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BHARAT JODO YATRA: POOJA BHATT WALKS WITH RAHUL GANDHI

Hyderabad: Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday and walked with Rahul Gandhi. Bhatt, first noted Bollywood celebrity to have joined Yatra, was seen walking with Gandhi while having a discussion with him. People cheered as she walked for some distance.

1ST TIME EVER: NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LANDS

CLOSE TO SK WATERS

Seoul: South Korea’s military on Wednesday said that North Korean missiles have, for the first time, landed close to South Korean waters, since the division of the peninsula more than seven decades ago, South Korea’s military called it an “intolerable” act, said officials.

HIGH STAKE BYPOLLS ON 7 SEATS ACROSS SIX STATES TODAY

New Delhi: The stage is all set for battle in 6 states, Maharashtra, Telangana, Bihar, Haryana, Odisha, & UP for high-stakes bypolls in 7 Assembly constituencies today. These polls were necessitated after either the sitting legislators passed away, left party, or convicted by a court in criminal cases.

TEAM INDIA INCH CLOSER TO SEMIS!

ndia defeated Bangladesh by 5 runs in a rain-curtailed T20 World Cup match here on Wednesday. Invited to bat, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored sparkling fifties to power India to 184 for 6. The under-fire Rahul returned to form with a 32-ball 50 before Kohli took charge of the innings with an unbeaten 64 off 44 deliveries.

PM Modi inaugurates 3,024 EWS flats in Delhi to rehabilitate slum dwellers First India Bureau

New Delhi: Highlight ing the welfare policies of the central govern ment for the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said today marked a historic day as several citizens staying in Jhuggi-Jhop di clusters in Delhi will now have their own houses.

PM on Wednesday in augurated 3,024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the 'InSitu Slum Rehabilita tion' Project. PM Modi also handed over keys to eligible beneficiaries from Bhoomiheen Camp at Vigyan Bha wan in Delhi.

He said the cam paign was started to provide pucca houses to the poor families of Delhi. In the first phase of Kalkaji Extension alone, he said more than 3,000 houses have been built.

Other families residing here will also get a chance to housewarming very soon. I have faith that

PM Modi to address Vigilance Week event

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will address a pro gramme to mark ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ of the Cen tral Vigilance Commission on Thursday at the Vigyan Bhawan. He will also launch the ‘Complaint Management System’ portal of the CVC.

Thakur’s scathing attack at Rahul Gandhi

Dehra: Union Minister Anurag Thakur made a big attack on Rahul Gandhi. He said that Rahul has not been able to connect his sister Priyanka till date in the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Thakur addressed public meetings in favor of BJP can didate Ramesh Dhawala here.

Totally misconceived: SC dismisses plea against Justice Chandrachud

New Delhi: The Su preme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking to restrain its seniormost judge, Justice DY Chandra chud, from taking oath as the Chief Justice of India on November 9 by terming the entire peti tion “misconceived”.

“Having heard the counsel, we see no rea son to hear.... We find

the entire petition to be misconceived,” a bench of the apex court said.

z Delhi HC while hearing a petition by 2 foreign nat’ls seeking solemnisation of marriage, registration under SMA, 1954 said there is no way State can prohibit an in terfaith couple from marrying z 7 VCs of universities in Kerala approached HC again against show cause notice issued by Governor z SC asks Centre to examine how people with disabilities can be put under civil services

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MANAGER TELLS MORBI COURT

of the Oreva firm termed “Act of God” as justification for the tragic incident.

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la: Campaigning in sup port of BJP candidates in Hamirpur and Dhar amshala on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Congress for 60 years kept caressing Jawaha rlal Nehru’s ‘gift’ of Ar ticle 370 “like a child for years”, and “our Kash mir failed to make its bond with India”.

He referred to Con

gress leaders’ warning to him in Parliament when the bill to abro

gate Article 370 was brought and said they warned me that rivers

of blood would flow if it is passed. “Rahul baba, forget rivers of blood, no one has the courage to even throw a small pebble and our Kash mir is flourishing as India’s crown.”

Attacking the Con gress for inaction on Pakistan-sponsored ter rorism, he said, “For 10 years during SoniaManmohan govern ment, ‘alia, malia, jama lias’ entered India and killed our jawans and

the Congress did not have the courage to say anything. But, when Modi government came such attempts by Paki stan were given a befit ting reply in the form of surgical air strikes in side Pakistan by our brave soldiers.” He claimed that a new message has gone to the world that no one can tinker with India’s army and borders, oth erwise one would have to pay.

said one of the two managers of the firm, who have been arrested,

made this statement in a court. According to him, another signifi cant revelation was that the bridge’s cable wires were “rusting away” and were not in best shape to be opened to public. Contractors said bridge were not quali fied to carry out such jobs, the prosecution told a court in Morbi. P6

4 IN POLICE CUSTODY, 5 SENT TO JUIDICIAL CUSTODY TILL NOV 5 Gujarat’s Morbi Court on Wednesday sent 4 people to police custody out of 9 persons arrested pertaining to the October 30 collapse of the century-old suspension bridge. At least 141 people got killed in the bridge collpase incident. Meanwhile, the remaining 5 arrested were sent into judicial custody till November 5.

New Delhi (PTI): In a first, the CRPF has ap pointed two women of ficers from its cadre as Inspectors General (IG). Annie Abraham has been appointed as IG of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) while Seema Dhundia has been post ed as IG of Bihar Sector.

The Bihar Sector of the CRPF commands about four battalions of the force that are deployed for anti-Naxal opera tions and other law and order duties apart from some small units of the

RAF and the jungle war fare unit CoBRA. Both officers joined the paramilitary force in 1987 as the first batch of women officers. They have also commanded an all-women Indian po lice contingent at the United Nations.

‘Never believed we would own houses’

New Delhi: Born in the Second World War era, Bihar native Shiv Narayan had arrived in Delhi in 1976 in the middle of the Emer gency in search of a better future, and after decades of struggle of living in a slum cluster, the 78-year-old man and his wife received a 'key' to their own home on Wednesday.

The couple from Madhubani district, felt elated at the pros pect of owning a house as they anxiously wait ed in the afternoon at Vigyan Bhawan to get the symbolic key to their flat.

Many said they had never thought they would be able to own a house in their lifetime.

“I have struggled like how a blind man struggles to walk. I have seen the JJ camp (Bhumiheen camp) coming up from its early stage. We made our jhuggis with thatches and bamboos. It was wilderness around it,” Narayan told PTI.

His wife, Chandra ma Devi, in late 60s, said women had to ven ture into thick vegeta tion to relieve them selves and community toilets were built later.

“...We are happy at least our children won’t have to struggle like we did,” she said.

Kusum Lata, 50, who came from Muzzafar nagar district after marriage said, “In JJ

colony, we got piped water twice a day, and stored water in buck ets. Now, as women, the biggest relief for us is that we will have our personal toilets,” she said. Riyasat Ali, another beneficiary said, “After years of struggle, nothing better than a new flat to be gin a new life.”

CM promises 100 special mohalla clinics for women

New Delhi (PTI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wal on Wednesday an nounced that 100 special mohalla clinics for wom en will be opened in the national capital.

Inaugurating four 'mahila special mohalla clinics', he said children below 12 and women will get free of cost treat ment at these facilities.

"Four mahila mohalla clinics, special clinics for women where gynae cological services, tests and medicines will be available free of cost for them and children un der the age of 12 years, are being opened today," Kejriwal said.

"In the first phase, 100 such clinics will be opened for women and children," he said, add ing doctors and staff will be women.

HC to hear plea seeking removal of Zakir Khan

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednes day listed for Novem ber 14 a petition seek ing removal of Zakir Khan from the post of Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commis sion for allegedly abus ing his power and posi tion to influence others and also for function ing as an ‘agent’ of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Prime Minister Naren dra Modi cited his government's measures to boost the capital's development and took a veiled swipe at the AAP, wonder ing how much money should have been spent on advertising these measures of the Centre.

Modi said poverty was long considered an issue but the poor were now at the centre of his government's policies as his is a "garibon ki sarkar" (poor people's government).

He cited the boost to the Metro service, the length of which has increased to nearly 400 km from 190 km in NCR since his govern ment came to power. He also mentioned the work on highways around the capital city and other in frastructure measures be sides pro-poor decisions.

HC asks police to trace man, 3-year-old Ukrainian son

New Delhi (PTI): The High Court on Wednes day directed Delhi Po lice to trace an Indian man and his 3-yr-old Ukrainian son, claimed to have been illegally brought here due to the Ukraine-Russia war.

The court was in formed by the child's mother, a Ukrainian, that she and her ex-hus band were divorced and though the minor's cus tody was granted to her by a court there, the man took their son away.

"The first priority is to locate your son. We will hear you thereafter. We will ask further questions if needed, once your son is locat ed," a bench of justices

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Siddharth Mridul and Amit Sharma said.

The HC issued notice to the ministries of home and external af fairs, Delhi Police and the man on the woman's petition.

The woman, commu nicating with the court through a translator,

said the man was sight ed in Assam and Bihar.

"When you have infor mation that he is in Guwahati, why you did n’t move to Gauhati HC? Now Delhi Police will be hard pressed to locate them in Assam," the bench told the women’s counsel.

Release arrested villagers, quash FIR: AAP on NTPC protest

Noida (PTI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday demanded that the protesters ar rested by the police in Greater Noida during a demonstration at the NTPC Dadri be re leased.

The Gautam Buddh Nagar unit of the AAP also urged the Uttar Pradesh government to consider the demand of increased compensa tion of the protesting villagers whose land was acquired in the

past. Clashes had erupted between the protesters and the po lice personnel on Tues day after a protest at the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plant in Dadri.

