Modi’s electoral victories in 2014 and 2019 transformed Indian polity. His election retrieved India from a political fate similar to Italy’s cycle of ungovernable weak coalition governments. Modi’s boldness, bolstered by consecutive victories, has led India to the frontlines of the great free and open nations
Despite external noise the U.S. and India continue to pivot to each other. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently re buked Russia’s Putin over his war against Ukraine. This week U.S. Secretary of De fense Lloyd Austin welcomed India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar to the Pentagon with an honor guard — a first. Dr. Jaishankar was in the country for 11 days dis cussing China, defense and trade. The United States and India share the objective of denying the ambition of Xi’s China to shape the world in its autocratic image. Advanc ing a free and open Indo-Pa cific is their joint strategy to achieve it. While the United States and India will contin ue to have disagreements and road bumps in overcoming historical mistrust, leaders in Washington must recog nize the nature of Indian de mocracy and the ascendancy of its democratically elected leader Narendra Modi. Indian democracy where a billion people engage in free elections, buoyed by a vi brant free press, at a frequen cy and with a resiliency un
imaginable in any other na tion is nothing short of a marvel. In the contest be tween democracy and autoc racy, Indian democracy and Narendra Modi are strong assets. In the Indo-Pacific the best antidote for “commu nism with Chinese charac teristics” is “democracy with Asian characteristics” with India, given its geography and size, as the flag bearer. Modi’s electoral victories in 2014 and 2019 transformed Indian polity. His election re trieved India from a political fate similar to Italy’s cycle of ungovernable weak coalition governments. Modi’s bold ness, bolstered by consecu tive victories, has led India to the frontlines of the great free and open nations. His leadership, with that of late Abe Shinzo, has been instru mental in fortifying the IndoPacific Quad to act as the democratic bulwark against Chinese aggression.
Modi, like Reagan, cata lyzed and shaped emerging and latent political senti ments. Both men profited from the invisible hand of politics: arriveth the moment arriveth the man. Imbued with unfail ing conviction in their con servative beliefs, the two share the ability to grasp the wide arc of prevailing national and global forces. Like Reagan, Modi is the master communi cator of his nation, extolling optimism, opportunity, reli
Modi, like Reagan, catalyzed & shaped emerging & latent political sentiments. Both men profited from the invisible hand of politics: arriveth the moment arriveth the man. Like Reagan, Modi is the master communicator of his nation
gion, and family values across India. In foreign policy they share an instinct to stand up to bullies whether it be the Sovi et Politburo or the Chinese Communist Party. The two share another virtue – an ad miration of America.
The Modi political revolu tion addressed two pervasive realities of India: poverty and religion. Half of India’s billion-plus people subsist on less than $3 per day. Religion is important to 9 out of 10 In dians. About 80 percent of Indians adhere to Hinduism, about 14 percent to Islam, and remaining 6 percent are Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains etc. Modi unified In dia’s chronic communal poli tics with a national anti-pov erty message of “develop ment for all.” Poverty knows no religion nor creed, he fre quently states. Concurrently he emanated a muscular
Hindu identity in an over whelmingly Hindu nation with over 500 years of recent history of being invaded and ruled by non-Hindus.
Modi benefitted from and built upon the anti-poverty policies of the preceding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a widely admired technocrat. Modi’s strong leadership and rousing rhet oric made the “development for all” a national slogan. He expedited India’s transition to a digital economy and ex ecuted an unprecedented so cial security system based on a biometric ID for all Indians. He promised running water, electricity, and cooking gas for each home. He further launched a most audacious public housing program with 30 million houses construct ed and counting.
Modi’s strong style attracts strong criticism: some justi fied, some hyperbolic. Clear ideology or strategy to achieve his lofty economic pronouncements are often imperceptible. His embrace of a muscular Hindu identity has inflamed Hindu national ism giving license to its ex treme elements. Consequent ly, Modi needs to be a more convincing stalwart of na tional reconciliation and co hesion and a staunch foe of all political violence and re prisals. The latter in particu lar warrants high vigilance.
At a time when there is stress on quality to make Indian phar maceutical products globally competitive, the news of India-made cough syrups as the likely cause of 66 child deaths in the Gambia has come as a setback. In a way the development justifies the lowest rank at 6.8 on a scale of 10 given to Indian pharmaceutical manu facturers by the USFDA in a 2019 study on compliance score of drugs marketed in the US. Even China’s compliance score of 7.3 was better than India’s.
After the World Health Or ganisation sounded a global alert “potentially” linking four cough syrups with “acute kid ney injuries and deaths of 66 children” the negative percep tion about quality control in In dia’s pharma industry will only get strengthened to the detri ment of India’s image.
It will also do the manufac turer, Maiden Pharmaceuticals of Haryana, no good either if the WHO is able to establish a link between the cough syrups and the Gambia death.
Work for work’s sake, not for yourself. Act but do not be attached to your actions. Be in the world, but not of it. Bhagavad Gita
Four sanitation workers died in Haryana’s Faridabad on Wednesday after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning an underground sewer of a hospital. The men, who were hired through an agency, entered the sewer without any protective gear. Whether they were provided the safety equipment will have to be investigated but what is clear from the fre quent occurrence of such deaths is that poor lives don’t really matter. The cleaning of hazardous sewers and septic tanks claimed 161 lives in the last three years. Tamil Nadu topped the list with 28 deaths and UP was second with 26.
Ironically, in a different case of two scavengers’ deaths, the
Will someone be held responsible for the Faridabad tragedy or will the buck be passed from the hiring agency to the hospital? For the bereaved families even getting compensation is not easy
Delhi High Court on Thursday observed, “It is unfortunate that even after 75 years of in dependence poor people are forced to work as manual scav engers” and ordered the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to pay Rs 10 lakh to each of the bereaved families. The court, which took suo motu cogni
sance of the tragedy, also de scribed as unfortunate the complete disregard for provi sions of Prohibition of Em ployment as Manual Scaven gers and their Rehabilitation Act (PEMSR), 2013.
Will someone be held re sponsible for the Faridabad tragedy or will the buck be passed from the hiring agen cy to the hospital? For the bereaved families even get ting compensation is not easy. Had the high court not taken up the issue on its own, the DDA may have dragged its feet in offering ex gratia on its own.
More than compensation the focus of governments should be on ensuring the im plementation of PEMSR Act. Municipal bodies have been allowed too long a rope.
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New Delhi: There has been a sudden and erious development in the ongoing Rajasath political crisis where the ‘rebels’ have taken a new stand. While the rebel MLAs had earlier stressed that anyone from among the 102 MLAs could be made th CM face and flatly refused on Pilot’s name as CM, but now the rebel MLAs outrightly rejected the proposal of change of leadership and said, “No one other than Gehlot will be accepted under any cir-
Mumbai: A Vande Bharat Express between Mumbai Central to Gurajat’s Gandhinagar met with an accident after a herd of buffaloes came on the railway track on Thursday, said a railway officer. “The accident occurred at around 11.15 am between Vatva station to Maninagar station today,” said Western Railway Senior PRO, JK Jayant.
Mumbai: Mumbai Police has arrested a man from Bihar for threatening calls to target industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family, a police officer said on Thursday. A police team picked up a suspect from Bihar’s Darbhanga district around midnight and was bringing him to Mumbai, he said.
Gandhinagar: Two days after resigning from the Gujarat Legislative Assembly as a Congress legislator, Patidar community leader Harshad Ribadiya on Thursday joined the ruling BJP here. He was inducted during a function organised at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam’ here.
New Delhi: After Air India, the Akasa Air on Thursday announced that it would allow pets on board from November 1. With this, this airline became the second commercial Indian carrier to permit pets on board. Akasa will only allow pets weighing 7 kg in the cabin.
Mumbai: The DRI has seized 16 kilograms of heroin worth more than Rs 100 crore at the Mumbai Airport, and arrested a passenger and a woman from Ghana in this connection, an official said on Thursday. The Ghanaian woman was nabbed from a hotel in Delhi as part of the DRI’s follow-up action in the case, he said.
cumstances”.
With this, the ‘confrontation’ between Congress high command and rebels may increase further. The rebel MLAs are waiting
for the high command to ask about their ‘mann ki baat’.
In this way, there may be a direct confrontation which may virtually compel Gehlot to rec-
ommend for the dissolution of House to pave the way for new assembly elections in Rajasthan.
As an eventuality, the government will ultimately fall. Turn to P10
About 30 children were at the centre when the shooter came in
Who will topple the government? Do MLAs not have to fight elections on the Congress symbol? And the people will make the traitors wear a garland of shoes. Look at the sight of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Many opposition MLAs will also join Congress after a few days.@ kcvenugopalmp @ajaymaken
Stand of the MLAs - All MLA’s stand with High Command and Congress. On the evening of September 25, the MLAs were called trough a lie, most of the MLAs have given an explanation that they are with the High Command. No one will become a part of anti-party activities now, all MLAs are vigilant enough.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government is all set to host the “Invest Rajasthan Summit” on October 7th and 8th at JECC Campus in Jaipur. CM Ashok Gehlot will inaugurate the summit at 10 o’clock on Friday, October 7. This two-day summit will be attended by dignitaries of some of the most prestigious corporate groups around the
globe. The summit will witness invigorating conclaves and panel discussions on key sectors with interesting viewpoints being shared by some of the biggest industry experts and leaders.
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Bangkok (Agencies):
Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand on Thursday in a mass shooting at a day-care centre by a former policeman who killed his wife and child before shooting himself dead.
The victims included children as young as 2 years old, local police said. There were 22 children among the victims of the suspected gunman. About 30 children were at the centre when the gunman came in.
Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya, superintendent of Na Klang police station, said that the gunman had been discharged from the police force last year.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, who was to travel to the town on Friday, told reporters that initial reports were that the former officer was having personal problems.
“This shouldn’t happen,” he said. “I feel deep sadness toward the victims and their relatives.”
Palakkad (ANI): Nine people were killed and 38 injured after a tourist bus carrying students crashed into a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus at Mangalam near Vadakkenchery area of Palakkad, Kerala minister MB Rajesh said on Thursday.
