First India-Delhi Edition-11th October 2022

Hiriyur: Congress leader

RAHUL GANDHI CONTINUES HIS YATRA AMID HEAVY RAIN

RSS-BACKED BKS TO HOLD RALLY IN DELHI

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

at the mortal remains of the Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mu layam Singh Yadav, who passed away at the age of

at the Medanta Hospital, in Guru gram on Monday. Amit Shah also expressed condolences over the demise of SP founder, terming

the

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

of

RUSSIA FIRED 84 MISSILES, 11 DEAD

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.

politics.

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

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

chief condemns Russia’s horrific, indis criminate attacks

l Biden condemns ‘ut ter brutality’ of Russian missile strikes

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

MONEY LAUNDERING CASE

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

SC to hear Jain’s plea against HC order today

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear on Tuesday a plea filed by Delhi minister Satyen dar Jain challenging the Delhi High Court verdict dismissing his petition against a lower court order to transfer the money laundering case, in which he is un der arrest, to another court.

The matter was men tioned for urgent listing before a bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit and Justice S R Bhat, which said it will be heard to

morrow. On October 1, the high court had dis missed Jain’s plea, say ing all facts were duly considered by the Prin cipal District and Ses

IMPLICATED IN BOGUS CASES: KEJRIWAL

New Delhi: CM

Monday

IND vs SA ODI: Delhi metro to run longer tonight

that

sions Judge while transferring the case, which is being probed by the Enforcement Di rectorate (ED), and it cannot be held that the

has been

initiation of proceedings under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016. In August, SC had held that the 2016 Act did not have retrospective application and the authorities cannot initiate or continue criminal prosecution or confiscation proceedings for transactions entered into prior to the coming into force of the legislation.

decision suffered from any illegality or needed interference. Jain had moved the high court challenging the Septem ber 23 order of Princi

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Metro will perform ex tra train trips by extend ing its last timing by about 30 to 45 minutes to facilitate spectators reach Ferozshah Kotla for ODI match today.

pal District and Ses sions Judge Vinay Ku mar Gupta transferring the money laundering case to another judge over alleged bias.

“To facilitate spectators during the one-day in ternational cricket match between India and South Africa on Oc tober 11, the Delhi Metro has made minor chang es in its last train tim ings on all lines (except Airport Express Line),” the DMRC said in a state ment.

Satyendar

PM

Prime

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

HEAVY RAINS COOL DELHI; TRAFFIC JAMS ABOUND

City receives 74mm rainfall in 24 hours; leads to better Air Quality Index

New Delhi (PTI): Rains brought the mercury down on Monday morn ing with the minimum temperature settling at 19.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, even as traffic snarls were re ported from across the national capital due to waterlogging.

Delhi recorded 21.8 mm of rainfall till 8.30 am this morning.

Rains over the last couple of days have not only brought the mer cury down but have also thrown a spanner in the vehicular traffic.

On Monday morning, commuters going through ITO, DND, Barapullah, Mukarba Chowk, Noida gate bat tled intractable jams. The air quality at 9.05 am read 41, which was in the good category.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘’good’’, 51 and 100 ‘’sat isfactory’’, 101 and 200 ‘’moderate’’, 201 and 300 ‘’poor’’, 301 and 400 ‘’very poor’’, and 401 and 500 ‘’severe’’.

The weatherman has forecast a generally cloudy sky with the pos sibility of light rain.

The maximum tem perature is likely to settle around 24 de grees Celsius.

A sustained spell of rain on Sunday brought a significant improve

RAINFALL SO FAR IN OCTOBER SECOND HIGHEST IN 16 YEARS

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi has recorded 121.7 mm of rainfall in the first 10 days of October, the second highest in the month in the last 16 years, according to India Meteorologi cal Department data. The rainfall so far this month is around three times the precipitation recorded (41.6 mm) in

ment in air quality in the capital, yielding the second “good” air day of the year, according to Central Pollution Con trol Board (CPCB) data.

The 24-hour average

Govt to waive late payment surcharge on water bills

August, which is the wettest month of the monsoon season. The national capital received 122.5 mm of rainfall in October last year. Nor mally, it records 28 mm of rainfall in October.

The city did not receive any rain in October 2020, 2018 and 2017 and logged 47.3 mm of rainfall in October 2019.

air quality index in the city was 48 at 4 pm. It was 56 on Saturday and 55 on Friday.

The national capital has recorded 128 days of bad air quality (AQI

The rainfall over the last three days is the second prolonged spell within three weeks. The capital had logged a late spell of monsoon rains from September 21 to September 24 due to an interaction between a cyclonic circulation and a low-pressure system. However, the current rains in Delhi are not

is poor, very poor or se vere) this year so far, the highest since 2017, when it saw 130 such days during the corre sponding period.

Delhi received 74 mm

monsoon showers, which receded from the city on September 29 after giving 516.9 mm of rainfall against a normal of 653.6 mm, the IMD said. The incessant rains also helped meet the yearly quota (774.4 mm) of precipitation. Delhi has received 790 mm of rainfall so far this year.

of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8.30 am, the sec ond highest rainfall in a single day since 2007, according to the India Meteorological Depart ment’s data.