Later the police and the CISF unit deployed at the NTPC had resorted to lathi-charge and opened water canon on the crowd to control it, according to officials.

The Bharatiya Kisan Parishad, which was leading the protest,

claimed around a doz en protesters, includ ing women, had suf fered injuries in the clash while Deputy Commissioner of Po lice (Greater Noida)

Abhishek Verma said three police personnel got severely hurt in the episode.

Later Tuesday night, the DCP said an FIR was lodged in the case, while a local police of ficial said around a dozen protesters had been taken into custody.

Library on dumping yard land: Gambhir summoned

New Delhi: ‘Unauthor ised’ construction of a library on a dumping yard land has landed BJP MP Gautam Gamb hir in trouble.

On a suit filed over the alleged construction on an MCD land at Priya Enclave, Karkardooma, a court here has issued summons to Gambhir

The civil suit claims Gambhir connived with some top officials of MCD to construct a li brary on MCD land ear lier being used for Dhalao (dumping yard).

It is alleged that first the officers removed the dhalao from the land measuring 300 square yards, then the BJP MP took over the physical possession of the same without permission.

The plea mentioned a plaint by BJP MLA Anil Vajpayee to the LG in this regard. The peti tioners also referred to an article on October 7, in an English daily where Gambhir alleg edly said he had not taken permission from any authority.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of 3,024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji Extension, built for rehabilitating Kunal Dutt

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Combined images show the queue of slum-dwellers of Bhoomiheen Camp arriving at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi for the hand-over of keys, and the EWS flats at Kalkaji Extension in New Delhi where they will move into. —PHOTOS BY ANI Centre working to make Delhi a grand city: PM PM Narendra Modi along with LG VK Saxena and Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Puri at the event in Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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‘Yogi govt should refrain from suppressing the legitimate demand with the use of police force,’ AAP dist unit president Bhupendra Jadaun said

Protesters from various villages stage a protest to demand fair compensation for their land acquired by the NTPC during the early 1970s, near the NTPC Dadri project site in Gautam Buddha Nagar district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interacts with patients at the inauguration of Mahila Mohalla Clinic, at Bangla Sahib road near Kali Mata Temple, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Gynaecological services, tests and medi cines will be available free of cost for women & children under the age of 12.

—Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi

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First day of college for DU UNDERGRADS

New Delhi (PTI): Del hi University (DU) campus was abuzz with activity on the first day of the academic ses sion on Wednesday, with excitement as well as nervousness among students as they turned the page to a new chap ter of their lives.

Many colleges held orientation pro grammes to apprise the new batch of students about the syllabi, the societies and the com mittees.

Nehal, who got ad mission in History (Hons) at Ramjas Col

5 Uzbek women go missing from shelter home, DCP summoned

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday summoned the DCP New Delhi after five of the seven Uzbek women, who were allegedly traf ficked and sexually ex ploited in India, went missing from a private shelter home here.

The DCW said the seven women had al leged that they were trafficked from Uzbeki stan to India and forced into prostitution.

The women had man aged to escape and get an FIR registered at Chanakyapuri PS on Au gust 28, the panel said.

Police said the women are in the age group of 18 to 25 years and a probe is underway.

DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal also is sued a notice to the shel ter home "to understand the circumstances un der which the women have gone missing from the shelter home."

The matter came to light after the Commis sion received a com

A senior police officer on Wednesday said three of the 10 ac cused named in the FIR have been arrested and non-bailable war rant has been issued against the two.

"Efforts are being taken to nab those absconding. An inves tigation into the matter is still underway," the officer said.

plaint from the seven Uzbek women about an international traffick ing and prostitution racket, officials said.

Nigerian woman held with `30 crore heroin at airport

New Delhi (PTI): A Nigerian woman has been ar rested for smuggling into the country heroin worth Rs 30 crore at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, a customs official said on Wednesday. The accused was intercepted after her arrival from Lagos via Doha on Monday. Around four kg of heroin, valued at Rs 30 crore, which was concealed inside cavities of a bag was recovered from her pos session, the official said. The passenger has been arrested and the narcotic was seized, he added.

lege, was accompanied by her mother on her first day on the cam pus.

"Ramjas was not my first choice but I am not complaining as it is a good college. This is the first time I am visit ing DU campus. Some of my friends have also taken admission in the college. This would be a great experience," Ne hal, who goes by her first name, said.

Garima Rajput from Haryana, who got ad mitted into the Shri Ram College of Com merce (SRCC), was

elated and full of hope about her new journey.

"This is a big day for me. I will be pursuing BCom Honours. The college is well known. The campus is beauti ful," she said.

The colleges were decked up with posters welcoming the fresh ers. Members of stu dent organisations, such as the ABVP and NSUI, were seen assist ing the new students.

From this academic year, the DU is imple menting the NEP and the four-year under graduate programme.

IP University’s new campus soon

New Delhi: Delhi will soon get a new university campus, announced Educa tion Minister Manish Sisodia. The campus will accommodate 2,400 students. The East Delhi campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IP University) is in its final phase. Delhi will soon get another brand new university campus under the leadership of CM @ArvindKejriwal – IP University’s East

Delhi campus. Inspect ed the last phase of its construction today. This cutting edge facility

shall provide 2,400 stu dents with world-class higher education,” the minister tweeted.

AQI improves a bit, further curbs unlikely

Health expert warns of ‘medical emergency’

New Delhi (PTI): Del hi's air quality im proved marginally on Wednesday morning owing to relatively bet ter meteorological con ditions, with the Com mission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) saying there is no imme diate need to implement curbs, such as a ban on the entry of trucks and a closure of educational institutions, under the fourth stage of the Graded Response Ac tion Plan (GRAP).

The air quality is like ly to improve further on the back of stronger winds from Thursday, forecasters said.

The national capital

New Delhi (PTI): Envi ronment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday ap pealed to city residents to preferably work from home or use shared transport to reduce ve hicular emissions, a ma jor contributor to air pollution in the national capital.

He also said vehicular emissions account for 51 per cent of the air pollu tion generated locally.

"If possible, please share a ride to work or work from home. This is how we can reduce the share of vehicular emis sions in Delhi's air pol lution," he said at a press conference here.

recorded a minimum temperature of 15.5 de grees Celsius, a notch above normal, and a wind speed of around 8 kmph in the morning.

The slight improve

ment in the air quality was evident from the better visibility levels (1,500 metres) at the Palam and Safdarjung airports at 9 am.

The Air Quality In

dex (AQI) of the city stood at 376 at 9 am.

The 24-hour average AQI was 424 at 4 pm on Tuesday, the worst since December 26 last year when it was 459.

Charging points for e-vehicles launched at Cantt

New Delhi (PTI): Charging points for elec tric vehicles were inau gurated at Delhi Canton ment by Lt General Dhi raj Seth, GoC of the area, on Wednesday.

Tata Power has col laborated with Indian Army for installing 17 fast charging points for EVs at Delhi Cantt. All the chargers are opera tional now, said a com pany statement. These will be used for charging personal and official e-vehicles of Army and those work ing in the Cantt area.

Dr Kumar further said that as the smoke goes inside the chest, it causes immediate acute inflammation in the windpipe and lungs; followed by these toxic chemicals get ting absorbed from the lungs and reaching the blood. They then move everywhere from head to toe thus affecting every organ, he added.

He further said that the hospital reporting huge numbers of people complaining about chest infections and pneumonia proves that the pollution is at its peak.

The most common sufferings reported due to the pollution are- sore throat and eyes, burning in eyes, red eyes, watering eyes, dryitchy eyes, burning sensations in the nose, and a metallic taste at the lips, he added.

NCPCR NOTICE OVER SAFETY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

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(L-R) Students arrive at SRCC college as Delhi University starts its first-year classes for UG students on Wednesday. Students at SRCC college ground. First-year students arrive at Miranda House college for the first day of classes. —PHOTOS BY ANI Fear & excitement mark first day for the new entrants; many come with parents Colleges decked up with colourful posters & balloons to greet the freshers Members of ABVP, NSUI assist new students in having a memorable Day One Students attend ‘Orientation 2022’ at Miranda House college, at DU North Campus, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Students write notes on a board at SRCC college on Wednesday. Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia inspecting the new IP University campus on Wednesday. This is a big day for me. I will be pursu ing BCom Honours. The college is well known. The campus is beautiful. —Garima Rajput, Student, SRCC ‘THREE OF 10 ACCUSED HELD’ Swati Maliwal An anti-smog gun being used to spray water to curb air pollution, at Anand Vihar Terminal railway station in New Delhi, Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

‘Air quality may get still better due to favourable wind direction’

‘Work from home or use shared transport’

Traffic jam on NH-24 in New Delhi on Wednesday.—PHOTO BY PTI

New Delhi (ANI): "This is a medical emer gency as people are affected by short-term and long-term impacts of the pollution. You are immediately affected when the lungs are ex posed to this air," Chairman of the Institute of Chest Surgery at Medanta Hospital, Dr Arvind Kumar said on Wednesday. Smog engulfs the Kartavya Path on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI New Delhi (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Wednesday sent a notice to the AAP government for negligence of the issue of harmful effects of air pollution on school-going children. "The safety of school children is a matter of concern due to the dangerous level of pollution in Delhi, but so far the state government of Delhi has not taken any decision on this. Children are in the thick of toxic air in schools and in play grounds. This negligence is wrong. NCPCR is issuing a notice," Kanoongo tweeted in Hindi.