The accident occurred after the tourist
New Delhi (PTI): India’s drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has initiated a probe and sought further details from the WHO after the latter issued alert that cough syrups manufactured by an Indian firm could potentially be linked to the children’s death in Gambia. The WHO on Wednesday had warned that four “contaminated” and “substandard” cough syrups allegedly produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited based in Haryana’s Sonepat could be the reason for the deaths in the West African nation.
Mandya (ANI): Congress interim president on Thursday joined the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Mandya in Karnataka. Sonia Gandhi, who came here on Monday, arrived at the starting point of the padyatra, which resumed on Thursday on its after a two-day break for Dussehra. The Congress supremo was seen walking in the company of her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders.
bus rear-ended into the KSRTC bus. The tourist bus carrying students and teachers of the Baselios Vidhyanikethan School was headed to Ooty from Ernakulam, while the KSRTC bus was on its way to Coimbatore. The deceased include five students, one teacher and three passengers from the KSRTC bus.
San Francisco: The sheriff of Merced County in California said a baby girl and three other family members who were kidnapped at gunpoint have been found dead.
All four Sikh family members, including an eight-month-old baby
girl, who were kidnapped in the US state of California earlier this week have been found dead. The family, originally from Harsi Pind in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, was kidnapped at a business in Merced County, California, on Monday.
New Delhi (ANI): The Central Government has appointed Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma of the Delhi High Court as the Presiding Officer of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal in the matter of Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates. The Presiding officer has been appointed to review the ban on PFI and its alliances, after the Centre recently banned it for five years, after seizing incriminating documents during the search operations at the offices of the outfit and the residences of its office bearers.
UP CM YOGI PAYS TRIBUTE TO ACHARYA DHARMENDRA Aishwary PradhanJaipur: UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited Ramanandi Peeth in Virat Nagar here and offered tributes to Hindu seer Acharya Dharmendra who recently passed away. He also attended a programme in which Acharya Dharmendra’s son Somendra took over the reins of the peeth in the presence of saints. Speaking at the event, Adityanath said Acharya Dharmendra was devoted to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and was happy over the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. P4
Gunman, an ex-cop, kills family too before shooting himself deadLocals at the accident site at Vadakkenchery in Palakkad district of Kerala, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke announces family’s death. RAHUL GANDHI TIES MOTHER SONIA GANDHI’S SHOELACE, VIDEO GOES VIRAL ED TURNS DOWN SHIVAKUMAR’S PLEA FOR EXEMPTION FROM APPEARANCE Mandya: The photo and video of Rahul Gandhi tying the shoelace of his mother Sonia Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Mandya on Thursday has gone viral on social media. Sonia Gandhi had joined the Yatra which is led by Rahul Gandhi near Bellur Cross in Mandya district of Karnataka. Mysuru: Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Thursday said the Enforcement Directorate has turned down his plea for exemption from appearance before the agency in Delhi on October 7 in the National Herald money laundering case. He said he will decide whether to appear before the agency after talking to his party leaders. In a fresh message to Shivakumar, the ED asked him to make himself available before the agency on Friday. Congress interim Preisident Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi, DK Shivakumar, KC Venugopal, Siddaramaiah and others, in Mandya district,
Jaipur: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Thurs day visited Ramanandi Peeth in Virat Nagar in Jaipur district and of fered tributes to Hindu leader Acharya Dhar mendra who recently passed away.
He attended a pro gramme in which Acharya Dharmen dra’s son Somendra took over the reins of the peeth in the pres ence of saints.
Speaking at the pro gramme, Adityanath said that Acharya Dharmendra was de voted to the Ram Jan mabhoomi movement and was very happy with the construction
of the magnificent tem ple in Ayodhya.
Adityanath said that the Ramanadi peeth in Virat Nagar also had an important role in the movement of saints against the partition.
He said that Acharya
Dharmendra worked for the Hindu commu nity and always pre sented his point of view in a logical manner.
Yogi said that his aura was as fierce as Chhatrapati Shivaji’s and he carried forward
the ancient and reli gious traditions of the country.
“Acharya Dharmen dra played a leading role in the Ram temple movement. He led the Hindu society in the cultural movement for
Acharya Dharmen dra played a lead ing role in the Ram temple movement. He led the Hindu society in the cul tural movement for 50 years.
—Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
50 years,” he said.
Acharya Dharmen dra was a member of the Kendriya Margda rshak Mandal of Vish wa Hindu Parishad. He led the movement to stop cow slaughter in 1965.
Beawar: BJP state pres ident Satish Poonia on Thursday said that in ternal strife of the Con gress party is responsi ble for the chaos in the State.
He said that in democ racy, instability of the government affects gov ernance. The BJP state president was talking to reporters after attend ing a three-day training camp of BJP SC morcha in Beawar.
Poonia said that the Congress party has cheated the people and the people will vote the Congress party out of power.
He said that Ra jasthan has become a rape capital under Ashok Gehlot rule.
“In the last four years, maximum crime has taken place in the state. 17 rapes and 7 murders are taking place every day under the Congress rule,” he said.
Poonia said that the farmers and unem ployed youths of the state are suffering but the government is not bothered.
Earlier, he addressed
the inaugural ceremony of the training camp. He said that the role of the frontal organisation of the party is going to be important in upcoming elections.
Poonia was given a grand welcome by the party leaders including former MLA Devi Shankar Bhutra and others upon his arrival to Beawar.
Jaipur: The Jaipur Dairy will now fall under the ambit of Right to Infor mation (RTI) Act. In a landmark decision passed by the Rajasthan Infor mation Commission, the commission ordered the Jaipur Dairy authorities to provide information under RTI Act by terming it a ‘public authority’. A double
bench headed by Chief Information Commissioner DB Gupta while hearing a second appeal filed by one Radheyshyam Gurjar, reversed a 2011 decision of the information commission and decided that Jaipur Dairy is a public authority and hence, it falls under the ambit of Right to Information Act.
Jaipur: A court notice relating to a Rs 5 crore defamation case filed against Nadbai MLA Jogindra Singh could not be served after a series of attempts. MLA Jogindra Singh Awana, who is also the Chairman of Devnarayan Board, had allegedly made derogatory remarks against mining businessman Daulat Singh during a public gather ing in Ucchain of Bharatpur district on July 17. MLA Joginder Singh termed Daulat Singh corrupt and threatened to send him to jail, following which, Daulat Singh filed a defamation case against Awana. Advocate AK Jain informed that the notices will now be served through a newspaper advertisement.
Next hearing is on Oct 20.
Jaipur: While the BJP and Congress are en gaged in a battle for supremacy, the Aam Aadmi Party is work ing to strengthen its roots. While the fight for power in Congress is open, there is inter nal struggle going on in the BJP. In the next one or two weeks, AAP will form the executive Committee in Ra jasthan for which a re view meeting will be held on Friday.
In such a situation, AAP is trying to make the most of the Ashok
Gehlot and Sachin Pilot conflict in Rajasthan. The party plans to ex pand itself in the state this month.
In the review meet ing, there will be an analysis of the mem
bership drive and the work done by the con venors in the last six months. On the basis of their performance, the organisation will plan its expansion in Ra jasthan.
Aishwary PradhanJaipur: ABVP is going to hold its national con vention in Jaipur from November 24 to 27 for which BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal, who has been office bearers in ABVP for nearly three dec ades, held a meeting on Thursday.
Sources said that Un ion Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to attend the convention.
ABVP’s national joint secretary (organi sation) Prafulla Kumar and secretary Ajay
Ajmer: A man along with his relatives bru tally thrashed a boy af ter he was found in his daughter’s bedroom in Ajmer on Thursday.
Spotting the boy in the room of the girl, enraged father, brother, and un cle brutally thrashed the young boy. After this, they also stained the boy’s body with a hot iron bar and threw him outside their house.
Pintu died due to the ruthless beating. The police have arrested the three accused and start ed interrogation.
Thakur were also pre sent. Office bearers of ABVP from all over the country will take part in the meeting.
Sources said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to attend the event.
Bansal and others discussed the action plan for convention
Bansal and others discussed the action plan for the meeting. He also held discussions with senior party lead
Jodhpur: The 13th edi tion of the Rajasthan International Folk Fes tival (Jodhpur RIFF), dedicated to folk music and artistes, began on Thursday.
The RIFF was inaugu rated this morning with a Bal Mela at Veer Dur gadas Memorial Park Masuria hill. It was ac companied by perfor mances by folk artists.
About 250 artistes from
India and abroad will perform in this five-day riff organised by the Mehrangarh Museum Trust. Opening City
Concert was organised at Jaswant thada.
In the programme or ganised at Veer Durga das Memorial Park Mas
uria hill, folk artists per formed dance on Bahu rupiya style, Ghoomar, Pabuji ki Phad, Kutchi Ghodi, Chhatar Kotla and Chang ki Thap along with excellent folk dance. Various school children of Jodhpur par ticipated in this event.
Director of Jodhpur RIFF, Divya Bhatia said that many famous musicians and artists of the world will per form their art in the festival.
This time under RIFF Dawn, apart from music artists of Meghwal com munity, an important event will be A Khasi Dawn with Sabad and Nigun Bhajan in Malvi folk style of Madhya Pradesh and Kabir Vani and traditional music of Meghalaya. At the same time, music masters of the Langa and Mangani yar community, Sawan and Kachra Khan will be
exposed to the Langa and Manganiyar musical traditions through inter active sessions at these residences. He told that this time the audience will be introduced to the founder, choreographer and moving boudoirs of Mexican dance produc tion company Jeisel Nairi who will perform along with Asha Sapera, the iconic and traditional art ist of the Kalbelia tribe.
ers including Ashok Parnami, Arun Chatur vedi, Kalicharan Saraf, Vasudev Devnani, Ram lal Sharma.
Jaipur: BJP National General Secretary and Rajasthan in-charge Arun Singh will be in the State capital on October 11. His visit is observed as a vital one as Arun Singh will hold impor tant meetings at the BJP headquarters, after which some new faces may also join the party.
BJP is currently all pumped up for election mode. The party is tak ing many critical deci sions sighting the 2023 assembly elections. Arun Singh will also conduct a meeting with the party’s State presi dent Dr Satish Poonia and general secretary Chandrashekhar along with office representa tives of the organisation.
