Lucknow/Noida: IGrank IPS officer Laxmi Singh, 48, on Wednes day took charge as the police commissioner of Gautam Buddh Na gar (Noida), becoming the first woman officer to head a Police Com missionerate in Uttar Pradesh.
Singh, a 2000-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has re placed Additional Di rector General Alok Singh, who has been shunted to DGP head
quarters along with A. Satish Ganesh, who was removed from the post of Varanasi Police Commissioner. Ashok Mutha Jain has been appointed as the new police commissioner in Varanasi.
Uttar Pradesh's three new commission erates in Ghaziabad, Agra and Prayagraj also saw their first po lice commissioners taking charge on Wednesday. Ajay Ku mar Mishra assumed charge in Ghaziabad, Preetinder Singh in
Agra, and Ramit Shar ma in Prayagraj.
Bengaluru: Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice Chairperson
Vikram S Kirloskar, 64, has died due to a heart attack, the automaker said on Wednesday. Kirloskar suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday and was taken to a hospital, where he passed away.
New Delhi: In the Shraddha murder case, accused Aaftab Poonawala reportedly confessed to killing his livein partner in the polygraph test. Aaftab, who not only strangled Shraddha but also chopped her body into 35 pieces and disposed them.
Beijing: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, prompting a wave of nostalgia for the more liberal times he oversaw.
Kabul: At least 19 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s northern city of Aybak. There have been dozens of blasts and attacks targeting civilians since the Taliban returned to power.
New Delhi: AAP leaders considered the Delhi excise policy as a “device” to generate illegal funds at the cost of the state exchequer, the ED told a court here on Wednesday. It also said that at least 36 accused, including Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and a PA of CM Kejriwal, “destroyed or used” 170 phones in order to conceal evidence of “kickbacks”.
Ahmedabad: The cam paigning for the first phase of elections in 89 of the total 182 seats in Gujarat came to an end on December 29. The first phase of elections will take place today. The remaining 93 seats will be decided in a vote on December 5.
The Gujarat assem bly elections will fea ture 1,621 candidates. A total of 788 candidates will run for the 89 seats up for election in Phase 1, including 70 women and 339 independents.
Similarly, 833 candi dates will compete for the 93 seats in Phase 2. In the second round, there are 69 female can didates and 285 inde pendents. More on P5
In a tete-a-tete with First India’s Aditi Nagar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah stressed that the BJP will break its own previous record of seats won in election. Shah also claimed that foul words used by Congress against PM Narendra Modi have always made Gujaratis vote for PM Modi and BJP.
l Do you think the claim that BJP’s earlier record on seats will be broken? Definitely. We will have an unexpected win with the most number of seats. More on P8
BJP national prez JP Nadda conducted a rally in Nadiad on Wednesday and spoke to First India’s Aditi Nagar wherein he stressed that the hard work of all the leaders under PM Modi’s guidance will result in a huge, one-sided and historic victory for BJP.
l Carpet bombing of rallies have happened in Guj. Now what results are you expecting?
I see that Gujarat’s people are one sided in favour of BJP. Everyone has an unbreakable love and trust towards PM Modi. More on P8
Ghaziabad: Ajay Kumar Mishra, 2003-batch IPS officer, took charge as the first police commissioner of Ghaziabad on Wednesday. Prior to this he was on dep utation in the Intelligence Bureau. Inspector Gen eral of Police (IGP) Mishra replaced Senior Superin tendent of Police Muniraj G who has been posted on the same post in Ayodhya. Interacting with the media, Mishra, 48, said the police force will be more prompt in commissionerate system.
“Unorganised crime will be curbed by police patrolling. Adequate lights and CCTV cam eras would also be installed with the help of competent authorities,” he said.
IG of Lucknow Zone, while Rakesh Singh has been made the new DIG of Bareilly Zone and Chandraprakash (II) the new IG of Pray agraj Zone.
Ghaziabad SSP Mu niraj has been made the new Ayodhya SP, Prashant Sharma has been made Bahraich's new SP, while Bahraich SP Keshav Kumar Chaudhary has been made ACP Agra.
Shailendra Pandey has been made SSP Ma thura, Abhishek Yadav has been made SP LIU Lucknow, and Prabha kar Chowdhary has been transferred from SSP Agra to 11th Corps PAC Sitapur.
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano has moved the Supreme Court against the
mur dering her family members. Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five-months pregnant when she was raped while fleeing riots that broke out after Godhra train incident.
New Delhi: The Indian economy has grown by 6.3% in the July to Sep tember quarter, down from explosive growth of 13.5% in the previous quarter, as distortions caused by Covid lock downs faded, but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised repo rates to combat inflationary pressure, official data revealed on Wednesday.
Last year, the GDP growth rate was 8.4% in the July-September quarter. The NSO, un der the Ministry of Sta tistics and Programme Implementation, re leased the data on the quarterly estimates of the July-September pe riod of the current fi nancial year.
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New Delhi: Delhi Po lice spokesperson Su man Nalwa on Wednes day told reporters that Pinky Irani, who alleg edly facilitated conman Sukesh Chandrashek har’s meeting with Bol lywood personalities, including actor Jacque line Fernandez, has been arrested.
“After having suffi cient evidence against her, she has been ar rested in this case and produced before the
court where her police remand for three days has been granted. Fur ther investigation is in progress,” Nalwa said.
Nalwa said that Irani, a resident of Mumbai, joined the investigation at the Delhi Police’s Economic Offence Wing (EOW) office here.
Special Judge Shailender Malik sent Irani to custodial inter rogation till December 3 on a police application
truth of the matter can surface.
which claimed that she was in touch with the main accused, Chan drashekhar, and was aware of his criminal activities. She allegedly used to portray him as a business tycoon and was instrumental in fa cilitating his meetings with certain Bollywood personalities, the court was told.
Police told the court that her custody was needed for tracking the trail of extorted money.
PM NARENDRA MODI TO ADDRESS 7 RALLIES TODAY, TOMORROW GUV DEVVRAT PICKS UP BROOM & LIFTS LITTER AT VIDYAPITH Governor Acharya Devvrat sweeping floor with a broom at Gujarat Vidyapith on Wednesday. Shashikant Sharma Ahmedabad: The Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat surprised everyone on Wednesday by undertaking a surprise inspection of the Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad. The Governor suddenly reached the Vidyapith around 10 o’clock in the morning and observing a pile of filth in the campus, the Governor could not control himself and picked up a broom in his hands. Acharya Devvrat, who is famous for starting a cleanliness campaign wherever he sees dirt, Turn to P5MODIJI IS OUR BIGGEST LEADER, GUJARATIS FEEL PROUD OF HIM, SAYS SHAH
THERE WILL BE A HISTORIC VICTORY FOR BJP UNDER MODI’S GUIDANCE: NADDAremission of sentences and the release of convicts in the 2002 gang-rape case. The 11 men were sentenced to life im prisonment for gangraping her and NAWAB MALIK’S BAIL PLEA REJECTED Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday refused bail to ex-Maha minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case linked to Dawood Ibrahim. ED ARRESTS BUDDY DIR AMIT ARORA New Delhi: The ED arrested Buddy Retail Pvt Limited director Amit Arora in connection with its money laundering into alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise Policy case. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has transferred the murder trial of YS Vivekananda Reddy, a minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh, to a court in Telangana. TOYOTA Ahtesham The Yogi Adity anath-led Uttar Pradesh government had issued an order for the posting of five Po lice Commissioners on Monday night, as part of the transfer of 16 IPS officers. In the latest reshuf fle, Home Department Secretary Tarun Baba has been made the new
Three new commissionerates in Ghaziabad, Agra and Prayagraj also get their first chiefs, as Yogi govt transfers 16 IPS officersSPECULATION ON ATTACHMENT IPS officers Alok Singh, who was removed from the post of Noida Po lice Commissioner, and A. Satish Ganesh, who was removed from the post of Varanasi Police Commissioner, have not been given any new posting; rather, they have been attached to the DGP Headquar ters. As a result of this move, the Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy is abuzz with speculation as to why these offi cials have been posted in DGP headquarters. Senior IPS officer Laxmi Singh at the Police Commissioner’s office in Noida on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI Ramit Sharma, new CP of Prayagraj Ashok Mutha Jain, new CP of Varanasi Preetinder Singh, new CP of Agra AJAY Irani arriving at the EOW office in New Delhi in September.
I am of the view that EOW must be given free hand to investigate the matter thoroughly so that
used to portray Sukesh as ‘business
New Delhi (PTI): A court here has pulled up Delhi Police for not be ing able to justify how eight people, arrested in a case against the Popu lar Front of India (PFI), carried out unlawful ac tivities since they were in custody when the of fences were claimed to have been committed.
Granting bail to the accused on Tuesday, Ad ditional Sessions Judge Sanjay Khanagwal said, “Nothing could be shown to prove that the accused people were in volved in unlawful activ ity from the date of de claring PFI as unlawful organisation till their arrest in the present case."
The court noted that the PFI was banned on September 28 and re cords show that at the time of the ban on PFI, the accused were al ready in custody. Four were released from Tihar Jail on the morn ing of October 3 and an other four on October 5. They were released at 6.51am on October 3 and 5.10am on October 5, the court noted.
"The IO (investigating officer) has not been able to show sufficient incriminating material against the accused per sons collected during
Nothing could be shown to prove that the accused were involved in unlawful activi ty from the date of declaring PFI as un lawful organisation till their arrest
the probe that as to when accused persons were in custody from September 27, 2022, and remained in Tihar Jail till October 4 or 3, 2022, then how the accused persons have carried out such activities which are aimed at ad vocating, abetting or in citing/assisting any un lawful activity of the unlawful organisation," the court said.
After the PFI was banned in September, an FIR was registered at Shaheen Bagh Police station on September 29 based on apprehension of acts to be done by the
members of the "unlaw ful association".