PERSPECTIVE

INTERPOL

IT’S TIME TO BREAK THE GEO-POLITICAL SHIELD OF CRIMINALS, INITIATE ACTION ON THE GROUND

KERALA JUDGE’S OBSERVATIONS ON WOMAN’S DRESS A MISTAKE, RULES HC

All the member countries of the organization should take concrete steps towards making arrest of wanted and make it mandatory on priority basis, ignoring the geopolitical equations towards terroristsseparatists-extremists. As well as the institution should also work on consensus among member countries to extradition the criminals in accordance of the type/colour of notices, so that the relevance and universal acceptance of this global organization is maintained, otherwise in the rapidly changing global environment the concept of the Interpol’s — “A SAFER WORLD” will prove far cry

The four-day grand event (18-21 October) of 90th meeting of the INTERPOL General As sembly was successfully held at Pragati Maidan, New Del hi. On the occasion of Amrit Mahotsav of India’s Inde pendence, Interpol had ac cepted the special request of the GOI to organize meeting in India. Earlier in 1997 India also got the opportunity to host. Delegates from 164 out of 195 member countries, In terpol’s President Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi and SecretaryGeneral Jürgen Stock partici pated in this annual meeting.

In the 90th session of the INTERPOLGA total 14 differ ent resolutions were passed, including strengthening co operative response to combat financial crime & corruption, prevention of online child sexual exploitation and abuse; implementation of concrete strategies to identify offenders and resolutions also were passed to identify miss ing persons using Interpol’s ‘I-Familia’ database. Annual crime statistics and other re ports also presented in the meeting. Interpol’s SecretaryGeneral Jürgen Stöck launched ‘Metaverse’- the first ever specially designed for global police organization. This is joint venture of the WEF, META and Microsoft. In ‘Metaverse’ member country around the globe can interact with each other. This will help

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Addressing the inaugural session, PM Narendra Modi said- “A safe and secure world is our shared responsibility; when the forces of good cooperate, the forces of crime cannot operate. It is high time that the world comes together to defeat Terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking, poaching and organised crime. When threats are global, response can’t be local.” He called upon Interpol to work out a new strategy with technology of new level

terpol at the global level, but created a sense of lack of ac ceptance among the general public about the commenda ble work being done by this global organization. Whereas India’s contribution in all the activities of this institution remarkable. Recently, the largest consignment of hero in was seized at Mundra port under Operation Lionfish, which is being run by Inter pol targeting drug smuggling. Similarly, under Operation Garuda the CBI, NCB sharing intelligence with Interpol have carried out the biggest ever action against an inter nationally spread drug cartel.

The case of Principal District and Sessions Judge of Kozhikode S Krishnakumar, who granted anticipatory bails to writer activist Civic Chandra accused of sexual har assment on the ground that the complainant was wearing pro vocative dresses, is getting curi ouser. After his observation that “the offence under sexual harass ment is not prima facie attracted in one case as the woman “wears a sexually provocative dress” raised a big controversy, Judge Krishnakumar was transferred to the labour court in Kollam. The judge challenged his transfer in the Kerala High Court which allowed his petition and set aside the order. The Bench found that the judge’s ob servations “were indeed deroga tory to women and, in our view, wholly uncalled for”. The Bench was of the view that the observa tions “could not be construed as misconduct, but rather, amounts to a mistake committed by Krishnakumar while discharg ing his judicial function”.

The “mistake” committed by the Kozhikode judge is indeed symp tomatic of a patriarchal mindset.

to control the top trending cyber-crime.

Addressing the inaugural session the PM Shri Naren dra Modi said- “A safe and secure world is our shares responsibility; when the forc es of good cooperate, the forc es of crime cannot operate. It is high time that the world comes together to defeat Ter rorism, corruption, drug traf ficking, poaching and organ ised crime. When threats are global, response can’t be lo cal.” He called upon Interpol to work out a new strategy with technology of new level. Undoubted it has been 99 years since the establish ment of Interpol, but the

achievements so far have been insufficient. The rela tions between nations are weighing heavily on crimes and effective action against criminals; as a result, the un friendly nations have become the safe havens of the fugi tives and criminals of hu manity. In Indian context 750 notices issued by Interpol, out of which 200 notices are of fugitive criminals, have been un-served till date. In which fugitive terrorists like Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel and Hafiz Saeed are taking shelter in safe places. Such controversial deci sions have not only caused a deep blow to the image of In

India conveyed its policy of zero tolerance towards ter ror and criminals and its firm intentions. Addressing the concluding session of IN TERPOLGA on 21st October, the Union Minister for Home, Shri Amit Shah said- “Ter rorism is the biggest human rights violator. We should en sure that the fight against terrorism sustained, compre hensive and continuous, for which India is committed to working with the Interpol.” Narratives of “good”& “bad”, “small” & “big” terrorism would weaken fight against the threat which was high on Interpol’s priority list.

However, Interpol’s Presi dent Al-Raisi has urged mem ber states to strengthen unity with neutrality and transpar ency, while avoiding politici zation of the organization. But this would not have been possible without a change in the organizational structure of Interpol & radical change in traditional methodology.

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As emissions con tinue to rise, the annual global emissions are close to an equiva lent of 50 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide but the growth in this decade (201019) has been a lot slower at 1 percent than the 2.6 percent in the previous decade. That, however, is no consolation as it will take decades for the ef fect of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere to wane. Global warming, therefore, is here to be contended with.

As Sharm el-Shaikh gets ready to host the annual UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt on Sunday, energy security in the light of global tension over the Ukraine con flict may get pushed to the

As emissions continue to rise, the annual global emissions are close to an equivalent of 50 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide but the growth in this decade (2010-19) has been a lot slower at 1 percent than the 2.6 percent in the previous decade

background as countries may focus away from climate change to more pressing eco nomic and energy issues.

The main concern is about restricting global tempera tures within 1.5 degree Cel sius.

According to Adair Turner, Chairman of Energy Transitions Commission, “…we must keep focused on

the global crises presented by climate change. Each 0.1 degree Celsius rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius will have a hugely significant impact… Both full implementation of COP26 commitments and further progress at COP27 are therefore essential if the world is to have a 50-50 chance of limiting global warming”. For that to look plausible, annual emissions have to be brought down to 33 billion tonnes by 2030.

The question is will COP27 give climate action a push to achieve the ambitious goal? With the war in Ukraine still on and supply lines getting disrupted, countries will find it to do anything beyond what they pledged in COP26. Yet, the goal must be pursued.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Bible

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BJP’S BEST FOOT FORWARD IN HIMACHAL

‘CONGRESS IS PARTY OF RAJA-RANIS’ PM Modi: New India focusing on bold reforms

Nadaun: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took a swipe at the Congress saying it is a party of ‘rajas and ranis’ and even though many chief ministerial as pirants might be in the fray in Himachal Pradesh, no one will actually get a chance.

Addressing a poll rally in Nadaun, he launched an all-out at tack on the Congress for practising nepo tism and for not doing anything in the name of development. The home minister also highlighted surgical air strikes against Pa kistan, construction of Ram temple at Ayod hya, implementation of ‘one rank, one pen sion’ and abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir to woo the electorate.

Shah urged voters to break the tradition by electing the BJP once again to ensure that it becomes the number one state in the coun try. He also assured to make the state drugsfree in the next five years.

Earlier PMs used to come to Himachal Pradesh for political tourism: JP Nadda

Bilaspur (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda Wednes day urged voters to form a BJP government in the Himachal Pradesh again. “Mitti Ka Haq Ada Karna Hoga,” (Peo ple of the state have to pay back to their land) said Nadda.

The BJP chief was ad dressing a public rally at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh ahead of the state polls. Hitting out at former Prime Minis

JP Nadda adressing a rally at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh.

ters, Nadda said, “It has been 75 yrs of independ ence. Who used to care about us? At that time, Prime Minister used to come here for political

TAKES SELFIE WITH LOCALS

Sujanpur: Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur took a selfie with villagers of Sujanpur in the state after his car was stopped by villagers on Wednesday. As he stepped down from his car, women hurriedly surrounded him and asked him to take selfies with them.

—PHOTO BY ANI

Rahul-Priyanka’s close circle to get good ‘positioning’ in grand-old party?

Sharat K Verma

New Delhi: There is a whole system in the Con gress party, which works behind the scenes. There are social media activ ists who work as a per sonal assistant to Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. There is a group of leaders who work in the Congress war room.

There is talk of many of these leaders would now come into main stream politics. It is be ing told that many lead ers who work with Ra hul and Priyanka can get a big position in these affiliated organiza tions. Among such peo

ple, the names of Sand eep Singh who worked with PGV, Kanishk Sin gh who worked with Ra hul Gandhi, Sachin Rao and Kaushal Vidyarthi are discussed. There is talk of Alankar Sawai also joining active poli tics who is currently co ordinating the Bharat Jodo Yatra with Rahul.

Recently, in view of the elections of two

states, media in-charge Pawan Khera was called back to Delhi from the Yatra along with Sand eep Singh. He will be permanently placed in the media team. Gur deep Sappal, who is working to give intellec tual input, is being dis cussed to get a bigger responsibility. He has been the CEO of RS-TV and he gives the most logical answers to the propagandas of BJP. He can be included in Mal likarjun Kharge’s team.

A few more people who are active for the Congress in social me dia can be included as television speakers or spokespersons.

tourism in summer sea son- never caring about or worrying about the state.” “Today, PM Modi stands with you when ever called,” he added.

Mentioning the issue of misconceptions spread ahead of elec tions, JP Nadda at the rally said, “A web of misconceptions is spread as elections ap proach. Quite often we get tangled in this web and due to this we divert from the main issues”.