The state president of various Morchas will also participate in this meeting. The party’s programme and future strategy will be dis cussed in the meeting. The roadmap for the movements to be run against the Gehlot Govt will also be prepared.
Jaipur: The Tata Group, working for former CM Vasundhara Raje’s dream project, Dravya vati River Front, has stopped the mainte nance work of the pro ject. After a dispute with JDA in the past, the company had warned to stop the work. Now, it has stopped the mainte nance work of the STP plant built there. Treat ed water is discharged into this river from five STPs built here. With the closure of these STPs, now the water here is turning dirty.
According to sources, the company’s demand was that JDA should start the official mainte
nance of this project, but JDA does not want to start it till the com pany completes the final
Jaipur: After the pro test by the resident doc tors on Thursday, the late night talks of the protesters with the state government were in conclusive. In the talks of both the parties in the Medical Directorate, the Medical Education Department had a posi tive attitude regarding the demands, but the residents were seen try ing to avoid the “bond”.
However, residents asked to put the talks point in GBM and then left from directorate.
Earlier, the resident doctors of SMS Medi cal College and its af filiated hospitals boy cotted outpatient de partment (OPD) ser vices in protest against the new bond policy.
The resident doctors took out a protest
Resident doctors are protesting against the new bond policy, appointment of residents against the eligibility criteria and such issues. If our demands are not met, then emergency and ICU services will also be boycotted.
—Dr Neeraj Damor, President of JARD
march from the medi cal college to SMS Hos pital via Trimurti Col lege and raised slo gans against the state government.
President of Jaipur Association of Resident
Doctors (JARD), Dr Neeraj Damor said that we have been demon strating peacefully for a long time for our de mands. However, the government has paid no heed to our concerns.
All 3 victims hailing from Alwar were beaten on suspicion of child theft
Ashvini YadavAlwar : Three sad hus hailing from Ra jasthan were beaten up by a mob on suspi cion of being child abductors in Chhat tisgarh’s Durg.
The victims Rajbir Singh, Aman Singh and Shyam Singh are the residents of Ram was locality of Go vindgarh in Alwar district. As many as 30 persons were be ing questioned in
connection with the incident that took place on Wednesday in Charoda town un der Bhilai police sta tion limits, said a senior official.
The victims were seen speaking to some children at a Dusseh ra fair by some peo ple, and suspecting them to be the mem bers of some gang which abducts chil dren, a mob beat up the trio. The three were living in the rail way zone Charoda with rented accom modation for a long time. Police said that nothing suspicious have been found.
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Niwai (Tonk): People from various communi ties gathered in Niwai town of Tonk district on Thursday and took a march in support of sus pended RPS officer Rudra Pratap Sharma
The supporters reached the sub-divi sional office and raised slogans against state govt for suspending three policemen, in cluding an RPS officer,
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xecutive Engineer (XEN) Deepak Mathur, who is looking after the work of the project in JDA, said that the company has sought Rs 110 crore from JDA for maintenance. He said that until the company does not finalize the project, JDA cannot start the upkeep work officially. The JDA started the work of this project in 2016 during the Vasundhara Raje government. The Tata company was given a contract of Rs 1470.85 crore to build this project. Apart from this, Rs 206 crore was earmarked for maintaining this project for the next 10 years. The 47KM long projects starts from village Jaisaliya at the foothills of Nahargarh till Ramchandrapura Dam, near Goner.
work of the project. JDA engineers said that a lot of work is still left near Goner and the company
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Jaipur: A police consta ble was allegedly beaten by a group of miscre ants in Jawahar Circle area on Wednesday. The police constable, Jiten dra Raghav, posted at ACP Office in Malviya Nagar, was allegedly beaten by three to four men at a restaurant lo cated at Girdhar Marg in Malviya Nagar.
“The miscreants were standing near a liquor shop on Wednes day night. They alleg edly pulled constable out of the govt vehicle and thrashed him. The miscreants ran the car over the feet of the con stable and injured him.
Later, a case was regis tered by the constable in Jawahar Circle Police Station,” police said.
has not worked in many places near Sitapura be cause of an ongoing dis pute in the court.
Jaipur : A case of rape has been reported with a girl from Alwar in Jaipur city, police in formed. The girl be friended the accused 15 days ago over a tele phonic conversation and was called for a casual meeting, police said. On coming to Jaipur, the accused took her to a guest house near Sanganer Pulia and made her drink in toxicated drinks, after which she fell uncon scious and the accused raped her, police added.
The frightened vic tim lodged a case at the Sanganer police station and matter is being in vestigated, police said.
Jaipur: In an another shocker, a case of rape of a married woman by an acquaintance has been reported in the city, police said. The familiar young man made her drink an in toxicated juice and took her to Alwar where he raped her for five days by taking her hostage. According to report, the accused is her acquaintance from Karauli and he took her away by luring her and made her drink the intoxicated juice. He kidnapped her when she felt unconscious and took her to Alwar. During this, the Tunga police was also searching for the missing married woman as his husband lodged a missing complaint at Tunga police station.
DGP DISC AWARD EVENT TO BE HELD TODAY Jaipur : The DGP Disc Award Ceremony will be held at Police Headquarters on Friday. A total of 53 police officers and policemen will be honoured. Eleven IPS have been selected for the role of DGP commenda tion disc and commendation role.Three Additional Director General of Police, two Inspector General of Police and five Deputy Inspector General of Police officers will receive the DGP disc.
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for allegedly misbehav ing, pushing and shov ing the former Jila Pra mukh of Tonk, Ram Bilas Chaudhary. The protestors also submit ted a memorandum to
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Jaipur: The ongoing fight over the CM’s chair in Rajasthan has given a blow to the hopes of many Con gress leaders and work ers. In last two weeks, the conflict between the CM Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot factions has reached a climax.
In such a situation, the leaders hoping for UIT, authority and oth er political appoint ments across the state have got a setback.
Looking at the situa
tion, it seems difficult that quick appoint ments in UITs or au thorities would be made soon. In such a situa tion, it is believed that these appointments are not likely to happen un till the Gujarat Elec tion. This will give a setback to the hopes of many leaders.
tehsildar Pranjal Kan war and demanded that the police officer should be reinstated. Mean while, the suspended RPS officer RP Sharma, wrote a post on Face
book and said, “Does police are meant to be abused? Will someone get into this service to morrow to get dis graced. I regret, Ravana won this Dussehra,”.
Jaipur : Near the Ex cise Road Coaching Hub, the enforcement squad of Jaipur Devel opment Authority (JDA) took action against Plot No. 47 in Indra Vihar Colony. On 265 square yards, a fivestorey illegal building was built with 13 flats. Residents had started living in five flats.
Jaipur Development Authority gave notice
to builders and resi dents who appealed in Jaipur Development Authority tribunal on the notice. After dis missal of the appeal on Thursday, the enforce ment squad sealed the eight vacant flats.
JMCG has earlier terminated BVG’s contract of garbage collection
Jaipur : BVG company which was engaged in door-to-door garbage collection has served a notice of Rs 597 crores to Jaipur Greater Mu nicipal Corporation.
The Municipal Cor poration had terminat
ed the contract of BVG in the month of June but there was a tussle between the Corpora tion and BVG regarding
the payment. The cor poration did not make the payment to the com pany therefore the com pany took the matter to
arbitration.
The hearing in the matter will be held be fore the arbitrator, re tired Supreme Court Justice RM Lodha.
Earlier, a notice for recovery of arrears of Rs 597 crore was sent to the Corporation.
After the contract was terminated, the corporation is getting the door-to-door gar bage collection done at the zone level and has signed an agreement with a new company.
Jammu (PTI): Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi
Azad has formed various teams for submitting proposals for constituting zonal and district committees of the party ahead of the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
The six panels having senior leaders as members were asked to complete the exercise of their respective zones within 10 days and submit the recommendations of the proposed zonal and district committees by Oct 18, a party leader said on Thursday.
The former chief minister's decision to select zonal and district committees of his newly floated party came at a time when Home Minister Amit Shah assured the people of J&K that the Assembly elections would be held after the completion of the ongoing exercise of electoral rolls. Azad announced the formation of three teams each for J&Kr divisions to cover all the 20 districts.
"Once our zonal and district committees are constituted, zonal and district office bearers will be asked to go to the block and panchayat
level to constitute the block committees and panchayat committees," he said.
An 11-member Central zone Jammu headed by former deputy chief minister Tara Chand will cover Jammu (urban and rural), Kathua, Samba and Udhampur districts, nine-member Chenab valley zone un-
der the leadership of G M Saroori will cover Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar and Reasi districts and six-member Pir Panjal Zone headed by Ashok Sharma will cover Rajouri and Poonch districts in Jammu province, the party leader said quoting a communication from Azad.
In Kashmir valley, Taj
Mohi-ud-din led north Kashmir Zone will cover Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora districts, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed-led south Kashmir zone will cover Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian districts, while the members of central Kashmir zone comprising Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal districts are being finalised.
On criteria for the selection of president and office bearers of the zonal committees and district committees, the leader said Azad had made it clear that each office bearer, particularly the president of the zone and district, should be able to dedicate minimum 20 days per month for the party, especially till the elections are over.
"The office bearers, particularly the presidents of zonal and district committees, must have their own transport to visit their respective areas. The president and office bearers should be educated enough to receive and pass on messages in English, Hindi and Urdu," he said quoting the guidelines issued by Azad.
The STF on Thursday filed another charge sheet against expelled BJP leader Hakam Singh and nine others in the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC) case.
"After the registration of the case on July 22 in this case, the STF has arrested 41 accused in this case so far and the process of arrest is still going on," STF's Superintendent of Police of STF, Ajay Singh, said in a release. The probe body has invoked the Gangsters Act against Singh and 21 other accused in the case. As many as 41 people, including Gaurav Chauhan, the Additional Private Secretary in the Public Works and Forest Department of State Secretariat, allegedly involved in the paper leak case have been arrested so far. STF is investigating the UKSSSC paper leak case but there is a demand for the CBI probe.
New Delhi (ANI): BJP national spokesperson
Sambit Patra on Thursday slammed Congress leader Udit Raj's remarks on President Droupadi Murmu and said that it showed the party's "antitribal mindset".
