At present, those whose power consump
curred near Barari Bal lah Sawjian when the driver of the bus (JK121419) apparently lost control over it. The Bus skidded off the road and rolled several hun dred meters into the gorge, they said.Nine peo ple died on the spot or on the way to hospital, a police official said. Later three among those critically injured died at hospital.
Congress Chhodo Yatra will begin from Goa now.
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MISSED CALL Consumers can give a missed call on the 7011311111 and they will receive a message with a link, clicking on which they will get a form that can be filled up and sent back, Ke jriwal said. “The number can also be used on WhatsApp by sending ‘Hi’ and a form will be received that can be filled up and sent to apply for subsidy,” he said.
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He said both physical and electronic methods will remain available to apply for subsidy.
Operation Jairam Ramesh.
New Delhi: The fortunes of America’s richest billionaires tumbled by $93 billion, the ninth-worst daily loss ever, as hotterthan-expected US inflation data roiled markets. Jeff Bezos’s wealth plunged by $9.8 billion, the most among those tracked by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Elon Musk’s net worth dropped by $8.4 bn.
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free electricity scheme. The Delhi government’s power subsidy will no longer be available by default and every year,
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has found incon sistencies in the re sponses of Jacqueline Fernandez and Pinky Irani, both of whom were summoned by the Economic Offences Wing on Wednesday in connection with an ex tortion case linked to conman Sukesh Chan drashekhar, sources said. Delhi Police has prepared a question naire of 100 odd ques tions that actor Jacque
Shahjahanpur (PTI): Vishva Hindu Parishad activists confronted Muslim pilgrims here on their way to Ajmer, making them apologise for offering namaz by the roadside and then sending them to the local police station. A video showed some of the men holding their ears in apology and a couple of them doing sit-ups.
Big names include Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo
Accident in Poonch: 12 feared dead, 25 injured
We are unhappy with Congress. We saw what happened with Ghulam Nabi Azad. We will work with PM Modi and Goa CM Sawant for bet terment of the state.
airlifted to GMC Jammu from district hospital Poonch, they said.
tion is less than 200 units do not have to pay any electricity charg es. Those whose con sumption is up to 400 units get a 50 per cent rebate or up to Rs 800 as Kejriwalsubsidy. said many residents were willing to pay their electricity bills in full and wanted an option to give up the power subsidy.
Panaji: Barely 2 months after the Congress seemed to have staved off a defection bid, eight of its 11 MLAs led by top leaders Digambar Ka mat and Michael Lobo joined the ruling BJP, reducing the opposition party to just 3 members in a House of 40.
5 critically injured airlifted to GMC Jammu from Poonch
Lakhimpur Khiri: Two girls, both reported to be minors, were found hanging from a tree on Wednesday af ternoon in Nighasan, the same area where farmers were run over by an SUV allegedly driven by Ashish Mishra, in October last year. The girls’ mother told reporters some men on motorcycles had taken away her daughters. Reports say villagers angry over the incident have blocked highways. The police met them and assured of speedy justice.
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Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces here on Wednesday, police said. Based on specific inputs, security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Dangerpora under the Nowgam police station area, a police official, a police official said. Militants opened fire at the security forces.
Poonch: The death toll in the Poonch accident mounted to 12 as three among the 30 injured persons succumbed to their wounds on fivethesaid.officialsWednesday,Amonginjured,havebeen
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Rescue operation underway after a bus fell into a gorge near Bareri Nallah in Poonch on Wednesday.
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J&K LG Manoj Sinha, said, ‘Enquired about health of civilians who were injured in accident. 6 seriously injured have been airlifted to Jammu for treatment. `1L would be given to those seriously injured.’
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New Delhi: SC on Wednesday accepted proposed changes in the BCCI’s constitution, which will allow current president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to get an extension to their term. The board had put in a plea for modification of its constitution.
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New Delhi: An Air India Express flight bound for Kochi was evacuated at Muscat airport in Oman on Wednesday after fire was detected in one of the engines just before take-off. All crew and the 145 passengers on board, four of them infants, were evacuated from the aircraft and shifted to the terminal building.
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Kamat and Lobo were at the centre of the switchover speculation in July too, & Congress had even asked speaker to disqualify them un der the anti-defection law. Senior leader Mukul Wasnik had been deputed by Con gress chief Sonia Gan dhi to handle the crisis, and he appeared to have stopped it.
New Delhi: Cost-cut ting on the major poll promise of his party, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Wednesday that Delhi ites can avail the free electricity scheme from October only if they opt forAtit.a press conference here, he said people can give a missed call or send a WhatsApp mes sage on 7011311111 from Wednesday to avail the
New Delhi (ANI): ED on Wednesday seized 431 kgs of gold and sil ver worth over₹Rs 47 crore after it searched secret lockers of a bul lion company as part of a money laundering probe linked to an al leged bank loan fraud case. The premises of Raksha Bullion and Classic Marbles were raided in connection with the case against a company called Parekh Aluminex Ltd., the fed eral agency said in a statement. Total value of seized gold and silver is ₹ Rs 47.76 cr, ED said.
P resident Droupadi Murmu has ex pressed distress at the loss of lives in a tragic road accident in Sawjian of Poonch district of J&K. Murmu wished the speedy recovery of those injured. Modi condoled the loss of lives in a road accident in Poonch district and announced Rs 2 lakh as ex-gratia each from PM’s National Relief Fund for the next of kin of the deceased.
“It is Congress chhoro (quit Congress), BJP ko jodo,” quipped Michael Lobo as the MLAs an nounced their switch in what’s being called yet another ‘Operation Lo tus’, named after the BJP’s poll symbol.
line Fernandez has been asked to answer in the alleged Rs 200 crore scam. Actor Jacqueline Fernandez joined the probe after being is sued a third summons and was questioned for nearly eight hours. Delhi Police
Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes. Goa Congress splintered in a similar fashion in 2019, when two thirds of its assembly strength — 10 of 15 MLAs — de fected to the BJP, which is why the party this year made its candidates take a loyalty vow in the pres ence of Rahul Gandhi.
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Kichad of BJP in Goa has been fast tracked because of visible success of Bharat Jodo Yatra. BJP is nervous. A daily dose of diversion & disinfo is handed out to under mine the Yatra. We will overcome these, said party Gen Secy
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Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France to India, who is in India on her three-day visit from Sept 13-15, called on PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday. During the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also met the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wang chuck, in New Delhi.
8 MLAs breaking away as a group from Congress to the BJP — that is two thirds of party strength — they can’t be disqualified under anti-defection law. These include Michael Lobo’s wife Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp
Mass defection is a 2019 redux for Congress in Goa
431 kg gold & silver of `47 crore seized by ED
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power consumers will be given an option to continue with it, or not.
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91.5 kg gold seized from places belonging to Raksha Bullion and Classic Marbles on Wednesday. FRESH RAIDS BY ED AT PAYTM, PAYU The ED is conducting raids at locations belonging to payment gateway i.e Paytm and PayU in connection with a case pertaining to Chinese Loan apps. Raids were going on in Mumbai, Delhi, Guru gram, Lucknow and Kolkata.
Ahmedabad: An underconstruction building lift collapsed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, killing 7 labourers on Wednesday. A total of 8 people were inside the lift when it col lapsed. Chief Fire Officer, Jayesh Khadia, said, He also said, “We will assess if they broke rules and regulations of Municipal Corp while working.”
Goa CM Pramod Sawant and BJP Goa Prez Sadanand Shet Tanavade with 8 Congress MLAs in Panaji on Wednesday. The BJP and its allies are already in a majority with 25 MLAs and is now at 33.
Official sources said that the accident oc
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On the same line of reasoning, it is direct ed that the Delhi Gov ernment shall release a sum of `15.5 crore as being the second in stallment to DLSA within 10 days from
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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of AAP corruptallegedlyofandtionsoughtRanjanthebytohaniJairamrelatedtionpreserveReturningCommissionalsoruptofbye-pollsencyAssemblytheashischallengingonPathakDurgeshMLAaplearecentelectionalawmakerfromRajinderNagarconstituhereintheJuneongroundsindulgingincorpractices.ThehighcourtdirectedElectionandOfficertohisnominapapersandotherdocuments.JusticeAnupBhambissuednoticePathakonapleaanelectorfromconstituency--Tewari--whothattheelecbedeclarednullvoidonaccounttheAAPleaderindulginginpractices.
