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IAF COMMANDERS’ CONFERENCE
Focus on
strengthening
India’s air defence
systems: Rajnath
DEFENCE MINISTER EMPHASISES
ON THE NEED TO ENHANCE
OPERATIONAL PREPAREDNESS OF
THE THREE FORCES
First India Bureau
New Delhi
n his address at
the inaugural
session of the
two-day IAF command-
ers’conference on Thurs-
day, Defence Minister
RajnathSinghemphasised
ontheneedtoenhanceop-
erationalpreparednessand
highlighted the impor-
tanceofjointplanningand
executionofoperationsby
the three services. He also
congratulated the IAF for
successfully organising
the Air Force Day parade
and air display in Uttar
Pradesh’s Prayagraj.
Chief of Defence Staff
General Anil Chauhan
was among those present
on the occasion. P6
Rajnath Singh with Ajay Bhatt, Defence Secy Giridhar Aramane,
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Air Staff Air
Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and commanders during the Indian
Air Force Commanders’ Conference, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
I
Jaipur, Friday | October 27, 2023
STRICTLY ADHERE TO INT’L
LAWS: EAM TO SCO NATIONS
EAM Jaishankar said on Thursday
that SCO nations should work together
to promote stability and prosperity by
adhering to international laws. P6
SLOVAKIA’S NEW PM HALTS
MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE
Slovakia’s new populist Prime Minis-
ter Robert Fico said on Thursday that
his government was stopping military
aid to Ukraine.
Indian para athletes created history by winning
highest number of medals in Asian Para Games,
taking country’s tally to 80, including 18 gold. P7
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India ready to host 2036 Olympics: Modi
The PM inaugurates 37th National Games in Goa; says spending on sports increased three-fold in 9 years
First India Bureau
Margao (Goa)
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday said
his government has in-
creased expenditure on
sports by three-fold in
last nine years, and reit-
erated that the country is
prepared to host 2036
Olympics.
Speaking after inaugu-
rating the 37th National
Games at Pandit Jawaha-
rlal Nehru Stadium at
Margao, Modi said the
Games are taking place
in Goa at a time when In-
dian sports is reaching
new heights.
“We have brought in
changes in schemes to
provide financial incen-
tives to sportspersons,”
Modi said.
There is no dearth of
sports talent in India,
Modi said, adding the
country has produced
many sports champions.
Modi referred to sev-
eral key actions of his
government in the last 30
to 35 days, including pas-
sage of the Women’s
Reservation Bill, the Nari
Shakti Vandan Adhiniy-
am, India successfully
completing key test in
Gaganyaan mission,
launch of Namo Bharat
trains of the Regional
Rapid Transit System,
and Operation Ajay
flights to facilitate the re-
turn of Indian nationals
trapped in Israel.
The National Games
are being held in Goa
from October 26 to No-
vember 9. More than
10,000 athletes from
across the country are
competing in over 43
sports disciplines across
28 venues. —With PTI inputs
PM Narendra Modi in “Swayampurn Feri” along with Goa CM
Pramod Sawant at the opening ceremony of 37th National Games
at Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa on Thursday. PTI
PM OFFERS PRAYERS
AT SAIBABA SAMADHI
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Thursday offered
prayers at Shri Saibaba
Samadhi Temple in Shirdi
in Maharashtra. State Gov-
ernor Ramesh Bais, Chief
Minister Eknath Shinde
and Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis were
present on the occasion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
offers prayers at Shri Saibaba
Samadhi Temple, in Shirdi, on
Thursday. PTI
IN BRIEF
8 ex Navy officers
awarded death
penalty in Qatar
Doha: A court in Qatar
has handed down the
death penalty to 8 for-
mer Indian Navy per-
sonnel who have been
detained in the country
for over a year. The In-
dian govt expressed
shock over the sentenc-
ing and vowed to ex-
plore all available legal
options to secure the re-
lease of its citizens. The
8 men, including deco-
rated officers who have
commanded major Indi-
an warships.
16 dead in Maine mass
killing; police hunt
for the shooter
Lewiston: A man killed
at least 16 people at a
restaurant and a bowl-
ing alley in Maine and
then fled into the night,
sparking a massive
search by hundreds of
officers while fright-
ened residents stayed
locked in their homes
on Thursday. P7
5 LeT terrorists killed
in J&K encounter
Srinagar: Five Lashkar
terrorists were killed on
Thursday during a
counter infiltration op-
eration by police and
army along the Line of
Control or LoC in J&K,
said police The encoun-
ter took place in Machil
sector of Kupwara dist.
Israel-Gaza war
Israeli tanks raid
northern Gaza
Strip, says IDF
First India Bureau
Rafah (Gaza Strip)
Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) troops and tanks
briefly raided northern
Gaza in a “targeted raid”
overnight that destroyed
multiple sites before
withdrawing from the
Hamas-run territory, Is-
rael said on Thursday.
Black smoke billowed
into the sky after a blast in
the grainy night-vision
footage the military re-
leasedhoursafterPMBen-
jamin Netanyahu declared
preparations for a ground
war were underway.
The Health Ministry in
Gaza said on Thursday
more than 7,000 Palestin-
ians have died in the con-
flict,afigurethatcouldnot
be verified. P7
SELF-RELIANCE, A LESSON FROM
RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT: PANDE
ECNOTICETOPRIYANKA
OVERREMARKSONPM
Army Chief Manoj Pande has said
that self-reliance is one of the key
lessons in the Russia-Ukraine conflict,
adding that India has done well there. He was
speaking at the curtain-raiser event of the
Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi.
The ECI on Thursday
issued a show-cause
notice to Cong leader
Priyanka Gandhi over her “un-
desirable religious remarks”
related to PM Modi’s temple
visit in Raj. The EC has
sought her reply by Oct 30.
Earlier, BJP filed a complaint
with EC alleging that Priyanka
had violated Model Code of
Conduct at rally in Dausa on
Oct 20 where she said that
she saw it on TV that when an
envelope of donation by Modi
was opened, it carried only Rs
21. She had, however, added
that was not aware if the claim
was true or not.
13 legislators, including one
minister, in Congress’ 3rd list
Aditi Nagar, Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur
Amidst the political heat
of ED raids, the third list
of 19 Congress candi-
dates for assembly polls
in the state was released
on Thursday. Among
these, tickets have been
given to 13 sitting MLAs
including one minister.
Congress has dropped
sitting MLA Gayatri
from Sahara and fielded
her brother-in-law Rajen-
dra Trivedi.
Sitting MLANarendra
Budhania has been field-
ed against Leader of Op-
position Rajendra
Rathore. Gajraj Khatana,
considered close to
Sachin Pilot, has been
given ticket from Bandi-
kui, Harish Meena from
Deoli-Uniara and Rake-
sh Pareek from his cur-
rent seat Masuda. Shob-
harani Kushwaha, who
left BJP and joined the
Congress, got a ticket
from Dholpur. P3 & P8
 Ticket to Shobha,
who joined Cong, a
day earlier
Rajendra Rathore to
face sitting MLA
Budhania
Palestinians see destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on
town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday PTI
JOURNO’S KIN DIE
IN IDF AIRSTRIKE
“DIDN’T JUSTIFY
HAMAS ATTACKS”
Jerusalem: The Israel
Defense Forces (IDF)
on Thursday confirmed
of carrying out an air-
strike targeting “Hamas
terrorist infrastructure”
in Gaza where 12 mem-
bers of an Al Jazeera
journalist’s family were
killed the previous day.
The United Nations
(UN) Secretary-Gen-
eral, Antonio Guterres,
has rejected accusa-
tions by Israel that,
in a statement to the
Security Council, he
had justified attacks by
the Palestinian militant
group Hamas on Israel.
Police personnel stand guard outside the house of Govind Singh
Dotasra in Jaipur, on Thursday. SUNIL SHARMA
EDRAIDSATDOTASRA,HUDLA
PREMISESINPAPERLEAKCASE
Naresh Sharma, Shivendra
Parmar, Vikas Sharma,
Hukum Singh
Jaipur/Sikar
The Enforcement Direc-
torate on Thursday raided
the premises of PCC chief
Govind Singh Dotasra in
Jaipur and Sikar as part of
amoneylaunderingprobe
into the alleged exam pa-
per leak case and sum-
moned CM Ashok Ge-
hlot’s son in a in a case
related to alleged contra-
vention of the Foreign
Exchange Management
Act (FEMA). The agency
also searched the premis-
es of a party candidate
from Mahua seat in
Dausa, Omprakash Hud-
la, and some others.
The raids were under-
taken under the provisions
ofthePreventionofMoney
Laundering Act (PMLA).
After the raids, the Con-
gress leaders slammed the
action while party workers
satonadharnainSikarand
Jaipur and raised slogans
against the Centre.
TheEDhadsummoned
Vaibhav Gehlot for ques-
tioning either in Jaipur or
in Delhi on Friday. But he
sought more time as sum-
mon was received late.
After his plea, the agency
only gave 4 more days
and summoned him on
Oct 30 at 11:30 am in its
Delhi office. P8
Gehlot compares
ED action to
locust attack
CM linking raids
with his hollow
guarantees: GSS
Yogesh Sharma & Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
Slamming ED action against PCC
chiefGovindSinghDotasraandsum-
mons to his son Vaibhav, CM Ashok
Gehlot on Thursday accused the BJP
of unleashing “terror” in the country.
He said the ED
swung into ac-
tion after he
a n n o u n c e d
two ‘poll guar-
antees’ for
women of the
state. He lik-
ened the ED
action to lo-
cust attack and
said the ED
raids would destroy “BJP’s crops”.
AtapresseratPCCwarroomtheCM
claimed that ED raids happen wher-
ever elections are held.
Be it Chhattisgarh, Karnataka or
Himachal Pradesh, Enforcement
Directorate raids happened just
before elections. Raids happened
but the Congress won the
elections. The situation is
worrisome. They have unleashed
terror in the country.
ASHOK GEHLOT, CHIEF MINISTER
They should tell whether Dotasra’s
role is found in paper leak case,
whether action will be taken
against him or not? Gehlot makes
false allegations regarding misuse
of ED. He holds Home Dept in Raj.
He has prevented ED from taking
independent action in paper leak.
GAJENDRA S SHEKHAWAT, UNION MINISTER
CM’S SON
SUMMONED IN
FEMA CASE ON
OCT 30
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Responding to CM Ashok Gehlot’s
allegations on ED raids, Union Min-
ister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said
in New Delhi that Gehlot is linking
these raids with his hollow guaran-
tees. Shekha-
wat said that
the state govt
continued to
cover up all
the incidents
of paper leak
but in this
case, after the
investigation
by ED.ACon-
gress leader
was arrested and action was taken on
the basis of the evidence found due
to which today the state government
is on the backfoot and is in panic.

Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur
The Northern Western
Railways (NWR) are all
set to witness a mad rush
of people for the upcom-
ingfestivalof‘Deepawali’
and ‘Chhath Puja’ in No-
vember. The trains have
been booked up to capac-
ity while the reservation
waiting has also gone
much beyond 100. The
railway administration is
claiming to make addi-
tional arrangements see-
ing the rush to passengers,
but still, many passengers
are not able to secure a
seat for them.
Compared to last year,
thearrangementsareinad-
equate to handle the rush.
Last year, a dozen addi-
tional trains were run and
around 150 coaches were
increased. Notably, the
railways has been going
through a radical change
for the last two years. All
the major stations of
NWR have been linked to
the Amrit Bharat Station
Schemeduetowhichcon-
struction work is going on
on a large scale.
INDIA TODAY WOMEN SUMMIT AND AWARDS CEREMONY
Governor Kalraj Mishra honours 10 influential women
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
overnor Kalraj
Mishra on
Thursday par-
ticipated in the ‘India To-
day Women Summit and
AwardsCeremony’organ-
isedataprivatehotelinthe
city. While addressing the
gathering, the governor
stressed on making maxi-
mum efforts for women
empowerment in the
country.
“In a society in which
women get opportunities
to move forward, devel-
opment takes place at a
faster speed. For the me-
dia, it is a social respon-
sibility and they should
contribute towards wom-
en empowerment. Our
Constitution not only
guarantees equality for
women, it also ensures
no discrimination on the
basis of gender,” said
Governor Kalraj Mishra.
