First India-Mumbai Edition-12th October 2022

CHILD STAR OF INDIA’S OSCAR ENTRY ‘CHHELLO SHOW’ DIES

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l MODI INAUGURATES MAHAKALESHWAR TEMPLE CORRIDOR

First India Bureau

l CORRIDOR HAS SHIVA STATUES WITH QR CODE, 108 PILLARS & A LAKE

Ujjain: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 856-crore Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday even ing. MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia accompanied him. The new ly developed corridor at the temple, which has been named as ‘Mahakal Lok’, measures over 900 metres in length. The corridor has a colon nade of 108 ornate pillars made of intricately carved sandstones, gush ing fountains and a running panel of more than 50 murals depicting stories from ‘Shiv Puran’. More on P5

MUMBAI POLICE ARREST 5 LINKED TO DAWOOD GANG

Mumbai (PTI): The Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested five people linked to fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim’s ‘D’ company in connection with an extortion case, a police official said.

The police’s antiextortion cell (AEC) had recently arrested gangster Chhota Shakeel’s brother-in-law Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit and businessman Riyaz Bhati in an extortion case and charged them under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, he said.

The investigation revealed the role of five more people--Ajay Ganda, Feroz Chamda, Sameer Khan, Papa Pathan and Amjad Redkar--leading to their arrest, the official said. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra AntiTerrorism Squad of Maharashtra Police has arrested an alleged member of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) from Jalna, taking the number of PFI members arrested in the state to 22. Shaikh Umer Shaikh Habib (30), former Jalna district chief of PFI, was arrested late Monday night under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the ATS official said on Tuesday.He was produced before a court in Aurangabad which remanded him in police custody till Saturday.

l THE 1ST PHASE OF `856-CRORE TEMPLE CORRIDOR UNVEILED

Spirituality is contained in every particle and divine energy is being transmitted in every corner of Ujjain. Ujjain has led India’s prosperity, knowledge, dignity and literature for thou sands of years. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

Netaji Amar Rahein!

Former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav cremated with State honours in the UP’s Saifai

Moni Sharma

Saifai: Amid a sea of people, including top politicians, across the country, Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav was cre mated with state hon ours in his native vil lage in Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Mulayam, 82, passed away on Monday at Medanta hospital in Gurugram at 8.16 am after a prolonged ill ness. People chanted “Netaji amar rahein” as a vehicle carried the mortal remains of Ya dav for his last rites.

LS Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Ra jnath Singh, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh CM Bhu pesh Baghel, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, exAP CM Chandra Babu Naidu, Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav, Baba Ramdev, Anil Ambani, Actor Abhishek Bach chan & other dignitar ies paid last respect to the socialist leader. P5

Top leaders attend last rites of Samajwadi Party supremo, UP declares 3-day State mourning

MAHAKALESHWAR: THE ONLY SOUTH-FACING JYOTIRLINGA

The form of Shiva in Ujjain is that of Mahakal — the Lord of Time and Death. Kaal has two meanings in Sanskrit — ‘time’ and ‘death’. The Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is among the most eminent of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India.

CJI Lalit recommends Justice Chandrachud as his successor

New Delhi: Chief Jus tice of India (CJI) UU Lalit on Tuesday recom mended the name of DY Chandrachud, the sen ior-most judge of SC, to Union govt as his suc cessor. CJI Lalit submit ted his letter of recom mendation after Union govt, on October 7. CJI Lalit, who was sworn in on August 27 this year, is set to retire on Nov 8. Thereafter, on Novem ber 9, Justice Chandra

2023 will feel like recession: IMF warns, cuts India forecast

New Delhi: Interna tional Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut India’s 2022 economic growth forecast to 6.8% - down from a January projec tion of 8.2% and in July estimate of 7.4%. This comes after the World Bank this month down graded India’s project ed GDP for current fis cal to 6.5%. Last month the Reserve Bank of India said it expected a real GDP of 7 per cent.

chud will be sworn-in as India’s 50th CJ. Justice Chandrachud will have a tenure of two years and will demit office on November 10, 2024.

NEW APPOINTMENTS

l Justice Prasann Bhalachandra Varale of the Bombay HC appointed as the CJ of Karnataka High Court l Justice Ali Moham mad Magrey of J&K High Court has been elevated as its CJ l Justice Pankaj Mithal was transferred to Rajasthan HC

Binny files nomination for BCCI Prez, Jay to be Secy

New Delhi: Roger Bin ny, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team, on Tuesday filed his nomination for the post of president and is likely to get top job un opposed, Board VP said.

Binny, 67, is so far the only candidate to have filed nomination for the post and if no more can didate emerges, he will replace as BCCI chief on October 18. Jay Shah, son of HM Amit Shah, will continue as BCCI secy for his 2nd consec utive term. Shah will

also replace Ganguly as India’s representative at ICC Board. The only Congressman in BCCI cabinet is Rajeev Shuk la, who will continue as VP. Sports minister An urag Thakur’s younger brother Arun will now become IPL chairman.

New symbol is emblem of Chhatrapati Shivaji and old Sena: CM

First India Bureau Mumbai: Chief Minis ter Eknath Shinde on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the Election Commission of India to grant his faction the “two swords and a shield” symbol, saying it was associated with Chhatrapati Shivaji Ma haraj and also the old Shiv Sena.

Two swords and a shield was one of the symbols the Shiv Sena, founded by Bal Thack eray, used in the 1967-68

civic polls in Mumbai and elsewhere.

The Shinde faction, now named “Balasahe banchi Shiv Sena” will be able to use the new symbol in the November 03 Andheri East Assem bly bypoll if it decides to contest the election. However, its ally BJP is likely to field its own candidate against the Uddhav Thackeray fac tion’s nominee.

“Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena is the Shiv Sena of the common man. We accept this de

Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena is the Shiv Sena of the common man. We accept this decision of the EC. We had given priority to the “sun” symbol, but it approved the swords and shield. This is the symbol of the old Shiv Sena...This is a Maharashtrian symbol. It is the symbol of Chhatrapati Shivaji and his mavalas (soldiers).

cision of the EC. We had given priority to the ‘sun’ symbol, but it ap proved the ‘two swords and shield’. This is the symbol of the old Shiv Sena...This is a Maha rashtrian symbol. It is the symbol of Chhatra

pati Shivaji and his ma valas (soldiers),” he added.

The rival Sena faction led by Thackeray has been granted “flaming torch” as its symbol af ter the EC held last week that the two groups

would not be able to use the Sena’s “bow and ar row” symbol following the split.

On Monday, the poll body had recognized the Shinde faction as “Bala sahebanchi Shiv Sena” (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) but rejected “trishul”, “gada” (mace) and “ris ing sun” as its poll sym bols. Trishul and gada were rejected as they had religious connota tions.

The Thackeray fac tion too had given trishul and rising sun as

its choices.

Rising sun is the sym bol of the DMK, a recog nized state party. The EC had then asked the Shinde faction to give fresh alternate symbols by Tuesday morning.

The Shinde group had proposed “peepal tree”, “sword and shield” and “sun” as its choices on Tuesday.

Shinde faction spokes person Sheetal Mhatre said the new symbol was a “blessing of Chhatra pati Shivaji” and will defeat “evil powers”.

Supriya Sule and Abhishek Bachhan arrive to attend Mulayam Singh Yadav’s funeral on Tuesday.

Election Commission allots ‘two swords and a shield’ as poll symbol to newly named Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena

Eknath Shinde

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BY ANI

Roger Binny Jay Shah

Justice DY Chandrachud

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla pays last respect to mortal remains of former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav during funeral at his ancestral village Saifai, in Etawah on Tuesday.

Rajnath Singh, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav at the last rites ceremony of Mulayam Singh Yadav.

SEEKING BLESSINGS!

(T) Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets the priests present during the dedication of the Phase I of the Mahakal Lok Project to the Nation, at Shri Mahakal Lok, in Ujjain on Tuesday. (L) Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs Darshan and Pooja at Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple, in Ujjain on Tuesday.

PM Narendra Modi takes a tour of the corridor with Shivraj Chouhan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mahakaleshwar Temple, in Ujjain on Tuesday.

Uddhav-led Sena inducts new ‘mashaal’ poll symbol

NEW BEGINNINGWorkers visit party founder Bal Thackeray’s memorial at Shivaji Park carrying a flaming torch

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Workers of the Uddhav Thacker ay-led Shiv Sena camp on Tuesday visited the memorial of Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray in Mum bai carrying a flam ing torch with them, a day after the Elec tion Commission of India (ECI) allotted “mashaal” symbol to the party faction.

The party workers also visited ‘Ma toshree’, the private residence of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra, with a burning torch in their hands.

The Sena chief asked party workers to realize the importance of the new symbol.

This is being viewed as the Uddhav Thack eray camp’s efforts to make people aware of

the new symbol, ahead of the bypoll to Andheri East Assembly seat in Mumbai scheduled for November 03.

The party workers also took out proces sions with the new sym bol in different dis tricts, including Nag pur and Aurangabad.

The apex poll body on Monday allotted “flam ing torch” (mashaal) election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray fac tion of Shiv Sena, reject ing their claim to the “trishul” citing religious

BJP leader from Beed unit commits suicide

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Bhagirath Biyani, chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Beed unit al legedly committed suicide at his resi dence on Tuesday.

According to a police official, Biyani shot himself in the head with his licensed re volver at his house in Mira Nagar area which falls under the jurisdic tion of Peth Beed police station.

Biyani, who was in his 50s, went to bed on Mon day night, but did not come out of his room next morning. His fami ly members broke the door and found him ly ing lifeless. He was rushed to a hospital, where the doctors de clared him brought dead.

“Prima facie, this seems to be a suicide and police is investing

it in every angle,” said Beed Superintendent of Police Nand Kumar Thakur, adding that a bullet wound was found above his ear and fur ther probe is underway.

The BJP leader was suffering from some health issues, said an other official.

connotation.

In an order on the dis pute in the Shiv Sena, the Commission allotted “ShivSena - Uddhav Bal asaheb Thackeray” as the party name for the Thackeray faction, and “Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena” (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) as the name for the Eknath Shinde group of the party.

On Tuesday, the Ud dhav Thackeray faction members, including former Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, vis ited Bal Thackeray’s

memorial at Shivaji Park in Dadar area and paid respects to the late leader and the party’s new election symbol.

The Uddhav Thacker ay-led faction will con test the bypoll to And heri East seat in Mum bai on the “flaming torch” symbol.

The by-election, neces sitated due to the death of incumbent Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, is expect ed to be a straight fight between the Thackeray faction and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a first after the vertical split in the Shiv Sena in June this year.

`30.19L compensation for kin of man killed in crash

First India Bureau

Thane: The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 30.19 lakh to par ents of a 24-year-old man killed in a road accident in 2019.

In his order passed on October 07 and made available on Tuesday, MACT mem ber HM Bhosale di rected the owner of a generator van and its insurance company to jointly and sever ally pay the compen sation to the claim ants along with an annual interest of 8% from the date of filing of the petition.

RS Chahal ap peared for the peti tioners Baldev Sin gh Gill and Manjit Kaur, the parents of the deceased Krishna Singh Baldev Singh Gill who sought a compensation of Rs30.52 lakh.

