First India-Mumbai Edition-18th October 2022

Nov 03 bypoll now formality as BJP withdraws from race

Rutuja Latke will take Andheri (E)

Assembly seat unopposed in by-election necessitated by her husband’s death in May

Raj Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and CM Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction’s Pratap Sarnaik had appealed to the BJP to withdraw its nomination on Sunday

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Mumbai: With the Bharatiya Janata Par ty’s Murji Patel with drawing his candida ture hours before the deadline, Rutuja Latke’s win in the November 03 Andheri East Assembly bypoll is now a mere formality.

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SPICEJET Q400: DGCA ISSUES DIRECTIVES FOR ITS ENGINES’ UPKEEP

New Delhi: The DGCA on Monday had directed embattled SpiceJet to carry out analysis of engine oil samples from its Q400 fleet and other inspections, days after it’s emergency landing at Hyderabad airport due to smoke in the cabin. DGCA has also asked the carrier to conduct an inspection of the bleed-off valve screen.

HIGH COURT GRANTS

BAIL TO SHRIKANT IN GANGSTER ACT CASE

New Delhi: Allahabad High Court has granted bail to politician Shrikant Tyagi, arrested for assaulting a woman at a Noida society few months ago, in a Gangster Act case. Shrikant Tyagi has been in jail since his arrest in the case on August 9.

‘AHEAD OF GUJ POLLS, STATE GOVT SLASHES VAT ON CNG AND PNG’

president Chan drashekhar Bawankule’s announce ment of withdrawal fol lowed an appeal by Ma harashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thack eray, who wrote to Dep uty Chief Minister Dev endra Fadnavis asking the ruling party to pull out from the bypoll are na.

NCP chief Sharad Pa war had also appealed to all parties to ensure that Rutuja Latke was elected unopposed.

Rutuja Latke, the widow of incumbent MLA Ramesh Latke, had filed her nomina tion papers on behalf

for the Shiv Sena - Ud dhav Balasaheb Thack eray on Friday.

Reacting to the BJP’s announcement, she

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RAJ THACKERAY THANKS DY CM FADNAVIS

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Monday thanked Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis for the BJP’s decision to withdraw its candidate from the bypoll to Andheri East Assembly seat in Mumbai.

In a letter written to Fadnavis, Thackeray referred to the senior BJP leader as his “dear friend” and said it is essential to have a positive political culture, the proliferation of which MNS favoured. “I am thank ful that you responded to this (appeal),” Thackeray said. Thackeray had on Sunday written another letter to Fadnavis, asking the ruling BJP to pull out of the bypoll race to show reverence to late Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, whose death of cardiac arrest in May this year necessitated the by-election.

said she was indebted to everyone who worked to make this election an uncontested battle.

Pawar on Sunday

nominee to show rever ence to late Ramesh Latke.

“The BJP has decided not to contest the And heri East bypoll,” Bawankule told report ers in Nagpur. “We could have otherwise won the election,” he added.

“I will follow the par ty’s decision and will not contest the bypoll as an independent,” Patel clarified.

sought the unopposed election of Rutuja Lat kel, while Raj Thacker ay had appealed to Fad navis not to field BJP’s

Rutuja Latke said many political leaders like Raj Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Sena fac tion’s Pratap Sarnaik appealed to the Turn to P5

Justice DY Chandrachud appointed 50th CJ of India

Justice Chandrachud will take oath after current CJI UU Lalit retires on November 8

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BILKIS BANO CASE: MHA OKAYS 11 CONVICTS’

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has reduced VAT on CNG and PNG by 10 per cent, state education minister Jitu Vaghani said Monday. Prices of petrol and diesel remain unchanged for now. According to ANI, Vaghani also said two free cylinders will be given in a year.

MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CLOSE RUNWAY FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM TODAY

Mumbai: The Mumbai airport will close its runway from 11 am to 5 pm on Tuesday for the post-monsoon preventive maintenance of runway the intersection,” Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, or CSMIA, tweeted on Monday.

TRANSGENDERS TO GET `2.5L FOR SEX CHANGE

SURGERY BY RAJ GOVT

Jaipur: Raj govt will provide assistance of up to `2.5L to transgenders to undergo Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) if they wish to get it done. There are more than 20 thousand transgenders in the state. Rajasthan will be the first state in the country, where SRS will be done for transgenders.

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New Delhi: Prime Min ister Narendra Modi in augurated the two-day PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 on Mon day and said that the 12th instalment of funds worth Rs 16,000 crore has been sent to farmers across the country.

"Under PM Kisan the 12th instalment worth of funds Rs 16,000 crore has been sent to farmers across India. Under 'One nation, one fertilizer', farmers will be provid ed with cheaper & good quality fertilizer," said PM. Under the scheme, Modi launched Bharat urea bags, which will help companies market fertilizers under the sin

PM MODI INAUGURATES AGRICULTURE STARTUP CONCLAVE AND EXHIBITION

PM Modi also inaugurated the Agri Startup Conclave and Exhibition. About 300 startups showcased their innovation related to precision farming, post-harvest and value-add solutions, allied agriculture, waste to wealth, mechanization for small farmers, supply chain management, and agri-logistics, among others. PM Narendra Modi also launched ‘Indian Edge’, an e-magazine on fertilizer.

PM TO CELEBRATE DIWALI WITH SOLDIERS AGAIN

PM Modi is scheduled to visit Kedarnath on October 21, he will head to Badrinath on the same day. On the day of Diwali, October 24, the PM will celebrate among soldiers, as he has been doing for the last 8 years.

From today, the work will start to convert over 3.15 lakh fertilizer shops into Pradhan Mantri Samruddhi Kendras. These Kendras will be a one-stop solution catering to all requirements of our Annadatas.

gle brand name 'Bharat'.

"Today, India is work ing towards Aatmanirb

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

harta in urea production through the use of nanourea. Nano Urea will

emerge as a cost-effec tive medium for farming purposes," he added.

New Delhi: Justice DY Chandrachud has been appointed as the 50th CJI, effec tive from 9 November, 2022. Justice Chandra chud will take oath after current CJI Lalit retires on 8 November. He will have a term of 2 years as the 50th Chief Justice of India till 10 November 2024. This is also the first time a father & son will hold CJI position.

RELEASE FOR ‘GOOD NATURE’, GUJ GOVT TO SC Gujarat govt on Monday, in an affidavit in the SC, said it decided to grant remission to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case as they completed 14 years sentence in prison and their “behaviour was found to be good”. Guj govt said the Union Home Ministry had approved the premature release of the convicts through a letter dated July 11, 2022.

SC NOTICE TO CENTRE, CBI & RBI TO PROBE RBI STAFF IN FIN SCAMS

The SC on Monday agreed to examine BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking a probe into the alleged role of RBI officials in various banking scams.

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Na garathna issued no tices to the CBI and RBI and sought their replies on Swamy’s plea.

Binny to be elected 36th BCCI president today

...but questions remain on ICC chairmanship

Mumbai: The issue of ICC chairmanship will be up for dis cussion when BCCI holds it An nual Gener al Meeting (AGM), where former India cricketer Roger Binny will replace Sourav Ganguly as new Board Prez on Tuesday.

ED completes argument, Raut’s custody extended

First India Bureau Mumbai: The Enforce ment Directorate (ED) on Monday completed its arguments on the bail plea of Sanjay Raut in the money launder ing case pertaining to the Patra Chawl rede velopment in Mumbai.

The Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP was produced before special judge MG Deshpande at the end of his judicial custody pe riod on Monday. His jail custody was extended

till Tuesday, when his bail application will be further heard.

The ED probe per tains to alleged finan cial irregularities in the redevelopment of Goreggaon’s Patra Chawl spread over 47 acres with 672 tenant families.

Raut, who was ar rested in July for his al leged role in a money laundering case per taining to irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl, had

sought bail from the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court last month.

accused in the case, might have received more proceeds of crime.

SC GIVES 2 WEEKS TO UP GOVT FOR REPLY ON MISHRA’S BAIL PLEA T

he SC on Monday granted two weeks to the Uttar Pradesh government to file its response on a plea filed by Ashish Mishra, son of Un ion Minister Ajay Mishra, seeking bail in a case related to Lakhimpur Kheri violence. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna gave next date Nov 7.

Sisodia grilled for 9 hours by CBI in Liquor Policy Case

New Delhi: Amid pro tests by the AAP leaders and workers, the CBI on Monday grilled Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia for nine hours in con nection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam case being investigated by the probe agency.

Addressing media af ter being questioned for 9 hours by the CBI in the alleged Delhi excise pol icy scam case, Sisodia said, “Today I saw in the CBI office that there is no issue of any scam (excise policy case). The whole case is fake. I un derstood all that in 9-hour questioning. The case is not to probe any scam against me, but to make Operation Lotus successful in Delhi.”

the probe agency, but has also passed the blame on to others.

Opposing his bail, Ad ditional Solicitor Gen eral Anil Singh said Sanjay Raut and his aide Pravin Raut, a co-

Singh also reiterated ED’s claim Sanjay Raut was working behind the scenes through his proxy Pravin Raut. The ED told court the Sena MP has not only misled

“CBI will evaluate the answers given by Sisodia and if needed, he moned

Citing the statement of a witness, the ASG said Sanjay Ruat took active interest in the entire pro ject.

Senior leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi took out a march before Rutuja Latke filed her nomination papers on Friday. —FILE PHOTO

PM Narendra Modi releases 12th instalment of funds worth `16,000 cr for farmers during the inauguration of two-day PM Kisan Samman Sammelan

PM Narendra Modi with Narendra Singh Tomar, Mansukh Mandaviya, Kailash Choudhary, Shobha Karandlaje & others during inauguration of PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022, at the Mela Ground, ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, in New Delhi on Monday.

SEND SOURAV TO ICC: MAMATA TELLS MODI

WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said BCCI president Sourav Ganguly must

allowed to

771 of 797 Maha delegates cast votes

Party delegates deputed out of state voted from current locations

Seven members of Mumbai unit could not participate in polling

Mumbai (PTI): A total of 771 of 797 dele gates belonging to Maharashtra and Mumbai units of Con gress on Monday cast their votes to elect the next president of All India Congress Com mittee (AICC). The contest is between senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor.

The Maharashtra Congress unit recorded 96% voting and the Mumbai unit saw 97% voting, said Congress functionaries.

A total of 797 dele gates of Congress from Maharashtra are eligi ble to cast their votes. Of them, 561 belong to the party’s Maharashtra Pradesh unit and 236 are from the Mumbai unit.

TMC chief asks people to vote in civic survey

A total of 542 of the 561 delegates belonging to the state Congress unit and 229 of the Mumbai unit cast their votes on the day.

Polling began at the state Congress head quarters, Tilak Bhavan, in Dadar area of Mum bai city at 10 am.

State Congress Presi dent, Nana Patole, and his predecessor Balasa heb Thorat were among leaders to cast their votes at Tilak Bhavan, besides former CMs Ashok Chavan, Prithvi raj Chavan, and Sushil kumar Shinde.

Congress delegates from Nagpur voted through postal ballot on the account of local body polls. Some party func tionaries are on the par ty’s poll duty in different

states and they cast their votes from the locations where they are deputed, said a functionary.

The Congress’ Mum bai unit is a separate en tity. Of the total 237 del egates of the Mumbai Congress, 229 cast their

votes. Seven others could not cast their votes due to personal commit ments, while former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam voted in Punjab as he is in the state for party work, said a Mumbai Congress

functionary.

Top leaders of the Mumbai Congress who voted include its cur rent president Bhai Jag tap, former MP Milind Deora, Naseem Khan, Varsha Gaikwad, and Charan Singh Sapra.

