First India-Mumbai Edition-2nd November 2022

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PM: Mangarh tribals didn’t get their due, mistake being fixed

Mangarh (Banswara):

Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Tuesday asked Rajasthan and the governments of neighbouring states of MP and Gujarat for a roadmap to develop Mangarh Dham, a me morial to a tribal upris ing against the British, an event that he said has not been given its place in history.

Sharing the dais with Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Gu jarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Modi also said that a discussion about the comprehensive de velopment of Mangarh Dham has been held here. Turn to P8

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BHARAT JODO: ROHITH’S MOTHER JOINS RAHUL, EXTENDS SOLIDARITY

Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday was joined by the mother of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad who died by suicide in 2016 following alleged harassment, in Hyderabad. Radhika walked with him briefly during morning leg.

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First India Bureau

New Delhi: SC on Tues day said a three-judge bench will hear a plea related to the freebies that political parties promise during election campaigns. A bench of CJI UU Lalit & Justice Bela M Trivedi said, “Considering nature of controversy, submis sions made by parties in earlier hearings, in our view let matter be listed as early as possi ble before 3 judges.”

First India Bureau

New Delhi: GST reve nue collected for the month of October was the second-highest ever, next only to the April 2022 collection. In Octo ber, Rs 1,51,718 crore were collected by the government. Out of this, CGST amounted to Rs 26,039 crore, SGST to Rs 33,396 crore, IGST to Rs 81,778 crore (includ ing Rs 37,297 crore col

Detailed inquiry into Morbi tragedy need of hour: Modi

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a “de tailed and extensive” inquiry to identify all aspects relating to the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy is the need of the hour, as he chaired a high-level meeting here to review the situation. He said key learnings from the inquiry must be implemented at the earliest. He also told the officials that they should stay in touch with the af fected families and make sure they get all the nec essary help.

Meanwhile, SC on Tuesday said it would list for hearing on No vember 14 a PIL seeking constitution of a judi cial commission to probe the Morbi bridge collapse which claimed over 141 lives.

lected on import of goods) and cess to Rs 10,505 crore (including Rs 825 crore collected on import of goods).

Preferred by both governments, Chahal’s ‘trial by fire’ to start with BMC audit!

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6 WORKERS INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT STEEL PLANT IN JALNA

Jalna: At least 6 workers were injured and 3 in critical condition after a boiler exploded at a steel rod manufacturing plant in Maha’s Jalna district on Tuesday, police said. A boiler exploded and hot molten iron fell on workers at Geetai Steel Company located in MIDC area, Jalna.

According to sources ultimately CAG probe report may lead to registration of FIRs with CBI and ED on corruption charges

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Mumbai: Even as the dates for the local body elections, of which the Brihanmumbai Munic

ipal Corporation (BMC) is the biggest civic body, are yet to be announced, it seems that the ruling coalition in Maharash tra has found a political ‘launchpad’ for a narra tive to ensure the coali tion’s victory through CAG audit of the BMC under MVA govern ment.

The audit is aimed at probing the allegations of scam in purchase of medicines and running of covid centres. Inter estingly, although the

current government’s aim may be to malign or at least project a percep tion that a tarnished government was in power, but it is not Ud dhav Thackeray who can be surrounded di

rectly on the issue, rath er the BMC Commis sioner Iqbal Singh Cha hal.

And here is why Cha hal, and not Uddhav, is in the line of fire, at least in preliminary au

dit. But first let us un derstand what actually is there to hold the sudit for? The allegation by BJP stands that BMC ran covid centres and provided medical ser vices in a Turn to P8

anti-terrorist

Srinagar: Police along with security forces have neutralised four terrorists in twin antiterrorist operations in South Kashmir’s Anantnag and Awanti pora districts. Besides, Police in Srinagar have arrested three hybrid terrorists of the pro scribed terror outfit LeT/TRF and recovered explosive materials on their disclosure.

Police along with Army (3rd RR) launched a cordon and search op eration at the Semthan

Bijbehara area of Anantnag following in put regarding the pres ence of terrorists in the said area.

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MODI VISITS TRAGIC SITE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited himself to see Morbi scene of bridge collapse. Modi took the stock of bridge con struction and met those who were involved in rescue and relief operations when they mishapstruck Morbi. The search and rescue opn is underway in Machchhu river.

PM Narendra Modi and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot interacting as MP Governor Mangubhai Patel, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan look on at ‘Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Gatha’ event, in Banswara on Tuesday. PHOTOS BY ANI

PM Modi on Tuesday inquires about the health of those injured in the Morbi bridge collapse incident at the Civil hospital. During the visit, he also met the family members of those died in mishap.

PM asks Rajasthan, MP and Gujarat govts for a roadmap to develop Mangarh Dham

A PIB tweet led to confusion over National Monument status to the Mangarh Dham

SC to hear PIL for judicial probe into bridge collapse on November 14

PM Modi visits site of Morbi mishap, in Morbi on Tuesday. Also seen here are Bhupendra Patel, CR Patil and Harsh Sanghavi.

HM Amit Shah addressing a rally in Shimla on Tuesday launched an attack on “mabeta” Congress party both in HP and in Delhi. More on P6

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CJI UU Lalit recused himself from hearing an appeal of AP govt over HC verdict declaring Amaravati as only capital of the State

Top Court stayed trial court proceedings in an alleged forgery, cheating case against SAD leaders Parkash S Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal and others

I URGE YOU AGAIN TO DECLARE MANGARH DHAM A NATIONAL MONUMENT: CM TO PM CM Ashok Gehlot while speaking at a public function at Mangarh Dham in Banswara urged PM Modi to declare Mangarh a national monument. He apprised PM that his govt has done a lot for tribals. “Looks like today I asked for more from PM Modi that is why he did not pay attention to the demand,” CM said about Mangarh monument demand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage to the Statue of Bhil freedom fighter, Shri Govind Guru, in Banswara on Tuesday.

Ashok ji (Gehlot) and I had worked togeth er as Chief Ministers. He was the most senior in our lot of the Chief Ministers. Ashok ji is still one of the senior-most CMs among those who are sitting on the stage right now. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

MORBI TRAGEDY ‘ACT OF FRAUD’ OR ACCIDENT? UDDHAV FACTION

Calls on Guj govt to take responsibility for loss of lives in mouthpiece ‘Saamana’

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Tues day asked whether the Morbi bridge collapse should be termed as an “act of fraud, con spiracy or a mere ac cident”. It also assert ed that the Gujarat government cannot shirk its responsibili ty for the loss of lives in the accident.

When a similar inci dent took place in West Bengal in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had slammed that state government and called it an act of God, said an editorial in the Thackeray camp’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.

The Marathi daily also questioned the quality of renovation of the Morbi suspen sion bridge, which was

opened for the public four days before it col lapsed.

The suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi city collapsed on Sun day evening, killing 134 people, a senior police official had said earlier.

“Will the lives lost come back? The com pany responsible for the maintenance of the bridge should be probed, but the Gujarat government cannot

Maha GST collection rises to ` 23,037 cr in Oct; retains top spot

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Maharash tra has retained its top spot in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection for October across the country.

The state’s GST collec tion increased to Rs23,037 crore in Octo ber 2022 against Rs21,403 crore in September 2022, a rise of Rs1,904 crore. In October 2021, the state’s GST collection was Rs19,355 crore.

According to a state finance department of ficial, the rise in state GST collection once again shows that the economy’s recovery is gaining momentum es pecially after the down turn during the COV ID-19 pandemic.

“Besides, the filing of GST returns is high in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra as the state has been the growth engine. The rise in collection is also be cause the headquarters of many companies are situated in Mumbai.

The ongoing festive sea son has also contribut ed majorly in increase in the GST collection,” the official said.

Maharashtra’s State

GST collection was Rs18,863 crore in Au gust, Rs22,219 crore in July, Rs22,341 crore in June, Rs20,313 crore in May and Rs27,495 crore in April.

The state GST (SGST) continues to be the ma jor contributor of tax revenue as it contrib utes over 42.59%, fol lowed by taxes on sales, trades 20.19% and stamp duty and resigna tion fees 15.48%.

In 2022-23, the SGST is estimated to be the largest source of its own tax revenue (47%). The SGST revenue in 2022-23 is estimated at Rs1,19,900 crore, which is an increase of 11% over the revised esti mates of 2021-22.

Across India, the gross GST revenue col lected in the month of October 2022 is Rs 1,51,718 crore of which CGST is Rs26,039 crore, SGST is Rs33,396 crore, IGST is Rs81,778 crore and Cess is Rs10,505 crore.

shirk its responsibili ty,” stated the editorial in ‘Saamana’.

Should this incident be termed as an act of fraud, a conspiracy or a mere accident? it asked.

Was the bridge reno vation completed or not? How did the bridge get overloaded (with people)? There are sev eral questions and the Gujarat government has to answer each of them. Even the Centre

ACCOUNTABILITY

‘Voters being paid to select NOTA in bypoll’

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena Uddhav Bala saheb Thackeray party on Tuesday al leged that voters were being paid to choose NOTA (None of the Above) option in the November 03 Andheri East As sembly by-election to be held in the city.

cannot ignore its re sponsibility, said the editorial.

If the bridge renova tion was not done prop erly, why was it reo pened for the public? asked the Marathi pub lication’s editorial.

Police on Monday arrested nine persons, including four from the Oreva group that was managing the sus pension bridge, and filed a case against firms tasked with

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maintenance and op eration of the Britishera structure.

Video footage emerged of the mo ments before Sunday evening’s deadly col lapse, showing the bridge snapping in a few seconds, taking down scores of visitors seen walking on the swaying structure which had reopened six days ago after exten sive repair but sans a fitness certificate.

The party has raised this issue with the Election Commis sion (EC) as well as the police, said its sen ior leader Anil Parab.

The election will have ramifications in the coming Brihan mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election too, as for the first time, it will see the combined strength of Maha Vikas Agha di allies (Thackerayled Sena, NCP and Congress), said Parab.

“Some people are

Uddhav-led Shiv Sena camp leader raises issue with ECI, police; allege RPI workers to blame

being paid money to choose NOTA,” al leged the former Ma harashtra minister.