BJP slams AAP for calling Modi ‘lowly person’, calls it insult to Guj, all former PMs

New Delhi (PTI):

The BJP on Monday slammed AAP over a derogatory remark purportedly made by its Gujarat unit chief against Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi, saying that it is an “insult to the demo cratic process of In dia and the state.”

BJP’s IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya had on Sunday shared a vid eo on Twitter where Gopal Italia, AAP’s Gujarat convener, can be heard calling PM Modi “neech aadmi” (a lowly person).

It has been reported that the video is from 2019 and was made during the run-up to the general elections.

Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters on Mon day, party spokesper son Sambit Patra said the kind of language used by the Aam Aad mi Party (AAP) for Prime Minister “ex poses AAP and shows what is their inten tion.” Asserting that no Prime Minister can be called “neech admi”, as “all Prime Ministers are demo cratically elected. And calling them neech aadmi (lowly person) is an insult to democratic process of India … parliamenta ry process of the country.” Stating that AAP will face the same fate as Congress did after its leader Mani Shankar Aiyar

Don’t tell ‘white lies’ to befool farmers of Guj: SAD to Kejriwal

DELHI CIVIC BODY ASKING CONVERSION CHARGE FROM SHOPS IS ‘UNJUSTIFIED’: AAP

New Delhi (PTI): The AAP has alleged that the BJP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi has sent notices to shopkeepers in the city's industrial areas asking them to pay "unjusti fied" conversion charge, failing which their establishments will be sealed and penalties imposed. This is an attempt by the BJP to "ex tort" money from businessmen, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Durgesh Pathak told a press conference. "Thousands of such notices have been sent to businessmen across Delhi demanding payment of conversion charge which ranges from ₹ 1-5 crore," he said and showed a copy of a notice served by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on the owner of a furniture shop. For the past one week, BJP leaders and "their officers (MCD officials)" are threatening businessmen with sealing of shops and penalties if they do not pay conversion charge, the MLA from Rajen dra Nagar alleged and warned the BJP that "if you seal any of shop, you will have to face a lot of difficulties". There was no immediate reaction from the BJP or the MCD to the AAP leader's claims and allegations.

used the same invec tive for Modi, Patra said, “Prime Minister Modi hails from Guja rat and using such re marks against him is an insult of Gujarat

too.” “Everyone has seen the condition of Congress in the entire country. Arvind Kejri wal is using the exact same language today,” he said.

Over 20 drains carrying domestic wastewater & industrial effluent fall into the Yamuna between Wazirabad and Okhla.

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi CM Arvind Ke jriwal on Monday said his government will waive late fee on outstanding water bills till December 31.

He also said 85 mil lion gallons of sew age from Keshopur and Najafgarh will be cleaned before it flows into the Najaf garh drain.

This, according to the CM, is expected to reduce the pollution load in the Yamuna by 30%."The govern ment has taken a big decision to provide relief to the people of Delhi from the out standing water bills.

Late fee (late payment surcharge) on out standing water bills will be waived 100 per cent till December 31, 2022," Kejriwal said

in a series of tweets in Hindi.

"Sewage pumping stations of 55 MGD cumulative capacity will be built on Badli, Nigam Bodh and Mori Gate drains. The dirty water of these drains will not go into the Yamuna," he said. The Yamuna enters Delhi at Palla in the north and leaves at Jaitpur in the south, traversing a length of 48 km.

Twenty-two drains carrying domestic wastewater and in dustrial effluent fall into the Yamuna be tween Wazirabad and Okhla. Though the 22-km stretch is less than 2 per cent of the river length, it ac counts for about 80 per cent of the pollu tion in the river.

Chandigarh (PTI): Al leging that the AAP government in Punjab promised minimum support price (MSP) for only moong and maize and that too failed to de liver on it, the Shiroma ni Akali Dal (SAD) has asked AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal not to "tell white lies to befool farmers" in Gujarat in the run-up to the assem bly elections there.

In a statement, for mer minister and Akali leader Daljit Singh Cheema said it was shocking that Kejriwal was claiming in Guja rat that the AAP gov ernment in Punjab was giving minimum sup port price on five crops

and that the same for mula would be replicat ed in Gujarat.

"The truth is that the central government is procuring wheat and paddy on MSP in Punjab through the Food Corpo ration of India. Similar ly, the Cotton Corpora

tion of India procures cotton."CM Bhagwant Mann had urged farm ers to sow moong and promised to procure the entire crop on an MSP of Rs 7,250 per quintal but did not even pro cure ten per cent of this crop. The Punjab gov

ernment has similarly failed to procure maize," he alleged.

Asking Kejriwal not to give false hopes to farmers of Gujarat, Cheema said the farm ers should come to Pun jab and see the ground reality for themselves.