The Delhi Traffic Po lice issued over 1.2 crore notices last year to of fenders. S Velmurugan, chief scientist, Traffic Engineering and Safety Division, CRRI said, “This is an excellent move. This enforcement can lead to a reduction in fatalities by 10 per cent.”
people died in Delhi last year in road accidents involving negligence on the part of drivers or passengers of vehicles.
Court noted that all of them have been issued
Aadhaar Cards and are on long-term Visas is sued by the government. They are poor people who do not have a per manent place of shelter and they are living in a cluster of jhuggis.
A policeman checks cars during a checking drive in Delhi.
Hearing the argu ments, Justice Yashwant Varma noted the allot ment of the bungalow was made for 5 years and that period has come to an end. The judge said the court has not been shown any material which mandates and re quires the allotment of government accommo dation to a Z category protectee.Thejudge said all that is required to be done by the government is to en sure that adequate ar rangements are made in the residential premises, which the petitioner will now occupy, for his safe ty. Swamy’s term as a member of the upper house came to an end on April 24, 2022.
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l Senior advocate Jayant Mehta, representing Subra maniam Swamy, said bearing in mind the security threat to him, the bungalow was needed to accom modate the security personnel who accompany him at all times. “Till today the number of guards has not gone down. I have no difficulty in shifting to my personal accommodation but it is insufficient. As a protectee, I am required to ensure that the security personnel rest and their basic needs are met,” the counsel said.
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tel said, “The legal pro visions were already there but it has become a topic of discussion af ter the recent incident
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about an order passed by a division bench of the high court in Sep tember, by which the Delhi government was directed to re lease part of the vic tim compensation fund, not less than Rs 25 crore, to DLSA within 10 days from passing of the order.
“The Traffic Police is already running a cam paign to spread public awareness regarding
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Many Hindu migrants are staying in Adarsh Nagar near Majlis Park Metro Station.
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l Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, repre senting the government, submitted that while Swamy continues to remain a Z category pro tectee, the policies and guidelines which govern such protectees do not obligate the government to also provide residential accommodation from the general pool for the security personnel.
New Delhi: Former BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy has been given six weeks to vacate his govern ment bungalow. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Swamy to hand over the bungalow to the estate officer. The HC disposed of Swamy’s petition seeking re-allotment of the bungalow, which was given to him on January 15,As2016.Swamy’s counsel submitted that bearing in mind the security ar rangements which are required for Z category protectee, the accommo dation originally allotted to him must be contin ued in his theaccommodationalsoligateandprotectee,towhilement,representingGeneralAdditionalfavour.SolicitorSanjayJain,thegovernsubmittedthatSwamycontinuesremainaZcategorythepoliciesguidelinesdonotobthegovernmenttoprovideresidentialfromgeneralpool.
Swamy gets HC notice to vacate govt bungalow in six weeks
Open to full-time school librarians across the country, the award is instituted to honour librarians who foster a passion and love of
reading in students through innovative, original library pro grammes and events; enabling young readers to pick the right books at each stage of their reading journey, a state ment
Noida (PTI): Peeved over the alleged nonpayment of his dues worth over ` 2.50 lakh, a construction contractor set a builder’s luxury Mercedes car in Noida on fire, officials said on Wednesday.Contractor Ranveer (40) has been arrested. The incident had taken place outside the build er’s home on Monday and the episode was caught on a CCTV cam era, Deputy Commis sioner of Police Harish Chander said. A footage of the episode showed the contractor on a road outside builder Ayush Chauhan’s house in the Sadarpur area during the daylight incident.
New Delhi (PTI): Del hi's One Up Library has launched a new month ly award series to recog nise and celebrate the work of school librari ans across the country.
On the first day of the special drive, the police conducted checking on the Barakhamba Road near Connaught Place to ensure compliance.
1. France's Minister for Europe & Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna with Principal Suman Sharma, Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India, faculty and students during her visit to Lady Shri Ram College for Women students on Wednesday. 2. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar shakes hands with Catherine Colonna, during a meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday. 3. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval with Colonna in New Delhi. —PHOTOS BY PTI 1 2 3 ALL SMILES
HC directs Delhi govt to release `15.5 cr for compensation to rape victims
Court noted that all of them have been
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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi gov ernment to release `15.5 crore to the Delhi Legal Service Author ity (DLSA) for dis bursing compensation to rape victims.
New Delhi (ANI): In tensifying its road safe ty efforts, the Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday launched a drive to push people to use rear seat belts, fail ing which they will face a penalty of `1,000.
Senior Counsel San jeev Paddar appearing for the petitioner has submitted that proof of ownership is certainly not required under the rules. He stated that a person who is not the owner, and if he is an occupant, can also ap ply for an electricity connection.
However, Atul Goyal, president of United Residents Joint Action
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The high court's or der came after being informed by the coun sel for the Delhi Legal Service Authority that the funds for dis bursement to rape vic tims have all been exhausted.Justice Jasmeet Singh was informed
New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi High Court while hearing a plea seeking electricity connection for 200 Hindu migrants who have come from Pa kistan to India stated that the government will look into the plight of the migrants sympa thetically.ThisCourt hopes and trusts that the Govern ment of India will look into the plight of the migrants sympatheti cally, and shall file a proper affidavit posi tively within two weeks, said the Bench of Jus tice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad. The observation came on September 6, 2022, while examining a PIL filed on behalf of the Hindu Migrants who have come from Paki stan and are staying in Adarsh Nagar near Ma jlis Park Metro Station.
The drive comes after former Tata Sons chair man Cyrus Mistry (54) died in a road accident
Through this award series, One Up Library, Learning Lab and Book Studio strives to moti vate and celebrate the innovative practices used by the new-age li brarians, laud their ef forts in making the 'li brary' a space for nur turing young students' imagination and criti cal thinking abilities.
Of Delhi, said mandat ing rear seat belts may not be a feasible move. “Pushing for safety norms is a good step but Indian families are bigger. Generally, more than two people sit in the back seat. Either there should be a pro vision for a third seat belt in cars or mandat ing it would not be fea sible. So the govern ment should come up with an alternative. Provide alternatives before he said. launches drive to mandate in
Thesaid.winner will re ceive a token cash prize of ` 5,000, a certificate of recognition and the work will be spotlighted on the One Up Library social media platforms.
(Mistry’s death).”
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New Delhi (PTI): Children of Delhi gov ernment schools are understanding vari ous aspects of patriot ism due to the Deshb hakti curriculum, which has had a posi tive impact on their behaviour, Deputy Chief Minister Man ish Sisodia said on Wednesday.TheAAP govern ment's ambitious cur riculum was launched on September 28, 2021 by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
New Delhi (ANI):
Kejriwal says buying MLAs and democracydangerousgovernmentsbreakingfor
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Tikri Khurd, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
country, the Aam Aad mi Party (AAP) chief claimed.Kejriwal also hit out at the Congress after eight of its MLAs in Goa switched over to the BJP, saying it has failed to prevent its MLAs from being poached."Theparty which is buying MLAs and is do ing wrong is a danger for democracy but the Congress is also at fault.
Why only Congress MLAs get poached? Why can't they buy our MLAs despite their at tempts?" Kejriwal said.
New Delhi: The new ly-christened Kartavya Path can have a maximum of 120 ice-cream carts and water dispensing trolleys at six vending locations, NDMC said on Wednesday.
AAP GOVT TO FULLY SUPPORT AGNIPATH SCHEME, SAYS CM KEJRIWAL
New Delhi: Delhi govern ment GST collection has registered an incremental rise in the first quarter of the financial year 2022-23, standing at `4,349 crore in August, officials said on Tuesday. The GST collec tion was `4,113 crore in May, and it grew to `4,313 crore in June and further to `4,327 crore in July. In August, it rose to `4,349 crore, showing growth in trade and business in the city and consumer demand despite inflation, they said. In August last year, the GST collection was `3,605 crore, which grew by 21 per cent to `4,349 crore this August.
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heavy, between 115.6 and 204.4 is very heavy.
The report said by 2050s, over 1.6 billion people in over 970 cities will be regularly ex posed to 3-month aver age temperatures reach ing at least 35 degrees Celsius.
