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AAP, BJP in shouting match as
Kejriwal eyes political points
Amit Malviya to file
case against The Wire
New Delhi (PTI): BJP’s
IT department head
Amit Malviya on
Thursday said he will
file criminal and civil
proceedings against
‘The Wire’, as he ac-
cused the news portal
of using “forged docu-
ments with a view to
malign and tarnish” his
reputation.
The Wire in a series
of news reports, now
retracted, had alleged
that Meta, the parent
company of WhatsApp,
Facebook and Insta-
gram, has accorded spe-
cial privileges to Malvi-
ya that enable him to
get posts removed from
its platforms.
“After consultation
with my lawyers and
seeking their advise, I
have decided to file
criminal and civil pro-
ceedings against ‘The
Wire’,” Malviya said.
New Delhi (PTI): AAP
and BJP workers on
Thursday held protests
against each other with
each party accusing the
other of mismanaging
the garbage in Delhi as
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal visited the
Ghazipur landfill site.
Scores of BJP sup-
porters showed black
flags and denounced Ke-
jriwal, accusing his
government not releas-
ing money to the MCD
and also scamming the
city with its now-rolled
back liquor scheme.
BJP workers wore black
headbands and ribbons
as they raised slogans
against Kejriwal.
In turn, AAP workers
decried the BJP over its
alleged inability to
clean Delhi Turn to P3
Police trying to separate clashing AAP and BJP supporters near
the Ghazipur landfill site on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Lt Gover-
nor VK Saxena on
Thursday inaugurated
four artificial water-
falls at the Asola Bhati
Mines here, a move
aimed at promoting eco-
tourism and facilitating
growth of flora and
fauna in the area, an of-
ficial statement said.
Located at Neeli
Jheela inside the Asola
Bhati Mines, the four
sites for the waterfalls
were carefully selected
on the basis of their
geological and morpho-
logical features, it said.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Saxena said the
initiative emanated
from Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's vision
of rejuvenating the city
and augmenting facili-
ties to residents.
LG inaugurates 4 artificial
waterfalls at Asola mines
LG Vinai Saxena at the Asola Bhati mines on Thursday.
3 SWEDISH TOURISTS,
HELD FOR ‘CONVERSION’,
SENT TO DELHI
Dibrugarh (PTI): Marcus
Bloom, Hanna Bloom
and Susanna Hakansson,
tourists from Sweden
who were detained for
participating in a prayer
meet at a tea garden to
allegedly convert people
to Christianity, were sent
to Delhi from Assam’s
Dibrugarh on Thursday.
FINALLY, WOMEN IN BLUE GET THEIR DUE...
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The BCCI on Thurs-
day announced an equal match
fee for both men’s and women’s
cricketers of India. The historic
move was announced on the offi-
cial Twitter handle of BCCI sec-
retary Jay Shah. Shah highlight-
ed new fees for contracted players
and said that Indian Women’s
cricket team will earn same
match fees as their male counter-
parts. This essentially means that
all BCCI contracted players, male
or female, will receive same fee.
SAMEPLAY
PAY!
India’s Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav during the match.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Thursday spoke to new British premier Rishi Sunak
with the two leaders agreeing on the importance of
early conclusion of a comprehensive and balanced
free trade agreement between the two countries.
I WILL DO EVERY
THING I CAN: UK
PM PROMISES
HOPEFUL FUTURE
London: Newly elected UK PM, Rishi Sunak attended a Diwali
reception pledged to provide Britain with a hopeful future.
He also thanked PM Modi and said I’m excited
about what our two great democracies, UK
and India can achieve.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
IN FIRST CALL,PM
MODI,RISHI SUNAK
DISCUSS INDIA-UK
FREE TRADE DEAL
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l In last AGM of BCCI, it
was announced women’s
IPL will be held next year
l In a historic move BCCI
announces equal pay for
both men and women
Truly a red letter day for Women’s
Cricket in India with pay parity
announced for women and men. Thank
you BCCI and Jay Shah.
—Harmanpreet Kaur, Captain Indian Women’s Cricket Team
Jay Shah @JayShah
I’m pleased to announce @
BCCI’s first step towards
tackling discrimination. We are
implementing pay equity policy
for our contracted @BCCIWomen
cricketers. The match fee for both
Men and Women Cricketers will be
same as we move into a new era of
gender equality in Indian Cricket.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
The pay equity policy
announced by @BCCI is a landmark
step in the right direction with an
emphasis on gender equality. It
ushers in a new era for India @
BCCIWomen’s cricket and will
encourage budding talent towards
the game!
AfterArticle370abrogation,34%
decreaseinterroristactivities:Shah
Pakistan committed atrocities
against people in PoK: Rajnath
First India Bureau
Faridabad:UnionHome
Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday addressed the
inaugural session of the
2-day Chintan Shivir in
Surajkund, Haryana.
While speaking at the
Shivir, Shah said after
the abrogation of Article
370 in JK, there has
been a 34% decrease in
terroristactivities,a64%
decreaseindeathof secu-
rity forces and a 90% de-
crease in civilian deaths.
“We have to give im-
portance to the 3Cs - Co-
operation, Coordination
and Collaboration, to be
able to further our goals
of cooperative federal-
ism and whole-of-govt
approach... Resource op-
timisation and integra-
tion necessary
,” he said.
Amit Shah, Manohar Lal Khattar, Pinarayi Vijayan, Yogi Adityanath, Banwarilal Purohit, N Biren Singh,
senior officers during the ‘Chintan Shivir’ of home ministers of all states in Faridabad on Thursday.
Rajnath Singh with Manoj Sinha being briefed during ‘Shaurya
Diwas’, as Lt Gen ADS Aujla looks on, in Budgam on Thursday.
PM Narendra Modi
to address ongoing
Chintan Shivir of
Home Ministers of
States via VC today
Amit Shah with Ashwini Vaishnaw Manohar Lal Khattar greets
at ‘Jan Utthan Rally’, in Faridabad on Thursday. Shah lays fndn of
projects worth `6,629 cr, said Hooda ran “3D” govt in Haryana. P5
First India Bureau
Srinagar: Defence Min-
ister Rajnath Singh on
Thursday said Pakistan
is “committing atroci-
ties” against people in
its occupied Kashmir
and will have to bear its
consequences.
Hinting at retrieving
Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK), the
minister said the goal
of overall development
in the twin Union Ter-
ritories of JK and
Ladakh will be achieved
“after reaching Gilgit
and Baltistan” parts of
PoK. “Terrorism has no
religion. The only aim
of terrorists is to target
India,” he said.
The
discrimination
against the
people of Jammu and
Kashmir was ended under
the leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on August 5, 2019.
—Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
MAKE-IN-INDIA! Tata, Airbus to
make military aircraft in Gujarat
European aviation gi-
ant Airbus and India’s
TATA group will joint-
ly manufacture at
least 40 C-295 trans-
port aircraft in India
with the production
unit being set up in
Gujarat’s Vadodara as
part of a `21,935-crore
deal. The foundation
laying of same will
take place on October
30 and will be attended
by Modi. “For the first
time, the C-295 aircraft
will be manufactured
outside of Europe,”
Defence Secretary
Ajay Kumar said on
Thursday
.
PM Modi to lay the
foundation stone of
the plant on Oct 30
Various suggestions
have been received
regarding improvement
in CrPC IPC. I’m
looking into it in detail,
invested hours in it. We
will very soon come
up with new CrPC, IPC
drafts in the Parliament.
—AMIT SHAH,
HOME MINISTER
AZAM GETS 3-YR JAIL
TERM IN HATE SPEECH
CASE, GRANTED BAIL
Bareilly: SP leader Azam
Khan was on Thursday
convicted in a 2019 hate
speech case and sent to
3 years in jail, and faces
disqualification from
UP Assembly. Court in
Rampur granted bail to
the MLA and imposed
a fine of Rs 6,000, a
government lawyer said.
SACRED PORTALS OF
KEDARNATH AND
YAMUNOTRI CLOSED
Dehradun: The sacred
portals of the Kedarnath
and Yamunotri located in
high Garhwal Himalayan
region of Uttarakhand
were closed for winter on
Thursday. 3,000 devotees
along with temple
committee president
Ajendra Ajay were present
during the occasion.
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Crucial
DELHI-BOUND AKASA
AIR HIT BY BIRD, NOSE
DAMAGED; ALL SAFE
New Delhi: A Delhi-bound
Akasa Air plane was hit by
a bird during the climb on
Thursday. The Boeing 737
Max 8 aircraft, suffered
a radome damage due to
the bird hit at 1,900 feet.
‘Aircraft landed safely and all
passengers were deboarded,
flight positioned for detailed
inspection,’ Akasa Air said.
RAHUL GANDHI-LED
BHARAT JODO YATRA
RESUMES IN T’GANA
Narayanpet: After four days,
the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat
Jodo Yatra resumed from
Makthal in the Narayanpet
district of Telangana on
Thursday at 6.30 am. P6
EQUAL
WOMEN
MEN
MEN AND WOMAN CRICKETERS
CHANGE IN FEES AS BELOW...
CONTRACTS FOR THE WOMEN’S
CRICKET TEAM FOR YR 2021-22
CONTRACTS FOR THE MEN’S
CRICKET TEAM FOR YR 2021-22
`15 Lakh
`4 Lakh
FOR A TEST MATCH
`6 Lakh
`1 Lakh
FOR AN ODI MATCH
`3 Lakh
`1 Lakh
FOR A T20 MATCH
l Category A (`50 lakh)
l Category B (`30 lakh)
l Category C (`10 lakh)
l Category A+ (`7 crore)
l Category A (`5 crore)
l Category B (`3 crore)
l Category C (`1 crore)
THEN NOW
INDIA THUMP NETHERLANDS;
ZIMBABWE BEATS PAKISTAN
Sydney: India stormed back to being on top of Group 2
points table with a thumping 56-run win over the Nether-
lands in their Super 12 match of Men’s T20 World Cup at
the Sydney Cricket Ground. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe pulled
off a stunning one-run win over Pakistan on Thursday to
put the Asian giants in danger of an early exit. The excite-
ment dragged till the last minute as Zimbabwe floored a last
ball win with Pak’s Shaheen losing his wicket at 11th hour.

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NEW DELHI | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI) A
group exhibition with
artworks from the likes
of MF Husain, SH Raza,
Ram Kumar and others
will show a glimpse of
the journey of Indian
artists over last 75 years.
Starting November 1
at the India Habitat Cen-
tre (IHC) here, the “Col-
ours of Freedom” will
feature as many as 53
veterans and contempo-
rary artists of renown.
Organised by the Cen-
tre of International
Modern Art (CIMA),
Kolkata, the exhibition
aims to provide a
glimpse of the overall
visual space shaped by
75 years of India’s inde-
pendence.
The show will include
excerpts from Satyajit
Ray’s iconic film
“Pather Panchali”, tex-
tiles, indigenous subal-
tern art as well as works
by artists across genera-
tions from post-inde-
pendence India.
“Works by over 50
leading artists across
generations, 1947 on-
wards, have been fea-
tured in this exhibition.
While we have selected
some leading veteran
modernists, we have
also featured seminal
works by relatively less
exhibited artists, un-
known weavers and dar-
ing visual renderings by
subaltern and indige-
nous masters,” Rakhi
Sarkar, director and cu-
rator, CIMA, said.