Police said Mohd Shoaib, Abdul Rab, Habeeb Asghar Jamali and Mod Waris Khan were arrested in the case on October 3 after information was re ceived that some people were raising 'PFI Zindabad' slogan. The police said six PFI flags were seized from them.
Police also said that Abdullah, Sheikh Gul fam Hussain, Mohd Shoeb and Mohsin Wa gar were arrested on October 5 some PFI flags along with pamphlets reading 'PFI Zindabad'
New Delhi: The Court on Wednesday asked jailed Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain to ap proach the trial court to challenge the pro ceedings against him in a criminal defama tion complaint. BJP leader Chhail Bihari Goswami had filed a defamation complaint against Jain and sev eral other AAP leaders, claiming the accused had levelled defamato ry remarks against him in connection with funds of the NDMC.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma allowed Jain to withdraw his plea chal lenging the orders by a magisterial court here and granted him liberty to approach the trial court by way of a revi
sion petition instead of approaching the HC. "File a revision petition. Why to lose one forum?" the judge said.
Senior advocate Re becca John, appearing for Jain, said the peti tioner filed the plea be cause no case was made out to proceed against him as his alleged state ments do not fulfil the ingredients to constitute the offence of defama tion. Goswami, who was the chairperson of the Standing Committee of
the NDMC, alleged the accused passed the re marks to "lower the mor al and intellectual char acter of the complain ant in the eyes of the general public".
In February, the court of Additional Chief Met ropolitan Magistrate had summoned Jain, Atishi, Raghav Chadha, Sourabh Bharadwaj, and Durgesh Pathak on the criminal defamation complaint.
were recovered from them.
The court noted that while Shoaib, Rab, Ja mali and Waris were re leased from preventive detention on October 2, Abdullah, Hussain, Shoeb and Mohsin were released on October 4.
In its order, the court also said the material collected during the in vestigation was silent as to the role of accused persons in financial ac tivities or in advocating the activities of the un lawful organisation af ter its ban, being its member.
It also noted that there was no allegation of involvement of ac cused persons in any terrorist activities, and the alleged offence was not punishable for more than seven years.
New Delhi: The Del hi High Court on Wednesday rejected the petition seeking house arrest for for mer chief of banned outfit Popular Front of India Erappungal Abubacker, who was arrested under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Ac tivities (Prevention) Act and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act.
The Division Bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh, how ever, said that it would consider Abubacker’s plea for interim bail on medical grounds and better treatment at the AIIMS.
Issuing notice to NIA, the Bench di rected the national agency to file a status report on the matter.
Stating that it
would be totally un acceptable if Abu backer had to wait till 2024 for a scan at AIIMS, the High Court further asked both NIA and AIIMS to inform about Abu backer’s diagnosis and treatment re quirement.
The PFI chief, who belongs to a village in Kozhikode district of Kerala, was active in organisations like the Ideal Students League, Jama’at-e-Is lami and Students Is lamic Movement of India (SIMI).
He was arrested by the NIA on Septem ber 22 and has re mained in judicial custody since Octo ber 6. The 70-year-old sought regular bail on medical grounds arguing that he was a retired school teach er and suffering from various medical ail ments”.
New Delhi (ANI): In a case of alleged murder of a woman in Queens land in October 2018, Delhi’s Patiala House court on Wednesday listed the matter for evi dence for December 17 and directed authori ties to supply docu ments.
An extradition in quiry is going on and the accused in the case is Rajwinder Singh. Ad ditional Chief Metro politan Magistrate Na beela Wali listed the matter on 17 December for evidence in the mat ter. The court also di rected the government authorities to supply the copy of documents to Rajwinder Singh.
Advocate Abdul Gaf far submitted before the court that he has not been supplied the docu ments.
Special public prose cutor of Ministry of External affairs Ajay Digpaul submitted that the copies will be sup plied to him today. Ear lier he said that the cop ies have been supplied.
The court had on No
vember 25 remanded Rajwinder Singh to ju dicial custody. He was arrested and produced before Patiala House Court by the Delhi po lice special cell on No vember 25.
Earlier a non-baila ble warrant was issued for arrest of Rajwinder by the court.
According to sources, Rajwinder was in Aus tralia for 10 years and was working as male nurse. The woman who was allegedly killed by him was unknown to him. He has a B Sc de gree. He also got Aus tralian citizenship and he was married to a woman also an Austral ian citizen.
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New Delhi: Eight peo ple were arrested after Delhi Police busted a fake visa racket on Wednesday. The ac cused were allegedly running visa racket from Connaught Place.
The crime branch of the Delhi Police re ceived information re garding a gang which was operating from Connaught Place and other areas. Later, a raid was conducted at many places and the 8 accused were arrested, Special Commissioner of Police (crime) Ravin dra Singh Yadav said.
The accused persons were in the business of securing visas from dif ferent countries for the last 10 to 12 yrs and have expertise in preparing forged documents, po lice said.
The aspirants were mostly unemployed youth and they wanted to go abroad in search of employment.
Such aspirants don't have valid documents for securing a visa. They used to prepare forged documents through skilled persons and based on the docu ments, aspirants used to apply for visas, police said, adding that the ac
cused were charging them hefty amounts.
The accused have been identified as Baldev Raj (54), Ansh Madan (23), Balihar Singh (43) and Kuldeep Singh (56), residents of Haryana, Shiva Rama Krishnan (39), a resi dent of Vasant Kunj, Sunil Bisht (40) and Nanda Ballabw Joshi (43), residents of Mayur Vihar, Phase-3, and Pan
kaj Kumar Shukla (30), a resident of Azamgarh in UP, police said.
The illegal visa syndi cate was being operated by Raj and Krishnan as sisted by Neeraj, Bisht and Shukla. The accused disclosed that they were running a tour and trav el business under the name 'Green Tour and Travel'. This network was spread in several states, including Hary
ana, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP etc, Yadav said.
The members of the racket were using high ly encrypted mobile ap plications for communi cation. Many members of this syndicate have a criminal background, Yadav said. Raj was the mastermind of this syndicate. He also con tested an election in Punjab before moving to Delhi in 2003.
ble tennis player after Manika Batra to get the Khel Ratna.
New Delhi: Table ten nis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal was be stowed with the coun try’s highest sporting honour the Major Dhy an Chand Khel Ratna by President Droupadi Murmu in a glittering National Sports Awards ceremony at the Rash trapati Bhavan here on Wednesday.
While Sharath is the
lone Khel Ratna award recipient, 25 sportsper sons, including shut tlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, track and field athletes Eld hose Paul and Avinash Sable, were conferred with the Arjuna Award. The event is tradition ally held every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey
legend Major Dhyan Chand on August 29. But last year also, the event
was held on another date.
The 40-year-old Shar
ath had returned from Birmingham Common wealth Games as the
most-decorated Indian athlete with four med als. He is the second ta
While Sharath took away the spotlight, the star attractions among Arjuna awardees were shuttler Sen, world champion boxer Zareen, boxer Amit Panghal and triple jumper Eldhose Paul, all gold medallists at Birmingham Games.
Rohit Sharma’s coach Dinesh Jawahar Lad, football coach Bimal Prafulla Ghosh and wrestling mentor Raj
Singh won the Dro nacharya award in the Discus thrower See ma Punia was the first to receive the Arjuna award from the Presi dent, followed by Paul, Sable, Sen, Prannoy and Panghal, among others.
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achieve ment was won by Ash wini Akkunji C (athlet ics), Dharamvir Singh (hockey), B C Suresh (kabaddi) and Nir Bahadur Gurung (para athletics).
TT star Sharath Kamal gets Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, 25 others get Arjuna Award
RajwinderSingh was arrested and produced before Patiala House Court by the Delhi police special cell on November 25
Pulls up Delhi police for not being able to justify arrest of accused
Records show that at the time of ban on PFI, accused were in custody
IO has not been able to show sufficient incriminating material, says judge
BJP leader Chhail Bihari Goswami had filed a defamation complaint against Jain and several other AAP leaders
ual mode."
New Delhi: For the eighth day running, the server at All India Insti tute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) remained out of order, and according to sources after the sus pension of two analysts from Delhi more are on the radar for suspension for breaching cyber se curity.
According to sources, "The sanitising process has started. Earlier it was 15 but now 25 out of 50 servers and more than 400 endpoint com puters have been
scanned. Antivirus up loading has also been started for future safe ty." On Tuesday, the AIIMS also issued a statement that the eHospital data has been restored, "The hospital data has been restored on the servers. Network is being sanitised before the services can be re
stored. The process is taking some time due to the volume of data and large number of serv ers/computers for the hospital services. Meas
It said further, "The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also joined the investigation. The India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), Delhi Police, Intelligence Bu reau, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Ministry of Home Af fairs (MHA) representa tives are already prob ing the incident."
The internet services after the recommenda tions from the investiga tion agencies will re main blocked in AIIMS Delhi.
New Delhi (ANI): Aaft ab's most recent girl friend was in shock af ter hearing about the horrific act by him and said that she had no clue that human body parts were kept inside Aaft ab's Chhatarpur resi dence when she visited there twice after the murder of Shraddha Walkar. She also in formed that Aaftab gift ed her a ring.
As per her, Aaftab had gifted a fancy artificial ring on October 12. As per sources, this ring be longed to Shraddha.
ures are being taken for cyber security."
"All hospital services, including outpatient, inpatient, laboratories, etc continue to run on man
Laboratory informa tion system database and other dependent da tabases have been re stored. Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sci ence (AIIMS) reported a failure in its server on November 23, as per of ficials. ANI
The police recovered the ring from Aaftab's new partner and record ed her statement.
As per reports, Aaft ab's partner is a psychia trist by profession.
As per a statement given to the police, this friend informed that she had come to Aftab's flat
twice in the month of October, but she had no inkling of Shraddha's murder or about the presence of human body parts in the house.
