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CM Eknath Shinde on July 29 had directed DDR to remove Fadnavis’s political nemesis Eknath Khadse’s wife Mandakini from board of Jalgaon milk cooperative The DDR has passed the impugned order not only in the absence of any ground(s) or by resorting to an enquiry following the process of natural justice, but also passed it mala fide with an ulterior motive to oblige the govern ment…It is clear as daylight and can clearly be dem onstrated that the DDR was acting at the behest of the state government. —Bombay High Court
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PM Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Adi Shankara Janma Bhoomi Kshetram, the birthplace of saint-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya at Kalady village in Ernakulam district. l Indian Railways are being developed like the Indian airports l Modern infra will cre ate new opportunitiesemploymentinKerala l Tourism in the Amrit Kaal will help a great deal in development of the country l In Kerala, over Rs 70k cr have been given to lakhs of entrepreneurs as Mudra loan scheme l Different infrastructure projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore are taking in Kerala l Providing fundamental facilities to every citi zen is Centre’s biggest priority, says PM Modi l Opposition on the back foot over action against corruption: PM Modi l Corruption is biggest obstacle in the path of development. As action against hasintensifies,corruptionpolarizationbeguninpolitics SPEAKS
Islamabad: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday extended the interim bail to ousted PM Imran Khan till September 12 in a terrorism case registered against him for threatening police, judiciary and other state institutions during a rally.
PUNJABI SINGER NIRVAIR SINGH KILLED IN ACCIDENT IN AU Melbourne: Celebrated Punjabi singer Nirvair Singh, 42, breathed his last after being in a horrifying car accident in Melbourne. Popular for his track Tere Bina from album My Turn, Nirvair passed away on Tuesday, sending Punjabi music industry into a state of shock. Incident took place on BullaDiggers Rest Road when a speeding car lost control. IN SOLIDARITY WITH AZAD, 36 MORE CONG LEADERS RESIGN Srinagar: Over 36 Congress leaders including leaders of the National Students’ Union of India, the youth wing of the Congress party, from various universities in Jammu have submitted their resignations in solidarity with Ghulam Nabi Azad’s who recently announced his exit from grand old party. Among those who resigned include State VP Anirudh Raina.
A UPA delegation led by Cong RS MP Dhiraj Sahu submits a memo to J’khand Guv Ramesh Bais in Ranchi on Thursday. (B) Hemant Soren addresses media after a state Cabinet meeting, in Ranchi.
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Shah is also expected to make his annual visit to Lalbaugcha Raja, one of Mumbai’s popular Ganesh pandals in cen tral Mumbai. If MNS contests all 227 seats in Brihan mumbai Municipal Cor poration, the elections would be multi-cor nered and Maha Yuti could benefit from the split in the Shiv Sena which would then split three-ways between Ud dhav faction, Shinde faction, and MNS. MNS recently changed its slo gan to include Hindutva along with its sons-ofthe-soil plan. MEET’
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New Delhi: Accused of corruption by the rul ing AAP, Delhi Lieuten ant Governor VK Saxe na broke his silence on Thursday and hit back at CM Arvind Kejriwal saying he was resorting to “diversionary tactics and false accusations” out of Relations“desperation”.between 2 constitutional authori ties in JulyenaafterworsenedhavecapitalnationaltheSaxinrecommended a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in imple mentation of the Kejri govt’s Excise Policy 2021-22. Saxena said he would not be surprised if “more such baseless personal attacks” were made on him and his family in coming days.
PM Modi will commission the first indigenous aircraft carrier - INS Vikrant - the largest ship ever built in maritime history of India and houses state-of-the-art au tomation features at Cochin Shipyard Limited here on Fri day. “With the commission ing of ‘Vikrant’, India would join a select group of nations having the niche capability to indigenously design and build an aircraft carrier.
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Renni Abraham Mumbai: In the first major political blow for Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the Bombay High Court has reversed his July 29 directive instruct ing the divisional dep uty registrar (DDR) of cooperative societies to remove NCP leader Eknath Khadse’s wife Mandakini from the Jalgaon District Milk Cooperative Maha sangh (milk coopera tive).Khadse, formerly with the BJP, had switched over to the Sharad Pawar led NCP and has been at loggerheads with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra’s search, Sports and Youth, Girish Mahajan everJusticessince.
First India Bureau Mumbai: Chief Minis ter Eknath Shinde met Maharashtra Navnir man Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray at lat ter’s Shivtirth building residence at Shivaji Park on Thursday, fuel ling speculation of a possible tie-up between the Maha Yuti coalition andShindeMNS. offered prayers at the Lord Ganesh installed at Thackeray’s residence, interacted with his fam ily, and had a nearly 45-minute chat with the MNS chief. Emerging from the meeting, Shin de spoke to reporters and described his visit as a courtesy visit, and denied that any politics or a possible political tie-up was discussed be tween the two. After the visit to Thackeray’s house, Shinde also called on Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi, Uddhav aide Milind Narvekar, and industri alist Mukesh Ambani as part of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Shinde is the fourth political leader from the Maha Yuti government-the alliance between the Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party-to meet Thackeray in the past three to four days.Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis also held a meeting with Thacker ay at his Sagar bunga low last week, but MNS functionaries denied reports of such a meet ing. The same day, BJP’s Haryana and Tripura in-charge Vinod Tawade had called on Thacker ay. On Tuesday, State BJP Chief Chan drashekhar Bawankule had met Thackeray and said the BJP and MNS had ideological similar ities, adding that the BJP high command would decide on any possible political forma tion.In political circles, these meetings are be ing seen in the context of Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Mumbai on September 05, when he is likely to discuss the party strategy for the upcoming elections.
Mangesh S Patil and Sandeep V Marne of the Aurang abad bench, while ad mitting a writ petition filed by Mandakini Khadse and four other directors who were re moved from the board, also refused to stay the opera tion of an order al lowing the state to appeal Turn to P5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates various projects of Kochi Metro and Indian Railways, in Kochi on Thursday. Also present here during the occasion are Pinarayi Vijayan, Arif Mohammad Khan, V Muraleedharan, P Rajeev, Adv Anthony Raju, Hibi Eden, M Anilkumar and other leaders.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the founda tion stone and dedicated to nation various projects of Kochi Metro and Indian Railways worth around Rs 4,500 crore in Kochi. Addressing the gathering, the PM said that corrup tion is the biggest obstacle in path of development, adding that his govt’s action against corruption has led to polarisation as Opposition was strug ka resolutioncolossaltakenthatAmritIndianshavea to build a de veloped India in coming 25 yrs. PM reiterated that in 8 years, Centre has continuously worked to make Metro most prominent mode of urban transport.
Jharkhand ruling alliance leaders meet Governor Ranchi (Agencies): Senior leaders and MLAs of ruling UPA al liance in Jharkhand told Governor Ramesh Bais on Thursday that “leaks” from the Raj Bhavan were “creating political instability” amid uncertainty Sor en’s leadership. Leaders also complained about alleged attempts by BJP to poach MLAs of rul ing coalition, while also asking Guv to “clear the air” about EC’s take on Soren’s disqualification as an TheMLA.10-member dele gation of JMM, Con gress and RJD met Bais and submitted a memo. Soren was not part of panel to meet Bais, as he was holding a cabi net meeting in Ranchi.
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Gurugram: BJP leader Sukhbir was shot by five unidentified gunmen in Gurugram on Thursday, DCP West Deepak Saharan said. According to police, Sukhbir went to a cloth showroom in Sadar Bazar near Gurudwara Road. He later succumbed to his injuries.
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AUTOPILOT SNAG: SPICEJET TURNS MIDWAY TO DELHI New Delhi: A SpiceJet flight that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday returned midway to city due to an ‘autopilot’ snag. SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP, operating flight SG-8363 (Delhi-Nashik) was involved in an air turnback due to an autopilot snag, the DGCA official said.
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Thane: Four labour ers were injured when a car ran over them while they were sleep ing near a canteen at a bus stand here, po lice said on Thursday. The incident took place around 2.30 am on Wednesday at the state transport bus stand in Kalyan town of Thane district. No arrest has been made so far, they said.The four labourers, in the age group of 30-60 years, were sleeping on a pavement near the canteen when the speed ing car ran over them, an official from Mahat ma Phule police station in Kalyan Followingsaid.the inci dent, some others sleep ing there woke up and rushed the injured per sons to a nearby hospi tal where they are cur rently undergoing treat ment, he said. The car driver has been identified, but it is not yet known if he was driving under the influ ence of alcohol, the of ficial said, adding that an investigation has been launched into the incident.
Water pipeline to be laid in Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary
The MPCB no tice is a tiny ray of hope for us. But we will get relief only when the plant gets shifted to Khalapur. We wish that no one has to go through what we have been going through for years.
The woman on Sun day had taken objection to local MNS workers installing a pole for put ting up an advertisement in front of her shop in Kamathipura in central Mumbai, police said. The video purportedly showed Vinod Argile, a local office-bearer of the MNS, and two others slapping and pushing the middle-aged woman. After the video circu lated on social media, an FIR was registered un der IPC sections 323 (as sault), 506 (criminal in timidation) and 509 (act intending to outrage modesty of woman) at Nagpada police station. Vinod Argile, Raju Arg ile and Satish Lad were detained but no arrest has been made yet.