Udit Raj had accused President Murmu on Wednesday of allegedly doing 'chamchagiri' with his controversial remarks about her. "No country should get a President like Droupadi Murmu ji. Chamchagiri also has its limits.
She says 70 per cent of the people eat Gujarat's salt. She will get to know once she starts living by consuming salt only," Udit Raj said in his tweet in Hindi.
He further said that it is not the first time that the Congress party has used such words for the President. Prior to this incident, we have heard the words Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has used for her, when a tribal
New Delhi: The NCW has summoned Congress leader Udit Raj over his "sycophancy" remark against President Droupadi Murmu. In a notice issued on Thursday, the commission asked him to appear before it on October 10 and explain his "extremely condemnable and shameful" comments. At a function recently, President Murmu noted Gujarat manufactures 76 per cent of salt produced in the country. "It can be said that all countrymen eat Gujarat's salt," she had said. The western state produces nearly 80 per cent of the salt consumed in India.
woman has become the President of the country, he said.
"It is surprising and saddening how Congress is regularly using disrespectful words for the President of
India who has struggled enough to reach the topmost position of the country and it shows their mentality," Patra said adding that it "exposes their antitribal mindset".
New Delhi (ANI): BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Thursday took a jibe at the Congress after its leader Udit Raj allegedly made derogatory remarks on President Murmu. Poonawalla termed it 'another steep low remark of congress' by stating that he has used an unacceptable language for the first woman Adivasi President and asked if the party (Congress) endorses such an "insult of Adivasi samaj". Udit Raj's remarks came days after Preez Murmu noted in a civic reception hosted by the Govt of Gujarat in her honour in Gandhinagar on Monday.
Jammu (ANI): For the first time after three decades, a Union Minister went to Baramulla in J&K to hold a rally.
S Jaishankar met Jacinda Ardern on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI BILATERAL TIES
New Zealand: India is willing to do whatever it can to facilitate a solution to the Ukraine crisis, EAM S Jaishankar said , as he highlighted how India pressed Moscow on the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine when the two countries stepped up fighting near the highly sensitive facility.
Jaishankar said when it comes to Ukraine, it is natural that different
On October 5, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a rally in Baramulla. Sources said Shah’s rally got a phenomenal response from the people of the district. As per the sources present in the rally, the highest cheering was witnessed when the Home Minister spoke about the availability of free gas cylinders for women. It is also reported that in the hilly areas of the Union Territory, women registered to get the Ujjwala scheme benefit and got two cylinders instead of one.
countries and different regions would react a little differently.
“The development of Jammu and Kashmir is the prime agenda of the
PM Modi government at the Centre. BJP does not wish to ally with any of the regional players in J-K,” a top BJP source told. Another source told ANI that, “the briefing given to the security agencies in the region is to ensure complete wipe out of terrorism and its supporters.”
The changing face of
Jammu and Kashmir was evident from the fact that crowds turned up in huge numbers and it was a responsive gathering. “The entire gathering of over 40,000 joined in as the Home Minister shouted the slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. Something that had never been said here, the source added.
AMIT SHAH, JP NADDA ON 3-DAY ASSAM VISIT FROM TODAY
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accompanied by BJP president JP Nadda, will be on a three-day tour to Assam from Friday where the two leaders will inaugurate the new state office of the party, officials said. Addressing a press conference, BJP state president Bhabesh Kalita said, "Nadda and Shah will reach here on Friday around 4 pm. After that, they will attend a meeting of the party's core committee." On Saturday, the two leaders will inaugurate BJP's new state office on National Highway-27 at Basistha Chariali area in presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said the Russia-Ukraine crisis has adversely affected the global food and energy security, and asserted India believes such conflicts should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.
He further said the global instability caused by COVID-19 has also challenged the food and energy security of the world, especially the developing countries.
“Global instability caused by COVID-19 has created a food and ener-
gy security crisis across the world. The RussiaUkraine crisis has also adversely affected food and energy security in
Global instability caused by COVID-19 has created a food and energy security crisis across the world. The Russia-Ukraine crisis has also adversely affected food and energy security in the world. It is in this spirit that India has called for supporting multilateralism for global peace and stability so that we can unite to address the challenges facing the world and find solutions in accordance with the aspirations of the people.
Lok Sabha Secretariat.
and stability so that we can unite to address the challenges facing the world and find solutions in accordance with the aspirations of the people,” Birla said, according to the statement.
New Delhi: The SC has remarked that the notification of the Minimum Wages Act can be a guiding factor only in the case where there is no clue available to evaluate the monthly income of the deceased. "Where positive evidence has been led, no reliance on the notification could be placed, particularly when it was nobody's case that the deceased was a labourer as presumed by the High Court," the top court said. A bench of justices Surya Kant and MM Sundresh said while setting aside an order of Punjab and Haryana High Court and restored the decision of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Karnal*.
New Delhi: A special court on Thursday sent businessman and AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair, arrested in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case in which Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is also an accused, to two weeks’ judicial custody. Special Judge M K Nagpal sent Nair to jail till Oct 20 after the CBI did not seek his further custodial interrogation. Nair entered into a criminal conspiracy with others as part of which the excise policy of the govt of Delhi (GNCTD) of 2021-2022 was framed and implemented.
New Delhi: The SC has agreed to examine whether an educational institution administered by members of a minority community would result in it being conferred the status of a minority institution. A bench of justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, National Medical Commission and others while seeking their replies. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by Mahayana Theravada Vajrayana Buddhist Religious.
the world,” Birla said at the P20 Summit (Speakers of G-20 Parliaments Summit) at Indonesia’s Jakarta. He reiterated
that India has always supported a rulesbased international order, according to a statement issued by
“It is in this spirit that India has called for supporting multilateralism for global peace
Referring to various Indian government schemes on food and energy security, Birla suggested it is the responsibility of all parliaments to sensitise their governments on important global subjects such as food and energy security, climate change and sustainable development.
Mumbai: BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, a prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, on Thursday appeared before the trial court here. The Bhopal MP remained present before the special judge for NIA cases, A K Lahoti, as an offi cial of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad who had arrested her was deposing as a witness. The ATS offi cial was cross-examined by Thakur’s lawyer during the day’s proceedings. She arrived around 12 PM and sat on the wooden bench assigned for the accused. Later the court allowed her to sit on a chair after she complained of backache.
Uttarkashi (ANI): The Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) on Thursday said that a total of nine bodies which were trapped in the Uttarkashi avalanche have been recovered and retrieved till now, while 29 other trainees continue to remain stranded.
According to the NIM, the nine bodies retrieved today include four dead bodies that were already brought down on Tuesday (October 4) and Wednesday (October 5).
The update on recovered bodies came hours after a team of experts from Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS), joined the operation with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and NIM to rescue mountaineers that were stranded on Draupadi’s
The bodies are present at the base and some of them are expected to be brought down today itself. The measures are being hampered due to bad weather conditions
—Vivek Pandey, ITBP PRO
Dehradun (ANI): In the view of the safety of the trekking and mountaineering teams in Uttarkashi, district magistrate Abhishek Ruhela on Thursday instructed to keep the activities here closed for the next
Danda-II mountain peak in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi after the avalanche hit them on Tuesday. However, more
three days. Ruhela has banned these activities in Uttarkashi from October 6 to 8. The DM’s decision came after the meterorological department issued an alert for the rain and snow fall here. The India MeT pre-
teams have been sent to the advance base camp from ITBP Matli in Uttarkashi.
An advance helicop-
dicted “Intense rainfall spell likely to commence over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh for subsequent 2-3 days and heavy rainfall spell over most parts of east and northeast during next 3-4 days.”
ter landing ground was also prepared at 16,000 ft and a trial landing was successfully conducted in the morning.
Gurugram (ANI): Samajwadi Party patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s condition is still critical, said the medical bulletin of Medanta Hospital on Thursday. “Mulayam Singh Yadav Ji’s condition is critical and he is still on life saving drugs. He is being treated in the ICU of Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon by a comprehensive team of specialists,” said Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Medical Director, Medanta.
Washington (PTI): A 20-year-old Indianorigin student has been killed in his dormitory in the US state of Indiana and his Korean roommate was taken into custody, according to media reports.
Varun Manish Chheda from Indianapolis, who was studying at Purdue University, was found dead in McCutcheon Hall on Wednesday.
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has booked a joint director general of foreign trade for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 1 crore from a businessman in 2018 in a fraud case of Rs 118 crore, officials said. Following the registration of the FIR against Joint DGFT Sambhaji A Chavan and Deputy DGFT Prakash S Kamble, 2008 and 2013-batch.
Chandigarh (PTI): The Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested an assistant inspector general of police and booked two other personnel in a Rs 1-crore bribery case from 2016, officials said. The money allegedly exchanged hands when AIG Ashish Kapoor, currently posted as the commandant of the 4th Indian Reserve Battalion in Pathankot, was the superintendent of Amritsar Central Jail in 2016. A spokesperson said the two policemen booked in the case are DSP Pawan Kumar and Assistant SI Harjinder Singh.
Ujjain (PTI): Dipu Sharma could barely contain his excitement about the soon-to-open Mahakal corridor in his hometown. He travels to an old overbridge near his house nearly every night to catch a glimpse of the “dazzling new project” and take selfies, he says.
And Sharma isn’t the only local admiring this drastic change of landscape from the ramp of Hari Phatak Overbridge that offers a view of the 108 ornate sandstone
columns bearing decorative ‘trishul’ (tridents) on top and ‘mudras’ (symbolic hand gesture) of Lord Shiva on its faces, gushing fountains surrounded by sculptures of the deity and illuminated murals.
Bangalore (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has rejected Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar’s request for extending the date of his appearance before the agency.
Dehradun (ANI): A team of experts from Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir has also joined the operation to rescue 27 mountaineers who were trapped on Draupadi’s Danda-II mountain peak in Uttarakhand after being caught in an avalanche on Tuesday.
The expert team has joined the operation with the State Disaster Response
Force (SDRF), IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM). As per the SDRF’s information, the team will conduct its rescue operation at the High Altitude.
The teams had arrived at the Advance Base Camp to rescue the trainees of NIM Uttarkashi on Wednesday.