HIMACHAL PRADESH’S MCLEOD GANJ GOES TO POLLS AMID TOURISM CONCERNS

Dharamshala: Elections are only 10 days away but many in the twin tourist towns of Dharamshala and McLeod Ganj say they have more pressing concerns — how to end traffic jams, bad roads and poor con nectivity that are hindrance to locals and also visitors. The buzz is missing with travel and hospitality industry players more interested in attending to visitors during the last leg of the tourist season rather than giving an ear to claims of development or promises offered by po

litical leaders. Bipin Rana, a travel and tour operator, says more tourist attrac tions like theme parks and luxury hotels should be set up in and around the city to give a rich experience to visitors.

CONG, BJP BRACE FOR REBEL IMPACT IN HIMACHAL PRADESH POLLS

Shimla: With only a few days to go for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls, the rebel factor is wearing down both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, with top leaders of both camps working overtime to blunt the impact of dis sent. Though both the parties have managed to quell the rebellion in some of the State’s

68 seats, they had to crack the whip against certain unhappy former lawmakers and min isters who refused to toe party line on official candidature. Even after the efforts to edge out the in-house challeng ers, the Congress still has about a dozen rebels left in the fray and the BJP has around 20 after the last date of withdrawal on Oct 29.

Bengaluru (PTI): New India is focusing on bold reforms, big infrastruc ture and best talent, Prime Minister Naren dra Modi said on Wednesday. Delivering the inaugural address at the three-day Global In vestors’ Meet, ‘Invest Karnataka 2022’, via video-conferencing, he said at this time of glob al economic uncertainty, the whole world is confi dent that the Indian economy’s fundamen tals are strong.

“Despite global uncer tainties, India is grow ing rapidly,” he said.

The Prime Minister said Karnataka has the power of “double en gine”, with the same party in the government at both the state and Centre. “When we speak about talent and technol ogy, the first name that comes to mind is “Brand Bengaluru”, Modi said.

Besides Governor Tha waarchand Gehlot and Chief Minister Basa varaj Bommai, those

who were present at the inaugural function here included Union Minis ters Nirmala Sithara man, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi and Ra jeev Chandrasekhar.

This edition of the GIM is being held under the theme ‘Build for the World’ reflecting on the role Karnataka aims to play in the global supply chain, officials said.

The key topics to be addressed during the event will revolve around the sub-themes of innovation, sustaina bility, equity, and resil ience, they said.

‘Bharat Jodo Yatra is bringing about silent revolution, will change political landscape’

Hyderabad (ANI): The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra is bringing about a silent revolution that will change the political landscape, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday.

Ahead of the start of Wednesday’s Yatra, Kharge interacted with Bharat Yatris, who are walking entire distance from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, at Bowenpally, in Hyderabad.

“Interacted with the Bharat Yatris at Bowen pally, in Hyderabad.

They too are walking 3500 kms withRahul Gandhi and are a source of great inspiration to our party cadres,” he tweeted. “Bharat Jodo Yatra is bringing about a silent revolution that will change the political landscape,” he said.

Later, the Yatra re sumed from MGB Bajaj showroom, Balanagar Main Road, with Rahul Gandhi along with other Bharat Yatris continu ing their walk on the 56th day of the Yatra.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra commenced on Sept 7 from Kanyakumari.

Hyderabad (ANI): Ra hul Gandhi does not like backseat driving or as serting his authority and his greatest value going forward will be to play the role of an “ideo logical compass” for the Congress, senior leader Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. A week af ter Mallikarjun Kharge, the first non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, took charge of the party, Ramesh said some people are calling

Gandhi the elephant in the room but the former party chief is actually a “tiger on the road”. The Bharat Jodo Yatra has been a “real booster dose” for public relation of the party.

KHARGE’s CREDIT TO BHARAT YATRIS FOR TRANSFORMING CHANGE

W hile Congress ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ was in Hy derabad , the party president, Mallikarjun Kharge, inter acted with Bharat Yatris at Bowenpally and said that the Bharat Yatris are also walking 3500 km with Rahul Gandhi. They bring positive energy to our Bharat Jodo Yatra. While tweeting from its Twitter han dle Congress said that every day a new chapter of history is being added. Every day the count of people is taking a jump who wants love and peace in their country.

Hyderabad: Congress leader and former Maharashtra Energy Min ister Nitin Raut was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after receiving injuries. Raut sustained injuries in his right eye, hand, and leg as he fell down after being allegedly pushed by the police during the 55th day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Having known Mr Rahul Gandhi for over 18 years, and I know him fairly well, he does not like backseat driving, he is a very democratic person, his value will be to play the role of an ideologi cal compass.

—Jairam Ramesh, Congress senior leader

Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the TRS govt in Telangana saying that it supports the BJP on legislations in Parliament and that CM K Chandrashekar Rao “does drama” before the polls but is “in direct line” with PM Modi. Ad dressing a rally, Gandhi said that “BJP and TRS work together” and the Prime Minister “gives orders to your CM on phone”. “Whenever there’s any bill in Parlia ment, TRS supports BJP and diverts attention.

A mix bag for Kharge with experienced promoters & energetic youth?

Mahesh Sharma

New Delhi: Now that the time to forge a new team is before Con gress Party National President Mallikarjun Kharge, word is that priority will be given to the tried and tested old faces. However, under Kharge’s command, the party will give chance to new second line leaders as well. But it is said that instead of leaders working in re gions, priority will be

given to leaders work ing in Delhi. Such youth or new leaders, who are working in some cell with some subsidiary organiza tion of the party and are associated with the war room, can get a big responsibility in the central committee. Some youth MPs of the party will get place in the central commit tee. Apart from Man ickam Tagore, leaders like Dipendra Hooda, JB Mather, Hiby Eden,

Gaurav Gogoi or Ravneet Singh Bittu may get a chance to work in the Central Committee. Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Nasir Hus sain may get a big re sponsibility. Along with the top leaders of the Congress, Kharge too has complete trust in him. These MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha can be made joint in-charges in the states. There will also be some changes in the

team of Congress spokespersons and new spokespersons may be created and the list of

televised speakers may be expanded.

Apart from these leaders, who are not

MPs but are working for Congress, many leaders are likely to get a big responsibility.

Kanhaiya Kumar, who is across India with Ra hul Gandhi; Nikhil Alva, who is handling Rahul’s social media; Srinivasa BV, National President of Youth Congress and Krishna Alavru, who is in charge of Youth Con gress, etc. are told to be those second line lead er who can get a big po sition in Kharge’s team.

Nikhil Alva handles Rahul Gandhi’s social media. Earlier it was being said that he could be in charge of the me dia of the Congress and that the responsibility of social media could be given to him. But it didn’t happen. Now he can have a place in the central team. He hails from Karnataka and is the son of Margaret Alva, who was nomi nated by the Congress for the post of Vice President. Krishna Ala

vuru holds an LLM from Georgetown Uni versity and has worked extensively as an incharge of the Youth Congress. He played a major role in promot ing leaders in Youth Congress in many states. Similarly, be cause of Srinivasa BV, Youth Congress is yet again being discussed in the country. The way he worked to help peo ple during the Corona epidemic is also praised by his opponents.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah jibes Congress for having ‘many CM faces’ in Himachal Cong President Kharge interacting with Bharat Yatris at Bowenpally.

Rahul does not like backseat driving, he will be Cong’s ‘ideological compass’: J Ramesh

CONG LEADER NITIN RAUT INJURED DURING YATRA ‘KCR DOES DRAMA BEFORE POLLS, HAS DIRECT LINE TO MODI’ Mallikarjun Kharge —FILE PHOTO PM during VC on Wendesday. Union Home Min Amit Shah being felicitated with a mace during a public meeting for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, at Nadaun in Hamirpur on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

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RaGa and PGV —FILE PHOTO

Lawyers in Morbi stage protest, refuse to fight case for accused

Morbi (ANI): Lawyers in Gujarat's Morbi on Wednesday held a pro test march, voicing their refusal to fight the case for all the nine accused who have been arrested so far in con nection to the Morbi bridge collapse case where 135 people were killed on October 30.

Of the nine accused, two belong to the Oreva group (a Gujrat-based electrical appliances manufacturer) which is under scanner after allegedly opening the suspension bridge in Morbi without inform ing the local municipal ity on Gujarati New Year day. Oreva group was given the contract for the maintenance of the century-old suspen

sion bridge. Morbi court has sent four ac cused in the case to po lice custody till Satur day and the other five have been sent to judi cial custody. Out of four persons in Police custody, two are Oreva company Managers and two others are peo ple working for the fab

IN THE COURTYARD

SC REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN PIL FOR INDIA’S POOR GLOBAL RANKING IN CPI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, States and Union Terri tories to set up expert committees to suggest steps for improving In dia’s “pathetic” ranking on the global Corrup tion Perception Index. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit declined the plea and said that the petitioner can file a representation to the concerned function ary in this regard. “Considering the scope of Article 32 petition, we find it extremely difficult to entertain this. It is thus dismissed,” said the apex court.

SC QUESTIONS CENTRE ON DENIAL OF SECURITY CLEARANCE TO MEDIAONE

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednes day asked the Centre what the reasons were for de nial of security clearance to Malayalam news chan nel ‘MediaOne’ and why those reasons cannot be disclosed to them. The top court said the essence of court proceedings was that anything relied upon by one party should be disclosed to the opposite party. A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli told Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, that even in cases of detention under the National Security Act, the authority has to give grounds of detention but in this case, it was only said that the Ministry of Home Affairs has denied security clearance.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar’s plea challenging the probe against him in relation to a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case. A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal, however, did not issue any order staying coercive action against the Karnataka Congress president. The court directed the probe agency to file their reply in the matter by December 15.

rication work contrac tor. The lawyers in Morbi are refusing to fight the case for all these nine accused in the case.