Our party has video clips showing purport ed workers of the Re publican Party of In dia (RPI) indulging in such acts, he said. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction has field

ed Rutuja Latke, the wife of incumbent Sena MLA Ramesh Latke whose death ne cessitated the election. The BJP fielded Murji Patel, but later decided not to contest.

On the one hand, the BJP withdrew its can didate saying it re spects the tradition of not fielding a candi date against family members of deceased lawmakers. On the other hand, people are being asked to cast their vote for NOTA, said Parab.

Solapur mishap: CM Shinde announces ` 5 lakh compensation for deceased

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Chief Min ister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday an nounced immediate assistance of Rs5 lakh each to the fami lies of pilgrims killed in an accident in Solapur district late on Monday night.

According to offi cials, the chief minister contacted the district administration and in structed them to admin ister proper treatment

to the injured. He has also directed an imme diate inquiry into the accident, said officials.

On Monday night, seven pilgrims were

killed and five others injured after a speeding SUV hit a group of 32 Warkaris (pilgrims) near Sangole town in Solapur district.

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Solapur Superinten dent of Police Shirish Sardespande said, “A group of 32 pilgrims was on pilgrimage to the Lord Vitthal temple in Pandharpur and they had started their walk from Jatharwadi in Kol hapur district.”

The SUV was being driven by a 75-year-old man who rammed the car into the group walk ing on the roadside after he lost control over the steering wheel. An inves tigation is underway.

Mumbai: Former Mumbai mayor and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday appeared before the Mumbai police in con nection with a cheating case related to a Slum Rehabilita tion Authority project in Dadar. She reached Dadar police station with her legal team and was interrogated for more than two hours, said an official. Speaking to reporters after her visit, Pednekar said, “I have responded to the questions posed by the police and told them about some allegations that are false.”

NO MARATHI SIGNS: 153 SHOPS, OTHER COMPLEXES FINED

Thane: As many as 153 shops and commercial establishments have been fined for not displaying signboards in the Marathi language in the Thane dis trict, a Labour Department official said on Tuesday.

Thane Deputy Labour Commissioner Santosh Bhosale said 15 of the 153 establishments had been fined Rs3.49 lakh. As per directives, all commercial establishments and shops are expected to display the signboards in Marathi.

FARMERS IN RAIGAD RALLY AGAINST BULK DRUG PARK PROJECT

Alibag: Farmers in the Raigad district on Tues day took out a rally here to protest the proposed bulk drug park in Murud and Roha taluka. Nearly 2,000 farmers participat ed in the rally, which was organized by farmers’ or ganization Shetkari Sami ti, was stopped midway by the police. Former BJP south Raigad unit chief Mahesh Mohite said that at least 17 villages will be affected by land acquisi tion for the project.

MAHA TO BRING OUT WHITE PAPER ON MEGA PROJECTS ‘MIGRATING’ TO OTHER STATES

Mumbai: The state government will issue a white paper on some mega projects going out of the state and if any steps were taken by the previous MVA government to retain them in the next 30 days, said Industries Minister Uday Samant in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government is under fire from the Opposition which has accused the ruling dispen sation of failing to retain big-ticket Vedanta-Foxconn and Tata-Airbus projects in the state. Both projects chose Gujarat over Maharashtra to set up their units.

Shinde takes stock of tourism devt works in Satara district

ists,” he said.

First India Bureau

Satara: During his two-day visit to Dare in Mahabaleshwar taluka, Chief Minis ter Eknath Shinde took stock of the tourism development related projects in Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani and other tourism spots in Sat

ara district, includ ing the religious places and pilgrim age sites.

Addressing media persons, Shinde called for provision of facili ties at tourist sites in the district. “Tourists visit various spots in the district in large numbers and so, they should be provided fa

cilities at these places.

Besides Mahabalesh war and Panchgani, the

number of visitors at all the ‘C’ grade tourist spots is increasing and

so they should also be given all facilities for the comfort of tour

Stating that there is scope for tourism devel opment in the district, he had asked the local administration to pre pare a blueprint for fur ther boosting tourism.

District magistrate Ruches Jayawanshi made a presentation at Dare village and gave information about de velopmental works un derway at various tour ist and religious sites.

Inspector General of Police, Kolhapur range,

Manoj Lohiya, Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad, Dn yaneshwar Khilari, Su perintendent of Police (SP) Sameer Shaikh, and others were pre sent on the occasion.

The chief minister also said that as various festivals and pilgrim ages are observed in the district on a large scale, devotees from the en tire state visit them.

Due to this rush, there is a paucity of funds that will be required to

remedy for setting up facilities for these pil grims. Around 27 ‘C’ grade tourist spots in Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani will be in cluded in this plan.

Expressing satisfac tion with the tourism development plan put together by the district administration, CM Shinde said that it must create employ ment for locals and as sured that funds will be provided for erecting facilities for tourists.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray

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Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in a meetng with officials of Satara administration on Tuesday.

Calls for provision of facilities to tourists at religious sites, places of pilgrimage in Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani

Anil Parab —FILE PHOTO

FORMER MUMBAI MAYOR KISHORI PEDNEKAR QUESTIONED IN SRA PROJECT CHEATING CASE

Teachers stage a sit-in protest over their demand for unpaid salaries at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Those injured in the accident undergoing treatment at a hospital.

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BY PTI

Cops to sensitize commuters as seat belt rule comes into force

Traffic police to issue warnings to passengers of 4-wheelers that do not have rear safety belts

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Sensitizing errant four-wheeler drivers and co-pas sengers will be the focus of police as the rule to strap on seat belts in cars in Mum bai comes into force from Tuesday, said a traffic police official.

Last month, the Mumbai police had issued a notification saying it will be manda tory for the driver and co-passengers to wear seat belts from Novem ber 01.

The traffic police of ficial on Monday said action will be taken

against violators.

“While taking action against motorists and co-passengers, our fo cus will be to sensitize the drivers and co-pas sengers found not wear ing seat belts,” he said.

The traffic police have been directed to take action against the drivers not wearing seat belts, the official said, adding that they

will issue warnings to the passengers of fourwheelers which do not have rear seat belts.

Police will ask the owners of such cars to install the rear seat belts, he said.

As per provisions of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, who soever drives a motor vehicle without wear ing a safety belt or car

ries passengers not wearing seat belts shall be punished.

Meanwhile, the new seat belt rule has re ceived criticism from stakeholders such as taxi, bus and truck driv ers, among others.

While many have sought more time to fix seat belts in their vehi cles saying the 15-day period was not suffi

cient, taxi and heavy vehicle drivers have cited practical issues. Taxi drivers have point ed out that while only two seat belts are avail able in the rear seat, three passengers are al lowed. Meanwhile, truck drivers said many heavy vehicles do not have a seat belt installed even for the driver or their helpers.

Longest steel deck launched on Mumbai-Trans Harbour Link

First India Bureau Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Author ity (MMRDA) has suc cessfully launched the Mumbai Trans-Har bour Link’s (MTHL) longest Orthotropic Steel Deck, which weighs as much as six Boeing aircraft, offi cials said on Tuesday.

“It is a significant milestone that team MMRDA has reached in the MTHL (project). The teams are moving in sync with our catch-up plan towards commis sioning the project by next year-end,” MMRDA Commissioner SVR Srinivas said.

The MTHL project will link south Mumbai with Navi Mumbai town

ship. The MMRDA, a Ma harashtra government agency, is the implement ing authority for the 21.8km six-lane MTHL project, financed by the Japan International Co operation Agency. When completed, it would be the longest sea bridge in India and would cater to 70,000 vehicles daily.

The longest Ortho tropic Steel Deck (OSD), launched on Monday evening, of package-1 of about 20km-long Trans-Harbour link, is 180m long and weighs 2,400 metric tons, as heavy as five-six Boeing aircraft, the MMRDA said in a release.

This is the 14th Or thotropic Steel Desk out of the total 38 OSDs to be erected as part of the project, it said.

The MTHL project will link south Mumbai with Navi Mumbai township

It is the second 180m long OSD of package-1 which was launched on Monday evening. The first one was launched on April 1 this year, the MMRDA said.

The OSD is a steel deck superstructure that has lesser selfweight than concrete or composite. However, it will carry the vehicular load more efficiently and improve the loadcarrying capacity of the bridge as compared to the concrete super structure for a similar span, the release said.

Water taxi service from Mazgaon to Mandwa starts

First India Bureau

Mumbai: A new water taxi service was launched between the domestic cruise ter minal at Mazgaon in Mumbai and Mandwa jetty near Alibag in Raigad district on Tuesday.

The service, launched by Nayantara Shipping Pvt Ltd, will use a new catamaran ‘Nayan XI’. It has a seating capacity of 140 passengers on the lower deck and 60 on the upper business class

deck, said a spokesper son of the company.

Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) Chairman, Ra jiv Jalota, and other of ficials were present for the launch.

With this service, passengers can reach Mandwa within 35 to 40 minutes from the domestic cruise termi nal at the cost of Rs400 for the lower deck and Rs450 for upper deck for a one-way jour ney, he said.

The service from do mestic cruise terminal

to Mandwa will be avail able at 10.30 am, 12.50 pm and 3.10 pm, while from Mandwa to the ter minal at 11.40 am, 2 pm and 4.20 pm. Passengers can buy tickets at the terminals and also book them online through MyBoatRide.com.

The catamaran is lux urious and completely air-conditioned, with two washrooms on the upper and four on the lower deck. The catama ran has a top speed of 22 knots. But it will sail at the speed of 15 knots.

Osmanabad’s Tulja Bhavani temple to be revamped

BUS CATCHES FIRE, ALL 42 PASSENGERS ESCAPE UNHURT

Pune: As many as 42 pas sengers of a state transport bus had a narrow escape after it caught fire in Pune city on Tuesday. The inci dent took place at around 11.30 am at Shastri Chowk in Yerawada area when the bus was on the way to Pune from Yavatmal, a fire official said. The bus driver and conductor saw smoke billowing from the vehicle, following which passen gers quickly alighted.