"The truth is that farmers are indebted be cause they believed the AAP government and went in for large scale cultivation of maize and moong," he said.

The SAD leader said far from giving MSP on all crops, the Punjab government had still not given compensation to farmers whose crops had been damaged due to untimely rains.

ME TOO MOVEMENT

AAP govt has ended step motherly treatment to east Delhi, says CM

New Delhi (PTi): Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wal on Monday laid foundation stone for a six-lane flyover between Apsara Border and Anand Vihar in east Delhi and said his gov ernment has ended the step motherly treatment to the area in terms of development works.

Kejriwal also claimed that the government has saved around Rs 125 crore in the award of work for the 1.4-km-long flyover in east Delhi.

Addressing a gather ing, Kejriwal said that there used to be a step motherly treatment to east Delhi area in terms

of development works, but in the last seven years the AAP govern ment has ended that trend.

“We have ended this step motherly treat ment to east Delhi. Now, equal number of devel opment works are tak ing place in east Delhi as are in other parts of the city.

DCW seeks ouster of Sajid Khan from Bigg Boss

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has written to Union In formation and Broad casting Minister Anur ag Thakur demanding the ouster of filmmaker Sajid Khan from reality show Bigg Boss over al legations of sexual har assment levelled against him by several women during the #Me Too movement.

Sajid Khan was suspended

The first episode of Bigg Boss’ 16th season

aired on October 1. The show is hosted by actor

Salman Khan.

“Ten women had ac cused Sajid Khan of sexual harassment dur ing the #MeToo move ment. All these com plaints show the dis gusting mentality of Sajid. Now, this man has been given a place in Bigg Boss, which is wrong. I have written to @ianuragthakur to have Sajid Khan re moved from this show,”

Maliwal said in a tweet in Hindi on Monday.

Sajid Khan was sus pended for a year by the Indian Film and Televi sion Directors’ Associa tion (IFTDA) in 2018 af ter multiple women ac cused him of sexual harassment.

Earlier that year, he also stepped down as director of “Housefull 4” and was replaced by Farhad Samji.

Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway following rains, in Gurugram, Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI

BJP spokesman Sambit Patra said the kind of language used by the AAP for PM shows their intentions.

lll Panel chief writes to Minister Anurag Thakur for removal of filmmaker from the realty show over sexual harassment

Former minister and Akali leader Daljit Singh Cheema

CM Kejriwal speaking at the inauguration of the flyovers.

FIR AGAINST ORGANISERS FOR 'HATE SPEECH' EVENT IN DILSHAD GARDEN

New Delhi (PTI): An FIR has been filed against the organisers of an event where some speakers allegedly had made some hate speech es, Delhi Police said on Monday.

VHP, one of the organ isers rubbished the claim as "laughable" and said policemen were de ployed at the event in Dilshad Garden.

"An FIR has been reg istered against the or ganisers under IPC Sec 188 (disobedience to or der duly promulgated by public servant) for not taking permission from police," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahadra) R Sathi yasundaram.

The event was organ ised by several Hindu right outfits, including the Vishva Hindu Pari shad. Its spokesperson Vinod Bansal said it was laughable that police was saying no permis sion taken for the pro gramme in which thou sands were present, in cluding the police, which was deployed there.

"Let alone permis sion, we fixed the venue

at Ramleela Ground in Dilshad Garden after suggestion and recom mendation by senior po lice officers. We earlier had planned to hold the gathering near Manish's house but on the request

of police changed it to Ramlila Maidan," Bansal claimed.

Delhi BJP MP Parvesh Verma courted controversy on Sunday after he allegedly called for total boycott of a

Building collapse: 2 more bodies found, toll reaches 3

New Delhi (PTI): Two more bodies were pulled out from the debris of a building that collapsed in central Delhi’s Lahori Gate area, taking the death toll in the incident to three, police said on Monday.

The two-storey build ing collapsed on Sunday evening. While the body of a 4-year-old girl was recovered on Sunday, two more bodies were pulled out later. The de ceased were identified as Khushi (4), Suleman (75) and Shagufta (70), police said.

“It was a two-storey building which was very old. Due to incessant rainfall, the upper por tion of the building col lapsed leading to further damage to the rest of the building which led to its collapse,” a senior po lice officer said.

“We have registered a case under sections 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of oth ers), 337 (causing hurt by an act which endan

gers human life, etc.), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304 A (caus ing death by negligence) of IPC against unidenti fied persons. Further investigation is under way,” the officer said.

Nine people -- Amara (45), Nilofar (50), Mohd Imran (40), Sankar Be gum (60), Sukhbir (34),

Ankit (28), Ashok (40), Sayaid Jishan (30) and Vipin (30) -- were injured in the incident. They are undergoing treatment at Lok Nayak Hospital, police said.

Delhi Fire Services Director Atul Yadav had said on Sunday that a call was received about a roof collapse in Lahori Gate at 7.30 pm and eight fire tenders were rushed.

PTI

community at an event held to protest the kill ing of a Hindu youth in northeast Delhi.

