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is set to re tire as CJ of Madras HC on September 12, 2022 and post retirement, he will join new post where as Chairman of SAFMA, his tenure will be of 4 years. Turn to P8 1 3 5 Q ueen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history, has died aged 96, leaving the whole world in a state of shock and grief. Born in 1926 to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the head of state breathed her last on Septem ber 8, 2022, at the Balmoral castle in Scotland. Looking back at the monarch’s mag nificent reign, there were many key moments to remember and cherish.

Today, a huge statue of Netaji Sub has Chandra Bose has been in stalled near the India Gate. During British rule, a statue of a representative of the Britishers stood here. With installation of statue of Netaji, we have established a new path for an empowered India.

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Moni Sharma New Delhi: As a part of the Central Vista rede velopment project, Prime Minister Naren dra Modi inaugurated the ‘Kartavya Path’ at India Gate on Thursday.

“It is an important and very historic loca tion. So fact that Netaji’s statue is being put up in this place is a great honour to him. He will be able to watch over the important part of the capital of free India,” Anita Bose Pfaff, Bose’s daughter.

PM Modi also un veiled a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose near India Gate today. The jet black granite statue, with a height of 28 feet will be placed under the Cano py near India Gate. According to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the move sym bolises a shift from the erstwhile Rajpath being an icon of power to the ‘Kartavya Path’ being an example of public ownership and empow erment.Inthe Azaadi ka Am rit Mahotsav, India got new inspiration and new energy today, said PM while inaugurating.

Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls later in the year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to blow the poll bugle in the hill state. Prime Minister Naren dra Modi is also scheduled to address a Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) rally in Mandi on September 24. The BJP and BJYM in Himachal Pradesh have set the target to gather one lakh youth for the rally.

2 Statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi near India Gate, in New Delhi on Thursday.

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1 PM Narendra Modi unveils the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at ‘Kartavya Path’, in New Delhi on Thursday.

BOMBAY HIGH COURT SETS PRECEDENT IN FAVOUR OF CASTE CERTIFICATE CLAIMANTS

5 HM Amit Shah, BJP Chief JP Nadda, Union ministers Narendra S Tomar, Ashwini Vaishnaw and others during event.

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New Delhi: The United States Embassy and its consulates in four cities have issued a “recordbreaking” 82,000 student visas in the first nine months of 2022 as India remains one of the most favoured destinations for students pursuing higher education.

4 PM Modi pays floral tributes while unveiling the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose near India Gate on Thursday.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, along with KC Venugopal and several party leaders, embarked on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari early on Thursday. This marks the beginning of the party’s new effort to rejuvenate its organisation. Gandhi met the relatives of S Anitha, NEET aspirant, who had died by suicide.

Renni Abraham Mumbai: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has curbed the tendency of districtlevel Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committees (CCSCs) to deny appli cants residential status through a brief enquiry. The court has mandat ed that not only must the enquiry to deter mine the fact of resi dential status of the ap plicant be conducted by the Vigilance Cell but, if needed, it must also allow the applicant to produce evidence re garding her or his sta tus as a resident of Ma harashtra.Hearing a writ peti tion filed by a woman challenging the deci sion of the Caste Scru tiny Committee in Chandrapur district to cancel her caste certifi cate, Justices AS Chan durkar and Urmial Joshi-Phalke were hear ing noted, “A conclu sion that the applicant is not ordinarily resi dent cannot be recorded by making a brief en quiry.” Turn to P5

New Jersey: Former US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that PM Narendra Modi is “doing a terrific job” and that India “has never had a better friend than me”, while giving the broadest hint yet that he may be running for office again in 2024.

The press and offices of First India will remain closed on September 09, 2022, on account of Anant Chaturdashi. Therefore, there will be no edition of the paper on September 10, 2022. —Editor FROM KINGSWAY TO KARTAVYA PATH...

KALRAJ MISHRA COMPLETES 3 YEARS AS RAJ GUV Jaipur: 3 years of Governor Kalraj Mishra’s tenure will be completed on Friday. Today there will be a press conference at 1 pm regarding the tenure of 3 years. Governor will discuss with the media about the tenure of 3 years.

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3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets during the inauguration of the “Kartavya Path”, in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Renni Abraham Mumbai: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), entrusted with the security of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will write to the Mumbai police depart ment over the apparent lapse in security screen ing around the resi dence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during Shah’s recent visit. A 32-year-old Dhule Turn to P5 Dy CM Fadnavis and Home Minister Shah at the former’s home in Mumbai. Dhule had managed to get through the screening and invade the Fadnavis residence, officials say. —FILE PHOTO

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New Delhi: The DRDO and Indian Army successfully completes six flight-tests of Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from ITR), at Chandipur, in Balasore district of Odisha on Thursday. The flight tests were conducted as part of evaluation trials by the IA.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister z India got inspirationnewtoday z Another symbol of slavery removed today z Foundation laid for modern, strong India z Netaji challengesbeyondof position, resources z Our great hero forgotten after Independence z 40 sculptors carved 28-feet-tall idol of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose z Netaji statue will stand tall without any damage for next 100 years z Central Vista project workers to get invite to 2023 R-Day Parade: PM z WB CM Mamata Banerjee rebuffs Netaji statue event invite PM MODI TO BLOW POLL BUGLE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH NETAJI’S STATUE WILL HAVE SYMBOLIC MEANING: BOSE’S DAUGHTER ANITA

HM AMIT SHAH ON A TWO-DAY VISIT TO RAJ STARTING TODAY Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to Rajasthan from Friday. Amit Shah will reach Jaisalmer on Friday. On Saturday, he visit Tanot Mata Temple and offer prayers at the temple. HM Shah will also address booth workers at Dasheera Maidan in Jodhpur.

New Delhi: In the Phul wari Sharif case, the NIA on Thursday was conducting search op erations at places in Chhapra, Darbhanga, Arriya, Muzaffarpur andThePatna.raids were being held in connection with its probe into a suspect ed terror module alleg edly linked to the PFI. The PFI’s members were found with highly objectionable materi als. The case was later taken over by the NIA.

New Delhi: CJ of Ma dras HC, Justice MN Bhandari has been ac corded a major SAFMA.manasappointedhastysponsibilireashebeenChairofHe

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BJP’s state unit chief Chandrashek har Bawankule, who was on Baramati tour on Tuesday, had said that the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena combine will win the NCP’slyconstituency,BaramaticurrentrepresentedbySupriyaSule,in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections along with 45 of the total 48 constit uencies in the (win)managedmati,triedseveralment,BJPCommentingstate.ontheleader’sstateNCPsaidthatpersonshadtodigintoBarabutnoonehadtogetwaterthere.

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However, Maha rashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said even former prime minis ter Indira Gandhi had to concede defeat and hence nobody should be under illu sion that he or she cannot be AjittingSupriyagress.IndiancludingcysentedPawarstrongholddistrictBaramatidefeated.inPunehasbeentheofSharadwhohadrepretheconstituenmultipletimes,inhisdaysintheNationalConHisdaughterSuleisthesitMPandnephewPawaristheMLA.

First India Bureau Mumbai: Controversy has erupted over the grave of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon at the Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai, with the rul ing BJP claiming it was beautified and at tempts made to turn it into a shrine of sorts. On Thursday, Mum bai police removed the LED lights put around the grave of the terror convict—who was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015—and launched an inquiry into how the lights and marble tiles came to adorn the terror convict’s grave While some Maha rashtra BJP leaders claimed the grave was done up while Uddhav Thackeray was the chief minister, the Thackerayled Shiv Sena said the whole issue was an at tempt to divert people’s attention from more im portant issues like infla tion and unemployment.

Delkar’s son Abhinav, seen here with folded hands at his father’s funeral, had filed the FIR on March 09, 2021.

BMC survey in Ghatkopar, Vikhroli’s hilly areas for better supply

First India Bureau Mumbai: The Brihan mumbai invandiwassupply.toVikhroli’sofwillCorporationMunicipal(BMC)carryoutasurveyGhatkoparandhillyareasimprovethewaterAsimilarstudyconductedatGoandMankhurd2021. Before laying water pipelines, the civic body conducts small-scale surveys. However, after receiving complaints about low water pres sure and inadequate supply in hilly areas, the BMC increased its efforts last year with a survey at Cheetah Camp in AccordingGovandi.toa hy draulic department of ficial, the planning team needs some infor mation before laying pipelines in sloping slum areas, such as to pography and how mains should be laid, which can only be ob tained after conducting such a Earlier,survey.theBMC had spent Rs1.35 crore on the project. Now, the civic body has floated another tender to carry out a total station sur vey of the elevated lo cality in Ghatkopar West. The estimated cost of the project is Rs1.70“Thiscrore.isa hilly and densely populated area. There are narrow paths with widths of less than two feet. In such a location, we need an in tegrated study to lay a network so that every one gets an equal dis tribution of water,” said U S Mudras, execu tive engineer of plan ning and research in the hydraulic engineer ing decade.hasbuthasthatHedepartment.alsomentionedtheareaalreadyapipelinenetwork,thatthepopulationgrownoverthelastThesurveyareaisapproximately50hectares,andthenumberoflocalsandhutswillalsobecounted.Afterthesurveyiscompleted,acontractwillbeawardedtolaythepipelines.

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Thackeray-led Sena calls issue tactic to divert attention from real problems NOT NEW

First India Bureau Pune: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party talks about wresting SharadabandonBaramatibutmayhaschiefParty’sNationalist2024constituencyBaramatiintheelections,theCongressstateunitJayantPatilsaidthatthesunriseinthewest,thepeopleofwillneverNCPchiefPawar.

BJP claims LED lights, marble tiles were added while Thackeray was CM;

Terror convict was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015 and buried at Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai. Why drag the Shiv Sena into this issue? This is nothing but an at tempt to divert people's attention from serious issues facing the country. It is also an attempt to create communal ten sion in the society.

HC quashes FIR in MP Delkar suicide

NCP, BJP continue war of words over Baramati

Additional Sessions Judge, Malegaon, against the three ac cused, and one juvenile. The main accused, Shinde, had suffered some serious burns and succumbed to inju ries on November 30, 2011.“As one accused was juvenile, his matter was separately filed be fore Juvenile Justice Board, Nashik,” the agency statement said.