Notably, the ED had earlier summoned Shivakumar and his brother and Congress MP DK Suresh to appear before it on October 7. “I had requested time to appear which was denied.
I asked time as Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is passing through Karnataka and there are my responsibilities,” he said.
DK Shivkumar also accused the government of misusing agencies to harass him after seeing the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The Congress leader said he would discuss the summons with fellow party leaders and take a call on whether
he should appear. ED had filed a charge sheet against Shivakumar and others in a money laundering case in May. Shivakumar is currently serving as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
Bengaluru (PTI): “She has walked for half-a-km and gone”, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, apparently seeking to downplay Sonia Gandhi’s participation in the Congress’s mega ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Karnataka on Thursday.
He also said the yatra, which is currently passing through the pollbound Karnataka, will have no impact in the state.“Naturally all par-
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said he will respond to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s letter, seeking his intervention for providing timely treatment to a “severely injured” elephant calf at the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, on humanitarian grounds.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has issued the order for the first posting of 16 IAS officers of the 2020 batch after the completion of their training.
The Appointment Department of UP has posted the 16 officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), who are relieved from their duties after receiving training from the center, as Joint Magistrates in various districts of UP and directed joining
them to join by 7 October.
IAS Jaidev CS has been made Joint Magistrate in Varanasi while IAS Nupur Goyal has been sent to Unnao, IAS Ajay Jain to Mathura, IAS Pratyush Pandey to Bareilly, IAS Nidhi
Bansal to Jhansi. Notably, soon her husband Abhishek Kumar is coming to UP cadre from Tripura cadre and will join as Joint magistrate, Bundelkhand.
Meanwhile, Neha Bandhu has been made the new Joint Magis-
trate of Gorakhpur, while her elder sisterPCS Jyotsna Bandhu - is posted as SDM Saifai.
Moreover, IAS Parikshit Khatana has been sent to Agra, IAS Ramya R to Saharanpur, IAS Suthan Abdullah to Prayagraj, Maharaj Sumit Rajesh
to Barabanki, Ojaswi Raj to Meerut, Vishal Kumar to Ayodhya, Abhinav Gopal to Kanpur, Navneet Sehara to Mir-
Mumbai: Isha Ambani, on Thursday, announced the opening of a first-of-its kind space in the sphere of the arts, the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC), in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex.
Dedicated to her mother Nita M Ambani—an educationist, businesswoman, philanthropist and longtime patron of the
arts—it promises to be a cultural landmark.
NMACC is housed within the Jio World Centre, which is also home to the country’s largest convention centre, retail and hospitality outlets, and more, all in the heart of India’s financial and entertainment capital.
The three-storeyed building will open spaces for performing as well as visual arts. A trio of dedicated spaces for the performing
programming and international productions. The centre will also launch the Art House, a four storeyed space spotlighting leading Indian and international artists.
Speaking on the occasion, Isha said, “The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre is so much more than a space it is the culmination of my mother’s passion for arts, culture and her love for India.”
Curated by India’s leading cultural theorist Ranjit Hoskote and Jeffrey Deitch, American curator, former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles and founder of his eponymous gallery, Sangam Confluence is a group art show that celebrates diverse cultural impulses and traditions at the 16,000 sq. ft Art House.
The Impact of Indian Dress and Textiles on the Fashionable Imagination:
Curated by prolific author and costume expert Hamish Bowles, editor-in-chief, The World of Interiors, international editor-atlarge, Vogue US, this exhibit traces the widespread impact and influence of India’s sartorial traditions in textiles, jewellery and surface ornamentation on global fashion spanning the 18th-21st century.
zapur, Pawan Kumar Meena to Kannauj and Ajay Kumar Gautam has been appointed as JM, Moradabad.
United Nations (PTI): India, joining the US, UK and France, has strongly condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launch which overflew Japan, with New Delhi underlining that these launches affect the peace and security of the region and beyond. The missile fired was the first from North Korea to fly over Japan in five years. The launch mark the 24th time this year that North Korea has conducted missile tests.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee plunged 32 paise to close at an all-time low of 81.94 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday amid high volatility as firm crude oil prices weighed on the local unit.
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has said there is no loss of interest rate for EPFO subscribers and the delay in crediting interest for the last fiscal is due to software upgrade being conducted. It further said that for all outgoing subscribers seeking settlement and also those withdrawing their deposits, the payments are being done inclusive of the interest. The ministry said this on Twitter in reply to a tweet by TV Mohandas Pai, who raised queries on interest in the EPF deposits.
GOVT GETS `1,203 CRORE DIVIDEND FROM FIVE CPSEsAt the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened on a positive note at 81.52, then pared all the gains to settle at an all-time low of 81.94 against the American currency, registering a decline of 32 paise over its previous close.
During the day, the local unit witnessed an intra-day high of 81.51 and a low of 81.94 against the greenback.
On Tuesday, the rupee appreciated by 20 paise to end at 81.62 against the US dollar.
“Rupee, after appreciat-
At the interbank foreign exchange market, rupee opened on a positive note at 81.52, then pared all the gains to settle at an all-time low of 81.94, registering a decline of 32 paise over its last close
ing marginally on Tuesday, is again starting to come under pressure. The dollar strengthened after services PMI and private payrolls numbers from the US came in better than estimates,” said Gaurang Somaiya, Forex & Bullion Analyst, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Major crosses euro and pound continued to witness selling pressure at higher levels. The focus will be on the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting minutes, Somaiya said on Thursday.
Mumbai (PTI): Benchmark BSE Sensex rose by 156 points while the Nifty closed above the 17,300 level on Thursday after gains in metal, IT and capital goods shares amid foreign capital inflows. The 30-share BSE benchmark gained 156.63 points or 0.27% to settle at 58,222.10. During the day, it jumped 513.29 points or 0.88% to 58,578.76.
The broader NSE Nifty advanced 57.50 points or 0.33% to end at 17,331.80. Among Sensex shares, Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro, ICICI Bank, HCL Technologies, Infosys and Axis Bank were among the winners. However, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever, IndusInd Bank, HDFC and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.06% to 111.27
During the day, the local unit witnessed an intra-day high of 81.51 and a low of 81.94 against the greenback
New Delhi: The government has received about `604 crore, `450 crore, and `37 crore from SAIL, HUDCO, and IREL, respectively as dividend tranches, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. In addition to this, the government has also received `81 crore and `31 crore from IRCTC and Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd respectively as dividend tranches, he said in a series of tweets.
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian services sector activity fell to a six-month low in September, as new business inflows rose at the slowest rates since March, amid inflationary pressures and competitive conditions, a monthly survey said.
The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services
PMI Business Activity Index fell to 54.3 in September, from 57.2 in August, highlighting the weakest rate of expansion since March.
For the fourteenth straight month, the services sector witnessed an expansion in output. “The Indian service sector has overcome many adversities in recent months, with the
latest PMI data continuing to show a strong performance despite some loss of growth momentum in September,” said Pollyanna De Lima, Economics Associate Director at S&P Global.
The upturn was reportedly restricted by price pressures, an increasingly
The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index fell to 54.3 in Sept highlighting the weakest rate of expansion since March. For the 14th straight month, it witnessed an expansion in output
competitive environment and unfavourable public policies, the survey said.
Lima further noted that the steep depreciation of the rupee seen towards the end of the month due to interest rate hikes in the US present additional challenges to the Indian economy.
“We expect the USD/INR (Spot) to quote in the range of 81.20 and 82.05,” Somaiya added.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.06% to 111.27.
New Delhi (ANI): Bharti Airtel on Thursday said its 5G services have gone live in eight cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi.
The customer availing 5G services will have to pay as per their existing 4G plan, it said.
A company spokesperson said that customer will be able to avail the services as per their 4G plan.
Airtel subscribers getting 5G signals in their area can switch to 5G but if they find that 5G is consuming high data than can switch back to 4G network.
“Access to 5G is optional,” the spokesperson said.
stallments.
New Delhi: Canara Bank promoted housing loan provider Can Fin Homes is planning to raise debt capital of up to `4,000 crore and will seek board of directors’ approval on this proposal later this month. The board of directors of the company is scheduled to meet on Oct 17. “At the said meeting the proposal is being placed to the board seeking approval and authorisations for issuance of non-convertible redeemable debentures up to an amount of `4,000 crore, on private placement basis,” Can Fin Homes said in a regulatory filing.
New Delhi (ANI): The central government on Thursday released `7,183.42 crore as post-devolution revenue deficit grant to 14 states including Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal.
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has released the 7th monthly instalment of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) Grant of ` 7,183.42 crore to 14 states. The grant has been released as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, Union Finance
Ministry said in a statement. The Fifteenth Finance Commission has recommended a total Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant of `86,201 crore to 14
New Delhi: Gold prices jumped by `497 to `52,220 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid a global rally in the metal and depreciation in the rupee, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at `51,723 per 10 grams. Silver, however, slipped by `80 to `61,605 per kg from `61,685 per kg. In the international market, gold was trading in green at $1,722.6 per ounce.
New Delhi (PTI): E-commerce firms are estimated to have registered a 27% growth, clocking sales worth `40,000 crore, during the recently concluded seven-day festive season sale, a report said on Thursday.
Flipkart Group, including Myntra, Shopsy etc, maintains its leadership position, while Meesho is the second-largest contributor in order volume, the report by Redseer Strategy Consulting said.
“With the conclusion of Festive Sale 1, the online retail platforms have seen
a robust 27% year-on-year growth, clocking a sale of `40,000 crore,” report said.
The growth in sales was driven by sales of mobile phones. “Mobile as a category continued to lead GMV (gross merchandise value) share, contributing to 41% of the GMV, translating to 56,000 mobiles sold per hour.
states for the financial year 2022-23. The recommended grant is released by the Department of Expenditure to the recommended States in 12 equated monthly in-
With the release of 7th instalment for the month of October 2022, the total amount of Revenue Deficit Grants released to the States in 2022-23 has gone up to `50,282.92 crore.
The states who have been recommended Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant by the Fifteenth Finance Commission during 2022-23 are: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, HP, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
New Delhi (PTI): Shares of SpiceJet on Thursday ended nearly 9% higher amid reports that the company is expected to receive an additional `1,000 crore as part of the modified ECLGS (Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme). After beginning the trade on a positive note, the stock of the budget carrier further jumped 10.14% to `42.35 during the day on the BSE. It ended at `41.85 apiece, higher by 8.84%.