The lawyers have re portedly taken this stand to show their support for the Next of kin of those who died in the Morbi mishap.

MALLIKARJUN SEEKS TIME-BOUND PROBE INTO MORBI COLLAPSE CASE

Hyderabad: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sought a time-bound judicial enquiry into the Morbi bridge collapse case that claimed 135 lives on Sun day evening. "A time-bound judicial enquiry led by a sitting SC/HC Judge is the only recourse," Kharge tweeted. He said that accountability must be set for the loss of lives in Morbi after the suspension bridge col lapsed. "Accountability must be set for the loss of 135 lives in the Morbi bridge col lapse," read Kharge's tweet.

AIMIM CHIEF OWAISI RUES MORBI BRIDGE COLLAPSE INCIDENT

Hyderabad (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Mus limeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday condemned the Morbi bridge collapse that claimed 135 lives and called it a "painful accident". The AIMIM chief Owaisi urged the government to take charge of those responsible for the death of so many people in Morbi. "This is a painful accident, we hope that PM Modi and Gujarat govt will give justice to the families of those who lost their lives," he said.

Women empowerment will uplift society: Prez Murmu

Kohima: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said that women empowerment will lead to uplift of the society. She virtually launched 75 projects at a public reception pro gramme organised by the Nagaland govern ment to mark her maid en two-day visit.

Addressing a mam moth gathering, she said, “I am told that the literacy rate among women in Nagaland is the highest in the coun try and the state is the safest place in the coun try for women. This demonstrates the high respect accorded to women in the Naga soci ety.” Congratulating Phangnon Konyak on becoming the first wom an Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland, she urged women of the state to come forward

Cabinet approves mechanism for ethanol procurement by Public Sector OMCs

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by PM Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, approved a mechanism for pro curement of ethanol by public sector OMCs un der Ethanol Blended Pet rol (EBP) programme.

The CCEA has approved higher ethanol price de rived from different sug arcane based raw mate rials under the EBP pro gramme for the forth coming sugar season 2022-23 during ESY 202223 from 1 December, 2022 to 31 October, 2023.

“The price of ethanol from C heavy molasses route be increased from Rs 46.66 per litre to Rs

49.41 per litre, the price of ethanol from B heavy molasses route be in creased from Rs 59.08 per litre to Rs 60.73 per litre, the price of etha nol from sugarcane juice/sugar/sugar syr up route be increased from Rs 63.45 per litre to Rs 65.61 per litre and ad ditionally, GST and transportation charges

will also be payable,” an official statement said.

Union Cabinet approves naming Hollongi Airport as Donyi Polo Airport

The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi approved naming of greenfield airport at Hollongi, Itanagar, as ‘Donyi Polo Airport.

“The resolution was passed by the state gov ernment of Arunachal Pradesh to name the airport as ‘Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar’, which reflect the peo ple’s reverence of the Sun (Donyi) and the Moon (Polo) to symbol ize the traditions,” the Ministry of Civil Avia tion said in a presser.

Politicians usually discuss politics: Banerjee on meeting MK Stalin

New Delhi: The Edi tors Guild of India to day said it was extreme ly disturbed by the manner in which the Delhi Police carried out searches and seizures at the homes of the edi tors of The Wire as well as their office and the newsroom. "The haste with which the police searches were carried out at multiple loca tions, is excessive and disproportionate, and in the manner of a fish ing and roving enquiry," the Guild said in a state ment here.

Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Cheif Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hinted that she may discuss politi cal issues and collabora tion with other regional parties at her “courtesy call” on her Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin, slated for this evening. She said, “ I trust all the regional parties… they are going to play an important role in the 2024 elections.” She had, in the past, met several opposition lead ers to try to forge unity among them.

UTTAR PRADESH BUREAUCRACY

New Delhi: TMC leader and party's Birbhum district president, Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya Mon dal on Wednesday appeared before ED in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal. Ms Mondal reached the Enforcement Direc torate headquarters in New Delhi following a summon from the federal agency to face questioning.

Team of 24 IAS & IFS Trainee Officers meet UP Guv

lll Governor Anandiben Patel said that they will be heading to their respective posting areas after getting vocational training

Lucknow: 24 proba tionary officers of Indi an Administrative Ser vice 2021 batch and In dian Forest Service 2018-19 batch met Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.

“The government and common man have a lot of expectations from you. It is your responsi bility to understand and carry out your work with the spirit of ser

vice. It should be your endeavor that by going out of the purview of

your department and coordinating with other departments, you make

an important contribu tion in the works of pub lic interest, as well as take special care that no complainant should go from your office disap pointed.”

Additional Chief Secretary Appoint ment and Personnel IAS Dr. Devesh Chatur vedi, ACS Governor IAS Kalpana Awasthi, Director General of Uttar Pradesh Acade my of Administration and Management, Luc know IAS L. Ven

kateswara, Additional Director IAS Mahen dra Verma and other officers were present during this meeting.

Jagriti Awasthi, An kita Jain, Sarthak Agar wal, Shashwat Tripu rari, Krishan Kumar Singh, Divya Mishra, Prakhar Kumar Singh, Jagat Sai Rallapalli, Mrinal Avinash Joshi, Dr. Pooja Gupta, Dhrav Khadia, Kriti Raj are among the 16 trainee IAS officers who met the Governor.

and get more involved in public life.

“If women are em powered, there is more development in the soci ety. Women lead with empathy and care, and they would give a new dimension to the devel opment journey of Na galand,” Murmu said.

Most of the 75 projects

launched virtually are schools, while some are hostels, roads and bridges, and also a new treasury building. She also launched smart classrooms in 190 government schools across the state. Murmu will leave for Mizoram on Thursday afternoon.

New Delhi: Assets worth more than Rs 10 crore of Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, his family and associates have been attached under the anti-money laundering law, the Enforcement Directorate said today. A provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for attaching a total of 28 immovable properties that are located in Kanpur and Luc know, the agency said in a statement. These assets worth a total of Rs 10.12 crore are in the name of Vikas Dubey, his family members, aide Jaikant Bajpai and his family members", the ED said.

NO PLANS TO SHUT DOWN GOA AIRPORT: MOS

Goa: Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen eral (Retd) VK Singh on Wednesday clarified that the Central govern ment has no plans to shut the existing airport of Goa. “The Central government has no intention to shut the Goa airport, I am here to clarify that the new airport will not lead to the closure of the previ ous airport,” MoS Civil Aviation General (Retd) VK Singh told ANI.

HP: ILLICIT LIQUOR, & JEWELRY WORTH 21 CRORES SEIZED

HP: Illicit liquor, cash, and jewelry worth more than 21 Crores have been seized in a joint operation conducted by the state police, excise, and mining dept. Since the model conduct came into force for the ensuing assembly elec tion in the State. The spokesman said that during the Nakas by the IT Dept, cash worth Rs 2,15,90,000 and gold worth Rs. 44,11,232 was also seized.

Chaibasa: Security forces seized eight Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by CPI(Maoists) from a forest in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said today. SP, Ashutosh Shek har on Tuesday directed security forces to launch a search operation in the forest foothill in Rengdra after receiving information that Maoists have planted IEDs in the area to target security personnel engaged in anti-Maoist operation. The security personnel re covered the eight IEDs planted in the Rengdra forest foothill, about 140 km from Ranchi.

DRDO CONDUCTS

MAIDEN FLIGHTTEST OF BMD

New Delhi: Defence Re search & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday conduct ed a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile which can target a weaponised flying object in the range of 1,500 km to 3,000 km. The flight test was successfully carried out from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday.

STAGE SET FOR HIGH-STAKE MUNUGODE BYPOLL

Hyderabad: The stage is set for poll ing for by-election to Munugode Assembly seat in Telangana on Thursday. The poll authorities have made all the arrangements for the polling in the constituency in Nalgon da district. A total of 2,41,855 electorate is expected to utilise their right of franchise at 298 polling stations. The polling will be held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Ahtesham Siddiqui

Both Morbi Bar Association and Rajkot Bar Associations have passed resolution to not representing the nine accused. 24 probationary officers met Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. The lawyers have taken this stand to show support for the next of kin of those who died Droupadi Murmu at the civic reception hosted in her honour by the Government of Nagaland and virtually inaugurated the foundation stone for various projects at Kohima on Wednesday.

‘Raids on ‘The Wire’ editors are excessive’

ED ATTACHES ASSETS WORTH `10.12 CR OF SLAIN GANGSTER VIKAS DUBEY EIGHT EXPLOSIVES PLANTED BY MAOISTS SEIZED IN JHARKHAND: POLICE CRUCIAL READ

PMLA: DELHI HIGH COURT SEEKS ED’S RESPONSE IN D K SHIVAKUMAR’S PLEA

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Bengaluru: The Adani Group has plans to invest almost `1 lakh crore over the next seven years in Karnataka as it seeks to expand its footprint in multiple sectors, Adani Ports and SEZ Limited CEO Karan Gautam Adani said on Wednesday. He said having already in vested over `20,000 crore in Karnataka till now, the busineess group is active in multiple sec tors in the state, ranging from cement, power, city piped gas and edible oil to transport, logistics and digital.

AKASA AIR TO START B’LURU-PUNE FLIGHTS FROM NOVEMBER 23

Mumbai: Akasa Air will start flights from Bengal uru to Pune from Novem ber 23, making the city the ninth destination in the new airline’s network.

The carrier expects to cross some 58 daily flights and 400 weekly flights by the end of No vember, a release said on Wednesday. Owing to ris ing demand, the airline said the connectivity be tween Bengaluru and Mumbai will be increased with a sixth and seventh frequency from Novem ber 23, taking the total number of daily services in the route to 7.

