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New Delhi: The civil aviation
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said that face masks are
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air travel anymore. The
ministry, however, added
that passengers should
preferably use them in view
of the threat of coronavirus.
“The matter, regarding the
requirement for mandatory
use of mask or face covers
during air travel, has been
reviewed in consultation
with Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare,” the order
issued by Ministry of Civil
Aviation read.
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CBI FILES CASE
AGAINST
ROTOMAC FOR
`750 CR FRAUD
New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against
Kanpur-based Rotomac Global and its directors in
connection with the alleged fraud of Rs 750.54 crore
involving the IOB. The pen maker owes a total of Rs
2,919 crore to a consortium of seven banks. P6
DEMONETISATION:
CENTRE DEFENDS
ITSELF IN APEX
COURT
New Delhi: Centre, in its affidavit filed in the
Supreme Court, has defended its decision to
demonetise Rs 500 and 1,000 currency notes in
2016 as it said that it was a major step to fight the
menace of fake currency notes, terror financing etc.
Nepal: One person was injured after two explosions occurred in Nepal ahead
of the General election which is slated to take place on Sunday. The Dolakha
and Bhojpur Districts recorded the explosion which the Police claim to be
caused by explosives. One person is injured in the incident in Bhojpur District.
BLASTS ROCK NEPAL BEFORE POLLS, 1 INJURED
FROM PM MODI TO ‘PRESIDENT MODI’
PM MODI TAKES OVER G20
PRESIDENCY FROM INDONESIA
India’s G20 presidency to be inclusive, ambitious, and action-oriented, stresses Modi
New Delhi: Indone-
sian President Joko
Widodo on Wednesday
officially handed over
the G20 presidency to
India at the end of a
summit of the bloc’s
leaders in Bali. India
will officially assume
the G20 presidency
from 1 December 2022.
Taking over the pres-
idency, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi Prime
said it was a matter of
pride for every Indian
citizen.
“We will organize
G20 meetings in differ-
ent cities and states of
our country
. Our guests
will get full experience
of India’s amazing di-
versity, inclusive tradi-
tions, and cultural
richness. We wish that
all of you will partici-
pate in this unique cel-
ebration in India, the
‘Mother of Democra-
cy’. Together, we will
make the G20, a cata-
lyst for global change,”
PM Modi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a session at the G20 Summit 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali,
Indonesia, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Draft statement
echoes PM’s
“not-time-for-
war” remark
New Delhi: As world
leaders have gathered
in Bali for the summit,
the language of the
draft statement of the
G20 communique
“echoes” PM Modi’s
words to Russian Pres-
ident Vladimir Putin
in September. “The In-
dian delegation played
a big role in achieving
consensus among
member states over
the wording that criti-
cised the Russian inva-
sion, according to
three officials with
knowledge of the nego-
tiations. The language
of the draft statement
echoed Indian PM’s
words to Putin in Sep-
tember by saying ‘now
is not the time for
war’,” the Financial
Times reported.
PM MODI MEETS
SUNAK, DISCUSSES
TRADE, SECURITY
WHAT HAPPENED
BETWEEN MODI
AND XI: OWAISI
DOCTOR SAYS AFTAB POONAWALA
CAME WITH CUTS ON HANDS
Bali: PM Modi on Wednes-
day held talks with his
British counterpart Rishi
Sunak, covering key areas
of cooperation such as
trade, mobility, defence and
security. The meeting took
place on the sidelines of
the G-20 summit. After the
meeting, Modi said India
attaches great importance
to robust India-UK ties.
Bali: A video of PM Modi
and Chinese President Xi
Jinping shaking hands at
the ongoing G20 summit
sparked a debate. AIMIM
MP Asaduddin Owaisi,
asked on Twitter, “Why
has Modi not tweeted
about it? The country
needs to know what
transpired between Modi
and Xi.”
New Delhi: A doctor who treated Aftab said the accused
had visited him in May, the same month when the
woman was killed, for treating a wound. Dr Anil Kumar
recalled Poonawala was very aggressive and restless
when he had come to him for treatment and when he
asked him about his injury, he claimed he got hurt while
cutting fruit. “When I saw him, I found it was not a deep
injury but a superficial one. The underline structure was
intact,” said Dr Kumar.
Delhi Police files plea
for narco test on Aftab
New Delhi: A Delhi
court has allowed the
request of the Delhi po-
lice to conduct Narco
Test on the accused
Aftab Poonawala in the
Shraddha Walkar Mur-
der case. Earlier, the
police reached out to
Saket court seeking
permission to conduct
the Narco Test on ac-
cused Aftab as they al-
leged that he is not co-
operating in the probe.
The police said that
Aftab is not proving
correct information
about Shraddha’s mo-
bile and the weapon he
used to kill her. At
times he says he dis-
posed of the mobile in
Maharashtra and
sometimes says he
threw it in Delhi, the
police said.
The police added that
it wants to unearth the
complete truth of the
case and the informa-
tion about the weapon
and Shraddha’s mobile
through the Narco anal-
ysis test.
26/11 Mumbai attack survivor invited to 25th Knesset
Harinder Mishra
Jerusalem (PTI):
Moshe Holtzberg, who
survived the Mumbai
terror attack in 2008 as
a toddler, was invited to
the inaugural ceremo-
ny of the newly elected
Knesset (Israeli parlia-
ment) on Tuesday in a
special gesture.
The 16-year-old recit-
ed a chapter from the
Book of Psalms
(Tehillim) “for my
brothers and friends”
during the inaugura-
tion ceremony
.
Next week will mark
the 14th anniversary of
the horrific terror at-
tacks during which 166
people were killed by 10
P a k i s t a n - b a s e d
Lashkar-e-Taiba terror-
ists, who also targeted
the Mumbai Chabad
House.
The 26/11 attack con-
tinues to be an emotion-
al moment for a lot of
Israelis who feel that
the Mumbai assault “is
a shared pain” that
binds India and Israel
together.
The day is marked by
several events across
the country to pay re-
spects to the victims of
the attack in which six
Jews were also killed at
the Nariman House,
popularly known as the
Chabad House, by LeT
terrorists.
Israeli leaders and of-
ficials have repeatedly
called for the perpetra-
tors of the horrendous
crime to be “brought to
justice”.
Moshe was a two-
year toddler at the time
of the attack. His par-
ents, Gabriel and Rivka
Holtzberg, were killed
in the attack, but he had
a lucky escape when his
nanny heard him cry-
ing and risked her own
life to pull him out from
the Chabad house.
AAP’s‘kidnapped’ candidate
withdraws from Gujarat polls
Missile that
hit us was
Ukrainian
stray: Poland
Warsaw (Reuters): A
missile that hit Poland
was probably a stray
fired by Ukraine’s air
defences and not a Rus-
sian strike, Poland and
NATO said on Wednes-
day, easing global con-
cern that the war in
Ukraine could spill
across the border.
NATO’schief saidthat
Moscow, not Kyiv was
ultimately to blame, for
starting the war in the
firstplaceandlaunching
the attack that triggered
Ukraine’s defences.
“This is not Ukraine’s
fault. Russia bears ulti-
mate responsibility as it
continues its illegal war
against Ukraine,”
NATO Secretary-Gener-
al Jens Stoltenberg said.
“From the informa-
tion that we and our al-
lies have, it was an S-300
rocket made in the So-
vietUnion,”PolishPres-
identAndrzejDudasaid.
Surat: The AAP candi-
date from Surat East for
the upcoming Gujarat
Assemblypolls,Kanchan
Jariwala, who had gone
“missing”sinceTuesday
,
withdrew his nomina-
tion from the seat on
Wednesday
,withtheAAP
charging that he was al-
legedly “kidnapped” and
forced by the ruling BJP
dispensation to do so.
On Wednesday, Jari-
wala arrived at the re-
turningofficer’sofficeat
Nanpura in Surat and
withdrew his nomina-
tion form.On Wednes-
day morning, Jariwala
showed up at the return-
ing officer’s office, ac-
companied by police
personnelandbouncers.
Aftab continues to
hide details during
investigation
AFTAB WAS REMORSELESS, CRIME WAS
PRE-PLANNED, SAYS VICTIM’S DAD
Mumbai: Call centre employee Shraddha Walkar’s
live-in-partner Aftab Poonawalla, accused of brutally
murdering her in Delhi, had appeared confident with
no trace of remorse on his face when Manikpur po-
lice in Maharashtra called him for questioning earlier
this month, an official said. After Walkar’s family
members filed a missing person’s complaint when
she was not traceable, the Manikpur police in Vasai
town of Palghar called Poonawalla for questioning
twice -last month and on November 3 - and on both
the occasions he told the police that Walkar had left
his place and they were not staying together, assis-
tant police inspector Sampatrao Patil told PTI.
Pune: A day after Ma-
harashtra Deputy
Chief Minister
Devendra Fad-
navis said he
had “taken re-
venge” against
those who be-
trayed him, Shiv
Sena (Uddhav
B a l a s a h e b
T h a c k e r a y )
chief spokesper-
son Sanjay Raut
said Wednesday
it was unfortunate that
a leader of Fadnavis’
stature had lowered
himself for the sake of
power.
Reacting to Fad-
navis’s comments dur-
ing an interview with
Marathi news channel,
Raut said, “In Maha-
rashtra, politics is not
played on the senti-
ment of revenge. If
new precedents and
traditions are being
set up, then this is
against the culture of
Maharashtra.”
“In politics, a differ-
ence of opinion is com-
mon but to date, no one
has used the word ‘bad-
la‘ (revenge) in Maha-
rashtra politics. By
resorting to such poli-
tics, Fadnavis has low-
ered his own stature
which is unfortunate,”
Raut added.
During the inter-
view telecast on Tues-
day, Fadnavis had
minced no words in at-
tacking Uddhav Thack-
eray for betraying him
and which he said
forced him to take re-
venge. “If anyone be-
trays me, I will take
revenge. Yes, I have
taken revenge..,” Fad-
navis said.
Shiv Sena MP says BJP leader
has lowered his own stature
Holtzberg recites Psalm 122 from the Book of Psalms at the
swearing-in ceremony of Israel’s 25th Knesset on Wednesday.
Kanchan Jariwala
PM Modi with UK PM Rishi
Sunak during a bilateral
meeting, on the sidelines of G20
Summit, in Bali, Indonesia.
It’s against Maha culture: Raut on Fadnavis’ revenge comment
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
SWIFT REPLY
Devendra Fadnavis
Sanjay Raut

First India Bureau
Mumbai: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
MLC Prasad Lad on
Wednesday demand-
ed the state govern-
ment take over the
upcoming memorial
of Shiv Sena founder
late Bal Thackeray in
Mumbai.
Shiv Sena President
and Bal Thackeray’s
son Uddhav Thackeray
had said the construc-
tion of the memorial,
coming up at the Mum-
bai mayor’s bungalow
at Shivaji Park in Da-
dar, will be completed
by the end of 2023.
Lad said a memorial
cannot belong to any
family or person.
“An individual from
the Thackeray family
can be the member of
the memorial commit-
tee,” he told reporters.
The coalition govern-
ment of Balasahe-
banchi Shiv Sena and
BJP is headed by
Eknath Shinde, whose
rebellion against Ud-
dhav Thackeray led to
the collapse of the then
MVA dispensation in
June.
Former chief minis-
ter Uddhav Thackeray
had said earlier this
month the history of
Shiv Sena and Bal
Thackeray’s speeches
will be the highlights
of the memorial.
Senior Shiv Sena -
Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray leader Sub-
hash Desai had said
the memorial is the
state government’s
project and is getting
the necessary funds
from the government.
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First India Bureau
Mumbai: A sessions
court has directed
Washim police to con-
duct an investigation
into the alleged re-
marks made by Na-
tionalist Congress
Party (NCP) leader
Nawab Malik against
former Mumbai Zon-
al Director of the
Narcotics Control Bu-
reau (NCB) Sameer
Wankhede.
