First India-Delhi Edition-23rd November 2022

BHARAT24’S SHIKHAR SAMMAN IN RAIPUR

CM BHUPESH BAGHEL FELICITATES EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS OF CHHATTISGARH

Raipur: In continua tion to its special initia tive that recognises and encourages individuals who are making ex traordinary contribu tion towards the Vision of New India, Bharat24 organised Chhattisgarh Shikhar Samman in Raipur on Monday to felicitate such extraor dinary individuals from the state.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editorin-Chief, Bharat24, be lieves “States make the Nation” and Shikhar

CELEBRATING ROZGAR MELA 2.0!

71,056

New Delhi: PM Naren dra Modi on Tuesday distributed 71,056 ap pointment letters to newly inducted recruits of Rozgar Mela via vid eo conference and said that it shows the gov ernment’s commitment to providing govern

ment jobs to the youth.

Addressing the event, PM Modi said that schemes like ‘Make in India’ or ‘Vocal for Lo cal’ are creating em ployment and self-em ployment opportunities in the country. In his address the PM men tioned PLI scheme as a great source of new em

ployment opportuni ties, under this scheme, it is expected to create 60 lakh new employ ment opportunities.

PM Narendra Modi also launched the Kar mayogi Prarambh mod ule - online orientation course for all new ap pointees at Rozgar Mela via video conference.

You are getting this new responsibility in a special era. The country has entered Amrit Kaal. We the citizens have taken the resolution to make India a developed nation in this duration. To attain this resolution, you’re going to be the ‘saarthi’ of the country.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

MAN HELD FOR HOAX CALL ON THREAT TO PM

Mumbai: A 38-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday, a day after he called the Mumbai police warning that “two henchmen of notori ous gangster Dawood Ibrahim were tasked to kill PM Narendra Modi”.

An inquiry into 7 audio messages left on the Mumbai Traffic Police’s WhatsApp helpline num ber revealed that man--a West Bengal native--was mentally unstable. He was laid off from his job in Kerala four months ago and also recently lost his brother, police said, adding that further inves tigation is underway.

HIGH-STAKE MCD POLLS

Congress ‘insulted’ Sardar Patel: Shah

Khambhat (ANI): Un ion Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that Congress did everything possible to “insult” Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and it has started praising

him only now in view of Gujarat Assembly polls. Even last rites of coun try’s first deputy PM were performed in “un ceremonious” way, he said at an election rally at Khambhat. Shah fur ther said that it was PM Modi who paid a real tribute to Patel by con structing Statue of Uni ty, Patel’s statue which is the tallest monument.

Friend says Aaftab, kin likely had an agenda

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Khandelwal

Jaipur: Amid ongoing probe of brutal murder of Shraddha Walker by her live-in partner Aaft ab Poonawalla. Shrad dha’s friend Rajat Shuk la on Tuesday said since 2018 not everything was good with Shradhha’s end. “She would not talk much, and would stay alone most of the time,” he said, adding, Shrad hha was trying her best

BJP’S UNION MINISTERS, CHIEF MINISTERS TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR IN BIG SUNDAY CAMPAIGN

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Last Sun day, led by party chief JP Nadda, Union minis ters including Rajnath Singh and Hardeep Sin gh Puri, and chief min isters of BJP-ruled As sam, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh took part in roadshows in 14 areas of Delhi.

Next Sunday, a string of Union ministers and chief ministers will be going door to door seek ing support for party candidates in the MCD

polls. The BJP’s massive voter outreach drive on

Sunday will be held in all the 250 municipal wards across the nation al capital, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said.

“The drive to be launched on Sunday is aimed at reaching out to people with the help of more than one lakh party leaders and work ers accompanying the Union ministers and chief ministers,” Gupta said. “The party will reach out to more than one crore voters in Del hi through the cam

paign,” he added.

Gupta said the public outreach campaign will start at 8am and con clude at 10pm on Sun day. The party leaders will visit every house hold in their designated wards, he added.

“The campaign is go ing on in a very organ ised manner and all the candidates are getting a huge support from the general public. Now the party is laying an em phasis on direct public outreach,” Gupta said.

to get out of relation ship but could not due to threats from Aaftab. ‘It is most likely that Aaft ab came with an agenda, else why would his fam ily leave their house,’ Rajat said. Full report on P6

‘HEAT OF THE MOMENT’

New Delhi: Aaftab Amin Poonawala who allegedly killed his girlfriend Shraddha Walkar, on Tuesday told a Delhi court that he murdered his girl friend in the “heat of the moment”. The Sa ket court extended the police custody of Aft ab Poonawala to four more days after he was produced before the court via video conferencing in a spe cial hearing.

BJP National President JP Nadda greeted by Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta as he arrives for a party meeting for the MCD elections, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI

PIL to transfer case to CBI dismissed

Aaftab undergoes polygraph test

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed with cost a PIL seeking transfer of investigation in the Shraddha Walkar murder case from the Delhi Police to the CBI.

test on Aaftab was done on Tuesday eve ning after a city court gave permission to Delhi Police, while investigators found more evidence, including blood stains in the flat. P3

Mumbai: Mumbai Cyber Crime files a chargsheet against actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra & others in connection with case of producing and streaming pornographic content.

Jakarta: The death toll has risen to 252 in earthquake which occured on Monday afternoon at the main island of Java, Indonesia. Officials said that 31 are still missing, 377 were injured.

Srinagar: BSF troops foil 2 infiltration bids by Pakistani intruders along the IB in J&K’s Arnia sector. In the process, one was shot dead and another was arrested, police said.

Bareilly: Rampur’s MP/MLA court in UP on Tuesday granted regular bail to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a 2019 hate speech case on the condition of furnishing 2 bail bonds of

New Delhi: Northern Army commander LG Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday said that Indian Army is ready to execute any order given by GoI, including taking back Pak-occupied J&K. He added, if ceasefire is broken by Pak at any time, we will give them a befitting reply

Shah dares Khambhat, Congress candidate, to produce any pic of him paying tributes to Patel at the Statue of Unity

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a gathering at the Tharad (Banaskantha) public meeting in Gujarat on Tuesday.

Gajraj Singh and Saloni

Rajat Shukla, a close friend of the victim, Shraddha Walker.

Priyanka Kaushal and Devesh Tiwari

Samman continues to recognize extraordi nary individuals from

various walks of life from various states for their exemplary work.

CM Bhupesh Baghel, Chief Guest, honoured the winners from differ

ent sectors for their ex emplary work with the coveted trophy of Shi

khar Samman. In a oneon-one interaction with Executive Editor and

Senior Anchor Miman sa Malik, Baghel talked about current challeng

es and work he is doing towards holistic devp of the state.

Chief Business Officer and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi, Executive Editor & Senior Anchor Mimansa Malik felicitate Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel along with Senior Editor Syed Umar at Bharat24’s Chhattisgarh Shikhar Samman in Sayaji Hotel, Raipur on Monday.

Chief Business Officer and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi and Senior Editor Syed Umar greet exCM Dr Raman Singh as Executive Editor and Senior Anchor Mimansa Malik looks on, on Monday.

Shillong: Meghalaya has sus pended mobile internet services in 7 districts of the state for 48 hours after 6 persons including 1 Assam forest official were killed in firing in Mukroh in West Jaintia Hills on the border between 2 states on Tuesday.

First India Bureau

Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributes

appt letters to new ‘saarthis’

PM launches Karmayogi Prarambh module - online course for the new appointees

PM Narendra Modi addressing programme of distribution of over 71,000 appt letters to newly inducted recruits under ‘Rozgar Mela’, via VC, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Also seen here is MoS Dr Jitendra Singh.

Indian team poses for a group picture with the trophy at McLean Park, in Napier on Tuesday.

Body in suitcase: Woman was shot twice, post-mortem finds

Mathura (PTI): The post-mortem on the young woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the Yamuna Expressway here re vealed two shots were fired at her, police said on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old wom an, Ayushi Yadav, was allegedly killed by her father as the parents were unhappy over her inter-caste marriage, according to the police.

Acting Senior Super intendent of Police Martand Prakash Sin gh told newspersons the woman’s father was nabbed on Sunday and her mother the next day considering her an equal partner in the crime after the recov ery of the revolver used in the crime, and the car in whcih the body was carried.

The post-mortem ex amination on the wom an, a resident of Delhi,

was conducted by a panel of three doctors. It found two bullets were fired at her one of which pierced through her chest and the other got stuck in her head, police said, adding the post-mortem was also videographed.

According to the po lice, Ayushi had mar ried her classmate Chhatrapal Gurjar, a

resident of Bharatpur, a year ago at the Arya Sa maj temple. Her father Nitesh Yadav and moth er Brajbala were very upset over this.

The police have also retrieved their mar riage certificate from her house.

After getting mar ried, she used to go to her husband’s place whenever she wanted,

and her parents were worried this was harm ing their social status.

She had returned from her husband’s place on Thursday also, the day of the incident and the father killed her with his revolver in a fit of rage, while the mother supported her husband in this, accord ing to the police.

The police said the

PARENTS UPSET OVER ‘HARM TO SOCIAL STATUS’

A yushi had mar ried her classmate Chhatrapal Gurjar, a resident of Bharatpur, a year ago at the Arya Samaj temple. After get ting married, she used to go to her husband’s place whenever she wanted, and her parents were worried this was harming their social sta tus. She had returned from her husband’s place on Thursday also, the day of the incident.

parents initially tried a lot to convince Ayushi, but she maintained that since she was an adult, she could take her deci sions. The family could never reconcile with this.

Singh said Ayushi was a final-year student of BCA at Delhi Global School of Technology and was very good in studies.

‘Spend time with son’: HC to Ukrainian woman

New Delhi (PTI): In an endeavour to re-unite a three-year-old child, who was allegedly ille gally brought to India by his father, with his Ukrainian mother and sister, the High Court on Tuesday asked the family to spend some time together so the boy could bond with them.

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Amit Sharma asked the family—the child, his parents and sister—to spend time together till 4 PM at the court’s cr che and appear before the court on Wednesday.

As the minor boy’s mother and sister, who have come here from Ukraine, tried to speak to the child in the court, he did not give any posi tive response.

When the woman al leged the child, who was in his father’s lap, had been tutored, the bench said he was too young to be tutored.

The child’s mother

earlier informed the court she and her for mer husband, an Indi an, were divorced and though the minor’s cus tody was granted to her by a court in the east European country, the man took the boy away without informing her.

At the outset, the bench asked the man to give the child to his mother so he could spend some time with her and his sister.

As the man said he has no issues if the woman meets the child, the court said, “You

DCPCR issues notice after boy beaten up by constable

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has is sued a notice to the po lice after a 15-year-old boy was allegedly beat en up by a constable in the Govindpuri area.

The commission said it has received a com plaint from a resident of Nehru Camp in Kalkaji that his son was assaulted by a constable of the Govindpuri po lice station around 8 pm on Monday.

The man alleged his son was slapped by the constable in front of all

Girl injured as car hits school van in G Noida

Noida (PTI): A sevenyear-old student suf fered minor injuries af ter a school van carry ing about half a dozen children was hit by a car in Greater Noida on Tuesday, police said.

The incident took place in the afternoon at the Bhatta rounda bout in the Surajpur police station area when the children were returning home in the

Maruti Eeco after school, a police official said.