On this occasion, ‘India
Today’ awards were also
given to ten influential
women doing great work
in various fields.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra said that if wom-
en get opportunities, they
try to excel in all fields.
Praising the women who
are working in specific
fields out of the box, he
said that the work done
by them will inspire oth-
er women too.
Governor Kalraj Mishra, Saurabh Dwivedi along with winners of the award Tara Ahluwalia, Divyakriti
Singh, Santosh Devi, Anita Paliwal, Preeti Chandra, Neeru Yadav, Dr. Kriti Bharti, Dr. Meva Bharti,
Monica Jangid, and Vasundhara Chauhan in Jaipur on Thursday.
G
Jaipur: Airlines compa-
nies have proposed to
open eight new domestic
routes from Jaipur airport
in the winter schedule
going live from October
29. With winter schedule
coming into effect, Jaipur
will have direct domestic
connectivity to 27 cities
in the country. The pro-
posed flights in the win-
ter schedule includes di-
rect connectivity to cities
like Agra, Guwahati,
Khajuraho, Bagdogra,
Jaisalmer, Nagpur, Patna
and Raipur. Indigo has
proposed to start new
flight to Agra, Jaisalmer,
Nagpur, and Raipur.
Winter schedule to go
live with more flights
from Oct 29 from Jpr
Jaipur: Senior RSS func-
tionary Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’
Joshi will be visiting Jaipur
on October 29. Bhaiyyaji
Joshi, who
is a mem-
ber of the
All India
Executive
of RSS,
will be tak-
ing part in a programme of
Pathey Kan at 5pm on Oc-
tober 29. The programme
is being organised to hon-
our Manak Chand, who
was the managing editor of
Patheya Kan and served
there for 34 years. The
mouthpiece of State RSS
is called Patheya Kan.
RSS’ Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’
Joshi in Jpr on Sunday
to honour Manak Chand
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Poppyhuskvaluedaround`1cr
recoveredinUdpr’sVallabhnagar
Police with the seized poppy husk, that was hidden under the
sand in dumper, in Udaipur on Thursday.
The cabins of the trucks were
completely crushed after the
head on collision in Bikaner’s
Lunkaransar on Thursday.
(Inset) Patient being treated in
hospital in Jaipur after mishap.
BJP LEADERS REACH R’SAMAND SP OFFICE WITH
GANGRAPE VICTIM, ALLEGE FIR NOT REGISTERED
TWO KILLED, 2 HURT AS CAR OVERTURNS IN PALI;
HOMEGUARD KILLED BY SPEEDING SUV IN DAUSA
Rajsamand : BJP leaders reached Rajsamand SP
office in front of ASP Shivlal Bairwa on Thursday
along with the gangrape victim and her family
members. BJP leaders alleged that the 15-year-old victim
and her family were kept in the police station by Railmagra
SHO Praveen Rajpurohit for several hours on Wednesday.
The police did not register an FIR of gangrape. ASP Shivlal
Bairwa said that the FIR was registered on Wednesday
night. On the demand of the family, a medical board is
being formed. Police have detained two named accused.
The father said that on October 16, his daughter was gan-
graped. “I went to Railmagra police station with a complaint
on Wednesday ,” he said.
Pali/ Dausa: Two people, including a child, were
killed and two were injured in Pali on Thursday morn-
ing after a car hit cattles and overturned, police said.
Police informed the incident
took place around 4am on
Thursday near Khetawas
on Pali highway. In Dausa,
a 45-year-old home guard
jawan was run over by a
speeding SUV in Sikrai town
of Dausa district on Wednesday late night, police said. Police
informed the deceased, identified as Santosh Mudgal, was
performing his duty at Manpur Chauraha in Sikrai when a
speeding Scorpio car bearing Haryana registration numbers
hit him. “Santosh was rushed to Dausa District Hospital in a
critical condition ,” police said.
First India Bureau
Udaipur
The Udaipur Police on
Thursdayrecovered11.30
quintals of poppy husk,
valued around Rs. 1
crores, from the posses-
sion of a smuggler. Police
informed the poppy husk
was recovered in
Vallabhnagar tehsil under
Bhindar Police Station
area. “Poppy husk was
hidden under the sand in
a dumper. The accused
tried to drive away by hit-
ting the private police ve-
hicle. However, the police
chased the dumper and
recovered the poppy
husk. Efforts are being
done to nab the accused
and the matter is being
investigated,” police said.
Notably on Tuesday, in
a crackdown on illegal
activities, police in
Pratapgarh seized a large
consignment of poppy
husk, weighing about 33
quintals (3,300 kg).
Around 11 quintal of poppy husk seized by Udaipur Police
Trainsrunningfullinfestiveseason
NWR make additional arrangements as...
Last year, a dozen additional trains were run and around 150 coaches were increased. FILE
Roadmishaps:2die,40hurt
inBassi;twodieinBikaner
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Bikaner
Twopeoplediedaftertheir
pickup overturned in
Jaipur after its tyre burst
near the toll plaza located
at Jhar ki stepwell in Bassi
area. More than 40 people
were traveling in the vehi-
cle.36peoplewereinjured
and were rushed to Bassi
District Hospital. Six peo-
ple have been referred to
SMS hospital.
The people riding the
pickup were going from
Sikandra,DausatoSwam-
ani programme of Jwala
Mata located at Jobner.
After the accident, there
was a jam on highway.
In Bikaner, Two people
were killed in Lunkaran-
sar town on Wednesday
late night after two trucks
collided head-on with
each other, police said.
Police informed the inci-
dent took place at around
2:30 am on Wednesday
night at Sahajarasar near
Lunkaransar on Bharat
Mala Road. “Drivers of
both the trucks were
killed on the spot,” said an
eye witness.
Irrigation water
to be released
for farmers in
festive season
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
The Water Resources
Department has given a
reason for farmers to re-
joice as irrigation water
for Rabi crops has been
released from Mahi-
Bajaj Sagar Dam. Of-
ficials informed that in
the first phase, irriga-
tion water has been re-
leased in 100 villages
and in the next two
phases, water will be
provided to 946 vil-
lages from Mahi-Bajaj
Sagar Dam.
“Irrigation water
from other dams can be
released in the next two
to three days. About
20,000 hectares of land,
including 946 villages
of six towns, will be
provided water. Farmers
will be given water
thrice for cultivation of
Rabi crops and a total of
80,000 hectares of land
in 2500 villages will be
covered. The irrigation
water will be given
from October to Janu-
ary,” said Bhuvan
Bhaskar, Chief Engi-
neer of the Water Re-
sources Department.
First India Bureau
Kota
A gang, allegedly pos-
ing as officials of Anti-
Corruption Bureau
(ACB) and then extort-
ing money from govern-
ment officials, was
busted by Baran police
and two people were ar-
rested in this regard. Po-
lice informed the ac-
cused, identified as Vai-
bhav Agarwal and Dev-
endra Rathore, used to
extort money from gov-
ernment officials by
threatening them in the
name of ACB.
“A case against them
has been filed in Sha-
habad Police Station of
Baran district and in
Jayal Police Station of
Nagaur district. Based
on secret information,
the two accused were ar-
rested and are being in-
terrogated. Fake letter
heads of ACB, receipts,
notices have been recov-
ered from their posses-
sion and more revela-
tions are expected
soon,” police said.
Raj Pavilion to attract
eyeball in JATA expo
‘Goodtouch,badtouch’
in65KschoolsonOct28
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
The tourism department
of Rajasthan is showcas-
ing the rich heritage and
culture of the state in the
ongoing JATA Tourism
Expo in Tokyo. A Ra-
jasthan Pavilion has been
set up in the expo and
senior officials of the
tourism department have
reached Tokyo to partici-
pate in the international
tourism event. Principal
Secy of Tourism Depart-
ment Gayatri Rathore,
Joint Director Sumita Sa-
roch Assistant Director
Dilip Singh have reached
Japan to participate in the
international event. In-
dia’s Ambassador to Ja-
pan Sibi George inaugu-
rated the Rajasthan Tour-
ism Pavilion at the tour-
ism expo on Thursday.
“Detailed information
about luxury train Palace
On Wheels, tiger and
leopard reserves, forts
and palaces and other
historical monuments are
being shared with the
stakeholders in the expo.
More than 200 B2B
meetings will be held in
JATA for 2 days from
Thursday and Rajasthan
Tourism will also hold a
road show on Oct 27 and
28,” said Gayatri
Rathore, Principal Secy
of Tourism Department.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In more than 65,000 govt
schools, on Saturday, un-
safe touch (good touch,
bad touch) will be ob-
served under the ‘Safe
School, Safe Rajasthan’
(SSSR) campaign. Under
the second phase, master
trainers prepared at the
school level will provide
special training to all the
children in a fixed time
period (8 am to 12 noon).
As per Got Secretary of
School Education Dept,
Naveen Jain, under this
specially designed train-
ing module, children will
be taught to shout ‘No’in
case of bad touch, and run
away (Go) from that
place/person with cau-
tion. And without any
fear report (Tell) it to any
elder or to whomever
they find trustworthy.
The theory of ‘No-Go-
Tell’ is to develop more
confidence among the
children when it comes to
reporting such instances.
Gayatri Rathore
Police crackdown
DRUNK HUSBAND KILLS WIFE OVER CHARACTER
SUSPICION AFTER VERBAL SPAT IN BANSWARA
LINEMAN IN ACB NET FOR TAKING `9K BRIBE
IN SAWAI MADHOPUR’S CHAUTH KA BARWARA
Banswara: In Sadar police station area of
Banswara, a man killed his wife in an inebriated
condition. Preliminary
investigation revealed that the
two had a fight before the mur-
der. Police arrived on informa-
tion of neighbours and took the
body to the hospital. According
to information, there was a fight
between Sohan (42), resident
of Khandadera village, and his wife Manjula (40). The
husband was under the influence of alcohol.
Sawai Madhopur : The ACB on the instructions
of the headquarters arrested Savalram Kumhar
Lineman, Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited,
District Sawai Madhopur while
taking bribe of Rs 9,000 from the
complainant on Thursday. ACB DG
(Addl Charge) Hemant Priyadarshy
said that ACB got complaint that
Kumhar demanded bribes in lieu
of installing new DP-panel for an
agricultural connection and getting a
three phase connection done. Under
direction of ASP, Sawai Madhopur unit of ACB, a trap
was laid. Savalram was arrested. Navin Sharma
GangposingasACBofficialsbustedinKota;fakestationeryalsoseized
CONSTITUTION ENSURES
NO DISCRIMINATION: GUV
Speaking on the
occasion Rajasthan
Governor Kalraj
Mishra said that our Consti-
tution not only guarantees
equality of women, it also
ensures no discrimination
on the basis of gender. On
this occasion, the Governor
Kalraj Mishra also inaugu-
rated the introduction book
published in honor of the
honored women.
In view of the increased passenger load on
Deepawali and Chhath, the NWR has increased
57 coaches in 32 trains. These 57 coaches
mostly include general class coaches.
Similarly, nine special trains have been
started for Deepawali.
CAPTAIN SHASHI KIRAN, CPRO, NWR
Governor Mishra
stresses on women
empowerment for
fast development
(L) Vaibhav Agarwal, (R)
Devendra Rathore
A case against ‘fake
ACB officials’
Vaibhav Agarwal
and Devendra
Rathore has been
filed in Shahabad
Police Station

First India Bureau
Jaipur
The third list of 19 Con-
gress candidates for as-
sembly polls in the state
was released on Thurs-
day.Among these, tickets
have been given to 13 sit-
ting MLAs including one
minister. Congress has
dropped sitting MLA
Gayatri from Sahara and
fielded her brother-in-
law Rajendra Trivedi.
