opposing radicalization.
—External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar
Army Chief Gen leaves
for France on 4-day visit
ONLY BJP CONG IN
GUJ: PM’S BROTHER
PRAHLAD MODI
Barabanki: There are
only two parties, BJP and
Congress, in Gujarat and
never a third, PM Narendra
Modi’s brother Prahlad Modi
said on Sunday, dismissing
AAP’s challenge in the Guja-
rat assembly polls. He also
claimed that the Congress
in now “nil” in the state and
the BJP has “come to its full
force”. Elections in Gujarat
will be held in two phases
on December 1 and 5, and
results will be declared
along with that of Himachal
Pradesh on December 8.
The hill state went to polls
on Saturday. Prahlad Modi
was here on the invitation of
BJP leader Sumit Singh.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

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CURRENCIES
Jio strongest telecom brand in India: TRA
New Delhi (PTI): Billion-
aire Mukesh Ambani’s Re-
liance Jio is India’s strong-
est telecom brand in India,
ahead of Bharti Airtel and
Vodafone Idea Ltd, accord-
ing to brand intelligence
and data insights company
TRA.
TRA, formerly Trust Re-
search Advisory, in its ‘In-
dia’s Most Desired Brands
2022’ ranked companies ac-
cording to their brand
strength.
Reliance Jio topped the
telecom category, followed
by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone
Idea Ltd and BSNL.
In the apparel category,
Adidas was the top brand
followed by Nike, Ray-
mond, Allen Solly and Pe-
ter England. BMW topped
the automobile list, fol-
lowed by Toyota, Hyundai
and Honda, while LIC was
ranked 1 on the banking
and financial services in-
dex that had State Bank of
India at number 2 and ICI-
CI Bank at 3rd.
INDIA’S MOST DESIRED BRANDS 2022 RANKINGS
INDUSTRY
LEADERS
z Reliance Jio topped the
telecom category, followed
by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone
Idea Ltd and BSNL.
z In the apparel category,
Adidas was the top
brand followed by Nike,
Raymond, Allen Solly and
Peter England.
z BMW topped automobile
list, followed by Toyota.
z LIC was ranked 1 on the
banking and financial
services index.
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Indian
Oil Corporation (IOC), the
nation’s largest oil firm,
will recycle 20 million dis-
carded mineral water, cold
drink and other PET bot-
tles annually to make eco-
friendly uniforms for staff
that man its petrol pumps
and LPG distributor agen-
cies, its chairman said.
IOC, which meets as
much as half of the na-
tion’s fuel needs, has al-
ready committed to a net
zero emission target by
2046 and is now ventur-
ing into recycling PET
bottles, he added. Empty
PET packaging discarded
by the consumer after use
becomes PET waste.
New Delhi (PTI): Foreign
investors have infused
close to `19,000 crore in
Indian equities so far this
month, primarily due to
moderating trend in the
US inflation and softening
of the dollar. This came
following a net outflow of
just `8 crore last month
and `7,624 crore in Sept,
data with the depositories
showed. According to the
data, FPIs invested
`18,979 crore in equities
during Nov 1-11. So far
this year, the total outflow
by FPIs in equities has
reached `1.5 lakh crore.
FPIs INVEST `19,000
CRORE IN EQUITIES
IN NOVEMBER 2022
IOC TO RECYCLE 20
MILLION PET
BOTTLES ANNUALLY
New Delhi (PTI): Nine of
the 10 most valued firms
together added over
`2.12 lakh crore in their
market valuation last
week, with HDFC Bank
and TCS emerging as the
lead gainers. From the
top-10 pack, Hindustan
Unilever Ltd (HUL) was
the only laggard. The top
9 firms added a total of
`2,12,478.82 crore to
their market valuation last
week. In the ranking of
top 10 firms, Reliance In-
dustries emerged as the
most valued company,
followed by TCS, HDFC
Bank, Infosys.