Min draws flak over ‘decorated’ ride in rain-hit dists

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Jalna: Maharashtra minister Atul Save was criticized by the Opposition and called “insensitive” for tour ing the rain-affected areas in a decorated bullock cart.

damage.

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Thane: Municipal Commissioner of Thane civic body Ab hijit Bangar has ap pealed to city resi dents to vote in the Citizen Perception Survey-2022, which will begin from No vember 01.

Bangar made the ap peal on Saturday while reviewing the Smart City Scheme with sen ior officials of the Thane Municipal Cor poration (TMC), an of ficial said, adding that the votes can be regis tered online, said a TMC release.

The Citizen Percep tion Survey is a part of a Central government initiative to create a guide system by in creasing the participa tion of citizens while deciding the city plan ning policy in the Smart City scheme.

Under this scheme, collection of various forms of information related to the city starts from different departments.

Save—who is also Jalna district’s guardi an minister—and local MLA Narayan Kuche visited villages in Bad napur and Ambad tehsil on Sunday to assess crop

Opposition leaders, however, criticized Save for his choice of vehi cle. Shiv Sena MLC and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Ambadas Danve, ac cused the minister of being insensitive to wards farmers, and said it looked like Save was on his way to “some celebration or festival”.

Swabhimani Shetka ri Sanghatana chief Raju Shetti said that in

stead of comforting and providing relief to farmers who faced crop losses, Save rubbed salt into their wounds.

Official data reveals that Jalna was among the many Maharashtra districts that received excess rainfall this year, due to which standing crops such as soybean, pulses and vegetables were destroyed. Accord ing to authorities, Bad napur and Ambad tehsils received 130 mm

‘BJP withdrew from bypoll as it sensed imminent loss’

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Mumbai: The Bharati ya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out Murji Pa tel, its nominee from the Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll race, as they realized that he would lose against the candidate of the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena, said party MP Sanjay Raut on Monday.

Raut, an accused in the Patra Chawl rede velopment case being investigated by the En forcement Directorate, was produced before Special Judge MG Desh pande on the expiry of his judicial custody which was extended till Tuesday.

After attending his bail hearing, Raut met with his supporters and family members on the

court premises.

While initially reti cent, he later told report ers: “The BJP had con ducted a survey which predicted that their can didate (Murji Patel) would lose the bypoll by at least 45,000 votes. This is the reason they decid ed to withdraw.”

On Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray

The BJP had conducted a survey which predicted that their candidate (Murji Pa tel) would lose the by poll by at least 45,000 votes. This is the reason they decid ed to withdraw.

—Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP

writing a letter to Depu ty Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday ask ing him not to field the candidate, Raut replied, “this is all scripted.”

Earlier in the day, Maharashtra BJP presi dent Chandrashekhar Bawankule said his party has decided not to contest the Andheri East bypoll.

Opposition terms Atul Save’s choice to to travel in decked up bullock cart ‘insensitive’

and 133 mm cumulative rainfall respectively.

Incessant rains in August and September this year caused largescale crop destruction across the state’s Mar athwada region.

Didn’t field candidate for lack of ‘dhanush-baan’: Samant

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Mumbai: State Indus tries Minister Uday Samant said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Sena has not field ed its own candidate for the Andheri East Assembly bypoll as it did not get the “bow and arrow” symbol.

He made the remarks amid reports that his party, the Balasahe banchi Shiv Sena, which is in power in the state with the Bharatiya Ja nata Party (BJP), is be ing sidelined by the lat ter, which fielded its own candidate for the bypoll slated for November 03.

“Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena did not field its own candidate for the Andheri East bypoll as it did not get the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol,” Sa

mant, who is also the spokesman of the Shin de-led faction, said at a a press conference in Mumbai on Sunday.

The ECI had recently ruled that neither of the two groups of Shiv Sena could use the “bow and arrow” symbol.

While the Thackery faction has got the “flaming torch” (mashaal) symbol and the name Shiv SenaUddhav Balasaheb Thackeray, the Shinde camp has been allotted the “two swords and a shield” symbol.

Thackeray camp wants tunnel at Autram Ghat

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Aurangabad: Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasa heb Thackeray party members and leaders staged an agitation on a national high way on Monday to de mand construction of a tunnel in Autram Ghat that would con nect Aurangabad with Dhule district.

The agitation, led by MLC Ambadas Danve, was held on National Highway 52 at Andhan er in Kannad tehsil of Aurangabad.

Speaking to the me dia, Danve said, “The Dhule-Solapur road was sanctioned in 2014. The road till Kannad has been completed and after Autram Ghat, the work is underway from Chal isgaon to Dhule. The DPR for tunnel connect ing these two sections has been sanctioned. The fund needed for this is nearly Rs5,500 crore.”

The Sena leader also accused the Central government of making false promises about the tunnel project.

Former Cong MP Priya Dutt arrives to cast her vote. —PTI PHOTO

Top Congress leaders including ex-CM Prithviraj Chavan with Patole, CLP leader Balasaheb Thorat and others engage in conversation after casting their votes. —ANI PHOTO

Ex-MP Milind Deora, MLA Amin Patel and Aslam Shaikh after casting their votes. —PTI PHOTO

Former Maharashtra CM Sushil Kumar Shinde with his daughter and Congress MLA Pranti Shinde undergo election procedure before voting. —ANI PHOTO

Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole and others at the party office after casting their votes for the AICC president election in Mumbai on Monday. —ANI PHOTO

KHARGE V/S THAROOR

Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena did not field its own candidate for the And heri East bypoll as it did not get the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol (by the ECI).

—Uday Samant, Spokesperson, Shinde faction

Atul Save —FILE PHOTO

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Marry rape victim if traced within a year: HC

Mumbai: The Bom bay High Court has granted bail to a 26-year-old man ar rested in a rape case.

It set a condition that he would have to mar ry the victim, who is currently untracea ble, if she is found within a year.

The man, however, would not be bound by this condition beyond one year, said a single bench of Justice Bhara ti Dangre in the order passed on October 12.

The court said the ac cused and the 22-yearold woman were in a

consensual relation ship, but a rape and cheating case was regis tered when the man started avoiding her af ter learning that she was pregnant.

The woman lodged a complaint with the Mumbai police against the man in February 2020 after which he was arrested.

In her complaint, the woman claimed they were in a relationship since 2018 and that their families were aware of the same and had not objected to it.

The woman left her house as she did not want to reveal her preg

nancy to her family members. On January 27, 2020, she delivered a

Yellow alert issued for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar; rainfall likely

baby at a city hospital.

On January 30, the woman abandoned the

baby in front of a build ing. A separate FIR was then lodged against her

THE CASE

In her complaint, the woman claimed the accused and her were in a relationship since 2018. After she told him about her pregnancy in 2019, he began avoiding her. The woman left her house as she did not want to reveal her pregnancy to her family members. On January 27, 2020, she deliv ered a baby at a city hospital. On January 30, the woman abandoned the baby in front of a building. A separate FIR was then lodged against her for abandoning the child.

for abandoning the child.

In her order, Justice Dangre said that her ac tions “may be a possible reason why she is flee ing from the course of justice”.

The accused assured the HC that he was will

ing to marry the woman and accept paternity of the child.

However, the police informed the court that the woman was not traceable and the baby, has already been given in adoption.

“In such circum stances when the inci dent was reported, the victim was not a minor and she has already stated that the relation ship was consensual,” said the HC.

“I deem it appropriate to release the applicant on bail subject to com pliance that if the vic tim is traced within a short while and say in a period of one year, he shall solemnize mar riage with her, but he shall not be bound by the statement beyond one year,” said the order.

The court granted bail to the man on a bond of Rs25,000.

Maha court acquits man accused of raping teen

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Palghar: A court in state’s Palghar dis trict has acquitted a 27-year-old man ac cused of raping a teenage girl, while giving him the benefit of doubt.

Special (POCSO) court judge Dr MS Deshpande said the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the accused, a labourer from Dahanu taluka of the district.

The October 07 order was made available on Saturday

Considering the aforesaid facts and cir cumstances, it appears that the victim had attained the age of maturity and en tered into a consensual sexual relationship with the accused. The accused will be entitled for the benefit of doubt and acquittal of charges.

The prosecutor told the court that both the accused and the victim were neighbours. The man raped her on mul tiple occasions till April 2018, following which, she became pregnant, it added.

When her mother came to know about the pregnancy, she filed a police complaint against the man, who was later booked on rape charges and under provisions of the Protection of Chil dren from Sexual Of

fences (POCSO) Act.

The judge in the order observed that the vic tim’s testimony showed twhe accused was her neighbour and they had a love affair. “According to her, she was aged around 18 years at the

time of the incident. The prosecution has not ex amined any witness in order to bring on record the victim’s true age and the date of birth. There fore, the birth certificate copy filed along with the charge sheet is not proved by the prosecu tion,” said the court.

During cross-exami nation, the victim’s mother admitted that her daughter and the accused were residing together and they had a son. The case was filed at the instance of an an ganwadi worker, the court noted.

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Mumbai: The India Meteorological De partment (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar on Tues day.

In its bulletin on Octo ber 16, the IMD has forecast thunderstorms accompanied by light ning and light to mod erate rains and gusty winds (30 to 40kmph) likely at isolated places.

A yellow alert has also been issued for Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Beed, Nanded, Latur, Os manabad districts of Maharashtra, with pre dictions of heavy rains at isolated places.

According to the Bri hanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),

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trucks carrying tomatoes would arrive at the market every day. But since the last week and a half, only 20 to 25 trucks are com ing to the market, which is not sufficient to cater to the demand. As a result, prices have increased due to lower inflow of tomatoes and higher demand”, said a trader.

Mumbai and its sub urbs will witness partly cloudy skies with light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers on Tuesday.

The IMD Mumbai, in its weather forecast, stated that the maxi mum temperature in Santacruz area will hov er around 34.4°C, while the minimum tempera

ture will be 25.6°C.

On the other hand, the maximum tempera ture in Colaba area will be 34.2°C, while the minimum temperature will be 26.8°C.

Meanwhile, a high tide of 2.81m is likely to occur at 3.57 pm today in Mumbai. Also low tide of 1.88m will be witnessed at 9.46 pm.

‘SWACHHTA RATH’ CAMPAIGN

BMC launches initiative to help discarded items ‘start over’

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Mumbai: There’s an old proverb, one man’s trash is anoth er man’s treasure.

The discarded items, which people usually throw away during Diwali cleaning, could bring a smile on somebody’s face.

With this motto, the Brihanmumbai Mu nicipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated a ‘Swachhtha Rath’ campaign in th city’s A ward.

The campaign was

Tempos will go around city areas to collect things that can be reused

launched on October 10, and will continue till Oc tober 20, with tempos moving around the A ward from 10 am to 6 pm.

The rath in this case are two tempos, which go around Colaba, Churchgate and Cuffe Parade and collect such discarded items. After the collection drive,

civic body employees segregate these goods and usable items are handed over to non-gov ernmental organiza tions (NGOs).

According to a BMC official, people usually throw old stuff such as shoes, clothes, and so on in nullahs (drains), which gets clogged.

“Lifting of old stuff will reduce garbage on public places. We are in touch with some NGOs, which will distribute the items to needy peo ple from remote areas,” he said.

PMC

Mumbai: As part of the ‘Swachh Bharat’ survey 2.0 cam paign, the Panvel Municipal Corpora tion (PMC) will im plement ‘Swachata Ka Uphaar’ from October 16 to 22 to convey and create awareness amongst the citizens about the importance of

waste segregation.

Civic body chief Ganesh Deshmukh launched a new slo gan ‘Swachhata Ke Do Rang Hara Gila, Sukha Nilaya’ on Monday. A meeting of the Solid Waste and Health Department was held recently at the civic headquar ters under the chair

manship of Deputy Commissioner Sachin Pawar to plan this initiative. Infini ty Foundation will as sist the corporation in this initiative. Un der the initiative, school students will be informed of the importance of wet and dry waste segre gation too.