Aftab never looked scared, she said. She also informed that he often used to tell her about his Mumbai home.
Aaftab and his new girlfriend came in con tact through an online
dating app. As per police, Aftab was in contact with about 15 to 20 girls through different dating sites.
During investigation, the police traced his Bumble app record and found out about a girl who had come in contact with Aaftab through the app on May 30, about 12 days after Shraddha's murder.
New Delhi: As the poll battle for MCD heats up, the political lingo is also taking up quirky tones and colours. The intensifying campaign ing spree by parties is seeing high-pitched de rision and ridicule of each other, aptly being supported by slapstick jargon.
While the BJP has flown down its top lead ership from various states to corner AAP with choicest epithets like 'Dhokha Ratna' and 'Kattar Beiman', AAP too has called the BJP a 'video-making company' and 'mountain of fail ures' . These verbal vol leys have only upped the ante ahead of the De cember 4 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls.
The BJP has been in power in the MCD since 2007. During its 15-yearrun at its helm, the par ty has seen the civic body trifurcated into NDMC, SDMC, and EDMC (2012-2022), and its reunification earlier this year.
Several chief minis ters and Union minis ters have stumped for BJP candidates in the past few weeks, raising the fever pitch while engaging in political at tacks, with the AAP and its supremo Arvind Kejriwal often in the
Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Mon day blasted the Delhi CM on corruption, say ing Kejriwal should get a "Dhokha Ratna" for creating a "mess" and bringing ignominy to the national capital.
Campaigning for the BJP candidates, he said, "We have heard about the Great Wall of China... Kejriwal has now become the 'cor ruption wall'."
Chouhan also slammed the AAP con venor for defending his
ministers — Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain.
"It is amusing that Ke jriwal demanded Bharat Ratna for Satyendar Jain and Manish Siso dia. Kejriwal should be given 'Dhokha Ratna Puraskar' and Sisodia 'Sharab Ratna Pursakar' for the existing condi tion of Delhi," he said.
Citing leaked videos of Satyendar Jain from Tihar jail that showed him taking a massage in his cell, the senior BJP leader said, "He (Jain) should get the 'Ghotala and Massage Ratna'."
New Delhi (ANI): Po lice on Wednesday regis tered a case against Aam Aadmi Party candidate for MCD polls Joginder Singh for brandishing a revolver while dancing.
"A case has been regis tered under Arms Act against Joginder Singh alias Bunty, an AAP can didate for MCD polls from Ward-19, Swaroop Nagar," Delhi Police said. Officials said they received the video clip, in which a group of peo ple were seen dancing.
One of them, in a yellow t-shirt — identified as Joginder Singh — took out a revolver, bran dished it in the air and pointed it out towards the camera," police said.
New Delhi (ANI): Ahead of Delhi Munici pal polls, Union Minis ter Hardeep Puri Wednesday said housing scheme under ‘Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makaan’ will benefit around 10 lakh people in Delhi.
“As per the census of 2011, the population of Delhi was 1.67 crore. When the next census comes then the popula tion of Delhi will be over 2 crore. For this popula tion our schemes which are currently going on include Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makaan, under which there would be 10 lakh beneficiaries,” Puri said. While talking about another scheme called PM Uday, he said,
“The scheme is for regu larisation of unauthor ised colonies which will benefit about 50 lakh people. The third scheme is land pooling which we started recently and as per our assessment there would be 75 lakhs beneficiaries,” he added.
“So for the population of
2 crores, 1.35 crore citi zens of Delhi will bene fit from our re-develop ment plan,” the minister said.
He said, “Now Delhi is the most populous ur ban agglomeration in the world (second only to Tokyo) with around 2 crore citizens. Delhi’s
Master Plan 2041 will have policies for regeneration of existing colonies, greenfield develop ment through Green Development Area policy and infra boost
Minister
population in 2041 is estimated at 2.92 crores. Delhi being the capital city of the world’s fifth largest economy is like a dynamic growing or ganism. ‘Sabka Vikas’ is being assured by ensur ing urban development through various mecha nisms”.
New Delhi: Musta fabad, one of the worsthit areas in the Febru ary 2020 riots in North East Delhi, is singed by the memories of vio lence and many think it will have a bearing on the MCD polls.
December 4 will see the first election in the city after the riots.
There is unconcealed anger against AAP, with people across religious divide calling incum bent MLA Haji Younus a “deserter.” People spent their savings to repaint
and
the
“Students
NGOs helped rebuild lives here. Why would anyone vote for AAP?” he said.
The Mustafabad mu nicipal ward is reserved for women and witness ing a five-cornered con test, with CPI(M) and AIMIM also fielding their candidates.
There are 53,000 vot ers in the Muslim-major ity ward. The Congress’ Sabila Begam is consid ered a strong candidate as she has the support of the Saifi community which has around 13,000 votes. The BJP has field ed Shabnam Malik who
is banking on the 10,000 votes of the Malik com munity.
Malik’s brother-inlaw Mainu Malik said the “internal fight” in Congress (incumbent councillor Praveen Ma roof not given ticket), the anger against AAP, and the AIMIM cutting votes will help BJP win.
All India Majlis-e-Itte hadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is contesting from 16 seats, including Mustafabad. The Owai si-led party had contest ed the civic polls on nine wards in 2017 but drew a blank.
been scanned.
n More may face action for cyber security breach n Antivirus uploading has been startedAaftab Poonawala being taken back from the Forensic Science Laboratory, Rohini, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
As the Dec 4 voting day nears, high decibel campaigning by parties across Delhi Blame game on as BJP marshals top party leaders to corner AAP; Cong, AIMIM join inUnion Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia during a roadshow in New Delhi on Wednesday. CM Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow at Malka Ganj in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI First India Bureau crosshairs.
‘Kattar Beiman’ to ‘Dhokha
the new jargon of MCDGaurav Saini restore the burnt buildings and damaged places of worship in Mustafabad, adjoining Brijpuri and Shiv Vihar, but no help came from government, said Haji Yasin, 55, owner of an automobile agency. of Jamia Milia University, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Sikh
India’s former coach Ravi Shastri has set off a big buzz by suggesting that Team In dia should give Sanju Sam son far more opportunities.
Team India’s former coach has urged selectors, BCCI and the team management to support Samson for 10 straight matches before tak ing a final decision on his future highlighting the injus tice that has dogged the in ternational career of the skipper of the Rajasthan Royals side in the IPL.
ing with India’s white-ball squad. Despite many seniors missing, Samson was not picked for any of the three T20 games against the Kiwis.
Nearly 33 years ago, India’s legendary cricketer, Mohinder Amarnath had famously called the selectors “a bunch of jokers.” It’s a pithy phrase that has been frequently used for Indian selectors since then. In looking at the curious case of mishandling the career of Sanju Samson, most Indian fans would tend to agree with Amarnath’s assessment even today!
Sanju Samson fans have often accused the national selectors of ruining an in credible talent like him. Most experts feel that the ‘Kerala King’ has not been given enough chances to cement his place in the Indian team. Samson was in tremendous form this year but the selec tors didn’t pick him in the squad for the T20 World Cup or for the Asia Cup. This has happened in a year where he had a fine IPL season and led Rajasthan Royals to their first final since 2008 when the Royals under Shane Warne won the inaugural IPL cham pionship.
How shabbily Sanju often gets treated is clear even from the New Zealand trip where the 28-year-old is tour
In the first ODI game, he was picked and scored 36 runs from 38 balls after batting at number 6 and forged a cru cial 94-run stand with Shreyas Iyer which helped India reach an over-300 total. After New Zealand won the first ODI, Samson was dropped again - for the sake of getting an extra bowler. The team management in cluded batting all-rounder Deepak Hooda in place of Sanju for the next two ODI games – for Hooda as a parttime spinner could provide cushion to the other five bowlers. This further adds fuel to the fans’ anger about Sanju being treated unfairly in Team India. Given how much cricket Suryakumar Yadav has played lately, he could have been rested to give a fair chance to Samson in the middle order on the New Zealand tour. The series was an ideal time to give Saju con tinuous game-time in the middle after years of sporad ic chances but the opportu nity was wasted.
Sanju made his interna tional debut in 2015 but since then, he’s been given very few chances. For the T20 World Cup in 2024, the choice of keeper-batsman will be be tween Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan and Samson. Though Sanju was the first to get se lected, he has played much less games than the other
Sanju Samson fans have often accused the national selectors of ruining an incredible talent like him. Most experts feel that the ‘Kerala King’ has not been given enough chances to cement his place in the Indian team. Samson was in tremendous form this year but the selectors didn’t pick him in the squad for the T20 World Cup or for the Asia Cup
two. The Rajasthan Royals skipper has appeared in just 16 T20Is for India. Even Ishan Kishan has played three more T20Is than Samson, while Rishabh Pant has played a huge 66 games for the country.
In contrast to Pant who is going through a torrid time in white-ball games, Sanju scored 179 runs in the six T20Is he has played in 2022, averaging nearly 45 at a strike rate of 158.40. In ODIs, Samson has a career average of 66 but this year he aver ages 71 at a strike rate of 109 in 9 innings. His stats reveal that Sanju has done exceed ingly well in the limited chances he’s got but the team management has hardly
done justice to him.
Moreover, Samson has al ways been the kind of player who doesn’t waste balls, plays impact innings and can change the course of a match in a matter of a few balls. As a dynamic batter, Sanju can be sent in both at the start of the innings or in the middle order. Despite being a wicketkeeper, he’s an outstanding fielder in the outfield.
Sadly, Sanju does not fig ure even in the squads an nounced for the upcoming tour to Bangladesh where India plays 3 ODIs before a 2-Test series. As such, he now has to wait for the IPL to showcase his talent.
Given the dismal losses in the last two T20 World Cups, Team India needs to change its style of play from con servative to aggressive and Samson fits that narrative perfectly. At a time when In dia needs to rebuild its T20 team and prepare a strong squad for the ODI World Cup in 2023, Samson de serves an extended run in Team India.