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First India Bureau Mumbai: Efforts of residents of Govandi, Deonar and Mankhurd, who have been protesting against the pollution caused by Mumbai’s only biomedical waste treatment plant in the vicinity, have now paid off as the Maha rashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a notice to SMS Envo clean—the company managing the bio medical waste man agement plant—to up grade its facility to prevent polluting the surroundings. MPCB has also warned the company of legal action in case of non-compliance.TheAugust26 notice of MPCB has boosted the confidence of those raising their voices against the rise in pollu tion because of the plant, said the locals. “The MPCB notice is a tiny ray of hope for us. But we will get relief only when the plant gets shifted to Khalapur. We wish that no one has to go through what we have been going through for years. The residents here have been breath ing the same polluted air for years because of the Deonar dumping ground and SMS Envo clean. We are happy to see the first step being taken by the MPCB,” said Fayyaz Shaikh, a local and the president of NGO Go vandi New Sangam Wel fareTheSociety.SMS Envoclean facility has been treat ing biomedical waste since 2009.
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Apart from Da wood, the agency has also announced a cash reward of Rs20 lakh on Dawood’s close aide Shakeel Shaikh alias Chhota Shakeel, and Rs15 lakh each on associ ates Haji Anees alias Anees Ibrahim Shai kh, Javed Patel alias Javed Chikna and Ibrahim Mushtaq Ab dul Razzak Memon alias Tiger Memon. All of them are wanted accused in the case of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb Accordingblasts.toan of ficial, the NIA has sought information about them which could lead to their ar rest. The agency had in February regis tered a case against the ‘D ininothers,TigerJavedChhotaIbrahimassociatespany,work,tionalhetheaKaskarDawoodcompany’.IbrahimisdesignatedglobalterroristbyUnitedNations,runsaninternaterroristnetnamelyD-ComwithhiscloselikeAneesShaikh,Shakeel,ChikhnaandMemon,amongtheNIAsaidastatement.Theyareinvolvedvariousterrorismcriminal activities such as arms smug gling, narco terror ism, underworld criminal syndicate, money mentQaedahammad(LeT),Lashkar-e-Taibaganisationsnationallaborationworkingterrorkeysion/acquisitionunauthorizedcirculationlaundering,ofFICN,possesofassetsforraisingfundsandinactivecolwithinterterroristorincludingJaish-e-Mo(JeM)andAl(AQ),thestatesaid.
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New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA will launch an investiga tion into the “autopi lot” snag on a Spice Jet plane on Thurs day, which caused it to return to New Del hi after taking off for Nashik with 89 pas sengers on board, an official said. gers were flown to Na shik in another aircraft. This is the latest in a series of incidents in volving planes of Spice Jet, which was ordered by the Directorate Gen eral of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on July 27 to operate only 50% of its flights for eight weeks. The order had come in the wake of various SpiceJet air craft facing technical issues.SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP, operating flight SG-8363 (Delhi-Nashik), on Thursday was in volved in an air turn back due to an autopilot snag, a DGCA official said.The DGCA will probe the incident, the official added. the autopilot system. “The aircraft made a normal landing at Delhi and passengers disem barked normally,” it said.On Wednesday, Spice Jet, which is facing multiple headwinds, re ported widening of net loss to Rs789 crore in the June quarter, main ly due to high fuel pric es and rupee deprecia Moreover, the DGCA Jet in August for non4
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First India Bureau Aurangabad: The Na tional Board of Wild life’s (NBWL) stand ing committee has approved the propos al of providing 1.56 hectare land from Jayakwadi Bird Sanc tuary to provide wa ter supply to Aurang abad, which is grap pling with a water shortage.
First India Bureau Thane: Maharashtra Women and Child De velopment Minister Mangal Prabhat Lod ha on Thursday said the state government was positive about in creasing the honorar ium of anganwadi workers and a deci sion would be taken soon. He was speaking at the launch of the fifth state-level “nutrition month” programme , in Thane.During the event, he distributed fruit baskets and baby care kits to pregnant women, chil dren and breast-feeding mothers.RubalAgrawal, com missioner of state Wom en and Child Welfare department, said “nutri tion month” will be cel ebrated in all 1.10 lakh anganwadis in the state through September. The weight of chil dren, food, women and child health, education and several such issues would be discussed in events that will be held as part of the month, Agrawal added. The weight of children, food, women and child health, education and several such issues would be discussed in events that will be held as part of ‘nutrition month’
The State Board of Wildlife (SBWL) in June approved the Rs1,680.5 crore water pipeline which is slated to cover 341.05 sq. km in Aurang abad and Ahmednagar districts and run through the Jayakwadi BirdWhileSanctuary.giving its ap proval, the theandthefortained13willeightpenderClimatevironment,Unioncommittee—headedstandingbyMinisterforEnForestandchangeBhuYadav,laiddownconditions.“TheProjectAgencyensurethatatleastTMCwaterisreinthereservoirbirdsatanytimeofyearsothatwaterfoodisavailabletobirdsthroughoutthe year,” it said and raised concerns over the pro posed plan to draw even dead water from the sanctuary area It also directed that measures be taken to en sure minimal pollution, including noise pollu tion, in construction ac tivities should be used. “There is a possibility of high habitat distur bance due to the use of explosives in digging wells. Therefore, con trolled blasting needs to be undertaken while digging the jackwell. If possible, blasting should be avoided,” it said in its order, adding that care should be taken to pre vent the damage to fish population by avoiding physical disturbance to the shore line.
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—PHOTO BY ANI Union Minister Nitin Gadkari offers prayers to Lord Ganesh on Ganesh Chaturthi, at his residence in Nagpur.
Thane: Amid the ongoing 10-day-long Ganeshotsav, an 18-year-old boy from Kalyan in Thane district was beaten up allegedly by four people for failing to gather a crowd for a procession. A Kolsewadi police station official said on Thursday that Satyam Sohoni, the victim, had promised he would get people for a welcome pro cession but stopped taking calls as the Ganesh festival approached. “The four accused went to his house and assaulted him. All four have been identified but no one has been arrested,” the official added.
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CM Shinde performs aarti to Lord Ganesha on Day 1 of the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival, as his wife Lata Eknath Shinde looks on, at his residence, in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI I am happy to meet my old friends and people from the locality. May God bless Maharashtra and shower his blessings on us for better management of the state’s affairs.
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—PHOTO BY ANI Deputy Chief Minister Minister Devendra Fadnavis offers prayers to Lord Ganesha at his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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Mumbai (ANI): On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi devotees continue to come from all over the country and visit the Lalbaugcha Raja, during the 10-day long festival. When it comes to Ganesh Chaturthi, La lbaugcha Raja, the King of Lalbaug, needs special mention. After the two-year gap of COVID, devotees thronged in for the dar shan of Lord Ganesh and offer prayers. This year, in collabo ration with Jio Mart and Paytm, they will try to deliver the pras ad at the doorsteps of the devotees online should you wish for it. The Prasad on JioMart is in the form of two laddus and will only take orders for Mum bai, Navi Mumbai, and the Thane region. Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganpati Utsav, which starts on the fourth day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month Bhad rapada, is celebrated with much fanfare in Maharashtra and other parts of western and southern India with lakhs of devotees con verging into pandals to seek blessing from Lord Ganesha. The festival is also known as Vinayak Chaturthi or Vinayak Chavithi.
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Thane (PTI): Chief Minister Eknath Shin de was on Wednesday visibly moved when he paid a visit to Kisan Nagar in Thane dis trict, from where he started his political and social life, and also visited various Ganesh mandals in the city. Earlier in the day, Shinde, welcomed Lord Ganesh at “Varsha”, his official residence in south Mumbai, as the 10day festival dedicated to the elephant-headed God began.Later, he visited vari ous Ganesh mandals and interacted with organiz ers and common citizens of Kisan Nagar in Thane district, his political turf. Talking to the media during the visit, an emo tional Shinde said it was a great feeling to visit a place from where he started his political ca reer decades ago. “I am really happy that from this very place I started my career and climbed up the ladder to become the Chief Minis ter. I am delighted to mingle and interact with the people of the locali ty,” he said. The CM, an MLA from Thane city, said a local outfit, the Jana Jagruti Mitra Mandal, reminded him of his early days in social and political life. “Now a days we have contractors for each and everything and it is easy to organize celebrations on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. But during our time, things were difficult... people used to come forward and donate for puja and other celebrations,” Shinde said.
First India Bureau Mumbai: In view of the Ganesh Chatur thi celebrations, the Bombay High Court (HC) recently grant ed interim relief to petitioner slum dwellers of Sid dharth Nagar, Chem bur and temberagainstingauthoritiesrestrainedfromtakcoerciveactionthemtillSep24.
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A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep K Shinde on August 26 heard the plea by Deep ak Vithal Jadhav and others of Siddharth Nagar, Chembur, chal lenging the notices is sued by the Slum Reha bilitation Authority (SRA) for demolition of the hutments and challenged the legality of the said direction and“Innotices.consideration of the fact that since Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated widely in Mumbai, authorities shall not take any coer cive action, in respect of notice structures, till 24th September, 2022,” Justice Shinde said.The SRA on July 01 had issued notices un der the Maharashtra Slum Area (Improve ment, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. Thereafter, the said order was chal lenged before the Apex Grievance Redressal Committee, Mumbai. On August 12, the Appellate Authority declined to stay the ex ecution of the notices issued under the 1971 law.Aggrieved by the same, the petitioners through advocates Vishal Raman and Ar jun V Lingalod ap proached the HC and questioned the legality and correctness of the orders dated July 01 and August 12. The court clarified that it has not heard the petitioners on mer its but for the time be ing, protection has been granted due to Ganesh festival. The court asked the peti tioners to serve the proceedings on all con testing respondents before the next hear ing on September 21.
HC stays Chembur slum demolition citing Ganeshotsav
A devotee holds up an idol of Lord Ganesh prior to immersing it in the Arabian Sea, in Mumbai on Thursday.