 Taranagar :
Narendra Budania
 Ratangarh :
Pusaram Godara
 Surajgarh :
Sharwan Kumar
 Sikar : Rajendra Pareek
 Bagru:
Ganga Devi Verma
 Nagar : Wajib Ali
 Dholpur :
Shoba Rani Kushwah
 Karauli :
Lakhan Singh Meena
 Sapotra : Ramesh
Chand Meena
 Bandikui :
Gajraj Khatana
 Gangapur :
Ramkesh Meena
 Deoli -Uniara :
Harish Chandra Meena
 Masuda :
Rakesh Pareek
 Pachpadra :
Madan Prajapat
 Reodar: Motiram Koli
 Jhalod :
Heera Lal Darangi
 Sahara :
Rajendra Trivedi
 Keshoraipatan :
C L Premi Bairwa
 Baran-Atru :
Panachand Meghwal
First India Bureau
Churu
BJP candidate from
Taranagar constituency
and Leader of opposition
Rajendra Singh Rathore
inaugurated the party’s
election office in the rest
house on the premises of
Baba Ramdev Temple.
An election meeting
was also organised on the
occasion which was at-
tended by a large number
of the party workers.
They welcomed
Rathore by honouring
him with a garland
weighing 51 kg. Rathore,
moved by the over-
whelming support, ad-
dressed the gathering,
expressing his commit-
ment to making Tarana-
gar constituency shine.
He recalled the past
and spoke of unfulfilled
dreams and the desire to
serve the people of
Taranagar. Several lead-
ers including Jaswant
Swami were present on
the occasion
First India Bureau
Ajmer/Jhunjhunu
The Ajmer Police on
Wednesday night seized
suspected ‘hawala’ mon-
ey amounting to Rs 53
lakhs cash, 4.25 kgs of
silver and 940 grams of
gold from the possession
of five people.
“Following a suspi-
cion, the car was checked
and Rs 53 lakhs cash,
4.25 kgs of silver and 940
grams of gold was recov-
ered from the possession
of five people.
The cash, silver and
gold was seized and in-
formation was shared
with the Income Tax De-
partment for further in-
vestigation. ” police said.
Meanwhile, in Jhunj-
hunu, Chirawa police sta-
tion and DST team ar-
rested two youths with
Rs 16 lakh. Two youths
Dinesh Kumar and Rake-
sh Kumar were detained
near intersection on Pi-
lani Road by police with
a bag containing Rs 16 l
on a tip-off.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
BJP state president CP
Joshi and union minister
Arjun Meghwal held a
press conference at the
BJP state office on Thurs-
dayregardingtheprogram
“Aapno Rajasthan Sujhav
Aapka,SankalpHamara”.
During this, the song
“Modi Sathe Rajasthan”
was also performed.
Akanksha boxes con-
taining suggestions re-
ceived from across the
state have been brought to
the BJP state office and
based on all these sugges-
tions the BJP’s resolution
letter will be prepared.
BJP State President CP
Joshi said that under this
program,51chariotswere
sent to 200 assembly con-
stituencies of the state, in
which 8000 aspiration
boxes were kept for sug-
gestions. Under this pro-
gram, 5650 Chaupals
wereorganizedinthestate
and 2300 conferences
were also organized.
“During this, people
from all sections includ-
ing farmers, labourers and
businessclassparticipated
enthusiastically in this
program.” Joshi said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
State BJP in-chargeArun
Singh said that there will
be no change in list of
BJP candidates released
so far. Now only those
names which have been
approved by Central
Election Committee will
be authorized candidates
of the party, but the party
workers will have to
work to make them win.
Pralhad Joshi said that
the third list of BJP will
come soon. “Wait for 2-3
days,” he said. On the
question of whether BJP
candidates will change,
Joshi said that no candi-
date will be changed.
Meanwhile, Vasund-
hara Raje and Pralhad
Joshi brainstormed the
distribution of remaining
tickets for an hour at the
BJPheadquarters here on
Thursday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) on Thursday re-
leased it’s first list of 23
candidates for assembly
elections of Rajasthan.
While Bharatiya Tribal
Party (BTP) released its
second list on Thursday.
Thus far, BTP has an-
nounced the names of a
totalof12candidates.Lok
Janshakti Party (LJP) also
released its first list with
12 names on Thursday.
CP Joshi along with Arjun Meghwal and Narayan Panchariya, displaying the ‘Akanksha Box’ at BJP
media center in Civil Lines, Jaipur on Thursday. NAIM KHAN
Angry workers protest against Ashok Dogra’s candidature for
the fourth time by BJP from Bundi on Thursday.
QUOTE-UNQUOTE
BJP has no issues to coun-
ter Congress politically in
Rajasthan that is why they
conducted ED raid just a month before
the elections. BJP will contest elec-
tions in Rajasthan on the face of ED.
Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Congress leader
ED action was already going
on. The ED action will clear
everything and all confusion
will be removed. Congress is being
exposed as such CM and other lead-
ers are giving statements.
Rajendra Rathore, Leader of Opposition
ED has arrived in Rajasthan.
Now it seems that there are
elections. Fasten your seat
belt. Next will be voters who will not
vote for BJP. If they had worked cen-
tre, they won’t have to do all this now.
Vinay Mishra, AAP Rajasthan in-charge
This action (ED raids) is
being taken with a sense
of revenge. The Central
government is misusing agencies. It is
shameful in democracy but they won’t
be able to threaten us with such tactics.
Govind Ram Meghwal, Cabinet Minister
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RAJASTHAN
ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS
2023
DAYS
FOR
ED RAIDS HOUSE OF CONGRESS MLA HUDLA
WHILE HE WAS LIVE ON FACEBOOK FOR ‘POOJA’
YADAV TO CONTEST POLLS ON OWN PARTY’S
TICKET; JYOTI SEEKS HAWA MAHAL SEAT
CHANDRAKANTA MEGHWAL MADAN DILAWAR
MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A ‘SEAT-CHANGE’
When ED raided the
house of Congress
candidate and
independent MLA
Om Prakash Hudla
from Mahwa seat,
he was doing puja
on Facebook Live
like almost every
day. The puja started
around 9 am and ED
officers arrived shortly
thereafter. It is being told
that they took
Hudla for question-
ing during the puja.
During the puja, he
was praying with
folded hands to the
people to join
opening of his election
office on October 27.
Behror MLA Baljeet
Yadav announced
that he will contest the
state elections on his
party’s ticket.
Yadav has formed
Rashtriya Janata
Sena party and its
symbol is ‘torch’.
Yadav said that he
would go to every
village of Rajasthan in the
next 5 years and the next
government in Rajasthan
will be formed by Rash-
triya Janata Sena.
Meanwhile, Congress
leader Jyoti Khandelwal
claimed that she
had sought ticket
from Kishanpole
but it was given to
some other leader.
Now, she seeks
ticket from Hawa
Mahal constituency and
not from Vidyadhar Nagar
assembly seat.
According to
sources in BJP,
Rajendra Rathore’s seat
has been changed and
Narpat Singh Rajvi has
been given ticket from
Chittorgarh. Since then,
two SC MLAs are
adamant on changing
their seats. Keshoraipa-
tan MLA Chandrakanta
Meghwal is pressurizing
to contest elections from
her old seat Ramganj
Mandi. She has contest-
ed the 2008 2013
elections from here, while
current MLA from
Ramganj Mandi, Madan
Dilawar, is also being
discussed in the political
circles about his desire to
change his seat. Dilawar
contested 2008 elections
from Baran-Atru seat,
where he was defeated.
Mahesh Sharma
WILL THE HISTORY OF
NAWALGARH SEAT
CHANGE THIS TIME?
LIST OF 193 SYMBOLS
FOR INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATES OUT
Election commis-
sion has released a
list of 193 free symbols
for Independent
candidates. AC,
cupboard, apple, auto
rickshaw, baby walker,
balloon, bangles, bat,
batsman, fruit basket,
battery torch, pearl
necklace, belt, bench,
bicycle pump, binoculars,
biscuit, blackboard,
brush, double bread,
bricks, briefcase, bucket,
cake, calculator, camera,
can, capsicum, cauli-
flower, chain, CCTV
camera, flour mill etc are
in the list.
Both the BJP and
Congress have
fielded candidates on
Nawalgarh seat already.
History of the Nawalgarh
seat is that BJP has not
won a single election on
the seat ever. Lotus has
not bloomed on Nawal-
garh seat since indepen-
dence. Even after
changing the candidate
every time, BJP’s wish of
victory remained
unfulfilled. Many times
BJP did not declare its
candidate from this seat.
While once the security
of a BJP candidate was
forfeited.
Adda
Adda
RAJ
RAJniti
ka
Madan
Dilawar
Chandrakanta
Meghwal
‘There will be no change in
list of BJP candidates’
‘SUJHAVAAPKA,SANKALPHAMARA’
According to BJP, 1.3 cr suggestions were received from about 1.23 cr people of the state
‘CALL HAS BEEN MADE, NOW RAJ WILL BECOME DEVELOPED’
Convener of
Sankalp Patra
Committee and
Union Law Minister Arjun
Ram Meghwal said that
under public participation,
the outreach program
was started. “During this
program, suggestions on
agriculture sector, educa-
tion, health sector and
others were taken from
everyone in which we
received about 6 lakh sug-
gestions through e-mail.
Suggestions were also
received through missed
calls and suggestion
boxes. Our motto is “The
call has been made, now
Rajasthan will become
developed”, We have also
taken suggestions from all
officials. On the basis of
all these, BJP’s resolution
letter will be prepared.”
Meghwal said.
AAP, LJP release 1st
lists with 23
12 names each, BTP names 3 more
CONGRESS’ 3RD LIST
OF 19 CANDIDATES
RathoreinauguratesBJP’s
electionofficeinTaranagar
`69L cash, valuables seized; 7 held
by police in Ajmer and Jhunjhunu
The cash, gold and silver seized by Ajmer Police on Thursday.
RECORDSEIZURESIN
RAJ;400%INCREASE
ASCOMPAREDTO2018
Enforcement agen-
cies in Rajasthan
are breaking all pre-
vious records of the seizure
of illegal materials and cash
in the assembly elections of
Rajasthan this year. Official
estimates suggest that
since the implementation of
the Model Code of Conduct
on October 9, enforcement
agencies have set a new re-
cord by seizing illicit liquor,
cash, and other material
worth more than °283 crore
which is more than 400 %
compared to the 2018 elec-
tions. Dr Rituraj Sharma
Rajendra Rathore being welcomed
in Taranagar on Thursday.
BENIWAL’S RASHTRIYA LOKTANTRIK
PARTY ALLIES WITH AZAD SAMAJ PARTY
Nagaur MP and RLP convener Hanuman
Beniwal on Thursday night announced
alliance with Azad Samaj Party led by Chan-
drashekhar Azad for November 25 assembly
elections in Rajasthan. The announcement was
made at a joint press conference at Beniwal’s
residence. Beniwal expressed the alliance’s
commitment to working together and achieving
electoral success. He emphasized that the two
parties would stand united, contesting elections
like a family.
CANDIDATESOFAAMAADMIPARTY
IN1STLIST
LJPGIVES
TICKETTO12
3NAMESIN
BTP’S2ND
list
 Sri Ganganagar -
Dr. Harish Raheja
 Raisinghnagar -
Dhannaram Meghwal
 Bhadra -
Mahant Roopnath
 Pilani -
Rajendra Mawar
 Nawalgarh -
Vijendra Dotasra
 Khandela -
Rajesh Verma
 Neema Ka Thana -
Mahendra Mandia
 Sri Madhopur -
Ashok Sharma
 Amber - PS Tomar
 Vidyadhar Nagar -
Sanjay Biyani
 Bagru -
Ritu Sawaria
 Mundawar -
Anita Chaudhary
 Thanagazi -
Kailash Meena
 Vair -
Charandas Jatav
 Bayan -
Mukesh Tigar
 Niwai - Mahesh
Kumar Maheshi
 Deoli Uniara -
Rajendra Meena
 Gogunda -
Hemaram Meel
 Udaipur-Manoj Labhana
 Dungarpur -
Devendra Katara
 Aspur -
Mukesh Kumar
 Chaurasi -
Shankarlal Amalia
 Kushalgarh - Vijay Singh
 Ajit Gaur - Civil Lines
 Pawan Sharma -
Malviya Nagar
 N.K. Jha - Sanganer
 Ghanshyam Awasthi -
Mahwa
 Bharatlal -
Alwar City
 Narayani Devi -
Alwar Rural
 Mohammad Danish -
Kota North
 Shadiq Ali - Kaman
 Om Prakash Meghwal -
Khajuwala, Bikaner
 Manoj Kumar Regar -
Shri Madhopu
 Ajay Suwalka -
Mandalgarh
 Govind Singh Rawat-
Bhim
 Shankarlal Pargi -
Gogunda, Udaipur
 Dheerajmal Ninaga -
Ghatol, Banswara
 Bhagwati Lal Dindor -
Banswara

ow do we ex-
plain a world
that seems to
have explod-
ed in vio-
lence, war, and populist
hatred of “the other,” par-
ticularly when the other is
part of a flood of refugees
and immigrants fleeing in-
tolerable conditions at
home? Before settling on
an answer, consider a no-
tion that runs through the
world’s spiritual traditions:
The source of violence “out
there” in the world lies “in
here” with ourselves.