Additional Sessions
Judge HM Deshpande
directed Washim police
to investigate the mat-
ter and submit a report.
The court said the po-
lice have not taken any
action despite a com-
plaint sent to them in
November 2021.
“Considering the al-
legations made in the
complaint, an investiga-
tion as prayed by the
complainant is neces-
sary in the present mat-
ter,” the order said.
Sanjay Wankhede
claimed he had first
written to the Washim
police seeking for a case
to be registered against
Malik. When the police
did not take any action,
he filed a private com-
plaint with the sessions
court seeking a probe
against Malik.
“Considering the al-
legations made in the
complaint and docu-
ments filed on record, it
certainly discloses a
cognizable offense
which is necessary to be
investigated,” the court
said in its order.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde on
Wednesday vowed to
preserve Dr BR
Ambedkar’s Mumbai
residence Rajgruha as
a heritage structure.
He was speaking to
reporters after visiting
the house which stands
in central Mumbai’s
Dadar area.
The chief minister
garlanded the portraits
of the iconic leader and
his wife the late Rama-
bai Ambedkar on the
premises during the
visit, stated an official
release.
The ground-plus-
three storey building
houses a museum.
Ambedkar’s study room
has been preserved on
the first floor.
Shinde also met the
lateleader’sfamilymem-
bers, “Ambedkar is the
pride of the country and
the house where he lived
isahistoricaltreasure.It
will be preserved as her-
itage,” the chief minis-
ter told reporters later.
Shinde and Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis also visit-
ed Indu Mill compound
to review the work of
Ambedkar’s under-con-
struction memorial.
Washim (PTI): Step-
ping up his attack on
the Centre and the
ruling Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP),
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi on
Wednesday alleged
their policies have de-
stroyed the Indian
economy and broken
the back of farmers.
He said small and me-
dium business enter-
prises,andnotbigindus-
trial houses, generate
large-scale employment,
but they were at the re-
ceiving end of the Cen-
tre’s 2016 note-ban (de-
monetization) exercise
and the way Goods and
Services Tax (GST) was
implemented in 2017.
“GST, demonetiza-
tion, the farm laws were
not just policies but
weapons to destroy
small and medium busi-
nesses and farmers.
When the (three) farm
laws were enacted in
2020 (they were re-
pealed in 2021), farmers
in Haryana and Punjab
came out strongly
against them. Top in-
dustrial houses don’t
give employment...
small and medium trad-
ers give employment,'”
said the Lok Sabha MP
from Kerala.
Gandhi was speaking
at a meeting in Medshi
in Washim district at
the end of the 10th day
of the Maharashtra leg
of his 3,570 km-long
Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Gandhi said there is
no violence or hatred
in the yatra. “If people
get hurt, the yatris
don’t leave them be-
hind and move ahead.
Everyone lifts the fall-
en person and walks
together,” he said.
“This doesn’t happen
in Delhi (referring to
BJP rule at the Centre)
or in Maharashtra,” the
Congress MP said in an
apparent jibe at Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de whose revolt broght
down the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) govern-
ment in June.
Addressing farmers’
plight, Gandhi said,
“Farmers do not get re-
munerative price of
their produce, If there is
a good harvest, the gov-
ernment will suddenly
changeitsexport-import
policies due to which
prices fall, thereby af-
fecting cultivators.”
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Activist
Gautam Navlakha, an
accused in the Elgar
Parishad-Maoists
links case, hit a bump
yet again as his re-
lease was delayed yet
again on Wednesday.
The hurdle comes as
the National Investi-
gation Agency (NIA)
raised safety con-
cerns about the prem-
ises in Navi Mumbai,
where he had pro-
posed to live during
his house arrest.
Meanwhile, veteran
actor Suhasini Mulay
appeared before special
NIA judge Rajesh Ka-
tariya during the day
and stood as surety for
Navlakha which the
court accepted.
Responding to a ques-
tion by the judge, Mulay
said she knew him for
more than 30 years as he
is from Delhi where she
had lived for some time.
“Since there is strong
objection on the part of
the prosecution (NIA)
for keeping the accused
in the premises on ac-
count of safety and se-
curity of the accused, it
would not be proper to
keep the accused in
house arrest in the giv-
en premises,” the judge
said in his order.
Further, as the special
public prosecutor also
submitted that the pros-
ecution was going to file
a report of the evalua-
tion of the premises in
the Supreme Court, it
would not be appropri-
ate to shift the accused
there until further di-
rections from the apex
court, the court added.
The 70-year-old activ-
ist, who claims to be
suffering from multiple
ailments, is in prison
since April 2020.
On November 10, in
response to his petition,
the Supreme Court al-
lowed Navlakha to be
put under house arrest
for a month and said the
order should be imple-
mented within 48 hours.
Navlakha’s release delayed due to ‘safety concerns’
ELGAR PARISHAD CASE
NIA raises security issues about
premises selected for house arrest of
70-year-old activist accused in case
View of building where Gautam Navlakha is to be kept under
house arrest after his release from Taloja Central Jail in Navi
Mumbai district. —PHOTO BY PTI
RaGa calls out Centre for economic strain
Says policies of
govt destroyed
economy, broke
back of farmers,
small businesses
Maha, Bihar roads
are same: Jairam
Washim (PTI): All In-
dia Congress Commit-
tee (AICC) General
Secretary Jairam
Ramesh, who is walk-
ing with Rahul Gan-
dhi in the Bharat Jodo
Yatra, on Wednesday,
said the condition of
roads in Maharashtra
and Bihar is equally
bad, taking dig at the
Central government
over the road con-
struction.
Talking to reporters
in Washim, Ramesh
said the condition of
is bad unlike in Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Karnata-
ka, Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh. He
said he experienced dif-
ficulty in walking on
leg of the foot-march.
“There is a minister
in the Modi govern-
ment who holds an im-
portant portfolio and it
is believed that after
Sher Shah Suri, he has
constructed all roads.
He has an image of a
master road builder. He
also boasts of his work.
What has happened to
Marathwada and Vid-
arbha?” asked Ramesh.
He said Maharashtra
is number one in invest-
ment “but I have to say
there is no difference in
terms of roads between
the state and Bihar”.
Ramesh also said he
walked more than 100
km in Marathwada and
Vidarbha regions and
poor condition of roads
was very unfortunate.
“We had so much
trouble walking on
roads. We did not expe-
rience such a situation
when the yatra passed
through Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Karnataka, Tel-
angana and Andhra
Pradesh,” Ramesh said.
‘Can’t explain
inflation by
pointing to US’
Washim (PTI):
The Congress on
Wednesday said
the Narendra
Modi government
cannot point to
the situation in
the US and other
countries to ex-
plain away the in-
flation in India.
Party Spokesper-
son Supriya Shri-
nate said at a press
conference here
that some people in
the government
claim that coun-
tries like the United
States are also reel-
ing under inflation.
“The purchasing
power parity of US is
15timeshigher.InIn-
dia, incomes have
shrunk,” she said.
Inflation in the US
was caused by finan-
cial assistance pro-
videdbygovernment
tocitizensduringthe
pandemic,sheadded.
“In India, our
government earned
Rs27 lakh crore
from excise duty on
petrol and diesel,”
she claimed.
‘ELECTIONS CAN BE RIGGED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA’
Washim (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that polls can
be rigged through social media, and that if social media companies want, they
can make any party win an election. Without naming any party, he also said that
communal violence has been planted as a strategic weapon to cause disharmony in
society by one ideology and its leaders. “Even if the EVM (electronic voting machine)
is secure, Indian elections may be rigged through social media. If large social media
companies want, they can make any party win an election. Systematic bias is being
applied there and my social media handles are a live example of it,” he said.
Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi
dances with sup-
porters during
the party’s Bharat
Jodo Yatra in
Washim district on
Wednesday.
Gandhi during
the foot-march in
Washim.
—PHOTOS BY PTI
Probe Malik’s remarks
against ex-NCB officer
Wankhede: Court
Ambedkar’s Mumbai
home to be preserved
as heritage: CM Shinde
Sessions court
passed the order on a
complaint filed by
Sameer Wankhede’s
cousin Sanjay
BJP MLC Lad
suggests a Thackeray
family member be
member of in-charge
committee
Shinde and Fadnavis inspect site of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
memorial at Indu Mill.—PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis take stock
of Balasaheb Thackeray memorial at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on
Wednesday.—PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
‘Govt must take over Bal
Thackeray memorial’ SUBMIT PROPOSAL
FOR AFZAL KHAN
STATUE: GOVT
MAHA FDA SEIZES
THERAPEUTIC
DRUGS FROM GYM
3 KILLED IN TRUCK,
TAXI COLLISION IN
GONDIA DISTRICT
Mumbai: The state
government has asked
the Satara district
collector to submit a
proposal for erecting
a statue of the scene
of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj slaying Bijapur
general Afzal Khan at
Pratapgad fort. Tour-
ism Minister Mangal
Prabhat Lodha sent a
letter to the collector
on Tuesday, seeking a
proposal on an urgent
basis for erecting the
statue as well as setting
up a light-and-sound
show at the fort.
Thane: Maharashtra’s
Food and Drug Adminis-
tration (FDA) on Tuesday
said its officials raided
a gymnasium in Mira
Road and seized thera-
peutic drugs worth more
than Rs5 lakh stocked
without permission from
authorities. The raid was
carried out on the basis
of information received
at the intelligence branch
of the FDA. A team re-
covered mephentermine,
testosterone and growth
hormone injections,
among 71 therapeutic
drugs at the site.
Gondia: Three per-
sons were killed and
six others injured on
Wednesday in a collision
between a truck and a
passenger cab in Gondia
district, said police.
Prima facie, the accident
occurred when the driver
of the truck lost control
of the vehicle near
Bhusaritola village, said
an official. The injured
persons were rushed
to a private hospital in
Gondia city. Eyewit-
nesses told police that
the truck suffered a tyre
burst before collision.
CRUCIAL
READ
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Gandhi with a young
padyatri during the yatra.
—PHOTO BY PTI

MAHARASHTRA
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SC stays Bombay High Court observation over stray dogs issue
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In an in-
terim order, the Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday stayed
certain observations
of the Bombay High
Court on the matter
of adopting stray
dogs if they are inter-
ested in feeding them.
A bench comprising
Justice Sanjiv Khanna
and Justice JK Mahesh-
wari directed that no
nuisance must be cre-
ated by people while
feeding them.
The court also ob-
served that nobody
should stop feeding
stray dogs as canines
may become aggressive.
The bench also
sought a response from
Nagpur Municipal Cor-
poration (NMC) and the
Animal Welfare Board
on a plea against the
Bombay High Court or-
der over guidelines on
stray dog feedings.
The top court while
hearing the matter
passed various remarks
including one that
whether street dogs
have any residence to
live in. The court said,
“Where do street dogs
live and do the canines
have any residences to
live in?” It further ex-
pressed concern about
keeping the street dogs
in captivity and said
that they are not meant
to be kept in captivity
.
The court also said
that one cannot insist
that people who feed
dogs must adopt them.
In an interim order,
the court directed the
NMC to ensure and take
steps for the general
public to feed the street
dogs at the appropriate
locations identified and
demarcated by them.
Assuring that pro-
ceedings before Bom-
bay HC will continue,
the court also clarified
that the concerned cor-
poration should deal
with the issue of nui-
sance caused by the
street dogs in accord-
ance with the law.
Says people who
feed stray dogs
cannot be asked
to adopt them
Apex court has asked Nagpur civic body to designate suitable
locations for feeding canines. —FILE PHOTO
HC ORDER
Autos allowed to certify
meters;activistsoutraged
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
Transport Depart-
ment has allowed an
autorickshaw union
to certify recalibrated
e-meters fitted in taxis
and autorickshaws
plying in the Mumbai
region.