On the volume front, 11.28 lakh shares of the company were traded on the BSE. In the broader market, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 156.63 points to settle at 58,222.10.
New Delhi: The World Bank on Thursday pared its growth forecast for India to 6.5% year-on-year for 2022/23, from an earlier estimate of 7.5%. Moreover, it also warned that spillovers from the Russia-Ukraine war and global monetary tightening will weigh on the economic outlook. “Private investment growth is likely to be dampened by heightened uncertainty and higher financing costs,” it said. —PTI
New Delhi: Meta is reportedly conducting ‘quiet layoffs’ at Facebook that may lead to thousands of job cuts -- at least 12,000 or about 15% of its workforce. According to a report in Insider, the senior executives are in the process of executing “quiet layoffs” of underperforming workers. Several employees told Insider that as much as 15% of the workforce could be cut within the next few weeks. —FIB
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that to ensure ease of doing business, it is essential that there is greater presence of Competition Commission of India (CCI) offices across the country. She said that challenges of digitisation can’t be ignored and therefore, it is important for Indian competition authorities to benchmark themselves at par with global competition watchdogs. Sitharaman said that with rising competition related issues, the CCI should keep itself abreast of new and evolving laws prevalent around the world and also the best practices. —FIB
New Delhi: Samsung Electronics is not considering a cut in production of its memory chips despite slowing demand amid concerns over a global economic recession, a senior company executive has said.
“There is no internal discussion (about a cut in memory chip production) at the moment,” Han Jin-man, executive VP & head of memory global sales & marketing at Samsung Electronics, said. —FIB
New Delhi: Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) continued to be the most sought after sector by job-seekers, a study by the human resources services firm CIEL HR Services said on Thursday. Mumbai topped the list with the highest job demand in the segment.
“For freshers and mid-level employees, the sector is perceived to be offering the most promising job prospects,” the study said. —PTI
New Delhi: Viacom18, the joint venture between Reliance-controlled TV18 and US entertainment major Paramount Global (earlier ViacomCBS), will move all existing sporting properties from the company’s video-on-demand service
VOOT to JioCinema starting with FIFA World Cup 2022, which kicks off in Qatar on November 20.
The company plans to make the JioCinema app the streaming destination for live sports.
These include football
leagues LaLiga (Spanish), Ligue 1 (French) and Serie A (Italy), as well as the NBA, ATP Masters (Tennis) and Abu Dhabi T10 (cricket) properties. “JioCinema is going to
Viacom 18 will move all existing sporting properties from VOOT to JioCinema starting with FIFA World Cup 2022
decision on the Indian Premier
be our digital destination for sports, starting with FIFA 2022 in Qatar. We’ll also be moving other sports properties to JioCinema,”
Anil Jayraj, CEO, Sports, at Viacom18 said.
He added that JioCinema will be available for download across all telcos—Jio, Airtel, and Vi— and across all devices, including iOS, Android and connected TVs, for free.
Jaipur: 2-day Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022 will start today. Dignitaries attending summit will have panel discussions on key sectors with interesting view points by industry experts.
Main motive of these conclaves is to bring together diverse groups of notable business entrepreneurs, investors, & policy makers to discuss preps on respec-
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Jaisalmer: Two youths died on the spot in a horrific road accident near Sonu village on the Jaisalmer-Ramgarh road. After the accident, both vehicles caught fire. On getting information, police reached spot & got bodies of youths kept in mortuary of Ramgarh Hospital. The accident happened on Wednesday night when 2 youths riding bikes were going towards canal belt in front of Ramgarh, at same time a Bolero coming at a high speed hit bike and both the bike riders died.
2 vehicles caught fire and bike & Bolero were burnt.
tive sectors.
State Govt has set a new benchmark by attracting Investments of over Rs 10.44 Lakh Crore with the theme, “Committed. Delivered.” First day of summit, Oct 7 will start with registration at 08:00 am. More than 4,000 guests are attend-
ing. A few dignitaries include Dr Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD, Tata Power Company Limited; Dr Anish Shah, MD & CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd; B Santhanam, Chairman, Saint Gobain India; Ajay S Shriram, Chairman & Senior MD, DCM Shriram Limited; CK
Birla, Chairman, National Engineering Industries Ltd; Sanjiv Bajaj, Prez CII & Chairman & MD, Bajaj Finserv Ltd; Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta Group; LN Mittal, Chairman & MD, Arcelor Mittal; Gautam Adani, Founder & Chairman, Adani Group.
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Nathdwara: The world’s tallest statue of Lord Shiva will be unveiled in Nathdwara of Rajsamand district on November 6. The 369 feet tall statue will be inaugurated by Sant Murari Bapu. Patron of Sant Kripa Sanatan Sansthan, Madan Paliwal informed that a Ram Katha will be organized from October 29 to November 6 by Sant Murari Bapu. “Nearly 50,000 devotees will take part in the Ram Katha daily and there will be an entry fee to attend the program.
The tallest statue of Lord Shiva is likely to be unveiled on the final day of Ram Katha on November 6. During the nine-day program, various cultural and sporting activities will also take place,” said Madan Paliwal.
Kota: A Muslim youth, pretending to be a Hindu, was arrested in Kota for implicating a girl in a love trap and later tried to kidnap her when truth surface.
Jaipur : Late at night, a young man was beaten to death by miscreants in a quarrel between two groups over a minor issue in Jaipur. The incident took place at Jagannathpuri Colony in Triveni Nagar at around 1 am on Wednesday. According to the police, the deceased Vakeel Banjara was a computer operator in a private hospital. He was returning home after completing his duty on Wednesday night. At around 10 o’clock in the night, the deceased Vakeel and his friend got into a tussle with some youths over the bike. There was also a scuffle. The youth of the other side came back to Jagannathpuri Colony with sticks late in the night. They attacked Vakeel Banjara fatally and eventually died.
The officials of JMCG will remain on their toes for next three days owing to Invest Rajasthan Summit 2022, to be held from Friday. Two-day investment summit, to be organised at JECC, Sitapura will witness the presence of investors across the globe. The civic body officials will ensure cleanliness in the city and route between Ajmeri Gate and JECC will be strictly monitored. The officials will be deputed in 12 different areas, while the sanitation workers will work in shifts.
The Nagar Nigam engineers have, however, raised an objection and said that if engineers will look after cleanliness, then how they will do other work.
Jodhpur: Special Team of ACB here arrested Anil Kumar Bhati, Administrative Officer of Edu Dept, while taking bribe of Rs 25,000. He had taken bribe in name of add’l Dist Edu Officer Vikram Gehlot in lieu of posting as a school teacher near city. ACB is probing role of officer.
According to ACB Additional SP Durg Singh Rajpurohit, complaint said Gehlot was harassing him & demanded bribes.
He said officer demanded Rs 50,000 through broker, Anil Kumar Bhati.
Jhalawar: ACB ASP Bhawanishankar Meena on Thursday arrested Anil Kumar Pandey, the then police station officer at Khanpur district here. He was produced before court in Kota. Judge ordered accused PI to judicial custody for 15 days. Accused was sent to Central Jail Kota. Accused is under suspension from post of PI in Police Line, Jodhpur Commissionerate. Complainant said that in a honeytrap case, broker Murarilal Meena had demanded a bribe of Rs 1L for not taking person in remand.
Jaipur: ACB on Thursday filed a charge-sheet in bribery case involving Ex-Chief Fire Officer of JMCG. ACB filed a charge-sheet against Ex-Chief Fire Officer Jagdish Prasad Phulwari, driver Shrawan Lal Kumawat and broker Rakesh Sharma. ACB Court No 1 Judge Upendra Sharma will now hear the matter on October 7. Meanwhile, accused Jagdish Prasad and Rakesh Sharma are presently under judicial custody. Notably, ACB in August this year had arrested Jagdish Phulwari, Shravan Kumar & Rakesh Sharma for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh.
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Kashiram ChoudharyJaipur: Celebrating Diwali in your hometown may burn a hole in your pocket as airfares have increased manifold.
Airfares from Bangalore to Jaipur will cost Rs 24,000. On normal days, the fare was between Rs 7,000 to 8,000.
Travellers have to pay more for coming to Jaipur from cities like Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, etc.
The increased airfares will continue from October 20-30. The minimum fare from Mumbai to Jaipur on October 22 is Rs 18,333. Fare for Indigo is Rs 18,333 and Air Asia is Rs 20,407. Vistara air-
Police informed the accused, identified as Faizan, posed as Risabh, and trapped the girl in a love affair.
Dholpur: A local court in Dholpur has issued a bailable warrant against former Sports Minister of Punjab Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi in a case of cheating with a woman in the name of getting tickets for the Lok Sabha elections.
The court has directed Sodhi to appear in the court by October 21.
Amarinder Singh was in power in Punjab and Sodhi was the Sports Minister.
living in Ferozepur, Punjab and Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi’s son Narjit Singh Sodhi promised to get her a Congress ticket from Dholpur Lok Sabha constituency in lieu of Rs 40 lakh.
line fare has shot up to Rs 22,323. Fare from Mumbai to Jaipur on normal days is between Rs 5,500-6,500. On October 22, minimum fare from Bangalore to Jaipur is Rs 20,599. IndiGo fares from Rs 20599 to Rs 20717, Go First Rs 24998. On normal days, the fare from Bangalore to Jaipur is between Rs 8,000-9,000. Minimum fare from Pune to Jaipur
on October 22 is Rs 22848 as there is only one flight of Indigo flight. While the fare for coming from Pune on normal days is Rs 5500 to 6500.
While the airfare has shot up for most cities, fare from New Delhi to Jaipur will be normal, reason being 8 flights daily from New Delhi to Jaipur.
Also, a dozen trains are also available.
“At around 8pm on October 3, accused kidnapped her while she was going to market with her mother. The accused held her hand and pulled her into the car. After one hour, the accused left her near the SP office and fled from the spot,” police said. “Later, the victim filed an FIR in Borkheda Police Station. The girl was molested and a case was registered against the accused.
During investigation, accused was arrested & matter is being interrogated,” police added.
