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Aditi Nagar
t was in a dusty vil-
lage of Gujarat called
Nadiad, that a child
was born on October
31, 1875. Hailing from
a simple family, the
child showed an inclination
to study and do
well and at a
time when handful of Indians
actually went for ‘modern educa-
tion’, this child learned and be-
came a barrister. However, little
did his family, friends and col-
leagues know, this individual, in
years to come, would have per-
haps the most profound impact
on India and its political unity,
for this was no other than the
Iron Man - Vallabhbhai Jhaverb-
hai Patel. Often called Sardar,
meaning “chief” in Hindi, Urdu,
and Persian, Patel acted as Home
Minister during the political in-
tegration of India and the Indo-
Pakistani War of 1947. It is to his
untiring efforts and tenacity that
the India of today exists as he did
the unimaginable work of get-
ting over five hundred royal
states accede to India. His com-
mitment to national integration
in the newly independent coun-
try was total and uncompromis-
ing, earning him the sobriquet
“Iron Man of India”. He is also
remembered as the “patron saint
of India’s civil servants” for hav-
ing established the modern All
India Services system. It was
therefore befitting that ‘The Stat-
ue of Unity’, the world’s tallest
statue being approximately 182
metres (597 ft) in height, was
dedicated to him on 31 October
2018 by Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, as an ode to the one
man whose will carved and en-
tire nation! First India remem-
bers the Iron man on his
birth anniversary!
Incidentally, Union
Home Minister
Amit Shah, who
is often called
the ‘modern
Iron Man’,
is in Guja-
rat today
.
THE SARDAR WHO
DREAMED OF A
UNITED BHARAT!
TODAY WE REMEMBER THE IRON MAN OF INDIA
SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL ON HIS JAYANTI
I
Narendra Modi Amit Shah

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Better it is to live one
day seeing the rise and
fall of things than to
live a hundred years
without ever seeing the
rise and fall of things.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
India is a vibrant and inclusive
democracy, where the Christian
community has played a pivotal role
in areas like politics, films, business
armed forces. Under Modi Ji’s
leadership India is marching ahead on
the path of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,
Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
My gratitude to @nsgblackcats for
commemorating Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav by visiting historical landmarks
of freedom struggle and paying homage
to freedom fighters martyrs through
Sudarshan Bharat Parikrama.
TOP TWEETS
MODI MEETS POPE
AS CHRISTIANS IN
INDIA COMPLAIN
OF PERSECUTION
nternational Catholic
newsweekly
,TheTab-
let, carried a report in
July stating that
ChristianandMuslim
minoritieswerebeingpersecuted
in India. Quoting a report, The
Tablet said, “Daily life for many
Christian and Muslim communi-
ties in urban and rural India has
become an excruciating struggle
to earn a living and practise their
faith while also remaining alive
and under the radar of far-right
Hindutva organizations…” A re-
portintheVaticanNewssaidthat
“persecution against Christians
inIndiarosebyover40percentin
the first half of 2020, despite na-
tionwide lockdown”.
Hindu vigilante groups attack
Christians alleging conversions
and it is doubtful if the issue
would have come up between
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Pope Francis when the for-
mer met the head of Roman
Catholics at the Vatican. The
prime minister has invited the
Pope to visit India, a welcome
gesture. Though before the Pope
comes calling, a few of the viru-
lent Hindu vigilante groups
have to be reined in.
I
amata Banerjee
has reached Goa
where, in a kind
of Gandhigiri,
she said she did
‘namaste’ with folded hands
to those who welcomed her
with black flags on arrival in
Panaji. That was a different
approach from the “Khela
hobe” gauntlet she threw in
front of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi in West Bengal
where a Jai Shri Ram slogan
at a non-political event drew
the battle-lines between Tri-
namool Congress and the
BJP. Besides black flags,
Mamata was welcomed by
Jai Shri Ram posters along-
side TMC posters claiming
“Goa’s New Dawn” (Goenchi
Navi Sakal). Despite being
made to bite the dust by Kol-
kata’s street-fighter in West
Bengal, BJP’s Amit Malviya
tweeted, “Mamata Banerjee’s
reputation of being anti-Hin-
du in Bengal has tailed her to
Goa, where she is being wel-
comed with giant size posters
of Jai Shri Ram.” Mamata
remained unruffled as she
mingled with fishermen in a
crowded fish market. To un-
derstand the political signifi-
cance of her move one has to
go back a few months back, in
July this year, when Mamata
met Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi sparking rumours of
Opposition unity. Her Goa
visit has virtually dashed all
hopes of Opposition unity as
she readies the TMC to take
on not only the BJP but also
the Congress, Sharad Pa-
war’s Nationalist Congress
Party
, Shiv Sena and the Aam
Aadmi Party, besides eight
regional parties. Although it
is unclear at this stage if the
TMC will ally with the NCP
and any of the regional par-
ties, Congress won’t be in her
scheme of things as she bids
for a pan-India presence.
MAMATA GOES TO GOA,
DOES GANDHIGIRI
Despite being made to bite the dust by Kolkata’s street-
fighter in West Bengal, BJP’s Amit Malviya tweeted,
“Mamata Banerjee’s reputation of being anti-
Hindu in Bengal has tailed her to Goa, where
she is being welcomed with giant size posters
of Jai Shri Ram.” Mamata remained unruffled as she
mingled with fishermen in a crowded fish market
M
he Indian Foreign Service
has produced a number of
authors. The most prominent
among them is Pavan K Var-
ma. He joined the IFS in 1976.
Retired 2012. His father was
an ICS officer.
His first book, “Ghalib-
The Man. The Times” was
published in 1989. I reviewed
his “Krishna. The Playful Di-
vine” and “The Great Indian
Middle Class”. Each one of
his dozen books has sold well.
His writings have an elegant
style, He avoids panache. I
hold the view that authorship
is a sacred calling. No room
for sultry flippancy in his
writings. To put it briefly
, Pa-
van Varma is an author of
high literary voltage.
I have recently read his lat-
est book, “The Great Hindu
Civilization: Achievement,
Neglect, Bias And The Way
Forward”, it is the work of an
accomplished scholar. Read-
ing it at times I felt like an
ignoramus.
Ilearntmuchfromthebook,
unusual for a man in his 93rd
year.Onecouldsayof Pavan’s,
“The Great Hindu Civiliza-
tion” “Har sans main kahani
hai. Har sans me afsana hai”
The six chapters are head-
ed. 1. Hindu Civilization:
Myth or Reality? 2. The Au-
dacity of thought (this re-
minded me of the title of Ba-
rack Obama’s book, “An Au-
dacity of Hope”. 3. The Realm
of Ideas. 4. The Islamic con-
quest. 5. British rule And Its
Aftermath. 6. The Challenge
of the Modern Republic.
Pavan is critical of Amar-
tya Sen’s views on many as-
pects of Hinduism. He is only
a little less severe on Sunil
Khilnani and Romila Thapar.
Here I shall address my-
self to chapter four and five.
How did we become enslaved
for nearly a thousand years,
after the spiritual achieve-
ments of the earlier two mil-
lenniums.
“The conquest of India by
foreigners starting with the
seventeen invasions of Mah-
mud Ghazni and the subse-
quent establishment of the
Ghurid empire in Delhi un-
der Mohammad Ghori in
1202, left India physically de-
stroyed and psychologically
traumatized. Hindu civiliza-
tion had never seen conquer-
ors like the Islamic Turkic
invaders, who were so blindly
committed to the destruction
of a culture, so fanatically
driven by a belief in the supe-
riority of their religion, so
unrelenting in their hatred
for to it and so passionate
about the need to convert the
unbelievers… The invaders
believed that they were the
chosen ones, the believers,
and that those who were not
were Kafirs, unbelievers, be-
yond the pale. The territory
of the Kafir was dubbed Dar-
al-Harb, a place to make it
Dar-al-Islam, the land of Is-
lam.,” writes Pavan.
Amartya Sen has written
in one of his books that, “the
slash and burn culture of the
Muslim invaders….devas-
tated several cities and ru-
ined many temples, includ-
ing particularly ones in Ma-
thura,KanaujandSomnath”.
According to Maulana
Minhaj-us-Siraj Mahmud
took away the idol from Som-
nath and had it broken in
four parts, one of these was
interred at the entrance of
the main mosque in Ghazni
and another at the gateways
of the Sultan’s palace.
The author concede that,
“Hindu and Muslim cultures
enriched each other in music,
poetry, architecture, paint-
ing, food, social behavior, cus-
toms and even religious prac-
tices. This is the foundation
of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb
we speak today, which also
makes India unique.”
Pavan K Varma deals with
Sufism deftly and brilliantly
with the poets and saints in
different parts of India that
kept Hinduism alive. Shivaji
and Guru Gobind Singh are
given their due for not only
challenging the Islamic rul-
ersbutweakeningtheMughal
Empire. Tulsidas and Kabir
get pride of place, as does Jay-
adeva for his erotic Gita Gob-
ind, and Mirabai of course.
The opening sentence of
the chapter on British rule is,
“The establishment of Brit-
ish rule in India deeply im-
pactedHinducivilization and
India as a whole, not only for
the physical subjugation of
itspeopleandthehumiliation
it entailed, but for the coloni-
zationof theminditachieved.
While this is the goal of all
colonizingpowers,theBritish
were far more successful
practitioners of this policy
.”
Pavan rightly takes
Babington Macaulay to task,
who knew nothing about In-
dia’s culture, the spiritual
dimensions or its past. His
deeply offensive, “Minute on
Education”…”In one rhetori-
cal flourish, rubbished the
entire civilization heritage
of all Indians.”