Works by artists such
as Somnath Hore, Bhu-
pen Khakhar, Sanat Kar,
Manjit Bawa, Arpita
Singh, Ganesh Pyne, Jo-
gen Chowdhury
, Paresh
Maity
, etc will be exhib-
ited in the 10-day show.
Exhibition on India’s art journey since independence
CELEBRATING HISTORY
lll
Works by
Somnath Hore,
Sanat Kar,
Manjit Bawa,
Ganesh Pyne,
Paresh Maity
apart from MF
Husain and SH
Raza will be
exhibited in the
10-day show
We have also
featured semi-
nal works by
relatively less exhibit-
ed artists, unknown
weavers and daring
visual renderings by
subaltern and indige-
nous masters.
—Rakhi Sarkar,
Director and Curator, CIMA
Shah praises Khattar for ending ‘goondaism’
Faridabad (PTI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Thursday said
the Manohar Lal Khat-
tar government had
curbed corruption and
lawlessness in Haryana,
and accused the previ-
ous chief ministers of
favouring their own re-
gions. He said the
Bhupinder Singh Hoo-
da-led Congress govern-
ment was marked by
corruption and also hit
out at the Indian Nation-
al Lok Dal (INLD) re-
gime led by Om Prakash
Chautala, without tak-
ing his name.
Shah said, Remem-
ber Haryana eight years
before. When one gov-
ernment was formed,
corruption used to be
rampant and during an-
other government's
time 'goondaism' (hooli-
ganism) used to rise.
But the Khattar gov-
ernment did not allow
corruption and ended
'goondaism'.
Addressing a Jan Ut-
than rally
, Shah said the
Khattar government
had worked to change
Haryana during its
eight years and added
that a long time after
Independence, the state
had got a CM who
worked for its all-round
development.
Earlier, CMs either
used to be of Sirsa or
Rohtak, they were not
of Haryana. But Khat-
tar is the CM of entire
Haryana, he said.
Former chief minis-
ter and INLD President
OP Chautala belongs to
Sirsa, while Hooda is
from Rohtak.
Sharpening his at-
tack on Hooda, Shah
said When Hooda's 3-D
governmentwasinpow-
er... One sees 3D film,
but in the entire coun-
try, only Hooda showed
a 3D government.
In this, there were
the 'darbaris' (courti-
ers), 'damaad' (refer-
ring to Sonia Gandhi's
son-in-law Robert
Vadra) and 'dealers'.
Later, a BJP govern-
ment which undertook
development was
formed in its place.
The Home minister
also praised Manohar
Lal Khattar for being a
true gentleman.
Surajkund (PTI): It
is the collective re-
sponsibility of states
andtheCentretoeffec-
tively tackle trans-bor-
der crimes, Home
Minister Amit Shah
said on Thursday
.
In our Constitu-
tion, law and order is a
state subject...but we
can be successful
against trans-border
or borderless crimes
only when all states sit
together to ponder
over them, make a
common strategy and
(make) efforts to curb
them, he said here.
Shah was address-
ing a two-day 'Chintan
Shivir' organised with
the objective to pre-
pare an action plan for
the implementation of
'Vision 2047' and
'Panch Pran' an-
nounced in PM Modi's
Independence Day
speech.
The home minister
said it is the collective
responsibility of
states to effectively
tackle crimes operat-
ing from across the
country's border or
states' borders or re-
gional crimes to make
society free from fear.
The 'shivir' can be-
come a good platform
to discuss strategies to
counter cyber crimes,
narcotics and cross-
border terrorism,
among others, and to
exchange good prac-
tices in law and order.
Shah said that we
will have to focus on
rationalisation of re-
sources.
The Modi govern-
ment has recorded
success on all fronts of
internal security be it
Jammu and Kashmir,
the northeast or nar-
cotics smuggling, he
said. The minister
said all states will
have National Investi-
gation Agency offices
as a strategy to coun-
ter terrorism.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being garlanded by Union MoS for Power and Heavy Industries Krishan Pal and BJP Haryana President
Om Prakash Dhankar during 'Jan Utthan' rally, in Faridabad, Thursday. Union Minister for Railways and Information Technology Ashwini
Vaishnaw and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal are also seen. —PHOTOS BY PTI
When BJP
won in 2014 in
Haryana, I, as
BJP chief, asked Khat-
tar to be CM. He, how-
ever, gave me 15 names
of leaders who could be
CM instead of him.
—Amit Shah,
Home Minister
EYE ON ERRANT NGOS
Collective responsibility of states
and Centre to tackle crimes: Shah
n CallshimaCM
who looksafter
allof Haryana
n ‘Earlier, CMs
used to be of
SirsaorRohtak’
New Delhi (PTI): Police registered a case
over a scuffle on Wednesday allegedly after a
car's glasses were
broken in Madan-
pur Khadar area,
officials said.
The accused has
beenarrested,anof-
ficial said Thursday
and refuted any Ro-
hingya connection
to the incident.
On Wednesday, a
group of Rohingya
refugees alleged
they were abused
and thrashed by
some men who work at a garage nearby
.
A senior cop, however, rejected the claim,
saying both sides belonged to same commu-
nity. A scuffle took place between a woman
and a man who runs a garage after his car's
glasses were allegedly broken. A case has
been registered and the accused arrested,” the
official said.
‘No Rohingya angle
in Madanpur scuffle’
View of Rohingya camp in Madanpur Khurd. —FILE PHOTO
Gurugram: Police on Thursday arrested a former
consultant of a private company for allegedly stalk-
ing, harassing, and threatening a female manager
of the same company
, police here said.
The accused was booked at Sadar Police Station
Wednesday, they said. He was produced in a city
court on Thursday and sent to judicial custody
, said
police.
According to the complaint by a 30-year-old Gu-
rugram woman, who works with a DLF Phase
2-based private company, the accused, Yogender,
had joined the company on April 7 this year as con-
sultant. As his work was not satisfactory he was
fired from the job on June 13, she claimed.
“It was a company affair and I am a manager with
the company but the accused after being sacked out
of job started stalking me. He sent me threatening
messages through SMS and e-mail,” she said.
Sacked employee
held for stalking and
threatening ex-boss
Home Minister Amit Shah addressing the 2-day Chintan
Shivir of home ministers at Surajkund on Thursday.
35,000 police and CAPF personnel
have laid down their lives to keep the
unity integrity of India intact.
—Amit Shah, Home Minister
New Delhi (ANI): For-
mer BJP MP Subrama-
nian Swamy moved a
plea before the Delhi
High Court claiming
that the Central Gov-
ernment had failed to
provide adequate secu-
rity at his private resi-
dence as assured before
the court.
The application has
been listed for hearing
on Monday
. In Septem-
ber the Delhi high court
had asked Swamy to va-
cate the government ac-
commodation. The mat-
ter was mentioned by
the senior advocate Jay-
ant Mehta before the
bench headed by chief
justice Satish Chandra
Sharma.
The Counsel submit-
ted that the applicant is
a Z-category security
protectee.Despitetheas-
surance given before the
court by the Centre that
the security arrange-
mentswillbedoneatthe
applicant's private resi-
dence, nothing has been
done to date.
The Delhi HC on Sep-
tember 14, 2022, granted
6 weeks' time to BJP
leader and former Rajya
SabhaMPSubramanian
Swamy to vacate the
government accommo-
dation.Theaccommoda-
tion was allotted to him
in January 2016.
His tenure as MP end-
ed in April 2022. He had
sought re-allotment of
the government accom-
modationcitingsecurity
reasons after the period
of 5 years lapsed.
Justice Yashwant
Varma had directed
Swamy to ensure the
possession of his gov-
ernment bunglow to the
estate officer within a
period of six weeks.
IN THE COURTYARD
A scuffle
took place
between a
woman and a man
who runs a garage
after his car’s glass-
es were allegedly
broken. A case has
been registered.
—Senior official,
Delhi Police
Swamy complains to HC of no security at his residence
New Delhi (ANI): A
Public Interest Litiga-
tion (PIL) was moved
in Delhi HC seeking
direction to the Centre
and Delhi Govern-
ment to constitute a
committeeforframing
of guidelines for ap-
pointments of persons
holding official posi-
tions in political par-
ties as public servants.
The plea seeks di-
rection to the respond-
ents to remove the per-
sons from their posts
who have acted or are
continuing to act in
wilful ignorance of
the principle of neu-
trality and holding
any official position in
a political party while
being a public servant.
The PIL has been filed
by lawyer Sonali Ti-
wary
.
It must be recalled
that recently Delhi Di-
alogue and Develop-
ment Commission
vice-chairman Jas-
mineShahwasserved
show cause notice for
acting as AAP spokes-
mandespitebeingona
government position.
PIL seeks guidelines for appointment
of pol functionaries as public servants
‘NOTHING SO FAR’
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi High Court on
Thursday stayed the
order passed by the
Central Information
Commission (CIC) di-
rectingtheIntelligence
Bureau (IB) to provide
information related to
the issuance of Look-
out Circular (LOC)
against the respond-
ent. IB has sought the
quashing of the order
terming it illegal.
Bench of Justice
Yashwant Varma is-
sued notice to Jayesh
Vishnu Parab on the
petition and directed
them to file a reply
. The
CIC's order has stayed.
The matter now has
been listed on Febru-
ary 11, 2023.
Why has IB moved?
It is in your favour, the
court asked.
Advocate HV
Shankar, standing
counsel for IB submit-
ted that the reasoning,
I believe is very flawed;
it defeats the purpose
of LOC. If I give details
that LOC is for a,b and
c they will leave the
country in some other
manner. The Court
said a citizen has right
to travel. Why does he
not have the right to
know that? There has
to be some rationale
Let's not go down that
road. The IB has chal-
lenged an order passed
by CIC on August 31,
2021, directing it to pro-
vide a revised reply
on the application of
Parab.
HC stays
CIC order
to IB for
providing
information

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BJPslamsgovtoverYamunapollution
FLAK OVER INACTION AS YAMUNA STORY REPEATS ITSELF
FIRE IN POSH APARTMENT
New Delhi (PTI): BJP
MP Manoj Tiwari on
Thursday accused the
Delhi government of
spraying poisonous
chemical to remove
froth from the Yamuna
ahead of Chhath Puja
during which devotees
take a holy dip in the
river.
West Delhi MP
Parvesh Sahib Singh
Verma also challenged
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal to take a dip in
the Yamuna and alleged
that the AAP chief's
visit to Ghazipur land-
fill site was a ploy to
divert attention from
the issue of pollution in
the river.
We visited the Ya-
muna to stock of the
pollution situation
there. We were sur-
prised to find that a very
poisonous chemical was
being sprayed to hide
the froth, the North-
east Delhi MP claimed.
Last year, pictures
and videos showing
devotees offering
prayers in the froth-
filled Yamuna on
Chhath Puja had trig-
gered a political slug-
fest between the AAP
and the BJP, prompting
the Delhi government
to take measures like
installing bamboo nets
and sprinkling water to
dissipate froth.
Verma challenged
Kejriwal to take a dip in
the Yamuna river. He
(Kejriwal) says he has
cleaned the Yamuna
and will take a dip. I call
upon him to take a dip
in the river two days
from now, he added.
Attacking Kejriwal
over his visit to the
Ghazipur landfill site,
Verma said, Is garbage
theissueatthemoment?
To divert attention from
the Yamuna river pollu-
tion issue, the Delhi CM
reached Ghazipur land-
fill site, he added.