This notion is hard to ac-
ceptinthefaceoftheration-
ales everyone uses to avoid
looking inside. Most of
these rationales are some
form of blame—violence is
social,connectedtopoverty,
a family history of violence,
rooted in age-old grudges,
or somehow the product of
collective insanity. Along
with blame goes the usual
moral judgments that treat
violent behaviour as a per-
sonal failure of character.
If you can set aside these
explanations for a mo-
ment, it makes more sense
to connect violence holisti-
cally to physical and men-
tal health.Astep was taken
in this direction by an arti-
cle in the International
Journal of General Medi-
cine with the surprising
title, “Global Correlations
Between Chronic Inflam-
mation and Violent Inci-
dents.” The findings from
several studies revealed a
strong correlation, up to
80%, between markers of
chronic inflammation in a
person’s blood and inci-
dents of increased anger,
aggression, and hostility.
This correlation might at
firstseemalientoyourlife,
butconsiderthefollowing:
l Chronic low-level inflam-
mation is usually impos-
sible to detect because
it occurs at a molecular
cellular level.
l Chronic inflammation
has been strongly con-
nected with a wide range
of non-infectious diseases,
including heart disease,
hypertension, type 2 diabe-
tes, and various cancers.
Sincethevastmajorityof
people will contract these
disorders, leading eventu-
ally to protracted illness or
death, you should take seri-
ously that chronic inflam-
mation lies closer to home
than you probably suppose.
The only reliable way to
detect low-level chronic in-
flammation is through a
blood test, which these var-
ious studies did, examining
patients with a psychiatric
history as well as others
who were taking drugs
known to increase inflam-
mation, such as interferon
treatment for cancer.
Although depression
has long been linked with
drug reactions and serious
illness, the surprise finding
was an increase in in-
flamed behaviour, from ir-
ritability and low impulse
control to explosive hostil-
ity and violence. The cor-
relation was highest among
disadvantaged groups with
poor access to quality
health providers, but even
in the high-middle and
highest social groups, the
correlation between in-
flammation and aggres-
sion/hostility ran between
40% and 60%.
What this finding means
wouldn’t be a surprise in a
traditional health system
like Ayurveda, with its ho-
listic viewpoint. To have
“heat” (i.e., Inflammation)
would extend to heartburn,
a hot temper, impatience,
irritability, and more seri-
ous conditions. Leaving
aside anyone’s allegiance
to standard, alternative, or
integrative medicine, what
matters are these holistic
connections.
Medically, chronic in-
flammation can have an
obscure cause, such as an
autoimmune disease, inci-
dental causes like an inci-
dent of acute inflammation
that hasn’t cleared up prop-
erly, or much more every-
day things like smoking,
alcohol, and a diet skewed
toward inflammatory foods
and low in anti-inflamma-
tory foods. The health of a
person’s microbion comes
into play since a “leaky
gut” can pass toxic chemi-
cals from bacteria in your
digestive tract to the blood-
stream. Stress is also
strongly suspected to in-
crease inflammation.
With this as background,
look at the world on fire.
Wars break out almost al-
ways where festering an-
ger and hostility aren’t ad-
dressed, where people are
subjected to intense daily
stress (for example, one
commentator called Gaza
“hell on earth”). All of this
is exacerbated by poverty
and unemployment. The
violence that boils over
had a pre-existing condi-
tion in the form of chronic
inflammation, defining
that term holistically.
Another commentator
remarkedthatthemostdan-
gerous thing in the world is
an angry young male alone
and without a job. These
are the enraged faces of the
Arab street, religious riots
in India, and anywhere that
fosters terrorism and social
violence. Looking at those
enraged faces, and the inex-
cusable violence that peri-
odically erupts from terror-
ism, it is easy to say, “I am
not remotely like that.”
Yet if you look at the re-
actionary trends in the U.S.
and Western Europe, it is
apparent that the root of
this behaviour is anger,
which fuels intolerance,
racism, nativism, and the
abandonment of reason.
You hear general baffle-
ment that a country as
wealthy as the U.S. which
dominates the world econ-
omy, should have such
dysfunctional politics.
Trumpism didn’t create the
toxicity of such political
extremism; it only brought
a simmer to a boil.
The situation every-
where is complex, I know,
and anyone might despair
at the helplessness of the
individual in the face of
inflamed behaviour. But
change begins “in here.”
Look at your own circum-
stances. If you are overly
stressed and face pressure
every day, if you don’t
have periods of relaxation
throughout your day, if joy
is absent in your life, if you
dwell on how much you
hate the other side politi-
cally, if you obsess over
nightly horrors in world
news, if you show in-
creased irritability and im-
patience—all of these are
markers of inflammation
that harm mind and body.
We are well into the era
when inflammation, in the
broadest sense, is exacting
a price, and the harm will
increase without paying at-
tention to conscious heal-
ing. This conclusion must
be reached, and inevitably,
more people are bound to
come to their senses and
realize that either you are a
unit of peace or a unit of
inflamed behaviour that ul-
timately leads to aggres-
sion and violence. It’s good
to put yourself on the right
side as soon as you can.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
TOP
TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The world is an illusion, so
letting go of attachments
leads to true happiness
and freedom.
BHAGAVAD GITA
Addressed the Inaugural Session of Air Force
Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi. Laid
emphasis on the need to enhance operational
preparedness and highlighted the importance of
joint planning execution of operations by the three
services. Urged the IAF commanders to examine the
rapidly changing global geo-political situation and
assess them in the Indian context.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
India scripts history! Our
athletes are on an unstoppable
streak at the #AsianParaGames,
securing an astonishing 73 medals
counting. A resounding applause
for our incredible achievers! Your
achievements and determination have
truly made the nation beam with pride.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
AN ALARMING
SITUATION
The situation everywhere is
complex, I know, and any-
one might despair at the
helplessness of the individ-
ual in the face of inflamed
behaviour. But change be-
gins “in here.” Look at your
own circumstances. If you
are overly stressed and
face pressure every day,
if you don’t have periods
of relaxation throughout
your day, if joy is absent
in your life, if you dwell on
how much you hate the
other side politically, if you
obsess over nightly horrors
in world news, if you show
increased irritability and im-
patience—all of these are
markers of inflammation
that harm mind and body.
IF THE WORLD IS
ON FIRE, SO ARE WE
IN-DEPTH
GUTERRES’MOMENT
OFBIGCHALLENGE
STIRSUPAROW
he UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’
statement that the “attacks by Hamas did not
happen in a vacuum” has kicked up a row.
Guterres made the unexpected pro-Hamas remark in
his address to the UN Security Council angering Is-
rael and taking the strong pro-Israel lobby by sur-
prise. The world sees Hamas as the villain which
killed innocent civilians and for Guterres to hold
Israel responsible for the terror outfit’s attack will not
go down well with several world leaders.
A strong snub came from Israel’s Foreign Minister
Eli Cohen who cancelled his upcoming meeting with
the Secretary-General. Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassa-
dortotheUN,demandedGuterres’immediateresigna-
tion. Israel also decided to refuse visas to UN officials.
The UN has described the humanitarian situation in
Gaza as dire. More than 5000 Palestinians are believed
to have been killed in Israeli air strikes causing alarm.
Guterres’ statement, which down plays Hamas’
role as a terrorist outfit, also reflects the challenge
which the 193-member UN faces.
T
POOR AQI MAKING IT
HARD FOR CRICKETERS
oor air quality in cities, barring Dharamsala
and a few other centres, where World Cup
matches are being played is causing discom-
fort in breathing. In a sport which requires intense
activity in an open ground the pollution in air affects
a player’s optimum performance while chasing a ball
to stop it from crossing the boundary line or taking
quick singles. The air quality in Mumbai on October
21, the day England lost to South Africa was rated
moderate with an air quality index at 132 but there
was a lot of haze.
Joe Root wouldn’t pin the blame as much on pol-
lution as on the heat
and sultry weather
but stated, “Who
knows whether it
was air quality...It
felt like quite a hazy
day, didn’t it? Play-
ers of both the teams
gasped for breath and
Heinrich Klassen of
South Africa col-
lapsed several times
while batting. Root
told a British news-
paper that it “was
like eating air”.
Delhi’s air quality
is notorious for its
level of pollution. In
2017 Sri Lankan
bowlers Suranga
Lakmal and Lahiru Gamage were forced to take a
break as the pollution level was found to be 12 times
the permissible limit set by the World Health Or-
ganisation. Lakmal was seen retching on field.
The air quality in Lucknow, where India is due to
play England, is also poor. The Air quality Index
forecast shows that it will be “unhealthy for sensitive
groups” with AQI at 149. The players may not be as
badly affected as they were in Mumbai but the focus
will remain on tackling pollution in cities.
P
Joe Root wouldn’t pin
the blame as much
on pollution as on
the heat and sultry
weather but stated,
“Who knows
whether it was air
quality...It felt like
quite a hazy day,
didn’t it? Players of
both the teams
gasped for breath
The only reliable way to detect low-level
chronic inflammation is through a blood test,
which these various studies did, examining
patients with a psychiatric history as well as
others who were taking drugs known to
increase inflammation, such as interferon
treatment for cancer
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l Vol 5 l Issue No. 142 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor,
City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. l Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra l Managing Editor: Pawan Arora l Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act
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DEEPAK
CHOPRA
The writer is MD,
FACP, FRCP founder of the
Chopra Foundation,
a non-profit entity for
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ASSEMBLY
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2023
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9 YEARS OF BJP GOVT IN HARYANA
CM Khattar highlights plans, achievements
PTI
Chandigarh
aryana Chief
Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar
Thursday presented a re-
port card on the comple-
tion of nine years of his
government, highlight-
ing several achievements
as well as people-orient-
ed and public welfare
programmes carried out
in his tenure.
Khattar also recalled
that when the BJPformed
the government in Hary-
ana for the first time on
its own in 2014, many
people questioned his ca-
pability in running the
government as he was
apparently targeting his
political opponents.
“We have now com-
pleted four years of the
second term,” he said.
The BJP, which fell short
of majority in the 2019
assembly polls, formed a
post-poll alliance with
Jannayak Janta Party to
form the government.
Addressing the media,
Khattar said his govern-
ment had announced to
work on five S — ‘Shik-
sha, Swasth, Suraksha,
‘Swambhiman’ and
‘Swavlamban’with good
governance.
There were talks of
discrimination, corrup-
tion and there was an at-
mosphere of despair at
that time, he said.
“After being fed up
with the atmosphere of
despair, the people of
Haryana chose this gov-
ernment with hope,” he
added. He also said ques-
tions were raised at that
time that “this man does
not have any experience
and without any experi-
ence, how many days
will he be able to run the
government”.
Recalling his sharp re-
sponse to the Congress in
2014afterbecomingchief
minister, Khattar said,
“We don’t have the kind
of experience they had of
indulging in loot and cor-
ruption, but I certainly
have the experience of
serving the people”.
Manohar Lal Khattar, CM Haryana addressed a Press in
Chandigarh on Thursday.
H
Somepeopleonlydidpolitics
innameoffarmers:PMModi
PTI
New Delhi
Modi on Thursday said
some people from Maha-
rashtra only did politics
in the name of farmers,
comments aimed at Na-
tionalist Congress Party
(NCP) founder Sharad
Pawar, who handled the
agriculture portfolio dur-
ing the UPAgovernment.
