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PM Narendra Modi launched the sixth edition of Deepotsav celebrations in Ayodhya on Sunday.
Ayodhya sets world record by lighting over 15 lakh diyas on Deepotsav in PM Modi’s presence.
Modi’s first visit to Ayodhya after a “bhoomi pujan” for construction of Ram temple on August 5, 2020.
Beginning his speech with ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Modi addressed a gathering on the occasion of Deepotsav.
OVER BAY OF BENGAL New Delhi: The deep depression developing in Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, and will make a landfall between Tinkona Island and Sandwip close to Bangladesh’s Barisal on early Tuesday, weather dept said on Sunday.
Karnataka: Karnataka Minister V Somanna apologised on Sunday after he allegedly slapped a woman who approached him with a plea to redress her grievance. The video of property document distribution ceremony went viral on
media.
Modi was also briefed by officials on the construction going on for a grand Ram temple at the site.
“Shri Ram Lalla’s ‘Darshan’ and then ‘Rajyabhishek’ of King Ram, this good fortune is obtained only by the grace of Lord Ram, PM said
PM said Ram was the inspiration for sabka saath, sabka vikas and the basis of sabka vishwas.
Every Indian stood with lamp in hands during Covid and world saw how we fought pandemic, says PM.
Deepotsav of Ayodhya started 6 years ago with the guidance and inspiration of PM Modi, Yogi said.
New Delhi: The MHA has cancelled the FCRA registration of 2 NGOs headed by ex-Cong prez Sonia Gandhi owing to irregularities, an official said on Sunday. The cancellation makes 2 NGOs ineligible to receive foreign funds. Sonia is chairperson of Rajiv Gandhi Fndn (RGF) set up in 1991, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) whose FCRA registration cancelled.
Dr Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Suman Dubey, Dr Ashok, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.
New Delhi: Continuing his tradition to spend Diwali with the troops, PM Modi will visit soldiers in the border village of Mana in Uttarakhand on Monday. Since he was elected in 2014, the Prime Minister has celebrated Diwali with soldiers every year.
“I feel privileged that I got to spend Diwali with our brave soldiers in Nowshera, not as PM but as a member of their family,” PM Modi tweeted during last Diwali.
Modi govt may try hard but cannot stop Gandhi family from serving public
CM Gehlot got unwell on Sunday and cancelled his Jodhpur visit and other events
Jaipur: Reacting to the Central Government canceling the Foreign Contribution Regula-
tion Act licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust affiliated to the Gandhi family, Chief Minister
history of helping the victims in every disaster including earthquake, tsunami, Covid. “Attacking these institutions only for political reasons is an attempt by the Modi government to defame the Gandhi family. No matter how hard the Modi government may try, it cannot stop the Gandhi family from serving the public. With such malpractices, the Modi government is exposing itself in the eyes of the public,” he tweeted.
Xi was picked as party’s gen secy for another five-year term
Beijing: Xi Jinping secured a third term as China’s leader on Sunday, state media reported, after a week-long congress in which he cemented his control over the ruling Communist Party. President Xi was picked as the party’s general secretary for another five-year term in a closed-door vote, meaning he is almost certain to be elected president at the annual meeting of China’s National People’s Congress in March.
Baran (PTI): Top district officials of Baran on Sunday made a factfinding visit to a village where 12 members of a Dalit family converted to Buddhism last week and interacted with the family and other villagers. The family of Rajendra Bairwa of Bhulon village in the Bapcha police station area of Baran district embraced Buddhism on Friday, allegedly upset over assault of a family member by a man and police’s refusal to book husband of sarpanch. P15
Jaipur: Education Minister Dr BD Kalla on Sunday said that ban on transfers of third grade teachers will be lifted soon and the transfers will be done as per the new transfer policy. The minister clarified that the transfers of third grade teachers will take place before the recruitment of 46,500 teachers. “A new transfer policy has been prepared by the Education Dept
for transfers of third-grade teachers. New applications will be sought for transfers after CM Ashok Gehlot approves the new policy.
Teachers will be transferred according to the new policy only,” said Dr BD Kalla. Notably, the third-grade teachers have been waiting for transfers for the last four years and several protests have also been held in this regard.
Jaipur: A financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh was approved for a woman, whose husband was electrocuted, from
Ajmer DISCOM. The financial assistance was approved on direction from CM Ashok Gehlot. The woman Monika re-
cently requested the CM bto provide her help. She has elderly parents in law and children in her family.