BJP leader Manoj Tiwari addresses a press conference along with party leaders Parvesh Verma (L)
and Manjinder Singh Sirsa (R) at BJP office in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): Envi-
ronmentalists blamed
the Delhi government
for not taking adequate
action to make the Ya-
muna pollution free as
toxic foam covered sec-
tions of the river near
Kalindi Kunj on Thurs-
day. Environmentalist
Vimlendu Jha said lack
of political intent, zero
urgency in cleaning the
Yamuna minimal ac-
tion on the ground were
behind the frequent
foaming of the river.
Environmental gov-
ernance doesn't seem to
be a priority for the
Delhi government. The
unfortunate part is that
there is a lack of politi-
cal intent, zero urgency
in cleaning the Yamuna
and minimal action on
the ground, leading to
frequent foaming and
frothing of the river,
Jha said. He also cited
lack of minimum flow
in the river as a major
reason behind the pol-
lution every year.
Delhi empties more
than 3,500 million litres
of municipal sewage in
the river and, despite
tall claims, over 50 per
cent of the sewage is
either untreated or not
adequately treated, and
flows directly into the
Yamuna. Lack of mini-
mum flow in the river is
another major cause of
the Yamuna's pollu-
tion, he said.
Some of the critical
tasks the government
needs to undertake to
keep the river clean and
the citizens of Delhi
safe are ensuring every
drip of sewage is treat-
ed before emptying the
drains into the river,
adequate flow of water
in the Yamuna and a
comprehensive com-
mon effluent treatment
plan and management,
he said.
New Delhi (PTI):
The 'Red light on,
Gaadi off' cam-
paign, which was
set to be launched
in Delhi
on Fri-
day,
has
b e e n
p o s t -
poned as no approv-
al has been received
from the LG so far,
Delhi Environment
Minister Gopal Rai
said on Thursday
.
The 'red light on,
gaadi off' campaign
has been successful
in previous years.
The month-long
campaign was set
to be launched to-
morrow for this
year but no approv-
al has been received
so far, Rai said.
Rai announced
that 2,500 civil de-
fence volunteers
will be deployed to
monitor its imple-
mentation at 100
key traffic intersec-
tions and 10 volun-
teers will be de-
ployed at each traf-
fic signal in 2 shifts.
New Delhi (PTI):
Canadian High
Commissioner to
India Cameron
Mackay on Thurs-
day visited the Gu-
rudwara Bangla
Sahib here and ob-
served the facilities,
members of the
Delhi Sikh Gurd-
wara Management
C o m m i t t e e
(DSGMC) said.
Cameron Mackay
and other officials
of the High Com-
mission of Canada
in New Delhi visited
the langar (commu-
nity kitchen) hall
and also enquired
about the gurud-
wara’sCovid-related
facilities, they said.
‘Red light on,
Gaadi off’
postponed
as LG’s nod
‘awaited’
Canadian
envoy visits
Gurudwara
Bangla Sahib
Delhi govt spraying harmful
chemical in Yamuna ahead
of Chhath Puja: Manoj Tiwari
West Delhi MP Parvesh
Verma challenges Arvind
Kejriwal to take a dip in the river
Environmentalists blame Delhi
govt for toxic foam on Yamuna
AAP chief’s visit to Ghazipur landfill site was a ploy
to divert attention from the issue of pollution in the
river, said BJP’s West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma
A devotee applies vermillion to another at the banks of the
Yamuna river in the midst of toxic foam on the first day of 'Chhath
Puja' near Kalindi Kunj in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Lack of political intent,
zero urgency in cleaning
the Yamuna and mini-
mal action on the ground
are behind the frequent
foaming of the river.
Vimlendu Jha,
Environmentalist
AAP, BJP in...
during its 15-year-long
tenure in the Municipal
Corporation of Delhi.
They raised slogans
like ‘We have to remove
garbage mountains and
clean Delhi’, ‘This time,
it will be Kejriwal in
MCD also’.
The protesters were
separated by barricades
and police personnel.
“They deployed po-
lice personnel to protect
this garbage mountain.
All evil forces have con-
spiredagainstus(AAP).
They delayed MCD polls
and segregated wards
hoping that they would
get seats. Let me tell
them that this time
even BJP supporters
won’t vote for them,”
Kejriwal said.
Addressing the me-
dia at the landfill site,
Kejriwal alleged the
BJP in its 15-year rule
in Delhi’s three erst-
while municipal corpo-
rations gave three gar-
bage mountains and
filled the entire city
with waste.
“Ghazipur garbage
mound is the mountain
of BJP’s bad deeds and
corruption in civic bod-
ies. The MCD poll will
be fought on the issue
of garbage,” he said.
FROM P1…
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
visits Ghazipur Landfill Site in New Delhi on Thursday.
65-year-old woman
asphyxiated in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): A
65-year-old woman died
of suffocation after a
fire broke out in a posh
condominium in a soci-
ety located on MG Road
in the early hours on
Thursday. Four fire en-
gines were rushed to
the spot to douse the
fire and rescued three
people from the flat in
which the woman lived,
said fire officials. She
died in a hospital.
As per fire officials,
the fire broke out on the
ninth floor of a flat in
Orlov Court-2 of Essel
Tower at around
3.30am. At that time Vi-
nay Kumari Gupta, her
father, mother Push-
pa Gupta were sleeping
and were stuck inside
the flat there smoke
filled the entire condo.
As the smoke spread,
the family called the se-
curity guards and
phoned the fire brigade.
A fire squad from
Sector 29 Fire Station
reached the spot with 4
fire engines. The fire
brigade team rescued
Vinay Kumari Gupta
her father and doused
the fire after an intense
hour-long operation.
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP on Thursday said
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi corrected
“blunders” of Jawahar-
lal Nehru related to
Jammu and Kashmir’s
accession to India by
nullifying Article 370
and demanded an apol-
ogy from the Congress.
Addressing a press
conference on the 75th
anniversary of the re-
gion’s accession, BJP
spokesperson Gaurav
Bhatia alleged that the
first prime minister
committed five blun-
ders, including delay-
ing action on the acces-
sion proposal of the re-
gion’s king Hari Singh.
Jammu and Kashmir,
and the country in gen-
eral had to pay a price
for it while this allowed
Pakistan to capture a
part of the region (Paki-
stan-occupied Kash-
mir), he said.
Bhatia quoted from
Nehru’s statement to as-
sert that the king had
first mooted the idea in
July 1947 but the then
prime minister dithered
andallegedlyprioritised
his and his friend’s in-
terests, a reference to
Sheikh Abdullah, while
neglectingthecountry’s.
Hitting out at the Con-
gress, he said, “If a time-
ly action was taken,
then there would be no
part of the state under
Pakistan’s occupation.
Congress since then
spreadliessuppressed
truth about the issue.”
Nehru made ‘blunders’ on Kashmir, Modi corrected them: BJP
BJP’S ‘NEHRU BASHING’
Artists perform a historical re-enactment of the 1947 landing of Indian soldiers in Srinagar during
an event at the Indian Air-Force station, in Budgam on Thursday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
also attended the event. —PHOTO BY PTI
Woman dies after
falling off e-rickshaw
during snatching bid
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A snatch-
ing incident in (Rohini)
northwest Delhi’s
Prashant Vihar area-
took a tragic turn when
a 56-year-old woman
died after falling off an
e-rickshaw when 3
scooter-borne men
snatched her purse, po-
lice said on Thursday
.
The victim identified
as Sumitra Mittal, sus-
taining fatal head inju-
ries. She was going to
pick up her sister when
the incident happened.
A case under sec-
tions 397 (robbery, or
dacoity, with attempt to
cause death or grievous
hurt) and 302 (murder)
of the Indian Penal
Code has been regis-
tered in Prashant Vihar
Police Station, Tayal
said. CCTV footage of
the area is being ana-
lysed to identify and
catch the accused, the
police said.
According to her
nephew, Arun Mittal,
“She was going to meet
her brother, who lives
in Greater Kailash, and
went to pick up her sis-
ter along the way. On
the way, she was at-
tacked and lost her life
in this incident.”
Arun said that this
was just the latest trag-
edy that had struck the
family. “Her husband
passed away some years
ago. Then, both her sons
died at a young age, de-
spite being seemingly
healthy. One passed
away from heart failure,
and the other from a
brain haemorrhage.”
According to Delhi
Police data, snatching
cases had surged 12 per
cent and fatal accidents
rose 18 per cent till July
2022. Delhi reported
5,024 cases of snatching
and 4,468 fatal acci-
dents last year, the data
showed.
High Commissioner for
Canada in India Cameron
Mackay at the Gurudwara
Bangla Sahib on Thursday.
CCTV footage of the
area is being analysed
to identify and catch
the accused, the
police said.
New Delhi (PTI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Thurs-
day said efforts are on to
get Hindi recognised as
an official language at
the United Nations and
progress has been made
in that direction but it
will take some time.
He made the remarks
at an event in Delhi
where it was announced
that the next World Hin-
di Conference will be
organised in Nadi, Fiji
from February 15-17
next year. Asked about
efforts to include Hindi
among the official lan-
guages at the UN, Jais-
hankar said, You would
know Hindi is being
used in UNESCO. As far
as the use of Hindi in its
headquarters is con-
cerned, we have an MoU
with them, they are us-
ingitinsocialmediaand
newsletters. It will take
some time in expanding
this, it is not so easy that
a language is introduced
in the UN process.
The logo of the World
Hindi Conference and
the website were also
unveiled at the event.
Efforts on for Hindi’s
inclusion in official
languages at UN: EAM
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Union MoS for
External Affairs V. Muraleedharan and Ministery of External Affairs
Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar during the first meeting of the
advisory committee and sub-committees formed to organise the
12th World Hindi Conference. —PHOTO BY PTI
Court to hear Satyendar Jain’s bail plea
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Thurs-
day agreed to hear the
bail application of
Delhi minister Saty-
endar Jain in a money
laundering case on
October 28.
Special judge Vikas
Dhull, who was earli-
er scheduled to hear
the plea on October
31, advanced the mat-
ter on an application
moved by the accused.
“It is submitted by
the ED that they have
no objection to the al-
lowing of application
filed on behalf of ac-
cused A-1 (Jain) seek-
ing preponement of
next date of hearing
from October 31 to 28.
In the facts, said appli-
cation is allowed,” the
judge said.
Jain, arrested by
the Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) for
corruption charges
under the Prevention
of Money Launder-
ing Act (PMLA), is
currently in judicial
custody.
—PHOTO BY ANI

PERSPECTIVE
04
Who is Rishi Sunak, the new UK prime minister?
hen Rishi Su-
nak was elected
by Conserva-
tive MPs as
their new lead-
er and hence prime minis-
ter of the United Kingdom,
theBritishnationbreathed
a sigh of relief: thank God
it wasn’t Boris Johnson.
Had Johnson been re-elect-
ed leader it would have
had serious consequences,
not just for the Conserva-
tives, but in the real world
too. Only the most obtuse
political observer could
have failed to see that the
optics of cutting short
your Caribbean holiday to
try to resolve a cost of liv-
ing crisis was not good
politics. It sounds hard to
believe, but this was not
obvious to everyone.
Johnson garnered pub-
lic support from some of
the Brexiteer old guard
like Jacob Rees-Mogg and
in the pro-Boris media.
But in characteristic fash-
ion, Johnson exaggerated
his chances. This latest act
of self-promotion back-
fired and he withdrew
from the leadership race
on Sunday (regretably
having missed half his
holiday). Nevertheless, the
fact that many Conserva-
tives seriously thought a
chaotic government could
be brought under control
by someone known for
chaotic management,
shows how deep the ideo-
logical divisions within
the party have become.