The decision has not
gone down well with
consumer activists and
transport experts who
said it would lead to a
conflict of interest.
The Mumbai Metro-
politan Region Trans-
port Authority (MMR-
TA) earlier this month
approved the applica-
tion of the Mumbai
Rickshawmen’s Union
for conducting bench
tests of electronic fare
meters in taxis and au-
torickshaws, said offi-
cials of the Regional
Transport Office (RTO).
Bench test is a certifi-
cation process of e-me-
ters before they are re-
fitted after recalibra-
tion.Duringabenchtest,
it is checked if an e-me-
ter is showing accurate
fare for specific distanc-
es.
Recalibration is car-
ried out whenever fares
are revised.
“The autorickshaw
union is an interested
party, and therefore
there will definitely be a
conflict of interest. The
certification should al-
waysbedonebyaninde-
pendent body like VJTI
(Veermata Jijabai Tech-
nological Institute, a
government-run engi-
neering college in Mum-
bai),” said AV Shenoy
, a
transport activist.
“It is like giving the
keys of coffers to a
thief,” said another con-
sumer activist, who did
not wish to be named.
Howcouldthegovern-
ment expect that au-
torickshaw unions will
protect passengers’ in-
terests?, he asked.
The lesser-known
rickshaw union would
be setting up a bench
test center in suburban
Jogeshwari. It had ap-
plied for permission to
the Andheri RTO in
Mumbai on January 17.
An e-meter manufac-
turing firm also applied
for permission to run a
bench test center. But
the MMRTA rejected its
application stating that
“being a manufacturer,
instead of carrying out
self-tests, it will be ap-
propriate to carry them
out through a third
party
.”
If a meter manufactur-
er can be refused permission
for being an interested party, the same
principle should be applied to an autorickshaw
union which is more of an interested party.
—Shirish Deshpande, President, Mumbai Grahak Panchayat
CONTENTION
The MMRTA had ordered all autos, taxis to recalibrate meters.
GANJA WORTH `2.33
CRORE SEIZED IN
NAGPUR; 4 ARRESTED
FIR FILED AGAINST
COP FOR RAPING
HIS COLLEAGUE
Nagpur: The Anti-Narcotics
Cell (ANC) seized 1,555kg
of ganja (marijuana) worth
Rs2.33 crore from a truck in
Nagpur district on Wednes-
day and arrested four people,
two of them residents of
Andhra Pradesh, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, sleuths
of the Nagpur police’s ANC
intercepted the truck in the
Kapsi area and found ganja
hidden under fertilizer bags.
The truck was coming from
Odisha and was on its way
to Beed district via Nagpur.
Truck driver Someshwarrao
alias Bujji Kotipillam (50) and
cleaner Balemananaji alias
Nani Paidaykapu Balema
(25) were taken into custody.
On instructions of the Nag-
pur police, their counterparts
in Beed arrested the duo.
Thane: An FIR has been
registered against a
29-year-old police sub-in-
spector (PSI) in Navi Mum-
bai for allegedly raping his
colleague under the pretext
of marrying her. The case
was registered against the
PSI, posted in Mumbai, at
Rabale police station under
Indian Penal Code sections
376 (Punishment for rape)
and 377 (unnatural sex).
No arrest has been made
so far. The accused and
the complainant (30) were
together during training
in the Nashik facility. The
complainant alleged the
accused raped her between
2019 and 2022 in Nashik,
Mumbai, Nagpur and Navi
Mumbai under the pretext
of marrying her.
FOUR SUFFER BURN INJURIES DUE TO
CHEMICAL LEAK AT MUMBAI INSTITUTE
Mumbai: Four persons, including two women, suffered
burn injuries due to a chemical leak at a research institute
located at Worli in Central Mumbai on Wednesday evening,
a civic official said. As per the preliminary information,
the leaked chemical is Glycerine. The chemical leaked
from a machine in the testing department of the institute.
The injured were sent to nearby Jaslok Hospital and later
transferred to Airoli burns hospital in Navi Mumbai after
first aid. Further details about the leak and the condition of
the injured are awaited.
TWO ARRESTED FOR
EXTORTING MONEY
FROM EDU INSTITUTE
WOMAN CONNED BY
MASSEUR IN PUNE;
JEWELRY STOLEN
Thane: Police have arrested
two persons for allegedly ex-
torting money from the man-
agement of an educational
institute in Thane district.
The educational institute,
located in Bhiwandi area,
was carrying out the con-
struction of a water tank in
its building. The two accused
allegedly demanded Rs2 lakh
from its management for
allowing the construction,
the anti-extortion cell’s (AEC)
senior inspector Maloji Shin-
de said on Wednesday. Later,
they agreed for a sum of Rs1
lakh as “protection money”,
the police said. A represen-
tative of the educational insti-
tute’s management lodged
a complaint with the Thane
city police following which it
nabbed the duo.
Pune: A case has been reg-
istered against an uniden-
tified person for allegedly
stealing gold ornaments
worth Rs70,000 on pretext
of giving body massage to a
woman in Pune. According
to police, an unidentified
person, posing as a mas-
seur, visited the woman’s
house at Awhalwadi and
offered his services. But
before starting the mas-
sage, the person asked her
to remove gold ornaments
that she was wearing, and
the women did the same.
The man immediately
grabbed a ‘mangalsutra’
(necklace) and sneaked
out of the house. Based
on a complaint, the police
registered a case under IPC
sections 406 and 420.
CRUCIAL READ
First India Bureau
Mumbai: As the global
population crossed the
8-billion mark, Thane
became centerstage as
it is the district with
the highest popula-
tion—which experts
attribute to the influx
of migrants who live
in Thane, as it is
cheaper, while work-
ing in the adjacent city
of Mumbai.
The district of Thane,
which borders Mumbai,
grew exponentially in
termsof population,reg-
isteringamorethan30%
growth, as per the 2011
census, said former In-
dianAdministrativeSer-
vices (IAS) officer Su-
dhirkumar Goyal.
“Thane city and the
districtremainedunder-
developed for a long
time, offering easy ac-
commodation for the la-
bour class as well as for
those who were in mid-
dle income groups.
Cheaper local train ser-
vice connecting almost
all major areas of Mum-
bai is another factor,
which helped the mi-
grants settle down as far
as 70 to 80km from their
workplace in Mumbai,”
said Goyal.
As a result of the ris-
ing population, Thane
has also become the dis-
trict with the maximum
number of municipal
corporations in the
country
. In 2001, the pop-
ulationof Thanedistrict
was 81,31,849; in 2011, as
per the last census, it
rose to 1,10,60,148.
While an increase in
birth rate did contribute
to the rising population,
in Thane’s case that was
overshadowed by the in-
coming migrant tribe,
said an expert.
“The migrant popula-
tion is not just increas-
ing in Thane, but also in
the outskirts of Mum-
bai.Thisisthegrowthof
the city
. Expansion of
cities happens like this,”
said Dr KS James, Direc-
tor of the International
Institute for Population
Sciences.
Duetothehighcostof
livinginMumbai,people
are migrating to Thane
and other regions where
housing rates are cheap-
er as compared to Mum-
bai city
, he said.
Cheap housing, migrants reason for Thane’s population boom
RISING NUMBERS
Economic train service and good connectivity have helped people
settle down as far as 80km from their workplace. —FILE PHOTO
Earns distinction of district with the highest population in India; registered over 30% growth as per the 2011 census
2 leopards trapped
incagesatMumbai’s
Aarey Colony
Mumbai (PTI): Two
leopards on Tuesday
walked into trap cages
kept at a specific spot
in Mumbai’s “green
lung” Aarey Colony
,
which had seen multi-
ple incidents of hu-
man-animal conflicts
in the recent past.
So far, four leopards
have been captured over
a month.
“Trap cages were
placed at Dairy Unit no
15 in Aarey Colony
. Two
leopards walked into the
cages on Tuesday morn-
ing,” said a Forest De-
partment official.
“In the early hours of
Tuesday
, a leopard
walked into a trap cage.
Whenrescueteamswere
checking and deactivat-
ing the trap cage, they
found another leopard
roaming freely near the
trapped leopard,” said
PawanSharma,Founder
and President of RAWW
(ResqinkAssociationfor
Wildlife Welfare).
As the spotted animal
was roaming around the
cage for hours, the forest
department could not
shift the leopard for ex-
amination. “It was then
decided by forest offi-
cials to tranquillize the
roaming animal and
shiftthemforfurtherex-
amination,” he added.
The officials quickly
set another trap cage
near the trapped leop-
ard. Around 11.30 am,
the free leopard also
walked into the cage.
Both the animals are
shifted to SGNP for med-
ical examination.
Fourth big cat to be
captured in the area;
Forest Dept to identify
one behind attacks
release the other
Cop commits suicide at
police training centre
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A police in-
spector allegedly
committed suicide by
hanging himself at
the police training
centre in Dhule dis-
trict, an official said
on Wednesday.
The deceased, identi-
fied as Praveen Vishwa-
nath Kadam, purport-
edly left a note before
the incident on Tuesday
in which he mentioned
that no one should be
held responsible for his
extreme step.
Kadam was posted at
the police training cen-
tre in Dhule since 2019
after he came from
Pune. When some of his
colleagues found the
door of his room locked
on Tuesday evening,
they knocked at it. As
there was no response
from inside, they peeped
through a window and
found him hanging.
They immediately
alerted inspector Nitin
Deshmukh at the city
police station. A police
team then rushed to
the spot.
6 cattle shed owners held for administering
oxytocin hormone to increase milk yield
First India Bureau
Pune: Six cattle shed
owners have been
arrested for alleged-
ly administering oxy-
tocin hormone—pro-
duced illegally—to
cows and buffaloes
to increase milk
yield, police said on
Tuesday.
The arrests were
made by the Anti-Nar-
cotic Cell on Monday.
Last week, the Pune
police had claimed to
have busted a racket in-
volved in illegal manu-
facturing and sale of
oxytocin hormone by
arresting two people—
Sameer Kureshi and
Allauddin alias Babub-
hai Laskar. A case was
registered against
them at the Vimantal
police station under
relevant sections of the
Indian Penal Code and
the Prevention of Cru-
elty to Animals Act.
“During investiga-
tion, it was revealed
Kureshi had sold ille-
gally produced oxy-
tocin hormone to six
cattle shed owners in
the city. Based on the
information, these cat-
tle shed owners were
investigated and it was
found they were admin-
istering oxytocin hor-
mone to cows and buf-
faloes to increase pro-
duction of milk,” a po-
lice officer said.
Oxytocin is
administered into the
udder of dairy cattle
and suspected
to cause adverse
effects on the health of
these animals

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Just as a reservoir is of
little use when the whole
countryside is flooded,
scriptures are of little use to the
illumined man or woman, who
sees the Lord everywhere.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
A historic moment for India. Under
the able leadership of Prime Minister
Shri @narendramodi India will leave
no stone unturned to make G-20
Presidency a huge success. PM
Modi has urged every citizen, state
government and political party to
actively participate in it.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
A historic moment for India IN!
PM @narendramodi ji taking over
India’s G20 Presidency in Bali is
a matter of pride for all Indians.
India’s Presidency will be inclusive,
ambitious and will strengthen the
voice of developing countries.
#OneEarthOneFamilyOneFuture.
TOP TWEETS
TRUMP THROWS
HIS HAT IN THE
RING, AMERICANS
NOT ENTHUSED
rubbingwhichtheRe-
publican Party re-
ceivedinthemid-term
elections has not de-
terred Donald Trump
from throwing his hat in the ring
again.Trumpannouncedhis2024
presidential campaign for White
House on Wednesday
. The an-
nouncement was met with strong
reactionsevenfromhisownparty
members. Joe Biden welcomed
theannouncementwithaderisive
“Donald Trump failed America”
message.Healsoattackedhispre-
decessor for his failure on econo-
my
, healthcare and on women’s
rights. Inciting a mob to violence
has been the darkest spot of
Trump’s presidency
.