“There were six to seven children in the vehicle. One girl, aged 7, suffered minor injuries in the incident. Her par ents reached the spot after which she was taken to a hospital for treatment. Her condi tion is stable now,” a police spokesperson said.

the neighbours at Nehru Camp. He claimed that the boy was locked inside the police booth, thrashed with a baton and later sent home.

NHRC notice to Haryana chief secy, DGP over rape allegation against inspector

New Delhi (PTI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday said it has is sued notices to the Har yana government and the state’s police chief over reports of a wom an being allegedly raped by a crime branch inspector in Palwal in lieu of helping her jailed husband.

In its statement, the NHRC said the contents

of the media report, if true, amount to human rights violations by a public servant.

ELECTRIC BATTERIES

crime branch inspector raped a woman in lieu of helping her jailed husband,” it said. Accordingly, it has is sued a notice to the chief secretary and the director general of po lice of Haryana, seek ing reports within six weeks. The report must also contain details for the last one year regard ing such complaints of sexual harassment.

Centre collaborates with CSE to push production

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This initiative was kicked off recently with a round table on appropriate EV batteries that are safe, durable and effective in hot and humid tropical climate

New Delhi (PTI): The Centre’s Department of Science and Technolo gy (DST) and green think tank Centre for Science and Environ ment (CSE) have col laborated to create a platform that will sup port the development of new electric vehicle (EV) batteries to suit Indian requirements.

A white paper will be prepared on a roadmap to develop new battery technologies in India. This would be followed

by the creation of an expert-industry forum or platform to support this process, the CSE said in a statement.

This collaborative initiative was kicked off recently with a round table on locally appropriate EV batter

ies that are safe, dura ble and effective in the hot and humid tropical climate.

Anumita Roychowd hury, executive direc tor-research and advo cacy, CSE, said: “India has been working with FAME and productionlinked incentives to push the EV story, but challenges are abound with regard to cost, safety and charging in frastructure all of which point at gaps in fulfilling the country’s

zero emission ambi tions. The gaps range from concerns relating to safety, supply chain, cost sensitivity and need for quick charging opportunities among others.”

As part of the Nation al Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020, the Department of Heavy Industry formu lated a scheme—Faster Adoption and Manufac turing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in In dia (FAME India).

According to the pan el, it was also alleged that the constable was not in uniform and was in an inebriated state when the alleged inci dent happened.

should not have any problem after all she is the biological mother. She is equally capable of looking after the child. The other one is his sister, you should not have any problem.”

During the day, the counsel for both the parties submitted they are desirous of spend ing some time together so the child can bond with his mother and el der sister.

To the boy’s father, the bench said, “Don’t carry him in your lap all the time.”

Woman jumps to death after fight with husband

Noida (PTI): A 35-yearold woman jumped to death from her 16thfloor apartment in Eco Village-3 society in Greater Noida (West) in the early hours of Tues day, police said. Her husband, who works for a leading me dia house in Noida, told police that they had a fight after dinner on Monday. The couple had been married for four years and had moved to Greater Noida only six months ago. The wom an, a native of Azam garh, was pursuing her PhD from a local pri vate university.

4 students of technical institute arrested for beating dog to death

Video grab of the incident.

New Delhi (PTI): Four students of Don Bosco Technical Institute in Southeast Delhi have been arrested for alleg edly bludgeoning a pregnant street dog to death, police said on Tuesday.

During interroga tion, the accused told the police that the dog used to bark at them whenever they used to play cricket on the insti tute’s ground and this infuriated them.

The accused have been identified as Avi nash Minj (24), a resi dent Khanpur here, An ish Horhoriya (18), a native of Uttarakhand, Rahul Kujur (19) from Jharkhand and Guru vachan (19) from Samb

hal in Uttar Pradesh.

Police said the dog was tortured to death on October 30. After a video of the incident surfaced on social me dia, police at the New Friends Colony station here registered a case.

The video shows the accused cornering the dog inside a tin shed on the institute’s campus. One of the accused armed with a rod enters the shed while the re maining students egg him on from outside.

The video also shows a person then dragging the dog through the col lege compound.

All the four accused are pursuing ITI. There are no past police re cords against them.

One bullet pierced through her chest and the other got stuck in her head, police say

(R) 21-year-old Ayushi Yadav. (L) The trolley bag in which her body was found.

The CSE building in New Delhi.

DCPCR has asked for CCTV footage of the police station.

The NHRC has taken “suo motu cognisance of a media report that in Palwal, Haryana, a

ARMED AND READY

SWAT team takes part in a mock drill conducted by Delhi Police at Vishwavidyalaya metro station in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

The bench asked the family—the child, his parents and sister— to spend time together till 4pm at the court’s creche.

Not us, Jain massage footage leaked from Tihar: ED to court

Jailed minister’s lawyer says agencies have ‘already put his client on the gallows’

New Delhi (ANI): Ap pearing for ED, advocate Zohaib Hossain denied the allegations by Saty endar Jain’s lawyer that CCTV footage was leaked to media by En forcement Directorate.

Hossain said, “That presuming a leak on our behalf is preposterous. There has been no leak and there will be no leak.”

Advocate Rahul Meh ra, appearing for Jain, submitted that the agen cies have already put his client on the gallows.

“Even Ajmal Kasab got a free and fair trial,” he said. “I am surely not worse than that. All I seek is a fair and free trial. Please look at the kind of media reports that are running against him and that is in their interest,” Mehra sub mitted to the court.

Rahul Mehra also showed screenshots of prominent channels running reply copy con tent in this case. Mehra says the matter is al ready pending

this court but it’s again

‘MASSEUR NOT PHYSIOTHERAPIST, PRISONER IN RAPE CASE’

New Delhi: The mas seur who was seen in video footage giving a massage to jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain is not a physiotherapist, but an inmate who is lodged in the Tihar Jail in a rape case,

Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had claimed that Jain was receiving physi otherapy following a spi nal injury and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of doing “cheap” politics on health is sues by illegally leaking CCTV footage. However,

Kejriwal, Sisodia misleading ppl: Alka Lamba on Tihar case

New Delhi (PTI): Con gress spokesperson Alka Lamba on Tues day accused Chief Min ister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia of “misleading” the people amid fresh allegations related to the video purportedly showing Delhi minister Satyendar Jain getting a massage in Tihar jail.

Lamba urged the eight women MLAs of Delhi’s ruling party and DCW Chairman Swati Maliwal to hold a press conference and ques tion senior leaders of

the party over the mat ter.

The Congress spokes person alleged the AAP, which came to power with a promise of bring ing a change, has now compromised with the security of the entire

Tihar jail.

“We all have seen the footage in the Delhi Tihar jail where Saty ender Jain was seen get ting a massage. When caught, AAP Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia re marked that he is seri ously unwell and was receiving physiothera py from a physiothera pist. But later Tihar Jail officials have revealed that he was no physio therapist but an inmate arrested for raping chil dren,” she said.

sources claimed the man, seen giving Jain a massage in the videos, was a prisoner named Rinku. “He is lodged in jail in connection with a rape case and sections of the Pocso Act. Rinku is not a physiotherapist,” the sources said.

Not getting proper food, have lost 28 kg weight: Jain

New Delhi (ANI): Jailed Minister Satyen dar Jain on Tuesday submitted before the trial court that he has not been getting proper food and medical checkup in Tihar Jail and has lost around 28 kg weight in custody.

Jain’s counsel Rahul Mehra alleged Enforce ment Directorate was leaking sensitive infor mation to media despite order of the court and undertaking given. “I am defamed every single minute by their act,” Jain said.

“I have lost 28 kg in jail. Is this what a privi leged person in jail gets? I’m not even getting proper food. What privi lege are they talking about? No prison rules are violated if an under trial is pressing my hand or feet,” Jain added.

Kejriwal should dismiss Jain, apologise: BJP

New Delhi (PTI): The BJP demanded on Tues day that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wal should apologise to the nation and dismiss his jailed minister Saty endar Jain over fresh allegations related to a massage video.

At a press meet, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia dared Kejriwal to respond to the fresh allegations “within an hour”. He termed the AAP an “’arajak apara dhi’ party (anarchist criminal party)”, accus ing it of defending the wrongdoing in the jail.

AAP plans magic shows, 1,000 nukkad sabhas

New Delhi (PTI): The AAP plans to go fullthrottle with its second phase of campaigning from Wednesday with music and magic shows, street plays, and 1,000 street-corner meetings by star campaigners to woo voters for the De cember 4 Delhi civic polls.

During the first

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BJP accused AAP of ‘bribe in exchange of tickets’. It also said Mukesh Goel demanded Rs 1-cr from an engineer for giving gifts to party leaders

phase, Aam Aadmi Par ty candidates held marches, public meet ings and door-to-door

“Kejriwal is already at the helm of affairs in Delhi Govern ment. Now the party will be in power in MCD too. It is my appeal to people that every ward has an AAP councillor. Once that happens, we will resolve all your issues. BJP kept on fooling you by making hollow promises for 15 years. We will finish all that work in five years,” Rai said.

campaigns under the theme ‘MCD me bhi Ke jriwal’.

The party’s Delhi

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The BJP’s strategy against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the MCD polls has been crafted by the party’s national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, according to media reports.

Santhosh, who is also the RSS pointsman in the BJP, told his party colleagues that corrup tion charges against AAP leaders and the AAP-led government in

unit convener Gopal Rai on Tuesday said the AAP will hold 1,000 ‘Nukkad Sabhas’ from

November 23 in all the 250 wards of the Mu nicipal Corporation of Delhi till December 2, the day when poll cam paigns will end.

The theme of the sec ond phase of the cam paign will be ‘Kejriwal ki Sarkar, Kejriwal ka Paarshad’ (Kejriwal’s government, Kejriwal’s councillor).

MCD POLL RUN-UP

Aaftab’s polygraph done; blood stains found in flat

New Delhi (PTI): Poly graph test on Aaftab Amin Poonawala was conducted on Tuesday evening after a city court gave permission to Delhi Police, while investiga tors found more evi dence, including blood stains in the flat where both lived.

Earlier in the day, Poonawala told a Delhi court, which extended his police remand by four days, that he acted in “heat of the moment” and it was not “deliber ate”, according to Abi nash Kumar, the lawyer representing him. Ku mar later said Poonawa la “never confessed in court that he killed Walkar”.

Sources said a ques tionnaire was prepared for the test so that the sequence of events in the gruesome killing can be ascertained.

After the polygraph test, police are likely to go for the narco analysis which was permitted by the court last week.

Police have not found Walkar’s severed head and other body parts and are hoping to find clues to recover key evi dence, including the

DEBT-RIDDEN MAN STRANGLES WIFE TO DEATH IN DELHI’S HARSH VIHAR

New Delhi(PTI): A 35-year-old man was arrested for alleg edly killing his wife in northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar area, police said on Tuesday. According to police, the couple had accumulated heavy debts and had had a fight before the killing took place. On Sunday around 8.10 am, police received a call from a man who said he had killed his wife, they said.

murder weapon, that could firm up their case.

Sources said during police questioning, the accused said he dumped

When police went to the couple’s Sushila Garden house, they found a woman, later identi fied as Archana, lying unconscious on the floor inside a room on their second floor flat. She was rushed to a hospital where she was declared dead, police said. She was 30. Yo gesh Kumar, Archana’s husband, who was in the house, was appre hended, police said.