With the third contend-
er, Penny Mordaunt, fall-
ing just shy of the 100 MPs’
votes needed to send the
leadership contest to a vote
of the grassroots party
members – a fate to be
avoided at all costs after
they forfeited the confi-
dence of MPs by installing
Truss – Rishi Sunak will
become the next prime
minister of the UK.
Now such divisions
seem to be affecting the
right of politics too. As we
saw in the 2022 federal
election in Australia, the
right’s traditional sup-
port base is split between
affluent moderates con-
cerned about climate
change, and older social
conservatives concerned
about immigration. This
appears to be happening
in the UK too.
This internal division
can be exploited by the op-
position as we saw with the
fracking vote. On paper,
Sunak should feel secure
with a 71-seat majority in a
650-seat parliament. But
the Conservatives have
lost confidence. The party
is behaving like one that
has only the slimmest of
majorities and is on its
way out. Sunak’s premier-
ship may well be a case of
the band playing on.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Johnson garnered public
support from some of the
Brexiteer old guard like
Jacob Rees-Mogg and in the
pro-Boris media. But in
characteristic fashion,
Johnson exaggerated
his chances. This latest act
of self-promotion backfired
and he withdrew from the
leadership race on
Sunday (regretably having
missed half his holiday).
W
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If I speak in human or angelic tongues,
but do not have love, I am only a
resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
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eographically, the Indian
Subcontinent consists of
the peninsular part of pre-
sent-dayIndia,southof the
Himalayas, on the Indian
tectonic plate. From a po-
litical perspective, the In-
dian subcontinent consists
of eight countries: India,
Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Af-
ghanistan and the Mal-
dives. The people of the
Indian Subcontinent have
shared ethnic, linguistic,
cultural, and historical
ties. Even today these na-
tions bear some marks of
their origins. Both the
terms - ‘South Asia’ and
‘Indian subcontinent’ are
used in an interchangeable
manner. The peace in the
region is marred by unre-
solved territorial disputes
like Kashmir, separatist
and insurgent movements
linked to global outfits, a
broad range of ethnic, reli-
gious conflicts, the prolif-
eration of nuclear technol-
ogy
,climatechangeandthe
ensuing water issues. In-
dia is generally viewed as
an ‘Interfering Big Broth-
er’ by her neighbour.
As the largest country,
India needs to promote re-
gional peace and stability
in order to have a strong
claim to be a major world
player. India’s ability to in-
tervene in countries is lim-
ited by resentment at In-
dia’s paternalism towards
its smaller neighbours. An
assertive surge in Chinese
economic and diplomatic
involvement in the region
has elevated long-linger-
ing tensions with India
and poses a challenge as
the regional economic and
diplomatic heavyweight.
The South Asian Associa-
tion for Regional Coopera-
tion (SAARC) is an eco-
nomic and political region-
al organisation of coun-
tries in South Asia set up
in 1985. It aims to acceler-
ate the process of econom-
ic and social development
in its member states
through increased intra-
regional cooperation but
so far has characterized by
weak institutionalism and
is often constrained in
their effectiveness.
India’s Relations With
Its Neighbours
The relationship with Paki-
stanhasbeencharacterised
by a virtually unbroken re-
cord of sustained hostility
.
The continued Pak support
toterrorismanditsstandon
Kashmir remains a major
irritant between India and
Pakistan.Despitechangeof
government, the anti India
standstillflourishesinPak.
Indo-Bangladesh rela-
tions had become strained
over the Farakka issue, the
Tin Bigha controversy and
illegal Bangladeshi mi-
grants and their alleged
involvement in communal
riots in India. The agree-
ment on sharing of Ganga
waters and the pro Indian
stance of Sheikh Hasina
regimehasdefinitelymade
some positive impact.
Despite increasing Chi-
nese influence the Indo
Nepalese relationship are
likely to see a qualitative
improvement owing closer
economic ties and better
political understanding.
The renewed Mahakali
Treaty and grant of over-
land transit route for its
trade with Bangladesh by
India underlines the posi-
tive shift, but border dis-
pute of Kalapani still re-
mains a major issue.
The renewal of $400-mil-
lion currency swap facility
and helping hand extended
to Sri Lanka facing severe
economiccrisishasbecome
apositivemilestoneinIndo
Sri Lankan relations. The
main irritant in Indo-Sri
Lankan relationship that
stillremainsisissueof kill-
ings of Indian fishermen
by Sri Lankan forces.
The volatile situation in
Afghanistan is of major
concern to India. The fun-
damentalist regime in Af-
ghanistan is an insidious
threattoIndiansecularism
andapotentiallydestabilis-
ing factor in the region.
Defence matters of Bhu-
tan have remained Indian
responsibility but owing
to Indian weak stance dur-
ing Doklam skirmishes
with China, the Bhutan
King has established a
fairly good relationship
with China. India is trying
to regain the lost ground.
Despite Chinese over-
tures, the Maldives has
remained fairly under In-
dian influence. During re-
cent elections a political
party sought votes with
the slogan “Keep India”
out definitely needs to be
watched out.
Indian Options
Create effective and endur-
ingincentivesforourneigh-
bourstoremainsensitiveto
India’s security interests
and emerging as a security
provider for the region.
Lesser Intervention, due
respect of the sovereignty
and use more powerful In-
dian economy to become
an engine of growth of
neighbours.
No physical presence of
a hostile foreign power in
a manner that would ad-
versely impact its security
especially in a case of open
borders.
It is in India’s interest to
promote regional econom-
ic integration, and need to
step up role of SAARC in
regional co-operation, dia-
logue and regional eco-
nomic integration.
Enhance effectiveness
of Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Techni-
cal and Economic Cooper-
ation (BIMSTEC) compris-
ing Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India, Myanmar, Nepal,
Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
India’s needs to further
its positive role in the new-
lyformedTheIndianOcean
Rim Association (IORA)
which is a dynamic inter-
governmentalorganisation
aimed at strengthening re-
gionalcooperationandsus-
tainable development with-
in the Indian Ocean region.
To bring into use its
proximity with the other
countries, India requires
efficient cross-border con-
nectivity both in terms of
infrastructure and proce-
dures to allow the smooth
and seamless transit of
goods and peoples.
The economic and tech-
nological power of India is
a vast and expanding mar-
ket. Even if this market
were opened up fully to
whatever our neighbours
can produce and sell, this
would constitute only a
small fraction of India’s
market but would mean a
great deal for them.
Given its much more de-
veloped land and maritime
transport system, India
should develop its role as
the partner of choice for
trade and transportation.
This will also create strong
inter-dependencies with
our neighbours, thus cre-
ating more sensitivity
among them to our secu-
rity concerns.
India needs to counter
Chinese influence by better
management of Sanghai
Cooperation Organisation
(SCO),theQuadcomprising
fourcountriesincludingUS
committed to supporting a
free and open Indo-Pacific,
UNthroughSecurityCoun-
cilpresentmembership,the
ASEAN member states and
Pacific partners.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
ROLE AND CONCERNS
OF INDIA IN SOUTH ASIA
G
India needs to counter
Chinese influence by better
management of Sanghai
Cooperation Organisation
(SCO), the Quad comprising
four countries including US
committed to supporting a
free and open Indo-Pacific,
UN through Security
Council present membership,
the ASEAN member
states and Pacific partners
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author has been Head Security
Rajasthan Operations of Cairn Energy and
DGM HR in Jindal Saw Ltd
ABOUT THE SAARC
An assertive surge in Chinese economic and diplomatic
involvement in the region has elevated long-lingering
tensions with India and poses a challenge as the regional
economic and diplomatic heavyweight. The South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an
economic and political regional organisation of countries in
South Asia set up in 1985. It aims to accelerate the process
of economic and social development in its member states
through increased intra-regional cooperation but so far has
characterized by weak institutionalism and is often con-
strained in their effectiveness.
As the largest
country, India
needs to promote
regional peace
and stability in
order to have a
strong claim to be a
major world player.
India’s ability to
intervene in
countries is limited
by resentment at
India’s paternalism
towards its smaller
neighbours
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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
isterof StateDrJitendra
Singh said on Thursday
that National Education
Policy (NEP-2020) aims
at de-linking degree
from education and live-
lihood opportunities.
Addressing the stu-
dents at Krishna Ma-
havidyalaya at
Thakurdwar in Mo-
radabad, Uttar Pradesh,
Dr Jitendra Singh said,
NEP-2020 also supple-
ments Start-Up ecosys-
tem with the promise to
open new career and
entrepreneurship op-
portunities for students
and youth in India.
Dr Singh said, NEP-
2020 introduced by PM
Modi will reorient In-
dia’s Education Policy
as per global bench-
marks. Describing it as
the biggest path-break-
ing reform in India
since independence, the
Minister said, the new
policy is not only pro-
gressive and visionary
but is also in keeping
with the emerging
needs and requirements
of 21st century India.
He said, it gives due pri-
orities to the inherent
talent, knowledge, skill
and aptitude of the stu-
dents, rather than focus-
ing only on degrees.
He said that linking
degrees with education
has taken a heavy toll on
our education system
and society as well and
one of the fall-outs has
been an increasing
number of educated un-
employed. He said, NEP-
2020 is having the provi-
sion of multiple entry/
exit option thus provid-
ing academic flexibility
to the students.
Referring to Skill In-
dia Mission, he urged
students to imbibe mul-
tiple skills to be success-
ful in life as there are
ample number of exam-
ples to show that those
equipped with the latest
skills are doing wonders
in the world today
.
He urged students to
explore livelihood op-
portunities in the Start-
up sector. He said that
only in August this
year, the Uttar Pradesh
government injected Rs
4,000 crore into the
state’s start-up corpus
for employment genera-
tion and economic ac-
tivity. The fresh infu-
sion of capital has been
made to constitute the
maiden ‘UP Innovation
Fund’ that will be man-
dated to provide seed
capital to start-ups.
It aims at de-linking degree from edu livelihood: MoS Dr Singh
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY-2020
lll
Dr Jitendra
Singh gave full
credit to the
futuristic vision
of PM Narendra
Modi, who had
given a call for
Start-Up India,
Stand-Up India
in 2015 itself
Hyderabad (ANI): Re-
jecting the charge that
his party was trying to
poach Telangana Rash-
tra Samithi (TRS)
MLAs, Telangana BJP
chief Bandi Sanjay on
Wednesday said that
Chief Minister K Chan-
drashekar Rao has
scripted the raids at a
farmhouse and de-
manded a probe by a sit-
ting judge.
The BJP chief said
that if KCR is not re-
sponsible for this then
he should come to Ya-
dadri Lakshmi Nar-
asimha Swamy temple
and swear on God. “Sto-
ry-Screenplay-Direc-
tion by CM KCR at
Moinabad Farmhouse
Boomeranged and is
laughable. It’s TRS’
farmhouse, TRS com-
plained, TRS are vic-
tims, TRS are crimi-
nals. KCR if you haven’t
scripted this, come to
Yadadri Lakshmi Nar-
asimha Swamy temple
and swear on God - You
fix time and date,” said
Sanjay
.
The BJP leader al-
leged that the TRS lead-
ers are staying at a ho-
tel for the last three-
four days.