Accused and victim were in a consensual relationship that went sour when the latter announced her pregnancy in 2019. —FILE PHOTO

Justice Dangre grants bail to 26-year-old nabbed on rape, cheating charges; directs him to solemnize marriage

Indian Women are Queens of Asia with a Dominant Display in Asia Cup!

SIDDHAARTH MAHAN

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If you want something said, ask a man; if you want some thing done, ask a woman!”

This quote by Margaret Thatcher clearly reflects the recent scenario in Indian cricket. While everyone ex pected the Indian men’s team to lift the Asia Cup, the dream was actually fulfilled by the Indian Women’s team. On Saturday, they thrashed Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to become the Asian queens for the sev enth time. The victory comes barely a month after the men’s team flopped badly and even failed to reach the finals.

India missed winning just once - in 2018

Given this background, it was particularly satisfying that Deepti Sharma bagged the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award at the Asia Cup! Her allround skills and her performances both with the bat and ball all through this season have been quite remarkable – and it was gratifying to note that the ‘Mankading’ row in England had not cast any dark shadow over her game in the Asia Cup where she was a vital factor in India’s triumph

In the 8 Asian Women Champi onships, India has missed win ning just once - in 2018. In the final, Sri Lanka was annihi lated as they posted only 65 runs losing 9 wickets - the worst batting performance playing first in the final. Re nuka Singh, the Indian medi um pacer struck early blows taking 3 wickets for just 5 runs – and Sri Lanka never recov ered. Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Sneh Rana later took 2 wickets apiece to set up an easy chase.

In reply, India’s dominant batters polished off the 66 runs to win in 69 balls, losing just 2 wickets. India’s Vice Captain Smriti Mandhana hit a half century in just 25 balls as she hit 3 sixes and the same

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number of fours in her effort.

Shafali Verma and Jemima Rodrigues were the only wickets taken by Sri Lanka and the final, expected to be a close contest, ended far too quickly to the dismay of the 10000 plus crowd at the Sylhet Stadium in Bangladesh.

The road to the final wasn’t without a stutter for the In dian Women’s team. They lost to their arch rivals Pakistan in a crucial match which was India’s first ever defeat in the Asia Cup against them and the first since 2016. Pakistan’s win was a surprise as it came on the back of a defeat against Thailand in the previous match. Opting to bat first, Pa kistan made 137 losing 6 wick ets, thanks to the 76-run-part nership between Nida Dar and Captain Bismah Maroof. In reply, Indian openers strug gled against the spinners and were bowled out for just 124 .

The loss though did not pre vent India from entering the Semi Finals where they faced Thailand. In terms of rank ings, India is much higher but the Thai team had a dream championship and were a sig nificant threat. India was asked to bat first and Shafali Verma ensured that India reached a respectable total of 148 with help from Harman

While everyone expected the Indian men’s team to lift the Asia Cup, the dream was actually fulfilled by the Indian Women’s team. On Saturday, they thrashed Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to become the Asian queens for the seventh time. The victory comes barely a month after the men’s team flopped badly and even failed to reach the finals

preet Kaur as well. Shafali hit a 28 ball 42 studded with 5 fours and a six. The middling total proved a tad too much for Thai land as they lost by 74 runs.

Pakistan suffered a shocking defeat In stark contrast, Pakistan suffered a shock defeat in their semi-final with Sri Lan ka. Electing to bat first, Sri Lanka posted a disappoint ing total of 122 runs in 20 overs but Pakistan failed to pounce on the opportunity and kept losing wickets. Ulti mately, it was heartbreak for Pakistan women as they lost by 1 run in the low-scoring but intense semi-final.

The Championship win was a continuation of the great gains they have been making in recent months. In early Au gust, at the Commonwealth Games 2022, they had scripted history by bagging a silver medal in their first-ever outing at the Commonwealth Games. Though they had settled for the silver medal in Birming ham, the team under captain Harmanpreet Kaur was show ing clear signs of solid im provement. The rapid progress of the Indian women’s team became more obvious in Sep tember when they trounced England 3-0 in an ODI series.

However, the close win in the last game was marred by the ‘Mankading’ row that erupted after Deepti Sharma got rid of England’s Charlotte Dean. Sharma had run out Dean at the non-striker’s end which sparked off a huge debate.

Deepti Sharma bags

‘Player of the Tournament’

Given this background, it was particularly satisfying that Deepti Sharma bagged the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award at the Asia Cup! Her all-round skills and her per formances both with the bat and ball all through this sea son have been quite remark able – and it was gratifying to note that the ‘Mankading’ row in England had not cast Indian women lifts Asia Cup trophy for 7th time

As the entire country cele brates Indian women lifting the Asia Cup trophy for the seventh time, all eyes are now focussed on how well the men will do Down Under. Hopefully Rohit Sharma and his troops will get a special inspiration to bring back the T20 World Cup Trophy that has eluded India ever since they won it in the inaugural edition in 2007!

SOURAV GANGULY CAUGHT IN THE VORTEX OF TMC, BJP POLITICS

Liz Truss became Britain’s prime minister on Sep tember 6, just about six weeks ago, finds her flight being rocked by political turbu lence.

Truss is now trying to salvage her position while, according to a Times’ survey, her critics in the Conserva tive Party are discussing the prime minister’s ouster and the way to go about it. Al though not easy, if that hap pens Truss will end up being the prime minister for the shortest tenure in British history.

Some newspaper in London tried to guess if her shelf life would be shorter than the head of a lettuce.

Truss’s troubles began on September 23 when the Chan cellor Kwasi Kwarteng an

Truss’s troubles began on September 23 when the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced 45 billion pounds in tax cuts. The highest salary earners were given low income-tax cuts. The hastily prepared budget led to turmoil in the market and instead of bouquets, bricks started being hurled at the PM

nounced 45 billion pounds in tax cuts. The highest salary earners were given low in come-tax cuts. The hastily prepared budget led to tur moil in the market and in stead of bouquets, bricks started being hurled at the prime minister. A cornered

Truss tried to wriggle out of the situation by hastily roll ing back the tax cuts for the rich, sacking Kwarteng and appointing Jeremy Hunt the new finance minister. Despite that, analysts at Goldman Sachs bank have downgraded the UK’s growth outlook.

These steps have not been found satisfactory by a group of Tory MPs who are keen to have her replaced by either Rishi Sunak, who lost the PM’s race to Truss, or Penny Mordaunt who came third. Tory MPs are recalling how Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor, warned against tax cuts in one of his televised debates with Truss. With the economy already sinking, the political instability could bring about Truss’s downfall sooner than expected.

Unintentionally, for mer India captain Sourav Ganguly finds himself caught in politics. Ganguly recently announced his decision to step down as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. No sooner than his deci sion was known that politics erupted. It was said that Gan guly was upset at being denied a second term as BCCI president, while Jay Shah, the secretary, has been allowed. It was also said that he was miffed for not being allowed to contest for the post of president of the Interna tional Cricket Committee (ICC).

From here on politics between the BJP and TMC took over.

Many wondered if Ganguly was denied the second term because he did not join the BJP due to his proximity with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Ganguly himself has preferred silence on this issue.

On Monday Mamata told Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to be “politically vindictive” towards Ganguly and requested that the cricketer be allowed to contest the ICC election.

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‘E-day’ in Congress, results tomorrow

AROUND 96 PER CENT OF 9,900 DELEGATES VOTED FOR CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MISTRY

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New Delhi: Congress members queued up across the country on Monday to elect their first non-Gandhi presi dent in 24 years, choos ing between senior lead ers Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor in an exercise aimed at putting the party on the path to revival.

“I have been waiting for a long time for this day,” Congress chief So nia Gandhi said. Over 9,000 PCC delegates form the electoral col lege to pick party chief in a secret ballot. The results will be declared on October 19.

“Satisfied with Con gress’ presidential poll process. Elections are free, fair, transparent,” said Madhusudan Mis try, the central election authority chairperson. “Voting is going on smoothly. There are no complaints so far on polling from any where,” Mistry told.

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PM Modi kickstarts cards’ distribution in Gujarat via video conferencing on Monday

New Delhi (ANI):

Prime Minister Naren dra Modi kickstarted the distribution of PM JAY-MA Yojana Ayush man cards in Gujarat via video conferencing on Monday.

Modi also interacted with the beneficiaries virtually. As many as 50 lakh Ayushman cards have been printed in Gujarat and will be de livered soon to families.

The health scheme was launched by PM Modi on September 4, 2012, for BPL families. Under the scheme, the govern ment met hospitalisa tion and surgical proce dures up to Rs 2 lakh.

According to the gov ernment, around 46 lakh poor and lowermiddle-class people have been given treat ment worth more than Rs 8,000 crore till date, more than 600 trans plantations are done of

PM TO ADDRESS 90TH INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY TODAY

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will address the 90th Interpol General As sembly on Tuesday here, the PMO said on Mon day. “The 90th General Assembly of INTERPOL will be held from 18th to 21st October. The meeting will be attended

different organs, around 50,000 people have been benefited with joint replace

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SC DISMISSES PLEA AGAINST HANDOVER OF THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AIRPORT TO ADANI

New Delhi (Agencies): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petitions filed by the State of Kerala and certain employees union challenging the decision of the Airport Authority of India(AAI) to lease out the manage ment of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Enterprises Limited(AEL). A bench comprising Chief Jus tice of India UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi dismissed the special leave petitions filed by the Kerala Government and certain unions of the employees of the airport against the judgment of the Kerala High Court which upheld the lease of the Airport to AEL in October 2020.

IRCTC: TEJASHWI TO APPEAR BEFORE CBI COURT TODAY

Patna (Agencies): Bihar’s Deputy CM Tejashwi Ya dav will appear before the special CBI court in con nection with the IRCTC scam on Tuesday. Talking to media at Patna airport, Yadav said on Monday: “Such court appearances will take place until they (BJP) will stay in power.” “It was clear on the day of the swearing-in ceremony when we were taking oath and the CBI conducted raids on the leaders of the RJD.”

GOVT ASKED TO GIVE DETAILS ON LOSSES BY PFI’S HARTAL

Kochi (PTI): Kerala High Court on Monday asked the State govt to inform it the total loss incurred in the hartal called for by the PFI and subsequent violence. A Bench directed listing the loss incurred in each case registered related to the violence in the hartal on September 23. Also, the court issued directions to submit an af fidavit detailing attachment of the properties of the PFI and its former general secretary Abdul Sathar.

MANOJ TIWARI’S PLEA AGAINST SUMMONS ISSUED IN SISODIA’S DEFAMATION JUNKED

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday dis missed a plea of BJP leader Manoj Tiwari challenging a Delhi High Court order refusing to quash summons of a trial court here against him in a criminal defamation case. A bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and V Ra masubramaniam, however, allowed the plea of BJP leader Vijender Gupta challenging the high court order. “We have dismissed the appeal by Manoj Tiwari and allowed the appeal by Vijender Gupta on grounds that the history of the law commission report was not properly traced,” the Supreme Court bench observed.

by delegations from 195 INTERPOL member countries comprising of Ministers, Police Chiefs of countries, Heads of National Central Bureaus and Senior police of ficers,” the PMO said. The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme

ments/orthopaedic treatments, more than 7 lakh have taken treat ment for cancer,

governing body and meets once a year to take key decisions related to its functioning.

According to PMO, the INTERPOL General As sembly meeting is taking place in India after a gap of about 25 years — it was last held in 1997.

around 3.50 lakh have availed care for heart diseases, more than 30 lakh have undergone

various surgeries.