It is a case of 2019, when Congress government led by Captain
Mamta Azar, a resident of Haveli Pada
near Bari in Dholpur, presented an istagasa in the court alleging that one Bankelal, resident of Bari, his brother Haricharan Jatav
Kota (PTI): A 40-yearold man was allegedly beaten to death by three relatives of a woman with whom he was suspected to be having an affair, police said. Bittal Sharma was attacked when he was returning home after attending a Dussehra event on Wednesday night, the police added. The inci-
Kota (PTI): A 20-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death over past enmity in Rajasthan’s Baran district, police said. The deceased was identified as Mahesh Nagar, a resident of Sahrod village in Atru police station limits, they said. Nagar was attacked by two accused during a Dusshera procession in the area on Wednesday night, Atru police station SHO Ramvilas said.
dent occurred in Kunjvihar Colony on Atru Road under Baran City police station limits. 3
The woman gave them Rs 40 lakh but after that neither got the ticket nor did these people return the money.
The Bari MGM Court in Dholpur issued a bailable warrant in the matter.
accused attacked Sharma, an autorickshaw driver, with sticks and iron rods and fled.
Sikar (FIB): The entire furniture of the office of block development officer in Sikar’s Sri Madhopur was attached for non-payment of a bill of Rs 80,000 to a firm. This bill was stuck since 2015, on which the firm filed a case in the court.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Thurs day that ‘Bhilwara Mod el’ was appreciated all over the world for best management during the Corona period.
“Along with State Gov ernment, social organi sations, religious lead ers and common masses have faced Corona with strength. Budget con straint will not be al lowed in development works of Bhilwara,” Gehlot said.
Gehlot on Thursday unveiled a statue of for mer MLA Late Kailash Trivedi in Bhilwara’s Raipur. “Trivedi’s con tribution will always be remembered. His idol will inspire the new generation to move for ward by imbibing his life ideals,” Gehlot said.
Notably, on the demand of Sahara MLA Gayatri Devi Trivedi, Gehlot an
The CM laid the founda tion stone of 220 KV Grid Sub Station (GSS) at the function. “Farmers will get huge benefit from this GSS and there will be less wastage. Its establishment will cost about Rs 45 crore. This will improve power supply in Raipur, Gangapur, Kareda, Deogarh, Jojawar and adjoining areas,” CM Gehlot said.
nounced to build an in door stadium in the memory of Kailash
Trivedi. Gehlot accused the BJP of luring some of the unemployed
Jaipur: The CM said that ERCP is very im portant for the com mon man and farmers in 13 districts of the state. “This scheme will ensure the supply of drinking water and irrigation water to a large area of Ra jasthan. The Centre
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‘Rebels’ change...
Interestingly, the ‘rebels’ are now questioning the high command as to “where is the need for leadership change?”
They have contested that on the basis of one per son-one post principle, now Gehlot has only one post then why Gehlot is being removed and hu miliated despite the sup port of 102 MLAs?
According to sources, the high command is shocked by this stand of the rebel MLAs.
Interestingly, sources
associated with the Pilot camp, on Thursday, re acted to the ‘grapevine’ and said, “This news is misleading and beyond truth. Confrontation with the high command will not yield good re sults. Allegiance of MLAs in politics also keeps changing. 40 rebel MLAs have reportedly approached the high command and assured that any decision of high command will be accept able to them. They have promised to stand firmly with high command’s
should declared ERCP as a national project at the earliest. PM him self in his rallies has supported the grant of National Project status to ERCP. Unnecessary delay will increase the cost of the project and the people of the state will be deprived of the benefits of the pro ject,” Gehlot said.
decision.”
Meanwhile, the high command has given ad vice to Pilot to remain in constant touch with rebel legislators and not to give any negative remarks on the Gehlot camp. Pilot supporters are still in the hope that a decision in their favour could come between October 18 and November 18. Mean while, pro-Gehlot MLAs are firm on their stand that there should be no change of leadership at all and Gehlot should continue as CM.
youth from the state into holding a foot march against his gov
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The En forcement Directo rate on Thursday conducted a survey at the premises of famous architect Anoop Bartaria in Jaipur. The ED team from Delhi reached his residence in Go palpura and took ac tion following com plaints of financial irregularities.
According to sources, a team of 7-8 officers reached Jaipur on Thursday morning and start ed searches. The teams completed survey proceedings. Bartaria later stat ed that nothing wrong was found in the survey. He said that ED is a reputed investigative agen cy and he will con tinue to fully coop erate in the investi gation of ED.
ernment in Gujarat.
“Every section of the state is being benefited by various innovative public welfare schemes. Rajasthan is creating history through schemes across the country,” he said.
District in- charge & PHED Minister Dr Ma hesh Joshi said, “The government is commit ted towards the develop ment of all sections.”
In the function, Rev enue Minister Ramlal Jat said that the instal lation of 220 KV GSS would prove beneficial for the common man. PCC Chief GS Dotasra, and said that Trivedi dedicated his life to public service.
Sahara MLA Gayatri Devi Trivedi said that Girls College, Trauma Centre, Hamirgarh ITI, Khankhla and RIICO area in Khemana an nounced will set new dimensions of develop ment in the area.
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Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that ideal conditions have been created for invest ment in Rajasthan due to the policies of the state government.
He said that the work of promoting entrepre neurship in the state and giving proper sup port for setting up in dustries is being done by his government.
Addressing a meeting of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday, Gehlot said that industry plays a huge role in the growth of the economy of any
country.
He said that the state government has taken reformative decisions like single window sys tem and one stop shop to set up more and more industries in the state and bring investment.
“This has increased the coordination between the entrepreneurs and the government and it has become easier to get necessary permissions to set up the business,” a release quoting him said.
Gehlot said that infla tion and unemployment is a major problem in the country at present and industrialization plays an important role
in its redressal. He said that the state has made great pro gress in the field of en ergy. He said that the tourism sector has been given the status of in dustry by the state gov ernment.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister inter acted with entrepre neurs from different regions of the country and answered various questions related to business in the state.
Industry Minister Shakuntala Rawat, CS Usha Sharma, CII offi cials and industrialists from all over the coun try were present in the meeting.
Jaipur : Amidst the ongoing turmoil in Congress politics in the state, Government Chief Whip and Water Resources Minister Dr Mahesh Joshi on Thursday claimed that he has received a showcause notice on e-mail from Tariq Anwar, Sec retary, AICC’s Discipli nary Committee. In the meanwhile, Dharmen dra Rathore has re plied to the show cause notice through e-mail.
Dr. Joshi said, “No tice of the AICC Disci plinary Committee has been received on email and I have sent the information back, that the notice has been received on Thursday. In such a situation, now I have to submit a reply to the AICC Disciplinary Committee in 10 days.” Notably, Joshi had gone to the AICC a few
days ago and clarified his position to many leaders including Mukul Wasnik.
In the meanwhile, Tariq Anwar said, “
After the reply of lead ers is received, a meet ing of Disciplinary Committee will be called to see whether their answers are sat isfactory or not. The report given by our ob server is the basis of the notice. Further ac tion will be decided on what response they give to the notice. If their answer is satis factory, then they can be forgiven.”
Meanwhile, highly placed sources in the Congress revealed late on Thursday night that the High Com mand took cognizance of First India’s report that period of ‘danger’ could be around for Rajasthan govern ment.
Word is that after the news was broadcast, the High Command changed its strategy and now, it is serious ly considering a new strategy. If the High Command is adamant on change of leader ship in Rajasthan and on the other hand, the rebel MLAs are not approved by anyone except Gehlot, then there will be a situa tion of direct confron tation. In such a situ ation, the Congress
government can fall in Rajasthan. According to the sources, no ac tion will be taken at present in such a delicate environ ment against Shanti Dhariwal, Dr Mahesh Joshi and Dharmen dra Rathore. Now after the election of Congress President on October 19, there will be a one-time de cision on Rajasthan and according to sources, the decision can be taken between October 19 and No vember 19. Meanwhile, the rebel MLAs are opposing any kind of change of leadership and there is no other name other than Gehlot, these MLAs are agreeing on.
CM remembers Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, says naming the road after yatra will bring cohesiveness and closeness in society
Abhishek ShrivastavaJaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Thursday, inaugurated the much awaited Soda la elevated road. Gehlot observed the elevated road from Ambedkar Circle to Ajmer Pulia.
After this, Gehlot also laid the foundation stone of 6 projects of JDA to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 222 crores.
In the program, CM Gehlot said that today the elevated road has started and this elevat ed road will become a center of attraction for tourists. “Major pro jects like Central Park, Ghat ki Gunee, Chow patty, Gurjar ki Thadi underpass were con structed for the develop ment of Jaipur city due to which the problem of traffic jam is also being
solved. Our govern ment does not close any project of the previous government, but takes it forward. But the BJP government closes our project as soon as it
comes to power,” he said. CM named this elevated road as ‘Bharat Jodo Marg’ by linking it with Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. “In view of atmosphere
prevailing in this coun try today and the yatra that Rahul Gandhi is taking out to maintain peace, harmony, I de cide to name the road after it,” he said.
Construction work of guest house in Rajasthan Interna tional Centre campus, 43 MLD capacity STP in Sanjharia, 1200 mm main trunk line at Prithviraj Nagar North and 600-900 mm in Prithviraj Nagar North and main drainage work on Vande Mataram road-Muhana Mandi road, LuniawasGoner road.
Former CM Vasundhara Raje said project started in 2016 by BJP govt, “Our govt had made plan of road to cut short the duration of travel from Ambedkar Circle to vegetable market via 22 godown, Hawa Road Sodala from 25 mins to 10 minutes.”
Jaipur: CS Usha Sharma's absence from the programme to dedicate the Sodala elevated road to public became a topic of discussion. Although during the programme, CS was in Secretariat and was chairing a meeting of Revenue Dept. Notably, Usha Sharma had visited the spot in August to take stock of the progress of work. She had also registered her worry on slow pace of the project and had directed JDC Ravi Jain to start project within a month, But when road was dedicated to public after 2 months, CS was no where to be seen. According to sources, CS was not even invited for the program.