Nearly 33 years ago, India’s legendary cricketer, Mohin der Amarnath had famously called the selectors “a bunch of jokers.” It’s a pithy phrase that has been frequently used for Indian selectors since then. In looking at the curi ous case of mishandling the career of Sanju Samson, most Indian fans would tend to agree with Amarnath’s as sessment even today!
Ravana and Sur panakha made their entry in Guja rat’s political lexi con. While Ravana made its debut, Surpanakha, the demon king’s sister appar ently debuted much earlier.
Both the terms should have been avoided, especially the one likening Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the mytho logical king of Lanka. Compar ing Modi to Ravana lowered the dignity of the prime minis ter and harmed the prospects of the Congress.
The remark was made by the Congress president Mall ikarjun Kharge while cam paigning in Ahmedabad.
Kharge wondered if Modi had “100 heads” like the villain in Ramayan which is why he asks people to vote in every
The remark was made by the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge while campaigning in Ahmedabad. Kharge wondered if Modi had “100 heads” like the villain in Ramayan which is why he asks people to vote in every election looking at his face
election looking at his face. The comment won’t help the Congress as it has lost sub stantial ground and because Gujarat is Modi’s home turf where he has made the BJP invincible. It has also exposed Kharge’s lack of knowledge about Ramayan’s characters---
Ravana had ten heads, not 100! The BJP hit out at the Con gress. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said the barb reflected Congress’s despera tion and showed the party was out to defame Gujaratis. Oth er BJP leaders like Ravi Shankar Prasad and Amit Malviya, the party’s IT cell chief also attacked Kharge and his party. The Congress does not look at the remark as a self goal. Instead, Kharge be ing a Dalit, the party leaders brought in Dalit politics in their war of words after he was called “fringe” by the BJP. Renuka Chaudhary, former Union minister, joined the is sue alleging that Modi called her a Surpanakha. The Con gress has forgotten how costly Sonia Gandhi’s “maut ke sau dagar” jibe proved earlier.
It has been a few months now, Iran is in turmoil over the death of Mahsa Ami ni on September 16. Women spearheaded the pro tests in the beginning but were later joined by the masses. The unrest has been the centre of global attention as it is challeng ing the clerics and the stringent Islamic laws like wearing of hi jab. The protests have now got nationwide support and people are ready to face bullets and jail as a consequence.
Burning of head scarves by women and teenage girls was just one of the methods. Iran’s soccer team showed a passive form of protest when they did not sing their country’s national anthem at the start of one of their matches at the FIFA World Cup soccer in Qatar.
What will really hit the Ira nian government hard is the widespread celebration in sev eral parts of Iran over their loss to the US, their sworn enemy, in their match on Wednesday.
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New Delhi (ANI): The Prime Minister, Naren dra Modi addressed the Manipur Sangai Festi val via video message today. Labelled as the grandest festival in the state, the Manipur San gai Festival helps in promoting Manipur as a world-class tourism destination. The festi val is named after the
state animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur.
Addressing the gath ering, the Prime Minis ter congratulated the people of Manipur for the successful organi sation of the Manipur Sangai Festival. He pointed out that the fes tival is being organised after a gap of two years owing to the Corona pandemic and ex pressed delight at the
grand scale of ar rangements. “Ma nipur Sangai Festi val highlights the spirit and passion of the people of Ma nipur”, the Prime Minister remarked as he ap plauded the efforts and the compre hensive vision of the
Everyone wants to visit the state at least once and drew an analogy to a beautiful garland that is made up of different gems. Manipur is exactly like an elegant gar land where one can witness a mini India.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Manipur Government and Chief Minister N Biren Singh for organ ising this festival.
Remarking on Ma nipur’s abundant nat ural beauty, cultural richness and diversity, the Prime Minister said that everyone wants to visit the state at least once and drew an analogy to a beauti ful garland that is made up of different gems. The Prime Min
ister further added that Manipur is exact ly like an elegant gar land where one can witness a mini India in the state.
The Prime Minister underlined that India in its Amrit Kaal is moving forward with the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.
Shedding light on the theme of the Sangai Festival which is the ‘Festival of One-ness’
the Prime Minister re marked that the suc cessful organisation of this festival will act as a source of energy and inspiration for the na tion in the days to come. “Sangai is not only the state animal of Manipur but also has a special place in India’s faith and be liefs. The Sangai Festi val also celebrates the biodiversity of India”, the PM Modi said.
New Delhi (ANI): The government has set a target to cross 1 crore job-mark in the next 2 years in three main seg ments of digital econo my — electronics, start ups and IT, and IT-ena bled services, minister for IT & Communica tions Ashwani Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.
While speaking at an ESC?STPI event for startups, Vaishnaw said three big pillars of digital economy -- elec tronics manufacturing, IT and ITes, startups -they have created 88-90 lakh jobs. “Govern ment has set a target that in this we should be easily crossing 1 crore jobs in the com ing two years without any doubt,” the minis ter said.
He said that the digi tal economy and its as sociated employment is a major trend now and the other trend is diver sity. “Earlier names of a couple of cities were mentioned for startups. Now when I go to schools in villages, chil dren in villages want to set up a start-up,” Vaishnaw said.
The minister said that India is now be coming a technology producer from being a technology consumer.
He said that the Soft ware Technology Parks of India (STPI) is creat ing plug-and-play infra structure to provide a platform to startups.
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, held a mega roadshow in Asarwa, where thou sands of supporters gathered to cheer for the saffron party. During the roadshow, he asserted that the Anti-radicalisa tion Cells in Gujarat, which is one of the poll promises of the BJP, is an experiment and will be started in other states too after a thorough study. He also exuded confidence that BJP will come back to power with a huge mandate.
He said that if Antiradicalisation cell works, will bring it in nationally. "BJP will come back to power with a very good mandate." When asked where he sees Cong and AAP in the election, the HM responded, "It won't be right of me to com ment on any other party, but we will come back." Amit Shah added.
BJP has ful filled its promises and created credibility among the people. That is why every sec tion of Gujarat, be it tribals, farmers, youth or women, are all with BJP. The public support from the people of Gujarat including Santaram pur, Asarva, and Mansa confirms it.
—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
Varanasi: A Varanasi court is set to deliver its verdict on the matter of clubbing together all the cases on the plea seeking worship rights of the ‘Shivling’ that Hindu side claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi mosque premises. The matter will be heard in the district judge’s court. During the proceedings of the Advocate Commissioner in Gyanvapi Masjid case in the month of May, many new cases re garding the alleged Shivling found in the survey have also come.
New Delhi: A queer lawyer practising before the Su preme Court has written to the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with a request to modify the appearance slips in the SC to include an additional column for mentioning people’s pro nouns so that they may be correctly used in the court’s orders or judgments. While this may seem simple, and such a change will only require an administrative direction from you, it will go a long way in affirming the identities, the lawyer said.
Ahmedabad (PTI): De
fence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel were the symbols of Gu jarat’s honour and pride in the 20th Century and PM Modi has emerged as the state’s “honour & pride” in 21st Century.
Addressing a press conference, Singh said the people of Gujarat will give a befitting re ply to those who used abusive words for the
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always carries a broom and a trowel in his car. Even on Wednesday, he took a broom and cleaned all the garbage lying in front of him. He was engaged in the cleanliness campaign for a long time. During the surprise inspection, he also inquired about the food and other facili ties provided to the chil dren in the institute.
Even while being the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Acharya Dev vrat had been undertak ing such surprise in spections by visiting
universities and because of this, he is also very popular among students.
OF FIRST PHASE, NADDA, RAJNATH TARGET CONG OVER ‘RAVAN’ REMARK Ahmedabad: On the eve of the Gujarat assembly polls’ first phase, the BJP intensified its attack on the Congress over its president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘Ravan’ jibe at PM Modi. During a roadshow here, BJP president J P Nadda said Kharge’s barb and another Con gress leader Madhusudan Mistry’s ‘aukat’ remark at Modi expose the party’s mindset and betray its frustration as the party stands nowhere while the BJP is getting one-sided support. Defence Min ister Rajnath Singh told reporters that the people of Gujarat will give a befitting reply to those using abusive words for the prime minister who, he asserted, is Gujarat’s “honour and pride”.
SCAM: J&K HC REFUSES
BAIL TO BSF OFFICER
New Delhi (ANI): Unit ed States Charge d’Affaires Elizabeth Jones called on External Affairs Minister S Jais hankar here on Wednes day. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ongoing progress in bi lateral cooperation.
prime minister. “he is Gujarat’s honour and pride, while Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Pa tel were the symbols of Gujarat’s honour and
pride in the 20th Centu ry, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as Gujarat’s honour and pride in the 21st Century.”
“Glad to receive US Cd’A Elizabeth Jones. Dis cussed the ongoing pro gress in our bilateral cooperation,” Jais hankar said in a tweet.
Elizabeth Jones was last month appointed as
Charge d’ Affaires ad in terim at Embassy in New Delhi. Previously, Jones served as Assis tant Secy of State for Europe and Eurasia, act ing Assistant Secy of State for the Near East.
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of BSF Com mandant (Medical) Karnail Singh who was among the 24 people charge-sheeted by the CBI in the police sub-inspector recruitment scam in the Union territory. The CBI arrested Singh on October 18 for allegedly using touts to get his son the question paper of the recruitment examination conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB).
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New Delhi: The DMK has told the Supreme Court that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 is “arbitrary” as it only considers religious minorities from 3 countries while keeping Sri Lankan Tamils staying in India as refugees. The Central govt has “categorically remained silent to the plight of the Ta mil refugees. Step-motherly behaviour of Respondent No.1 (Centre) towards the Tamil refugees has left them living in constant fear of deportation,” stated the affidavit filed by DMK.