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TECHNICAL TEXTILES MISSION: TWENTY PROJECTS CLEARED

New Delhi: The govern ment has cleared 20 stra tegic research projects worth around `74 crore in the areas of specialty fi bre, agro-textiles, smart textiles, protective gear, sports textiles and geo textiles segment under its flagship programme Na tional Technical Textiles Mission. The projects were cleared under the chairmanship of Piyush Goyal, Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, on November 1.

GOLD GAINS ` 51 BUT SILVER PRICE DROPS ` 502

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Look at ` depreciation sans emotions’

Mumbai (PTI): RBI gover Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday appealed to all to look at currency depre ciation sans emotions, as serting that the rupee has behaved orderly since the current geopolitical crisis.

In remarks that came amid a heated debate on the steady depreciation of the rupee which results in imported inflation, Das said the rupee has de preciated less when compared with other major cur rencies, and in fact appreciated against other currencies be yond the US dollar.

Crossed 1 million users on 5G network: Airtel

New Delhi (PTI): Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has sur passed 1 million customers on 5G network within 30 days of its commercial launch even while the net work is being built.

Earlier, Airtel had an nounced phase wise rollout of its 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Vara nasi. The services in these cities are getting rolled out in a phased manner as the company continues to con struct its network and com plete the roll-out, accord ing to Airtel.

“Bharti Airtel...Today announced that it has crossed the 1 million unique 5G user mark on its network. The company achieved this milestone in less than 30 days of its com mercial launch even as the

ROLL OUT IN EIGHT CITIES

z Airtel on October had announced phase wise rollout of its 5G services in eight major cities on the country which are Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi

network is being built,” the company said.

Randeep Sekhon, CTO of Bharti Airtel, said these are early days but the response from customers have been “very encouraging”.

“Talk of unidirectional downward descent and the RBI’s defence are dominat ing the narrative in the public space. It is, there fore, important to address the issue free of emotions and fully loaded with noth ing but facts,” Das said speaking at the annual FI BAC conference of bankers here. “The rupee has seen a very orderly movement since the onset of the cur rent geopolitical crisis. We must deal with the global hurricane with confidence, endurance and the courage of our conviction that we will weather this turmoil,” he added.

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Govt hikes ethanol price to ` 65.61/ litre

New Delhi (PTI): The gov ernment on Wednesday hiked the price of ethanol used for blending in petrol as it looked to raise the dop ing quantity to cut India’s reliance on imported oil.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), headed by PM Narendra Modi, raised the price of ethanol from all three varieties, Oil Minis ter Hardeep Puri said.

The price of ethanol ex tracted from sugarcane juice was increased to ` 65.61/litre, from the cur rent `63.45/litre for the sup ply year beginning Decem ber 2022.

The rate for ethanol from the C-heavy molasses route has been increased to ` 49.41/litre, from ` 46.66/ litre currently, and that of ethanol from the B-heavy route to ` 60.73/litre, from `59.08/litre, he said.

DOUBLES TO $1.48

New Delhi (PTI): The country’s wheat exports more than doubled to $1.48 billion during April-Sep tember 2022-23 as com pared to the year-ago pe riod, the commerce minis try said on Wednesday.

The exports stood at $630 million in the yearago period.

“Wheat export rose to $1,487 million in AprilSeptember 2022 from $630 million in April-Septem ber 2021,” the ministry said.

rencies -- barring a few like the Swiss franc, the Singapore dollar, the Rus sian rouble and the Indo nesian rupiah -- have de

preciated against the US dollar by more than the rupee, he said.

The rupee appreciated against all other major cur

RBI avoided premature tightening to prevent complete downward turn of economy: Das

Mumbai (PTI): Amid flak faced by the RBI for missing inflation target, Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday defended its policies saying the economy would have taken a “com plete downward turn” if it had started to tighten rates earlier. Das said the Indian economy is being looked at as a story of resilience and optimism by the world and the inflation is now expected to moderate.Acknowledging that the central bank has missed its primary target as inflation has consistently overshot, Das said there is a need for appreciating the counter factual aspect as well, and think about the impact of premature tightening which would have hurt recovery. “It (tightening earlier) would have been very costly for the economy. It would have been very costly for the citizens of this country. We would have paid a high cost,” he said. “We prevented a complete downward turn of our economy,” Das said.

rencies barring of course the US dollar, and a few other currencies, he added.

The rupee has appreci ated by 12.4% against the Japanese Yen, 5.9% against the Chinese Yuan, 4.6% against the pound sterling and 2.5% against the Euro, he said.

“The story of currency movements following the war in Ukraine is more about India’s resilience and stability in the face of the unrelenting strength ening of the US dollar rath er than a story of weak ness,” Das said.

He said rupee’s share in global trade is linked to the overall economic growth and especially exports.

Markets halt four-day rally amid mixed global cues

Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark indices ended lower on Wednesday after a fourday rally amid a mixed trend in global equity mar kets. After a positive begin ning, the 30-share BSE Sensex failed to hold on to the gains and ended 215.26 points or 0.35% lower at 60,906.09. During the day, it slipped 326.96 points or 0.53% to 60,794.39.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty fell 62.55 points or 0.34% to settle at 18,082.85.

From the Sensex pack, Bharti Airtel, Maruti, Hin dustan Unilever, Infosys, HCL Technologies, In dusInd Bank and Titan were the major laggards.

On the other hand, Sun Pharma, ITC, Tech Mahin dra, Dr Reddy’s and Reli ance Industries were among the gainers.

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fiscal year.

New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital gained `51 to `50,964 per 10 grams on Wednesday amid weak rupee, according to HDFC Securities. In the previ ous trade, the gold had touched `50,913 per 10 grams. Silver, however, dropped `502 to `59,265 per kilogram. In the inter national market, gold was quoting lower at `1,653 per ounce while silver was down at $19.70 per ounce.

z According to the ministry, wheat export rose to $1,487 million in AprilSeptember 2022 from $630 million in AprilSeptember 2021

Though the government banned wheat exports in May, some shipments are allowed to meet food secu rity needs of the countries that request for it.

The global wheat supply has been seriously dis rupted because of the Russia-Ukraine war. Both nations are major wheat producers.

The ministry also said exports of agricultural and processed food prod ucts rose 25% during the six- month period of this

The overall export of Agricultural and Pro cessed Food Export Devel opment Authority (APE DA) products increased to $13.77 billion in April-Sep tember 2022 from $11.05 billion in the same period a year ago.

For 2022-23, an export target of $23.56 billion has been fixed by APEDA and export of $13.77 billion has already been achieved in the six-month period, it added.

CV sales to reach 1-million units by FY24

First India Bureau

New Delhi: India’s com mercial-vehicle (CV) sales volume will witness sig nificant growth over the next few years and the overall CV volume is likely to reach close to 1-million units by FY24, a report said on Wednesday.

Fitch Ratings also ex pects growing demand and the resultant rise in operat ing leverage to boost the profitability of the domes tic CV-focused original equipment manufacturers after FY22, despite elevated production costs. A recov

ery in medium and heavy CVs from multi-year lows, along with sustained growth in light CV catego ries, will help overall CV volume to reach close to 1-million units by FY24 –

the level of the last cyclical peak recorded in FY19.

Domestic CV sales vol ume are expected to grow in the mid-to high-teens over the next few years.

Factors like rapid recov

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z India’s commercial-vehicle (CV) sales volume will witness significant growth over the next few years

z Domestic CV sales volume are expected to grow in the mid-to high-teens over the next few years

ery in India’s economic ac tivity after the pandemic shock and the govern ment’s planned increase in infrastructure spending will help sustain an im provement.

New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said it has crossed 2.5 crore cumulative production mark. MSI started pro duction in December 1983 and crossed the 10-lakh production mark in March 1994. It crossed 1- crore mark in March 2011 and 2-crore milestone in July 2018. Its first production facility came up in Gurugram, Haryana. The company now has two manufacturing plants in Gurugram and Manesar in Haryana, with an installed production capacity of 15 lakh units per annum. —PTI

IN 2 YRS MAAZA TO BE ANOTHER BN-$ BRAND FOR COCA-COLA

New Delhi : Coca-Cola expects its juice brand Maaza to be another billion-dollar brand in next two years and is not worried about entry of new players such as Reliance Retail in the carbonated beverages market.

The cola major is also enhanc ing its play in the premium hy dration space by brands such as Schweppes and Smartwater and driving penetration in premium channels. Last week, global soft drinks major CocaCola Company said Sprite has become a billion-dollar brand in the Indian market.

—PTI

APPROVES

SUBSIDY FOR

FERTILISERS

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved a subsidy of `51,875 crore for phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilis ers for second half of 202223 as part of efforts to provide affordable soil nutrients to farmers. The CCEA, chaired by PM Modi approved NBS rates for P&K fertilisers for 202223 rabi season, an official statement said. The CCEA has approved a subsidy of `98.02/ kg for nitrogen (N), `66.93/kg for phosphorus (P), `23.65/ kg for potash (K) and `6.12/kg for sulphur (S), it said.

MARKETS REGULATOR SEBI PEGS DUES WORTH `67,228 CRORE AS ‘DIFFICULT TO RECOVER’

New Delhi: Capital markets regulator Sebi has segregated dues to the tune of `67,228 crore under “difficult to recover” category at the end of March 2022. Overall, the regulator has dues worth `96,609 crore that needs to be recov ered from entities, including those that failed to pay the fine imposed on them, failed to pay fees due to markets watch dog and did not comply with its direction to refund investors’ money, according to Sebi’s annual report for 2021-22.

