First India-Delhi Edition-02nd October 2022

5G REVOLUTION IN INDIA!

New Delhi: October 1, 2022 will be remem bered as a historic day for the 21st century In dia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he gifted the 5G service to over 130 crore Indi ans on Saturday at the 6th edition of India Mo bile Congress.

He said the vision of his govt for ‘Digital In dia’ was founded on four pillars - the cost of de vices, digital connectiv ity, data cost and digitalfirst approach. 5G will help in real-time moni toring of disasters, pre cision agriculture, and minimising the role of humans in dangerous industrial operations such as in deep mines, offshore activities, the govt has underlined.

Stating that the 5G technology will revolu tionise the telecom sec tor, PM pointed out that India was dependent on other countries for 2G, 3G and 4G technologies. But with 5G, India has created a new history. “India is setting a glob

Jamia suspends nine students over violence

New Delhi (PTI): The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University has suspended nine stu dents for “spoiling” the peaceful academic en vironment of the cam pus, days after a scuffle broke out between two groups, resulting in a student sustaining bullet injuries.

NO EXTENSION TO MEGHAYALA GUV

SATYA PAL MALIK

New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra has been given additional charge of Meghalaya with incumbent Satya Pal Malik, 76, whose remarks against the govt have made headlines, completing his term on October 3.

STUDENTS STORM ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY BLDG

Those suspended in clude Nauman Ali, a student of LLM semes ter-3, who had suffered a superficial injury on the scalp after being shot at by another group of students.

Meanwhile, police have also apprehended

nine people in connec tion with the case, in cluding some of the stu dents suspended by the university.

In notices issued on Friday, the chief proc tor accused the students involved in the brawl of “politicising” an issue and “making it a re gional scuffle between the students of western UP and Mewat region”.

Indore declared clean city for 6th consecutive time

New Delhi: Indore emerged as clean city of India for the 6th time in a row while Surat has scored a hattrick as the second cleanest city since 2020.

Navi Mum bai is the third cleanest city while NDMC, which houses the coun ty’s most powerful peo ple, has slipped to 9th position in 2022 from being 5th cleanest city last year and 8th in 2020.

President Murmu re leased ranking of ULBs on cleanliness parame ters for ’22 on Saturday.

al standard in telecom technology for the first time”, he remarked. In dustry leaders - Mukesh

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WILL GET ACCESS TO JIO 5G BY DECEMBER 2023, SAYS AMBANI

RIL chairman Mukesh Am bani has confirmed that all cities and villages and every corner of the country will get access to Jio’s 5G services by December 2023. Jio will rollout its true 5G services in 4 cities by Diwali. These cities include Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. As per the ministry, 13 cities will get 5G first (across operators). These cities include Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jam nagar, Lucknow, and Pune.

Prayagraj: Police on Saturday detained at least 12 students of Allahabad University after they stormed into a building and lay under their siege two professors, as part of their agitation against fee hike. The varisty administration called the police.

Ambani, Sunil Mittal, Kumar Mangalam Bir la, also expressed their views on this occasion.

5G technology will greatly benefit India. It is likely to benefit the Indi an economy by `36.4 trillion ($455 billion) between 2023 and 2040, a recent re port by a global industry body representing mobile network operators estimated. —Experts

UP: 27 people, including 11 children, died as a tractor-trolley overturned

Kanpur: Over 27 peo ple, including 11 kids and 11 women, died as a tractor-trolley over turned on the road in UP’s Kanpur on Satur day. Over 30 others were injured who are being treated at a hospital. It met with an accident as the tractor-trolley over turned in Ghatampur area in Kanpur district.

President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, LS Speaker Om Birla, HM Amit Shah, Union Min ister Rajnath Singh, Ut tar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the accident.

MOM PLEASE DON’T CRY!

NDMC area India’s ‘cleanest small city’

Delhi Cantonment Board, though, slips from rank 3 to rank 5 among cantt boards

New Delhi (PTI): The New Delhi area admin istered by the NDMC was adjudged the “cleanest small city” in the category of cities with one to three lakh inhabitants in the Swachh Survekshan 2022 rankings released on Saturday.

Last year too, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) was

awarded the cleanest small city in the same population category.

In the Swachh Sur vekshan 2022, Delhi Cantonment Board was

ranked fifth in the can tonment boards’ catego ry across the country. It was ranked third in the Swachh Survekshan 2021. According to an

The award was re ceived by NDMC chair person Bhupinder S Bhalla and secretary Vikram Singh Malik. Bhalla said the credit for getting the award and ranking goes to the hard work of all NDMC employees particularly the health department.

“The award is a rec ognition of NDMC’s continued efforts to establish excellence in service standards and provide world-class civic amenities to its residents,” the state ment said.

PM MODI, CM YOGI ANNOUNCE EX-GRATIA AID

PMO announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of deceased, Rs 50,000 to the injured in the ac cident. Uttar Pradesh government also an nounced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of deceased. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ban's tractor-trolley's to carry people, this decision comes after Kanpur acci dent and they will be used only for agricultural works and action will be taken for breaking the rules.

SUJOY THAOSEN IS NEW CHIEF OF CRPF, ANISH DAYAL OF ITBP

New Delhi (PTI): Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Sujoy Lal Thaosen and Anish Dayal Singh have been ap pointed as the new direc tor generals of the CRPF and ITBP respectively, a government order said Saturday. Thaosen, a 1988-batch officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently working as the director general (DG) of the border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and holding the additional charge of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) DG post fell

vacant on Friday after IPS officer Kuldiep Singh (1986-batch) retired. Anish Dayal Singh, a 1988-batch officer (Ma nipur cadre), is currently serving as a special director in the Intelli gence Bureau. Thaosen’s scheduled retirement is in November this year, while Singh will superan nuate in December 2024.

NDMC statement, the civic body was also awarded with the fivestar garbage-free city ranking and water plus certified city.

Last year too, the NDMC was awarded the cleanest small city in the same population category.

Sujoy Lal Thaosen Anish Dayal Singh

Delhi

DEL: POLLUTION CHECK MUST TO BUY FUEL FROM OCT 25

New Delhi: Vehicle owners will not be provided fuel at petrol pumps in Delhi without showing a valid pollution under control certificate from October 25, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said at meeting of officials from environment, transport and traffic depts on Saturday.

MAHATMA GANDHI MAKES

AT UNITED NATIONS

United Nations: In a first, Mahatma Gandhi made a special appearance at the United Nations, sharing his message on education at the world organisation as it commemorated the International Day of Non-Violence on the occasion of the Indian leader’s birth anniversary.

ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR FORMER PAKISTAN PM IMRAN

Islamabad: A magistrate in Islamabad issued an arrest warrant for Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan on Saturday. Warrant was issued by Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim after Imran didn’t appear in court in a case filed against him for threatening a judge.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Devusinh Chauhan, Bharti Enterprises Founder and Chairperson Sunil Bharti Mittal and Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla during the launch of 5G services in India at the 6th India Mobile Congress, at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi on Saturday.

PM Narendra Modi launches 5G services in India

Jio 5G services to rollout in four metro cities by Diwali

Airtel says that 8 cities will get 5G access from now

Top bizmen say India will get 6G by end of the decade

The revolution in the telecom sector is proof that if the intentions of the government are correct, it takes no time for citizens’ intentions to change. 2G ki niyat aur 5G ki niyat mein yehi farak hai.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

5G services will be available in over 200 cities in the coming 6 months and attempts are being made to make 5G available in 80-90 per cent of the country in the next 2 years.

—Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Telecom Minister

5G unlocks the potential of other technologies like Artificial Intelli gence, Internet of Things, Robotics, Blockchain, and Metaverse. PM Modi’s leader ship has raised India’s prestige & power glob ally like never before. Mukesh Ambani, RIL Chairman

Poornima Mishra and Moni Sharma

Mukesh Ambani & Akash Ambani.

Ambani with Mahendra Nahata at HFCL stall at the IMC pavilion.

NEW CHARMING LOOK OF PM MODI!

Mother reacts as her innocent daughter consoles her after accident. A tractor-trolley fell into a pond near a village in Kanpur, UP on Saturday.

No petrol without PUC certificate from Oct 25

n Anti-dust campaign to begin from Oct 6

New Delhi: In a bid to curb pollution level in the national capital, the government has decid ed that petrol will not be provided without ‘Pol lution Under Control’ (PUC) certificate from October 25.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday said that from October 25, petrol pumps in Delhi will stop giving petrol without a PUC certificate. The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been imple mented in Delhi from October 1, he added. The anti-dust campaign will be started to control dust pollution from October 6. Rai clarified that there is no plan for odd-even in Delhi yet.

Old vehicles plying on roads will be impounded, scrapped: Govt

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi government on Satur day cautioned people against driving old vehi cles in the national capi tal, an act which violates the Supreme Court or ders, saying that such vehicles will be immedi ately impounded.

In 2018, the Supreme Court had ordered that plying of diesel and pet rol vehicles older than 10 years and 15 years re spectively is banned in Delhi, adding that the vehicles violating the or der will be impounded.

“Now, it has come to notice that inspite of these orders, such ve hicles are still found plying and parked on the roads of Delhi. The

Enforcement wing of the transport depart ment has been under taking robust enforce ment drive for im pounding of such vehi cles if found plying or parked on Delhi roads,” a statement issued by the transport depart ment read.

“The 15 years old ve

hicles after being im pounded will be imme diately handed over to the authorised scrapper for scrapping,” it said.

It further advised people to neither drive nor keep or park such vehicles in any public place. “In case one has any such vehicle they are directed to get it scrapped immediately from the authorised scrapper of the trans port department,” the statement added.

The department also asked Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and market associa tions to inform them about any such vehicle found on their What sApp number.

10-year-old boy sodomised by three friends dies in hospital

New Delhi: The 10-yearold boy, who was sexu ally assaulted by three friends in Seelampur area on September 18, died on Saturday morn ing while receiving treatment at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), police said.

All of the children in volved are between the ages of 10 and 12, from the same community, and live in northeast Delhi’s New Seelampur area. The boy was bru tally sexually assaulted by a group of three mi nor friends on Septem ber 18. One more juve nile has been appre hended in the assault, police said on Saturday.

The boy was admitted to hospital after he fell sick three days after the attack. Police at the Seelampur station were informed by hospital staff on September 22. A police team reached the

INQUISITIVE MINDS

hospital and met the par ents of the boy, but they refused to give a state ment. According to Del hi Police after counsel ling provided, the boy’s mother ultimately re vealed that her son had been physically abused and sodomized by three of his friends on Sep tember 18. Based on the mother’s statement, a case was registered un der sections 377/34 IPC and POSCO Act.

Boy narrated ordeal days before death

New Delhi (PTI): The boy’s mother said her son initially lied that he was injured while playing but narrated his ordeal to her when she prodded him.

“I work as a domes tic help and was out for work when the in cident happened. When I returned home, I saw that my son had an injury on his leg. He told me that he was injured while playing. I could have never imagined that something like this would have happened to him. “He was in pain and when I prod ded him, he just said that they will kill me,” the mother said.

“When I asked him again, he told me that two to three boys sexu

ally assaulted him. They beat him up with an iron rod,” she said.

The boy’s mother recorded a video of his narration. His family members shared the video with PTI. In the video, the boy is seen painfully telling his mother that the accused hit him with a brick and an iron rod. Later, the ac cused threw him off the terrace of a dis pensary, where they had taken him.

He tells his mother that the accused also inserted the iron rod into his private parts and sodomised him.

The boy’s sister said by the time her broth er was taken to the hospital, infection had spread in his body.

HC dismisses Satyender Jain's plea challenging transfer of case

New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi High court on Saturday dismissed the plea of Delhi Minister Satyender Jain chal lenging the trial court order transferring his money laundering case to another judge.