Pavan Varma’s delineation
of the characters Raja Ram
Mohan Roy came as a sur-
prise. This is a book of very
high scholarship and im-
mensely educative.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
VARMA:MOSTNOTABLE
AUTHOR OF ALL TIMES
T
The author concede that,
“Hindu and Muslim
cultures enriched each
other in music, poetry,
architecture, painting,
food, social behavior,
customs and even
religious practices. This is
the foundation of the
Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb
we speak today, which
also makes India unique.”
I have recently read his
latest book, “The Great
Hindu Civilization:
Achievement, Neglect,
Bias And The Way
Forward”, it is the work
of an accomplished
scholar. Reading it at times
I felt like an ignoramus
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) na-
tional president JP Na-
dda on Saturday said
the Christian commu-
nity has always played a
pivotal role in areas like
politics, films, business
and armed forces in In-
dia.
Taking to Twitter, Na-
dda wrote: “India is a
vibrant and inclusive
democracy, where the
Christian community
has played a pivotal role
in areas like politics,
films, business
armed forces. Under
Modi Ji’s leadership
India is marching
ahead on the path of
‘Sabka Saath, Sabka
Vikas, Sabka Vish-
was, Sabka Prayas’.”
Nadda’scomment
comes after Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday
said he had a “very
warm meeting” with
Pope Francis and dis-
cussed a wide range of
issues, including the
Covid-19 pandemic and
the challenge posed by
climate change,
with the head of
the Roman Cath-
olic church and
also invited the
Pontiff tovisit
India at an
early date.
M o d i ,
who is the
first Indian
Prime Min-
ister to meet
Francis since
he became
Pope in 2013, also tweet-
ed pictures of him em-
bracing Pope Francis.
“Had a very warm
meeting with Pope
Francis. I had the op-
portunity to discuss a
wide range of issues
with him and also in-
vited him to visit In-
dia,” Modi tweeted after
the historic meeting.
Meanwhile, Nadda
said the meeting be-
tween Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and
Pope Francis is “an oc-
casion fit for the history
books”. —Agencies
BJP national prez’s
comments come after
PM Modi meets Pope
Francis at the Vatican
Nadda lauds Christian community’s role in India
FUEL PRICES
CONTINUE TO RISE
Petrol price increased by
35 paise on Saturday and
hiked to Rs 108.99 per litre
in New Delhi while diesel now
costs Rs 97.72 per litre
after a hike of 35 paise.
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Virat Kohli hits back at social media trolls who targetted pacer Mohammed
Shami after India’s loss to Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup in Dubai
‘SPINELESS PEOPLE’
Dubai: IndiacaptainVi-
rat Kohli has torn into
social media trolling,
throwing his weight be-
hind Mohammed Shami
who suffered vile abuse
after India’s loss to Paki-
stan in the team’s T20
World Cup opener. Kohli
spoke about backing
Shami “200 per cent”.
“There’s a good rea-
son why we are playing
onthefieldandnotsome
bunch of spineless peo-
ple on social media that
have no courage to actu-
ally speak to any indi-
vidual in person. They
hide behind their identi-
ties and go after people
through social media,
making fun of people
and that has become a
social entertainment in
today’s world, which is
so unfortunate and so
sad to see,” Kohli said at
the pre-match press con-
ference, with India play-
ing against New Zea-
land. “This is literally
the lowest level of hu-
man potential that one
can operate at and that’s
how I look at these peo-
ple,” he added.
AfterIndia’s10-wicket
loss to Pakistan, Shami
became the target-in-
chief for some people on
social media, based on
his religion. His captain
stood by him, while call-
ing the abuse pathetic.
“People take out their
frustrations because
they obviously have no
understanding of what
we do as individuals.
They have no under-
standing of how much
effortweputonthefield.
They have no under-
standing of the fact that
someone like Moham-
mad Shami has won In-
diaanumberof matches
in the last few years and
he’s been our primary
bowler with Jasprit
Bumrah, when it comes
to making an impact,”
Kohli said.
Everyone has the
right to voice their
opinion over what
they feel about a
situation, but I
personally have never
ever even thought of
discriminating
anyone over their
religion
—Virat Kohli
Modi’s power will rise as
Congnotserious:Mamata
Panaji: Trinamool
Congress (TMC) supre-
mo and West Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee on Satur-
day trained her guns
on the Congress, say-
ing that Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi will
become more powerful
as the grand old party
is not serious about
politics, and alleged
that the country is suf-
fering because that
party does not take de-
cisions.
Speaking about the
Congress, she said, “I
cannot say everything
right now because they
didn’t take politics seri-
ously. Modiji is going to
be more powerful be-
cause of the Congress...
If one cannot take
a decision, why should
the country suffer
for that?”
“They (Congress) got
an opportunity (in the
past). Instead of fight-
ing against BJP, they
contested against me in
my state. Don’t you
think when they con-
tested against me,
when they contest my
political party in Ben-
gal...,” she said.
Apparently targeting
the BJP-led central gov-
ernment, she said she
would not tolerate Del-
hi’s ‘dadagiri’ (bully-
ing) any more.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi takes a ride on Goa’s motorcycle taxi
known as ‘Pilot’, from Bambolim to Azad Maidan in Panaji. Rahul also
had lunch at a roadside eatery during his visit to poll-bound Goa.
Aryan comes home 4 weeks after
arrest in drugs-on-cruise case
Mumbai: Aryan Khan,
the son of Shah Rukh
Khan, on Saturday left a
Mumbai jail after near-
ly four weeks. The
23-year-old was granted
bail on Thursday by the
Bombay High Court in
the drugs-on-cruise
case but spent two ad-
ditional nights in jail as
his bail papers missed
the 5:30 pm deadline on
Friday after an anxious
wait that went down to
seconds. Around 11 am,
surrounded by security
men, the star’s son got
into a waiting white
Range Rover and was
driven away, ending
days of speculation be-
hind his release.
Arthur Road jail offi-
cials were seen taking
out the bail papers from
the “bail box” in the
early hours of the
morning, setting off the
process for the star
son’s release.
Since morning, fans
were seen crowding out-
side Shah Rukh’s Man-
nat home with “Wel-
come Home, Aryan”
posters.
Congress is
second name
of corruption,
scams: Shah
Dehradun: Hitting out
at the Congress, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Saturday said
that the grand old party
is synonymous with
corruption and scams
and its leaders always
turn down promises.
Shah, while speaking
at the inauguration
event of ‘Ghasiyari
Kalyan Yojana’, chal-
lenged Uttarakhand’s
former Chief Minister
Harish Rawat to an
open debate over the
promises made and ful-
filled by Congress and
the BJP. “Congress is
synonymous with cor-
ruption and scams. The
party do not bother
about the development
of any state. Congress
always turns down its
promise. Congress only
does appeasement and
cannot do any welfare
work,” said Shah.
Moderate turnout in bypolls
on 29 assembly, 3 LS seats
New Delhi: A turnout
of 50 percent to over 75
percent was recorded
on Saturday in bypolls
to three Lok Sabha and
29 assembly seats
spread across 13 states,
with INLD leader Ab-
hay Chautala, who quit
the Haryana assembly
in protest against the
agri laws, and Con-
gress’ Pratibha Singh,
wife of late chief minis-
ter Virbhadra Singh,
among the prominent
candidates in the fray
.
The polling passed
off peacefully and all
COVID-19 safety meas-
ures were followed, of-
ficials said.
70.41% POLLING ON 2
SEATS IN RAJASTHAN
70.41% turnout was
recorded in the bypolls
to Dhariyawad and
Vallabhnagar assembly
constituencies. The turn-
out in Dhariyawad was
69.38 while the figure
for the Vallabhnagar seat
was 71.45, officials said.
DAYS IN PICS
FIRST IN TWO DECADES: PM Narendra
Modi, who is visiting Rome for G20 summit, met
Pope Francis in Vatican city and invited him to India.
THAKUR IN JAIPUR: Union IB Minister
Anurag Thakur reached Jaipur on Saturday for a meeting
with IB officials. P8 —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
The grand finale of the All - India Beauty Pageants First Miss India ‘21 and First Miss India Teen
‘21 was held at Novotel Dona Sylvia Resort, Goa on Saturday. Many celebrities and dignitar-
ies graced the mega-event. Jagdeesh Chandra and Bollywood celebrity Hina Khan crowned
the winners during a glittering ceremony. The First Miss India 2021 title was bagged by Pearl
Agarwal with Lekh Uthaiah 1st runner up and Shreya Gupta as the 2nd runner up while Rayna
Sikri was declared as the First Miss India Teen 2021 with Shubhi Dhaneta as 1st runner up and
Mrunmayi Parve as the 2nd runner up.
FIRST INDIA BEAUTIES CROWNED
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ashok, Gaurav, Kriti, Shreya, Shubhi, Pearl, Rayna, Lekh, Mrunmayi, Deepti, Ken, Natasha,Aakriti and Anita.
MORE ON CITY FIRST HINA KHAN
JAGDEESH CHANDRA
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
DEATH ANNIVERSARY: Sunday will mark
the Iron Lady of India and former Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi’s 37th death anniversary.
JP NADDA

New Delhi: Posters will
be put up on city buses
and social media cam-
paign will be intensified
to disseminate aware-
ness messages for voters’
enrolment during the
special summary revi-
sion of Delhi’s electoral
roll starting November 1,
which poll authorities
have planned to carry
out as a month-long festi-
val for the electorate.
During this exercise,
any person who would be
18 years or more on or
before January 1, 2022
will be eligible to enrol
as a voter. The final roll
will be published on Jan
5.
The office of the chief
electoral officer (CEO)
of Delhi is busy making
preparations to ensure
the process takes place
smoothly and no voter is
left behind.
“The special summa-
ry revision of Delhi's
electoral roll with Janu-
ary 1, 2022 as the qualify-
ing date is all set to begin
from November 1. It will
take place till November
30. And, we have planned
to carry out this exercise
in the spirit of a festival.