Nikhita Sethi, accomplished hospitality professional with years of rich experience managing hospitality brands across sizes and categories caught up with City First about her industry, idols and offering curated lifestyle experiences to its guests!
s a child, Nikhita had a flair for the creative, which led to many accolades in creative competitions and ultimately transformed into a serious professional choice. In an exclusive interview with City First, we bring to you excerpts from the chat.
When asked how important are communication skills for her and what she thinks is more important, educational qualifications or good communication and personality, the passionate woman said, “Having an educational degree is as good as knowing cooking a meal but when it comes to being at the hospitality, the first thing which is required is how well you interact and interpret the knowledge you may have
how you possess your opinion, how you have an approach towards multiple situations which shows your patience, empathy, your confidence, the beauty with brains replied, “As one says that rough sea makes a good sailor, hence we learn more with experience that enables them to adapt a personality which is the most important part of this industry.” Taking about her idol, Nikhita said, “I may sound very profound here but I always looked up to my mother,
sister and my father, for they taught me to stay strong and their ‘never give up’ attitude. Yes, I would also give my teachers huge respect for making me who I am today, and besides that, I simply adore Sushmita Sen as my childhood inspiration.” When asked what message she would give to young people wishing to enter the hospitality industry, Sethi said, “You can’t pour from an empty mug, so people joining this field must be aware of themselves and live life to the
MAR 21 - APR 20
Today is a favourable day for business. You are very generous by nature and also you are the backbone of your family. You may postpone your study plans. You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth. Your lover may finally say yes to you.
APR 21 - MAY 20
You need a break from day to tensions and the way to cope up with stress is to meditate. You must create an environment of understanding at home. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. Promotion can be expected even if other are not.
National Forgiveness & Happiness Day on October 7, is a day that celebrates forgiveness and the amount of happiness it can bring to one’s life. While many people hold on to grudges and fantasize about revenge, studies have revealed that the best way to heal is to actually forgive the person who hurt you. And no, forgiving someone does not make you weak. Instead, it contributes to the creation of a much more successful and happy you. This National Forgiveness & Happiness Day, fill your heart with the light of love and practice the art of forgiveness. It will be the best decision you have made all year!
National Forgiveness & Happiness Day is an occasion that celebrates forgiveness and encourages people to let bygones be bygones. This is because being unforgiving will only be harmful to you in the long run and will have no impact on the one who hurt you. To encourage the practice of ‘letting go,’ this religious-based holiday was created and sponsored by Robert Moyers and the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance. The goal of the holiday was “to do the will of God each day and to love one another as God loves us.” In fact, the organizers of the day also came up with a
“Prayer of Forgiveness,” which asks God to forgive others. It also pleads with God to provide us with the power to forgive others and help us forgive ourselves.
Not the religious kind? Well, this day is still important for you since the theory of forgiveness and the impact it has on one’s life has been supported by numerous theorists and researchers. For instance, in 1998, two researchers revealed that forgiveness is different from pardoning, excusing forgetting, and denial. Instead, it’s an act that allows you to reconcile with yourself and restore a fractured relationship. This does not mean that you forget the wrong that has been done to you, but instead, you focus on accepting that it happened and then choose to move on. Another study revealed that forgiveness increases positive emotions and reduces negative ones such as blame and anger. Furthermore, in 2020, Shauna Shapiro wrote in her book: “Forgiveness is perhaps the most challenging of all the resources available to us — and the most transformational.”
It highlights the importance of forgiveness
Forgiveness is not easy and it takes a person to be really strong to let go of negativity.
This is what this day tries to remind us all — that forgiveness will only heal us.
It shows how forgiveness can lead to happiness
The day explains how forgiveness doesn’t make you weak.
But instead, it could be the reason behind eternal happiness.
It makes people let go of their grievances
Since the day promotes forgiveness, it makes many people forget their grudges and reassess their relationships with a different perspective.
Letting go of grudges
Forgiveness makes you happier and healthier.
Effect on stress Being unforgiving produces the stress hormone. Don’t be the victim
Forgiveness can empower you. Forgiveness increases compassion
It makes you more understanding and helps mend relationships. Blame game Forgiveness makes you stop blaming others for your problems.
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. Don’t attack stress even if you don’t have any. Let go of things that are not in your control. You want to have your own house and you will work hard to make your dream come true. Overall a good day.
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You make sure to make things work your way. Never demotivate someone even if someone is not capable of doing something. You are most wanted by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office and a serious one. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. You are a God fearing person.
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected.
Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You need help on academic front and you should not shy away from asking. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them. Admit your faults in relationship.
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You care about you lover but somehow hesitate in expressing that care. Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion.
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You love to live close to your family. Best day to buy gold and silver or any precious metal for investment sake. You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Video gathering is possible as you miss your social circle like anything.
Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are opportunist and this will make you successful one day. There may be delays in property possession and it won’t effect you. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today.
DEC 23 - JAN 20 Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You always maintain cordial relationship with everyone. You workout daily to keep yourself fit. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are not a jealous kind and you feel happy for others. You are a very grounded person.
JAN 21 - FEB 19 You will feel amorous towards your wife. This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes but don’t care.
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Make a list of people you want to forgive Throughout your life, there may be many people who have hurt you. Well, now is the time to think of them and free your heart of all the grudges.
Apologize to someone for your mistakes
We all make mistakes because we are human. But instead of ignoring your mistakes, confront the people you have hurt and ask them for forgiveness.
Preach the lesson on social media
Not everyone knows how essential forgiveness is for happiness. Hence, use this day to spread the message and improve the lives of thousands of people.
AUG 24 - SEP 23 You give tough competition to people. Many people get inspired by you. You will get special treatment from your dear ones. Take stand where you need to, don’t run in the same direction where everybody else is going. Health remains perfect. Health will be satisfactory.
Spend time talking with likeminded people as it will make you feel good for now. Boisterous behaviour is what everyone needs right now, do whatever you can do to cheer everyone up. You will feel financially comfortable. Your personality will attract many eligible bachelors.
SHUBHAM DUBEY AND DEEPAK KAUSHIK
Some more glimpses of the grand event of UP Ke Mann Ki Baat at Agra held at Courtyard by Marriott, Agra, in as sociation with Bharat24 and First India News channel on Tuesday. During the event, Un ion Minister of State for Law and Justice Professor SP Singh Baghel was present as the Chief Guest of the programme.
Dr Jagdeesh Chan dra graced the occasion with his presence and enlightened the audi ence present at the
event.
Rajkumar Chahar, National President of BJP Kisan Morcha and MP Fatehpur Sikri, Manish Asija-Secre tary of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative As sembly and other re nowned leaders were also present on the oc casion. During the pro gramme, social work ers and eminent per sonalities spoke on ed ucation, health and other issues in Agra. All the sponsors and all the intellectuals, social workers, litterateurs and officials of Agra city were present. In the same episode, vari ous doctors and other dignitaries were also felicitated at the event.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR & MRIDULA SHARMA
The trailer of one of the espionage-thrillers of the year, ‘Code Name Tiranga’ is the latest sensation in Bollywood. The trailer has amassed much love from the audience for its high-octane action and emotions. The main lead of the film Parineeti Chopra and Hardy Sandu along with director Ribhu Dasgupta reached Hotel Marriott in Jaipur and shared some insights about their upcoming blockbuster in an exclusive interview with City First!
Acting came as a fluke to you or was it your childhood dream?
I am an actor by chance, since childhood, I was into cricket but I, my parents discovered my singing talent early and gave me the platform to perform on stage and since
then, there has been no looking back. My first love, however, was always cricket but I got injured so I decided that singing is my second passion then my friends motivated me to try my hands at acting and I moved here.
We heard that Ranveer Singh has opened the door for you in the acting field can you describe that thing?
He didn’t open the doors but he is surely a person I look forward to, I am new to acting and he has guided me whenever I got stuck at the time 83, but doors were opened for me in acting since I started seeing myself as an actor.
If given a chance to work in the biopic of your favourite cricketer and how will you react?
Definitely yes! I would love to work for my favourite Virat Kohli, I want him to become the biggest run-scorer in the world, lots of love to him.
This is the first time, you
portraying a completely different character from your personality, a superstrong raw agent who is protecting her country, can you describe the creative process behind your moves?
I am more than just a bubbly girl, I had so much potential in me and I always thought that I was born to do action, so I explored myself but when I got the film where not the men but the women were running the war, they are the agent then I couldn’t say no!
For me, my favourite moment was holding the Tiranga. I
The 31st foundation day of Balaji located in Fatehpur, Shekhawati was celebrated with great enthusiasm on Wednesday. During the event, the tableau of Balaji was specially decorated and Maha Aarti was performed. On this occasion, Dy LOP Rajendra Rathore offered prayer to the lord for happiness and peace in the state. The temple’s client Dinesh Sharma shared that
free arrangements were made by the temple administration for the devotees to stay. Along with this, the temple administration had also made a team of doctors and other arrangements so that no one should face any problem in case of emergency. In the same episode, a grand awakening night was also organised in which Cheema Baba Maharaj, Devi Nandan Sharma and other artists forced the devotees to dance with their bhajan presentations.
Released on September 23, National Award Winning director Soumendra Padhi shared that Season 2 of Netflix’s Jamtara is streaming now on Netflix. Directed by Soumendra Padhi, his most recent work has been receiving rave reviews. With critical acclaim and audience appreciation, the series has created a strong impact!
With strong writing and the ensemble’s acting prowess, Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega has gone in-depth and captured real life cases and issues revolving around scams & phishing.
Having an eye for detail, Soumendra believes that it’s the small things that help build creativity.
have put so much effort into the film, I love to work on difficult projects so that’s how I can grow and learn more.
the film, I love to work on dif-
I can grow and learn more.
Will you choose Parineeti as a singer or Parineeti as an actor?
as an actor?
I have been singing since the age of 3 and acting from age of 23, so definitely singing has a special place in my heart and my love is always singing but acting has given me everything so I will choose Singer-actor.
You have created a wonderful film, where a powerful woman is saving her country but how did you get this idea?
I wanted to make an agent film and we have fewer women agent movies as compared to men as I am from Bengal, and I am a devotee of Maa Durga, she herself is a synonym of power so I wrote this story and gave this pious name to Parineeti’s character, women are very powerful and so we have tried to deliver via our film. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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