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New Delhi: The steer ing committee of the Congress will decide when and where the AICC session will be held to finalize the name of Mallikarjun Kharge. But informed leaders of the party say that the convention may be held by the end of February or at the most it will be held in the first week of March. This is being said on the basis that Rahul Gan dhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
is coming to an end in the first week of Febru ary. If there is no hin drance in the journey, it will reach Srinagar be tween February 5 and 7 and Rahul Gandhi will return to Delhi after hoisting the tricolor there. The party wants the momentum created by his visit to be con tinue for several months more, if not weeks, and the Con gress wants to take ad vantage of this in next year’s assembly elec tions.
According to in formed sources in the Congress, the conven tion will be held in the break between the end of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra and the budget session
of Parliament. The budget session of Parlia ment begins towards the end of January and from the second week there is a one-month break. So, the time is
from the third week of February to the second week of March. Along with this, the party has to decide where the con vention will be held. As sembly elections are due in Kharge’s home state Karnataka in May next year, where the Con gress is hoping to return to power. That’s why Kharge’s name should be stamped by holding a convention in Karnata ka itself. If Congress makes it a big event, the party will surely get benefit in the elections.
Elections are also to be held in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh next year. But elections will be held in both the states at the end of the year and Congress had organized Nav Sankalp Shivir this year in Udaipur city of Ra jasthan. That’s why there is less possibility of convention in these states. If Congress does not want to make it a big event and wants to keep a low profile, then it can be organized in Delhi or Haryana.
‘Gandhi, Patel symbols of Gujarat’s pride, PM Modi is State’s honour’Sonia Gandhi & Mallikarjun Kharge. —FILE PHOTO KERALA HIGH COURT DISMISSES PIL SEEKING TIME-LIMIT ON PASSING OF BILLS BY GOVERNOR KARNATAKA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON PFI FOR ITS INVOLVEMENT IN ANTI-NATIONAL ACTIVITIES DELHI HIGH COURT ALLOWS MEHBOOBA MUFTI TO WITHDRAW PLEA IN PMLA CASE Kochi: Kerala HC on Wednesday dis missed the PIL seeking to set a time limit for the Kerala Governor to take a decision on the bills passed by the State Assembly. While dismissing the PIL, the Court ob served that “It’s not the court’s duty to fix a time limit to decide on bills by the Governor and it’s for the legislature to do so.” A PIL was filed in the Kerala High Court seeking to set a time limit for Governor to take decision. Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has upheld the re cent ban imposed by the Central govt on the Popular Front of India (PFI) for its involvement in anti-national activities. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna on Wednes day pronounced the judgment. The ban was challenged by Nasir Ali, a resident of Bengaluru and the state president of the proscribed outfit. The Central government had issued an order banning the organisation and its allied outfits for a period of five years with immediate effect on Sept 28. Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed the withdrawal of the plea filed by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti challeng ing the vires of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The plea filed by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was allowed the withdrawal by the Delhi High Court. The HC Bench on Wednesday allowed the withdrawal of the plea. TOWARDS TAMIL REFUGEES
Govt aims at one crore job-mark from digital economy in next 2 yrs:
The Gujarat Anti-Ter rorist Squad has raided a manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Va dodara city and seized a huge cache of the banned mephedrone drug and its raw mate rial worth Rs 478.65 crore, an ATS official said on Wednesday.
During the raid at the small factory-cum-go down near Sindhrot vil lage of Vadodara dis trict on Tuesday night, the ATS also arrested five persons from the spot, he said.
A preliminary in vestigation revealed the accused were mak ing mephedrone, also known MD drug, a nar cotic substance, for the last 45 days in the factory which was erected using metal sheets, the ATS said in an official release.
During the raid, the ATS recovered 63.6 kg of mephedrone and 80.26 kg of its raw mate rial worth Rs 478.65 crore, the release said.
The machinery used for manufacturing the drug was also seized, it said.
Those arrested have been identified as Saumil Pathak, Shailesh Kataria, Vinod Nijama, Mohammad Shafi Dewan and Bharat Chavda, the re
New Delhi: Popular Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda on Wednesday appeared before the ED in connection with the investigation relating to sourcing of funds for his recent film ‘Liger’. The actor appeared before ED officials at the agency’s regional office in Hyderabad. The central agency is investigating the alleged violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). As per sources, Vijay Deverakonda is being questioned about sources of funding for the movie, his remuneration and payments made to other actors including American boxer Mike Tyson.
Bihar: RJD president Lalu Prasad will go under the knife at Singapore on December 5 for a kidney transplant, his son and Bihar Deputy C Tejashwi Yadav said on Wednesday.
The RJD heir apparent made the disclosure at a rally in Kurhani as sembly segment, where the disqualification of the party’s MLA Anil Sahani has necessitated a by-poll, which, incidentally, is also scheduled for Dec 5. “Lalu ji wanted to be here, but he is in Singapore where he will undergo a kidney transplant,” said Yadav.
New Delhi: The fares of the Bharat Gaurav trains are likely to be slashed by 20-30 per cent after low occupancy forced the IRCTC to cancel at least two of its special tour packages, sources said here. The Railways’ nod to the IRCTC to reduce fares of the special train comes barely a year after the service was launched. So far, the transporter has managed to operate just one service of the train on the Ramayana circuit. The AC-3 tier fare for an 18-day tour in the Bharat Gaurav tourist train is Rs 62,000.
New Delhi: A trade agreement between India and Aus tralia will be implemented from December 29, almost nine months after the two sides signed a deal. “India & Australia consolidate their long-standing partnership. Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement, realised under the guidance of leaders of both countries, comes into effect from December 29, 2022. ndia’s President has approved the deal. The two nations signed an interim free trade deal—Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA)--in April and the Australian Parliament ratified it last week.
lease said.
The investigation re vealed Vadodara resi dent Saumil Pathak had learnt the process of making narcotic drugs from the ‘dark web’ and roped in others after setting up the unit near Sindhrot, the ATS said.
Accused Kataria, a chemistry graduate, used to work as a chem ist at the factory to pro duce the MD drug using various materials, while the three others
used to handle other lo gistical operations, the release said.
The probe revealed Mumbai Police caught Pathak with drugs in 2017 and he was then sent to jail.
During his time in jail, he came in contact with one Salim Dola, who gave Pathak guid ance about drug manu facturing and also ar ranged the raw mate rial for him, the ATS release said.
Dhaka (PTI): Newlyappointed Indian High Commissioner to Bang ladesh Pranay Verma called o n PM Sheikh Hasina here on Wednes day during which they pledged to work togeth er to curb terrorism in the region. Verma, a 1994-batch IFS officer, met Hasina a month af ter presenting his cre dentials to President Abdul Hamid on Octo ber 27. “India has a poli cy for neighbouring countries. But Bangla desh gets the highest priority. Bangladesh al ways gets priority in any case,” Verma was quoted as saying by a PMO spokesperson dur ing his meeting with PM Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence.
J&K(ANI): The BSF has worked well and kept the international border incident-free de spite several efforts of neighbouring regions, Inspector General BSF (Jammu frontier) DK Boora said on Wednes day. BSF IG Boora was addressing a press con ference, and said, "BSF has worked well and keeps borders incidentfree despite several ef forts of neighbouring regions." "In the last one year, we have kept border incident free. There have been at tempts from the other side but we have kept the international bor ders secure," he said.
"There were seven at tempts of infiltration at the border and all were foiled," he pointed out.
He added that four AK 47 rifles, ammuni tion, and 50 kilograms of Heroin were recov
Adelaide (PTI) Indian men’s hockey team stunned world number one side Australia 4-3 in the third Test to regis ter a rare win and keep the five-match series alive here on Wednes day.
Skipper Harman preet Singh (12th min ute), Abhishek (47th), Shamsher Singh (57th) and Akashdeep Singh (60th) scored for India.
Australia’s goals came from the sticks of Jack Welch (25th), skip
per Aran Zalewski (32nd) and Nathan Ephraums (59th).
After Wednesday’s win, India trailed 1-2 in the series. The visitors had lost 4-5 and 4-7 in the first two Tests.
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BSF IG Boora also mentioned that Jammu Frontier has been given the best Frontier trophy this year, and said, "I congratulate officers and jawans for that."
New Delhi: The Kerala police on Wednesday said they will not allow a Hindu group close to the ruling BJP to march in support of a mega $900-million port by the Adani Group amid ten sion over protests led by Catholic priests.
Members of the Hin du United Front have announced a march to the port in Vizhinjam to pledge their sup port for a project they say will create jobs in the region.
Construction has been stalled for almost four months by pro testers from a fishing community who say the port, being built by Asia's richest and the world's third rich est man, Gautam Ada ni, is causing erosion that has hit their live lihoods.
Protesting villagers yesterday blocked trucks carrying con struction material to
Pune (PTI): Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar on Wednes day said the integration of aircraft with the newly commissioned aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is likely to be accomplished by May or June next year.
The sea-going trials are already over after which the carrier was commissioned. Now, the aircraft integration trials have been started, he told reporters after reviewing the Passing Out Parade of the 143rd course of the NDA at Khadakwasla in Maha rashtra’s Pune district.
the project site. An at tempt by the police to intervene triggered clashes in which more than 80 people were in jured.
The police said secu rity had been increased around the port to pre vent the Hindu group from reaching it. Rein forcements have al ready been sent to the Vizhinjam area after more than 3,000 villag ers stormed a police station in clashes on Sunday.
"We have denied per mission to the rally by the Hindu United Front. We have taken
enough precautions to prevent it if the front defy the order," Trivan drum Deputy Commis sioner of Police Ajith V was quoted as telling Reuters.
The port is of strate gic importance to In dia. It is set to be India's first container tran shipment hub, rival ling Dubai, Singapore and Sri Lanka for busi ness on the lucrative east-west trade routes. Both the Adani Group and the government of Kerala have denied ac cusations the port is causing environmental damage.