Manish (19) was stabbed to death in Sundar Nagri earlier this month. Police have arrested all the accused in the case -- Aalam, Bi lal and Faizan -- and have said they killed the youth in an old rivalry.

In a purported video of the event, Verma could be heard saying, "Wherever you find them, there is only one way to straighten them out -- total boycott. Do you agree with me?"

VHP DEMANDS RS 1CR COMPENSATION TO KIN OF YOUTH STABBED IN DELHI; THREATENS 'BIG MOVEMENT'

New Delhi (PTI): The Vishva Hindu Parishad in a protest meet here demanded compensation of Rs 1 crore for the kin of a 21-year-old man who was stabbed to death by a group of men recently in northeast Delhi. According to a statement released by VHP's Delhi unit president Kapil Khanna on Sunday, the RSS-affiliate submit ted a six-point memorandum to LG VK Saxena, demanding security and a job for a member of the victim's family. The VHP also threatened to launch "a big movement" if its demands were not met. According to the police, Manish was stabbed to death by a group of men in full public view in northeast Delhi's Sunder Nagri area on October 1. The police arrested three people the next day and said Manish was killed following an old rivalry with the accused that arose out of a past criminal case. A year ago, Manish had got an FIR regis tered against them and two of them were arrested and sent to jail, a senior police officer had said. In a tweet on October 2, the Delhi Police also said the matter was not communal and had appealed to the public to not give credence to rumours, noting that some people were spreading "mislead ing facts" on social media. "Family of late Manish should be immediately given a compensation of Rs 1 crore and arrangements should be made to provide a job to any one member of his family," the VHP demanded in its memorandum to the LG. It also demanded that Manish's family members be provided security. "The Hindu Mahasabha (protest meet) was organised at the Ramleela ground in Janta Flats GTB Nagar in protest against murder of Manish on October 1," the Delhi VHP said in its statement.

EOW arrests man for misappropriation of funds, cheating

New Delhi (PTI): The Economic Of fences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has ar rested a man for al legedly cheating and misappropriating crores of rupees of public on the pretext of helping them earn huge profit in share market, officials said on Monday.

Accused identified as Amit Anandilal Tahnvi (42), a resi dent of Jodhpur in Rajasthan, used to work as an operator in share market in Jodhpur and got in volved in fraudulent practice, they said.

Special Commis sioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said it was alleged by a com plainant that his family members and relatives were intro duced to Thanvi and

BIG RELIEF

his accomplices by a priest at Khatushy am Ji Temple in Ra jasthan.

The accused and his accomplices were involved in the business of share market.

“They assured the victims that if they invest their money in the share market through them in various reputed companies, they would get huge re turns. On their as surances, the com plainant and his family members in vested a total sum of Rs 3.32 crores approx imately,” the senior police officer said.

Shop owner shot dead by bike-borne men in Delhi’s Bindapur area

New Delhi (PTI): A 32-year-old garment shop owner was alleged ly shot dead by two bikeborne men in southwest Delhi’s Bindapur area, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, police said, adding the deceased was identified as Mohit Aro ra of Uttam Nagar.

DCP (Dwarka) M Har sha Vardhan said infor mation regarding the fir ing was received at Bindapur police station at around 12:30 am. He said the injured was tak en to a hospital where he was declared dead on ar rival by doctors. The DCP said Arora was returning home from his saree shop along with his brother on a scooter when they were intercepted by two bikeborne men. One of them

Information of firing was received at Bindapur po lice station at 12:30 am. The in jured was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival

shot Arora and then fled the spot.

A case has been regis tered under sections 302 (murder), 34 (common intention) of IPC includ ing sections under the Arms Act at Bindapur police station, he said.

According to Arora’s brother, they were not robbed during the inci dent, he said.

Anganwadi workers begin strike against termination

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (DSAWHU) be gan a two-day hunger strike outside the Women and Child De velopment Department office against their ter mination.

According to the un ion, they want the de partment to accept in the Delhi High Court that the termination was wrong. “During a meeting with us, the WCD had accepted that

According to the union, they want the department to accept in Delhi HC that the termination was wrong

the termination was wrong. We want the de partment to accept in the court that it was done in a wrongful man

ner,” said a DSAWHU member.

The matter is sub-ju dice. The union said 884 Anganwadi workers have been issued termi nation notices and 11,942 given show-cause notices by Delhi govern ment for participating in a 39-day strike earlier.

An official from the department, requesting anonymity, said the mat ter is in Delhi HC and they cannot take up any thing on it without the court’s direction.

Dengue cases down to 321, numbers may not rise: MCD

Municipal Corporation banks on dipping temperatures due to rains for probable slump in future numbers

New Delhi: Delhi re ported as many as 321 cases of dengue last week, a reduction of 91 since last week when 412 cases were report ed, according to offi cials of the MCD Mon day. Municipal Corpo ration of Delhi offi cials said while the number of dengue cases has gone down, it

cannot be said they have reached a peak.