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari worships an idol of Lord Ganesha on the first day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at Raj Bhavan, in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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Devotees worship the famous Ganesh Galli cha Raja Ganpati during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival at Lalbagh, in Mumbai on Wednesday. This year, the pandal has been made to resemble the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.
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Though PSBs are losing the profitability indexes year by year, it’s achieving their foremost aim of Social re sponsibility of expanding banking ruraly. For this, it stands for around 20.6% share in the rural PSB ATMs which is 2X the private sec tor banks with 8.5%. Not only this, PSBs are leading into the rural lending space with a 65% share as against the mere 16% share of pri vateOnbanks.otherhand, people still have a soft corner for PSBs and this was proved during the Covid-19 crisis and other geopolitical risks which threatened global financial security. When the pandemic was at its worst, PSBs saw an influx of Rs 58, 697 crores whereas Private Sector re ported inflows of only Rs 33,878 crores. And this de pendency of the Public over PSBs clearly can’t persuade RBI to privatize them.
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Leaders like Lal Bahadur Shastri and Nitish Kumar resigned as railways minis ter following train accidents. Mamata Banerjee and Suresh Prabhu offered to quit but were dissuaded by the respective prime minis ters of those times. When it comes to states and health services the accounta bility factor is glaringly miss ing, especially in Madhya Pradesh where healthcare al ways reaches hapless patients late or is denied. In July this year there were some shocking incidents of apathy. On July 11 an eight-year-old child sat holding his brother’s body out side the Morena district hospi tal while his father looked for an ambulance. An inquiry was ordered but what was found is not known. On July 23 a wom an and one of the twins she was carrying died due to delay in being taken to hospital. Sim ilar incidents have been re ported from other states as well. Such tragic incidents re quire immediate and tough ac tions and a compassionate at titude towards the poor.
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THE HISTORIC POLICY OF 1991 UNVEILED t was the year 1991 that coined up the word ‘Privatisation’ for the Indian Economy. Until then, each sector from Insur ance, Agriculture, Hospitali ty, and Banking was under the rigid state norms. But the economic crisis left no option for the Government to open the Indian Market from its closed regulations. And then India pivoted to Liberalisa tion, Privatisation, and Glo balisation which changed the fate of the Indian Economy for the good.
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PRIVATISATION WAS PREFERRED HIGHLY, MORE BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR SUFFERINGS WHICH INCLUDE... l Banking frauds accounted for around 85% of the Pub lic Sector Banking sector in the year 2019 l Constantly getting hit by massive NPAs and bleeding taxpayer money each year l Pole apart the difference of taxpayer money invested. As per Economic Survey, for every 1 rupee invested in Public Sector Banks, a 23 paise loss was in curred. Whereas, Private Sector gave a 9.6 paise gain for the same amount l Moreover, the credit growth of Public Sector Banks stood at a mere 4.03% whereas, Private Sector reported a massive jump of 20% during the 2010-2019 decade
PERESTROIKA AND GLASNOST, THE WORDS GORBACHEV GAVE TO THE WORLD ikhail Gorbachev, the epoch-making Presi dent of the erstwhile Soviet Union is no more. Responsible for the dismantling of the “Iron Cur tain” which was the political boundary between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War era and making words like glasnost and perestroika popular in the mid-Eighties, Gorbachev had a huge impact on global poli tics. Both the words changed the face of the USSR which later ceased to be a Union of Soviet Socialist Republic as state after state gained independent status. President Vladimir Putin called it the “greatest catastrophe”. Al most at the same time countries like Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and others broke free of the Communist yoke. With Crimea’s annexation in 2014, the Ukraine war and Rus sia’s attempts to expand its influ ence in Europe indicate that Putin is trying to undo what Gorbachev did. Glasnost and perestroika are no longer reflected in today’s Rus sia. Putin has moved away from reforms introduced by Gorbachev and is being increasingly seen as a repressive leader.
..BUT CRITICISM OVER CONTINUESPRIVATISATIONTO THIS DAY Out of the three norms, Pri vatisation received much criticism and it’s still getting debated over related to few industries and Banking is the foremost of all. Banking is the backbone of the econo my which needs to be duly regulated but privatization of the banking industry gave birth to monopoly, unhealthy competition, strategic loop holes, and vague policies. All of these drawbacks stabbed the Indian Economy with re peated financial blunders such as ‘The Harshad Mehta Scam’ that took advantage of the tweaked policies for their ownOwninggood. to all such obvious episodes from the past and even the current banking mishaps, the debate of ‘Pub lic Vs Private’ in the Banking industry is still alive, and let’s uncover where it’s likely to be headed THE PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE BANK DEBATE It was the former NITI Aayog Chief Arvind Panagariya who reignited the debate recently. In his argument, he proposed privatizing all the Public Sec tor Banks (PSBs) except for the State Bank of India (SBI). His approach to proposing this ide ology was based on the differ ing numbers between banks belonging to both sectors.
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All of these numbers speak for themselves as to why is Privatisation appealed for Public Sector Banks. But for a developing country like In dia, where the ground reality strikes an absolute contrast with the soaring high num bers, it’s not practical to con clude on a sole basis. While PSBs might be seeming los ing their ends, RBI still has rock-solid reasons to deceler ate the pace of privatization and promote PSBs as it makes difference.
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RBI still believes in the potential of the Public sector and hence wants to decelerate its privatization process as against the Niti Aayog Chief’s appeal. In its paper titled Privatisation of Public Sector Banks: An Alternate Perspective, RBI has clearl y mentioned how PSBs are significantly better and more important when it comes to en hancing national financial inclu sion. However development is also crucial for the economy as a whole to prosper and for that privatisation is the better option. We are thus at the crossroads with no simple yes or no answer to this ‘Public Vs Private’ debate with both the options seeming equally vital and reasonable from future aspects.
The economist favored pri vatization as it has floated many sunken ships in the past and recorded high num bers after conversion. For instance, one of the oldest Public Sector Banking play ers SBI had a Market Capi talisation worth 4,75,101 crore while it’s a much younger competitor but a Pri vate player HDFC commands an almost double market capitalization at Rs. 8,40,185 crores. This gives the Private sector an edge over the Pub lic sector and makes it ap pealing but why?
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n an example of how accountabili ty should be exer cised, Portugal’s Health Minister Marta Temido resigned fol lowing the death of a preg nant Indian tourist while be ing transferred from one hos pital to another. The avoidable tragedy was caused by the minister’s order for tempo rary closure of emergency obstetric services. She did not wait for an inquiry or tried to put the blame on her health officials. Her one-line resigna tion announced five hours af ter the Indian woman’s death simply said that “she no long er has the conditions“ to exer cise the position. Her resigna tion was promptly accepted. Holding a subordinate or oneself accountable requires moral courage and honesty.
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First India Bureau New Delhi: While a de veloped country like Ger many is able to handle only 100K digital transac tions per day, in India 284 mn digital transactions are happening in a day. MoS Rajeev Chan drasekhar while speak ing about the successful model of Digital Pay ments and Direct Bene fit Transfer (DBT) said that more than ₹24.8 lakh crore has been trans ferred through DBT mode since 2013, ₹6.3 lakh crore in FY 2021-22 alone. As far as Digital Payments are con cerned, more than 8,840 crore digital payment transactions performed during 2021-22 and near ly 3,300 crore in FY 202223 (upto of July 24); on average 28.4 crore digi tal transactions are per formed in a day. On the other hand, Germany is incapable of transferring money to its citizens because matching bank and tax IDs takes 18 months, and admin can only handle 100K transfers per day. Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Re form, too acknowledged this while seconding the views of journalist Nico Ernst on Twitter.
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Amit Shah launches ‘CAPF eAwas’ portal
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday claimed the Centre is issuing notices to farmers deemed ineligible under PM-KISAN scheme to take back the money disbursed to them, and de manded the recovery from farmers be immediately stopped. Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh said that by declaring the farmers ineli gible under the Kisan Samman Nidhi, the central government has started the action of taking back the money.
UP govt to hold survey in unrecognised madrassas
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Anubrata Mon dal on Thursday ap peared at the MP/MLA court in Bidhannagar in connection with the 2010 Mangalkot blast case. Mondal was pro duced in court by police from the Asansol Spe cial Correctional Home where he is lodged in currently in an alleged cattle smuggling case. Mondal has been named in a chargesheet in the Mangalkot blast case. Mondal has plead ed not “Thisguilty.isan old case and he already got bail in this. Today, he just had to appear in court. Other witnesses were also presented today. The next date is tomor row when the proceed ings will begin,” Mon dal’s advocate said.
z The houses which are available for interForce allotment will be visible to all CAPF personnel.
Nagpur: Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole has ques tioned how certain privileges were still being availed by his former senior party colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad, even though he is no longer a member of Parliament. “When I resigned as MP, within 24 hours they cut off power and water supply to my (official) residence,” Patole said.
Mysuru: Historian B Sheikh Ali (98) passed away in Mysuru on Thursday. Ali was founder president of Sultan Shaheed Educa tion Trust. He is survived by a son and a daughter. His mortal remains will be kept for public view ing at Muslim Hostel in Saraswatipuram.
The IA will also look forward to sharing practical aspects and put into practice the validated drills, proce dures of new technolo gy through discussions and tactical exercises.
The web portal will enable online registra tion and allotment of residential quarters/ SFAs to eligible person nel of all CAPFs and Assam Rifles.
High Court... against it before the Supreme Court. “The brazenness with which things have happened is mind boggling. Even when the deputy director is vested with the power to appoint an adminis trative board compris ing three members, the state government di rected him to appoint 11 members (to the board of the milk coop erative),” the judges observed in their Au gust 30 ruling.