Modi said his govern-
ment was committed to
farmer welfare and point-
ed out that cultivators are
now getting MSP (mini-
mum support price) mon-
ey for their products di-
rectly into their bank ac-
counts. The PM was
speaking at an event in
the temple town of Shirdi
in western Maharashtra’s
Ahmednagar district af-
ter inaugurating several
development projects.
“Some people in Ma-
harashtra only did politics
in the name of farmers. A
senior leader of Maha-
rashtra served as the
country’s agriculture min-
ister. I personally respect
him, but what has he done
for farmers?” Modi said,
without naming Pawar.
The NCP founder
served as the agriculture
minister when the Con-
gress-led UPA govern-
ment was in office at the
Centre (2004-14).
Modi said when Pawar
was the Union agricul-
ture minister, farmers
had to be at the mercy of
middlemen.
“For months, farmers
had to wait for their mon-
ey. Our government gave
MSP money directly into
the bank accounts of
farmers,” he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis and others visits Shri Saibaba Samadhi Temple, in Shirdi on Thursday. PTI
Shah to address Jana
Garjana Sabha today
PTI
New Delhi
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah is scheduled
to address a Bharatiya
Janata Party’s ‘Jana Gar-
jana Sabha’ in Telanga-
na’s Suryapet on Friday
ahead of the assembly
elections in the state.
The BJP is leaving no
stone unturned to unseat
the ruling Bharat Rashtra
Samithi led by Chief
Minister K Chan-
drasekhar Rao.
The BJPand Jana Sena
Party (JSP) are set to hold
seat-sharing talks for next
month’s assembly elec-
tions in Telangana. Shah
has also asked Reddy and
JSPleader actor Pawan
Kalyan to work together
for Telangana polls.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah unveils the logo of BBSSL with Union
Minister of State for Cooperation BL Verma and Cooperation Secretary Gyanesh Kumar at an event
organised by BBSSL, in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI
WILL FORM GOVT IN TELANGANA; BJP-BRS-
AIMIM WORKING LIKE ‘GANG’ IN POLLS: CONG
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday exuded
confidence that it would form the next govern-
ment in Telangana with a two-thirds majority and
alleged that the BJP, BRS and AIMIM were working
like a “gang” to help each other. The opposition party
demanded that the Chandrashekar Rao government
transfer all cash benefits to people before November 3.
MORE UPDATES ON TELANGANA POLLS
 A live-tv debate turned
unsightly when Bharat
Rashtra Samiti MLA KP
Vivekananda grabbed BJP
candidate Kuna Srisailam
Goud by the throat.
 Vivekananda attack-
ing Goud by holding his
throat is an act of timid-
ity,” Telangana BJP chief
G Kishan Reddy said.
 The BJP further
demanded that the BRS
MLA be disqualifed from
contesting the election
and asked the Election
Commission to take ac-
tion against him.
 ‘BRS loves BJP’.
Ahead of the Telan-
gana Assembly elections,
Congress has mocked
the KCR-led BRS and the
BJP by sharing a ‘wed-
ding invitation card’ of the
two political parties.
NO PLAN TO
START VIKSIT
BHARAT SANKALP
YATRA: CENTRE
New Delhi (PTI):
After a po-
litical row over its
mega outreach cam-
paign to highlight central
schemes, the govern-
ment on Thursday said
the Viksit Bharat Sank-
alp Yatra scheduled for
launch on November
15 will skip the five
poll-bound states. In an
informal interaction with
reporters here, Informa-
tion and Broadcast-
ing Secretary Apurva
Chandra said a decision
has been taken to drop
the word ‘rath’ to refer to
the vehicles publicising
government schemes
across 2.55 lakh gram
panchayats and nearly
18,000 locations in ur-
ban areas. “There is no
plan to start the ‘Viksit
Bharat Sankalp Yatra’
in election-bound states
where the model code
of conduct is in place.
In poll-bound states the
yatra will start when the
model code of conduct is
lifted,” Chandra said.
UP: Cong workers put up posters
portraying RaGa as PM candidate
ANI
Lucknow
Fuelling the “poster war”
within the INDIA bloc,
Congress workers on
Thursday put up posters
portraying Congress MP
Rahul Gandhi as the
Prime Ministerial candi-
date outside the party’s
headquarters in Uttar
Pradesh’s Lucknow.
The poster also pic-
tured state Congress
Chief Ajay Rai as the
Chief Ministerial candi-
date for the 2027 state
assembly polls.
Earlier, the Samajwadi
Party (SP) workers put
up posters of SP Chief
Akhilesh Yadav showing
him as “future Prime
Minister”, to which the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) reacted and termed
it as “daydreaming”.
Agencies
Lucknow
Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) president
Mayawati will launch
her election campaign in
the poll-bound states of
Madhya Pradesh, Ra-
jasthan, Chhattisgarh
and Telangana from the
first week of November.
As per a BSPfunction-
ary, Mayawati will ad-
dress eight rallies each in
Rajasthan and MP in
support of party candi-
dates. She will address
two rallies each in Chhat-
tisgarh and Telangana.
Mayawati to
begin campaign
from November
PTI
Chhindwara
Madhya Pradesh Con-
gress president and for-
mer chief minister Kamal
Nath on Thursday filed
his nomination as the
grand old party’s candi-
date from Chhindwara
seat – his pocket borough
– for the next month’s as-
sembly elections.
The 76-year-old leader
filed the nomination in
the afternoon after offer-
ing prayers at a Ram tem-
ple here.
The ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
fielded Bunty Sahu
against Nath. The Con-
gress leader had defeated
Sahu by a margin of more
than 25,000 in the by-
election to the Chhind-
wara assembly constitu-
ency in 2019.
Agencies
Hyderabad
BJP national vice-presi-
dent D. K. Aruna on
Thursday denied that she
is planning to return to
the Congress party. She
made it clear that there is
no question of switching
loyalties to the Congress
party. The former minis-
ter alleged that the Con-
gress is playing mind
games. Aruna said the
BJP leadership recog-
nised her by appointing
her the national vice-
president of the party.
Kamal Nath files
nomination from
Chhindwara
BJP vice-prez
Aruna rules out
return to Cong
PTI
Srinagar
Re-elected president of
the JK Peoples Demo-
cratic Party on Thursday,
former chief minister
Mehbooba Mufti virtual-
ly launched her party’s
campaign for the 2024 LS
elections exhorted the
party cadre to start work
right away to strengthen
the organisation.
“Elections are not eve-
rything but these elec-
tions are important to get
our strength back. Parlia-
ment elections are com-
ing you should get
down to work,” she said.
Mehbooba
Mufti re-elected
PDP chief
Agencies
Hyderabad
Hitting out at BJP-led
Centre,DMKleaderTKS
Elangovan on Thursday
alleged that the party is
making use of Lord Ram
for its political gains. The
DMK leader was reacting
to the official invitation
extended to PM Modi for
the consecration ceremo-
ny of the Ram temple in
Ayodhya next year.
Meanwhile, the Con-
gress also criticised the
BJP over the invitation
alleging that the event is
being made into a pro-
gram of just one party.
‘BJPusingLordRam
foritspoliticalgains’
‘CONG PLEA PROVES
IT’S ANTI-FARMER’
Hyderabad: The
Bharat Rashtra
Samithi (BRS) has
slammed the Congress
for asking the Election
Commission of India (ECI)
to stop implementation of
the ‘Rythu Bandhu’ scheme
saying this has again
proved that the Congress
is anti-farmer.
RESPONDING TO THE
POSTER, SP HITS BACK
CONGRESS,SPFIGHTING
TOGETHER:SURJEWALA
Samajwadi Party spokesper-
son Fakhrul Hasan ‘Chand’
said it was their party which
was fighting the battle of
backwards, Dalits and
minorities, so it did not mat-
ter how many posters the
Congress put up as people
wanted Yadav as the PM.
Congress leader Randeep
Singh Surjewala said that
his party and SP are in
principle fighting together in
the country over issues like
unemployment, corruption
and inflation and that their
DNA for the Constitution
the nation is the same.
A banner describing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as ‘2024 prime
minister’ outside the party office, in Lucknow on Thursday. PTI
Priyanka, Sarma
get EC notices over
poll code violations
PTI
New Delhi
The Election Commis-
sion on Thursday issued
separate show cause no-
tices to Congress leader
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
andAssamChiefMinister
Himanta Biswa Sarma of
the BJP for prima facie
violation of the Model
Code of Conduct.
Officials said the two
leaders have been asked
to respond by October 30
evening, and if they do
not, it will be presumed
they have nothing to say
and the commission will
take decision without
making any further refer-
ence to them.
Vadra was served a no-
tice over her “envelop”
remarks related to PM
Narendra Modi’s temple
visit.The EC action came
a day after the BJP filed
a complaint against her.
The BJP had accused
Priyanka of “invoking
the personal religious de-
votion of PM Modi” to
make false claims during
her poll campaign in Ra-
jasthan urged the EC to
take action against her.
(L) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
(R) Himanta Biswa Sarma

NITA AMBANI ON SCIONS
‘For girls to learn they are equal, they have to see that at homes’
PTI
Mumbai
or girls to learn
that they are
equal to boys,
they have to see that at
their homes, says Nita
Ambani, wife of Asia’s
richest man MukeshAm-
bani, on how they never
differentiated among
their three children who
in the succession plan-
ning have got equal share
of the Reliance empire.
Mukesh and Nita have
threechildren--twinsIsha
andAkash, 32, andAnant,
28. The three have recent-
ly been inducted on the
boardofIndia’smostvalu-
able company and are be-
ing groomed to take over
its three almost equal ver-
ticals.Isha,whoismarried
to Anand Piramal, son of
Piramal Group’sAjay and
Swati Piramal, is being
groomed for retail, Akash
for digital/telecom and
Anant for new energy
business. In an interview
with CNBC International,
Nita Ambani spoke about
her family life, including
the relationship with hus-
band Mukesh.
“We have learnt so
much from each other.
Mukesh, as I say, has the
floodlights in life... he
thinks far ahead of his
times. While I get into the
meticulousdetails,hecalls
it the spotlights,” she said.
Stating that she always
tells her children that the
single-most important
decision is choosing the
right life partner, she
said, “I am so blessed to
have Mukesh, who’s my
best friend and my life
partner.” “And, you
know, we’ve enjoyed the
journey of life, raising
our children and our
grandchildren,” she said.
She says the couple
still loves doing the same
thing that they used to
when they were young.
“So he takes me for a
drive, we love listening
to Hindi music, eating
street food, I love my
‘bhel’ on the road and he
loves his ‘dosa idli’. “So,
we still love doing what
we used to love doing. So
these are the values that
we kind of really live
every day of loving our
family, respecting our el-
ders, being honest, hum-
ble, I think not much has
changed,” she said.
F
INDIA 06
PMModilaysfoundation
stoneofmultipleprojects
PM Narendra Modi during the foundation laying ceremony in of multiple projects worth Rs 7,500
cr in Maharashtra on Thursday. Eknath Shinde and others are also seen here.
Devp works of `7,500 cr initiated
ANI
Ahmednagar
Modi on Thursday inau-
gurated and laid the foun-
dation stone of multiple
development projects
worth about Rs 7,500
crore across various sec-
tors. Meanwhile, earlier,
PM Modi, Maharashtra
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde, Deputy CMs De-
vendra Fadnavis and Ajit
Pawar paid floral tributes
to Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj, in Shirdi.
PM Modi inaugurated
the new Darshan Queue
complex at Shirdi. It is
a state-of-the-art mod-
ern mega building en-
visaged to provide com-
fortable waiting areas
for the devotees.
The PM also inaugu-
rated and dedicated to the
nation multiple develop-
ment projects including
Ayush Hospital at
Ahmednagar Civil Hos-
pital; Electrification of
Kurduwadi-Latur Road
railway section (186
Km); 3rd and 4th railway
line connecting Jalgaon
to Bhusaval (24.46 km);
four laning of Sangli to
Borgaon section of NH-
166 (Package-I); Addi-
tional facilities at Man-
mad Terminal of Indian
Oil corporation Limited.