Special camps for generating awareness and enrolment in the PMJAY-MA scheme were carried out at around 2,500 places and around 5 lakh Ayushman cards were issued in 50 days dur ing this campaign.

Efforts of Gujarat to protect poor people from costly medical care through PMJAYMA-MAV schemes have been recognized by various agencies.

Tharoor called up and wished good luck and I wished him the same. The two of us are contesting internal polls on a friendly note to strengthen the Congress to build a stronger and better nation for the future generations.

—Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader

The revival of the grand old party has begun whatever the outcome and that the fate of the Indian National Congress lies in the hands of the party workers.

—Shashi Tharoor, Congress leader

While Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and general sec

retary Priyanka Gan dhi Vadra, voted in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi,

GEHLOT EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE THAT KHARGE WILL WIN CM Ashok Gehlot on Monday said his equa tion with the Gandhi family will remain the same as it has been for the last 50 years. Talking to reporters at PCC office after casting vote in the party’s prez poll, Gehlot expressed confidence that Kharge will win the election and infuse a new life in the organisa tion. Gehlot said his ties with the Gandhi family will be the “same for life”.

who is on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, did so in Ballari in Karnataka.

PROTEST OVER KPS’ KILLINGS

Angry people damage Hurriyat office in J&K

Srinagar (Agencies):

Angered by recent inno cent killings in Kash mir, some social activ ists on Monday dam aged the office of the separatist Hurriyat Conference here. The activists gathered out side the separatist Hur riyat Conference. An gered over the recent killings, the activists told media that Hurri yat leaders had deceived the people for the past 30 years and they were re sponsible for killing in nocents in Kashmir. The group of activists brought down the office board of the Hurriyat conference with bare hands. The Hurriyat Conference is a con glomerate of separatist parties that stand for the secession of Kashmir from India. Between themselves, the Hurri yat leaders are divided over whether they seek an independent state or merger with Pakistan.

LJP (Ram Vilas) to contest Guj, HP polls

New Delhi (PTI): The LJP (Ram Vilas) will contest the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh polls, party president Chirag Paswan an nounced on Monday.

The party is, howev er, yet to take a decision on the number of seats it will contest in these states, he said.

The decision to join the poll fray in the two BJP-ruled states was taken at a national ex ecutive meeting of the party after a resolution was unanimously passed in this regard,

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BJP to withdraw its nomination. “I thank them. I will meet our leader Uddhav Thack eray for the next course of action,” she added.

State Congress pres ident Nana Patole said, “Pawar and Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar are contesting BCCI elections jointly.

Pawar’s appeal to make the Assembly bypoll unopposed could be linked to that elec tion.”

Chirag Paswan said party will soon take a call on number of seats.

Paswan added.

“The party has de cided to contest the Gu jarat and the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls.

We will soon take a deci

CHIRAG PASWAN DEMANDS PREZ

RULE IN BIHAR

TERRORIST HIDEOUT BUSTED IN POONCH, ARMS, AMMO SEIZED

Jammu (PTI): Security forces on Monday busted a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, and seized arms and ammunition from it, officials said. The hideout was uncovered during a joint search operation by po lice and security personnel at Sangla village in the Surankote area of the border district, they said. The offi cials said a pistol, four hand grenades, four Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) cartridges, a wireless set, 16 improvised explosive device (IED) batteries and three AK magazines with rounds were seized from the hideout.

ASSAM POLICE NAB 4 MORE MEMBERS OF AL-QAIDA AFFILIATE

Guwahati (Agencies): The Assam Police on Monday nabbed four members of al-Qaida affiliate, Ansarullah Bangla team in Nalbari and Tamulpur dists. The police have so far nabbed 46 mem bers and leaders of al-Qaida since March. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said in his tweet, “We’re determined to root out jihadi elements from Assam.@TamulpurPolice has done a commendable job in nabbing 2 persons — Sadeq Ali & Jakibul Ali — who lured youth to join B’desh-based terror outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team af filiated to al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).”

BJP holds meet ahead of Himachal elections

New Delhi (ANI):

sion on the number of seats that the party will contest in Gujarat and on the list of candi dates,” he said at a press conference here.

ANKITA BHANDARI MURDER

Preliminary forensic report rules out rape, says police

Dehradun (PTI): Pre liminary forensic exam ination reports of the visceral samples of An kita Bhandari, who was allegedly killed by the owner of a resort where she worked as a recep tionist, have ruled out sexual assault, a senior police officer said on Monday. Bhandari’s murder allegedly by her employer Pulkit Arya,

New Delhi (PTI): The LJP (Ram Vilas) slammed Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday and demanded imposition of President’s Rule in the state, alleging that crime and corruption have reached peak there. A resolution demanding that the Centre impose President’s Rule in Bihar was “unanimously” passed at the party’s na tional executive meeting here, its president Chirag Paswan told a press conference here.

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, the northern state’s BJP core group meeting was held here on Monday.

Himachal CM Jairam Thakur, BJP State chief Suresh Kashyap, Na tional vice prez and elec tion in-charge Saudan Singh, and Union Minis ter Anurag Thakur at tended the meeting.

The meeting was also attended by former CM Prem Kumar Dhumal,

state incharge Avinash Rai Khanna, co-incharge Sanjay Tandon, election co-incharge Devinder Singh Rana, former BJP President Dr Rajeev Bindal, Sat pal Satti, General secre tary Trilok Kapoor, Rakesh Jamwal, Trilok Jamwal and others.

Officer in charge suspended for negligence in gang rape case

Lucknow (ANI): An of ficer in charge was sus pended for negligence in a gang rape incident in Lucknow.

The officer-in-charge Husdia Hussain Abbas is part of police team.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT: ACCUSED’S KIN ATTACK WOMAN’S FAMILY

who is the son of a for mer BJP leader, and his two accomplices, had triggered a massive pub lic outrage with people demanding the hanging of the killers.

As per reports, the girl was raped while return ing to her residence on October 15. The auto driver and his accom plice raped her and fled the spot. The accused left the victim at the

Husdia intersection.

“After the complaint of the victim, the local police were negligent, due to which the out post in charge has been suspended,” said Luc know DCP (East), Pra chi Singh.

Muzaffarnagar (PTI): Three family members of a woman who had filed a complaint of sexual harassment were in jured in an attack by relatives of the accused on Monday, the police said. Naushad, Saddam and Rizwan, all uncles of the woman, sustained bullet injuries and were rushed to a hospital from where two of them were referred to another hospital in serious condition, they said.

PM Modi addresses at the distribution programme of PMJAY-MA Yojana Ayushman cards via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday.

People take part in a protest against innocent killings in Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar. —PHOTO BY PTI

Sonia Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi casted their vote at AICC HQ in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi in Ballari, Mallikarjun Kharge at KPCC in Bengaluru, Shashi Tharoor at Kerala PCC, Raj CM Ashok Gehlot at Raj PCC on Monday.

Gap b/w internal and external security decreasing: Rajnath

Gandhinagar (PTI):

Defence Minister Ra jnath Singh on Monday said the gap between internal and external security is reducing sharply in the last two decades.

He also said the inde pendent media, judici ary, NGOs and dynamic democracy can be mis used to destroy the se curity of a nation.

Addressing the sec ond convocation of the Rashtriya Raksha Uni versity (RRU) at Lavad village in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district, Singh said “the lines between the internal and external security almost disappear in a hybrid war”.

He stressed the need for state agencies to work in an integrated manner as security challenges like terror ism, cyber warfare, hu man trafficking, mon ey laundering, drug

abuse etc are internal ly connected though they appear separate. With the changing times, there has been a tremendous change in

security dimensions, he said.

“We generally see se curity from two aspects – internal and external.

But in the last two dec

Ghulam Nabi Azad vouches for restoration of J-K statehood

Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) (ANI): Dem ocratic Azad Party chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday reiterated the demand for the restoration of statehood ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year.

Former Congress Rajya Sabha MP and Democratic Azad Par ty chairperson Ghu lam Nabi Azad ad dressed a public rally in Kathua and launched three main agendas of his outfit.

“We have three main agendas, first to re

store statehood, sec ond to reserve the rights of purchasing lands for J&K people only, and third to re serve jobs rights only for local youth”, Azad said in a public rally.

Adding that we will not step back until

these agendas are ful filled. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday an nounced that his new political outfit will be named as ‘Democratic Azad Party’.

The development comes exactly a month after Azad resigned from the Congress par ty. Announcing the name of the new party at a press conference here, Azad said that the outfit will be secular, democratic and inde pendent from any in fluence.

ades, it has been seen that the gap between internal and external security is reducing,” Singh said.

The defence minister

Railways mulls protection after Duronto robbery

Kolkata (Agencies):

The Ministry of Rail ways is giving a critical thought to the redeploy ment of Railway Safety Force (RPF) comman dos on premier trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto passing alongside sure routes after Sunday’s armed theft on board the New Delhi-Howrah Duronto Specific in Bihar.

As many as 20 armed robbers obtained on the practice quickly after it left Patna station on its technique to Howrah and looted the passen gers at gunpoint.

OPS sits on Deputy Oppn Leader’s chair

Chennai (ANI): All In dia Anna Dravida Mun netra Kazhagam (AI ADMK) leader O Pan nerselvam (OPS) on Monday lashed out at the rival faction leader Edappadi Palalniswai (EPS) for not attending assembly session that began on Monday.

The former Chief Minister OPS was seen participating in the pro ceedings of the House seated in the chair for

AIADMK deputy floor leader. EPS was absent in the assembly session. As per sources, he “boy

ACTOR VAISHALI SUICIDE CASE

MP cops book husband-wife for abetment to suicide

Indore (Agencies):

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CARCASS OF WILD ELEPHANT FOUND IN PADDY FIELD IN ASSAM’S NAGAON DIST

cotted” the Assembly session because rival faction leader OPP was made to sit as the As

sembly Deputy Opposi tion Leader Chair, the sources said.

OPS said, “We are at tending the assembly session today as AIAD MK MLAs. You should ask the EPS faction why they did not attend the assembly session.” On the existing feud in the party, OPS said that it is a dangerous situation that the bylaws of the party are being changed.

HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN INDIA

said social media, NGOs, the judiciary and the democracy of a country can be mis used by forces working to destroy its security.

“An independent so cial media can be used to carry out systematic propaganda. Freedom of social media is not bad, media should be free, but if media is free it can be misused… Attempts are made to establish and propa gate dangerous and controversial things in the name of freedom of expression,” he said.

“If NGOs have free dom, efforts are made to use NGOs in such a way that the entire sys tem of the country is paralysed. If the judici ary has freedom, ef forts are made to use it to stop or slow down the works of develop ment using the legal system,” Singh said.

The Madhya Pradesh police on Monday booked a husband-wife duo for allegedly har assing and abetting TV actress Vaishali Th akkar’s suicide.

Vaishali Thakkar was found hanging at her residence in the Sai Bagh colony in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, under the limits of Tejaji po lice station, an official informed on Sunday adding that a suicide note was also recovered from the spot which sug gested that she was stressed and harassed by her neighbour, busi nessman Rahul Navlani.

The Tejaji Nagar Police have booked Rahul Nav lani and his wife Disha under sections 306 (Abet ment of suicide) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly persuading the actor to kill herself.

Nagaon (Assam) (ANI): Forest officials in Assam found the carcass of a wild elephant in a paddy field in the state’s Nagaon district on Monday. According to the forest officials, the dead elephant, aged about 7 years old, was found at Kiling village near the Jakhalabandh area this morning. Prima facie, infighting is suspected to be the cause of death. Nepal Mandal, Forest Range Officer said the wild tusker might have died after fighting with other elephants. “Today morning, the local villagers and forest staff informed us that, a wild elephant died in the area and we immediately reached the spot and found the carcass of the tusker. Local villagers told us that, a herd of elephants came to the area last night. The elephant was not healthy and its treatment was going on,” the officer said.