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MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA CROSSES 2.5 CRORE CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION MARK

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OTHER STORIES ` FALLS 19 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.78 AGAINST US $ Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 19 paise to close at 82.78 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, tracking a muted trend in domestic equities ahead of the release of the US Fed’s policy statement. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 82.64 and witnessed a high of 82.62 and a low of 82.81.It finally settled at 82.78 against the American cur rency, registering a fall of 19 paise over its last close of 82.59. “Rupee consolidated in a narrow range ahead of the important events that are lined up today and tomor row,” said Gaurang Somaiya, Forex & Bullion Analyst, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

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TEST FOR BHAJAN LAL FAMILY IN ADAMPUR BYPOLL BJP AND SP IN BIG FIGHT IN GOLA GOKARANNATH

Chandigarh (PTI): The bypolls in Hary ana’s Adampur assem bly constituency on Thursday will decide if the Bhajan Lal family holds on to its bastion of five decades. Twentytwo candidates, all men, are in the fray. The main parties contesting are the BJP, Congress, Indi an National Lok Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party.

Former chief minis ter Bhajan Lal’s young er son Kuldeep Bishnoi has maintained that Adampur has been his family’s citadel, and that people have show ered their love and blessings on it for dec ades and would do so once again.

“After a gap of 26 years, the Bhajan Lal family is fighting this poll while being in the government. And people know that development works will be further ac celerated after the BJP candidate wins,” Bish noi had said earlier.

The Adampur seat has been held by the Bhajan Lal family since 1968, with the late exchief minister repre senting it on nine occa sions, his wife Jasma Devi once and Kuldeep on four occasions. Con gress leader and for mer chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hoo da, however, has

termed Adampur a stronghold of his party. Late Bhajan Lal was a chief minister from the Congress, he added. The bypoll was neces sitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as MLA from the seat and switched sides from the Congress to the BJP in August. Bishnoi’s son Bhavya, who is contest ing the bypoll as the BJP candidate, had also quit the Congress and joined BJP. Bhavya

Sympathy one thing, practicality another: SC on specially-abled

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court Wednes day asked the Centre to examine how people with disabilities can be put under different cat egories in civil services.

A bench of justices SA Nazeer and V Ra masubramanian said sympathy for disability is one aspect but practi cality of the decision has also to be taken into account. The top court shared an incident where a person in Chen nai with 100 per cent blindness was appoint

ed as civil judge junior division and the court interpreters got all or ders signed by him and was later posted as edi tor of a Tamil journal. “You please examine. They may not fit into all categories. Sympathy is one aspect, practicality is another aspect,” the bench observed.

At the outset, Attor ney General R Ven katramani, appearing for the Centre, submit ted that the government was looking into the matter and sought time.

(29) had lost 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Hisar to BJP’s bureaucratturned-politician Bri jendra Singh.

The Congress has fielded former Union minister Jai Prakash, a three-time MP from Hisar & two-time MLA as well. The INLD picked Congress rebel Kurda Ram Nambardar as its candidate. The AAP has fielded Satender Singh, who switched over from BJP.

Lucknow (PTI): Elab orate security arrange ments have been made for the November 3 by poll in Gola Gokaran nath constituency in Lakhimpur Kheri, where the BJP and the SP will fight it out.

The BSP and the Congress are keeping away from the poll this time. The bypoll was necessitated after BJP MLA Arvind Giri died on September 6. The main contest is likely to be between the BJP’s Aman Giri, the son of Arvind Giri, and Sa majwadi Party (SP) candidate and former Gola Gokarannath MLA Vinay Tiwari.

Despite a wave of sympathy for Giri fol lowing the death of his father, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not left anything to chance and deputed 40 star campaigners, in

cluding all major Cabi net ministers and party office-bearers. The BJP’s campaign was led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Gola Gokarannath is part of Ajay Mishra Teni’s Kheri parliamentary constituency. Mishra has been in the eye of a storm following the al leged killing of four farmers last October, in which his son is an ac

cused. Adityanath, in his speech, during cam paigning assured the electorate of clearing sugarcane dues at the earliest, establishment of a Chhoti Kashi cor ridor (along the lines of Kashi Vishwanath corridor in Varanasi) and a medical college. He urged the people to elect Giri so as to carry on the legacy of his father.

Russian ‘hacker’ who manipulated JEE gets bail

New Delhi (PTI): A special court has granted bail to Rus sian national Mikhail Shargen, who was ar rested by the CBI for allegedly hacking the JEE examination software which had benefitted over 800 aspirants, officials said Wednesday.

Shargen, 25, who was arrested on Oc tober 3, had alleged ly tampered with the iLeon software, the platform on which the JEE (Main)-2021 examination was conducted and also helped other accused in hacking the com puter systems of suspect candidates during the examina tion, they said.

The arguments of the CBI that Shargen’s role was not at par with other accused as he was in strumental in hack ing the software was rejected by the court.

The special court also did not find weight in the CBI’s argument that cer

The special CBI court took note of the fact that all other co-accused in the case were granted bail, including those who directly got in touch with the can didates and their parents to obtain money and docu ments among others.

—Officials

tain mobile chats of the accused and ap plicant with co-ac cused have been re covered during in vestigation.

“Merely because the applicant is a for eign national, he can not be denied the benefit of bail, more particularly when his passport has al ready been seized by the investigating agency,” the special court recently said while allowing the bail application.

ED questions Videocon chief in ICICI loan case

New Delhi: The En forcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday questioned the Chair man of Videocon Indus tries Venugopal Dhoot in relation to the Rs 1,875-crore ICICI BankVideocon loan case, sources said.

In March 2019, the Enforcement Directo rate also questioned Dhoot along with Ma hesh Pungalia, a direc tor of NuPower Renew ables and a close aide of Dhoot, in the case. The ED in February 2019 had also conducted searches at the resi dences and offices of

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Former ED dir Karnal Singh launches law firm

Dhoot, former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in relation to the case. The case is re lated to the alleged ir regularities and corrupt practices in the sanction of a Rs 1,875 crore loan disbursed by ICICI Bank to the Videocon Group during 2009 and 2011.

New Delhi (PTI): For mer ED director Kar nal Singh has set up a law firm in Delhi to pro vide legal services and consultancy in various fields, including money laundering, frauds and corporate disputes.

The firm is named Circle of Counsels and located in central Delhi.

UNDER THREAT FROM ‘ANTI-NATIONALS’

NHRC notice to police over security to SC lawyer

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Inaction by the cops is a matter of concern as it relates to the Protection of the Right to Life, said the commission

New Delhi (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued no tice to Commissioner of Delhi Police for not pro viding adequate secu rity to Supreme Court lawyer and activist Vineet Jindal

The Commission di rected officers of Delhi Police to send an action taken report within 2 weeks, saying “this is

the last and final oppor tunity granted to the authorities to submit their report within the stipulated time.”

Vineet Jindal had stated that he has filed PILs and complaints against anti-national elements before the Su preme Court of India, Delhi High Court and Delhi Police as well as before the Supreme Courts of Pakistan and

Bangladesh against vio lation of the human rights of the minority Hindu community.

He also mentioned that he filed a complaint against “Sikh For Jus tice”, a Khalistani or ganisation and against its head Gurpatwant Singh Pannu who is a declared terrorist, with the New York Police Commissioner to stop their unlawful activities

against India. The com plainant stated that he has been telephonically receiving threats to life from unknown numbers on behalf of these antiIndia organizations from different locations across the world.

The complainant said he was provided one PSO on 20.01.2022 but that will be with drawn soon by the po lice authorities.

“Circle of Counsels is a leading law firm estab lished by union of re puted and seasoned pro fessionals with decades of experience in vari ous practice areas in cluding white collar de fence, foreign exchange management laws, Pre vention of Money Laun dering Act, corporatecommercial disputes, internal investigations, anti-corruption, regula tory and compliance, litigation and block chain and crypto-cur rency advisory,” it said in a statement.

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Kuldeep Bishnoi with wife Renuka. —FILE PHOTO BJP’s Aman Giri (left) and former Gola Gokarannath MLA Vinay Tiwari (right) A CRUCIAL FOR BJP POWER TEST BETWEEN THE RIVALS The court allowed Russian hacker Mikhail Shargen to be released on a personal surety of Rs 1 lakh and along with other bail conditions. FILE PHOTO Supreme Court lawyer and activist Vineet Jindal. —FILE PHOTO

ELEPHANT SAFARI RESUMES

Tourists ride on the elephant safari inside the Kaziranga National Park, in Golaghat district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI Venugopal Dhoot outside the ED office on Wednesday. —PHOTO

EXQUISITE ARTISTRY

The term Banarasi refers to a saree made in the an cient city of Varana si, also known as Banaras. The sa rees are among

the best in India and they are renowned for their luxurious needle work, exquisite silk as well as gold and silver brocade, or zari. The sarees are relatively heavy due to the de tailed engravings and highly woven silk used in their construction. These sarees are dis tinguished by their in tricate interwoven flo ral and foliate motifs, kalga and bel and a string of erect leaves known as jhallar at the outer edge of the bor der. A saree can take anything between fif teen days and a month,

silks, shimmering highlights and elabo rate tapestry-like mo tifs that are anchored in history and drenched in regality. The “Khandaani” Indian heirlooms that have been passed down through the centuries and are reported to have been mentioned in the mythical Mahab harata writings are known as Banarasi. They are a revered part of our heritage that has evolved over time. They have been a mainstay of the Indian hand looms sector be cause they were origi

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BANARASI SAREES ARE QUITE POPULAR FOR THEIR ALL-WEATHER APPEAL AND ELEGANT LOOK. IT IS AN ETHNIC SYMBOL THAT HAS ACTUALLY MADE ITS WAY AROUND THE GLOBE. LET’S TALK ABOUT ‘THE GLORIOUS VINTAGE SILK OF INDIA’ WITH CITY FIRST MRIDULA SHARMA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN!