NINE OF TOP-10
FIRMS ADD `2.12
LAKH CR IN M-CAP
New Delhi (PTI): Bank of
Maharashtra (BoM) has
emerged as the top per-
former among public sec-
tor lenders in terms of
loan growth in percentage
terms during second
quarter of 2022-23. The
Pune-headquartered lend-
er recorded 28.62% in-
crease in gross advances
at `1,48,216 crore at the
end of September 2022,
according to published
quarterly numbers of
public sector banks
(PSBs). It was followed
by Union Bank of India
with 21.54% growth to
`7,52,469 crore.
BoM TOPS LIST OF
PSU LENDERS IN
CREDIT GROWTH IN Q2
*Rates till the edition went to print.
=
=
Inflation now at a manageable level: Puri
New Delhi (PTI): The in-
flation is still high com-
pared to the past, but it has
come down to a ‘managea-
ble level’, Pidilite Indus-
tries Managing Director
Bharat Puri has said.
He also expects better
margins in the second half
of this fiscal.
The current quarter will
have some lag due to the
carry forward of some of
the high-priced inventory,
but the fourth quarter
would witness better mar-
gins, Puri said.
He is optimistic about
India and the home im-
provement sector, and Pi-
dilite is ready for the next
phase of growth with its
ongoing capex pro-
gramme.
Puri expects the rural
markets to bounce back
with positive volume
growth, helped by a good
monsoon in next 6 months.
According to Puri, it
will take a little bit of time
but will come back. The
demand is most impacted
in rural and semi-urban
India. “As inflation moder-
ates and more money
comes into the hands of
the consumer because of
the good monsoon, we do
think that over the next six
months, hopefully, demand
should improve from there
also,” Puri told PTI.
On Pidilite Industries,
he said right now, the big-
gest concern over the last
12-18 months was unprec-
edented inflation in the
input cost.
The cost of some princi-
pal raw materials such as
vinyl acetate monomer
(VAM) went up from USD
1,000 per tonne to an all-
time high of USD 2,500 in
the first half of this fiscal,
Puri noted.
However, “the good news
is we can see change hap-
pening” as prices of some
of the raw materials are
softening. The current
price of VAM is down to
$1,200 to 1,400/tonne.
“You will see some im-
pact of this in Q3 but we
would be carrying lots of
inventories... We will actu-
ally have a larger impact in
Q4 when low-priced VAM
is consumed,” he said. Ac-
cording to Puri, the second
half would be “much bet-
ter” than H1 in terms of
margins perspective.
Mkttotrackinflationdata
globalfactorsthisweek
New Delhi (PTI): Inflation
data, global trends and for-
eign fund trading activity
are the major factors that
would drive the domestic
equity market this week,
said analysts.
The last batch of the on-
going quarterly earnings
would also influence trad-
ing, they added. Unabated
foreign fund inflows and a
rally in global equities
drove the equity bench-
marks higher on Friday
.
The 30-share BSE bench-
mark Sensex on Friday
zoomed 1,181.34 points or
1.95% to settle at 61,795.04.
“The sentiment will con-
tinue to be driven by the
movement of the world
markets. The market will
be keeping an eye on our
domestic inflation statis-
tics,” said Pravesh Gour,
Senior Technical Analyst,
Swastika Investmart Ltd.
Ajit Mishra, VP - Re-
search, Religare Broking
Ltd, said, participants will
be eyeing crucial macroe-
conomic data -- CPI and
WPI inflation for cues.
Besides, the perfor-
mance of global indices
and foreign flow trends will
also remain on their radar,
Mishra noted. Investors
would also keep a track on
trend in rupee and move-
ment of Brent crude oil.
Cryptocurrency ‘crash’
caused by Nishad Singh
New Delhi (Agencies):
Indian-origin Nishad Sin-
gh is being scrutinised for
financial practices that
caused the collapse of FTX,
one of the largest crypto-
currency exchanges. Singh
was in the inner circle of
FTX’s 30-year-old founder,
Sam Bankman-Fried.