PM MODI TO INAUGURATE 7TH INDIAN MOBILE
CONGRESS TODAY IN PRAGATI MAIDAN
BORDER SITUATION
STABLE: COA PANDE
Rajnath Singh with the top commanders of the Indian Air Force
during the inaugural session of the two-day IAF commanders’
conference in New Delhi on Thursday.
5 TERRORISTS KILLED
IN ENCOUNTER IN JK
PM NARENDRA MODI LAUNCHES NAMO SHETKARI
MAHASANMAN NIDHI YOJANA OTHERS
PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 7th edition of
the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2023 on Friday
morning at the Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maid-
an. During the programme, Modi will award 100 ‘5G Use
Case Labs’ to educational institutions across the country.
The border situation
remains stable, Chief
of Army Staff Gen
Manoj Pande said on Thurs-
day amid the lingering border
row between India and
China in eastern Ladakh. In
an interactive session at an
event, Pande also said that
there is a need for the armed
forces to remain proactive.
Five terrorists of
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
were killed along
the Line of Control (LoC)
at Macchil in Kupwara
district of Jammu and
Kashmir, Kashmir Police
said in a statement on
Thursday. A search opera-
tion was in progress, the
statement added.
During the public programme, the Prime Minister
also launched the ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman
Nidhi Yojana’. The Yojna will benefit more than 86
lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi Yojana in Maharashtra, by providing an additional
amount of Rs 6000 per year to them. Meanwhile, the
Prime Minister also dedicated to the nation the left bank
(85km) canal network of the Nilwande Dam.It will benefit
182 villages from 7 Tehsils (6 in Ahmednagar district
and 1 from Nashik district) by facilitating pipe distribution
networks of water. The idea of Nilwande Dam was first
conceived in 1970. It is being developed at a cost of about
Rs 5177 crore, it stated.
Rajnath asks Commanders
to tackle ‘New Challenges’
PTI
New Delhi
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Thursday
asked the top command-
ers of the Indian Air
Force to examine the rap-
idly changing global geo-
political situation and
assess them in the Indian
context besides empha-
sising on the need to bol-
ster its operational readi-
ness.
In an address at the in-
augural session of the
two-day IAF command-
ers’ conference, Singh
also exhorted the top
brass of the force to focus
on strengthening India’s
air defence systems and
use of drones, noting that
new trends have emerged
in the field of air warfare.
It is learnt that the
commanders are exten-
sively analysing use of
various aerial platforms
in the Hamas-Israel con-
flict and the Russia-
Ukraine war.
Respect sovereignty of
each other: S Jaishankar
PTI
Bishkek
Members of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation
(SCO) should work to-
gether to promote stabili-
ty and prosperity in the
region by strictly adher-
ing to the principles of
international law, respect-
ing the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of
each other and encourag-
ing economic coopera-
tion, External Affairs
MinisterSJaishankarsaid
on Thursday in an appar-
ent dig at China. His re-
marks came as he ad-
dressed the 22nd session
oftheCouncilofHeadsof
Government of SCO at
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
“SCO should work to-
gether to promote stabili-
ty and prosperity in the
region by strictly adher-
ing to the principles of
international law, respect-
ing the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of
each other and encourag-
ing economic coopera-
tion,” he said in his ad-
dress. In this context, the
centrality of the interests
of Central Asian states
plays a key role, he said.
Beijing is investing bil-
lions of dollars in the
China-Pakistan Econom-
ic Corridor (CPEC) in
Pakistan. India has pro-
tested against the project
in Pakistan as it is being
laid through Pakistan-oc-
cupied Kashmir.
EAM appeals to SCO Nations in Kyrgyzstan
PTI
New Delhi
Amid rising complaints
from air travellers, the
Centre has called a meet-
ing on November 8 with
senior officials of all air-
lines and travel portals to
discuss grievances related
to ‘refund not given after
ticket cancellation’ and
showing every seat as
‘paid’ despite free web
check-in, among others.
ConsumerAffairs Secy
Rohit Singh, in a media
briefing, said about
10,000 complaints related
to the airline sector has
been received through the
government’s National
Consumer Helpline in the
last one year. About half
of the complaints are re-
lated to “ticket cancelled
but no refund received
from airlines,” he said.
PTI
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala Governor Arif
Mohammed Khan, on
Thursday, supported the
NCERT panel’s recom-
mendation to replace “In-
dia” with “Bharat” in
school textbooks. Speak-
ing to reporters here,
Khan pointed out that the
name “India” was given
by “others,” whereas
“Bharat” was a name
chosen by the people of
the country. He said no-
body has proposed mak-
ing any amendments to
the Constitution.
“What they have said,
if I have read it correctly,
is that in official commu-
nication, we will use the
word Bharat more and I
think if you look at it,
Bharat is the name which
we have given to our-
selves. India is a name
which has been given to
us by others,” Khan told
reporters here, reacting to
a query. Khan’s state-
ment comes amid a heat-
ed controversy over the
NCERT panel’s propos-
al. Leaders of several op-
position parties have
voiced their opposition to
the recommendation.
Govt to discuss
consumer pleas
on Nov 8 with
airline officials
Kerala Governor favours
‘Bharat’; says ‘India’
name given by others
India must call for
immediate
ceasefire in Israel,
Gaza: Kapil Sibal
PTI
New Delhi
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil
SibalThursday said India
must call for an immedi-
ate ceasefire in view of
the humanitarian crisis in
Gaza and as-
serted that
there is no
space for be-
ing partisan
in the un-
veiling tragedy. Sibal said
the humanitarian crisis in
Gaza with images of in-
nocent children being
maimed and decapitated,
and civilians being killed
is heart-rending and un-
acceptable.
In a post on X, Sibal
said, “Gaza Tragedy --
The humanitarian crisis in
Gaza with images of in-
nocent children being
maimed, decapitated and
along with civilians being
killedis heart-rendingand
unacceptable.”
13dieinroadaccidentinK’taka’sChikkaballapur
Agencies
Bengaluru
As many as 13 passen-
gers died, 12 of them on
the spot after the car in
which they were travel-
ling collided with a
parked truck on National
Highway-44 near Chitra-
vathi of Chikkaballapur
taluk close to Bengaluru
city on Thursday at
around 7 am. A woman
seriously injured in the
accident died at a hospi-
tal unable to respond to
the treatment.
In Maharashtra’s
beed, Nine people, in-
cluding a doctor, were
killed and 27 others in-
jured in two separate
road accidents involving
a private bus and an am-
bulance, police said.
Nobody’sbornperfect
ornobodycanbe
perfect.Anditisokayto
makemistakes.You
learnmuchmorefrom
yourmistakesthanyou
dofromyoursuccesses.
AndI’mveryhappyfor
thenewyoung
generationthatis
growingatReliance.
NITAAMBANI,FOUNDER
RELIANCE FOUNDATION
Developing Maharashtra
PM HAILS CABINET
APPROVAL FOR
JAMRANI DAM
PM Modi on
Thursday
hailed the
Union Cabinet's ap-
proval to inclusion
of the Jamrani Dam
Multipurpose Project
of Uttarakhand under
accelerated irrigation
benefit programme,
saying it is a significant
stride towards a pros-
perous and sustainable
U’khand UP. The govt
approved the inclusion
of the project under the
Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana-
Accelerated Irrigation
Benefit Programme.
Right to marry person of choice indelible,
family can't object, says Delhi High Court
Yediyurappa accorded Z category security
New Delhi: Granting police protection to a couple facing
threats from their family post-marriage, the Delhi High
Court has said the right to marry a person of one's own
choice is indelible and constitutionally
protected and not even family members can
object to such matrimonial ties. In a recent
order, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela empha-
sised that State is under constitutional
obligation to provide protection to its citizens
and high court, being a constitutional court,
is expected to further the constitutional rights of the couple.
Bengaluru: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has
accorded Z category Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) security cover to Bharatiya Janata
Party leader and former chief minister of
Karnataka BS Yediyurappa amid suspicion
of possible threat from radical groups in the
state. The former Karnataka CM will be
provided the security only in Karnataka and
the CRPF teams will soon assume the
charge of the new responsibilty.
IN THE COURTYARD
Crucial Read
Might amend Disturbed
Areas Act: Gujarat govt
Ahmedabad: The
Gujarat govt has
informed the HC that it is
planning to withdraw
amended provisions of the
Disturbed Areas Act,
which restricts sale or
transfer of property in
areas notified under it.
Through the amendments,
state govt had added
some stringent provisions.
PFIcase:SpecialCourt
tohearEDchargesheet
New Delhi: Special
Court on fixed Nov
6, for hearing on ED’s
submissions on cogni-
zance point in regards to
its supplementary
chargesheet filed against
Kasim Syed Mohd
Ibrahim, accused in a
money laundering case
related to the banned
outfit PFI.
G Rai launches ‘Red
Light On, Gaadi Off’
New Delhi: While
interacting with
media, the minister said
that every day a person
stops at least 10-15 red
lights and keeps the
vehicles on for at least
half an hour on average.
If they stop the vehicle
during that time then they
can make a significant
contribution in stopping
air pollution.
ISR Nallu takes oath
as Tripura governor
Agartala: Indra Sena
Reddy Nallu was
sworn in on October 26
as the 20th Governor of
Tripura. He was adminis-
tered the oath of office by
Tripura High Court Chief
Justice Aparesh Kumar
Singh at a function held
at the Raj Bhavan here.
CM Manik Saha, his
cabinet colleagues and
Chief Secretary J.K.
S Jaishankar during the 22nd session of the Council of Heads of
Government of SCO at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Thursday.
Arif Mohammed Khan
A car collided with a parked truck on NH-44 in Chikkaballapur
killed 13 in Chikkaballapur of Karnataka on Thursday.
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IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
‘World’s first AI Safety Institute to be set up’
PTI
London
he UK is to be
theheadquarters
of the world’s
firstAI Safety Institute as
the country takes the lead
in examining and testing
new types of artificial in-
telligence, Prime Minister
Rishi Sunakannouncedin
a speech in London on
Thursday.
Ahead of hosting the
first Global AI Safety
Summit next week, the
British Indian leader who
completed one year in of-
fice this week said that he
genuinely believes that
technologies likeAI (Arti-
ficial Intelligence) will
bring a transformation “as
far-reaching as the indus-
trial revolution, the com-
ing of electricity, or the
birth of the internet”. But
like those waves of ad-
vancements and the many
positives that they offer,
there are also “new dan-
gers and new fears” that
needtobetackledheadon.
He even touched upon
the “most unlikely and
extreme” fears aroundAI
which is sometimes re-
ferred to as “super intel-
ligence” or humanity los-
ing control of the tech-
nology altogether.
“This is not a risk that
people need to be losing
sleep over right now. I
don’t want to be alarmist.
And there is a real debate
about this – some experts
think it will never happen
at all. But however uncer-
tain and unlikely these
risks are, if they did man-
ifest themselves, the con-
sequences would be in-
credibly serious,” he said.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
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TEAMS M W L T N/R PT NRR
INDIA 5 5 0 0 0 10 1.353
SOUTH AFRICA 5 4 1 0 0 8 2.370
NEW ZEALAND 5 4 1 0 0 8 1.481
AUSTRALIA 5 3 2 0 0 6 1.142
SRI LANKA 5 2 3 0 0 4 -0.205
PAKISTAN 5 2 3 0 0 4 -0.400
AFGHANISTAN 5 2 3 0 0 4 -0.969
BANGLADESH 5 1 4 0 0 2 -1.253
ENGLAND 5 1 4 0 0 2 -1.634
NETHERLANDS 5 1 4 0 0 2 -1.902
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CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM,
CHENNAI
VS
Pakistan
South Africa
TODAY’S MATCH
SriLankaboostsemi-finalchances
First India Bureau
Mumbai
India are the tournament
pacesetters while Sri
Lanka, Pakistan and Af-
ghanistan remain hopeful
of pushing for a semi-fi-
nal spot at the ICC Men’s
Cricket World Cup 2023.