The Deshbhakti cur riculum aims to instil a "spirit of love and re spect" for the country among the students. As part of the curriculum, children meditate for five minutes and then
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Chandigarh: The AAP in Punjab on Wednesday filed a complaint with the state DGP, seeking a probe into its allegations of an attempt by the BJP to topple its government. Addressing the media here, AAP leader and Finance Minister harpal Singh Cheema said that to “expose the unholy tactics” of the BJP, he along with AAP MLAs has filed a formal complaint along with “all proofs” to DGP Gaurav Yadav. Cheema was accompanied by party MLAs Budh Ram, Kulwant Pandori, Manjit Singh Bilaspur, Dinesh Chadha, Raman Arora, Narinder Kaur Bharaj, Rajneesh Dahiya, Rupinder Singh Happy, Sheetal Angural and Labh Singh Ugoke to the DGP’s office. Earlier, Cheema claimed that MLA Sheetal Angural received death threats on Tuesday. “He was told that if the evi dence was presented, then he would be killed. We have proof of this also,” he claimed.
fire a house in Jyoti Na gar on February 25, 2020. Prosecution has not been able to prove its case against both ac
He alleged that the BJP was running "Op eration Lotus" to buy MLAs in every state, either through money or the fear of agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directo rate.The BJP is utilising public money to buy the legislators due to which inflation is rising in the
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Sports Complex and Mayur Vihar recorded 10.4 mm, 4.8 mm, 7.5 mm and 8.5 mm of precipita tion. Rainfall recorded below 15 mm is consid ered light, between 15 and 64.5 mm is moder ate, between 64.5 mm and
‘Deshbhakti curriculum having positive impact on student behaviour’
think about any five patriots every day. Thereafter, they share their thoughts with their classmates, Siso diaTosaid.review curricu lum-related activities and its impact on stu dents, the deputy chief minister visited a gov ernment school on Wednesday."Children are now able to understand that making sacrifices for the country, re specting its symbols, keeping surroundings clean and seeing the welfare of the country in everything that ex ists around us is also patriotism. This shows that our curriculum is becoming successful," Sisodia said.
‘BJP tried to buy 10 Punjab AAP MLAs for `25-cr each’
Punjab because we expose them, but Congress has failed to save its MLAs," he added.Hisremarks came hours after eight Goa Congress MLAs in cluding former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa on Wednesday.Takingajibe at the Centre, Kejriwal fur ther asked where the crores of money are coming to them. He accused BJP of 'si phoning off' the public's money and said it has resulted in an increase in inflationthe
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quitted of all the offenc es punishable, Addition al Sessions Judge Am itabh Rawat said. The court said the en
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addressing a press meet in New Delhi on Wednesday.
"BJP is breaking MLAs by giving crores of rupees to them across the coun try in the name of Operation Lotus, this is wrong. But the fault is also of Con gress," Kejriwal said addressing a press
New Delhi (PTI): A fresh spell of rain and winds gusting up to 40 km per hour provided relief from sultry weather on atficefewCelsiuserperature33.6temperaturewhileofminimumday.andrainfallvatoryinandbringPradeshnorthwestpressuretheday.tationment,teorologicalAccordingWednesday.toIndiaMeDepartmoderateprecipiislikelyonThursWeathermensaidinfluenceofalowareaoverMadhyawaslikelytorainoverDelhisurroundingareasnextfewdays.TheSafdarjungObsergauged9.6mmofbetween8.30am5.30pmonWednesDelhirecordedatemperature26.4degreesCelsius,themaximumsettledatdegreesCelsius.Themaximumtemislikelytohovaround30degreesoverthenextdays,theweatherofsaid.TheweatherstationsLodhiRoad,Ridge, 115.5 mm is
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Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Ke jriwal on Wednesday accused the BJP of at tempting to buy 10 par ty MLAs in Punjab by offering them `25 crore each."Yesterday (Tuesday) we came to know that they (BJP) tried to buy MLAs in Punjab by of fering them ` 25 crore each. Our 10 MLAs were approached in Punjab and all of them will ad dress a press confer ence today (Wednesday) and expose them (BJP)," the Delhi chief minis ter alleged in a press conference."Theyare buying MLAs and breaking governments, which is dangerous for democ racy," Kejriwal said.
Students cross a road amid a sudden shower. —PHOTO BY PTI A vendor uses a plastic sheet as cover.
New Delhi Municipal Council Vice Chairman Satish Upadhyay said that there are six vending zones on Kartavya Path between Central Vista Lawns and India Gate. "Each vending zone can have a maximum of 15 ice cream trolleys and five water dispensing kiosks. So cumulatively, 120 trolleys -- 90 ice cream trolleys and 30 water kiosks -- can be allowed in six vending areas. This is for better and effective management of vending kiosks," Upadhyay said.
The court was hear ing a case where ac cused Yogender Singh and Suraj, were charged with various provisions of the IPC, including ri oting, for being a part of the riotous mob that ransacked and set on
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reacted to the eight Congress MLAs joining Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa and al leged it was the for mer's fault for not be ing able to save its MLAs in the country.
New Delhi (PTI): A court here on Wednes day acquitted two ac cused of rioting and torching a house in a case related to the Delhi riots, saying the partici pation of the accused in the alleged incident was not established at all.
New Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the AAP government in Punjab will ‘fully support’ the Ag nipath Scheme during recruitment drives of Agniveers. Kejriwal’s clarification came after reports that Punjab was not supportive of the recruitment drive. AAP had earlier criticised the scheme and appealed to the Centre to give defence job aspirants the chance to serve the country throughout their life, not just 4 years. “We had differences with the Centre on the cheme but since it has implemented it we will support it fully,” the CM said.
tire case of the prosecu tion was based on testi monies of the complain ant (and house owner) Shamshad and prosecu
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People at Kartavya Path run for cover from the rain near India Gate on Wednesday.
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tion witness, Constable Pramod, who were eye witnesses to the alleged incident. However, the complainant, who was the most important nat ural and eye witness of the entire incident, did not attribute anything to the accused persons, nor did he identify their presence or involve ment in the present case, the court said.
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The court further said as per the deposition of Constable Pramod, he did not make any Daily Diary (DD) entry or
Prosecution has not been able to prove its case against both the personsaccusedbeyondreasonabledoubt,AddlSessionsJudgeAmitabhRawatobserved
complaint regarding the alleged incident despite knowing both accused by their faces and hav ing identified them dur ing the ...Tillriots.suddenly on March 9, 2020, he (Con stable Pramod) identi fied the accused when they were in the police station and this gives rise the suspicion about the veracity of the said deposition in as much as the prosecution is re quired to establish its case beyond a reasona ble doubt, the court said.
New Delhi (PTI): Be tween March and May, Delhi experienced five heatwaves with recordbreaking temperatures reaching up to 49.2 de grees Celsius which in creased the vulnerabili ty of half of the city's population which lives in low-income, informal settlements, a report by the World Meteorologi cal Department said.
The report titled 'United in Science' also cited a recent study which concluded that climate change made this prolonged hot weather 30 times more likely and the same would have been about 1 degree Celsius cooler in a pre-industrial climate.
formance. However, compa nies are starting to shift to ward performance enable ment, a forward-facing ap proach designed to empower employees to drive their ca reer progression.
Saddened by the demise of Shrimant Chhatrapati Shivajiraje Bhosale Ji. He was a dynamic and multifaceted personality who worked extensively among people. He made a rich contribution towards Satara’s progress. Condolences to his family, friends and admirers. Om Shanti.
The BJP has been trying to finish off Congress in Goa. In 2019 it engineered defections by 10 of 15 elected members of Congress to decimate the party. The message to Congress is that any candidate winning on its ticket will be won over by the BJP using all possible means
rime Minister Nar endra Modi is in Sa markand, Uzbeki stan, to attend the Shanghai Coopera
Business and human capi tal management (HCM) prac tices have evolved signifi cantly from where they were decades ago and the compa nies are reimagining perfor mance management to focus on what employees can do to increase their contributions in the future. This means a shift from managing perfor mance to enabling perfor mance. Talent management is about delivering the right experience at the right time for every Challengesemployee.and Options. Lack of pool of suitable can didates is perhaps the most common employee recruit ment problem. Create an in ternal labour market that facilitates the mobility of employees from their cur rent roles to other existing or newly created roles within the theProactivetracttheershiringandLackorganization.ofunderstandingcommunicationbetweenmanagersandrecruitseriouslycompromisesemployer’sabilitytoattopqualitycandidates.communicationisbestoption.Poorlywrittenjobdescriptionsleadtoconfusionandcompaniesloseoutontopqualitytalent.Useprofessional,clearjobtitles,andavoidfancyadjectives,superlativesorextrememodifiers.Whilethereisariseinuseoftechnologyforrecruiting,mostrecruitersdonotfullyutilizethepowerofdatatoenhancetheirdecisionmakingcapabilities.Needforrecruiterstobemoredata-savvy,andstarttrackingmetricsbeyondtheusualtimetofillorqualityofhire.