‘EVEN AJMAL KASAB HAD A FAIR TRIAL’

Delhi riots: Court discharges 5 accused of setting shops on fire

New Delhi (ANI): Con cluding its arguments in the Sagar Dhankar murder case, Delhi Po lice on Friday told the court that there is suf ficient evidence to frame charges of mur der and abduction against wrestler Sushil Kumar and other ac cused persons.

Olympian Sushil Ku mar and 17 others are accused in the matter.

The additional public prosecutor Atul Shriv astav said, “The man ner in which Sagar and three others were ab ducted and brought to Chhatrasal Stadium and then beaten up mer cilessly by the accused, shows that they wanted to establish their su premacy."

Justice Yogesh Khan na dismissed Jain's plea challenging the order of September 23 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge transferring his money laundering case from one court to an other. Justice Khanna noted in the order that the question is not of integrity or upright ness of the Judge but of apprehension in the mind of a party (ED).

Justice Khanna while passing the order observed that the facts show that the Enforce ment Directorate (ED) did not merely harbour an apprehension of bias but had acted upon it as well by rushing to the HC and therefore the apprehension can not be said to be flimsy

or not reasonable.

The court further ob served, “The apprehen sions raised were not at a belated stage, as the request for an inde pendent medical evalu ation was consistently made.”

The court held that the district judge while transferring the case has considered all these aspects and there

fore does not suffer from any illegality and does not

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The Alla habad High Court has rejected the anticipa tory bail application of former Noida Chief Engineer Yadav Singh.

The Single-Judge Bench of Justice Samit Gopa passed this order while hearing a Crimi nal Misc anticipatory bail Application filed by Yadav Singh.

A first information report was lodged on 13.01.2012 against Ya dav Singh & others al leging corrupt prac tices while executing engineering work in which agreement bonds of ` 954.38 crores were executed by Engineering De partment of Noida.

New Delhi (ANI): A Delhi Court hearing the Northeast Delhi riots case has recently dis charged five accused for the offence of set ting shops on fire dur ing the riots in Febru ary 2020 in the Karawal Nagar area.

The court while dis charging the accused persons, noted non-dis closure of offence in the statement and photo graphs of shops. How ever, the court has re manded the matter back to the magistrate court for a hearing on offences related to riot ing and others.

Additional Sessions

Judge Pulastya Pra machala of Karkar dooma Court dis charged five accused, namely Om Prakash, Mukesh, Rohit, Sau rabh and Ankit, of the offence under section 436 (Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy property...) IPC.

The judge said, "I find that offence under Sec

tion 436 IPC is not made out against any of the accused persons."

“This charge sheet was filed after investi gating the 5 complaints made by GulabAhmed, Firoz Khan, Shahid Khan, Islam and Mohd.

Nasir. In their com plaints, none of these complainants made any allegation about setting their shop or house on fire by the riotous mob,” the judge observed.

“Investigation Officer (IO) took my attention to the statement of Gulab Ahmed that was record

ed by police wherein he alleged that the mob en tered into his shop and the shop of his son Raju Malik, after breaking open the shutter. Mob committed vandalism, loot and set fire, the court noted in the order of September 27.

The statement does not show or mention as to what was set on fire. Setting fire any goods af ter taking them outside the shop (as alleged in the complaints of other complainants) itself can not invite Section 436 IPC,” the judge said.

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GRAP TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON THE BASIS OF AQI

Robots being displayed during the World Robot Olympiad India 2022, at a school in Noida on Saturday.

—PHOTOS BY PTI

IN THE COURTYARD

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‘Sufficient material to frame murder charges against Sushil’

Ald HC denies anticipatory bail plea to ex-chief engineer Noida

I find that offence under Section 436 IPC is not made out against any of the accused persons.

—Pulastya Pramachala, Additional Sessions Judge

The boy was brutally sexually assaulted by a group of three minor friends on Sept 18.

Ashoka University lays claim on ASI’s Bandhavgarh find

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New Delhi: The discov ery of “remarkable ar chaeological remains” dating back to the 2nd Century CE in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve has run into controversy, with leading private univer sity Ashoka claiming it had established these findings ahead of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

ASI Wednesday said in a “major find”, it had discovered 26 ancient temples and relics from 9th to 11th century CE, 26 Buddhist caves, mon asteries, stupas, and Brahmi inscriptions from 2nd to 5th century CE, along with 46 sculp tures and 19 water struc tures (from second to 15th century CE) in Tala range of thePark.

ASI said the explora tion of around 170 sq km “was undertaken for the first time since 1938”.

However, a team of researchers from Asho ka University had con ducted an archaeologi cal exploration of the same site ending in June 2022, with a paper of their findings pub lished in the journal

Current Science on Sep

The work I led, on behalf of Ashoka varsity with my students, pre cedes the claims of ASI as evidenced in a peerreviewed publication.

—Nayanjot Lahiri, Prof, Ashoka University

tember 25, just days be fore the ASI’s own an nouncement.

“... the work I led, on behalf of Ashoka Uni versity along with my students, precedes the claims of ASI as evi denced in a peer-re viewed publication that appeared in Cur rent Science,” Nayanjot Lahiri, professor of his tory at Ashoka Univer sity who led the explo ration, said.

DIFFERENT FINDINGS

Notably, the findings by the team from Ashoka University diverge from the ASI’s, particularly regard ing the time of origin of the remains as well as their religious connotations.

The ASI recorded a total of 76 caves over a two month exploration period, with thirteen archaeolo gists working on the site.

Researchers from Ashoka University were able to identify 81, of which 44 had been marked by the forest department and 37 left unnumbered. Another difference is the claim that the caves are Buddhist.

While the ASI’s findings state the stupas and caves are Buddhist, Lahiri said the caves cannot be tied to any particular religious community.

“If these were made for the Buddhist monastic

FESTIVE SPIRIT

community, there should be memorial stupas and carvings that have an overtly Buddhist char acter,” she said. Lahiri argued that the structures are more reminiscent of Jaina architecture — such as those found in older archaeological sites like in Pabhosa, Uttar Pradesh.

“What the ASI calls a Buddhist stupa is not at all of the second century CE. It is a small piece which

has a cylindrical form, the sort that is only seen from the fourth century CE as at the Dhamekh Stupa in Sarnath,” she explained.

According to Bajpai, the structure appears Buddhist because of its shape and components.

“Our evidence suggests it is Buddhist, and this is where the difference in our findings lies. At the mo ment, we are analysing the inscriptions,” he explains.

Nine apprehended over firing at hospital, scuffle at Jamia

New Delhi (PTI): Po lice have registered two cases and apprehended nine people in connec tion with a scuffle be tween Jamia Millia Isla mia students and a fir ing incident in Holy Family Hospital in southeast Delhi.

According to the po lice, the cases were reg istered at Jamia Nagar and New Friends Colo ny police stations.

In both the cases, nine people have been appre hended, they said.

Around 8.50 pm on Thursday, information was received regarding a quarrel at Jamia Mil lia Islamia university library. During inquiry, it was found that there was a fight between two groups of students, a senior police officer had said.

In the incident, Noman Chaudhary sus tained an injury on his head and had gone to the Holy Family Hospital in Jamia Nagar with his friend Nauman Ali for treatment, the officer had said.

Meanwhile, a student from the second group,

‘Edu revolution made schools world-class’

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi government earned a revenue of Rs 768 crore in one month under the old excise policy regime imple mented from Septem ber 1, officials have said.

The government had reverted to the old ex cise regime from Sep tember 1, withdrawing its newer policy imple mented from Novem ber 17, 2021.

The Excise Policy 2021-22 was withdrawn by the Delhi govern ment after Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had in July this year recommended a CBI probe into alleged ir regularities in its im plementation.

Effigies of demon King Ravana on display for sale ahead of the Dussehra festival, in New Delhi on Saturday. Delhi’s wait of two long years has finally come to an end as a festival season unfolds in full measure with star-studded Ramlilas, unbounded by Covid restrictions, back across the town with bigger, grander and more impressive display.

GROWING NEED FOR EXPERTS

New Delhi (PTI): Del hi's "education revolu tion" has made the phys ical infrastructure of the schools world-class and empowered stu dents with a strong growth mindset, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.

Sisodia, who is also the city's education min ister, visited Sarvodaya Co-Ed School, IP Exten sion and interacted with students there.

"This is the achieve ment of the Delhi educa tion revolution that not only have we made the physical infrastructure of the schools worldclass, but have also em powered students with a strong growth mindset. This has been made pos sible due to the hard

work of the team educa tion of Delhi," he said.

Sisodia said it is was matter of great pride and happiness that stu dents studying in Delhi government schools have started dreaming big. "Our children are not only dreaming of becoming surgeons, space scientists, ath letes, politicians, entre preneurs, teachers, IAS officers but also work ing hard to fulfill it."

Guidelines issued for engaging ‘Professor of Practice’

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The engagement of the Prof of Practice will be for fixed term. It won’t affect the number of sanctioned posts and the recruitment of regular faculty

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New Delhi: To make up for the shortfall of teachers in colleges and universities in the country, UGC has come up with a unique initia tive to engage experts from diverse fields as faculty members on short term assign ments.

University Grant Commission (UGC) Sec retary Rajnish Jain wrote a letter to the var sity V-Cs, Directors of

Jalal, came to the hospi tal with his friends and fired at Ali outside the emergency ward, the of ficer had said.

Nauman Ali had a su perficial injury on the scalp. The injured was shifted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.

During investigation, Nauman Ali (25), Nau man Chaudhary (26), residents of Jamia Na gar, and Abdul Hannan (26), a resident of Bagh pat district in UP, have been apprehended, po lice said, adding that further investigation was underway.

The other accused persons are being traced, police said.

In the second case reg istered at New Friends Colony police station for the firing incident, po lice apprehended Jala luddin alias Jalal (32), a resident of Dhaoj vil lage in Faribabad dis trict, Kaptan Bhadana (25) of Mathura; Samsad (26) and Raheel (23), res idents of Palwal district in Haryana; Mohd Yu suf (26), of Jamia Na gar; and Sabir (27), of Mewat in Haryana.

CAB DRIVER KILLED CLASS 12 STUDENT OVER MONEY

New Delhi (PTI): A 24-year-old cab driver was arrested on Satur day for allegedly killing a Class 12 student for not returning his money in Jamia Nagar area, police said.

The accused had allegedly given Rs 72,000 to the student to buy an iPhone, they said. The accused has been identified as Khalid of Batla House, Jamia Nagar, they said.

Khalid during interro gation revealed that he had given Rs 72,000 to Abdullah, but he was not returning his money, a senior police officer said. On Friday evening around 4 pm, he went to meet Abdu lah to get his money back, but he neither gave him the money nor the iPhone, the of ficer said. After his re fusal, a fight broke out between the two and Khalid shot Abdullah with a country-made pistol and ran away.

CRUCIAL READ

THREE PEOPLE RESCUED IN GURUGRAM MALL FIRE, NO INJURIES REPORTED

FOR A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS MAX

Gurugram: Fire broke out at a shop in a mall on Golf Course Road here but was brought under control in a couple of hours on Saturday morning, officials said. Three people were stuck inside the mall due to smoke, but they were res cued by fire personnel, they said. "We received information about the fire at around 6 am. The situation is under control now. The fire broke out only in one of the shops located on the first floor of the mall. The cause behind the fire is not yet ascertained," fire official Lalit Kumar said.