Trump’s baseless allegation
that the last elections were
rigged did not find any support
in the mid-term elections as
Americansweremoreconcerned
about abortion law and inflation.
Conservative newspaper Nation-
al Review described Trump as
“monumentally selfish [and]
morally and electorally compro-
mised”. Trump may be in a delu-
sion about his popularity but the
pullof hisslogan‘MakeAmerica
Great’ has lost its appeal. The Re-
publicans could be looking for a
better alternative.
D
orld @8 billion
must be cheered
as human beings
have started to
live longer due to
better medical care. The Unit-
ed Nations said, “This un-
precedented growth is due to
the gradual increase in hu-
man lifespan owing to im-
provements in public health,
nutrition, personal hygiene
and medicine. It is also the
result of high and persistent
levels of fertility in some
countries.” The world at-
tained this landmark on No-
vember 15. The projection is
that the next billion will be
addedtotheglobalpopulation
in the next 15 years as against
the 12 years in which it moved
from 7 billion to 8 billion.
There was a time when
population explosion was a
dreaded term. Food shortag-
es, poor medical and health
facilities and non-availabili-
ty of nutritious food for the
downtrodden gave govern-
ments a nightmare. All those
fears have receded as the
world, barring some African
countries, is growing more
food and the distribution is
equally robust. India’s spe-
cial arrangements for free
distribution of ration to the
economically weaker section
during the pandemic and
continuing with it even now
shows how our granaries
have enough stocks to meet
such exigencies not only in
the country but also help
neighbouring countries to
tide over the crisis.
Will all these resources last
forever? India’s population
will reach 1.5 billion by 2030
and peak in 2048 at 1.7 billion.
By 2030, India will overtake
China and it has to start wor-
rying about feeding a million
mouths and augment its re-
sources to meet the demand.
There is an urgent need to
develop villages to prevent
migration to cities.
TIME TO DEVELOP
VILLAGES IS NOW
India’s population will
reach 1.5 billion by 2030
and peak in 2048 at 1.7
billion. By 2030, India
will overtake China
and it has to start
worrying about feeding
a million mouths and
augment its resources to
meet the demand
W
he United Nations Organisa-
tion (UNO) was founded in
1945 after the Second World
War by 51 countries commit-
ted to maintaining interna-
tional peace and security and
developing friendly relations
among nations. The UN has
now 193 members and its
main defined purposes are: to
keep peace throughout the
world;todevelopfriendlyrela-
tions among nations; to help
nations work together to im-
prove the lives of poor people,
to conquer hunger, disease
and illiteracy, and to encour-
age respect for each other’s
rights and freedom and to be
a centre for harmonizing the
actions of nations to achieve
these goals. The most power-
ful organ of UN, United Na-
tions Security Coun-
cil (UNSC) has primary re-
sponsibility of maintaining
international peace and secu-
rity
. However, the basic struc-
ture of the UNSC has re-
mained almost unchanged
since its foundation more
than 75 years ago. Today
, with
significant changes in the re-
alities of the global scenario,
the legitimacy, effectiveness,
democratisation, and repre-
sentativeness of the Security
Council is being questioned.
A Working Group was estab-
lished in Dec 1993 by General
Assembly for the discussions
overSecurityCouncilreforms
orrestructuring.Anyrestruc-
turingof theSecurityCouncil
would require support of at
least two-thirds Member
States (193) and consent of all
of thepermanentmembersof
the UNSC (which have veto
rights). Therefore, collabora-
tionamongthememberstates
is essential in achieving the
reforms. The divergent posi-
tions of member states have
made it difficult to come up
with a common plan so far.
Restructuring of UNSC in-
volves Democratisation by
correcting the imbalances in
power relationships among
P5 and the rest of the world,
Expansion in permanent and
non-permanent seats to ena-
ble the UN organ to better
deal with the “ever-complex
and evolving challenges” and
maintenance of internation-
al peace and security and Eq-
uitable Representation of all
the regions of the world will
give it a geo - political balance
and desired effectiveness. Ja-
pan, as a member of G4 (Bra-
zil, Germany, India and Ja-
pan), supports the expansion
of both permanent and non-
permanent categories of the
Council. L.69 group of coun-
tries from Africa, Latin
America and the Caribbean,
Asia and the Pacific have
committed to instilling “new
life” in their efforts towards
achieving reform of the UN
Security Council.
INDIA’S BID TO UNSC
India has been a non - perma-
nent member of UNSC eight
times including the current
term and has been at the fore-
front of the years-long efforts
to reform the Security Coun-
cil stating its rightful claim to
be a permanent member of
the Council, which in its cur-
rent form does not represent
the geo-political realities of
the21stCentury
.India’sclaim
for a permanent seat in the
UNSC is justified being the
largest democracy
, the second
most populous country, and
the fifth largest and fastest
growing economy. India has
been as active participant in
UN, raised its voice passion-
ately against racial discrimi-
nationinSouthAfrica,played
its part in formulating deci-
sions on several issues such
as admitting former colonies
to the UN, addressing deadly
conflicts in the Middle East
and maintaining peace in Af-
rica and contributed exten-
sively to the UN, particularly
for the maintenance of inter-
national peace and security
and has been major contribu-
tor to UN peacekeeping mis-
sions across the Globe.
India also represents the
interests of most of the un-
derdeveloped and developing
countries of the world. Its
adherence to the principle of
non-alignment and commit-
ment to Panchsheel- Five
Principles of Peaceful Co-
existence -that focuses on
non-interference by one
country in the internal af-
fairs of the other has sub-
stantially promoted peace
and stability in the world.
India intends to be a global
rule-maker, and, therefore,
wants to be a member of the
expanded UNSC permanent
category to have a greater say
in the emerging internation-
al order. However, India’s am-
bition has been hampered by
the country’s security issues,
China’s opposition and low
pace of development.
Among the five permanent
members of the UNSC, four
countries, including the US,
UK, France and Russia have
bilaterally extended their sup-
port for India’s candidature to
the permanent seat in the ex-
pandedUNSC.However,China
has obstructed its inclusion.
Countries such as Pakistan,
North Korea and Italy
, which
are China’s close allies, have
alsobeenopposingIndia’scan-
didature for permanent mem-
bership in the UNSC. To side-
line India, China instead pro-
poses the inclusion of small
and medium-sized countries.
Apart from Chinese opposi-
tion Indian stand on NPT and
CTBT is also a sour point
which is not really liked by
many countries.
Despite some of these chal-
lenges, India being a current
non- permanent member has
accorded highest priority to
restructuring of council and
its stand on getting a perma-
nent seat. It has enhanced its
engagement with global fora
of significance like G-4, G-20
(taking over Chairmanship),
ASEAN, SCO (Currently
Chairman), I2U2, The Quad-
rilateral Security Dialogue
Quad and L69. India has
adopted multi layered strat-
egy whereby it’s focussing on
enhancing its support in
General Assembly and reduc-
ing the resistance in Security
Council.
Thecallforreformstakeson
asenseof urgencyastheSecu-
rityCouncilisstuckbysystem
of vetoes of the permanent
membersandisfailedtoacton
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
AsIndiaexpandsitseconomic,
military
, technological and po-
litical capabilities and contin-
ue working on the manage-
ment of global issues, it would
be able to overcome the chal-
lenges in the path of perma-
nent membership in the UN
Security Council. The world
wide recognition of role of In-
dianleadershipintheongoing
Russo-Ukraine conflict defi-
nitely brings India closer to
getting a permanent UNSC
seat than ever before.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Restructuring the UN Security Council:
INDIA’SPROSPECTS
T
India has been a non -
permanent member of
UNSC eight times including
the current term and has
been at the forefront of the
years-long efforts to reform
the Security Council stating
its rightful claim to be a
permanent member of the
Council, which in its
current form does not
represent the geo-political
realities of the 21st Century
As India expands
its economic, military,
technological and
political capabilities
and continue working
on the management of
global issues, it would
be able to overcome
the challenges in
the path of permanent
membership in the UN
Security Council
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author is a Post Graduate in
International Studies, Alumni of Defense
Services Staff College, Wellington
and College of Combat, Mhow

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INDIA
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: 107 IAS of-
ficers will be promoted
in Uttar Pradesh on
January 1, 2023 for
which the exercise is
going on.
This year, 6 IAS offic-
ers of 1998 batch will
become principal sec-
retaries. These include
Alok Kumar III, Anil
Kumar III, Anil Kumar
Sagar, Pandhari Yadav,
Ajay Chauhan, Neena
Sharma.
All these 6 IAS offic-
ers will be given pay
scale more than super
time. After 25 years of
service with an impec-
cable record, they are
now being promoted
from secretary to prin-
cipal secretary.
9 IAS officers of the
2007 batch will be pro-
moted to the post of
Special Secretary/Col-
lector rank officers.
They are Suhas LY,
Sheetal Verma, Alok
Tiwari, Chaitra V,
Naveen Kumar GS, Dr.
Muthukumarasamy B,
Prabhu Narayan Singh,
Abhay, Adarsh Singh.
In UP, there is a sys-
tem of giving super
time pay scale to the
IAS officers who get
promotion to the rank
of secretary for 16
years of continuous
service.
At present 524 IAS
are posted in UP and
DPC is held every year
in December to pro-
mote them.
107 IAS officers will be promoted in Uttar Pradesh next yr
UTTAR PRADESH BUREAUCRACY
lll
In UP, there is a
system of giving
super time pay
scale to the IAS
officers who get
promotion to the
rank of secretary
for 16 years of
continuous
service
Gujarat (ANI): Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
Ghatlodya constituency
candidate Bhupendra
PatelonWednesdayfiled
his nomination for the
upcoming assembly
elections in Gujarat.
Bhupendra Patel, the
current Chief Minister
of Gujarat, filed his
nomination in the pres-
ence of Union Home
Minister Amit Shah.
Before filing the nomi-
nations, Shah and Patel
held a roadshow in the
Ghatlodya constituen-
cy
. In his address to the
public in Ahmedabad,
Amit Shah confidently
termed Bhupendra Pa-
tel as the state’s next
chief minister. “Today
with me is the next
Chief Minister of Guja-
rat after the election,”
Amit Shah said while
addressing a public
gathering in Gujarat’s
Ahmedabad along with
its Chief Minister Bhu-
pendra Patel.
‘MEDIA OWNERSHIP
CONCENTRATION
POSING THREAT’
‘AVIATION SECTOR
PERFORMED BEST
TILL DATE’
New Delhi: The
Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India
(Trai), is working on
a new set of recom-
mendations on media
ownership, chairman
P D Vaghela said on
Wednesday. Inciden-
tally, in April this year,
Trai had released a
consultation paper to
discuss ownership is-
sues within the media.
New Delhi: Indian
aviation sector has
performed best till
date in terms of the
comprehensive safety
audit conducted by
the International Civil
Aviation Organization
(ICAO), the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation
(DGCA) has said. It is to
be noted that this is In-
dia’s best performance
till date.
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on
Wednesday alleged that the conspirators are hell-bent
to overthrow the current government of the State
because “they know that we will strengthen tribals so
much that those coming from outside will be thrown
out.”He further asked people to decide whether con-
spirators should rule the State or tribals as he issued
a warning that he will see all conspirators one by one.
He was addressing party workers after BJP leader and
former Gandey MLA Jai Prakash Verma joined JMM.