England’s reign as the
50-over World Cup cham-
pion sunk into serious
jeopardy as
resolute fif-
ties by
Pathum Nis-
sanka and
Sadeera Sa-
marawickra-
ma along
withasetofon-the-money
bowlers spurred tenacious
Sri Lanka to an eight-
wicket win on Thursday.
England suffered a baf-
fling batting implosion
and were bundled out for
a paltry 156, courtesy the
fivewicketssharedamong
themselves by comeback
man Angelo Mathews
(2/14) and impressive La-
hiru Kumara (3/35).
Sri Lanka confidently
finished their chase as
Nissanka (77 off 83
balls) and Samarawick-
rama (65 off 54 balls) led
the process with an un-
broken 137-run stand for
the third wicket.
MATCH
NO. 25
Sri Lanka’s captain Kusal
Mendis with teammates
celebrates during their World
Cup match against England, in
Bengaluru on Thursday.
NISSANKA EQUALS
SANGAKKARA’S RECORD
As per sources,
Nissanka’s fourth
successive
score of 50-plus saw
him equal the legend-
ary Kumar Sangakkara,
who achieved the mark
in the 2015 edition.
Meanwhile, Chamara
Silva (2007), Roshan
Mahanama (1992),
and Arjuna Ranatunga
(1987-1992) scored 3
successive 50-plus WC
scores for Sri Lanka.
World Cup 2023 England on the verge of early exit after heavy loss to Sri Lanka Asian Para Games 2023:
India eighth with 18 golds
Hangzhou
New Delhi
India secured its record-
breaking 18th gold medal
of the Asian Para Games
happening in Hangzhou
on Thursday. Sachin Sar-
jerao Khilari won the 16th
gold for India in the men’s
F-46shotput.Hebreached
the Games Record mark
by registering 16.03m.
Sachin’s gold meant
that India overtook it’s
best-ever gold medal
tally in the Asian Para
Games. Rohit Kumar
added a bronze for India
with a best throw of
14.56m.
Bhagyashri Mad-
havrao Jadhav won India
its first silver medal of the
day by finishing second
in women’s shot put-F34.
Sidhartha Babu added
one more gold medal for
India by finishing first in
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone
SH1. India’s 18th gold
medal came from ar-
chery, with Sheetal Devi
and Rakesh Kumar win-
ning the Mixed Team
Compound - Open final.
National Games 2023
Bhavanidefendsgoldmedal
insabreindividualevent
Goa
New Delhi
Olympian C.A Bhavani
Devi, representing Tamil
Nadu,continuedherdom-
ination in the national cir-
cuit winning gold in the
women’s sabre individual
fencingcompetitioninthe
37th National Games be-
ing at the Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee Stadium.
Bhavani beat S. Sow-
miya 15-5 in the final to
win back to back gold
medals. Shiksha Ballou-
ria of Himachal Pradesh
and Jagmeet Kaur of
Punjab won the bronze
medals. Babu Gaonkar
gave the host their first
gold medal of the games
after winning the men’s
laser run event in modern
pentathlon at Ponda.
22 killed in US shooting,
cops hunt for armed suspect
Agencies
Maine
A massive manhunt was
under way Thursday for
a gunman who a local of-
ficial said killed at least
22 people and wounded
“many” more in mass
shootings in the US state
of Maine, the deadliest
such incident this year.
Police said Robert
Card -- seen in surveil-
lance footage pointing a
semi-automatic weapon
with an extended clip as
he walked into a bowling
alley in the town of
Lewiston -- “should be
considered armed and
dangerous.”
Card is a certified fire-
arms instructor and a
member of the US Army
Reserve, CNN reported,
citing law enforcement
sources. Lewiston city
councilor Robert McCa-
rthy told CNN that law
enforcement had “con-
firmed 22 dead, many,
many more injured”,
with local media report-
ing shootings had oc-
curred at multiple loca-
tions in the state.
Swathes of Lewiston
were locked down, with
businesses urged to shut-
ter and people ordered to
shelter in place, as the
scourge of horrifying
gun violence once again
ripped through anAmer-
ican community.
Almost 50 Israeli hostages
killed by airstrikes: Hamas
Agencies
Gaza Strip
Palestinian military
group Hamas’s armed
wing claimed that “al-
most 50” Israeli hostages
were killed “as a result”
of Israeli strikes in Gaza,
news agencyAFPreport-
ed on Thursday. The
news agency, however,
could not immediately
verify the claim.
The statement by Ha-
mas came after Israel said
its tanks and infantry
launched an overnight
raid into Hamas-con-
trolled Gaza. Several mil-
itant targets were attacked
as a wider ground incur-
sion. The Israeli Army
reportedly attacked mul-
tiple Hamas targets be-
fore withdrawing in what
it called the “biggest in-
cursion of the war”
IndiaslamsPakforraising
KashmirissueatUNSC
ANI
New York [US]
India slammed Pakistan
for raising the Kashmir
issue in the midst of a de-
bate meant for the Israel-
Gaza situation and
termed the action as of a
‘habitual nature’.
R. Ravindra, India’s
Deputy Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United
Nations on Wednesday
before concluding his re-
marks at the forum called
that the remarks from the
Pakistan side unworthy
of a response and not
worth dignifying.
“Before I end, there
was a remark of habitual
nature by one delegation
referring to Union Terri-
tories that are integral
and inalienable parts of
my country,” Ravindra
said, adding, “I would
treat these remarks with
the contempt they de-
serve and not dignify
them with a response in
the interest of time.”
Canada welcomes India’s
decision to resume visa
services, says “good sign”
Agencies
Toronto
Canada has wel-
comed India’s deci-
sion to resume some visa
services in the country
from Thursday, saying
the move was a “good
sign” after “an anxious
time” for many Canadi-
ans, amid a diplomatic
row over the killing of a
Sikh separatist.
India’s high commis-
sion in Canada said that
the country’s officials
will resume processing
some types of visa appli-
cations for Canadians.
The decision came a
month after New Delhi
suspended the services
in Canada and for Cana-
dian citizens worldwide
as tensions flared be-
tween the 2 nations.
Musk’s X rolls
out audio video
calling feature
Agencies
New Delhi
In a bid to take on Meta-
owned WhatsApp, Elon
Musk-owned X Corp has
started to roll out support
for audio
and video
calls.
Several X
users re-
ceived a no-
tification while opening
the social media app that
reads: “Audio and video
calls are here!”
There’s also a new
“Enable audio and video
calling” toggle within
the app’s settings.
India’s Representative Ravindra
at UNSC debate in New York.
C.A Bhavani Devi continued her
domination by winning gold in
the women’s sabre individual
fencing competition.
Rescuers sift through the rubble of a collapsed building following
an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Police officers are searching for
Robert Card (right), a person
of interest in a mass shooting,
that killed several people.
Sidhartha
Babu wins gold
Sachin Sajerao
wins gold
Nithya SreSivan
wins bronze
Rohit Hooda
wins bronze
MORE HIGHLIGHTS ON ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
MAJOR HIGHLIGHS
 Record numbers of in-
ternational journalists come
to Israel to cover war
 Israeli intelligence,
IDF arrest 60 persons for
links with Hamas
 Dozens of Kfar Aza
residents hold rally, call
for return of hostages
 Israel strikes over 250
Hamas sites, including
missile launchers placed
between mosques and
kindergartens
 IDF shares footage of
soldiers chasing, killing
Hamas terrorists in Kib-
butz Be’eri
 Asian Shooting
Championship: Anant,
Gurjoat, Angad clinch
gold in Men’s team skeet
 Simran Vats secures
silver medal in women’s
200 m event
 Pramod Bhagat,
Sukant Kadam secure
bronze in men’s doubles
AI could make it easier
to build chemical or
biological weapons.
Terrorist groups could
use AI to spread fear
and destruction on an
even greater scale.
Criminals could exploit
AI for cyber-attacks,
disinformation, fraud,
or even child sexual
abuse.
RISHI SUNAK,
PRIME MINISTER, UK
INDO-CANADIAN MAN
FACES 16 CHARGES
Toronto: A 24-year-
old Indian-origin
man is facing 16
charges after he tried to
flee during an investiga-
tion into a vehicle theft and
attacked police officers with
pepper spray in Canada’s
Ontario province. Rajbir
Singh from Brampton,
who was arrested, faces
two counts of assaulting a
police officer, two counts of
assault with intent to resist
arrest, robbery and theft
of a motor vehicle, among
other related offences.

First India Bureau
Jaipur
After the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) action
against PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra and
summons to his son Vai-
bhav Gehlot, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot on
Thursday said that the
BJP is shaken with his
party’s two ‘poll guaran-
tees’but five more prom-
ises are also going to be
declared on Friday. He
dared the ED to find five
more Congress leaders to
take action.
“We will win the elec-
tions,” he told the media
in a press conference at
PCC war room here.
Asserting that the Con-
gress “will not be scared
no matter how hard they
try”, Gehlot alleged the
BJP was targeting him
through ED raids as they
could not topple his gov-
ernment.
Citing data, Gehlot
said that 112 searches by
the ED happened during
10 years of UPA rule and
charge sheets were filed
in 104 cases. But after
2014, as many as 3,010
raids happened and
charge sheets were filed
in 881 cases, he said.
The Congress’ State
in-charge Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa, and
State ministers Mahesh
Joshi and Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas were
among those present at
the press conference.
Naresh Sharma, Shivendra
Parmar, Vikas Sharma and
Hukum Singh
Jaipur/Sikar
The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) team reached
the residences of PCC
President GS Dotasra at
Civil Lines, Jaipur and
SikaronThursdayregard-
ing the paper leak case in
Rajasthan. The team in-
vestigated at his residence
for 11 hours in Sikar and
left at around 8.30 pm.
State Congress in-
charge Sukhjinder Rand-
hawa and other leaders
remained sitting outside
Dotasra’s house in pro-
test against action. After
ED officials left, Dotasra
also addressed leaders. A
team of 12 ED officials
first probed Dotasra at
the porch, then at his of-
fice in home. ED officials
also questioned his niece
who is a govt teacher.
Teja Sena has called for
Sikar Bandh today, which
was supported by Sikar
Trade Association.
NSUI activists being stopped by police outside the ED Office in Jaipur on Thursday, as they climb
up the barricades during their protest against ED raids. SANTOSH SHARMA
CM Ashok Gehlot address a press conference at PCC office in Jaipur on Thursday. SS Randhawa, Dr
Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Lokesh Sharma others were present. NAIM KHAN
Supporters of GS Dotasra raise slogans in protest against the ED
raid conducted outside the latter’s Civil Lines residence in Jaipur
on Thursday. NAIM KHAN
Thanking CM Gehlot,
Pilot Randhawa,
Dotasra says, “ Truth
can be troubled, but
not defeated”
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Every once in a while, use the master keys and
open an inner door to step closer to your soul,
to who you are.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CMD Editor-in-Chief
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Postal Reg No. JPC/004/2022-24
EDspends11hoursatDotasra’s
residence,leaderscampoutside
Vaibhav Gehlot given four more days to appear before ED in FEMA case
Gehlot:BJPupsetwithCong’s2
guarantees,5moreinpipeline
We'll continue to
fight against misuse
of agencies: Kharge
Pralhad Joshi: Action
being taken in view
of their behaviour
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Reacting to the raids by
the ED at the residence of
PCC Chief GS Dotasra,
AICC National President
Mallikarjun Kharge said,
“As elections are round
the corner, ED, CBI, IT
etc. become the real
‘Panna Pramukh’of BJP.
Seeing its certain defeat
in Rajasthan, BJP made
its last move! After
Chhattisgarh, ED has
also started action against
Cong leaders entering the
assembly poll campaign
in Raj.” “The dictator-
ship of the Modi govern-
ment is fatal for democ-
racy. We will continue to
fight against the misuse
of agencies, public will
give a befitting reply to
the BJP’, Kharge added.
Pilot addressed a press
conference in New Delhi.
“BJP’s nervousness is
clearly visible in such ac-
tions because public has
made up its mind to bring
Congress government
back in Raj in the upcom-
ing elections”, he said.