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party has adopt ed all the ‘old methods’ of politics. The party has no problem in dis tributing tickets on the basis of religion and caste, nor does it have any problem in giving tickets to people with criminal antecedents to win elections. All par ties doing traditional politics give priority to winning candidates while selecting candi dates but at the same time take care of some ethics. But the Aam Aadmi Party has gone so far ahead in selecting winnable candidates
that it has fielded candi dates with a maximum criminal record in the Gujarat assembly elec tions and the municipal elections in Delhi.
In Gujarat, polling is to be held on 89 seats in the first phase, and out of these 89 seats, AAP has given 32 candidates who have criminal cas es against them. Out of these, there are 26 can didates who have seri ous criminal cases against them. Similarly, out of 250 candidates of the Municipal Corpora tion of Delhi, 45 candi dates of AAP have a criminal record & more than 20 of them have serious criminal cases.
New Delhi: India lost the three-match ODI se ries against New Zea land 0-1 after the third game was called off due to rain on Wednesday. Sent in to bat, India were all out for 219 in 47.3 overs with Wash ington Sundar (51) and Shreyas Iyer (49) doing the bulk of the scoring. In reply, New Zealand were comfortably placed at 104 for one in 18 overs when the heav ens opened up.
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Bhopal (ANI): Two Naxals carrying a re ward of Rs 43 Lakh on their head were killed in an encounter with Hawk Force at Supkhar forest area (Mandla and Kawardha, Chhattis garh border) in Bala ghat district on Wednes day, an official said.
The Special Opera tion Group (SOG) of Hawk Force also recov ered AK 47, 315-rifle, various diaries and Naxalites literature from the spot. The two Naxals killed in the en
counter were identified as Ganesh Mandavi (around 35 years), a res ident of Gadhchirauli, Maharashtra and
Rajesh (around 30 years), a resident of Sukma, Chhattisgarh.
Inspector General of Police (Anti-Naxal Op
erations) Farid Shapu said that Ganesh was incharge of coordina tion team DVCM (Divi sion Committee Mem ber), MMC Zone. He was carrying a reward of 29 Lakh on his head (five lakh in MP, eight lakh in Chhattisgarh and 16 lakh in Maha rashtra). Rajesh was a commander (Bhoram dev Area Committee-PL 2) and he was carrying a reward of 15 lakh on his head (Three lakh in MP, five Lakh in Chhat tisgarh and six lakh in
IG Shapu further said that acting on a tip-off, the SOG of Hawk Force went on a search opera tion around 1 am on Wednesday. During the search, the force reached the naka of the forest department in the morning. After feel ing the movement, the Naxalites opened fire on the force. They re taliated in self-defence that continued till about 11am. Later, their bod ies were found when search was conducted.
Qatar (ANI): Eng land head coach Ga reth Southgate ap plauded Marcus Rashford’s impres sive showing in the team’s 3-0 win over Wales where the for ward managed to score a brace on Wednesday.
“It’s great for Mar cus Rashford, he has trained really well. I have to say, he’s really been impressive since he came back in with us. He could have had a hat trick, couldn’t he? And the free kick is what he’s capable of, it’s an incredible strike really,” ex pressed Southgate, quoted ESPN as re ported by BBC.
“In moments I thought both Foden and Rash were quiet in the first half, we decided to switch wings, and I thought that might allow them to go on the outside and also the chance to come in and they re sponded really well, so for both to get the goals is great,” said the England boss.
Match called off; NZ win series 1-0 against IndiaDGP Pankaj Kumar Singh addresses the media on Annual Press Meet 2022 prior to the BSF Day at BSF Aswini Officers Institute, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI kAashdeep Singh competes with Ky Willott. FIFA WORLD CUP England’s players celebrate a goal during the match against Wales in the FIFA World Cup 2022, at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium. Qatar (ANI): History will be made when Costa Rica face Germany on December 1 at the Al Bayt Stadium when France’s Stephanie Frap part will become the first woman in the history of the FIFA World Cup to referee a finals match in the men’s tournament. Frappart, who will be the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match, will be joined by assistant refer ees Neuza Back of Brazil and Mexico’s Karen Diaz Medina for the crucial Group E game on Thursday, Fifa announced on Tuesday. “The men’s World Cup is the most important sporting competition in the world. I was the first referee in France and in Europe, so I know how to deal with it,” Frappart said in an official statement released by FIFA.com. Before the World Cup, Pierluigi Collina, chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee, said of the three female referees at the World Cup: “They were not selected because they are women but as FIFA referees. They could officiate any game.” STEPHANIE FRAPPART FIRST FEMALE REFEREE AT MEN’S WORLD CUP GAME —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): The Ministry of Power on Wednesday said outstand ing dues of electricity dis tribution firms (discoms) towards gencos, transcos and traders have come down by ` 24,680 crore to ` 1,13,269 crore in the last six months. The total outstanding dues of states (discoms) which were at ` 1,37,949 crore as on June 3, 2022 have been reduced by ` 24,680 crore to ` 1,13,269 crore with timely payment of just four EMIs (equated monthly installments), it stated.
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New Delhi (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sithara man on Wednesday exuded confidence that India will succeed in handling infla tion better as it has already put in place a “very good framework” in place to ad dress supply side pressures on food prices.
The retail inflation based on the CPI has remained above the RBI’s comfort level of 6% since January. She also acknowledged that inflation due to im ports of commodities like crude oil is going to persist.
“We probably will suc ceed in handling inflation better and there is clearly a picture from the RBI that is on a downward slide and it will be well within the tol erance band by early next year or middle of next year,” said the minister who is scheduled to present the Budget for 2023-24.
Sitharaman further said inflation is going to be in fluenced by external fac
fees, charges, etc, payable to LSPs in the credit intermediation process shall be paid directly by RE and not by the borrower”, the Reserve Bank said in a press release while conveying the regulatory stance.
tors but within India, “we are comfortable” in terms of agricultural supplies, and energy among others.
New Delhi (PTI): Stateowned NMDC on Wednes day hiked the prices of iron ore lumps and fines by `300 per tonne with immediate effect. Recently government removed duty on the exports of the min eral. The price for a tonne of lump ore or high-grade iron ore having Fe (iron) content 65.53% and above has been fixed at `4,100. While the rate of fines or inferior grade ore with 64% and less Fe con tent has been increased to Rs 2,910 per tonne, NMDC said in a BSE filing.
New Delhi (PTI): The govern ment envisages doubling the contribution of India’s micro, small and medium enterprises sector to the economy by realis ing its full potential, Union Minis ter Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma said on Wednesday. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes one-third to India’s gross domestic product (GDP). The Minister of State for MSME said the Ministry is working towards this objective by resolving bottlenecks.
New Delhi (PTI): Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) will seek shareholders’ approval through postal ballot to buy back shares worth up to `98 crore.
“I look forward to a good, fast growing Indian econo my and the next year,” she said.
Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark BSE Sensex settled above the 63,000-level for the first time on Wednes day, extending its win ning momentum to sev enth day amid a largely positive trend in global markets and continuous foreign fund inflows.
The 30-share barome ter rallied 417.81 points or 0.67% to settle at 63,099.65, its fresh record closing high. The broad er NSE Nifty advanced 140.30 points or 0.75% to end at 18,758.35, its fresh record closing high.
Among the Sensex pack, Mahindra & Mahi ndra, UltraTech Cement, Power Grid, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, Tata Steel and Titan were major gainers. IndusInd Bank, State Bank of In dia, HCL Technologies and ITC were among the laggards.
New Delhi (PTI): The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms reached an all-time high of Rupees 288.50 lakh crore on Wednesday amid an ongoing rally in equities. Investors wealth climbed Rupees 7,59,642.89 crore in seven days, taking the market capitalisation (mcap) of BSE-listed firms to Rupees 2,88,50,896.03 crore.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated 34 paise to close at 81.38 (provision al) against the US dollar on Wednesday as a weak greenback in the overseas market and a rally in domestic equities boosted investor sentiment. At the interbank foreign ex change market, the local unit opened at 81.63 and touched an intra-day high of 81.38 and a low of 81.64 against the greenback. The local unit finally settled at 81.38, registering a rise of 34 paise over its previous close.
New Delhi (PTI): Retail inflation for industrial workers rose to 6.08% in October from 6.49% in Sep tember 2022 mainly due to lower prices of certain food items, according to the gov ernment data released on Wednesday.
"Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 6.08% compared to 6.49% for the previous month (September) and 4.52% during the corresponding month (October 2021) a
year before," a labour min istry statement said. Similarly, it stated that food inflation stood at
6.52% against 7.76% of the previous month (Septem ber, 2022) and 2.20% during the corresponding month
(October 2021) a year ago. The All-India CPI-IW (consumer price index for industrial workers) for Oc tober, 2022 increased by 1.2 points and stood at 132.5 points. It was 131.3 points in September 2022.
In terms of one-month percentage change, it in creased by 0.91% with re spect to previous month compared to an increase of 1.30% recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
New Delhi (FIB): Lowcost fashion brand H&M on Wednesday said that it will be reducing its global workforce by around 1,500 positions as part of a plan to reduce costs and further improve efficiency.
The Sweden-based com pany said a restructuring charge of 800 million kro nor ($76 million) will be booked in the last three months of the year. The staff reduction is estimat ed to provide annual sav ings of about 2 billion kro nor ($190 million). Be sides the clothing retailer, the group includes brands like COS, Monki, Week day, Cheap Monday, & Other Stories.
The board of directors in its meeting on November 25 has approved the cash offer for buyback of equity shares of face value of `1 each at a maximum price of `200 per share for an aggregate amount up to `98 crore. The e-voting will commence on Thursday.