THAK-THAK GANG KNOCKED OUT, FOUR ARRESTED

New Delhi (Agencies):

Delhi Police have arrested 4 members of the notori ous Thak-Thak gang, who knock on automobile and home windows to distract the eye of motorists with a view to rob them, officers.The accused have been recognized as Dheenathayalone (24), Raju (54), Karupa Samy (37) and Murti (24). Police said that they had been all presently residing at Shakurpur in Delhi, however, all are natives of Tamil Nadu.

With their arrest, police have additionally claimed to resolve 4 instances of theft registered.

HYDERABAD MAN KILLS WIFE & TWO KIDS, HANGS SELF

Hyderabad (Agencies): In a shocking incident, a man murdered his wife and two children before committing suicide in Hyderabad. The bodies were found at their house in Papireddy colony in Chandanagar area on Monday after police broke open the door following com plaints by the neighbours about foul smell. Bodies of Nagaraju, his wife Sujata and children Si dappa (11) and Ramyasri (7) were found lying in the house. The police suspect that the incident occurred on Friday.

Top leaders stress Gandhi family to play key role in going forward

New Delhi (PTI): With the Congress set to elect its first non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, senior leaders on Monday stressed the Gandhi family’s guid ance will be crucial and will play an important role in the party in the days to come.

The polls are signifi cant as the new presi dent would replace So nia Gandhi, the longestserving Congress presi dent who has been at the helm since 1998, barring the two years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi took over.

Voting for the Con gress presidential polls began on Monday. Sen ior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tha roor face-off for the post of the AICC chief. Over 9,000 Pradesh Con gress Committee (PCC) delegates form the elec toral college to pick the party chief in a secret ballot.

Speaking to reporters after casting her vote at the AICC headquarters here, senior leader Am bika Soni asserted that the Gandhi family can not be ignored and the

New Omicron sub variant BF.7 detected

With a declining trajectory of fresh Covid cases, a new Omicron sub variant is posing a new threat

New Delhi (Agencies):

With a declining trajec tory of fresh Covid cas es, a new Omicron sub variant, however, is pos ing a new threat in the country.

According to some re ports, the first case of BF.7 has been detected by the Gujarat Biotech nology Research centre. This new Omicron vari

ant is also considered to be highly infectious and has a greater transmis sibility.

Omicron sub-vari ants -- BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 -- after emerging from a region of Mongolia in China are now making their way to other parts and posing fresh threats.

Reportedly, Omicron

variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7 are behind the recent surge in the Cov id-19 cases in China.

However, experts have

advised precaution and Covid appropriate be haviour ahead of the up coming festive season.

Meanwhile, the active

caseload of the country presently stands at 26,834 cases, accounting for 0.06 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. India’s daily posi tivity rate was reported to be 1.86 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 1.02 per cent on Monday.

A total of 2,060 fresh Covid cases was detect ed in the last 24 hours against 2,401 reported on the previous day, the Un ion Health Ministry said on Monday morning.

CONG MP WON’T CAMPAIGN AGAINST BROTHER Hyderabad (Agencies): Congress MP and the party’s star campaigner Komatireddy Venkat Reddy made it clear that he will not campaign in the Munugode Assembly constituency where his brother Komatireddy Raja gopal Reddy is contesting the by-election as a BJP candidate. Venkat Reddy made the remarks while addressing reporters at Gandhi Bhavan, the state headquarters of Congress party, after casting his vote in the AICC presiden tial election.

party workers’ attach ment with them would remain. Hailing Sonia Gandhi’s contribution

STOP YATRA NOW, GO TO HP, GUJARAT: FRANCISCO SARDINHA

Panaji (PTI): Congress MP and former Goa chief minister Francisco Sardinha said Rahul Gandhi should stop the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra and concentrate on the pollbound states of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. He claimed that Congress is the “only party” which can defeat the BJP. The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra is sched uled to cover a distance of 3,570 km in 150 days.

CONGRESS MPs SINGHVI, THAROOR GET CHAIRMANSHIP OF PARLIAMENTARY PANELS

New Delhi (ANI): Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who went missing on the first list of parliamentary committee chairmen rolled out recently, made their way into the second one. Another list of Standing Committee chairmen have recently been announced in which Congress MPs have got the chair manship of two panels - one of Lok Sabha and the other of Rajya Sabha.

NEW CONG PREZ WILL TAKE FORWARD LEADERSHIP’s VISION: SALMAN KHURSHID

New Delhi (ANI): Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday said that the new party president would take forward and implement the vision of the party leadership. “Party leadership will remain. The new party president will decide how to take forward and implement the lead ership’s vision,” Congress leader Salman Khurshid said after casting his vote at the All India Congress Commit tee (AICC) office in the national capital.

to the party, Soni said she played a key role in the formation of the UPA government and

the Congress’ win in the 2004 polls, beating the BJP’s ‘Shining India’ campaign.

ED attaches 28 assets worth crores of TRS lawmaker Nama Nageshwar Rao

New Delhi (ANI): The Enforcement Directo rate (ED) has attached 28 immovable proper ties and other assets worth Rs 80.65 crore be longing to TRS MP Nama Nageshwar Rao and his family members in an ongoing money laundering case against Ranchi Expressway Ltd, Madhucon Projects Limited and its director and promoters, the agency said on Monday.

The ED has also at tached the registered of fice of the Madhucon

vention of Money Laun dering Act, 2022. Nama Nageshwar Rao is a pro moter and director of the Madhucon group of companies and a per sonal guarantor to the Bank loan defaulted by the company.

group of companies and residential property at Jubilee Hills, Hy derabad. The properties were attached under the provisions of the Pre

ED has identified and attached immovable as sets of Rs 67.08 crore at Hyderabad, Khammam and at Prakasham dis trict and movable assets of Rs 13.57 cr including shareholding of Nama Nageshwar Rao and his family members.

‘With the changing times, there has been a tremendous change in security dimensions’

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel during the release of the Gujarati edition of book ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’, in Gandhinagar, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Had the opportunity to participate in the release ceremony of the Gujarati edition of the book ‘Modi @ 20’ in Gandhi nagar today. Shri @narendramodi has promoted the poli tics of development and credibility in the country. The peo ple of the country have faith in his leadership. This book is very use ful to understand his working style. —Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh

Former PM Manmohan Singh casts vote for party’s Presidential election at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi, on Monday.

DAP Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad

AIADMK leader O Pannerselvam

TAMIL NADU ASSEMBLY SESSION

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New Delhi (FIB): Cement maker ACC on Monday reported a consolidated net loss of `87.32 crore for September quarter on account of a steep rise in fuel cost. The company had posted a profit of `450.21 crore for the same quarter a year ago. However, total revenue from operations was up 6.42% to `4,057.08 crore in July-Sept as against `3,812.31 crore. Accord ing to ACC, its EBITDA in the quarter “stood at `16 crore largely due to steep rise in fuel cost” as against `712 crore earlier.

PVR LTD 2nd QUARTER CONSOLIDATED LOSS AFTER TAX NARROWS

FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION TO BE PROLONGED: RBI ARTICLE

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India in its Octo ber Bulletin noted that India’s fight against ‘stub born’ retail inflation will be dogged and prolonged, given the long and varia ble lags with which mon etary policy operates and that it is fraught with un certainties.

Retail inflation, which is measured by YoY changes in the all-India consumer price index (CPI), rose to 7.4% in September, up from 7% in August. The headline inflation saw a rise owing to the sharp increase in CPI food inflation to 8.4% in September from 7.6% a month ago.

However, going forward RBI expects the headline

Price increase in wheat and rice normal: Food secy

New Delhi (PTI): Film ex hibition firm PVR Ltd on Monday reported a nar rowing of consolidated loss after tax at `71.49 crore in the second quar ter ended September with people returning to cine mas as the pandemic eas es. The company had posted a consolidated loss after tax of `153.27 crore in the year-ago peri od, it said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated reve nue from operations in the second quarter stood at `686.72 crore as against `120.32 crore.

ISB, IIM-BANGALORE FIGURE IN FT EMBA 2022 RANKINGS

New Delhi (PTI): The gov ernment on Monday said the price rise in wheat and rice has been “normal” and it will intervene in the mar ket to offload the grains if there is any abnormal in crease in the rates.

Food Secretary Sudhan shu Pandey also said the government has surplus stocks of both wheat and rice in its godowns which will be used for making market intervention.

“Price rise is not abnor mal as it has been perceived and projected...,” he said.

inflation to ease from its September high, albeit stubbornly, on the back of easing momentum and fa vourable base effects.

“While the persistence of headline CPI inflation above the tolerance band for three consecutive quar

ters (up to September) will trigger mandated account ability processes, mone tary policy remains fo cussed on realigning infla tion with the target,” RBI said.

Input cost pressures in creased in September 2022

Inflation will not show rate hike impact now: Varma

New Delhi (PTI): RBI Monetary Policy Commit tee (MPC) member Jayanth R Varma on Monday said that the impact of mone tary policy tightening on inflation will be felt after five to six quarters.

The central bank is man dated to keep inflation at 4% with 2% of upside and downside margins.

In order to control rising inflation, the RBI on Sep tember 30, has raised shortterm lending rate for the third consecutive time by 50 bps to take the repo rate to 5.9%.

Since May it has cumula tively increased the key interest rate by 190 basis

points.

“No doubt it (inflation) will come down. Because we have done monetary policy tightening. “That tightening will have its im pact. The monetary policy takes, you know, five to six quarters to have its impact and cool prices,” he said.

“We started only in April. We will start seeing the effect of that tightening later in the year.

across manufacturing and services, albeit at a slower pace, as reflected in the PMIs.

Selling prices also edged up across manufacturing and services, with the ser vices sector registering price increases higher than the long-term average, the central bank noted in its bulletin.

RBI expects the momen tum of real GDP growth to shed the drag embedded in the NSO’s estimates for Q1FY23 and move into pos itive territory in the re maining quarters.

“Although this may not be evident in year-on-year growth rates due to unfa vourable base effects, q-o-q annualised rates will re flect the underlying recov ery,” the bulletin reads.

Nokia bags contract from Jio to build 5G network

New Delhi (PTI): Finnish company Nokia said it has won a multi-year deal from Reliance Jio to build one of the largest 5G networks in the world.

Under the contract, Nokia will supply equip ment from its AirScale portfolio, including base stations, high-capacity 5G Massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) an tennas, and Remote Radio Heads (RRH) to support dif ferent spectrum bands, and self-organising network software.

Reliance Jio plans to de ploy a 5G standalone net work which will interwork with its 4G network.

The network will enable Reliance Jio to deliver ad vanced 5G services such as massive machine-to-ma chine communications, network slicing, and ultralow-latency.

ERICSSON ANNOUNCE LONG-TERM STRATEGIC 5G CONTRACT WITH JIO

New Delhi (PTI): Telecom gear maker Ericsson on Monday announced a long-term strategic 5G contract with Reliance Jio to roll out 5G standalone (SA) network in the country. This is the first partnership between Jio and Ericsson for radio access network deployment in the country.

Akash Ambani, Chair man of Reliance Jio, said, “We are delighted to partner with Ericsson for Jio’s 5G SA rollout... We are confident that Jio’s 5G network will accelerate India’s digitalisation and will serve as the foundation for achieving our nation’s ‘Digital India’ vision”.

Sensex, Nifty rise for 2nd straight day as oil, banking stocks advance

Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark BSE Sensex rose by 491 points while Nifty set tled above the 17,300 level on Monday on the back of buying in index majors Re liance Industries, ICICI Bank and recovery in glob al markets. Rising for a sec ond session, the 30-share Sensex jumped 491.01 points or 0.85% to settle at 58,410.98. The index opened lower and fell to a low of 57,639.80 in early trade. However, it bounced back in late morning deals and hit rallied 529.03 points or 0.91% to touch a high of 58,449. The broad er NSE Nifty

climbed 126.10 points or 0.73% to end at 17,311.80, marking its second straight session of gains.