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The talented workforce has to be acquired first and then it has to be well managed to ensure its availability and continuous optimum utilisation by the industry. The first step is ‘Talent acquisition’ which involves everything needed to recruit, interview, hire and bring talent onboard, then comes ‘Talent management’ which enables organizations to rapidly align, develop, motivate, and maintain a highperformance labour force and includes ‘Talent retention’
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An agile, people-first talent management strategy enables people to be at their best selves, and ensures availability of the talent and skills industry needs to address current envi ronmental challenges. Increas ingly, talent management is a big differentiator in a competi tive global economy. Today the focus is on: “internal fit”, aligned with “cultural fit” and the two are linked to the busi ness strategy and long-term goals of the organization i.e., “strategic fit”. Getting the right people in pivotal roles at the right time should be noth ing new to HR professionals, but done effectively, talent management can create long term organizational success..
Saddened to hear about the passing away of Shrimant Chhatrapati Shivajiraje Bhosale Ji, former mayor of Satara. He was an able individual who’s numerous contributions towards Satara’s development are exemplary. Condolences to his family & well wishers. Om Shanti.
This ensures that the com pany has capable managers and leaders moving up and through the ranks. Succes sion planning lets users iden tify critical roles for succes sion, nominate internal and external candidates, assess readiness, target develop ment needs, and create suc cession pools and plans.
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It is the presence of China’s Xi Jinping, however, which is gen erating curiosity about whether he and Modi will meet one-onone after the disengagement by the two sides from Gogra HotSprings in Ladakh. There is no word yet on a meeting between the two leaders but the possibil ity is not being ruled out.
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ABOUT PLANNINGSUCCESSION
oday for any industry to grow and achieve excellence, one of the most critical elements is talented workforce. The tal ented workforce has to be ac quired first and then it has to be well managed to ensure its availability and continuous optimum utilisation by the industry. The first step is ‘Tal ent acquisition’ which in volves everything needed to recruit, interview, hire and bring talent onboard, then comes ‘Talent management’ which enables organizations to rapidly align, develop, mo tivate, and maintain a highperformance labour force and includes ‘Talent retention’.
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from its party leaders and workers.TheBJP has been trying to finish off Congress in Goa. In 2019 it engineered defections by 10 of 15 elected members of Congress to decimate the party. The message to Con gress is that any candidate winning on its ticket will be won over by the BJP using all possible means. The BJP firmly denied any role in the present defections but the Congress is of the view that BJP is playing the pied piper. The eight Congress legisla tors cited Ghulam Nabi Azad’s stinging letter to Sonia Gandhi as reason for their leaving a dying party. Con gress chhodo, BJP jodo seems to have been their catchword. In the meantime Rahul Gan dhi can keep walking.
Training, online learning, and other tools enable work ers to reach their full poten tial, expand their skills and capabilities, Learning includ ing virtual learning and tal ent mobility is especially critical for companies that close the skills gap in their organizations through reskill ing or up skilling.
Organizations are going through a transformation, particularly in the area of digital skills that are essential to become more agile. By as sessing the skills of the work force today, and the projected skills and capabilities needed in the future, companies can better plan for and prepare a workforce that fills the gaps and positions needed by the company to take full advan tage of all opportunities.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
People are the heart of a company, without the right talent, companies risk poor culture and low customer satisfaction. Employers today face a more complex talent management landscape than ever before, and those that manage talent well will have a competitive edge over those who do not. Happy employees lead to happy customers and deliver business results
TALENT MANAGEMENT
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tion Organisation, world’s larg est regional body, summit. Rus sia, China, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan are the other partici pants at the summit. Modi’s bi lateral meeting with Vladimir Putin is already scheduled as the two leaders want to make bilateral ties stronger. They are expected to discuss mutual food security, energy and, especially, Russian fertilizer sales to India.
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The author has been Head Security Rajasthan Operations of Cairn Energy and DGM HR in Jindal Saw Ltd
Interestingly, the SCO con stituents are mainly anti-US and India’s presence would be keen ly watched. Its position will be somewhat similar to that of Tur key which is also a member of NATO but, unlike India, Turkey is an open critic of the US.
The BJP denies it is Opera tion Lotus at work but the party has been ever ready to strike at the Congress the moment it raised its head in the western state by luring its MLAs. Before the 2022 as sembly election results were announced the Congress se questered its candidates to keep them beyond the reach of poachers’ long arms. If the eight legislators who
Traditional performance management focuses on the past and “monitoring” per
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A poor candidate experi ence hampers talent acquisi tion and results in wastage of resources. Create a user friendly career site that is regularly updated with jobs, clear job descriptions, and cre ate a well-defined application flow and a continuous commu nication plan to keep all stake holders well informed.
Talent management is the full scope of Human Resource (HR) processes to attract, on board, develop, motivate, and retain high-performing em ployees. Digital disruptions and a shifting workforce is changing talent management, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been a shift to remote work, and less focus on where talent is lo cated and more on that is the best fit for a certain job. What the pandemic hasn’t changed is that employees, wherever they work, want to feel con nected and engaged.
People are the heart of a company, without the right talent, companies risk poor culture and low customer sat isfaction. Employers today face a more complex talent management landscape than ever before, and those that manage talent well will have a competitive edge over those who do not. Happy employees lead to happy customers and deliver business results.
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t is virtually the end of Congress in Goa. Eight of its 11 MLAs have decided to cross over to the BJP. Will the re maining three legislators stay on or they are buying time has to be seen. The split has come months after an other attempt to break the Congress was thwarted.
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Talent management is crucial for growth of industry and service sectors which are two most revenue generating components in our economy.
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STAR-CROSSED CONG TAKES A HIT IN GOA
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switched sides on Wednesday were from among that pro tected lot, the Congress should learn an important lesson - that it can no longer enjoy unflinching loyalty
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been removed from their posts or marginal ized in politics. Not only this, a Congress leader also sent an invi tation to a big leader like Nitin Gadkari. Keep in mind, Gadkari was removed from the parliamentary board of BJP recently. He is a minister in the central government but as a former national presi dent, he was a member of the BJP parliamen tary board. Recently, when the board was re
New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of ‘Hindi Di was’ and said that its simplicity, spontaneity and sensitivity always attract people.
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SONIA GANDHI TAKES A JIBE AT PM MODI
NADDA TO SOUND POLL BUGLE NAGALANDIN
Amit Shah launches Hindi to Hindi voluminous dictionary in Surat on Wednesday. Bhupendra Patel & Nisith Pramanik were also present.
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Rahul Gandhi resumed the eighth day of the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra from Navayikku lam in Kerala’s Thiru vananthapuram on Wednesday morning.
Bengaluru (PTI): The Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge court on Wednesday ordered an FIR to be registered and investigation taken up on a private complaint alleging corruption by former Karnataka chief minister BS Yedi yurappa and his family members. The complaint is that Yediyurappa, as chief minister, and his family members obtained bribes in return for granting BDA contracts.
Meanwhile, a politi cal row erupted after Congress posted a pic ture of a burning pair of RSS shorts on Twitter.
New Delhi: A PIL moved in Delhi HC stated that students studying in some of the Govt of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) run schools in North East District area are following the pattern of teaching mechanism i.e. either imparting only two hours of daily education or teaching on alternate days thereby affecting the education of more than one lakh students. Petition seeking direction to the Govt of NCT of Delhi to provide full-time education to students studying in SKV Khajuri, SBV Khajuri, GGSSS Sonia Vihar, and other schools at Tukbirpur, etc.