Delhi were “sticking” and that the BJP should, therefore, focus on rak ing up these allegations in the run up to the civic

elections.

Santhosh gave these instructions at a meet ing on 5 November (fol lowed by a core commit

HC seeks LG’s stand on Jasmine Shah’s plea against sealing ofc

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi HC has sought the stand of the lieutenant gover nor on DDCDvice chair man Jasmine Shah’s challenge to the order restraining him from discharging his duties and sealing his office.

Justice Yashwant Varma listed the case for

‘LIQUOR SCAM’ IS BJP’S FOCUS

further consideration on November 28 and asked the counsel ap

pearing for the LG and other respondents to make submissions on that date.

Shah has challenged the November 17 order by Director (Planning), Delhi government, on the LG’s request to CM Kejriwal to remove him from his post.

chaired another meet ing with party leaders on November 7.

tee meeting on 14 No vember), which was at tended by BJP’s Delhi in-charge Baijayant Panda, national secre

and Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, among others. BJP national president JP Nadda, meanwhile,

While the meeting was in the context of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election, cornering the AAP with corruption allegations is also expected to help the BJP in the Gujarat polls in which Kejri wal’s party is seeking to emerge as the BJP’s principal challenger.

According to a party source, the feedback that the central leader

ship has received is that the municipal elections are going to be a ‘closecontest’ and, hence, it has been chalking out different strategies to ensure it is able to beat the anti-incumbency of three terms.

After several brain storming sessions over the past week, the BJP decided to hold press conferences every day on the issue of corrup tion and misgovern ance by the AAP gov ernment.

before

leaked. Special Judge Vikas Dhull listed the matter

for November 28. Court noted that Additional Solicitor General SV

Raju leading the matter for ED, is not present for personal reasons.

A CCTV video shows Satyendar Jain getting a massage inside Tihar Jail, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI

sources said on Tuesday. Deputy

the weapon and tools, used to chop Walkar’s body, at DLF Phase III forest area in Gurgaon after May.

Police along with Aftab Poonawalla leave from the Forensic Science Laboratory office, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

tary Sunil Deodhar

The BJP’s main focus in the election is the alleged liquor scam to blunt AAP’s anti-cor ruption plank, which the Kejriwal-led party seems to be highlighting in Gujarat as well. The BJP has also been targeting Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over alleged corruption charges related to the excise policy. In October, Sisodia appeared for questioning before the Central Bureau of Investiga tion (CBI) in the excise policy case.

BL SANTHOSH

PERENNIAL BEAUTY

Tourists visit the historic Taj Mahal during World Heritage Week, in Agra on Tuesday.

—PHOTO BY PTI

LG VK Saxena Jasmine Shah

‘WILL RESOLVE ALL YOUR ISSUES’

Alka Lamba

ONE SUN SETS, ANOTHER SURYAKUMAR RISES… LET YOUNG INDIA BLOOM

ROBIN ROY

The writer is Senior Journalist and former Managing Editor, First India

On Sunday, when Suryakumar Yadav hit that scintillating knock of 111 runs against News Zealand in the second T20I of the three-match se ries, he arguably became the finest T20 batter in the world. Suryakumar looked at his (perhaps) best, notching up the 3-digit figure in just 49 deliveries. He was on a song. In fact, the entire team was on a roll and took the shine off the Kiwis in style. It was a massive win.

However, the whole pur pose of this article is not JUST to hail and glorify this young Team India which made the win look so easy, but to remind the vast num ber of cricket fans in the country NOT to be murder ous while criticising the FADING greats. We get better by the day and that is expect ed of us. What Suryakumar can do today was achieved by Rohit Sharma and Virat Koh li too. Greats will be greats forever. We just have to keep in mind that everyday we must set a benchmark for the nation to succeed.

Let’s delve into the future.

The demographic dividend opportunity in India is the longest in the world which is accessible for around five long decades, starting from the year 2005 to 2055.

Owing to the change in demographics and patterns, India is expected to emerge as one of the largest consumer economies in the world

The purpose of this article is to actually make profession als aware of the fact that they need to quit when the time is right. The true legends should not be made to look van quished, struggling for form and fatigued. Once the hardearned respect is gone… it is gone forever. One needs to know when to quit. We all need to realise and age grace fully. There are various stages of life and we can all contrib ute to an institute, organisa tion and the country gainfully. We needn’t hold on or cling onto things like newborns. We need to know when to leave it.

Indians in general have a habit of hanging on in perhaps every field from Bollywood to cricket to politics. We need to give young India their due. In dia’s 1.35-plus billion people make the nation the second most populous country in the entire world and with an aver

DEADLY MICROBES TAKE THEIR TOLL

The purpose of this article is to actually make professionals aware of the fact that they need to quit when the time is right. The true legends should not be made to look vanquished, struggling for form and fatigued. Once the hard-earned respect is gone… it is gone forever. One needs to know when to quit

age age of 29, it has one of the youngest populations globally. As this vast resource of young India joins the workforce, it could create a ‘demographic dividend’. Demographic divi dend is clearly defined by the United Nations Population Fund as economic growth re sulting from a shift in a popula tion’s age structure, mainly when the working-age popula tion is larger than the number of dependents.

We also need to note that with the young India, India is in a vantage position. The overall rate of literacy among young India has increased, with approximately 90 per cent being able to read and write. Coupled with the enor mous network of social me dia and internet penetration, this has created a digitally savvy population all across the nation. With access to the internet and the affordability of smartphones, young India is accessing online resources that encourage learning and acquisition of skills.

SOME QUICK FACTS

As per the National Policy for Skill Development and En trepreneurship, 2015, it was estimated that the average age of the population in In dia by 2020 would be 29 years as against 40 years in the US, 46 in Europe and 47 in Japan. India will account for 20 per cent of the worldwide in crease in the working-age population over the next two decades from the year 2020. World Bank projections show that between 2020 and 2040,

India’s population aged be tween 15 and 59 years is ex pected to increase by 134.6 million. That large number of potential workers is a big boon for India’s economic growth, but it is also a chal lenge for policymakers in or der to create new and decent job opportunities.

LOOKING AHEAD

Let’s delve into the future. The demographic dividend opportunity in India is the longest in the world which is accessible for around five long decades, starting from the year 2005 to 2055. Owing to the change in demograph ics and patterns, India is ex pected to emerge as one of the largest consumer econo mies in the world.

The surge in young India will bring about several unique and interesting pos sibilities for the country’s future, in terms of social mo bility, economic growth and even a more inclusive, whole some and diverse cultural network.

The Lancet’s study on deaths caused by bacterial infec tions has flagged the seriousness of the problem in India. The study claims that five bacte ria types claimed 6.8 lakh lives in India in 2019. Glob ally, the study found, bacte rial infections were the sec ond leading cause of deaths after ischemic heart disease in 2019. Among the five path ogens which claimed lakhs of lives in India, E Coli was the deadliest, the study said. These bacteria alone claimed 1.6 lakh lives in 2019. The number of deaths caused by E. coli is surprising as this pathogen is normally consid ered harmless.

The four other bacteria which the Lancet study iden

The Lancet’s study on deaths caused by bacterial infections has flagged seriousness of the problem in India. The study claims that five bacteria types claimed 6.8 lakh lives in India in 2019

tified as big killers in India were: S. pneumoniae (1.4 lakh), K. pneumoniae (1.3 lakh), S. aureus (1.2 lakh) and A. baumanii (1.1 lakh). The study shows the challenge before govt, health authori ties to deal with these micro bial killers. E. coli, which is caused by contaminated wa

ter and food, especially raw vegetables, turns life threat ening in children & older peo ple causing kidney failure. Bacteria which requires closer attention of hospital authorities is A. baumanii. It may have caused fewer fa talities than E. coli and the two pneumonia causing bac teria but occurs mostly in healthcare settings. Those at risk include patients on ven tilators in hosps, those who have catheters, are in inten sive care units, have open wounds from surgery or those who are hospitalised for prolonged periods. Lancet has done yeoman’s service by drawing attention to dangers posed by these bacteria. Needed now is closer moni toring, better healthcare, cleaner hospitals, awareness.

CONTROVERSIES CHASE QATAR AS SOCCER KEEPS FANS ENTERTAINED

protests

silent on-

the protesters in their country. “I think for what we Europeans have been doing the last 3,000 years we should be apologising for next 3000 years before start ing to give moral lessons to peo ple”. Infantino recalled his own experience and said that he knew what “it means to be dis criminated, to be bullied, as a foreigner in a foreign country. As a child I was bullied because I had red hair and freckles, plus I was Italian so imagine”.

Infantino’s outburst was over the controversy on Qatar’s ban on display of LGBTQ commu nity’s symbols by players or spectators. The authorities have been strict in enforcing the ban despite criticism.

The event has not been short on soccer entertainment. The Saudis beating Argentina 2-1 proved that.

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Nitin Gadkari

@nitin_gadkari

Our country is a country of youth, our youth power has proved its mettle all over the world. The Government of India under the leadership of the Prime Minister is committed to build a New India with the talent and energy of the country’s youth. #RozgarMela

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia @JM_Scindia

Respectful salutations to Veerangana Jhalkari Bai ji, the commander of the women’s contingent ‘Durga Dal’ in Rani Laxmi Bai’s army on her birth anniversary. Today offered floral tributes to his statue and worshiped his feet.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

Arise, slay thy enemies, enjoy a prosperous kingdom.

Bhagavad Gita

IFA World Cup at Qa tar started off with the soccer body’s president Giani In fantino ridiculing the West for its hypocrisy and controversies over ban on LG BTQ community and

field

by Iranian players to express solidarity with

AAP will lose as it is ‘banner-based’ party: Nadda

Guj CM Patel can not even change his peon: Kejriwal

Devbhumi Dwarka (PTI): AAP leader

Arvind Kejriwal on Tues day said Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel can not even appoint his peon.

Ahmedabad (PTI): BJP president JP Na dda on Tuesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be defeated in Gujarat polls as it is a “banner-based party” as against the BJP which is cadre-based.

AAP leaders will leave Gujarat once the elec tions are over, he claimed, speaking at a campaign rally in Shehra town of Panchmahal district.

1,621 CANDIDATES IN FRAY FOR GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Ahmedabad (PTI): A total of 1,621 candidates are left in the fray for the next month’s Guja rat Assembly elections after the deadline for the withdrawal of nom inations got over.

For the 93 seats where elections would be held in the second phase, there are 833 candidates in the fray, said a release from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

“The AAP lost in Ut tar Pradesh, Uttara khand and Goa in the recent past. And its can didates will lose depos its in all 67 seats it has contested in Himachal Pradesh. They will meet the same fate in Gujarat,” said Nadda.

Voting for Shehra and 92 other seats will take place on December 5, in

The last day of with drawal for the second

the second phase of the Assembly elections.

“AAP will lose be cause it is a bannerbased party which can only paste banners dur ing the polls while we are a cadre-based party

phase was Monday. As many as 788 candi dates are in the fray for 89 seats that will go to

which believes in serv ing people,” he said.