83-YR-OLD RETIRED PARAMILITARY OFFICER KILLS SELF

New Delhi: An 83-yearold retired paramilitary force officer allegedly shot himself dead in south Del hi's Greater Kailash area, police said on Friday. "He was suffering from stom ach illness for long and used his licensed weapon in the incident. A suicide note was found and no foul play is suspected," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Chandan Chowdhary said. The man, who retired as a DIG from a paramilitary force, killed himself on Thursday, the police added.

DELHI'S SEPTEMBER AIR QUALITY FOUND MOSTLY ‘MODERATE'

New Delhi: Due to spells of rains, the national capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) settled mostly under the 'moderate' category in September, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed. An AQI between 101 and 200 falls under the 'moderate' category. According to data, September's monthly average AQI has increased by 24 per cent in compari son to 2021, which was recorded at 78. Mean while, the average AQI in September 2020 stood at 118 and 111 in 2019.

SCHOOLTEACHER STABS WIFE TO DEATH FOLLOWING SQUABBLE, FLEES BUT NABBED

Jain said in the letter.

The engagement of Professor of Practice will be for a fixed term.

It will not affect the number of sanctioned posts. It is not for teach ers, serving or retired.

New Delhi: A schoolteacher allegedly stabbed his wife to death in front of their 9-year-old daughter following an argu ment in southwest Delhi's Nawada, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Sanjay Pandita, has been ap prehended from Dwarka Mor area. The accused is a teacher at a government school. A senior police officer said that information was received regarding the argument between the couple at 6.24 pm on Friday, and that the woman had sustained serious injuries. When police reached, the woman was found dead and her husband missing. Their daughter told police that her father stabbed her mother with a knife, DCP (Dwarka) M Harsha Vardhan said. A murder case has been registered at Mohan Garden police station.

all institutions and col lege principals for guidelines for engaging ‘Professors of Practice’.

“Realising that high er education institu tions need people with

skills and expertise ac quired in non-academic careers, teaching and research, the UGC has taken a new initiative of engaging Professor of Practice in HEIs,”

ASI had said in a ‘major find’ it had discovered ancient caves & temples in the tiger reserve

A similar discovery by Ashoka varsity team was published in a journal days before the ASI claim

Findings of the two groups of researchers also differ, with ASI finding 76 caves and AU locating 81

BRAHMI INSCRIPTIONS

—PHOTOS BY PTI

Delhi govt earns `768-cr in one month under old excise policy

Sisodia interacts with students of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya.

CRPF personnel outside the Jamia Millia Islamia College as Section 144 has been imposed in the entire Okhla area. —PHOTO BY ANI

Ashok Gehlot has been an active, reliable, astute leader

self to make India a Perma nent, veto wielding member of the United Nations Securi ty Council. The brutal reality is that the Peoples Republic of China will always exercise its Veto to keep India out. If I am not mistaken, President Biden in one of his speeches said that India and Brazil should be Permanent members of the Security Council .

The reality is somewhat what more complicated. Any expansion of the Council must include a country from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Muslim world. Who from Af rica- Nigeria, Ethiopia or South Africa. From the Mus lim World the contenders will be Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt.

WORLD FACING CLIMATE CHANGE

IN-DEPTH

ANNEXATION OF UKRAINE’S AREAS GIVE CONFLICT A SERIOUS TURN

India, in a few years will become the most populous country in the World. Yet, no one is seriously talking about it. No talks of birth control, none of population control. Yes, poverty has been vastly eradicated but the quality of life has not improved. Educational standards are low. The legal system needs to be made more efficient. Civil case go on for decades. We have some of the best doctors in the world but the hospitals are in need of drastic up gradation

K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India

What a week the Congress par ty has all but made a laugh ing stoke of itself. Ashok Ge hlot has landed himself in serious trouble. He is 71. A come back is unlikely.

He has been an active, reli able, astute leader, with a mass following. I have known him for over forty years and have great affection and re gard for him. I these four dec ades he did not put a foot wrong. The ‘neutral’ Sonia Gandhi obviously knows Dante Well, who wrote, nine hundred years ago, “The hot test places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” She shed her neu trality in no time. So long as she lives, she will have deity status. She is an expert at back seat driving. Can she revive the Congress? No.

PRESIDENTSHIP OF THE CONGRESS PARTY

Of the 2 contenders for Presi dentship of the Congress par ty, Mallikarjun Kharge and Shri Shashi Tharoor, I have never met the former. He is 80 years of age. The younger vot ers will certainly not opt for him. Shashi Tharoor , I have known him for several years.

INDIA TAKES A BIG STEP FORWARD

He is fine orator and an out standing author. He deserves to win. But he will not. He does not have the blessings of Mother Superior. Besides, un like Kharge he is not rooted in the Congress. Oddly none of the G-23 are supporting him.

Digvijaya Singh has been deprived of the President ship by Shri Kharge, who did not play fair with the former CM of Madhya Pradesh. He would have, as President put some life in Congress. Sur prisingly, he made one seri ous mistake. As far as I know, he did not meet Shrimati So nia Gandhi. He paid the price.

The Lok Sabha elections are to be held in 2024. At present the Congress paty had fifty two members in the Lok Sab ha. That number is not likely to go up as of now. Not with Kharge at the helm. PM Nar endra Modi will remain Prime Minister till 2029. His interna tional standing is high. Within India he faces no challenge.

BHAGWAT MEETS UMER AHMED

Shri Mohan Bhagwat, the head of RSS, made headlines when he met Imam Umer Ahmed Illyas a few days back. It was a courageous and wise move. It would have given mil lions of Muslims, much com fort. How many non-RSS non BJP Indians recall the fact that during the rule of the Bhartiya Janata Party, since 2014, not a single communal riot has occurred. This is an amazing achievement.

The ‘neutral’ Sonia Gandhi obviously knows Dante Well, who wrote, nine hundred years ago, “The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” She shed her neutrality in no time. So long as she lives, she will have deity status. She is an expert at back seat driving. Can she revive the Congress? No

JAISHANKAR MADE INDIA PROUD AT UN

The External Affairs Minis ter, Jaishankar has done India proud at the United Nations and during his visit to Wash ington. He did not mince words, without flouting diplo macy. I would give him high marks for his stellar perfor mance. One caveat. He is over optimistic about the United States genuinely asserting it

The most alarming problem the World is facing, is climate change. One has only to look at the havoc rain and hurri canes are playing in Florida, Georgia and South Caroline. In Switzerland, glaciers are melting, in Italy rivers are drying up. For nature’s fury no easy answers are in sight.

RECENT FLOODS IN PAKISTAN

The recent floods in Pakistan have been calamity. As often happens the poor have been worst hit. Pakistan is a near bankrupt country. Only the rich Islamic countries can provide funds to rebuild the infrastructure, colleges, schools, hospitals, indus tries. It’s a long haul.

POPULATION, A CONCERN IN INDIA

India, in a few years will be come the most populous coun try in the World. Yet, no one is seriously talking about it. No talks of birth control, none of population control. Yes, pov erty has been vastly eradicat ed but the quality of life has not improved. Educational standards are low. The legal system needs to be made more efficient. Civil case go on for decades. We have some of the best doctors in the world but the hospitals are in need of drastic up gradation.

The great Jawaharlal Nehru is to some extent re sponsible for India becoming an over populated country. Soon after taking over, he made the astounding pro nouncement that India was an under populated country. By the time of his death it was on the road leading to over population.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

India moved to a higher trajectory in mobile connec tivity with the launch of 5G tech nology on Sunday. India may not be the first country to have the advanced technology, but one can take pride in the fact that we are not watching the technological advancements from the sidelines and cele brating the ultra high-speed internet which will unlock the potential future technologies.

It will also “unleash new eco nomic opportunities and soci etal benefits giving it the po tential for being a transforma tional force for Indian socie ty.” Its economic impact also cannot be underestimated.

The rapidity with which India has reached this mile stone speaks volumes about Prime Minister Narendra

The Prime Minister’s pitch for Aatmnirbhar Bharat ensured that the experience of 2G, 3G and 4G technologies was not repeated. While for technologies India was dependent on foreign support, 5G is home grown. An elated Prime Minister hailed the event as “historic” as “India is setting global standards for the first time”

Modi’s Digital India cam paign which focused on digi tal connectivity, affordability of devices and data and his focus on internet for all. Af fordability will help mobile penetrate the rural market.

The Prime Minister’s pitch for Aatmnirbhar Bharat en

sured that the experience of 2G, 3G and 4G technologies was not repeated. While for technologies India was de pendent on foreign support, 5G is home grown. An elated Prime Minister hailed the event as “historic” as “India is setting global standards for the first time”.

The push given to the tel ecom sector under the Aat manirbhar Bharat saw mo bile manufacturing units grow from two in 2014 to around 200 now. Indian hand sets are now competing with the best. In the process India has also become a major ex porter of mobile phones. The 5G launch is especially nota ble as it was not dogged by any controversy as had hap pened with 4G when the spec trum auction was mired in allegations of corruption.

Even as countries are reeling under eco nomic crisis, RussiaUkraine conflict ap pears to be expand ing. Cocking a snook at the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed four regions of Ukraine and attracted more sanctions after referendums which were strongly contested by Kyiv. The retaliatory US sanc tions will be on 278 members of Russian parliament and 14 peo ple linked to its defence indus try. Simultaneously, the Euro pean Commission proposes to impose a ban on export of hitech goods and a ban on imports from Russia. Sanctions imposed so far have not deterred Russia from enlarging the conflict.

The annexations have led Ukraine to push its efforts for an early membership of NATO which, for some reason, has got delayed. Membership of NATO would mean that the western al liance will get automatically sucked into the conflict to defend a member. With Putin saying that his threat to use nuclear weapons should not be treated as a bluff, it must now be taken seriously in view of these developments.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Buddha

Amit Shah @AmitShah

A giant leap towards Digital India. The launch of 5G services by PM @ narendramodi Ji will take connectivity in India to the next level. With limitless possibilities & myriad benefits, 5G will serve as a major transformative force and form the bedrock for economic opportunities.

In this nationwide campaign till October 31, more than 100 lakh kg of plastic and other waste items will be collected and disposed of with public participation.

TOP TWEETS

PM Modi leads trends across digital space with brand value worth `413 cr

PM's brand value shoots up by `86 crore in comparison with 2020 evaluation

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Check Brand has released data analyzing the online sentiments for top politi cians in India and evalu ated more than 100 mil lion online impressions for the report. One of the most impactful and new trendsetters on various digital platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook,

Google search, Wikipe dia, YouTube, Insta gram, Google Trends etc, is the famed politi cian across the world"Narendra Modi".

Even in the face of fierce resistance from numerous political and social groups, Prime Minister Modi has emerged as the most powerful leader. PM Modi has changed the political brand anoma ly once again by mak ing a humongous jump with a jaw-dropping Rs 413 crore worth of 'Digi tal Brand Value', in

2022. The figure is Rs 86 crore higher than the last valuation in 2020, assessed by Check Brand, an innovative digital platform to measure and enhance political brands and ministries.

CheckBrand's initial evaluation, completed in October 2020, deter mined that PM Modi was the most popular politician, with approx imately 100 trends re lated to him circulating in the public sphere. The study, which was done in the second

quarter of 2020, includ ed the top 95 political figures as well as 500 renowned figures. Ac cording to CheckBrand,

BHARAT JODO YATRA IN KARNATAKA

over 10 crores of data from various digital platforms were decod ed, and PM Modi scored a 70% Brand Score &327

Rahul Gandhi resumes Yatra from Tondavadi Gate in Chamarajanagar

crores digital brand value in 2020.

PM Modi's brand worth has boosted sig nificantly since 2020, despite unprecedented opposition from a range of social groups, includ ing massive farmer pro tests across India over new farm policies; Modi has been able to cope with this extreme hos tility remarkably by re versing them.

Amit Shah and Arvind Kejriwal hold the other two places among the three politi cians.

Union Home Minis ter Amit Shah has maintained the same position as of 2020, i.e. second on the Check Brand political cata logue. Though his Brand value has in creased as compared to 2020, diving deep into the data in terms of en gagement, reach, and sentiment analysis, CheckBrand concludes Shah's brand worth is Rs 96.8 crore which was previously Rs 88.2 crore.

Examining the social media platforms, CheckBrand found that

with close to 5 Million followers on Instagram, more than 30 Million followers on Twitter along with 4,007,136 views on Youtube, Amit Shah is rising high on social media platforms creating his own im pact. He has gained hu mongous popularity all over the web by high lighting his official vis its and daily activities on digital media.

Chief Minister Of Delhi has secured the third position on the CheckBrand catalogue of Top Politicians.

Gundlupet (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday re sumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Tondavadi Gate in the Gundlupet region of Karnataka's Chamarajanagar.

The Yatra led by Ra hul Gandhi resumed along with a large num ber of people on Satur day, after it was delayed by rains in the morning.

Saturday marked the Yatra's 24th day, which began at 6.30 am and will reach its first break point at Kalale Gate near Servo Motors at 10 am. After resuming from Kalale Gate at 4.30 pm, the Congress leader walk to Chikkayana Chatra Thandavapura in Mysore by 7 pm.

The participants of the 3,500-km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir were sched uled to stay opposite the Maharaja Institute of Technology (MIT) in Thandavapura of Mysore at night.

The march was aimed to cover as many as 12 states in five months. It recently reached Kar nataka on Friday (Sep tember 30) and will be here for the next 21 days before moving north.

The Padyatra (march) will cover a distance of 25 km every day.

New Delhi: Soon after filing his nomination for the Congress President poll to be held on October 17, Mallikarjun Kharge resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He told the grand old party’s working President Sonia Gandhi that he is quitting from the post in the upper house, in line with the Congress’s “one person, one post” rule announced at the Udaipur Chintan Shivir. He sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi last night. Sonia Gandhi, the chairperson of the Congress parliamentary party, will now appoint a new leader and convey the decision to the Rajya Sabha Chairman.

As the Congress picks its first non-Gandhi president in 25 years, Kharge, 80, is the candidate backed by the Gandhis and is almost certain to be elected. After the resigation of Mallikarjun Kharge as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, senior leaders P Chidam baram and Digvijaya Singh are learnt to be the front-runners to take on the mantle of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.

New Delhi: Congress Central Election Authority chair man Madhusudan Mistry has announced that the final contest for the post of Congress president will be between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. Former Jharkhand minister K N Tripathi’s nomination for the

V-P Dhankhar greets the nation on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Vice Presi dent Jagdeep Dhankhar has greeted people on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti.

The V-P’s message read: “I extend my heartiest greetings and good wishes on the occa sion of Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of our Father of Nation.

One of the most influ ential personalities of modern India, Mahat ma Gandhi remains the moral anchor and bea con of hope for the en

tire humanity in these troubled times. His Satyagraha and non-vi olent struggle against injustice has inspired millions across the

world. Every genera tion must rediscover Mahatma Gandhi in its own way. The many dangers facing the world today — from poverty to climate change to wars – can be successfully tackled by appropriately utilizing the principles enunci ated by Gandhi Ji.

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, let’s pray for a peaceful world that is free of vio lence, extremism, ter rorism and all form of discrimination.”

RAIN DELAYS RAHUL'S BHARAT JODO YATRA Gundlupet (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Saturday was delayed due to rains in Karnataka. The march on its second day in the state was affected by the torrential rains in Gundlupet. According to the Congress party sources, the Yatra was supposed to start at 6.30 am on Thondavadi in Chamara janagar district today. Indian National Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “The 24th day of #BharatJodoYatra that was to start from Begur at 6:30am has been delayed due to rains. The rains ar rived after a gap of 15 days and will benefit farmers.

Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Saturday joined issue with Shashi Tharoor, who has said his electoral competitor in the AICC presidential poll, M Mallikarjun Kharge was a “candidate of continuity” and of “status quo”, while those wanting change in party should vote for him. Khurshid, who is among the leaders who have backed Kharge, also indicated that if consensus emerges on the poll, it will be good; if not and election does take place on October 17, there will be no regrets.

“Shashi says this (Kharge) has elements of continuity, his (Tharoor’s) has elements of change. But continuity and change are subjective terms, relative terms”, Khurshid said. “I think that the very fact that we are having this elec tion is reemphasis of continuity with change because it’s not the first time that we are having elections. And that elections in the past have had certain features; this has its own fea tures. So, for us this is all welcome”, he said.

Congress presidential poll was rejected on Saturday by Mistry. The three had filed nominations on Friday, the last day of the process. Mad husudan Mistry, while ad dressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in Delhi, said, “a total of 20 forms were received during

Mumbai (PTI): More than 96 per cent of seats of the Vande Bharat Ex press were booked dur ing its first commercial run between Mumbai and Gandhinagar sta tions on Saturday, West ern Railway said.

The train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Gandhinagar on Friday morning. He also trav elled on it from Gandhi nagar to Kalupur sta tion in Ahmedabad.

BIRTHDAY WISHES! IT’S KHARGE VS THAROOR AS TRIPATHI’S NOMINATION REJECTED

IN THE COURTYARD

The booking for the new train had opened only on Thursday.

WR chief Public Re lations Officer (PRO) Sumit Thakur said of the total of 1,123 seats on the Vande Bharat train, 1,086 seats were booked between Mum bai and Gandhinagar stations, which means 96.70 per cent of seats were booked.

ON A STICKY WICKET?

HC GIVES RELIEF TO AZAM KHAN, PUTS ARREST ON HOLD

Prayagraj: In a relief to SP leader Azam Khan, the Allahabad High Court has put his arrest on hold.

The court also sought a reply from the UP govt. A person named Baqur Khan brought the case to the fore. The matter pertains to the disappearance of machines used for construction in 2017 for which a case was registered on September 19, this year.

INDIA NEW DELHI | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2022 05 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/delhi I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia the nomination process and four of them were rejected”. While Kharge submitted 14 forms, Tharoor submitted five and Tripathi one. Mistry said Tripathi’s form was rejected as the signature of one of his proposers did not match and another propos er’s signature was repeated.

RSS DEFAMATION: HEARING AGAINST RaGa ON DEC 3 Thane: A court at Bhiwandi in Thane district on Saturday adjourned till December 3 this year hearing in the defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. On the next date, the court will also hear Gandhi’s plea for permanent exemption from appearance in the case.

SC TO HEAR ED’S PLEA SEEKING TRANSFER OF GOLD SMUGGLING CASE ON OCTOBER 10

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on October 10 the ED's plea seeking transfer of gold smuggling case from Kerala to Karnataka court. The ED has moved a plea earlier in the Supreme Court seeking to transfer of trial in the case pending, before the Special Court for PMLA Cases, Ernakulam to a Special Court for hearing PMLA cases in Karnataka. The ED sought transfer of the trial on the ground that the concerned respondents are being intimidated through threats and false cases by senior officials of Kerala Police and state govt at the behest of the other respondent, in order to thwart and derail the trial.

Has Captain one last ‘innings’ left in him?

Mahesh Sharma

New Delhi: Does any oner remember SM Krishna? It was recent ly covered in papers that he was ill and ad mitted to Manipal Hos pital. Do you recall how he left the Congress and joined the BJP at the age of 85. Think, what can be said if a person after being in one party till the age of 85, leaves it and goes to another party? Con gress made him the Chief Minister, made

him a minister at the Center and also made him the Governor. But in 2017 at the age of 85,

that did not happen. It was also said that the son-in-law had gone to the BJP with the inten tion of saving the fam ily from central agen cies but that too did not happen. There was an income tax raid on the son-in-law and one day the son-in-law, fed up with the investigation, committed suicide.

he joined the BJP. When he went to BJP, it was said that he would be sent to Rajya Sabha but

The way 85-year-old SM Krishna went to BJP in old age, in the same way Captain Ama rinder Singh has also joined BJP at the age of

80. He also engaged in anti-BJP politics throughout his life and was in Congress almost the entire time. In his old age, it seems that he wants to secure his son’s political career in BJP and himself be come governor. His wife Preneet Kaur is an MP from Patiala and she is 77 years old. So, BJP will not give them a ticket in 2024, but their son can be contested.

Till then Captain will sit quietly, waiting to get something.

Capt Amarinder Singh meets PM Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO

PM Narendra Modi called on former President Ram Nath Kovind and greeted him on his birthday, in New Delhi on Saturday. Also seen here are Savita Kovind and Swati Kovind.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

—FILE PHOTO

LAWYERS IN MADHYA PRADESH STAY AWAY FROM WORK OVER COLLEAGUE’S SUICIDE

Jabalpur: Proceedings in lowers courts in Madhya Pradesh were affected on Saturday after lawyers abstained from work in protest against the suicide of their colleague in Jabalpur a day earlier. Lawyers had put up a vigorous protest on Friday over the death of Anurag Sahu, who they claimed ended his life over harassment by some officials and fellow advocates. As per police, Sahu allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his house. Following the incident, a group of protesting lawyers had set fire to the chamber of a colleague.

‘Mumbai-G’nagar Vande Bharat train's maiden run big success’

Vice Prez Jagdeep Dhankhar.

KHARGE QUITS RS POST; CHIDAMBARAM, DIGVIJAYA SINGH LIKELY TO BE RS LOP

“CONTINUITY WITH CHANGE,” SALMAN KHURSHID JOINS ISSUE WITH THAROOR

Rahul Gandhi with supporters during party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Chamarajanagar on Saturday.

People greet Rahul Gandhi in Chamarajanagar, on Saturday.

Blood donation our responsibility to help each other: Mandaviya

New Delhi (ANI): More than 2.5 lakh people have voluntarily donat ed blood under the Rak tdaan Amrit Mahotsav, said Union Health Min ister Mansukh Man daviya on Saturday add ing that it has strength ened the noble cause of humanity which will help immensely in sav ing many precious lives.

While addressing the celebration of the Na tional Voluntary Blood Donation Day held at AIIMS, New Delhi, Mandaviya said, “The success of Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav has strengthened the noble cause of humanity which will help im mensely in saving many precious lives. Blood do nation is a noble cause and given our rich cul ture and tradition of Seva and Sahyog, on the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, let us all pledge to be al

ways there for someone else and donate blood regularly.” Accentuat ing the importance of blood donation, the Health Minister said Blood donation is Seva and, it is our responsi bility to help each other.

“India’s COVID-19 re sponse was inspired by the rich tradition of lok bhagidari and have

IN THE COURTYARD

J&K: DRUG PEDDLER DETAINED, BOOKED UNDER PIT NDPS ACT

Jammu: An alleged drug peddler was detained from Doda district of J&K. Ghat Doda resident Vijay Kumar alias “Pandit”, a habitual drug peddler, was booked under provisions of illicit trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, a police spokesperson said. He has been lodged in Bhaderwah district jail on the orders of the Jammu divisional commissioner.

C’GARH GOVT OFFICIAL HELD FOR SEEKING BRIBE FROM FARMER

Raipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested an official of Chhattisgarh horticulture department in Raipur for demanding a bribe from a farmer for releasing the subsidy amount, an official said on Saturday. The anti-graft agency arrested Paramjeet Singh Gurudatt on Friday for allegedly demanding 50 per cent of the subsidy amount received by the farmer under a government scheme, he said.

MOTHER-DAUGHTER DUO AMONG 3 DIE IN CHHATTISGARH LIGHTNING STRIKE

Raigarh: A 60-year-old woman, her daughter and a man were killed after being struck by lightning in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at Kesla village under Lailunga police station limits late Friday evening. The deceased were identified as Khulaso Sarthi (60), her daughter Kamla (30) and Sukhiram Banjara (34), all residents of Lailunga, he said.

SRINAGAR JOURNO ARRESTED ON RAPE CHARGES

Srinagar: The local police has arrested a “journalist” from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district after a woman accused him of raping her. According to the complaint, accused journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ganie lured the victim through his WhatsApp group made for people seeking help and forced her into a sexual relationship after sedating her fraudulently.

5 RSS LEADERS IN KERALA GIVEN CENTRAL SECURITY

New Delhi: The Centre has accorded a Y category security cover to five RSS leaders in Kerala in view of possible threats to them, official sources said on Saturday. The names of the RSS leaders are understood to have been found on the radar of the PFI after central probe agencies recovered documents in this connection during the recent crackdown on the Islamic organisation.

showed the way to man age the pandemic and in turn led to world's largest COVID vaccination exer cise,” he said.

He said that Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav was aimed to blood dona tion, blood distribution and blood management.

The Union Health Minister also felicitated voluntary blood donors

and States/UTs that have done exemplary work, rare blood group donors, regular Single Donor Platelets (SDP) donors, women blood donors, regular volun tary blood donors.

The mega voluntary blood donation drive, Raktdaan Amrit Mahot sav was started by Man daviya on September 17.

LS panel to hear plea on disqualification of Sisir

New Delhi (ANI): The Parliamentary panel for Privileges has sum moned Lok Sabha mem ber of Parliament Sisir Adhikari to appear be fore it on October 12 in reference to the plea filed by TMC demand ing his disqualification as a Lok Sabha MP.

In June this year, TMC parliamentary party leader Sudip Ban dyopadhyay had writ ten to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla de manding Adhikari's disqualification citing certain anti-party ac tivities. The Speaker

has further sent it to the parliamentary panel for its examination. Most recently, Sisir Adhikari defied the whip of TMC and went ahead to cast vote during the Vice President of India elec tion which was held on August 6. TMC had an nounced that they would abstain from vot ing during this election.

2.5 LAKH DONATE BLOOD UNDER ‘RAKTDAAN MAHOTSAV’

New Delhi (PTI): Over 2.5 lakh people donated blood during the 'Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav' which began on September 17 and concluded on National Voluntary Blood Dona tion Day on Saturday. The mega voluntary blood donation drive, Raktdaan Amrit Mahot sav was kickstarted by Mandaviya on Septem ber 17. A new world record was achieved on the first day of the camp with over 87 thousand donations. While ad dressing the celebration of the National Volun tary Blood Donation Day held at AIIMS here on Saturday, Union Health Minister Man sukh Mandaviya said that Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav was aimed to blood donation, blood distribution and blood management.

Tamil Nadu police commences sealing of PFI offices in Chennai

Chennai (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Police on Saturday commenced sealing the offices of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in the state after Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu issued a notification terming the PFI and its associates as unlawful associations.

PFI Tamil Nadu Head Office doors has been broken in front of Chen nai Corporation Offi cials and Police Offi cials. Officials are checking the docu ments and the bills in side the PFI Headquar ters. The officials were seen sealing the PFI

headquarters in Purasi vakkam, Chennai

On Friday, Vadodara Police and Gujarat An ti-Terror Squad sealed a madrasa linked to the Popular Front of India.

The madrasa was linked with the All In dia Imams Council (AIIC) is associated with PFI and was banned on Wednesday by the Centre.

The Central govern ment banned the PFI, its associates, and affili ates as an unlawful as sociation with immedi ate effect for a period of five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

Goa: Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Saturday said the auctioning of eligible iron ore mining leases in the state will get over by November 2022, but it would take one year after that to begin the extraction of fresh ore. Sawant said this one-year period is required to complete all the formalities.

The mining in Goa had come to a standstill in March 2018 after the apex court quashed the second renewal of iron ore mining leases given to 88 companies in Goa in 2015, and prohibited the extraction of fresh ore.

The state has now put up four iron ore mining leases for auction. This is for the first time in Goa’s mining history that leas es are being awarded through auctioning.

Desecration case: Sikh bodies hold protest march in Phagwara

Patna: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav has asserted that he was not in a hurry to oc cupy the highest seat of power in the state and advised leaders of his RJD to refrain from speaking on the issue. He was re acting to RJD state pres ident Jagadanand Sin gh’s recent statement that the young leader will become the CM by next year, which con sternated some leaders in the JD(U).

Punajb (PTI): Activ ists of some Sikh bodies held a protest march here on Saturday de manding the arrest of those behind the dese cration of Sikh reli gious book ‘Gutka Sa hib’ in August. They also demanded that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) be consti tuted to probe the case.

Pages of ‘Gutka Sa hib’ were found scat tered under a tree near the old civil hospital building here on August 31. Police had registered a case under relevant sections, including 295-

A (deliberate and mali cious acts, intended to outrage religious feel ings of any class by in sulting its religion or religious beliefs), of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against unidentified

BJP leader blames KCR for unkept promises in T’gana

Ahmedabad (PTI): Delhi CM and Aam Aad mi Party (AAP) nation al convener Arvind Ke jriwal on Saturday said his party would build government-run schools in each village and get Narmada water to every corner of Kutch district if it came to power after the Gujarat Assembly polls likely to be held in December.

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal, who along with Punjab CM Bhag want Mann is on a twoday visit to the state,

CHANGE OF GUARD

was addressing a rally in Gandhidham town in Kutch district.

“In Delhi, students of govt-run schools be longing to poor families are securing admis sions in medical and engineering courses. But in Gujarat, I have learnt the ruling BJP is shutting down govern ment schools in Kutch,” Kejriwal claimed.

Hyderabad: BJP lead er K Lakshman on Sat urday, attacked Telan gana CM K Chan drashekhar Rao and said that he is starting a national party just to divert public attention from the unfulfilled promises of TRS govt.

“The promises he made to the people of Telangana are unful filled. All groups of peo ple are angry with him.

people in the matter.

The protesters took out a march from the Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Sabzi Mandi to the site near the old civil hospi tal building where the pages were found.

So to divert the public attention, the TRS par ty is trying to showcase itself as a National Par ty. It is a corrupt party ruled by a family,” Lak shman said.

9 UP IAS officers transferred in bureaucratic reshuffle

Lucknow: Nine IAS of ficers have been trans ferred once again in the bureaucracy of Uttar Pradesh. According to the new transfer orders, Meerut commissioner

IAS Surendra Singh has been replaced by Ba reilly commissioner

IAS Selva Kumar J as Surendra Singh has been appointed as Sec retary to New Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor.

Meanwhile, IAS Sarika Mohan has been posted as the Bareilly commis

sioner. Moreover, ACEO of Noida Authority IAS Praveen Mishra has been appointed as Sec retary of Namami Gange project while in his place, 2017 batch

IAS Prabhas Kumar, who was serving as CDO Rai Bareily, has been appointed as ACEO Noida Authority. CDO in Rae Bareli IAS Pooja Yadav has been

made Joint Magistrate Chitrakoot, whereas 2019 batch IAS Sumit Ya dav has been appointed new CDO of Muradabad.

Moreover, Mu radabad CDO IAS Anand Vardhan has been made ACEO Great er Noida Authority.

Along with this, Noi da Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari has been given additional charge of Greater Noida Au thority CEO, while Sec retary ICDS Anamika Singh has been given additional charge of Di rector ICDS.

TWO SENIOR IAS OFFICERS RETIRE IN UTTAR PRADESH

I n Uttar Pradesh’s bureaucra cy, 2 senior officers retired on Friday evening i.e. 30th September. The retired IAS are Alok Tandon of 1986 batch, who was posted on Central deputation as Secretary, Mines and Dimple Verma, posted as ACS Youth Welfare. Notably, Dimple Verma is wife of ADG Law & Order, IPS Prashant Kumar Meanwhile, PCS Ram Shankar SDM Ayodhya, IPS Om Prakash Singh and IPS Radhe Mohan Bhardwaj have also retired.

SANYUKTA SAMADDAR REMOVED FROM AS NCR COMMISSIONER

S ometimes some decisions are made in the bureaucracy of Uttar Pradesh which no one can even notice, especially the transfers of officers are also kept confidential. Sanyuk ta Samaddar, a 1999 batch woman IAS officer posted at the center, has been removed from the post of NCR commissioner. According to the informed sources of the bureaucracy, this decision has been taken under some compul sion, because the Election Commissioner has sent a notice to Sanyukta asking her as to why did she not attend the Election Oberver Training. She has been made in the observ ers for elections to be held in Gujarat, and its training the IAS officer was called to Delhi by the Election Commission.

Jamshedpur: To inculcate confi dence among women revellers during Durga Puja festival, the East Singhbhum district police has deployed ‘Shakti Squad’ women mobile police force to keep vigil on eve teasers and miscreants in the steel city of Jam shedpur, an offic er said.

Senior Superin tendent of Police, Prabhat Kumar, Additional Dis trict Magistrate (L&O), Nandk ishore Lal flagged off the “Shakti Squad” on Friday, who will patrol around the city on 25 pink scoot ies during the fes tival.

The objective was to ensure safety of women, who could move around puja pan dals without fear, the SSP said.

Union Health Minister said blood donation has strengthened humanity’s cause

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lighting the lamp at the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, as part of countrywide Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Police outside the sealed PFI office in Chennai. —PHOTO BY ANI

Members of Sikh bodies holding protest in Phagwara on Saturday.

‘Auctioning of mining leases in Goa to get over by Nov’

Spl squad for women’s safety during Durga puja

Not in a hurry to become CM of Bihar: Tejashwi

Ahtesham Siddiqui

IAS Surendra Singh IAS Selva Kumar J

Gujarat: Kejriwal promises schools in each village, Narmada water in Kutch

INDIAN COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN HAVANA FAIR

‘5G TO USHER IN INCLUSIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION’

New Delhi: Indian companies from different sectors including consum er goods, pharmaceuti cals, medical devices, as well as Electric Vehicles will be participating in the Havana Fair FIHAV2022. The delegation of the Indian companies is being led by the Indian Econom ic Trade Organization (IETO) to Havana from De cember 14-18. This fair is taking place after a gap of two years due to the glob al lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.

—PTI

TAX AUDIT FILING: DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL OCTOBER 7

New Delhi (PTI): India Inc welcomed the launch of 5G services by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Satur day, terming it a milestone in the country’s telecom revolution that will help usher in inclusive digital transformation.

Sanjiv Bajaj, President, CII, said, “With this launch, we are moving towards an inclusive digital transfor mation ensuring that digi tal technologies are univer sally available, accessible, and adoptable, enabling meaningful and safe use of the Internet and digital services for all.”

New Delhi: The income tax department on Satur day extended the due date for filing tax audit report for fiscal 2021-22 by 7 days till October 7. “On consideration of difficul ties faced by the taxpayers and other stakeholders in the filing of reports of au dit for the Assessment Year 2022-23, Central Board of Direct Taxes has decided to extend the due date for filing of various reports of audit for the Assessment Year 202223, which was Sept 30, 2022, to Oct 7, 2022,” an official said.

—PTI

UPI TRANSACTIONS UP OVER 3% AT ALMOST 7 BN IN SEPT

Assocham Secretary General Deepak Sood said the ultra-high speed inter net will be a catalyst for transformative innovation in a host of key sectors like education, health and agri culture. “It would also un leash many more entrepre neurs to explore new areas of businesses riding on the success of Digital India.

The unveiling of 5G tech nology will ensure a seam less, efficient and transpar ent way of working in com ing times,” he added.

FICCI President Sanjiv Mehta said 5G will facili tate both ease-of-doingbusiness and ease of living.

OTHER STORIES

INDIA’S LARGEST POWER PRODUCER NTPC OUTPUT SURGES 15.1 PER CENT IN FIRST HALF OF 2022-23

New Delhi: India’s largest power producer NTPC recorded an output of 203.5 BU from April to September 2022 period, registering an increase of 15.1 per cent when compared with 176.8 BU recorded in the corre sponding period of the last year, as per data released by the Ministry of Power. The high generation growth indicates improved performance and an increase in demand for pow er in the current year, the ministry said in a statement. NTPC Rihand (3000 MW) in Uttar Pradesh is the top performing thermal power plant with 90.22 per cent Plant Load Factor (PLF) between April to September 2022. —ANI

New Delhi: UPI transac tions increased by more than 3% to 6.78 billion in September from a month prior, as per the data re leased by NPCI on Satur day. The total number of digital financial transac tions based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) in August 2020 was 6.57 bil lion. According to figures from the National Pay ments Corporation of India (NPCI), there were 6.78 billion transactions last month, totalling Rs 11.16 lakh crore, up from Rs 10.73 lakh crore in August.

India handled 6.28 billion UPI transactions of Rs. 10.62 lakh cr in July. —PTI

COAL INDIA OUTPUT UP 20% IN FIRST HALF OF FY 2023

OFFICE LEASING UP 97% IN JAN-SEP IN 6 CITIES; MAY HIT RECORD IN 2022

New Delhi: Gross leasing of office space nearly doubled to 40.6 million square feet during January-Sep tember across 6 major cities on pent-up demand driven largely by technology and co-working firms, according to Colliers. The absorption of office space stood at 20.6 million square feet in the year-ago period across 6 cities -- Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Pune. The previous high was seen in 2019 at 44.8 mn square feet.

—PTI

RETAIL PRICES OF ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS

SPIKE SIGNIFICANTLY

New Delhi: The average retail prices of essential food items, including rice, wheat and atta, have significantly increase in the last one year. The prices of wheat and atta have gone up considerably in the last few months and as per traders in wholesale markets in the na tional capital, wheat rates have seen a spike crossing a record Rs 2,560 per quintal due to slower supplies and robust demand. —PTI

New Delhi: Continuing to maintain the double digit growth in production be ginning FY23, Coal India Limited (CIL) closed the first half of the current fiscal with 299 million tonnes (MTs) output. This is a sharp upward swing of 49 MTs, the highest incremental growth for any period. Compared to 250 MTs of first half in last year, the growth was 19.7%. All CIL’s subsidiar ies recorded growth with BCCL topping at 31.3%, it said.

—PTI

Can’t afford to lose sheen of bankruptcy code, says Fin Min

New Delhi (PTI): Union Minister Nirmala Sithara man on Saturday said in solvency law cannot lose its “sheen”. Sitharaman, who is in charge of finance and corporate affairs minis tries, was speaking at a function in the national capital to mark the sixth annual day of the Insolven cy and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).

Speaking about the Code over the last six years and the way forward, she also said that “we cannot have stress signals go unno ticed”. IBBI is a key institu tion in the implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which provides for a mar ket-linked and time-bound resolution of distressed firms. The code came into force in 2016.

National Company Law Tribunal President Chief Justice (Retd) Ramalingam Sudhakar and Competi tion Commission of India (CCI) Chairperson Ashok Kumar Gupta, among oth ers, were present. As many as 1,934 corporate debtors have been rescued through the Code till June this year. These include 517 through resolution plans, 774 through appeal or review

Sept GST collection at `1.48 lakh cr, the third highest ever

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) reve nue in September this year saw a 26% year-on-year jump at ` 1.48 lakh crore, the third highest ever col lections crossing the ` 1.40 lakh crore mark for the sev enth consecutive month on robust business activities despite global economic slowdown.

While the gross GST rev enue collection in Septem ber at `1,47,686 crore — re flecting actual business transactions undertaken in August -- is `2,314 crore short of ` 1.50 lakh crore, both government officials and industry experts ex pect to cross the mark next month on enhanced pri mary sales during the festi val season.

GST monthly collections stabilising above Rs1.4 lakh crore for seven months in a

CENTRE FOR MONITORING INDIAN ECONOMY REPORT

row would provide more headroom in the fiscal front, said MS Mani, partner at Deloitte India. “The collec tions in the next three months are expected to be even more robust due to the higher consumption expect ed during the festive season and the extension of the mandatory e-invoice proto col to taxpayers having

India jobless rate drops to 6.43% in Sept

Mumbai: India’s unem ployment rate has drasti cally dropped to 6.43 per cent in September due to an increase in labour par ticipation in the rural and urban areas, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Econo my (CMIE).

During August, India’s unemployment rate surged to a one-year high of 8.3 per cent as employment se quentially fell by 2 million to 394.6 million.

“In September, the un employment rate has fallen significantly with an in crease in labour participa

tion in both urban and ru ral areas,” CMIE managing director Mahesh Vyas told PTI over the phone on Sat urday. The unemployment rate in the rural areas fell

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only decline 14% of invites even though they’d prefer to back out of 31% of them.

turnover above `10 crore from October 1,” he added.

“It is noteworthy that these collections reflect supplies made in August. With the festive season coming up, the GST collec tions can further be expect ed to go up in the coming months,” Abhishek Jain, Partner Indirect Tax at KPMG in India said.

‘INFLATION AT MANAGEABLE LEVEL’

New Delhi:Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said inflation is at a manageable level. Her comments came a day after RBI hiked interest rate by 50 basis points to tame inflation. “Inflation is at a manageable level,” she said here. On Friday, RBI retained its inflation projec tion for FY23 at 6.7 per cent amid geopolitical concerns triggered by Russia-Ukraine war, and expected inflation to be under control from January. The central bank is mandated to keep retail inflation in a band of 2-6 per cent. Inflation has remained above RBI’s upper tolerance level of 6 per cent since January 2022. Last month, infla tion touched 7 per cent.

or settlement and 643 through withdrawal. In value terms, around 69 per cent of distressed assets, which entered the process under the Code, have been resolved, as per IBBI.

Public cloud services market to reach $165.2 bn

to 5.84 per cent in Septem ber from 7.68 per cent in August, while in the urban areas it dropped to 7.70 per cent against 9.57 per cent in the previous month, ac

cording to the data. The nearly 8 million in crease in labour participa tion is a sign that the econ omy of the country is doing well, Vyas added.

New Delhi: The public cloud services market in the Asia-Pacific region is likely to reach $165.2 Bil lion in 2026, according to an IDC report. The firm expects the Asia/Pacific public cloud market to grow at higher year-overyear (YoY) rate at 31.4 per cent this year, in compari son to 30 per cent in 2021, as cloud migration contin ues to accelerate. Infra structure as a service (IaaS) will achieve a mar ket value of $80.7 billion and make up 48.8 per cent of the Asia/Pacific public cloud market in 2026.

CAR MAKERS LOG SALES GROWTH IN SEPTEMBER

New Delhi: Festive season and new launches geared the passenger vehicle sales last month as car majors in India logged sales growth last month as compared to the previous year’s corre sponding month.

Maruti Suzuki India Lim ited that makes cars and also light commercial vehi cles logged a total sales of 176,306 units last month, up from 86,380 units sold in September 2021. As per Maruti Suzuki, the shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles, mainly in domestic models.

UNITS SOLD LAST MONTH

z Tata Motors total domestic sales increased by 44% to 80,633 units in September

z The last month sales numbers for Honda Cars India stood at 11,047 units, MG Motors — 3,808 units and Skoda Auto India — 3,543 units

(Above) Sunil Bharti Mittal (Left above) UP CM Yogi Adityanath with Vice chairman of Bharti Enterprises Rakesh Bharti Mittal and others during an event to launch 5G services in Varanasi. (L) Mukesh Ambani with HFCL Founder and MD Mahendra Nahata at Pragati Maidan.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses during the Foundation Day celebrations of IBBI in New Delhi on Saturday.

PM Narendra Modi with Union Minister Ashwini Vaisnaw and Akash Ambani at the 6th India Mobile Congress at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

PHOTOS BY PTI

PM Modi, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani.

2ND FRONT

HOW DID KHARGE’S FATE PLAY ITS MASTERSTROKE?

P olitics is indeed a bundle of coinci dences. Mallikarjun Kharge had tried earli er also that the Gandhi family should hand over the presidential responsibility to him, but then only one name was running in the minds of Sonia and Ra hul. Ashok Gehlot’s de votion to the Gandhi family is known as an example in Congress. Those who wanted Mukul Wasnik, were then lobbying in So nia’s court that making a Dalit President would send a positive mes

Kharge a bad candi date?’ Apart from this, Kharge also has very good relations with the leaders of G-23, so the presence of Anand Sharma to Manish Ti wari was recorded at the time of his nomina tion. Kharge also has very good relations with leaders of other opposition parties, such as Sharad Pawar and Sitaram Yechury. They are included in the list of his integral friends. He is also popular in the Rajya Sabha as the Leader of the Opposi tion party. He resigned from the post of LoP in the Rajya Sabha on Sat urday, in keeping with the sentiments of

Recently, when Nit ish was in Delhi and he was to have a one-to-one meeting with Rahul Gandhi, he also took his Minister Ashok Choudhary along with him in this meeting. Re member that Choud hary used to be the State President of Bihar Con gress. Later, he left Con gress and joined JDU, and became a Minister in the Nitish govern ment. At that time, this move annoyed Rahul. But Choudhary had

to meet Rahul, the ex pression on Rahul’s face changed. Sensing the gravity of the mat ter, Nitish dismissed Choudhary from this meeting and he talked one-to-one with Rahul. If sources are to be be lieved, after the meet ing concluded, Rahul also refused to appear in photographs with Choudhary to be cap tured as a courtesy. So, Choudhary later tweet ed, sharing a photo of this courtesy meeting with Rahul. When peo ple searched the reality of this photo, it came to light that it was an old picture of him with Rahul, in which both are seen donning the winter at

IS TIWARI PREPARING ‘SAFFRON?’

anish Tewari, the leader of the G-23 rebel

group of Congress, has been wandering alone in the political entangle ment since the sudden demise of his ‘Godfa ther,’ Ahmed Patel. At one point in time, the discussion was in full swing that Tiwari has joined hands with AAP and at present, he is in close contact with AAP supremo Arvind Kejri wal. But according to his habit and strategy, Kejriwal put the warm relationship between himself and Manish on the ‘back- burner.’ Be cause, it is a wellthought-out strategy of Kejriwal that he does not want to include any famous or big leaders in

the AAP. Those who join are sidelined. Since Cap tain Amarinder Singh, the political guru of Manish’s recent times, has caught up with the BJP, there are constant speculations that soon er or later Tiwari will also join the BJP. Man ish wants to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Ludhiana this time, so he knows that without the help of the Captain, it is not possi ble for him to win the election from there.

CAPTAIN ASKING FOR TICKET FOR SON

joined the BJP. The Captain feels that he is not getting as much value in the BJP as he expected. But he has conveyed his feelings to the BJP top brass that he wants his son Raninder Singh to get a BJP ticket from the Pa tiala Lok Sabha seat in the coming 2024 elec tions. Patiala’s current MP Preneet Kaur is also disillusioned with Congress, she is Cap tain’s wife, but report edly, the husband and wife haven’t been shar ing a much cordial rela tionship for a long time. However, Captain is hopeful that his wife will leave the Patiala seat for their son de spite all her differences with the husband. For BJP, all 24 Lok Sabha seats are carry signifi cance. Anyway, they do not have any big Sikh face in Punjab, so it

...AND FINALLY F ormer NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, who was once PM Modi’s ‘blue-eyed boy,’ is now looking for a new role for himself. Although the Modi government has made him the new Sherpa of the G20, Kant is not said to be happy with his new role. If sourc es are to be believed, Kant’s heartfelt wish was that Modi should give him a post, where in, he at least gets the status of a Minister of State. Now, there are indications that Kant is in touch with sev eral big corporate houses, where he wants some big re sponsibility for him self. If his intention is to convey this to the government, then he has succeeded in his attempt.

MISSION GANGA

14 PROJECTS WORTH

` 1,145 CR APPROVED

New Delhi (ANI): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) held the 45th meeting of the Executive Com mittee under the chair manship of G Asok Kumar, Director Gen eral, NMCG and ap proved 14 projects worth Rs 1,145 crore, said the Ministry of Jal Shakti on Saturday.

The approved pro jects pertain to sewer age management, in dustrial pollution abatement, Biodiversi ty Conservation, Affor estation, River Front Development and De centralized Wastewater Treatment.

SEWERAGE

For sewerage manage ment, four projects in Uttar Pradesh were ap proved including the tapping of the Assi drain in Varanasi by constructing a 55 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and other works costing Rs 308.09 crores.

“Other projects in clude construction of 13 MLD STP, renovation of existing structures etc, in Vrindavan City cost ing Rs 77.70 crore, con struction of 12 MLD STP, laying of intercep tion and diversion (I&D) network etc in Kosi Kalan town in Ma thura district costing Rs 66.59 crores, and 6 MLD STP, laying of I&D network etc. in Chhata town in Mathura dis

trict,” reads an official statement.

One project of sewer age management has also been approved for Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand each.

BIODIVERSITY PARKS

A big project for the es tablishment of four Bio diversity Parks in four districts of Uttar Pradesh—Hapur, Bu landshahar, Badaun and Mirzapur—has been approved at an es timated cost of Rs 24.97 crores. The proposed parks are part of Re serve Forests along Gangetic floodplains and will play a key role in river restoration and conservation of biodi versity.

“The details of the Biodiversity Parks are Mohanpur Biodiversity Park in Mirzapur, Ramghat Biodiversity

Park in Bulandshahar, Alamgirpur Biodiver sity Park in Hapur and Ujhani Biodiversity Park in Badaun,” the statement said.

AFFORESTATION

Under the Afforestation component, a project at an estimated cost of Rs 1.56 crore was approved for the State of Jharkhand. The inter ventions seek improved forest cover, enhanced forest diversity and pro ductivity, biodiversity conservation and sus tainable land and eco system management.

This project is part of the Annual Plan of Op eration (APO) of the Forest Department of Jharkhand based on the DPR prepared by the Forest Research Insti tute, Dehradun.

RIVERFRONT

For River Front Devel opment, a ghat develop

ment project in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh was approved at an esti mated cost of Rs 5.07 crore. The location of the project is an impor tant pilgrimage site where people take a holy dip in River Gomti.

The project includes construction of a 4m wide walking prome nade connecting Hanu man Ghat with Sadb havna Bridge, ghat steps, landscaping, toi let blocks, etc. Another project for construction of an electric cremato rium at Kaliganj, Mur shidabad, West Bengal costing Rs 4.14 crore was also approved.

WASTE MANAGEMENT

A project for ‘Pollution Prevention and Effec tive Waste Management of Panipat Textile Clus ter’ has also been ap proved at an estimated cost of Rs 18.95 crore.

BJP appoints district incharges for UP civic polls

CKashi Vidyapeeth sacks guest lecturer for social media post

New Delhi (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ap pointed districts incharge ahead of the state civic elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Mahendra Singh has been appointed as incharge in West Ghazi abad while Rajiv Gupta will be the co-in-charge.

For the Meerut re gion, Pankaj Singh has been appointed while JP Malik will be the coin-charge.Minister Aseem Arun is the incharge of Saharnpur and Anita Agarwal continues to be co-incharge. UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak will be in-charge and Ashwani Tyagi co-incharge in Agra. Cabi net minister of irriga tion, Dharampal Sin gh will be in-charge of Firozabad and Gopal Anjam co-in-charge.

Varanasi (PTI): The Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth has dis missed a guest lecturer and banned his entry “in view of the univer sity atmosphere getting vitiated and examina tions affected” after he wrote on social media women should read the Constitution and the Hindu Code Bill “in stead of fasting for nine days during navratra”.

Registrar Sunita Pan

dey said the action was taken after students complained about Mith ilesh Kumar Gautam, the guest lecturer, through a letter. In his social media post in Hin di, Gautam had written, “For women, it is better to read the Constitution of India and the Hindu Code Bill instead of fast ing for nine days during Navratra. Their lives will be free from fear and slavery. Jai Bheem.”

In an office order, Pandey said, “On Sep tember 29, students had complained through a letter stating that Dr Mithilesh Kumar Gau tam, a guest lecturer in political science depart ment, had posted some material on social me dia, which is against Hindu religion.”

Pandey cited “wide spread resentment” among students against Gautam for the action.

Former BSP MP is new UP Cong chief

New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Saturday appointed Dalit leader Brijlal Khabri as its Ut tar Pradesh unit chief and named six regional chiefs as part of efforts to revive its fortunes in the politically crucial state ahead of the 2024 general elections.

The appointments come months after Ajay Lallu resigned as the

state unit chief follow ing the party’s crushing defeat in the 2022 As sembly polls.

Congress president

Sonia Gandhi appoint ed Khabri, a former BSP leader, as the Uttar Pradesh Congress Com mittee president, along with naming Nasimud din Siddiqui, Ajai Rai, Virendra Chaudhary, Nakul Dubey, Anil Ya dav and Yogesh Dixit as regional chiefs in the state unit, a party state ment said.

The regional heads

include two Brahmins, a Muslim, a Bhumihar and two from backward castes. Chaudhary will head the Purvanchal re gion, Ajay Rai would head Prayag, Nakul Dubey Awadh, Anil Ya dav (Etawa) Braj, Sid diqui will look after Paschim and Dixit after Bundelkhand.

Khabri quit the BSP in 2016 to join Congress.

Greetings on Gandhi Jayanti. The Father of the nation still guides us with his principles.

—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India

RAHUL GANDHI DISPLEASED WITH ASHOK CHOUDHARY

BY TRIDIB RAMAN

The author is a journalist and political commentator and views expressed are his personal

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Amitabh Kant

Manish Tewari

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SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN

Union Minister Anurag Thakur during inauguration of a month long ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, in Prayagraj on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Asha Parekh has always been one of my favourite stars, partly because she brought strength to her roles, something extra deep and definitely because of her classic and graceful style. I adored her for her panache as she carried off those tight-fitting kurtas, with matching jewellery, and puffed-up hair with flowers as she traipsed on hills with her male costars. The Jubilee Girl who has giv en the maximum number of hits from that era was the highest paid among her colleagues and was con sidered lucky was also a notable dancer. Asha was the first female Chairperson of the Censor Board. She is the founder of the Asha Parekh Hospital in Santacruz and was the Director and producer of hit TV shows like Kora Kagaz and Kangan.

On-screen and off-screen she has charted her own path be yond the stardom and refused to be boxed in by narrow defini tions.

From her first film opposite Shammi Kapoor- Dil deke Dekho Asha was confident and created magic in the hands of Nasir Hussain, go ing on to star in hit movies like Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai, Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon, Teesri Manzil, Baha ron Ke Sapne, Pyar Ka Mausam and Caravan. She was glamour personified, wooing the audience with her gorgeous eyes, sense of style, pouting lips and ir resistible charm. But then in films like Badan, Chirag, Main Tulsi tere aangan ki, Pagla kahin ka and Kati Patang she showcased her talents as a consummate actress. Asha was not just consid

ered lucky but also shared great chemistry with all her heroes, hold ing her own among the male stars and male-dominated films. Asha could carry off any role with aplomb, she could be comic, defiant, tragic, romantic- everything that the screen demanded of her. She worked with all the stars and made many heroes into stars. She got along well with all her colleagues too remain ing friends with Waheeda and Helen even today and Nanda till her last breath. Asha Parekh remains grace ful, beautiful and charming and as one looks at her even today the Ziddi Asha peeps through from the spar kling eyes.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2020 was conferred to veteran Bollywood actress Asha Parekh in New Delhi on September 30. It is the highest recognition in the field of Indian cinema. We celebrate the star of the yesteryears who is an icon in the true sense!

ANITA HADA anita.hada@firstindianews.com

President Droupadi Murmu felicitates Asha Parekh with Dada Saheb Phalke Award, also seen is Union Minister Anurag Thakur

The disintegration of Joint Families

- SOCIO-ECONOMIC FALLOUTS

The joint family sys tem is said to be first associated with the settling down of the Ary ans in different parts of the World and similar institutions were practically all over the World. When the pasto ral stage was over and the people began to live a set tled life by tilling the soil, constructing the house and maintaining the patrimony, the joint family system came into existence. Diffi culties of communication and travel compelled all the members of the family to live together and carry on jointly the family occupa tion in agriculture or trade. In most other parts of the World, while the joint fam ily system has disappeared, in India, it still continues and is considered essential for survival and progress.

While the individualistic outlook is growing among the people, the joint family is still seen as the tradition al, perfect and beloved fam ily in Indian society. An Indian family is considered a strong, stable, flexible and enduring social unit. How ever, this idea is gradually fading away leading to the disintegration of the joint family system and the emergence of the 'nuclear family' mainly in urban In dia, where the households are shrinking in size with just three to four members and hardly any senior citi zens. The rapid growth of population led to an imbal ance of man and land equa tion and rapid industriali sation led to the flow of rural population to the ur ban areas. People migrated to urban areas for jobs and a better standard of living breaking their relation ships with the family lead ing to the disintegration of

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the joint family system in India. It’s ironic that while modern indus tries triggered national growth, yet invaded the joint family system which was a symbol of socialism and the backbone of Indian society. The joint family system is compatible with our socio-economic system and supplemented by most religions.

Several factors have con tributed to changing the joint family like the new judicial system, edu cation, and chang ing attitudes of people have played a special role in disintegrating joint families. To day, the importance of the family as a means of social control is dimin ishing due to the influence of individual ism, individu al freedom, attachment to material pleasures, etc. Individual re lationships are becoming more contrac tual. The use of law, police, and courts for social con trol is on the rise. Thus individu al growth and free dom, desire for selfreli ance espe

cially children and women in the house have predomi nantly accelerated the dis integration of joint fami lies.

The disintegration of joint families and the sub sequent advent of the nu clear family system have contributed to various problems in society; ne glect of parents by chil dren, increase in incidents of crime, dis

cultural heritage, neglect of social obligations and family responsibilities, cracks in the bondage and souring relationships of parents and siblings, lack interest and enthusiasm in the festivals and social cum family functions. The dis appearance of the joint family system and nuclear families becoming the norm has further reduced the availability of alter

tems. This breakdown in the family support system has got manifested, to an extent, in the rising num ber of suicides and fratri cides.

The joint family system ensured the subsistence of each member of the family and is the perfect example of optimisation as every member in the family is given work according to his abilities. The consumption

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ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

Develop a good adaptability to handle pressurized situation on professional front. Paying special attention to plan your career would give immense joy. You are likely to get clearance or approval for your construction plans. You find things moving in the way you want them.

LEO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You will succeed in resolving misunderstanding with family members, normalizing ties. You will remain much in demand on social front. You need to stand by romantic partner during testing times to make the relationship stronger. Seek opinion of expert before opting for a health supplement.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Distant relatives may drop in for a surprise visit.

Investment antiques and jewellery would bring handsome financial gains. On professional front, recognition for good work would motivate you to work harder. Those awaiting an affirmation on romantic front are likely to get lucky.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

Avoid being indulgent in your spending to balance budget. Continue to put in efforts at work and you will see promising opportunities coming your way. Matrimonial match for siblings will bring happiness for entire family. You will get a good price for your property.

VIRGO

AUG 24 - SEP 23

Yoga would help in raising energy levels and improve your metabolism. Some of you are going experience emotional fulfillment on romantic front. Place emphasis on domestic affairs to enhance the domestic tranquility and harmony. Associating yourself with humanitarian group would benefit you.

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20

Chances of being misled by competitors in business are high, so remain alert. You may get a chance to pursue old hobby. Health tips from an expert will enable you to get closer to your fitness goals. Your generous behavior would enable to enjoy some lovely moments with family.

economy of resources. The system is like social insur ance for the old, sick and incapacitated and fosters social virtues like a sac rifice, affection, coop eration, teamwork, the spirit of selfless ness and broadmind edness. The joint fam ily system is a true representation of so cialism as everyone in the joint family works according to his capabili ties but obtains according to his needs. It promotes a sense of unity and solidar ity among the members and strengthens the family unit for its existence and survival.

There are not too many factors against the joint family system especially in the Indian environment as it’s been a time-tested sys tem. However, the system does encourage idlers, hin ders individual personali ty development and free dom and self-reliance of children and women.

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Don’t give a firm commit ment in financial matters before considering the viability of the project. You succeed in completing an important project well before deadline. Disagree ments on the family front are foreseen. Be careful about the legal apprehen sions in the property you are buying.

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

It is good day to confess your love as stars appear favourable for positive reply. Your sole dependency on friends may fail to bring any respite from loneliness today.A sound financial health of businessmen would enable to give monetary benefits to employees.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

Senior management will be appreciative of your creative inputs on professional front. Seek the opinion of your family before finalizing a property deal. An impromptu invitation to a function from an unexpected friend is likely to be received. Your bold initiatives on romantic front bring back passion.

While the system is break ing down in cities, it still largely prevails in the vil lages, especially among ag ricultural families. The current socio-economic en vironment, law and order situation and need for the support system to run a household effectively and happily warrant bigger nu clear families if not larger joint families. The mid path lies in smaller joint fami lies or enhanced patterns of nuclear families which would meet the aspirations of new generation children and women and the old also take care of the older gen eration who needs family support in their most cru cial stage of life. A new so cial trend is emerging where the family is joint for all external dealings and economic ventures but re tains the individuality of smaller households within for providing an opportu nity to its younger mem bers and respecting their freedom and self-reliance.

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Rewards and recognition will come your way for your involvement in a social endeavour. It’s a very good day to take calculated risks in financial matters. Those suffering from chronic ailments may find remarkable improvement in their health with home remedies.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

A sound monetary position would enable you to keep pace with changing times. Avoid raising controversial issues at home to maintain harmony. Successful implementation of new ideas and projects would add to your prestige on the professional front. It is a wonderful day to build new connections.

PISCES

FEB20 - MARCH 20

Your hard work and dedication are likely to be noticed by seniors, paving way for promotion or increment. Better to consult an expert in financial matters before making an investment. Family will be supportive of career aspirations. Harsh words may create a rift in your romantic relationship.

RAJESH

COFFEE DAY!

Kriti Sanon has grabbed all the limelight after the teaser of her and Varun Dhawan starrer Bhediya has been released. On Saturday she shared a quirky video of her to celebrate World Coffee Day.

In the video which Kriti Sanon shared, we can see her on a shooting set right outside her vanity van. She looks lovely in a white spaghetti strap top which she paired with loose floral printed shorts. She holds a pink coffee mug in her hand and can be seen dancing and enjoying herself. A member of her steps out of her vanity van and interrupts her. Sharing this video, Kriti wrote, “To all Coffee Lov ers! Happy World Coffee Day. Introducing debu tant @aasifahmedofficial ! Wait for the bloopers.. coming up next!”

FRIENDS WITH HER EXES

Rashmika Mandanna opened up about her relationship with ex-partners. The actress also stated that she is happy about maintaining a healthy rela tionship with her former boyfriends. When asked what would be her response if she runs into the current partners of her exes at a party, she replied with a ‘hi.’ She said in an in terview with Mirchi Plus, “With my exes also, I am still friends. I sort of like meet their families, their pre sent, current, future, past, every thing.” While agreeing that this is not a very good trait, Rashmika added, “But I have a very good

Prioritizing

Mind and Body

Deepika Padukone is one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood. In a re cent interview with Vogue Arabia, the star yet again opened up about her men tal illness.

Deepika Padukone said that her experience with mental illness has brought her to this space today. She quipped that she prioritizes her mind and body over everything else. But she also said that some times one needs to go through these experiences. Talking about her mental health journey, the actor said, “You come into this world thinking that if you want to be a successful actor, you have to be all of these things. And then you discover along the way that you can also do it

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal’s prewedding festivities kick-started and the couple has been sharing the most gorgeous pictures on Insta gram. Richa and Ali have now shared pictures from their cocktail party, and they look nothing less than royalty in the latest pictures.

Richa Chadha looked every bit like an elegant bride in her custom-made Kresha Bajaj saree. Ali Fazal complemented his bride with a regal sher wani by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. The couple hosted family and friends from across Delhi with about 300 guests in attendance. Richa donned jewel lery that was custom-made for her by an ancestral Bikaneri jeweller family.

riyanka Chopra has been treating fans with numerous pictures from her trip to Washington DC. The actress interacted with US Vice President Kamala Harris, at the Democratic National Committee Women’s Leadership Forum, and pictures from the event have surfaced on social media. The pictures show Priyanka looking beautiful in a yellow dress and matching heels, as she interviewed US Vice President Kamala Har ris. During the interaction, Priyanka also shared that in her career of 22 years, she received equal pay as her male co-actor for the first time this year. Priyanka also took to her Instagram stories to share glimpses

aif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan starrer Vikram Vedha finally released in theatres yesterday, and it has created quite a buzz. Ahead of the movie’s release, a special screening of the film was held on 26 September, and it was attended by Kareena Kapoor Khan. Speaking about Vikram Ved ha, Kareena Kapoor Khan said that everything about the movie is amazing- right from the storytelling to Hrithik and Saif’s per formances. “It’s abso lutely fantastic. The storytelling, the perfor mances, just every thing about the movie. Also, I love watching these commercial movies. I think Saif and Hrithik are just outstanding in the film. Everyone should watch it, and I’m sure everyone is going to watch it,” said Kareena.

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PASSION IS POWER

How did your jour ney begin?

There is no pas sion to be found playing small - in set tling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

“My motto is I, me and myself,” expressed Tanvi Bagwad, a Delhibased model and ac tress during a chit-chat session with City First

Tell us something about yourself.

My name is Tanvi Bag wad and I hail from Del hi, I work as a fashion model. Recently I start ed performing as an ac tor as it was on my buck et list since I was a child.

Modelling has always been my passion, I felt it is the field I love and like. I feel different energy and enthu siasm in this pro fession. This is the reason in spite of many hurdles, I am fol lowing my passion.

What were some of the battles you fought and are still fighting in your journey?

Being from a middleclass family, it was hard to convince my parents. but as they saw me growing, working hard

and now they believe in me and support me, one of the major battles was people from this field demotivating and criticizing me for my dark complexion and skinny figure. but I reason I am not stopping is my belief in myself.

Talk to us about your achievements.

Along with modelling, I am also doing theatre I did plays and in model ling, people started lik ing my face and confi dence and I got a lot of opportunities and for that, I am working hard.

Where do you see yourself after the next 20 years?

We can not predict the future but I am sure that the fashion and glamour industry will always be a part of my life. Apart from that and I see myself as a successful actress.

DURING THE DAY!

WELLNESS WORKSHOP

CITY FIRST

With a vision to promote over all wellbeing, B&WSSC, BEAUTY AND WELL NESS SECTOR SKILL COUNCIL organised a 360 Wellness Work shop for the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneur ship (MSDE). The work shop was inaugurated by KK Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, MSDE with an encouraging and motivating opening ad dress.

The main objec tive of this workshop was to impart knowl edge about leading a holistic lifestyle in our busy day-to-day life and to maintain a healthy balance of good eating habits, exercise, yoga, meditation and selfcare. Monica Bahl, CEO-B&WSSC, Shruti Pandey, Deputy Direc

BROADWAY RAMLILA

Body Composition Analysis (BCA), spon sored by InBody for the MSDE officials. The de tailed individual BCA report stating BMI, WHR, segmented Fat mass, Lean body mass, Visceral fat etc. were re corded and explained to the participants.

Dr K K Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, MSDE also shared the importance of leading a healthy life and adapting healthy lifestyle practices like reading books, discon necting from social me dia at regular intervals, spending time with

family, being content and doing Yoga.

Monica Bahl, CEOB&WSSC, talked about how eating simple, sea sonal and sensible home-cooked food not only improves our health & boosts our im munity but also makes us beautiful from the inside out.

Shruti Pandey, Depu ty Director MSDE moti vated the officials to learn and implement these basic habits for enhancing their quali ty of life, thus improv ing the happiness quo tient at the workplace.

Yoga practices, as a way of life, were dem onstrated by Acharya Ravindra, SVyasa Uni versity. He taught the officials the new con cept of desk-top yoga workouts with medita tion for de-stressing and leading a

From Radio to TV: Jaipur’s RJ Mohit shines in &TV’s show

Anchor, Vo art ist, Radio host, and now a lawyer. In a new bid Jaipur-based, Radio Jockey Mohit can now be seen on & TV’s show Doosri Maa in which he is playing a lawyer. The story revolves around a woman, Yashoda (Neha Joshi), living in Uttar Pradesh with her hus band, two daughters, and in-laws whose hap py, peaceful family life comes to a screeching

van to be portrayed on a big ger stage and grander sets, embellished with vibrant and tasteful costumes; aug mented by surround sound. Rajender Mittal, cre ator of Broadway Ramlila and President of Aryan Her itage Foundation is elated with the response his pro duction has received in the past years and says, “We are overwhelmed with the re sponse we have received from our patrons. The suc cess of screening Broadway Ramlila at Multiplexes is testimony to the love we have received with our comeback show postpandemic. With our ren dition of Ramayana, we intend to nurture tender minds and bring them to ap preciate the heritage of In credible India. In order to turn this dream into reality, our production uses modern technology and nuances to bring audiences face to face with the practical applica tion of morals and teachings from the whole life of Lord Ram.” —cityfirstdel@gmail.com

tor MSDE and Acharya Ravindra, SVyasa Uni versity joined in the en deavour and had special sessions.

The session started with conducting the

Delhi Police signed an MoU with Josh Talks to work together to showcase stories of bravery of Delhi Police officials on their YouTube Channel. The motive behind this initiative was to educate people about the efforts of Police personnel and augment Police-Public relations.

On the occasion of blood donation day, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, The Health Minister of India honoured Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Yuva Parishad on Saturday, for the highest blood donation at AIMS, New Delhi. The campaign witnessed the blood donation of 166539 units in India.

Chief convener of Mega blood donation drive Hitesh Bhandia also received the award from Health Minister.

MRIDULA SHARMA cityfirstdel@gmail.com

Tanvi Bagwad

halt when she and her husband unknow ingly end up adopting his illegitimate child, Krishna (Aayudh Bhanushali). Where RJ Mohit’s character Manoj who is Ashok’s (Mohit Dagga) close friend tries to pro vide justice and help to Krishna.

During the workshop

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RJ Mohit