Rahul Gandhi receives a photo of his father late Rajeev Gandhi during his visit to Sivagiri Mutt , in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
that he is Whetherangry.heis angry or disappointed, the Congress has begun to highlight his ‘perceived
Congress tries a hand from BJP's playbook
Kolkata: The reappoint ment of Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee as the Calcutta University Vice-Chancellor, which was challenged because it had been done without the approval of the Chancellor — the West Bengal Governor — has been set aside by the Calcutta High Court.
Amit Shah being garlanded during the foundation laying ceremony of Bio-Ethanol Project at KRIBHCO Hazira, in Surat.
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Before starting the march from Navayikku lam, Rahul Gandhi paid his respects to social re former Sree Narayana Guru at Sivagiri mutt in Kerala. The 3,500-km march from Kanyaku mari to Kashmir will be completed in 150 days and cover as many as 12 states. From Kerala, the Yatra will traverse through the state for the next 18 days, reaching Karnataka on Septem ber 30. It will be in Kar nataka for 21 days before moving north. The Padyatra (march) will cover a distance of 25 km every day.
The minister’s views came hours before tak ing part in the second All India Official Lan guage Conference or ganized on the occasion of Hindi Diwas in Su rat. Every year Hindi Diwas is observed on September 14. The day is dedicated to the Hin di language after it was announced as the offi cial language of the Un ion of India.
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Modi govt is committed for ‘parallel development’ of all local languages including Hindi, said Shah
constituted, he was re moved and thereafter, he has been making such statements, which sends out the message
(ANI):Thiruvananthapuram Congress leader
Rahul resumes padyatra from Kerala
New Delhi: The petitioners on Wednesday told the SC that according to the reli gious text, wearing of hijab was ‘farz’ (duty) and the courts were not equipped to determine its essentiali ty. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing some petitioners, submit ted before a bench that once it was shown that wearing a hijab is a bona fide practice.
displeasure’ as part of the strategy. Maharash tra State Congress Pres ident Nana Patole has invited Gadkari to join the Congress. Keep in mind that Patole is a big OBC leader of Vidarbha region and he had con tested the last Lok Sab ha elections against Gadkari from Nagpur seat. He also knows that in the past, Gadkari said that even in the early days of his politics, when he was asked to join the Congress, he
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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that power has become intensely concentrated over the past eight years in a handful of politicians and business persons, which is undermining In dia’s democracy and insti tutions. She also alleged that constitutional values and principles are under assault, with the bonds of social harmony being deliberately stretched to a breaking point in order to keep voters polarised for electoral gains.
New Delhi: When the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ started, the party has been advised that there is a need to take out the Congress Jodo Yatra first. The BJP al ways highlights that there is no unity in the Congress and the party is badly divided. Now the Congress is trying its bet on the BJP as Congress leaders are sending invitations to BJP leaders who have
He further extended greetings to all those people who have con tributed tirelessly in making Hindi prosper ous and empowered.
Prayagraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has observed that every prisoner has a fundamental right to file an ap plication for bail and courts cannot remain a mute spec tator when legal aid is denied to prisoners before them. Justice Ajay Bhanot made the observation while granting bail to one Anil Gaur, who is in jail in a murder case in district Jaunpur. The counsel for the applicant submitted that though he was not named in the FIR, Gaur has been in jail since Dec 6, 2017. According to the applicant, he did not have access to legal aid to file his bail application before the trial court as well as the high court.
‘HIJAB IS FARZ, COURTS DON’T KNOW ITS ESSENTIALITY’
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The minister took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to express his views at the event and made it clear that the Prime Minister Naren dra Modi-led govern ment is committed for the “parallel develop ment” of all local lan guages including Hindi.
used to say that he would jump in the well but would not go to the Con gress. Despite this, Pa tole invited him to join the Congress. Similarly, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath invited BJP leader Uma Bharti to join Con gress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which Uma Bhar ti rejected. However, everyone knows that she does not have good relations with the BJP high command and the state leadership.
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EVERY HAS PLEA: ALLAHABAD HC
Earlier on Monday, Cong tweeted a picture of fire-lit ‘Khakhi’ shorts and wrote, “To free the country from shackles of hate and undo the damage done by BJPRSS. Step by step, we will reach our goal”.
Gujarat: Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Krishak Bharati Cooperative Lim ited (KRIBHCO)’s Bio-Ethanol Project in Surat city of Gujarat on September 14. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel also attended the event. “On June 5, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the report of an expert committee on the program of ethanol submission on Environment Day. The com mittee has set a target by 2030 that up to 20 pc of India’s petrol and diesel consumption, we will make ethanol and blend it,” said Amit Shah.
COURT ORDERS FIR, PROBE AGAINST IN CORRUPTION CASE
New Delhi (ANI): BJP national president JP Nadda will be on a twoday visit to Nagaland ahead of next year’s As sembly election. A number of programmes have been lined up for Nadda apart from holding public meet ings, he will also inter act with party leaders andOnintellectuals.September 15, 2022, as Nadda arrives in the state, he will be accorded a huge wel come in Dimapur. That afternoon a public meeting at Old Riphyim at Tyui Mandel, Wokha District has been organ ised. This is the home district of the Nagaland Deputy CM and BJP leader YV Patton.
New Delhi (ANI): As the country observed Hindi Diwas on Wednes day, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said Hindi is the friend of all Indian languages and it “unites the whole nation in a thread of unity” as an official language.
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showcasing India’s unique culture and diversity.“TheIndian dias pora organisations will use this opportu nity to remember In dia’s rich tradition, its heroes, people, and their achieve ments,” he said. This Independ ence milestone will honor the people of India, who have not only been instru mental in bringing India thus far in its vibrant democratic journey but also hold within them the pow er and potential to enable Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi’s vision of activating India 2.0, fueled by the spirit of Aat manirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India).
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO FILE BAIL
AMIT SHAH LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE OF BIO-ETHANOL PROJECT
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Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha President Tejasvi Surya said the picture depicted that the fires that the Congress has stoked in the past has burned its political fortunes in the country.
New Delhi: In a show of strength and unity, 75 Indian American associa tions will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Indian Independ ence at the US Capi tol Washington DC. The 75
New Delhi (PTI): In dia’s outlook has never been
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Official language Hindi unites nation in thread of unity: Shah
PIL IN HC ALLEGES GNCTD 2 HRS OF EDUCATION
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday had said that the spirit of the Bharat Jodo Yatra is to bring Indians together irrespective of reli gion, community and remind them that this is one country and it will be successful if we stand together and are respectful towards each other.
Shah took to the mi cro-blogging site Twit ter to express his views at the event and made it clear that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is committed for the “par allel development” of all local languages in cluding Hindi. The min ister’s views came hours before taking part in the second All India Official Language Conference organized on the occasion of Hin di Diwas in Meanwhile,Surat.on the occasion of PM Modi’s birthday, the Union Health Ministry will start a mega drive for voluntary blood dona tion from September 17 to October 1 which is the national voluntary blood donation day.
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New Delhi: India’s richest person and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani could soon overthrow Amazon founder Jeff Be zos as the world’s second richest person. The dif ference between the net worth of the two billion aires is now just $3 bil lion after Bezos lost $9.84 billion in a day. The difference between Adani and Bezos’s fortunes halved in just a week as they were nearly $6 bil lion apart last Wednesday (Sept 7).
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New Delhi (PTI): India’s exports rose marginally by 1.62% to $33.92 billion, while trade deficit more than doubled to $27.98 bil lion in August due to in creased crude oil imports, commerce ministry data said on Wednesday.
Mumbai (PTI): Investors’ wealth eroded by `76,196.54 crore on Wednesday, with the market witnessing a sell-off amid rising concerns over possible aggressive interest rate hikes to tame high inflation. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies — which is also an indicator of wealth of investors — tumbled `76,196.54 crore to `2,85,94,997.40 crore amid the 30-share Sensex falling 224.11 points to 60,346.97 points. On Tuesday, when the markets had gained for the fourth straight session, the market valuation stood at `2,86,71,193.94 crore.
Crude oil imports in Au gust this year increased by 87.44% to $17.7 billion. However, gold imports dipped by about 47% to $3.57 billion, data showed.