Patna: CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said the Bihar
govt will soon increase the representation of women
in the state police force to 35 per cent. Nitish Kumar
said at present the representation of women in Bihar
Police is around 27-28%. “The representation of
women in state police is almost 28% in Bihar. The in-
creased presence of women in the state’s police force
has not only empowered women but also made the
constabulary more efficient and effective,” he said.
‘I WILL SEE THEM ALL ONE BY ONE...’:
SOREN LASHES OUT AT CONSPIRATORS
BIHAR TO INCREASE WOMEN’S REPR. IN
STATE POLICE TO 35%: NITISH KUMAR
CRUCIAL READ
GUJARAT POLLS 2022
CM BHUPENDRA PATEL FILES
NOMINATION FROM GHATLODIYA
CONG RELEASES
FINAL LIST OF 37
CANDIDATES
AFTAB’S FAMILY
FLEES TO UNKNOWN
LOCATION
POONAWALLA
SENDS LEGAL
NOTICE TO AAP MLA
PATEL OFFERS PRAYERS AT TRIMANDIR,
ADALAJ AHEAD OF FILING NOMINATIONS
MIZORAM QUARRY COLLAPSE: MAMATA
ANNOUNCES JOB TO KIN OF DECEASED
Gujarat:The Con-
gress has dropped
five sitting MLAs
and retained seven
others as it released
the final list of
37 candidates on
Wednesday for the
second phase of the
next month’s two-
phase Assembly
elections in Gujarat.
With the latest list,
Cong has finished
its candidate selec-
tion exercise for all
the it will contest.
Maharashtra: The
family of Aftab Amin
Poonawalla has fled to
an unknown location
and is now untrace-
able, Manikpur police
(Palghar) said on
Wednesday. According
to the police, Aftab’s
family shifted to an
unknown location
without informing
the police. “When the
Manikpur police took
Aftab’s statement after
calling him to Vasai,
Aftab’s family shifted
to an unknown place,”
the police told ANI.
New Delhi: BJP
national spokesperson
Shehzad Poonawalla
sent a legal notice for
initiating civil and crimi-
nal proceedings against
AAP MLA Naresh Baly-
an over a tweet linking
him with Aftab Amin
Poonawala. In a tweet
in Hindi on Tuesday, the
AAP MLA stated “What
is the relation between
Aftab Poonawalla, who
chopped Shraddha
Walker’s body into 35
pieces after murdering
her, and BJP leader
Shehzad Poonawalla?.”
Gujarat: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
and Bhupendra Patel
on Wednesday held a
roadshow in Ghatlodya
in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad.
Amit Shah exuded con-
fidence in the BJP form-
ing govt in the upcom-
ing Gujarat Assembly
elections and said that
the party will “break all
records and win with the
most number of seats”.
Gujarat: Gujarat Chief
Minister Bhupendra
Patel offered prayers
at Trimandir, ahead
of filing nominations
on Wednesday for the
upcoming Gujarat as-
sembly elections.Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah and Gujarat CM
Bhupendra Patel held a
roadshow in Ghatlodya,
Ahmedabad before
filing nominations.
Mizoram (ANI): The Mizo-
ram Police have arrested
one person who allegedly
lit a lighter in the middle
of the road near a Tank
Lorry which claimed 11
lives in the Turial area of
Aizawl district in the state.
According to the police, at
4:35 pm on October 29,
one Tank Lorry carrying
22,000 litres of petrol
that was supposed to be
delivered at Champhai met
with an accident within the
vicinity of Tuirial Airfield by
turning turtle on the main
road, thus spilling petrol
out from the tanker on the
surface of the road. A lot
of people had gathered to
collect and store the spilt
petrol when it suddenly
caught fire around 5.50
pm and four people lost
their life on the spot. The
police party and fire ten-
ders immediately reached
the spot to bring down the
raging fire after the injured
persons were immediately
taken to various hospitals
for treatment.“
CopstakeDNAsamples
ofShraddha’sfather
New Delhi (ANI):
Delhi Police, which
is probing the hor-
rific Shraddha Walk-
er murder case in
which her live-in
partner Aftab Amin
Poonawala had alleg-
edly strangulated
Walker to death and
chopped her body
into 35 pieces,
dumped it in the
Chhatarpur area,
has taken DNA
samples of Shrad-
dha’s father Vikas
Walker so that the
dumped body parts
and blood sample can
be matched.
According to top
sources of Delhi Po-
lice, the DNA sample
of Shraddha’s father
hasbeentaken.About
10-13 bones have been
recovered from the
forest. They have
been sent to the foren-
sic lab to find out
whether the bones be-
longedtoShraddhaor
those of an animal.
Bhupendra Patel files his nomination from the Ghatlodiya Assembly constituency for the Gujarat
Assembly elections, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Image for representational purpose only.
Yogi calls devp
‘main weapon’ in
Rampur bypolls
Uttar Pradesh (ANI):
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has been
keeping an eye on the
development works of
Rampur since the as-
sembly elections and
this time
d e v e l o p -
ment is go-
ing to be the
main weap-
on in the
battle of
Rampur by-elections.
As per an official
statement, the BJP
work on a long-term
strategy to penetrate
the areas which are
strongholds of the op-
position.
MIZORAM STONE QUARRY COLLAPSE
PM condoles loss of lives,announces ex-gratia
New Delh (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi expressed deep
grief over the loss
of lives due to the
stone quarry collapse in
Mizoram.
He also announced
ex-gratia from the
Prime Minister’s Na-
tional Relief Fund (PM-
NRF) for the kin of each
deceased. The Prime
Minister’s office (PMO)
tweeted, “My thoughts
are with those who lost
their loved ones due to
the tragic stone quarry
collapse in Mizoram.
An ex-gratia of Rs. 2
lakh would be given
fromPMNRFtothenext
of kin of each deceased.
The injured would be
given Rs. 50,000.”
Three more bodies
were recovered on Tues-
day from the debris of
the stone quarry which
collapsed at Maudarh
village in Mizoram’s
Hnahthial district, in-
formed Additional Dep-
uty Commissioner
Saizikpuii.
New Delhi (PTI: The
CBI has charged Kan-
pur-based Rotomac
Global and its direc-
tors for `750.54 crore
for alleged fraud in
Indian Overseas Bank,
officials said.
The company, which
was in the business of
writing instruments,
has a total outstand-
ing of `2,919 crore
against a consortium
of seven banks led by
Bank of India in which
Indian Overseas Bank
has an exposure of 23
per cent.
The agency has
charged the company
and its Directors - Sad-
hna Kothari and Ra-
hul Kothari - under
IPC sections related to
criminal conspiracy
(120-B) and cheating
(420), besides various
provisions of the Pre-
vention of Corruption
Act. The company is
already facing multi-
ple investigations by
the CBI and the En-
forcement Directorate
on the basis of com-
plaints from consorti-
um members.
Tharoor on missing
out on Congress’ Guj
campaigners’ list
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader Shashi
Tharoor was asked by
the party’s student
wing NSUI to address a
campaign event in Gu-
jarat but declined as
his name was not on
the star campaigners’
list of the party for the
assembly polls in the
state, sources said on
Wednesday.
Tharoor’s name does
not feature in the list of
40 star campaigners for
the party that included
the likes of Congress
president Mallikarjun
Kharge and former par-
ty chiefs Sonia Gandhi
and Rahul Gandhi.
Among the other star
campaigners listed by
the party are Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot,
Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Bhupesh
Baghel, AICC general
secretary Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra, CLP
leader in Kerala
Ramesh Chennithala,
former chief ministers
Digvijaya Singh,
Kamal Nath, Bhupin-
der Singh Hooda and
Ashok Chavan.
Asked if he was dis-
appointed over his
name not featuring on
the list, Tharoor told
PTI, “The Congress
knows who or what is
best for it, so the ques-
tion of disappointment
is irrelevant.” Tharoor
had lost to Mr Kharge in
the party’s presidential
poll last month but had
secured over 1,000 votes
out of the more than
9,000 votes cast. The
NSUI had invited Tha-
roor for the event in Gu-
jarat but sources close
to him said he had to
decline as his name was
not there on the star
campaigners’ list.
Shashi Tharoor
The Congress
knows who or
what is best
for it, so the question
of disappointment is
irrelevant.
—Shashi Tharoor,
Senior Congress Leader
CBI books pen maker Rotomac Global
its director in `750 crore bank fraud case
Mamata Banerjee speaks to the media about providing job and
compensation amount to the families of the five deceased.
—PHOTO BY ANI
A 12 July order of the Allahabad Debt Recovery Tribunal has
accused Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank executives of
concealing facts and giving evasive replies in the Rotomac case.
Suhas LY Anil Kumar Sagar Ajay Chauhan Alok Kumar Neena Sharma
AMIT SHAH, BHUPENDRA PATEL HOLD
ROADSHOW IN GUJARAT’S GHATLODIYA
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

Delhi-NCR sees highest annual increase
New Delhi (FIB): Delhi-
NCR’s property market
witnessed the highest an-
nual price increase of 14%
during July-Sept at an av-
erage `7,741 per square
feet, according to a joint
report by CREDAI, Colliers
India and Liases Foras.
Housing prices appreci-
ated by 6% across eight cit-
ies during July-September
2022, compared with the
same quarter last year on
rising rates of key con-
struction materials.
“Delhi NCR saw the
highest increase in hous-
ing price across pan India
at 14% Year-on-Year (YoY).
Golf Course Road saw the
highest price rise of 21%,
followed by Ghaziabad,”
the joint report said.
As per the data, the aver-
age housing prices in Kol-
kata rose 12% YoY to `6,594
per square feet in the July-
September period of this
calendar year.
Ahmedabad saw 11% in-
crease in average prices to
`6,077 per square feet,
while Pune witnessed a 9%
rise in rates to `8,013 per
square feet.
The average housing
prices in Hyderabad were
up 8% to `9,266 per square
feet. The rates appreciated
6% in Bengaluru to `8,035
per square feet.
The housing prices re-
mained stable in Chennai
and Mumbai Metropolitan
Region (MMR) at `7,222 per
square feet and `19,485 per
square feet.
IN HOUSING PRICE AMONG 8 CITIES IN JUL-SEP
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z Housing prices appreciated
by 6% across eight cities
during July-September
2022, compared with the
same quarter last year
on rising rates of key
construction materials
z Delhi NCR saw the highest
increase in housing price
across pan India at 14%
Year-on-Year (YoY)
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Private sector
Kotak Mahindra Bank has
revised upward its mar-
ginal cost of funds based
lending rate for different
tenors but reduced the
benchmark one-year ten-
or rate by 20 basis points.
The MCLR linked loan
rates for the benchmark
one-year tenor, which is
used by banks to price
most of consumer loans
such as auto, home and
personal, has been cut to
8.55% from 8.75%. The
revised MCLR rates have
come to effect from No-
vember 16, 2022, Kotak
Bank said. —PTI
KOTAK MAHINDRA
BANK CUTS 1-YEAR
MCLR ON LOANS
Kolkata: Coal India is tar-
geting 50 million tonne
sales through the e-auc-
tion route in the second
half of the current fiscal, a
top company official said
on Wednesday. The coal
behemoth had sold
around 30 million tonne
via e-auction in the first
six months of the 2022-
23 financial year. “We are
targeting another 50 mil-
lion tonne in e-auction
sales for the year,” Coal
India Chairman Pramod
Agrawal said. Coal India’s
e-auction sales were at
108 million tonne in
2021-22. —PTI
COAL INDIA AIMS AT
50 MN TONNE SALES
THROUGH E-AUCTION
New Delhi: The overall TV
sports market is expected
to touch `9,830 crore and
sports digital revenue will
hit `4,360 crore by FY26,
according to a report. The
digital revenue for sports,
which was `1,540 crore
in FY21, is expected to
grow three-fold to `4,360
crore in FY26, it added.