He also accused the Congress of shedding “crocodile tears” for Other Backward Class es and tribals. “But it is the BJP under PM Nar

VP Dhankhar hosts fourth dinner for Rajya Sabha MPs

New Delhi (PTI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday hosted a group of Rajya Sabha members for dinner at the Upa Rash trapati Niwas here, the fourth such reception he has hosted since tak ing office on August 11.

Union Minister L Murugan, Nationalist Congress Party’s Praful Patel, Congress’ Rajiv Shukla and BJP’s Sushil Modi were among those present for the dinner, sources said.

Dhankhar is likely to host two more din ners before the Winter Session of Parliament, which begins on De cember 7 and con cludes on December 29.

This will be his first session as the presid ing officer of the Rajya Sabha.

Dhankhar has been asking the members for their suggestions on ways to reduce dis ruptions in House pro ceedings and improve productivity, officials said.

the polls in the first phase of elections.

The ruling BJP has fielded candidates on all

endra Modi which has actually changed your condition on the ground. It was Modi who made an Adivasi woman the Pres ident of this country for the first time,” he said.

“Congress always

182 seats, while Congress has fielded candidates on 179 seats while it allocat ed three seats to the NCP) as part of a pre-poll lliance. But with the NCP candidate withdrawing his nomination for Dev gadh Baria seat, the par ty is contesting two seats.

The AAP fielded can didates on all 182 seats, but its candidates with drew his nomination from the Surat East seat, so it will end up contesting 181 seats.

played politics with the OBCs. Though several commissions were formed, nothing hap pened. It was Modi who gave constitutional sta tus to the National OBC Commission,’’ he added.

Meanwhile, BJP confident of coming to power in Himachal again

Shimla (PTI): The BJP will return to power in Himachal Pradesh with full majori ty, party’s state chief spokesper son Ran dhir Shar ma claimed Tuesday and termed the Congress’ al legations of a possible horse-trading “baseless”.

He said the Congress leaders are aware that they would face a big de feat and are therefore try ing to divert people’s at tention by talking about EVMs and horse-trading.

Ever since EVMs are be ing used for voting in country, Congress lead ers are blaming the EVMs whenever they are defeated, he claimed.

Speaking at a cam paign rally at Khamb halia in Devbhumi Dwarka district for AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gad hvi, he also alleged that there is secret collusion between the BJP and Congress.

“There are two faces before the people of Gu jarat. One is Isudan Gad hvi and the other is Bhu pendra Patel. Who will you vote for, who will you make chief minis ter?” Kejriwal asked.

Gadhvi is a young, educated man “whose heart beats for the poor” and he is also the son of a farmer, the Delhi chief minister said.

“When he hosted a show on TV, he raised the issues of farmers

BJP TRYING TO WIN IN CONGRESS’S SOMNATH BASTION

Gir Somnath: With weeks to go for Gujarat polls, BJP candidate from Gir Somnath, Mansingh Parmar has exuded con fidence in winning all four seats in the constituency, which the party had lost to Congress in 2017. The caste factor has always dominated Gir Somnath, which why Congress is believed to have won all four constituencies here in the 2017 polls.

IT IS HARDER FOR BJP IN SOUTH GUJARAT THIS TIME

Ahmedabad: The AAP challenge and agitations by local tribals against various govt projects could queer the pitch for the BJP in the south Gujarat region this time. Of the 89 seats going to polls in the first phase of on December 1, as many as 35 seats are spread across the southern districts of Bharuch, Nar mada, Tapi, Dang, Surat, Valsad and Navsari.

and did not indulge in ‘tu-tu-main-main’ (noisy debates). He has worked for the farm ers and dedicated his life for the farmers and un employed youth,” Kejri wal said.

Rahul’s Yatra enters MP today; PGV to join

Bhopal (Agencies): Af ter winding up its Ma harashtra leg, Congress leader Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.

According to party sources, Congess gen eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi will also join the march on the very first day of the yatra in Madhya Pradesh.

Notably, it would be the first time that Pri yanka Gandhi will be joining the yatra. “Con gress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday when it en ters Madhya Pradesh,” senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said.

The Yatra started from Kanyakumari in

Septem

The Yatra will enter its first Hindi heartland state Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday after winding up its Maha

PM gave a sustainable model of governance: MoS

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Union Min ister of State Dr Jiten dra Singh on Tuesday said that Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi has given India a “sustain able” model of govern ance, which has defied the principle of dimin ishing returns as the dividends increase with each passing year.

Taking part in the “Capital Dialogue” pro gramme of a TV Chan nel, Dr Singh said, over the last 20 years, Modi’s governance model has grown stronger with

every new challenge.

Dr Singh said, soon af ter Modi took over as Chief Minister of Guja rat, his first challenge was to overcome and build afresh the devastat ing earthquake in Bhuj and as he completes 20 years as head of govern ment, the latest chal lenge confronted by him was the COVID pandem ic sweeping across the nation of 140 crore peo ple. He said, each of these challenges were handled by providing new ideas, his long hours of intro spection about how to in novate new ideas and his

intimate connection with the ground which enables him to convert every challenge into an opportunity.

On questions about his governance model, he said, ever since Modi

took charge in May, 2014, his first mantra was “Maximum Governance, Minimum Government” and after nearly nine years now, it is “Whole of Govt” approach through integration of schemes

and ideas, rather than working in silos.

He said, transparen cy, accountability and citizen-centricity be came the hallmark of Modi’s Governance Model. He said, within three months after tak ing charge at the Cen tre, one of the first ma jor decisions was to in troduce self-attestation and do away with the practice of getting doc uments attested by ga zetted officer, thus re posing faith in youth of India, which consti tutes 70% below the age of 40 years.

SC TO HEAR BAIL PLEAS OF MICHEL IN AUGUSTAWESTLAND SCAM ON NOV 28

PLEAS CHALLENGING ELECTORAL BOND IN APEX COURT ON DEC 6

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on December 6 Congress’ plea challeng ing a recent notification by which the sale of electoral bonds has been extended by 15 more days in the year of general elections to as semblies of states and UTs.

BOMBAY HC TERMS OPEN MANHOLES AS DEATH TRAPS

NEED A CEC LIKE LATE TN SESHAN: SUPREME COURT

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Constitution has vested enormous powers on the “fragile shoulder” of the chief election commis sioner and the two elec tion commissioners and it wants a CEC of strong character like late TN Seshan. A five-judge Con stitution bench, headed by Justice KM Joseph, said its endeavour is to put a system in place so that the “best man” is selected as the CEC. “There have been numerous CECs and TN Seshan happens once in a while. We have to find the best man for the post. The question is how.”

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will hear on November 28 the bail pleas of Chris tian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam in which CBI and the Enforcement Directorate have lodged two separate cases. A bench said that the two separate bail pleas can be heard on Monday.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday took serious note of open manholes in the city, terming them as “death traps”, and directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to cover these up by Nov 28 and submit report on Dec 1.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with MPs Imran Pratapgarhi and others at the dinner on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI

Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani during the dinner.

BJP chief JP Nadda holds swords during the public meeting at Shehra, in Panchmahal on Tuesday; & JP Nadda greets the party supporters at another rally, in Siddhpur on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI

A formation on an inked marked finger is displayed by teachers with mobile flashlight at Lunsikui Ground, in Navsari on Tuesday. Battleground

Arvind Kejriwal

FALLOUT OF KAMAL NATH-SIKH EVENT ROW? BJY’S NIGHT HALT VENUE IN INDORE SHIFTED

It

would be the first time

that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be joining brother Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

Tamil Nadu on

ber 7. So far, it has tra versed through the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, Telan gana and Maharashtra.

rashtra leg. In the next 13 days, Gandhi will visit Ujjain’s Ma hakaleshwar Temple, offer puja to the holy Narmada river, and go to the birthplaces of tribal leader Tantya Bhil in Khandwa and BR Ambedkar in Indore’s Mhow besides attend ing many other events

Rahul Gandhi takes part in Bharat Jodo Yatra. —FILE PHOTO JOLT TO T’GANA CONG

AS SHASHIDHAR REDDY

QUITS THE PARTY

Hyderabad: Former Minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy resigned from the Congress on Tuesday, four days after the party expelled him for six years following his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The senior leader announced his resignation from primary membership of the party while slamming the state leadership. He is likely to join the BJP soon.

REVOLT BREWING IN TN CONGRESS AGAINST STATE PREZ KS ALAGIRI Chennai: Close on the heels of a group of party workers led by Nanguneri MLA Rubi R Manoharan creating scene at the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) headquar ters Satyamoorthy Bhavan, revolt seems to be brewing in the Tamil Nadu Congress against party state president, KS Alagiri. Sources senior leaders have upped their ante against KS Alagiri.

Indore: Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gan dhi will stay at Chimanbagh Maidan in Indore on November 27 and 28 and not in Khalsa Stadium as planned earlier, a development viewed as the fallout of a row over party veteran Kamal Nath attending a Sikh religious event recently. A police official said on Tuesday the permission for the Yatra’s stay at Chimanbagh Maidan was given based on the application of Congress. In view of the controversy, local BJP leaders had threatened to show black flags if Nath entered the Khalsa Sta dium with Bharat Jodo Yatra. The cross-country foot march recently wound up its Maharashtra leg.

MoS Dr Jitendra Singh takes part in the programme.

She wanted to come out of relationship: Shraddha’s friend

as a student, theater artist and a friend?

Gajraj Singh & Saloni Khandelwal

Jaipur: As the nation is still in shock at bru tal murder of Shrad dha Walkar allegeged ly by her live-in part ner Aaftab Poonawalla, First India had an ex clusive interview with Shraddha’s friend Ra jat Shukla who shared chilling details about the relationship be tween Aaftab and Shraddha, and the like ly intentions behind the gruesome killing.

The excerpts:

z How was Shraddha

I was in regular touch with Shraddha from 2015 to 18 during col lege. We both were pur suing Bachelor’s De gree in Mass Media (BMM) from Viva Col lege in Virar, Mumbai. She was a very active girl with a bold person ality, and was bluntly honest. She was

take part in college programme as a danc er, artiste. It was in 2018 when things start ed looking bad at Shraddha’s end. She would not talk much, and would stay alone.

z Do you think Aaft ab was in touch with other girls than Shraddha?

Aaftab was also seeing other women be hind Shrad dha’s back. I am informed and pretty sure too that he was seen on his ‘intruder’ bike with other girls

CRUCIAL READ

KERALA: PRINCIPAL, 3 GOVT TEACHERS HELD UNDER POCSO CASE

Kochi (ANI): Kerala police arrested a govt school teacher from neighbouring Tamil Nadu dist on Monday on charge of sexually as saulting her plus-one girl student last week. Besides, the school principal and 2 other teachers were also arrested on Monday itself for not reporting the inci dent to the police on time, the police said in a press statement issued here on Tuesday. All of them have been arrested under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

JOINT INSPECTION LIKELY IN SOFT DRINK PLANT GAS LEAK

Kolkata (PTI): A joint in spection is likely at the soft drink manufacturing unit near here following leakage of toxic gas and production activity has been halted as a precautionary measure.

Varun Beverages Ltd, the owner of the unit, claimed there was no fatality or serious illness due to the leakage from the unit on Monday. A police official said, “There is no report of any major injury due to the leakage and the situation was brought under control last night itself.”