Chahal informed the tribunal that Krishna Gill was travelling with his girlfriend on a scoot er on the Western Ex press Highway around 6.30 am on May 19, 2019, when a generator van

BMC suggests installation of single body for city road maintenance

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Bri hanmumbai Munici pal Corporation (BMC), which has been facing criti cism over potholes on city roads, pro posed that all infra structure, including flyovers and bridges should come under its jurisdiction for maintenance.

The BMC was mak ing suggestions dur ing the hearing of sev eral public interest litigation (PILs) filed against the pothole menace in the Bombay High Court.

The civic body also clarified that not all roads, even in the city limits, come under its jurisdiction—some, the BMC said, were un der the management

BMC has been promising city residents pothole-free roads for some time. —FILE PHOTO

of agencies such as the airport authority, Mumbai Port Trust.

It also proposed to have a single planning body which will have an overarching say on the issue of poor roads. During its pres entation before the High Court, the BMC claimed the agencies didn’t give any priori

ty to road repairs that come under their man agement.

The BMC told the court that the “lacka daisical approach” of these other agencies put the civic body at in the crosshairs of city residents. The munici pal body then suggest ed that to avoid such negligence road infra

WAR ON DRUGS

The civic body told Bombay High Court that all roads are not under its jurisdiction

structure mainte nance, including flyo vers and bridges, should be handed over to the BMC.

rammed into the twowheeler. The couple fell and sustained se vere injuries, and died while undergo ing treatment at a hospital, he said.

Gill earned Rs2.30 lakh per annum, and the petitioners were totally dependent on him, the tribunal was informed.

Counsels Bhupesh Dhumatkar, appear ing for the owner of the generator van, and HC Thanawala who represented the insurance company, vehemently opposed the claim on various grounds.

The compensation awarded by the tribu nal includes Rs28.98 lakh towards depend ency loss, Rs16,500 each towards loss of estate

and funeral expenses and Rs88,000 towards filial consortium.

MACT also ordered that the father of the deceased be paid Rs44,000 and the bal ance amount be paid to his mother after invest ing Rs15 lakh in a fixed deposit for five years in a nationalized bank.

CBI takes over Palghar sadhus’ lynching case

Mumbai (PTI): Nearly two-and-a-half years after three people, in cluding two sadhus (monks), were lynched by a mob in Palghar district near Mumbai, the state Home Department has handed over the investigation of the case to the Central Bureau of Investiga tion (CBI).

Home Minister Dev endra Fadnavis con firmed the development to the media on Tuesday.

Earlier, the case was being investigated by

The incident took place at Gadchinchle village on the night of April 16, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic when two sad hus were heading to wards Surat from Mum bai in a car with a driver to attend a funeral.

A mob of villagers stopped them and beat them to death on suspi cion that they were child-lifters, even as a few police personnel had reached the spot.

Mumbai NCB seizes 11.3kg drugs, arrests 58 people in 9 months

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First India Bureau

Mumbai: As part of its ongoing crack down on illegal sub stances, the Mumbai zonal unit of the Nar cotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized a whopping 11,300kg of drugs from different parts of the country and arrested 58 per sons in the last nine months, said an offi cial on Tuesday.

the Mumbai unit of the federal anti-drug agen cy had seized 1,780kg of drugs.

HIKE IN QUANTITY

Anti-narcotics agency has also registered 46 cases from January 01 to the first week of Oct; nabbed people from Delhi, UP, Punjab, MP, Gujarat

The agency has also registered 46 cases from January 01 to the first week of October and ar rested people from Del hi, Uttar Pradesh, Pun jab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Goa among other states, said the NCB official.

Goa

The quantity is sig nificantly higher than the previous year when

Seized drugs includ ed large quantities of cocaine, mephedrone, ganja, heroin and LSD.

The official, however,

did not specify the col lective worth of the seized drugs.

‘Black cocaine’ is the drug most in demand in the market and sold at

Rs20,000 per gram, mak ing it the most expen sive narcotic substance, added the official.

Mephedrone is sold at Rs3,000 per gram.

“Black cocaine is in high demand among peo ple in high society. Our focus is on the suppliers and manufacturers of such drugs,” he said.

In 2021, the NCB had seized 1,780kg drugs, registered 119 cases and arrested 240 people from different states, he said.

Just last week, the

NCB arrested six mem bers of an inter-state drug cartel, including a former Air India pilot as part of an operation led by the Anti Narcot ics Cell (ANC), which seized 1,200kg of me phedrone from Thane and Ankleshwar in neighbouring Gujarat.

“With the authentica tion of the seized sub stance, this becomes one of the biggest sei zures of mephedrone in the country this year,” an official had said of the seizure on Friday.

Workers of “ShivSena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray” faction carry and present a flaming torch at Bal Thackeray’s memorial in Mumbai on Tuesday. It is the group’s new election symbol.

— PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE

A generator van rammed into a scooter bearing Krishna Singh Baldev Singh Gill and his girlfriend in May 2019; the couple died while undergoing treatment for their serious injuries

the state Criminal In vestigation Department (CID).

Biyani shot himself in the head with his licensed revolver at his residence in Mira Nagar area

Bhagirath Biyani

Police personnel investigate the site of the lyching in Palghar.

—FILE PHOTO

HC nod for father of accident victim to withdraw comp fund

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Bom bay High Court has permitted the father of a woman in a veg etative state after a road accident to with draw Rs1.15 crore de posited in court by the Western Railways that owned the errant vehicle. The appeal filed in the case is pending hearing.

A division bench comprising Justice Gautam Patel and Jus tice Gauri Godse in an interim order passed on October 06 observed that it cannot view such matters with the “clini cal coldness” of a civil suit. A copy of the order was made available on Tuesday.

The court was hear ing an appeal filed by the senior section engi neering, Signal Con struction of the West ern Railway that owned

With appeal hearing pending, court orders release of pending ` 1.15 cr redressal amount

THE CASE

The accident took place on May 28, 2017, when Nidhi (17 years old at the time) was crossing the road near Marine Drive in south Mumbai when a car knocked her down. The victim suffered serious injuries and has been in a vegetative state ever since. The Railways in its appeal claimed that Nidhi was not on the pedestrian crossing and that she was allegedly using her mobile phone while crossing the road. The court in its order said it would get into the factual aspects of the case at a later stage.

Marine Drive in south Mumbai when a car knocked her down.

The victim suffered se rious injuries and has been in a vegetative state ever since.

Advocate Saumen Vidyarthi, appearing for the victim’s father, told the court that the original claim for com pensation was Rs2.22 crore and the tribunal’s order awarding Rs69,92,156 was on the lower side.

Vidyarthi informed the court that apart from the compensation awarded, the Railways had deposited Rs1.50 crore in court, the inter est of which was used by the victim’s family towards her expenses.

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the vehicle involved in the accident. It had challenged a February 2021 order passed by the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (MACT)

1awarding compensa tion of Rs69,92,156 to Nidhi Jethmalani.

“Here human lives are at stake. Futures are at stake; Nidhi’s future

has been completely ex tinguished. It is for this reason that we believe that an interim order is not only permissible, but is absolutely neces

BMC initiates action against shops for not putting up Marathi signboards

First India Bureau

Mumbai: With the deadline coming to an end for shops and commercial estab lishments in Mumbai to put up Marathi signboards, the Bri hanmumbai Munici pal Corporation (BMC) from Monday started taking action against those who have not yet done.

The BMC’s fourth deadline to shops for setting up Marathi signboards expired on September 30.

According to Deputy Municipal Commis sioner (Special) Sanjog Kabre, the BMC has started issuing notices to the commercial es tablishments.

“Every shop is being given seven days after the date of notice issu ance for setting up the new signboard. If they fail to do so during that time, we will file a case in the court against the owners of the es

The BMC’s fourth deadline to shops for setting up Marathi signboards expired on September 30

the court.

“At present, there are more than five lakh shops and commercial establishments in Mumbai and less than 50% of these have Mar athi signboards. We will take photographs of the shops as evi dence as we send them notices,” Kabre said.

The BMC appointed 60 inspectors at vari ous ward and zonal lev els for inspecting the shops. Each of these officers will inspect around 50 shops and the BMC targets to in spect 3,000 shops daily.

Meanwhile, Federa tion of Retail Traders and Welfare Associa tion (FRTWA) has written to Chief Minis ter Eknath Shinde, urging a temporary stay on the order since the issue is pending at the Supreme Court.

sary,” said the court.

The accident took place on May 28, 2017, when Nidhi (17 years old at the time) was crossing the road near

Palghar: Fifteen cases of house-breaking thefts were resolved in Palghar district with the arrest of two men, police said.

Gold ornaments worth Rs15.08 lakh were also recovered from the ac cused. The thieves had allegedly stolen orna ments worth Rs64,000 from a house in Kelva area, Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil told reporters on Mon day and were nabbed with the help of CCTV footage.

Thane: A 43-year-old accountant of the forest department was arrested in Thane for alleg edly taking a bribe of Rs50,000 for obtaining a no-objection certificate for a land purchase, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Tuesday. The accountant initially demanded Rs70,000, but settled on Rs50,000. The buyer, before giving the amount had in formed the ACB, which nabbed the accountant red-handed.

33 BOOKED FOR CHEATING BANK OF `6.3CR BY SUBMITTING FAKE DOCUMENTS

He further told the court that as on date, there is about Rs1.15 crore still in court.

The court posted the appeal for hearing on October 17.

Advocate fined `25K for attaching objectionable photos with petition

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has im posed a fine of Rs25,000 on an advo cate for submitting objectionable photo graphs with a petition seeking to quash a rape case.

A division bench comprising Justice Re vati Mohite Dere and Justice SM Modak in an order observed that “no sense of proportion or discretion” was exer cised by the petitioner’s advocate while annex ing the “highly objec tionable” photographs with the plea.

A copy of the October 07 order made available on Tuesday.

tions are filed or placed before the Registry and get circulated through various departments, exposing the parties in volved in the photo graphs,” said the court.

Thane: A case has been lodged against 33 people for cheating a cooperative bank in Kalyan by using forged docu ments to get loans. As many as 26 home buyers, four builders, a real-estate consultant, a housing loan consultant, and a valuer of flats have been booked in the case registered under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and section 420 (cheating) and other relevant Sections of IPC, an offical said.

COUPLE HURT BY PLASTER FALLING FROM CEILING

PART OF BANDRA (E) SKYWALK FALLS, NO INJURIES REPORTED

tablishments,” Kabre said.

The present provi sion states a fine of Rs2,000 per staffer will

Cops arrest two over inflammatory slogan

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Police have arrested two people and are hunt ing for seven more who are wanted in connection with raising an inflam matory slogan dur ing an Eid-e-Milad procession at Parat wada village in Am ravati district, po lice said on Tuesday.

A video of the pro cession held on Sun day surfaced on social media, following which a case was reg istered the next day, an official said.

Two of the accused

were arrested on Monday, while seven others, who were al legedly raising the inflammatory slogan “sar tan se juda” dur ing the procession, are wanted, he added.

A case has been filed under section 505 (statements conduc ing to public mis chief), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riots) and other provi sions of the law.

be imposed on shops.

If the shop owners choose to pay the fine on their own, then the BMC may not approach

The FRTWA had ap proached the Supreme Court challenging the state’s mandate on con stitutional grounds.