DRIVER RECORDS EMPLOYER’S AFFAIRS, EXTORTS `10.70 LAKH

Navi Mumbai: The Taloja police are on the lookout for a driver who secret ly recorded a drunken ‘confession’ of his em ployer about his alleged illicit relationship with the daughters of his live-in partner. Threatening to send the recording to the daughters’ husbands, the driver blackmailed both the employer and his livein-partner and extorted a sum of Rs10.70 lakh.

CIVIC BODY ANNOUNCES 10% WATER CUT IN MUMBAI BETWEEN NOVEMBER 01 AND 10

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday announced 10% water cut in the city from November 01 to 10, to carry out some urgent repair work at a weir in neighbouring Thane district. The civic body in an order said that the pneumatic gate system installed at Pise weir was in urgent need of repairs and the work will be carried out from November 1 to 10. “During this period, water supply to Mumbai Metropolitan region and BMC water supply to Thane and Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation will be affected. Therefore, 10% water cut will be imposed during the above mentioned period in Mumbai,” said BMC.

MUMBAI POLICE SEIZE DRUGS WORTH `85 LAKH IN WADALA

Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Tuesday seized drugs worth Rs85 lakh from Wadala area after re ceiving a tip off regarding a consignment being brought to the area. According to the police, a team was formed and a trap was laid on Monday night. At around 11 pm, the cops spotted a man on a bike and they stopped him for checking which led to a recovery of around 16.186 kilos of charas. The total value of the seized charas is around Rs 85 lakh in the market.

NCB CONFISCATES MEPHEDRONE WORTH `60 LAKH, FOUR HELD

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has recovered 1.431kg of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs60 lakh in multiple seizures in Mumbai and arrested four people. The NCB’s Mumbai zonal unit has neutralized a local drug trafficking cartel, which was active in Mumbai and adjoining areas. Acting on a tip-off, a NCB team laid a trap and apprehended a local distributor with 36gm of mephedrone on the inter vening night of October 21 and 22 in Mumbra area.

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Aurangabad: The premises of the fa mous Tulja Bhavani temple in the Os manabad district is set to be renovated, and the sanctum will have gold and silver inlaid.

Talking to the media, District collector Sachin Ombase said that a detailed project report for renovating the temple would be completed in the follow

ing three months. In Tuljapur, there was a gathering of

stakeholders, he said, and different templerelated concerns were

discussed.

“The sanctum of Tul ja Bhavani temple is inlaid with silver. But we plan to use both gold and silver. The adminis tration appeals to peo ple to donate for the work and a bank ac count will be created to accept contributions,” the official said.

According to him, dis cussions about updating the temple’s existing amenities from the per spective of religious tourism were also held.

Teenager dies in lift while playing hide-and-seek

First India Bureau

Mumbai: A 16-year-old girl died while playing hide-and-seek in an el evator in Mankhurd on Friday evening.

The deceased, identi fied as Reshma Khara vi, stuck her head par tially into the square opening of a lift door when it was her turn to find her playmates.

The lift, which had been made operational just five days prior, de scended and hit her head. The girl’s family members have accused the housing society’s of ficials of negligence, say ing that they did nothing despite being asked to cover the opening.

Reshma, a resident of Sathe Nagar, had come with her two younger brothers to visit her grandmother Savita Wa ghari—who resides with her husband on the fifth floor of New Sai Dham Society at Lallubhai Compound—for Diwali.

Vishal (12), Reshma’s cousin, who had gone into hiding, came to see what was wrong after hearing an unusual

sound. He was stunned to find Reshma trapped and ran home to seek help. The family then rushed to her rescue but the lift door was found to be jammed and it took them almost 15 minutes to unhinge it. Reshma was rushed to the nearby Shatabdi Hospital but succumbed to her injuries. Accord ing to the post-mortem, which was conducted at the civic-run Rajawadi hospital at Ghatkopar, she had suffered head and neck injuries.

Western Railway asks RPF to educate villagers about dangers of cattle grazing near rail tracks

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Following a series of train-cattle collisions, particular ly involving the Vande Bharat Express, the railways tasked the Railway Protection Force (RPF) with the responsibility of se curing the securing railway properties.

The RPF has identi fied several vulnerable locations and is asking villagers around the railway tracks to keep their cattle away and safe.

The new semi-high-

speed MumbaiAhmedabad train was damaged thrice in a month after running over cattle.

According to Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Sumit Thakur, villagers near the railway lines, where such incidents take place, are being coun selled not to let their cat tle graze near the tracks.

“There are chances of the animals getting on the tracks and being run over by speeding trains. Also, dumping of gar bage along the railway tracks is a problem, as it

The RPF has stepped up awareness and sensitization campaigns

attracts cattle,” he said.

Instances of cattle be ing run over by trains have adversely affected rail operations, increas ing the possibility of ac cidents, including de railments.

“The RPF has stepped up awareness and sensi tization campaigns at all these locations. So far, in 2022, they have conduct

ed 1,023 awareness ses sions at vulnerable loca tions. Besides, about 50 meetings have been conducted with sar panchs of all villages near the railway tracks.” Thakur said.

The RPF is also working in close coordination with local administration and city police to prevent the movement of stray cattle near tracks.

“Western Railway is also taking stringent ac tion against people whose cattle are found moving on railway land/ area.” Thakur added.

THE ORDER

Seat belts have been made mandatory for passengers of 4-wheel vehicles in Mumbai.

The new semi-high-speed Mumbai-Ahmedabad train was damaged thrice in a month after running over cattle. —FILE PHOTO

Her head got caught in elevator door; society secretary, chairman booked for negligence

Reshma Kharavi

—PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE & PTI

MORBI-D POLITICS OVER GUJARAT DISASTER

when quoting some tweets of AAP leaders, BJP’s Kapil Mishra alleged “conspiracy”.

AAP leaders dismissed it as an attempt to “evade re sponsibility and digress at tention from the terrible trag edy”. “Who is Kapil Mishra,” asked AAP leader Naresh Balyan, claiming that Mishra, who was “kicked out by AAP,” was only trying to “remain politically relevant”.

Meanwhile, sample this… The government hospital at Morbi got a makeover ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the facility to meet those injured in Sun day’s suspension bridge col lapse which claimed 141 lives.

Workers were seen clean ing and painting a portion of the 300-bed hospital, which is a ground plus two-storey structure of three wings, ahead of Modi’s visit on Tuesday. Six of those injured in the bridge collapse were undergoing treatment at the hospital, while four to five other injured are being treat ed at a private hospital, a doc tor said. So far, 56 people have been discharged, he added.

THIS INTRUSION INTO A PLAYER’S PRIVACY MUST NEVER HAPPEN

Slamming the BJP for this “eventbaazi”, the Congress people have died but the ruling party is making an event out of this tragedy. “Trasadi ka event (event of tragedy),” it tweeted. The Congress claimed that these arrangements are being made for PM Modi’s photo op in the hospital. “They are not ashamed.

So many people died, and they are preparing for an event,” it said. Aam Aadmi Party, which is contesting all the 182 Gujarat Assembly seats, posted a video of the hospital being painted.

“Morbi civil hospital is being painted overnight so that the poor condition of the building does not get exposed during PM Modi’s photoshoot,” AAP claimed

In India, every incident is, un fortunately, politicised and in case it is a political year… toh phir kya kehna! When all parties should have actually maintained silence and prayed for the departed souls and left politics to seek (or may be ‘sick’ pun intended!) its own level, the parties have sought this as an opportunity to play politics to create a roof-hitting decibel.

If the ruling BJP (on Mon day) cancelled its itinerary, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programmes in poll-bound Gujarat, follow ing the Morbi bridge tragedy and PM Modi visited Morbi on Tuesday to take stock of the situation and meet the in jured, there were reports that the “newly-renovated bridge was thrown open without a fit ness certificates” which im mediately led to the Opposi tion pointing fingers at the BJP government, accusing it of negligence.

With elections to the Guja rat Assembly expected soon (dates of which may be an nounced any time), PM Modi’s statement following the col lapse of a flyover in Kolkata way back in 2016 also surfaced to haunt the Saffron might.

BRAZIL TURNS LEFT, ONCE AGAIN

Meanwhile, the Congress had demanded a judicial probe into the mishap. “This is no time for politics but is critical to fix responsibility in the matter,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said.

However, tweeting on the incident, several Opposition leaders wasted no time and played on the Prime Minis ter’s comment then at a rally while blasting the Chief Min ister Mamata Banerjee’s gov ernment in West Bengal after the Vivekananda Road flyo ver collapsed in Kolkata to question if Morbi was an “act of God or an act of fraud”.

“Modi ji, is the Morbi bridge accident an Act of God or Act of Fraud,” Congress

leader Digvijaya Singh ques tioned. Y Sathish Reddy of the TRS and Manoj Singh of the Samajwadi Party also re ferred to the time when PM Modi called the flyover col lapse in Kolkata “act of fraud” and not “an act of God.”

“This is not a natural ac cident, it is a man-made trag edy. The BJP government of Gujarat is directly guilty of this heinous crime,” Con gress MP, Randeep Singh Surjewala, said, also attack ing the PM and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel over the relief package an nounced for the kin.

There was so much political bickering that even inter-par ty showdown was witnessed

Portions of the entry gate have been painted in yellow, while some areas inside the hospital have got a coat of white paint. The Congress tweeted images that showed repair work going on inside the Morbi hospital, to launch a tirade against the BJP. The photos posted by Congress on Twitter showed overnight re pair work going on inside the Morbi hospital, which in cluded a fresh coat of paint, new tiles on the walls, and minor construction work to beautify the hospital ahead of PM Modi’s visit to the fa cility on Tuesday.

Slamming the BJP for this “eventbaazi”, the Congress people have died but the rul ing party is making an event out of this tragedy. “Trasadi ka event (event of tragedy),” it tweeted. The Congress claimed that these arrange ments are being made for PM Modi’s photo op in the hospi tal. “They are not ashamed. So many people died, and they are preparing for an event,” it said. Aam Aadmi Party, which is contesting all the 182 Gujarat Assembly seats, post ed a video of the hospital be ing painted. “Morbi civil hos pital is being painted over night so that the poor condi tion of the building does not get exposed during PM Modi’s photoshoot,” AAP claimed.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Brazilians have re jected the far right leader Jair Bol sonaro for a sec ond term as Presi dent of Brazil. In a tightly fought and bitter election Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged victorious by a nar row margin. The popular Leftist leader Lula polled 50.9 percent and Bolsonaro got 49.1 percent of votes to claim victory but Bolsonaro is yet to acknowledge defeat. In a re minder of the American pres idential election, Bolsanaro, like Donald Trump, claimed manipulation, refusing to ac cept defeat and his supporters blockaded roads in protest. There’s apprehension of Bol sonaro following Trump in rejecting the results. Bolsona ro’s politician son earlier called it an “electoral fraud”.