ASI TO PROBE VIRAL VIDEO OF MAN OFFERING NAMAZ AT TAJ MAHAL

New Delhi (Agencies): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has instructed to probe the authenticity of a viral video allegedly showing a man deliver ing ‘namaz’ with a woman sitting alongside him in garden area which is said to be inside the Taj Mahal premises. Raj Kumar Patel, the superintending archae ologist for Agra circle of ASI, pointed out: “We have come across a purported video going viral wherein a man is seen offering namaz in the area said to be the premises of the Taj Mahal. “However, there is no certainty about the authenticity of the video particularly because none of our staff at Taj Mahal saw such happening.”

WOMAN DELIVERS BABY ON ROAD IN TIRUPATI TOWN

Tirupati (Agencies): In a shocking incident, a woman delivered a baby on a road near a govern ment hospital in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati town on Tuesday after the hospital staff allegedly denied her admission. The shocking incident occurred in the temple town in front of Tirupati Maternity Hospital. A video has gone viral on social media, showing a man helping the pregnant woman deliver while two women holding a bedsheet to cover her.

HIDDEN CAM IN WOMEN'S TOILET: STUDENT ARRESTED

Bengaluru (Agencies): A college student was arrested for allegedly installing a secret camera in a ladies’ restroom here on Tuesday. According to police, the accused was caught red-handed while fixing the camera. The ar rested student is identified as Shubham M Azad, the student of a private college in Hosakerehalli locality of Bengaluru. Shubham, studying in fifth semester of BBA, had fixed a secret camera in the ladies toilet, the police said.

as a pillion. And would be jealous and inse cure if Shraddha even hung out with her friends.

(Shraddha last talked to Rajat in 2019 when they gave an exam together. But as per Rajat, Shraddha’s behavior was totally different).

“She was very rude,

and wouldn’t talk straight. She was to tally different from the Shraddha I met in college.

Rajat said that in the year 2021, she was in contact with her best friend from college. Shraddha then showed her friend that her back was stubbed out with cigarette burns.

z If any of common friends knew or were in touch with Aaftab? There are many friends of Shraddha who were in regular and close contact with Aaftab. He never seemed like a per son who would have such an extreme crimi nal mindset. People got negative vibes, but it was general. No one thought of him to be this extreme. Aaftab likely came with an agenda, otherwise why would his family leave the house they were staying in for years right before this horri fying news broke out?

z How was Shrad dha’s relationship with her parents?

‘Immense scope to boost India and Cambodia ties’

New Delhi (PTI): De

met his Cambo

counterpart, Gen eral Samdech Pichey Sena TEA Banh, in Siem Reap and said there is “immense scope” to boost defence cooperation between the two countries.

Singh is currently visiting Cambodia to at tend the ASEAN De fence Ministers’ Meet ing (ADMM) Plus and the maiden India-ASE AN Defence Ministers’ meeting.

He arrived at Siem Reap on Monday to cochair the India-ASEAN Defence Ministers’ meeting and attend the 9th ADMM Plus, the de fence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

“Reviewed the full range of India-Cambo dia defence ties during the fruitful meeting

with Cambodia’s Depu ty Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Gen eral Samdech Pichey

tween both the coun tries,” Singh said in a tweet on Monday.

On Tuesday, he shared pictures of his meetings with other leaders on Twitter.

“Insightful delibera tions with Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for De fence, Mr. @Richard MarlesMP on boosting defence ties and deep ening cooperation be tween India and Aus tralia in Siem Reap, Cambodia today,” Singh said in a tweet.

“Delighted to meet the US Secretary of De fence, Mr Lloyd J. Aus tin in Siem Reap. @Sec Def,” he wrote on the microblogging site.

During college, she would stay at home. She wasn’t a hosteller. She was close to her mom but not to her dad. 1.5 years back, when her mother died, Shraddha was in a very vulnerable state.

She was trying her best to get out of the relationship but couldn’t because of threats from Aaftab. In fact in 2021, when things went really hay way, she sought help from her manager. The manager then sent his/her friend to Shraddha’s house to take Shraddha to hos pital as well as the po lice station. The man ager’s friend knew Shradha and Aaftab

both as they lived in the same locality. When they were trying to file a complaint at the police station, Aaft ab called and threat ened her saying that he will end his life and Shraddha, her parents would be blamed. I just know of one instance, there might be many.

z Was Shraddha a girl who’d pressure someone to marry her?

I’m hundred percent sure that Shraddha did not pressurize Aaftab for marriage. No one has said this except for Aaftab. Shraddha real ly wanted to get out of the relationship.

FULL INTERVIEW AT www. firstindia.co.in

6 die as cops open fire at N-E border

Sena TEA Banh in Siem Reap today. There is im mense scope to boost defence cooperation be

Guwahati (Agencies): Six people, five civil ians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following “unpro voked” firing by Assam Police and state forest guards on Tuesday, Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma said.

In another tweet, Sin gh said: “Had a wonder ful interaction with the Defence Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Peeni Henare.”

He said that Assam Police and forest guards entered Mukroh village in West Jaintia Hills District and resorted to “unprovoked” firing, killing the five civilians of Meghalaya.

Sangma said that the Assam Police and forest guards intercepted a truck carrying timber at Mukroh village and after

that, a large number of people from the village reached the spot and sur rounded the police and forest guards leading to the firing by the latter.

Mirzapur, Ayodhaya, Aligarh, Basti commissioners transferred

Ahtesham Siddiqui

Lucknow: On Tuesday, the UP govt transferred 6 IAS officers including the commissioners of Mirzapur, Ayodhya, Ali garh and Basti divisions.

According to the or ders, IAS Gaurav Dayal has been made the new commissioner of Ayod hya division, IAS Yo geshwar Ram Mishra,

who till now served as Commissioner of Mir zapur division, has been made the new commis

WOMEN’S WOES

sioner of Basti division and IAS Navdeep Rinwa has been made commis sioner of Aligarh divi

sion from Ayodhya com missioner. Moreover, IAS Dr. Muthukumaras wamy —MD, Medical

Supplies UP— has been posted as Commission er in charge of Vindhy achal Division, Mir zapur, while IAS Jag dish has been made

Managing Director Ut tar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation.

Additionally, IAS Akhand Pratap Singh serving as as Special Secretary APC has been appointed as Special

Shocking facts about sanitary pads sold in India

functioning of the re productive system.

New Delhi (PTI): High amounts of chemicals linked with heart disor ders, diabetes and can cer, have been found in popular sanitary nap kins sold in India, ac cording to a study done by a Delhi-based envi ronmental NGO.

The study by NGO, Toxics Link, found the presence of phthalates

and volatile organic compounds in a total of ten samples, six inor ganic and four organic sanitary pads available in the market. The find ings were published in a report titled ‘Men strual Waste 2022’.

Exposure to phtha lates have been linked to a variety of health concerns including en

docrine disruption, im pacts to the heart and reproductive systems, diabetes, some cancers, and birth defects.

Exposure to VOCs in creases the risk of brain impairment, asthma, disabilities, certain can cers, and the proper

Highest amounts of phthalates were found in self-proclaimed ‘or ganic’ sanitary nap kins, the study found.

According to the study, all types of sani tary napkins, organic and inorganic, tested positive for the pres ence of phthalates.

Among phthalates, maximum concentra tion was of DIDP, a type of phthalate, at 19,460 microgram/kg (µg/kg)

in a self-claimed organ ic pad. Concentrations of a combination of phthalates were found to be 0.0321 and 0.0224 gram in an organic and an inorganic sample, respectively, which is greater than 0.1% by the weight of the prod uct mandated under EU regulations, study said.

The study recom mends regulations and schemes to promote sub stitution or reduction in the use of these chemi cals in the products.

Secretary, Home De partment while IAS Go vind Raju NS, who was the commissioner of Basti, has been relieved to go on State Govern ment Inter State Cadre Deputation. He is going to Bangalore ISRO.

The officers are say ing that in view of the municipal elections, a lot of changes are being made in bureaucracy.

`100 cr unaccounted transactions detected

First India Bureau

New Delhi:

Aaftab Poonawalla and Shraddha Walkar

Rajat Shukla

fence Minister Rajnath Singh

dian

The In come Tax Department on Tuesday said it has unearthed unaccounted transactions exceeding Rs 100 crore during searches on a few groups engaged in jew ellery and real estate business across the country in connection with alleged tax eva sion. According to an official, on November 17, the searches were carried out in more than 30 locations spread

across Patna, Bhagal pur, Dehri-on-Sone, Lucknow and Delhi.

High amounts of harmful chemicals found in sanitary napkins sold in the country, reveals a latest study

Defence Minister Rajnath meet his Cambodian counterpart in Siem Reap

Rajnath Singh with Defence Minister of Vietnam General Phan Van Giang, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Insightful deliberations with Aus tralia’s Dy PM and Defence Minis ter, Mr. @RichardMarlesMP on boosting defence ties and deepening coopera tion between India and Australia in Siem Reap today. —Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister

(L to R) IAS officers Gaurav Dyal, Muthukumaraswamy B, Yogeshwar Ram, Govindaraju NS, Navdeep Rinwa

Assam Police and forest guards had intercepted a truck carrying timber at Mukroh village.

Megha laya Govt strongly condemned the in cident where the Assam Police and Assam forest guards entered Meghalaya and resorted to unpro voked firing.

—Conard K Sangma, Meghalaya Chief Minister

BRIEFS

India-UK trade pact high on priority: Goyal

Mumbai : The asset base of non-banking financial companies has scaled past `54 lakh crore as of March 2022, constituting almost a quarter of the balance sheet of the com mercial banking sector, Union Minister Bhagwat Krishanrao Karad said on Tuesday. It can be noted that since the fall of the two major non-banking fi nancial companies (NBF Cs) — IL&FS and Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) — the shadow banking industry was in a long crisis. —PTI

New Delhi (PTI): The pro posed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK is a high priority for both the countries and the next round of negotiations for the pact is slated to hap pen next month, commerce and industry minister Pi yush Goyal said on Tuesday.

He said that things are progressing well and it will yield good results.

“We are all very well aware that it was progress ing very fast until we had a little bit of a blip because of political happenings in the other country. Fortu nately, we have a stable gov ernment. I believe in office now (in the UK) and I am already in touch with my (UK) counterpart. We are working together to possi bly have an in person meet ing also very soon but our teams are already engaged. Next month, the next round of negotiations are slated to happen,” Goyal said.

OZ PARLIAMENT APPROVES FTA WITH INDIA

Panel may recommend 28% GST on online gaming

New Delhi (PTI): The pan el of state finance minis ters is likely to recommend a uniform GST levy of 28 28% on online gaming ir respective of whether it is a game of skill or game of chance, sources said.

FARMERS’ BODIES ASK GOVT

‘Lift export ban on wheat, other agri items’

New Delhi (PTI): In a prebudget consultation with the finance ministry, farm ers’ organisations on Tues day asked the government to lift ban on exports of agri items like wheat and restrict import of products that cost below the mini mum support price (MSP). They also demanded that the government should fo cus on increasing domestic output of local oilseeds such as soyabean, mustard, groundnut and sunflower, instead of palm.