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In order to increase the Housing Satisfaction Ratio, apart from construction of new houses, existing house allotment policy of CAPFs has been modified
In order to increase the HSR, apart from the construction of new houses, the existing house allotment policy of CAPFs has been mod ified whereby vacant houses of one Force can be allotted to desirous personnel of other Forc es, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. In order to operation alize the revised policy of allotment and to also bring transparency in the allotment process, a common web portal by the name ‘CAPF eAwas’ for online allotment of Departmental Pool Resi dential Accommodation and Separated veloped,samheldAccommodationFamily(SFA)byCAPFsandAsRifles,hasbeendetheMHAsaid.
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched the ‘CAPF eAwas’ web por tal in Delhi and called it a key step toward PM Narendra Modi’s com mitment to increasing the Housing Satisfaction Ratio (HSR) among the paramilitary personnel.
Indian, Russian, Chinese troops begin weeklong war games; US reacts
Chandigarh: On the growing demand within the Congress to make its organisation voter rolls public, senior Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa, on Thurs day told his colleagues to simply to go to the party office and collect them if they are in the contest. “It’s 24, Akbar Road, Delhi. They know it too,” he said, without naming anyone, when asked about Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor and others’ statements.
New Delhi (ANI): In dia on Thursday began weeklong war games involving troops from Russia, China, and oth er nations. The multilat eral strategic and com mand Exercise Vostok2022 commenced at the training grounds of the Eastern Military Dis trict of Russia and will continue till Sept 7. “The Indian Army contingent comprising of troops from 7/8 Gorkha Rifles had ar rived at the exercise lo cation and over the next seven days will under take joint manoeuvres to include joint field training exercises, com bat discussions, and firepower exercises,” the statement read.
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New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be on a visit to India from September 5 to September 8, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. The Bangladesh PM during her visit will meet President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir thesubstancestheunderwayandpaigndrugkick-startedGovernorLieutenantManojSinhaamonth-longde-addictioncamhereonThursdaysaideffortsweretoputanendtosmugglingofnarcoticfromacrossborder.
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CONGRESS SLAMS GOVT FOR ‘TAKING BACK’ MONEY UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME BY DECLARING FARMERS
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New Delhi (ANI): In a major boost to indige nous fighter aircraft de velopment initiatives, the Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared the development of LCA Mark 2 fighter aircraft which would be a re placement for the Mi rage 2000, Jaguar and MiG-29 combat aircraft in the Indian Air Force. “LCA Mark 2 fighter aircraft development project has been cleared by the government. This would pave the way for designers to de velop an advanced 17.5-tonne single-engine aircraft. Development of new aircraft is to be completed by 2027,” Aer onautical Development Agency chief Girish De odhare told DeodhareANI.said the project would benefit from the progress made in the LCA Mark 1A pro gramme and would help in the development of the fifth generation Ad vanced Medium Com bat Aircraft project.
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Hisar (PTI): A Goa Po lice team visited Sonali Phogat’s home here on Thursday and later met revenue officials as part of their investigation into the alleged murder of the BJP leader. The team arrived here on Wednesday and family members of Pho gat were present when they went to her house, which was closed for the past several days. Later in the day, the police team met revenue officials. Sources said the Goa Police is also as sessing the property, in cluding land, which is in her name and trying to find out if there is any property angle in volved in the case.
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—India’s Ministry of Defence Exercise Vostok 2022 will continue till September 7.
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Increasing Housing Satisfaction Ratio for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel is a priority area of the government thus a common web portal by the name ‘CAPF eAwas’ for online allotment is being launched —Amit Shah
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Marne admitted the writ petition challeng ing the order passed under section 77A of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 (Act) by the DDR on the directions issued by CM Shinde. More than Shinde, the ruling comes as a setback to his deputy, Fadnavis, who was in strumental in politi cally downsizing Eknath Khadse within the BJP during his stint as CM (2014-2019) when both were cabi net colleagues in the BJP-led state govern ment. 1
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New Delhi: Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday clarified his reason for meeting Ghulam Nabi Azad. Prithviraj Chavan, Anand Sharma and Hooda had on Tuesday met Azad, who has resigned from party and is set to hold his first public meeting in Jammu on September 4. Hooda termed it a “courtesy” call.
It is not survey but ‘mini NRC’: Owaisi Hyderabad (ANI): AIMIM Chief Asadud din Owaisi hit out against the Yogi Adity anath led-UP Govt for its decision to conduct a survey of madrassas in the north Indian state. Stating that as per Article 30, the madras sas fall under the UP Madrassa Board the AIMIM chief likened the survey as a “MiniNRC” (National Regis ter of Citizens) and ac cused the UP govt of “harassing Muslims”. “Madrassas are as per Article 30 then why has UP govt ordered the sur vey? It’s not a survey but a mini-NRC. Some mad rassas are under the UP madrassa board. Govt can’t interfere with our rights,” Owaisi said.
“The voter rolls for an internal election aren’t public property. Do you think a chaiwal lah (tea-seller) or some one selling golgappe will provide you with the electoral rolls?” Ba jwa, Leader of Opposi tion in the Vidhan Sab ha, said while speaking to a section of media, “Those who are contest ing can get them.”
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New Delhi (ANI): Un ion Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday took a dig at K Chandrashek ar Rao (KCR) who met Nitish Kumar yester day as part of his ef forts to unite the Oppo sition, and said that the Telangana Chief Min ister “dodged” the question if the Bihar CM will be the Prime Ministerial face of the Opposition in the 2024 generalSinghelections.alleged that KCR gave Kumar the ‘mantra’ on how to make Bihar “PFI-yukt andBothHindu-mukt”.theleaders also addressed a press con ference together where they were confronted with a question if KCR would back Nitish Ku mar as the PM face in the next general elec tions, which the Telan gana Chief Minister dodged stating that they would “sit and talk”.He said that there is a “gamble” going on among Nitish Kumar, KCR and Rahul Gandhi on the prime ministe rial candidate.
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New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre and others on a plea chal lenging the constitutional validity of various sections of the Chartered Account ants Amendment Act and the Company Secretaries Amendment Act.Mean while, a plea challenging sections 21(9), 21A(6) and (7) and 21B (6) and (7) of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 as amended by The CA and Company Sec retaries (Amendment) Act, 2022, was filled earlier. A petition seeking to issue directions declaring the aforesaid provisions are ultra vires to the Constitu tion. Giriraj Singh
New Delhi: Former deputy chief minister of Bihar MP Sushil Modi hit out at Telangana CM KCR saying that KCR should concentrate on consolidating his posi tion in his home state. Taking to ANI, Sushil Modi alleged that both KCR and Bihar CM Nit ish Kumar had shared a stage and talked ill about the central government policies and inflation. “KCR should first try to save his CM post in 2023 then think about 2024,” Sushil Modi said. ‘KCR, SHOULDNITISHFOCUS ON KEEPING CM SEATS’
New Delhi: The SC on Thursday took objec tion to the conduct of the Gujarat High Court where it had issued notice to right activist Teesta Setalvad’s plea on August 3 but posted the matter for further hearing after six weeks on September 19. A bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Jus tice Sudhanshu Dhulia asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for Gujarat, “Give us a case where a lady is in confinement on charges like this and the High Court has given a date after six weeks. What is the normal pattern in bail cases like this?” CJI further asked Solicitor General if this is the standard practice in Gu jarat High Court. “Give us instances where lady accused in such cases have got such dates from High Court. Either this lady has been made an exception. How can the court give this date? Is this standard practice in Gujarat,” the bench observed.
—Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister Navneet Sehgal Sanjay Prasad Mahesh Kumar Gupta Aradhana Shukla
SUPREME COURT OBJECTS TO GUJARAT HC ORDER ON LONG ADJOURNMENT OF TEESTA SETALVAD’S BAIL PLEA
Ex-IAS Awasthi to get big role in UP govt
Ahtesham Siddiqui Lucknow: 16 IAS offic ers of the Uttar Pradesh cadre were transferred on Thursday. Majority of the transfers were of the senior, Principal Secretary and ACS rank officers.Among the officers, IAS Himanshu Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary Ru ral Development and RES, while IAS Dr. Har iom has been appointed as Principal Secretary Social Welfare. IAS Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma has been transferred to the post of Principal Secretary Health while IAS Moni ka Garg as ACS Minori ty Welfare. Meanwhile, IAS Amit Mohan Prasad has been transferred to Principal Secretary, Small Industries; Ma hesh Gupta to Addition al Chief Secretary, En ergy; IAS Kalpana Awasthi as Principal Secretary to Governor, IAS Navneet Sehgal to ACS Sports Depart ment; IAS Meshram as Principal Secretary Charity, IIDC; IAS Arvind Kumar as UPDA; IAS Rajesh Kumar Sin gh as Principal Secre tary Prisons alongpalSanjayHigherasmore,ticulturebeKumarMeanwhile,APC.ManojSinghwillalsoinchargeoftheHorDept.FurtherIASSudhirBobdePrincipalSecretaryEducation;IASPrasadasPrinciSecretaryHomewithservingas
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Bihar: Taking a jibe at Kartik Kumar’s resigna tion BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Thurs day said, “Kartik Kumar resigned last night, he had an arrest warrant against him. Instead of surrendering he took the oath of office & was made law minister under Lalu Yadav’s pressure. This was the first wicket, many such will fall in the coming time that “This was the first wicket, many such will fall in the coming time.”