The bench found the photographs while hear ing the petition filed by the accused man’s wife seeking to quash the FIR and charge sheet filed against him in a rape case.

“Advocates fail to re alize that these peti

It further noted that annexing such photo graphs was an invasion of privacy of the parties and directed the advo cate to remove the same from the petition copy.

“We expect all advo cates to exercise some discretion while annex ing photographs which are highly objectiona ble,” said the court.

COST OF NEGLIGENCE

Thane: Akash Karo tia (26) and his wife Manisha (22) were was injured inside a building when the plaster of the ceiling situated col lapsed in Thane city on Tuesday, regional dis aster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said on Tuesday. The incident took place at around 10.30 am in the Chikalwadi area of Kopri. The injured cou ple was rushed to the hospital. RDMC helped clear the debris.

Mumbai: A part of the dilapidated Bandra East skywalk collapsed on Monday while it was being demolished by the Brihanmumbai Munici pal Corporation. No one was injured. Experts in 2020 recommended that the structure undergo major repairs. But BMC officials decided to reconstruct it, say ing repairs would cost around Rs7 crore but not increase the lifespan of the skywalk signifi cantly.

MAN HELD FOR STABBING ESTRANGED WIFE AT CHURCHGATE STATION

Mumbai: A man stabbed his estranged wife at the Churchgate railway station in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protec tion Personnel (RPG) men, rushed the injured woman to the nearby GT hospital and saved her life and sent her to JJ hospital, where she was operated. The accused, identified as Roshan Naik was produced before a magistrate and is in police custody.

BEST to dock pay over broken ticket machines

While bus conductors fume, the transport undertaking says the move is in line with existing policies

First India Bureau Mumbai: The new diktat to bus conduc tors by the Brihan mumbai Electric Sup ply Transport (BEST), regarding docking of pay if the hand-held ticketing machines are damaged, has not gone down well with its employees.

According to a BEST circular, at the end of duty hours when ad ministration staffers collect the machines,

some of them are found damaged. The staffers have observed many in stances of the plastic flaps over the display to be forced or cut open, affecting its correct storage procedure.

“This…also makes it non-functional in the long run. If machines are found in that condi tion, the money for re placing spare parts will be recovered from em ployees, as per prevail ing policy and rates,” read the circular.

unions

In response, trade un ions have threatened to take to the streets in protest. “Your office

provides you with lap tops, but do they ask you to reimburse them if some part of it is not

functional? The BEST is doing exactly this and has issued a rate card per broken part of

The BEST listed pric es of 15 items in the cir cular, including the LCD and front cover of the ticket dispenser at Rs4,737. The battery, back body, printer bracket and speakers are worth Rs2,214, Rs1,582, Rs 960 and Rs490 respectively.

“The machine may face technical problems and not work properly. In such cases, salaries of employees will get cut. It will be unfair and hence the protest,” he pointed out.

ticket machines,” said Shashank Sharad Rao, Convener, BEST Work ers Joint Action Com mittee.

HC slams lawyer: ‘No sense of proportion’ while handling plea on quashing rape case

FOREST DEPT OFFICIAL

Durga Puja Carnival’s glory eclipsed by Mominpur flashpoint?

tors this time as well, as be cause they belong to a certain community, this time too this may flare up and start to spread across the state result ing in loss of lives and prop erty; both Public & Private.

The State Government has already meekly surrendered in front of the wrath of the goons, who have taken over the Ekbalpur Police Station, he added. If morning shows the day, then the day definite ly is gloomy. Kindly find an nexed video of the incident as well as some footage of the vandalism, he stated.

Meanwhile, a war of words broke out between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Opposition BJP on Monday over clashes between two groups in the KhidderporeMominpur area of Kolkata, that left several people injured.

The saffron camp claimed that law and order has wors ened in West Bengal, draw ing a sharp retort from the ruling TMC which accused the BJP of trying to vitiate the atmosphere of the state.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, who tried to visit the area, was stopped and ar rested on Monday.

ROBIN ROY

Even as West Bengal was show casing its Durga Puja Carni val live to the entire world on Saturday especially after Bengal’s biggest festival had obtained the UNESCO’s In ternational Cultural Herit age tag, a few hours after that yet another unfortunate inci dent put the police in a spot and was a matter of concern.

CONTROVERSY OVER FLAG DISPLAY

the crisis. No sooner did the incident happen than the Leader of Opposition, Suv endu Adhikari, wrote to Un ion Home Minister Amit Shah requesting “urgent de ployment of Central forces in the wake of Mominpur vio lence and ransacking of Ek balpur police station to con tain law and order situation.

“I have written to Hon’ble Union Home Minister Shri @ Amit Shah Ji & Hon’ble Gov ernor Shri La Ganesan Ji re questing them to urgently deploy Central Forces in the wake of Mominpur violence & ransacking of Ekbalpur Police Station before the Law and Order situation of WB gets out of hand,” tweeted BJP leader.

The West Bengal government has been targeted by the Opposition party over the violence in the state, especially after the declaration of the 2021 Assembly election results. This year, the theme of a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata depicted the post-poll violence that claimed at least 16 lives

According to reports, there was communal tension in Mo minpur since late Saturday. A dispute reportedly started over the display of communal flags on the occasion of Miladun-Nabi. Violence erupted on Sunday. Incidents of vandal ism, stone pelting and bomb throwing were reported. Sev eral vehicles were damaged.

A large number of police personnel were deployed late at night and the Ekbalpur po lice station area was cordoned off. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) has also been deployed.

The proactive Opposition BJP in West Bengal took al most no time in plunging into

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“I am compelled to write this letter to you at this hour because the gravity of the situation has prompted this urgency. The Hindu commu nity has come under attack in the Khidderpore Momin pur area of Kolkata on the eve of Lakshmi Puja. Many shops and bikes belonging to Hindus have been vandalised by hooligans and anti socials. The onslaught has similari ties to the Panchla violence which happened in June in the Uluberia area of the How rah district. At that time the violence spread across West Bengal, especially in the Na dia and Murshidabad dis

Even as West Bengal was showcasing its Durga Puja Carnival live to the entire world on Saturday especially after Bengal’s biggest festival had obtained the UNESCO’s International Cultural Heritage tag, a few hours after that yet another unfortunate incident put the police in a spot and was a matter of concern

tricts,” the letter read. Adhikari wrote he appre hended that as the West Ben gal Government is reluctant to act against the perpetra

Police said clashes broke out between two groups in the Khidderpore-Mominpur area on Sunday evening over some local issues, in which several people were injured. The agitators also staged a protest outside the Ekbalpur police station.

Personnel of the police in cluding those of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) were de ployed in the area. Majumdar, who wanted to visit the area, was stopped at the Chin grighata area in north Kolka ta and was asked to go back as Prohibitory Orders under Section 144 of the CrPC had been imposed in the area.

“Sukanta Majumdar was later arrested and taken to Lalbazar police headquar ters,” a senior police official said. Hitting out at the saf fron camp for allegedly try ing to vitiate the atmosphere of the state, senior TMC lead er Sougata Roy said the po lice had taken all the steps needed to bring the situation under control.

“The miscreants have been arrested. What will Sukanta Majumdar do by going there apart from giving hate speeches? The BJP is trying to vitiate the atmosphere of the state. The BJP should stop politicising every inci dent,” Roy said.

SPREADING HATE: IS THE LAW UNABLE TO STOP MAKERS OF HATE SPEECHES

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has emerged as one of the most outspo ken foreign ministers India has had. His recent statement defending India’s substantial inventory of Russia-made weapons and pointing out the long-standing relationship be tween the two countries is one such brutal truth he has told the West in recent months.

On a visit to Australia, Jais hankar told a journalist that for decades the Western coun tries did not supply weapons to India and opted for a neigh bouring dictator instead. It is a fact that the western powers cannot deny no matter how much commonality they see in India’s and their own de mocracies.

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India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has emerged as one of the most outspoken foreign ministers India has had. His recent statement defending India’s substantial inventory of Russia-made weapons and pointing out long-standing relationship between 2 countries is one such brutal truth he has told West in recent months

recent case in point where Washington has ignored In dia’s concerns in the hope that Islamabad will distance itself from China.

India’s ties with the West are continuously coming un der strain for one reason or

another but mostly because it is holding its ground in buying oil and weaponry from Russia and refusing to toe the western alliance’s line of isolating Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The West is also not amused with India as it has not criticised Moscow for either attacking Ukraine or for the referen dum it carried out in three Ukrainian states.

Also, New Delhi has justifi ably issued a demarche to be conveyed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over an up coming Khalistan referen dum in Canada and ques tioned Trudeau’s double standards. Trudeau, who criticised Russia for the refer endum in Ukraine, has so far not said a word on the Khal istani move which may pose a threat to India’s integrity.

Delhi MP Parvesh Ver ma’s alleged call for the boycott of a com munity is an attempt to keep the commu nal pot boiling. At a meeting or ganised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad at Delhi’s Dilshad Gar den called for the financial boy cott of a community. Although the community was not named, the reference was obvious as it was to protest the murder of a Hindu youth in which members of another community have been arrested. A case has been registered against the organiz ers of the event but those who made hate speeches have not been named. The silence of sen ior BJP leaders over the provoca tive speeches and also on the public flogging of Muslims in Gujarat is not just intriguing but is also dangerous as was said by the former Supreme Court judge, Justice Rohinton Mistry.

Several sections of the IPC and the CrPC prohibit hate speeches but the law enforcement agencies have been found wanting when it comes to an unbiased execution of those provisions.

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Top leaders pay respects at Mulayam Singh Yadav’s cremation

Saifai (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Sin gh, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and NCP chief Sharad Pawar were among those who joined thousands of people at the funeral of Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattis garh counterpart Bhu pesh Baghel, Telanga na CM K Chandrashek ar Rao and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren,

former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, Telugu Desam Party chief N Chan drababu Naidu, and Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav were among the leaders

from various states who paid their tributes to the socialist leader.

NCP leader Praful Patel, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Kar at and the Left party’s Sitaram Yechury were

among the others who paid their respects at the Saifai Mela Ground.

UP Deputy CMs Kes hav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were seen offering their condolences to

Yadav’s son Akhilesh Yadav. Minister Jitin Prasada, too, took part in the funeral rites. Businessman Anil Ambani, Yadav’s broth er and Pragatisheel Sa majwadi Party (Lohia) founder Shivpal Yadav, senior UP Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, NCP leader Supriya Sule, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, and senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh were pre sent as Mulayam was to consigned to flames.

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India a young nation with a great innovative spirit’ “Disciples sacrificed JP’s ideology, sided with Cong”

Unicorn startups in India almost doubled since 2021: PM Modi

New Delhi (ANI): High lighting the role of tal ent, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India is a young nation with a great innovative spirit and its number of uni corn startups has almost doubled since 2021.

While addressing the United Nations World Geospatial International Congress virtually, the PM said, “India is one of the top startup hubs in the world with the num ber of unicorn startups having almost doubled since 2021— a testimony to India’s young talent.”