“I strongly condemn
ED raid on Dotasra and
ED summons to Vaibhav
Gehlot. BJP can’t scare
Cong leaders with such
tactics. All Cong leaders
workers are standing
together in solidarity,” he
said. Vaibhav Gehlot al-
leged that summons was
part of a “well-planned
strategy” of the BJP.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
On ED raids at the resi-
dence of PCC chief GS
Dotasra in Jaipur, Union
Minister and Rajasthan
BJP election in-charge
Pralhad Joshi said that
ED action has been taken
earlier also at different
times. “It has happened
in other states also. Cash
was seized from those
involved in this and ac-
tion is being taken con-
sidering their behaviour.
Congress is not winning
in Rajasthan. It is in a dif-
ficult situation. It is a
government of corrup-
tion, of plunder. There is
chaos here. The state is
number 1 in atrocities,
murder and rape on
women,” he said.
BJPState President CP
Joshi said that if Con-
gress leaders are clean,
then why are they afraid
of ED’s action.Reacting
to CM’s allegation of
misusing the ED in polls,
Joshi asked, “Why are
they afraid if they aren’t
wrong?” “They (Con-
gress leaders) have done
the sin of leaking papers
destroying the dreams
of lakhs of youths.Youths
aren’t getting justice,” he
said. On ED summon to
Vaibhav Gehlot, the son
of CM Gehlot, Joshi said
that it was an old case of
money laundering.
YOUTH CONG WORKERS
PROTEST OUTSIDE ED
OFFICE IN JAIPUR
Jaipur: Protests
erupted at ED office
in Jaipur as Con-
gress workers expressed
their anger over actions
taken against Dotasara.
Youth Congress members
gathered in large numbers
for a rally, raising their
voices against the ED’s
actions.Youth Congress
leaders, including Dushyant
Singh Chundawat, Satveer
Chaudhary, Yashveer Sura,
and Sanjita Sihag from
Mahila Morcha, along with
their supporters, marched to
the ED office. They handed
a memorandum to police
officers, strongly condemn-
ing the recent actions. The
leaders issued a warning
to administration, stating
that if such raids and ED
proceedings continue, they
will mobilize thousands of
protesters in coming days to
stage a sit-in and even lock
down the ED office.
Dotasara, during the Code
of Conduct, criticized the
ED’s notice, calling it un-
constitutional and biased.
Sachin Pilot in New Delhi.
Mallikarjun Kharge
CP Joshi
Pralhad Joshi
Kamal Kant
Jaipur
The swearing-in ceremo-
ny of the three new judg-
es appointed to the Ra-
jasthan HC will be held
on November 1 at 10:00
am in the court of the
Chief Justice of Ra-
jasthan High Court Main
Bench, Jodhpur. Recent-
ly, the Rajasthan High
Court got three new judg-
es and with their assum-
ing office, the total num-
ber of judges will in-
crease to 35.
Following the recom-
mendation of the SC Col-
legium, the Centre had
issued appointment war-
rants, transferring the
judges working in vari-
ous HCs to Rajasthan
HC. JusticesAvnish Jhin-
gan,Arun Monga of Pun-
jab and Haryana HC and
Justice Mannuri Laxman
of Telangana High Court
were transferred to Raj
HC. Notably, the SC Col-
legium had sent a recom-
mendation to Centre to
transfer these judges to
Rajasthan HC. A total of
50 posts of judges are
sanctioned in Rajasthan
High Court.
3 new judges of
Raj HC to take
oath on Nov 1
REACTIONS OVER RAIDS AT CONG LEADERS’ PLACES
VAIBHAV TO APPEAR
BEFORE ED ON OCT 30
CM Gehlot’s son
Vaibhav Gehlot, who
was called for ques-
tioning in a case related to
alleged contravention the
Foreign Exchange Manage-
ment Act (FEMA), has got
time till Oct 30 to appear
before agency. He was to
appear before agency today
but he sought 15 more days
but ED only relaxed 4 more
days summoned him on
Oct 30 at 11:30 am in Delhi.
Assemblypolls:Congress-BJPface
offclearon11moreseatstill date
SURAJGARH
Shravan
Kumar
Santosh
Ahlawat
VS
SAPOTRA
Rameshchand
Meena
Hansraj
Meena
VS
REODAR
Motiram
Koli
Jagsiram
Koli
VS
BAGRU
Ganga
Devi
Kailashchandra
Verma
VS
BANDIKUI
Gajraj
Khatana
Bhagchand
Tankda
VS
JHADOL
Hiralal
Darangi
Babulal
Kharadi
VS
NAGAR
Wajib
Ali
Jawahar
Singh Bedam
VS
RATANGARH
Pusaram
Godara
Abhinesh
Maharshi
VS
TARANAGAR
Narendra
Budania
Rajendra
Rathore
VS
DEOLI- UNIARA
Harish
Meena
Vijay
Bainsla
VS
SAHARA
Rajendra
Trivedi
Ladulal
Pitalia
VS
After 3rd list of 19
candidates of Congress
for Assembly polls in
Raj, picture of Congress-
BJP face-to-face on 11
more seats is clear.
These also include
Taranagar Deoli-
Uniara seats.
DREAM OF MAKING ‘QUOTA FOR LOCALS’ POLL ISSUE SHATTERS
Share of outsiders in acquiring government jobs in Rajasthan is 1%
Pankaj Soni
Jaipur
here is bad news
for politicians
who are dream-
ing of making ‘reserva-
tion for locals’in govern-
ment jobs an election is-
sue in Assembly polls.
The data collected by
government shows that
the share of candidates
fromoutsidestatesamong
those getting government
jobs in Rajasthan is only
about one percent. In the
last five years, more than
50 MLAs from both rul-
ing party Opposition
had strongly raised issue
of determining the share
of youth in govt jobs and
it was also made a big is-
sue politically. Politicians
had prepared to capitalize
on this issue in the current
assembly polls. MLAs
also wrote letters to state
government for quota for
local candidates and agi-
tations were also organ-
ised at many places.
However, the govt had
clearly stated on this is-
sue that the eligibility for
state jobs is to be a citi-
zen of India and the Con-
stitution doesn’t allow
any change in this.
Later, as pressure in-
creased, govt collected
data regarding share of
candidates from other
states in govt jobs in Raj,
which stated that in re-
cruitments done by
RPSC since 2012 till
now, 1.05 % appoint-
ments and in recruit-
ments done by Staff Se-
lection Board since 2014
till now, 90% appoint-
ments have been made by
candidates hailing from
states other than Raj.
The share is very low.
T
RECRUITMENT SITUATION FROM OUTSIDE STATES UNDERSTAND THE RECRUITMENT FORMULA
Staff Selection Board
From 2014 till
now, 56 suc-
cessful exami-
nations were
held, in which
recruitment was done on 65,886 posts,
out of which candidates from outside the
state got appointment to 599 posts.
Rajasthan Public Service
Commission
148 successful
recruitment exams
conducted since
2012 and out of
the 92,139 recruit-
ments, candidates from outside the state
got appointment on 1103 posts.
In the recruitments of Rajasthan state, only
unreserved posts are there which is 36%
of the recruitments. Candidates from other
states can also participate in it. Due to the provi-
sion of being a citizen of India under the rule “Na-
tionality” of all service rules, candidates from other
states can apply only for the unreserved category
posts in the recruitments to be held in Rajasthan.
According to Article 16 (2) of the Constitution of
India, there cannot be discrimination in public
employment on the basis of place of residence.
According to Article 16 (3), only the Parliament has
the right to make legal provisions in public employ-
ment on the basis of place of residence.

he glittering
11th edition
of the Miss
Grand Inter-
national pag-
eant, held at
the magnificent Phú Thọ Indoor
Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vi-
etnam, on Wednesday, left the
world in awe. The stunning con-
clusion saw Luciana Fuster of Peru
being announced as the victor. She
was crowned by the reigning Miss
Grand International 2022, Isabella
Menin of Brazil. This momentous
occasion marked the second time a
Peruvian candidate secured the pres-
tigious title in the splendid setting of
Vietnam.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra graced Ho
Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to witness
the grand ceremony. He extended his
hearty congratulations to Nikhil
Anand, the Chairman and National
Director of the Glamanand Group,
and celebrated the remarkable
achievement of Arshina Sumbul, a
formidable contestant who earned a
coveted spot in the top 20. Hailing
from the vibrant city of Jaipur, In-
dia'sArshina Sumbul showcased her
talent and heritage by securing a po-
sition in the top 10 of the National
Costume segment, as recognised by
the esteemed panel of judges.
The competition featured awe-in-
spiring contestants from sixty-nine
countries and territories, each vying
for the coveted crown. The grand fi-
nale, hosted by the charismatic Thai
television personality Matthew
Deane, delivered a memorable even-
ing and a thrilling live performance
by Miss Grand International 2022
first runner-up, Engfa Waraha. Eng-
fa was also distinguished with the
Grand Voice 2022 award, adding to
the evening's excitement.
NikhilAnand, the esteemed Chair-
man of Glamanand Group, stood as
the National Director of the Miss
Grand International pageant for In-
dia, playing a pivotal role in India's
representation on this global stage.
This magnificent event was gener-
ously hosted by the Senvang Group.
Nikhil Anand, on behalf of Gla-
manand Group, expressed heartfelt
appreciation for the warm hospital-
ity extended by the owner of Sen-
vang Group, Miss Pham Kim Dung.
Miss Grand International 2023
marked an exceptional celebration of
beauty, grace, and international uni-
ty, cementing its place as a global
spectacle.
JAIPUR, FRIDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2023
Glamour | Fashion | Bollywood | Hollywood | Lifestyle
MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL!
ity First brings to you the finest
glimpses of the Miss Grand
International 2023 held at Vietnam on
Wednesday. Witness the breathtaking
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etMagnifiques
The 11th edition of the Miss Grand
International pageant was held on
Tuesday at the Phú Tho Indoor Stadium
in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Luciana
Fuster of Peru was announced the
winner and it is a matter of pride that
Jaipur girl Arshina Sumbul, who
represented India made it top 20
at the Miss Grand International
2023 finale and was
selected by Judges in the
top 10 of National
Costume!
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(L-R) Melissa Bottema, Skar Marie, Sthephanie Marie, Ni Ni Lin Eain, Luciana Fuster, Maria Alejandra López, Lê Hoàng Ph¤¤ng, Eugénia Das Neves, Thaweepon Phingchamrat and Ritassya Wellgreat
Arshina Sumbul, India
Luciana Fuster, Peru
The winner of Miss Grand International 2023
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Nikhil Anand and Arshina Sumbul

Beauty Pageant
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Nishi Bhardwaj and Isabella Menin
Rajashree Dowarah and Isabella Menin
The ravishing top 20 supermodels of Miss Grand International 2023
The winner Luciana Fuster with Nawat Itsaragrisil, President of MGI
Thaweepon Phingchamrat,
5th Runner up from Thailand
Sthephanie Marie, 3rd Runner up
from United States of America
Skar Marie, 5th
Runner up
from
Dominican Republic
Ritassya Wellgreat, 5th
Runner up from Indonesia
Nikhil Anand
Ni Ni Lin Eain, 1st Runner up of
from Myanmar
Melissa Bottema,
5th Runner up from
Netherlands
Lê Hoàng Phương, 4th
Runner up from Vietnam
Last year’s winner Isabella Menin crowns Luciana Fuster
Jagdeesh Chandra with Denisse Miss Romania Vivienne Andor and Miss Argentine Natalia Cornetto
Arshina Sumbul
Eugénia Das Neves,
5th Runner up from
Angola
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with the stunning participants
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Dr Jan Christoph Kattenstroth MD and Jost Osthoff Intnl Commercial
Director of Quiris Healthcare along with Nikhil Anand and Nishant Anand
(L-R) Maria Alejandra López, Sthephanie Marie, Lê Hoàng Phương,
Ni Ni Lin Eain and Luciana Fuster
City First continues to bring you the finest glimpses
of the dazzling Miss Grand International 2023, held in
Vietnam on Wednesday. The event witnessed models
showcasing a breathtaking fusion of fashion, beauty,
glamour, and culture, leaving the world spellbound.
The crowning ceremony, a pinnacle of grandeur, left
everyone in awe of this extraordinary celebration of
elegance and talent.

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