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AAM AADMI PARTY ‘BIGGEST U-TURN PARTY’ IN HUMAN HISTORY, SAYS BJP New Delhi: The BJP stepped up its attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP saying that it is the biggest U-turn party in “3,000-4,000 years old human history.” “The drama begins again,” said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, ridiculing Kejriwal’s comment that AAP’s vote share has risen in Gujarat after CBI raids against his deputy Sisodia. “And this happens before a corrupt AAP leader gets caught,” he went on to say. Patra attacked Kejriwal for saying AAP is the political party which has suffered the most in Indian history, calling it a “U-turn” party.
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Principal Secretary to CM in addition to the charge of Information Dept. Deepak Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary Sec ondary Education and Basic Education while IAS Aradhana Shukla has become ACS AYUSH Dept. There is a discus sion in the corridors of UP bureaucracy that both the Deputy CMs managed to get their ACS removed.
“How long the strug gling youth will wait,” he asked in a tweet. The CMIE data, he said, showed that the youth’s employment rate has fallen to 10.4 per cent from 20.9 per cent earlier. In June, Modi had asked various gov ernment departments and ministries to under take the recruitment of 10 lakh people on a “mis sion mode” in the next year and a half. The direction from the prime minister had come following a review of the status of human resources in all govern ment departments and ministries, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had said.
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said the AAP’s vote share in Gujarat has increased by 4 per cent after CBI raids against his deputy Manish Sisodia. This vote share will increase by 6 per cent if he is arrested, the AAP national convener said during a discussion on the confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly. “The CBI raided Sisodia, went to his village and searched his bank locker. CBI people said they did not find anything against him but are under pressure to arrest him,” Kejriwal claimed. Operation Lotus’ has failed. Today we have proved to the country that you can’t buy AAP’s people. They could not buy even one MLA of the AAP.
New Delhi (ANI): In dia on Thursday con firmed that two sus pects, one from Kenya and one from Azerbai jan, have been arrested in connection with the murder of Punjabi singer, Sidhu Moose Wala and the country is in close touch with the local authorities. In a response to media queries, over the deten tion of Sachin Thapan from Azerbaijan and Anmol Bishnoi from Kenya, Ministry of Ex ternal Affairs said, “One suspect from Ken ya and one suspect from Azerbaijan have been arrested in connection to the murder of Moose Wala. Local authorities have taken custody of these two men. We are in close touch with the lo calHowever,authorities.no com ments on the legal dis course can be made as of now.” Notably, the singer had joined the Congress party last year in December ahead of the Assembly elections. In a major develop ment in the Sidhu Moose Wala death case, the Punjab Police said that Sachin Thapan, the person who was ex changing calls with gangster Goldy Brar has been detained in Azerbaijan.SachinThapan has been detained in Azer baijan. “Sachin Thapan, the person exchanging calls with Goldy Brar, is detained in Azerbaijan with support from the Government of India. Our combined efforts are there to provide jus tice to the family,” said DGP Punjab Gaurav Ya dav.Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by assail ants in Jawaharke vil lage of Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29. The incident took place a day after his security was withdrawn by the Punjab police among 424 others.
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Ahtesham Siddiqui Lucknow: A day after his retirment from Ut tar Pradesh bureaucra cy, there is a grapevine in the bureaucratic and political circles of UP that former IAS Avnish Awasthi can get a big responsibility in the government. Word is that discussion is going on in ‘relevant posi tions’ of making Avnish Awasthi as Chairman / CEO of UPIDA. Furthermore, it is also being said that he could also be ap pointed as Chief Advi sor of CM Yogi Adity anath.Avnish Awasthi is one of the trusted offic ers of CM Yogi who re tired on August 31. It is being said that prepara tion is being done to change the bylaws of UPIDA to make a nongazetted post wherein a Non Gazetted Officer could be posted, on the lines of Yamuna Au thority.Notably, rules have been changed for Om vir Singh, CEO of Ya muna Authority and now similar changes could be done to acco modate Awasthi, for which UP’s Industrial Development Depart ment could bring a pro posal.Avnish Kumar Awasthi, a 1987 batch IAS officer, retired on Wednesday i.e. August 31 and a farewell party was organized in the Chief Minister’s Office Lok Bhavan on the same day. Senior bu reaucrats of the state attended the farewell and later in the even ing, the police depart ment organized a din ner in honor of Awasthi.
New Delhi (PTI): BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday cited the Cen tre for Monitoring Indi an Economy (CMIE) data to claim that em ployment rate among youths has a hit fiveyearHelow.noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently asked government depart ments to fill up 10 lakh job vacancies and added that none of them have been able to frame a sol id plan so far.
Deputy speaker Rakhi Birla announced that motion is approved by all 59 MLAs New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Assembly on Thursday passed a con fidence motion tabled by Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. There were 58 votes in support of the motion and no vote against the motion. The BJP MLAs did not take part in the proceedings.OnAugust 29, Kejri wal tabled the motion in the Assembly, saying that it was meant to prove that the BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ may have been successful in other States but it failed in Delhi. On Thursday, the Chief Minister said that ‘Operation Lotus’ has failed. “Today we have proved to the coun try that you can’t buy AAP’s people. They could not buy even one MLA of the AAP,” Ke jriwalSpeakingadded.at the As sembly House, Kejriwal said that since the raid at Deputy Chief Minis ter Manish Sisodia’s house, the AAP’s vote share in Gujarat has in creased by 4%. “The day he is arrested, I think our vote share will increase by 6% more,” he added. He also said that Sisodia will be didn’ttold“Afterarrested.raids,officialsSisodiathattheygetanything,but there is a lot of pressure to arrest him and they’ll have to arrest him once. Manish ji said that no worries, tell him when they want to arrest him, he’ll come. So, he will be arrested,” Kejri wal added. Arvind Kejriwal addresses media after the end of the special session of Delhi Legislative Assembly, in New Delhi on Thursday.
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New Delhi: Five BJP MLAs were on Thursday suspended for a day from the Delhi Assem bly amid ruckus over the alleged education scam in the national capital. The BJP tried to corner the Kejriwal government. on the liquor policy and alleged education scam. New Delhi: Three BJP MLAs were marshalled out of the Delhi As sembly on Thursday following an argument with Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla who refused to accept their demand for a calling attention motion prior to debate and voting on the trust motion by CM Kejriwal.
GST COLLECTION RISES 28% TO ` 1.43 LAKH CR IN JULY
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—PTI CHAUBEY TAKES CHARGE AS NHPC CHAIRMAN & MD GOLD DECLINES `195; SILVER DROPS `863 ON THURSDAY New Delhi: Sebi has re structured its high-level panel on cyber security that suggests measures to safeguard the capital mar kets from such attacks. The committee, which has now six members, will be chaired by Navin Kumar Singh, DG at National Crit ical Information Infra structure Protection Cen tre (NCIIPC). Earlier, the committee had only four members, an update with the Securities and Ex change Board of India (Sebi) showed.
The country’s largest au tomaker Maruti Suzuki India said its domestic pas senger vehicle dispatches increased by 30% to 1,34,166 units in HyundaiAugust.Motor India re ported a 6% increase in its domestic wholesales at 49,510 units against 46,866 units in August 2021.
Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark indices Sensex and Nifty took a beating on Thursday and dropped over 1% each, weighed by selling in index major Reli ance Industries, IT and banking stocks amid weak global trends. The BSE Sensex fell 770.48 points or 1.29% to settle at 58,766.59. During the day, it tanked 1,014.5 points or 1.70% to 58,522.57. Similarly, the NSE Nifty declined 216.50 points or 1.22% to close at 17,542.80. From the Sensex pack, Re liance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services, Sun Pharma, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, NTPC, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC, Power Grid, Bajaj Finance and ICICI Bank were among the major laggards. In contrast, Bajaj Fin serv, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Titan, State Bank of India, Mahindra & Mahin dra and IndusInd Bank were the gainers.
—PTI SEBI REJIGS CYBER SECURITY PANEL, 6 MEMBERS NOW IN IT
New Delhi (PTI): The gov ernment on Thursday raised the tax on the export of diesel and jet fuel (ATF) and hiked the windfall profit levy on domesticallyproduced crude oil in line with rising product mar gins and oil prices. At the fourth fortnightly review, the government raised the windfall profit tax on the export of diesel to `13.5/litre from `7/litre. The tax on Aviation Tur bine Fuel (ATF) exports too has been hiked to ` 9 from `2 per litre with effect from SeptemberAlongside,1. the tax hikedcrudedomestically-producedonoiltoohasbeento ` 13,300 per tonne from ` 13,000. The new lev ies come into effect from Thursday, September 1. The recovery in oil prices in the second half of Au gust as compared to the first fortnight of the month led to a slight upward revision in windfall taxes on domes tic oil production. These are now $22.8 per barrel, up from $22 previously.
New Delhi (PTI): Au tomakers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Kia report ed robust growth in their vehicle dispatches in the domestic market for Au gust buoyed by festive de mand and easing of semi conductor shortage woes. Other manufacturers like Hyundai, Toyota and Skoda also reported growth in wholesales in August as compared with the same month last year.