The theme of the sec ond UNWGIC is “Geo Enabling the Global Vil lage—No one must be left behind.” Welcoming International delegates, the Prime Minister

Jamkandorna (Gujarat)(PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Congress has outsourced the contract of abusing him. Addressing a rally in Jam kandorna town of Rajkot district in Gujarat ahead of the state Assembly polls due this year-end, Modi warned BJP workers and supporters to be aware of the Congress

said, “the people of In dia are happy to host you on this historic oc casion as we build our

HC RESERVES ORDER ON SALMAN’S PLEA AGAINST CIVIL COURT IN DEFAMATION CASE

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has reserved its order on a plea filed by actor Salman Khan against a Mumbai court order refusing to issue him an interim relief in a defamation case filed by him against his Panvel farmhouse neighbour Ketan Kakkar. Sessions Court had earlier refused to pass a restraining order against his neighbour’s post which Sal man had moved the Bombay High Court. On Tuesday, the High Court, after hearing the matter, reserved its order.

UPHAAR TRAGEDY: BAILABLE WARRANT FOR A CONVICT MAN

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against one convict in Uphar evi dence tampering case for his non-appearance. The court on Sep 5 had issued notice to him on petition moved by the Associa tion of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy against the trial court’s judgment reducing his sentence in the case.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday admitted the pleas seeking ‘Talaq-eHasan’ and all other forms of “unilateral extrajudicial divorce” to be declared unconstitutional. ‘Talaq-eHasan’ is a form of divorce among Muslims by which a man can dissolve marriage by pronouncing the word ‘talaq’ once every month over a 3-month period.

New Delhi: BJP legislator Vikram Saini and 11 others were sentenced on Tuesday to two years imprisonment in a Muzaffarnagar riots case by a special MP/MLA court which convicted them of rioting and other offences. The court acquitted 15 other accused in the case for lack of evidence. The BJP MLA and 26 others were facing trial for their al leged role in the violence at Kawal village when a crowd was returning after the cremation of two Jat youths.

New Delhi: Observing that an accused going to court is “fundamental to the criminal system”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea which said production of undertrial prisoners before court on every date should not be ordered as a “matter of routine”, while raising the issue of safety. A bench headed by Chief Justice UU Lalit said as an idea it is good but the practical application would create a lot of difficulty.

which, he said, has stopped abusing him and is “working silently” to capture rural votes. “In the last 20 years, those who were against Gujarat left no stone unturned to defame the state. They hurled choicest abuses against me, including calling me maut ka saudagar,” the prime minister said.

future together.” Ex pressing his happiness at the conference hap pening in Hyderabad,

In a veiled attack on Bihar CM, Shah says Nitish switched alliance 5 times to remain in power

Sitab Diara (PTI): Un ion Home Minister Amit Shah in an apparent dig at the Mahagathband han government in Bi har on Tuesday said that those who claim them selves to be disciples of Jayaprakash Narayan have sacrificed his ideol ogy to sit in the “lap” of Congress for power.

At a rally here at the birthplace of the hero of anti-Emergency move ment, popularly known as JP, here after unveil ing a 15-feet high statue of JP, Shah also targeted CM Nitish Kumar.

the PM said that the city is known for its culture and cuisine, its hospital ity and hi-tech vision.”

Oh My God! Hanuman told to remove temple in 10 days

Dhanbad (Agencies):

Describing a temple as an encroachment, the Railways has sent a no tice to Lord Hanuman in Dhanbad city of Jharkhand. In the no tice, Lord Hanuman has been asked to remove the temple within 10 days and hand over the vacated land to the Rail ways section engineer.

This notice has been pasted on the wall of the temple located near the waste dam of the city. Directly addressed to Hanuman ji, the no

tice says that “you have illegally occupied the railway land. This is a legal offence. If this place is not vacated within 10 days, legal ac tion will be taken against you.” The last line of the notice says that “consider it very necessary”.

“JP fought for ideolo gy and no power. But those who do politics in his name have changed sides five times for pow er and are sitting in the lap of the same Con gress against which he fought. He (Nitish) is power hungry and for power, he sacrificed JP’s ideologies,” Shah said.

Birla on 2-day visit to Surat from today

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be on a two-day visit to Surat from Wednesday. During this he will par ticipate in various pro grammes in Surat. Ac cording to the informa tion received from the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Birla will leave New Del hi at 5.35 am on Wednes day and will reach Surat by air at 7.25 am. He will participate in the pro gramme organized at Bhagwan Mahaveer University at 12 noon.

Patna (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday sought to make light of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Sitab Diyara, the village where Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan was born, on his 120th birth an niversary. “Whoever may come and go, it does not affect me (koi aae ya jaae humko koi fark nahin padta hai),” was Kumar’s curt reply to journalists’ queries whether he thought that Shah’s visit was an attempt to appropri ate the legacy of ‘JP’. The JD(U) leader also said he will be in Nagaland later in the day to attend a function held there in honour of the legendary socialist leader.

Nadda calls for support from all for Himachal’s development

Bilaspur (ANI): BJP National President JP Nadda asked everyone including the Opposi tion Congress to come forward and extend sup port for the development of Himachal Pradesh.

Addressing a rally here, Nadda said, “Do not look for BJP, Con gress (while voting), see who is concerned for you. BJP is concerned for you. I would even ask Congress persons to come and support us. We are given the chance for (state’s) develop ment, let us do, strength en us. If I make roads, universities -will only people from BJP use them?,” BJP national president said.

Al Huda Trust terror funding: NIA raids 18 places in J&K, arrests 1

New Delhi (ANI): The NIA on Tuesday con ducted searches at 18 locations in J&K and ar rested one person in a case related to suspect funding activities of Al Huda Educational Trust (AHET).

The agency carries out searches in Rajouri, Poonch, Jammu, Srina gar, Bandipora, Shopi an, Pulwama and Bud gam districts of Jammu and Kashmir and ar rested Md. Ameer Shamshi is a resident of

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the Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Shamshi is the Chair person (Nizam-e-ala) of AHET and acts on the directions of the Chief Patron of the Trust, said the NIA in a statement.

J&K SEPARATIST LEADER ALTAF AHMAD SHAH DIES

New Delhi: Jailed Kash miri separatist leader and son-in-law of late Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. He was shifted to AIIMS from Tihar jail for treatment a few days ago. Altaf Shah, 66, died of cancer in the early hours of Tuesday. In a tweet, Altaf Shah’s daughter said he breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi “as a prisoner”.

Will Kharge be covertly controlled via a remote?

Sharat K Verma

New Delhi: When for mer Congress President Rahul Gandhi held a press conference during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, in response to a ques tion, he said that both Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are con testing the Congress President’s election, and are strong leaders and the one who wins among them can not be gov erned through remote control. It may be true in

the case of Shashi Tha roor that if he wins, he will not be able to use the remote control. But he will not win, because Mallikarjun Kharge is unofficially the official candidate of the NehruGandhi family. So it is certain that Kharge will win the election of the President and Tha roor will not be able to get even 10 per cent of the votes.

Now the question is, will Kharge not be oper ated with a remote con

trol? The day Rahul Gandhi said that Kharge and Tharoor cannot be

KHARGE TO WORK AS RaGa WISHES?

When Kharge is contest ing because no one from the Gandhi family is fighting, then what can be expected of him to make his own deci sions? Kharge is a senior leader who came from grassroots and has a lot of experience and yet he will run the party the way Rahul would like it to be.

election of the presi dent because no one from the Gandhi family

is contesting the elec tion. Think, when he is ready to fight because no one from the Gandhi family is fighting, then what can be expected of him to make his own de cisions?

Kharge is a sen ior leader who came from the grassroots and has a lot of experience and yet he will run the party the way Rahul Gandhi would like it to be. But it is a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is po sitioning an ‘independ ent’ president for him.

controlled with remote control, Kharge said that he is contesting the

Mallikarjun Kharge addressing a press conference, in Kolkata.

MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS: BJP LEGISLATOR VIKRAM SAINI SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS

SC JUNKS PLEA SEEKING PRODUCTION OF UNDERTRIALS

APEX COURT ADMITS PLEAS AGAINST TALAQ-E-HASAN

‘KOI AAYE YA JAAYE HUMKO FARAK NAHI PADTA HAI’: NITISH KUMAR ON AMIT SHAH

CONG HAS OUTSOURCED CONTRACT OF ABUSING ME: MODI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters during a public rally, at Jamkandorana, in Rajkot on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Amit Shah unveils the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan on his 120th birth anniversary, as UP CM Yogi Adityanath and others look on, at his ancestral village ‘Sitab Diara’, in Saran on Tuesday.

BJP president JP Nadda being felicitated in Bilaspur, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Police personnel accord gun salute before torching the fire of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s mortal remains at his ancestral village Saifai, in Etawah on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

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Cong sheds inertia, eyes pole position in Opposition space

Jairam, one of the key drivers of the exercise, sees the yatra as a psychological boost

Hiriyur/Siddapura (K’taka) (PTI):

One month into the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Con gress is looking at some visible gains, with the party donning a re vived, aggressive look.

Currently in power on its own in just two states -- Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan -- the Congress has embarked on the marathon 3,570 km journey eyeing po litical and electoral re vival, riding on the en thusiasm of former party president Rahul Gandhi.

Party leaders are up beat as the yatra has entered its 34th day. They list three clear positive outcomes an activated Congress which has hit the ground running leaving the past inertia behind, an interactive top brass which is directly engag ing the people, and a mobilised organisation which was dormant.

AICC general secre tary Jairam Ramesh, one of the key drivers of the exercise, sees the

New Delhi: The Con gress countered the claims of Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi that the issue of J&K was not resolved by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru. Even though PM Modi did not take the name of Nehru, the Congress said he

yatra as a psychological boost. “I think what the yatra has done is show to the Congress party

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3 ARRESTED FOR SUSPECTED HUMAN SACRIFICE

Kochi (PTI): The Two women were allegedly sacrificed as part of black magic to bring prosperity to a village of Pathanamthitta district of Kerala and three people, including a couple, suspected to be involved in the crime, were taken into custody, police said.

The two women, who had earned their daily bread selling lottery tickets, were allegedly sacrificed.

MUSLIMS OPPOSE ‘SHIVLING’ CARBON DATING PLEA

New Delhi (Agencies): The Gyanvapi Masjid committee opposed the plea filed by the Hindu side demanding carbon dating of the structure they claimed to be a Shivling found inside the Gyanvapi Mosques wazukhana or reservoir. The court will now take the matter for hearing on Oct 14. The petitioners claimed that the “Shivling” found in the wazookhana or reservoir.

16 DALITS TORTURED, LOCKED UP IN K’TAKA, PREGNANT WOMAN LOSES BABY

Chikkamagaluru (Agencies): Jagadeesha Gowda, a staunch BJP supporter in Karnataka’s Chikkamaga luru district, has been ac cused of keeping 16 Dalit people locked up for days in his coffee plantation. The victims say they were tortured. One of them, a pregnant woman, lost her baby after he assaulted her, the police said. A police case has been registered and the woman is under going treatment at the district hospital. A case has been registered under the law against atrocities on Dalits naming Jagadeesha Gowda and his son Tilak Gowda, the police said.

should check the facts first. The party blamed Maharaja Hari Singh, the then ruler of the J&K for not acceding to India soon after Independence, but took the decision only after invaders from Pakistan tried to take over the place.

that we can do it. We are on the roads, on the streets, we are fighting the BJP. We are taking

Pakistan minister denies any move to resume rail & air link with India

Lahore (PTI): Paki stan’s Railways and Aviation Minister Kha waja Saad Rafique said on Tuesday that no pro posal is under consid eration to resume air and rail link between Pakistan and India.