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

z Farmers’ organisations asked the govt to lift ban on exports of agri items like wheat and restrict import of products that cost below the MSP

z They also demanded that the government should focus on increasing domestic output of local oilseeds such as soyabean, mustard

New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital rose `30 to `52,731 per 10 grams on Tuesday amid appreciation in rupee, ac cording to HDFC Securi ties. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had touched `52,701 per 10 grams. Silver also climbed `856 to `61,518/kg. The rupee appreciated 14 pai se to 81.65 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as the American currency retreated from its elevated levels. In the international market, gold was up at $1,741.95 per ounce while silver was trading higher at $21.05 per ounce. —PTI

He said that industry support is required for the agreement and it should be a fair, equitable and bal anced FTA.

He also said that there should not be any strict timelines to conclude nego tiations for an FTA as such agreements have to be thought through and care

OTHER STORIES

New Delhi (PTI): India and Australia would now implement the free trade agreement on a mutually agreed date as the Austral ian Parliament on Tuesday approved the pact between the two countries.“BREAKING: Our Free Trade Agreement with India has passed through parliament,” Austral ian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a tweet. The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA) needed ratifi cation by the Australian parliament before its implementation. In India, such pacts are approved by the Union Cabinet. The agreement was signed between the two countries in April this year. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said in a tweet: “Delighted that India-Australia Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement has been passed by the Australian Parliament. “A result of our deep friendship, it sets the stage for us to unleash the full potential of our trade ties & spur massive economic growth.”

fully calibrated and negoti ated. “With UK we are do ing a comprehensive deal like the UAE ….I assure you that it is a high priority of both countries. It has been reiterated in the meet ing of the G20,” Goyal said.

AMAZON WEB SERVICE TO INVEST `36,300 CRORE IN HYDERABAD DATA CENTRE

Hyderabad: Amazon Web Service (AWS) on Tuesday announced an investment of $4.4 billion (about `36,300 crore) by 2030 in building in Hyderabad its second data center cluster in India. Amazon.Com Inc company, through the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region, will provide develop ers, startups, and companies among others to “run workloads with greater resilience and availability, securely store data in India, and serve end users with lower latency.” AWS already has a similar facility in Mumbai, which opened in 2016. It runs such facilities in 30 geographies in the world. PTI

India and Britain launched negotiations for the FTA in January with an aim to conclude talks by Diwali (October 24), but the deadline was missed due to political developments in the UK.

However, it is likely to suggest a revised formula for calculating the amount on which the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would be levied.

Currently, online gam ing attracts 18% GST. The tax is levied on gross gam ing revenue, which is the fees charged by online gaming portals.

The Group of Ministers (GoM) had in its earlier re port submitted to the Council in June suggested a 28% GST on on the full value of the consideration, including contest entry fee, paid by the player, without making a distinc tion such as games of skill or chance. However, the Council had asked the Group of Ministers to re consider its report.

Imposition of higher taxes on processed foods was another suggestion made by farmers’ bodies during the virtual meeting with finance minister Nir mala Sitharaman.

In his wish list for the Union Budget 2023-24, Bharat Krishak Samaj Chairman Ajay Vir Jakhar demanded that the govern

ment should “not allow im port of produce where landing costs are below MSP”. He also urged the Centre to focus on human resources development in the farm sector.

Jakhar also pitched for allowing voluntary carbon credits from farms to be traded globally to enable farmers to get the highest value.

New Delhi : State-owned BHEL on Tuesday said it has paid a final dividend of `88 crore to the gov ernment for the financial year 2021-22. The total dividend paid to the com pany’s shareholders for FY22 amounts to over `139 crore, it said in a statement. “A cheque to wards the final dividend on the equity (63.17 per cent) held by the Govern ment of India, was pre sented to Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries by Nalin Shinghal, CMD BHEL,” it said. —PTI

New Delhi: Telecom operators’ body COAI on Tuesday made a strong pitch for OTT commu nications ser vices to directly compensate telcos for data traffic they are driving onto the networks, as it advocated a licencing and lighttouch regulation framework for such services. COAI Director General, said that the associa tion, as part of draft telecom bill, has given its suggestions on how OTT comms services should be defined, to ensure there is no ambiguity. PTI

INDIA’S FISCAL CONSOLIDATION TREND INTACT:

MOODY’S

New Delhi: Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday said the trend of gradual fiscal consoli dation remains intact for India and going forward the country will see strong revenue performance and debt stablisation. “We ex pect that India is going to be the fastest growing G-20 economy next year... (but) high inflation pose a downside risk to India’s growth as households and busi nesses have less purchasing power,” Moody official said on Tuesday. PTI

GENDER DIVERSITY IN WORKSPACE

MARKETS BOUNCE BACK AFTER 3 DAYS OF FALL

Mumbai (PTI): Equity benchmarks ended with gains on Tuesday after fall ing for the past three days amid buying in index ma jors Infosys and Reliance Industries.

The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 274.12 points or 0.45% to settle at 61,418.96. During the day, it jumped 321.79 points or 0.52% to 61,466.63. The broader NSE

Nifty gained 84.25 points or 0.46% to end at 18,244.20.

From the Sensex pack, IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Ul traTech Cement, Titan, In fosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services and Larsen & Toubro were among the winners.

In contrast, Nestle, Bhar ti Airtel, PowerGrid, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the laggards.

Domestic air traffic rises 10% in Oct

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Around 1.14 crore passengers in Octo ber were carried by Indian airlines, 10% higher than the number of people flown in September.

Data released by the DGCA on Tuesday showed that domestic air traffic jumped nearly 27% to 114.07 lakh last month com pared to the year-ago peri

od when it was 89.85 lakh.

In September, the air traffic number stood at 103.55 lakh. Air traffic has been picking up in recent months after the airline in

dustry was significantly impacted by the coronavi rus pandemic.

“Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-October 2022 were 988.31 lakh as against 620.96 lakh during the corre sponding period of the pre vious year, thereby regis tering an annual growth of 59.16% and monthly growth of 26.95 per cent,” DGCA said.

18% women directors in top 500 NSE-listed companies

INDIA AND THE WORLD LEADERS

RUPEE GAINS 12

PAISE TO CLOSE AT 81.67 AGAINST US $

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee ap preciated by 12 paise to close at 81.67 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 81.72 and touched an intra-day high of 81.64 and a low of 81.83. The local unit finally settled at 81.67, registering a rise of 12 paise over its previous close.

New Delhi: S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday upped its credit rating on Axis Bank with a stable outlook on expectations that the private sector lender will maintain good asset quali ty over the next two years. It said India’s robust eco nomic growth should sup port borrowers’ credit worthiness and Axis Bank’s weak loans, or nonperforming loans, could decline to 2.5-3% of total loans by end-March 2023, from 3.7% as of March 31, 2022.

New Delhi: Even though it is at a slower pace right now, but gender diversity in boardrooms is picking up, with women account ing for nearly 18% of the directorships in the top 500 NSE-listed companies at the end of March this year.

According to a study ti tled ‘Corporate India: Women on boards’, proxy advisory firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) on Tuesday, it said that at a global level, board room diversity continues to improve with an average

of almost 24% female rep resentation in corporate boardrooms.

“India also has pro

gressed in appointing women on company boards; from 6% in 2014 to 14% five years ago. Women

z At the end of March this year, the Nifty-500 companies had 4,694 directorships, out of which 827 or 17.6% were held by women

z Europe and North America sit above the global average, with women making up 34.4% and 28.6% of company boards

now account for 17.6% of directorships of the Nif ty-500 companies.

“Although the number of

women directorships is in creasing, the pace of new appointments has faltered with just an aggregate 1% increase over the last three years.

Based on these current rates, India will take till 2058 to achieve 30% gender diversity on boards,” it said. At the end of March this year, the Nifty-500 com panies had 4,694 director ships, out of which 827 or 17.6% were held by women.

Europe and North Amer ica sit above the global av erage, with women making up 34.4% and 28.6% of com pany boards, respectively.

JIO, AIRTEL STRENGTHEN USER TALLY IN SEPTEMBER

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The total num ber of mobile subscriber base in India fell by 3.6 mil lion in September, with Vodafone Idea suffering subscriber count decline even as larger rivals Reli ance Jio and Bharti Airtel added users month-onmonth, according to tele com regulator’s data.

India’s largest mobile op erator Jio further cement ed its position in the mar ket, adding 7.2 lakh wire less subscriber during September, while Bharti Airtel increased its mobile users’ tally by 4.12 lakh.

Ailing Vodafone Idea faced subscriber count de cline (by 40 lakh), its base shrank to 24.91 crore dur ing September. Overall, the telephone subscribers number in India decreased to about 117.19 crore.

GOLD GAINS `30 AS SILVER PRICES ALSO SEE JUMP OF `856

First India Bureau

Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal addresses at the 3rd ISA Steel Conclave in New Delhi on Tuesday.

300 terrorists active in JK: Northern Army commander

Poonch (PTI): As many as 300 terrorists are active in Jammu and Kashmir, while 160 others are waiting on launch pads for an op portunity to sneak into this side from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan, a top army commander said on Tuesday. However, General Officer Com manding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lieutenant General Up endra Dwivedi said the security situation in the

Union territory has un dergone a major change after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 and terrorist ac tivities have been con trolled to a large extent.

“Around 300 terror ists are present in length and breadth of Jammu and Kashmir but we are making sure they are not able to car ry out any action,” the army commander told reporters on the side lines of platinum jubi lee of historic ‘Poonch

Tushar Mehta tells Supreme Court to be tough on Naxalism

New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Me hta told a bench of Jus tice MR Shah and Jus tice MM Sundresh that there are organisations which send their factfinding teams to Naxal incidents with a pre-de termined conclusion: faulting the security forces and then filing petitions in courts.

He said this during the hearing on a plea seeking an SIT investi gation into an alleged massacre in a Chhattis garh village which is currently been probed by the CBI. The plea sought constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) comprising officers from outside Chhattisgarh for prose cuting members of the security forces for the massacre in Bijapur dis trict’s Edesmeta village on May 17, 2013,where many people were killed.

The plea also asked for compensation to the victims and their fami lies. The SC in 2019 said that it was convinced that the matter pertain ing to the inquiry into the incident should be referred to the CBI for an expeditious probe.

The CBI probe into the alleged massacre in a Chhattisgarh village shall be completed and a final status report will be submitted before the court by Nov 30.

The court had earlier said that the director CBI shall ensure that the investigation is done by an officer or officers who are not from the state of Chhattisgarh.

Solicitor General Me hta reminded that the matter is serious as it relates to a Naxal inci dent. The SG said the CBI probe into the inci dent shall be completed and a final status report will be submitted before the court by November 30.

The matter has been posted for further hear ing on December 9.

OLink-up Day’ here.

The platinum jubilee of Poonch Link-Up Day, marking the ‘Operation Easy’ conducted by In dian Army in 1948 to de fend the border district

the launch pads in Paki stan, Lt Gen Dwivedi said around 160 terror ists are present across the Line of Control -- 130 in north of Pir Panchal (Kashmir valley) and 30 in south of Pir Panchal.

LeT module busted, woman among four held in Bandipora

First India Bureau

New Delhi: A major tragedy was averted after security forces on Tuesday busted a terror module of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) & arrested two active terrorists and their two associates, including a woman, from Bandipora dis trict of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The arrested ter rorists were directed by their handlers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)to car ry out attacks on ci vilians, they said.

“Not only this, in criminating materi als, a huge cache of arms and ammuni tion, and material for preparing IEDs have been recovered from their possession,” a police official said.