Life sentence for 3 in Malegaon additional collector murder

We are not carrying out this cam paign (of reaching out to constituen cies) to defeat an individual. Our mission is to win Maharashtra and we want to win seats. Individual is secondary there… Even former prime minister Indira Gandhi had to concede defeat and hence nobody should be under illusion that he or she cannot be defeated. —Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CM

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Civic body had spent `1.35 cr on the project; now it has floated another tender to carry out a total station survey

—Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena MP, Mumbai South No government will want such things to hap pen during their tenure. Currently, to divert the people's attention from inflation and un employment, such issues are being raked up. Since they (the BJP) have their government in the Centre as well as in the state, they should find out who did this and pun ish those who are responsible.

First India Bureau Mumbai: A Malegaon court on Thursday sentenced three ac cused to life imprison ment in the murder of Yashwant Sonawane, an Additional Collec tor in Malegaon who was burnt alive in 2011 for busting an il legal Public Distribu tion System (PDS) di version racket, CBI officials here said. Additional Sessions Judge, Malegaon (Ma harashtra), convicted Rajendra alias Raju Devidas Shirsath, Mac chindra Piraji Surad kar alias Kachru, and Ajay Magan Sonawane for killing Yashwant Sonawane, who was burnt alive on January 25, 2011, during a raid at a dhaba. It was alleged that Popat Dattu Shinde was running a dhaba at Jondhalwadi Shivalaya on the Manmad-Nand gaon Road, which was being used as a focal point for pilferage, storage, and illegal sale of petroleum products meant for the public distribution system. Oil tankers clandes tinely offloaded part of the petroleum prod ucts, which were then stored in cans/barrels etc and were later sold,” the agency said in a Sonawanestatement.was on his way to Nandgaon via Manmad along with his steno-cum-PA and a driver when he busted the illicit operation and proceeded to call the Supply Inspector to prepare a panchnama’.

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noted businessman died in his sleep at the age of 60 on Wednesday.

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Police order probe into Yakub Memon grave

State BJP chief Chan drashekhar Bawankule said Thackeray should apologize to the people of Mumbai and Maha rashtra given that Me mon was responsible for killing 250 people. Shiv Sena leader Aadi tya Thackeray accused the BJP of trying to dis rupt peace ahead of the civic polls in Mumbai by creating a controversy over Memon’s grave. He said the Baba Qabrastan is a private trust and the Brihanmumbai Munici pal Corporation had no role in it.

In the meantime, the accused gathered his accomplices, who ruth lessly beat the officer with iron rods and ba tons and set him ablaze after dousing him with kerosene. Sonawane died on the spot.

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Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed a case registered against nine persons, including Dadra Na gar Haveli Union Ter ritory Administrator Praful Khoda Patel, for allegedly abetting the suicide of MP Mo han Delkar last year. While allowing the pleas, the high court ob served that it was a fit case for quashing the First Information Re port (FIR) to “prevent abuse of Delkar,law”.58, a seventerm MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, was found dead in a hotel room in Marine Drive in Mumbai on February 22, 2021. Patel and eight oth ers were booked in March 2021 for allegedly abetting the suicide and criminal intimidation

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OVER 20K POLICE PERSONNEL TO MANAGE VISARJAN ON LAST DAY OF GANESHOTSAV

T he forest de partment had recently shifted three elephants from Patanil under the Allapalli for est division of Gadchiroli district in eastern Ma harashtra to an elephant welfare trust in Jamnagar in Gujarat.

A special ‘Ganpati Palkhi’ procession was carried out at Mumbai International Airport as part of the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi festival on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI Artists perform during the special ‘Ganpati Palkhi’ procession held at the Mumbai Airport, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI Spl DEMU trains to run Panvel,betweenChiplun TO AU REVOIR TO BAPPA

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IMD on Thursday pre dicted heavy to very heavy rains in coastal and central parts of Ma harashtra over the week end, an official said. The forecast said iso lated areas in coastal districts such as Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg will re ceive heavy to very heavy rains from Fri day till officialPuneinthroughspellsFriday,ceivetraMadhyaSunday.MaharashwillcontinuetorelightshowersonthoughthemightintensifytheweekenddistrictssuchasandSatara,thesaid.PartsofMarathwadaandVidarbhawillcontinuetoreceiveshowerstillSunday,theIMDforecastadded.Astatementfromthechiefminister’sofficesaidofficialsindistrictsintheKonkan,westernMaharashtra,northMaharashtraandVidarbhahavebeendirectedtobeonfullalertforsuchweatheractivities.

Missing woman in ‘love jihad’ case found: Cop First India Bureau Mumbai: A 19-yearold woman who went missing from Amra vati on Tuesday af ternoon, prompting “love jihad” accusa tions from BJP lead ers and independent Lok Sabha member Navneet Rana, was found at Satara rail way station on Wednesday night, po lice said. An officer from the Rajapeth police station on Thursday stated that police will only file a FIR if the wom an, whose identity has been withheld, has a complaint.“Wedetained a man known to her and got a lead which we worked on with help from our cyber police. The wom an was traced to Satara around 11 pm on Wednesday. She is be ing brought back. Po lice as well as women commission will record her statement to find out if she has any com plaint against anyone,” the police officer said. After the woman left home without inform ing her parents, they got a missing com plaint registered at the police station on Tues dayLocalnight.BJP workers led by spokesperson Shivrai Kulkarni then alleged this was the fifth case of “love ji had” in the region. And Rana claimed the woman had been con fined by the members of a Ranacommunity.createdruckus at the police station on Wednesday saying sen ior inspector Manish Thakare recorded her phone call when she called him to inquire about the investigation. She said she had also asked police to act sternly against the man they had detained.

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Mumbai (PTI): Tak ing suo motu (on its own) cognizance of the government’s move to shift wild an imals from a forest in Gadchiroli district to a zoo, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday said a bal ance has to be struck between the rights of human beings and animals. A division bench of Justices SB Shukre and Valmiki SA Menezes took cognizance of news reports about a proposed plan of the state forest department to transfer some wild animals to a zoo. The court issued no tices to the Centre and the state government and sought their re sponses and posted the matter for further hear ing on Thursday. The bench maintained animals are not be stowed with mental fac ulties similar to a hu man being and hence it is difficult for a human society to seek consent of the affected animals before they are forcibly removed from one area to Theanother.court added that ancient Hindu texts have recognized the rights of animals, birds and every living creature and re garded every living be ing as having emerged from the same divine power as humans, there by deserving due re spect, love and affection. The bench referred to a couplet from of an ‘ab hang’ (devotional poet ry) written by Sant Tu karam to buttress its point. The court noted the issue also raises concerns over biodiver sity. Any move to move wild animals to a zoo would harm biodiver sity and would be against the spirit of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, it said. “The presence of wild elephants adds to biodiversity of Gadchi roli forest and, there fore, it is the duty of the state to do everything to preserve the population of wild elephants in Gadchiroli,” it said.

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First India Bureau Mumbai: The Central Railway (CR) will oper ate special DEMU ser vices between Panvel in Raigad district and Chiplun in Ratnagiri district from Septem ber 07 to 12 in order to cater to the heavy rush of passengers due to the ongoing Ganesh festival. The train will depart from Panvel at 7.15 pm and reach Chiplun at 11.50 pm on the same day. It will depart from Chiplun at 1.45 pm and arrive at Panvel at 6.30 pm on the same day. The train will halt at Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Sape Wamne, Karanjadi, Vinhere, and Khed stations. Also, all CharniCentralgoingever,Septembereveningstationwill(Up)Churchgate-boundfastlocaltrainshaltatCharniRoadduringtherushhourson09.HowslowlocaltrainstowardsMumbaiwon’tstopatRoadstation.

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This issue raises even more a funda mental issue regarding rights of wild animals within the society dominated by human beings…. But that should not deter a human being from devising some method where rights of the wild animals against their forcible removal and in respect of other matters are equally respected as that of man and a balance is struck between the rights of man and rights of animals, including wild animals.

The Mumbai police have gone all out to crack down on anti-social elements, combing operations in hotels and guest houses and setting up ‘nakabandis’ to check vehicles carrying suspicious materials Mumbai Police conducts a flag march at the crowded places as part of the preparations for the Ganapati Visarjan, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Pedestrians cross a road amid heavy monsoon rains, in Mumbai’s Fort area. —PHOTO BY PTI

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First India Bureau Mumbai: Over 20,000 police personnel will be deployed across Mumbai on Friday as lakhs of people are ex pected to throng the streets to see and par ticipate in the immer sion processions of the Ganesh idols, which mark the end of the 10day long festival. De spite the fact that the entire Mumbai police force gets involved in the bandobast, a dedi cated force of about 3,200 police officers, 15,500 police consta bles, eight companies of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), one Rapid Action Force (RAF), one Force-One company, 750 home guards, and 250 trainees will be on the ground to ensure the processions across the city run Accordingsmoothly.tothepo lice, apart from the ma jor visarjan points such as Girgaon Chow patty, Shivaji Park, Juhu, and Malad, there are 73 natural lakes and 162 artificial ponds established by the Bri hanmumbai Munici pal Corporation (BMC) where household Ganesh idols will be immersed.“Allout operations, combing operations and nakabandis are be ing done regularly due to the Ganesh Utsav,” said DCP (Operations) Sanjay Latkar. The po lice will also use drones to monitor and main tain the crowd. They will also use of mega phones and loudspeak ers to guide the crowd and to provide update on the missing people, especially children. Drones will also be used by the police to monitor and maintain the crowd. Mega phones and loudspeak ers will be used to guide the crowd and provide information about missing people, particularly children.