The pace of national high way (NH) construction in the country had slowed to 28.64 km a day in 202122, due to pandemic-re lated disruptions and a longer-than-usual mon soon in some parts of the country. “The Ministry has constructed 2,912 km of National Highways up to August 2022, as com pared to 3,355 km up to August last year. —PTI
‘GREEN MOBILITY TO PLAY ROLE IN DECARBONISATION’INDIA’S
the role of financing is critical for scaling of electric mobility in India. He also stressed on the need of finding ways to reduce risks associated with financing of electric vehicles. Pointing out that the rural India is urbanising rapidly, the NITI Aayog CEO said there is a need to push electric vehicles in smaller cities also.
Infosys fell the most by 4.53% among the Sensex scrips. TCS, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, L&T, Wipro, and Reli ance were among the major
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ADANI COULD SOON REPLACE BEZOS AS 2ND RICHEST MAN
AMITABH KANT SETS TARGET FOR INDIA
New Delhi: Tata Power on Wednesday said that it has inked a pact to develop a 4-MWp solar project at Tata Motors’ Pune plant. “Tata Motors and Tata Power have entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to develop a 4-MWp on-site solar project at Tata Motors’ Pune commercial vehicle manufacturing facility,” a BSE filing said. The installation is collectively expected to generate 5.8 million units of electricity, potentially mitigating over 10 lakh tonnes of carbon emission. This is equivalent to planting over 16 lakh teak trees over a lifetime, it stated.
RBI could raise rates by 35-50 bps: Analysts
Mumbai (PTI): With the price index surprising on the upside in August, many analysts have pen cilled in a higher inflation print in September as well and accordingly expect the central bank to frontload policy rate hikes, deliver ing another 35 bps later thisConfoundingmonth.
Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark Sensex declined 224 points on Wednes day, snapping its foursession winning streak, mainly due to sell-off in IT and pharma counters amid rising concerns over possible aggressive interest rate hikes to tame high inflation.
Uttarkashi (PTI): Patan jali Yogpeeth will make in vestments of more than `1,000 crore in Uttarakhand to improve public health in the state and promote its rich culture, the trust claimed on inghefounderPatanjaliWednesday.YogpeethBabaRamdevsaidwillworktowardsmakUttarakhandthespir
elevated inflation on both the retail and wholesale fronts suggests the need for the RBI’s monetary policy committee to maintain vig ilance over evolving price trends and accordingly he expects the MPC to frontload rate hikes, and deliver another 50 bps rate hike on September 30.
BoB RAISES RATES ON DEPOSITS BELOW `2 CR BY UP TO 0.2%
In a note, Morgan Stan ley said they expect a 35bps rate hike as they ex pect CPI inflation to re main around 5.3% in FY24.
New Delhi: The pace of national highway con struction in India has slowed to 19 km/day dur ing the first five months of the current financial year.
New Delhi: Bank of Baro da has raised the interest rates on retail term de posits of below Rs 2 crore by up to 0.20%. The new rates have come into ef fect from September 13.
New Delhi: Over 300 players from various sectors, includ ing solar, steel and
According to the central bank’s projections, retail inflation is likely to aver age 6.7% in 2022-23.
Trade deficit more than doubles to $27.98 billion
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Bank’s upper tolerance threshold of 6% for the eighth month in a row and was at 7% in August.
The revised data showed that imports rose by 37.28% to $61.9 billion in August this year. During April-Au gust 2022-23, exports regis tered a growth of 17.68% to $193.51 billion. Imports during the five-month pe riod of this fiscal grew by 45.74% to $318 billion.
India’s WPI inflation eases to 11-month low at 12.41%
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DIGITAL ENGG MAY ACCOUNT 50%-60% OF ER&D REVENUE
“My view is that green mobility revolution is re ally knocking on our doors, whether we like it or not, and India’s focus has to be on shared, connected and an electric transportation
Kant further said, “We need to target in the next four years, to my mind, In dia needs to target 100% electrification of these two segments, go 100%.”
To tame stubbornly high inflation, the RBI has hiked the key interest rate three times this year to 5.40%.
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the worries on the inflation front, retail inflation accelerated to 7% on-year in August from 6.7% in the previous month — staying above the upper tolerance limit of the cen tral bank for all the eight months of According2022.to Tanvee Gupta-Jain, the India chief economist at the Swiss bro kerage UBS Securities, con sidering the base effect, in flation print for September is also likely to remain ele vated around the August levels before moderating meaningfully from October onwards. This will have the RBI-led monetary policy committee front-loading the tightening cycle and de liver another 35 bps in the September 30 policy review.
New Delhi: India has emerged as a leading des tination for digital engi neering, and its share in the overall ER&D revenue is expected to “grow sub stantially” from the cur rent 28-30%. In the field of ER&D, DE is gradually displacing traditional en gineering as the main force, said the report titled ‘the future growth sectors in digital engineering’.
—Agencies
In the fuel and power basket, inflation was 33.67% in August, as against 43.75% in July. In manufactured products and oil seeds, it was 7.51% and (-) 13.48%, respectively.
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“India is advancing into the fourth industrial revo lution with an optimistic digital transformation rev enue amounting to 50-60 per cent in overall ER&D revenues in the coming years”.
z The inflation was 13.39% in July and 11.64% in August last year. It had touched a record high of 15.88% in May this year
Trade deficit widened to $124.52 billion in April-Au gust this fiscal as against $53.78 billion in the same period last year.
In a note, Rahul Bajoria, the chief economist at Bar clays Securities India, said
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Sensex, Nifty snap four-day rally; rate-hike fears spook investors
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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami with Baba Ramdev.
The RBI mainly looks at retail inflation to frame its monetary policy.
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health mission will begin from Uttarakhand,” the yoga guru said. Dhami also reiterated his government’s commit ment to make Uttarakhand the cultural and spiritual capital of the world. Dhami expressed hope that the ex pedition, led by Ramdev’s close aid Acharya Balkrish na, achieves its goal.
The one-year tenure do mestic and NRO term de posit will offer an interest of 5.50%, up from 5.30 per cent earlier, the bank said on Wednesday. De posits for above 400 days to 3 years will earn an in terest of 5.50%, up from 5.45%. For 3 to 10 years, the new rate is 5.65%, up by 0.15%.
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Retail inflation has re mained above the Reserve
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Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 35 paise to close at 79.52 against the US currency on Wednesday as higher-than-expected US CPI print resulted in risk-off sentiment among investors. Foreign fund outflows and losses in the domestic equity markets also hit the rupee sentiment, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency opened at 79.58 per dollar. It hovered in a range of 79.38 to 79.60 during the session. The domestic unit fi nally settled at 79.52, down 35 paise over its previous close of 79.17, ending its four-session gaining streak during which it rose by 78 paise. The dollar bided well after the rate market started pricing a full percent age point hike in the next week’s FOMC meeting.
INDUSTRY PLAYERS TO DISCUSS WAYS TO CUT ENERGY COST: MERCOM
He further said, “I’m a believer that India’s elec trification journey is to be about two-wheelers and three-wheelers.”
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z The rate-setting panel has increased the policy repo rate by 140 bps to 5.4% since May with the last being a 50 bps increase in the August review
The 30-share index re bounded more than 1,200 points from the early lows before settling at 60,346.97 points, a total loss of 224.11 points or 0.37% compared to Tues day’s closing level. The broader NSE Nifty closed lower 66.30 points or 0.37% at 18,003.75 points.
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New Delhi: Electric two and three-wheeler sales in India are expected to grow at a fast clip and account for 50 and 70%, respectively of the total sales by 2030, a report jointly prepared by the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) and McKinsey. It said that in India, the total cost of ownership is likely to be more attractive for electric two and three-wheelers, than for pas senger or heavy commercial vehicles. The report noted that “sales of new electric two and three-wheelers could grow to 50 and 70 per cent, respectively by 2030,” it said.
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The country’s focus has to be on shared, connected and an electric transporta tion movement, he said.
New Delhi (PTI): The wholesale price-based in flation eased to 11-month low of 12.41% in August, on softening in prices of man ufactured and fuel prod ucts, even as food items remained respectively.itinintatoview,ingvegetablesfruitsaccountagainstinwastemberthanthiscordyear.andtionApril17thmainedconsecutiveinflationPriceAlthoughexpensive.theWholesaleIndex(WPI)baseddeclinedforthreemonths,itreindoubledigitformonthsbeginninglastyear.Theinflawas13.39%inJuly11.64%inAugustlastIthadtouchedarehighof15.88%inMayyear.TheinflationwaslowerAugustprintinSeplastyearwhenit11.8%.InflationinfoodarticlesAugustroseto12.37%,as10.77%inJuly,onofcostliercereals,andvegetables.Therateofpriceriseinwas22.29%durthemonthunderrewhileincaseofpoitwas43.56%.Inflationcerealswas1.77%,whilewheatandfruitswas17.35%and31.75%
movement,” he said.
INDIA LIKELY TO FILL UP VACUUM CREATED BY LANKAN TEA OUTPUT FALL: TAI SECY-GENERAL Kolkata: With embattled Sri Lanka witnessing a fall in tea produc tion, India is likely to fill up the vacuum created by the island nation, the Tea Association of India (TAI) said. TAI secretary general P K Bhat tacharya said this is reflected by price rise of the orthodox variety produced by Indian tea planters, with auction realisation increasing sharply by about `75 to `100 per kg. India produces around 110-120 million kg of orthodox tea annually, as against the normal Sri Lanka produce of 300 mil lion kg. The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has caused the fall in its orthodox tea production, he said. —PTI
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New Delhi (PTI): India must target 100% electrifi cation of two- and threewheelers in the next four years as these segments will lead the country’s green mobility revolution, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Wednesday.
` DROPS BY 35 PAISE AGAINST US DOLLAR ON FOREX OUTFLOWS, RATE-HIKE FEARS
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z Although the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation declined for three consecutive months, it remained in double digit for 17th months beginning April last year
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New Delhi (PTI): The auto component industry should focus on enhancing localisation, improving manufacturing quality and keep investing in emerging technologies for a sustain able growth, MSI Executive Chairman Kenichi Ayu kawa said. “We have to go much deeper and find ways to localise smallest of the components, including raw material, wherever possi ble,” he said. The industry should also focus on im proving and sustaining higher levels of quality, he added on Wednesday.
z Confounding the worries on the inflation front, retail inflation accelerated to 7% on-year in August from 6.7% in the previous month
New Delhi: Green mobility is going to play a major role in decarbonisation of
energy costs amid govt’s push towards use of renewable energy. The ‘C&I Clean Energy Meet 2022’ on September 16 will also see participation from players operating in foundry, automobile, manufactur ing, chemical, engineering, automation, spinning mills and textiles sectors, organiser Mercom India said.
Prayagraj (PTI): The police here on Wednes day attached three properties worth about Rs 16 crore of ganjsheeter,Ahmad,areunderthatcrore,isThegrajstationDhoomanganjMasarimagistrate,thedoneworthoverTheAteeqteredbungalowLucknowthePandeyPrayagraj.Ahmadturned-politicianmafia-AtiqinLucknowandSSPShaileshKumarsaidateamofPrayagrajpoliceinattachedathatisregisunderthenameofAhmad’swife.propertyisspread800sqmandisaboutRs8crore.TheattachmentwaswiththehelpofLucknowpoliceandhesaid.TwoplotsinKasariunderthepoliceareainPrayawerealsoattached.costoftheseplotsestimatedtobeRs8hesaid,addingtheyareregisteredAhmad’sname.Asmanyas96casesregisteredagainstahistory-atDhoomanpolicestation.
It said that the issue of hate speech had been dealt with by the top court in a matter and the court had referred the matter to the Law Commission of India to define hate speech and make recommenda tions to Parliament to strengthen the ECI to curb its menace.
The report analysis also reveals that prison ers’ visits to courts came up from 15.5 lakhs in 2020 to 20.9 lakh in 2021. The data provided is from January 2021 to December 2021 and was revealed by the Prison Statistics India (PSI), the latest official statis tics of India’s prisons.
According to the peti tion, one Prem Singh and others made an at tempt on the life of Puneet Kumar on Octo ber 4, 2013. A complaint was lodged by Puneet’s mother Maya Devi to the police. The police, instead of lodging an FIR, allegedly booked Puneet’s brother Sumit.
Islamic State calls on Asian Muslims to unite, attack India
number of people enter ing and leaving prisons in 2021 (the second Cov id year) also increased by 10.8% from 16.3 lakhs in 2020 to a total of 18.1 lakh in 2021.
his brother Puneet Ku mar. The duo sought quashing of an FIR lodged on March 24 un der section 363, 366 IPC at Police Station Rasool pur in Firozabad and transfer of the investi gation to the CBI.
case was registered against Surendra Singh Yadav, SHO, and SubInspector Netrapal Sin gh. Prem Singh, ASP (Special Enquiry), sub mitted a report on Sep tember 6, 2021, where the named police per sonnel prima facie were found involved in de taining Puneet Kumar and implicating him in false cases.
New Delhi: The Islamic State is calling on Mus lims in South and Southeast Asia to unite to stage attacks against India, the jihadist group’s global spokes person said in a state ment released on en crypted social media feeds. The spokesper son, who uses the pseu donym Abu Umar alMujahir, said the Islam ic State was committed to protecting Islam in India, where he claimed it was “under attack from the government”.
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Section 363 of the IPC relates to punishment for kidnapping while Section 366 is con cerned with kidnap
conferred the power to derecognise a political party, disqualifying it or its members, if a party or its members commit the offence of hate speech nor ex pressly made any rec ommendations to the Parliament to strength en the Election Com mission of India to curb the menace of hateHowever,speech. the Law Commission suggested
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(Clockwise from Top) President Droupadi Murmu accepts credentials from the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saleh Eid Al-Husseini, at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Murmu accepts credentials from Dr Bassam Alkhatib, sAmbassador of the Syrian Arab Republic. President Murmu accepts credentials from Dr Eliska Zigova, Ambassador of the Czech Republic.
It said that the ECI also takes measures like issuing advisory cautioning the candi dates from campaign ing for a specified peri od of time or even ini tiation of a criminal complaint.ThePILfiled by advo cate Ashwini Upadhyay sought direction to the Centre to examine vari ous international laws and come out with “ef fective and stringent” measures to control hate speech and ru mour-mongering in during elections.
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dered lodging of an FIR in the October 2013 inci dent. On the court’s or der, police registered an FIR. It is alleged that police officials in con nivance with the ac cused lodged false FIR against petitioners and theirThemother.mother of the pe titioners approached the NHRC. On the direc tions of the NHRC, a
The poll panel said that the Law Commis sion of India’s 267th Report neither an swered the Court’s question as to whether the poll panel should be
toral offences in the IPC and RP Act, it added.
New Delhi (ANI): Satish Chandra Ver ma, the 1986 batch Indian Police Ser vice (IPS) officer who was dismissed from service by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has approached the apex court against the Delhi HC order al lowing the Centre to implement the dis missal order passed by the AugustDelhiordermodificationCentrehis30,missedLater,fakeinInvestigationCentralergustcommitteedisciplinaryonAu30thisyear.VermaisanofficwhoassistedtheBureauof(CBI)theIshratJahanencountercase.hewasdisonAugustamonthbeforeretirement.ThehadsoughtaofthepassedbytheHighCourton30.
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“Fear has eaten you so you have lost the cour age to stand by your reli gion and fight its ene mies,” al-Mujahir says in 32-minute Arabic-lan guage speech, address ing Muslims in India, Pakistan, IndonesiaPhilippines,Bangladesh,Malaysia,&Singapore.AseparatevideoreleasedshortlybeforethespeechshowedIslamicStatejihadistsexecutingKurdishmilitiawhoweretakenasprisoners-of-war,thelatestinaseriesofsavageex
the PIL. Alld HC orders CBI inquiry against 35 cops for ‘false cases’ against Dalit family
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The speech by al-Mu hajir is the latest in a series of jihadist state ments attacking India for persecuting Mus lims, among them a vide otaped message from slain al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in April, first reported in ThePrint. The Islamic State also threatened vi olence to retaliate against BJP politician Nupur Sharma’s pur portedly blasphemous remarks on Prophet Mu hammad, & communal violence in New Delhi.
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that members of politi cal parties or even oth er persons do not make statements to the effect of creating disharmo ny between different sections of society.”
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ping, abducting or in ducing a woman to com pel her marriage, etc It is alleged in the pe tition that police offi cials of Mathura dis trict lodged a large number of fraudulent and false cases, either against the petitioner or his brother to pres sure them to agree on a compromise in other cases.