So, the month-long peri-
od is being called a 'Vot-
ers Utsav',” a senior of-
ficial of the Delhi chief
electoral officer Office
said.
Special digital posters
have been put up on its
Facebook and Twitter
handles to raise aware-
ness about the exercise.
Posters carry the tagline
'Dilli ka Voter Utsav' and
a slogan 'Chalo Voter
Bane Hum '.
Delhi's last electoral
roll was published in
January 2021, according
to which the total num-
ber of eligible voters in
the city had then stood at
over 1.48 crore.
The draft electoral
roll will be published on
November 1 at all polling
stations of Delhi as well
as on the website of CEO
Delhi. With that anyone
becoming 18 years or
more on or before Janu-
ary 1, 2022 will be eligible
to enrol as voter by ap-
plying in Form-6 along
with a photo, age proof
and residence proof on-
line or via VoterHelpline
mobile app, Delhi CEO
Ranbir Singh said. —PTI
CAPITOL
04
'Voter
Utsav'
Delhi’s electoral roll revision
EXERCISE TO BE HELD AS
CEO SAYS
Office of the CEO
will ensure that
the process takes
place smoothly
and no voter is
left behind
‘Entrepreneurial mindset is
needed in nation’s progress’
New Delhi: Delhi Depu-
ty Chief Minister Man-
ish Sisodia said entrepre-
neurial mindset is not
only needed for running
a business but for every-
one so that they can con-
tribute in the nation’s
progress with innovative
thinking.
Sisodia inaugurated
an incubation centre at
the Ambedkar Universi-
ty and said it will “act as
a foundation for our fu-
ture entrepreneurs”.
“This incubation cen-
tre being started in the
Ambedkar University
will become the founda-
tion for new companies
to be developed by our
students and will give job
opportunities across the
world. Entrepreneurial
mindset is not only need-
ed to conduct a success-
ful business today, but
everyone should have
that mindset so that with
innovative thinking they
can contribute to the pro-
gress of the country,” he
said.
He said there are two
types of universities in
the world, first universi-
ties are those where the
students stand in line to
get employed after grad-
uating.
On the other hand,
there are universities
where there is competi-
tion among the compa-
nies giving jobs and it is
the companies that get in
a line to employ the stu-
dents of these universi-
ties, he said. “It is the
children of these univer-
sities who are later creat-
ing companies like Face-
book, Google and giving
jobs to people all over the
world. If we want to
make India a developed
country and a developed
economy, this dream can
be fulfilled only by our
schools and universi-
ties,” he added. —PTI
This incubation centre being started in
the Ambedkar University will become
the foundation for new companies to
be developed by our students and will give job
opportunities across the world. Entrepreneuri-
al mindset is not only needed to conduct a suc-
cessful business today, but everyone should
have that mindset so that with innovative
thinking they can contribute to the progress of
the country.
—Manish Sisodia, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
New Delhi: Phase 2 of
Chandni Chowk’s rede-
velopment plan, which
includes a revamp of Ne-
taji Shubhash Marg, six
roads adjoining Chandni
Chowk, Jama Masjid
Road, and facade work in
Chandni Chowk, is now
in the pipeline.
Officials said consult-
ants have started bid-
ding, and a consultant
will be appointed once
the budget proposal is ap-
proved by the Shahja-
hanabad Redevelopment
Corporation (SRDC).
Once the consultant is
appointed, it will take
around six months for
consultancy work and
then three months for
the tender process, be-
fore the work on the pro-
ject can begin, said offi-
cials. Work on these
roads will be along simi-
lar lines of Chandni
Chowk’s main stretch
and will be freed of over-
head wires. Other facili-
ties will be redesigned,
and roads will be made
more pedestrian friendly
.
The document high-
lights the project back-
ground: “The project
area is heritage area, and
it has been decided by the
Government of NCT Del-
hi to develop this area as
heritage corridor under
theShahjahanabadRede-
velopment Corporation,
GNCTD. The re-develop-
ment of these roads will
include redesigning of
other facilities such as
IGL pipeline, BSES ca-
bles, telephone and inter-
net, stormwater drain-
age system, CCTV, WiFi,
water supply, traffic
management, pedestrian
management,solidwaste
management and public
conveniences.” —Agencies
Chandni Chowk phase 2 will revamp more areas
BUDGET APPROVAL AWAITED

Consultants
have started
bidding, and a
consultant will
be appointed
once the budget
proposal is
approved by the
Shahjahanabad
Redevelopment
Corporation
HOUSE COLLAPSES IN DELHI’S DILSHAD
GARDEN,NO CASUALTY REPORTED
New Delhi: A house collapsed in the Dilshad Garden
area of Delhi on Saturday. No casualties have been
reported. As per Delhi Fire
Service, the house collapsed
when a boundary wall of a
pump house fell down. The
wall was 60 feet long and eight
feet high. It damaged some
vehicles parked nearby. A total of three fire tenders
were rushed to the site. —ANI
DELHI’S AIR QUALITY RECORDED IN ‘VERY
POOR’ CATEGORY: SAFAR FINDINGS
PARENTS HELD FOR KILLING DAUGHTER IN
SONIPAT, HONOUR KILLING SUSPECTED
New Delhi: The overall air quality of the national capi-
tal was recorded in the “very poor” category on Satur-
day, according to the Centre-run System of Air Quality
and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
Anand Vihar recorded an AQI of 317 under the ‘very
poor’ category, ITO’s AQI is ‘poor’ at 272, Jawaharlal
Nehru Stadium is ‘poor’ at 292, Shadipur is ‘very
poor’ at 364. The concentrations of PM 2.5 stood at
122 in the “very poor” category and PM 10 at 253 in
the “poor” category. —ANI
New Delhi: In a suspected case of honour killing, a man
and his wife were arrested for allegedly murdering their
16-year-old daughter at a
village in Gannaur, Sonipat.
The police said the parents
also cremated her to destroy
evidence. The incident took
place on Wednesday night.
Preliminary probe has
found that the parents gave their daughter a poisonous
substance, the police added. A beat police officer re-
ceived information regarding the incident on Thursday
afternoon and rushed to the spot.
CRUCIAL READ
DMRC clinches‘Best Passenger
Services and Satisfaction’ award
New Delhi: The Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC) has bagged the
award for ‘Metro Rail
with the Best Passenger
Services and Satisfac-
tion’ by the Union Min-
istry of Housing and
Urban Affairs.
On Friday, at the 14th
Urban Mobility India
(UMI) Conference 2021,
Union Minister of Hous-
ing and Urban Affairs
Hardeep Singh Puri con-
ferred an award to the
DMRC under the catego-
ry ‘Metro Rail with the
Best Passenger Services
and Satisfaction.’
As per the report, Del-
hi Metro Rail Corpora-
tion MD Dr Mangu Sin-
gh received the award at
the UMI Conference.
The Urban Mobility
India (UMI) Conference
is an annual flagship
event organised by
the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA), which pro-
vides a platform for
State/City officials to
learn the best urban
transport practices
from global urban trans-
port experts. —Agencies
UP IN ARMS!
SSC
aspirants
stage a
protest
demanding
their joining
and filling
of vacant
SSC seats,
at Jantar
Mantar in
New Delhi
—PHOTO
BY ANI
Money laundering case:Thapar’s bail plea junked
‘Twin towers
demolition to
take longer
than 3 months’
New Delhi: The Su-
pertech Group has in-
formed the NOIDA that
it would require more
than the stipulated three
months time to demol-
ish its two multi-storey
illegal towers in the city
.
The real estate group
cited opinion of top ex-
perts it had hired for
reviewing the demoli-
tion plan of the two un-
der-construction tower
in sector 93A of Noida
and would seek further
time extension from Su-
preme Court for
“safe demolition”, the
sources said.
Top officials, however,
said NOIDA cannot ex-
tend the time limit on its
own and the developer
should abide by the Su-
preme Court’s order or
approach it for any
change. The court had
on August 31 ordered
the demolition of the
twin towers which had
come up in violation of
building bylaws. It had
set a three-month time
line for the demolition,
which ends on Novem-
ber 30. —PTI
New Delhi: A Delhi
Court on Saturday dis-
missed the bail plea of
Avantha Group promot-
er Gautam Thapar ar-
rested in connection
with a money launder-
ing case relating to an
alleged bank loan fraud
case.
Rouse Avenue’s Spe-
cial Judge Sanjeev Ag-
garwal rejected the bail
plea of Thapar. Advo-
cate Amit Mahajan and
Public Prosecutor NK
Matta represented the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) in the matter.
Thapar was repre-
sented by advocate Vi-
jay Aggarwal, advocate
Sandeep Kapur, Senior
Partner of Karanjawala
Co. and a team com-
prising Vir Sandhu, Ra-
jat Soni, Vivek Suri, Ni-
harika Karanjawala,
ApoorvaPandey
,Mridul
Yadav, Abhimanshu
Dhyani and Sahil Modi.
The team had briefed
Vijay Aggarwal, Advo-
cate to appear on behalf
of Thapar.
Thapar is currently
undergoing judicial
custody
.
ED had arrested
Avantha Group promot-
er Gautam Thapar in a
money laundering case
following searches at
multiple locations in
Delhi and Mumbai.
An ECIR has been
registered against Gau-
tam Thapar, Avantha
Realty Ltd., Oyster
Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. and
others, alleging crimi-
nal breach of trust,
cheating, criminal con-
spiracy and forgery for
diversion/misappropri-
ation of public money
during the period 2017
to 2019. —ANI

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Bengaluru: As the
thousands of fans ar-
rived to pay their last
respects to Kannada su-
perstar Puneeth Rajku-
mar, CM Basavaraj
Bommai said the cre-
mation will be done
Sunday. The actor
passed away Friday af-
ter a sudden heart at-
tack at the age of 46.