While Cricket continues to
dominate the sports view-
ership in India, other
franchise-based events
such as kabaddi, football,
kho-kho etc are also wit-
nessing traction. —PTI
TV SPORTS MARKET
LIKELY TO REACH
`9,830 CR BY FY26
New Delhi: India’s soya-
bean import is pegged
lower by 64% at 2 lakh
tonnes in the 2022-23
season on prospects of
higher domestic produc-
tion, industry body SOPA
said on Wednesday. The
country had imported
5.55 lakh tonnes of soya-
bean during the 2021-22
season, it said. According
to the SOPA, the domes-
tic production of soya-
bean is estimated to in-
crease to 120.40 lakh
tonnes in the 2022-23
season when compared
with 118.89 lakh tonnes
last season. —PTI
INDIA LIKELY TO
IMPORT 64% LESS
SOYABEAN: SOPA
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 53,449.00 320.00 0.59 (Per 10g)
SILVER 62,682.00 125.00 0.19 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.25 0.34 0.41
GBPINR 96.52 0.62 0.65
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
Global action for eco recovery
G20’S COLLECTIVE PLEDGE
Bali (PTI): G20 grouping,
including India, the US,
and the EU, on Wednesday
pledged to take coordinated
actions to ensure strong
and resilient global recov-
ery delivering jobs and
growth.
The G20 Bali Leaders’
Declaration was issued af-
ter the conclusion of the
two-day summit, which
was attended top global
leaders.
At today’s critical mo-
ment for the global econo-
my, it is essential that the
G20 undertakes tangible,
precise, swift and neces-
sary actions, using all
available policy tools, to ad-
dress common challenges,
including through interna-
tional macro policy coop-
eration and concrete col-
laborations, the declara-
tion said. “In doing so, we
remain committed to sup-
port developing countries,
particularly the least devel-
oped and small island de-
veloping states, in respond-
ing to these global chal-
lenges and achieving the
SDGs.
“In line with the Indone-
sian G20 Presidency theme
— Recover Together, Re-
cover Stronger — we will
take coordinated actions to
advance an agenda for a
strong, inclusive and resil-
ient global recovery and
sustainable development
that delivers jobs and
growth,” it said.
The G20 comprises 19
countries: Argentina, Aus-
tralia, Brazil, Canada, Chi-
na, France, Germany, In-
dia, Indonesia, Italy
, Japan,
South Korea, Mexico, Rus-
sia, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, Turkey, the UK, the
USA, and the EU.
Together, they account
for over 80% of the global
GDP, 75% of international
trade and two-thirds of the
world population.
The grouping, the decla-
ration said, will stay agile
and flexible in macro-eco-
nomic policy responses
and cooperation.
“We will make public in-
vestments and structural
reforms, promote private
investments, and strength-
en multilateral trade
and resilience of global
supply.”
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z G20 grouping, including
India, the US, and the EU, on
Wednesday pledged to take
coordinated actions to ensure
strong and resilient global
recovery delivering jobs and
growth
z The G20 comprises 19
countries together, they
account for over 80% of the
global GDP, 75% of int’l trade
and 2/3 of world population
z The grouping, declaration
said, will stay agile and flexible
in macro-economic policy
responses and cooperation
DGCA: ICAO’S SAFETY
OVERSIGHT AUDIT SEC
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
New Delhi: The International
Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO) has completed the
safety oversight audit of the
Indian aviation sector and
as per the initial reports, the
mission was highly success-
ful, regulator DGCA said on
Wednesday.
ICAO is the
International
Civil Aviation
Organisation.
Under its Universal Safety
Oversight Audit Programme
(USOAP) Continuous Monitor-
ing Approach, an ICAO Co-
ordinated Validation Mission
(ICVM) was undertaken from
November 9 to 16. The audit
was conducted in the areas
of legislation, organization,
personal licensing. —PTI
LIC’s RELIANCE
CAPITAL’S DEBT SALE
UPSETS LENDERS
New Delhi: Days ahead of the
deadline to submit binding
bids, LIC’s move to sell its Rs
3,400 crore secured principal
debt of cash-strapped Reli-
ance Capital Ltd (RCL) to an
asset reconstruction company
(ARC) has irked its lenders
and bidders.
The last date
for submitting
binding bids
for Reliance
Capital Ltd (RCL) and its
subsidiaries is November 28.
LIC is conducting a Swiss
Challenge process to invite
bids from Asset Reconstruc-
tion Companies (ARCs) to sell
its exposure in RCL, sources
said, adding prospective bid-
ders will be asked to better the
offer. —PTI
UP GOVT APPROVES NEW IT POLICY, WITH BIG
SUBSIDY FOR SETTING UP, DEVELOPING IT PARKS
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ap-
proval for the New IT policy, under which an IT city will be set up in
Purvanchal, Paschimanchal, Madhyanchal and Bundelkhand and an
IT park in every division. To encour-
age private investors for setting up IT
Parks, a subsidy of 25 per cent or up
to Rs 20 crore will be provided, along
with 100 per cent exemption in stamp
duty. A subsidy of 25 per cent or
up to Rs 100 crore will be given for
developing IT city. IT units employing
women, SC-ST students, transgenders and specially-abled people
will get the facility of EPF reimbursement. This includes new units
as well as units undergoing expansion. —PTI
HDFC CAPITAL SELECTS 10 STARTUPS FOR
FUNDING DURING 2ND H@ART SUMMIT
New Delhi: HDFC Capital, a subsidiary of Housing Development
Finance Corporation Ltd, has shortlisted 10 startups for funding
and support during the 2nd H@ART
Summit concluded recently. H@ART
Platform recently announced that it
has raised over `500 crore through
global investors as the first close of
its property technology fund, HDFC
said in a statement on Wednesday.
Of the 10 finalists, 4 were focused on
Construction Tech and 3 each on Sustainability Tech and Sales and
Fintech, the statement said. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
New Delhi (PTI): Telecom
regulator Trai will issue a
public consultation paper
to discuss regulations for
internet-based calling,
messaging and entertain-
ment apps in December, a
senior official said on
Wednesday
.
The Department of Tel-
ecommunications has
sought recommendations
of the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (Trai) to
set up a legal framework
for the over-the-top (OTT)
apps that provide calling
and messaging services.
“Trai officials will make
presentation on OTT on
November 25, after which
issues for discussion will
be framed and a consulta-
tion paper will be issued
for the same next month,”
a senior Trai official told
PTI.
Under the new telecom-
munication bill, the gov-
ernment has proposed to
place OTT apps that pro-
vide calling and messaging
service as telecom services
company
.
The telecom bill propos-
es OTT players also to com-
ply with ‘Know Your Cus-
tomer’ rules and facilitate
lawful interce.
CONSULTATION
PAPER ON OTT
FRAMEWORK TO
COME NEXT
MONTH:TRAI
Sensex scales all-time closing
high, Nifty tops 18,400 mark
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmark indices ended
the trade in the positive ter-
ritory on Wednesday, with
the BSE Sensex closing at
its fresh life-time high of
61,980.72, helped by buying
in banking counters.
After facing highs and
lows during the day, the
30-share BSE Sensex final-
ly ended 107.73 points high-
er at 61,980.72. During the
day, the index hit its 52-
week high of 62,052.57,
higher by 179.58 points.
The broader NSE Nifty
ended marginally higher
by 6.25 points to 18,409.65.
From the Sensex pack,
Kotak Mahindra Bank,
Hindustan Unilever, Dr
Reddy’s, HDFC Bank, Bhar-
ti Airtel, HDFC and Tata
Consultancy Services were
among the major winners.
Bajaj Finance, Tata
Steel, NTPC, Bajaj Finserv,
UltraTech Cement and In-
dusInd Bank were among
the major laggards.
RUPEE FALLS 34 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 81.25
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
depreciated by 34 paise to close
at 81.25 (provisional) against the
US dollar on Wednesday on dis-
appointing
trade data
and foreign
fund
outflows.
At the
interbank foreign exchange
market, the local unit opened
at 81.41 and later witnessed an
intraday high of 81.23 and a low
of 81.58 during the session. The
domestic unit finally settled at
81.25 against Dollar.
FPIs INVESTMENT IN
INDIAN EQUITIES RISES
8% Q-o-Q TO $566 BN
New Delhi (PTI): After declining
for three consecutive quarters,
the value of FPI investment in
Indian equities rose 8% quarter-
on-quarter
to $566
billion in
the July-
September
period,
according to a Morningstar
report on Wednesday. A fast-
changing global macroeconomic
landscape, sentiments and op-
portunities that the Indian equity
markets have to offer impacted
the direction of flows by FPIs.
ACC TO TATA MOTORS MD
New Delhi (PTI): Passen-
ger vehicle sales in India
could hit a record of over
38 lakh units in FY23 but
the strong growth momen-
tum is not expected to car-
ry over to 2023-24 with pent-
up demand already been
released, according to Tata
Motors Passenger Vehicles
MD Shailesh Chandra.
There could be a modera-
tion on offtake of passen-
ger vehicles (PVs) in the
third quarter of the ongo-
ing fiscal and picking up
again in the fourth quarter,
but the growth rate in FY24
would also depend on the
impact of new set of regu-
lations such as BS VI phase
II and new safety regula-
tions kicking in next year,
he told analysts.
The first half of FY23
was very strong for the PV
industry with “nearly 1.9
million vehicles”, said
Chandra.
PV sales could hit over
38 lakh units in FY23
Over 6.85 crore
IT returns filed
for FY22 so far
New Delhi (FIB): Over
6.85 crore income tax re-
turns have been filed so far
for fiscal 2021-22 and the
number is expected to go
up further by December 31.
The last date for filing
ITRs for 2021-22 fiscal for
individuals was July 31,
while for corporates and
others who need to get
their accounts audited was
Nov 7, 2022. If the deadline
is missed, taxpayers can
also file a belated return by
paying penalty, the last
date for which is Dec 31.
“So far, 6.85 crore tax re-
turns for Assessment Year
2022-23 have been filed and
we are hopeful that the
number will increase till
December 31.”
Paytm investors not in hurry to sell: Analysts
New Delhi (PTI): Pay-
tm’s pre-IPO investors,
which include likes of
Warren Buffet’s Berk-
shire Hathway, SoftBank
and Alibaba, do not seem
to be in a hurry to exit
India’s leading digital
payments brand as they
continue to believe in
its long-term prospect,
analysts said.
On Tuesday, 86% of
Paytm’s shares became
free to trade after the end
of the lock-in period, al-
lowing investors to sell
shares that haven’t yet
been allowed onto the
market. Market partici-
pants have been specu-
lating on Paytm, post-
expiry of lock-in for pre-
IPO investors. “Paytm’s
lock-in expiry had no
impact on the share price
as the company’s robust
performance continues
to impress investors,”
Avinash Gorakshakar,
Director, Research, Prof-
itmart Securities, said
about Paytm.

First India Bureau
Mumbai: A bailable
warrant was issued
on Wednesday against
an officer of the Anti-
Terrorism Squad
(ATS) for not appear-
ing before the special
National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA)
court for the 2008
Malegaon blast case
hearing.
He is the second ATS
officer against whom
such a warrant has
been issued.
Accordingtoagovern-
ment lawyer, the officer
against whom the court
issued the warrant was
required to appear in
court as he had recorded
statements of some of
the witnesses who
turned hostile recently
.
The court was told
that the officer could
not make it to court be-
cause he was unwell.
Special judge AK La-
hoti, who is presiding
over the case, issued the
warrant against him.
In September, the spe-
cial NIA court had is-
sued a bailable warrant
against another ATS
officer, who not only
had arrested a few ac-
cused in the case and
recorded some of the
statements; he was also
a witness in the case.
So far, more than 280
witnesses have been ex-
amined in the case
hearing, and 29 of them
have turned hostile.
The case pertains to
the September 29, 2008
motorcycle explosion
near a mosque in Male-
gaon, in which six peo-
ple were killed and
more than 100 injured.