The air and land link between the two coun tries were suspended following India’s move to revoke the special sta tus of Jammu and Kash mir in 2019. The train –Samjhauta Express –and Lahore-Delhi bus service were also sus pended. “Currently, no proposal to resume air and rail traffic between Pakistan and India is under consideration at the moment,” the minis ter said in a reply to a question during a me dia talk. Before the rela tions soared between the two countries, Paki stan International Air lines (PIA) had been operating two weekly flights to New Delhi from Lahore.

New Delhi (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairper son Priyank Kanoongo on Tuesday said that Con gress is making children involved in Bharat Jodo Yatra as it has lost the trust of elders. He alleged that the Jawahar Bal Manch, created in 2021.

the battle to their camps,” Ramesh said.

Digvijaya urges Lalu to participate in Bharat Jodo Yatra

New Delhi (PTI): Sen ior Congress leader Dig vijaya Singh on Tues day urged RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav to participate in the Bharat Jodo Yatra for a day for some time, say ing this would send out a good message.

Singh was respond ing to the former Bihar CM’s remarks at the RJD’s national conven tion when he had ex horted all Opposition parties, including “big party” Congress, to come together to take on the BJP in the 2024 gen eral elections. Sharing a video of the remarks, Singh said in a tweet in Hindi, “Thank you Lalu ji. There is one suggestion. If you join the Bharat Jodo Yatra for a day for some time.”

ED raids premises of officials, biz men in C’garh

Raipur (PTI): The En forcement Directorate (ED) raided the premis es of senior officials, businessmen and politi cians of the ruling Con gress at different loca tions in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, sources said.

Chief Minister Bhu pesh Baghel termed it as an “act of intimida tion”. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not able to fight directly, hence it is try ing to fight through the ED, Income Tax (I-T) department and the De partment of Revenue Intelligence, Baghel told reporters here.

According to sources, separate teams of the ED conducted raids in state capital Raipur, Raigarh, Mahasamund, Korba and other dis tricts. The raids cov ered premises of a dis trict collector, some senior officials, busi nessman and politi cians, the sources said. Baghel said, “The BJP is not able to fight di rectly, so is trying to fight through the ED, IT and DRI. I have already said that they will come

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EAM lauds Indo-Australia defence ties

Canberra (ANI): Ex ternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tues day spent an instructive morning with the Aus tralian Armed Forces as the defense and secu rity ties contribute sig nificantly to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

“Spent an instructive morning with the Aus tralian Armed Forces. Our defense and secu rity collaboration con tributes significantly to a free and open IndoPacific,” Jaishankar said in a tweet. Yester day, Jaishankar met Australian Deputy PM Richard Marles in Can berra and gifted a signed bat from Virat Kohli, in a special ges ture to show the com mon thread of cricket

MEETING WITH DEF MIN MARLES

During his meeting with Marles, who is the Defence Minister of Australia, Jais hankar exchanged views on regional and global security.

Jaishankar reached Canberra on Monday after a successful visit to New Zealand.

that binds both coun tries together. “A pleas ure to host @DrSJais hankar here in Canber ra. There are many things which bind us, including our love of cricket. He surprised me with a signed bat from cricket legend @ imVkohli,” Marles said.

‘Health and edu are twins, need to nurture them’

New Delhi (PTI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday described health and education as twins and underlined the need to nurture the two for the country’s present and future well-being.

He said healthcare is one of the most impor tant pillars of nationbuilding and called for collective effort and greater public- private partnership to ensure its infrastructure ex pansion in the country.

Addressing an event, he noted that Indian healthcare demands are of a great scale and di

versity. Dhankhar called for greater col laboration between all stakeholders to achieve

VINCOV-19, country’s first anti dote for COVID, ready for phase 3

Hyderabad (Agencies): University of Hy derabad and CSIR-Cen tre for Cellular & Mo lecular Biology in col laboration with VINS Bioproducts Limited, an immunological com pany based here, have announced the success ful completion of phase 2 clinical trials of ‘VIN COV-19’, touted to be the country’s first antidote

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the “collective dream of universal healthcare”.

Referring to the gov ernment’s initiative in positioning India as a global hub for medical and wellness tourism through the ‘Heal in India’ initiative, the vice president called for redoubling efforts to utilise India’s poten tial to become a prime health tourism desti nation.

Recalling India’s expe rience with the Covid pandemic, Dhankhar

paid tributes to the healthcare workers and scientists for their con tributions and said In dia has not only vacci nated its citizens in a short period, but also exported vaccines to many nations. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the healthcare sector, In dia has registered a sig nificant decline in health indicators such as the ‘Infant Mortality Rate’ since 1990 and is on course to achieving the SDGs targets, he said.

STUBBLE BURNING

Haryana govt working on plan to buy paddy straw at MSP: Khattar

and a cure against SARS-CoV-2 virus. VIN COV-19 is now ready for market authorization and for simultaneous phase 3 clinical trials, UoH official said.

New Delhi (Agencies): AstraZeneca Plc’s ambitions for developing an easier formulation of its Covid-19 vaccine one that might help curb suffered a setback as the nasal spray failed in an early test. The spray vaccine didn’t elicit a strong immune response in the nasal mu cosa tissue or in the rest of the body of volunteers.

UP chief secy greeted by 24 trainee IAS officers

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Secre tary Durga Shankar Mishra was greeted by 24 trainee officers of 2021 batch of Indian Ad ministrative Service and Indian Forest Ser vice (IFS) 2018 and 2019 batch.

On this occasion the Chief Secretary got the introduction of all the trainee officers. Most of the trainee officers were from the engineer ing stream. The Chief Secretary said that an

engineer is a solution finder. In any difficult situation an engineer finds a solution to that situation. Explaining

the difference between civil service and engi neer, he said that an en gineer is a ‘machine based solution’ and a

civil service officer is a ‘human based solu tion’.

He said that it must be seen in their deci

sions that they will not create any obstacle in the unity and integrity of the country. Apart from this, during the service, efforts should be made to bring change and ease in the life of the common man. It is the responsi bility of the system to create a positive envi ronment so that they do not have to struggle for the benefits they get from the government.

The 16 trainee IAS that met CS are Jagriti Awasthi, Ankita Jain, Sarthak Agarwal,

Shashwat Tripurari, Krishan Kumar Singh, Divya Mishra, Prakhar Kumar Singh, Jagat Sai Rallapalli, Mrinali Avi nash Joshi, Dr. Pooja Gupta, Dhrav Khadia, Kriti Raj, Shahid Ahmed, Kandarkar Ka malkishore Deshmukh, Harshita Singh and Himanshu Gupta.

Along with this, 8 IFS officers Prakhar Gupta, Sitanshu Pandey, Gau tam Rai, Vikas Yadav, Vikas Nayak, Jagdish R, Saurish Sahai and Dobriya Chintan Prab hubhai were present!

Chandigarh (PTI):

The Haryana govern ment is working on a plan to buy paddy straw at minimum support price in a bid to find a permanent solution to the issue of stubble burning, Chief Minister Mano har Lal Khattar said on Tuesday.

He was speaking at a meeting chaired by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on crop residue manage

ment and air pollu tion control in the Delhi-NCR region.

“Working in the di rection of finding a permanent solution for stubble manage ment, the state gov ernment is also mak ing a plan to buy pad dy straw at MSP. This will direct ly benefit the farmers along with giving them an option of earning additional in come,” Khattar said, as per an official state ment issued here.

Ahtesham Siddiqui

Rahul Gandhi waves to the supporters during the yatra, as Karnataka party chief DK Shivakumar and party leader KC Venugopal look on, at Harthikote, in Chitradurga on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

PATEL WAS NOT AVERSE TO J&K JOINING PAK: AICC GENERAL SECY

ON BACCHE JODO CAMPAIGN...

EAM S Jaishankar spends time with the Australian Armed Forces as the defense and security ties in Canberra on Tuesday.

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar with Dr Sangeeta Reddy, Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals, at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar attends a meeting virtually held by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on air pollution in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI

Trainee IAS officers posing with Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra.

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RUPEE RISES 5 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.35 AGAINST US DOLLAR

Startup sector sees 80% drop in Q3 funding

New Delhi (Agencies):

New Delhi: The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled 5 paise higher at 82.35 (provi sional) against the US dollar on Tuesday. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 82.35 against the green back. It witnessed an in tra-day high of 82.32 and a low of 82.41 dur ing the session. It finally ended at 82.35, up 5 paise from its previous close. On Monday, the rupee slipped 10 paise to finish at a fresh life time low of 82.40. —PTI

RELIANCE JIO

TOUCHES 600 MBPS 5G SPEED IN DELHI

The funding in Indian start ups nosedived a massive 80 per cent (year-on-year) in the third quarter (July-Sep tember period) this year, with the late-stage funding seeing the biggest fall, a re port showed on Tuesday.

Indian startups raised $3 billion in Q3, which was also 57 per cent lower as compared to the previous quarter (Q2) this year.

The average ticket size also witnessed a drop across all funding stages, with the late stage seeing the biggest fall of over 70 per cent, from $142 million in Q3 2021 to $42 million in Q3 2022.

This indicated that in vestors are not willing to make large investments

until economic conditions stabilise, reports market intelligence platform

Tracxn.

“India is currently expe riencing a funding slow down which is expected to continue for the next 12-18 months and the effects of

Nitin Gadkari launches Toyota’s pilot project on flex fuel-strong hybrid EV

Mumbai: Reliance Jio re corded almost 600 Mbps median download speed on its 5G network in Delhi while India’s overall 5G speed hit 500 Mbps as the country rolled out 5G services, a report showed on Tuesday. According to Ookla’s ‘Speedtest Intelli gence’ report, telecom operators have been test ing their networks and they witnessed a wide range of 5G download speeds -- from low dou ble-digit (16.27 Mbps) to 809.94 Mbps.

JSW ENERGY TO DEVELOP HYDEL PROJECT IN HP

New Delhi: Union minis ter Nitin Gadkari on Tues day launched Japanese car maker Toyota’s first-of-itskind pilot project on flex fuel-strong hybrid electric vehicle (FFV-SHEV) that can run on 100 per cent ethanol. During the launch, the Toyota Corolla Altis FFV-SHEV, which has been imported from Toyota Bra zil for the pilot project, was unveiled.

TO POWER EVAGE ELECTRIC VANS WITH ITS BATTERIES

the funding slowdown are expected to intensify going forward,” said Neha Singh, Co-Founder of Tracxn.

Executives across the world anticipate a reces sion in the near future and are making preparations to cut costs.

FUNDING SLOWDOWN

z Genomics sector saw maximum investor interest in Q3, receiving over $231 million in funding, which is higher than the total funding received in 2021.

z The 5 firms that raised funding rounds of over $100 million in the quarter were EarlySalary, 5ire, InsuranceDekho, OneCard, and BookMyShow, with the most active investors being Better Capital, Venture Catalysts and Surge.

z 109 startups closing their first funding round, three startups turning unicorns, 39 getting acquired, and two filing for their IPOs.