Some more glimpses from the Jal Shakti Abhiyan Programme organised by First India on October 20 at Hotel Marriott to create awareness and hold dialogue on the importance of saving water. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra along with Education Minister Dr BD Kalla graced the occasion with their presence on the occasion.

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Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and Dr BD Kalla felicitating RK Meena

Satish

Jain addressing the audience

Meena briefing the water scenario Praroop, Surbhi, Suhas, Dr Naresh, Dinesh and Rohan (L-R) PR Saini, Dharmendra Kumawat, SC Verma, Rajeev Gortu, Jyantkant Kedia and Dhanajay Verma (L-R) Pradeep Gupta, Vipin Gupta and Urvashi RK Meena and Satish Jain Rajesh Poonia, Amitabh Sharma, Arun Srivastava and Sudhir Verma (L-R) Seema Gupta, Arun Srivastava, HS Devendra, Sanjay Mathur and AB Gupta with Guest Shaan and Ayushi Vijayvargiya Vinay Bharadwaj and Suraj Bhansingh with others Dinesh Mathur giving a vote of thanks. Also seen are Pradeep Singh, AB Gupta, Satish Jain, Sanjay Mathur, Vinay Bharadwaj and Jagbeer Singh Laporiya during the event Lohit Tanwar, Suneet Sethi and Rituraj Rathore Sunnet Sethi, Dharmendra Kumawat, Anurag Sharma and AB Gupta during the event Satish Jain Shishir Awasthi, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Mukesh Bagra and Dimple Sharma (L-R) Surendra Sharma, Pradeep Gupta, Suparshva Jain, Vipin Gupta, Urvashi and Rajeev Jain (L-R) Suneet Sethi, Dinesh Mathur and Arun Srivastava Surendra Kumar, Piyush Sharma, Surendra Mathur, Ritu Chittora and Priya Singh —PHOTOS BY MUKESH

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FIRST INDIA QUEEN 2022

SECRET TO ELEGANCE

OCITY FIRST n October 21, the historic grand finale of First India Queen, in which stun ning women from all across India competed for prestig ious titles and crowns, was held at the Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai.

First India Queen, a national-level beauty contest, promotes the value of cooperation and camaraderie in a superior and organised setting. The company promotes spontaneous, self-assured, unrestrict ed, and free living in women.

Numerous training and grooming sessions led by fashion and mod elling industry profes sionals were organised as part of the three-day grand exhibition and held at Hotel T24 in Mumbai.

The first day began with a ceremony in which each finalist was given a sash and a gift basket. As twilight fell, the talent competition

and First India Queen’s question-and-answer round also got under way. Dr Nida Khateeb led an interactive ses sion with Dentokraftt followed by a grooming session led by Dr Priti Shenai with Skinworks. While Pooja Misra, the multi-talented stunning model, a VJ, and Big Boss star, educated the girls on various fashion and modelling themes on the second day, her session was followed by an enjoyable talent round. Another fantas tic day began with a re

vitalising health and fitness session led by Kinesiis Fitness Coach Karan Hebbar, fol lowed by a session with Parimal Mehhta. Indi an supermodels Sun ny Kamble and Kavita Kharayat, both mem bers of the Manish Malhotra group, held sessions that evening.

All the mentoring sessions captivated the young beauty. The con clusion of First India Queen was choreo graphed by Parimal Me hhta, and it is curated by Blanckanvas Media.

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Pooja Misra with the top 30 finalists of First India queen during a training and grooming session A momentous evening full of glitz and glamour was witnessed in the grand finale of First India Queen, at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai on Friday. City First brings to you glimpses of the training and grooming sessions conducted at Hotel T24! Parimal Mehhta addressing the audience during a grooming session. Also seen is Dr Chandra Ambati, one of the finalists of First India Queen —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA Fitness Coach Karan Hebbar from Kinesiis with the top 30 finalists during a session on Health & Fitness Finalists keenly listening to the training and grooming session Clockwise: Kavita Kharayat, Neha Varma and Avani Kakekochhi Pooja Misra during the grooming session Supermodel Sunny Kamble with the finalists of First India Queen during the ramp walk rehearsals

PHOTOGRAPHY: AN AFFAIR WITH LIFE

An extravagant exhibi tion preview, 'Photog raphy: An Affair With Life' by artist Aekam was organised at Bi kaner House on Wednesday. Sachin Pi lot, MLA Tonk, Former Minister of IT, Telecom & Corporate Affairs, GoI, Commissioned of ficer graced the occa sion as the chief guest and appreci ated the art works of artists.

While interact ing with the me dia, artist Aekam de scribed her art works including The Banarasi Ef fect, Indian Jun gles: A Teenage Lens and The people of Kash mir.

During the ex hibition, Dhiraj Srivastava, Com

missioner Rajasthan Founda tion, Shubhra Singh and ACS cum CRC were present as the special guests.

On the occasion, while de scribing the Banarasi effect Aekam said, "Most of the pho tographs exhibited in the exhi bition are inspired by my reallife experience, during my trip to Banaras, I tried to capture the essence and the beauty of the coexist ence of life and death in re ligion. They also celebrate the coexistence of Varanasi's deep past and its present". While my Indian Jungles photographs are woven into India's deep his tory as a myth and legend. My aim with this exhibition is to encourage my generation to explore Indian jungles as a worthwhile addition to their intellectual and emotional re sume and to recall for them the thrill of early naturalists who did not have the benefit of pho tography. This is my small en deavour to convince people that waking up at 4 am to go on a jungle safari is to willingly and gainfully intersect our

CELESTIAL MOGUL

paths with those of our fellow creatures and that jungle de lights are more rewarding than likes and followers", the artist added.

The talented artist also de scribed her experience in Kashmir and her photographs based on the People of Kash mir and said, "There is no complete concept of India without Kashmir. On the map, it sits as the proud crown of the subcontinent, its mighty peaks capped with abodes of gods and rivers run ning along its deep, primordial valleys. Although the pictureperfect landscape is the domi nant reason for her honorific 'Heaven on earth'.

The portraits on exhibition aim to bring more attention to this rather unexplored part of Kashmir, her soul and her peo ple. Piyali Dasgupta, Smriti Malhotra, Sumeet Kumar, Za hir Khan, Vahid Mirza, Iftikar Ahmed, Pratibha Praladh, Dr Leslie D Joynes, Atul Rajani, Dr Amandeep Singh and Muk ta Sharma among others were present in the exhibition.

The collection was inspired by the new-age phi losophy of the Universe within us, the collection was a dazzling ode to the spiritual and celestial con nection between man and nature.

It was a fine amalgamation of glitz & glamour, elegance and eclecticism, the collection show cased some of the finest clothing choices for events ranging from weddings, festivities and red carpets to casual & fine dining essentials.

The show was opened by Bollywood actor Aditya Seal who sported a dazzling crea tion by Bharat and Reshma Grover, opening the grand celebrations with 16 years of magic and sparkle that the ace designers are known for, 16 glorious years of Bharat and Resh ma Grover.

Speaking at the event, the de signers echoed the shared senti ment on their latest clothing line saying We have put up this show as a celebration of the successful 16 years of Bharat Reshma, It's been very good 16 years in the industry with a lot of hard work and love from the people. We are very happy to launch our new collec tion named Celestial Mogul. The show ended with Showstopper Manish Paul walking the runway in style and panache that exuded the very essence of the label Bharat and Reshma, giving a per fect crescendo to an all-star evening.

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BIZZ GLAM AWARDS

CITY FIRST

Bollywood actress and per former Nikita Rawal was felicitated with the Style and Bizz Glam Award dur ing the 'Bizz Glam Awards' or ganised by Eram Entertainment on Wednesday in the city. Nikita has never failed to impress with her excellent style and fashion. Her social media glam has also always been on point. She received the award from none other than renowned Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia. Nikita Rawal, the diva gained popularity with blockbust ers like Garam Masala and Amma ki Boli. Later, she played the lead role in a number of additional films and music videos.

Expressing her happiness Niki ta said, “Winning an award is al ways a special moment, moreover when you receive it from Neha Dhupia. I think style is very sub

jective and for me, it stands for comfort and feeling good about yourself. I always make sure to stand out in whatever I put on and when that is recognized it is a truly blessed feeling so I thank the or ganisers of the Bizz Glam Award for deeming me worthy of winning this title. I am grateful for all the opportunities the universe has pro vided me with and I hope that the future also brings me love and re spect.”

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CITY FIRST Radical designer duo Bharat and Reshma Grov er launched their latest clothing collection Celestial Mogul at a much-celebrated, spar kling event held at Bella Monde Hotel, Delhi on Monday, October 31.

GHOST PARADE!

The star cast of the movie Rocket Gang, Aditya Seal, Nikita Dutta, Jason Tham, Mokshada Jailkhani and Sahaj Singh were spotted during the Ghost parade based on the Halloween theme on Wednesday. The parade started from Dr Zombie, C Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Manish Paul

Aditya Seal

Neha Dhupia felicitates Nikita Rawal CITY FIRST —PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN Sachin Pilot and Dhiraj Srivastava sharing a moment of joy. Also seen are Aekam and Mukta Sharma (L-R) Aekam, Shubhra Singh and Dhiraj Srivastava Atul Rajani and Aekam Dr Leslie D Joynes Pratibha Prahlad Artist Aekam Sachin Pilot and Aekam during the exhibition Shabari Prasad and Jayesh Bakshi Yashna Shetty Dr Amandeep Singh and Mukta Sharma (L-R) Piyali Dasgupta, Smriti Malhotra, Sumeet Kumar, Zahir Khan, Vahid Mirza and Iftikar Ahmed