First India-Jaipur Edition-10th November 2022

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I will protect all citizens’

Justice DY Chandrachud takes oath as 50th Chief Justice of India

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Justice DY Chandrachud took oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Wednesday, after over 6 years as a judge of the Supreme Court. His father was former CJI YV Chandrachud. Justice Chandrachud and his father are only fatherson duo to have reached position of CJI in the country’s judicial history. Justice Chandrachud as CJI took oath administered by President Droupadi Murmu. As he took oath, he said he aims to, “serve the nation is my priority. We’ll protect all the citizens of India, be it in terms of technology or registry reforms, or judicial reforms.”

Justice Chandrachud will serve as CJI till Nov 10, 2024. LS Speaker Om Birla, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and finmin Nirmala Sitharaman were also present on the occasion.

Spurious liquor: Couple, relative die in Banswara

Banswara: Couple and their relative died in Sajjangarh area of Banswara district on Wednesday after consuming spurious food and liquor. Police said victims, identified as Kanti (50), his wife Ganga (45) and his cousin Vagji (61), consumed meat and liquor on Tuesday night. “Victims ate same food on Wednesday too, after which, they complained stomach ache,” police said. —FIB

‘I GOT THIS WRONG’

Mark Zuckerberg says “Sorry” as Meta fires 11,000; 13 per cent of workforce

New Delhi: Facebook’s parent company Meta on Thursday announced they would fire more than 11,000 employees to reduce costs following disappointing earnings and a drop in revenue. The broad job cuts follow layoffs at other major tech companies in-

cluding Musk-owned Twitter and Microsoft.

“We are also taking a number of additional steps to become a leaner and more efficient company by cutting discretionary spending and extending our hiring freeze through Q1,” Zuckerberg added.

I want to take accountability for these decisions and for how we got here. I know this is tough for everyone and I am especially sorry to those impacted. —Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s Chief Executive

PM MODI VISITS CHAMBI & SUJANPUR IN HP

Congress betrayed people of Himachal, says Modi

First India Bureau

Chambi/Sujanpur: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed public meetings in Chambi & Sujanpur in Himachal Pradesh. PM Modi started his first address at Chambi by highlighting that Himachal is in an important stage of development and, thus, it needs a stable and strong government. Hitting out at the opposition, PM Modi said, “Congress can never give a stable govt to Himachal… Cong is a guarantee of instability. Congress is guaranteed to stop devp works”.

Highlighting differences between BJP and Cong, PM in Sujanpur said that BJP has made devp of nation its top priority in the politics.

Modi also spoke about development of educational avenues here.

Post rally, Modi also stopped his convoy to give way to an ambulance on Wednesday.

HC REFUSES URGENT STAY ON BAIL TO RAUT; ED PLEA HEARING TODAY

Mumbai:

‘IN FIGHT AGAINST TERROR, ACT AGAINST SUPPORT SYS’

New

Cabinet gives more teeth to ERCP Corporation

India and England are facing off against each other for the

time in T20 World Cup after a huge gap of 10 years

Team India skipper Rohit Sharma, after getting injured on Tuesday, said on Wednesday that he has been declared fit to play the crucial semi-final

Team England has also reported injuries and may

play without its star batsman Dawid Malan and star bowler Mark Wood

In the T20 WC, former India captain Virat Kohli has been in sparkling batting form with Suryakumar Yadav second in line

Weather.com’s forecast says there is a 34 percent chance of precipitation in Adelaide in South Australia on Thursday.

Jaipur: The bypoll for the post of JMC Greater mayor will be held today wherein 146 councillors will cast their vote. BJP’s Rashmi Saini and Congress’s Hema Singhania will have direct contest for the post. P3

Jaipur: The Gehlot cabinet on Wednesday met at the Chief Minister’s residence under the chairmanship of CM Ashok Gehlot and took various decisions including strengthening the East Rajasthan Canal Project meant to ensure availability of water for irrigation and drinking water in 13

districts of the state. The cabinet also decided providing reservation related exemption in state recruitment, morale of excellent sportspersons and increasing the chances of employment by increasing industrial investment in Jaisalmer.

To take forward the ERCP, the cabinet decided that the unuti-

lized land owned by Water Resources Department/CAD/IGND/ SWRPD and the properties related to the land are to be transferred free of cost to the ERCP Corporation. Also, for the financial management of the corporation, 100 percent of the income re-

ceived by the departments for the management/sale/lease/other use of the transferred land is to be used for the works of corporation.

The Cabinet approved the New Rajasthan Startup Policy 2022. Startups, entrepreneurial students, rural startups and institutional incubation centres will benefit from this policy.

London: The High Court in London on Wednesday ordered diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s extradition

SUNAK UNDER PRESSURE AS MIN QUITS AMID BULLYING ROW

London: British PM Rishi Sunak is facing pressure from the Oppn on Wednesday as Gavin Williamson, who was MoS without portfolio yet resigned from Cabinet. He was accused of abusive behaviour towards fellow Conservative Party colleagues and civil servants.

EARTHQUAKE: 6 KILLED IN NEPAL; TREMORS FELT IN DEL, RAJ

PROPHET

New Delhi: The ‘Quad’ countries of India, the US, Japan and Australia have kicked off their top-notch Malabar naval exercise off Yokosuka near East China Sea, with China’s aggressive moves in Indo-Pacific figuring radar screens.

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed criminal appeal filed against acquittal of 32, including BJP leaders LK Advani and Uma Bharti, by Special CBI court in Babri Masjid demolition case.

He will have a two-year long tenure at the Supreme Court

President Droupadi Murmu with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, outgoing CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, new CJI Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Narendra Modi @narendramodi

Congratulations to Dr Justice DY Chandrachud on being sworn in as India’s Chief Justice. Wishing him a fruitful tenure ahead.

Kiren Rijiju @KirenRijiju

Heartiest congratulations Dr Justice DY Chandrachud on being appointed as the 50th Chief Justice Of India! Best wishes to him and look forward to working in very close coordination to ensure the speedy delivery of Justice.

PM Narendra Modi with HP BJP president Suresh Kumar Kashyap and BJP candidates wave to supporters during Vijay Sanklap Rally, at Chambi, in Kangra on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI

It is the BJP which can take Himachal to new heights of development. Therefore, this time the return of the BJP government in Himachal is necessary.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

Delhi: Union HM Amit Shah on Wednesday chaired a meeting of officials of IB from across India to discuss issues related to crossborder terrorism and many more. He stressed on need to strengthen process of information sharing and enhancing liaison between counterterrorism & anti-drug agencies. P6

serve the nation is my priority.

The Bombay HC on Wednesday refused to grant urgent stay on bail granted to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut by a lower court in an alleged money laundering case registered by ED. Stating that it can not pass such an order without hearing both parties, HC posted matter for hearing on Thursday. A special court earlier in the day granted bail to Raut and co-accused Pravin while rejecting ED’s request to stay effect of order till Friday. Central agency then moved the High Court and sought an interim stay.

Dr Rituraj Sharma

CM Ashok Gehlot

Poonia leads foot march over broken roads in Amer

He demanded construction of bad roads and supply of water

First India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP State Pres ident & Amer MLA Dr

Satish Poonia marched barefoot on broken roads with the people of Amber, demanding the construction of bad roads and supply of drinking water to Amer, popular with the tour ists in the country and the world. Local activ ists and the general peo ple participated in the march. Poonia marched from Kunda Tirahe to Amber Tehsil.

Poonia blamed Con gress for bad and bro ken roads in Amber.

“This causes problems to general public and tourists. Accidents hap pen every day but CM Ashok Gehlot is dis criminating Amer.

‘LPG gas cylinders should be stored in godowns as per limit’

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Food and Civil Supplies Min Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Wednesday said that there should be a cap on the storage of LPG gas cylinders to control il legal sale-purchase of cylinders and prevent any mishap. He was pre siding meeting in con nection with the pre vention of major acci dents in the LPG gas godowns by state-owned oil companies, interact ed with the officials of LPG Distributors Fed

Minor raped in Jhunjhunu, zero FIR in Haryana

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Jhunjhunu: A minor girl was allegedly raped by her relative in Bu hana Town here, police said. Police informed victim, hailing from Haryana, had come to his relative’s house here. “Accused, who is a close relative of victim, raped her nearly 3 months ago. Nearly 3 days back, she narrated incident to her mother.

A zero FIR has been filed in Haryana & now sent to Jhunjhunu po lice station,” said Ma hendra Singh, SHO of Buhana Police Station.

eration of Rajasthan and sought suggestions on the problem of cylin ders being dumped. “It will be ensured by the department that LPG

cylinders are not sup plied more than storage capacity in the gas go downs of state. Also, strict action for illegal purchase,” he said.

I have informed offi cials of Corporation, PWD after talking sev eral times for construc tion of said road through letters, but the road is in a dilapidat ed condition, CM Ge hlot had announced to build this road in budget though.

Satish Poonia, BJP State Prez

State-level event

First India Bureau

Jaipur: To increase the participation of youth in democracy, the Elec tion Department will be celebrating a special short revision pro gram-2023 based on the theme ‘Chalo vot er banein, milkar kad am se kadam badhen’.

The state-level pro gram of this festival started with a walkmarathon organized from the entrance gate of Rajasthan Univer sity to the College of Commerce on Wednes day morning.

A large number of students from govern ment and private educa tional institutions, rep resentatives of social service organizations and officers and em ployees of various de partments participated in marathon.

Sachin Pilot again pitches for OPS in Himachal

Yogesh Sharma

Kasauli: Former Depu ty CM of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot held a pub lic meeting in Dharam pur in favour of Con gress candidate Vinod Sultanpuri from Kasau li seat in Himachal’s Solan. He said that there is an atmosphere in Himachal against BJP govt & Cong govt is sure to come. Pilot said that Congress will give OPS to the employees. Along with this, 5 lakh jobs will be arranged for un employed youth in 5 years. Rs 1500 per month

Man climbs water tank to protest JDA’s action, stung by bees

About 10 bighas of govt land worth `300 cr was vacated

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Enforcement squad of JDA took ma jor action at Vishwa karma Industrial Area (VKI) on Wednesday. About 10 bighas of gov ernment land worth Rs 300 crore was vacated.

During this, about 200 officers and jawans of police from three police stations, Reserve Police Line and Enforcement Wing of JDA were pre sent. Earlier, seeing

force approaching in large numbers early morning, there was a stir among the people. One by one people start ed vacating their re spective warehouses

and offices. In protest against this action, a person climbed on the water tank. After a while he was attacked by the honeybees, hence he came running down.

IN THE WILDERNESS

will be given to women.

“Inflation has increased in country. Only a few people have benefited from Modi’s rule,” he said. On Thursday, Pilot will address rallies in Shahpur and Baijnath of Kangra dist, Kullu, & Darang in Mandi.

NWR admin ready to fight fog

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Jaipur: Fog this winter will not affect trains.

North Western Railway Administration has made several arrange ments to keep operation of trains smooth even during foggy condi tions. Equipment has been installed at sta tions and devices have also been given to loco pilots in trains.

Jaipur and Bikaner divisions of NWR are usually hit by dense fog. The operation of trains is affected due to fog on

New Delhi and Agra routes. The Engineer ing, Signal & Telecom munication, Electrical, Mechanical, Operation al and Safety depart ments of Railways are working for safe rail movement.

Recently, Railway General Manager Vijay Sharma had asked all heads of departments to be vigilant. Accord ing to guidelines, rail way sections hit by dense fog on NWR have been identified. Visibil ity test objects have been made available.

Man stabs partner in park, both had eloped last month

Dholpur(PTI): A man allegedly stabbed a woman at a park in Dholpur on Tuesday night following an ar gument, police said. They said the couple eloped last month and were living together in Bari town here, but the man’s family members forced wom an to return to her home in Jaipur.

The couple was at the railway station for the woman to board a train but as she refused to go, they had an argument and the man stabbed her, the police added. As the man fled after at tacking her, the woman scribbled her parents’ mobile numbers on a bench of the park be hind the station with her blood, fearing that she would die of exces sive bleeding, police of ficials said.

Mines revenue losses to be brought to zero level: Nayak

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Jaipur: Director Sand esh Nayak took a meet ing of the Jaipur Zone officers in the Mineral Department of Jaipur on Wednesday. He in structed field officers of dept to bring revenue wastage to zero level and achieve 100 percent revenue targets.

Efforts should have to be made to promote legal mining. Nayak said that concerted ef forts should be made to get stay cancelled in cases going on in court

so that outstanding amount could also be recovered in such cases.

Additional Director BS Sodha said above 172 percent of revenue

against targets has been collected in Tonk. In Jaipur, Sikar, and Neem ka Thana, there has been more than 100% recovery.

Housing Board ready to solve housing problem of Tibetans: RHB Commissioner

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Commissioner of Rajasthan Housing Board Pawan Arora said on Wednesday that every year Tibetan refu gee businessmen who come to Jaipur for clothes business can earn livelihood by do ing their business here throughout the year.

“For this it is neces sary that they have per manent housing facili ty in Jaipur. RHB can help in solving the housing problem of Ti betan refugees here. For this, inform Tibet

an Refugee Board about your need.The Board is ready to make plans ac cording to their needs,” Arora said while ad dressing the felicita tion function organized

Sachin & family in Jhalana today

Sawai Madhopur: Bharat Ratna Sachin

Tendulkar’s visit to Ranthambore wildlife on Tuesday was a memorable one. Sachin Tendulkar is on a Ra jasthan tour to cele brate his wife Anjali Tendulkar’s birthday.

The couple did Ranth ambore Safari on Tues day evening and Wednesday morning.

Tendulkar, who was on a tour of Tiger Park

in a closed camper, saw tigress Riddhi on Tues day evening. Riddhi

kept roaming around their vehicle for a while. It seemed as if

Tigress too was eager to see Tendulkar. He had accepted re quest to visit Rantham bore and Jaipur at the invitation of Sunil Me hta, a member of State wildlife Board. During safari in Ranthambore, Mehta accompanied Tendulkar. On Wednes day morning, Sachin saw Tigress Noori. Sachin will go for Leop ard Safari in Jhalana on Thursday & will also celebrate his wife’s birthday in Jaipur.

at the invitation of Ti betan Refugee Hosiery Readymade Seller’s Un ion at Tibetan Market Mansarovar.

Tibetan religious lead er 43rd Sakya Hinzen

Jpr feels tremors of 6.3 magnitude

Jaipur (FIB): Strong tremors were felt in various parts of Ra jasthan on Wednesday at 2am after a 6.3 magni tude earthquake struck in Nepal, prompting many to rush out of their houses in the mid dle of the night.

RHB has fulfilled the nearly 40-year-old de mand of providing per manent market by al lotting 266 shops to Ti betan Refugee Hosiery Seller Union last year.

Nirmal Tiwari

Dr Poonia reached Amer Tehsil on foot with public, where he

submitted a memoran dum to administration for various demands.

Dr Satish Poonia with local activists marched from Kunda Tiraha to Amer Tehsil barefoot on broken roads on Wednesday.

Sachin Tendulkar with Sunil Mehta & others in R’bore on Wednesday.

to connect new voters launched by Election Dept

Sandesh Nayak taking meeting of the Jaipur Zone officers in the Mineral Department of Jaipur on Wednesday.

Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas presiding meeting in connection with the prevention from accidents in LPG gas godowns.

Gyana Bajra Rinpoche was also present on the occasion. The Housing Commissioner paid homage to the Tibetan religious leader by pre senting shawl.

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Rinpoche felicitating Pawan Arora with statue of Mahatma Buddha.A person climbed on the water tank.

Former CM Vasundhara Raje trekked through Kishan Bagh on Wednesday morning and appreciated the efforts for the re-wilding.

Sachin Pilot with Vinod Sultanpuri in Kasauli.

Pawan Arora, RHB Commissioner

Tough battle between BJP, Cong;

JMCG to get new mayor today

JMCG MAYOR BY-POLL TODAY

Bharat Dixit

Jaipur: The JMCG will get its new mayor on Thursday as 146 council lors will cast their vote in the by-election for the post of mayor. The vot ing will take place be tween 10 am to 2pm. The govt has appointed Com missioner of Horticul ture Dept Chetan Ram Deora and Commission er of Social Justice and Empowerment Depart ment Anuprana Singh Kuntal as observers for elections. Meanwhile, both Cong and BJP have kept their councillors close and have lodged them at separate hotels. They will leave for JMC office on Thursday to cast their votes. A total of 74 votes are needed to

Neck and neck contest in Nasirabad by-polls

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PHED Minister Joshi, JMCH Mayor Gurjar distribute pattas

Jaipur: PHED minister Dr Mahesh Joshi and Mayor Munesh Gurjar distributed 35 pattas (lease papers) in the Hawamahal-Amer zone on Wednesday in a camp organized in Hawama hal zone of JMCH.

JMCH Mayor Munesh Gurjar said that with 1700 leases, Hawamahal zone tops the list among lease issuance. Mayor Munesh Gurjar said that many wards of the Hawamahal-Amer zone come under the ecologi cal zone. Therefore, the process of leasing was slow, but now after the order to issue pattas in the ecological zone, the process of leasing will gain momentum. Ex

pressing gratitude to CM Gehlot and Minister Shanti Dhariwal, the Mayor said that their ef forts have brought hap piness to the faces of many families. On this occasion, Dy Mayor Mohd Aslam Farooqui, and other employees were present.

win the by-election. The BJP has named Rashmi Saini while the Cong has fielded Hema Singhania. Food & Civil Supplies Min Pratap S Kharchariyawas said that both BJP & Cong have staked their claims. However, BJP has more numbers with them.

Ajmer: In the Na sirabad munici pality bypoll, there is direct contest between the Con gress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP’s 10, Congress’ 8, and 2 independent coun cillors will vote today to elect the municipality chairman. The votes of independ ent councillors may be decisive as such both the par ties are resorting to badebandi. In terestingly, Nasir abad is one of the smallest munici palities of the state.

1st stem cell transplant done at SMS Hospital Multi-entry,

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Jaipur: Minister of State for Technical Edu cation Subhash Garg said that from the com ing session, a multi-en try, multi-exit, multidisciplinary scheme would be implemented in polytechnics & engi

neering colleges of the state and this would ben efit students, who

dropped out in the mid dle but want to complete the course.

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Garg was presiding over the meeting organ ized on Wednesday to discuss the draft of the scheme in govt polytech nic institutions at Tech nical Shiksha Bhawan.

He said it is being imple mented in the direction of implementing some components of the Na

tional Education Policy2020. He said that it would benefit students who could not pass the first and second semester in the first year. These stu dents can start afresh by choosing any other branch. The facility of ex tra credits has also been given to the students.

CS intensifies preps for Bangalore meet

Dr Rituraj Sharma

remained incomplete on Wednesday. Now the hearing in the matter will be held on Thursday at 10:30 am. Justice Mahen dra Kumar Goel’s single bench will hear the matter. Dr Somya had challenged the government’s dismissal and ban on contesting elec tions for six years.

: Dr Amita Birla,

Birla, got a relief from the High Court on Wednesday in the matter of Income Tax Department action against her. Dr Amita Birla filed a petition in the court against I-T Department action after which the bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal, Jus tice Anoop Dhand gave the order. The bench sought a reply from the Income Tax Department and ordered a stay on any action. Now, after 6 weeks, there will be a final hearing in the petition.

Bharatpur: The ACB on Wednesday arrested Surendra Kumar Dhakad, Inspector of Land Records (Girda war) Halka Milakpur, Tehsil Bayana, Dist Bharatpur red-handed while taking bribe amount of Rs 3,500 from the complainant in lieu of rejecting the admis sion of land purchased by his father and open ing the nomination. The complaint was verified under supervision of DIG Kaluram Rawat and ASP Mahesh Meena.

Jaipur: The second National CS Confer ence will be held in Bangalore from Jan 5 to 7. In this, a document vision of the develop ment of the country will be made on the policy issues of the states across the coun try. For this, CS Usha Sharma has intensi fied preparations.

The policy points of Rajasthan which were appreciated in the first CS conference, Shar ma’s meetings are with the depts con cerned regarding this.

For the 2nd CS confer ence 12 sub-groups of six groups were formed. Under Urban Governance, the work done in Rajasthan will be presented in the presentation. The last

NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES DAY

time the plan for land pooling of Land for Land was given a pres entation. Rajasthan’s initiatives related to urban governance will be told. Regarding Women Safety and Empowerment, a pres entation will be given about the efforts made towards developing an eco-system for wom en’s safety. Features related to Nirbhaya Helpline, Abhay Com mand Centre can be included in this.

CJ stresses on character building, reforms in society

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It is important for the children to have a good education. We have to inculcate good values in them,says CJ Mitthal in the conference

Jaipur: Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Chief Patron of Rajasthan State Le gal Services Authority (RALSA) Pankaj Mit thal on Wednesday said that character building of every citizen is nec essary to remove social evils from society and it is only then POCSOAct will be implemented in its true sense.

Chief Justice Pankaj Mitthal, who was speak ing on the occasion of Legal Services Day or

ganized by Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RALSA), stressed that only by following the principles of Mahatma Gandhi, we can take society to wards reform. “Along with this, we have to inculcate values in the children. At the same time, there is a need to pay equal attention to our duties and rights,” said Chief Justice Pan kaj Mitthal.

Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: In a major achievement, the state’s largest SMS Medical College has initiated ef forts for stem cell trans plant for the first time in the transfusion medi cine department of the college on Wednesday. This stem cell trans plant was done to a sev en-year-old blood can cer patient admitted to the Oncology Dept of SMS Hospital. In this transplant, the patient’s elder sister donated stem cells from her blood. Recently, the blood bank of the trau

ma centre got NoC for the transplant. The pro cess of transplant was done completely free of cost under the Mukhya Mantri Chiranjeevi scheme. First India cor respondent had a spe cial conversation with HoD Dr Amit Sharma in this regard.

Jaipur (FIB): PHED Minister Dr Mahesh Joshi on Wednesday ap proved various schemes of drinking water worth around Rs 10,000 crores while proposals of Rs 4,714 crores were also approved for establish ing mega drinking wa ter projects. Dr Joshi, while chairing the 209th meeting of the Policy Determination Com mittee (PPC) in the sec retariat, approved the various small and mega drinking water projects. Scheme of ChambalDholpur-Bharatpur drinking water project was also approved.

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Jaipur: The hearing in the case related to sacking of Dr Somya as the Mayor and councillor of JMC Greater

Jaipur

wife of Lok Sabha Speaker Om

Min Joshi okays water projects worth `10k cr

Bayana Girdawar in ACB net for taking `3,500

Ahead of JMCG by-polls, Independent councillor from Sanaganer Jai Vishisht joins BJP on Wednesday. Ramlal Sharma, Ashok Lahoty, Kalicharan Saraf and other BJP leaders are also seen.

Dr Subhash Garg during the meeting on Wednesday.

RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot visited the site of the Int’l Cricket Stadium in Chomp and observed the development works.

Min Mahesh Joshi, mayor Munesh Gurjar distributing land-leases on Wednesday. (R) Munesh Gurjar putting on slippers after 2 months, she had taken pledge to remain bare-footed amid the lumpy scare.

146 councillors will cast their vote to choose new mayor of JMCG

JMCG has 85 BJP councillors, 49 Cong councillors & 12 Independents

I ndependent councillor from Sanganer assembly, Jai Vashisht joined BJP on Wednesday under the leadership of MLA Ashok Lahoty. MLA and former Mayor Dr Lahoty said that a day before the JMCG Mayor election, Vashisht joined the training camp of BJP councillors in Chomu. On the occa sion, Raj BJP’s co-in-charge Vijaya Rahatkar, MP Ramcharan Bohra, MLA Kalicharan Sarraf, Narpat Singh Rajvi, Ramlal Sharma, former minister Rajpal Singh, Kailash Bohra, District President Raghav Sharma, Deputy Mayor Puneet Karnawat, State Minister Laxmikant Bhardwaj, Krishna Mohan, Navratna Narayan and all the councillors were present.

CS Usha Sharma

Accused Surendra Kumar

State Legal Services Authority released the Posters and banners for the easy and accessible justice to the poor and helpless people. Justice Pankaj Mitthal and Prakash Gupta, RALSA Secy PL Saini, Dinesh Gupta and others were present.

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DR SOMYA’s PLEA TO BE HEARD TODAY

DR AMITA BIRLA GETS RELIEF FROM RAJ HC IN I-T ACTION

INDEPENDENT COUNCILLOR JOINS BJP

Medical team of doctors with the patient on Wednesday.

SKY IS LIMITLESS THE SENSATIONAL RISE AND RISE OF SURYAKUMAR YADAV

scorching pace. In fact, Surya’s 360-degree game has often reminded fans and ex perts of South Africa’s leg endary great, AB de Villiers.

His solid performances all through 2022 have helped Surya peak at the World Cup where his journey so far has been bordering on exquisite as well fantastic. Notching up 225 runs with three fifties, he displayed his class with the highest score of 68 against a world-class South African pace attack on the bouncy Perth pitch. That superlative knock is being rated as one of the finest in the history of T20 World Cups and former Indian opener Gautam Gamb hir has called it ‘the best T20 innings ever by an Indian.’

NITIN GADKARI STANDS OUT FOR HIS QUALITIES AS MINISTER

A week after Surya reached No.1 ranking in T20 internationals, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma will hope that his most in-form batter will continue to thrive in the knock-out games. For Team India to lift the trophy that’s eluded them since 2007, it is critical that Surya maintains his form and if he can play at his best, the soaring hopes of Indian fans could see a happy fulfillment. As he redefines T20 batting by matching the lofty standards set by AB de Villiers, Surya may just be the trump card Team India needs to crown itself to glory

As the Men in Blue take on England in the T20 World Cup Semi-Finals, Suryaku mar Yadav will be the focus of all attention. In India’s star-studded batting line-up, Yadav has suddenly become a superstar, despite the pres ence of heavyweights like Virat Kohli and Rohit Shar ma. Over the past year, Surya has emerged as the most threatening striker for all bowlers. His red-hot form and amazing stroke-play have made Surya the top bat ter in ICC T20I rankings and Team India’s go-to player at the ongoing T20 World Cup.

Though fans and experts who saw him batting in his early days were sure that Surya would shine, his crick eting journey has been no smooth sailing. He had to wait till he was over 30 to play for Team India, despite his obvious talent and magnifi cent performances in IPL and domestic cricket. Ig nored by selectors for years, Surya has admitted that he would often wonder what was needed to be done for se lection into the national squad. Despite the doubts, his determination never wa vered, and he kept piling runs in style, thus silencing the doubters and breaking

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In India’s star-studded batting line-up, Yadav has suddenly become a superstar, despite the presence of heavyweights like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Over the past year, Surya has emerged as the most threatening striker for all bowlers. His redhot form and amazing stroke-play have made Surya the top batter in ICC T20I rankings and Team India’s go-to player at the ongoing T20 World Cup

down selection doors.

Once picked, Surya made an immediate impact for Team India early last year. In his very first innings in the blue jersey against England, Yadav began aggressively, hooking the first ball from Jofra Archer for six! In just 31 balls, he got to his first half-century that was stud ded with three huge sixes and six fours. That blistering knock on debut against an England attack, comprising a fit Jofra Archer and superpacy Mark Wood, showcased Surya’s exceptional talent. Since that impressive in ternational debut, Sky (as he’s fondly called) has made rapid strides. In 39 T20 inter

nationals he has played so far, Surya has scored 1270 runs at an average of 42.33 with a fabulous strike rate of 179.63. In 2022 alone, he has smashed 1026 runs in 28 T20I innings at a strike rate of 186.54, making all applaud his great form!

Though numbers speak loudly, it is his aggressive style and attitude that make Surya stand out as a remark able batter. Not only has SKY got all the shots in the book but also has yen for some au dacious ones too, making bat ting look easy. Besides his stroke-play, what makes him an amazing batsman is the exceptional consistency of scoring and that too at a

In his latest knock against Zimbabwe, Surya again hit 61 off just 25 deliveries. The power-packed innings also made him only the second batter in the history of T20I cricket after Pakistan’s Mo hammad Rizwan to score over 1000 runs in a calendar year. In the World Cup games so far, Surya has hit 25 bound aries and 8 sixes in the 116 balls he has faced – and is currently averaging a mas sive 75 runs at a strike rate of over 193!!

Ahead of the semi-final clash in Adelaide, Surya’s fabulous record against Eng land is worth underlining. Ever since he made his T20I debut against them last year, Surya has displayed a special liking for the English attack.

In six T20Is against England, SKY has amassed 260 runs at an average of 52 and a strike rate of 195.48. His only T20I century was also a brilliant effort where Sky decimated everyone in the England at tack with equal ease.

A week after Surya reached No.1 ranking in T20 interna tionals, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma will hope that his most in-form batter will con tinue to thrive in the knockout games. For Team India to lift the trophy that’s eluded them since 2007, it is critical that Surya maintains his form and if he can play at his best, the soaring hopes of In dian fans could see a happy fulfillment. As he redefines T20 batting by matching the lofty standards set by AB de Villiers, Surya may just be the trump card Team India needs to crown itself to glory.

Union Road Transport and Highways Minis ter Nitin Gadkari be longs to the breed of politicians which is no longer found in India’s politi cal landscape. Which other min ister has accepted a fault and tendered public apology for the poor quality of work done under the watch of his or her ministry?

At an event in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla the conscientious Union minister apologised to citizens for the poor quality of a stretch of highway and ordered a fresh contract. It is an example which state governments must follow for ensuring good quality of state highways and city roads. His gesture showed that he was open to criticism and willing to say sorry. Leave alone an apolo gy, no minister ever admits to a mistake. Gadkari too could have instituted an inquiry before or dering a new contract.

His recent praise for former Prime Minister Manmohan Sin gh also showed his class and ma turity. Praising the contribution made by a former Congress PM deserves all-round appreciation.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. Bible

Like West Bengal where the gover nor and govern ment were in volved in a seem ingly unending row, gover nors of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are giving governments of their respec tive states a difficult time. So much so that the three gov ernments headed by the CPM, DMK and Telangana Rashtra Samithi have joined hands to take on the “puppets of the Centre”.

With their disagreements turning bitter, governments of the three states have upped the ante against Kerala’s Arif Mohammad Khan, Tamil Na du’s RN Ravi and Telangana’s Tamilisai Soundarajan.

Soundarajan is facing flak for trying to take control of

Kerala governor is refusing to give his nod to the Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill and the University Laws (Amendment) Bill for the last one month.

Governor Ravi is said to be sitting over 20 Bills sent for his assent

universities and interfere in state politics. A former sen ior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, she has been criticised by the DMK for “poking her nose” in state politics and by Chief Minister K Chan drasekhar Rao for interfer ing with appointments in

universities.

Kerala governor is refus ing to give his nod to the Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill and the University Laws (Amendment) Bill for the last one month. Governor Ravi is said to be sitting over 20 Bills sent for his assent. Article 200 does not specify a time frame for a governor to give his assent to a Bill sent to him but says that he should send it back “as soon as pos sible”. It is this phrase which the three governors are ex ploiting to assert their power and in the process of “being puppets” of the Central gov ernment. The epithet may not be wrong as they are po litical appointees after all. It may not be long before mat ters reach the courts for resolution.

Greetings and best wishes to the people of the state on the foundation day of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, full of picturesque natural beauty. I wish for the prosperity and bright future of the progressing Uttarakhand under the guidance of respected Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji and under the leadership Chief Minister Shri @ pushkardhami ji.

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NOMINATION OF EX-CJI TO RS: SC JUNKS PLEA

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the nomination of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha by the government on the ground that he was not eligible. Dismissing the plea, a bench of Supreme Court Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka said it was publicity interest litigation. The counsel for petitioner Satish S Kambiye said the former CJI was not eligible to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

NOTE BAN PLEAS ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 24

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to Nov 24 the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the Centre’s 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice SA Nazeer adjourned the matter after Attorney General R Venkataramani sought time to file a comprehensive affidavit in the matter.

Venkataramani apologised to the bench for not being able to prepare the comprehensive affidavit and sought a week’s time.

AZAM CASE: EC TOLD TO HOLD BYPOLL NOTIFICATION

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission not to issue till November 10 the notification for the assembly bypoll in Rampur Sadar in UP, which fell vacant following the disqualification of SP MLA Azam Khan after his conviction in a hate speech case. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud directed a special sessions court to hear and decide on Thursday itself the appeal of Khan seeking a stay on his conviction so that he survives disqualification as a lawmaker.

E-SURVEILLANCE:

HC GIVES TIME TO CENTRE TO REPLY

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted three weeks to the Centre to file its response to a petition concerning the disclosure of information on statesponsored electronic surveillance under the Right To Information Act.

Advocate Trideep Pais, appearing for petitioner Apar Gupta, told the court that despite the Centre being asked to convey its stand on earlier occasions, it is yet to file its reply and emphasised that he does not want the “actual intercepts” but only the “statistical data” on the matter.

NGT PANEL TO VERIFY NARMADA RIVER’S POLLUTION

New Delhi (PTI): The National Green Tribunal has formed a committee to verify the “factual position” regarding discharge of sewage into Narmada river in Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh, and directed it to submit its report within a month. A bench said that prima facie, the allegations made in a plea raised questions relating to the environment. “In view of the allegations made in the application, we consider it appropriate that a joint committee be constituted to verify the factual position,” the NGT bench said.

BJP MEET TO FINALISE GUJ CANDIDATES

New Delhi (PTI): A meeting of the BJP cen tral election committee got underway here Wednesday evening to finalise the party’s can didates for the assem bly polls in Gujarat, where the party is eye ing a victory for a sev enth consecutive time.

PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, BJP president JP Nadda and other top leaders attend ed the meeting at party headquarters here.

Polling will be held in two phases in Gujarat on December 1 and 5.

The saffron party is likely to finalise all 182 candidates during the meeting and announce their names in the next few days, sources said.

Aiming to set a new record in terms of the number of seats won, the BJP is looking to in ject new energy into the organisation. Hence, the possibility of drop ping several senior lead ers from the list of can didates cannot be ruled out, the sources said.

They also said the party has received sug gestions that it should opt for new and young faces.

ANOTHER GUJ CONG MLA BHAGVANBHAI

Talala (ANI): Days before Gujarat elections, Con gress MLA Bhagvanbhai D Barad on Wednesday resigned from all posts party posts. Seeking ac ceptance of his resigna tion to Governor Acharya Devvrat, Barad said, “I, Bhagvanbhai, MLA hereby give my resignation from 91 - Talala Constituency and from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress. Please accept it.” Barad, later, tendered his resignation Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Earlier on Tuesday, veteran Congress leader and 11 times MLA Mohan Singh Rathwa, along with his sons joined the BJP in Ahmedabad.

4 TOP GUJ BJP LEADERS, INCLUDING RUPANI & NITIN PATEL, NOT TO CONTEST ELECTIONS

Rajkot (PTI): Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani and ex-deputy CM Nitin Patel, both senior leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Wednesday night announced they will not fight the next month’s Assembly elections. Two other senior BJP leaders, Bhupen drasinh Chudasama and Pradeepsinh Jadeja — who were ministers in the Rupani cabinet — also announced they will not seek tickets for the polls. Their statements come at a time when the central Parliament Board of BJP has convened the meeting to finalise the names of candidates in Delhi under the leadership of PM Modi. “These four senior leaders of our party have written separate letters to state unit party president C R Paatil, saying they do not want to fight the upcoming elections,” Gujarat BJP spokesperson Yamal Vyas said. “I have decided not to fight elections this time. The BJP gave me chance to be the Gujarat CM for five years. Now they have made me in-charge of Punjab, I have declared ear lier that I will not fight this election,” Rupani told reporters.

CHIEF ITALIA TO CONTEST FROM KATARGAM ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY

“using”

(CAA)

AAP RELEASES LIST OF STAR CAMPAIGNERS

New Delhi (ANI): The names of the party in cluding Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Man ish Sisodia, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann are among the star campaigners of the Aam Aadmi Party for the Gujarat elections. AAP MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha also fea ture in the list of 20 star campaigners for Gujarat where the party is eying to make inroads.

AAP WANTS NARODA PATIYA TO MOVE ON BUT SCARS OF 2002 RIOTS REMAIN

Ahmedabad (PTI): Twenty-one years after the Gujarat ri ots, wounds of Naroda Patiya have turned to scar tissue, still visible, often painful and reminder of a communal divide still to be bridged. But life has to go on and focus should be on “community neutral” issues such as price rise, says AAP MLA hopeful Omprakash Tiwari. Hoping to win over the people of Naroda Patiya, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad that came to be associated with the 2002 riots, and the assembly polls next month, Tiwari said he would like religion to be left aside and for people to come together to vote for change. “We have forgotten what happened here 20 years ago. India is a religious country and everyone has freedom to practise the religion of their choice,” Tiwari told PTI. “But we have to first address the issues of unemployment, price rise and lack of affordable education for all,” he added when asked if the riots that followed the Godhra train burning were an issue in the constituency that has been voting for the BJP since 1990.

BJP cannot fool Himachalis with its jumlas: Kharge

Banuti (PTI): Ad dressing his first pub lic meeting in the Himachal Pradesh as sembly elections, Con gress president Mall ikarjun Kharge on Wednesday trained his gun on the BJP and said it may have fooled people across the coun try with its "jumlas" but cannot do so in the hill state.

“People here are edu cated, understand eve rything and take a con sidered decision (in vot ing).... The BJP may have been able to fool people all over the coun try with its jumlas (rhetoric) of Rs 15 lakh in bank accounts and jobs, but it cannot do so here,” Kharge said.

Kharge, who was

elected Congress presi dent recently, arrived in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday evening and addressed his first pub lic meeting in Banuti in support of party candi date from the Shimla Rural assembly constit uency Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday.

The Congress is seek ing to wrest power from the BJP in the hill state, where the Congress and the BJP have governed alternately for the past many decades.

The Congress presi dent said the Congress would fulfil all its prom ises made in the mani festo and the restora tion of the old pension scheme would be the first decision of its gov ernment, if elected.

“Metal road connectivity to every village in 5 years if BJP re-elected”

New Delhi (PTI): Un ion Minister Anurag Thakur has said the next BJP government in Himachal Pradesh will connect every vil lage in the state with metal roads in five years and improve ba sic infrastructure at pil grimage centres.

Addressing election rallies in Ghumarvi, Jhanduta and Sadar as sembly constituencies in Bilaspur district,

Thakur said the BJP will implement ‘Project Shakti’ in the state over the next 10 years to im prove transport infra structure.

He said Rs 12,000 crore will be spent over the next 10 years to im prove transport and ba sic infrastructure near pilgrimage centres and temples in the state.

In a bid to strengthen the health infrastruc ture, the number of mo

bile clinic vans will be doubled in every assem bly constituency to en sure that people in farflung places get access to medical facilities.

Thakur said the “double engine” gov ernment in Himachal Pradesh has built 12,000 km long rural roads in the last eight years and the state was also con nected to the national capital with the modern Vande Bharat train.

OLD IS GOLD

India has 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100: CEC Rajiv Kumar

Pune (PTI): There are 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100 in India, Chief Election Com missioner Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday.

Besides, 1.80 crore voters are over 80 years, Kumar said after flag ging off a bicycle rally in Maharashtra’s Pune city on Wednesday to create an awareness about voter registration as part of the national

level launch of a special summary revision of the voters’ list. The EC’s initiative is aimed at in creasing the electoral rolls in urban areas.

Explaining the ro bustness and beauty of the Indian electoral rolls, Kumar said the country has voters from the highest peaks of Himalayas, from the 6,000-km coastline in south, deserts in the

west and regions from the east. “You will be happy to know we have close to 2.49 lakh voters in our rolls who are (aged) 100 plus and what a relief and ecstasy it gives when you interact with them and find that they have been voting all through their lives,” he said.

The CEC said India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi, who recently

died, was 106 years old and voted through post al ballot just three days before his death.

Kumar said the sum mary revision takes place every year, but this year they are doing a very focused activity and starting it all over the country from Pune with a specific purpose to increase the partici pation of citizens from urban areas.

“What does it mean? Everywhere in the country and the far thest possible states, be it hills, coastal lines, everywhere, inaccessi ble terrains, deserts, everywhere every sin gle citizen gets enlisted as a voter and strength ens the democracy by not only getting regis tered but also casting his/her vote,” CEC Ra jiv Kumar said.

PM Modi, Nadda, Amit Shah, Guj CM Patel and others attended meeting

In 2017 Gujarat polls, BJP had bagged 99 seats and Cong won 77 seats

BJP is likely to announce its candidates in the next few days

AAP’s entry this time has opened a new front in the bipolar Guj polls

GUJ AAP

Ahmedabad (PTI): Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat president Gopal Italia will contest the upcoming election from Ka targam in Surat, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday. AAP’s Gujarat general secretary Manoj Sorathiya will contest from Karanj Assembly seat in Surat, Kejriwal said in a tweet. The AAP has so far announced the names of its 158 candidates for elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly. “The participa tion of youth in politics is essential. In Gujarat, our state president and popular youth Gopal Italia will contest from Surat’s Katargam Assembly seat and state general secretary Manoj Sorathiya will contest elections from Karanj Assembly seat,” Kejriwal tweeted.

AAP candidate Gopal Italia during an election rally, at Dabholi Road, in Surat on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

BJP ‘USING’ CAA WITH EYE ON GUJ POLLS: MAMATA

Krishnanagar (PTI): West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was

Citizenship Amendment Act

and National Register of Citizens (NRC) with an eye on the upcoming Gujarat assembly elec tions. She asserted that she will never allow the implementation of CAA or NRC in West Bengal.

D BARAD RESIGNS

PM Modi interacts with Nadda at BJP’s Central Election Committee meeting as Amit Shah looks on.

‘RIWAZ NAHI, RAJ BADLEGA’, BJP GOVT WILL BE VOTED OUT IN HIMACHAL, SAYS HOODA Manali (PTI): The BJP’s development claims in Himachal Pradesh are “hollow” and the people have made up their mind to bring the grand old party to power in the state, senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Wednesday. The former Haryana CM has been cam paigning in Himachal’s Kullu-Manali and Lahaul area. The state has a history of alternating between the Congress and the BJP every assembly election since 1982. Himachal CM Jairam Thakur said on Monday that Congress may be banking on Himachal’s ‘riwaz’ (convention) but people have made up mind to break from tradition this time and bring back the BJP govt.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur at a rally at Naina Devi assembly constituency on Wednesday.

CEC Rajiv Kumar with Election Commisioner Anup Kumar Pandey at an event in Pune, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge at a rally in Shimla. —PHOTO BY PTI

FIGHT IS AGAINST TERRORISM, ITS SUPPORT SYSTEM: SHAH

strengthen information sharing

New Delhi (ANI): Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday chaired a meeting of officials of Intelligence Bureau (IB) from across the country to discuss issues related to cross-border terrorism, narcotics smuggling, terrorist financing, organised crimes, cyber crimes and use of drones from across the border, people familiar with the development said.

During the six-hourlong meeting that started at 11am and continued till 5pm in national capital New Delhi, the home minister stressed on the need to further strengthen the process of information sharing and enhancing liaison between counter-terrorism and anti-drug agencies of the states.

“Union home minister Amit Shah chaired a high level meeting of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers from across the country in New Delhi today and reviewed the internal security situation of the country. The meeting held extensive discussions on various issues related to national se-

curity including counter terrorism, threat from extremism, cyber security related issues, border related aspects and threats from cross border elements to the integrity and stability of the nation,” a statement by the ministry of home affairs (MHA) later said.

At the meeting, the

PM MODI TO INAUGURATE TERMINAL 2 OF KEMPEGOWDA AIRPORT IN BENGALURU

New Delhi (PTI): PM Narendra Modi will on Friday inaugurate the Terminal 2 of the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru that has been built at a cost of around Rs 5,000 crore, according to officials. With the inauguration of T2, the passenger handling capacity as well as the number of

counters for check-in and immigration at the airport will double, helping people im-

CRUCIAL READ

BSF SHOOTS DOWN PAK DRONE ALONG

New Delhi: The BSF has shot down a drone entering from Pakistan into Indian territory in the Ferozepur district in Punjab, the force said on Wednesday. BSF's 136 Battalion deployed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a suspected flying object or drone entering from Pakistan into Indian territory in the area near Gandu Kilcha village in Ferozepur at around 11.25 pm on Tuesday, the force said in a statement.

FROM AURANGABAD

New Delhi: The Bihar police in a joint operation recovered several arms & ammunition. The joint operation was launched by a team of 205 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)& Bihar Police in the Kariba Dobha area of Bihar’s Aurangabad district on the basis of intelligence inputs.

TEJASHWI SEEKS SPECIAL STATUS FOR BIHAR

Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday demanded special category status for the state as a “birthday gift” from his rivals in the BJP who were greeting him on the occasion. The RJD leader, who turned 33, expressed his wish at a govt function, attended by CM among others.

mensely, the officials said. The airport will be able to handle around five-six crore passengers annually from its current capacity of 2.5 crore. Terminal 2 is designed as a tribute to the garden city and the passenger experience is meant to be a “walk in the garden”, the officials said.

statement said Shah underlined the government’s commitment to ensure the country’s security and the lauded the IB, India’s domestic intelligence agency for its “very important contribution in maintaining peace in the country since Independence, anonymously without any expectations.”

CONG SLAMS

BJP FOR LOTUS FEATURING IN G20 LOGO

New Delhi (ANI): Veteran Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that PM and BJP would not lose any opportunity to “promote themselves shamefully.” “Over 70 years ago, Nehru rejected the proposal to make Congress flag the flag of India. Now, BJP’s election symbol has become official logo for India’s presidency of G20!” Ramesh tweeted.India will take over the G20 Presidency from the current chair Indonesia on Dec 1.

‘Be prepared for any operational contingency’

New Delhi (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on the top Army commanders on Wednesday to always maintain the force’s operational readiness at its peak level amid a lingering border row with China in eastern Ladakh.

Singh reasserted the faith of the billion-plus citizens in the Indian Army as one of the “most trusted and inspiring organisations” in the country.

At the five-day conference that started on Monday, the commanders are carrying out a comprehensive review of India’s national security challenges along the borders with China and Pakistan, besides delving on ways to bolster the 1.3 million-strong force’s military prowess.

The main highlight of the third day’s pro-

INDIA TO RECEIVE ITS LAST RAFALE JET FROM FRANCE BY DECEMBER 15

India will receive its 36th and final Rafale fighter jet from France by December 15 completing the delivery of all the aircraft it had signed for in an over Rs 60,000 crore deal inked in 2016. "The last aircraft will arrive in India around December 15. The aircraft was used for developing the India-specific enhancements in the Rafale fleet of the Indian Air Force," senior defence officials told ANI. India had signed a deal for 36 of these planes and 35 of them have already arrived.

ceedings was Singh’s interaction with the senior leadership of the Army, which was pre-

ceded by a briefing on “Transformational imperatives for a futureready force”.

UP CS Mishra to retire in Dec, might get extension

Ahtesham Siddiqui

Lucknow: UP Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra will retire on December 30. The 1984 batch IAS officer is counted among the most trusted officers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ahead of the UP assembly elections, it was decided to replace IAS Rajen-

dra Kumar Tiwari and make Durga Shankar Mishra on central deputation as the Chief Secretary by giving a year’s extension.

Mishra is the senior most IAS officer in the state’s bureaucracy. After that, Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, a 1985 batch IAS officer, is the chairman of UPSRTC and his retirement is also due in

RaGa interacts with locals on 63rd day of Bharat Jodo Yatra

Nanded (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Biloli in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Wednesday morning as the foot march entered its 63rd day. Gandhi halted briefly at some places to interact with locals who had gathered to greet him. AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, Mumbai party chief Bhai Jagtap, and other party leaders walked with Gandhi. AICC general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh, Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh and party leader Kanhaiya Kumar walked with the Seva Dal workers.

BHARAT JODO YATRA, A ‘SANJEEVNI’ FOR CONGRESS: JAIRAM

Maharashtra: “The Bharat Jodo Yatra has come as a ‘Sanjeevani’ for the Congress Party”, said Congress MP and General Secretary, Incharge of Communications Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday. The press conference was calledfor to announce and chart out plans for the Maharashtra Leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Jairam was joined by Maharashtra PCC President, Nana Patole and Former CM of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan, amongst others.

FM CALLED 1991 REFORMS ‘HALFBAKED’ CONG

New Delhi: The Cong took a swipe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her remarks a few weeks ago calling the 1991 reforms "halfbaked", and said "MasterChef Nitin Gadkari" has baked it fully and well by paying fulsome tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had on Tuesday said the country is indebted to former PM Manmohan Singh for the economic reforms of 1991 started by him.

February 2023. The third is 1985 batch IAS Shalini Prasad Additional Sector

Panchayati Raj on Central deputation. She is retiring in December 2022. The fourth is 1987 batch IAS Arun Singhal, who is posted at the Centre and his retirement is in May 2025.

IAS Mahesh Kumar Gupta is the fifth senior most officer of the state and a 1987 batch officer, whose retirement is due in May 2024. If sources

are to be believed, Mishra might get an extension as he has a good hold of bureaucracy at the Centre and state level and is a very hardworking and honest officer. Most of the senior officers of the state government are nearing retirement. Mishra also has the charge of Delhi Chief Resident Commissioner.

DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

Adani Ports acquires 49.38% stake in Indian Oiltanking Ltd

India Bureau

Ahmedabad: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), the largest transport utility in India, has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Oiltanking India GmbH’s 49.38% equity stake in Indian Oiltanking Ltd (IOTL). This agreement also includes acquisition of an additional 10% equity stake in IOT Utkal Energy Services Ltd, a 71.57% subsidiary of IOTL.

Over the last 26 years, IOTL has built a network of six terminals across five

states with a total capacity of 2.4 Mn KL (owned capacity of 0.5 Mn KL and BOOT capacity of 1.9 Mn KL) for storage of crude and finished petroleum products. The owned facilities include Navghar terminal in Maharashtra, Raipur terminal in Chhattisgarh and Goa terminal. The BOOT terminal with Indian

Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) is at Paradip (Odisha) and O&M contracts with IOCL are at JNPT (Maharashtra) and Dumad (Gujarat). The company also has a biogas plant of 15 TPD capacity in Namakkal (Tamil Nadu).

“With this acquisition, APSEZ’s oil storage capacity jumps 200% to 3.6 Mn KL, making it India’s largest third-party liquid storage company. This ties well with our ambition to become the largest transport utility globally,” said Karan Adani, CEO and Whole Time Director of APSEZ.

Washington: A

five

Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Ami Bera and Pramila

are

to the US House of Representatives

Wednesday following the highly polarised midterm elections. The new US Congress will begin in January next year. Apart from these five politicians, many others from the community won across the country to state legislatures.

ASSETS OF RETD DG’S WIFE, OTHERS ATTACHED BY ED

New Delhi: Assets belonging to son of retired Tamil Nadu IAS officer K Rajamanickam, wife of former IPS officer S Jaffar Sait and a real estate developer have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to alleged irregularities in the allotment of govt plots.

ED RAIDS TRS’S PROPERTIES IN TELANGANA

New Delhi: The ED on Wednesday raided premises linked to Telangana minister and TRS leader Gangula Kamalakar as part of a money laundering probe related to alleged granite scam, official sources said. The legislator is reportedly out of country at present.

ANNUAL CONVENTION OF CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION

Birla stresses on effective use of RTI for corruption free country

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said the effective use of the Right to Information Act (RTI) will help in building a developed and corruption free country as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Inaugurating the 15th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission (CIC), the Speaker said the main aim of the RTI Act is empowering citizens, bringing transparency, getting system

rid of corruption and taking democracy to the people of the country in the true sense.

Addressing the twoday convention titled

Pensions,

MAIN AIM OF RTI

related on issues related to Union Territory (UT) or agencies.

Lauding the Commission for hearing petitions from newly

carved out Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during the peak of Covid lockdown, the minister said applicants from the UTs filed RTI applications from homes. Singh said despite the challenges posed by the unprecedented pandemic situation, earnest efforts were made by the CIC and SICs to dispose of RTI second appeals and complaints and some Commissions even exceeded pre-pandemic figures of disposal during certain periods.

“Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: Citizen — centric Governance through RTI”, Minister of state for Personnel, Public Grievances and

Jitendra Singh said the non-domiciles and non-State subjects of Jammu and Kashmir will also now be entitled to file RTI

Shah stressed on the need to

Amit Shah chairs a high-level meeting of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers across the country, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Durga Shankar Mishra

PM Narendra Modi

Rajnath Singh with the Indian Army Commanders at the Commanders’ Conference, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Om Birla, YK Sinha at the inauguration of CIC.

BIHAR COPS SEIZE

record

Indian-American politicians from the ruling Democratic Party, including Raja

Jayapal,

headed

on

INT’L BORDER IN PUNJAB’S FEROZEPUR

FIVE INDIAN-AMERICANS HEADED FOR US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Nanded district. —PHOTO BY PTI

Jairam Ramesh

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Shimla: Rahul Gandhi has the quality to chal lenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the next Lok Sabha elec tions, but a common face will be decided by all the Opposition par ties together, senior Congress leader and Ra jasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Wednesday.

He was responding to a media query whether Gandhi can challenge PM Modi in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “He has the power to challenge. It is there from the be ginning. But his image has been tarnished by misusing social media. But now the public has

understood.” When asked about the opposi tion face, he said that “all political parties will

decide. The country wants the Opposition to remain united”. Gehlot expressed

hope that the Congress is going to form the gov ernment with full major ity in Himachal Pradesh.

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will inaugurate the 11th edition of the ‘India Stonemart 2022’ (ISM) on Thursday. Manag ing Director, RIICO, Shivprasad Nakate informed that India Stonemart 2022 will be the largest interna tional exposition on the stone industry which will showcase the world of natural dimen sional stones, ancillary products and services comprehensively. The event will bring together various stake holders of the stone industry: domestic and overseas producers, exporters, importers and consumers.

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New Delhi: Relief to Lokesh Sharma , OSD to CM Ashok Gehlot, continued as the hear ing in the phone tap ping case was ad journed on Wednesday in the Delhi High Court.

The hearing was ear lier listed at 3 pm but the hearing could not take place as lawyers arrived late due to swearing-in of CJI DY Chandrachud. In such a situation, only the pending issues could be heard. The matter was listed before Justice Jasmeet Singh.

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Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has once again started tightening the bureaucracy amid the atmosphere of politi cal instability in Ra jasthan. Before going on an election tour of Himachal Pradesh, the CM had ordered the sec retary in-charges (IAS officers) of all the dis tricts of the State to leave for the districts for three days. All the secretary in-charges left for the districts on Wednesday and will stay till Novem ber 12. They will also meet the MPs, Ministers, MLAs of the district. A report of their problems and complaints will also be presented to the Chief Minister.

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Jaipur: Amid the on going Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi met Mohan Prakash, the national spokesper son of Congress and former MLA from Ra jakhera, in Nanded, Maharashtra during which the duo dis cussed about Rajasthan in length as Rahul and Mohan talked for about half hour.

Mohan Prakash openly discussed the situation in Rajasthan.

Mohan Prakash is counted among the leaders close to the Gandhi family who is

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The Cabinet also ap proved the proposed amendment in Com passionate Appoint ment Rules, 2002 to Dependents of Battle Casualty, Physical Casualty or Perma nently Disabled Armed Forces Service Personnel and De pendents of Para Mili tary Personnel. Approving the pro posal to amend the Ra

known in Congress as a socialist. It is notewor thy that Rahul Gandhi will be in Rajasthan with his Bharat Jodo yatra in December.

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jasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2017, a big decision was taken in the inter est of the employees. Under this rule 17 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classifica tion Control and Ap peal) Rules, 1958, the resultant effect in the ACP is being abolished in the cases of minor penalties given to the personnel.

The cabinet amend ed the Rajasthan Inte

menced the 3,570 kmsmarch on September 7 from Kanyakumari. It is expected to reach Sri nagar in the last week of January or the first week of February.

Jaipur: Congress Seva Dal Workshop was held in support of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ here on Wednesday.

Congress Seva Dal will take out service tour at district and block lev el. The Bharat Jodo Seva Yatra will be tak en out from 15 to 25 November in the State.

About 2,200 Seva Dal workers will join Gan dhi’s foot march in the first week of Decem ber. Along with Rahul Gandhi, three promi nent Seva Dal workers are also running from Kanyakumari.

Jaipur: RAS Kanak Jain had to bear the brunt of issuing a public notice that lawyers were classi fied as criminals. She was suspended by the De partment of Personnel on Wednesday after the lawyers protested and de manded her dismissal. A departmental inquiry

has also been proposed against Jain. Jain was the Deputy Commission er of JMC Greater. In the public notice issued by her, she said that while working in this post, in the Civil Line Zone, bro kers, lawyers and other criminals come to differ ent branches on a daily basis and mislead the common man.

On November 13 and 14, the Chief Minister will meet them person ally at the Secretariat. This special visit of the secretary in-charges is happening after about five months. Although they have to go once a month, but the ongoing political upheaval in Ra jasthan has also affected

the state’s bureaucracy. Gehlot is preparing for elections and wants feedback. When this feedback is received from political-social workers, it is a biased approach. So, Gehlot thought of a new way.

Gehlot and Chief Sec retary Usha Sharma have advised secretar ies to hold meetings and go to the field in the dis tricts to see various flagship schemes and also take feedback of the government and ad ministration from the local people.

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Jaipur: IAS Naresh

Kumar Thakral is con fused and in a state of dilemma as the state government is continu ously increasing the weight of responsibili ties on him. Apart from the chair of Secretary, Finance, he also had additional charge of two more departments and now last week, he was given the addition al charge of one more department as he has been given the respon sibility of the newly constituted Peace and non-violence depart

ment as its Secretary.

But the important point is that on Octo ber 1, 2022, this new department has been constituted and at that time DoP had given the additional charge of this department to Principal secretary, Tourism and Art and Culture, Gayatri Rathore. But for rea sons known only to DoP, the department took back the charge from Rathore and handed to Naresh Thakral.

The new department has a full time Director and a staff of 19 and

grated Child Develop ment (State and Subor dinate) Services Rules, 1998. The Cabinet has also approved the pro posal to give the bene fit of 2 per cent reser vation in state services to the outstanding sportspersons of the state in ‘Rajasthan En gineering Subordinate Services (Electrical Inspectorate Branch)’ and ‘Science and Tech nology (State and Sub ordinate)’ services.

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Thakral has been ap pointed Secretary of the department. It is worth noting that Thakral originally has the full-time and im portant responsibility of Finance (Expendi ture). The BFC for new budget is going to start and Thakral would be

completely busy in it, and yet, he has to shoulder the responsi bilities of Secretary, Youth and Chairman Skill development Cor poration. Under such circumstances, why is the state government overburdening him un necessarily, it is be yond comprehension. And if due to some rea son the government had to take the charge back from Gayatri Rathore, then there are several Secretaries that are under-utilised,

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SECY IN-CHARGES OF VARIOUS DISTRICTS

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Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, but justice to all and appeasement to none!

mohan Singh government and now they are saying things about it. So, neither were they learned then, nor are they now. BJP speaks on this issue only when they have conducted due diligence over the matter.

So are you going to form the government in Himachal again?

JP Nadda: Yes, we are going to form the government and there are a few reasons for that. Firstly, the love Modiji has shown towards Himachal. Secondly, the work culture that he has introduced in the governments. Thirdly, the mainstreaming of Himachal done by him, so the people of Himachal are eager to support him and as a ‘silent worker’ Jairam has brought the works till the grass roots, so I can see it. And more than anything, I can see that the people are upbeat. I visited a place today and I am telling you a fact, BJP could never have hoped for such an amazing rally. There was a crowd of more than 12,000 people and even though I was an hour late, there was immense excitement in the rally and in all rallies of the BJP. The crowd is responsive and people step forward to work for the party, so I think that we are in a comfortable situation.

 So what do you think about the number of seats you will win since you had 44 seats last time?

I won’t be able to analyse that right now, I will need a few days for that exercise, but I can say that we are comfortable.

 We have an astrologer Dr Kumar Ganesh, who has predicted that BJP will get 45 and Congress would get 21 seats and two are others. So these others would be AAP, since there is no other... No, AAP will not get traction here and their security will be forfeited. They are contesting on 67 seats and their security will be forfeited on 67 seats. Their Uttarakhand Chief Minister candidate has joined BJP and is campaigning for us in Uttarakhand and here in Himachal, their Party President has joined us.

 So what are the main issues on which you are contesting elections? Modiji’s face and government’s works?

Yes. Development, stability and empowerment of the Himachali people. We have done good work

in health and education and now is the time to consolidate and empower people and that is what we have been doing.

 Amit Shah said that Uniform Civil Code will be enforced. Does it have any relevance or impact in Himachal?

Definitely. Our thought has been that we follow Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, but justice to all and appeasement to none.

Moreover, in a state or in a nation, as citizens, we have to shoulder our collective responsibilities and for that, uniformity is needed and that is our agenda. The nation does not become strong just like that, everyone has to have an equal partnership in the nation. And how will that equal partnership come into being? When there is Uniform Civil Code.

 And what about giving employment to eight lakh people?

See, what has happened is that a new trend has started. I will give eight lakh government jobs, I will give ten lakh government jobs. Tejashwi had said in Bihar. What is the distinction between BJP and other parties? We said that we will give eight lakh employment opportunities, and they said they will give eight lakh jobs. The difference is of giving away ‘Revadies’. We will empower people which will give them opportunities. Let me give you an example. They said they will give eight lakh jobs. I have grown tired of telling people this: show me one Cabinet note in Independent India that says any government will give this many number of jobs. This is not how jobs are created, no one can just give jobs. After all, who will you give these jobs, where will you give them and how will you give them, these are few things that have to be specified in the cabinet note. This is administration and not a shop, where you can run things

as you please. I want a serious discussion on this issue and it is a serious matter. How is a note prepared? That Himachal Pradesh has been provided a ‘Bulk Drug Park,’ which will be established in Una. The Cabinet decides that it will be set up at Una and the State Government has to provide so many acres of land. In that land so many clusters will be developed and an investment of Rs 2,000 crore will come, which will provide an employment of let’s say 1.5 lakh direct employment and 1.5 lakh indirect employment. So, we are saying that we are giving job opportunities. This is the difference. They have made fools out of the unemployed, and what else have they done? No one hopes for anything from them, neither do they understand anything. They may say what they want to since they just know they need to make claims and not follow on word. You pick up our manifesto. We will provide Cycles to girl child and Scooties to families pursuing higher education, the beneficiaries of which will be to the tune of eight lakh and the amount incurred will be Rs 500 crore. So, we have taken due diligence in this and we have taken care of where we will bring this Rs 500 crore from. We know this amount will not be utilised in one day and so we will execute the plan in instalment and make arrangements accordingly.

So, if you look at our entire manifesto, you will know we have taken due diligence. What happens in politics is that parties want to handle affairs like fast food (immediate results). That is not how things actually work. What has happened today is that people of Himachal know that BJP’s manifesto is a credible manifesto and they will deliver what they are

promising and have given what they have not said but when Congress party presents something, then the person who has written the manifesto hasn’t read, and the one who has read, hasn’t written it.

 Is that why you said that Congress does not apply its own manifesto?

Yes, they don’t. You see for yourself that they do not have any point of their manifesto in their speeches. Why is it so?

Because, neither are they serious, but they treat it like just an event since the party has to take out manifesto. They put this and that into it.

 Now you are investing in tourism and bringing medical colleges also?

Yes and we have decided on the districts as well. I consider myself to be extremely lucky since there was just one Medical College in Himachal Pradesh and that too in Shimla. After that, I became the Health Minister of the State and I made the Tanda Medical College and I was fortunate enough that I could make the most planned hospital building of North India. I feel extremely happy about it.

By God’s grace, I got Modiji’s blessings & I became nation’s Health Minister and then we opened a ‘Cancer Centre’ in Shimla, Tanda and Mandi, super speciality block in Chamiyana worth Rs 270 crore, which had 7 super speciality wings. Then, we opened Medical Colleges in Mandi, Chamba, Hamirpur and Sirmour. We gave a ‘Satellite Centre’ to PGI. There is a tradition in PGI that when Chandigarh was set up, some part of the services were given to Punjab also & thus, a ‘PGI Centre’ was opened in Firozpur and one ‘Sat-

We are going to form the government and there are a few reasons for that. Firstly, the love Modiji has shown towards Himachal. Secondly, the work culture that he has introduced in the governments. Thirdly, the mainstreaming of Himachal done by him, so the people of Himachal are eager to support him and as a ‘silent worker’ Jairam has brought the works till the grassroots.

ellite Centre’ was given to Una. And with Modiji’s blessings, we gave AIIMS to Himachal and it was established in Bilaspur. Five years ago, Modiji had come to lay the foundation stone for AIIMS on Ashtami and now after five years, he dedicated AIIMS to public on Vijayadashmi, and this 5 year period also saw 2 years of Corona pandemic. I took at least 15-20 review meetings. This is why, I say that these Congress leaders don’t know the ‘A’ of administration. They just ran governments without any inkling to do so. They don’t know about the minute details.

 BJP has prepared another manifesto for women empowerment? Yes we have. See half of Himachal’s population are women and they have

been ignored for a long time. Modiji empowered them a lot through PM Awas Yojana, Saubhagya Yojana, and others like toilets in every home. Women lived for 70 years without dignity of life. Could you imagine 12 crore families in the nation lived without toilets and no one ever thought about them? Modiji gave them respect and empowered them through Awas Yojana. In Himachal, the number of such families was over one lakh which means two lakh children used to go out to defecate.

This was a question of dignity. When I used to visit villages, I could come across people with disabilities and when I used to ask about their injuries they would say they went to collect wood and fell due to which they sustained these problems. Today, Modiji introduced Ujjawala Yojana

and Jairam ji gave Sugrahini Yojana. No family today is exempted fromgas connection. Then we gave free cylinders as to the poor as well . After all, they too will celebrate Diwali, Holi & Lohri. Pradhan Mantri Matritva Suraksha Yojana, which was Modiji’s concept, under which all pregnant women would undergo free medical checkup on the 9th of each month. They would get all inoculations, their blood pressure, diabetes and other parameters would be checked every month. When the delivery time nears, the Asha worker would be responsible to take her to the institution for which free transportation would be given. If during delivery any complication takes place, the government would bear the expenses and then she would be shifted back to home and on top of that, they would be given Rs 6,000, we decided on that. Then the Himachal Government decided to provide Rs 25,000, additionally, for the new born child, so that they can be given a better care. So, this is how we are empowering them. But the problem is that Congress leaders can even understand this, because to serve is not on their agenda, but they only want to collect the votes. Hence, they give populist slogans and move on.

 There are also talks about OPS... We also talk about OPS. Look, who gave OROP? But who created the most ruckus... Congress. 35 years went by and they couldn’t give two paise. First, there was due diligence and talks at various levels and then a committee was formed and although it took a little time, but Modiji ensured providing Rs 60,000 crore to our soldier brethren. Tell me who ended OPS? It was Man-

 Ashok Gehlot has said about giving OPS in Rajasthan... But they are not going to do so in Rajasthan. I believe, he stressed on giving five lakh government jobs and they have given 18,000. He had given Rs 2, 500 as employment expense to the youth and Rs 1,500 to women. So, when you do not have to give, then it is merely about giving populist slogans, so you can say as much you want.

 What about factionalism in BJP and rebels here?

See, we try to ensure that everyone is on the same page and we make an effort to pacify them. Firstly, they have rebelled means that BJP is in the winning position and hence, they want to contest because they want to win. We did try to talk to them. But what happens is that in Himachal, the voters are extremely vigilant and alert and they cast their vote to political parties and as the date for election comes near, it becomes clear which party is going to win, so, the voters don’t misuse their franchise.

Yes, people talk about rebels, but after a few days, these rebels also end their rebellion and their supporters also return to the party.

 But people talk about Nadda Group, Dhumal Group and Jairam Group....

I can tell you there is no Nadda Group because it is not in my habit to do so. I have never asked anyone to place posters for me, or raise slogans for me or engage in wall writing for me. So, there is no Nadda Group. Now, the other names that you took, let me tell you these are not groups or factions, there is no groupism here. There may be difference of opinion, but we talk on issues and resolve them.

See, we gave so many tickets, but can any one say that there has been factionalism or preference in ticket distribution. No ne can say that because everyone’s consent has been taken. Had there been groupism, you would have said so many tickets given to this group and this many to that group, but no one can say that.

BJP’s National President JP Nadda talks to Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India; CMD, First India News and stresses that BJP will form government again, How the BJP will enforce Uniform Civil Code, how Congress has lost the plot due to its own inefficiency and how BJP takes due diligence in every step it takes. Excerpts... (Part II)

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with JP Nadda during The JC Show in Shimla.

KILLER SKIRTS:

WORKS OF ART!

SKIRTS HAVE DOMINATED 2022 MORE THAN ANY OTHER TREND THIS YEAR AND IT’S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY LITERALLY. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU SOME ALLURING PIECE OF FASHION, THAT WILL ENHANCE YOUR WARDROBE.

reaches the backside, has a really wild and quirky appearance while still being quite intriguing and fashionable. A short skirt is a highly feminine item of clothing, making it ideal for a fun night out on the town.

online or try it on.

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SThe short skirt is just as fashionable today as it was 20 years ago since it is available in so many different styles and materials. Teenagers and young ladies, especially those with good legs and a shapely physique, look best in the short skirt.

A short skirt is popular among ladies who visit clubs. Even though dancing in a short skirt might be entertaining, it also draws attention, particularly from the other sex. You may have noticed celebrities sporting one of the newest trends: a very short skirt. To see how the skirt will look before you buy it, you can view it

When wearing short skirts, pairing them with semi-opaque matching stockings gives you a more put-together appearance; sheer, skin-coloured, and patterned hose call attention unnecessarily to the legs. Consider using coloured stripes that will go with anything. Alternatively, choose plain skirts in the neutral hues of your colour scheme; this will give you the freedom to combine all the hues that go well with you. You’ll probably find that they match a lot of what you currently own. The flapper wore sheer, flesh-coloured stockings below the skirt that she coiled and twisted to hold them in place without garters.

It takes skill to wear a skirt effectively, and like any other art, there is joy in honing your skills.

TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEVERAGING CREATIVITY AND CULTURE

MRUNMAYEE MOHAN Cultural entrepreneurship researcher and consultant

ndia and Culture are almost synonymous with each other. It wouldn’t be surprising to say that, the global identity of India stays strong as a culturally rich country for centuries. While the country is celebrating and “meme-ing” about the Indian-origin Prime minister of the UK, Indian-origin Chicken Tikka Masala has been the national dish of the UK for centuries now.

Yoga has spurred the growth of ventures serving alternate products like equipment, apps, camps, or training in schools. Additionally, June 21 is celebrated as International Yoga Day across the globe. While traditional cultural practices might be far-fetched from gen Z, the turmeric latte viz Haldi Doodh, is quite fancied in the global café chains. The epics of Indian mythology like Ramayana and Mahabharata have been adapted by many southeast Asian countries as a part of performing arts, theatre, literature, etc. For centuries, India has been eminent and one of the finest centres of handicrafts in the world.

Everyday items are crafted tenderly, in an artistic manner. All of this adds to the cultural

capital of our country. This capital not only brings in monetary inflow but also brings together communities while celebrating inclusions. Cultural capital plays a pivotal role in influencing a nation-brand value and alternatively, its soft power Cultural capital can be bifurcated into two forms, one is tangible and the other is intangible.

Tangible cultural capital involves creative artworks such as sculptures, handicrafts, paintings, architectural buildings, etc. Intangible consists of artwork that exists in its pure form as a public good, like music, dance, etc.

Cultural amenities play a critical role in driving the success of growing cities or clustered suburbs by enabling social interaction and harmony, which encourages innovation and further leads to development. A flourishing cultural economy is a driver of economic growth, as infusing commercial value into cultural goods and services and experiences leads to revenue generation. According to the Creative Economy Outlook report by UNCTAD, India is the fifth largest exporter in the global art and craft sector. This sector not only employs the local people but also earns foreign exchange for the country. The State, of

Rajasthan, houses about 6 lakh craftsmen and artisans. In the year 2020-21, Handicrafts worth Rs. 6205.32 crores were exported from the State; besides this, Gem & Jewellery worth Rs. 4067.36 crores, Textiles worth Rs. 5729.29 crores, Readymade Garments worth Rs. 1764.40 crores and Carpet/Dari worth Rs. 464.70 crores were also exported. As the world is surrounded by machine-made items, the uniqueness of artistic work would encourage greater demand in the coming future. Which would provide greater economic opportunities

be leveraged and encouraged to add to economic development.

Leveraging these creative skills, not only encourages creativity but also enhances the sense of identity in the community, solving the migration problem. Jaipur Rugs from Jaipur sets up a perfect example of adapting cultural resources for its social enterprise model. A social enterprise at its heart and a cultural enterprise at its core Jaipur Rugs stand strong in transforming the lives of more than 60,000 artisans across 5 states in India.

Founded by Nand Kishore Chaudhary in the year 1958.

It is one of India’s largest hand-knotted rug manufacturing companies that celebrate and preserves indigenous art and culture. Tracing back to the 16th century, artisans working in the Jaipur area adopted the traditional Persian weaving techniques and reinterpreted them according to their creativity. Inspired by the Gandhian Philosophy and Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, Nand Kishore Chaudhary saw the greatest potential at the bottom of the pyramid by transforming the community through creativity and adopting regional cultural resources. In the era of technology and advanced machinery, Jaipur rugs focused on human creativity and encouraged artisans to

weave hand-knotted carpets of a high-quality standard. It focuses on turning artisans into artists.

With Projects like ‘Manchaha’ which translates to ‘my heart’s desire’ builds on the journey of converting artisans into artists. ‘Freedom Manchaha’ offers hope through creativity and healing for the incarcerated. In collaboration with the State of Rajasthan Prison Department, by conducting prison workshops in Jaipur, Bikaner Central, and Dausa Central jails. Artisans have the choice to weave their unique idea by us-

ing leftover hand-spun yarn, weavers-turned-artists tell stories that matter to them through their creations, also focusing on environmental sustainability and conscious production. Many such creative enterprises contribute to the creative economy which preserves, sustains, and encourages our cultural identity. While art has proven power to change the world, It is also a distinguishing factor between us humans versus other animal species. Embracing it in our lives would enable us to lead ourselves on the path of selfactualization.

DEEPIKA AS RANBIR'S MOTHER

Shraddha Kapoor is one of the most talented Bollywood actors in the film industry. The daughter of actor Shakti Kapoor began her acting career with a brief role in the 2010 heist film Teen Patti and followed it with her first leading role in the drama film Luv Ka The End (2011). And since then, there has been no looking back in her career. In a recent development, she has earned over 75 million Instagram followers leaving popular actors Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif

behind the race. Feeling overjoyed with this development, Shraddha shared a cute picture of herself and captioned it by saying: “Celebrating 75 Million with Chai on Cheek. Badi badi Instafam, Choti choti Khushiyaan!!!.”

Rashmika's note on receiving hate

Popular South actor Rashmika Mandanna, who made her Bollywood debut with the film Goodbye recently, penned down a long note for those trolling her on social media platforms. The Varisu actor highlighted that it is “heartbreaking” and “demoralizing” to receive hate on the internet. She further pointed out that false narratives are being spread across the internet which can be very harmful to her and the relationships she has in or outside the industry.

Taking to Instagram, Rashmika wrote, “I have been on the

receiving end of a lot of hate ever since I started my career. Quite literally a punching bag for a lot of trolls and negativity out there. I know that the life I’ve chosen comes with a price– I understand that I’m not everyone’s cup of tea and certainly don’t expect to be loved by every single person out there. That doesn’t mean because you don’t approve of me you can spew negativity instead."

Rumours about Deepika Padukone playing the role of Shiva’s mother Amrita in Brahmastra Part 2 have now been confirmed after fans spotted her face clearly in Brahmastra’s OTT version.

Brahmastra Part 1 Shiva, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles, was released on September 9 and it is the first instalment of a planned trilogy. The movie was released on OTT just a few days ago sand eagle-eyed fans noticed something interesting while watching the movie on the digital platform. When the movie was released in theatres, there had been rumours that Deepika will play the role of Shiva’s mother Amrita after some fans claimed they spotted the actress’ face in the film. Many fans claimed the actress wasn’t visible at all. Now, the OTT version of Brahmastra has cleared all doubts as they clearly spotted Deepika as Amrita in the film.

riyanka Chopra, who is one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood, jetted off to Los Angeles on Wednesday. She recently returned to Mumbai after three years to promote her hair care brand. This was her first visit to India

after becoming a mother. She welcomed her and Nick Jonas’ daughter Malti Marie earlier this year via surrogacy. A while ago, the new mommy took to social media and updated her fans about going back to LA.

The Desi girl shared a selfie with her fans. A tired Priyanka is seen flashing her smile to the camera. She is seen

sporting an all-white outfit. Along with the picture, she wrote, “Exhausted but happy. Will continue to keep u posted about my @unicefindia visits.” She used the location stamp that read Los Angeles, California and wrote, “Here I come.” She will be reuniting with her daughter Malti Marie after staying away from her for a while.

Sara's tight schedule

Sara Ali Khan has a busy schedule right now because Mumbai is where she is filming her upcoming movie, Ae Watan Mere Watan. This is the actress' third movie of the year, and as she is filming this one, she is also dubbing for two of her other films, including Gaslight,

According to a source close to the actress, "Sara is now balancing between three of her projects. Along with Vicky Kaushal, she is dubbing for her next projects Gaslight and Maddock's next while filming for Ae Watan Mere Watan, in which she portrays Usha Me-

Vicky Kaushal project.

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A five day long annual art festival titled Kala Mahotsav was concluded on Wednesday to bring together the artists and the art lovers & to celebrate the spirit of art and was organised by the Department of visual arts, RU in collaboration with Pratibha Educational Development Research Society. The festival achieved a warm welcome by art enthusiasts from all over the city. The programme was organised to provide a platform to artists to exhibit their works in front diverse audience, and it also offered numerous opportunities to young artists for branding and networking. During the exhibition, the VC of the RU, Prof Rajeev Jain was present as the chief guest & inaugurated while Chinmay Mehta, the former prof & Dean of the faculty of fine arts was present as guest of honor and appreciated the artworks.

CITY TO HOST

‘JAHAN-E-KHUSRO’ MUSIC FESTIVAL!

BY MUKESH KIRADOO

CITY FIRST

After a gap of a decade, World Sufi Music Festival ‘Ja han-e-Khusro’ is once again being organised by the Department of Tourism, Raj on No vember 19 to 20 at Albert Hall in Jaipur in associa tion with Rumi foundation. The event promises to give a glimpse of the culture of Rajasthan through the melodious sounds of Sufi music. In the same episode, the post er of the festival was

launched, recently.

During the event, Principal Secretary, De partment of Tourism, Rajasthan, Gayatri Rathore said, “We are trying to bring up Ra jasthan as a popular cultural destination. I am expecting that through this festi val we would be able to showcase the musical tradi tions of Rajasthan and this would help attract domestic as well inter national tourists in long run.” This event is being curated by Mu zaffar Ali and Meera Ali. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

BEAUTY IN PINK CITY!

Under the auspices of Brahmin Mahasabha all over India, Diwali affection meeting and Trisutri Sankalp ceremony was organised at Parshuram Bhawan, Mansarovar under the chairmanship of Dr Ambikadutt Kaushik and Keshav Prasad, in which a resolution was taken for the practice of snack trend, protest against dowry and social harmony on Sunday. The chief guest of the program was MP Ramcharan Bohra while senior BJP leader Pranvendra Sharma, Congress leader Pushpendra Bhardwaj, MLA Vinay Mishra, Prof Vinod Shastri, Lal Chand Joshi, Raman Kaushik were present. Brahmin Gaurav Samman was given to the people who did excellent work in various fields.

CITY FIRST

Boddess Beauty, the Indian om nichannel mul ti-brand beau ty retailer has opened its new experiential store, marking its entry in Jaipur. Following its very successful online launch, 200+ Beauty brands on its platform, and its Luxe Beauty store in Gurgaon, Bod dess Beauty enters the Pink City in time for all things auspicious and festive.

The evening was graced by the Chief guest, Ashok Patni wherein he was seen unveiling the experien tial Boddess Beauty

concept featuring Mag ic Mirror – which works as a Skin Analyser; Make-over Station with the best makeup artists; worldclass beauty advi sors to solve all skin woes of consumers and handpicked interna tional and home-grown beauty brands.

Jagdeesh Chandra also graced the event with his presence and congratulated Ashok Patni for the milestone. He was thrilled to see the outstanding experien tial store and the work done by its members.

Popular names from Jaipur such as Anandi

ta Agarwal, Akansha

in at tendance.

Boddess Beauty is In dia’s finest beauty re tailer that aspires to transform the way peo ple discover beauty and grooming by combining experiential retail, vir tual technology, and the finest brands from around the world.

Through personalized product curations, state-of-the-art gadgets, and indispensable tal ent, it is redefining the ultimate customer ex perience and elevating its commitment to beauty and wellness from a transaction to a lifelong relationship. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

EVENTS!

Adding another feather to its cap, The Jay shree Periwal Group of Schools gifted yet another gem to the residents of Pink City, their 10th school, The Jayshree Periwal Inter national Pre-School was inaugurated at, Shubhash Marg, CScheme, amidst great fanfare by the Chair man (Minister of State) The Ra jasthan Small In dustries Corpora tion Ltd. & Rajasthan Export Promotion Council, Govt of Ra jasthan, Rajiv Arora.

The Chairperson of

the Jayshree Periwal Group of Schools, Dr Jayshree Periwal said that this school is the very first and only completely In ternational school in the city and the colour ful and child-friendly learning environment encourages children to

dream, discover, inno vate, inquire, collabo rate and celebrate.

Undoubtedly this ul tra-modern school is bound to make a differ ence in the lives of Jaipurites who are keen to give their children an international educa tion at their doorstep.

CITY FIRST

After a gap of 2 years of Covid, a two-day pro gram of annual cultural fest ‘Kine sia-2022’ for JNU medi cal students was organ ised. ‘Kinesia-2022’ started with lamp light ing in the presence of Dr Sandeep Bakshi, Chancellor of JNU, Dr Preeti Bakshi, Prin cipal General Chopra and the en tire faculty. About 500 students partici pated in various activi ties like Medical Quiz, Debate etc.

On this occasion, Dr

said that such events en hance the personality development and self-confidence of the students along with studies. Allround development of the students takes place through such exposures and platforms to learn

from

Programs like ‘Kine sia-2022’ being a plat form

be longing and on the other hand also prepares them to face the chal lenges in the life ahead.

Jagdeesh Chandra greets Ashok Patni. Also seen are Vivek Kala and Atul Jain

Bakshi and Megha Sethi were also

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

Jagdeesh Chandra felicitated Lakshya Sharma who is officially joining Monsoon Consulting in Ireland (Europe) as Digital Marketing Lead. Lakshya has a vast experience in the field of Digital Marketing and has also worked with First India, Rajasthan Housing Board and real estates/ e-Commerce and many more industries.

Jagdeesh Chandra launched the poster of the Veenus Ms & Mrs Universe 2022 by the Veenus Film and events, at his residence on Wednesday, November 9. The event will be held at Hotel Bhanwar Singh Palace on Sunday, December 18. JJ Kashyap founder director of Veenus Miss & Mrs Universe 2022, Mamta Gupta, Simran and Dinesh Nandwani, Associate Director of the Veenus Miss and Mrs Universe were also present at the launch.

Youth Icon, Rishee Miglani launched the much-awaited, Vi Max Postpaid plan for Vodafone Idea. The new plan has multiple benefits for the clients. The Vi new plan, launch took place at the Vaishali Nagar store of Vodafone Idea.

The grand wedding ceremony of Ayush, son of Amita Nagar and Sharad Nagar with Shreya, daughter of Prachi Nagar and Rajiv Nagar took place at Hotel Jaipur Heritage, Jaipur on Tuesday, November 8. Jagdeesh Chandra reached to bless the newlyweds and wished them a happy married life ahead. Various dignitaries including retired Justice JS Dave and Pavan Jha, Techno Crat and film & Music Storian along with many senior journalists were also present on the occasion.

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

BY SUNIL SHARMA

—PHOTO

Sandeep Bakshi

each other.

for the students, on one hand inculcates a sense of duty, responsi bility, discipline and

Jagdeesh Chandra with Vivek Kala, Ashok Patni and Atul Jain

Pawan Arora with (L-R) Rajat Pandel, Sarvesh Bhatt, and Rakesh Gupta

Jagdeesh Chandra greets (L-R) Aditi Nagar, Ayush Nagar, Shreya Nagar, Sharad Nagar, Bharat Lal Nagar and Sudhir Nagar

Gayatri Rathore, Muzaffar Ali and Meera Ali

Rajiv Arora with Sonali Singhvi, Jayshree Periwal and Aakriti Periwal lighting the lamp

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ankit Nagar, Rohan Sharma, Rehanshi Sharma, Aditi Nagar, Jinendra and Shaan

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Rohan Sharma and Aditi Nagar

Pavan Jha, Aditi, JS Dave and Anjali

During the event

JK Jajoo greeted by Rupendra Periwal

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Mamta Gupta, JJ Kashyap, Simran and Dinesh Nandwani

—PHOTO BY RISHAB SAINI