GEOSPATIAL ECONOMY TO CROSS ` 63,000

CRORE BY 2025: UNION MIN JITENDRA SINGH

New Delhi: India’s geospatial economy is expected to cross Rs 63,000 crore by 2025, grow ing at a rate of 12.8%, and will provide employment to over 10 lakh people mainly through geospatial startups, said Union minister of state for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Tuesday. Addressing the second United Nations World Geospatial Information Con gress, the minister said in the current boom of technology-led startups, there are around 250 geospatial startups in India. To provide a fillip, the Indian government has provisioned for a Geospatial Incubator. Singh added that national organisa tions like Survey of India, Geo logical Survey of India, National Atlas and Thematic Mapping

Organisation, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Informatics Centre implemented several GIS-based pilot projects across a range of domains like waste resource management, forestry, urban planning, etc. to demonstrate the applications of Geospatial Technology. The minister said geospatial technology and Geographic Information System (GIS) is going to make a significant impact in the way India has been adopting this technology & moving ahead.

Closing Bell: Sensex, Nifty crash 1.5%

Bengaluru: Indian eq uity benchmarks crashed over 1.5 per cent on Tues day, marking the third straight day of losses, tak ing cues from global stocks heading towards 2-year lows on anxiety over quickly rising interest rates, an escalation in the Ukraine crisis, and China stepping up pandemic preparations weighing on sentiment.

The BSE Sensex index tumbled 843.79 points to end at 57,147.32, and the broader NSE Nifty index fell 257.45 points to close at 16,983.55.

3RD STRAIGHT DAY OF LOSSES

z The NSE Nifty not only dipped below 17,000-mark, but below its psychological 200DMA (Daily Moving Average) placed at 16,986, yet again. The Nifty 50 finally settled at 16,984 - down 258 points

z The Sensex ended with a heavy loss of 844 points at 57,147. BSE benchmark index has now shed 1,075 points in last 3 straight trading sessions.

z Apart from the BSE IT index, which declined 2%, the Consumer Durables, Metal & Realty were the major losers

IT, REALTY, METALS

WERE WORST HIT

New Delhi: JSW Energy on Tuesday said its arm JSW Neo Energy has re ceived a letter of intent from the Himachal Pradesh government for developing the 126 MW Chhatru hydro power plant. “JSW Neo Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSW Ener gy Limited, has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the Government of Himachal Pradesh for al lotment of 126 MW Chhatru Hydro Electric Power Plant (HEP) on BOOT basis, with an op erational life of 40 years,” the company said in a statement. —PTI

NISSAN TO SELL ITS RUSSIA ASSETS TO RUSSIAN GOVT

Speaking on the occa sion, Union Road Trans port minister Nitin Gad kari said pollution is a big concern in India and the transport sector is contrib uting to pollution.

“Therefore, there is a need to encourage use of electric vehicles and vehi cles that run on biofuels like ethanol and metha nol,” he added.

Besides Gadkari, union ministers Mahendra Nath Pandey, Bhupinder Yadav and senior officials of Toy ota Kirloskar Motor were present at the event.

New Delhi: Toshiba India on Tuesday signed a deal with In dian EV startup EVage to supply its SCiB rechargeable lithium-ion cells to power the next 10,000 EVage electric commercial vehi cles. With this agreement, EVage has become the first company in the world to use Toshiba’s SCiB technology for delivery vans. EVage is a key supplier of electric vans to global companies like Amazon and India’s largest logistics company, Delhivery, among others.

BYD REVEALS ATTO THREE ELECTRIC SUV

New Delhi: Warren Buffetbacked Chinese electric carmaker BYD unveiled its first passenger car in India, an elec tric sport-utility vehicle (SUV), marking its entry into the main stream market amid a broader global expansion. BYD, which already sells electric buses and electric vehicles (EVs) for corporate fleets in India. Book ings for the BYD Atto 3 electric SUV are open in the country. Deliveries, the company says, will begin in January 2023.

DRASTIC FALL IN TOFFEE

IndusInd Bank, Nestle India, Tata Steel, Tech Ma hindra, Infosys, Dr. Red dy’s, Titan, and Reliance Industries were the major laggards in the 30-share

Sensex pack. Axis Bank and Asian Paints, on the other hand, saw gains.

Following a fourth con secutive decrease in US stocks, shares fell in Asia,

India, UAE offer numerous prospects for investments

New Delhi (PTI): Com merce Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday cochaired the 10th meeting of the UAE-India joint task force on investments in Mumbai, along with Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Discussions took place on ways of enhancing bilat eral investments in key sec tors like food security, man ufacturing, infrastructure, energy & technology. The momentum between India and the UAE is exceptional,

with numerous prospects for collaboration & rising investments in vital fields like technology and infra structure, Union Minister Goyal has said. The two delegations reviewed the status of the negotiations of the India-UAE Bilateral Investment Treaty.

How UPI spelling doom for candy business

First India Bureau

Moscow: Japanese au tomaker Nissan will sell its Russian assets -- in cluding a factory in Saint Petersburg -- to the Rus sian government, the min istry of industry and trade in Moscow said on Tues day. The announcement comes after Nissan sus pended production at the plant in Russia’s second city in March, shortly after Moscow sent troops to Ukraine. No financial de tails of the transaction were provided by either side on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Remember the time when you used to ask for the remaining change amount from the shopkeep er and got candies instead at a shop. This gesture by shopkeepers was often frus trating. But now, this prac tice of giving away candies instead of the remaining change account became prevalent at all shops.

Abhishek Patil, growth leader in Cred and Dunzo and founder at GrowthX, said that with the increas ing usage of UPI, there is no scope for chuttas. Before

UPIs CROSSED MILESTONE

and the dollar rose sharply amid ongoing worries that rising interest rates and geopolitical threats will hamper global economic growth.

STORIES

OIL FALLS OVER 2% ON GLOBAL RECESSION & CHINA COVID FEARS

New Delhi (PTI): Oil slid more than 2% on Tuesday, extending losses of nearly 2 per cent in the previous session, as re cession fears and a flare-up in COVID-19 cases in China raised concern over global demand. World Bank President David Malpass & IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned of a growing risk of global reces sion and said that inflation remains a continuing problem.

Among individual stocks, Infosys was down 2.5 per cent. Shares of Tata Con sultancy Services (TCS) declined up to 2 per cent after the company clocked 8 per cent net profit in Q2FY23. Among other IT stocks, Tech Mahindra too shed 2.5 per cent. HCL Technologies and Wipro too declined 2 per cent each ahead of their Q2 re sults. IndusInd Bank, down 3.7 per cent, was the major per centage loser among the Sensex 30. Nestle India, Tata Steel, Dr.Reddy’s, Titan, Reliance Industries, Maruti, and Hindustan Unilever were the other major losers along with the Consumer durables, realty indices were - down 2-3 per cent each.

INDIA A KEY AVIATION MARKET; AIR TRAVEL DEMAND TO BE ROBUST

New Delhi: India is a key avia tion market for the Asia Pacific region as well as the rest of the world and is expected to see robust air travel demand, global airlines’ grouping IATA said on Tuesday amid the country’s domestic air passenger traffic inching to wards pre-COVID levels. After being hit by the pandemic, the Indian aviation sector is on the recovery path and airlines are also ramping up their staff.

NPCI JOINS HANDS WITH WORLDLINE TO FACILITATE UPI PAYMENTS IN EUROPE

New Delhi (PTI): Those visiting Europe will be able to make pay ments through UPI as the NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) has entered into a partnership with European payment services facilitator Worldline. NIPL is the global arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The partnership between NIPL and Worldline is aimed at ex panding acceptance of Indian payment means across Europe, as per joint release issued on Tuesday. Under the partnership, Worldline’s QR code-based mecha nism will allow merchants’ Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems in Europe to accept UPI payments from Indians using their mobile phones.

TELECOM DEPT TO MEET MOBILE HANDSET MAKERS

New Delhi: With 5G services having been launched in the country, the government has convened a meeting of handset man ufacturers and telecom ser vice providers on Wednesday to ensure a smooth transition towards the new technology.

Though 5G has been unveiled, mobile handsets in India are not yet compatible with the new technology and their soft wares need to be upgraded.

JSW CEMENT TO INVEST OVER RS 3,200 CRORE IN NEW PLANTS

New Delhi: JSW Cement is planning to invest over Rs 3,200 crore to establish an in tegrated green field cement manufacturing facility in Mad hya Pradesh and a split grinding unit in Uttar Pradesh. The combined cement capacity of these units will be 5 million tonnes per annum.

The announcement comes a day after the company picked up India Cements’ Madhya Pradesh unit for Rs 477 crore.

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari drives India’s first Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) during its launch, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

TALE OF CHANGING SYMBOLS

‘New’ symbols are part of Shiv Sena’s history

‘Mashaal’ and ‘two swords and a shield’ allotted to factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde by the Election Commission were associated with Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena before it got the hallowed ‘dhanush baan’ ONE PARTY, DIFFERENT SYMBOLS

Mumbai (PTI): The “flaming torch” (mashaal) and “two swords and a shield” symbols allotted to the factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by the Election Commission were once associated with the parent par ty- Shiv Sena, at dif ferent intervals be fore it got the hal lowed “bow and ar row” symbol.

The Shiv Sena, founded by Bal Thack eray, had successfully contested an election in 1985 using the “flam ing torch” symbol which is now allotted to the Uddhav Thack eray faction “Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasa heb Thackeray”, by the EC amid the factional feud that began in June. The Shinde fac tion was allotted the “two swords and a shield” symbol.

Senior politician Chhagan Bhujbal, who was then in Shiv Sena, had won the election from Mazgaon constit uency in Mumbai on

the “flaming torch” symbol when the or ganization did not

FIVE MEMBERS OF COAL MAFIA EXTERNED FROM NAGPUR DISTRICT

Nagpur: The rural police in Nagpur on Tuesday externed five members of a gang allegedly involved in smuggling coal from Gondegaon coal mines near Kanhan, and threatening local residents, an official said on Tuesday. To stop these illegal activities, Superintendent of Police (SP) Vijay Kumar Magar externed kingpin Umesh Marotrao Pantawne and his associates Balchandra Hariram Bilone, Kundan Omprakash Tijare, Badal Ashok Chawre and Akash Ashok Chawre from the district under Section 55 of the Maharashtra Police Act for six months, the official said.

MAN GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR BEATING MOTHER TO DEATH

Jalna: A Jalna court on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for bludgeoning his mother Vridavani Shinde (60) to death with a stick when she refused to sell the household stock of grain and give him the money to buy alcohol. District and session court judge VM Mohite convicted Sakhram Yadaji Shinde of charges under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to life imprisonment, and fined him Rs5,000.

1.63 CR GOLD IN UNDERWEAR AT MUMBAI AIRPORT

Mumbai: Customs officials seized 3.07 kg gold worth Rs1.63 crore after arresting two passengers who arrived from Dubai at the Mumbai international airport, an official said on Tuesday. The gold dust in wax form was found concealed in the undergarments of the duo—a man and a woman—who are of Indian origin. The entire gold was recovered in two packets, said the Mumbai Airport Customs official. The arrested persons were produced before a court which remanded them in judicial custody, the official added.

have a fixed poll sym bol yet. Bhujbal later re

leader of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The “flaming torch” symbol was used by the Shiv Sena in the past during civic body and Assembly polls.

Shiv Sena MP Ga janan Kirtikar, who has been with the par ty since its inception, told PTI that most of the candidates of the party got the “sword and shield” symbol in 1968 when they con tested the maiden civic polls, including Mum bai. In 1985, many can didates got “flaming torch” as the symbol, he recalled.