New Delhi: Shares of SpiceJet recovered most of their early lost ground and settled over 3% lower on Thursday. Earlier in the day, it tumbled nearly 15% after the company reported widening of net loss at `789 crore during the April-June quarter of FY23. The company’s stock tanked 14.65% to `39.60 during the early trade on the BSE. Later, it recovered most of the lost ground and settled at `44.95, lower by 3.13%. On the BSE, 15.66 lakh shares of the company were traded during the day. The BSE Sensex fell 770.48 points or 1.29% to settle at 58,766.59. PTI
New Delhi (PTI): India to become sixth largest in surance market in the world in the next 10 years supported by regulatory push and rapid economic expansion, a report said. Total insurance premi ums in India will grow by an average 14% per annum in nominal local currency terms over the next decade, making India the 6th largest in terms of total premium volume by 2032 from 10th largest in 2021, Swiss Re In stitute said in its report. With regard to Indian life insurance industry, the re port said it will grow at an exceptional rate of 6.6% (in real terms) in 2022 and fur ther grow at 7.1% in 2023. Considering the project ed growth rate, the life in surance premiums in In dia are set to cross $100 billion for the first time in 2022, it said. As far as nonlife insurance market is concerned, the report said it has returned to a growth of 5.8% (in real terms) in 2021 after a slight contrac tion in the year 2020.
INDIAN RUPEE FALLS 4 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 79.56 AGAINST EVER-STRONGER DOLLAR
Mumbai: The rupee declined by 4 paise to close at 79.56 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday due to a stronger dollar in the global markets and losses in the domestic equity markets. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency opened at 79.55 per dollar. It hovered in a range of 79.30 to 79.66 during the session. The domestic unit finally settled at 79.56, down 4 paise over its previous close. On Tuesday, the rupee had finished at a nearly two-week high of 79.52. The domestic forex market was closed on Wednesday on account of Ganesh Chaturthi. PTI POWER CONSUMPTION GROWS 2% TO 130.35 BILLION UNITS IN AUG New Delhi: India’s power consumption grew marginally by nearly 2% year-on-year to 130.35 billion units (BU) in August theaccording2022,topower ministry data. Power consump tion in August last year was recorded at 127.88 BU, higher than 109.21 BU in the same month of 2020. However, the peak power demand met, which is the highest supply in a day, in August 2022 dipped to 194.94 gigawatt (GW).
New Delhi: Coal stocks at power generating plants rose to about 30 million tonnes last month, state-run Coal India said on Thursday, dispelling fears of shortages of dry-fuel during the monsoon season. The government has been making all ef forts to build up coal stocks to avoid the reoccurrence of power outages seen during the summer this year. “...Coal stock at power plants is close to 30 MTs, including imported coal, ending August 22 (till 29th). This is substantially higher than 12.8 MTs of August ‘21 when the stock plummeted by 11.2 MTs in a month,” Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a statement. The PSU said that enhanced supply of fuel from CIL helped the stock stabilise at power houses. “Closing stock for the month of August’22 is a six-year high barring 2020 when pandemic fuelled slowdown saw the stock at 37.7 MT,” it said. Coal production by CIL during AprilAugust period also increased by 21% to 253.3 MT. PTI
—PTI New Delhi: State-owned hydro power giant NHPC on Thursday said that its Director (Technical) Ya muna Kumar Chaubey has been given the charge of Chairman and Manag ing Director for three months beginning Sep tember 1. Abhay Kumar Singh ceased to be the Chairman and Managing Director of the company with effect from August 31, 2022, upon attaining the age of superannua tion, a BSE filing said. Chaubey has joined NHPC Limited in 1985.
New Delhi (PTI): India’s tax collection from the sale of goods and services soared 28% to ` 1.43 lakh crore in July aided by ris ing demand, higher rates, and greater compliance. The GST collection re mained above the `1.4-lakhcrore mark for the sixth straight month in August and the ensuing festival season will help continue theBettertrend.reporting coupled with economic recovery has have a “positive impact on the GST revenues on a consistent basis”, the fi nance ministry said. The gross GST revenue collected in August 2022 is ` 1,43,612 crore of which CGST is ` 24,710 crore, SGST is ` 30,951 crore, IGST is ` 77,782 crore (in cluding ` 42,067 crore col lected on import of goods) and cess is ` 10,168 crore (including `1,018 crore col lected on import of goods), the ministry said. The revenues for the month of August 2022 are 28% higher than the GST revenues of `1,12,020 crore collected in August 2021. “The growth in GST rev enue till August 2022 over the same period last year is 33%, continuing to display very high buoyancy. This is a clear impact of various measures taken by the Council in the past to en sure better compliance,” the Ministry said. The collection in August is, however, lower than `1.49 lakh crore collected in July. The mop up was at a record high of ` 1.67 lakh crore in April. ICRA Chief Economist Aditi Nayar said looking ahead, the YoY growth in GST collections is likely to remain well above 20%in September 2022, before tempering down to 12-15% in December quarter, on a normalising base. “We continue to foresee a considerable upside in the CGST collections rela tive to the FY2023 BE, more than offsetting the expect ed loss in excise collec tions,” Nayar said.
New Delhi: Apparel ex ports rose by about 32% to $4.5 billion during April-June this fiscal as against $3.40 billion in the same period last year, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) said on Thursday. Addressing a meeting of the council, AEPC chairman Naren Goenka said that free trade agreements with countries including UAE, Australia and the UK will help neutralise the advan tage which India’s com petitors use to enjoy in some of the important markets.
New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital de clined by `195 to `50,723 per 10 grams on Thurs day amid a fall in interna tional precious metal pric es.In the previous trade, the yellow metal had set tled at `50,918 per 10 grams. Silver also tum bled by `863 to `52,819 per kg from `53,682 in the previous session. In the international market, gold was quoting lower at $1,703 per ounce while silver was flat at $17.73 per ounce. Gold prices extended decline on stronger dollar and speculation over US nonfarm payroll data.
‘India’s air traffic to grow nearly 7% through to 2040’
SPICEJET STOCK RECOVERS MOST OF EARLY LOST GROUND, SETTLES OVER 3% LOWER
New Delhi (PTI): Aircraft maker Boeing expects In dia’s air traffic to annually grow by nearly 7% through 2040, and is bullish on the “massive potential” in the air cargo space. The company, which is a key player in both civil and defence aerospace seg ments, is also looking to in crease the sourcing of raw materials from the country. Boeing Managing Direc tor (Marketing) David Schulte on Thursday said strong recovery is gaining further momentum in Indian aviation and it is one of the fastest growing markets.India’s airlines will lead air traffic growth through 2040, growing at a rate of The6.9%.growth for the South East Asia market is pegged at 5.5%, China (5.4%), Afri ca (5.4%) and Latin Ameri ca (4.8%), Boeing said in a presentation made here on Wednesday.
One of the driving factors for the sectoral growth is the systematic change into India’s non-life insurance sector brought by the pandemic z It resulted in a risk wareness leading to demands in health insurance business
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Sensex, Nifty fall over 1 per cent each amid weak global trends
New Delhi: Petrol sales in India rebounded in August but diesel continued to show a decline over the previous month as rains in several parts chipped away demand in some sectors, pre liminary industry data showed. Petrol sales, which had dipped 5% in July, increased 5.8% to 2.81 million tonnes in August when compared with 2.66 mil lion tonnes of demand in the previous month. Diesel, the most widely used fuel in the country, saw consumption drop 4.9% to 6.11 million tonnes from 6.42 million tonnes in July.
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MUMBAI | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 07 Commodity Price Change % Chg GOLD 50,723.00 195.00 0.38 (Per 10g) SILVER 52,819.00 863.00 1.63 (Per 1kg) COMMODITIES Currency Price Change % Chg USDINR 79.56 0.04 0.05 GBPINR 92.29 0.07 0.07 CURRENCIES
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The gross GST revenue collected in August 2022 is `1,43,612 crore of which CGST is `24,710 crore, SGST is `30,951 crore, IGST is `77,782 crore and and cess is `10,168 crore z The revenues for the month of August 2022 are 28% higher than the GST revenues of `1,12,020 crore collected in August 2021 z The collection in August 2022 is, however, lower than `1.49 lakh crore collected in July
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Tata Motors saw its pas senger vehicle wholesales in the domestic market in creasing by 68%.
PTI LEASING OF RETAIL SPACE IN JANUARYJUN JUMPS 2.5 TIMES New Delhi: Leasing of retail space jumped more than 2.5 times across eight major cities to 1.54 mil lion square feet 2022January-Juneduringonbetter demand, according to property consultant CBRE. As per the data, leasing of retail space in Delhi-NCR rose to 0.33 million square feet during JanuaryJune 2022. In Mumbai, absorp tion of retail space rose to 0.13 million square feet from 0.05 million square feet.
COAL STOCK AT ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANTS RISES TO ABOUT 30 MT: CIL
Govt hikes windfall profit tax on export of diesel, jet fuel
—PTI APPAREL EXPORTS RISE 32% TO $4.5 BN DURING APRIL-JUNE
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“The adjustments, while still ad hoc, highlight the producer oil price cap of $70-75 per barrel and profit ability of $20-21 a barrel,” Morgan Stanley said. The export tax on diesel and jet fuel was raised by $17 per barrel and $ 14 to $27 a bar rel and $18, respectively, as refinery margins for these products have risen.
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First India Bureau Mumbai: Despite a hike in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai’s property sales contin ued to witness an av erage 20% growth rate year on year, with more than 8,149 housing units regis tered in of August, contributing over Rs620 crore to the state revenues, a re port by KnightpropertyinternationalconsultantsFranksays.
Last month saw the performancebest in housing sales in August in the past 10 years
The General Admin istration department on Wednesday trans ferred three IAS offic ers, appointing a young IAS officer in a key posting in the Pune Metropolitan Region Authority.Development
BMC boss IS Chahal mandates pothole-free visarjan routes on pain of action against ward officers, takes over power supply in entire city, earns kudos from city police chief
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Last month saw the best performance in housing sales in August in the past 10 years, the report said, pointing out that nearly 60% of the registrations in August were for apartments of 500-1,000 sq. ft in size and a price band of more than Rs1 crore. As much as 95% of the apartments registered were also purchased in August, and 85% proper ties were residential, while 9% were commer cial, the report said. It also pointed out that the share of proper ties in the price band of Rs1-2.5 crore rose from 42% in July to 45% in August, and the share of properties in price band of Rs2.5-5 crore rose from 10% in July to 11% in ShishirAugust.Baijal, Chair man & Managing Direc tor, Knight Frank India said, “August has his torically been a slower month, recording a month-on-month de cline in eight out of the last 10 years. The rise in repo rate of 140 bps, leading to a rise in home loan rates, and the in crease in stamp duty has had its impact on buyer sentiments. De spite that, Mumbai’s home sales momentum has remained compara tively buoyant and re corded a 20% growth over same period last year. It may hence be too early to assess if the im pacts of these rate changes on housing sales are long term. Fur ther, homebuyer senti ments are expected to sustain in the upcoming festive season.”
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Mumbai has 175 artificial ponds set up for visarjan this Ganesh Chaturthi.
Mumbai (PTI): Maha rashtra on Thursday recorded 781 fresh cases of COVID-19, 638 of them in Mum bai alone and a steep drop from a day ago, while four more pa tients succumbed to the infection in the state, the health de partment said. With these additions, the state’s overall tally reached 81,01,119, while the death toll increased to 1,48,251, the depart ment said in a bulletin. On Wednesday, the state had recorded 1,600 cases and five fatalities due to the viral infec tion. Mumbai logged 638 fresh cases--around 90% of the statewide cases--and registered all four deaths in Maha rashtra linked to the respiratory disease in the last 24 hours, said theThebulletin.state's COVID-19 fatality rate stands at 1.83%. The department said 1,523 patients re covered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, tak ing their cumulative count to 79,42,981 and leaving the state with 9,887 active cases. As many as 15,496 new tests were conduct ed in the state, pushing up their total number to 8,41,39,878, said the bulletin.
“The complainant didn’t verify the details with L&T officials before initiating the payment. The fraudster had creat ed an email account sim ilar to the actual one,” a cyber cell officer said. Three accused, identi fied as Bhuvneshwar Sharma, Hemant Suliya and Abhay Patiwar have been arrested by the cy bercrime officials. The mastermind, identified as Indresh Pandey, 30, is absconding.
gle-use plastic is banned in Maharashtra. As Beed Collector, he had fined himself for a sim ilar use of plastic. To ensure cleanliness in the Collector's office, he had himself started cleaning paan, and gut ka stains on the walls, forcing the local admin istration to take prompt action. Pandey is mar ried to batchmate and IPS officer Mokshada Patil, and decided to serve in Maharashtra. The 2006-batch IAS officer Om Prakash Ba koria, who was serving as Commissioner, Sports and Youth Ser vices, has been trans ferred as Managing Di rector, Maharashtra Tourism Youthsioner,replacehasficerwhileCorporationDevelopment(MTDC),2009-batchIASofDrSuhasDiwasebeentransferredtohimasCommisSportsandServices.AnelectronicsengineerandMTech,Bakoriaalsohasareputationasaclean,efficientbureaucrat.Hehas served in various post ings as Project Officer, Tribal Development in Gadchiroli, Chief exec utive Officer, Amravati Zilla Parishad, CEO , Sindhudurg ZP, Collec tor, Nandurbar, and Ad ditional Commissioner in Pune Municipal Cor worksviewtoCMjects.executepointwork,teamonlygovernment,poration.TheShinde-Fadnaviswhichhashalfthefive-yeartoshowcaseitsisexpectedtoapofficerswhowillbig-ticketproTheCM,andDyareslatedtotravelPuneonFridaytoredevelopmentinthedistrict.
ing 175 artificial ponds, (distinct from the sea shores along Mumbai’s coastline), 35 coastal immersion sites and the total responsibility of electric supply for light ing and additional ser vices to ensure the seamless send off for Lord Ganesha and the civic challenge entailed will be no mean feat. A senior BMC official said, “This year’s ar rangements for the Ganesh Chaturthi ar rangements have par ticularly impressed Mumbai city’s police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and evoked a pleasant twitter message from him complementing his BMC counterpart Dr IS Chahal for arrange ments being made by the civic body to com plement the Mumbai police in facilitating a secure, safe and happy Ganesh Chaturthi festi val in Mumbai.”
First India Bureau Mumbai: The results of the Class X (Senior School Certificate) and Class XII (Higher Secondary School Cer tificate) supplementa ry examinations of the Maharashtra Board will be announced on Friday, officials said. Candidates may check the results on the web site ‘maharesult.nic.in’ The Class XII results of the Maharashtra Board were announced on June 08, while the Class X results were an nounced on June 17. A total of 14,85,191—817,188 male and 6,68,003 female —students registered for Class XII exams.
Maha sees 4 deaths, 781 new cases; active tally below 10,000 comingexamSupplementaryresultstoday
Even if a sin gle pot hole is found along any of the immersion routes for visarjan the ward officer in whose jurisdiction the road falls will be held re sponsible for the same. Following the issu ance of the directive over 20,000 potholes on Mumbai’s roads were filled up in just the last few days. —IS Chahal, Administrator, BMC We have seen a robust property buying in the past few months as the extent of price rise passed on to consumers has been low er as compared to the increase in the input costs. It is very much likely that the Indian central bank will further hike interest rates to bring back infla tion under control. As a result of that we have al ready started witnessing short-term repercussions on the overall housing demand.
Chahal’s diktat to every ward officer is to ensure not a single pot hole impedes any pro cessions for Lord Gane sha visarjan on any of the roads in Mumbai city on pain of swift and detrimental action against the concerned wardConfirmingchieftain.this the Mumbai civic Chief said, “Even if a single pot hole is found along any of the immersion routes for visarjan the ward officer in whose jurisdiction the road falls will be held respon sible for the same. Fol lowing the issuance of the directive over 20,000 potholes on Mumbai’s roads were filled up in just the last few days.” The BMC boss has, for the first time in Mumbai’s history, also taken up the onus to provide all lighting (electricity supply) ar rangements at visarjan sites all over Mumbai city upon Consideringhimself.the fact that the civic adminis tered beyondsupplydertaken(BEST)TransportElectricityBrihanmumbaiSupplyandundertakinghasneverunelectricityarrangementstheislandcity region of greater Mum bai (from Mahim up to south Mumbai along the north-south corri dor), this will be a first in terms of the massive effort by the civic elec tricityThusutility.far,private pow er companies Tata Pow er Corporation (TPC) and Adani Power have handled the
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First India Bureau Mumbai: A leading merchant, thinking he was paying for scrap from Larsen & Toubro (L&T), ended up being duped of Rs 1 crore by a fraudster who had sent him an email where ‘Larsen’ was spelt as ‘Lasren’.
GOLDEN HOUR People visit Sagar Vihar Water Front connecting the Arabian Sea, during sunset, in Navi Mumbai, Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI 3 held for duping merchant of `1 cr
Three IAS officers transferred Om Prakash Bakoria Astik Kumar Pandey Suhas Diwase Astik Kumar Pandey is now Addl Commissioner,PMRDA Mumbai logged 638 fresh cases— around 90% of the statewide cases— and registered all four deaths in Maha linked to the respiratory disease in the last 24 hours
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Some family issues may need urgent resolution, so don’t neglect them. Some of you are likely to enjoy an excursion with friends.You will feel financially comfortable. Your personality will attract many eligible bachelors. Spend time talking with likeminded people you feel good.
Usually, the more impor tant an endeavour, the more time one spends on it. “To whom am I most at tentive or enjoy convers ing with – my partner, or someone else? One can ask oneself, “If my partner told me to limit my contact with an associate, how will I react or feel? Has my partner lost the qualities I liked in him/her, or have I become blind to them?” A woman married for twenty years said, “Many people go into marriage right from the start.” Would one decorate an apartment if one knew that any day one might be that keeps a marriage steady. Hence, can one strengthen commitment, or question it?
by storms over the years and also from neglect. Should it be demolished? If the foundation is strong, the house can be restored. The condition of this house can be compared to some marriages. Over the years, have storms taken a toll on the marital rela tionship? A degree of ne glect could be there on the part of one or both part ners. After fifteen years of marriage, a wife said, “We had nothing in common but being married to each other.”Even if one’s marriage has reached this point, ter minating it hastily can be avoided. It can be restored depending on the level of commitment between hus band and “Commitmentwife. includes obligation,” says one hus band. “When problems arise, we are resolved to honour the commitment we made and stop consid ering divorce as an op tion.”Commitment to mar riage does not mean that partners will never disa gree. There must be a de sire to resolve the matter when there is conflict, and to feel concerned for the welfare of one’s partner. One husband said, “I have stopped being single at heart.”Marriage means shar ing a life, and the more two gives a lot without any re ciprocation.Insteadof thinking, “What am I getting out of this relationship?” One can ask,“What am I giving or personally doing to strengthen my marriage?” Marriage partners can analyse their actions in a given week. When one’s mate wanted to talk, did the other listen – even if one is not inclined to do so? How many activities did one engage in, that in terested the other partner? In most relationships, positive behaviour is re ciprocated. Unselfish acts indicate a desire to pre serve one’s marriage. This gives a sense of perma nence to the relationship. One wife said, “When I am angry with my husband, I’m not worried about our marriage coming to an end. I am worried about how we will get back to where we were.” A long-term view is an essential part of the com mitment, yet it is lacking in many marriages. Dur ing heated exchanges, one may blurt out, “I’m leav ing you!” or “I’m going to find someone who really appreciates me!” Most of ten such words are not meant literally, but they are destructive to the sta bility of a marriage. When one has a lasting view of a relationship, one expects Earning each other’s trust and working at be coming best friends, will increase their commit ment to marriage. A per son may not remain com mitted when sacrifice is required, especially when there is no immediate pay off for the small conces sions he or she makes. Without commitment, a relationship sours, no matter how sweet the ro mantic feelings were when they first fell in love. Commitment is
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You make sure to make things work your way. You are most wanted by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office and a serious one. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. You are a God fearing person. Never demotivate someone.