“We cannot say any thing at the moment and it there are condi tions for breeding cases but for now a plateau of cases can also be seen from next month,” said an MCD official.

According to MCD officials, with the tem perature going down

tors for the breeding— rainfall, temperature and humidity. Since humidity is not there because of the rain cooling down the envi ronment, the breeding is expected to de crease,” said a senior MCD official.

According to the civ ic body’s report, other than the 321 cases re ported last week, 99 were acquired from other states and in 120 cases, hospitals did not provide the address of

the patients.

The highest number of cases were reported from South District with 28 patients. As many as 1,258 dengue cases have been report ed this year, so far.

To tackle mosquito breeding, the munici pal corporation has formed WhatsApp groups for the redres sal of complaints. The MCD has also roped in school children in its fight against the vec tor-borne disease.

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has arrested two men and seized 2,625 Kg of il legal firecrackers from their possession which were to be sold during the upcoming festival season, officials said on Monday.

Mukul Jain, 24, and his nephew Tushar Jain, 19, have been ar rested from Mandoli In dustrial Area, they said.

Police said that Mukul, a resident of Shahdara, has been in the business of sale and

purchase of firecrack ers since 2018 while Tushar has been work ing with Mukul since 2020 and gets paid 12,000 per month.

The arrests came af ter the Delhi Pollution Control Committee is sued directions com pletely banning the manufacture, storage, selling, delivery through online market ing platforms, and bursting of all types of crackers in Delhi till January 1, a senior po lice officer said.

Rubbles of the collapsed building being removed on Monday.

—Representative picture

The union said 884 Anganwadi workers have been issued termination notices and 11,942 given show-cause notices by Delhi government for participating in a 39-day strike earlier. —FILE PHOTO

Due to incessant rains, upper portion of the building collapsed leading to fur ther damage to rest of the building.

—Sr Police official, Delhi Police

—M Harsha Vardhan, DCP, Dwarka

VHP says it was held in presence of police, after discussions with senior police officials

BJP MP Parvesh Verma speaking at the rally.

—FILE PHOTO

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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

Mulayam Singh

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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amajwadi Par ty patriarch

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 CHIEF SECY HOLDS REVIEW MEETING WITH OFFICIALS ON STUBBLE MANAGEMENT

Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua on Monday held a review meeting with senior officials and all deputy commissioners of the state on stubble man agement. He asked the

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MOTHER ELEPHANT, HER CALF DIE AFTER BEING HIT BY TRAIN

Jorhat (Assam) (ANI): A female elephant and her calf were killed after being hit by the Rajdhani Express near Kharikatia railway station in Assam’s Jorhat district, officials said on Monday. The accident happened when a herd of elephants were crossing the railway tracks on Sun day night, they said, adding that the female elephant was 22 years old and the calf was 10 months old.

2 MINORS AMONG 7 DETAINED FOR RAISING SLOGANS

Lucknow (Agencies): Seven people were detained, including two minors, by the UP Police on Monday for allegedly raising Sar tan se juda slogans during a Barawafat procession in Amethi. A video of people raising the slogan has now gone viral. An FIR was registered, naming nine persons. Rabiul Awwal is celebrated in a simple man ner every year at the shrine of Mohammad Jayasi.

ARMY’S ASSAULT DOG CRITICALLY INJURED DURING ENCOUNTER IN J-K’S ANANTNAG Srinagar (PTI): An Army assault dog was on Monday critically injured during an encounter between security forces and militants in Anantnag dis trict of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Tangpawa area of the south Kashmir district late on Sunday night after receiving specific input about the presence of terrorists there.

GOA: BARS TO ARRANGE CABS FOR DRUNK CUSTOMERS

Panaji (Agencies): In order to curb drunk driving accidents in state, Goa will implement a new norm as per which bar and restaurant owners will have to arrange cabs for their inebriated customers to drop them home or hotels in case of tourists. Speaking during ‘Road Safety Week’, Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho on Monday said that this is the new norm now. Earlier last year too, Godinho had announced this effort, but had not come into reality.

400 kg OF DONKEY MEAT SEIZED IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Amaravati (Agencies): The police in the Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday seized over 400 kg of donkey meat.The meat was seized during early morning raids conducted by police on the illegal donkey meat trade with People for the Ethical Treatment of Ani mals India and local groups. Following a complaint from PETA, the Bapatla police in a joint operation with PETA and local activists from AP conducted four raids across the Bapatla district and seized over 400 kg of donkey meat.

officials concerned to intensify their campaign to ensure minimum cases of stubble fire across the state. In a statement here, Janjua said farmers should be given maximum assis tance to purchase crop

residue management machines, including Happy Seeder, to pre vent stubble burning.

Janjua said the state government is working on the management of stubble to protect the environment.

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.

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)

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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

“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

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.

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

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.

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.

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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.