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2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: The G20
delegates will visit
the world famous
Ajanta and Ellora
caves and other prom-
inent sites in Aurang-
abad district over two
days in February next
year, officials said.
Divisional Commis-
sioner Sunil Kendrekar
held a meeting on Mon-
day with senior offi-
cials to review prepara-
tions for the visit of the
delegates.
Kendrekar instruct-
ed officials to make
elaborate preparations
as the visit by G20 del-
egates will boost Au-
rangabad’s image on
the international plat-
form, the release said.
Around 500 delegates
will visit the world her-
itage sites of Ajanta,
Ellora, other promi-
nent places like the
Daulatabad (Devgiri)
Fort along with an in-
dustrial visit in Au-
rangabad on February
13 and 14 next year, a
release from the divi-
sional commissioner’s
office said on Tuesday.
India will assume
Presidency of the influ-
ential G20 group for
one year from Decem-
ber 01, 2022.
The group comprises
of 19 countries—Ar-
gentina, Australia, Bra-
zil, Canada, China,
France, Germany, In-
dia, Indonesia, Italy, Ja-
pan, South Korea, Mex-
ico, Russia, Saudi Ara-
bia, South Africa, Tur-
key, the UK, the USA—
and the European Un-
ion (EU).
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Miffed com-
muters stopped a lo-
cal train at Titwala
station in neighbour-
ing Thane district for
more than 20 minutes
during the morning
rush hour on Wednes-
day. They were angry
over the suburban
services running late,
said officials.
A group of 10-15 com-
muters including wom-
en jumped on the tracks
at around 8.30 am and
stopped the local train
at Titwala, located 55
km from Mumbai. The
train was heading from
Kasara in Thane dis-
trict to the Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj Termi-
nus (CSMT) in south
Mumbai. The railway
police later removed the
protesters from the
tracks, said officials.
Local trains are con-
sidered as the lifeline of
Mumbai and its adjoin-
ing Thane and Palghar
districts, and office-go-
ers mostly prefer it as
the fastest mode of
transport during the
morning peak hours.
“TheKasaralocalwas
held up due to the com-
muters’ agitation from
8.30 am to 8.51 am,” said
a spokesperson of the
Central Railway (CR),
addingthatthetrainwas
delayed due to a techni-
calglitchinagoodstrain
running ahead of it.
The CR’s Chief Pub-
lic Relations Officer,
Shivaji Sutar, said, “We
will find the reason for
the delay. But agitation
and stopping a train is
not the way. It causes
inconvenience to other
passengers.”
Another CR official
said the local train was
delayed due to the agita-
tion, but it did not affect
the schedule of the oth-
er suburban services.
A Railway Protection
Force (RPF) official said
passengers were agitat-
ed over the delay of the
CSMT-bound Kasara lo-
cal train which was
scheduled to arrive at
Titwala station at 8.19
am, but reached there at
around 8.30 am.
The commuters had
complained that local
trains were running late
on a regular basis as a
result, they could not
reach their offices on
time during the morn-
ing peak hours, he said.
PROTESTING OVER LATE SERVICES COMMUTERS GATHER ON RAILWAY TRACKS AT TITWALA ON WEDNESDAY
Angry commuters stop local
train in Thane due to delay
Kansara local was held up by dissenters for almost half an hour. —FILE PHOTO
RAILWAY
ACTION
Personnel of the Gov-
ernment Railway Police
(GRP) and the RPF
removed the protesting
passengers from the
tracks and extra secu-
rity was deployed at the
station, said officials.
The Central Railway daily
operates 1,810 services
on its Main Line (CSMT to
Kasara/Khopoli), Harbour
line (CSMT-Goregoan/
Panvel), Trans-Harbour
line (Vashi-Thane/Panvel)
and Bamandongri-Be-
lapur/ Seawood line.
WR revises timings of 25
trainsforVandeBharatExp
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The West-
ern Railway (WR)
has revised the tim-
ings of 25 trains in
view of the schedule
of Mumbai-Gandhi-
nagar Vande Bharat
Express with an aim
to have smooth train
operations.
Among the trains
whose timings have
been revised includes
Mumbai-Ahmedabad
Shatabdi Express and
its schedule has been
revised between Vapi
and Ahmedabad rail-
way stations in Guja-
rat, a release said.
“The timings of sev-
eral trains will be re-
vised, due to the run-
ning of train 20901/02
Mumbai Central Gan-
dhinagar Capital Van-
de Bharat Express,” it
said.
The WR’s Chief
Public Relations Offic-
er Sumit Thakur said
the train timings were
revised only by a few
minutes and the new
schedule will be effec-
tive in the next few
days. “This has been
done to make the train
operations smooth,”
Thakur said.
As per the release,
the Mumbai Central
Ahmedabad Gujarat
Superfast Express,
Howrah Ahmedabad
Superfast Express,
Bandra Terminus
Gorakhpur Humsafar
Express, and Bandra
Terminus Ramnagar
Superfast Express are
some of the trains
whose timings have
been revised.
Thesemi-highspeed
Mumbai-Gandhinagar
Vande Bharat Express
was flagged off by
PrimeMinisterNaren-
dra Modi on Septem-
ber 30 this year.
The Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express was flagged
off by PM Narendra Modi on Sept 30 this year. —FILE PHOTO
The train timings
were revised only by
a few minutes; new
schedule will be
effective in few days
First India Bureau
Thane: A 29-year-old
man was awarded
an indemnity of
Rs49.33 lakh by the
Motor Accident
Claims Tribunal
(MACT) in Thane,
for injuries he suf-
fered in a road acci-
dent in 2017.
In an order passed on
November 01, MACT
member MM Walimo-
hammed directed the
owner of the tempo in-
volved in the accident,
as well as its insurer, to
jointly make the pay-
ment—albeit in install-
ments—with a 7% in-
terest per annum from
the date the petition
was filed.
The payment must
be made within the
next two months, the
tribunal ruled.
The MACT also or-
dered that if the owner
and the insurer failed
to do so, they must pay
the increased interest
of 8% per annum till
the total amount was
paid in full.
The matter was de-
cided ex-parte against
the tempo owner, who
did not appear for the
hearing, while the in-
surance company op-
posed the claim on
various grounds.
According to the vic-
tim’s counsel, the acci-
dent, which occurred
on January 11, 2017,
cost the man the job
where he earned a
monthly salary of
Rs34,277.
The petitioner, who
was on his motorbike
was hit by the tempo,
being driven in a negli-
gent manner, coming
from the wrong direc-
tion.
The petitioner was
severely injured, thus
suffered disability and
was unable to continue
his job, the petitioner
told the tribunal.
He also incurred
hefty medical expenses
to undergo prolonged
treatment.
G20 delegates
to visit Ajanta
and Ellora caves
HC orders fresh testing of Johnson Johnson baby powder
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The FMCG
company Johnson
Johnson Pvt Ltd was
permitted by the
Bombay High Court
on Wednesday to
manufacture its con-
tentious baby powder,
but not allowed to sell
it, as per the Maha-
rashtra government
order. The high court
also ordered for fresh
testing of its baby
powder samples.
The HC ruling came
in the company’s peti-
tion that challenged two
state government’s or-
ders: cancelling the
company’s licence on
September 15, and Sep-
tember 20 order to im-
mediately stop manu-
facturing and selling its
baby powder.
The orders were
passed by the joint com-
missioner and licensing
authority of the state
Food and Drug Admin-
istration (FDA).
The government had
based its orders on the
report of the Central
Drug Laboratory in Kol-
kata, which found that
the baby powder con-
tained higher than pre-
scribed pH level.
A division bench
comprising Justices SV
Gangapurwala and SG
Dige, on Wednesday, di-
rected the FDA to col-
lect fresh samples with-
in three days from the
company’s factory in
Mulund area. The sam-
ple would then be sent
to three separate labo-
ratories—two govern-
ment and one private—
for testing.
“The samples shall be
sent to the Central Drug
Testing Laboratory
(West Zone), FDA lab
and the Intertech Labo-
ratory for testing,” the
court said adding that
the labs shall submit a
report within one week
thereafter.
BACK IN THE DOCK
Court upholds state govt’s order
on its sale but permits the company
to manufacture the product
The company said it has suffered daily loss of `2.5 crore due to
the license revocation. —FILE PHOTO
The sam-
ples shall
be sent to
the Central Drug
Testing Laboratory
(West Zone), FDA
lab and the Inter-
tech Laboratory for
testing. The labs
shall submit a re-
port within one
week thereafter.
—Bombay High Court
MACT awards `49.3 lakh to
man injured in road mishap
The accident left the victim differently-abled and unable to
continue his job. —FILE PHOTO
Orders owner of tempo
that hit him, insurance
firm to make payment
within 2 months
Warrant issued against ATS officer
The Western
Fleet (Sword Arm)
underwent a change
of guard with Rear
Admiral Sameer
Saxena handing over
the baton of Flag
Officer Commanding
Western Fleet to
Rear Admiral Vineet
McCarty at the Naval
Dockyard in Mumbai
on Wednesday. The
occasion was marked
with a ceremonial
parade and the
traditional pulling-out
ceremony.
—PHOTO BY ANI
NAVAL HANDOVER
A beautiful day of sunshine and
breeze with flowers can be made
still more beautiful if
experienced with friends.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
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MUMBAI, THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
THE MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY ANISHA BHATI, ONE
OF THE FINALISTS OF FIRST INDIA QUEEN, OPENS
UP TO CITY FIRST ABOUT HER LIFE, DREAMS AND
ASPIRATION AND HER APPROACH TO BEAUTY!
onfidence in the
worldinsideyou
is a whole differ-
ent story, what
you gain and
give to the world
will allow oth-
ers to see and share in
your true beauty
. Anisha
Bhati, a 20-year-old gor-
geous beauty from New
Delhi proved that we
must believe in ourselves
tobecomethebestperson
that we can be. The rav-
ishing beauty is one of
the top finalists of First
India Queen and a recent
graduate in English hon-
ours from Delhi Univer-
sity
. The Exquisite beau-
ty while describing her
inspiration stated, “I
have been a great follow-
er of fashion, right from
my childhood, I used to
watch fashion TV which
inspired me to get into
this field. I had the pas-
sion within me which
motivated me even
more for it.”
T a l k i n g
about self-
acceptance
beauty said,
“We must ac-
k n o w l e d g e
that everyone
is different and
that certain ob-
stacles are physi-
cal characteristics
of a person that must
be acknowledged by the
individual. At the end of
the day, acceptance is
something we should
all value, regardless
of our body
, skin tone,
or other physical
characteristics. One
mistake that I made was
that I felt very conscious
at the beginning. This
feeling impacted my
overall performance. But
over time I worked hard
and overcame it.”
When asked about the
most memorable mo-
ment, the talented artist
replied, “The most mem-
orable moment was the
day my first music video
was released with my fa-
vourite artist. My family
was proud of me and
their happiness still mo-
tivatesmetoworkharder
and make more remem-
berable memories also
when I was chosen as the
finalist for First India
Queen, I am grateful to
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
and First Miss Queen
team for giving me this
great opportunity, it
changed my life.”
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Gifting something to your
beloved is likely to make
the day memorable.
Matrimonial match for
siblings will bring happiness for entire
family. You will get a good price for
your property. Those awaiting results
are assured of succeeding with flying
colours.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Despite hectic schedule
you will manage to find
time for family. Seek the
opinion of your family
before finalizing a property deal. Your
bold initiatives on romantic front
bring back passion and spark in
romantic relationship.Overall health
remains fine.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Happiness in the domestic
sphere will only come with
a changed mind set. Some
of you are likely to become
a part of an overseas official trip.
Better to consult an expert in financial
matters before making an investment.