“This was a major breakthrough against terrorist in frastructure in North Kashmir, police

along with security forces busted LeT terrorist module by arresting two active terrorists and their two important asso ciates including a woman associate in Bandipora,” a police official said.

During a search operation, security forces arrested 2 ac tive terrorists linked with the proscribed terrorist outfit. They have been identified as Musaib Mir alias Moya, resident of Rakh Hajin and Ara fat Farooq Wagey alias Dr Adil, resi dent of Gulshnabad Hajin,” he said.

The recoveries in cluded one AK-47 ri fle, one AK-56 rifle, four AK series maga zines, live rounds, RDX powder, nails and ball bearings, batteries, detona tors, IED mechanism circuit, remote con trol, loose wire and iron pipes.

SC TO HEAR NIA’S APPEAL AGAINST BAIL TO TELTUMBDE

from the Pakistani raid ers, was celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervour by the people of Poonch and the Army. Asked about the number of terrorists present on

“As per our data, 82 Pa kistani terrorists and 53 local terrorists are active in the hinterland, while the area of concern is the criminal activities of 170 others who are not identified,” he said.

“As far as the Indian Army is concerned, it will carry out any order given by the government of India. We are always ready for it,” he added.

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday an appeal by the Nation al Investigation Agency (NIA) against the bail granted to scholar-ac tivist Anand Teltumb de in the Elgar Pari shad-Maoist links case.

A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chan drachud took note of the submissions by So licitor General Tushar Mehta that the stay on the operation on the high court’s bail order is for a week only and the matter needed urgent hearing.

The solicitor general, at the outset, said the NIA has filed the appeal and the plea has been numbered and may be listed for an urgent hearing.

“Let us hear this at 12.45 pm (today itself),” said the bench which also comprised justices Hima Kohli and J B Pardiwala to which the law officer said, “My colleague, who is not present today, will ar gue. Please hear it (ap peal) on Thursday.”

“We will hear it on Friday,” the CJI then said.

To woo investors, UP govt plans roadshows in 18 countries: Yogi

fied platform to the global industrial world for cooperation in eco nomic development.

The state govern ment plans to organise roadshows in 18 coun tries and seven major cities of India to invite investors for the sum mit. The state has set a target of attracting in vestment of Rs 10 lakh crore through the event.

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to Eric

Garcetti as US envoy to New Delhi: White House

First India Bureau New Delhi: As the mid term elections in the United States nearly concluding, the Presi dent Joe Biden’s admin istration is likely to make a fresh attempt and committed to ap point Eric Garcetti as the US envoy to New Delhi, the White House has said, after the ap pointment is approved by the US Senate.

“As for Mayor Garc etti, we are committed to getting him through the process. We’re con tinuing to talk to the Senate about making that happen. That is a priority of ours,” Jean-

Pierre said.

Garcetti 51, is a close aide of the US Presi dent Joe Biden and is currently the Mayor of Los Angeles, a position he has held since 2013.

“India is a very impor tant relationship that we have. You saw the Presi dent (Biden) greet and meet very briefly with

Prime Minister (Naren dra) Modi just last week when he was in Bali. So clearly, it’s an important relationship that we tru ly respect,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told report ers on Monday.

She exuded confi dence that the presiden tial nominee for the US Ambassador to India, Garcetti, would be soon confirmed by the Sen ate. The nomination has been pending be fore the upper chamber of the US Congress for more than a year now.

In July 2021, Biden nominated Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti as his Ambassador to India.

KIN STAGE DHARNA TO PRESS FOR CBI PROBE

Dehradun (PTI):

The parents of An kita Bhandari on Tuesday held a pro test in Rishikesh to demand a CBI probe into her killing. Alleging that the SIT probing the case is under pressure to shield the guilty, An kita’s father Viren dra Singh Bhandari said he does not have confidence in the ongoing probe and his demand for a CBI probe have fallen on deaf ears.”

New Delhi (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh govern ment has created a sense of security for the industry by adopting a “zero tolerance” ap proach towards crime and criminals, Chief Minister Yogi Adity anath said on Tuesday, as he announced plans to organise roadshows in 18 countries to invite investors. He also said Uttar Pradesh has emerged as one of the most favoured destina tions for investors due to its transparent poli cies which enhance ease of doing business.

Addressing a curtainraiser here ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 to be held in Lucknow from February 10 to 12 next year, he said the event would prove use ful in providing a uni

To help India become a USD 5 trillion economy, Uttar Pradesh will work as a growth engine, Adi tyanath said, adding that his state too has set a tar get of becoming a USD 1 trillion economy in the next 5 years. To strength en ‘ease of investors’, the CM launched the ‘Online Incentive Man agement Portal’ and Customer Relationship Management Portal (Nivesh Sarathi)’.

Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi during the celebrations of the ‘Poonch Linkup Day’, at Naman Sthal, in Poonch on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

‘TERRORISM IN KASHMIR CONTROLLED TO A LARGE EXTENT AFTER 370 ABROGATION’

Lt Gen Dwivedi says 82 Pakistani and 53 local terrorists active in J&K

Security personnel inspect the bag of a commuter during a surprise search operation at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Tuesday.  —PHOTO BY ANI

First India Bureau

—Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General

UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaks at the curtain raiser event for the UP Global Investor Summit, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Integrated Fire Power Exercise ‘Shatrunash’ being conducted by South Western Command of the Indian Army, at Mahajan Fieldfiring Range village (MFFR) in the Thar desert, in Bikaner district, Rajasthan. —PHOTO BY PTI

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First India, The Fashion Connect season 13 in asso

ciation with India Fashion Week Lon don took place on 20 November at No votel London Hammer smith, London. Fashion Connect is a celebration of Asian fashion by national and internationally re nowned designers. The con ception of India Fashion Week London has been driv en by the need for a plat form to showcase the exist ing creativity of world-class designers alongside sup porting upcoming NEW GEN designers. The whole show was concluded by ce lebrity designer Samant Chauhan.

Farha Ansari from Sewa, Ayesha and Radhika from Citrine and Shalini Naru

kaa participated in the grand event and showcased their astonishing designer collections in between the designer sequence First Kiss fame famous singer Ip sitaa performed.

In the same episode, the grand launch of the cover page of the book ‘Unheard’ by Bhavini Bhargava was done by ace designer Sa mant Chauhan, Ipsitaa and many other dignitaries. Un heard is about an untold emotional journey of a teenager during the ups and downs of life through the medium of poetry.

The talented Singer thanked Dr Jagdeesh Chan dra for inviting her to the mega event.

While expressing his gratitude, the brand ambas sador Rishee Miglani said, “Something big like this can only be done and visual ized by a visionary like Jagdeesh Chandra, when he said we will do a show in Dubai during covid, nobody would believe it but after spreading the love of Fash ion Connect in Asia and Dubai, we have now come to another continent in Lon don, which is a very big

UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in Gorgeous divas showcasing

Rishee and Ipsitaa during the launch

MOVIES THAT DEFINED OUR GENERATION

hen we say a movie “defines” a genera tion, we are not talk ing about timeless works but rather movies that resonat ed with us. Our cul ture was defined by the charac ters, songs, and scenes of those films. We all connected with them in some way, and they con tinue to be our favourite go-to movies. They become so special to us that we can’t stop but watch them over and over again all our lives. City First brings to you some of the iconic movies that perfectly define our gen eration and the friendships we build along.

YEH JAWANI HAI DEEWANI

Our generation was graced nine years ago with a film that will live on in our memories. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is without a doubt the movie I’ve seen the most times and can now recite the dialogues in sync. The film, directed by Ayan Mukherji, examines a number of issues that young people deal with, including re lationships, romance, aspira tions and most importantly friendship. When my dad proudly cites Jai and Veeru as

Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idi ots is without a doubt a movie so precious to our generation, one that made us laugh, cry, and sing our hearts out. A fantastic movie showing Raju, Ran cho, and Farhan’s strong bond as they become friends in college. This kind of friendship is something we all love, value, and aspire to have. The movie demonstrated what it means to have your friend’s back and how friendship tran scends prejudice and class. It is so heartwarm ing, relevant, and yet so, so humorous. Whether it is gatecrashing a wed ding, studying together the night before the exam, or addressing family-re lated concerns, the movie was relatable to an extent we couldn’t imagine.

relationship that Aditi and Nai na grew to

JAANE TU... YA JAANE NA

We all learn through relationships and maturation that friendship is a crucial component of love. Even though I had heard Shah Rukh Khan say, “Pyaar dosti hai,” in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I didn’t fully understand what it meant until I saw it happen in Abbas Tyrewala’s Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. The movie not only perfectly portrayed youthful relationships, but it also de scribed how friendships functioned. Despite its many clichés and melodramatic elements, I always enjoy this movie. I’d call it a contemporary classic because of the songs, the humour, the heartache, and of course the collegiate friendships.

ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA

On July 15, eleven years ago, the film delineated new stand ards for friendship and revived the bromance subgenre after ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ had revolutionised it in 2001. Without a ques tion, Zoya Akhtar’s best work, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, had a fantastic response from both the public and the critics. Many predicted that “ZNMD” would be a trip, a charming excursion that would be quickly forgotten, but it actually turned out to be a trip with friends that we treasure even today. It gives us a great deal of motiva tion to live and eagerly anticipates experiencing life with our friends, travelling, and discovering love somewhere far away.

YOUR DAY

ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20

Happiness in the domestic sphere will only come with a changed mind set. Some of you are likely to become a part of an overseas official trip. Better to consult an expert in financial matters before making an investment. Harsh words may create a rift in your romantic relationship.

LEO

Gifting something to your beloved is likely to make the day memorable.

Matrimonial match for siblings will bring happiness for entire family. You will get a good price for your property. Those awaiting results are assured of succeeding with flying colours.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Your intuition will save you from a tricky spot today. Yoga would help in raising energy levels and improve your metabolism. You will manage to achieve your aim through travel. This is a great time on the academic front, when you mange to render your best.

TAURUS

APR 21 - MAY 20

It’s a very good day to take calculated risks in financial matters. Your efforts on the professional front will be recognised. Opting for some healthy choices will ensure you

VIRGO

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

You will succeed in resolving misunderstand ing with family, normal izing ties. Despite your misgivings, you retain good health. You will do much to bring peace and harmony at home. You will remain much in demand on social front. You can get romantically involved.

LIBRA

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

A friend or colleague may motivate you to take up a healthy activity. Parents may appear more than happy with what you deliver. Plans for overseas travel are likely to materialise. You are likely to get clearance or approval for your construction plans.

SCORPIO

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Following a health diet will be a good idea. Luck favours you today. Focussing on health now will help you in keeping physically fit. Clarity of mind and retentive power will help you forge ahead on the academic front. Frustration on the romantic front is possible.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 - FEB 19

Avoid raising controversial issues at home to maintain harmony. Successful implementation of new ideas and projects would add to your prestige on the professional front. It is a wonderful day to build new connections. Your relationship requires you to be tactful.

PISCES

FEB20 - MARCH 20

Your optimism will keep Distant relatives may drop in for a surprise visit. On professional front, recognition for good work would motivate you to work harder. Those awaiting an affirmation on romantic front are likely to get lucky today, as partner responds positively.

have as the film went on—it totally set the bar for friendship in real life!

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

KHUSHI TAMBI cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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DISHA TURNS UP THE HEAT A

ctress Disha Patani is an avid social media user. She is often seen treating fans with her stunning pictures.

Apart from that, she also keeps sharing cute pictures and videos of her pets. On Tuesday after noon, she took to Insta gram and shared a hot mirror selfie. The actress upped the hotness quotient on the 'Gram.

In the bathroom selfie, Disha is seen sport ing a chic black bikini

with a white bathrobe. She is seen flaunting her perfectly toned body like a true diva. With the no-makeup look and a wet hairdo, Disha definitely is soaring the temperatures. Sharing the picture with her fans on her handle, she wrote, "Eat your carbs."

Soon after she shared the pic ture, her rumoured boyfriend Tiger Shroff's sister Krishna Shroff dropped a comment on it. She commented, "Yes, Ma’am!" Disha and Krish na share a sisterly bond and they are often

Shilpa thanks Raj Kundra

These two have often stood with each oth er and had each oth er’s back during tough times. Well, today is Shilpa and Raj’s 13th anniversa ry and the actress took to her Insta gram handle to share an adorable video featuring several pic tures of the two with a sweet message. Taking to her Ins tagram han

Shetty shared a video collage of her roman tic pictures with hub by Raj Kundra. From posing in front of the Eiffel Tower to glow ing in their sunk issed selfies, Shilpa has shared a journey of their 13 years to gether. Sharing this video, the actress wrote, “13 years, Cookie, whoa! Thank you for sharing this journey with me in this lifetime and making it so beauti ful. You, me, Us... That’s all I need. Hap py Anniversary

Bollywood actor Malaika Arora, who is also a fashion icon in the fashion industry, has something to say. For those unaware, Ar baaz Khan and Malai ka Arora tied the knot in 1998 and later got divorced in 2017. The former couple co-par ents their son Arhaan together.

Recently, Malaika Arora shared her opin ions on trolls and whether the negativity associated with them

impacts her life. Malai ka said, “Certainly not.

I think I am today's woman, I think I've had enough and more of my share of experienc es in life, and been through my fair share of ups and downs. I don't really take things lying down.”

"I think today's women should be able to stand up and say the things that they feel strongly about and show that it's fine. It's fine to find and to live the life that I am. I mean in

‘no pain no gain’

fitness, there are some who take their love for the gym a notch higher. Rashmika Mandanna is one of them, and she makes it a point to work on her toned physique whenever she gets a chance from her busy schedule. In Oc tober 2020, the Pushpa actress took to her Instagram handle and dropped a video of an intense workout session with weight lifts.

The diva looked completely motivated as she rocked an all-black stylish athleisure in the clip captioned, "Move it! Give an hour of your 24 hours to your body and your mind. It’ll be worth it!" If you scroll down Rashmika Mandanna's Insta gram feed, you will find many moti

vorced women, single parents, etc, are actu ally looked down upon and it’s not re ally very... you know, when I say looked down upon there’s always a lot of criticism. I think we need to change that. And then I want to change if I can, in my own little bit,” she added.

Kiara Advani is busy pro moting her upcoming movie, Govinda Naam Mera alongside Vicky Kaushal, and Bhumi Ped neker. Amidst the ongoing promotions, the actress has been serving arrest ing looks since her Ver sace look. This time, Ki ara stepped out in a risqué sartorial all-white ensemble by the designer label House Of CB. The style icon has been making a compelling case for sartorial silhou ettes. The actress just dropped multiple pictures on the ‘gram in a high-octane pris tine white coordinated set that was styled sar

If you are keen on pulling off a solidcolored coordinated ensemble. Let Kiara be

humi Pednekar will be soon seen togeth er in Govinda Naam Mera. In the film, Bhumi Pednekar is playing the role of Vicky’s wife and her character name is Gauri Waghmare. The actress has been getting a lot of praise for her acting in the comic

Speaking about her role, Bhumi says, “My character in Govinda Naam Mera is me trying to do something disrup tive again, trying to change it up again with each film and hopeful ly wowing people with my perfor mance.” She fur ther adds, “I’m de

seen to gether in the city.

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kun dra are one of the cutest cou ples in Bollywood.

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“ON INIMITABLE SPIRIT OF LIFE”

The much-awaited Solo Art Exhibition titled “On Inimita ble Spirit of Life” embarked on its re turn to the national capital on Novem ber 19 2022 at Treasure Art Gallery, New Delhi. The solo art Exhibition, in its com mencement, displayed artworks brought up by the recent works by Nay anaa Kanodia.

The inauguration of the Art Event was done by In dia’s best-known and leading contemporary artist Padm shree Angolie Ela Menon.

During the show, The Direc tor TAG, Tina Chandroji said, “Nayanaa Kanodia’s works are just speechless. It’s something different and exclusive, you just see it and can be seen for hours”.

A brilliant colorist, Naya naa Kanodia, an economist turned painter, is considered to be the pioneer of l'Art Naïf in India, a genre until then unseen and unheard of in a contemporary context.

The world is so true, na ked, and ludicrous that we catch our breath as we rec ognize it,” says Nayanaa Kanodia, renowned artist and an economist turned painter and a brilliant col ourist with a strong indi vidualism in her work.

Her work is character ized by the air of whim sy, flat bright polished surfaces, and the extraor dinary plethora of intri cately worked details and patterns. Her paintings in tend to make you feel that you are watching a snapshot of life at maximum prepos terousness, exuberant and

bursting with energy, idio syncrasy, and absurdity

She aims to draw the view ers’ attention through her work to several social issues which the economically and socio-culturally transform ing nations face such as glob al warming, gender discrim ination, and social inequali ty to name a few. Her paint ings are in public and pri vate collections all over the world.

Shridhar Iyer, Sunayana Malhotra, Shampa Das, Dur ga Kainthola, Dharmendra Rathore, Asit Patnayak,

Rahul Mittra to play a key role

CITY FIRST

Renowned film maker actor Rahul Mittra is the latest to join the star cast of talked about new movie File No 323 starring filmmaker Anurag Kashy ap, Suniel Shet ty, Divya Dutta and Esha Dutta.

The film is Directed by Karthik K. This crime drama has been garnering headlines after Su neil Shetty and the makers recently re ceived a legal notice from Mehul Choksi after it was reported that Anurag Kashy ap plays the role of a millionaire in the movie inspired by

the likes of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. Suniel Shetty on the other hand plays the role of a Chartered Accountant of a leading firm, which has access to all the financial mishaps that were taking place, while Di vya Dutta plays a senior CBI of ficer. Rahul Mittra has been roped in to essay the important role of Chief CBI counsel. The movie has gone on the floors on the week end with scenes be tween Divya Dutta and Rahul Mittra being currently filmed at a studio on the outskirts of Mumbai.

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Few ristorantes get it right, even though a dozen cheap and cheer ful eateries in Delhi will dish you a pizza covered in enough cheese to take you from pre-Biop ic Jared Leto to post. Our list scours the city for the best and most refined flour work (such as pasta, pizza, gnocchi, and other dishes of a similar kind), and it set tles on the top 4 Italian eateries in Delhi where you may safely place your bets.

Sleeping Bags from Old Jeans

CITY FIRST

Delhi resident Nir vaan Somany is using old denim jeans to make sleeping bags for street dwellers to stay warm in the harsh winter. He shares how he does this.

The Class 11 student from the national capi tal has embarked on an endeavour called ‘Pro ject Jeans,’ by which he is converting old denim into sleeping bags for street dwellers in Delhi.

“When I participated in YA, I came up with the idea of making sleeping bags out of old jeans. I thought that if I could do something good us ing old jeans, it would help the environment,” Nirvaan shared

“Since denim has very good insulating properties, Instead of throwing it, we can get good use out of it, while providing comfort from the harsh Delhi win ters,” he explains.

While his initial idea was a business pitch, the teen decided to go ahead with his plan earlier this year. As his mother is in the clothing business, he had easy access to some

one knowledgeable in the business.

To make a sleeping bag, he needs seven. “We first have to cut the belt portion of the jeans and the legs are cut down further into strips. A lin ing of cloth is added to the denim, and then a layer of foam is given for insulation,” adds Nirvaan.

To check if the sleeping bags would provide enough protec tion against the cold, the Somanys made a proto type and tried using it at home.

“We used the sleeping bag on our porch. I think it should work up to 6 degrees Celsius,” says Shivani, Nirvaan’s mother.

Initially, Nirvaan faced a lot of challenges in getting denim. Today, Project Jeans has collec tion centres in Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and other cities.

ART WASHES FROM THE SOUL

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Dhoomimal Gallery in collaboration with Allure Art pre sents Illusions of Time A solo show by Vi jender Sharma from No vember 26-30 at Visual Arts Gallery. The exhibi tion will continue at Dhoomimal Gallery from December 1-7.

There is no wonder that an impeccable artist dips his brush in his soul and paints his own nature into his artworks. This state ment by HW. Beecher rings true in the case of our re nowned artist who is here to mesmerize you with his style of work, the pride of India, none other than Vi jender Sharma -a very few among the Indian artists

who can illustrate life on the canvas through his magical strokes. With a remarkable flair for art,

Vijender Sharma is pos sibly

Vijendra

constantly

ARTUSI RISTORANTE E BAR As authentic as trattoria as they come, Artusi is one of the few restaurants in the nation that serves outstanding Italian cuisine. It offers all the ingredients for a romantic night for two, including white tablecloths, vintage sconces, and cream walls scattered with framed black and white stills.

BELLA CUCINA Bella Cucina is a rather nice Italian finedining establishment located at the Le Meridien, Gurgaon (a little tougher to discover than you may anticipate). The chef customises a meal for you based on your current mood (!).

DIVA - THE ITALIAN RESTAURANT With a chef at the helm like Ritu Dalmia, it’s difficult to make a mistake. Most items on Diva’s rather extensive menu are prepared with grace and incredible flavour by Dalmia, but we love their salsicciafilled ravioli, Gorgonzola apple walnut pizza, and their complete antipasti spread.

LA PIAZZA

La Piazza, a culinary institution in the city, offers most Delhi diners the introduction to the good Italian cuisine they require. We believe the tenderloin carpaccio, lobster risotto, and freshly prepared truffle-ricotta tortelloni are worth the hefty nighttime meal because of the cosy, woodsy atmosphere, brick ceiling, and private tables under arches.

Renowned artists

Di pali Roongta, and many more were the esteemed guests who were there to cherish the moments.

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he also has an incredible zeal to work and portray

manifold subjects on can vas. No wonder that is the reason he is

rising and shining in his life. says, Ni pun Soni

one of the most bril liant exponents of the gen re of photorealism in In dia. Excellence in this form demands an extreme ly high level of skill of both eye and hand and rig orous schooling. The sig nificant thing, however, is not his great virtuosity but that thus tran scends mere acade mism with a satiri cal worldview which is very much his own.

Draws his strength not from style but his handling of the medium and contentHis language is simple but his manner of an utterance only proves that it is simple to be simple. He must be judged on his own terms.

Tina Chandroji and Anjolie Ela Menon

Sunayana Malhotra

Nayanaa Kanodia

Durga Kainthola

Shampa Das Asit Kumar Patnaik

Padmshree Anjolie Ela Menon

Nayanaa Kanodia and Tina Chandroji

Shridhar Iyer

Rahul Mittra