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“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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Gautam had resigned amid a controversy over his presence at a religious conversion event RAJENDRA PAL GAUTAM’S RESIGNATION SENT TO PRESIDENT FOR APPROVAL

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi government has for warded minister Rajen dra Pal Gautam’s resig nation to LG V K Saxe na for approval, who has further sent it for the President’s approv al, sources said on Mon day.Gautam had re signed from his post on Sunday amid a contro versy over his presence at a religious conver sion event where Hin du deities were alleg edly renounced by hun dreds of people.

LG office sources said that Gautam’s res ignation had been re ceived and had been sent for President’s ap proval. Gautam, who was the Minister for Social Welfare, SC and

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ST, Registrar of Co-op erative Societies and Gurudwara Elections, said he is resigning as minister as he does not want his leader or AAP to be in trouble because of him.

Gautam’s successor too would be from the

Dalit community.

Ambedkar Nagar MLA Ajay Dutt, Kondli legis lator Kuldeep Kumar, and Karol Bagh MLA Vishesh Ravi are the frontrunners among the leaders being con sidered for the post.

Gautam had earlier

too held the charge of the Women and Child Development depart ment but was divested of that portfolio in March this year.

The decision was taken amid an indefi nite strike by Angan

wadi helpers and work ers over a host of is sues, including regu larisation of their ser vices.

The portfolio was giv en to Transport and Rev enue Minister Kailash Gahlot.

Punjab Cong protests over Sarari

Chandigarh (PTI):

The Congress on Mon day protested across Punjab demanding the dismissal of state min ister Fauja Singh Sara ri over an audio clip in which he was purport edly heard discussing ways to “extort” money from some contractors.

Coimbatore (PTI):

The 11th edition of In dia ITME (internation al textile machinery exhibition) will be held in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, from December 8. The 6-day expo is expected to host over 1,100 exhib itors from 72 countries, including Australia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA apart from India, said chairman of India ITME Society S Hari Shankar to report ers on Monday.

A good response is be ing expected from the industry as the exhibi tion conducted every 4 years was this time be ing held after six years owing to the COVID pan demic, he said. ITME would offer opportuni ties to interact with the biggest and the best of the machinery manufac turers in the industry and meet agents, dealers, government officials on one platform, he added.

The purported audio clip of the alleged con versation between Sa rari and his former close aide had surfaced last month. They were allegedly heard discuss ing ways to trap some

contractors involved in foodgrain transporta tion through some offi cials to “extort money” from them.

Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa,

slammed the AAP gov ernment for not dis missing Sarari.

The Congress leader said it was high time that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stop protecting his minister.

Bajwa, along with senior party leaders and former ministers Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Aruna Chaudhari, staged a dharna outside the of fice of the Gurdaspur deputy commissioner and submitted a memo randum to him.

Bajwa said the Con gress party had raised the Sarari issue in the recently held Assembly session but the treasury benches led by CM Mann refused to act against the minister.

Jamia opens registration for three part-time self-financed courses

New Delhi, October 10 (PTI) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Mon day opened registra tion for two certifi cates and a diploma programme under its part-time self-fi nanced courses.

The online applica tion for the Certificate in Translation Profi ciency in English, Certificate in Digital Humanities and Di ploma in Translation Proficiency in Eng lish will remain open till October 25.

These courses are available only to regu lar students or em ployees of the univer sity.

“The Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia offers 3 programs under the university’s PartTime Self-Financed Programme Courses for 2022-23. Online Applications are in vited for the follow ing Certificate and Diploma pro grammes,” an official notification read. To be eligible for the cer tificate course in translation proficien cy in English, a candi date must be profi cient in a language other than English, preferably Urdu or Hindi, the university said. For admission to a diploma course

RSS-backed BKS announces farmers rally

New Delhi (PTI): The RSS-affiliated Bharati ya Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Monday announced a protest rally of farm ers in the national capi tal on December 19 to press their demands for increasing financial as sistance under the PM Kisan scheme and re moving GST on agricul tural equipment and fertilisers.

BKS all-India secre tary K Sai Reddy said the national executive, at its meeting in the city on October 8 and 9, decided that financial stability of farmers is paramount and to ensure that neces sary steps must be tak

en. “In the meeting we have decided to hold a massive protest rally -‘Kisan Garjana Rally’ -in Delhi on December 19

and demand the central government to remove GST on agriculture in puts. We will also press for our demand that

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Kisan Samman Rashi should also be increased keeping inflation in mind, Reddy said at a press conference here.

DEMANDS REMOVAL OF GST ON AGRI EQUIP, FERTILISERS

BKS general secretary Mohini Mohan Mishra said farmers from across the country will participate in the rally and draw the at tention of the government towards their condition.

“Agricultural input cost has risen substantially due to 18% GST on agricultur al equipment and fertilis ers. Despite this, farmers do not get the price of crops he deserves. So it has become imperative that this GST should be removed and the Kisan Samman Rashi should be increased in accordance with inflation, Mishra said.

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Chandigarh (PTI):

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday reviewed ar rangements for a G20 meeting slated to be held at Amritsar in March next year. G20 or Group of 20 is an inter governmental forum of the world’s major devel oped and developing economies.