Brazilians have rejected the far right leader Jair Bolsonaro for a second term as President of Brazil. In a tightly fought and bitter election Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged victorious by a narrow margin. The popular Leftist leader Lula polled 50.9 percent and Bolsonaro got 49.1 percent of votes to claim victory but Bolsonaro is yet to acknowledge defeat

Bolsonaro’s leadership came under criticism after his disastrous environmen tal policies which threatened the Amazon rainforest and free speech. Bolsonaro was blamed for causing largescale deforestation to the rain forest. He was also defi ant towards Covid pandemic, another similarity he shared with Trump. In the midst of a campaign urging Brazil ians to get vaccinated, Bol sonaro claimed in a video that the vaccines caused HIV AIDS and asked people to

avoid taking them. His state ments led Facebook and You Tube to remove the contro versial video.

Lula’s victory is stunning as he was imprisoned for cor ruption which prevented him from contesting in 2018. Lula dedicated his victory to the people of Brazil. The rejec tion of far right politics by Brazilians is a continuum of leftist victories in almost all of Latin America with Ar gentina, Mexico, Chile, Co lumbia and Peru having left ist governments.

Astranger filming a video of Virat Kohli’s hotel room in Perth is a definite cause for paranoia not only for the former India captain cur rently representing the country in the T20 World Cup being played in Australia but also for the ICC and the BCCI whose job it is to provide foolproof securi ty to players in view of previous cases of match-fixing. This in trusion in the privacy of a play er, reportedly by an excited fan, has been strongly castigated by Virat and the cricket fraternity. The hotel has since sacked (“stood down”) the employees who broke into Virat’s room and the hotel has apologized unre servedly to the cricketer who has decided not to pursue the matter.

An angry Kohli said that he was not “okay with this kind of fanaticism and absolute invasion of privacy. Please respect people’s privacy and not treat them as a commodity for entertainment”, Kohli tweeted about the incident.

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The traffic from Delhi to Meerut, Bareilly and Moradabad will be smooth and it will further connect to Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve via Ramnagar. This improvement work of 33.724 km length (including flexible pavement) will be completed in a period of 2 years. By connecting Moradabad Bypass Corridor NH-734 i.e. Moradabad-Kashipur highway, the travel time will be significantly reduced.

Himachal has developed due to the government of double engine. Earlier there was no big university, no medical college, no railway facility in Hamirpur parliamentary constituency. I had promised a Central University in Hamirpur and it has been fulfilled with the blessings of Modi ji.

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Tweeting on the incident, several Opposition leaders wasted no time and played on the Prime Minister’s comment then at a rally while blasting the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal after the Vivekananda Road flyover collapsed in Kolkata to question if Morbi was an “act of God or an act of fraud”

PM VISITS MORBI COLLAPSE SITE

Morbi (ANI): PM Nar endra Modi visited Morbi in Gujarat on Tuesday after the cable suspension bridge claimed the lives of at least 135 people.

The search and res cue operation is under way in Machchhu river.

At least 135 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 are receiv ing treatment for their injuries sustained after a cable suspension bridge in Morbi town collapsed on Sunday, plunging people into the Machchhu River.

PM Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan, Gandhinagar, on Mon day to review the situa tion in Morbi. The PM was briefed on the res cue and relief opera tions that have been underway ever since the unfortunate mishap took place in Morbi.

HOSPITAL CLEANED UP AHEAD OF PM’S VISIT

Morbi (Agencies): An all-night spruce up at the civil hospital in Gujarat’s Morbi ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit today to meet the survivors of the massive bridge collapse tragedy that left 135 dead has drawn criticism from the Opposition.

CRUCIAL READ

ED ATTACHES VIKAS DUBEY’S BENAMI PROPERTY VALUED AT `10 CRORE

New Delhi (Agencies): The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday attached benami properties worth Rs 10 crore belonging to Uttar Pradesh’s slain gangster Vikas Dubey which he had bought on his relatives and aide’s name. The sources privy to the investigation said that property worth Rs ten crore belonging to Dubey was attached. The property was reportedly in the name of one Jaykant, who was Dubey’s confidant. These properties are based in Kanpur and nearby areas, the sources in the Enforcement Directorate said on Tuesday.

4-YEAR-OLD GIRL RAPED IN MP; ACCUSED HELD

Khandwa (ANI): A fouryear-girl was raped and thrown in the bushes near Jaswadi area in Khandwa, police said on Tuesday.

The minor girl went miss ing from her house on Monday. She came here to her relatives’ house who used to work in the farmland and they lived near the farmland in a temporary tent house. The family lodged a missing complaint on Monday.

GOA CONG TO FILE DISQUALIFICATION AGAINST 8 REBELS

Panaji (Agencies): The Goa unit of the Congress party has said that it will file a disqualification petition against eight MLAs who had merged with BJP on September 14 this year. Amit Patkar, President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee said that they were waiting for some important docu ment to ile the disqualifi cation petition, which now they are in possession.

12 ARRESTED FOR FORCEFUL RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS IN KARNATAKA TOWN

Ramnagar (Agencies): At least 12 persons were ar rested for attempting religious conversions of tribals in Kanakapura taluk of Ramnagar district, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, after gather ing specific inputs, a team of its personnel conducted raids and made the arrests. Police said that the arrested 12 persons were making arrangements for a mass religious conversion of Hindu tribals in the region. The arrested persons were being grilled by the police.

WB: TEACHER, OCCULTIST HELD FOR RAPING MINOR

Kolkata (Agencies): A teacher and an occultist were arrested in West Ben gal’s Bankura district over charges of raping a minor girl, police said on Tuesday. The police said that the accused teacher, Sabuj De, came in contact with the occultist, Gurupada Maji, after he failed to get mar ried. Maji then suggested to De that a marriage would only be possible if the latter did some rituals involving a minor girl.

GUJ COPS CRACK GANG-RAPE CASE, ARREST FOUR

Vadodara (Agencies):

The Vadodara rural police cracked a gang-rape case within hours of the crime and arrested all four ac cused. The complainant said on Monday around 8 p.m, she was walking on the Vadodara-Halol high way service road, when four persons waylaid and gagged her. They then dragged her to an isolated place behind the referral hospital and in the bushes and took turns to rape her.

WILD ELEPHANT TRAMPLES FARMER TO DEATH IN KARNATAKA’S HASSAN DISTRICT

Hassan (Agencies): A wild elephant trampled a farmer to death at Hebbanahalli village in Hassan district on Tuesday. The deceased farmer has been identified as Manu (34). The inci dent took place when Manu was returning after offering prayers at a local temple. The elephant suddenly came on his way and crushed Manu to death. Officials from the forest department and district administration have visited the spot. Meanwhile, the local people have vented their ire against the officials of the forest department.

MORBI ADMN COVERS BOARD WITH SHEETS

Morbi (Agencies): Just hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chopper landed in Morbi, where one of the world’s biggest bridge tragedies occurred, the lo cal administration covered up the board of Oreva at the accident site with white sheets.

Coimbatore blast: NIA waiting for forensic reports

New Delhi (Agencies): In the Coimbatore car bomb blast, the NIA has identified the suspects who will be asked to join the probe in the coming days. The NIA was also waiting for the forensic reports of the seized articles for their probe. The Tamil Nadu Police had handed over all the documents to the NIA a few days ago.

THE HIGHLIGHTS EARLIER GOVTS IGNORED TRIBALS’ DEVELOPMENT: PM Jambughoda (PTI): Taking a jibe at the Congress party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said previ ous governments neglected “all-round development” of tribal areas. It was Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government at the Centre which formed a separate ministry for tribal development, he said, targeting the Congress. The prime minister was speaking at Jambughoda in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district after launching various develop ment projects on the last day of his three-day visit to the poll-bound state.

DIGVIJAYA DEMANDS GUJ CM’S RESIGNATION

Morbi (PTI): Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Gujarat Chief Min ister Bhupendra Patel over the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy that claimed over 135 lives.

COLLAPSE RESULT OF BIG CORRUPTION: KEJRIWAL

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has said the Morbi bridge collapse was a result of massive corruption and prayed for those who lost their lives in the incident. Praying for those who lost their lives in incident, he said the polls in Gujarat should be held immediately.

Birla gives degrees to varsity students

Haridwar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday that India has given a new direc tion to the world in view of the changes taking place in the world. In the near future, India will lead the world by blending science and spirituality.

Addressing the sixth convocation ceremony of Dev Sanskriti Vish wavidyalaya, the Lok Sabha Speaker called for reaching out to the last

person of the society.

He said that not only spirituality and mod ern education, but life management is also taught in Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya. Birla awarded de grees to 2661 students from 2017 to 2022 in the ceremony.

Later in the day, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Bir la performed ‘Ganga Aarti’ during his visit to Haridwar, on Tues day evening.

BJP will repeat govt in Himachal: Shah

Chamba (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched an at tack on Tuesday on the “ma-beta” Congress party both in Himachal Pradesh and in Delhi, wondering how can those facing a chargesheet provide a good govt in Himachal.

Shah also said gone are the days of “rajarani” and it is the time of common people in a

Giridhar Aramane takes charge as Defence Secy

New Delhi (PTI): Sea soned bureaucrat Girid har Aramane on Tues day assumed charge as the new defence secre tary at a time the gov ernment has been fo cusing on modernising the three services.

Aramane, a 1988-batch Indian Ad ministrative Service (IAS) officer, was serv ing as secretary of the ministry of road trans

port and highways pri or to his new assign ment.

Before taking charge, Aramane laid a wreath at the National War Me morial and paid hom age to the fallen heroes.