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ime starts flying with wings when you move towards the path of accomplishment with determination. The pe riod of three years passed quickly in Rajasthan while serving as the Governor and Chancellor of the State Uni versities. During this, the critical period of the covid pandemic also put many ob stacles in the way, but it is said that determination has the power to prove every thing on its own. Informa tion and convocations,thework,withactiveThethetechnologycommunicationhelpedalotindifficulttimesofcovid.RajBhavanremainedeventhenandalongtheadministrativeonlineeducationinuniversities,time-boundandpro

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It has also been the re solve that I should do some thing from my side while living up to the trust of the people of Rajasthan. I vis ited Jaisalmer, Barmer, Banswara, Kota, Udaipur, Bikaner etc. and during this, I found that people have the feeling of being satisfied even in a little bit. I tried to expand the Gover nor’s Relief Fund. I tried that it could be useful to every needy person. In the critical period of covid, by convening an allparty meeting, it was en sured that there is no hu man loss anywhere due to lack of medical equipment. In the recent past, lumpy skin disease in cows has caused a lot of damage. On the initiative of Raj Bhavan, after convening a meeting in this regard, a special review was made to ensure that ef fective efforts should be made to prevent infection. Along with the develop ment of basic facilities in the tribal areas, it was also resolved to establish an ideal village and to provide coaching and other facili ties to the youth of the trib al areas in a time-bound manner. It is heartening that a lot of important work has been done in the tribal areas during the last three years. Similarly, in the light of the new education policy in the universities, many works related to ensuring quality education, adoption of villages by the universi ties and their development etc. have been done in these three years. Under the in novations, the important work of setting up incuba tion centers, developing the basic culture of research, facilitating the admission process, and tionsselves,entireworks,givethevolvesresolvegramswelfarerelatedtionracylytions,andness.fareWorksreachingtionsuniversitycellor’sAlongbeennationsimplementationtime-boundofexamiandsyllabushasdonecontinuously.withthis,theChanAwardtothebestwasstarted.Ibelievethattheseareacthatwillhavefar-consequences.relatedtopublicwelprovideinnerhappiWorkinginpubliclifeinconstitutionalinstituIhavefeltcontinuousthatthesuccessofdemocliesintheimplementaofdevelopmentworkstocommonpeople,schemes,andprorelatedtothem.Anyisprovenwhenitinconcernsrelatedtopublicinterest.WhenweconcreteshapetotheKeepinginmindthesociety,notonlyourthenonlytheresoluwillbefulfilled.

As soon as I assumed the responsibility of the consti tutional head of the state, my first priority was to make efforts on my part to ed to the Constitution of the country in the public mind. I know that I am just an instrument, but if there September 9, 2019, was the day when I took over as the Governor of Rajasthan. tutional office, I resolved in my mind that I should do something for the dence of the people ble,ties.FundamentalIfeltthiscanbefulfilledonlywhen the young generation is aware of the Constitution. In order to connect the youth directly with the Con stitutional culture I, as the Chancellor, initiated the es tablishment of Constitution Parks in the universities.

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If Manasa-Vacha and Karmana are one, then many things can be possible on their own. I have also felt this continuously. The legis lature is the most sacred place in the Constitution. The resolution was proved when the tradition of read ing the Preamble and Fun damental Duties of the Con stitution before my address was introduced. Another important step in this path of Sankalp Siddhi is the es tablishment of the Consti tution Park in Raj Bhavan under the Smart City Scheme of the Government of India. It is being devel oped in such a way that the entire journey from the ini tial days of constitutionmaking to its implementa tion can be brought alive in the Raj Bhavan.

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‘EXPERIENCING “PADHARO MHARE DESH” CULTURE SINCE 3 YEARS’

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There has been a close relationship with Rajasthan from the very beginning. When I came here, the culture of ‘Padharo Mhare Desh’ was already settled in my mind and I have been experiencing it here continuously for three years. I also have a constant feeling that I belong to Rajasthan, probably because of the intimacy and affection the people here have given me. It has made me fertile every day.

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Ranchi: Amid hectic po litical developments in Jharkhand, Chief Min ister Hemant Soren has a new task at hand, thanks to a controver sial statement by his brother and MLA Bas antBasantSoren.Soren is MLA from Dumka, which is on the boil following the rape and murder of two girls.Back from a Delhi trip, Soren met the fami lies of the girls. Asked the reason for his Delhi visit, he told the media that he “had run out of undergarments”.“Ihadrunout of un dergarments, so I went to Delhi to purchase them. I get them from there,” he said, smiling. In the video clip, tweet ed by news agency ANI, Soren admitted that there was some politi cal unrest in the state, but stressed that the situation is stable now. The comment drew sharp reactions from Opposition leaders.

West Bengal’s Howrah district on July 30 and nearly Rs 49 lakh in cash was found in the car. They claimed that the money was meant for buying sarees for an Adivasi festival in their state.

Kanyakumari: Terming the Bharat Jodo Yatra a life sav er, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said the cross-country grass roots campaign will see the party emerge in a new aggressive avatar that cannot be taken for granted by either friends or po litical adversaries. As former Con gress president Ra hul Gandhi and scores of party work ers began a 3,570 km campaign from Kan yakumari to Kash mir, the party's gen eral secretary incharge communica tions slammed the BJP for its criticism of the yatra. The more the BJP talks about it, the more evident it is that the party is rattled, Ramesh told PTI.

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IN THE COURTYARD POST APOLOGY, DELHI HC WAIVES COST ON EX-CBI OFFICER IN TWITTER BLUE-TICK PLEA

Lax Mumbai... businessman Hemant Pawar was able to infil trate the three four-tier security cordon always thrown around the Un ion Home Minister, who is accorded Z plus secu rity, and mingle with the political leaders at Fadnavis’ official resi dence ‘Sagar’. A person familiar with the development said, “The Union Gov ernment views this se curity lapse very seri ously and it can only be explained as an example of complacency by the Mumbai police that is entrusted with the screening of visitors to the Dy CM’s residence.

New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Thursday granted M Nag eswara Rao, CBI’s ex-interim director, a reprieve from having to pay Rs 25,000 cost that had been assessed to him at the time of the dismissal of his appeal regarding the purported deletion of blue tick from his Twitter account. The retired IPS officer formally apologized to the court.

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will proceed with 3 issues suggested by the Attorney General of India while hear ing the constitutional validity of reservations on the basis of economic conditions. It said that it will proceed with the first 3 issues suggested by the AG as they encapsu late the entire case.

Oppn will unite to oust BJP from power in 2024: Mamata

HIJAB BAN IN KARNATAKA: SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS HEARING TILL SEPTEMBER 12

WHY WAS WB LEFT OUT OF B’DESH TALKS?

In Delhi to buy underwear: J’khand CM’s brother explains

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“Recently, India has become the fifth largest economy in the world. This achievement gave us confidence to work even harder and achieve bigger goals in this Am rit Kaal. This progress is not ordinary. Every Indian is feeling proud about it. We need to maintain this enthusi asm,” the PM said. Referring to the Cen tre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Modi said, “As many as three crore houses were built by the government across the country for the poor during the last 8 years. Of these, nearly 10 lakh houses were construct ed in Gujarat alone.” He praised the health infrastructure in Guja rat, saying the state has a robust network of mul tispecialty hospitals. The entire event and the medical camp were organised by Gujarat Minister of State for Ag riculture, Energy and Petrochemicals Mukesh Patel, who is the MLA from Olpad in Surat. PM Modi urged doc tors deployed at medical camp to talk to patients about their lifestyle and importance of having nutritious food, which can keep people away from many illnesses.

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Kolkata: Mamata Ba nerjee on Thursday claimed that Bangla desh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had expressed her desire to meet the West Bengal Chief Minister during her recent visit to India but the Union government kept the State out of the deliberations in Delhi. “For the first time I have seen that during discussions with withtainsinggatheringDidibeenWestBangladesh,Bengalhaskeptout,”saidatapartyhereaddthatshemaingoodrelations‘Hasinaji’.

Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she and her counterparts in neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand will join hands with several other opposition par ties to oust the BJP from power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. While addressing a party programme here, Banerjee, also the Trina mool Congress supre mo, claimed that the BJP would face a rout because of its arrogance and people's anger. “I, Nitish Kumar, He mant Soren and many others will come togeth er in 2024. All opposi tion parties will join hands to defeat the BJP. All of us will be on one side and the BJP on the other. The BJP’s arro gance of 300 seats will be its nemesis. There will be ‘Khela Hobe’ in 2024,” she said. ‘Khela Hobe’ (game is on) had been the battle cry of the TMC during the high-octane Assem bly polls last year, in which the party defeat ed the BJP to storm back to power for the third consecutive term. Banerjee claimed that the arrest of Jharkhand MLAs with hordes of cash by Ben gal police recently stopped the horse trad ing in the neighbouring state and prevented the fall of the Hemant Sor en ceptedtheirwereMLAsThreegovernment.CongressofJharkhandarrestedaftervehiclewasinteratPanchlain

Surat (PTI): Before the address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inter acted with some of the beneficiaries of the state and centrally sponsored schemes, such as the widow pension, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. While talking to Sukhdevs inh Rana, a differently-abled farmer, the PM appealed to all cultivators to switch to natural farming, saying this would provide better yield with minimum cost. Recently, In dia has become the fifth largest economy in the world. This achievement gave us confidence to work even harder and achieve bigger goals in this Amrit Kaal. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

Mamata Banerjee addresses in presence of Abhishek Banerjee during party meeting’, in Kolkata on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI DIDI EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE AT CENTRAL VISTA INAUGURATION INVITE M amata Banerjee said that she received a letter from an officer of the rank of Under Secretary asking her to be present in Delhi to day for the Central Vista inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “They are writing as if we are bonded labourers. An Under Secretary cannot write to a Chief Minister. The Minister of Culture has become so big that he cannot write to CMs,” she said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India has become the fifth largest economy in the world and this is not an ordinary

—PHOTO BY ANI PM INTERACTS WITH BENEFICIARIES OF VARIOUS GOVT SCHEMES

New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to urgently hear on September 12, 2022 a plea by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to amend its Constitution. The case has been on the board of a Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud, but was adjourned multiple times due to paucity of time.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 on September 12. An SC bench will hear at least 220 petitions challenging the CAA. The pleas against the CAA first came up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Dec 18, 2019.

Shibu Soren (centre) with sons FROM PG 1 High Court... The bench held that the question of normal residence of a person for the purpose of veri fication of caste certifi cate cannot be settled without an enquiry by the Vigilance Cell and after giving the con cerned person an op portunity to produce evidence.Thepetitioner sought verification of her caste claim on the basis of a caste certificate. The Caste Scrutiny Committee observed that the caste certifi cate of the petitioner was in violation of the Maharashtra Sched uled Castes, Non-Noti fied Tribes (Vimukt Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Class es and Special Back ward Classes Rules, 5(1), (2) and 14 . The committee then de clared the caste certifi cate invalid and can celled it. SR Narnaware, who appeared for the peti tioner, submitted that the service record of the woman’s grandfa ther shows his perma nent address in Andhra Pradesh. He was ap pointed to Western Coalfields Ltd in 1968. “Based only on this, the committee decided that the petitioner was not a normal resident without giving any op portunity to the peti tioner to prove this as pect and without con ducting a detailed en quiry through the Vigi lance Cell,” Narnaware submitted.Thecourt said, “The Caste Certificate issued to the claimant by an authority other than the one from the State of Maharashtra cannot beItverified.”thendirected the enquiry committee to re-examine the claim of the petitioner by follow ing the prescribed pro cedure including con ducting an enquiry by the Vigilance Cell, if necessary.