Speakingtothemedia
he said, “The decision
was made as there were
thousands of public
waiting at Kanteerava
stadium. We discussed
it with the family mem-
bers and cremation will
be held Sunday
.”
He added, “It is a chal-
lenge to handle such a
huge crowd after sun-
set. Public can pay their
last respects to Puneeth
till today. We request
people to cooperate.
PRABHUDHEVA
PAYS TRIBUTE
Prabhudheva arrived
in Bengaluru on Satur-
day to pay tribute to his
friend, Puneeth Rajku-
mar. Speaking to the
media, Prabhudheva
said that he went blank
after hearing the news
of the death of Rajku-
mar. —ANI
INDIA
05
Puneeth’s cremation today, announces Bommai
PEOPLE FLOODING TO PAY LAST RESPECTS
BE AWARE!
ASSAM, BENGAL
Centre’sword
ofcautionfor
Assam,Bengal
amidrisein
Covid-19cases
New Delhi: In view of
rising coronavirus cas-
es, weekly positivity
rates and decreasing
testing figures in As-
sam and WB, the Centre
has asked the state gov-
ernments to undertake
a review of these pa-
rameters while stress-
ing on strict enforce-
ment of Covid-appro-
priate behaviour.
2 districts of Assam,
Barpeta and Kamrup
Metro, additional secy
said have been identi-
fied as districts of con-
cern due to high quan-
tum of Covid cases and
weekly positivity
. Simi-
larly, in WB, 2 districts
Kolkata and Howrah
have been identified as
districts of concern due
to high quantum of cas-
es and positivity
. —ANI
LETTER TO CHIEF
SECRETARIEs
In a letter to chief sec-
retaries of Assam and
West Bengal on October
26, Additional Secretary
in the Union Health Min-
istry, Arti Ahuja, high-
lighted increase in weekly
new Covid cases since
the past week (October
20-26) and early signs
of rise in positivity since
the last four weeks till
October 25.
WEST BENGAL
On October 22, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan
had also written to West Bengal expressing concern
over the rise in Covid cases in Kolkata, following Durga Puja
celebrations earlier this month.
ASSAM
Ms Ahuja, in her letter to Assam, pointed out that there
has been 41 per cent increase in weekly new cases
since the past week (October 20-26) and that there have
been early signs of rise in positivity since last four weeks
from 1.89 per cent in the week of September 28-October 4
to 2.22 per cent in the week of October 19-25.
Following death of Kannada film actor Puneeth
Rajkumar due to cardiac arrest, fake message is
circulating in name of Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman of
Narayana Health. Message claims that several ce-
lebrities, including Puneeth, died because of doing
“too much to be fit”. However, doctor confirmed
that it is a fake message expressed his anguish
at his name being used to misguide public.
WHATSAPP FROM DR SHETTY ON WHY
PUNEETH DIED IS FAKE, CONFIRMS DOC
1 BJP MLA, 6 REBEL
BSP MLAS JOIN SP
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai and Governor Thaawarchand
Gehlot pay last respect to the mortal remains of Kannada actor
Puneeth Rajkumar, in Bengaluru on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Akhilesh Yadav with his supporters on Saturday.
Woman reacts as a medic takes nasal swab sample for Covid testing.
Medic inoculates jab to a beneficiary in Mumbai.
Pune: Taking potshots
at the ruling BJP, Shiv
Sena MP Sanjay Raut
on Saturday said a coa-
lition govt with Cong as
a major party will come
to power in 2024, when
general elections are
due, which will end the
reign of the incumbent
one-party government.
The Shiv Sena spokes-
person was asked about
Prashant Kishor’s re-
ported statement where
the political strategist
said that BJP’s promi-
nence will remain for
many decades. “BJP
claims that it is the
world’s biggest party
. If
the world’s biggest par-
ty loses elections they
will become an opposi-
tion party
. For example,
in Maharashtra, the
BJP is the main opposi-
tion party with 105
MLAs,” he said. —ANI
Chandigarh: Ex-Pun-
jab CM Captain Ama-
rinder Singh on Satur-
day rubbished report of
backend dialogue with
Cong, saying the time
for rapprochement is
over, as per media advi-
sor Raveen. Singh said
his decision to part
ways with Cong is final
as it was taken after giv-
ing it a lot of thought.
“I’m grateful to Sonia
ji for her support but
will not stay in Cong
now,” Thukral quoted
Singh as saying. Reiter-
ating earlier announce-
ment of launching par-
ty, Capt said he will
soon hold talks with
BJP, breakaway Akali
factions and other par-
ties over seat-sharing
for upcoming Assembly
polls in Punjab. —ANI
Srinagar: Two sol-
diers have been killed
and three others were
injured in mine blast
near Line of Control in
the Nowshera-Sunder-
bani sector in JK,
sources said on Satur-
day.
Officials sources
said an officer and a
soldier were killed in
action after an army
patrol stepped on a
landmine near the
LoC. —ANI
Lucknow: SP national
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav on Saturday at-
tacked the BJP and Un-
ion HM Amit Shah in
run up to the assembly
elections in UP and said
that the saffron party
was “unlikely” to find
ticket-seeking candi-
dates due to people’s
“anger” against ruling
party
.
He also took a dig at
Shah, who was busy
meeting BJP leaders,
office-bearers, and cad-
res in Lucknow on Sat-
urday, over Union MoS
Mishra Teni’s presence
in Shah’s rally. Amit
Shah ask BJP workers
to set a target of win-
ning more than 300 of
the 403 seats in the up-
coming UP assembly
polls. He had also made
it clear that incumbent
Yogi will be CM if party
wins elections. —ANI
‘Won’t find 4 to 3 ticket seekers’:
Akhilesh Yadav attacks Shah, BJP
Capt rubbishes report of
backend talks with Cong
2 soldiers killed, 3 hurt
in JK blast near LoC
No govt can be
formed without
Congress: Raut
Lucknow: 6 rebel MLAs
of BSP along with 1 BJP
legislator joined SP on
Saturday. Sitapur sadar
BJP MLA Rakesh Rathore
also joined the SP.
Rebel BSP MLA Aslam
Raini said that the SP is
the only party in Uttar
Pradesh which is going
to form the next govern-
ment led by Akhilesh
Yadav.
Akhilesh Yadav
@yadavakhilesh
Even if the BJP an-
nounces 403 CMs
in UP, it will still not
get even 4 to 3 ticket
seekers consider-
ing the public anger
against the party.
How will the party get
ticket seekers when
it is visibly heading
towards defeat.
I will soon launch my own party
and will hold talks for seat sharing
with @BJP4India, breakaway
Akali factions others for #PunjabElec-
tions2022 once farmers’ issue is resolved. I
want to build strong collective force in inter-
est of Punjab its farmers.
—Captain Amarinder Singh, Former Punjab CM
During an area domination patrol in
Naushera sector, a mine blast occurred,
wherein, two Indian Army soldiers suf-
fered critical injuries and later succumbed to
their injuries. Another soldier who received in-
juries was evacuated and is under treatment.
—A Defence Spokesperson
Pope Francis
appreciates India’s
assistance to
countries during
COVID pandemic:
MEA
Tripura mandates
negative Covid
report from visitors
from states with
5%+ positivity rate
‘Multilateralism’ best
answer to COVID
pandemic: Italian PM
at G20 Rome Summit
Tripura govt issues
revised guidelines
for travellers from
other states
Origins of Covid-19
may never be known,
says US intelligence
agencies
India logs 14,313
fresh Covid cases,
Kerala remains
worst-hit state
Covid-19: 1.07bn
fully vaccinated in
China but new
outbreak spreads to
14 provinces
Cannot play with
lives of people: SC
on plea seeking
revaccination with
Covishield
KEY POINTS
IN COVID-19
OUTBREAK
Two Puneeth Rajkumar’s fans allegedly died
of a heart attack. A fan, identified as Par-
ashuram Devammanvar suffered a heart attack
in Shidolli village in Belagavi district, Karnataka.
He died at 11 pm on Friday night. Reportedly,
he collapsed after hearing news of actor death.
HIS FANS DIE OF HEART ATTACK
CRUCIAL READ
ACTOR YUSUF DIES OF COVID-19 HANSAL,
ABHISHEK BACHCHAN, CELEBS PEN TRIBUTE
New Delhi: Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain died of Cov-
id at age of 73 on Saturday. His son-in-law and film-
maker Hansal Mehta told media that he was admitted
to Lilavati hospital. Yusuf Hussain’s death has left his
family and friends in film fraternity heartbroken. Cel-
ebs including Hansal Mehta, Abhishek Bachchan and
Manoj Bajpayee took to social media to pen heartfelt
tribute. Details about his last rites are awaited.
RSS STUDENTS WING
WORKER STABBED IN
TRIPURA: COPS
Guwahati: An activist of
the ABVP was stabbed
last evening outside a
school at Kailashahar
in Unakoti district of
north Tripura, the police
said. ABVP worker
Shibaji Sengupta was
seriously injured after
he was attacked during
membership drive. He
was rushed to a hospi-
tal where his condition
is said to be stable. A
police official confirmed
attack. RSS has claimed
that the attack was
“communal”.
TAMIL NADU MIN
SHARES MEAL WITH
TRIBAL WOMAN
Chennai: TN Hindu
Religious and Charita-
ble Endowments (HR
and CE) minister PK
Sekar Babu on Saturday
shared a meal with a
tribal woman who said
that she was denied
‘Annadhanam’ (free
meal) and allegedly
beaten up at a temple
in the state. The tribal
woman had complained
that she and her family
members were insulted
during ‘Annadhanam’ at
Kancheepuram Thalas-
aiyanar temple.