Among Sensex shares, State Bank of India, NTPC, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Reliance Indus tries, and IndusInd Bank were the biggest winners.

` FALLS 11 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.30 AGAINST US DOLLAR

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated by 11 paise to close at 82.30 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday as risk-off sentiment among investors and sustained foreign capital out flows weighed on the local unit. However, a rally in the domestic equities and a weak greenback overseas restricted the rupee’s fall, traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened lower at 82.33 and later fell to a low of 82.42. The unit finally settled at 82.30 against the American cur rency, registering a decline of 11 paise over its previous close.

Hyderabad (PTI): The In dian School of Business (ISB) was ranked number one in India and 44 glob ally in the top 100 Finan cial Times (FT) Executive MBA 2022 ranking. After ISB, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) figured in the FT list at 86th position glob ally. Alumni from the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives class of 2019 have been surveyed for this year’s ranking and ISB has significantly ranked higher in various parameters of this year’s rankings than the previ ous year, the premier BSchool said.

GOLD PRICE FALLS

RUPEES 40; SILVER DECLINES `594

Citing the example of wheat, he said the “price rise is normal” as the last year’s wholesale price was depressed as the govern ment sold huge quantities under its OMSS to bulk consumers, he said.

The whole price of wheat was ruling at ` 2,331 per quintal on October 14, 2021, as against ` 2,474 per quin tal on the same day in 2020.

“Therefore, it is not ad visable to compare the cur rent year’s increase in wheat with last year’s. It should be compared with prices that prevailed in 2020,” Pandey explained.

Air passenger traffic volume to recover to pre-pandemic level

Mumbai (PTI): Air pas senger traffic volume is expected to recover to the pre-pandemic level, imply ing a robust 75% year-onyear growth this fiscal, a report said on Monday.

The pick-up in traffic volume is expected to be led by domestic traffic as slots and routes on the interna tional front are still open ing up, domestic credit rat ing agency Crisil said in its report.

It also said that the air port operators are expected to see their traffic volume

recover to the pre-pandem ic (fiscal 2020) level this fis cal, spurring a recovery in revenue, supported by an increase in tariffs.

In FY23, with the pan demic impact seemingly behind us, air traffic vol ume is expected to in crease to the fiscal 2020 level of around 340 million passengers.

1/3rd OF PASSENGERS HAD TO PAY EXTRA FOR FLIGHT SEATS

Mumbai (PTI): Around one-third of air passengers had to pay extra money for seats on a flight in the last 12 months as free seat option was not available, according to a recently con ducted survey. One in every third person surveyed said that the airline they booked did not give the option to secure a free seat,” the survey said. Some consum ers prefer to reserve seats as per their choice which can be availed by paying an extra `200-1,500, especially for seats in the front and emergency rows as they offer more legroom.

SBI, Kotak, Federal Bank revise lending rates

First India Bureau

New Delhi (PTI): Gold price in Delhi fell `40 to `50,833/10 gm on Mon day amid a fall in the pre cious metal prices in the overseas market, accord ing to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had touched `50,873 per 10 grams. Silver also declined by `594 to `56,255/kg from `56,849 per kg. In the in ternational market, gold was quoting lower at $1,655.75 per ounce while silver was down at $18.55 per ounce.

New Delhi: Sate-owned State Bank of India (SBI) and private lenders Kotak Mahindra Bank and Fed eral Bank have revised their lending rates under marginal cost of fund based lending rate (MCLR), making consumer loans such as personal, home and auto costlier.

SBI has revised the MCLR for the benchmark one-year tenor to 7.95%, up by 25 basis points from pre vious rate. SBI said the new MCLR is effective from Oc tober 15, 2022. The one-year

tenor MCLR is the rate against which most con sumer loans are tied to.

Kotak Mahindra Bank

MCLR RATE REVISION

z SBI has revised the MCLR for the benchmark oneyear tenor to 7.95%, up by 25 basis points.

z SBI said the new MCLR is effective from Oct 15, 2022.

z The one-year tenor MCLR is the rate against which most consumer loans are tied to.

NEW RBI NORMS TO STRUCTURALLY STRENGTHEN ARCs

Mumbai (PTI): The new regulatory guidelines for asset recon struction companies will lead to consolidation in the sector apart from structurally fortifying them with improved governance, better disclosures, lower funding needs for asset acquisitions, and robust balance sheets, says a

‘TRADE SETTLEMENT IN RUPEE THING IN RIGHT DIRECTION’

Kolkata (PTI): With the RBI allowing Indian banks to open vostro accounts with Russian banks for trade settlement in the Indian cur rency, the tea exporters have expressed the view that this a step in the right direction as Russia is a big importer of tea from India.”Opening up of vostro account is a good step. Anything in that direction is good”, an official of ITEA said.

INDIA’S SUGAR OUTPUT TO BE HIGHER AT 36.5 MT IN 2022-23 MARKETING SEASON: ISMA

New Delhi (PTI): The country’s sugar production is projected to be 36.5 million tonnes in the 2022-23 marketing season, an increase of 2% compared to the yearago period, industry body ISMA said on Monday. The marketing season will be starting this month. The production in India, the world’s major producer of the sweetener, stood at 35.8 million tonnes during the 2021-22 marketing season. The season is from Oct-Sept. With an estimated increase in production despite higher diversion for etha nol, ISMA expects export to be around 9 mn tonnes this season.

BYJU’S RAISES $250 MILLION IN FRESH FUNDING ROUND

New Delhi (PTI): Edtech major BYJU’S has raised $250 mil lion (about `2,000 crore) from its existing investors, in cluding Qatar Investment Authority, in a fresh funding round, the company said on Monday.

GOVERNMENT SEEKS DATA ON VACANCIES

FROM PSUs: OFFICIAL

said the MCLR for various tenors has been set in the range of 7.70-8.95% with ef fect from October 16, 2022.

Federal Bank said its one-year MCLR on loans and advances has been re vised to 8.70%.

The funding round follows BYJU’S recent announce ment to become profitable by March 2023. “BYJU’S raises $250 million in a fresh funding round.

New Delhi (PTI): The govern ment has sought data on va cancies from all public sector undertakings (PSUs) and asked them to prepare a roadmap to fill those with an aim to reducing unemployment in the country. Information has been sought by the government regarding vacancies at the entry-level as well as at the senior level, a senior official of a public sec tor undertakings said.

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Raut took ‘active interest’ in Patra Chawl project: ED

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut took “active interest” in the Patra Chawl rede velopment project and there was mate rial on record to show his involvement in the money launder ing case, the Enforce ment Directorate (ED) told a special court on Monday.

Raut was produced before Special Judge MG Deshpande at the end of his judicial cus tody on Monday and his jail custody was ex tended till Tuesday, when his bail plea will be further heard.

The Shiv Sena lead er, who was arrested in July for his alleged role in the money launder ing case, had sought bail from the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court last month.

Opposing the plea, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh submitted that the probe agency has records right from 2011, which show that Raut was involved in the Patra Chawl project.

Material evidence on record to show involvement, probe agency tells court

have been out of their homes for several years. The building of the MHADA is not con structed. There were huge loans obtained from financial institu tions, money has not been paid, it is public money, so financial in stitutions have also suffered,” submitted the ASG.

The ED informed the court that as of today, the Sena MP had re ceived Rs3.27 crore of the total proceeds of crime.

Widow struggles for 28 yrs to get property documents from registration office

First India Bureau

Mumbai: A widow from Mumbai has been running from pillar to post to ob tain her original property docu ments since 1994.

NO MEDICAL RELIEF

Among others, the Sena leader has mentioned medical reasons as one of the grounds for seeking bail, citing that he has six stents in the heart. ASG Singh submitted that as and when he has any medical problems, Raut can be treated at a hospital by a team of doctors. Ailment is not such that it makes out ground for grant of bail, he added.

Raut was present in the meeting (pertain ing to the redevelop ment project) and took active interest in the entire project, the ASG told the court. Singh claimed that there was material on record to show Raut’s involve ment in the money

laundering case.

The ED probe per tains to alleged finan cial irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl, a tene ment, and related fi nancial transactions involving his wife and associates.

The probe agency

further argued that not just the tenants, but even the MHADA and some financial institu tions have suffered due to the scam.

“We are concerned about the larger inter est of the public. The structure was demol ished and the tenants

Refuting Raut’s claim about contradic tion in the statement of witnesses, Singh said, “At this stage, we cannot conclude what the witness said is wrong. At this stage we cannot conduct a mini trial.”

The probe agency argued that the eco nomic offence is a serious offence and the investigation was open, and there was a question of tampering evidence and witness es, as Raut was an in fluential person.

Advocate Ashok Mundargi is likely to make his submission for Raut on Tuesday.

EIGHT BOOKED FOR EMBEZZLING FUEL SUPPLY RECORDS

Thane: Eight persons— including owners and employees of a few petrol pumps that supplied fuel to the Navi Mumbai police, and a police driver—have been booked for allegedly embezzling Rs6.83 lakh by fabricating fuel supply records, an official from Kalamboli police station said. The racket had been going on for a long time, he added. An assistant police commissioner who investigated the fraud filed the complaint on Saturday.

FIRE AT SPORTSWEAR SHOP IN PUNE; NO CASUALTY REPORTED

Pune: A fire broke out in a prominent sportswear shop in Pune city on Monday, fire brigade officials said, adding that no one was injured in the incident. The blaze erupted at 8.15 am in the shop located on Fergusson Road in Deccan Gymkhana area, a fire brigade official said. “Five water tankers were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused in about an hour. There was no report of any casualty,” the official said.

NAGGED OVER STUDIES, 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL LEAVES HOME IN NAGPUR, FAKES KIDNAPPING

Nagpur: A 14-year-old girl fled from her home in the Nandanvan area on Friday afternoon and traveled to the neighboring Chandrapur district, where she later made up a story about her own kidnapping because she was fed of being nagged by her mother over studies, a police official said on Sunday. Unable to contact her, the teenager’s family and relatives approached the police and filed a missing person’s report. “Meanwhile, after arriving in Chandrapur, the girl went to the Ram Nagar police station and informed the cops that she had been kidnapped by two women from Nagpur in a car and taken to Chandrapur. She also told the police that she somehow managed to save herself from their clutches,” the official said.

TEACHER IN LATUR DUPED OF `2.71 LAKH IN ONLINE FRAUD

Latur: A 56-year-old Zilla Parishad schoolteacher was allegedly duped of Rs2.71 lakh by an online fraudster, an official said on Monday.

According to the complaint, the victim received a call on October 10 from an unidentified man claiming to be a bank official. On the pretext of “activating (the victim’s) credit card”, the man sought details such as bank account number and OTP and then siphoned Rs2.71 lakh.

A case has been registered under Section 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, the official said.

TWO BOOKED FOR STORING GUTKHA WORTH `90K IN A FLAT

Mumbai: Two persons were booked for storing banned Gutkha at an apartment in Koparkhairane. The Koparkhairane police station registered a case against them and also seized the contraband worth Rs90,000.

Deputy Commissioner of Police of Zone 1 Vivek Pansare received information about the banned Gutkha at a house in Koparkhairane. A special team was formed and carried out a raid at Touhid Khan’s house. Later his associate, identified as Riyaz Khan, was found involved in the illegal trade. A case has been registered under the relevant sections of IPC.

The woman, identi fied as Sadhana Shah (64) living in San tacruz, owns a bunga low in Lonavala hillstation bought by her late husband Bhupen dra C Shah, and the ‘Agreement for Sale’ was given to the subregistrar of assur ances, Old Customs House, Mumbai.