“Gary Wang (Chief Tech-
nology Officer), Nishad
and Sam control the code,
the exchange’s matching
engine, and funds,” said a
person familiar with the
matter.
Beleaguered crypto ex-
change FTX recently ad-
mitted that “unauthorised
transactions” have drained
hundreds of millions of
dollars from its wallets,
saying the company has
moved many digital assets
to a new “cold wallet custo-
dian”.
FTX, which last week
filed for bankruptcy in the
US, did not reveal how
much it lost in unauthor-
ised transactions but re-
ports claimed the amount
could be as high as $600
million.
Singh’s LinkedIn profile
indicates that he graduat-
ed from the University of
California, Berkeley
.
RIL, Nayara to gain
from European
energy crisis
Mumbai (PTI): The ongo-
ing energy crisis in Europe
is expected to benefit Reli-
ance Industries and Na-
yara Energy as these are
among the Asian refiners
that produce winter-speci-
fication diesel for the EU,
according to a report.
State-owned oil compa-
nies are not into exports
and that gives an advan-
tage to Reliance -- the larg-
est importer of Russian
crude and also the largest
exporter of diesel from the
country -- and Russia’s Ros-
neft-owned Nayara.
The energy crisis will
only get further aggravated
going forward as from next
month Opec’s 2-million
barrel per day production
cut comes into force.
Rising interest rates to mute bond
issuance this fiscal, says report
Mumbai (PTI): Corporate
bond issuance is likely to
remain muted witnessing
4-5% growth this fiscal to
touch `41.42 lakh crore on
rising coupon rates, de-
spite the drawdown more
than doubling in the sec-
ond quarter, a report said.
Bond sales more than
doubled to `2.1 lakh crore
in the second quarter from
the first quarter, when it
was at a multi-year quar-
terly low of `1 lakh crore,
as banks issued bonds
worth an all-time high of
`53,900 crore, and NBFCs,
traditionally largest play-
ers in the market, issuing
securities worth `1.1 lakh
crore in Q2, according to an
analysis by Icra Ratings on
Sunday
.
Non-banking lenders
have remained the largest
issuers of bonds with a
share of 47% in the first
half, followed by corpo-
rates and banks at 33 and
20%, respectively, down
from 50, 40 and 10%, respec-
tively from H1FY22, ac-
cording to the report.
Thanks to bumper sales
in Q2, the overall bond issu-
ances rose to `3.3 lakh
crore in the first half, and
the agency expects `3.7-4.2
lakh crore sales in H2 FY23,
marginally higher than the
year-ago period, taking the
volume of outstanding
bonds to `41-42 lakh crore
by March 2023.
‘Delay in expansion
plans as we want
right partner for EV’
Chennai (PTI): Hinduja
Group flagship Ashok Ley-
land is in advanced stage
of discussions with inves-
tors for its electric vehicle
business and the delay was
largely to ensure that the
company has the ‘right
partner’ to support its
growth plans.
Hinduja Group is plan-
ning to raise around $200-
250 million to support its
EV arm -- Switch Mobility
.
Explaining the reasons
for the delay in finding the
right partner, Ashok Ley-
land executive chairman
Dheeraj Hinduja said there
has been a slowdown glob-
ally on EVs as a lot of peo-
ple raised money and were
not able to deliver.
EXPECT BETTER MARGINS IN H2
WHAT ARE THE
EXPECTATIONS
z According to Pidilite
Industries MD Bharat Puri,
the inflation is still high
compared to the past, but
it has come down to a
‘manageable level’
z Puri expects the rural
markets to bounce back with
positive volume growth,
helped by a good monsoon
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHT
z Bond sales more than
doubled to `2.1 lakh crore in
the Q2 from the first quarter,
when it was at a multi-year
quarterly low of `1 lakh
crore, as banks issued
bonds worth `53,900 crore.