The analysis showed the number of arrests grew from 1.39 crore to 1.47 crore in 2020 which indicate that 1.47 crore people were held in 2021, an increase of 7.7 lakhs from 1.39 crore in 2020. It was stated in the report that the in mate population grew 13% from 488,511 De cember 2020) to 554,034 December 2021 across 1319Theprisons.report also re vealed that the total
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that certain amend ments be made to the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, the affidavit added. The response of the Election Commis sion came on a PIL seeking measures to curb hate speech.
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Have no power to disqualify for hate speech, EC tells top court
Prayajraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has ordered a CBI probe against 35 police per sonnel for allegedly lodging false cases against members of a Dalit family in Mathura district.Justices
New Delhi (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that the poll panel does not have the legal power to withdraw the recogni tion of a political party or disqualify its mem bers if a party or its members indulge in hateThespeech.affidavit of the Director (Law) of the ECI pointed out that hate speech has not been defined under any existing law in India, but there are a few leg islations that have a bearing on hate speech.
The panel further said that “in the ab sence of any specific law governing ‘hate speech’ and ‘rumour mongering’ during elections, the Election Commission of India employs various provi sions of the IPC and the Representation of Peo ple Act, 1951 to ensure
New Delhi: About 8 in 10 inmates in Indian jails in which 9 of 10 in mates in the national capital jails are awaiting trial according to an analysis of prison statis tics by the India Justice Report (IJR) has found.
The ECI also stated that a list of do’s and don’ts has been drawn up which has been di rected to be given the widest publicity to be brought to the knowl edge of all the contest ing candidates, to be fol lowed by all candidates and political parties.
The India Justice Re port (IJR) is an inde pendent annual study that analyses govern ment data to rank states on their ability to deliv er justice. The data on India’s jails, released in the Prison Statistics In dia (PSI) 2021 – a yearly review brought out by the National Crime Re cords Bureau (NCRB) –was the basis of the IJR.
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I n an order passed on September 6, the court observed, “It is evident that the police personnel of District Mathura have been stage managing to lodge false cases against the family members of the peti tioner, of which notice has been taken by the National Human Rights Commission and SC Commission.” The court directed the Principal Secretary, Home of Uttar Pradesh government to transfer the investigation to the CBI. The court has fixed November 9 as the next date of hearing and asked the CBI to apprise it of the progress in the matter.
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who witnessed the exhibition. Sanjay went on his first tour of India in 2017 where he clicked 1000 photos. This time he got all of his clicks from the mobile phone camera. Some pictures were shots of his hand shadows in mystic lights while some were of his distorted shadows while others were out door photography.
bir Bedi who is also the Brand Ambassador for Sightsavers India and Amit Kumar Ghosh, Ad ditional Secretary at the Ministry of Road Trans port and Highways Sight savers India. RAAHI seeks to ensure that truck ers with refractive errors receive glasses in the most convenient way possible.
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Paharganj market is not for people with weak guts. The only way to come out on top is to bargain as much as you can, with a poker face. The street mar
Known to be one of the most popular flea mar kets in Delhi.
(L-R) Padmashree Shovana Narayan, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Sharmila Pataudi and Sangeeta Gupta
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Located in South Delhi, the bazaar is named after the famed freedom fighter Sarojini Naidu.
Kamla Nagar is a residen tial and commercial sub
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(L-R) Kajoli Seghal and Sangeeta Bhuyan Mehta (L-R) Manisha Bhatia and Alka Kapoor
he first ever mobile photography exhibi tion (A to Z) by Sanjay Bhattacharya was in augurated on Septem ber 9 with the gracious presence of well-known person alities at The Bikaner House Main
PadmaBuilding.Shree Shovana Naray an, Actor Sharmila Pataudi, Maneka Gandhi (MP Lok Sabha), Artist Kanchan Chander, Gallery owner Prithvi Fine Arts and Cultur al Center -Sangeeta Gupta, Edu cationist Alka Kapur, Singer Minu Bakshi, Artist Shridhar Iyer and Sudip Roy graced the event by their presence. Galler ist Payel Kapoor, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Shama Soni and Classical Singer Meeta Pandit were also some of The eminent guests from the town
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kets of Delhi are known for their bargains and Pa harganj is no different. You will cross a different variety of shops, ranging from books, clothes and bags to shoes. This market has everything hidden in it. Paharganj has got an exclusive range of exotic bags at a very reasonable price, which can always go down depending upon your shopping skills. Fa mous for wedding shop ping in Delhi, there is al ways a rush to buy wed ding attire.
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"I am very obliged to see such a heartwarming welcome to my first ever mobile pho tography in the city. Since I started my second tangent in 2017, this was a new experi ment to follow the freedom of passion. Now, I have much more to give after seeing such success and love I received from people". Sanjay expressed The show will be continued from September 9 to 14 at Bikaner House and from September 16 to 30 at Prithvi Art and Cultural Center, Safdar jung Enclave, New Delhi.
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hep and trendy market of Delhi. Popularly known as a bargain bazaar and eve ry girl’s shopping para dise, this flea market has more to offer to women in comparison to men, in terms of clothing, foot wear, kitchen utensils, ac cessories and cosmetics.
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elhi has been, since historical times, a favoured destina tion for shoppers. From traditional bazaars to modern-day malls, Del hi has everything to offer to a customer. Delhi's street markets are report ed to provide a greater turnover as compared to malls.
L-R Meeta Pandit with Shama Soni
(L-R) Shridhar Iyer and Sudeep Roy
(L-R) Sharmila Pataudi and Sanjay Bhattacharya (L-R) Bhavna Minocha and Gauri Minocha
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Vibrantly coloured clothes strewn all over, tiny food stalls crammed in every nook, a loud cacophony of the salesboys - welcome to Sarojini Nagar, the most
PAHARGANJ MARKET
reative Art Gallery is hosting a Dipen Bose's solo exhibi tion "The Invigorate Masterstroke" curated by Paramita Sarkar at Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi starting from September 16. Tim ings of the exhibition will be 12 pm to 7 pm every day till September 24.
urb in Delhi. The area ini tially started as a resi dential colony, later it transformed into a prop er shopping hub. The place is crowded with a college-going crowd on all days of the year. Be sides, you can also find shoppers from all over the city flocking to this market owing to its quality prod ucts. The market has both big brand outlets and local street shops selling fleece, trinkets and other knick-knacks.
(L-R) Ranjana Narayan and Kanchan Chander
to which we had to plan over a year back, it is my utmost pleasure to launch our latest collec tion UTSAV. And as the word denotes, this col lection will have the perfect silk sarees for upcoming festivals. We have prepared a meticu lous artistic collection with contemporary drapes by creating a fu sion of weaves by com bining two different
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Anirudh Kankatala said "After over 2 months of curating this collection and some pieces have taken over 10 months to weave due
About Dipen Bose Born in Calcutta, West Bengal, Bose started to paint after giving up his job at Central Excise ser vice, Calcutta. In 1953 his painting was pre sented to the President of Federal Republic of Ger many by Govt. of India. He also wrote articles on art in newspapers and journals. ART LOVERS!
AAHI, an eye Health yearscompletedProgramfiveofitsmis sion on Tuesday. The pro gramme was commemo rated by Sightsavers Indi an. The event was attend ed by internationally ac claimed and director, Ka
ed by Mallik Kankatala and Anirudh Kankatala at their store at F – 40, South Ex 1, New Delhi. Various guests attended the event including Art ist Nupur Kundu, Poet Renu Hussian, Golfer Neelam Pratap Rudy, Padma Shri and Re nowned Kathak dancer Shovana Narayan, Dr Seema Midha, Classical Dancer Sangeeta Bhuy an Mehta, Artist Bha vana Minocha, Entre preneur and Philan thropist Shama Soni, Manisha Bhatia, Educa tionist Alka Kapoor, Artist Kaushalya Red dy, Kuchipudi Dancer Radha Reddy, Dr Pri yanka Tyagi, Fashion Designer Poonam Dubey to name a few.
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arts like Kalamkari on Patola, Bandhani on Kanchipuram, Kota with Paithani, Chi kankari on Kanchipuram and many more to decorate your wardrobe. We have travelled the length and breadth of India to all weaving clusters to curate this Utsav collection for the upcoming festival sea son!"
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