Coming in the wake of recent intelligence about a lone-wolf attack expected during the Ganesh Chhaturti festi val in Mumbai, and the arrest of a ISIS opera tive--who had been plan ning to launch an attack on India’s top two politi cal leaders--by Russian intelligence agencies makes this incident all the more serious.”Shah was on a two-day visit to Mumbai when an un known person breached the security and reached him. According to the police, the person was hanging around Amit Shah and other political leaders at the official residence of Dy CM Fad navis. Malabar Hill Po lice has arrested this man who claimed to be the PA of an Andhra Pradesh MP, according to a news report. Dhule had wanted to meet the ministers and take pictures with them. It is suspected that he was going to use these photos for publicity or profit, officials said.

siasm,”toing“Everyachievement.Indianisfeelproudofit.WeneedmaintainthisenthuModisaid.HewasvirtuallyaddressingbeneficiariesofvariousgovernmentschemesandthosepresentatamegamedicalcamporganisedinOlpadareaofSuratcityinGujarat,wheretheAssemblypollsareduelaterthisyear.ThePMinteractedwithsomeofthebeneficiariesandappealedtofarmerstoswitchtonaturalfarming,sayingthiswillresultinbetteryieldatminimumcost.HelaudedtheGujaratgovernmentandreferredtotheBJP-ledstateandtheCentreas“doubleenginegovernment”.

PK takes a dig at Nitish with 4-pics tweet, deletes it

Prashant Kishor posted photos on twitter featuring Nitish Kumar who was seen smiling with PM Modi

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed a case registered against nine persons, including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Union Territory Administrator Praful Khoda Patel, for allegedly abetting the suicide of former Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar last year.

Cong will emerge in new avatar: Ramesh

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court’s verdict upholding the decision of the state government’s order on ban on Hijab in educational institu tions of the state. The court has posted the next hearing on the hijab ban to September 12 i.e. on Monday at 2 pm.

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Jairam Ramesh interacts with media before the start of party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Kanyakumari. —FILE PHOTO Jairam Ramesh on Thursday took a swipe at Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma whose “Ra hul Gandhi should go to theofhasBharatcommentPakistan”overtheJodoYatrasparkedawarwordsbetweentwoparties.

Modi lauds Gujarat govt and referred to the BJP-led state and Centre as “double engine govt” Surat (PTI):

PM Narendra Modi addressing the inauguration of Mega Medical Camp, in Surat, via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Thursday. Guj CM Bhupendra Patel, Guj BJP chief CR Paatil also seen.

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Prashant Kishor tweeted this set of photos on Thursday.

EWS RESERVATION: SC TO CONSIDER 3 ISSUES

Patna (Agencies): Re sponding to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s remark that he wanted to be with the BJP, ace poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday posted a set of photos on twitter featuring Nitish Kumar who was seen smiling with Prime Minister Naren dra Modi. He later deleted it. The latest spat in volving Bihar CM Nit ish Kumar and one-time ally BJP was triggered by Prashant Kishor’s taunts after the Bihar Chief Minister swapped sides recently and formed a new coalition government with RJD and the “NitishCongress.Kumar was with the paksh (ruling party) a month ago and now he is with the vipaksh (Opposition). How dependable that is, is up to the people to decide. But I don’t think that the new dis pensation in Bihar will have any big impact on the nation. I see it as a state specific develop ment. I don’t think it will have any impact on national politics, but anyone is free to try,” said Prashant Kishor or thechallengehasascanceunderminecommentPrashant“PK”.Kishore’swasseentothesignifiofNitishKumaranationalleaderwhothepotentialtoPMModiin2024election.

CONG’S SWIPE ON REMARK OF ASSAM CM

Dhule has been ar rested and remanded till September 12. Accord ing to the police, Hemant Pawar was wearing a white shirt and a blue blazer. He also had ac cess to an MPs’ PA pass, which he had attached to a ribbon, the Union Home Ministry said.

New Delhi (ANI): Un ion Home and Coopera tive Minister Amit Shah on Thursday ap pealed the States and the Union Territories (UTs) to take forward the cooperative move ment with the spirit of team“WeIndia.willhave to play a role of a team India for the development of cooperatives. Different states will have to come forward in the role of a trustee for the develop ment of cooperatives,” Shah said while ad dressing the inaugural session of the two-day National Conference of State Cooperation Min isters organised here in the national capital. Noting that co-opera tive is not a new con cept, Shah said, “if we want to take forward the cooperative move ment we will have to fol low one direction and oneShahpolicy.”focussed on the equal presence of coop eratives in every state and UTs, and for this, he said a “new cooperation policy will be needed”. The existing Nation al Policy on Coopera tives was formulated in 2002 with the objectives of facilitating the allround development of cooperatives and pro viding necessary sup port, encouragement and assistance to them, so as to ensure that co operatives work as au tonomous, self-reliant & democratically man aged economy.bution&theiraccountableinstitutionstomembersmakecontritonat’l

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Tokyo (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday met with his Japanese counter part Yasukazu Hamada & said bilateral special strategic & global part nership between the 2 countries plays crucial role in ensuring a free, open and gion,”basedfree,cialJapanfencePartnership.Strategicpantweeted.tworelations70today.zuofwiththeregionalfenceaspectstolegIndo-Pacificrules-basedregion.Singhisonthelastofhisfive-dayvisitMongoliaandJapan.“ReviewedvariousofbilateraldecooperationandaffairsduringbilateralmeetingJapan’sMinisterDefence,MrYasukaHamadainTokyoThisyearmarksyearsofdiplomaticbetweenthecountries,”Singh“IndiaandJapursueaSpecialandGlobalIndia’sdepartnershipwithwillplayacruroleinensuringaopenandrules-IndoPacificrehetweeted.

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New cooperation policy will be needed, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Amit Shah addresses inaugural session of the two-day National Conference of the State Cooperative Ministers at Vigyan Bhawan, in Delhi on Thursday. BL Verma and Gyanesh Kumar are also seen here.

Goa’s towaswhereCurlies,Sonalidrugged,berazed Panaji: The Curlie’s restaurant in Goa will be demolished soon for allegedly flouting the coastal zone regula tions. The National Green Tribunal, or NGT, upheld the Goa Coastal Zone Manage ment Authority’s earli er order to demolish the iconic shack. The green court’s or der comes days after BJP leader Sonali Pho gat was allegedly drugged at a party in Curlie’s hours before herThedeath.order to demol ish the structure was first passed by the Goa coastal authority at its final meeting in July. The NGT was hear ing an appeal challeng ing the order of the GC ZMA directing the raz ing of iconic restau rant.

We will have to play a role of a team India for the development of coopera tives. Different states will have to come forward in the role of a trustee for the development of cooperatives.

—Amit Shah, HM

Singh meets Yasukazu to bolster defence ties

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HASINA AT AJMER! Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her visit to offer prayers at Dargah Ajmer Sharif, in Ajmer on Thursday.

New Delhi (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu and prime min ister Narendra Modi have wished Indians across the world Thurs day on the ocassion of Onam.“Onam greetings to fellow citizens, special ly to Malayali sisters and brothers. A festival marking new harvest, Onam also celebrates the values of equality, fairness and truth. May the joyous spirit of this festival strengthen so cial harmony and bring peace and prosperity to all,” president Murmu said.“Onam greetings to everyone, especially the people of Kerala and Malayali community spread around the world. This festival re affirms the vital role of Mother Nature and the importance of our hardworking farmers. May Onam also further the spirit of harmony in our society,” the prime minister said. Both tweets were written in both Malay alam and English. Ker ala governor Arif Mo hammed Khan and chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan have also ex tended Onam greetings to the people of the southern state and Ma layalis across the world. Onam commemo rates the reappearance of Mahabali, the king whose rule was charac terised by harmony and equality for all. On Thiruvonam Day, which falls on September 8 this year, Mahabali ob tained a blessing from Vishnu promising to visit his subjects every year.

Will Azad’s ‘hardline politics’ play in BJP’s favour?

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Prez Murmu, PM Modi extend greetings on Onam

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SIKHSDEATHMANPERFORMANCE,DURINGDIESHACKEDTOBYNIHANGINAMRITSAR

Amritsar: In a horrific mur der caught on camera, a factory worker was hacked to death by three men, in cluding two Nihang Sikhs, over his chewing tobacco on a street in Golden Tem ple’s vicinity in Amritsar last night, police said on Thursday. Accused, Ra mandeep Singh, has been arrested while searches are on for 2 Nihang Sikhs. A CCTV camera outside a hotel captured the murder. The body remained on the street overnight, next to a drain, until police got to know this morning. It was just after midnight when Nihang Sikhs — part of an ultra-conservative order within the Sikhs — got into a quarrel with victim Harmanjeet Singh, reported to be in his 20s.

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Rajnath Singh and Yasukazu Hamada at the 2nd India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, in Tokyo on Thursday.

EPS AT AIADMK HQ, SAYS THE CADRES WON’T FORGIVE OPS

New Delhi: Marking a significant forward move ment, the Indian and Chinese armies on Thursday announced that they have begun to disengage from the Patrolling Point 15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area of Ladakh where 2 sides have been locked in a standoff for over 2 years. Announcement came a week ahead of SCO summit in Uzbekistan which will be attended by PM Modi and Chinese President Xi.

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All Thane Malayalee Association Members created a 120 square feet Athapookalam (Rangoli with Flower petals) on the occasion of Onam festival, at Thane Railway station, in Thane on Thursday.

—PHOTO BY ANI Amit Shah

Hyderabad(ANI): Tel angana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundarara jan on Thursday slammed the state gov ernment led by CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, stating that Governor’s office was humiliated under the MinistertookBhavan.ofinginningparticipatedSoundararajangovernment.today,inthe“BeofFourthYeartheServiceofPeopleTelangana”atRajTheGovernoradigattheChiefKCRgovern ment and said that the “governor’s office was humiliated”.Recallingthe 75th In dependence day she said she was disheart ened by the fact that the Governor was not al lowed to hoist the flag. “The state will write history how a woman Governor was discrimi nated. I was denied the Governor’s Address and the hoisting of the flag on Republic Day. Even now wherever I go protocol isn’t followed. Office should be re spected,” she said. “Recently there was a southern Zonal Meet ing, 75 per cent of the issues were from Telan gana and AP,” she said.

Tokyo: India and Japan on Thursday agreed to con duct the inaugural ‘fighter exercise’ between Air Forc es of both the countries during bilateral talks with his Japanese counterpart Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo on Thursday. Both coun tries acknowledged the im portance of the India-Japan defence partnership and the critical role, it will play in ensuring a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pa cific region.

Jammu: An artiste in Jam mu died after he collapsed on stage in the middle of his performance, officials said today. Sources say the man, Yogesh Gupta, died of a heart attack. A video that has gone viral on social media shows Yogesh Gupta, dressed as Goddess Parvati, performing at the Ganesh Utsav in Bishnah area of Jammu. As part of the dance, he drops to the floor, then keeps dancing until he collapses. The music continues but Mr Gupta doesn’t move. Nobody reacts for several minutes, until another artiste, dressed as Lord Shiva, walks to the stage and checks on him. He is seen calling for help.

New York: India high lighted that the impact of the Ukraine conflict is not just limited to Europe, adding that it has exacerbated concerns over food, fertilizer and fuel security, especially in the developing countries. Assuring the Security Council, India’s Permanent Representative at United Nations Ruchira Kamboj said that New Delhi will continue to work with the International Community to mitigate economic hardships resulting from the Ukraine conflict. “India will continue to work with the international commu nity and partner countries to mitigate the economic hardships that are result ing from this conflict,” she said at UNSC.

Cooperatives to be taken ahead with spirit of team India: Shah

‘IMPACT OF UKRAINE CONFLICT IS NOT LIMITED TO EUROPE’

Chennai: AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami Thursday reached the party headquarters in Chennai’s Royapettah area for the first time after being elect ed as the party’s interim general secretary amid a rousing reception by the cadres. Edappadi’s visit to the HQ comes after the Ma dras HC endorsed his elec tion in July as the AIADMK interim chief strengtheningtherebyhishands as the single supreme leader of the party. The ongoing leadership in the AIADMK has now reached the SC af ter party leader and former TN CM OPS moved the top court against the judgment of a division bench of the Madras HC.

Tokyo: External Affairs Minis ter S Jaishankar on Thursday called for col lective efforts with Japan to address the “new andpandemicbylenges”chalposedtheCovidongoingconflicts, an apparent reference to China’s aggressive moves around Taiwan. Addressing the India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue here, Jaishan kar flagged the Covid-19 pandemic and the “ongo ing conflicts” as “serious developments” and “new challenges” and underscored the need to address them.

LAST DEFENCE MIN’S TRIP ARTISTE COLLAPSES ON STAGE

Mahesh Sharma New Delhi: Ghulam Nabi Azad has not only announced floating a party but has declared the agenda of his party and it has become clear as to what will be his election strategy? He will do politics by tak ing hard line. Just as other regional parties of Kashmir Valley i.e. National Conference, PDP, Apni Party etc. are doing politics in the same way Azad’s party will also do poli tics. Though there is a perception that he will be BJP’s B team and is forming a political party to benefit the BJP, but his agenda will be ‘hard line’, only then he will be able to get votes in Kashmir Valley. If he also car ried on with BJP’s agenda, he will get votes neither in Jam mu nor in the Valley. He will have to show with his agenda and campaign that he is not BJP’s B team, but is fighting BJP as well. That’s when he told three agendas of the party in his rally be fore announcing the party. Azad told that he will work to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir. This is not an agenda as the government has said that it will restore statehood. Jammu and Kashmir is not going to be a union territory till eternity. The only question is whether statehood will be re stored before the as sembly elections or will it happen after that. But the next two agendas are consid ered ‘hard-line’. He said that his party will ensure that only peo ple of Jammu and Kashmir get jobs in the state and only local people can buy land. That is, outsiders can neither buy land nor do jobs. This is the agenda of parties like PDP and National Conference. But this will not happen be cause then the purpose of abolishing Article 370 and 35A will not be fulfilled. Azad also knows this, yet he will do politics on these is sues to claim himself as the messiah of the Muslims of the valley. He knows that only then they will get votes and he will be able to fulfill the purpose of BJP to some extent.

‘FIGHTER EXERCISE’ BETWEEN AIR FORCE OF BOTH COUNTRIES

Ghulam Nabi Azad Telangana Guv tears into KCR govt, says ‘Guv office humiliated’

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—PTI COAL MINISTRY SLASHES INTEREST ON LATE PAYMENT OF ROYALTY, RENT & FEES FROM MINES

New Delhi: The government has reduced the rate of interest levied on delayed payment of royalty, rent and fee from coal mines, a move that would give a fillip to ease of doing business.

‘India to seek review of trade pact with Japan’ FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

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San Francisco (PTI): In dia will seek review of its free trade agreement with Japan during a meeting be tween Commerce and In dustry Minister Piyush Goyal and his Japanese counterpart in Los Angeles onNishimuraThursday. Yasutoshi is the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Indus try. In such reviews, nor mally two countries seek more market access for their respective domestic products and resolve issues which are hindering trade. "I think that's quite long overdue and I am going to raise that issue with my counterpart from Japan. He has just taken over some time back as a new minister. So I will be taking up that issue," Goyal told reporters when asked if a review of the free trade agreement (FTA) with Ja pan is on the cards. India and Japan had im plemented the Comprehen sive Economic Partnership Agreement in August 2011.

Noting that this year, the fashion category will see robust growth driven by an increasing shopper base from Tier 2+ cities and first-time shoppers.

RBI NORMS OUT ON AUGUST 10 z

The coal ministry has amended the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 (MCR) aimed at decriminalising its provisions. The Centre has been taking action in a bid to reduce compliances for business and citizens, the coal ministry said in a statement. “To further promote and boost the ‘Ease of doing business’ policy of the government, the amendment in MCR decriminalised 68 provisions whereas penalty has been reduced for 10 provi sions of MCR,” it said.

—PTI OTHER STORIES

On August 10, RBI came out with digital lending norms after extensive consultations and last week asked the industry to implement those by November this year z Some players in the fintech industry have expressed concerns that the norms on lending will impact their operations

at the lowest rate and avoid any accusation of protection ism. Singh stated that India would produce large quanti ties of green hydrogen at the lowest price and would need electrolysers for producing 50GW hydrogen initially. Singh showcased a huge opportunity for the EU to get supplies of H2 from India. —PTI PM TO ONWORLDINAUGURATEDAIRYSUMMITSEP12ATGRNOIDA

INDIAN RUPEE RISES 23 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 79.72 AGAINST AMERICAN CURRENCY Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 23 paise to close at 79.72 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday amid easing crude oil prices and a firm trend in domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.72 against the greenback. It witnessed an intra-day high of 79.65 and a low of 79.83 during the session. It finally ended at 79.72, up 23 paise from its previous close of 79.72. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, fell 0.60 % to $87.47 per barrel. —PTI

‘IMPORT OF RUSSIAN OIL AT DISCOUNTED PRICE PART OF INFLATION MANAGEMENT’ RBI NEEDS TO BE

Mumbai (PTI): E-com merce firms are expected to log a 28% year-on-year growth in sales at $11.8-bil lion during the festive month this year, a report said on Thursday. This growth is expected to be driven by the dou bling of online shoppers during festive sales as against 2018, Strategy Con sulting firm Redseer said. “As the festive season is set to kickstart across the country, Redseer forecasts the online sales during the festive month to reach $11.8 billion, a 28% increase from last year,” it said.

GOVT TO ACQUIRE VODAFONE IDEA STAKE AFTER SHARE PRICE STABILISES AT `10 OR ABOVE

TO REACH $11.8 BN DURING FESTIVE MONTH

WHEN IS THE FESTIVE MONTH

SINGH URGES EU TO KEEP ITS H2 MKT OPEN FOR COMPETITION

50 countries are scheduled to participate. This was an nounced by Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying. Theme of the 4-day event beginning Sept 12 is ‘Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood’. Besides the PM, Amit Shah and other union ministers too will be address ing the summit.

—PTI New Delhi: Private equity (PE) investment in proptech firms rose 5% to $270 million during the January-June period as the adoption of technolo gy gains momentum in the real estate sector, ac cording to Housing.Com. The PE inflow in proptech rose 35% in 2021 to $741 million from $551 million in the previous year. Housing.Com, which is part of REA India, the number of PE deals dur ing January-June 2022 has grown by 1.5 times year-on-year.

—PTI SINGTEL OFFLOADS 1.76% STAKE IN BHARTI AIRTEL

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Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark stock indices re bounded around 1% on Thursday following value buying in banking, IT and auto stocks after two days of losses and a largely posi tive trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 659.31 points or 1.12% to settle at 59,688.22. During the day, it jumped 683.05 points to 59,711.96. The broader NSE Nifty rose by 174.35 points to close at 17,798.75. Tech Ma hindra, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Mahindra & Mahin dra, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finserv, In dusInd Bank and Asian Paints emerged as the big gest gainers amonf Sensex shares. Tata Steel, NTPC, Titan, Nestle and Power Grid were the laggards.

—PTI

Mumbai (PTI): RBI Depu ty Governor M Rajeshwar Rao said the digital lending norms are designed to end regulatory arbitrage and protect customers. Rao said there was un bridled engagement of third parties, misselling, breach of data privacy, un ethical recovery practices and exorbitant interest rates recently which led the RBI to regulate the ac tivities. On August 10, RBI came out with digital lend ing norms after extensive consultations and last week asked the industry to implement those by No vember this year. Some players in the fin tech industry have ex pressed concerns that the norms on lending will im pact their operations. "The framework is de signed to strike a balance between the need for an in novative and inclusive sys tem while at the same time ensuring that the regula tory arbitrage is not ex ploited to the detriment to the customer's interest," Rao said. He added that the norms put the onus square ly on the regulated entities on behalf of whom the apps do the lending.

z The festive month is generally defined as a period starting from the first sales event and lasting roughly till the Diwali week, including non-sale or business-asusual days in between, according to Redseer

—PTI PE INFLOWS IN PROPTECH FIRMS UP 5% IN JAN-JUNE MARGINS OF INDIAN ALUMINIUM COS LIKELY TO CONTRACT Chennai: TVS Motor has unveiled 2022 models of its flagship Apache range of motorcycles strength ening its product portfo lio. Upgraded with a host of features, the motorcy cles are priced at `1.17 lakh for the 160 cc (base variant) and `1.30 lakh (ex-showroom New Del hi) for the 180 cc base variant. The power in creased in the bikes have led to reduction in weight at two kilograms for the 160 cc bike and one kg in 180 cc motorcycle.

Sensex, Nifty rebound around 1% amid global recovery in equities

New Delhi: Union Power Min ister R K Singh on Thursday urged the European Union to keep its getcompetitionkethydrogengreenmaropenfortosupplies

New Delhi (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sithara man on Thursday said the Reserve Bank will have to be more synchronised with the fiscal policy and other factors in taming inflation. Inflation management cannot be singularly left to the monetary policy, which has proved totally ineffec tive in many countries, she said. "The RBI will have to synchronise somewhat, may be not as much syn chronised as other western developed countries would do. I'm not prescribing any thing to the Reserve Bank... I'm not giving any forward direction to the RBI but it is the truth that India's so lution to handling the econ omy, part of which is han dling inflation also is an exercise where the fiscal policy, together with the monetary policy has to work," she said. There are economies where policy is designed in such a way that the mone tary policy and the interest rate management is the one and the only tool to handle inflation, she said. "I would say India's infla tion mgmt, the word tam ing inflation or the word keeping it within the toler ance limit is an exercise of so many different activities and majority of which is outside of the monetary policy given in today's cir cumstances," she said.

New Delhi (PTI): Retail sales of automobiles in In dia grew 8.31% in August this year on the back of in crease in registrations of vehicles across all major segments, automobile deal ers' body FADA said on Thursday.Asperdata released by the Federation of Automo bile Dealers Associations (FADA), total vehicle retail sales in the country stood at 15,21,490 units last month as compared to 14,04,704 units in August 2021. Passenger vehicles (PV) retail sales stood at 2,74,448 units as compared to 2,57,672 units in the yearago month, a growth of 6.51 perTwo-wheelercent. (2W) retail sales also grew by 8.52% at 10,74,266 units in August 2022, it added.

New Delhi: Operating margins of the domestic primary aluminium com panies are likely to shrink by 400-500 bps sequen tially in the second quar ter of 2022-23 due to fac tors like high input costs, rating agency Icra said on Thursday. “Owing to a twin onslaught of correc tion in aluminium prices and elevated input costs, the estimated operating profitability of ICRA’s sample set of domestic players is likely to con tract sequentially by al most 400-500 bps in Q2 FY2023 compared to Q1 FY2023,” Icra said in a statement.

E-comm Cos to see big-billion sales jump

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—PTI TVS MOTOR UNVEILS UPGRADED VARIANTS OF APACHE BIKES

Digital lending rules to cut frauds: RBI DG

MARKET CAPITALISATION OF BSE-LISTED FIRMS AT ALL-TIME HIGH OF `282.66 L CR New Delhi: The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms reached an all-time high of `282.66 lakh crore on Thursday, helped by a rebound in equities.The bounce back in equities, helped the market capitali sation of BSE-listed firms jump to `2,82,66,696.92 crore. Investor wealth also climbed `1.79 lakh crore on Thursday. In the broader market, the BSE smallcap gauge climbed 0.60% and midcap index ended high er by 0.29%. A total of 2,062 stocks advanced, while 1,402 declined and 125 remained unchanged.

New Delhi: The government will acquire a stake in debt-ridden Vodafone Idea after the stock price of the company stabilises at `10 or above, according to an official source. Vodafone Idea (VIL) board has offered a stake to the government at a par value of `10 per share. “There is a SEBI norm that the acquisition should take place at par value. DoT will clear the acquisition after VIL shares stabilise at `10 or above,” an official source said. VIL shares are trading below `10 since April 19. The stock declined by 1.02% to trade at `9.68 on BSE on Thursday.

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Monday will inaugurate ‘IDF World DairydelegatesthanwhereinGreater2022’SummitatNoidamore1,500from

More synchronised to handle inflation: FM

New Delhi: Singtel enti ties have jointly offloaded a 1.76% stake in Bharti Airtel for about `7,128 crore. Bharti Telecom Ltd has bought a 1.63% stake from Singtel entity Pastel Ltd for `6,602 crore through an open market transaction. According to the bulk deal data availa ble with the NSE, Bharti Telecom agewerestakeamounting9,62,34,427purchasedshares,toa1.63%inCo.Thesharesacquiredatanaverpriceof `686 apiece, taking the transaction val ue to `6,601.68 cr.

z In Free Trade Agreement (FTA) normally two countries seek more market access for their respective domestic products and resolve issues which are hindering trade in the country

Moreover, the category mix has been evolving dif ferently in pre-festive months which will impact festive category mix as well, Redseer said. Redseer further said that in the first week itself, the sales are estimated to reach $5.9 bil lion, projecting a 28% in crease from last year, when they stood at $4.8-billion.

New Delhi (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said India has ramped up the import of crude oil from Russia at discounted prices amid sanctions on Moscow as part of the country’s inflation management. “In a situation where global prices were going beyond anyone’s affordability, at that stage to take a very strong political decision, I respect the Prime Minister for his courage on this to get it from Russia because they are ready to give it to you at discount. And how speedily did we man age to do it,” she said. India ramped up its import from Russia from about 2% of the total shipment of petroleum products to 12-13% in a couple of months as part of inflation management, she said. “I give credit to the statesmanship of the Prime Minister to make sure that we did keep our relationship with all countries but yet manage to get the Russian crude... Sanctions, sanctions but countries (including Japan and Italy, among others) are find ing their own way to get that Russian fuel (crude, gas)… That also is a part of inflation management,” she said.

retailAutomobilesales up 8.31% in Aug

The BJP leader was addressing a press con ference here after Amra vati district Shiv Sena chief Rajesh Wankhede and other members of the Sena’s Thackeray faction joined the BJP. “Almost the entire Amravati unit of the Sena has joined BJP along with Wankhede. Many functionaries of the Thackeray faction, Congress, NCP are in touch with the BJP. In 2024, Uddhav will be left with just a few Sainiks and he will realize the mistake he committed in 2019 (of dumping the BJP),” Bawankule said. People will take re venge for the treason he committed on BJP, PM Narendra Modi and Dev endra Fadnavis, he said.

First India Bureau Mumbai: Darius Pan dole, who survived the car accident in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died, under went a surgery at a hospital here on Thursday to fix his forearm fractures, hospital sources said. According to hospital sources, “Darius Pan dole underwent a minor surgery of fixing his forearm fractures today afternoon. The surgery went well. He is stable and“However,recuperating.”DrAnahi ta Pandole is still under observation, stable and is improving,” they added.Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pan dole were killed on Sun day afternoon when their car hit a road di vider in neighbouring Palghar district of Ma harashtra.Twoother car occu pants, Anahita Pandole (55), who was at the wheel, and her husband Darius Pandole (60) had suffered injuries. Both were admitted to Shri HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre here.The doctors at the hospital have been try ing to stabilize both the patients so that further course of treatment can be undertaken.

Nagpur (PTI): City po lice officials conduct ed searches at the central jail here on Wednesday, days after an undertrial prison er was arrested for al legedly trying to smuggle ganja and mobile phones batter ies inside the prison, an official said. The police have ar rested eight more per sons in connection with the case during investi gation.Nagpur Commission er of Police Amitesh Kumar said the search es were conducted for almost four hours be tween 6.30 am and 10 am onTheWednesday.policeseized 5g ganja from an inmate of the jail during one of the searches. “However, the police couldn’t find the mobile phones be ing used by some jail inmates,” he said.

Two arrested for manhandling woman cop, assaulting male colleague in Palghar

Central Jail Nagpur.

—FILE PHOTO Justice Bhandari... Notably, Justice MN Bhandari is former judge of Raj HC and was appointed as the HC judge on July 5, 2007. Justice Bhandari was a judge of Ra jasthan HC for 12 years & was trans ferred to Al lahabad HC in March 2019. He appointedthereafterwasas acting CJ of Allahabad High Court on June 26, 2021 and was later appoint ed as acting CJ of Ma dras HC on Nov 22, 2021. On Feb 14, 2022, Justice Bhandari was appointed as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

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Sachin Navadkar, the Palghar police spokes person informed. “An elderly couple and some other people had a verbal

Suraj Kawle, an un dertrial prisoner jailed under MCOCA (Maha rashtra Control of Or ganised Crime Act), was arrested on Mon day while trying to smuggle 51g of ganja and 15 batteries of mobile phones hidden inside a file, officials said.Acase was registered by the Dhantoli police under the Narcotic Drugs and

Devotees offer prayers at the Asthika Samaj temple in Mumbai’s Matunga area. Girls click selfies on the occasion of Onam festival, at The Asthika Samaj Temple, Matunga, in Mumbai on Thursday.

circle added 626 cases, followed by 265 in Pune, 50 in Nagpur, 42 in Kol hapur, 38 in Nashik, 30 in Latur, 13 in Aurangabad and 12 in the Akola cir cle, the official said. He further added that 28,549 COVID-19 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours, taking the total in the state to 8,43,00,281.Thestate on Wednes day had reported 1,094 cases and five deaths.

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First India Bureau Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, in ju dicial custody after his August 01 arrest by the Enforcement Di rectorate (ED) in the alleged Patra Chawl redevelopment scam, has moved a court here for bail claiming case against him was a “perfect example” of political vendetta. Special judge for Pre vention of Money Laun dering Act (PMLA) cases MG Deshpande on Thursday directed the central agency to file a reply to the bail plea by September 16. Sanjay Raut “is no where connected to Guru Ashish Construc tion, HDIL or Patra Chawl,” the bail appli cation said. The Rajya Sabha member is accused of receiving “proceeds of crime” amounting to Rs1.06 crore from Pravin Raut’s wife and two other developers. The bail plea claimed that Rs55 lakh of it was a loan from Pravin Raut’s wife and it was paid off; Rs37.50 lakh received from one of the develop ers was the investment Sanjay Raut had made in the project, it said. Later he pulled out of it as a dispute arose between landowners and tenants and Raut received “lim ited profit”, it claimed. The application also claimed that in the al leged Punjab and Maha rashtra Cooperative Bank scam, the ED claimed that Rs112 crore received by Pravin Raut was “proceeds of crime” in that case, but in the current case it claims the same amount to be proceeds of sale of FSI in the Patra Chawl pro ject. The ED cannot show the same amount as proceeds of crime in two different cases, it contended.

Darius Pandole. —FILE PHOTO

spat over sale of a food item when the woman police personnel went over there to resolve the dispute along with a Home Guard person nel,” he said. The accused, who were present at the time, abused and manhandled the woman police sub inspector (PSI). Her col league, PSI Sharad Suralkar, who went to help her was also pushed to the ground and kicked by the accused, he added. A case has been regis tered under various sec tions of IPC against the two accused, their moth er and their sister.

SubstancesPsychotropic(NDPS)Act.Twopolicemenattachedtothe‘AaropiCell’oftheNagpurPoliceweresuspendedonWednesdayfornegligenceofduty.ThepolicecommissionersaidtwopersonshadmetSurajKawleonthepremisesofthecourtonMondayposingaslawyersandhandedhimthefilecontainingganjaandmobilephonebatteries.

As many as 1,031 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing up the cumulative count to 79,53,080 28,549 COVID-19 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours.

Darius survivedPandolethecaraccidentinwhichCyrusMistrydied

Sanjay Raut. —FILE PHOTO Chandrashekhar Bawankule. —FILE PHOTO THE CASE Bawankule said that Uddhav will be left with just a few Sainiks in 2024 and he will realize the mistake he committedin2019

ED to reply to Raut’s bail plea by Sept 16 in Patra chawl scam

Jailed Shiv Sena MP claims the case against him is ‘perfect example’ of political vendetta

Ganja smuggling leads to searchesmultipleinjail

Maha registers 1,076 new nCoV cases, six deaths

On the occasion of Onam, Pookalam (floral rangoli/decoration) made by Jojo Thomas and group is dedicated to the memory of victims of 26/11 terror attacks, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI

First India Bureau Palghar: Cops in Pal ghar district have ar rested two brothers for allegedly manhan dling a woman sub in spector and assaulting her male colleague in the Boisar area of the district during Ganesh immersion rituals on Tuesday night. The accused duo was identified as Vikas Ashok Ballal (27) and his brother Sandeep (22),

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‘Leaders of Uddhav faction, NCP, Cong will join BJP’

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First India Bureau Nagpur: Functionar ies from the Shiv Se na’s Uddhav Thacker ay faction, the Nation alist Congress Party (NCP), and the Con gress will join the Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) in large num bers in the coming days, the ruling par ty’s Maharashtra chief Chandrashek har Bawankule said on Thursday. “Workers and leaders of the Uddhav faction, NCP and Congress will join the BJP in such large numbers that they will not have candidates to field in the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls,” he claimed.

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First India Bureau Mumbai: Maharash tra registered 1,076 fresh cases of COV ID-19 and six new deaths linked to the infection on Thursday, taking the overall tal ly to 81,08,442 and the toll to 1,48,280, a state health department of ficial said. As many as 1,031 pa tients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing up their cumulative count to 79,53,080 and leaving the state with an active caseload of 7,082, he said. The state’s COV ID-19 recovery rate was 98.08%, while the fatali ty rate stood at 1.82%. Of the six COVID-19 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, two each were from the Mumbaiwadareasmunicipalparts)andadministrativeMumbaicirclePunedistrict(ruralandoneeachfromcorporationofPimpri-ChinchandNagpur.Theadministrative

The Pageant was held after 2 years and what a dashing comeback of the pageant with you getting crowned as the winner. How does it feel? I cannot wrap my head around this moment it’s so special, and it has been an honour to win the title. After the win, I received so much love and sup port not only from my fans and audience from Vietnam but around the world. This has been my dream and now it only motivates me to work harder and prove to people I deserve this title.

How has your experience in India Been? It feels great here. I always wanted to come here to study but Now I got a chance to ex plore it before. The hospitality and warmth of the people here cannot be described in words. They have such different fla vours in food all rich in their culture. My favourite was the Naan Cake which was like Pan cakes. And lastly, India’s sight seeing has my heart it’s such galore especially the Taj Mahal that we saw during the pageant was breathtaking. Another very memorable evening was when Jagdeesh Chandra and First India hosted us at Jaipur, the evening at Taj Rambagh was like a dream and we can never thank Jagdeesh Chan dra sir enough for his kind hos pitality and motivation.

Miss Teen International is a household name and a prominent brand when it comes to beauty pageants. It has created some proud title winners that have achieved the beacon of success and strive to empower the youth and showcase the finest of India’s talent on the international stage! Jagdeesh Chandra with Miss Teen International Ngô Ngoc Gia Hân TIWARI cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Yes when I won the pageant in my country it was during the dark Pandemic time so things were hard on me as I am also a student and with the online classes it takes time. I couldn’t manage time to go out and take classes I had to learn every thing all by myself. The other countries comparatively had better conditions to work on. So that kind of shook me but my determination to get the first ever crown home kept me moving. Your win has inspired many out there what will you like to share with them? My dream is to Inspire people to education. We need to focus on that as I believe education is something that would change our lives. I just want to tell them that one needs to pre pare for their journey and edu cate themselves for a better future ahead. Also at the same time shouldn’t shy away from showcasing their talent out there. It will only help you be perfect in your craft. Coming from Vietnam on your way to winning the title how has your experience been? It’s my pride to represent my country on an international level at such a young age. I got a lot of caresses from my other sisters in the pageant and that made me feel the warmth. I like speaking to the contestants here and talking to them about their country and culture while I could share mine.

My dad is my biggest In spiration. I have seen him struggle for the success he has earned now. I had been to many pageants before Miss Teen International but I feel I found Myself here. I think I have achieved success as I can participate in an international pageant and bring back a crown. What Is Your Dream? My dream is to be an influencer. At the same to work in the edu cational field because I believe working in that sector will help me contribute to the crowd of the world as long as there will be a hunger for knowledge and Talent in our life.

biggestworld’singwerecountriesfromontestants19eyforthe teen pageant. Nikhil Anand, the Chairman of Miss Teen International had earlier expressed his hon our to host the world in India as he wished the contestants luck. The final coronation was held in Gurgaon where India’s own Aayushi Dhola kia crowned her successor Ngô Ngoc Gia Hân from Viet In an exclusive conversa tion with Ashish Tiwari Ngô Ngoc Gia Hân shared her journey to the win.

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As everything was shut down due to covid for two years it was a long time to prepare for the show. How did you do it and what was the determination behind it? I got crowned in Vietnam dur ing the ongoing Pandemic. It was a hard time as I had to do all the training by myself at my home. But today every thing is worth it because today I hold the crown. And it’s not just because of my hard work but also the love and support I have received from the people around me that motivated me to participate in this Interna tional Platform.

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19 countries from all over the world competing were for the title, what kept you moti vated to win the pageant? We all came together from dif ferent parts of the world and I was amazed by the fact that how different we all were. I just loved the diversity of culture in our pageant. They all made me feel at home while we shared the different stories of our cul ture and traditions. There was more sisterhood than compe tition between us. The fact that I just had to take the crown back home to Vi etnam kept me moti vated for the win. And I guess I did well.

Did you have any moment where you thought of giv ing up and couldn’t do it?

What has been your throughout?Inspiration

Firstly I had to work on my speaking communication especially public speaking at the same time I had to work on my performance. I joined classes for my modelling ses sions also the most important part of the looks had to be taken care of for which I have met many designers in Viet nam so that I can be a part of the International Platform as a perfect Contestant.

FIND CALM IN THE CHAOS @ THE PEACE HOUSE IN THE POST-COVID ERA OF DOMESTIC TRAVEL, HOMESTAYS OFFER ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOTEL WITH THE ADDED SECURITY OF PRIVACY AND SECLUSION AT A TIME WHEN SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS BECOME THE NEW BUZZWORD. CITY FIRST SPOKE TO VISHVENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN, FOUNDER, PEACE HOUSE, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SEGMENT AND THRIVING THROUGH INNOVATION! MITALI DUSAD cityfirst@firstindia.co.in W “Add to this, you have the whole space to yourself. Unlike hotels, where you can’t use the pool, are con fined to your room alone, and have to step out for allyoubreakfast/meals,buffethaveaccesstothehomeamenities,havesocialspacestobondinandyoudon’thavetosharethespacewithoutsiders.” —Vishvendra Singh Chauhan 10ETC MUMBAI | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2022www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/mumbai I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia

hen did this idea of homestays or renting out party places come to you?

It was 4 years back when I went to Russia with my friends and booked a house on Airbnb for our stay, our experience was so nice because in the house or apartment you’ll get a large common area and your rooms are always safe and clean to sleep. I had this property for the past 15 years and it was of no use because it was empty and not that great interiors. So I decided to construct a new floor and renovated the old floor completely. Then the pandemic hit and people were looking for places for birthday almostwequaintancesqueriesonly,mythewerelor/get-togethersparties/bacheetc.Andwealmostreadyforit,soinstarting,IusedtoletoutpropertytomyfriendsthenIstartedgettingfromfriendsandacandthat’showstarted.Rightnowweare85-90%booked.

Homestays do not have the advantage of scale that ho tels have in terms of opera tions. What challenges did you face in preparing your properties and regaining guests’ trust post-COVID? A lot of people who had never looked at private vacation homes as an option for ac commodation started opting for them because unlike ho tels, they did not have any shared spaces. The reopen ing of our homes was a com bination of people, process es, and technology. When I say people, it meant getting our people completely aware and sensitised to the fact that we are in very different times. We have invested a good amount in electronics like Big Smart Tvs, ambient lighting, a fully equipped kitchen, 24 hours housekeep ing, a proper wet bar, 100% crockery and cutlery. Everything here is pre mium and handpicked. What do you feel makes a homes tay stand out from the rest? How can they thrive when competing with established hotels? When compared to a 5-star, our villas have a story, unique experiences and touchpoints. While we aim to match up to the 5-star cer tainty, we are different from them in a way that there are standardisations.no What are the current challenges for the lux ury homestay segment in India? One of the biggest challeng es that this segment faces is the high GST rates (18%). Be cause of this, guests are tempted to pay in cash to un scrupulous operators. What is your target audi ence? While at the start, we saw families opting for it, the demand has now expand ed to celebrations and corporates, too. People want to have intimate cel ebrations against naturally pictur esque backdrops, and we provide endto-end services for that. We have al ready hosted mile stone birthdays, weddings and anniversaries so far. When it comes to corporates, people want to break free from the work-from-home concept, even if for a bit. And our Peace House is perfect for day events and overnight stays for small to mediumsized teams. What is your strategy for Peace House in the coming months? We want to focus all our ener gies on acquiring more proper ties. Apart from this, our focus is on celebrations—big and small. For instance, we are planning to have more pool places, indoor, outdoor and pri vate ones for our clients.

ver since the announcement of Aashiqui 3 with Kartik Aaryan in the lead, there has been constant chatter about the female lead of this musical romance directed by Anurag Basu. The third instalment of the Aashiqui franchise is pro duced by Bhushan Kumar with Mukesh Bhatt and the music is com posed by the hit song machine, Pri tam. According to our sources, the team is on the lookout for a topbracket actress to play the female lead in this musical love story. As we speak, the team is in the process of locking the cast and also giving those final touches to the script. Music seat ing has also begun.

Kartik leading lady?

A ctress Kriti Sanon is a sight for sore eyes, be it with her portrayal of intriguing characters onscreen or the way she oozes with her on-fleek style quo tient. Since making her debut with the Telegu film Nenokkaname, like Bareilly Ki Barfi, Luka Chup pi, and Mimi. A social media junkie, Kriti never fails to impress fans with quintessentialheroutfitchoicesandmakesitapointtogiveasneakpeekintoherupcomingprojectsortravelexperiences.Theactresssharesastrongbondwithherfamily,especiallywithhersisterNupurSanon.

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B rahmastra is likely to set the box office on fire. The film has al ready sold more than 3.5 lakh tickets in ad vance. Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt has reacted to the boycott calls against Brahmastra by saying that there’s “no negativ ity”. MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra said that Ranbir and Alia were not stopped from offering prayers in Uj jain’s decisiontempleMahakaleshwarand“itwastheirnottogothere because of the protest”. At a press conference in New Delhi, Ayan said he felt “really bad” that Ranbir and Alia couldn’t seek bless ings at the Ma hakal.

B Shahidactorwoodolly Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput cele brated her 28th birth day in style on Wednes day evening. Shahid Kapoor’s parents Pan kaj Kapur and Neliima Azeem, Ishaan Khatter and Sanah Kapur, Farhan Akhtar with their wife Shibani Dandekar, and many others joined them at the party. After an eventful evening, the birthday girl shared a bunch of stories on her Instagram handle high lighting the fun she had on the occasion. Pic tures shared by Mira Rajput were originally shared by her yoga tu tor Sarvesh Sashi. Lat er, Mira chose to reshare those pictures on her social media han dle. One picture shows Mira and Shahid Ka poor posing together while another has Mira blowing out the can dles. Celebrating her day in style, Mira did not shy away from mak ing a fashion statement and wore a black dress her for birthday wore a black ajol is making her grand digital debut with the In dian adaptation of the American series The Good Wife on Disney+ Hotstar. Fans of Kajol were eagerly waiting to see a glimpse of Kajol’s character, and they are in for a treat, as the makers have now shared a teaser of The Good Wife. In the show, Ka jol will be seen playing the role of a housewife who goes back to working as a lawyer after her husband’s scandal lands him in Thejail. show is now in production, and while the teaser doesn’t reveal a lot, it shows a brief glimpse of Kajol’s character. The teaser shows Kajol donning a black robe, and walking into the courtroom. She then asks, “Shuru kare?” The 30-second announcement video left fans super-excited to see Kajol in this web series. Sharing the teaser, the actress wrote, “Pyaar, Kanoon, Dhoka - a fight of #TheGoodWife #HotstarSpecials #TheGoodWife, coming soon.

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A ctress Sonakshi Sinha went on her first trip with friends after the release of her debut film, Dabangg? The Da bangg actress packed her bags and visited London post the re lease of the Salman Khan star rer. Well, looking at her social media feed, it won’t be wrong to say that the actress is a traveller by heart. Interestingly, express ing her love for travelling, Sin ha recently talked about her experiences.

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TODAY’S GEN HAS LOST THE CONNECTION TO MOVIES: AMEESHA unny Deol and Ameesha Patel star rer Gadar: Ek Prem Katha 2 is gearing up to release this year after twenty-one years. The film will see Sunny Deol as Tara Singh Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma reprising their char acters as Sakeena and Charanjeet. Ameesha in an exclusive conversa tion with Ashish Tiwari spoke about her journey andAskingmore. about shooting the film, “It’s nothing less than a miracle that I could carve my name in the hearts of the au dience, and even after 20 years they eagerly waited for Gadar 2 on screen. I consider myself god’s child that I have been entitled to so much love” Speaking on the making of the movie she said, “ The movie is being shot with the same love and effort and the story that was loved so much will be taken a step ahead. People will get to experience what happens next. Its a com plete package with all kinds of love, emotions, comedy, dialogues” Ameesha also spoke on Bollywood mov ies failing at the box of fice, “Maybe we are now focusing on pieces of stuff that are not impor tant we are forgetting that Content is the king. Also, there’s a chance that the taste of the audi ence has evolved and Bollywood hasn’t been able to cope with it." Adding to it she said, “ We have seen the glory of a good film to day’s genera tion is busy on Instagram and doesn’t focus on making good films. They have lost the connec tion. We were nev er distracted by other things we only concentrated on the content to day I do the same. If everyone starts doing the same we have a scope of change” S

The actor said, “I did not even know much about him. He was just a name I had heard of but had nev er associated with. But then, when I met him, I was won over!” Calling her relation ship unexpected and out of the blue, she revealed, “It was my destiny and it was meant to be. There were so many coinci dences that at one point all of it just felt so unreal.”

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A ctor Pankaj Tri pathi has said in a new inter view that earli er no one used to invite him to Bollywood parties and now when he gets the invites, he doesn't feel like attend ing. He also said that he doesn't like being called a ‘supporting actor’ or ‘character actor’. From Gangs of Was seypur to Sacred Games, Tripathi has showcased his acting mettle, versatility, and range in several films and web series. He was last seen in the web se ries Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach and Sherdil: The Pilibhit Speaking on the term Character he shared, “Yeah I definitely have a problem when people call me that. What is a supporting actor or a character actor? An ac tor is an actor.

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thecareerSharma’snushkaatmo ment is the envy of many. She not only has been a part of some of the

Anushka is making sure no stone is left unturned. She has been training hard for the film and every once in a while shares some BTS and stills from the sets of the movie. The actor has again shared another visual from the film along with the caption, “A moment from a story that needs to be told!” Donning a shirt and pants with a pixie haircut, Anushka could be seen making a call from a PCO while the rain splat tered on the ground.

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Siddhant Kaif Urvashi Rautela

T he recent Asia Cup has been gain ing a lot of traction from view ers, especially for the India-Paki stan match. Everyone knows that when the two teams come face to face, there is nothing that occupies anyone’s mind. But this was different. It was not team India but Ur vashi Rautela who occupied everyone’s attention! For what reason, you ask? Well, the actor who had claimed that she is not interested in cricket, did not miss out on a single match of India this time. It started festmeme-aon the internet where neti zens trolled the actor alongside cricketer Rishabh Pant whom she was rumored to have dated. During her recent visit to a Ganesh festival, Urvashi was bombarded by fans as they chanted Rishabh Pant’s name when she appeared. The Hate Story 4 star wore a stunning lehenga and she waved at the fans from the stage.However, she was not im pressed with this gesture from the audience and retort ed with anger. She did not react to the chants during the festival and stuck a smile on her face throughout. However, she posted a video on her Instagram story of the same with the message, “This seriously needs to stop! otherwise…”

Ishaan quickly retorted as he said, “Did I? Be cause you said she broke up with me re cently. I am just saying that I watched that episode. You were rather mean to her.” A flustered Karan tried to cover up by saying, “No, I meant to like both of them.” He continued, “Have y’all broken up, is that the status?” Ishaan replied, “How does that matter, who broke up with whom?” Karan and Ishaan then agreed that the actor is single at the moment and recalled how flus tered Ananya was when she was talk ing about Ishaan. Ishaan added, “I would love to have her as a friend for the rest of my life. She is one of the most wonder ful people I have known. She is a sweetheart, she is. All the pulpy ques tions aside, she is very dear to me and will al ways remain so.”

donnedB-townblockbustersbiggestofbutalsohasthecapofaproducerformanygoodfilms.TheactressiscurrentlygearingupforherbiopicontheformerIndiancricketcaptainJhulanGoswamititledChakda‘Xpress.Shehadbeenawayfromthebigscreensforalongtimesincethebirthofherdaughter,Tamika.Sinceher2018venture‘Zero’,theactorhasbeenagreatproducerwhohasbroughtforwardsomeamazingfilms.Butasshegearsupforhercomeback,

K atrina Kaif and oneKaushalVickyareofthe most adorable cou ples in Bollywood and no one can argue otherwise. The ac tor whocouplegotmar ried last year has been serving some seriously cute pic tures on their Insta gram. Vicky Kaushal even gave a glimpse of their relation ship when Vicky last ap peared on the talk show Koffee With Karan along side Sidharth Mal hotra. Now, even Kat rina will grace the coffee couch with her Phone Bhoot costars IshaanChaturvediSiddhantandKhatter.Whilethethreeofthemwereattheirchaoticbest,theepisodedidgivesomesurprisingrevelations.Whiletalkingaboutherrelationshipwithherhusband,theFitoorstarrevealedthatVickyKaushalwasneveronher‘radar’.

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M ani Ratnam has been work ing on his twopart magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan for the longest time. His vision has finally been presented on the screen most beautifully with a huge star cast. Right from Chiyaan Vikram to Aishwarya Rai Bach chan, the film is sure to give everyone else a run for their money. The cast and crew of the film came together on Sep tember 6 to release the trailer of the muchawaited historical dra ma. The film is based on the book written by Kalki Krishnamurthy and revolves around the power dynamics be tween different kings to sit on the throne of the mighty Chola dynasty. K atrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter, and ChaturvediSiddhantre cently attended the tenth episode of Koffee with Karan, and to say that it was chaotic would be an Ananya“YouaskedAnanyaKhaalibreak-uphismainlyIshaanunderstatement.KhatterwasprobedaboutrecentrumoredwithhisPeelico-star,Panday.Karanthe26-year-old,brokeupwithrecently?”

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