Bhopal (PTI): Seven
people fell sick after
chlorine gas leaked
from a cylinder at a wa-
ter filtration plant in
Bhopal, bringing back
grim memories of the
1984 gas tragedy in the
Madhya Pradesh capi-
tal. A 900 kg chlorine
cylinder leaked on
Wednesday at the water
treatment plant of the
Bhopal Municipal Cor-
poration at the Idgah
Hills,Shahjanabad’sAs-
sistant Commissioner
of Police Umesh Mishra
said on Thursday
.
Seven people living in
slums near the plant
complained of some
health issues. They
were shifted to hospital.
Locals said after the gas
leak, some people com-
plained of breathing
difficulties, coughing
and vomiting. The snag
has been fixed, he said.
Thousands of people
were killed and more
than five lakh affected
after inhaling a toxic
gas that spewed out
from the now defunct
Union Carbide factory
in Bhopal on the inter-
vening night of Decem-
ber 2 and 3, 1984.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The NGT has
refused to entertain a plea
seeking a direction to moni-
tor and test efficiency of a
device to control air pol-
lution. A bench headed by
Justice AK Goel said the Tri-
bunal’s role is to adjudicate
on substantial questions of
environment and not to test
devices of commercial en-
terprises. According to the
applicant, he is an expert on
the subject of control of air
pollution and has invented
a device to control air
pollution. He has accord-
ingly sought a direction to
monitor and test efficiency
of devices of the applicant.
Mumbai: If a married woman is asked to do household
work for family, it cannot be equated to the work of a
maid and would not amount to cruelty, the Aurangabad
bench of Bombay High Court said while quashing a case
lodged by a woman against her husband and his parents
for domestic violence and cruelty. A division bench on
October 21, quashed the First Information Report lodged
against the man and his parents. The woman had alleged
she was was treated properly for a month after marriage,
but thereafter, they began treating her like a maid servant.
Kolkata/Port Blair: Former chief secretary of Andaman
and Nicobar Islands Jitendra Narain arrived in Port Blair
on Thursday, following a Calcutta High Court order to
appear before a Special Investigation Team, which is prob-
ing alleged gangrape charges against him. Narain was
escorted out of the airport amid heavy security cover. He
did not respond to questions from mediapersons. A joint
team of police officers from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
and Delhi had raided the house of Narain on October 18.
Raipur: A special court
here on Thursday sent an
IAS officer and two others,
including a businessman,
to 14-day judicial custody
in a money laundering
case linked to alleged ex-
tortion of money from coal
and mining transporters in
Chhattisgarh. IAS officer
Sameer Vishnoi, busi-
nessman Sunil Agrawal
and advocate Laxmikant
Tiwari were arrested by
the Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on October 13
following their questioning
after the agency launched
multi-city raids in the state
on October 11.
NGT JUNKS PLEA TO
SEEK MONITORING OF
POLLUTION DEVISE
MARRIED WOMAN ASKED TO DO HOUSEHOLD
WORK FOR FAMILY NOT CRUELTY, SAYS HC
AFTER HC ORDER, EX-ANDAMAN CHIEF SECY
ARRIVES IN PORT BLAIR TO FACE SIT PROBE
CHHATTISGARH IAS
OFFICER SENT TO
JUDICIAL REMAND
Seven people fall
sick after chlorine
gas leaks in Bhopal
Locals wait outside their houses after chlorine gas leaked from a
cylinder at a water filtration plant, in Bhopal, on Wednesday night.
BJP demands probe in TRS’ poaching bid charges
Chandigarh (PTI): A
day after Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal sought printing im-
ages of Lord Ganesha
and Goddess Lakshmi
on currency, Congress
MP Manish Tewari on
Thursday asked why
not Bhimrao Ambed-
kar's photo on a new
series of notes.
The AAP national
convener’s demand
drew sharp reactions
from the Congress with
its Punjab unit chief
Amrinder Singh Raja
accusing Kejriwal of
resorting to “competi-
tive Hindutva” to out-
wit the BJP in poll-
bound Gujarat.
Reacting to Kejri-
wal’s statement,
Tewari, a Congress MP
from Punjab’s Anand-
pur Sahib, tweeted,
“Why not Dr Babasahib
Ambedkar’s photo-
graph on new series of
currency notes? On one
side the great Mahatma
(Gandhi) the other side
Dr (B R) Ambedkar.”
WhynotAmbedkar’spiconnotes:Tewari
Manish Tewari
BJP leader Bandi Sanjay
“USE PM’S PIC”
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has criti-
cised the practice of
High Courts to grant
anticipatory bail to ac-
cused in criminal cases
on the ground that no
custodial interrogation
isrequired.Abenchsaid
there is a misconception
that if no case for custo-
dial interrogation is
madeoutbyprosecution
then that alone would be
a good ground to grant
anticipatory bail.
“In many anticipato-
ry bail matters, we have
noticed one common
argument being can-
vassed that no custodial
interrogation is re-
quired and, therefore,
anticipatory bail may
be granted. There ap-
pears to be a serious
misconception of law,”
the bench said.
SC:‘Custodial interrogation not
needed’ not a ground for bail
Hyderabad: The ruling
TRS in Telangana and
the Asaduddin Owaisi-
led AIMIM practice the
same politics as that of
the BJP, AICC General
Secretary, in-charge
of communications,
Jairam Ramesh alleged
on Thursday. Ramesh,
who spoke to reporters
during a break in the
Bharat Jodo Yatra led by
party leader Rahul Gan-
dhi, said the main focus
of Yatra is the “divisive
politics” of BJP and the
RSS, but in Telangana
the challenge is also to
face the ruling TRS.
TRS, MIM USING
BJP’S STYLE OF
POLITICS, SAYS
JAIRAM RAMESH
Hyderabad: Telan-
gana BJP on Thursday
approached the High
Court seeking transfer
of a case pertaining to
the TRS MLAs’ poach-
ing allegations against
the party, to the CBI or
to constitute a special
investigation team to
carry out a fair probe
into the matter. In a writ
petition filed by BJP
State Genl Secy Gujjula
Premendar Reddy, he
claimed the “bias and
unfair investigation” be-
ing carried out is with a
“sole intention to frame
the leaders” of his party.
BJP URGES HC TO
TRANSFER TRS
MLAS’ POACHING
CASE TO CBI Hyderabad (Agencies): The Telangana BJP has
released a manifesto for the Munugode bypoll to be
held on November 3, promising to develop the con-
stituency in 500 days with the help of over Rs 1,000
crore in central government funds. Neither the ruling
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), nor Congress or
other contesting parties, including Independents,
have released any manifestos for the by-poll. The
eight-page, 28-point “master plan” promises all-
round development of Munugode, with funds and
direct oversight of at least 10 Central ministries. As
per the manifesto, the National Highways Authority
of India will invest over Rs 200 crore to develop three
stretches of highways that connect to Munugode. Un-
der the Union Ministry of Textiles, a textile park would
be developed with Rs 100 crore. The manifesto states
that a central fluoride research centre attached with
a 100-bed hospital will be established at Munugode,
at a cost of Rs 100 crores. It will be managed by the
National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
BJP RELEASES MANIFESTO IN HIGH
STAKES TELANGANA BYELECTION,
CATCHES TRS, CONG OFF-GUARD
NOIDA IN DEMAND
INDIA
05
New Delhi (PTI): Pres-
ident Droupadi Murmu
on Thursday presented
the Silver Trumpet and
Trumpet Banner to the
President's Bodyguard
at a ceremony held at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan
here, an official state-
ment said.
In her brief remarks
on the occasion, the
president congratulat-
ed the commandant, of-
ficers, junior commis-
sioned officers (JCOs)
and other ranks of the
President's Bodyguard
(PBG) for remarkable
display of parade,
maintenance of well
groomed horses and
the impressive ceremo-
nial attire.
She said that this
event is even more spe-
cial as the President's
Bodyguard is celebrat-
ing 250 years of its rais-
ing which is coinciding
with the 'Azadi Ka Am-
rit Mahotsav' being cel-
ebrated across the
country.
The president appre-
ciated PBG for their
excellent military tra-
ditions, professional-
ism and discipline in
all their tasks, said the
statement issued by the
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
She said that the nation
is proud of them.
President Murmu ex-
pressed confidence that
they will strive with
dedication, discipline
and valour to maintain
the highest traditions
of the Rashtrapati
Bhavan and be an ideal
role model for other
regiments of the Indi-
an Army.
Day of President’s Bodyguard
RAISED IN BANARAS, OLDEST REGIMENT

INDIA
06
T h i r u v a n a n -
thapuram (PTI): Local
fishermen, opposing
the Vizhinjam interna-
tional seaport project
near here, on Thursday
intensified their agita-
tion by setting a fishing
boat on fire and throw-
ing police barricades
into the sea, as the stir
entered the 100th day
.
Hundreds of fisher-
folk, including women,
reached the area via
road and sea and broke
open the lock of the
gate of the project site,
raising slogans.
Besides those from
the coastal villages
here, a large number of
fishermen arrived in
boats from nearby plac-
es including Muth-
alapozhi under the ae-
gis of the Latin Arch-
diocese to stage pro-
tests.
Showing the burning
boat, one of the protest-
ers told reporters that
they had no other way
to make the authorities
understand their plight.
“If there is no coast,
we have no life. We are
setting afire our means
of livelihood. If the port
comes into being, we
will lose our coast for-
ever,” he said.
The Kerala High
Court on October 19
said that its orders to
remove obstructions
have to be implemented
by the govt by Oct 25.
Fishermen lay siege to Adani Group port
Scene from the protest against the Adani port project at Vizhinjam on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Gorakhpur (Agencies):
Sharing the joys of Di-
wali with members of
Vantangiya and Mush-
ar communities, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Monday said that Ram
Rajya is all about en-
suring that the benefits
of welfare schemes of
the government reach
every person honestly.
Inaugurating and
laying the foundation
stone of 288 develop-
ment projects worth Rs
80 crore for various
gram panchayats of
the district at Van-
tangiya village, Yogi
said that Ram Rajya is
where compassion and
facilities reach people
together simultane-
ously.
T’gana leg of Yatra resumes after 4 days
Hyderabad (PTI): Af-
ter a gap of four days,
the Rahul Gandhi-led
Bharat Jodo Yatra re-
sumed from Makthal in
Narayanpet district of
Telangana on Thursday
,
sources in the Congress
party said.
The yatra kicked off
at 6.30 am from Makthal
with State Congress
president A Revanth
Reddy, MP Uttam Ku-
mar Reddy, CLP leader
Bhatti Vikramarka and
a number of party lead-
ers joining Gandhi.
This is the second day
of the yatra in the state.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra
entered the state via
Gudebellur on October
23 morning, after exit-
ing Karnataka from
Raichur. After a brief
march, it took a break
from Sunday noon till
October 26.Gandhi who
left for the national cap-
ital on October 23, land-
ed here last night and
left for Gudebellur by
road. The Gandhi scion-
led march is expected to
complete 26.7 km, be-
fore halting for the day
at Sri Balaji Factory,
Makthal for the night,
according to party
sources. From Makthal,
the yatra will continue
for 16 days in Telangana
state, covering 19 As-
sembly and 7 Parlia-
mentary constituencies
spanning a distance of
375 km, before entering
Maharashtra on No-
vember 7.