“We draw inspiration from these bravehearts and promise to work to wards fulfilling their dream of making India a safe and prosperous country,” he said.

ISSUE OF ASSAM’S MADRASSAS: SC NOTICE TO GOVT

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal challenging a Gauhati High Court verdict, which upheld the validity of As sam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) Act, 1995 (repealed by the Act of 2020) and all con sequential government orders, including the notification dated Feb ruary 12, 2021. A bench sought a response from the Assam government and others. The plea, filed through advocate Adeel Ahmed, contended that high court has er roneously observed that the petitioner madras sas being government schools, and wholly maintained by the state through provincialization are hit by Article 28(1) of the Constitution of India and as such, cannot be permitted to impart religious instruction.

CONG LEADERS ARE ANTICIPATING DEFEAT: CM JAI RAM THAKUR

Mandi (ANI): In a veiled attack on the Leader of the Opposition in State Assem bly Mukesh Agnihotri, Him achal Pradesh CM Jai Ram

Thakur on Monday said that Congress leaders are losing restraint on their language anticipating their defeat in the elections. Without naming him, CM targeted Agnihotri while addressing a public meeting in Nachan assembly constituency.

IN THE COURTYARD

APEX COURT JUNKS PLEA ON REPLACING PARTY SYMBOLS ON EVMS WITH CANDIDATE DETAILS

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider a plea seeking a di rection to the Election Com mission to remove symbols from ballot and EVMs and replace it with ‘name, age, educational qualification and photograph’ of candidates.

A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi pointed that 10th Schedule to the Constitution

JOURNO’S TWITTER: HC ISSUES NOTICE

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday is sued summons to Twitter in a suit seeking the res toration of journalist Abhi jit Iyer-Mitra’s account, suspended following a tweet about bail granted to Alt News’ Mohd Zubair by the Supreme Court. “Issue summons. Written submissions in 30 days,” the court ordered.

recognises political parties and legislature party. “What is so wrong and obnoxious for having a party symbol on EVM?” CJI Lalit asked.

BJP EXPELS SIX LEADERS FOR ANTI PARTY ACTIVITIES

Shimla (Agencies): Taking a stern call against rebels who are set to fight as indepen dent candidate against par ty’s official candidates, the Himachal BJP has expelled its Vice President Ram Singh and five others for six years from the party. The BJP said that Himachal BJP President Suresh Kashyap has expelled primary mem bership of these workers with immediate effect.

ELECTROCUTION OF WILD ANIMALS: HC NOTICE TO K’TAKA

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ordered issuance of notice to all con cerned authorities in a PIL against illegal electric fences causing death of elephants and other wild animals in the State. The PIL filed by advo cate Ankush Yennemajal was heard by a bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale on Monday.

EX-HOCKEY COACH RESTRAINED FROM PUBLISHING PLAYERS’ DETAILS

New Delhi: The Delhi HC has temporar ily restrained Sjoerd Marijne, former coach of the Indian Women’s hockey team and book company HarperCollins from publishing confidential details about players in the Marijne’s new book. “..till next hearing, an ad interim injunc tion is passed restraining the defendants from publishing the book containing portions,” Justice Amit Bansal ordered while posting the matter for the next hearing on November 18.

Water conservation a global issue: Prez

Greater Noida (ANI): United efforts are need ed to meet challenge of providing clean drink ing water, said President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday while inaugu rating the seventh India Water Week (IWW) at the Expo Mart here .

The function was or ganised by the ministry of water resources, riv er development and Ganga rejuvenation in an effort to raise aware ness and conserve and use water resources in

an integrated manner.

With the inaugura tion, the visit marks the first visit of President

PREZ MURMU TO VISIT NAGALAND FROM TODAY

Kohima (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to arrive in Nagaland on a two-day visit beginning Wednes day, the officials said on Tuesday. This will be President Murmu’s maiden visit to the state after assuming the office.

CM Yogi Adityanath.

According to the Min istry of Jal Shakti, the platform will be used to elicit ideas and opin ions from global-level decisions makers, poli ticians, researchers, and entrepreneurs.

The theme the of 7th India Water Week is “Water Security for Sus tainable Development and Equity”. The fiveday-long events will bring together experts, planners stakeholders from across the globe.

BJP, TRS workers clash in Munugode ahead of bypoll

Hyderabad (Agencies): Workers of BJP and TRS clashed on Tuesday in Telangana’s Munu gode constituency where a by-election is scheduled on Thursday. A few workers of both the parties were injured in the incident that oc curred at Pulivela when leaders of both the par ties were busy cam paigning. Some TRS supporters allegedly pelted stones on the con voy of BJP MLA Eatala Rajender who was cam paigning in the village.

Murmu to Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The President arrived in Greater Noi da for the inauguration

of India Water Week. The President was re ceived by Governor Anandiben Patel and

Officials brief PM Narendra Modi on the rescue and relief operations that have been underway

PM Narendra Modi visits the site of the Morbi mishap, in Morbi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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democracy like India. He addressed a public rally here in favour of

the BJP candidate for the November 12 Himachal elections.

Amit Shah at public rally in Shimla on Tuesday. Himachal BJP chief Suresh Kashyap, Chandigarh BJP chief Sanjay Tandon also seen.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with spiritual leader Swami Chidanand Saraswati performs ‘Ganga Aarti’ during his visit to Haridwar, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane with Chief Operations Officer of Royal Bhutan Army, Lt Gen Batoo Tshering, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

President Murmu addresse gathering at the inauguration of the 7th India Water Week, in Greater Noida on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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RISES 17 PER CENT

New Delhi: State-owned CIL on Tuesday said its coal production increased by 17.4% to 351.9 million tonnes (MT) in the AprilOctober period of the ongoing fiscal. The com pany’s coal output in the corresponding period of last fiscal was 299.6 MT, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a filing to BSE. The coal production by the maha ratna firm also increased to 52.9 MT last month, over 49.8 MT of coal production in the corre sponding month of previous fiscal.

CEA outlines focus of G20 under India

New Delhi (PTI): Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday said India’s G20 presidency would focus on key issues concerning mac roeconomic vulnerabilities in view of the ongoing global turmoil, besides food and energy security.

India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022. G20 is a grouping of developed and developing nations accounting for 85% of the global GDP, 75% of international trade, and two-thirds of the world population.

—PTI

UPI TRANSACTIONS

RISE 7.7% TO 730

CRORE IN OCTOBER

New Delhi: Transactions through UPI grow up by 7.7% to 730 crore and the total value stood at more than `12.11 lakh crore in October. In Sep tember, there were 678 crore UPI-led digital transactions worth `11.16 lakh crore. The number of instant inter bank fund transfer through IMPS in October stood at 48.25 crore and the value was at `4.66 lakh crore. In terms of transactions, it was high er by 4.3% compared to September. — FIB

LIC SHAREHOLDING IN TATA MOTORS CROSSES 5 PER CENT

Speaking at a panel dis cussion, Nageswaran said India is assuming presi dency of G20 at a crucial time when the world is fac ing multiple headwinds.

“Under these circum stances, the objective of the Indian Presidency will be to focus on key issues of macroeconomic vulnera bilities in the near term, which deal with food and energy insecurities arising partly because of long standing under investment in energy infrastructure but also because of near term geopolitical develop ments,” he said.

Besides, he said, efforts would have to be made on

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z Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday said India is assuming presidency of G20 at a crucial time when the world is facing multiple headwinds

evolving a global consen sus to deal with virtual as sets like cryptocurrencies.

“The entire idea of the presidency would be to identify consensus-based solution, accelerating the scale and scope of the re sponse of the global com munity, trans-border chal lenges such as regulation of virtual assets, dealing with cross border remit tances, and also the issue of global capital flows and how to create buffers and safety nets for developing

INDIA’S GOLD DEMAND HITS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS;

Q3 GOLD DEMAND UP 14% TO 191.7 TONNES: WGC

Mumbai: India’s gold demand has reached pre-pandemic levels and has witnessed an annual growth of 14% during the July-September quarter at 191.7 tonnes mainly driven by strong consumer interest, accord ing to a World Gold Council (WGC) report. According to the ‘Gold Demand Trends Q3 2022’ report by WGC, the total demand stood at 168 tonnes during the July-September quarter of 2021. In value terms, gold demand grew by 19% to ` 85,010 crores during the third quarter of 2022, compared to `71,630 crores in the corresponding period of 2021.

z Under these circumstances, the objective of the Indian Presidency will be to focus on key issues of macroeconomic vulnerabilities

z Efforts would have to be made on evolving a global consensus to deal with virtual assets like cryptocurrencies

countries that get affected by spillovers from policies of developed nations,” he said.

The other focus area would be strengthening of multilateral institutions in terms of governance, capi tal and resources as they serve development needs of countries as well as glob al challenges, he said.

The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental fo rum of the world’s major developed and developing economies.

New Delhi (PTI): The government’s paddy pro curement for the central pool rose 12% to 170.53 lakh tonnes till October of the ongoing 2022-23 kharif marketing season, according to the food ministry data.

Higher quantities of paddy were purchased from Punjab, Haryana and Tamil Nadu.

Normally, paddy pro curement begins immedi ately after the withdrawal of the Southwest monsoon from October onwards. However in southern states, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, it begins from September.

The government aims to procure 771.25 lakh tonnes of paddy in the 2022-23 kha rif marketing season (Oc tober-September). The ac tual procurement stood at record 759.32 lakh tonnes in the previous kharif mar keting season.

According to the official data, the overall paddy buy ing has increased to 170.53 lakh tonnes till October 31.

8 priority areas for India at G20: FM

First India Bureau

New Delhi: India will press for collective efforts to deal with the spillovers of happenings in advanced economies as well as global regulation of crypto assets to check terror funding un der its G20 presidency, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

The minister outlined eight priority areas, in cluding reforms in multi lateral institutions and food and energy security, for discussion under its G20 presidency which will begin from December 1.

India will take over the presidency of G20, which is a grouping of 20 developed and developing nations, from Indonesia.

India is taking over the presidency at a crucial juncture when the world is facing multiple headwinds on account of the RussiaUkraine war, increasing crude oil prices, rising in terest rates and slowdown in global demand.