MUFTI WRITES TO
MODI OVER ACTION
AGAINST STUDENTS
New Delhi: Former J-K
CM and PDP president
Mehbooba Mufti writes
to PM Narendra Modi
seeking his intervention
in release of Kashmiri
students’ arrests in
UP. “I write to you
with a deep sense of
disappointment and
concern about situation
in J-K. Not too long ago
when you presided over
an all-party meeting in
Delhi, you expressed
your intention to
remove “dill ke doori
between Delhi and
JK,” she wrote to PM.
CHOUHAN ALLEGES
CONG THREATENING
VOTERS IN MP
Bhopal: MP CM Shivraj
Singh Chouhan on
Saturday alleged that
voters are being threat-
ened by the workers of
the Congress party at
many polling booths in
the Prithvipur constitu-
ency of the state where
by-polls are underway.
Chouhan said, “Con-
gress has gone mad
due to fear of defeat in
the by-elections. Voters
are being threatened at
many polling booths in
Prithvipur. Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) agents
are being assaulted.”
NITISH GOVT USING MONEY, FORCE TO WIN
BY-POLLS IN BIHAR, ALLEGES TEJASHWI
Patna: RJD leader and the LoP in Bihar state Assem-
bly Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday slammed the state
government for allegedly trying to use money and
force to win by-elections in
the state. Addressing the
media here in Patna, Yadav
said, “The by-election is
going on in Tarapur and
Kusheshwar Asthan as-
sembly constituencies in Bihar, We are in regular
touch with the Election Commission to ensure that
the polls go smoothly,” he added.

NEWS
06
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: In the run
up to the assembly elec-
tions of UP, All parties
are engaged in balanc-
ing the arithmetic of
votes. In such a situa-
tion, the castes that
play a decisive role in
elections are bound to
come in the limelight.
One such popular com-
munity is ‘Rajbhar’.
According to the re-
port of the Social Jus-
tice Committee, Rajb-
har community is
around 3 percent of the
total population of UP.
But in more than a
hundred seats from
Purvanchal to Awadh,
their population is sig-
nificantly in a decisive
position in electoral
terms.
In the present sce-
nario, Om Prakash Ra-
jbhar is, seemingly, a
very effective leader of
the Rajbhars. He start-
ed a campaign to mobi-
lize this caste by form-
ing the Suheldev
Bharatiya Samaj Party
(SBSP) in the year 2002.
Although he could get
electoral success only
after an alliance with
the BJP in the 2017 as-
sembly elections, the
party could get four
seats. At the same time,
BJP also got electoral
benefit from this alli-
ance.
After Om Prakash
Rajbhar broke the alli-
ance, BJP made every
effort to maintain its
strong foothold among
Rajbhar voters. Anil
Rajbhar was given the
rank of cabinet minis-
ter. At the same time,
Sakaldeep Rajbhar of
Ballia was made Rajya
Sabha MP.
BSP also realising
the importance of this
caste appointed Bhim
Rajbhar as the state
president of the party.
It is obvious that all the
parties are eager to
woo the Rajbhar vot-
ers.
At the time of elec-
tions, on whom will
this community repose
trust, this picture is
not clear yet.
But as far as the mes-
sage is concerned, by
forging an alliance
with Omprakash Rajb-
har, the SP has definite-
ly gained an edge over
the rest of the parties.
In UP, Rajbhar voters have a decisive role in electoral terms
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
All Assam Students’ Union supporters pay tribute by lighting up earthen lamps to the victims
of the Assam Bombings 2008 at Latasil, in Guwahati on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PRIME AREAS
Rajbhar castes’ votes
are decisive in Varanasi,
Gorakhpur, Azamgarh,
Mau, Ballia, Jaunpur,
Deoria, Kushinagar,
Gorakhpur, Basti,
Gonda, Balrampur,
Siddharthnagar, Sant
Kabir Nagar, Maharaj-
ganj, Ambedkar Nagar,
Bahraich, Shravasti,
Mirzapur. Here their
population ranges from
10 to 20 percent.
SBSP founder Om Prakash Rajbhar in a discussion with locals.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Power has pro-
posed amendments to
Energy Conservation
Act, 2001 which include
provision for specifying
minimum quantum of
renewable energy in
the overall consump-
tion by establishments
and industrial units.
The amendment are
aimed at promoting
consumption of renew-
able energy
.
“Amidst the growing
energy needs and
changing global climate
landscape, the Govern-
ment of India has iden-
tified new areas to
achieve higher levels of
penetration of renewa-
ble energy by proposing
certain amendments to
Energy Conservation
Act, 2001,” a power min-
istry statement said.
The objective will be
to enhance demand for
renewable energy at the
end-use sectors such as
industry, buildings,
transport etc.
The Ministry of Pow-
er has prepared amend-
ments, after consulta-
tions with various
stakeholders.
The proposal in-
cludes defining mini-
mum share of renewa-
ble energy in the overall
consumption by the in-
dustrial units or any
establishment, it stated.
There will be provi-
sion to incentivise ef-
forts on using clean en-
ergy sources by means
of carbon saving cer-
tificate.
The proposed amend-
ments would facilitate
development of carbon
market in India and
prescribe minimum
consumption of renew-
able energy either as
direct consumption or
indirect use through
grid.
India stands at the
forefront of addressing
the climate change and
has committed to an
ambitious Nationally
Determined Contribu-
tions of reducing emis-
sion intensity by 33-35
per cent in 2030 against
the levels of 2005.
Power Ministry proposes amendments in EC Act
FOR CLEAN ENERGY
lll
The proposal
includes
defining the
minimum share
of renewable
energy in the
overall
consumption by
the industrial
units or any
establishment
Afghan Refugees
Women’s Association
holds protest in Delhi
New Delhi: Afghan
Refugees Women’s As-
sociation on Saturday
held a protest in Delhi
to showcase their sup-
port to women in Af-
ghanistan amid the
Taliban’s hostile takeo-
ver of the country
.
The protesters car-
ried placards that read
“Stop defaming Islam
in the name of atrocity
on women”.
Females from differ-
ent age groups includ-
ing children and old
aged women also par-
ticipated in the protest.
“We don’t accept the
Taliban government in
Afghanistan,” another
placard said.
Meanwhile, children
who participated in the
protest also called for
equal rights for women
and held placards say-
ing “education is our
fundamental right”.
“We are here to speak
on behalf of women liv-
ing in Afghanistan,” a
women protestor said
adding that the females
in Afghanistan cannot
speak to media now (af-
ter the Taliban takeo-
ver).
“We want to help
these women, Taliban
has snatched education
right, freedom of wom-
en, women are feared of
them [Taliban], Taliban
just want us to produce
babies,” the protestor
said while lambasting
the Taliban takeover.
“We want the world
not to recognise Tali-
ban and ‘blacklist’ the
Taliban leaders,” she
said. —ANI
Afghan Refugees Women’s Association members during protest
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
First India Bureau
New Delhi: To bring
a sharper focus on
moving women to the
higher economic or-
der, the central gov-
ernment has
launched an initiative
on creating ‘Lakhpa-
ti’ SHG (self-help
group) women, to en-
able rural women to
earn at least `1 lakh
per annum.
For the realisation
of this ambitious
goal, the Rural Devel-
opment Ministry has
envisioned livelihood
support for 25 million
rural SHG women in
the next 2 years.
Based on various
models existing
across the country, a
detailed advisory has
been issued to the
state governments. A
stakeholders consul-
tation workshop was
held with the states,
BMGF (Bill Melin-
da Gates Foundation)
and TRIF (Transfor-
mation Rural India
Foundation) for fur-
ther discussion on
this subject on Octo-
ber 28.
In the consulta-
tions, the importance
of well-planned inter-
ventions to diversify
livelihood activities
at the household level
ranging from Agri-
culture and allied,
Livestock, NTFP
(Non-timber Forest
Products) and other
i n t e r v e n t i o n s
through convergence
were emphasized to
realise an annual in-
come of `1 lakh on a
sustained basis.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Commission
for Women, along
with National Legal
Services Authority
(NALSA), on Satur-
day launched a pan-
India legal awareness
programme to impart
practical knowledge
about legal rights and
remedies provided
under various wom-
en-related laws.
The programme
“Empowerment of
Women through Le-
gal Awareness”,
launched in Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh, aims
to cover all the States
and Union Territo-
ries across the coun-
try through regular
sessions to make
women aware of the
various machineries
of the justice delivery
system available for
redressal of their
grievances.
Launching the pro-
gramme, Justice UU
Lalit, judge, Supreme
Court of India, said
“The nature of these
programs initially
has been that we are
training the teachers
those who in turn will
be training various
women in cross-sec-
tions of the society
and will make them
aware of their legal
rights.” The project
will sensitise women
and girls about their
rights as provided un-
der the various laws
including the IPC.
SHG women on path of
becoming ‘Lakhpatis’
NCW launches pan-India
legal awareness programme
Dignitaries at the Pan-India Legal Awareness Programme.
INDIA’S YOUTH CAN MAKE
THE NATION STRONG: BIRLA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla virtu-
ally addressed first Con-
vocation Ceremony of
IIIT, Kota on Saturday
.
In his address, Birla
asked the students, who
are beginning a new
chapter of life after fin-
ishing their formal edu-
cation, to work tireless-
ly to bring a change in
the lives of crores of
Indians. He further
said that their self-con-
fidence and ability
would show the right
path in their lives
ahead.
Birla hoped that Kota
would soon emerge as
an IT hub in the coun-
try due to its impres-
sive infrastructure, hu-
man resources, rail and
road connectivity etc.