New Delhi (PTI): A govern ment-appointed gas price re view panel, led by Kirit Parikh on Wednesday submitted its report to the government, recommend ing a floor and ceiling price for legacy fields and complete pricing freedom starting January 1, 2026. A fixed band of pricing for gas from legacy fields would ensure a predictable pricing regime for producers and at the same time moderate prices of CNG.
New Delhi (PTI): The government on Wednesday sought views from the industry about the existing national design policy and aims to come out with an updated policy before August 15, 2023. The National Design Policy was approved by the government in February 2007. Its objectives include promotion of Indian design through a well-defined and managed regulatory, promotional and institutional framework; and setting up of special ised design centres or innovation hubs for different sectors.
New Delhi (PTI): The gov ernment’s fiscal deficit at the end of October touched 45.6% of the full year budg et estimate, as per data re leased by the CGA on Wednesday.
In actual terms, the fis cal deficit -- the difference between expenditure and revenue -- was ` 7,58,137 crore during the April-Oc tober period of 2022-23.
In the corresponding pe riod last year, the deficit was 36.3% of the budget estimates of 2021-22.
For 2022-23, the fiscal deficit of the government is estimated to be ` 16.61 lakh crore or 6.4% of GDP.
New Delhi (PTI): Invest ment in technology start ups in the agriculture and food sector jumped over twofold to $4.6 billion during the last fiscal on the back of higher inflow in restaurant marketplace and e-grocery, according to a report by AgFunder and Omnivore. Total in vestment in agrifoodtech startups for India’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 stood at $4.6 billion, up 119% from FY2021. Deal vol ume also increased to 234 in FY2022.
New Delhi: Investment in the Indian capital markets through participatory notes rose to ` 97,784 crore at the end of October, the highest in a year.
This was also the third consecutive monthly in crease in investments through such a route.
Participatory notes (Pnotes) are issued by regis tered foreign Portfolio In vestors (FPIs) to overseas investors who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly. They, however, need to go through
a due diligence process.
According to Sebi data, the value of P-note invest ments in Indian markets -equity, debt, and hybrid securities -- stood at `97,784 crore in October-end, as compared to ` 88,813 crore at the end of September.
October P-notes invest ment level was the highest since Oct 2021, when invest ment through this route stood at `1.02 lakh crore.
New Delhi: Samsung In dia is planning to hire around 1,000 engineers for its research and develop ment institutes across In dia, the company said on Wednesday.
The young engineers will join the company in 2023, and will work on newage technologies at its R&D institutes in Bengaluru, Noida, Delhi and at Sam sung Semiconductor India Research in Bengaluru.
“Strengthening their fo cus on innovation and cut ting-edge technology, Sam
sung’s R&D centres aim to hire new talent from In dia’s top engineering insti tutes who will work on breakthrough innovations, technologies, products and
designs, including Indiacentric innovations, that enrich people’s lives.
“This will further our vi sion of Powering Digital India,” Samsung India
z The young engineers will join the company in 2023, and will work on new-age technologies at its R&D institutes in Bengaluru, Noida, Delhi and at Samsung Semiconductor India Research in Bengaluru.
head for Human Resources Sameer Wadhawan said in a statement. The Korean electronics major will re cruit engineers from streams such as CSE.
Mumbai (ANI): TMumbai (ANI): Go First, formerly known as GoAir, on Wednesday inducted the 55th Airbus A320neo air craft to its fleet of nextgeneration aircraft.
According to Go First, the airline has placed firm or ders for the delivery of 144 Airbus A320neo aircraft as part of its expansion plan. With this induction, Go First’s fleet now comprises 60 aircraft, of which 55 are A320neo and 5 are A 320ceo.
In line with Go First’s stra tegic growth plan, the air craft induction will aid the growing demand on its ex isting and new routes.
New Delhi (PTI): The growth rate in the produc tion of eight key sectors slowed down to a 20-month low of 0.1% in October on account of contraction in the output of crude oil, natural gas, refinery prod ucts, and cement, accord ing to the official data re leased on Wednesday.
In October last year, these sectors expanded by 8.7%. In September this year, the core sectors’ out put growth stood at 7.8%.
Last time it was in Feb ruary 2021, when the eight infrastructure sectors -coal, crude oil, natural gas,
refinery products, fertilis er, steel, cement and elec tricity -- recorded a nega tive growth of 3.3%.
The growth rate during April-October this fiscal was 8.2% as against 15.6% a year ago. In October, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, and cement out put recorded negative growth rate. However, ferti liser output rose by 5.4% in the month under review.
Organisations like PFI will not be tolerated; Centre, other states may consider anti-radicalisation cell
Jatin Takkar
Ahmedabad: In an in terview to PTI, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity, the all-round development of Gujarat during his tenure as the state chief minister, and the imple mentation of zero ap peasement policy as the main reasons for people repeatedly reposing faith in the BJP over the last 27 years.
“The BJP will regis ter an unprecedented victory in Gujarat. Peo ple have full faith in our party and our leader Prime Minister Naren dra Modi,” said Shah, who has been criss crossing the state and addressing five rallies a day in the run-up to the two-phase polls on De cember 1 and 5.
On Congress, Shah
said, “It is still the main opposition party, but the party is going through a crisis, and its impact is visible in Gu jarat as well.” Asked about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Shah said sustained efforts are a must in politics.
“I have always been of the view that politi cians need to be hard working and it is good when someone works hard. But in politics only sustained efforts show results. So let’s wait and see,” he said.
Shah, who has been talking about issues of national security in the campaign for the state election, said they are important in every as sembly poll. The Oppo sition has accused the BJP of raising national issues like terrorism in state elections to divert the people’s attention
The people of Gujarat are sensitive about national security. We cannot af ford to have national security affected at any one loca tion. If there is any misuse of probe agen cies, then they can approach the judiciary.
New Delhi: The survey for the acquisition of land for the second phase of the upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) will be gin in two weeks, ac cording to officials.
The first phase of the Greenfield airport in Jewar, Gautam Buddh Nagar is currently un der construction, with the Uttar Pradesh gov ernment recently ap proving land acquisition for the second phase.
And the second phase of the NIA will cover an area of 1,365 hectares, of which approximately 1,185 hectares are owned by private individuals, including farmers, from 6 villages including Ra nhera, Kureb, Dayanat pur, Karauli Bangar, Mundrah and Birampur, according to the official.
The land is being ac
quired in accordance with the 2013 Act on the Right to Fair Compensa tion and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re settlement. “Consent of landowners has been taken already after which the proposal for land acquisition was sent to the government.
The proposal has been accepted. Now the sur vey is expected to begin in the next two weeks in the six villages for meas urement of individual properties against which the compensation would be disbursed,”
Additional District Mag istrate (Land Acquisi tion) Balram Singh said.
The Modi govt decided to ban PFI after gather ing a lot of information and proof related to their anti-national ac tivities, especially their activities to push youth towards terrorism by radicalising them. And sev eral states have de manded to ban PFI.
Technical, medical, legal education in ‘mother tongue’ Amit Shah stressed that states should promote education in Hindi or regional languages in techni cal, medical and law fields so that the country can utilise the talent of nonEnglish speaking students. Underlin ing the importance of education in Hindi & regional languages, Shah said students can develop an original thought process with ease if they study in their mother tongue and this encourages research and in novation. "Technical, medical, and law - all should be taught in Hindi and regional languages. All state governments should take initiative to properly translate the curriculum of these 3 fields of educa tion into regional lan guages," Shah said.
from governance-relat ed concerns. “Is the se curity of Gujarat asso ciated with national se curity or not?
“Security of Gujarat and national security are not different issues.
And if the country is not secure, how can Gu jarat be secure? There fore, national security is a major issue in all state assembly polls.
With the Opposition often accusing the govt of misusing investiga tion agencies against its political rivals, Shah said there is an inde pendent & neutral judi ciary in the country, and “if there is any misuse of investigation agen cies, then they can ap proach the judiciary”.
Shah, who has been raising law and order issues in his campaign speeches, described ending lawlessness as one of the achieve ments of the BJP gov ernment in Gujarat.
The former BJP presi dent described the par ty’s poll promise to set up an anti-radicalisa
tion cell as a good initia tive and said any organ isation like PFI that pushes youths towards terrorism will not be tol erated. He said the Pop ular Front of India (PFI) was banned after due diligence and several states had demanded it. On whether BJP’s an nouncement in mani festo for setting up an anti-radicalisation cell in Gujarat will be im plemented in other states also, Shah said, “It is a good initiative. Let it be implemented (here) first. It will be given a legal shape and its working mechanism will be decided.” He said radicalisation should be checked not only in Gujarat but in the entire country.
“And it (anti-radicali sation cell) can be con sidered at the national level & other states. Rad icalisation has nothing to do with any sect, but we all know which forc es are promoting radi calisation. And the en tire world is concerned about it,” Shah said.—PTI
Gurugram: Guru gram-based realty firm Elan Group plans to invest Rs 4,000 crore in the city as it an nounced the launch of its first residential project on Dwarka Ex pressway in Guru gram.
Prior to this, Elan
We are excited to enter the residential real estate segment with the launch of this superluxury project.
—Ravish Kapoor, Managing Director Elan Groupfrom Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) for Rs 580 crore for the de velopment of housing and commercial pro jects on the Dwarka Expressway.
Elan Group will invest about Rs 4,000 crores in developing the project and expects sales revenue of Rs 10,000 crore from it.
z Carpet bombing of rallies have happened in Gujarat. Now what results do you expect?
z Where ever we go in Gujarat, there is al ways Modi’s name everywhere...
Amit Shah: It is but natural. He is our big gest leader and wher eever in the nation there is an election, people love and like Modiji’s name and Gujarat is Modiji’s home state. it was from here that he started the developmen tal politics in nation. So it is obvious that people are happy with Modiji’s name and feel proud too.
z Is this why
Narendra Modi? Per haps he cannot see any other target?
See, the culture of using fould words that has
been promoted by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gan dhi, I feel that as many times bad words or re marks have been made for Modiji, the people of Gujarat had given their decision with an even bigger majority. This time too the same shall happen.
z Will AAP open its account?
A: Looking at the envi ronment it does not seem so. But let’s see what happens in future.
JP Nadda: I see that Gu jarat’s people are one sided in favour of BJP.
Everyone has an un breakable love and trust towards PM Modi and with that Gujarat unit has worked a lot. Our CM Bhupendra Patel, state president CR Patil and other leaders have worked with utmost hard work and commit ment and campaigned for the party along with our leaders who came from outside. Moreover, the people of Gujarat
have also made up their mind that they will bless the BJP.
z If AAP opens its ac count this time around, will it be a challenge in the next election?
We do not have any chal lenge. AAP goes to every state, contests election and claims it will form government but later their security on all the seats gets forefeited. It is a non-started party. Here too AAP will face the same situation.
z Does BJP gain strength from Cong’s usage of words like Ra
van or king of lies?
With the love that people of India have for PM Modi, they react to such comments and so do the people of Gujarat. But what needs to be under stood is that Sonia Gan dhi and Rahul Gandhi have not been able to di gest that Modiji has be come PM. Hence they
give such statements and others follow suit. Kharge sahab would give state ments which make Soni aji and Rahulji happy.
z What will be the im pact of anti-radical issue mentioned in your manifesto?
Not only Gujarat, we think on these lines for the entire nation. Every body has cancerous and TB cells, but if the body is strong, these cells do not grow much. Simi larly, in our nation, , who are anti-nationals, they want to divide India and to keep an eye on them there is a need of Anti-
radical cell.
z It is being said that first phase of poll is Cong dominated. What is strategy? They will not get any thing and it will be a one sided result. People will support BJP and all re cords will be broken.
z How do you see your Rajasthan tour start ing Thursday?
Definitely, the ill-govern ance of Gehlot Sahab’s government has made the citizens want for re lief. Our role is of oppsi tion and we will carry it out with utmost strength.
ou are bound to be successful if you do some thing you love with passion.
Ravishing beauty Suhani Chauhan’s inspiring story perfectly fits here.
The 19-year-old diva was born and brought up in Noida, while describing her personality Suhani Said, “I’m currently pur suing English Honours from Delhi University. Dancing is my way to es cape the cruelties of the world. When I am upset and start dancing, my mind wanders to other possibilities, which helps me feel better. Be sides dancing, painting gives me happiness too, it is a form of expression and more of natural tal ent. When I paint or draw, I am completely immersed in this hobby of mine and I like to read as well. Apart from my hobbies, I describe my self as a confident, viva cious and optimistic per son with an open mind to learn and evolve.”
When asked about her journey the beauty said, “Hailing from a family where academic career is always their first pri ority, I decided to choose my own path and fulfil my dream of being a beauty pageant winner. I
was 15 when I made up my mind that I wanted to do this and after that, it was years of hard work for building that confi dence, all those qualities that are required to be the one. It is rightly said that doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment and final ly, here I am step ping into my own passion and out side of what my family has ever done and I’m so excited for what the future holds for me.”
The diva strongly be lieves that hard work teaches us discipline, dedication and deter mination while sharing her vision, she said “My pageant journey so far made me realize that it’s not going to be easy but it’s going to be worth it. All you have to do is stay strong, optimistic and work hard no mat ter what I believe you are never denied only redirected and the only thing that stands be tween you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.
The exquisite beauty further said, “I am im mensely grateful to Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and the First India Queen for providing us with this wonderful plat form, something amaz ing like this can only be envisaged by JC sir, First India Queen has given me some mem orable moments of my life.”
City First brings to you some more glimpses from the Super Indians Rajasthan Chapter organised by First India News Rajasthan and Bharat24 News channel on Sunday at Lake City Udaipur. The lamp lighting of the program was done in five-star Hotel Ananta in the presence of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra along with other dignitaries. During the program, famous Indian dancer Gulabo Sapera and supermodel Tripti Arora was also present and gave some mesmerizing dance performance with Bollywood superstar, Govinda. A felicitation ceremony in the presence of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Dr CP Joshi, Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Shamsher Singh, Manoj Jagyasi, Dhiraj Srivastava & Jinendra Singh, was also held.
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Beginning with Destinations Unlimited, a luxury travel company and Heirlooms, a soft furnish ings and fashion acces sories company, Ace entrepreneur Neeta Malik got into the food and beverage business with Meatington. Which has already es tablished itself in Delhi NCR, Punjab and is now being launched in Jammu and Kashmir.
How challenging has your journey been as a woman entrepreneur?
Food was an impor tant focus during the lockdown. Dur ing that phase, find ing good food daily was challenging. This led to the creation of the Mea tington. After Destina tions Unlimited, we thought we should do something to make the lockdown enjoyable for people as the pandemic halted travel to India.
What is Meatington’s unique selling point and how does it market and retail its products?
The heat and eat range makes it easy for people living independently to
have tasty and healthy meals all day. Each meal can include different products, such as chick en sausages for break fast, Dal Makhani for lunch, Mutton Seekh or Broccoli corn Kebab for a snack etc.
It comes in a Zip Locked reusable pouch where you can store our products for up to twelve months. Starting with Delhi NCR, we aim to make it available to consumers as far as pos sible and now our reach has also expanded to Punjab. Various social channels are used to ex pand our database.
Where do you see the brand moving in 5 years from now?
Meatington will be in every kitchen. Soon we will be ex panding to Pan India and exploring the ex port market.
Do package and ready-to-eat foods lack freshness?
When the product is brought down to ex treme freezing temper atures, we use technol ogy proven in interna tional labs to preserve its nutritional value. If stored at -18 degrees, bacteria growth stops and it retains its taste and nutrition. It tastes fresh and delicious
when heated.
How will you over come the challenges you currently face?
Debunking frozen food myths is our first chal lenge. We eat almost
everything processed. Our technology gives you a long shelf life without harmful pre servatives and it makes all the difference.
Through social media, we are already raising
awareness and educat ing people.
A second challenge is that we are in a hurrywe know we have a great product and we want to deliver it as soon as possible.
On the occasion of the martyrdom day of Satguru Tegh Bahadur, there was a different brightness on the streets of Delhi, the hands of Gurudeg Ba hadur’s picture and banner posters of his speech, taking out bul lets and scooter rides on the streets of Delhi, the Namdhari Sikh com munity once again won the country I tried to convey the message of humanity. The pur pose of this ride was not only to re member the mar tyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur but also to de mand the construction of a strong and grand Indian Independence Memorial in the coun try. Sikh society is rais ing this demand and has also organized
many programmes, but the government has not yet taken any decision on this. On this occa sion, Preeti Singh and Sahiba Kaur, the organ isers of this scooty ride from the Namdhari Sikh community, said in their state ment that Satguru Tegh Bahadur sacri ficed his life to make India free from the Mughals. More than 7 decades have passed since the independence of India, but till now there is no such place or monument in the mem
ory of the martyrs who gave their lives for the freedom of the country. A large number of women, girls and people participated in this scooty ride and raised slogans of “Jo Bole So Nihal - Sat Shri Akal” Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khal sa Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh. This scooty ride was organised by Ramesh of Delhi. It was flagged off from the city with full reverence and emotion, which was concluded at the histor ic Rakabganj Gurdwara in Delhi.
Delhi and District Cricket Association recently held a press conference at NSCI Club, New Del hi. DDCA GOVERNING BODY led by Rohan Jaitly (President) who is guilty of blatantly violating the provisions of the Compa nies Act by refusing to hold the stipulated Annual General Meeting (AGM) within the pre scribed time was disscused in the meeting. Although the Management has taken an ex tension of time from the Regis
trar of Companies till Decem ber 31 to date DDCA has not fixed any date for AGM which requires a clear 21 days notice.
The amendment is to be car ried out by the 4200 members of the AGM only. The press conference was graced by the speakers -Sanjay Bharadwaj (Former Ranji Player and Ex-Director DDCA), Poolchand Sharma (Celebrated Cricket Coach), Naven Jindal (DDCA LIFE MEMBER), Gautam Dutta (Ad vocate) and Former Standing Counsel, DDCA. cityfirstdel@gmail.com
I’ve been born with a charm of acting in me, that’s how I see myself and that’s how the peo ple around me have always talked about.” said the as piring actor Aqib Nazir. When talking about the future, he said, “I see my self topping my levels at my best. That’s where I should stand with a kind heart.”
When asked about his journey, he said, “I was a mimicry artist I would say, that’s what my par ents used to tell me. I had been appreciated by them at times. After some years I started making cover songs for some acts with no such proper equipment.
Meanwhile, I went to a free workshop organ ised by the Indian Army where FTII Pune officials had come to hold the meeting. I met
one of the officials who took me out of many peo ple and told me to get try ing and quoted to his friends ‘He has a Face in him ‘ that thing still aspires me. So further I thought of getting a little more trained in this so I went to Delhi, a
new city where everything looked confusing. I joined the Gulshan Kumar Film & Television Institute of In dia where I completed my diploma in acting.”
While talking about his struggles, he said, “Being supported in those circum
stances is for which I thank my brave pillars, my par ents. There were times when I had no one in the new city, I had no one to talk to, no one to ask I’d been starving for days. I barely managed to live those days where I missed those pillars but also got a lesson about independence and progressive oneself building.”
The talented artist shared his achievements and said, “Unfortunately, I’ll just say that I’m still a budding artist.
Haven’t got many leads or such big roles but I’ve done plays, some music videos, print shoots, and some theatre too later on. Moreover, I am plan ning to start a venture in my hometown to help dreamers like me who want it but don’t get a way ahead with it. I think in
we are, the more we will matter.”
Aqib Nazir Khan, an aspiring actor and model from the hills of Baramulla and working in the country’s capital shares his journey with City FirstNeeta Malik during the event