“We are probably at a very comfortable stage in the sense of comparing with other economies, our macroeconomic funda mentals are fine,” Sithara man said, adding that emerging markets always face the collateral and un intended spillovers of hap penings in the developed

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z The minister outlined eight priority areas, including reforms in multilateral institutions and food and energy security, for discussion under its G20 presidency which will begin from December 1

z ‘We are probably at a very comfortable stage in the sense of comparing with other economies,’ FM said

countries. She said at the G20 forum India is con stantly maintaining its po sition and voicing the con cerns of emerging markets and low- and middle-in come countries.

“Particularly at a time when we are also facing the collateral spillovers which are unintended ... How much countries like India or in the middle or low in come bracket or emerging markets can bear the brunt of spillovers? Can you at all be ready for unpredictable spillovers, and how much can you be ready?

India’s mfg activities remain strong in Oct

New Delhi (PTI): Manu facturing activities in India remained robust and price pressures were contained in October as new orders and production rose at a slower but stronger pace, according to a monthly sur vey released on Tuesday.

The seasonally-adjusted S&P Global India Manufac turing Purchasing Manag

ers’ Index (PMI) was up from 55.1 in September to 55.3 in October. The Octo ber PMI data pointed to an improvement in overall op erating conditions for the 16th straight month.

“The Indian manufac turing industry again showed signs of resilience in October, with factory or ders and production rising

—PTI

New Delhi: Shareholding by Life Insurance Corpo ration (LIC) in Tata Mo tors Ltd has crossed 5% as the insurer stepped up shareholding over the past ten months, invest ing `11.39 crore in the auto company. LIC said its shareholding in Tata Motors Ltd has increased from 16,59,48,741 to 16,61,98,741 equity shares increasing its shareholding from 4.997% to 5.004% of the paid-up capital of the company, the insurer said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. “Holding in the company has crossed 5% on October 31, 2022,” LIC said. —PTI

MARUTI SALES RISE 21% TO 167,520 UNITS IN OCTOBER

‘EPFO COVERAGE TO BE EXPANDED TO 10 CRORE SUBSCRIBERS’

New Delhi: Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said retirement fund body EPFO’s coverage will be expanded to 10 crore subscribers from the existing level of 6.5 crore. Yadav said, “EPFO social security schemes ambit will be expanded. It will be increased from 6.5 crore subscribers to 10 crore.” He also launched the EPFO Vision 2047 document.

According to him, it is the big gest responsibility of the EPFO to reduce its litigations.

—PTI

OLA ELECTRIC SALES REACH 20,000 UNITS IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR

New Delhi: Ola Electric on Tuesday reported sales of 20,000 units in October 2022.

The company, which sells electric scoot ers S1 Pro and S1, said it registered a strong performance during the festive season. Sales recorded a four-fold growth over daily run rate during Navratras, and ten times on Vijayadashami, the company said. It has been producing 1,000 units a day on an average. The company started online purchase process in September 2021.

—PTI

Bengaluru: Automaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Tuesday reported a 21% increase in total sales at 1,67,520 units in October. The company had sold a total of 1,38,335 units in the same month last year. To tal domestic passenger vehicle sales were at 1,47,072 units in October as compared to 1,17,013 units in the year-ago month, registering a growth of 26%. Sales of mini segment cars grew to 24,936 units.

—PTI

strongly despite losing growth momentum,” Pol lyanna De Lima, Econom

Sensex rallies for 4th consecutive day, climbs 375 points to breach 61K-mark

Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark indices maintained their winning momentum for the fourth day running on Tuesday, helped by a rally in Asian and Europe an markets and continuous foreign fund inflows.

The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 374.76 points or 0.62% to settle at 61,121.35. On similar lines, the broad er NSE Nifty advanced

133.20 points or 0.74% to end at 18,145.40. NTPC, PowerGrid, Dr Reddy’s, In fosys, Tata Consultancy Services, UltraTech Ce ment were major winners.

`GAINS 22 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.59 AGAINST DOLLAR

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appre ciated 22 paise to close at 82.59 (provisional) against the US dol lar on Tuesday. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the lo cal currency opened at 82.74 and witnessed a high of 82.59 and a low of 82.79. It finally settled at 82.59 against the American currency, registering a rise of 22 paise over its previous close.

Petrol, diesel demand in October highest in 4 months

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The sales of petrol and diesel sales in India jumped to a fourmonth high in October, as the festive season brought back demand that had been quelled by extended mon soon rains, preliminary industry data showed on Tuesday.

Petrol sales soared 12.1% to 2.78 million tonnes in Oc tober, as compared to 2.48 million tonnes of consump tion in the same month last year. Sales were 16.6% higher than in COVIDmarred October 2020 and

21.4% more than in prepandemic October 2019.

Demand, which had dipped 1.9% month-on-

month in September, was up 4.8%higher.

Diesel, the most used fuel in the country, posted

JET FUEL PRICE HIKED BY 4.2 PER CENT, COMMERCIAL LPG RATES CUT BY ` 115.5

New Delhi (PTI): Jet fuel (ATF) price on Tuesday was hiked by 4.2% but that of commercial LPG used in non-residential es tablishments such as hotels and restaurants was cut by `115.5 per 19-kg cylinder re flecting global energy trends. ATF price was hiked by `4,842.37 per kilolitre, or 4.19%, to `120,362.64 per kl in the national capital. This reverses a 4.5% cut in jet fuel prices affected last month. Separately, the oil firms reduced the price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder to `1,744 from `1,859.50 in the national capital.

a 12% rise in sales in Octo ber to 6.57 million tonnes, when compared to the same month last year.

Consumption was up 6.5% over October 2020 and 13.6% higher than preCOVID 2019.

ics Associate Director at S&P Global Market Intelli gence, said. Firms were able to secure additional work in October, taking the current sequence of growth to 16 months, the survey said, adding that overall, factory orders in creased at an above-trend pace that was nonetheless the weakest since June.

New Delhi (PTI): India’s power consumption grew 1.64% to 114.64 billion units in October compared to the year-ago period, according to government data.

The power consumption rose only marginally in Oc tober, mainly due to inces sant unseasonal rains which kept the mercury levels low and reduced the use of cooling appliances. However, experts said power consumption and de mand will further increase in the coming months due to use of heating appliance especially in the northern part of the country, and im provement in economic ac tivities on account of the beginning of the new rabi crop season. The farmers use electricity to run tube wells for irrigation for new crops. In October last year, power consumption was 112.79 BU.

Govt’s paddy procurement up 12% at 170.53 lakh tonnes

Power consumption grows marginally to 114.64 billion units in October this year

Supreme Court to hear Maha political crisis cases on Nov 29

A five-judge Constitution bench on Tuesday asked lawyers of each Shiv Sena faction to complete case compilation and formulate salient issues within 4 weeks

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The Su preme Court will hear a batch of petitions filed in connection with the Maharashtra political crisis by the two warring factions of Shiv Sena—each led by Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde—on November 29.

A five-judge Constitu tion bench, headed by Justice DY Chandra chud, on Tuesday asked lawyers to complete com pilation of the case and formulate its salient is sues for consideration.

The bench, comprising Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasim ha, also said that advo cates Javed Ur Rehman and Chirag Shah, repre senting each faction, shall act as nodal coun sel and will carry out this exercise within a period of four weeks.

Earlier, the top court had allowed the Election Commission of India to decide which faction be

tween Uddhav Thacker ay and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be recognized as the “real” Shiv Sena, and to be al lotted the “bow and ar row” poll symbol.

In August, a threejudge Supreme Court bench had referred to a five-judge Constitution bench the issues in volved in the petition filed by the rival Shiv Sena groups. The three-

judge bench had also said that some of the is sues involved in the Ma harashtra political crisis could require a larger Constitutional bench for consideration.

It had also asked the Speaker of the Maha rashtra Legislative As sembly, Rahul Narwekar, not to take any action on the new disqualification notices issued against members of Shiv Sena.

On June 29, the top court had given a goahead to the June 30 Ma harashtra Assembly floor test. The bench had refused to stay the Maha rashtra governor’s direc tion to the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thack eray to prove his major ity support on the floor of the House on June 30.

After the apex court’s order, Uddhav Thacker ay announced his resig

STILL PENDING

HC apologizes to MACT Pune; expunges remarks

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Bom bay High Court (HC) has apolo gized to the Assis tant Registrar, Mo tor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) Pune, and has even gone ahead and ex punged its strong remarks against the office after the court realized that factual circum stances put before them by the law yers concerned, were untrue.

The HC noted that the untrue state ments made by the advocates had led to certain remarks be ing made by the bench against the tribunal.

CANNOT CALL CHILD AN ORPHAN WHEN PARENTS ARE ALIVE: HC

First India Bureau

Mumbai: When the biological par ent of a minor child is alive, then the child cannot be called an orphan, said Bombay High Court.

ling and admission process of the un dergraduate courses and colleges pend ing the issuance of the ‘Orphan Certifi cate’.

nation as the CM and Shinde was later sworn in to the post.

There are various pe titions pending before the apex court filed by both factions of Shiv Sena. For example, the Thackeray-led faction had approached the top court, challenging Gov ernor Bhagat Singh Ko shiyari’s decision to in vite Eknath Shinde to form the government.

The division bench, comprising of Justices GS Patel and Gauri Godse, found it difficult to express the “extent of dismay and disap pointment” at the way in which the ad vocates for the origi nal claimants con ducted themselves in the appeal filed be fore the HC.

The bench, com prising of Justices SV Gangapurwala and RN Laddha, was hearing a petition filed by “The Nest India Foundation”, a Child Care Home.

The plea was seek ing directions to state authorities to issue an orphan cer tificate to two girls and to consider them in the 1% hori zontal reservation quota in the counsel

The HC rejected the application filed by the organization seeking two girls to be declared as or phans. However, the court allowed the organization to ap proach a competent authority that “may make due inquiry and take decision on the application of the organization for declaration as an ‘abandoned child’.”

The authority has been asked to take the decision by No vember 14, 2022.