It comprises Argenti na, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indone sia, Italy, Japan, the Re public of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia,

South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US, and the European Union (EU). India will assume the

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REGISTRATION PROCESS BEGINS AT AMBEDKAR UNIV

New Delhi (PTI):

The BR Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) has opened the online applica tion portal for reg istration to its vari ous postgraduate programmes.

The university will admit students in 27 PG pro grammes this aca demic year. Out of these, admission to 20 PG programmes will be through the Common Universi ty Entrance Test (CUET) and admis sions to seven PG programmes will be through the en trance exams con ducted by the uni versity. The last

in translation in pro ficiency in English, a student must have a graduate degree and

date for registra tion is October 27.

“The admission portal of Dr B. R. Ambedkar Univer sity Delhi is live from today i.e. 07.10.2022 for PG admissions and will be open up to 27.10.2022,” the varsity said.

“The candidates who have appeared for Common Uni versity Entrance Test CUET 2022 and have opted Dr B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi, all such applicants are required to fill the online applica tion form at the University Web site,” it added.

should be proficient in a language other than English, the var sity said.

Accelerate relief work in flood-affected areas, says UP CM to officials

presidency of the G20 for one year from De cember 1, 2022 to Novem ber 30, 2023 and is ex

pected to host over 200 meetings across the country. Chairing a meeting in this regard here, the CM said the

Amritsar meeting will take place in March and leading countries of the world will be participat ing, as per release.

Lucknow : One person each died in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi and Pratapgarh when the wall of their thatched houses collapsed follow ing heavy rainfall, which has so far hit life in over a dozen districts of the state.

According to a report by the relief commis sioner’s office, at pre sent more than 650 vil lages in 16 districts are affected by floods, im pacting lives of around 5.8 lakh people.

Amethi’s Jamo police station SHO Akhilesh Gupta on Monday said the wall of Ram Sanjee van’s (37) house col lapsed late on Sunday night, leading to his death. He added that since Ram Sanjeevan’s house is located on the village outskirts, peo ple came to know about it late. The dead was staying alone in his house. In Pratapgarh district, Dilip Singh (30)

of Rehua Lalganj vil lage died early on Mon day morning. His cous in was seriously injured in the incident, Udaipur police station SHO Ran vijay Singh said. He said both were taken to a government hospital in Sangipur, where Dilip succumbed to his injuries.

The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination. Mean while, heavy and con tinuous rainfall and high-intensity winds damaged crops of mus tard, “urad” and “ba jra” in Budaun.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann reviews preparations for the G20 Summit to be held in Amritsar next year.

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

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After the glance of glitz and glamour in the auditions of the ninth chapter of Rajasthan’s biggest and most prestigious beau ty pageant Elite Miss Ra jasthan 2022, the names of the top thirty-two gorgeous divas who will showcase their beauty and talent in the finale were revealed at Pratishtha Banquet on Monday. Jagdeesh Chan dra graced the event as the chief guest and motivated all the participants. The selected divas showcased the astonishing white gowns designed on the theme White Cinderella by eminent fashion designer

Varsha Jangid. Top thirty-two models including Muskan Mool chandani (Jodhpur), Jiral Dhaka (Udaipur), Suhani Nenawana (Udaipur), Pri ya Agarwal (Kota), Son am Rathore (Kota), Ritu Sharma (Pi lani), Sheena Parashar (Ajmer), Sneha Chatur vedi (Jaipur), Yashwini Saraswat (Jaipur), Navya Singh Shekhawat (Jaipur), Khushi Vijayvargiya (Jaipur), Dev Shree Hada (Jaipur), Varunavi Singh (Jaipur), Shalini Tiwari (Jaipur), Kalpana Gupta (Jaipur), Disha Nareda (Jaipur), Soni Yadav (Al war), Shilpa Choud hary (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.

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Yoshita Arora Suhani Nenewana Shweta Raje

Khushboo Syed Chisti Priya Agarwal Shreya Chalana

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‘Manotsava-Mann ka Utsav’

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An integrated mental health festival titled ‘ManotsavaMann ka Utsav’ by Dr Jyoti Kapoor was or ganised to celebrate World Mental Health Day 2022 at Gurugram on Sunday. On the occa sion of World Mental Health Day, the first-of-its-kind ini tiative raised awareness about the importance of holistic well-being for better management of mindrelated issues. The pro gram provided a plat form for experts under one roof from all fields of modern medicine and traditional healing practices to open dia logue on collaborative work to benefit all.

for reducing stress, anx iety and depression.

nessed over twenty-five mesmerizing International cultural fashions at Vegas Mall, Dwarka. The main aim of the show is to promote various cultures across the globe. The countries that showcased their fashions were Russia, South Africa, France, Finland, India and Bhutan

A live cookery ses sion and Zumba session were also organised to sensitise people about the importance of in cluding a balanced diet

“According to the re cent WHO report, 1 in 8 people in the world is affected by mental health issues but very few of them visit a psy chiatric clinic/hospital or seek out help from a mental health profes sional. The negative perceptions that one carries are noted barriers to access ing mental health care and help-seek ing. That’s why we have come up with this festi val for raising aware ness towards mental health and how timely diagnosis can help in the better management of the condition. Be sides that, we also want ed to emphasize mak ing certain lifestyle changes and under standing our triggers in effective management of mental health prob lems,” said Dr Jyoti Ka poor, Founder, of Ma nasthali.