He also expressed con-
fidence that soon IIIT
Kota would have its
own fully equipped
campus and IIIT would
be shifted to Kota.
Rajasthan Cabinet
Minister Dr BD Kalla,
IIIT Kota President and
CS Niranjan Kumar
Arya, and IIIT, KOTA
Director Prof APS
Rathod were also pre-
sent in the programme.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla virtually addressing the first Convocation Ceremony of IIIT, Kota on Saturday.
It is their re-
sponsibility
as a techno-
crat to keep nation
ready for every change
they must use their
creative talents by
working with new
methods. India’s
youth can make na-
tion strong with inno-
vation research. The
nation’s youth are the
harbingers of New In-
dia. —Om Birla, LS Speaker
Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
will celebrate Diwali at his Kota-
Bundi parliamentary constituency.
Birla will reach Kota on November
2 and stay there for 8 days. On
November 2, Birla would meet the
general public at the camp office in
the morning and meet enlightened
people in Karwar area of Bundi at
noon. He would lay the foundation
stone and inaugurate the develop-
ment works of several gram pan-
chayats under the panchayat samiti
Nainwan. Birla would participate
in events in Kota from November
3 to 6. He will attend the Annakoot
Mahotsav organized by Talwandi
Sector 4 Development Committee
on November 7. He will then attend
a Deepawali celebration event in
Ramganjmandi. He will leave for
Delhi on November 9.
LS SPEAKER TO CELEBRATE DIWALI IN HIS CONSTITUENCY

ultilingual skills
that allow people to
switch from one lan-
guage to another or
mix languages are
often considered
more as a problem rather than
an asset.Much research has
documented the use of similar
pejorative terms elsewhere.
This includes bahasa rojak
(salad language) in Malaysia,
amulumala (verbal salad) in
Nigeria, and tuti futi (broken-
up) in the Panjabi-speaking
community in India. There are
also more neutral-sounding
terms like Singlish (Singa-
pore), Japlish (Japan),
Franglais (France/Canada),
Taglish (the Philippines) and
Hinglish (India) to label those
who mix multiple languages.
Some argue that such multi-
lingual practices reflect one’s
inability to think in a struc-
tured and systematic way. For-
mal education systems share a
similar view, looking at them as
a hindrance to students’ aca-
demic success as they are be-
lieved to delay the process of
learning school subjects. How-
ever, many studies have proven
otherwise.
Contrary to popular opin-
ion, this research shows mul-
tilingual practices do not have
any adverse effect on students’
academic achievement. Adopt-
ing a multilingual approach in
classrooms has proven to be
important in increasing stu-
dents’ academic performance
and even closing the achieve-
ment gap between students
living in cities and those in
villages. It has also been re-
ported that multilingual stu-
dents’ academic progress, par-
ticularly in reading and
maths, are two to three times
greater than that of their
monolingual counterparts.
There are at least three main
reasons why multilingual
skills give students an academ-
ic edge.
FIRST, MULTILINGUAL SKILLS
HELP STUDENTS TO ACTI-
VATE THEIR PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE, WHICH
POSITIVELY AFFECTS
THE PROCESS OF UN-
DERSTANDING NEW
KNOWLEDGE.
Prior knowledge
here refers to the
knowledge and ex-
periences that stu-
dents have previous-
ly acquired at
schools and home.
Much research has
shown that this pre-ex-
isting knowledge greatly
benefits them in understand-
ing new knowledge. This is evi-
denced by a growing number of
educational researchers and
practitioners grappling with
bridging the gap between home
and school contexts. Prior
knowledge plays a critical role in
increasing academic achieve-
ment mainly because it can har-
ness students’ curiosity
, increase
their attention, and help them to
interpret, evaluate and encode
new information. In other words,
failing to activate this prior
knowledge will likely result in
the students being demotivated
and less engaged in the lessons.
Prior knowledge is encoded in
the to-
tality of the students’ linguis-
tic repertoire, which consists of
words, phrases and sentences
from their first, second, third
languages, and so on. To put it
simply, to activate students’ pri-
or knowledge optimally
, teachers
must tap into the students’ full
linguistic repertoire. Imposing
the rule of only using one lan-
guage in the classroom will only
activate the knowledge embed-
ded in that one specific language,
if at all. This will make it a bit
harder for students to process
and understand new knowledge.
THIRD, MULTILINGUAL SKILLS HELP IN-
CREASE STUDENTS’ WELL-BEING,
WHICH IS A KEY FACTOR IN SUC-
CESSFUL LEARNING.
Well-being plays an important role
in academic performance. This is
mainly because positive emotions
help students to be more attentive,
persistent and focused. The ab-
sence of this sense of well-being,
on the other hand, will result in
students feeling socially excluded
because their socio-cultural back-
grounds and identities are not ac-
knowledged. Recent research has
shown that tolerating the use of multi-
lingual skills at school has positive effects
on students’ well-being. This, in turn, im-
proves their academic performance. The
possible explanation for this is that lan-
guage and emotions are closely related.
The more languages one speaks, the
easier it is to express one’s emo-
tions. This means that using stu-
dents’ rich linguistic resources in
classrooms will likely help them develop
positive emotions and well-being.
Furthermore, the well-being of multilin-
gual students is linked with a stronger sense
of belonging to the school environment. This
then helps them build relationships with
their peers and teachers.These positive rela-
tionships create positive interactions relat-
ing to the learning activities. Eventually
, this
helps them improve their academic perfor-
mance and attainment.
M
WHYMIXING
LANGUAGES
CANIMPROVE
PERFORMANCE
STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC
TALKING POINT
07
A growing body of research has
shownthatagoodrapportbetween
teachers and students contributes
to students’ learning and academ-
ic performance. This is primarily
because a good relationship be-
tween teachers and students is key
to maintaining students’ active
engagementandinterestintheles-
sons being taught. Much research
has shown that multilingual prac-
tices are effective in building and
maintaining such relationships.
For example, a study has found
multilingual practices in the class-
room helped students to have a
good rapport with their teachers
andthusabetterunderstandingof
the materials. Multilingual skills
enable teachers and students to
use many strategies to build mean-
ingful communication and rela-
tionships with each other.For ex-
ample, humorous and playful
talks are rich resources that stu-
dents can use in the classrooms to
build “a safe house” in which
they can freely express their iden-
tities and engage in classroom
activities. Such humour and play-
fulness are learned through mul-
tiple languages they acquired
outside the classroom.
SECOND, MULTILINGUAL
SKILLS HELP BUILD RAPPORT BE-
TWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS,
WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR IMPROV-
ING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.

08
2NDFRONT
HM in Guj for Rashtriya
EKTA DIWAS FUNCTION
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will be the chief
guest at the ‘Rashtriya
Ekta Diwas’ function to
be held at the Statue of
Unity in Kevadia to
mark the occasion of
the birth anniversary
of Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi will address
the function through a
recorded video mes-
sage, said a release from
the Press Information
Bureau.
Modi has attended all
three such functions
since the 2018 inaugura-
tionof the182-metreme-
morial, constructed in
memory of Sardar Pa-
tel. However, he will be
unable to do so this year
as he is in Rome in Italy
for the G-20 summit.
Shah will begin the
day by offering floral
tributes at the statue
and then preside over a
parade in which para-
military and Gujarat
police personnel will
take part, an official of
the Statue of Unity Au-
thority said.
As per the PIB re-
lease, 75 cyclists from
ITBP, SSB, CISF, CRPF
and BSF, who have trav-
elled around 9,000 km
from various parts of
the country
, and 101 mo-
torcyclists from the po-
lice forces of Tripura,
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,
Jammu and Kashmir
who have travelled to
Kevadia after covering
around 9,200 kms, will
also take part in the pa-
rade.
“Twenty-three medal
winners in Olympic,
Asian and Common-
wealth Games, includ-
ing Manpreet Singh,
the captain of our
bronze-winning men’s
hockey team at the re-
cent Tokyo Olympics,
will be participating.
There will be a joint
band of ITBP and Guja-
rat police,” the release
said. “There will also be
a cultural event in
which teams from Odi-
sha and Gujarat will
perform,” an SOU offi-
cial said.
Raj CM Gehlot’s
devp agenda
witnesses impetus!
Spread policies of
Centre to people:
Thakur in Jaipur
First India Bureau
Jaipur: One of Chief
MinisterAshokGehlot’s
‘dream project’ - the Bar-
mer petrochemical com-
plex - is steadily taking
shape.Togivetheproject
a further impetus, on
Saturday
, Gehlot ap-
proved an additional
budget of Rs 150 crore
besidesagreeingforpay-
ment of Rs 260 crore un-
der the state govern-
ment’s 26 per cent stake
in HPCL Rajasthan Re-
finery Limited’s share
capital.
With this approval, the
work of Rajasthan Refin-
ery will get impetus and
this project will be com-
pleted on time.
TheCMismonitoringthe
work, which is important
forthedevelopmentof the
state.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
also approved the crea-
tion of 2,525 new posts at
various levels in 26 new-
lyformedmunicipalities
on Saturday
. With this
approval, along with
smooth operation of
works in these new mu-
nicipalities, employ-
ment opportunities will
beavailabletotheyouth.
According to the pro-
posal, the newly created
posts include 26 posts
each of Executive Offic-
er IV
, Assistant Revenue
Inspector, Junior Engi-
neer Civil, Junior Ac-
countant, Health Inspec-
tor, Cartographer and
Surveyor and Senior As-
sistant, 52 of Junior As-
sistant, 78 of Class IV
employee, 26 of Chowk-
idar, 73 of sanitation su-
pervisors,and2,114posts
of cleanliness staff. The
work of class IV employ-
ees, watchmen, Safai
JamadarsandSafaiKar-
amchariswillbedoneon
outsourcing basis.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Union IB Min-
ister Anurag Thakur on
Saturday held a meeting
of heads of various me-
dia units of ministry of
IB in Rajasthan and
directed to take welfare
schemes of Centre to
common people. He di-
rected Doordarshan and
AIRtoimprovepresenta-
tion and instructed
headsinRajtoworkwith
better coordination.