Bhupendra C Shah died in November 2009.

However, the subregistrar of assur ances, which now comes under the ju risdiction of the In spector General of Registration (IGR) Pune, till date has not returned the Agree ment for Sale, said Mehul Shah, her son.

He further said that despite persis tent efforts by the family, and now even through the Citizens Vigilance Forum (CVF), the IGP or the

MTDC to begin star-gazing project at Ajanta Caves site in Aurangabad

First India Bureau

Aurangabad: The state government recently took a decision to com bine science and art by announcing a star-gaz ing project at the Ajan ta Caves located in Au rangabad district.

The project will be op erated from a secluded site called Ajanta View Point, which gives a 270-degree view of the Ajanta Caves hill, said Chandrashekhar Jaisw al, General Manager, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corpora tion (MTDC).

The site is situated where the caves were ac cidentally discovered, as per local officials, on

April 28, 1819, by Madras Presidency Officer John Smith while hunting a tiger. Currently, the site already has amenities for visitors, Jaiswal said, adding that the project will be a community-

based tourism project with locals being trained to use telescopes and to give basic knowledge of stars seen in the sky.

“It is a season-based project as the sky is clear in the winters, and the

dark periphery of the site means stars are clearly visible. It will start every evening once darkness sets in and will end in two to three hours. We plan to begin the pro ject by November-end,” informed Jaiswal.

Regional Manager Sanjay Harne said basic facilities were being put in place and identifica tion of people for the pro ject was underway.

Hidden in the hills, around 435km from Mumbai city, Ajanta Caves are a group of 30 structures, each of which showcase a part of Gautam Buddha’s life. The caves stand testimo ny of India’s unique ar tistic heritage.

ELGAR PARISHAD CASE

The CVF wrote to PM Narendra Modi and the National Human Rights Commission last week, bringing to their notice ‘corrupt practices/demand of illegal gratification’

sub-registrar of as surance officials have not given any reply or are willing to part with the documents.

“Even the society where our bungalow is situated is asking us for the registra tion documents to complete other for malities but every thing is stuck for 28 years because of the officialdom,” he added.

According to CVF President Kashyap M Vyas, in the absence of these documents, the distraught Shah family is unable to

sell, gift, bequeath, or even apply for a bank loan.

“Their intentions are quite apparent. Until they get some ‘benefit’, they sit on the papers for years. This is the sad and shocking state of affairs,” Vyas pointed out.

The property was bought from one Kantilal V. Shah, who lodged his Agree ment for Sale with the Sub-Registrar of Assurances, Mum bai, for registration purposes on April 29, 1994.

Min to Police: Don’t waste time by levying fines on commuters

Pune (PTI): The Di wali festive season in Pune results in traffic jams and police must counsel motorists vio lating rules rather than “wasting time in levying fines”, Maha rashtra minister and senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil said on Monday.

Patil, who is the guard ian minister of the dis trict, however, also said people must maintain discipline and observe traffic rules while travel ling. “Police should counsel commuters in stead of imposing fines on them. It is the pre-Di wali period and police should stop wasting their time levying fines.

For another 10 days, there will be huge traffic jams in the city due to Diwali as people will throng the markets for shopping,” he said.

“Lot of time goes into stopping traffic violators and levying fines on them. So orders are be ing issued to not waste time in giving challans to traffic violators in or der to curtail traffic jams,” Patil said.

Bombay HC refuses bail to activist Jyoti Jagtap

to grant her bail.

“We are of the opin ion that the NIA case is prima facie true. Hence the appeal stands dis missed,” said the court.

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Bom bay High Court on Monday refused to grant bail to activist Jyoti Jagtap, arrested in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case, saying the National Investigation Agen cy’s case against her was “prima facie true”.

The NIA had alleged that Jagtap was spread ing activities of the banned outfit CPI (Mao ist) in urban areas and that she made efforts to mobilize Dalits at the Elgar Parishad con clave held in Pune on December 31, 2017. She had done so to protest against the government and to create hatred against it.

Jagtap, accused of singing and raising pro vocative slogans at the Elgar Parishad con clave along with other members of the Kabir Kala Manch, was ar rested in the case in September 2020 and has been lodged at the By culla women’s prison in Mumbai since then.

While Jagtap, a sing er-cum-activist, claimed

she was innocent and the NIA failed to estab lish any prima facie evidence against her, the central probe agen cy had claimed Jagtap was an active member of the CPI (Maoist) and had undergone training for using weapons and explosives.

However, Jagtap had argued that the Kabir Kala Manch was a cultural group which tried to bring commu nal harmony and secu larism back into Indian society through music and poetry.

Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut outside Arthur Road Jail, where he is currently lodged. —FILE PHOTO

Sadhana Shah (L) and her son Mehul Shah.

A division bench com prising Justice AS Gad kari and Justice MN Jadhav dismissed the

appeal filed by 34-yearold Jagtap, challenging a February 2022 order of a special court refusing

NIA alleges she mobilized Dalits at conclave to create hatred, was involved with banned group CPI

Jagtap has been housed at the Byculla women’s prison in Mumbai since September 2020.

—FILE PHOTO

Seasonal project will be open in winters when the sky is clear and stars are visible. —FILE PHOTO

midst the dazzling light, glimps es of mag nificence and elegance were wit nessed in the grand finale of the 9th edi tion of Rajasthan’s biggest and most prestigious beauty pageant Elite Miss Rajasthan 2022. Shweta Raje won the title of Elite Miss Ra jasthan 2022 in this magnific event held on Sunday at Sam skara Resort on Ajmer Road. On the other hand, Taj Devs hree Hada and Shee na Parashar the first runner-up and sec ond runner up won their names. While

Disha Nareda and Shivangi Singh Rao were declared run ner-ups.

Dr Jagdeesh Chan dra graced the pro gram as the chief guest and motivated the finalists. During this, Directors of Elite Miss Rajasthan Gaurav Gaur, Anil Bhattar, Ajit Soni, PN Doody, Nakul Vi jay, Yasheel Pandel and Patron of the program JD Mahesh wari congratulated the winners for their bright future.

During the finale, Charvi Tanya Dutta, Aditi Hyundai, Him mat Singh and Akanksha Bhalla were present as judg es to test all the con testants. Talent from cities like Udaipur, Jodhpur, and Kota as well as small areas and villages of Ra jasthan got a chance to show their skills on the ramp. The event took place in five designer se quence rounds, the

first round show cased designer Var sha Jangid’s western designer collection. In the second round, the girls performed the ramp walk with 32 saris of Bhaiya who came from Bag ru. This was followed by a multi-designer round, wherein 17 eminent designers from Rajasthan showcased their col lection, in which the top 15 girls were shortlisted by the jury. After which the question answer round with the top 6 selected from all the contestants was fol lowed by the finale round in the fashion designer Heena Bala ni’s Garments crowned the winner of this season. Mean while, the girls’ title announcement round was also spe cial. The judges an nounced the top 3 on the basis of talent, confidence, intelli gence and introduc tion of the models.

KAVITA

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Gaurav Gaur, Shivangi Singh Rao, Shweta Raje, Devshree Hada, Sheena Parashar and Varunavi Singh

(From Left) 5th runner up Shivangi Singh Rao, 3rd runner up Varunavi Singh, 2nd runner up Sheena Parashar, Miss Elite Rajasthan 2022 Winner Shweta Raje, 1st runner up Devshree Hada and 4th runner up Disha Nareda

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA AND MUKESH KIRADOO

Role of Social Media in the Promotion of Art and Artists

necting with others. Social media is not only helping artists, in stitutions and galler ies to improve outreach and audience engage ment, but its effective use is also becoming an invaluable marketing tool to engage with new audiences and create new sales channels.

After ‘tech sav vy’ it is the ‘social media savvy’ that has become synonymous with today’s generation. About 2/3rd of online Indians spend time on different social networking sites like Facebook, Insta gram, Twitter, You Tube, Pinterest, etc. Even the trend of send ing personal emails seems to have become obsolete as compared to the usage of social media. But why is this media becoming so popular in India? Inter action, live chat, status updates, image - as well as video-sharing are a few of the major as pects that play a role in the popularity of so cial media. Social me dia is defined as “forms of electronic commu nication through which users create on line communities to share information, ideas, personal mes sages, and other con tent. Customer re sponses, interac tion and brand awareness is the reason companies are using social me dia in India and across the globe. Its multiple roles played by social media beyond its core role of mere communicating infor mation are leading to its popularity.

India has the world’s largest number of Fa cebook users and the third largest internet users in the world after the US and China. In the modern era, every thing is online. “Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and dis cussing information among human beings.”

Linked In, a profes sional business-related networking site, allows companies/ promoters of events to create pro fessional profiles for themselves, and their business to facilitate networking and con

Till the advent of so cial media mouth pub licity, the use of media (TV, Print media, ad vertisements) was the most resorted means of popularizing art and cultural shows and bringing fame to artists. But gradually

artists have understood the importance of so cial media and they do promote their products through Facebook,

forms, which offer them the chance to comment, like, and share content, and they may even speak with

they have lost credibil ity and have become too time-consuming and with their limited reach are getting out fashioned. Today’s youth wants every thing “Now”. They are

Twitter, Google+, and so on. It is the right time for every artist, promoter of art and art lover to adopt social media as the key tool. Fans and artists are connected through So

their favourite artists. Artists using Social Media can develop stronger relationships with their fans as one of the strongest bene fits of using it.

Today, artists and businesses use so cial me dia to get closer to their ences and meet customers where they are - re gardless of geographic location. Being present on social media allows creative minds to ex press themselves with more liberty, frequen cy, and intimacy, and eventually promote their work and gener

While each social media platform, and each expert, has its own standards on how often to post, what’s im portant is con Re cent surveys show that an ever-grow ing percent age of the general public dis covers art primarily

through social media, rather than by visiting museums and galler ies, especially among younger demograph ics. Instagram is argu ably the most impor tant social network for contemporary art to day, Instagram’s in credible success is due to people’s need for in teraction, archiving, self-expression, escap ism and peeking- this makes it clear why the visually-driven plat form seems to be art enthusiasts’ favourite place to share artworks, and it is also becoming a legitimate contempo rary art medium of its own. True, quality con tent matters but it can only shine through a proper medium.

There are some neg ative aspects of social media it is time-con suming, requires con stancy and dedication, work of artists availa ble for comparison in open fora and can be discouraging for young emerging artists, doesn’t guarantee suc cess and finally, the quantity and quality of stuff on social media platforms can be over whelming and may not be so authenticated. Nevertheless, the ad vantages of social me dia platforms outnum ber the disadvantages. These are:- its easy ac cessibility, almost free or with the least ex penses, easy to connect to an audience no mat ter where an artist is located, gives an artist a chance to showcase the amount of work which happens behind the scenes: the trials, the attempts and the dialogue necessary to create art. Social me dia makes it easy for artists to get noticed and viewed by their peers and the public grows and fosters uniqueness and crea tivity.

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

Things move positively on the academic front and encourage you to give your best. Good man management will help you in completing a project or assignment in time. Travelling with your near and dear ones to the countryside will prove immensely fulfilling. Blessings of someone will fulfilling your expectations.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

Switching to healthy foods will be the key to remaining fit and active. A family issue may need to be deliberated upon, so that it does not disturb domestic harmony. An out of town invitation will tempt some to undertake the journey. Spirituality may bring a special meaning to your life.

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Change of diet will improve health. A difference of opinion may pit you against a family elder. Those compelled to travel are likely to find interesting company. Some of you will be able to add to your wealth and even plan to buy property. You are set to enjoy the exclusive company of people of eminence.