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A Step Towards Sustainable Development!

Delhi residents now have the op tion to get cloth bags from shops on rent, thanks to an initiative taken by 'Why Waste Wednesdays Foun dation' headed by Dr Ruby, Dr Praveen and Yukti Makhija, in order to control the growing problem of plastic waste in the city, the foundation launched a project called ‘Vikalp’ in No vember 2021 at Green Park Main Market.

Their plan is to give out cotton bags to store

owners all across Delhi so that locals can obtain them by paying a little price of Rs 20. They can get their money back once they deliver the bags to the Vikalp stall. Vikalp, which means a substitute or solution, seeks to lessen the usage of sin gle-use plastic by offer ing substitutes for it at the point of use. Stick ers displayed at the front of stores that are part of the campaign can be used to identify them. The bags also have QR codes that can be scanned to get a comprehensive list of stores where they can be returned.

During the occa sion, Ravinder Choud hary (Assistant Vice President, Vegas Mall) said, "As a team of Ve gas Mall we are deter mined to make this place more happening and full of glamour for our fashion lover visitors. The suc cessful execution of this interna tional fashion show added a new milestone in this journey."

Lunn Daung from Myanmar, Diana Slot from the Netherlands, Ekaterina Kozvleva from Russia and Ma tiushkova Natalia from Belarose were some of the Senior Dignitaries

from across countries that intensified the charisma of the ramp with their graceful presence. Noteworthy Indian dignitaries who attended the show were Ritu Raj (ACP –Delhi Police Head Quarters), Rita Gangwani (Grooming Guru, Femina India) and Aurain Nayab (Fashion Designer). The event was a crowdpuller as lots of folk from showbiz as well as fashion enthusiasts gathered at the mall to make this show splen did. The activity not only promoted Inter national Fashion but also cultures across the globe.

SOUL TALKS AT NIGHT

PRIVEE

Nightlife discreet ly nurtures ideas that later flour ish in the main stream, from architec ture to drug policy. How ever, club-cultural inno vation is threatened by brands' entry. Since the early days of the disco, clubs have been a breed ing ground for cultural experimentation. Night life is like an angel in vestor in pop culture, quietly nurturing grass roots movements and social moments.

Let's explore some of the best nightclubs of delhi with the City First

KITTY SU

One of the best spots to party in Delhi is Privee, which is situated in the centre of the city. There are EDM and Bollywood evenings, VIP lounges, and a sizable dance floor illuminated by LED lights. Oh, and don’t forget to stop by on Thursdays for a lady’s night at Privee if you have a female gang.

TOYROOM

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ne of Delhi's top nightclubs is Kitty Su. In fact, it is the only nightclub in India to be included among the "top 100 clubs in the world" by DJ Mag. Prepare to groove to music ranging from EDM to pop to house music as both local and international DJs per form here.

IMPERFECTO

RUIN PUB

Imperfecto Ruin Pub, which is lo cated in Delhi’s first mall, Ansal Plaza, is another affordable party spot.

This tavern is defi nitely not for the faint of heart be cause of the overall surreal atmosphere and trance music playing in the back ground.

ROAR HOTEL EROS

One of South Del hi’s most opulent nightclubs is called ROAR. However, it doesn’t stop people from coming here on Saturday nights to have fun. It boasts a floor-to-ceiling LED display that plays music combined with visually stunning video effects.

T here are Toy Room locations in eight different nations, with the Indian location being in Aerocity, Delhi. Consequently, you are aware that if you need a break from dancing, you may visit one of the many pool parties taking place nearby in Delhi. Rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, and hip hop are the fo cus of the club.

The poster of India’s premier endurance sports platform ‘Tuffman’ was unveiled by the team members of Tuffman and runners from various groups near Central Park on October 8 in Jaipur. Tuffman will commence its services on January 8, 2023. During the launch, Sanjay Mangla, Founder, of Tuffman India said, “The motivation behind this event is to encourage kids, women, and veterans to take up running as a part of a healthy lifestyle. The registrations are already open and people are signing up in huge numbers from across the country to participate in Jaipur’s 1st Signature 10K race.”

The goal of Delhi-based professors is to advance sustainable tourism and expand the local communities of Uttarakhand. In the Khunt hamlet of Almora, Dr Nirmal Kumar and a group of lecturers from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi, restored four cottages and converted them into homestays. They made the decision to maintain the community’s traditional mountain lifestyle in order to promote sustainable tourism and provide the villagers with a source of income. They renovated the existing dwellings and established the homestays using mud, bricks and materials that were easily accessible locally.

Glimpse from the event

Glimpses from the health festival