Thakur said that the
performance of the
country is getting better
in the field of sports.
On Raj CM’s allega-
tions levelled against
Amit Shah of toppling
state govt, Thakur said,
“Gehlot should come
out of house and know
about well being of pub-
lic. He should fulfill his
responsibility. We pray
that he stay healthy
. HM
of country has many
other tasks.”
Congress never bothered to build infrastructure: CR Patil
First India Bureau
Surat: Calling out Con-
gress for poor govern-
ance and policies during
its regime, BJP Gujarat
state unit prez C R Patil
on Saturday alleged the
opposition party “never
believed in delivering on
its promises and always
played appeasement pol-
itics to woo voters.”
Addressing a gather-
ing at Mandvi, Patil stat-
ed,“TheBJPisknownas
the party with a differ-
ence because whatever
promises it makes, they
are fulfilled within a
time period. It has never
playedappeasementpoli-
tics; that art is known to
the Congress party
,
whichiswhy
,peoplehave
put them out of power.”
Patil further alleged,
“TheCongresslaidfoun-
dation stones of several
projects to garner votes
of the state’s tribal com-
munity
, but never both-
ered to complete them.
Whereas, in the BJP re-
gime, not only has infra-
structure been devel-
oped, industries have
also been set up in tribal
belts and that has grant-
ed jobs to locals. Cong
neglectedtribalsanddid
injustice with them.”
CM Ashok Gehlot, Amin Kagzi, Satish Poonia, Govind Singh
Dotasra, Dr Raghu Sharma, Mahendra Chaudhary, and Lal Chand
Kataria at the wedding of Zainuddin Kagzi, nephew of MLA Amin
Kagzi, with Arshi Kagzi at hotel Leela Palace on Saturday.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
It has been seen that a
large number of people
have taken only one dose
of the vaccine. This is not
right. Experts around the
world are of the opinion
that it is necessary to take
both doses of the vaccine
for complete protection
from Kovid. Therefore, do
not be careless at all and
do get both doses of the
vaccine.
Gehlot is engrossed in development, be
it Barmer refinery Project or making
people’s life better under local bodies
SHAH IN VARANASI
ON NOVEMBER 12
Anurag Thakur reached Jaipur on Saturday. BJP leaders Ashok
Lahoti, Laxmikant Bhardwaj others received him.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
The Central Government has taken sev-
eral policy decisions in the public inter-
est in the recent past, which should be
conveyed to all sections of the society through
various means of dissemination.
Anurag Thakur, Union IB Minister
Swallow harsh words that will
hurt others- you will save
yourself and others from
discomfort.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor, First India
GANDHI FAMILY
ALSO NEEDS ITS
‘BHAKTS’
The decades gone by
in Indian politics
are a testamount as to
how the Gandhi family
and the Congress have
proved to be comple-
mentary to each other,
and on a checkerboard
whenever the hegemo-
ny of the Gandhi fami-
ly has been challenged
from within the Con-
gress, in order to save
their king and queen,
the games that even mi-
nor pawns have played
are plenty. Let go of
Prashant Kishor’s re-
marks about the Gan-
dhi family, let us talk
about the important
meeting of the Con-
gress Working Com-
mittee held in the
recent past. So
here are the
d e v e l o p -
ments as they
h a p p e n e d :
Before this
meeting, Ra-
hul Gandhi
holds an impor-
tant half-an-hour
meeting with
Tariq Hamid
Karra, a
senior leader of his
party who belongs to
Jammu and Kashmir.
Then both the leaders
leave to attend the Con-
gress Working Com-
mittee meeting. As
soon as Congress Work-
ing President Sonia
Gandhi’s passionate
speech in this impor-
tant meeting ends, Kar-
ra suddenly rises up
without any formal
role and starts speak-
ing loudly - ‘For us the
Gandhi family is the
Congress. And Con-
gress is the Gandhi
family and all those
who are present here
and consider Rahul
Gandhi as their leader,
then they all should
raise their hands. Gu-
lab Nabi Azad, who was
present in the meet-
ing, also had to
raise his hands.
It was Ambika
Soni and
Mukul Wasnik
who did not
pretend to sup-
port. After
this, Karra
shouted with
enthu-
siasm - ‘Those who are
traitors should be ex-
pelled from the party.’
Interestingly, the real
character of today’s
politics is formed by
mixing these speech-
less expressions.
WAS SHAHRUKH A
VICTIM OF
POLITICAL
VENDETTA?
Whatever hap-
pened with Ary-
an Khan, son of Bolly-
wood superstar Shah
Rukh Khan, had al-
ready been scripted.
According to reliable
sources, in the month
of August, Shahrukh
received a call from a
top official of the coun-
try who is considered
‘close’ to a certain poli-
tician. It is said that
‘Netaji’ wanted to do
his own mega-show in
Dubai, in which he
needed Shahrukh who
is known to be close to
the Royal family of
Saudi Arabia. However,
since Shah Rukh’s po-
litical commitment is
not a secret, he sought
two days’ time to think
over the proposal and
said that “he will call
and inform.” So when
he did not call back the
said officer even after
two days, then on the
third day again the
same officer’s call came
and this time Shah-
rukh refused bluntly.
The officer asked Shah-
rukh for the last time
in a warning tone, ‘Is
this your final deci-
sion?’ Shahrukh said-
‘Yes, I thought a lot
about it but there is
nothing that I can do
about it.’ Then as in
every Bollywood film,
there occurred a hero-
antagonist confronta-
tion, a battle, struggle
and the stubbornness
to give everything in
this fight, all that hap-
pened is in front of eve-
ryone!
YECHURY ON
TARGET OF HIS
OWN PARTY
The three-day meet-
ing of the Central
Committee of the
Marxist Party was con-
vened in New Delhi,
but in this meeting,
most leaders seemed to
be angry with their
party general secre-
tary Sitaram Yechury.
Yechury was also asked
why his political think-
ing is centered around
Sonia Gandhi’s
aura? One
party leader,
excited with
the develop-
ments, went
to length to ask
his party gen-
eral secretary
that he
should clarify his role
whether it was Amar
Singh’s or Bhagat Sin-
gh’s? While Yechuri
had come thinking he
would lobby for yet an-
other term for himself
as General Secretary,
on the other hand he
was to deal with such
unpleasant questions.
As soon as it came to
his second term, the
voices of collective pro-
test of many commu-
nist leaders started
coming to the fore -
‘The party has pro-
gressed on its own in
Kerala, you have no
contribution in it.
What happened to us in
Bengal is in front of
everyone’. Yechury
tried to pacify
the agitated
workers and
talked about
the outbreak
of Corona
in which he
has lost his
loved ones
while citing the exam-
ple of Cuba. But the
leaders of his party
were in no mood to re-
main silent and started
saying - ‘Leave Russia
and Cuba and talk
about your country.
Why are we on such a
slope?’ Surely Yechury
also has to find answers
to these questions.
WHY IS PRIYANKA
AT ‘LOGGERHEADS’
WITH SIDHU?
Navjot Singh Sidhu,
known for his big
words, was once a ‘blue
eyed boy’ of Congress
General Secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi. In order
to get Sidhu the com-
mand of Punjab, Pri-
yanka had also made a
ruckus with mother
Sonia and brother Ra-
hul. But what did Pri-
yanka get in return? A
resignation threat from
Sidhu? Priyanka was so
hurt by Sidhu’s resig-
nation letter to Sonia
that it is being said that
she has stopped picking
up Sidhu’s calls these
days. When Harish
Chaudhary of Ra-
jasthan was made in-
charge of Punjab in
place of Harish Rawat,
he was given a clear in-
struction from 10 Jan-
path that ‘no matter
what happens, he
should not go to Sidhu’s
house to meet him.’
Anyway, the newly ap-
pointed Chief Minister
of Punjab Charanjit
Singh Channi has con-
trolled the Congress’
‘downfall’ to a great ex-
tent there. When Sidhu
was eager to go to Lakh-
impur Kheri, it was ex-
plained to him by the
Congress not to sit on
fast, as it would divert
media attention from
Priyanka’, but where
was Sidhu going to fol-
low, he was just taking
politics as his own per-
sonal play field!
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Rahul Gandhi Sitaram Yechury
Shah Rukh Khan
Priyanka Gandhi
Navjot Singh Sidhu
CR Patil speaking at the bridge
inauguration in Mandvi taluka of
Surat district on Saturday.

he grand finale of
theAll-IndiaBeau-
ty Pageants First
Miss India’21 and
First Miss India
Teen’21 was held
at Novotel Dona
Sylvia Resort, Goa on
Saturday, 30 October.
Many celebrities and
dignitaries graced the
mega-event. Jagdeesh
Chandra and Bolly-
wood celebrity Hina
Khancrownedthewin-
ners during the cere-
mony
. The First Miss
India 2021 title was
baggedbyPearlAgar-
walwithLekhUtaiah
as 1st runner up and
Shreya Gupta as the
2nd runner up while
Rayna Sikri was de-
clared as the First Miss In-
dia Teen 2021 with Shubhi
Dhaneta as 1st runner up
and Mrunmayi Barve as
the 2nd runner up.
The scintillating evening
in the mesmerising land of
picturesque beaches began
by welcoming Jagdeesh
Chandra, the man who
made it possible for every
younggirltodreambigwith
confidence so that she may
reach greater heights. Fa-
mousanchorSimranAhuja
set the mood swinging by
introducing the finalists of
the First Miss India’21 and
First Miss India Teen’21.