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Time is favourable as your real estate investments start giving handsome returns. An official trip is likely to keep you tied up. Your help and support to a youngster will help boost his or her self-confidence. Those trying to achieve their professional targets will succeed.

LEO

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Your professionalism is likely to be praised at work. Someone’s unexpected arrival at home threatens to upset your personal plans. Seeing new places, meeting new people is in store for some. There is nothing that can go wrong today, except things involving property.

VIRGO

AUG 24 - SEP 23

Those in the financial sector can hope to start making profits. You may think up ways of improving your health. A major renovation work may be undertaken at home. A journey is likely to take you down the memory lane. Travel stars look bright for some, especially for overseas travel.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 You are likely to experience a positive phase in your existence. Favourable decision can be expected regarding a piece of property under dispute. Those in tourism and hospitality sectors will find new opportunities knocking at their door. You may take the initiative of organising a family gathering.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

A trip with friends will be both enjoyable and therapeutic. Family life will remain stable and provide you a firm foundation from where to venture forth. This is the best time for launching your ideas at work. Money multiplies through excellent financial planning. The day turns out well for you.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Meeting someone new is likely to enlarge your social circle. Something you had wanted for the home may be gifted to you. Your ideas will work on the professional front and speed up the progress. Your financial condition is not bad, you possess the potential to earn much more. Overall health remains good.

CAPRICORN

DEC 23 - JAN 20 Businesspersons are likely to do good business today and earn well. The day proves excellent for you, both personally and professionally.

Appease someone in the family to have your way.You may have to put your foot down against a trip you are reluctant to go on. Keep a close track of the progress.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

You will be able to get the study stream you desire on the academic front. Going is likely to get better on the professional front. Purchasing a new car or an expensive appliance is indicated. Children can keep you entertained. The day is favourable to get a project underway.

PISCES

FEB20 - MARCH 20

Some additional perks can be expected by those in the private sector. An enjoyable outing is on the cards for some. Family life will cruise along smoothly and give you time for rest and recoup. A promotion or a prestigious appointment is in store for those in a government job.

FACEOFTHEDAY

RAJESH

THE SENSATIONAL SQUAD

hundred women from across the country walked the ramp and showcased their talent during various audi tions rounds held across multiple cities.

MITALI DUSAD cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

irst India Queen, where beauties from pan India will compete for the privi leged titles and crowns, at Hotel Sahara Star in Mum bai on October 21, re vealed its top 30 final ists recently! And now it's time to bring to light the successful partners behind the

Grooming and train ing sessions were held where contestants prepared in various aspects to enhance confidence, fitness and other areas of de velopment that are needed to become a supermodel.

First India Queen is curated by Blanckan vas Media and the fi nale will be choreo

graphed by Parimal Mehhta. Apart from cash incentives, and gorgeous crowns by SVAR Fine Jewellery, the winners will also win Brand endorse ments and SM influ encer contracts, calen dar shoots and more. Anjali Khandal has been selected as the face of the First India Queen, the young in nocent beauty from Rajasthan is the sym bol for lakhs of young girls, who hope to make it big in the world of glamour.

Parimal Mehhta

said, "We are extreme ly excited and gratified to have come up with this season of First In dia Queen. This sea son, we are also proud to announce various perks for the winners that'll highlight not just their victory but a blend of their unique ness and high-spirited attitude. The brand is a true personification of a beauty queen. I congratulate all the partners for their con stant support." More partners of the grand show to be an nounced tomorrow.

Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai

Parimal Mehhta, Founder, Blanckanvas Media

Madhuri Bhosale Founder, IRA Women

Khalid Ansari IP consultant

Raghuveer Jhaveri Founder, Parram Parraa Netra Saxena, Founder and CEO - Ira

Anjali

Jagdeesh Chandra

MANAV GOHIL: OTT GIVES YOU THE LIBERTY

and decided to trust me with the story and that was a great thing. So, I was happy to go for it.”

ADITI CHAVAN cityfirst.mumbai@firstindia.co.in

Manav Gohil is one of the actors on television that any generation can easily recog nize. He is such an impactful ac tor that even today, he is known for his several memorable performances on screen. Sitting down with City First, the actor revealed his OTT debut with the Gujarati series Matsyavedh, his journey as an actor and more.

Manav revealed that he got a positive response from everyone for his role in Matsyavedh. Calling it a character like none other he has played, the actor said, “I am getting a lot of good feedback about how people see me in a different avatar. And it was as much a surprise for me while go ing through the script of the series because that is not my image. So, some body broke that pattern

Although it was his de but at the OTT, Manav stated that he did not feel any difference from the ac tor’s point of view. He said, “The only differ ence is the director and the script. The scripting for TV is com pletely different as I have to do a lot of drama. But you don't need to deliver too much when you are do ing a film or an OTT thing. And of course, there is the director with the vision that you try to understand. In totality, you start play ing for the director. So, I just played my character the way he wanted me to.”

The actor further stated that television has not changed much when it comes to the extent of its content. “I can’t strip on TV. I can’t use foul language on Tv. I cannot even say something as basic as ‘saala ka meena’.

But OTT gives you that lib erty. And

Matsyavedh was that kind of an experience for me,” he said.

Revealing his extensive journey as an actor Ma nav made the shocking revelation that he did not want to become an actor.

“I was looking for work. It wasn’t about TV or films. There wasn’t any such de marcation for me. So, the Tv thing just hap pened to me. And I started doing more work with the time and then started do ing films as well.”

The Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki actor stated discipline and honesty in life and work as the two things that have managed to keep him relevant in today’s time in a very dynamic industry.

“I think goodwill also plays a major part. If you think only about yourself as an ac tor, it is one thing. But it helps when you can em pathise with the makers and un derstand their side as well. So, yes, it is also the reputa tion that helps,” he stated.

Elli's sweet gesture

he gorgeous Elli AvrRam’s versa tile acting in her Tamil debut Naanu Varuvean has already captivated the audience's heart. Elli, belongs to Sweden and has had her share of struggles here when she was in India an elderly man took care of her and she regards him as her Indian father. Recently she took him to watch her released film 'Goodbye.' This gesture by her is winning hearts and every one has nothing but praise for the diva.

Elli penned, "Last night, watched Goodbye with the uncle who’s been my Indian father from day one as I moved to India and named me Krish na-Elli It truly warmed my heart watching uncle laugh so much, enjoy ing my performance and this film!! Total #bliss moment."

Hailey-Selena hail friendship

Although Hai ley Bieber and her hus band’s ex-girl friend Selena Gomez have never said any thing wrong about each other, their fans have always been at war with each other.

But the two women have shown that wom en do not tear other women down as they cosily posed for the cameras.

Hailey and Selena attended The Acade my Museum Gala in Los Angeles over the weekend where the two posed for the cam eras as they sat togeth er very closely dressed in matching black.

The image was clicked by Tyrell Hampton who then posted it on his Insta gram account along

with the caption, “Plot twist” referring tow their alleged feud. The post received a lot of attention and had everyone reunited in applauding the wom en for this beautiful gesture.

A source close to singer Justin Bieber stated his reaction to the now viral photos from the event. The source said, “Justin is

Jaya's outburst at paps

Jaya Bachchan is great in front of the camera but not in front of the shutterbugs. The actor is infamous for her angry outbursts at paparazzi and is also known for her rude behaviour towards them. Another such video has become vi ral where the veteran diva said she hopes the paps fall when one of them tumbled while shooting her.

While coming out of the venue, the paps were clicking their pictures as they were walking away. As one of the reporters tum bled while

she immediately stat ed, "serves you well." She added, "I hope you double and fall." She was even seen asking the paparazzi which organisation they be long to. When the on line media reporters started naming their pages, she questioned, "Yeh konse akbaar

Amirotsav: A tribute to Kalarishi Amirchand

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ation First Col lective, a divi sion of Creative Collective Trust, organised a cultural program titled "Amirot sav" on the death anni versary of "Kala Rishi" Amirchand, General Secretary of Sanskar Bharti, it is noteworthy that Amirchand died last year in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. Fa mous Marathi director, Shri Rajdutt, film direc tor Subhash Ghai, fa mous actor, singer and MP Manoj Tiwari, for mer director of Nation al School of Drama Pad mashree Vaman Kend ra and many other dig nitaries were present at this festival.

Akashaditya Lama convenor of Nation First Collective said “As a tribute to the late Kala Rishi, Nation First Col lective (NFC) has insti tuted an award in the name of Amirchand, which will be held every year starting this year for great achievers from the cultural field.” And this year the award was given to the eminent Tarpa player, Bhikalya Ladkya Dhinda from the Warli tribal tribe of Maharashtra, along with a book based on the biography of Amir chand was also released.

Addressing the "Ami rotsav" organised on the first death anniversary of Amirchand, All India Sanskar Bharati Sanga than Mantri Abhijit

Gokhale said that "this is not a condolence meet ing but a festival because Amirchand was a wor shiper of grandeur and he has given his whole life in restoring art".

Therefore, it would be a true tribute to him to or ganise such celebrations every year in his honour.

Senior Marathi direc tor Rajdutt said, "Amirchand has not gone anywhere but his thoughts and guidance are and will always be with us."

While addressing the festival, Vaman Kendre said that Amirchand used to say that only through art and culture India will become a Vishwaguru, Subhash Ghai said that he is de voted to his other works since meeting Amir chand, Along with this, Manoj Tiwari said that in the context of culture mapping, a great work was done in the form of financial assistance for the combination and

promotion of artists, es pecially during the Co rona period, with the vision of Amirchand.

The program featured cultural performances by singer Sanjeev Kohli, Dance Exponent Ra jshree Shirke and even ing award winner as well as Tarpa player, 86-year-old Bhikalya Ladakya Dhinda, Padma Shri film maker Priyadar shan, Actor Anu pam Kher, Padma Shri classical singer, Wasi fuddin Dagar, Santoor player, Abhay Sapori, Padma Shri singer, Anup Jalota, President of Sangeet Natak Aka demi, Dr Sandhya Pure cha, Flute player Chetan Joshi, IGNCA Member Secretary, Satchidanand Joshi, (Barrister and daughter of former In formation and Broad casting Minister), Flute Actors from different walks of culture like Swaraj and many more prominent names.

Yashoda starring Samantha to release on November 11th

an Indian Ac tress Samantha's next 'Yashoda' is all set to release in Telugu, Tamil, Kan nada, Malayalam and Hindi on November 11th. Aiming to an nounce the release date uniquely, the movie team made fans re veal the release date, in an interest ing pixel campaign.

Thousands of fans par ticipated in this and revealed the poster in less than 30 mins.

Speaking on the occa sion, producer Sivalenka Krishna Pras ad says, "Yashoda is a new-age action thriller. Our mov

ie has a balanced quo tient of mystery and emotions with gripping elements for audiences.

On the whole, it's an edge-of-the-seat thriller.

Playing the titular role, Samantha put her blood & sweat into the action scenes. You will wit ness an entirely new dimension of Manisharma's background music. We haven't compromised on the technical and production values of the film. With a lavish budget, we wrapped the shoot in 100 days. Audi ences who love new-age cinema will definitely be thrilled to watch Yashoda. Watch it in theatres Worldwide on November 11th, 2022"

ASHISH TIWARI cityfirst.mumbai@firstindia.co.in

Manav Gohil

Atul Gangwar, Abhijit Gokhale, Manoj Tiwari, Rajdutt , Subhash Ghai, Ratan Sharda and Akash Aditya Lama

Selena Gomez

Hailey Baldwin Bieber with Selena Gomez

Poster of the movie

Jaya Bachchan

Manoj Tiwari, Subhash Ghai and Tarpa Vadak honouring the 86 year old instrument.

Raj Dutt , Atul Gangwar, Subhash Ghai and Abhijit Gokhale paying tribute

Elli AvRam