New Delhi: Muthoot Finance, which has posted back-to-back
decline in profits in the last two quarters, said it is set to make a
comeback having discontinued its
low-interest schemes. The country’s
largest gold loan company in terms
of loan portfolio expects a 10%
business growth in current fiscal,
George Alexander Muthoot, Manag-
ing Director, Muthoot Finance, said.
The non-banking finance company
(NBFC) posted a decline of 10% in its net profit from a year ago
period at `901.60 crore in quarter ended September 2022. —PTI
INDIA TO NOT PROBE
CHINA SOLAR CELL
SHIPMENTS
New Delhi (PTI): The com-
merce ministry has terminated
an anti-dumping investigation
into import
of solar cells
from China,
Thailand
and Vietnam
following a request from the
ISMA. “In view of the request
made by the domestic indus-
try, ISMA,...The authority here-
by terminates the investigation
initiated on May 15, 2021...
Against the imports of solar
cells whether or not assem-
bled into modules or panels
exported by these countries.”
SEBI TO PARTICIPATE
IN INDIA INT’L TRADE
FAIR AT DELHI
New Delhi (PTI): With an aim
to spread financial literacy and
investor edu-
cation, capital
markets
regulator Sebi
will participate
in the India International Trade
Fair at the national capital
beginning Monday. During the
14-day event, Sebi, market
infrastructure institutions and
industry associations will be
organising activities such as
talk shows by market experts,
quizzes, skits and muppet
visuals at investor awareness
shows.
VOLATILITY IN EQUITY
MARKET HITS NFO
INFLOWS IN SEP QTR
New Delhi (PTI): Asset man-
agement companies mobilised
`17,805 crore
through 67
new fund
offerings
(NFOs) in the
September 2022 quarter, a
64% decline from the year-ago
period, on expensive valu-
ations and high volatility in
equity markets. However,
sequentially performance was
much better. The first quarter
of the current fiscal saw only
four NFOs, garnering a total of
`3,307 crore, acc to data com-
piled by Morningstar India.
DICGC SETTLES
CLAIMS OF `8,516.6
CRORE IN FY 2021-22
New Delhi (PTI): Deposit
Insurance and Credit Guaran-
tee Corporation settled claims
amounting
to `8,516.6
crore during
2021-22 of
about 12.94
lakh depositors of liquidated
banks, merged entities and
those placed under restric-
tions by the Reserve Bank. All
commercial banks, including
branches of foreign banks
functioning in India, local area
banks, regional rural banks,
are covered under the Deposit
Insurance Scheme.
MUTHOOT FINANCE CONFIDENT OF ACHIEVING 10
PER CENT BUSINESS GROWTH IN FY23
OTHER STORIES
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2NDFRONT
Greetings on Children’s Day!
Today, we also pay tribute to
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first
Prime Minister of Independent India.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
A new look Bibi Ka
Maqbara by year end
Aditya Waghmare
Aurangabad: The Ar-
chaeological Survey of
India will complete the
work of illuminating
Bibi Ka Maqbara, a 17th
century monument in
Maharashtra’s Aurang-
abad city, by the end of
this year, an ASI official
said on Sunday
.
One of the most pop-
ular monuments in Au-
rangabad city, the tomb
receives heavy footfall
of tourists.
The monument,
which resembles Agra’s
Taj Mahal, was built for
Dilras Banu Begum,
first wife of Aurangzeb,
near the Kham river.
Shewasgiventhetitle
of ‘Rabia-ud-Durrani’
posthumously
. —PTI
FLYING WITH ARMS, DRUGS
‘PakdronesintoIndiadoubled’
BSF has been “bom-
barded” by the on-
slaught of drone flights
from across the border
on the western front,
and instances of the
aerial vehicles bringing
drugs, arms and ammu-
nition more than dou-
bled in 2022, the force’s
DG Pankaj Kumar Sin-
gh has said
He said the force has
recently established a
state-of-the-art labora-
tory at a camp in Delhi
to study drone forensics
and the results have
been very encouraging.
Security agencies
could track the flight
path and even address
of criminals involved in
this cross-border illegal
activity, he said on Sat-
urday
.
“The BSF has been at
the receiving end of the
drone menace for quite
some time... the versatil-
ity of the drone, which
is very well known, has
been posing problems to
us with nefarious ele-
mentshavingfoundnew
uses of the drone due to
its anonymity and quick
flight at sufficient
height bypassing the
frontiers,” he said. The
DG said this while brief-
ing Union home secre-
taryAjayKumarBhalla,
chairing an event to in-
augurate the forensic
lab through a webinar
session. The DG said
while the BSF detected
about 79 drone flights
alongtheIndia-Pakistan
border in 2020, it in-
creased to 109 last year
and “more than doubled
at 266 this year”. “The
major culprit regions
are Punjab which saw
215 flights this year... in
Jammu, about 22 flights
havebeenseen,”hesaid.
“The problem is
grave. We do not have a
foolproof solution as of
now. They (drones) have
been bringing across
narcotics, arms and am-
munition, counterfeit
currency and all kinds
of things,” he said.
The DG said initially
the BSF grappled with
the challenge of not
knowing what to do and
even when the drone fell
they had “no clue”
where was it coming
from or going.
“We then started get-
ting into the forensics
part. We realised that
these drones had chips
similar to computers
and mobile phones. As
digital forensics help in
solving cyber crimes,
we got answers here
too,” Singh said.
The BSF, tasked to
guard over 3,000 km of
the India-Pakistan In-
ternational Border run-
ning across Gujarat,
Rajasthan, Punjab and
Jammu, first estab-
lished a drone repair lab
at Delhi in September
last year and later en-
hanced it in October to
analyse the forensics of
the drones shot down or
recovered by it, the Pun-
jab Police and the Nar-
cotics Control Bureau.
It spent Rs 50 lakh in
creating this forensic
lab and has deployed a
chosen manpower of
tech-savvy officers and
personnel to run it.
“We found their flight
paths, launching and
landing points, timings,
GPS coordinates and
messages they have ex-
changed and we realised
there was an informa-
tion mine. If we could
get into this, we could
findsuspect’saddresses,
locations and much
more,” Singh said. He
said Punjab Police has
provided BSF with 200
personnel to conduct
“depth patrols” to check
drones.
Chandigarh(PTI): The
Punjab government on
Sunday banned the pub-
lic display of firearms,
including on social me-
dia, and songs allegedly
promoting gun culture
and violence, as it tight-
ened regulations after
facing flak from the Op-
position over the law
and order situation.
The state government
also directed a review of
arms licences within
the next three months,
with no new licence to
be issued during the pe-
riod, and surprise
checks, according to an
official order.
A complete ban
should be imposed on
carrying and displaying
weapons at public gath-
erings, religious places,
weddings and other
events, the order said.
Directions were also is-
sued for registration of
FIR against those in-
dulging in hate speech
against any communi-
ty
,. The Bhagwant Mann
government has been
under fire from opposi-
tion parties for the al-
leged deteriorating law
andordersituationafter
a string of sensational
killings. The state wit-
nessed the murder of
Shiv Sena (Taksali)
leader Sudhir Suri on
November 4 and Dera
Sacha Sauda follower
Pardeep Singh on No-
vember 10. Both of them
were under police pro-
tection.
Earlier the killing of
international Kabaddi
player Sandeep Nangal
Ambian in Jalandhar in
March and the brutal
murder of singer Sidhu
Moosewala in May had
sparked outrage. There
was also a rocket-pro-
pelled grenade attack at
the Punjab police intel-
ligence headquarters in
Mohali and
After the murder of
theDerafollower,theop-
position parties had
said that the state had
become the “terror capi-
tal” of the country with
a reign of anarchy
.
The state’s home de-
partment, in a missive
to the police head,
commissioners of po-
lice, deputy commis-
sioners and senior su-
perintendents of po-
lice, said the chief min-
ister had issued direc-
tions to take these steps
to maintain law and
order in the state.
According to the or-
der, songs that glorify
weapons and violence
should be completely
banned. There should
be a complete ban on
public display of weap-
ons including on social
media, the order said. It
stated that within three
months, there should be
a review of arms licens-
es issued till now and if
any arm license is found
issued to any wrong per-
son, it should be can-
celled immediately
.
Punjab bans public display of firearms, songs glorifying arms
CLAMPDOWN ON GUN CULTURE
The government has been under fire for rising crime in the state.
LICENSE REVIEW
AGAINST 79 DRONE INTRUSIONS IN 2020 FROM ACROSS THE
BORDER,THE NUMBERS HAVE RISEN TO 266 THIS YEAR: BSF DG
DG PANKAJ SINGH SAYS STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORY TO
STUDY DRONE FORENSICS ESTABLISHED IN DELHI RECENTLY
FORCE NOW UNDERTAKING TWO-
PRONGED APPROACH: DG, BSF
“We are undertaking
depth patrolling so
that people cannot
come to the border to
pick drone droppings.
We are digging deep
into drone forensics
to extract information
about its senders and
receivers,” he said.
The problem is “so
acute” and, “this we
know by interroga-
tion (of suspects and
those apprehended)
that wherever our
drone teams are
deployed... depth
patrols are or anti-
drone equipment is
installed, the criminals
go to other parts to
undertake the illegal
activity”, the DG said.
Wedon’thaveafoolproofso-
lution.Droneshavebeen
bringingacrossnarcotics,
armsandammunition,counterfeit
currencyandallkindsofthings.
Pankaj Kumar Singh, DG,BSF
BSF personnel inspects the Hexa-Copter drone as it was shot down,
at Gandhu Kilcha village,Ferozepur onWednesday.—PHOTO BY ANI
‘Borderareasline
ofdefence;need
tocutmigration’
Pithoragarh(U’khand):
The Uttarakhand gov-
ernment is committed
to minimising migra-
tion from the border vil-
lages as they serve as
the country’s second
line of defence, Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh
Dhami has said.
To achieve this, the
government has been
promoting religious and
adventure tourism and
this will create self-em-
ployment opportunities
for the local people, he
said after inaugurating
a 10-day Autumn Festi-
val at the DS Bisht
Ground here on Satur-
day
.Ontheoccassion,he
inaugurated develop-
ment projects worth Rs
136 crore and laid foun-
dation stone for 15
projects.“Border villag-
es play a vital role in the
country’s defence. They
are, in fact, our second
line of defence. We are
committed to minimis-
ing migration there,” he
said.DevelopingtheMa-
naskhand corridor by
linking all major tem-
ples in the region is part
of the efforts to promote
religious tourism, the
chief minister added.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami at Pithoragarh on Sunday.
Mohan Bhagwat arrives in
Chhattisgarh on 4-day visit
Jashpur (PTI): Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) chief Mo-
han Bhagwat arrived in
Chhattisgarh on Sun-
day evening for a four-
day visit during which
he will unveil the statue
of former BJP MP and
Union minister late
Dilip Singh Judev in the
tribal-dominated Jash-
pur district, a Sangh
functionary said.
Bhagwat will unveil
the statue on Monday
and address a public
meeting to mark Jan-
jatiya Gaurav Diwas,
said Kaniram, prant
prachar pramukh of
RSS’ Chhattisgarh unit.
These programmes
are being organised by
Vanvasi Kalyan Ash-
ram, a frontal organisa-
tion of RSS, which car-
ries out welfare activi-
ties for forest dwellers
in tribal-dominated ar-
eas, he said. Janjatiya
Gaurav Diwas is ob-
served on November 15,
the birth anniversary
of tribal freedom fight-
er Birsa Munda, to com-
memorate the contribu-
tion of tribal freedom
fighters.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on his arrival on Sunday.
RSS CHIEF TO ATTEND PATH SANCHALAN
100 dist hosps to be upgraded to med colleges
Payal Banerjee
New Delhi: The Health
Ministry has drawn a
proposal to set up 100
new medical colleges by
2027 by upgrading dis-
trict hospitals under the
fourth phase of a
scheme that aims to
boost the availability of
humanresourcesforthe
health sector. The col-
leges will be set up up-
grading district or refer-
ral hospitals at an esti-
mated cost of Rs 325
crore per college on the
basis of Central and
state share of 60:40,
sources told PTI.
In last three phases,
157 medical colleges
were approved, and 93
have become functional
while others are at dif-
ferent stages of con-
struction. These pro-
posed 100 medical col-
legeswillbesetupin100
districts which have a
population of over 10
lakhs and where there is
no private or govern-
ment medical colleges.
“The proposal has
been approved by the
Expenditure Finance
Committee, after which
a Cabinet note has been
prepared,” sources
said. —PTI
LEGAL TANGLES
Former Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit addresses the media at his residence in New
Delhi on Sunday. On the public outcry on his judgement in the Chhawala rape case, Lalit said
the guilt of the accused could not be established conclusively. —PHOTO BY PTI
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DR ANITA HADA
hildren hold in their hands,
not just the seeds of the fu-
ture but of everyday joy and
happiness! Even an hour
spent in the company of chil-
dren will drive away the
blues and make you believe
in flowers, rainbows, dreams
and love, again. Pandit Jawa-
harlal Nehru, on whose
birthday, today we celebrate
Children’s Day truly said the
children of today will make
the India of tomorrow. The
way we bring them up will
determine the future of the
country. As a family, society
and nation, we need to reaf-
firm our pledge to ourselves
that we will give our all to
nurture and care for these
angels and hold the thought
that their smiles are the rain-
bows in the sky. It is our duty
to keep them safe and ensure
that each child of our blessed
beautiful motherland, India
has the opportunity to bloom,
blossom and fly!
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HAIJI
City First offers you a selection of hand-
picked films that have been specially
chosen to honour Children’s Day. These
films, in our opinion, celebrate kids as
unique individuals! They serve as a
reminder that children still matter.
HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY!
KHUSHI TAMBI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR
Prepare your Kleenex because
this movie will undoubtedly
bring you to tears. One Chil-
dren's Day movie you may
watch with your kids is Taare
Zameen Par. It contains a
meaningful message for both
children and adults. Ishaan, an
8-year-old who excels in paint-
ing but is also perceived as a
troublemaker, is the protago-
nist of the narrative. Due to his
subpar academic performance,
he is transferred to a board-
ing school where the new art
instructor gets him, supports
his development, and controls
his dyslexia.
KOI MIL GAYA
The first in a series of sci-fi movies, Koi Mil Gaya, was directed by Rakesh Roshan
in 2003. However, the inclusion of the adorable extraterrestrial Jaadu, who is a
kid favourite, is enough to elevate the film above its somewhat tepid successors.
The film’s wonderful music and cheerful Priety Zinta are the cherries on top, and
your youngsters will like it.
AIR BUD
With its conta-
gious blend of
drama, absurd
villains, mis-
chievous canine
antics, and ad-
venture, this film
is aimed squarely
at the heart. The
entire time, view-
ers are picking up
knowledge about
duty, devotion,
and love. Being in
Buddy’s embrace
prevents Josh
from feeling alone
and offers him a
new family. Josh
is content, his
mother is content,
and Coach Arthur
Chaney becomes
a mentor and
father figure for
Josh (Bill Cobbs).
HOME ALONE
Some timeless films may be
rewatched for a fun family
chuckle on Children's Day.
The ideal movie to watch
on this occasion is Macau-
lay Culkin's Home Alone
from 1990. The story of the
movie centres on a little
child who is abandoned at
home throughout the holiday
season. His well-planned de-
fence prevents some robbers
from entering his home when
they attempt to do so.
CHILLAR PARTY
This movie is about a gang
of young people that go by
the name “Chillar Party.”
The youngsters do all in
their ability to protest a
new regulation that
calls for trapping
all stray
canines
as
soon as
they learn
about it. At
the 59th National
Awards, this movie
took home the Best
Children’s Film tro-
phy. It is a fantastic
movie to watch with
kids and can impart
some important
lessons.
THE JUNGLE BOOK
The Jungle Book tells the tale of
Mowgli, a young human child who
was abandoned and raised by jungle
animals. Mowgli embarks on a quest of
self-discovery but is forced to leave the
forest when Sher Khan issues a threat.
Join Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo, and
their other pals on an adventure that is
guaranteed to enchant your children.
I AM KALAM
The story of an underprivileged child, who is inspired by
India’s erstwhile President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The film
shows the triumph of the kid’s aspirations by the hands of
the President himself with a cameo in the climax, I Am Kalam
refrains from any such larger-than-life portrayal and remains
rooted in the true Indian essence. It is a message for every
one of us- dreams do come true!
HALO
Halo celebrates the special bond that
each child shares with animals accept
and love children unconditionally and
for a child ...in many cases..an ani-
mal is a best friend who understands
moods, success, failure- someone to
cuddle up to when the world seems
a starnge and hostile place.
Sasha’s fight to find her
pup is a lesson that
animal life is as im-
portant as a humans
and their presence/
absence are as criti-
cal to us !
HARRY
POTTER
The Harry Potter
movie franchise
is an adaptation
of British novelist
J.K. Rowling.
It is without a
doubt among
the greatest
movies to see
on Children’s
Day. Choose any
episode from the
six series that
have been pub-
lished so far to
enter the world
of witchcraft and
sorcery. On this
joyous occasion,
let your children
enjoy themselves
to the maximum.
GATTU
The story of naughty and illiterate orphan Gat-
tu, who is obsessed with kite-flying sneaks into
school to fly his kite from the roof. Gattu fills
us with admiration, his grit and sheer courage
and street smartness makes him stand apart.
When we look at the faceless/nameless chil-
dren on Indian roads...remember Gattu- they
deserve a life of education, safety and security!
MR INDIA
Mogambo Khush Hua
became the most cel-
ebrated dialogue when
Mr India hit the theatres
and the nation swayed
to Kaate nahin Kat te
but the cute kids really
touched our hearts.
Anil Kapoor and Sridevi
along with the super
hyper kids take us on a
fun loving ride punctu-
ated by the drama of a
menacing Amrish Puri.
The kids are so protec-
tive of Anil Kapoor and
keen for his love life to
foster- a joy to watch!
CHHOTA CHETAN
India’s first 3D film, Chhota
Chetan was well implement-
ed by the makers. Displaying
the story of a young girl
Laxmi and her three friends
who encounter a strange
boy Chetan who seems to
possess magical powers.
This Movie brought 3D
glasses for the big screen,
which were a major attrac-
tion for children back then.
If you are looking for some-
thing to take you back in
time and surprise you with
its elements, you have found
your must watch for today.
RIO
This musical, romantic, and colourful animated
experience. It should come as no surprise that
RIO is both a sweet love tale about two birds
and their owners and a love letter to Brazil.
Children and adults will learn a lot about Bra-
zilian customs, particularly Carnival, and what
makes Rio such a special place from Linda and
Jewel, two strong, unselfish female characters
who are prepared to sacrifice everything for
freedom (and their loved ones).
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
A classic movie which is about more
than music, its about love, loss, world
politics, hatred, music, acceptance
and more. The songs are adorable and
years down the line we hum to them-
each child has one’s own char-
acter and set in the backdrop
of the Nazi invasion makes it
more than a love story.

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