“A show of such magni-
tude wouldn’t have been
possible without the sup-
port of show directors,”
said Simran, while intro-
ducing Gaurav Gaur and
Ashok Singh.
Supermodel and influ-
encer Hina Khan, celebrity
Fashion Designer Ken
Ferns, Actress, VJ and su-
permodel Deepti Gujral,
Supermodel and Miss Uni-
verse India 2015 first run-
ner up Natasha Assadi and
Editor, First India Anita
Hada were present as the
jury on the occasion.
Indian fashion and com-
mercial photographer Dab-
boo Ratnani couldn’t make
it to the event as he tested
positive for Covid-19. We
thank him for his sense of
responsibility and care.
The models walked the
runway and introduced
themselves.Showstoppers
Akansha Bhalla and
Swati Jangid aced the
ramp walk wearing
Ashfaque Ahmed,
showcasing the de-
signer’s ravishing
collection.
Hina Khan on
the occasion
said, “Trophy
is an added
privilege, I
am sure the
girls will take
so much confidence
from here. I am glad to be a
part of the event. Our coun-
tryisfullof talentedpeople
butwelackconfidenceand
I’m so happy to see that
this show provides a plat-
form for these models to
grow into bold and beau-
tiful women.”
NEW DELHI, SUNDAY
OCTOBER 31, 2021
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THE FIRST MISS
INDIA QUEENS
Jagdeesh
Chandra also
declared the
date for the
First Miss
India 2022- on
18 September
at Jaipur to the
ecstatic
audience!
MITALI DUSAD
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The grand finale of the All-India Beauty Pageants First Miss India’21 and First Miss
India Teen’21 was held at Novotel Dona Sylvia Resort, Goa on Saturday 30 October.
Many celebrities and dignitaries graced the mega-event. Jagdeesh Chandra and
Bollywood celebrity Hina Khan crowned the winners during a glittering ceremony.
The First Miss India 2021 title was bagged by Pearl Agarwal with Lekh Utaiah as 1st
runner up and Shreya Gupta as the 2nd runner up while Rayna Sikri was declared as
the First Miss India Teen 2021 with Shubhi Dhaneta as 1st runner up and Mrunmayi
Barve as the 2nd runner up.
THE CROWNED BEAUTIES
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R): Mrunmayi Barve, Rayna Sikri,
Shubhi Dhaneta and Hina Khan
Simran Ahuja
(L-R): Hina Khan, Natasha Assadi
and Deepti Gujral
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ashok, Gaurav, Kriti, Shreya,
Pearl, Lekh, Deepti, Ken, Natasha, Aakriti and Anita

10-11
ETC
City First celebrates the awesome girls who won
the Special Category Awards which were
conferred on the basis of their performance
during the 3 day stay and mentoring at Novotel,
Goa. CONGRATULATIONS!
Showcasing
THEIR BEST!
Taruna
Thapa
MISS
Confident
Sargam
Sharma
MISS
Beautiful
Smile
Navya
Singh
MISS
Photogenic
Rishika
Chandnani
MISS
Talented
Ritu
Lakhina
MISS
Voice FMI
Teen
Priya
Yadav
MISS
Beautiful
Hair
Priya
Arora
MISS
Beauty
Brains
Lekh
Uthaiah
MISS
Bold
Beautiful
Shubhi
Dhaneta
MISS
Ramp
Walk
Pearl
Agarwal
MISS
Fashion
Icon
Shreya
Gupta
MISS
Beautiful
Eyes
Navyashree
Shetty
MISS
Voice FMI
Shreya
Khanna
MISS
Beautiful
Smile
Kavya
Kapoor
MISS
Congeniality
Shreet
Chande
MISS
Body
Beautiful
Divisha
Paliwal
MISS
Beautiful
Hair
Angel
Sain
MISS
Body
Beautiful
Anita
Kriplani
MISS
Talented
Aanchal
Ajaipal
MISS
Rising
Star
Kritika
Swarnkar
MISS
Flawless
Skin
Tanvi
Purohit
MISS
Ramp
Walk
Yashika
Kumawat
MISS
Beautiful
Eyes
Suman
Manva
MISS
Beauty
Brains
Kanishka
Bhagat
MISS
Confident
Chahak
Bhandula
MISS
Photogenic
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

CITY FIRST
A
narrayof design-
ers will take part
in the 2nd edi-
tion of Gurugram
InternationalCou-
ture Week 2022 in-
cluding Ashley Re-
bello, Leena Singh,
Indi Yapa Abeywarde-
na and Charini repre-
sentingandsupporting
the partnership with
Srilanka Design Coun-
cilwilltakeplaceinthe
month of February at
Gurugram. The shows
will be directed by Liza
Varma, Sham Khan A,
and others. The three-
day event will feature
runway shows and en-
tertainment for both es-
tablishedfashionbrands
and upcoming design-
ers. On the occasion, M
Satya MD Sidharrth
Behera Director Opera-
tionshostedaget-togeth-
er to shine the spotlight
on fashion. M
Satya said “GICW is a
platform that was con-
ceptualized purely
with the intention
of bringing raw
talent to light and
creating a plat-
form to bridge the
gapbetweentheIndian
Fashion industry and
InternationalTrends”.
I
ndian Beautician Welfare As-
sociation organised a Gala
Award Function at Goa on
October 3. Over 30 short-
listed nominees were select-
ed nationally from the field
of Movies, Fashion, and Make-
up Industry. At the ceremony,
Suman D Harriyani, the Owner
of Only Aatitude Salon,
Motera, Ahmedabad who is
an Expert Hairstylist and a
Professional Makeup Artist
was bestowed with APJ Abdul
Kalam Professional Awards
2021 for her creative and innova-
tive services. President of IBWA
Mr. Raj Panda shared, “All THE
30 award selections have been
done purely on their profession-
al and Social Achievement ba-
sics. I congratulate Suman, for
her path-breaking experiments
and initiatives. —City First
12
NEW DELHI | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 , 2021
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
NAAC Committee of University
Grants Commission (U.G.C) -
Govt. of India and Niti Aayog
have selected Dr Amit M Patel
for the prestigious Dr APJ Abdul
Kalam National Award 2021
for his achievements in the
field of Teaching, Research,
and Publications. The Award
ceremony will be held in
November in the presence of
Union Cabinet Ministers and
some dignitaries.
According to the official Twitter handle from DCP North
East Delhi, Rakesh Asthana, Commissioner of Police, Delhi
felicitated Praharis, YUVA stakeholders, and Tejaswini
women personnel at Suraksha Se Vikaas- empowering the
Stakeholders program organised by North West
District, Delhi Police.
hantasmagoria,
an art exhibi-
tion presented
by Bhavna Ka-
kar is being or-
ganised from
October 27 to November
15, at Latitude 28, Lado
Sarai. Phantasmagoria
brings together artists
like Dileep Sharma,
Farhad Husain,
George Martin,
Pratul Dash, who
problematize the
concept of realism
as well as reality, in an
age that is a frenzy of
simulations. Taking
from pop culture while
blurring the bounda-
ries between ‘high’ and
‘low’ art, these artists
form bricolages of
mental landscapes.
‘Parody’ and ‘Pastiche’
are blended to form a
post-modern critique
of consumerist aesthet-
ics. Dileep Sharma jux-
taposes motifs that are
reflective of contempo-
rary media and popular
culture to embed his
images with a stark
sense of satirical humor,
seduction, and fantasy
.
His models reflect fash-
ion and flamboyance to
subvert their very es-
sence through contrast-
ing imagery
. Farhad Hu-
sainexploresthepolitics
and dynamics of human
relationships affected by
the capitalist society
which survives through
alienationandsheercon-
sumption. He creates
eclectic rhetoric of im-
ages coming from di-
verse schools, prints,
and images from the
entertainment world
creating a montage
of old and new.
George Martin cre-
ates ideas or abstract
thoughts into an almost
tangible physical thing
by providing them with
a conceptual aesthetic.
The flow of thought al-
ludes to the fluidity of
music and sound and a
pastiche of sorts is
manifested by bringing
in images from distinct
sources revealing the
fragmentary nature of
contemporary times.
Pratul Dash employs
the painted surface to
distort the perception
of the viewer and there-
by question their view
of representation.
APPRECIATION FOR PASSION FELICITATIONCEREMONY
PROUDMOMENT
FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
Gurugram
International
Couture Week!
P
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirstdel@gmail.com
Glittering Celebration
Vicky Jain and Amit
Rajput hosted a
pre Diwali Party for
Neelam Saxena’s
‘We Are One’ group
on October 27 at
Orion Plaza. Everyone
sparkled in their ethnic
outfits. Ruhi Ganguli,
Nitin Seth, Dr Nidhi,
Glory Brar, Rituraj,
Jatin, Kajal, Rashmi
Khurana, Bhavna,
Naeima, Pratap,
Piyush, Kajli and
Munna among others
were present during
the celebration.
During the event
Bhavna Kakar with a friend Garima and Aria
Farhad Husain
Saudamini Mishra
Georgina with a friend
Manish Baheyti and Sonali
Ina Puri with a friend
Sanjana and Kartika
Parul Mukherjee
Dileep Sharma
Pratul Dash, Pranati Panda and Jagganath Panda
Jagganath Panda, Bhavna Kakar with a friend
Model Sanjeet Singh
and Smit Raj Gyanani
Maneesh Baheti
Joy Mitra
Ishween Mohanty
and Jyotsna Rani Mohanty
Rooma Sekhri
and Hangout Shalini Vij
Liza Varma
and Zeenat Iqbal
Ronni Kolha
Sham Khan
and Sidharrth Behera
and Bhavna Kakar
During the event

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