Can resign within week if CM

Preferred by... non-transparent man ner with Lifeline Hospi tal Management Ser vices given a contract worth Rs 100 crore to run five Covid centres, even though the com pany was not formed when the contract was awarded to it in June, 2020. Moreover, it is fur ther alleged that it is an unregistered firm. The tab, allegedly, for pur chase of medicines and services, ran to 12000 crore rupees which the CAG will conduct an au dit about.

Desperate times, des perate measures. In March 2020, the BMC Commissioner was giv en all the financial powers of the Standing Committee, which is BMC’s apex body on money matters. These powers stayed with the BMC Chief for two

years thereafter, till March 2020.

Interestingly, Chahal was BMC Commission er when Uddhav Thack eray government was in power and even after a change of govern ment, with Shinde-Fad navis government at helm, Chahal contin ues on the same post.

Maharashtra bureau cracy claims that Cha hal, a straightforward and no non-sense offic er, worked hard during the two years of Covid and it is because of this that the current gov ernment has not ousted him from BMC. Moreo ver, word in the ‘power circles’ is that Chahal has good relations with both Uddhav and Fad navis. In fact, sources reveal, there have been moments when , within bureaucracy, top lead ership of Maharashtra

have praised Chahal for his work ethics. Yet, now Chahal is faced with an ‘investigation’, and the ‘severity’ of this audit would de pend on how the entire politics around the matter plays out. Ac cording to sources ulti mately CAG probe re port may lead to regis tration of FIRs with CBI and ED on corrup tion charges

And perhaps because the BMC has been sin gled out, did Aaditya Thackeray raise a de mand for similar au dits in Thane, Nagpur and Pune local bodies as well claiming that the CAG audit was nothing more than a ploy to tarnish Maha rashtra’s image on na tional level, even though the Covid man agement was lauded by other states.

Deshmukh’s son Salil granted bail by spl court

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Salil Desh mukh, the elder son of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, was grant ed bail on Tuesday af ter he appeared before a special court in con

Raj, Guj & MP need to work in unison to develop the Mangarh Dham: PM Modi

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He said that “all of us have a strong desire for the magnificent expan sion of Mangarh Dham and for this, Rajasthan, Gujarat, MP and Maha rashtra need to work together”.

“It is my request to all 4 state governments to hold a detailed dis cussion in this direc tion, prepare a roadmap so that Govind Guru’s place too can create its identity in the whole world,” he said address ing a gathering, com prising tribals, among

others, at the memorial.

“Over 1,500 tribals were killed in firing by the British on Novem ber 17, 1913, but unfor tunately, in the history

written post-Independ ence, this was not given its due place. Now, the country is correcting the mistake committed decades ago,” he said.

Remembering Go vind Guru, who had led the 1913 uprising, Modi said Raj, Gujarat, MP and Maharashtra to gether under the leader ship of the Centre can develop the dham more so that the tribal lead er’s place can get a glob al identity.

Speaking on the occa sion, Gehlot said he was happy that recently the PM spoke to the chief secretaries of Ra jasthan, Gujarat and MP about the dham.

“This means that it was on your mind and you thought you should

Chief Minister Ashok Ge hlot will visit Alwar today. He will leave for Khairthal at 11.30 am. The CM will inau gurate various development works in Kishangarhbas. The programme will be organ ised at Khairthal Mandi. CM Gehlot will leave for Jaipur from Khairthal at 1.45 pm by a helicopter. CM Gehlot will visit Baran on November 3 & will attend the programme Shri Bada Balaji and will also attend the Deepawali Sneh Milan Samaroh organised by Congress. Gehlot will also attend the programme organised by Parshvanath Charitable Trust & ‘Utkrisht Khiladi Khel Samman’ event.

nection with a money laundering case.

A special court, designated to hear cases related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), had issued a summons in February to Salil after the En

forcement Directorate (ED) submitted its charge sheet in the case. Salil was arraigned as an accused in the case. After appearing before the court, he stated that the accusations against him were “absolutely unfounded”.

permits: Sattar

Pune: Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar launched a fresh attack on Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray daring him to face an election by resigning from his constituency. According to Sattar, he is ready to tender his resignation within a week if CM Eknath Shinde allows him.

Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Sattar said, “My challenge still stands. Even if he (Aadi tya) does not tender his resigna tion and if the CM per mits me, I can resign within one week.”

Will provide funds for police stations, quarters: Fadnavis

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Dev endra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra state Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (MSPHC) to complete work on police sta tions and personnel residences in the state on a priority basis. He also made it clear that necessary funds would be made avail able for these pro jects.

During a review meeting with MSPHC officials, Fadnavis said,

in a manner that the space available is fully utilized. “There will be no shortage of funds for the construction of po lice houses. Mumbai needs a new jail now and the project requires at least 10 acres of land. The local corporation should decide on the place and begin con struction,” said the deputy CM.

Currently, work on police stations and quarters for personnel is underway. Of these, 15 projects will be trans ferred while 10 projects will be completed in six months.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Anil Desai, and others, arrive for a hearing at the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

WAR WITH FIRE

Firefighters douse flames on a car that caught fire on a flyover in Matunga area of central Mumbai on Tuesday. No casualties have been reported in the incident as both occupants managed to alight from the vehicle safely, said a civic official. Traffic on the arterial road was affected for close to 30 minutes due to the blaze, he added. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE

Former Maha minister Anil Deshmukh —FILE PHOTO

“In the initial phase, undertake necessary work in hand and make it a priority to complete it on time.”

He suggested devis ing construction plans

First India Bureau

It is the unpredictability of life that makes it beautiful… the whimsical that adds joy! Embrace it.

—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,

CM GEHLOT TO VISIT ALWAR TODAY

Gathering at the public programme ‘Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Gatha’, in Banswara on Tuesday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

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The Euphoria Of Fall Fashion

Crunchy leaves, hot coffee and chilly weather all mark the transition from summer to autumn. As the seasons change, you might find yourself reaching for warmer layers and cosier accessories. Whether you’re looking for everyday outfits or more fancy ones, you can put together tons of autumn-appropriate looks to bridge the gap between summer and winter.

So, Let’s explore the world of fall fashion with City First

over the world have all been feeling the long ing for a better exist ence. However, with the easing of restrictions and a glimmer of hope for the future, more di verse style directions are opening.

MRIDULA SHARMA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Fall is the sea son to show off what you can do with your ward robe, whereas summer is the season to showcase how fantastic you look without a lot of cloth ing. It’s time to hunker down in your big, fluffy sweaters and don the same pair of blue jeans every day. Fall fashion calls for learning how to layer without ap pearing like an over stuffed penguin and revisiting your favour ite transitional-weath er clothing, such as classic trench coats and clunky ankle boots.

One word best de scribes the overall tone of the fall fashion trends: nostalgia. Now, depend ing on your age, experi ences and interests, nos talgia can take on a vari ety of different shapes.

The excitement for the forthcoming season is likely to feature any thing you could connect with happier, simpler times since the creative collectives around all

Wear a fitting turtle neck to stay warm. These timeless autum nal traditions have en dured since the 1990s and will continue to do so. In the fall, choose a black or tan turtleneck to dress up or keep things casual. If turtle necks aren’t really your thing, try a mock neck shirt. Turtlenecks in neutral colours go with anything, but autumnal hues like maroon and burgundy stand out in a crowd.

With dark wash jeans, go for a classic appear ance. When paired with colours like reds, browns, oranges, etc., dark denim looks fantas tic. Additionally, jeans are quite simple to style, so you’ll never struggle

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

MORE ATTENTION WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO THE HEALTH OF

PREGNANT WOMEN

AMIT BAIJNATH GARG, Senior Journalist

If a pregnant woman does not get a nutri tious and balanced diet, then her unborn baby will also not be able to develop ade quately. Most women do not know how much they should eat during pregnancy. A normal woman usually needs 1900 calories, while pregnancy requires 2200 calo ries. The diet should be rich in nutrients. The diet of a pregnant should be such, in all the nutrients are present. There should be an adequate amount of fruits and vegeta bles in the diet. A pregnant woman should also get a bal anced amount of protein. Protein is high in eggs, meat, milk etc. Women who are veg etarian can get protein from soybeans and pulses. Sprout

PREGNANT WOMEN ARE NOT GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DIET. IN A SURVEY, MOST WOMEN BE LIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD CONSUME 300 CALORIES OR MORE PER DAY DURING PREGNANCY. IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT IN THIS PERIOD WOMEN NEED TO TAKE FOOD FOR TWO PERSONS, ONE FOR THEMSELVES AND THE OTHER FOR THE UNBORN CHILD.

take food from two people, one for themselves and the other for the unborn child.

A question arises how much should women eat dur

calories per day. This in cludes both food and drink.

Doctors say that food should be balanced, which includes fruits and vegetables, carbo

ly be able to provide a healthy life for her future child.

If we talk about weight, then pregnancy weight de pends on the BMI (Body Mass Index) before or early preg nancy. About weight gain in pregnancy. If the body mass index is less than 18.5 ie under weight BMI, then the weight gain should be 13 to 18 kg. If the body mass index is 18.524.9 ie normal BMI, then the weight can be increased from 11 to 16 kg. On the other hand, if the body mass index is 25 to 29 i.e. overweight, then in crease the weight by 7 to 11 kg. If the body mass index is 30 or more, then only 5 to 9 kg of weight can be increased. If someone has twins or multiple pregnancies, they are expect ed to gain more weight. Nor mally, you should gain about 0.9-1.8 kg in the first 3 months and about 0.5 kg every week during the rest of your preg nancy.Many schemes are be ing run by the central and state governments to encour age pregnancy in women. An assistance amount of Rs 5000 is given by the Central Gov ernment to pregnant women of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). At the same time, Indira Gan dhi Matritva Poshan Yojana is being run by the Government of Rajasthan. Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs 6000 is being provided by the Rajasthan government in five phases to pregnant wom en who give birth to a second child. Pregnant women are definitely getting benefits from these schemes. However, experts feel that the cash sup port in the schemes should be increased further.

Things move positively on the academic front and encourage you to give your best. Good man management will help you in completing a

project or assignment in time. Travelling with your near and dear ones to the countryside will prove immensely fulfilling. Blessings of someone will fulfilling your expectations.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

Switching to healthy foods will be the key to remaining fit and active. A family issue may need to be deliberated upon, so that it does not disturb domestic harmony. An out of town invitation will tempt some to undertake the journey. Spirituality may bring a special meaning to your life.