This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. You will feel amorous towards your wife. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged but don’t care.
You must create an environment of under standing at home. Your regular exercise routine promises to keep you fit and energetic. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. The way to cope up with stress is to meditate.
SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Whatever you have in mind, you will manage to implement it at work. You are likely to feel much healthy and energetic today. Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. You want to have your own house.
LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Fortunes are set to rise for those in trade and business. You love to live close to your family. You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Expected payments are likely to get released soon.
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19
TAURUS APR 21 - MAY 20
Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are happy spending whole day at home. Tensions on the family front are likely to get sorted out.Help your mothers at home today and give them a reason to smile. You will be successful one day.
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ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 Today is a favourable day for business.Listening to someone’s advice on the professional front will be in your interest. You are very generous by nature and also you are the backbone of your family. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth.
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Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. You care about you lover but somehow hesitate in expressing that care. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion.
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You will enjoy good health by remaining regular in your workouts. It will be in your interest to guide a family youngster on the academic front. Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are a very grounded person.
SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 Family will be supportive of your ideas, but only to an extent. You give tough competition to people. Many people get inspired by you. You will get special treatment from your dear ones. Good health is assured through own efforts.meeting people make the day enjoyable.
KAMOD GUPTA, Accountant LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 Pending concerningpaperworkaproperty will be completed. Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected. Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them.
ASHISH TIWARI cityfirst@firstindia.co.in anpati festival is huge in Mumbai. This year Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated on August 31 and the city was ready to celebrate it in a big way after two-and-a-half years of Covid-related restric tions. The spirits were high, and celeb rities too had made their plans. City First brings to you how celebrities celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi.
I patiently wait for this auspicious occasion every year. Ganesh Chaturthi is very close to my heart. When we have Ganapati Bappa in our hearts, there is nothing to worry about in life. May Lord Ganesha keep enlightening our lives and always bless us with love and success. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
Growing up and till date, I have always looked forward to Ganesh Chaturthi. Welcoming Bappa with so much love and relishing delicious modaks has to be my favourite thing. On that note, Wishing a beautiful, colourful and cheerful Ganesh Chaturthi to everyone. May this festive occasion bring along many more smiles and many more celebrations for you.
Ganpati festival has already started and we can see the buzz all around. Everyone is preparing to take Bappa home after two years of lockdown. I celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi each and every year because I was working that time with a news channel till a few months back. My prayer to Lord Ganesha is to take away all the problems from this world. It is because of Bappa’s blessings that I’m doing my best in everything. There is a big role of Bappa in my life. The day I came to Mumbai I took blessings from Bappa at Siddhivinayak and that made my life.
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MITAALI NAG Every year Bappa comes to our house for five days. Ganesh Utsav is celebrated in a much bigger way than even Diwali at our house. I am certainly happy to finally be able to celebrate the festival with no restrictions. In the last two years, we had scaled down the celebration, with regards to the guest list and all. But this year it will be like old times. Bappa, especially in the form of Shri Siddhivinayak, has been very generous and kind to me. He has always granted my wishes and given me more than I have asked for.
ASHA NEGI Every year, I eagerly await Pandal darshan and modaks. I hold Ganesh Chaturthi in the highest regard. And ever since I was a little girl, I have always looked forward to it. So on this illuminatecomefindoccasion,auspiciousMayyouallthedelightsoflifeandMayyouralldreamstrue.MayLordGaneshacontinuetoourlivesandcontinuouslyshoweruswithsuccessandlove.HappyGaneshChaturthi!
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We keep Ganpati for one day, make his fav food and donate it to poor people. We will visit pandals for darshan this year. It’s gonna be fun to see the real Ganpati vibe after two years. I have to be careful. I think we have already been immune for the past two years, but prevention is better than cure. I know the deep spiritual meaning of Bappa. He basically brings our conscious and subconscious minds in sync, and when it’s synced you achieve success. I want him to bless me so that my wishes are fulfilled without any emotional and mental blocks and all my projects get appreciated.
ISHITA DUTTA “I have been celebrating eco-friendly Ganpati for a couple of years now. Last year was the first time I made Ganpati at home with clay and I’ve done the same thing this year. I’ve been celebrating Ganpati for the last 10 years, ever since I shifted to Mumbai.”
Big B tests negative Bollywood's most de sirable Elnaaz No rouzi is rumoured to be in the United States. The Jug Jugg Jeeyo actress has flown to Los Angeles and is said to be working on her up coming film. After giv ing spectacular back-toback performances in mov ies Om and Jug Jug Jeeyo, Elnaaz is now geared up for her next Hollywood Movie Khandahar.Itisassumed that she is shooting in the beautiful city of Los Angeles. Kan dahar, an action film which Hollywood actor Gerard Butler leads, also stars Ali Fazal. Actor Elnaaz Norouzi, who shot to fame with Sa cred Games, had bagged the role in the Hollywood film earlier this year. Elnaaz is known to have worked on sev eral projects across the In dian film industry. With acing in the Hindi film in dustry right now, she has worked in Punjabi films. Now, a Hollywood ven ture only adds another cap.erfeathtoher Elnaaz's Hollywood shoot?
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12 MUMBAI | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia CITY BUZZGETSTAYVACCINATEDMASKED artik Aar yan and Sara ryonethatwereKhanAliallevewas talking about for the past year. The duo not only served some blush-worthy chemis try but also provided a year's worth of gossip. Were they-were they not in a relationship rumour caused heavy specula tions on their personal lives with fans finding links and hidden clues to see whether the duo are together or not. A love story that began on the Koffee couch developed so quickly into so much more. Right from their mushy photos, to make a movie together to all the rumours that grabbed headlines and the eventual breakup, it was almost like a well-written book adapted into a crappy Netflix film. Now, a year after they alleg edly broke up Kartik and Sara, of them have spoken up about their brief ro mance.While Sara openly accept ed that she dated Kartik on Koffee With Karan and even targeted some well-worded taunts at him, Kartik had chosen to keep his mum on the issue. But he too now has spoken up about it. During an interview, Kartik was asked about his reaction to Sara’s comments on their re lationship. While not being too forward about it, Kartik vaguely answered by saying that he has been single, that’s all he knows. The actor said, “Mai pichle savah saal se sin gle hoon, baaki mujhe kuch nahi pata (I have been single for the past 1.25 years, the rest I don’t know). I have been single for the past 1 year. I am not reducing the time period slowly...it just was not precise.” Kartik further clarified that his work is not his relationship and that’s about it. He said, “Aisa nahi hai, lekin I am single. That’s about it.” Kartik Aaryan has never opened up about his relationships and chooses to keep his mum when it comes to his personal life. Although he has always been linked to his female co-stars, his rela tionship with Sara is the only one that received so much attention.
Room Kumar graces Tanya Dev Gupta’s Song Launch
Sanjay has been tak ing astrology advice for quite some time now and has favoured the number 29 in the past, also when he wanted to make a fresh start in his career. Sanjay Dutt was born on July 29 & therefore, the new number 2999 (for a better life).
K riti Sanon and Tiger Shroff also made their first appearance on Koffee With Karan, making for one interesting episode to watch. Out of many of those se crets that were let out was the name of Tiger’s biggest crush!
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Sanjay Ditches 4545 as his car plate number
anjay Dutt’s love for luxury cars is no news as his garage is full of an exotic range of cars collection. Baba will reportedly bring home a new Mer cedes soon. But the difference this time is that he will no longer con tinue with his favourite number plate with the number 4545.
A source close to Sanjay Dutt said, "Baba's astrologer advised him to change the number from 4545 to 2999. It will help him personally & pro fessionally as well."
T anya Gupta to wards the zenith of her career has a unique blend of experiences from be ing an exceptional Sing er with a great voice and a distinct style of acting. In her upcoming album, Tanya is bring ing two songs -“Gal Sun Yaara” A modern Pun jabi romantic song, that will tickle your emotion of love. “Kathy nain na jodi” is a melanchol ic and romantic love song from folklore, mostly performed by Sitara-e-Imtiaz Reshma from Pakistan. It has been presented again by the most ravishing per former of the day Tanya Dev Gupta under the new musical cloak. Tan ya is well known for rep resenting India at the extravagant closing ceremony of Asian Games 2010 in Chi na with a recordbeating roaring audi ence of over 8 lakh peo ple and millions of viewers watching the ceremony worldwide. Among her notable achievements, it is tru ly a matter of pride for the fraternity of artists like her that she has vouchsafed her pledge to support the bereaved families of the mar tyred soldiers from the Indian Army and re ceived the most prestig ious and coveted recog nition from the former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam Ji. Tanya received the most prestigious award for the commercial body of work from the Dadasaheb Phalke In ternational Icon Award Films Organisation un der the best singer cat egory for the year 2022.
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The actor was in a relation ship with Disha Patani for six years and the rumours about their breakup were afloat for the past few days. This was confirmed by Tiger himself who revealed that although he wasn’t single a while ago, he is single now. Karan asked Tiger if there is one girl in the industry, he would do anything to be on a sexy date with, who would it be? To this, Tiger slyly replied with Shraddha Kapoor’s name. “I can’t choose as there are so many hot ones right now. But I’ve always been infatuated with CRUSH!