Harsh words may create a rift in your
romantic relationship; be careful.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your intuition will save you
from a tricky spot today, so
don’t ignore it. Yoga would
help in raising energy levels
and improve your metabolism. You will
manage to achieve your aim through
travel. This is a great time on the
academic front, when you mange to
render your best.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will succeed in
resolving misunderstanding
with family members,
normalizing ties. Despite
your misgivings, you retain good
health. You will do much to bring peace
and harmony at home. You will remain
much in demand on social front. Some
of you can get romantically involved.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Avoid raising controversial
issues at home to maintain
harmony. Successful
implementation of new
ideas and projects would add to your
prestige on the professional front. It
is a wonderful day to build new
connections. Your relationship
requires you to be tactful.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It’s a very good day to take
calculated risks in financial
matters. Your efforts on the
professional front will be
recognised. Opting for some healthy
choices will ensure you remain in
perfect health. You will feel much happy
on the family front. Today you will enjoy
the trust of senior management.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Family will be most
supportive, when it really
matters for you. Some of
you may add to your list of
properties by booking a new one. It
is good day to confess your love as
stars appear favourable for positive
reply. A long drive is likely to help
you get over mental tiredness.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Using your initiative at
work will be much
appreciated. You may get
a chance to pursue old
hobby. Health tips from an expert will
enable you to get closer to your
fitness goals. Your generous
behavior would enable to enjoy some
lovely moments with family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A friend or colleague may
motivate you to take up a
healthy activity. Parents may
appear more than happy with
what you deliver. Plans for overseas
travel are likely to materialise. You are
likely to get clearance or approval for
your construction plans. You find things
moving in the way you want them.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Distant relatives may drop
in for a surprise visit. On
professional front,
recognition for good work
would motivate you to work harder.
Those awaiting an affirmation on
romantic front are likely to get lucky
today, as partner responds positively.
You will feel happy today.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Following a health diet will be
a good idea. Luck favours
you today on the professional
front. Focussing on health
now will help you in keeping physically
fit. Clarity of mind and retentive power
will help you forge ahead on the
academic front. Frustration on the
romantic front is possible.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
STORYTELLING - AN EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL
STORYTELLING - AN EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL
WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE AUDIENCE
WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE AUDIENCE
emember the good
old stories of
Vikram-Betaal or
Akbar-Birbal or
stories about
kings, queens as
well as animals
and ghosts, the ones nar-
rated by our grandparents
that have not only re-
mained etched in
our memories but
have been passed
on to the younger
siblings. The origin
of storytelling has
been traced back
to the earliest civ-
ilizations where-
in, groups of people
would gather around and
narrate stories that have
passed down cultural be-
liefs, memories, and ideas.
It is a way of preserving
the culture and beliefs of
a tribe or community and
passing them down to the
next generation. So, what
is a story and why is story-
telling important to us? A
story can be defined as a
narrative, either true or
fictitious, in prose or
verse, designed to interest,
amuse, or instruct the
hearer or reader. Storytell-
ing introduces new words
and enriches our vocabu-
lary, enhances our listen-
ing skills, connects and
keeps us connected with
one’s cultural roots and
fosters imagination and
creativity of mind.
People don’t remember
facts, they remember sto-
ries. It’s easier for us to
recall stories than facts.
Sounds and words
have always fasci-
nated the human
race since the very
beginning. It can take
form through drawings,
paintings, dance or even
puppet shows. Storytelling
is a popular concept that is
used in many fields, such
as media, education, busi-
ness and entertainment
etc. When a story is ‘told’,
it enters the interpersonal
and interactive sphere of
an individual and has a
high emotional, motiva-
tional and social impact.
Storytelling has been the
subject of multidiscipli-
nary study through the
disciplines of theatre and
folklore. Theatre provides
a rich experience that en-
gages the body, emotions
and senses in dynamic
learning.
The art of storytelling.
Successful leaders and
public speakers
throughout history
have understood
and har-
nessed the power of good
storytelling. No matter the
topic or the audience, tell-
ing a story instantly en-
gages your listeners and
elevates your message to
an art form. The major
strength of storytelling
lies in connecting with the
audience and was effec-
tively exploited during the
performance by the artist.
Its purpose is to make the
audience see, hear and feel
what the storyteller saw,
heard or felt. Relevant de-
tails, couched in concrete,
colourful language,
are the best way to
recreate the inci-
dent as it happened
and to picture it for the
audience. Good stories
create bridges, real em-
pathic bridges with the
audience.
Essential elements for
staging the story. The key
elements that make up a
story for effective commu-
nication are the Character,
the Plot, the Conflict and
the Resolution. Every good
story has a compelling
central character which is
a connection between the
performer and the target
audience. The plot con-
sists of the events and the
theme which is the central
idea or belief that the au-
thor is trying
to convey in
the story.
The plot en-
compasses an
introduc-
tion, ris-
ing ac-
tion, a
climax, fall-
ing action and a
resolution. The
conflict, i.e. A chal-
lenge or problem
around which the plot is
based gives the story a
purpose or trajectory
. The
resolution of the conflict
generally marks the end
and concludes a story
.
Why Are Stories Impor-
tant? Stories are central
to human cognition and
communication. We en-
gage with others through
stories, and storytelling is
a lot more than just a
recitation of facts and
events. As human
beings, we are au-
t o m a t i c a l l y
drawn to stories
because we see ourselves
reflected in them. We in-
evitably interpret the
meaning in stories and
understand ourselves bet-
ter. But we now live in the
fast-paced information
age, where information,
concepts, and ideas con-
tinuously bombard us
from every direction.
Do stories matter to us
anymore? Yes, the stories
are essen-
tial to hu-
man ex-
i s t e n c e
and more relevant today
as storytelling creates
connection, constructive
engagement, learning
that sticks, inspiring mo-
tivation, risk-free learn-
ing and is appealing to all
sorts of learners. More
and more organisations
are embracing storytell-
ing as an effective way for
their leaders to influence,
inspire, and teach.
While storytelling has
seen plenty of changes, the
function of storytelling
has stayed the same; con-
veying history, social cohe-
sion, information, news,
art, and entertainment.
Legends, sagas, fairy tales,
and fables have been nar-
rated and these stories are
about history, life and un-
derstanding the world we
live in.
The use of advancing
technologies such as the
printing press, the camera,
the internet, and the use of
social media platforms
have changed storytelling
forever. Digital storytelling
which is a new trend today
includes the idea of com-
bining the art of telling
stories with an assortment
of multimedia, including
audio, video, graphics and
web publishing. Digital
stories often presented in
compelling and emotion-
ally engaging formats are
interactive. Even as tech-
nology presents so many
dynamic opportunities to
create new content, hu-
mans will still crave stories
so we can make sense of
the world and stories will
always matter, now and in
the future also.
RAJESH BHUKAR
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hraddha Kapoor shared a
happy picture of herself
while enjoying her food
on Tuesday
. The actor
called it ‘plate and pet (stomach)
mein party’.
Taking to Instagram Stories,
Shraddha posted a picture of
herself. She wore a yellow sweat-
shirt with spectacles. She kept
her hair open. She had a plate in
front of her. She smiled while
eating her food with her fin-
gers. Her plate was filled with
rice, curry
, sauce, green chilies
and plain papad. The text next
to the picture read, “Plate aur
pet mein party (There is party
on my plate and in my stom-
ach) with three smiling face
with red heart eyes emojis.
Thanks Macha!! (three red
heart emojis) @fazaa_s6.”
M
idi and merry! We are
wearing our hearts
throughdressesthisparty
season and making it all
count feels fruitful. High doses of
sultry rounds are irresistible and
look like Kriti Sanon is aware of
this. Her recently tested looks for
Bhediya’spromotionshadstar-wor-
thy finishes and there’s so much
you could include in your
style mix. Kriti’s look
was strategised by ce-
lebrity fashion stylist
Sukriti Grover. Get ex-
cited about its details that focus on
pleats, prints of roses, sheer bal-
loon sleeves with an elasticated
hem, a plunging neckline, broad
and ruched detail with a bloomed
3D applique black flower placed at
thecentertogiveitadreamyallure.
A
nushka Sharma
and Virat Kohli
are one of the
most loved cou-
ples in town. On Wednes-
day morning, the power
couple was seen making
heads turn at Mumbai air-
port. They looked all
things adorable as they
posed for the paparazzi.
Virat and Anushka
made a stylish appear-
ance at the airport.
The duo was seen winning
heartswiththeirtwinning
game. Anushka sported a
white sweatshirt with
black pants. She also wore
a black hat and rounded
off her look with white
sneakersandafannypack.
On the other hand, Virat
too wore a white sweat-
shirt and black pants with
whitesneakersandablack
jacket. However, Virat’s t-
shirt caught everyone’s at-
tention. It had the
letter A and a red
heart embossed on
it. Meanwhile, Vi-
rat was heard say-
ing, ‘thanks for
understanding’ to
the paparazzi. He
said this after
they called him
‘King Kohli’. The
couple zoomed off
hand-in-hand to board
their flight.
ollywood actor Ayush-
mann Khurrana is cur-
rently making headlines
for his upcoming film An
Action Hero. The trailer
of the film was released
onNovember11,inwhich
he is seen in a very banging style.
After the release of the trailer, a
video leaked from the sets of the
film, where Ayushmann Khurra-
na and actress Nora Fatehi, are
together.
In a video, Khurrana and Fate-
hi were seen dancing among
many dancers. Looking at the
video, it seems the makers are
shooting the song in an old fort. In
the video, Ayushmann is seen
sporting a dapper look wearing a
black suit and pants, along with
goggles.
On the other hand, Nora Fatehi
look can be seen wearing a shim-
mery bodycon dress. Also, it
seems the makers have picked
the popular song‘Nasha’ cre-
ated by Amar Jalal Group
and Faridkot.
NORA
SHOOTS
B
Huma Nicole
H
uma Qureshi has
once again
charmed the audi-
ence with her per-
formance in her latest re-
lease Monica O My Darling.
While the praises are still
pouring in on social media, there
is one more good news for her fan-
dom. Huma is all set to collaborate
with global icon Nicole Kidman.
Sharing the news with her Insta
fam, Qureshi dropped a post to give
details of her collaboration with
Nicole. The photo post featured the In-
dianactresswiththebrandambassador
of Swisse. The duo will discuss health,
wellness, and beauty
.
FoundedinAustraliain1969andglob-
ally headquartered in Melbourne,
Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and
skin care brand.
COLLABORATE
FOR SWISSE
PeeCee in Anjul
Bhandari pantsuit
P
r i y a n k a
C h o p r a
loves mak-
ing iconic
fashionstatements.
On her visit to India
to she leaned to excit-
ing but executive
looks each with a play-
ful and unexpected
twist. From her mon-
ochrome denim fit to
her power suit, she
served lessons on re-
vamping that boring
work wardrobe. An-
other power outfit
that exudes confi-
dence but with a
touch of tradition is
thiscustom-madedo
taar Chikankari
pantsuit in baby blue
by Anjul Bhandari.
Priyanka Chopra
managed to like a
boss in chikankari,
when she stepped out
inacustom-madeblaz-
er and trousers set by
Anjul Bhandari. The
designer pastel pant-
suit was a soothing
shade of
baby blue. It
featured a
crisp col-
lared full-
sleeved blazer
paired with match-
ing high-waisted
slim-fit trousers.
Celebrity stylist
Ami Patel styled it
withamatchingcrop
top underneath. The
classy chikankari
suit featured an
all-over embroi-
dery with jaali
daarjaalandmahi
jaal on the sleeves
and the pants.
FLOWER POWER!
‘PLATE AUR PET MEIN PARTY’
Nora Fatehi
Kriti Sanon
Shraddha Kapoor’s post
Priyanka Chopra
Anushka Sharma
Huma Qureshi’s post...
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