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

A trip with friends will be both enjoyable and therapeutic. Family life will remain stable and provide you a firm foundation from where to venture forth. This is the best time for launching your ideas at work. Money multiplies through excellent financial planning. The day turns out well for you.

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Meeting someone new is likely to enlarge your social circle. Something you had wanted for the home may be gifted to you. Your ideas will work on the professional front and speed up the progress. Your financial condition is not bad, you possess the potential to earn much more. Overall health remains good.

LEO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Some additional perks can be expected by those in the private sector. An enjoyable outing is on the cards for some. Family life will cruise along smoothly and give you time for rest and recoup. A promotion or a prestigious appointment is in store for those in a government job.

VIRGO

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

You are likely to experience a positive phase in your existence. Favourable decision can be expected regarding a piece of property under dispute. Those in tourism and hospitality sectors will find new opportunities knocking at their door. You may take the initiative of organising a family gathering.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You will get the financial help that you are seeking for and then accordingly you will decide what steps to take next. At work place you may earn oodles of joy and recognition by foraying into something new. Please take good care of your health and avoid stepping out in adverse

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Change of diet will improve health. A difference of opinion may pit you against a family elder. Those compelled to travel are likely to find interesting company. Some of you will be able to add to your wealth and even plan to buy property. You are set to enjoy the exclusive company of people of eminence.

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20

Time is favourable as your real estate investments start giving handsome returns. An official trip is likely to keep you tied up. Your help and support to a youngster will help boost his or her self-confidence. Those trying to achieve their professional targets will succeed.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

FACEOFTHEDAY

Those in the financial sector can hope to start making profits. You may think up ways of improving your health. A major renovation work may be undertaken at home. A journey is likely to take you down the memory lane. Travel stars look bright for some, especially for overseas travel.

AUG 24 - SEP 23

Time is favourable as your real estate investments start giving handsome returns. An official trip is likely to keep you tied up. Your help and support to a youngster will help boost his or her self-confidence. Those trying to achieve their professional targets will succeed.

PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 You will be able to get the study stream you desire on the academic front. Going is likely to get better on the professional front. Purchasing a new car or an expensive appliance is indicated. Children can keep you entertained. The day is favourable to get a project underway.

YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

JANHVI’S

Recently spotted in a Sureena Chow dri ensemble teamed up with a Fizzy Goblet Jutti, Janhvi Kapoor proves kurta sets are for the win. After her iconic Halloween look, Jan hvi Kapoor was recently spotted at the airport in a subtle kurta set which cer tainly proves the actress can pull off both sartorial and subtle looks in a matter of hours. This time she stepped out in a Su reena Chowdri kurta set that certainly was soothing to the eyes because of its pastel colour palette. Scroll on for a com plete breakdown of the look. The ensem ble is accentuated with several multicol oured geometric patches. When paired with a sheer organza dupatta, it gives the ultimate traditional look.

Samantha gives theBEST style advice

The team of Nag Ashwin directed Project K starring Prabhas, Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bach chan have got multiple action directors to design and execute the action blocks of this futur istic action thriller. We also revealed that Am itabh Bachchan’s charac ter in the film is immortal and inspired by Ashwat thama from Mahabharata. And now we have heard that the Project K team is gearing up for a Summer 2024 release. The movie is produced by Vyjayanthi Movies, which celebrates its 50 years in 2024. The tentative date of release at the moment is April 10, 2024, though there are also some minor contempla tions of bringing the film in the last week of April, which is a date similar to Bahubali 2.

Katrina’s casual look at its chicest

When Katrina Kaif dresses up, it becomes a spectacle and her look for her very own Phone Bhoot was casual and the approach reads simple. While there’s time for your Friday to get better with a new movie to watch, here is your current ticket to rock a chic look.

Katrina had to be present for the premiere night of her movie’s screening. She played her part to influence us off-screen this time again and on this red carpet night, she wore a look that featured a dress and jacket. Bring out your wallets for good. The 39-year-old opted for a midi dress from AllSaints. Often the happi est to be in dresses, this was a lightweight and comfier version and we’re elated that to find the best isn’t impossible. Her Hal loween 2022 look is a great example. Katrina dressed up all funky like Harley Quinn and girl, she looked killer.

suffers an injury

uled to take place dur ing the first week of November.

“To all my fans in Califor nia, It breaks my heart to inform you that my shows in SF and LA are being postponed due to an unfortunate injury that I suffered while on tour. I am doing well and am expected to fully recover,” Dhill on wrote in his Insta gram story.

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MILESTONE ACHIEVED!

Nitinn: I am grateful today I can make people laugh

Hrithik’s heartfelt birthday wish for Saba Azad

Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad have been said to be dating for a while now. They made their relationship official at Karan Johar's 50th birthday bash.

Throughout his career, Ni tinn has per formed along side some great interna tional comics as well as continuous ly raising the bar for the local scene and now regularly stars in roles in Bollywood. His work ethic and commitment to chase his dream that has made him continually stand out on our radar.

Most important of all, he continues to help us to see the lighter side of life and bridge cul tural divides with laughter. Speaking in an exclusive conversa tion with Ashish Ti wari, Nitinn shared his journey by saying, “We as comedians are very introverted and I was a quiet child, but I used to observe and absorb a lot. When you cannot find the motivation inside you let others motivate you. I always used to be around the stage and sets portraying different roles from choreographers to photographers even as a producer and I re alised I was just seeking an oppor tunity to be on stage and per form. And one fine day I took a leap of faith and to day I am grateful that I can make people's lives.”

Sharing on what goes behind his super hit gigs he shared, “My concept on my shows is that I am very open today even audience has become smart on the genre of comedy. On-the-spot comedy has garnered a lot of respect and love nowa days. I also believe I am not selling jokes I am buying laughter, I never try to offend any one I tried to befriend them. My funda in life has been this you be come a comedian when a joke doesn’t work, coming out of the situation makes

you a comedian.”

Talking about his drift from comedy to actor he shared, “Kar am Yuddh's journey has been amazing, I look up to Ashutosh Rana Sir as an indi vidual he’s a very tal ented and evolved man. The entire cast is supremely tal ented. Even though I have done projects in the past but my char acter in the show has been receiving so much love and appre ciation that I am so grateful for that at the same time Voluntari ly I am making an ef fort to do break through acting espe cially by playing in tense

acting. It’s really fun and the process is em powering to pass through this cage.”

Sharing his comedy specials he said, “Au dience now has be come hungry and I believe laughing is the biggest vaccine, peo ple are no more judg mental so they want to be pre sent and laugh their hearts out. So even the audience is evolving.”

Speaking on his up coming project he shared, "I am comfort able in any role that’s offered to me. After Karam Yuddh I just completed a short film titled ‘PainKiller’ that’s supposed to come out soon."

The rumours about Hrithik and Saba started doing the rounds when they were spotted together on a dinner date in December, last year. While the couple has not addressed their relationship in pub lic as yet, their ap pearances and social-

media PDA say it all. Saba celebrates her birthday today and she received a special wish from her

Anupama Solanki turns a year older

Anupama Solan ki will cele brate her birthday to morrow and she is ab solutely thrilled. There is something special about her birthday too. She talks about it and the big day celebra tions.

“I’m always excited for my birthday be cause I’m a big fan of Shah Rukh Khan and the best thing is SRK and my birthday is on the same date. I have watched almost all his films. I love his movies

DDLJ, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Chennai express, Mohabbatein, Chalte Chalte and in fact, I think I have seen Kuch Kuch Hota Hai at least 100 times. So, it is a great honour for me that we have the same birthday,” she stated.

boyfriend Hrithik on his social media han dle. The handsome hunk penned a sweet note with her picture on Instagram, he shared "The rhythm of you, the voice of you, the grace of you, the heart of you..and oh that insanely amazing mind of you.

melody in motion girl, that’s what you are. Thank you for existing you quirky crazy nutty anomaly of a human being! Happy Birthday. 1/11/2022."

Ranveer to represent India at FIFA World Cup Final

uperstar Ranveer Singh, who is regarded as one of the best actors in Indian cinematic history, is most certainly India’s cultural am bassador to the West currently. With his popularity soaring across the globe, the youth icon has now been invited to attend and represent India at the FIFA World Cup

Ranveer will be flying to Qatar to attend the biggest sporting event on December 18 which will see two of the best countries in world football lock horns to lift the coveted World Cup. “Ranveer has become a cultural phenomenon globally. He represents the as pirational youth of India globally and is the perfect ambassador to be there at the FIFA World Cup finals. He will be there for a day and will have a host of key meetings with mul tiple global footballing icons who are also be ing finalised to attend the marquee event.”

Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh On World Vegan Day

Many celebrities are increas ingly becoming aware of their diets and what they consume daily. The power couple Riteish and Genelia Desh mukh recently opened up about their plant-based diet in detail

and here's what they said about the change in their lifestyle.

"The switch to a plant-based diet and avoiding animal protein alto gether has made me feel so much lighter and more active than ever. Since digestion is much faster, we wake up fresh and without lethargy. It feels like your body has more oxygen!" Says Riteish de scribing the tangible chang es Genelia & him have felt with the turn. While on the other hand, Genelia goes to elim inate the myths that people hold about the foods allowed in vegan diets. "Many people are afraid of the vegan culture thinking that the only choices left would be mai da and sugar but that's not the case. My children follow a plant-based diet too and do so wonderfully even in school. So I guess if children can then it's not that difficult."

Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh with sons Rahyl and Riaan

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Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad

Ranveer Singh

ASHISH TIWARI cityfirst.mumbai@firstindia.co.in

Anupama Solanki

Monday afternoon was a day of celebration in the First India office as the channel topped the TRP with the number 1 position. Jagdeesh Chandra reached the channel office to celebrate the special occasion with the First India news team and blessed his team with good wishes as he accepted congratulations from all of them.

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Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ayushi Vijayvargiya, Shweta Mishra Awasthi, Manoj Jagyasi, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat cut the cake. Also seen is Dimple and Vijender Singh Solanki

Jagdeesh Chandra with First India family at the channel office on Monday during the celebration

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA