First India-Mumbai Edition-11th October 2022

MUM AIRPORT SWITCHES

GREEN SOURCES FOR POWER

SP PATRIARCH NO MORE

l Mulayam Singh Yadav: Wrestler, Socialist and Netaji passes away at 82

l Cremation will be held in Saifai, his native village in Etawah at 3 pm today

First India Bureau

New Delhi: In a big loss for Indian polity, Samajwadi Party pa triarch and former UP

CM Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away to day at the age of 82. While he was undergo ing treatment at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram since Au gust 22, Yadav was

Crucial

TWO TERRORISTS KILLED IN ANANTNAG ENCOUNTER IN J&K

Anantnag: Two terrorists were killed on Monday in an encounter with the security forces in the Tangpawa village of Kokernag in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter broke out on Sunday night and is still underway. The 2 terrorists have been killed so far in Tangpawa. Meanwhile, one more terrorist is believed to be hiding in the area.

SC TO HEAR PLEA CHALLENGING BAIL TO MAHA MIN TODAY

New Delhi: The SC on Monday agreed to hear plea filed by the ED challenging the Bombay HC’s order granting bail to Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh on October 11. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit has directed the matter to be listed before a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday.

FIRECRACKERS IN DELHI: TOP COURT REFUSES TO LIFT BAN

New Delhi: Expressing concern over the increasing pollution levels in Delhi NCR, SC on Monday while hearing the plea by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari challenging the blanket ban on sale and purchase and usage of firecrackers refused to lift the ban on firecrackers in Delhi. We will not lift the ban on firecrackers in the NCR. Our order is very clear, Supreme Court said.

shifted to the ICU on October 2 after his health deteriorated.

All roads in Luc know on Monday led to Vikramaditya Marg SP office, where hun dreds gathered after learning about the de mise of their ‘Netaji’ Mulayam Singh. As a mark of mourning, party flag was flown at half-mast. Full Report on P5

PM MODI REMEMBERS

END OF AN ERA, SAYS SHAH

Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid a wreath and condoled at the mortal remains of the Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mu layam Singh Yadav, who passed away at the age of 82, at the Medanta Hospital, in Guru gram on Monday. Amit Shah also

MULAYAM’S REMARK THAT STUNNED OPPN MULAYAM ALWAYS STOOD WITH THE CONGRESS: SONIA

PM Modi said he shared a very special bond with Mulayam Singh. Mulayam had stunned Opposition in last session of previous LS before general polls: ‘I want to congratulate PM for he tried to move ahead taking everyone along. I hope all members win & return, and you (PM Modi) become PM again.’

Mulayam Singh Yadav always stood with the Congress in the fight to protect Con stitutional values, said Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, condoled demise.

FIRED 84 MISSILES,

Modi: ‘Urban Naxals’ trying to enter Guj in new avatar

Moni Sharma

Kyiv: Russia retaliated Monday for what it claimed was a Ukrainian terrorist attack on a crit ical bridge by unleash ing its biggest and most widespread attacks against Ukraine in months. The lethal bar rage against multiple cit ies smashed civilian tar gets, knocking out power and water, shattering buildings and killing at least 11 people.

Ukraine’s Emergency Service said 64 people were wounded across the country in the morning attacks — the biggest and broadest since the early days of the war.

Andriy Yermak, a senior adviser to Presi dent Volodymyr Zelen skyy, said there was no practical military sense in strikes and Russia’s goal was to cause a hu manitarian catastrophe.

US TRIO WINS NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS

Stockholm: A trio of US economists including former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke won this year’s Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for laying the foundation of how world powers now tackle global crises like the recent pan demic or the Great Reces sion of 2008.

The trio, who also in clude Douglas Diamond and Philip Dyb vig, won for their research on how regulating banks and prop ping up failing lenders with public cash can stave off an even deeper economic crisis, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s.

and did not supply weapons to New Delhi for decades, S Jaishankar said on Monday.

India is deeply con cerned at the escalation of conflict in Ukraine, including targeting of in frastructure and deaths of civilian. We reiterate escalation of hostilities is in no one’s interest. We urge immediate cessation of hostilities and urgent return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue.

—Ministery of External Affairs

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escalation’ by Russia

ICRC pauses opera

in Ukraine due to security

l Nato chief condemns

horrific, indis criminate

l Biden condemns ‘ut ter

of Russian missile

First India Bureau Bharuch: Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi on Monday was speaking after laying the founda tion stone of the coun try’s first bulk drug park in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, he said “Urban Naxals are trying to en ter the state with new appearances. They have changed their costumes. They are misleading our innocent and energetic youth into following them,” Modi said in a veiled attack on the AAP which is trying to make inroads into Gujarat ahead of state Assembly polls due later this year. Modi also said when he took over as the PM in 2014, the Indian economy was ranked 10th in world, and it has now come to fifth position. P5

After doing so much business, and busi ness from the country and abroad, now when the airport is being founded, the development is about to get a new momentum and a new flight. And when there is a double-engine govt of Narendra-Bhupendra, then the airport work will also be completed faster. —Narendra Modi, PM

Rival Sena camps happy with ‘Balasaheb’ in new names

Uddhav faction was allotted the name ‘Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ and the Shinde faction got ‘Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The two rival factions of the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maha rashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Mon day expressed satisfac tion after the Election Commission allotted them new names which mention “Balasaheb” (Thackeray).

The Thackeray fac

tion was allotted the name “Shiv Sena - Ud dhav Balasaheb Thack eray” and the Shinde faction was allocated “Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena”.

The Commission also okayed the “flam ing torch” (mashaal) as the election symbol to the Thackeray faction but asked the Shinde group to submit a fresh list of three symbols by

10 am on Tuesday. “We are happy that the three names that matter to us most--Ud dhav, Balasaheb and Thackeray--are re tained in the new

ways wanted the name of Balasaheb and are happy to get it.

“Our faction will no longer be called Shinde camp but ‘Balasahe banchi Shiv Sena’,” he added.

name,” Thackeray loy alist and former Maha rashtra minister Bhaskar Jadhav said.

Chief whip Bharat Gogawale of the Shin de group said they al

The Commission also rejected the “Trishu” (trident) and “Gada” (mace) as elec tion symbols claimed by the two factions of the Shiv Sena, citing their religious connota tions.

“It does not make any difference to us what symbol we get from the election com mission,”

New Delhi: Former chief minister Ud dhav Thackeray Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the or der of Election Com mission of India (ECI) freezing party name Shiv Sena and its election symbol bow and arrow. The petition, filed by Thackeray, has chal lenged ECI’s Octo ber 08 order, con tending it was passed in complete violation

UDDHAV MOVES DELHI HC AGAINST ECI FREEZE ORDER

Balasaheb Thackeray

—FILE PHOTO

The corridor provides a glimpse

dharma where

chief condemns

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets at inauguration of the Modi Shaikshanik Sankul, in Ahmedabad on Monday. Also seen here are Bhupendra Bhai Patel, CR Patil and other leaders. —PHOTOS BY ANI

Two explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. —PHOTO BY PTI

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Yadav gave strong ideology to Samajwadi Party: Sharad Pawar

Mumbai (PTI): Na tionalist Congress Party (NCP) Presi dent, Sharad Pawar, on Monday condoled the death of former defence minister Mu layam Singh Yadav. He said that Yadav gave the Samajwadi Party a strong ideol ogy to stand against communal forces and worked for creating a socialist society.

Yadav, 82, died on Monday at a hospital in Gurugram after pro

longed illness. The Sa majwadi Party founder and three-time chief minister of Uttar Pradesh was admitted to hospital since Au gust and was shifted to

the Intensive Care Unit of the Gurugram-based Medanta Hospital on October 02.

“Saddened to hear about the demise of Former CM of UP, for

mer Defence Minister of India and Patriarch of Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav ji. He gave a strong ide ology to Samajwadi Party to stand strong against communal forc es & worked towards creating a socialist soci ety,” Pawar tweeted.

“My heartfelt condo lences to his family members, his party cadre and followers. May his soul rest in eternal peace,” added the NCP chief.

Thackeray camp knew it had weak ECI case, says Fadnavis

Deputy CM talks about Shiv Sena poll symbol freeze by the ECI for Nov 03 Andheri East bypoll

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday accused the Uddhav Thacker ay-led Shiv Sena fac tion of deliberately wasting time during the hearings before the Election Commis sion of India (ECI), as it knew it had a weak case.

The Commission froze the Shiv Sena’s bow and arrow poll symbol and barred the groups led by Thacker ay and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from using the party name for the No vember 03 Andheri (East) bypoll.

The apex poll body

also asked them to sug gest three different name choices and as many free symbols for allocation to their re

Sena will ‘bounce back’ from ‘cruel’ ECI move: Uddhav faction

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Monday termed the Election Commission of In dia’s decision to freeze the party’s name and poll sym bol as a “bushfire” that can never be ex tinguished. It also promised to “bounce back” from the or der, which the Ud dhav Thackeray fac tion claimed was nothing short of “in justice”.

The ECI had, on Oc tober 08, frozen the party’s bow and arrow symbol as well as the use of its name ahead of the November 03 Andheri East Assem bly bypoll in Mumbai.

In an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Sa maana’, it said, “This (ECI decision) is the sin of Delhi. Dishon est persons carried out this dishonesty. But we would like to assure we will stand strong despite innumerable

catastrophes.”

The ECI took a “cru el” decision to “finish off the Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thack eray” because of the objections raised in front of it by the “trai tors” led by (Maha rashtra Chief Minis ter) Eknath Shinde, the editorial alleged.

Terming the Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) as the “real facilitator” of these chain of events, the editorial dubbed Shin de as a “demon” who has never existed in the state of Maharash tra in the past 5,000 years.

spective groups. Speaking to report ers in Mumbai, Fad navis said, “The Thack eray camp knew its

The Thacker ay camp knew its side was weak before the ECI.

Hence, it deliberately postponed the dates of hearing. But, post ponement does not mean you can escape from the law. One should not forget that the ECI has given an interim order and not the final decision.

—Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Deputy CM

side was weak before the ECI. Hence, it delib erately postponed the dates of hearing. But, postponement does not mean you can escape

from the law.”

The Sena (Thackeray faction) and Congress always cry foul or allege that the central agen cies or independent bodies are being pres surized whenever any decision goes against them, he claimed.

“One should not for get that the ECI has given an interim order and not the final deci sion,” said the BJP leader.

He further said that in the last 25 years, whenever a party had faced a vertical split, the ECI had given simi lar verdicts of freezing the original symbol and name. However, it per mitted the use of the party name with some variation.

Speaking about the allegations of fake affi davits being submitted before the ECI, Fad navis, who holds Home Department portfolio said, “It is a cognizable offence and the police will follow their due procedures to probe the matter.”

CM Shinde hails Samajwadi Party leader’s role in development of UP

Mumbai (PTI): Ma harashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday expressed grief over the death of Sama jwadi Party supremo and three-time chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav and lauded his role in the

development of UP. Shinde in his con dolence message on Twitter said, “My thoughts and prayers

are with the bereaved family of late Mulay am Singh Yadav. Ya dav played a vital role in the development of Uttar Pradesh.” Ya dav served as the de fence minister from 1996 to 1998, and chief minister thrice from 1989-91, 1993-95, and 2003-07.

Passing phase, Sena will ‘rise like phoenix’: Jadhav

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Thane: Leaders of the Uddhav Thacker ay-led Shiv Sena fac tion have said the present turmoil in the party is just a passing phase and expressed confi dence that the Sena will “rise again like a phoenix”.

They were speaking on Sunday at the launch of the Thack eray camp’s mass out reach ‘Mahaprabhod han Yatra’ in Thane district, the strong hold of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Addressing a gath ering at an auditorium in Thane on Sunday, MLA Bhaskar Jadhav of the Uddhav Thack eray faction said the Shiv Sena under the leadership of Thack erays has witnessed several ups and downs.

“This is only a pass ing phase and the Sena would rise again like a phoenix,” he said.

Jadhav claimed the day is not far when Fadnavis will take away Shinde’s chair.

He said there was no

‘New poll symbol may usher in revolution for Uddhav-led Sena’

example in history of Hindus snatching pow er from their brothers and father, and claimed this was done only by Mughal rulers.

Sena MP Vinayak Raut said the efforts by opponents and betray ers to finish off the Sena will not work and the party will once again rise with zeal.

Shiv Sena deputy leader Sushma And hare claimed that CM Shinde was just a pup pet in the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

“We had enough of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, what

is now needed is ‘jan ki baat’, hence this yatra has been organized,” she said.

The yatra will cov er Navi Mumbai and other parts of the state in the coming days, said Sena MP Rajan Vichare.

‘Not afraid of case, will it fight alone’

Aurangabad (PTI):

Shiv Sena leader Chan drakant Khaire has said that he is not afraid of the case reg istered against him for allegedly making ob jectionable remarks about Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. He also vowed to fight the charges alone.

First India Bureau Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said a new election symbol for the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction could bring a “big revolution” in the coming days.

Raut was produced before special Preven tion of Money Launder ing Act (PMLA) court as his judicial custody in a money laundering case investigated by the En forcement Directorate (ED) expired on Monday.

Family members and supporters of Raut were present on the court premises when he was brought there. They greeted him and interacted with him be fore the proceedings of the court.

Responding to a ques

tion about the Election Commission of India’s interim order freezing the bow and arrow sym bol of Shiv Sena, Raut said, “the new symbol for Shiv Sena (Thack eray camp) could bring a big revolution for the party”.

This is not the first time when a party has faced such a situation, he said.

“It is not easy for the Eknath Shinde camp to usurp the name (Shiv Sena) and the bow and arrow symbol easily.

The rebel camp might not get it (the poll sym bol) so soon,”

said, adding

Speaking to reporters in Aurangabad after re turning from Mumbai on Sunday night, Khaire said, “I don’t know if any offence has been registered against me. But if the chief minister has broken the Shiv Sena organization, should we worship him? Bal Thackeray took efforts to build this organization and these are the returns being given to him.”

Based on a complaint lodged by district unit chief of the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) Rajen dra Janjal, a case has been registered against Khaire at Satara police station for allegedly making objectionable remarks against the chief minister.

Khaire, a former

Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituen cy, is a loyalist of Ud dhav Thackeray, who heads the party’s other faction.

“People from the Shinde faction criticize Uddhav Thackeray now. He is the one who dis tributed portfolios to them (in the previous government). Shiv sainiks are angry now,” he said.

“I am not afraid of an offence being registered against me and I will fight alone. What is the worst that can happen, I will spend Diwali in jail,” said Khaire.

FAKE AFFIDAVITS PROBE

Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis interacting with media persons in Mumbai on Monday.

Party launches ‘Mahaprabhodhan Yatra’ in Thane as leaders predict downfall of rival faction

Jadhav waving Shiv Sena’s flag on joining the party in 2019 in presence of former CM Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut. —FILE PHOTO

Uddhav loyalist Chandrakant Khaire calls out CM Shinde for ‘breaking Shiv Sena organization’

Chandrakant Khaire

the most hated man in Ma harashtra right now.

Mumbai (PTI): A special court on Monday extended by 14 days the judicial custody of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. Special Judge MG Desh pande extended his custody by another 14 days. Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for ED, on Monday made his submissions against Raut’s bail plea in the court. Raut was arrested by the ED on August 01 in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelop ment of Patra ‘chawl’ in Mumbai. He is currently in judicial custody. The ED probe pertains to alleged financial irregularities of Rs1,034 crore pertaining to the redevelopment of the chawl or tenements in suburban Goregaon and related financial transac tions allegedly involving his wife and associates.

MUM PMLA COURT EXTENDS SANJAY RAUT’S JUDICIAL CUSTODY BY 14 DAYS

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut outside Arthur Road Jail being escorted to his hearing at PMLA court in Mumbai on Monday. — PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE

RS MP Sanjay Raut terms Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ‘most hated man in Maharashtra’

Uddhav Thackeray

NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Mulayam Singh Yadav—FILE PHOTO

Woman acquitted of killing her newborn baby girl

Court deemed that prosecution had not provided enough evidence to convict her of murdering 3rd daughter First India Bureau

Thane: A court in Kalyan has acquitted a 34-year-old woman accused of killing her newborn child, giving her the benefit of doubt. In his order of October 04 order, which was made available on Monday, Additional Sessions Judge Shaukat S Gor wade held that the prosecution had failed to prove the murder charge against the woman.

Additional Public Prosecutor SR Kulkar ni told the court that

the woman delivered a baby girl on April 15, 2018 and was dis charged from hospital on April 17.

Four days later, the woman, who hails from Umbarde village in Kalyan town, went with her husband and newborn baby to the Civil Hospital where doctors declared the child brought dead.

Following an investi gation by the Khadak pada police, it was al leged that the woman had gagged and stran gled the baby—her third daughter—to death and the cops reg

Lakes supplying drinking water to Mum 97.44% full

istered a case against her under IPC Section 302. The judge in his or

der said the prosecu tion has not led any evidence to prove the nail marks found on

the throat and neck of the deceased are of the accused.

“The accused and

Though the prosecution proved that the deceased died a homicidal death, the prosecution has not linked the accused with the crime. Hence, for want of evidence, the prosecution failed to prove that the accused had committed the murder of the deceased.

—Shaukat S Gorwade, Additional Sessions Judge

her husband were with the deceased when they brought her to the hospital. Therefore, there is doubt about the murder. There is no witness who can prove that the accused pressed the child’s mouth and neck, caus

ing her death. There is no chain which estab lishes a nexus between the crime and the ac cused,” the judge said.

The only “evidence” is the woman’s confes sion recorded by the po lice, which is inadmis sible, the court said.

There is neither oral nor documentary evi dence brought on re cord by the prosecu tion to link the accused with the crime, it said.

“Though the prose cution proved that the deceased died a homi cidal death, the prose cution has not linked the accused with the crime. Hence, for want of evidence, the pros ecution failed to prove that the accused had committed the murder of the deceased,” the court said, giving the woman the benefit of the doubt, and acquit ted her.

Power station accident: 1 more worker succumbs; toll now 2

Mumbai (PTI): A 43-year-old man who sustained burns due to a gas leak at the Uran power station in Navi Mumbai suc cumbed to injuries during treatment, taking the death toll to two, police said on Monday.

Vishnu Patil was a contractual helper in the Maharashtra Power Generation Company’s (Mahagenco) power sta tion, an official said.

Patil was rushed to

the National Burns Centre in Airoli, Navi Mumbai for treatment on Sunday, he said, add ing that the condition of the one more person injured in the incident remains critical.

An accidental death report has been regis tered and further inves tigation is underway.

Gas leaked from a high-pressure booster pump at Mahagenco’s gas turbine power sta tion at Uran on Sunday.

A team of Vivek Dhu

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Mumbai: The city should have enough water to meet its needs until the next monsoon sea son, officials said, given that the sev en lakes that sup ply drinking water to Mumbai are 97.44% full.

The stock— 14,10,274 million litres (ML) of water as on Sunday against a total capacity of 14,47,363 ML—will mean the Brihanmumbai Mu nicipal Corporation (BMC) will not have to impose water cuts over the next year.

The seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai, in clude Upper Vaitar na, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Middle Vai tarna, Bhatsa, Vehar, and Tulsi. All of these lakes are locat

ed either in Mumbai at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, or in the neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar.

Vehar and Tulsi, with a capacity of 27,698 ML and 8,064 ML, respectively, are full.

This monsoon, the Modak Sagar, Tansa and Tulsi reached their capacity by mid-July. Vehar reached its full mark on August 11. At pre sent, the Modak Sa gar is 86.66% full with 1,11,731 ML wa ter stock against its capacity of 1,28,925 ML. Tansa is 97.27% full with 1,41,122 ML as against its full ca pacity of 1,45,080 ML. Bhatsa dam in Thane, which sup plies 55% of the wa ter requirement to the city, is 99.20% full with 7,11,206 ML.

Seized animals moved to Guj care centre

First India Bureau

Mumbai: More than 500 exotic species res cued by the Directo rate of Revenue Intel ligence (DRI) and Customs department at the Mumbai air port have been shifted to a care facility in Gujarat, a forest offi cial said on Monday.

The Mumbai Zonal Unit of the DRI had in tercepted the consign ment last week after it arrived at the Air Cargo Complex.

As many as 665 rep tiles including the ko modo dragon, tegu, Bur mese python, ball py thon, green grass lizard, leopard geckos, pancake tortoise, leopard tor toise, iguanas, albino red eared slider turtles and alligators—none of them native to India—

The civic body started online service on August 23; as many as 4,500 people have signed up so far

Mumbai: Around 4,500 persons have registered themselves for the four swimming pools in the city that come under the Bri hanMumbai Munici pal Corporation ad ministration, thanks to the online member ship being made avail able to city residents.

With this over

whelming response to online membership, the civic body earned more than Rs3.5 crore. Earlier, membership in a civic-run swim

were seized.

More than 100 animals were found dead and sev eral were in a critical condition at the time of rescue, as they were be ing kept in containers used for importing and

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transporting fish, Shar ma said.

Following the seizure, the consignment was checked with the help of the forest department, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Res

qink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW). It was found that hundreds of reptile species were being traf ficked in the guise of aquarium fishes, RAWW president Pawan Shar ma said.

The RAWW was given temporary custody of the seized animals on recommendation of the WCCB and forest depart ment, as there were no other facilities or infra structure available in the city to cater to them immediately, he said.

The seized animals were shifted to Greens Zoological Rescue & Re habilitation Centre in Gujarat on Sunday night. Most of the ani mals in the consignment were CITES-listed (Con vention on International Trade in Endangered Species), Sharma added.

for online pool memberships

In the last 40 days, 4,500 peo ple have taken membership. Also, we have now in creased the dura tion of swimming by 15 minutes to an hour.

membership was opened for 6,000 people. “In the last 40 days, 4,500 people have taken membership. Also, we have now in creased the duration of swimming by 15 minutes to an hour,” said a senior BMC official.

According to the of ficial, the municipal body was thinking of keeping the swimming pools open from 6 am to 12 pm, and from 6 pm to 10 pm.

1 person died and 3 more were hurt when gas leaked from a high-pressure booster pump at a Mahagenco plant on Sunday

male, the chief boiler supervisor, boiler tech nician KK Patil and Vishnu Patil, a helper who is a contractual em ployee, was carrying out a routine inspection when the accident oc

curred, Mahagenco said. All three received burn injuries, the state ment said, adding that Dhumale succumbed to injuries while being taken to the hospital while the other two, in cluding Patil, were be ing treated in the inten sive care unit of the specialised institute.

Desk operator Pradip Singh sustained minor injuries in the incident and is undergoing treat ment at a private hospi tal, Mahagenco said.

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48-YEAR-OLD’S BODY FOUND IN MAKHMALI TALAO

ming pool was opened only twice a year—pro vided on a first-comefirst-serve basis—and could be gained only by waiting in queues

and filling out physical forms. The BMC start ed online membership from August 23 to ease this process.

The online member

ship service was made available at Mahatma Gandhi Olympic pool in Dadar, General Arun Ku mar Vaidya Olympic pool in Chembur, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Olympic pool in Kandivali and Shri Mrubali Devi pool in Dahisar.

In the first phase, the

BMC used to allow daily membership, but this is not available any more. However, the civic body is planning to re start the facility. The of ficial said the pools could conduct only six batches previously, but now the pools have provision for up to 12 batches.

Thane: The body of a man who is reported to be a habitual drinker was found in the Makhmali Talao lake in Thane’s Naupada area on Monday, said a civic official. The man was identified as Manoj Padwal and a call with regards to the body floating on the lake was received at 12.18 pm, informed regional dis aster cell chief Avinash Sawant. An investigation is underway to find out if the man killed himself.

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MUMBAI TRAINER ARRESTED FOR MOLESTING WOMAN

Thane: Four people have been booked for cheating a man of Rs28 lakh on the pretext of getting him loans worth Rs2 crore, an official said. The victim, a resident of Kolsalwadi in Kalyan told the cops that the four, including a woman, took Rs28 lakh as ‘facilitation fee’. The victim filed the case after the accused showed no inclination of returning the money despite failing to provide the loan,” the official said.

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will meet in Mumbai on Tuesday, ahead of the board’s Annual General Meeting, which is slated for October 18. BCCI functionar ies left for Mumbai on Monday night to attend the meet, where key decisions would be taken about key posts in the body, as well as current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s candidature in the coming elections.

Mumbai: A 35-year-old fitness trainer has been arrested for molesting a woman at a Malad gym, police said on Monday.

The 25-year-old woman told the police that the man had touched her inappropriately on the pretext of training her on many occasions. A case of molestation has been registered against the trainer, under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, the official added.

FOUR BOOKED FOR CHEATING THANE MAN OF `28 LAKH 35 PASSENGERS INJURED IN THANE BUS ACCIDENT

Thane: Thirty-five passengers traveling in a private luxury bus were injured when it hit another vehicle while crossing a bridge in the Shajapur area of Thane district, police said on Sunday night. The incident occurred early in the morning when the bus was headed from Mumbai to Nashik. Around 20 passengers suffered head injuries in the accident, doctors at a private hospital said.

The online membership

swimming pools,

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Gas leaked from a high-pressure booster pump at Mahagenco’s gas turbine power station at Uran on Sunday. —FILE PHOTO

The reptiles were being smuggled into the country in the guise of aquarium fishes. —FILE PHOTOS

665 reptiles—none of which are native to India— were seized last weeek at the Mumbai airport

Modak Sagar reached its capacity by mid-July. —FILE PHOTO

MULAYAM SINGH: GRASSROOT LEADER WHO MAINTAINED RELATIONSHIPS GOING BEYOND PARTY POLITICS

KALRAJ MISHRA GOVERNOR, RAJASTHAN

The demise of Mulayam Singh Yadav is the end of an era of politics. He was a genuine person with a very kind heart. I believe this, understanding the warmth of a relationship, he was a rare person to take care of the relationship diligently.

In UP, when I was a minister in PWD, once during budget speech in House, a SP MLA spoke some rude words about me which were far from the truth. I too had resigned then for the sake of my reputation. I remember Mulayam ji called me immediately and said that I should not have resigned directly on this matter. He also reprimanded the MLA of his party in strong words. He publicly said that talking like this about Kalraj ji is against the dignity of a chaste person like him

I do not remember when I first met him, but from the early days of politics, I had a close relationship with him. Later on, this relation ship deepened and went on getting absorbed in deep meanings of love and re spect. We may have always been separate under the political parties, but the af fection and love and respect that he gave, can never be forgotten. I remember he also suffered a lot during the emergency and was put in jail. After the formation of Bharatiya Janata Party, the National Democratic Front of BJP and Lok Dal was formed in Uttar Pradesh. Its President was Mulayam Singh Yadav and I was the General Secre tary. We worked together on many levels. While in politics, I also felt closely that not only did he have a geographical and social un derstanding of Uttar Pradesh, but his political vision was also very broad. I also saw an attachment in his mind for the workers from the very beginning.

Even during elections, he used to interact with them every now and then and dur ing this discussion new av enues were always opened. I also constantly felt his deep attachment to nationalism.

Many times I used to jok ingly tell him that you should have been in our party, and he used to laugh. He did not say anything, but I know that on many levels his vision was related to the cultural concerns of the na tion and society.

There are very few grass roots leaders in politics at this time, and hence they are remembered even more in such times. He was a tru ly grassroots leader who connected with the masses.

Not everyone called him ‘Netaji’ for nothing, they be lieved he had amazing lead ership qualities and took everyone along. That is why everyone was also ready to work under his leadership.

Remember, when Mayawati ji was the Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh, I used to be the Minister of Public Works Department there at that time. In Etawah, we got the buildings made by the Public Works Department.

In those days an All India Conference of the Sama jwadi Party was going to be held there. He had called me

and requested to provide those buildings to the peo ple coming to the confer ence and make some other minor arrangements. There was no question of not ac cepting his request. I per sonally went there and made arrangements imme diately after asking my principal secretary. I re member whenever he met, he used to mention it. Al though it was not such a big deal, but it was his personal ity that if anyone cooperat ed at some level, he would never forget it.

In Uttar Pradesh, when I was a minister in the Public Works Department, once during the budget speech in the House, a Samajwadi Party MLA spoke some rude words about me which were far from the truth. I

too had resigned then for the sake of my reputation.

I remember Mulayam Sin gh ji called me immediately and said that I should not have resigned directly on this matter. He also repri manded the MLA of his party in strong words. He publicly said that talking like this about Kalraj ji is against the dignity of a chaste person like him.

He was very much above party politics and for peo ple who were close to him, he would not think twice before doing anything, even if it was beyond the party line. There are many other such incidents with him in which I gave him some advice politically and he accepted it without thinking. Rather, at times he used to discuss with me,

MSY CHANGED UP’S POLITICAL CONTOUR

Yadav, who passed away at the age of 82, will always be remembered for his astute ness which changed the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh. The wrestler from Saifai, his village in Etawah, spearheaded the movement to bring back ward classes into the main stream of state politics in the Nineties. When the Ram Janmabhoomi move ment began to peak he took the BJP head-on and went to the extent of ordering police firing on kar sevaks gathered in Ayodhya in 1990 in which several were

killed. That single incident led to the gradual margin alisation of Congress and rise of the BJP in the Hindi heartland as caste and reli gious politics took root.

The Ayodhya movement

gave Mulayam the politi cal opportunity to endear himself to Muslims as their protector and wellwisher.

His socialist image and Muslim-Yadav combi nation helped him become

The Ayodhya movement gave Mulayam Singh the political opportunity to endear himself to Muslims as their protector and wellwisher. His socialist image and Muslim-Yadav combination helped him become the chief minister of UP three times beginning in 1989 when Congress was voted out

the chief minister of UP three times beginning in 1989 when Congress was voted out.

Mulayam Singh Yadav was a politician of the old school and maintained cor

dial relations with his politi cal rivals across the aisle.

Ironically, Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati prob ably became the only excep tion to the rule. In 1991 Mu layam had helped Kanshi Ram win the Lok Sabha byelection from Etawah for the Dalit leader’s foray in na tional politics for a future OBC—Dalit—Muslim com bination. After Mulayam formed the Samajwadi Par ty in 1992, he joined hands with Kanshi Ram to success fully stop the BJP jugger naut in 1993. The infamous State Guest House case of 1995 changed the SP-BSP dy namics until Mayawati al lied with Akhilesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

THERE ARE VERY FEW GRASSROOTS LEADERS IN POLITICS AT THIS TIME, AND HENCE THEY ARE REMEMBERED EVEN MORE IN SUCH TIMES. HE WAS A TRULY GRASSROOT LEADER WHO CONNECTED WITH THE MASSES. NOT EVERYONE CALLED MULAYAM ‘NETAJI’ FOR NOTHING, THEY BELIEVED HE HAD AMAZING LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND TOOK EVERYONE ALONG

even when he had to make some big decisions under his own team. I remember that he never even forgot my birthday! Wherever I would have been, but he would not take rest until he found me on the phone and congratulated me. I wonder, where is the per son who maintains such relationships and under stands the dignity of rela tionships! I also accept that when he was the Chief Minister, whenever he was told any kind of work, he did it immediately and he accepted my opinion, my words even at such levels which no one can think of.

He was deeply interested in the development of vil lages and in the upliftment of the poor. Along with the expansion of basic facilities

in the villages, he was also closely engrossed with the traditional life there. Per sonally, his relations with the people were so deep that even if his party leaders joined any party later, they never broke ties with him. So many memories and an ecdotes of him are still flashing in my mind at this time. I believe that the inti macy and affinity that re mained with him is an in valuable asset of my life. His demise has left a void which can never be filled. His merging into infinity means going away of a per son who has followed the principles and dignity of relationships. His absence is a personal void that will never be filled.

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Amit Shah @AmitShah I express my condolences to his family and supporters in this hour of grief. May God give place to the departed soul at his feet. Om Shanti, Om Shanti, Om Shanti!

Narendra Modi @narendramodi I had many interactions with Mulayam Singh Yadav Ji when we served as Chief Ministers of our respective states. The close association continued and I always looked forward to hearing his views. His demise pains me. Condolences to his family and lakhs of supporters. Om Shanti.

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From wrestler to Netaji: Highs & lows of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s political career

A wrestler-turned-teacher, Mulayam Singh Yadav went on to make a canny politician

New Delhi (Agencies):

As news of passing away of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav broke, condolenc es poured in from all quarters. Leaders cut ting across party lines paid rich tributes to Ne taji, as he was fondly called, and looked back on his illustrious politi cal career that spanned more than five decades.

President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and var ious top political leaders expressed grief on the death of Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday.

A wrestler-turnedteacher, Mulayam Singh went on to make a canny politician. He champi oned the cause of back

ward castes in his home state of Uttar Pradesh and a life-long propo nent of secular politics.

The OBC stalwart be came the Chief Minister of UP three times, and also served as Minister of Defence at the Centre.

Mulayam Singh also had his fair share of political setbacks and faced rebel lion within his own par ty ranks.

My heartfelt condolences on the demise of the founder of the Samajwadi Party. The contribu tion of former Union Minister and former CM of UP Mulayam Singh Yadav as a seasoned politician was immense. May the departed soul rest in peace.

—Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan Chief Minister

Only societies that focus on education will succeed: PM

If a child does not want to study, we should give him some skill: Modi

Ahmedabad (PTI): PM Narendra Modi on Mon day said only those socie ties that focus on educa tion will succeed as he inaugurated an educa tional complex near Ahmedabad that will provide needy students with facilities for holistic development. The Modi Shaikshanik Sankul near Chharodi has been set up by the Modh Vanik Modi Samaj.

“I want to emphasise societies that focus on education will succeed.

Keeping focusing on ways to make education more accessible to the youth is one of the main ways to success,” he said, adding that “though our (caste) peo ple are late, we are on the right path”.

“I am glad more young sters are focusing on medicine, engineering

Anand (PTI): PM Narendra Modi on Monday warned the BJP workers against the Congress’s “silent” campaigning in Gujarat and said the ruling BJP will have to slightly modify its poll strategy to counter what he termed “conspiracy” of the opposition party. Modi, on a three-day visit to his home state, said the Congress has this time appears

and other such streams. At the same time, I want to stress the importance of skill development as

GOLD SMUGGLING: SC AGREES TO HEAR ED’S PLEA SEEKING TRANSFER OF TRIAL

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has sought transfer of the trial in the gold smuggling case from Kerala to Karnataka, claiming a “free and fair trial” in the case is not possible in the state.

A bench comprising Chief Justice U U Lalit and Justice S R Bhat issued notice to the state of Kerala seeking its response to the Enforce ment Directorate’s plea and posted the matter for hearing on October 20. The bench also allowed the application filed by the Kerala govt seeking impleadment in the matter.

HATE SPEECHES: SC SEEKS REPLY FROM U’KHAND, DELHI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from Uttara khand and Delhi govts on what action police have taken against those who made hate speeches at Dharam Sansads held in the state and the national capital last year. A bench passed the order while hearing a plea of activist Tushar Gandhi. In his peti tion, the activist has sought contempt action against senior police officials for not taking any steps in the issue, according to the guidelines laid down to curb hate speeches and lynching.

SC NOTICE TO GOI ON ‘TALAQ-E-KINAYA’ & ‘TALAQ-E-BAIN’ PLEA

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others to a plea seek ing to declare all forms of “unilateral and extrajudi cial” divorce among Mus lims including ‘Talaq-e-Ki naya’ and ‘Talaq-e-Bain’ as void and unconstitutional.

A bench issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Minor ity Affairs and others. The court was hearing a plea filed by Karnataka-based Syeda Ambreen asserting the practices are arbitrary, irrational and contrary to fundamental rights.

‘GO TO ECI WITH PLEA SEEKING DETAILS OF CANDIDATES WITH CRIMINAL BACKGROUND’

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to ensure that all political parties publish details regarding criminal cases of candidates along with the reason for their selec tion on the home page of their official websites. A bench asked the petitioner to approach the Election Commission with his plea. The plea claimed that the petition was filed after Samajwadi Party, which is a registered and recog nised political party, fielded alleged gangster Nahid Hasan from Kairana assembly in Uttar Pradesh.

He was a great Parliamentari an and a distinguished admin istrator who devoted his whole life to the service of the poor and other backward communities..

—Manmohan Singh, Former PM

He was a towering socialist leader who never compromised with the interests of the poor and the farmers.

—Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister

Mulayam Singh Yadav worked for the welfare of the poor and weaker sections throughout his life.

—K Chandrasekhar Rao, Telangana Chief Minister

Mulayam Singh ji’s demise has left a huge void in the political arena. His dynamic persona will continue to inspire many genera tions of Indians.

—LK Advani, Former Deputy PM

One of the tallest figures in In dian politics who stood for res ervation for the OBC, Mulayam Singh was deeply committed to secular ideals.

—MK Stalin, Tamil Nadu CM

He (Mulayam Singh Yadav) was deeply committed to the secular and socialist political traditions.

—Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister

NIA gives FIR, arrest memo to lawyers of the PFI associate

MODI TARGETS NEHRU OVER KASHMIR

Anand: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel resolved issues of merger of other princely states, but “one person” could not resolve the Kashmir issue, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday, in a veiled attack on India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru. Modi said he was able to resolve the long-pending Kashmir issue as he is walking in the footsteps of India’s first home minister Sardar Patel. “Sardar saheb persuaded all the princely states to merge with India. But another per son handled this one issue of Kashmir,” he said, without naming Jawaharlal Nehru.

New Delhi (ANI): The National Investi gation Agency (NIA) on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that an FIR copy and an arresting memo have been served to the petitioner/alleged associate of Popular Front of India (PFI).

ing the multiple raids conducted on September 22 this year.

Chandigarh: The Pun jab Police has busted five major terrorist modules after arresting 17 terrorists in the last 10 days adopting a proactive approach against anti-social elements.

to have changed its strategy in Gujarat, where Assembly polls are due in the next few months. “I need to warn you because it appears to me that this time the Congress has adopted a new strategy. I have not probed, but that is what appears to me at first glance,” he said, addressing a BJP rally at Vallabh Vidyanagar in this district.

well. In the future, if a student does not have a degree but has some skill then it will be enough. If

a child does not want to study, we should give him some skill,” Modi said. He said this was a

good achievement for a caste whose numbers are minuscule and whose members are mostly middle-class.

Modi said he was for tunate that members of his caste had not come to him for any sort of work even though one among them has been longest serving chief minister of Gujarat and has been elected to the post of PM for a second time.

The Bench of Jus tice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta on Mon day was also in formed by the law yers of the petitioner that the remand ap plication copy has still not been served to the petitioner. Af ter noting the sub missions, the Delhi High Court ad journed the matter to November. The court also noted the sub missions that the NIA will produce sev eral accused in the case before the trial court today itself.

The petitioner Mo hammed Yusuff al leged that PFI associ ate along with others arrested by NIA dur

Our Start-ups will soon launch Space satellites and satellite constellations: Dr Jitendra Singh

of PM Modi to unlock the Space sector for Pri vate Industry in June, 2020 changed the very nature of Space ecosys tem of the country.

Delhi High Court on last week sought a response from the NIA on a plea moved by an alleged associ ate of the PFI, who was recently arrest ed, for non-supply of FIR copy, ground of arrest documents, and remand applica tion.

Recently in a ma jor crackdown against PFI, over 106 PFI members were arrested in multiple raids carried out by a joint team of NIA, ED and state police across 11 states.

NIA in a press statement issued in regard to searches and arrests across India on Popular Front of India (PFI) stated that the searches were jointly conducted by the ED, NIA, and the State Police forces across India.

The police have also recovered four rifles in cluding AKs/MP-9/ MP-5 and 25 revolvers/ pistols from their pos session. Apart from this, the police teams have also recovered three hand grenades and one IED.

At a weekly press con ference on Monday, IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill said in the last 10 days the police teams have managed to strike a ma jor blow to the terrorist modules being operated by gangsters-turnedterrorists including Lakhbir Singh alias Landa, Harvinder Sin gh alias Rinda and Arsh Dalla from out of India.

Big B to visit Tirupati temple on 80th b’day?

Mumbai (Agencies):

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Union Min ister of State (MoS)Min istry of Science and Technology, Space and Atomic Energy, Dr Jiten dra Singh said on Mon day that Indian Start-ups will soon launch Space satellites as well as satel lite constellations and

try their rockets.

He also informed that five PSLVs are being do mestically produced by L&T and HAL, while OneWeb is all set to launch their satellites through ISRO and NSIL.

Speaking at the India Space Conclave in Delhi on the occasion of first anniversary of the In dian Space Association, ISpA, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the revolutionary and out of box decision

Dr Jitendra Singh said, Space reforms have unleashed the in novative potentials of start-ups and within a short span of time, from a couple of Space Startups three -four years back, today we have 102 start-ups working in cutting-edge areas of space debris manage ment, nano-satellite, launch vehicle, ground systems, research etc.

As he turns 80 on Tues day (October 11) Bolly wood legend Amitabh Bachchan — India’s big gest superstar — can look back with satisfac tion at his long career on the silver screen, where he became an icon.

What has he not seen or been through? Strug gle to get into films, suc cess like no one has ever seen, an accident that almost spelled the end for him, foray into politics and disillusion ment, and financial dis aster. Then leaving it all behind to bounce back

with ever more riches, fame, and adulation from the masses. But, Bachchan had arrived. Like no other star had. He went on to consoli date his grips so much that other stars had to agree to play second and third fiddle in his films.

Is ‘petty politics’ the new political ideology of Kejriwal?

In 2 recent incidents, AAP didn’t follow protocol attached to Prez

Sharat K Verma

New Delhi: Arvind Ke jriwal once staged a road dharna in front of Rail Bhawan in Lu tyens’ Delhi. He had been on a dharna in front of Rail Bhavan with his party leaders during the night in cold weather. Then he called himself an anarchist.

However, later his atti

tude changed after con testing elections, win ning and forming the government in Delhi. He had stopped calling himself an anarchist and started talking about the system of the constitution. Now again he has started a bid to create chaos and not only is he making state ments indiscriminately, at the same time he and

other leaders of her party have also started ignoring the Constitu tion and the traditions of democratic politics.

Recently there have been two incidents in which he and his party insulted the President by not following the pro tocol attached to the President. As per tradi tion, on October 2, on Gandhi Jayanti, the Chief Minister and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi have to be present and welcome the Presi dent. This time Kejriwal was absent from the program.

His Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia did arrive but

he also did not stop to welcome the President. When the Lieutenant Governor wrote a letter about this, Kejriwal did not feel the need to reply to the metter.

The second incident is from Chandigarh, where President Drau padi Murmu had ar rived to take part in the parade on the occasion of Air Force Day. The President was to be wel comed before the Air Force parade, for which Chief Minister Bhag

want Mann was invited from the Raj Bhavan. He also accepted the invita tion but he did not come to attend the ceremony. Instead he went to Guja rat to campaign for his party. On October 2, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Kejriwal had gone to Gujarat for cam paigning. Moreover, the kind of language Kejri wal has used for the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and opposition parties is also no less objectionable.

PM Narendra Modi waves to supporters during a road show, in Jamnagar on Monday. (Inset) PM receives a portrait by a supporter during the road show. —PHOTO BY ANI

UP CM Yogi Adityanath, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and others near mortal remains of Mulayam Singh Yadav, in Saifai, on Monday.

MoS Jitendra Singh addressing at the India Space Conclave in Delhi on first anniversary of the Indian Space Association, ISpA.

Arts students make painting of Amitabh Bachchan, in Mumbai.

SENSING ‘SILENT’ POLL CAMPAIGN BY CONG, PM SOUNDS OUT BJP CADRES

Punjab Police bust five major terrorist modules

The Minister says a space revolution led by ISRO along with the Private Sector and Start-ups is on the horizon

Arvind Kejriwal

RaGa does ‘balancing act’, runs with Shivakumar in Karnataka

Gandhi was accompanied by K’taka Cong chief while he walked in southern state Hiriyur (K’taka) (PTI):

Two days after he did a short sprint with for mer Karnataka chief minister Siddaramai

ah, Rahul Gandhi did a “balancing act” on Monday by making state Congress chief D K Shivakumar run with him during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Gandhi was accom panied by Shivakumar while he walked from Tumkur to Hiriyur in the southern state. The former Congress chief even made the 60-yearold leader run with him. Shivakumar kept holding the Congress flag as he ran for a short distance with Gandhi.

Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar are vy ing for the chief minis ter’s post as the Con gress seeks to wrest power back from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka.

PUNJAB CONGRESS HOLDS STATE-WIDE PROTEST, DEMANDS DISMISSAL OF MINISTER FAUJA SINGH SARARI

Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress protested across Punjab demand ing the dismissal of state minister Fauja Singh Sarari over an audio clip in which he was purportedly heard discussing ways to “extort” money from some contractors. The purported audio clip of

the alleged conversation between Sarari and his former close aide had surfaced. They were allegedly heard discuss ing ways to trap some contractors involved in foodgrain transportation through some officials.

Kharge kept away from Yatra in view of AICC prez poll

New Delhi (PTI): Con gress’s presidential poll candidate Mall ikarjun Kharge has stayed away from partic ipating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra in his home state of Karnataka alongside Sonia Gandhi and Ra hul Gandhi as the par ty is keen on underlin ing the impartiality in the election to the top post, sources said on Monday.

Though Kharge’s electoral competitor Shashi Tharoor has also said the Gandhi family was neither bi ased towards his oppo nent nor him.

War of words between TMC & BJP over clashes

Kolkata (PTI): Trina mool Congress and the opposition BJP were engaged in a verbal duel on Monday over clashes between two groups in KhidderporeMominpur area of Kol kata that left several people injured.

The saffron camp claimed that law and or der have worsened in West Bengal, drawing a sharp retort from the ruling TMC, which ac cused the BJP of trying to vitiate the atmos phere of the state.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar tried to visit the area on Monday but was stopped at Chingrigha ta area of east Kolkata and asked to return as prohibitory orders un der Section 144 Cr PC had been clamped in the area. He was later ar rested and released af ter a few hours. Police said that two groups clashed in the area on Sunday evening over some local issues.

Rival Sena ... Gogawale added.

“We will discuss with CM Shinde and finalize new symbols for submission to the EC,” Deepak Kesarkar, a spokesperson of the Shinde camp, said.

The Election Com mission on Saturday froze the Shiv Sena’s bow and arrow symbol amid a tussle between the two factions. The poll body had also asked the two factions to choose from among the symbols that are available and submit three options for their interim markers by 1 pm on Monday.

Uddhav moves ... of principles of natural justice and without granting any hearing to the parties and giving them an opportunity to lead evidence. The ECI, in its interim order, barred the two Shiv Sena factions led by Ud dhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from using the party name and its election symbol in the Andheri East assembly bypoll.

The order came af ter both groups sought to use the same name and symbol.

Thackeray’s peti tion, which has ar rayed the ECI and Ma

harashtra Chief Minis ter Eknath Shinde as parties, sought quash ing of the ECI order and, in the alternative, sought directions to consider and allot the symbol proposed by Thackeray without re stricting the choice of symbol from the list of free symbols notified by the commission.

The petition said in this case, without af fording an opportunity to be heard despite an application of the peti tioner requesting oral hearing, the ECI dis played undue haste and passed the order freezing the ‘Bow and Arrow’ symbol of the Shiv Sena led by Ud dhav Thackeray, which is intrinsically identi fied with the party, hav ing been used by it since its inception in 1966.

It is pertinent to note here that the said sym bol was developed, de signed and copyrighted by Late Balasaheb Thackeray, the plea said, claiming the freezing of the symbol is actuated by malice in law and is erroneous as the preliminary re ply filed by the peti tioner before ECI clear ly shows the petition there was not main tainable at the behest of Shinde.

Decide if you are with BJP or against it, says Tejashwi as he seeks Oppn unity

New Delhi (PTI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday asked oppo sition parties to set aside personal egos to join hands in fighting the BJP and said they have to decide if they are with the ruling par ty or against it, as he and his father Lalu Prasad launched a stinging attack on the Modi government.

The party’s open con vention in the packed Talkatora Stadium here also saw the hold of Ya dav over the organisa tion getting further ce mented as it passed a resolution effecting a

change in the RJD con stitution to vest final decision-making au thority on its “name, poll symbol or any oth

er issue” in him as well as his father.

While Rashtriya Ja nata Dal president Prasad accused the BJP

of “communalising” society and “destroy ing” the Constitution, Yadav referred to rul ing party MP Parvesh Verma’s speech alleg edly calling for a boy cott of Muslims and said a huge number of Indians working abroad, many in Mus lim countries, will be left unemployed if they face similar treat ment.

“What kind of mind set is this? Somebody tell these BJP members that most of our oil comes from Muslim countries. Will you stop it,” he asked.

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GATHERINGS OF 5 OR MORE BANNED IN MOMINPUR AFTER SUNDAY CLASHES

Kolkata (Agencies): Large gatherings of five or more people have been banned in Kolkatas Ekbalpore area af ter violent clashes between two communities on Sunday night. Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been imposed for three days in the area from today till October 12. As per the order, any assembly of five or more people with any lethal or other dangerous weapons will call for immediate arrest.

OVER 30 DETAINED DURING VIOLENCE

Kolkata (Agencies) —

More than 35 people have been detained in connec tion with sporadic clashes that broke out between two communities in South Kolkata’s Mominpur, sources said. A huge police contingent has been de ployed in the troubled area to prevent further clashes.

‘AL QAEDA, ISIS BEHIND VIOLENCE’ Kolkata (Agencies): Al Qaeda and Isis are behind the violence in Kolkatas Mominpur area, Bengal’s Leader of Opposition in the assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, claimed at a me dia briefing. CMs closest confidant-turned-political rival also alleged that 5,000 Hindus have fled.

HM’s CISF security jawan dies in accident

Alwar (Agencies): The commando (CISF Jawan) posted in the se curity of Union Home Minister Amit Shah died in a road accident.

On October 8, he was on the way from Delhi to his home in Alwar.

He was accompanied by his aunt’s son, a resi dent of Rewari (Hary ana). Both died on the spot. The accident took place at around 11.30 pm in Karora village in the Behror area of Al war. According to the information, Sunil Ya dav (29) was a resident of Mahanpurbas in the Alwar district. He left for Alwar from Delhi in

23 PCS officers’ names cleared for promotion to IAS cadre

Lucknow: A Depart mental Promotion Com mittee (DPC) was held under the chairmanship of Union Public Service Commission in Luc know to promote 23 PCS officers of UP’s bureau cracy to the post of IAS. In this, the way for direct promotion of 16 PCS of ficers has been cleared, while the names of 7 have been considered as provisional. Prosecution

proceedings are going on against 4 of them.

UPSC Chief Secretary IAS Durga Shankar Mishra, Senior IAS Of

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ficer RK Tiwari and Ad ditional Chief Secretary Appointment IAS Dr De vesh Chaturvedi were present in the meeting

held in Lucknow under the chairmanship of Lieutenant General Raj Shukla of UPSC.

Apart from this, the Center had sent two IAS officers of the level of Joint Secretary as mem bers. In the DPC meet ing, the names of 23 PCS officers of PCS year 2000, year 2002 and 2004 were considered. Out of these, prosecution pro ceedings are going on

against 4 PCS officers namely Bhishmalal Ver ma, Harish Chandra, Anju Lata Katiyar and Prabhunath. Depart mental action is also go ing on against 3 other PCS. Therefore, the names of these seven have been considered provisionally. Apart from this, the promotion of 16 PCS officers is be ing considered almost fixed in the IAS.

Patnaik launches FIFA-backed initiative to promote football

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This is the “first such programme by FIFA in the country”, with an aim to promote football among school children

Bhubaneswar (PTI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday virtually launched ‘Football for All’ initiative to pro mote the sport among school children in the state.

Under the pro gramme, sponsored by FIFA in partnership with institutes KIIT & KISS, the state will dis tribute at least 43,000 footballs among chil dren of around 2,000 schools, an official said.

This is the “first such programme by FIFA in the country”, with an aim to promote football

among school children, the sports department official said. Noting that football is the

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on development of foot ball, especially women’s football. We will have good infrastructure and coaching programmes to improve performanc es,” he said.

Expressing happi ness over the launch of the programme, the CM thanked FIFA for choos ing Odisha for this pro gramme.

his brother-in-law’s car. On the way, suddenly an animal came in front of the car near the Crora village and the car over turned.

During this, some people present there took him to the govern ment hospital in Behror, where the doctors de clared both of them brought dead.

‘Tourist footfall could double after ‘Mahakal Lok’ opening’

Ujjain (PTI) : The an nual footfall of tourists visiting the ancient Ma hakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain is “expected to double” after the open ing of the grand ‘Ma hakal Lok’, a top official has said.

Prime Minister Nar endra Modi on Tuesday is slated to inaugurate the first phase of the Rs 856-crore Mahakalesh war Temple corridor development project here, located around 200 km from state capital Bhopal. Chief Execu tive Officer of Ujjain Smart City, Ashish Ku mar Pathak said about 1.5 crore people visit the temple every year.

“And, this annual fig ure is expected to dou ble to about three crore after the opening of the ‘Mahakal Lok’,” he said.

“most popular game that brings people to gether across the globe”, Patnaik said the

initiative will help gen erate more interest about the game.

“We are quite focused

Sports Minis ter TK Behera said that the state is investing heavily in building in frastructure for promo tion of different games.

The Mahakaleshwar Temple, one of the 12 ‘jyotirlings’ in the coun try that gets devotees throughout the year, is considered one of holi est places on earth by Hindus.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi walks with padyatris during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Tumkur on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav with Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and party leader Tejashwi Yadav during RJD’s National Executive Meeting, in New Delhi, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI

WB BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar, state secy Umesh Rai and party leader RK Handa detained by police on the way to Mominpur where the violence erupted. —PHOTO BY ANI

Biju Janata Dal Lok Sabha MP and founder of KIIT Achyuta Samanta with students holding footballs during Football for All programme virtually inaugurated by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Monday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

PCS Ashutosh PCS Rajesh PCS Anil

Sunil Yadav —FILE PHOTO

New Delhi (PTI): Stateowned Convergence Ener gy Services Ltd (CESL) has set up a solar-pow ered charging station for electric vehicles in the Ladakh region. “CESL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Ser vices Ltd (EESL) under the Ministry of Power has es tablished a first-of-its-kind solar-powered charging plaza for electric vehicles in the Ladakh region,” it said in a release on Mon day. The integrated car port was inaugurated by Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh R K Mathur in Leh.

TCS Q2 PROFIT RISES 8.4% TO RS 10,431 CRORE

RUPEE FALLS 4 PAISE TO CLOSE AT ALL-TIME LOW OF RS 82.34

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee pared most of its initial losses and settled 4 paise lower at a fresh lifetime low of 82.34 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, weighed down by as risk-averse sentiment among investors.

Moreover, a negative trend in domestic equities and a firm greenback over seas sapped investor appe tite, forex traders said.

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened at 82.68, then fell further to an alltime intra-day low of 82.69.

According to forex trad ers, the local unit pared initia losses on possible central bank intervention and finally settled for the day at an all-time low of 82.34 against the American currency, down 4 paise over its previous close.

On Friday, the rupee had depreciated by 13 paise to close at 82.30.

MARKETS SETTLE LOWER AMID WEAK TRENDS IN GLOBAL MARKETS

Mumbai (PTI): Equity benchmark indices

Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Monday amid a weak trend in global markets.

The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 200.18 points or 0.34 per cent to settle at 57,991.11.

During the day, it tum bled 825.61 points or 1.41 per cent to 57,365.68.

LARGE INDIAN LENDERS SHUN RUPEE MECHANISM IN RUSSIA TRADE

Mumbai (Agencies):

Large Indian lenders are reluctant to process direct rupee trade transactions with Russia months after the mechanism was put in place for fear of becoming the target of sanctions by the United States and Eu rope over the invasion of Ukraine, sources said.

Record 5.4 lakh vehicles sold during Navratri: FADA

Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest software exporter, on Monday reported an 8.38% year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit at Rs 10,431 cr in September quarter compared with Rs 9,624 cr in the corre sponding quarter last year.

Revenues from operations rose 18.01% YoY to Rs 55,309 crore from Rs 46,867 crore in the same quarter last year, the IT firm said. Revenue growth in constant currency (CC) terms stood at 15.4% YoY, TCS said.

LIVSPACE EARMARKS $100 MN TO INVEST IN D2C BRANDS

“The Indian rupee pared opening losses on possible central bank intervention and corporate inflows... lower crude oil prices also supported the rupee in to day’s session,” said Dilip Parmar, Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.

However, the directional trend remains bearish for the rupee amid tighter li quidity conditions and risk-averse sentiments, Parmar said, adding, “Spot USD-INR is having nearterm resistance at 82.90 and support at 81.95.”

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the

The broader NSE Nif ty fell 73.65 points or 0.43 per cent to end at 17,241.

Among the 30-share Sensex pack, Asian Paints, ITC, Titan, Reli ance Industries, HDFC, Nestle and HDFC Bank were the biggest lag gards.

On the other hand,

greenback’s strength against a basket of six cur rencies, advanced 0.23 per cent to 113.05. Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures fell 0.71 per cent to USD 97.22 per barrel.

Axis Bank, TCS, Maruti, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies were among the gainers.

Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong ended in the negative territory.

Stock exchanges in Europe were also trading mostly lower in mid-ses sion deals.

On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 200.18 points or 0.34 per cent to end at 57,991.11, while the broader NSE Nifty fell 73.65 points or 0.43 per cent to 17,241.00.

Two smaller lenders have moved to adopt the system after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in July that it had set up an arrangement for interna tional trade settlements in rupees with immediate ef fect. But bigger lenders with more exposure to the international financial sys tem, and in particular the dollar, are worried their businesses could be dis rupted if targeted by sanc tions.

Western sanctions to punish Russia for its inva sion of Ukraine are trying to limit Moscow’s access to foreign exchange, particu larly the dollar. India has deep trade ties with Russia, and the rupee mechanism can help bypass the US dol lar and the euro for settle ments.

An Indian diplomat in Russia said Russian banks had reached out to eight large Indian counterparts to set up rupee trade settle ments, but the Indian banks had not responded.

New Delhi(PTI): India’s vehicle retail sales rose 57% during the Navratri festival this year, recording sales of almost 5.4 lakh units, said Federation of Automobile Dealers Asso ciations on Monday.

As per the FADA state ment, the total vehicle re tail sales between Septem ber 26 and October 5, 2022, stood at 5,39,227 units as compared to 3,42,459 units sold during Navratri last year. The sales registered this year were also a re cord, bettering the previ ous best of 4,66,128 units in Navratri of 2019, it added.

Navratri sales show that customers are back in showrooms after a gap of three years, FADA Presi dent Manish Raj Singha nia said.

Two-wheeler retail sales in this year’s Navratri stood at 3,69,020 units against 2,42,213 units dur ing the festive period last year, showing a growth of 52.35%. Compared to 3,55,851 units clocked in the Navratri of the pre-Covid year 2019 the two-wheeler sales growth was 3.7%.

“Two-wheeler category, which was continuously

RENAULT & NISSAN CONFIRM TALKS OVER THEIR ALLIANCE

New Delhi (PTI):French carmaker Renault and its Japanese partner Nissan said they were holding “trustful discussions” about the future of their alliance, adding that Nissan was considering investing in Renault’s future electric vehicle unit.“The companies continue to drive structural improvements to ensure sustainable Alliance operations and governance. Any further communication will be done in due course by the Alli ance members,” added Renault and Nissan in a joint statement on Monday. A source familiar with the matter said Nissan was pressing its French partner to cut its stake in the Japanese automaker as much as possible, ideally to 15%, and may consider raising funds to buy back the shares. Renault shares were up 5% in early session trading, making the stock the best per former on France’s benchmark CAC-40 equity index.

showing weakness when compared to pre-Covid months, also registered single-digit growth,” PTI quoted Singhania as say ing. Passenger vehicle sales during this year’s Navratri stood at 1,10,521 units against 64,850 units last year, a growth of 70.43%, FADA said.

GOYAL URGES SMEs TO LOOK AT DUAL LISTING BY TAPPING GIFT CITY

New Delhi: Home interiors and renovation platform Livspace on Monday said it has earmarked $100 million to invest and incu bate new offerings and brands in the direct-toconsumer (D2C) market in the home interiors and renovation segment. Livs pace currently has opera tions in over 45 cities across Southeast Asia, In dia, and the Middle-east region. The company said it has witnessed over 100 per cent growth in the last 6 months and 400% over the last two years. Singa pore-based Livspace aims to create multiple home interiors and renovation solutions.

WARBURG PINCUS TO ACQUIRE A STAKE IN VISTAAR FINANCE

New Delhi: Commerce and In dustry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday urged small business es to consider dual listing to widen their capital raising options. The minister said small companies have the option to list on the main bourses’ SME platforms and also on the Gift City in Gandhinagar. He said there is a need to tap into more sources of capital as that can give a fillip to the small business sector.

UAE EXPECTS TRADE WITH INDIA TO CROSS $100 BN IN 2-3 YEARS

New Delhi (PTI): The UAE expects trade with India to cross USD 100 billion-mark over the next 2-3 years, boosted by the com prehensive economic partnership agree ment. The Indo-UAE trade stood at USD 73 billion in FY22, which got a major fillip since the two nations signed the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) on May 1, 2022.

INDIA GETS 4TH SET OF SWISS BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS UNDER AUTOMATIC INFO EXCHANGE

New Delhi: India has received the fourth set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals and organisations as part of an annual automatic information exchange under which Switzerland has shared particulars of nearly 34 lakh finan cial accounts with 101 countries. Officials said the new details shared with India pertain to “hundreds of financial accounts”, including many cases of multiple accounts associated with some individuals, corporates and trusts.

APPLE AIRPODS TO BE MANUFACTURED IN INDIA: IT MINISTRY

New Delhi: US-based pri vate equity fund Warburg Pincus will acquire a ma jority stake in non-banking finance firm Vistaar Fi nance, the company said on Monday. The global pri vate equity firm focused on growth investments has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Vistaar Finance which is engaged in lending to Mi cro, Small and Medium En terprises in India. The company, however, did not disclose the financial de tails of the deal.

New Delhi (PTI):Technology giant Apple’s AirPods will be manufactured in India, Reu ters quoted television channel CNBC TV 18 citing the ministry of electron ics and informa tion technology. This comes days after Japanese website Nikkei had reported about the Cupertino-based technology giant asking the production of AirPods and Beat head phones to be moved to India.

MG MOTOR MAY TURN PROFITABLE ON HIGHER SALES NEXT YEAR

New Delhi (PTI): MG Motor India expects its operations to turn profitable next year as it looks to double its volumes with higher production capacity in place, the company’s President and Managing Director Rajeev Chaba said on Monday. The company, which has been im pacted by acute supply chain constraints, is looking to close the current year with sales of around 55,000-56,000 units.

Adani’s group to buy Jaiprakash’s cement unit

New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Group is in advanced talks with debt-laden Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd. to buy its cement unit, ac cording to reports.

The portsto-power conglom erate could pay about Rs 5,000 crore ($606 million) for a cement grinding unit and other smaller assets, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

India’s space economy expected to be worth $12.8 bn by 2025: Report

New Delhi: Indian startups will soon launch space satellites as well as satel lite constellations and try their rockets, said Jiten dra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Sci ence and Technology, MoS PMO, Space and Atomic Energy, on Monday.

The minister, while speaking at the India Space Conclave in Delhi on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Indian Space Association (ISpA), said, “The revolutionary and out of box decision of

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PM Modi to unlock the Space sector for Private Industry in June 2020 changed the very nature of Space ecosystem of the country.”

Singh further added that five PSLVs are being indig

enously produced by Lars en & Toubro (L&T) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), while One Web is set to launch their satellites through Indian Space Research Organisa tion (ISRO) and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).

India’s space economy is likely to be worth nearly $13 billion by 2025, with the satellite launch services segment set to witness the fastest growth spurred by increasing private partici pation, according to a re port released by ISpA and Ernst and Young.

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‘Maha will become the fastest-growing state’

State, Centre working hand in hand to transform the state: Commerce Min Piyush Goyal

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Union Min ister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday said Maharashtra would become the fastestgrowing state in the country, and that the state and Union gov ernments are work ing hand in hand to transform the state.

Speaking at the Fourth NICDC Inves tors’ Roundtable Confer

Was Shinde promised CM post? Kesarkar asks in dig

ence in Mumbai, the minister said the Centre and the state govern ment were trying to keep the cost of business low so that it can be afforda ble for investors.

He said the approval for these industries were fast-tracked and with these kinds of in dustrial zone; the gov ernment was trying to keep the cost of logis tics low, provide singlewindow services to do business and keep the

cost as low as possible. With this kind of effort, he added, India is aim ing to reach a $30-tril lion economy by 2047.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Deven dra Fadnavis said the state was the growth en gine of India and added that it is the manufactur ing and technology hub.

“It's the most prefera ble destination for inves tors. We have some in centives and packages for industries. A great ecosystem has been cre ated at the Auric Indus trial Area at Aurang abad. It is well connected through rail and road transport. Maharashtra is also known as start-up

Ex-min Deshmukh gets nod for coronary surgery

First India Bureau

Mumbai (PTI): Maha rashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar on Monday asked Uddhav Thackeray to clarify if the latter had prom ised the post of chief minister to Eknath Shinde earlier or not.

The Uddhav Thacker ay faction of the Shiv Sena has maintained the party broke its alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) post the 2019 state Assembly polls as the latter had refused to act on its “promise” of sharing the chief minis terial tenure equally.

Without taking the name of Thackeray, Kes arkar said, “The rebels are consistently called traitors, but one must not forget that the post of CM was achieved be cause of these MLAs it self. Was there a promise given to Shinde to make him CM?” Kesarkar also claimed several MLAs had approached Uddhav Thackeray immediately after Shinde’s rebellion began and had asked the then chief minister to save the party.

Mumbai: A special court on Monday allowed former state home minis ter Anil Deshmukh, arrested in a money laundering case, to undergo coronary angiography at a private hospital in Mumbai.

Deshmukh (71) was arrested by the Enforcement Direc torate (ED) in No vember last year and recently granted bail by the Bombay High court. However, the central probe agency has challenged the HC’s bail order be fore the Supreme Court.

The senior Nation alist Congress Party (NCP) leader is also an accused in a sepa rate corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of In vestigation (CBI).

Deshmukh has also moved a bail ap plication in the graft case and the special court has directed the CBI to file its re ply by October 14. Through his law yers Aniket Nikam and Inderpal Singh, the NCP leader had sought permission from the special

Former Maha cabinet minister will undergo test at a private hospital in Mumbai

court to undergo cor onary angiography at Jaslok Hospital, a private multi-speci ality health facility.

A coronary angio gram (or angiogra phy) is a procedure that uses X-ray imag ing to see a person’s heart’s blood vessels.

The test is generally done to see if there is a restriction in blood flow going to the heart.

Special Judge RN Rokade directed the superintendent of

Arthur Road Jail, where Deshmukh is lodged, to admit him for an early coronary angiography test and further treatment, if required, at Jaslok Hospital at his own expense.

The judge said af ter the test is done, the veteran politi cian should be imme diately sent back to jail and asked the prison authorities to submit a report of the heart scan before the court. It directed the former cabinet minister not to mis use his liberty dur ing the period of hos pitalization.

The court also per mitted Deshmukh’s daughter and wife to remain present with him during hospitali zation for the medi cal test.

—PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE

PIL in HC seeks SOP from Maha govt to tackle LSD

Maharashtra is the most preferred destination for investors. We have some incentives and packages for industries. A great ecosystem has been creat ed at the Auric Industrial Area at Aurang abad. It is well connected through rail and road transport. Maharashtra is also known as start-up capital. Out of the 100 unicorns, 25 are from here. —Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CM

capital. Out of the 100 unicorns, 25 are from Maharashtra,” he stated.

During the confer ence, state Industry Minister Uday Samant said that Maharash tra’s industries minis try was working on three agendas: Ease of doing business, policy-

making and infra structure develop ment. He also said Ma harashtra would pro vide all support to the industrialists.

The investors’ round table conference was or ganized by Maharashtra Industrial Township and attended by prominent

investors, Consul Gener als of various countries and the state’s top offi cials. The development of upcoming greenfield industrial cities across India, which are planned by National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, was also highlighted. An official statement said that four greenfield smart indus trial cities were current ly being developed in Aurangabad, Raigad, Satara and Nagpur. It said the conference is aimed to facilitate a meaningful discussion among stakeholders and help in identifying vari ous collaboration oppor tunities for investors.

Jail told to give Sea Link crash accused treatment

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Maha rashtra government has been brought to court in public inter est litigation (PIL), filed in the Bombay High Court on Mon day, to come up with a standard operating procedure (SOP) to tackle the rising cases of lumpy skin disease among cattle.

According to the peti tion, filed by Swabhi man Shetkari Sangh founder Raju Shetty, lumpy skin disease (LSD) has been on the rise in the state, but the government has only been “issuing circu lars” on its spread.

The plea said the gov ernment ought to take steps under the Preven tion and Control of In fectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act.

As per the PIL, farm ers will require eco nomic support from the government, as they were already facing hardships due to the re cent heavy rains, and now their livestock is under threat from LSD.

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Mumbai (PTI): A court here on Mon day directed Arthur Road jail authorities to ensure medical treatment to the driver of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) that rammed into multiple vehicles on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, resulting in five deaths.

SUV driver Irfan Abdul Rahim Bilakiya (40) was arrested from his residence at Mo hammed Ali Road in south Mumbai hours after the accident on October 05. He has been booked under sections 304A (death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide), 338 (endan gering life or personal

He fractured his jaw and arm and sustained head injury, his lawyers claimed

safety of others) and other relevant provi sions of the Indian Pe nal Code, among oth ers, and is currently in judicial custody.

The accused, through his advocates Vikram Chavan and Chandni Bhatt for CK Legal, moved a plea seeking hospitaliza tion, as he suffered multiple injuries (in the accident). He has fractured his jaw and

arm and sustained head injury, the law yers claimed, adding that he is diabetic and needed immediate surgery. They also claim that Bilakiya cannot sit or stand due to injuries to his spine, and no MRI or CT scan had been done yet.

The court, after hearing the submis sions, directed the jail superintendent to en sure medical treat ment as required to the accused.

Bilakiya was re turning home from suburban Jogeshwari, when he allegedly rammed his SUV into three stationary cars and an ambulance on the bridge around 3 am on October 05. Five people were killed and eight others injured.

Mumbai airport switches to green sources for power needs

About 5% of the airport’s electricity requirements are now met through its onsite solar generators, while the other 95% comes from sustainable hydro and wind energy

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Chhatra pati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai has switched to green sources for its energy consumption needs, making it one of In dia’s few airports that are 100% sustainable.

About 5% of the air

port’s electricity re quirements is now met through its onsite solar generators and the rest 95% from other green sources such as hydro and wind energy, air port authorities said in a statement.

Ushering in a sustain able future, CSMIA wit nessed a rise in natural energy procurement

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sources of

In line with its vision, CSMIA has prepared a roadmap to achieve "Net Zero Carbon Emission" by 2029.

This first-of-its-kind, fully integrated, hybrid renewable energy pro ject harnesses solar and wind energy combined to generate electricity.

This green transition to renewable energy en sures a reduction of around 1.2 lakh tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e) every year, thus moving closer to CSMIA’s target of Net Zero by 2029.

For the aviation in dustry, two identified

clear priorities that push for challenging change for a better to morrow (i) the shift to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a transition that is now seen in India (ii) and second is the need to develop sustain able airports, the air port said in a statement.

“We are extremely delighted to achieve this key milestone in our journey towards at taining a sustainable future for CSMIA. This landmark event further encourages us to stay committed to our ef forts,” CSMIA's spokes person said.

We are de lighted to achieve this key milestone. CSMIA over the years has been ac knowledged for its efficient manage ment of energy consumption. As CSMIA aspires to become net-zero by 2029, this land mark event further encourages us to stay committed to our efforts.

Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal poses with the bull statue at the Bombay Stock Exchange building, during a ceremony to celebrate the milestone listing of the 400th company on BSE’s SME platform, which also took the market cap of the platform to Rs60,000 crore, on Monday. Also seen: BJP MP Ramcharan Bohra BSE Chairman SS Mundra.

NCP leader Anil Deshmukh is currently lodged in Arthur Road Jail on money laundering and graft charges. —FILE PHOTO

The driver was arrested from his south Mumbai residence hours after the accident. He is currently lodged at Arthur Road jail. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE

CONFIDENCE BREEDS

The top 32 finalists of Elite Miss Rajasthan were announced in a beautiful ceremony held at Pratishtha Banquets, Jaipur on Monday!

fter the glance of glitz and glamour in the auditions of the ninth chapter of Rajasthan’s big gest and most pres tigious beauty pageant Elite Miss Rajasthan 2022, the names of the top thirty-two gorgeous divas who will showcase their beauty and talent in the finale were re vealed at Pratishtha Ban quet on Monday. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the event as the chief guest and motivat ed all the participants. The selected divas showcased the astonishing white gowns de signed on the theme White Cinderella by eminent fash ion designer Varsha Jangid.

Top thirty-two models in cluding Muskan Moolchan dani (Jodhpur), Jiral Dhaka (Udaipur), Suhani Nenawa na (Udaipur), Priya Agar wal (Kota), Sonam Rathore (Kota), Ritu Sharma (Pilani), Sheena Par ashar (Ajmer), Sneha Chatur vedi (Jaipur), Yashwini Saras wat (Jaipur), Navya Singh Shekhawat (Jaipur), Khushi Vijayvargiya (Jaipur), Dev Shree Hada (Jaipur), Varu navi Singh (Jaipur), Shalini Tiwari (Jaipur), Kalpana Gupta (Jaipur), Disha Nareda (Jaipur), Soni Ya dav (Alwar), Shilpa Choudhary (Sikar), Shreya Chalana (Jaipur), Aakriti Saanwelya (Jaipur), Shweta Raje (Jaipur), Harshita Singh (Jaipur),

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(Clockwise) Sheena Parashar, Sonam Rathore, Navya Singh Shekhawat, Yamini Sharma and Rishika Chandnani

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by (L-R) Akanksha Bhalla, Astha Khandelwal, Gaurav Gaur and Divisha Paliwal

THE RAVISHING TOP 32 Models

Shivangi Singh Rao (Sriganganagar), Ragini Bhabhra (Jaipur) Jaipur), Unnati Kumawat (Jaipur), Yamini Sharma (Jaipur), Yoshika Arora (Jaipur), Ri shika Chandani (Jaipur), Vinnie Soni (Dholpur), Akansha Suthar (Udaipur), Khushboo Syed Chisti (Udaipur), Divya Mamnani (Jaipur) ) were also hon oured with the sash.

JD Maheshwari, Anil Bhattar, Ajit Soni, Yasheel Pandel, PN Doody and Na kul Vijay also graced the event with their pres ence.

Giving an overview of the preparations for the finale, Gaurav Gaur, the director of the show said that the auditions held in Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Jaipur witnessed huge en thusiasm from the divas. The talented beauties will be given training and grooming sessions for 7 days leading to victory. wish all the partici pants good luck and truly hope that we are able to make the best decision for the beauty and pageant in dustry. May the best win. He further added, “During the sessions, several renowned celeb rities will provide tips and tricks to amp up the fashion gameand announced the much-awaited grand finale of the program which will be held on Oc tober 16 at Samska ra Resort located on Ajmer Road, Jaipur.

Shalini Tiwari Harshita Singh

Disha Nareda

Shilpa Chaudhary

Jagdeesh

Akanksha Bhalla, Gaurav Gaur

Rajasthan

Yasheel Pandel Toshi Vijay

Shubdha Panwar

Ashutosh Sharma

Yashvini Saraswat Unnati Kumawat

Yoshita Arora Suhani Nenewana Shweta Raje

Khushboo Syed Chisti Priya Agarwal Shreya Chalana

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The late Nishi kant Kamat's murder mys tery "Drishy am" captured the audience's attention in 2015 and left them wanting more. Now the makers are finally all set with the second in stalment. Actress Ishi ta Dutta who received immense love and appreciation from the audience for her role in the film shared an incident which happened to her on October 2.

Since it's a suspense crime thriller there's a scene in the film where the entire Salgaonkar

Ishita Dutta gets flooded with calls on October 2!

see that people are so excited to see the sec ond instalment. The reviews have been so great plus this year was fun. Not just peo ple, even Vatsal was annoying me and I hope this hype of Octo ber 2 continues till Drishyam 2 comes".

Earlier Ishita had stated, "I am very ex cited for 'Drishyam 2'. A lot of my fans and the audience have been asking me about the second instalment of the film for a very long time. It's finally here and I am sure the audience will love eve rything the film has to

Nayanthara becomes a mother!

Vignesh Shivan and Nayantha ra welcomed their twin boys into the world. They have named them Uyir and Ulagam. Taking to his social media, Vi gnesh shared the first glimpses of the babies along with a sweet message.

Gautam Singh seizes captaincy!

From the first day, Gautam Singh Vig is entertain ing the audience and the inmates. As he becomes the second captain of the house. In today's live feed we saw that Bigg Boss an nounced the captaincy task and again it was the one who pressed the Gong will be competing for the Captaincy Task.

Gautam and Shiv be come the contenders for the captaincy task and Gautam has won the task.

Gautam Singh Vig, who has been report edly named the new captain of the house,

has been winning hearts. Earlier, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia was the captain of the house. She once com peted for the captaincy against Shalin Bhanot but she managed to win the round after Shiv supported Nimrit and put a lot of weight in Shalin's container.

Gautam's fans are very happy and share a lot of things on social media. While one of his win fans tweeted, "Shiv is a good player but I don't think he will be a good cap tain because he doesn't listen to the other side . #Gautamvig goes for it".

The picture saw the couple lying on the bed while kissing the hands of their baby boys. Vi gnesh wrote, "Nayan & Me have become Amma & Appa We have bless ed with twin baby Boys All Our prayers, our

ancestors’ blessings combined with all the good manifestations made, have come 2ge thr in the form Of 2 blessed babies for us need all ur blessings for our Uyir& Ulagam".

The news rather came as a sweet shock

as no one expected the couple to announce such news. Nayanthara and Vignesh got mar ried three months ago in a luxurious starstudded affair. Nayan thara too did not sport a baby bump in several pictures after the wed

ding as well. It seems that the couple opted for surrogacy for their children. Anyhow, the news shocked everyone and equally made them happy. Wishes started pouring in for the two as soon as the news was announced.

Ayushmann’s Cricket Connection

Ayushmann has been a cricket enthusiast since he was a child and while every one knows about his love for books, poet ry and music but most of his fans don’t know about his love for cricket.

The tal ented actor carries a crick et kit in his vanity van so that whenever the opportunity arises, he can play.

When he is shooting an outdoor schedule, he enjoys playing cricket with the local crew rather than go ing back to the hotel.

Talking about his love for the sport Ayushmann shared “I

URVASHI TROLLED

The Urvashi Raute la-Rishabh Pant controversy seems to go on forever, and the internet is swamped with funny memes and jokes about it. They constantly dis agree with one an other over trivial matters and when ever there is a chance, online trolls pounce on Urvashi. She is currently in preparation for her de parture for Australia, where the T20 World Cup will be held from Octo ber 16 to November 13. Urvashi posted photos

of herself on Sunday on her Instagram handle.

Sharing them, she wrote in the caption, "Meanwhile, in Austral ia… & so the adventure begins."

However, it didn’t sit right with the neti zens and they trolled the actress as she reached Australia amidst India’s match there. One of them com mented, “Nhi dega bhaav RP Bhai khelny dy usko cricket”, and an other wrote, “Australia me India vs Pakistan ke match me mr. RP KO Karne jari hain”.

thoroughly enjoy eve ry aspect of cricket be it watching or playing.”

He further adds “I have always had an af finity towards cricket.

In school, I used to be a middle-or der batsman and have even played as a leg spin ner at the district level. Then when I start ed my career, I got the opportunity to host the extra innings T20 for one of the sea sons of IPL and I thoroughly enjoyed doing that. Even now, whenever I get an op portunity to play cricket on-set, I prod everyone to partici pate. I can get really competitive when I am on the pitch.”

Rockstar DSP launches Tamil & Telugu versions of O Pari!

After the release of Rockstar DSP and Bhushan Kumar’s single, O Pari in Hindi, now Devi Sri Pras ad released the Tamil ver sion with Kamal Hassan and the Telugu version of the song with Nagarjuna. Earlier, when the song was launched by the char ismatic Ranveer Singh in Mumbai as DSP’s first ever non-film Hindi song and now the fan's requests have been answered as the same was released with a Tamil and Telugu ver sion. Kamal Hassan launched the Tamil ver sion of the song at a grand

event with DSP while Na garjuna launched the song on the sets of Bigg

Boss along with the Pan Indian Popstar. Expressing his appre

ciation towards O Pilla Nagarjuna said, “We are here today to celebrate the true blue talent that Devi Sri Prasad possess es. O Pilla is a track that surely needed a Telgu version since its Hin di version received such great applause. I am sure that everyone will love this song and I too am in awe of the in surmountable talent that he has. Congratulations to you on this superb track!”

While Kamal Hassan quoted at the song launch event of the Tamil ver sion O Penne, "I have

known Devi Sri Prasad for many years. He keeps amusing me with his work. He keeps moving to the next level consistently with his new achieve ments. I also wish him he achieves a greater stature in the movie industry as well. I thank Bhushan Ku mar for being a great sup port in creating this." While DSP expressed his excitement by saying, “My tons of thanks and love for Kamal Haasan and Nagarjuna. They have been great pillars and support in all my efforts.”

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