The Shiv Sena was founded in 1966 and it took 23 years for the party to get the dedicated “bow and arrow” symbol.

The Sena was rec ognized as a state party in 1989, which meant it could use a uniform symbol in the state.

Yogendra Thakur, who has authored several books on Shiv Sena and Bal Thackeray, in an article in the July 23 issue of Marmik magazine, said senior party leader Madhukar Sarpotdar contested the 1985 Assembly poll from the Kherwadi seat in northwest Mumbai on the “flaming torch” symbol. Bal Thackeray had campaigned for him. At that time, a flaming torch was placed on the left side of the stage to convey the message to voters about the party symbol, Thakur said.

Marmik, a magazine dedicated to cartoons, was edited by Bal Thac keray and his brother Shrikant in the 1960s when the Sena founder through his caricatures portrayed what he called “injustice” against the “Marathi manoos”. In

the 1985 Maharashtra Assembly polls, while some candidates con tested on the “flaming torch” symbol, the others contested on the “bat”, “sun” and “cup and saucer” symbols, Kirtikar said. Chhagan Bhujbal was one of the candidates elected on the “flaming torch” sym bol. In October 1970, during a bypoll in Mum bai, necessitated due to the death of Communist leader Krishna Desai, Wamanrao Mahadik contested on the “rising sun” symbol and won, Kirtikar said.

MAKING OF AN ICON

belled and quit Shiv Sena to join Congress. He is now a prominent

But earlier, from 1966 to 1989, it con tested on different symbols in the Lok Sabha, Assembly and civic polls.

Explaining the history behind the Shiv Sena’s symbols, Yogendra Thakur said in 1988, the Election Commis sion of India decided that all political parties need to be registered. Bal Thackeray then decided the Shiv Sena should also be regis tered. A panel compris ing Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai, advo cate Balkrishna Joshi

WR adds 25 seats for women in

trains

and Vijay Nadkarni was formed to prepare a constitution for the par ty with Manohar Joshi’s guidance. Bal Thac keray suggested some

changes in the draft and after necessary amend ments, the team went to Delhi to present its case before the election body. They submitted all the necessary doc uments and the party was registered. This had also helped the Shiv Sena get the “bow and arrow” symbol on which it contested the subsequent elections, Thakur said.

Apex court will not interfere with bail to Anil Deshmukh

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The West ern Railway (WR) added 25 extra seats for women in all nonair conditioned sub urban local trains.

The WR in a release said 25 seats in a sec ond-class compart ment have been ear marked in the 11th coach from the Church

gate end (or second coach from Virar end) by providing a parti tion. The coach is adja cent to the existing la dies compartment i.e.

tenth from Churchgate end or third from the Virar end.

The facility has been implemented from Oc tober 08, it was stated.

According to rail way officials, the move is expected to provide women a some relief from overcrowding during peak hours.

With this, the seat ing capacity of a sub urban local train for women has increased to 25.47% from the ear lier 23.32%, as a train would previously have 273 seats for women of total 1,170 seats. After the modification, the number has risen to 298, a railway official stated on Tuesday.

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The Su preme Court on Tues day refused to inter fere with the Bombay High Court order on grant of bail to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desh mukh in a money laundering case.

A bench, comprising of Justices DY Chan drachud and Hima Koh li, said the observations made by the HC in its order will not affect the trial in the case and dis missed the appeal filed by the Enforcement Di rectorate (ED).

On October 04, the high court had granted bail to the former min ister in the case observ ing two components of credits in the bank ac count of his family trust were not the pro ceeds of crime.

The HC, however, stayed the implementa tion of its order till Oc tober 13 after the ED submitted it will chal lenge the order in the

HC had on Oct 04 granted bail to former minister in a moneylaundering case

apex court.

Two components of credits (Rs10.42 crore and Rs1.12 crore) in the account of a trust con trolled by the Desh mukh family, flagged by the ED, were “not pro ceeds of crime,” a sin gle-judge bench of the HC had said in the order.

The HC also said the statements given by for mer Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh and dis missed officer Sachin Waze alleging that Deshmukh had taken money from police of ficers for favourable postings were “prima facie hearsay”.

The Nationalist Con gress Party leader, ar rested on November 02, 2021, is also facing a cor ruption case registered by the CBI.

Uddhav Thackeray being handed over a flaming torch (mashaal), the new party symbol allotted to the party by the EC for the upcoming Maharashtra bypolls, at his residence Matoshree, in Mumbai on Tuesday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

Anil Deshmukh —FILE PHOTO

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis perform a ‘Jal Abhishek’ of the shivling while offering prayers at Babulnath temple in Mumbai on Tuesday. They participated in the ritual under Phase- I of the ‘Mahakal Lok’ project initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after its recent inauguration in Ujjain.

BY ANI

BEYOND THE TREND: RUFFLES

TOPS, SKIRTS,

SHIRTS.

FIRST BRINGS

FLOUNCE FASHION

one of the most historically signifi cant summer fads.

decorative frill of lace or gathered ornamenta tion of fabric adds the beautiful charm of clothing, often used to trim or beautify the wrist or neck. These beautiful frills of shirts and dresses are commonly called Ruffles, these ruffle fashions are often inspired by vin tage fashion mostly from the 20’s dressing sense. When Britishers used to carry these frills in full fashion and ele gance. One such example is Henry VIII, when he wore beautiful lace ruffles with

In the 15th century, ruffles first seemed at the drawstring neck lines of full chemis es. They later ex panded into the independently built ruff of the 16th cen tury. Bloat ed, fluffy ruffles may seem feminine, thing from tory can be traced back to the 15th century, when soldiers in Ger many would cut the sleeves of their uniforms to create a ruf fled effect that would later come to repre sent their re turn from bat tle. Later, Kings, indigenous women from Oaxaca, presi dents, and later fa mous people like Jerry Seinfeld and Rihanna adopted the detailing of this clothing style and donned the fashion world. Ruf fles are melodramat ic, bridging costume design and high fashion to become

In today’s fashion world, this beautiful modulation of clothes is called flounce. This specific kind of fabric manipulation produces a comparable appearance while using less volume. The word was first known as fronce or frounce, because of this preparation technique. By cutting a curved ribbon of textile and hooking the inner or shorter edge to the garment, a wavy look can be created without gathers or pleats. These beautiful wave stripes can be deepened by different tech niques and at different parts of the attire.

The Human Spirit

the human spirit within us and are the one factor that will sepa rate us, from the rest of this, there is absolutely no doubt. For it is truly the stuff we’re made of on the inside, that will be our making or our undoing.

We are told and taught, that there is nothing greater than the power of the Human Spirit. We tend to dismiss this as yet another ‘lecture’ from the grown-ups.

Yet, every now and again, when we encounter an incident that defies all logic, it quells any doubts or questions, that it is indeed, the all-conquering hu man spirit, that is one of the world’s great saviours.

Only recently, the world was amazed when a group of Thai school students along with their soccer coach were found alive inside a cave inundated by a flood, a full nine days after be ing trapped within! How did they survive? How did they find the courage and the gumption to defy the odds that were so heavily stacked against them? Was it an indefinable higher power? Was it destiny? Luck? Or their sheer will to live? I sus pect it was the last option.

Not unlike Phoenix who rose from the Ashes, the Human Spirit, self-belief and unwaver ing faith in oneself, make an individual the best possible ver sion of himself or herself. In life, countless circumstances from the time we are young stu dents through to when we’re elderly will test this reserve of

Let us take a prevalent sce nario that we face as students – bullying. When that tall, enor mous, insurmountable lad rags us, pokes fun at us, humiliates us, and reduces us to a tiny in significant spec; it is the human spirit within us that comes to the fore and makes us stand up to this unsavoury denunciation.

It is our absolute sense of selfpreservation, our most primal need for respect, that makes us disregard various other seem ingly overpowering factors and gives us strength, courage, con viction and the guts to stand our ground.

Each time we are in a situa tion where it seems like failure is inevitable – from a modest lit tle speech we have to deliver at

school to our important exami nations, to that first splash as a non-swimmer in the apparently oceanic pool, to the first day at college as a ‘fresher’; ALL of it, and how we cope, handle, and emerge victorious, comes down to the human spirit that resides within us.

So how do we know it's there?

Running through our veins.

Lurking in our systems. Selfbelief. The knowledge that the worst outcome of most situa tions will be ‘no’, nothing worse. That if we don’t believe that it is within our grasp, we would have never tried and live to re gret it. Faith that at the most unexpected, inopportune, and

desperate of times, it is this in tangible power inside us that will come to our aid. Save us, secure us, resurrect us.

Students today are faced with insurmountable challenges.

The pressures of incredibly un realistic marks and grades. The peer expectations of being ‘cool’ and relevant. The societal sup

positions of vocational, sexual, and various other ‘traditional’ lines are to be followed. This kind of environment has made it extremely difficult for young students to undertake any kind of truthful self-discovery, and follow through with the conver sion of those unearthed pas sions into lifelong pursuits. I would hedge my bets with that same ‘will’ & human spirit be ing the only recourse and anti dote to the myriad of burdens that distract and dissuade young children from finding and following their real calling.

In simple terms, when the hu man spirit manifests in a young ster as courage, conviction and confidence; only then can that individual combat the barrage of predetermined, forecasted and anticipated choices that are often consciously, and almost regularly unconsciously, thrust upon a young individual. Selfbelief and strong will then, are essentials for young students to embody.

That is the ONLY thing that the twelve young kids captured in that deadly cave had to hold on to. Else, how do you explain their survival?

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

You are very generous by nature and also you are the backbone of your family. Today is a favourable day for business. You may postpone your study plans. You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth.

LEO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You love to live close to your family. Best day to buy gold and silver or any precious metal for investment sake. You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Video gathering is possible as you miss your circle.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are opportunist and this will make you successful one day. There may be delays in property possession and it won’t effect you. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

You need a break from day to tensions and the way to cope up with stress is to meditate. You must create an environment of understanding at home. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. Promotion can be expected even if other are not.

VIRGO

AUG 24 - SEP 23

You are a pro in your field and

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected. Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You need help on academic front and you should not shy away from asking. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them.

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. Don’t attack stress even if you don’t have any. Let go of things that are not in your control. You want to have your own house and you will work hard to make your dream come true. Overall a good day.

CANCER

JUNE

care about you lover but somehow hesitate in

that care. Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with

forever. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying

for someone for some specific occasion.

SCORPIO

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20

Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You always maintain cordial relationship with everyone. You workout daily to keep yourself fit. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are not a jealous kind and you feel happy for others.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19 You will feel amorous towards your wife. This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes but don’t care.

PISCES

FEB20

Saurabbh Sachdeva

TOP 5 ICONIC SONGS OF THE ‘SHAHENSHAH’

Amitabh Bachchan is celebrating his 80th birthday. The entire nation along with Bollywood celebrities have joined the celebration and are sharing wishes for the actor on social media. It is well known that Amitabh Bachchan is known for his performance. We have seen many unforgettable performances in his decade-long career. But his films and songs were equally popular. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, here are 5 iconic songs of the superstar.

DEKHA EK KHAWAB

TOH FROM SILSILA

Right from song to film, everything was very popular at that time. It stars Rekha, Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. Well, after this film Amitabh and Rekha never shared the screen again. But their song Dekha Ek Khawab Toh is still very popular.

KHAIKE PAN BANARASWALA FROM DON

The song neither film needs an introduction. It is an extremely popular film that still makes fans go gaga. Released in 1978, the film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman and Pran in lead roles. Amitabh Bachchan has been seen in a double role. The song is sung by Kishore Kumar. In Mumbai, many cinema halls are replaying Amitabh Bachchan’s films to celebrate his birthday. Videos of fans dancing to his Don songs have gone viral.

KE PAG GHUNGAROO BAANDH FROM NAMAK HALAAL

Released in 1982, it stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Smita Patil, Parveen Babi, Waheeda Rehman, Om Prakash, Ranjeet and Satyen Kappu in pivotal roles. The film song Ke Pag Ghunga roo Baandh was extremely popular. Kishore Kumar has once again sung this song for Amitabh Bachchan.

RANG BARSE

FROM SILSILA

Holi is incomplete with this song. The lyrics were by poet Harivansh Rai Bach chan and is believed to be based on a traditional bhajan by 15th-century mystic poet 'Meera.' The song was featured in a film sequence showing a Holi celebration with the film's cast.

MERE AANGNE MEIN FROM LAAWARIS

Laawaris became popular for song "Mere Angene Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam Hai". The lyrics pay tribute to every type of wife, be they fat, tall, short, dark, or fair-skinned. Laawaris starred Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, and Amjad Khan in lead roles.

MANTRA’

Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon is one of the most versatile actresses in the Bollywood film industry.

In 2021, she rose to fame after her film Mimi became a massive hit at the box office, wherein she received several accolades for being the Best Actress of the year. Hoping to continue that streak of momentum, Kriti will next be seen in the film Adipu rush alongside actors Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles.

Just like many others, Kriti Sanon too acknowledges the root cause of the problems re

Sparts, the actress oozed a massive royal vibe. Our obsession with the hot picks of the season has made us overlook gowns. These are very much a part of the glamourous fashion system still proves Shrad dha Kapoor. Gowns can show you how to lean into a pretty Autumn. So here's what to begin with. It's Shraddha-approved, we know we don't have to go the extra mile to describe the A-Z attributes of a gown. Ask for glamour and length,

SARA-VICKY'S FUN MODE ON

Sara Ali Khan is loved by the au dience for both her onscreen performances, as well as her offscreen personality.

Sara often keeps her followers entertained on social media with her signature ‘knockknock’ jokes and posts with hilarious rhyming captions. The Atrangi Re actress’s interviews also have an equally big fan following. Interest ingly, Sara Ali Khan has now once again penned down some rhyming lines for her followers, and this time, her inspi ration is her co-star, Vicky Kaushal.

Recently, Sara met Vicky, who is her costar in the upcoming Laxman Utekar directo rial, on the flight. She shared a picture with

you and your lovely height @vickykaush al09. While I sit with my seat belt tight I wish I could be like @Ab hishek_As_It_Is who is always right. Now time for Udaan at an Uuchi height,” reads Sara Ali Khan’s Instagram story.

Girl's day out!

ctress Kareena Ka poor Khan is cur rently busy shoot ing for her next film. She recently jetted off to London with her son Jeh Ali Khan. Amid her shooting schedules, the actress was seen having a gala time with her girl gang. Lovebirds Arjun Ka poor and Malaika Arora are also in London cur rently as the former is busy shooting for his film

took to Instagram and offered a glimpse of her outing with the girls. She shared the picture with girls and wrote, "Sundays done right… girlfriends and my babies! Missed my @therealkarismaka poor and @amuaro raofficial." The girls took over the streets of London in style!

glamour and style

atrina's file diaries are too secured with pant suits. Stripes, sequins, you name it and there's an example out there. Straight out of her today's OOTD hand book, we saw the 39-year-old in a co-ordinated pantsuit. She's been the girl with a soft spot for floral prints, all col ours, all kinds. And now, it is your turn to meet a new attire. It's nev er been easier to colour up and revisit a peak boss-edgy

While the rest of the world continues to squeeze in sarees for events from morning to night, you shift your style's gear and

try a pantsuit for a party, lunch, or meeting. This outfit is such a star with red, pink, green, and black hues looking like a pretty pleaser. And as Katrina weighed in with this reference, we're go ing for it, for the print, for the fit, and for the entire appeal.

Ami Patel chose an Alice + Ol ivia by Stacey Bendet for Katri na which featured a Breann slim-cut, long-fitted, and singlebreasted blazer with shoulder pads, lapels, and pockets.

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Pan Nalin on Chhello Show’s success: I am overjoyed

The Chhello Show is not only special be cause it has been deemed worthy as In dia’s official en try to the Oscars, but because it has achieved several feats during the short period that it has been released. Talking about the film’s success, its Oscars entry and more, the film’s crew, producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Dheer Momaya and the vision ary behind the film, the director and writer Pan Nalin sat down with Ashish Tiwari from City First for a candid chat.

As the tickets of the film will be sold at Rs 95 a day before it releases

in the theatres, Sid dharth Roy Kapur shared that it was a strategy to make the film reach as many au diences as possible. “It is the 95th Academy Awards and we want as many people as possible to watch the film. So, we thought let’s have the tickets at 95 rupees a day before the release. So, it all sort of tied in together in terms of what we wanted.”

Revealing his emo tions over his film be ing selected for the Os cars entry, Pan Nalin said, “I am overjoyed, thrilled for the past days. I am really happy with the cast and crew who have worked with me. It is a story that many people can relate to. Be it escaping school, lying to your family or secretly going to watch the movies. And it was not only in India but there were similar sto ries from many coun tries. So, in a way, the film going as India’s entry to the Oscars has

given a wider opening and I am sure it will speak to everyone on many different levels.”

Sharing his experi ence as the producer, Dheer revealed, “After I watched Nalin’s previ ous film, Angry Indian Goddesses, I was deter mined that I need to work with a filmmaker like him. So, you can imagine, with me being a young pro ducer, it was never about the film but the filmmaker. Working with Nalin has been an incredible learning curve. Even with Sid dharth, I got to see how he functions, how he manages the company and how they market the film. It has been an incredible learning journey for me. I wasn’t always into filmmaking but listening to Nalin’s backstory and how he was always a storyteller makes you recall your own journey.”

Recalling how he loved the Shochiku pro duction company of Ja

pan that made some of the finest Japanese films, Nalin mentioned he always dreamed of being associated with them. “When our agent, Orange Studios got a call that Shochiku is buying my film, that was an achievement big ger than the Oscars for me. I immediately asked them whether their logo will come on the screen

before my film starts and they assured me that it will. I also real ised that my film is the only Indian film they have acquired.” Chhello Show has been acquired by Neue Visionen for Germany, Karma Films for Spain, Shochiku for Japan, Red Cape and Nachson for Israel and Nos Lusomundo for Portugal.

COURTESY MEET!

Vidyut Jammwal indulges in extreme sport

If there's one person who aces every sport he takes up then it's Vidyut Jammwal! The master of extremes, a true martial art enthusiast, a hardcore adrenaline junkie, a fitness fanatic and what not! The actor has several adjec tives to his name for all the right reasons.

After he had shared a video where he practised the Kalaripay attu art with grace, he is now back with another video that will indeed give us goosebumps. He took to Instagram to share a video where he is practising aerial acrobatics in his chopper in Vidyut style. He is seen alongside his trusted crew to back him up and can be seen flying the machine to his heart's content.

The actor shared the video on Instagram by captioning it"Ariel acrobatics in the Bolkow attack chopper! Kalaripayattu says "Taking the mind and body through extreme situations is easy with a NEW balance from within."

QUITS TWITTER!

Due to the harsh criti cism and online har assment he had recent ly experienced, re nowned filmmaker Karan Jo har has stopped using Twitter. It's true what you just read! In actuality, KJo's account has been disabled. Karan said in his final tweet that he was quitting Twitter to create room for "positive energies."

While many of his followers showed their support for him, a certain group of online users viciously mocked Johar by suggesting that no one will miss him. Even some nasty trolls went beyond all bounds and criticized the director.

Karan tweeted, “Making space for more positive en ergies only and this is step

one towards that. Goodbye Twitter!” Soon after this sev eral netizens started trolling him. One user said, “Nobody is going to miss you except @

Aayush Sharma builds body in 17 Days!

Recently creating a storm on social media with the impactful teaser of his upcoming third film AS03, Aayush Shar ma announced his pro ject with the South Indian trend of untitled reveals. Now, adding further to the excitement for the mytho modern actionadventure, Aayush Shar ma has shared the BTS video unveiling the pro cess of shooting for the teaser.

The actor shared the BTS saying, "BTS of #ASO3 .. a big shout out to my coach @rajendrad hole for getting me ready for this in just 17 days.

Spending countless hours on making sure my training modules and

diet are in check to achieve it in the given time."

From pumping up be fore the shot to looking ripped, setting hair and make-up to performing the action stunts, the BTS offers an insight into everything that went down in the shoot for the spectacular teas er. Earlier, Aayush Shar ma had also announced yet another film with an intriguing still.

Haaniya : Outburust of her soul

PLAYBACK SINGER SHRUTI PATHAK WHO IS THE VOICE BEHIND FAMOUS BOLLYWOOD SONGS INCLUDING MARJAAWAN, FASHION, TUJHE BHULA DIYA , AAS PASS KHUDA FROM ANJANA ANJANI , CRIMINAL FROM RA-ONE ETC SHARES INSIDES ABOUT HER NEW SONG HAANIYA IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE CITY FIRST

Tell us something about your song.

to sing your song in?

it has to be Punjabi.

Shruti Pathak, she is one of the leading Playback Sing er and given back to back hits, including Mar Jaava (Fashion), Tuje Bhula Diya, Aas Pass Khuda (AnjanaAnjani), Criminal (Ra. One), Soniye Dil Nayi (Baaghi 2), Shubhaar ambh (Kai Po Che) and many more. Currently the talented singer is been moving towards Indie music and has recently launched her new music Haaniya.

So ‘Haaniya’ is a song that is very close to my heart, I always have a very strong connec tion with the Punjabi language, there is al ways a connection be tween me and the lan guage. In spite of be ing from the Gujarati family it came to me very naturally, and so did this influence of Punjab and its culture. The first feel of the song happened when I was on a road trip with my friends and I remem ber recording small clips of the song then after returning to Mumbai I created this song and sang this song.

Is there any other language you want

I think music has no barriers, India has a vast number of lan guages and cultures

You are doing a live show all over the globe, how do

ence is mesmerizing. Performing and enter taining your audience at different places is always overwhelming to me. I love this feel ing and cannot be more grateful for it.

You have shifted to wards Indie music and along with that you are giving your voice to Bollywood songs as well, how are you balancing

I think for musi cians music is not only pas sion but the soul of our lives. We give each and every part to our songs. We tend to become that song so its noth ing to balance, its just music it’s just us.

Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by the entertainment team of the Bharat24 channel at Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi on Tuesday. Kshama Tripathi, Manit Aggarwal, Ankit Singh Tomar and Poonam Adhikari were also present on the occasion.

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Poonam Adhikari, Ankit Singh Tomar, Manit Aggarwal and Kshama Tripathi

Vidyut Jammwal

Aayush Sharma

Pan Nalin