Dislodging BJP not possible without Congress, says Jairam Ramesh
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with the children during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in
Narayanpet on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Will K’taka Cong witness a third
power centre in Kharge faction?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: After Mal-
likarjun Kharge be-
came the Congress
President, there may or
may not be any new fac-
tion in the national
politics of the party, but
it is certain that a new
faction will be formed
in Karnataka, which
will be called Kharge
faction. It can also be
called a high command
group. At present there
are two factions in Kar-
nataka i.e. Siddaramai-
ah and DK Shivakumar.
Siddaramaiah has been
the chief minister of
the state but he is not a
traditional Congress
leader. He left the JDS
and joined the Con-
gress and Rahul Gan-
dhi made him the Chief
Minister. Shivakumar,
on the other hand, is
the state president,
troubleshooter of the
Congress and a re-
source-rich leader.
Right now the entire
party is divided be-
tween these two lead-
ers. However, apart
from these, there are
many other big leaders
like Margaret Alva and
Veerappa Moily
.
Kharge is from Kar-
nataka and has now be-
come the national pres-
ident of the party. In
such a situation, the
leaders who are not in
any group have got a
shelter. Keep in mind
that Kharge being the
grassroots leader of
Karnataka, every small
and big leader has di-
rect contact with him.
Therefore, the leaders
of the party can contact
him in Delhi and speak
their mind. This fac-
tion will also be formed
because elections are
going to be held in Kar-
nataka next year and
both the big leaders -
Siddaramaiah and Shi-
vakumar - are busy pre-
paring their list of can-
didates. Any leader
who is not in the list of
these two will remain in
Kharge or high com-
mand faction. So, Kar-
nataka politics is going
to be interesting in the
next few days. This dis-
cussion has also started
among many knowl-
edgeable Congress lead-
ers that Kharge fell
short of becoming CM
thrice, and it could be
that after becoming the
national president, he
may yet again become
CM. Thus if Congress
wins, Kharge may be
the consensus candi-
date instead of Siddara-
maiah and Shivakumar.
Cong Prez Mallikarjun Kharge
CONG DEMANDS WHITE PAPER ON ‘PLIGHT OF KASHMIRI PANDITS’
New Delhi (PTI): The Con-
gress attacked the BJP over
the alleged exodus of Kash-
miri Pandits from south
Kashmir’s Shopian district
and demanded that the
Modi government release
a white paper on the plight
of the minority community
during its eight-year rule.
The opposition party also
hit out at the BJP-led
Centre over the
targeted killings of
Kashmiri Pandits
in Jammu and
Kashmir and said
the government
must apolo-
gise for it.
As terrorists carried out a
number of targeted killings
recently, 10 Kash-
miri Pandit families left
their village, Choud-
harygund, in Shopian
out of fear and reached
Jammu, ac-
cording to
residents.
CRUCIAL READ
ASSAM POLICE CONFISCATES GANJA
WORTH `15 CRORE, TWO ARRESTED
Guwahati (ANI): Assam police on Thursday foiled inter-
state smuggling by intercepting a truck carrying more
than two thousand kilos of contraband drugs (Ganja) near
the Jorabat area, along the Assam-Meghalaya border.
“Two persons have been arrested,” officials said. Acting
on a tip-off, an operation was launched by a team of
Guwahati city police and intercepted a truck, on its way to
mainland Assam from Manipur, carrying Manipuri Ganja,
worth Rs 15 crore. Following the arrest of two persons,
the truck and the high-quality Ganja have been seized,
officials said.
LAUNCH OF BOOK
ON IMRAN KHAN
CANCELLED
HP CM ATTEMPTS
TO BUY PEACE AS
REBELS HAUNT BJP
Bengaluru (ANI): A book
on former Pakistan Prime
Minister Imran Khan was
set for launch in Bengalu-
ru on Thursday but had to
be cancelled after Hindu
outfits protested against
the programme and de-
manded police not to give
permission for the event.
The book titled “Imran
Khan: A Living Legend”
written by Sudhakar SB
was set to be launched at
Kalagrama near Mallatha-
halli in Bengaluru at 5pm
on Thursday.
Shimla (Agencies):
Himachal Pradesh Chief
Minister Jai Ram Thakur
paid a surprise visit to
Karsog constituency in
his home district Mandi.
While such visits may be
common in the run-up
to polls, the purpose of
Thakur’s visit was differ-
ent. The CM’s services had
been sought to establish
peace with the previous
BJP MLA from the seat,
Yuvraj Kapoor, who has
filed his nomination as a
rebel candidate.
FIVE INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN DIE AFTER
DRINKING TEA IN UTTAR PRADESH VILLAGE
Mainpuri (PTI): Five persons, including two children and
their father died on Thursday here in a village after drinking
tea allegedly spiked with a chemical, police said. Shivanan-
dan (35), his sons Shivang (6) and Divyansh (5), his father-
in-law Ravindra Singh (55), and neighbour Sobran (42) fell
seriously ill after drinking tea made in his house in Nagla
Kanhai village, Superintendent of Police Kamlesh Dixit said.
All of them were taken to the district hospital where doctors
declared Ravindra, Shivang, and Divyansh brought dead, the
SP said. Sobran and Shivanandan were referred to Saifai in
a serious condition where they both died later, he said.
Indian Army jawans celebrate
Bhai Dooj with women at LoC
Poonch (PTI): The
Jawans of Indian Ar-
my’s Durga Battalion on
Thursday celebrated
Bhai Dooj with women
and girls at Line of Con-
trol (LoC) in Gulpur sec-
tor in Poonch district of
Jammu and Kashmir.
Women applied ‘tika’
on the forehead of the
army personnel and
performed other
rituals.“OurBattalionis
posted here at Loc and
today is the festival of
Bhai Dooj. Our sisters
are at home and we can’t
meet them but here the
sisters of Poonch cele-
brated the festival with
us,” said an officer. An-
other Army Officer
posted here at LoC said
that the sister of Poonch
has come to celebrate.
Army personnel gets tilak applied on his forehead on the
occasion of Bhai Dooj festival, in Poonch. —PHOTO BY ANI
CDS ANIL CHAUHAN
LAYS WREATH AT NAT’L
WAR MEMORIAL
New Delhi (Agencies): On
the occasion of Infantry Day,
Chief of Defense Staff (CDS)
General Anil Chauhan laid a
wreath at the National War
Memorial in the national
capital on Thursday. Mean-
while, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh will visit Sri-
nagar in Jammu and Kash-
mir to attend the ‘Shaurya
Diwas’ program organized
by the Indian Army. Later in
the day, he will arrive in Leh
on a two-day visit to
Ladakh.
Worldwide
emissions will
peak in 2025,
says IEA
Paris (ANI): The Inter-
national Energy Agen-
cy (IEA) on Thursday
released its World En-
ergy Outlook 2022 re-
port, which stated that
global emissions will
peak in 2025.
Based on the latest en-
ergy data and market
developments, this
year’s WEO explores
key questions about the
crisis, including set-
backs for clean energy
transitions,government
responses on energy
markets and possible
risks ahead on the path
to net zero emissions.
“In the Announced
Pledges Scenario (APS),
the commitments in the
NDCs bring about a fast-
er reduction in emis-
sions: global emissions
peak before 2025 and fall
to 31.5 Gt CO2 in 2030,
which is around 15pc
lower than in the
STEPS,” the report said.
UP BUREAUCRACY By Ahtesham Siddiqui...
Ensuring welfare schemes for
everyone is ‘Ram Rajya’: Yogi
Yogi Adityanath
‘MADRASA SURVEY
ONLY TO ALLOW
HOLISTIC POLICY’
Lucknow (Agencies):
Uttar Pradesh Minister
of State for Minority
Affairs, Danish Azad
Ansari said that the
government’s objec-
tive for conducting a
survey of unrecognised
madrasas is to facili-
tate in developing ho-
listic welfare policy for
all students. “It is up
to madrasas whether
they want to benefit
from the government’s
welfare scheme or
not,” he said.
Lucknow: After the ap-
plications of IAS offic-
ers Juthika Patankar
and Renuka Kumar for
Voluntary Retirement
Scheme were accepted,
all eyes are on the
2003-batch IAS officer
Vikas Gothalwal who
has also sought VRS.
However, the matter
of his VRS seems to be
stuck in some technical
issue. Gothalwal’s wife
Amrita Soni, is also a
2003 batch IAS of UP
cadre, who is currently
posted in the office of
Chief Secretary IAS
Durga Shankar Mishra
as his Principal Staff
Officer.
Gothalwal went
abroad on academic
leave from September 13
last year to September 1,
2022. Sources said that
there is some issue re-
garding the payment of
salary of this period due
to which his VRS has
not been approved yet.
Final decision on the
VRS application will be
taken after this pay-
ment issue is resolved.
However, the in-
formed sources said
that IAS Vikas Gothal-
wal may withdraw his
VRS application at the
last moment.
Meanwhile, the resig-
nation of IAS Vidya
Bhushan, who sought
resignation in the bu-
reaucracy of UP, may
also be accepted soon.
IAS Gothalwal may withdraw application for VRS: Sources
IAS Vikas Gothalwal IAS Vidya Bhushan
UP: Fight over
rasgulla shortage
leaves 1 dead
Agra (Agencies): A
22-year-old man was
killed and five others in-
jured after a fight erupt-
ed at a wedding ceremo-
ny at Etmadpur here
due to a shortage of
sweets, police said. The
incident occurred on
Wednesday night at the
wedding ceremony of
Mohalla Shaikhan resi-
dent Usman’s daugh-
ters, the police said.
Gas tanker explodes
after overturning,1dead
Dumka (PTI): One per-
son was killed and an-
other injured as a gas
tanker overturned after
hitting a bus that was
parked on the roadside
in Jharkhand’s Dumka
district on Thursday af-
ternoon, following
which it exploded and
caught fire.The acci-
dent happened on State
Highway 17 in Dhava-
tand area when the
tanker was on the way
to Hansdiha, Superin-
tendent of Police Am-
ber Lakra told PTI. Af-
ter the tanker exploded,
it caught fire that rav-
aged at least three buses
that were parked one
after the other. Several
trees were also burnt,
police said. “There was
an explosion after the
tanker overturned.
Three buses that were
parked nearby and sev-
eral trees also caught
fire,” police inspector
said.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
VIZHINJAM STIR

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 51,024.00 106.00 0.20 (Per 10g)
SILVER 58,323.00 334.00 0.57 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.47 0.34 0.41
GBPINR 95.38 0.36 0.38
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Business-to-
business trade platform
Udaan has recently
wrapped up a fund raise
of $120 million (about
`989.89 crore), through
convertible notes and
debt, led by existing
shareholders and bond-
holders, according to an
internal note. The internal
communication to Udaan
employees from chief fi-
nancial officer Aditya
Pande on Thursdaymen-
tioned that the company
is looking at “being public
market ready in 12-18
months”. —PTI
UDAAN RAISES $120
MN FROM EXISTING
SHAREHOLDERS
Mumbai: The Reserve
Bank has called a special
meeting of the Monetary
Policy Committee on No-
vember 3 to prepare a re-
port on its failure to keep
retail inflation below 6%
for three consecutive
quarters. “Under the pro-
visions of Section 45ZN
of the Reserve Bank of In-
dia (RBI) Act ...An addi-
tional meeting of the MPC
is being scheduled on No-
vember 3, 2022,” the cen-
tral bank said in a state-
ment on Thursday. The
inflation has remained
above the upper tolerance
limit of 6 per cent for nine
straight months or three
quarters. —PTI
RESERVE BANK TO
HOLD SPECIAL MPC
MEET ON NOV 3
New Delhi: IGI Airport in
Delhi has emerged as the
world’s 10th busiest air-
port in October. In its re-
port, aviation analytics
firm OAG said Delhi air-
port has improved its po-
sition from 14th place in
October 2019, which was
the pre-pandemic time. In
October 2022, Hartsfield-
Jackson Atlanta Interna-
tional Airport was the
busiest in the world. After
Atlanta, Dubai and Tokyo
Haneda airports are at the
2nd and 3rd positions, re-
spectively. —FIB
DELHI’S IGI WORLD’S
TENTH BUSIEST
AIRPORT: REPORT
Beijing: India and China
bilateral trade continued
to boom, crossing $100
billion for the second year
in the first nine months of
2022 while India’s trade
deficit climbed to over
$75 billion, according to
trade data released by
Chinese customs. The to-
tal bilateral trade, amidst
the military standoff in
eastern Ladakh, went up
to $103.63 billion, regis-
tering a 14.6% increase
compared to 2021 during
the same period. China’s
exports to India climbed
to $89.66 billion, register-
ing rise of 31%. —PTI
INDIA, CHINA TRADE
CROSSES $100 BN
DURING JAN-SEPT
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‘India to see biggest jump
in energy demand globally’
New Delhi (PTI): India is
likely to see the world’s big-
gest rise in energy demand
this decade, with demand
climbing 3% annually due
to urbanisation and indus-
trialisation, the Interna-
tional Energy Agency
(IEA) said in its World En-
ergy Outlook released on
Thursday
.
While the push for re-
newable energy will see it
meeting as much as 60% of
the growth in demand for
power, coal will continue to
meet a third of overall en-
ergy demand by 2030 and
another quarter will be
met by oil.
“India becomes the
world’s most populous
country by 2025 and, com-
bined with the twin forces
of urbanisation and indus-
trialisation, this underpins
rapid growth in energy de-
mand, which rises by more
than 3 per cent per year in
the Stated Policies Scenar-
io (STEPS) from 2021 to
2030,” IEA said. “It sees the
largest increase in energy
demand of any country
.”
Even though India con-
tinuestomakegreatstrides
with renewables deploy-
ment and efficiency poli-
cies, the sheer scale of its
development means that
the combined import bill
for fossil fuels doubles over
the next two decades, with
oil by far the largest com-
ponent. “This points to con-
tinued risks to energy secu-
rity,” IEA said.
IEA said the world is in
the midst of the first global
energy crisis, triggered by
Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine.“Pressuresinmar-
kets predated Russia’s inva-
sion of Ukraine, but Rus-
sia’s actions have turned a
rapid economic recovery
from the pandemic -- which
strained all manner of glob-
al supply chains, including
energy -- into full-blown en-
ergy turmoil,” it said.
In India, coal meets a
third of growth with de-
mand rising above 770 mil-
lion tonnes of coal equiva-
lent (Mtce) by 2030, and
continuing thereafter be-
fore peaking in the early
2030s. Oil demand meets a
further quarter of the en-
ergy demand growth and
rises to nearly 7 million
barrels per day by 2030
from 4.7 million bpd in 2021.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z While the push for
renewable energy will see
it meeting as much as 60%
of the growth in demand for
power, coal will continue to
meet a third of overall energy
demand by 2030
z Oil demand meets a further
quarter of the energy demand
growth and rises to nearly 7
million barrels per day by 2030
from 4.7 million bpd in 2021
z Coal generation is
projected to continue to expand
in absolute terms, peaking
around 2030
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated 34 paise to close at 82.47
(provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday as the greenback
retreated from its elevated levels. At the
interbank foreign exchange market, the local
currency opened at 82.15 and witnessed a
high of 82.14 and a low of 82.51. It finally
settled at 82.47 against the American cur-
rency, registering a rise of 34 paise over
its last close. In the previous session on
Tuesday, the rupee appreciated by 7 paise
to 82.81 against the dollar. The forex market
was closed on Wednesday.
INDIAN RUPEE RISES 34 PAISE ON THURSDAY
TO CLOSE AT 82.47 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks Sensex and
Nifty settled on a positive
note on Thursday, helped
by buying in metal and re-
alty stocks amid mixed
global market trends.
The 30-share BSE bench-
mark climbed 212.88 points
or 0.36% to settle at
59,756.84. During the day, it
jumped 415.98 points or
0.69% to 59,959.94.
On similar lines, the
broader NSE Nifty ad-
vanced 80.60 points or
0.46% to end at 17,736.95.
In the Sensex pack, Tata
Steel, Power Grid, Sun
Pharma, Bharti Airtel, Ti-
tan, Axis Bank, Dr Reddy’s
and NTPC were among the
major winners.
On the other hand, Bajaj
Finance, Bajaj Finserv,
Asian Paints, Tech Mahin-
dra and Nestle were among
the laggards.
Sensexclimbs212pts
amidmixedglobal
cues,TataSteelrises
Deadline for filing Form 26Q extedned till Nov 30
New Delhi (PTI): The Cen-
tral Board of Direct Taxes
on Thursday extended the
deadline for filing quarter-
ly TDS statement in Form
26Q for the June quarter by
a month till November 30.
Form 26Q is used for
quarterly filing of TDS re-
turns on payments other
than salary
.
“Consideringthedifficul-
ties in filing of TDS state-
ment in the revised and
updated Form 26Q, the Cen-
tral Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) has extended the
due date of filing of Form
26Q for the second quarter
of financial year 2022-23
from 31st October, 2022 to
30th November, 2022,”
CBDT said in a statement.
The form captures de-
tails of total amount paid
and tax deducted on such
payments during the quar-
ter. It would include pay-
ments on account of inter-
est on securities, dividend,
winnings from lotteries
and crossword puzzles,
rent, interest other than
interest on securities, fees
for professional or techni-
cal services.
KNOW ABOUT
FORM 26Q
z Form 26Q is used for
quarterly filing of Tax
Deducted at Source (TDS)
returns on payments other
than salary
India’s textiles sector eyeing $100
billion exports in next 5-6 yrs: Goyal
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
textiles sector aims to hit
$100 billion exports in 5-6
years, which would take the
industry’s combined do-
mestic and international
economic value to $250 bil-
lion,UnionministerPiyush
Goyal said on Thursday
.
Outbound shipments
from the country’s textiles
segment stood at around
$42 billion in 2021-22.
The minister said that
last year, textile export was
approximately $42 billion,
while the target is to
achieve $100 billion by next
5-6 years.
He said that if achieved,
the economic value of the
sector will be worth $250
billion collectively, includ-
ing its domestic as well as
international markets.
Production of cotton is
estimated at 34.19 million
bales (of 170 kg each) in the
2022-23 crop year (July-
June) as against 31.20 mil-
lion bales in the previous
year, as per agriculture
ministry’s latest data.
‘Satellite comm
to play key
role in driving
India’s tech’
New Delhi (PTI): Satellite
communications is emerg-
ing as an important part of
India’s ambitions to scale
up quality internet access
across the country, Minis-
ter of State for IT Rajeev
Chandrasekhar said.
For the digital economy
and India’s growing clout
in global technology land-
scape, satellite communica-
tions holds significant rel-
evance, the minister said.
“Our goal...Is by 2025-26
to have 1.2 billion Indians
have the ability to connect
to the internet directly
through their device, and...
Role of satellite communi-
cations and space segment
is an inherent part of this,”
Chandrasekhar said.
At times, wireless tech-
nology may have limita-
tions and “satellite is clear-
ly emerging as an impor-
tant part of the blueprint
of delivering quality inter-
net to all citizens and en-
terprises of India,” he said.
Satellite space, there-
fore, will be important in
the overall mission to en-
sure delivery of internet
and goal of connecting peo-
ple to the digital economy
.
Potato tomato output estimated to be down by 4-5%
First India Bureau
New Delhi: According to
agricultural ministry data
released on Thursday, the
production of potato and
tomato in India is estimat-
ed to have declined by 4-5%
during the crop year that
ended July 2022, while on-
ion output remained high-
er than the previous year.
Releasing the third ad-
vance estimate of produc-
tion of horticultural crops,
the ministry said potato
production is pegged to be
lower by 5% at 53.39 million
tonnes in 2021-22, as against
56.17 million tonnes in 2021.
Similarly, production of
tomato is estimated to have
declined by 4% to 20.33 mil-
lion tonnes as against 21.18.
However, production of
onion is pegged higher at
31.27 million tonnes during
the 2021-22 crop year as
against 26.64 million
tonnes in the previous year.
The production of over-
all vegetables is projected
to be higher at 204.84 mil-
lion tonnes as against
200.45 million tonnes.
Production of fruits is
also estimated to be higher
at 107.24 million tonnes
during 2021-22 crop year as
against 102.48 million
tonnes in the previous year.
The total horticultural
crops production is pro-
jected to increase by 2.31%
at 342.33 million tonnes in
2021-22 as against 334.60
million tonnes in the previ-
ous year, the data showed.
The government releas-
es production estimates at
different stages of plant
growth and harvesting.
FOR YEAR ENDING JULY 2022
ACCORDING TO
MINISTRY DATA
z The agriculture ministry said
potato production could be
lower by 5% at 53.39 million
tonnes in crop year July 22
z Production of tomato is
estimated to have declined
by 4% to 20.33 million
tonnes in the same period
z Production of onion is higher
at 31.27 million tonnes
DIAL TO DEPLOY MORE
ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO
REDUCE EMISSIONS
New Delhi: Delhi airport
operator DIAL on Thursday
said it has deployed 57 electric
vehicles to
reduce carbon
emissions in
the airport
ecosystem
and more such vehicles will be
operated soon. The Delhi Inter-
national Airport Ltd (DIAL) has
initiated the adoption of electric
vehicles and aims to replace all
diesel and petrol-run vehicles in
a phased manner, according to
a release. Out of the 57 electric
vehicles, 21 are being deployed
on the airside. —PTI
‘TELECOM DEPARTMENT
HAS ADDRESSED TRAI’S
TELECOM BILL FEARS’
New Delhi: TRAI’s apprehen-
sions over potential dilution of
powers under the draft telecom
bill have been
addressed, and
the government
may look at
the option of
taking up provisions related to
strengthening of the regulatory
body separately at a later stage,
DoT sources said. On OTT com-
munication apps, sources said,
the focus is on user protection
related regulation, not licencing.
The DoT, through the provisions
of the draft bill, will come down
heavily on spammers. —PTI
NITI AAYOG’S VICE-CHAIARMAN BERY SATISFIED
OVER PROJECTIONS ON INDIA’S GDP GROWTH RATE
Jamshedpur: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Suman Bery expressed satis-
faction over the projections on the country’s GDP growth rate despite
the prevailing uncertain global scenario. The International Monetary
Fund has predicted that India GDP rate will
be 6.5% despite the prevailing conflict (in
Ukraine), the post-COVID conditions among
others, he said. He told the media that the
Reserve Bank of India has pegged the GDP
growth at 7% and the government is target-
ting to acheive the figure in 2022-23. —PTI
FINMIN EXTENDS QUERY SUBMISSION DEADLINE
FOR IDBI BANK STAKE SALE TILL NOVEMBER 10
New Delhi: The finance ministry on Thursday extended the deadline
for potential bidders to submit queries on IDBI Bank privatisation
by 13 days till November 10. The ministry
on October 7 had floated the Preliminary
Information Memorandum (PIM) inviting
bids for selling about 61% stake in IDBI
Bank. The deadline for raising queries and
submission of bids by interested bidder was
October 28 and December 16, resp. —PTI
OTHER STORIES

08
2NDFRONT
One day you will have the
power to manifest your
unmatchable potential, but
you must be open to receive the call.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
z But other than estab-
lishing a synergy with
the Young Gandhis,
what other challenges
do you see would befall
Mallikarjun Kharge?
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra:
Challenges abound but in
Indian politics, the biggest
challenge before him is how
to take on or counter the be-
hemothNarendraModiand
Amit Shah. Then there is
the challenge of winning
elections since before 2024,
11 states will witness elec-
tions.Firstlyelectionwould
be held in Kharge’s home
state Karnataka, then in
2023 the three states of Ra-
jasthan, MP and Chat-
tishgarh would elect
governments, im-
mediatelyHimachal
and Gujarat will un-
dergo election
in this year.
All these are
political chal-
lenges, which
honestly no one expects
Kharge to do miracles in.
Thesearethechallengesbut
he is not concerned or con-
nected with it. If Congress
doesnotdowellinHimachal
and Gujarat election, then
perhaps no one would say
that this loss is on Kharge’s
leadership. Secondly
, the
challenge within the party
is that now workers have
started feeling a divide in
the party between North
andSouth.Workersfeelthat
everything has been given
to leaders of the south. Now
look at their handling of
events. Bhai Dooj was on
26th and that very day eve-
ryone was called for cover-
age as the new President
would formally take over.
Who all would come to wit-
ness this event and moreo-
ver, will people at homes
across the North India get
time to see this unfold? Had
itbeenPongalorotherfesti-
val, this formal take over
would not have happened.
So basically
, from day one, a
trust deficit has occurred in
their leadership that every-
thing has been given to
South and North has been
differentiated against. So
this is another challenge to
counter. Moreover, he will
also have to sort the gap be-
tween the old guards and
the young brigade of Con-
gress. Although the gap has
lessened and issues have
been sorted, but still some
areas on concern remain.
The formation of commit-
teesandboardsinpartyhas
tobedone,butheappearsto
be relaxed and I don’t think
he is worried to much.
z It is said that Rahul
Gandhi wanted the elec-
tion process to be devoid
of any intervention and
held in a free and fair
manner. But word is
that Priyanka Gandhi
called up various lead-
ers and asked for votes
in Kharge’s favour. How
true is that?
It sometimes seem that Pri-
yanka Gandhi is the ‘real
boss’ whether it is anything
to do worth Rajasthan or
any other state. She han-
dles issues, has a different
thoughtprocessandmoreo-
ver, she is practical while
Rahul is more of a rule
book leader. It is my firm
belief that Rahul Gandhi
must have surely thought
that the election should be
free, fair and independent,
but among the loyalists
only
. He may or may not
want Shashi Tharoor to
come to helm, nothing can
besaidforcertainaboutRa-
hul Gandhi. So, he wanted
free elections, but that is
not what happened. If you
try to find out, you will
learn that Priyanka defi-
nitely called up leaders and
calls were made to leaders
from state PCC to vote in
Kharge’s favour, which ba-
sically beats the sentiment
of free and fair elec-
tions. As such a gap
between the votes
amassed by Kharge
and Tharoor is so
great that this
sentence has
noimportance.
Shashi Tha-
roor was hard-
ly a candidate to challenge
Kharge, but the situation
could have been different or
tough had Digvijaya Singh
been at helm. So by and
large, it was fair but there
were exceptions has people
tried to influence the out-
come at the level of Priyan-
ka Gandhi.
z Rahul is a MP from
Kerala’s Wayanad, KC
Venugopal, the Organi-
sational General Secre-
tary, too is from Kerala
and now the new Presi-
dent is from South Indi-
an state of Karnataka.
Is it a well thought out
strategy to give impetus
and focus on South India
or it is a coincidence?
No, this is merely a coinci-
dence and not part of any
strategy
. Rahul Gandhi
thought he would surely
win from Kerala so he went
there. KC has been a long
time standard bearer for
him. Ashok Gehlot denied
becoming present and if he
hadbecomethePartyChief,
then the President would
have been from North. It
was because of his denial
that situation developed
and Kharge’s name came in
front and incidentally he is
from South. So, this is
merely a coincidence. Al-
though this coincidence is
hurting Congress, however,
that is a separate issue. Ba-
sically
, Congress is a North
Indian political party, but
over time, it has gained
more prominence in South-
ern states.
z Rahul has started from
Kerala and is still in
Karnataka although so
much time has passed.
Amid this, Kharge be-
comes the Party Chief.
Do you think, this is a
part of Congress think
tank’s strategy?
Well, the party is working
on promoting the South In-
dian states and to strength-
enitsbasethere.Theythink
thatthiswouldbebeneficial
for them since there are 52
eats in more than half are
from South India. So, this is
their strategy that they
would first gain some mo-
mentum and popularity in
southandthenenterNorth-
ern states. So, this is a fact
that the party would focus
more on South and later en-
ter North and as such they
have less hopes from North
primarily because of Nar-
endraModiandAmitShah.
z It seems that BJP has
taken a vow of silence
on Kharge’s elevation as
Party President. What
does this entail?
It could be part of their
strategy
. Normally, they do
not do this, but it could be
a strategic move. But one
thing is there. PM Modi
showed large- heartedness.
He called up Kharge and
congratulated him. So, he
behaved as a ‘Statesman’
and he is being praised eve-
rywhere for it, in Congress
too. It is a fact that BJP did
not engage in a large scale
attack on this develop-
ment, rather PM called up
and spoke to Kharge con-
veying his best wishes.
z Kharge was asked
about his take on Shashi
Tharoor contesting
against him and he said
that the party and na-
tion would be strength-
ened through this elec-
tion. Is it really so?
Kharge is a decent and
simplified individual. He
knows its the same party,
same family
. So, its alright
that he has given this state-
ment for media’s consump-
tion and for this, he should
be commended.
z What are the similar-
ities and differences
between Kharge and
Tharoor’s personal-
ities?
See, the similarity
is that both are well
e x p e r i e n c e d .
Kharge is 80
yearsold,Tha-
roor is 62.
Both have
been Cen-
tral Ministers, both have
had good connect with gen-
eral public. Kharge was in
politics, while Tharoor was
in the Foreign Services and
UN for almost three dec-
ades. Speaking of differ-
ences, Kharge is a Gandhi-
an leader, while Tharoor is
the new age leader. Tha-
roor’s look is inspired with
today’s fashion, while
Kharge’s is of the age gone
by
. Kharge is a little senior
to him but basically there is
no comparison between the
two, but broadly speaking
both are senior, been for-
mer ministers and are well
experienced. But the only
difference is that Tharoor
is a ‘man of change’ and
Kharge would maintain
‘statue-quo.’
z Tharoor garnered
nearly a thousand
votes. Is it a picture of
the internal democra-
cy of the party or a de-
cline in Gandhi family’s
popularity within party,
considering that Kharge
was the informal choice
of Gandhi family?
On face value, it may be
termed as internal party
politics, but in reality, this
is a warning bell. Without
any support or anything,
he was voted for, by 1,072
voters, which is more than
the combined vote share of
the previous two leaders.
So this is a new start.
Moreover, there was
heightened monitoring
and vigilance by Priyanka
Gandhi to ensure that no
voter goes to the other side.
And those who sided with
Tharoor, on them an en-
quiry was called and they
literally had to give an
apology
. Even under an in-
direct control, against the
theory of free and fair
polls, 1,072 individuals
went to the other camp. So
this is a beginning. People
thought nothing is going to
happen as such even
Shashi Tharoor hasn’t
been punished for his past
acts and is still working in
the party
. So, this is a start
to end the Gandhis’ hold
over Congress. Tharoor’s
agenda was different and
he said that he is a repre-
sentative of change. So
when there is a vision doc-
ument for change, it is al-
ways against the establish-
ment. So, this is the start
of raising voice against the
establishment in Congress.
Like in movies, one man
stands against the mafia
and either the people back
that man or the mafia re-
moves the person. Simi-
larly, Tharoor garnering
1,072 votes against Gan-
dhi family’s nominee is a
major development in it-
self. I read in some newspa-
per where the
writer sus-
pected that it might come
to this that the entire 8,000
votes roll to the other side.
So, it is a word of caution
for Gandhis. And if there
is internal democracy in
the party, the Sonia, Rahul
and everyone deserves a
vote of thanks.
z But there surely is a
dissatisfied camp of
G-23. Was Tharoor a
candidate of that camp?
But an even more impor-
tant question is who
backed him?
He follows his own mind. I
am sure he wasn’t a candi-
date of G-23. I know that
when Gehlot denied, every-
one in G-23 thought that
Tharoor is contesting and
hasn’t consulted anyone.
So, they too wanted that Ge-
hlot should contest and
thus, they kept aside their
differences also and sup-
ported Gehlot initially.
Moreover, Hooda, Manish
Tewari and others said that
theycannotcontestagainst
Gehlot due to their person-
al relations with him, so no
candidate was left. So, his
contesting the election was
incidental and he was not a
candidate of G-23.
z Why didn’t Kamal
Nath or DK Shivaku-
mar contest the Presi-
dential election?
The same reason applies
here too. Since Ashok Ge-
hlot was contesting, so
these and other leaders did
not think of standing for
the election, but when Ge-
hlot declined at the elev-
enth hour, then the groups
started taking action. It is
said for Kamal Nath that
he was given this offer
once in the not so distant
past, and perhaps the high
command did not wanted
to disturb Rajasthan at
that time. Nath also, infor-
mally told the high com-
mand, as to how will he
handle three bosses. More-
over he also reportedly
said that he feels at home
in Bhopal. The point is no
one was ready to let go of
the chair of the Chief Min-
ister and in Rajasthan, the
situation became such that
Gehlot himself backed out.
Had the Rajasthan crisis
not occurred, it would
have been Gehlot as Con-
gress President. Similarly,
Shivakumar is happy and
content in Karnataka. So,
all leaders are happy and
satisfied in their con-
cerned state capital and no
one wants to come to Cen-
tre. Now you can imagine
that the Congress’ honour
is at stake since none of
your own leader wants to
come to the centre, leaving
the state.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India; CMD, First
India News takes a decisive look at Congress’ ‘self proclaimed free and fair’ presidential elections, how Tharoor’s
challenge highlights the underlying problem of faith in Gandhi leadership among Congmen, how Kharge has a
mountain of challenges before him apart from managing the ‘Young Gandhis’, and if he will be able to revive
Congress in southern states from where the party has maximum seats at present. Excerpts... (Part-II)
During the show
#JConMallikarjunkharge
trended top All-India
on Twitter
Tharoor’s 1,072 votes a warning
bell for Gandhis, their supremacy
may be shortlived: Dr. Chandra
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with (R-L) Poornima
Mishra, Mimansa Malik, Aditi Nagar, Srishti
Khatri and Amit Mishra during The JC Show.
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ty greatly.
Initially, it was
thought that leath-
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for use in the win-
ter, but modern
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opment of leather
clothing that is
lighter, making it
feasible to use it in
the summer as
well. These days,
leather clothing
comes in a variety
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Comparatively
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user to wear be-
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The fashion in-
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protests from ani-
mal rights cam-
paigners. Everyone
can wear leather
clothing. They can
last nearly a life-
time if chosen
wisely and taken
care of properly.
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cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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