Mumbai (ANI): A parcel consisting of narcotic substances that was being smuggled into India in an international courier parcel was intercepted at the Air Cargo Complex by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), said officials on Sunday. Based on intelligence that narcotic substances were likely to be smuggled into India, a thorough search of parcel resulted in recovery of 1.9kg of Amphetamine Type Substance in form of tablets valued at Rs 15 crore, according to officers of DRI tablets.
Jaipur: An 18-yearold girl was allegedly gang-raped by six men in Pratap Nagar area on the pretext of providing her a job, police said. Police informed the victim, who hails from Chattisgarh, had come to Jaipur two months ago in search of a job.
“On October 21, the accused took her to a hotel located on Tonk Road and gang-raped her. The accused have been identified as Jitu, Amna, Mankush, Pintu, Lokesh and Balram. The accused even threatened the victim of dire consequences if she disclosed the incident to anyone,” police said.
“The victim later filed an FIR in Pratap Nagar Police Station. A case has been registered and the matter is being investigated,” police added.
Udaipur: Two people were arrested in Udaipur on Sunday while placing bets during India-Pakistan T-20 match. Police informed the accused has been identified as Hitesh Sahu and Gamel Lal. “In a joint action taken by Pratap Nagar Police Station and District Special Team in Shri Nath Colony, two accused were arrested while placing bets during
India-Pakistan match on Sunday where India defeated Pakistan in a last-ball thrillier to claim their first win of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
Cash amounting to Rs 13 lakhs, seven mobile phones, an LED TV and a notebook detailing transitions worth lakhs of rupees were seized from their possession. The accused have been arrested and are being interrogated,” police said.
Chattisgarh girl gangraped in Jpr
Parcel with 1.9 kg drugs intercepted
Jaipur: Special arrangements have been made for the treatment of accident victims in government and non-government hospitals, including SMS Hospital, special arrangements have been made for immediate treatment for those who get burnt by firecrackers on the festival of Diwali or get injured due to other reasons. The Medical and Health Department has issued guidelines in this regard. These arrangements have been made 24 hours in the SMS Hospital.
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Gehlot has extended greetings and best wishes to the country and the people of the state on Diwali, Mishra said that this festival is an occasion to be drenched in joy, ecstasy and festivity. Meanwhile, CM Gehlot said that the people of the state should take a pledge to fill light in the lives of the poor on this holy occasion.
Kota: Thousands of students preparing for entrance exams in Kota on Sunday celebrated the festival of Diwali with the teachers and staff of Allen Career Institute. Addl Dist Collector Sunita Daga was the Chief Guest.
Jaipur (PTI): Rajasthan police is using catchy one-liners to warn netizens and masses to exercise caution while bursting crackers this festival season. The police on its social media accounts shared a graphic post comprising a line from a famous Amitabh Bachchan song, reading, “Anaar, Roshni ya Chakkar Jo Bhi Tumhara Naam hai par.. Mere Angne Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam Hai.” The post is advising people to burst firecrackers in open spaces and not at homes.
A post titled ‘Diwali Double Dhamaka’ read “special treatment” will be given on harming communal harmony and a “vehicle will come to pick up, and it will take you straight to the police station”.
JAIPUR POLICE CELEBRATE DIWALI WITH ORPHANS
Mehndi festival was celebrated at JMC Heritage on the occasion of Deepawali on Sunday. The festival was celebrated in Ward 43 of the corporation. Min Pratap SKhachariyawas was the chief guest.
JMCH Mayor Munesh Gurjar said on occasion that programme was especially organised for women of the ward and more than 1000 women participated.
Jaipur Police celebrated with the children of an orphanage at the RPA. ADCP Kailash Chandra Vishnoi said that Diwali was celebrated with the children of Ashram Sheela Bhawan Crane Trust, Sumran Sansthan Balgrih and Matruchhaya. Children were given a tour of the police line and they were informed about the functioning. After this the children were fed and were given crackers.-
GUV MISHRA, CM EXTEND DIWALI WISHES
Jaipur: The five-day event of the 31st Foundation Day of Pink City Press Club concluded with a felicitation ceremony of journalists on Sunday. Addressing the function as the chief guest, Water Resources Minister Mahesh Joshi assured the journalists to expeditiously resolve the housing scheme pending for years. He said that he would meet Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and apprise about the sentiments of the journalists. He said that only the media can save democracy in this corporate age.
Club president Mukesh Meena, while giving information about the journalist housing scheme, said that during the previous Congress government, the housing scheme for journalists was implemented. JDA had deposited allotment amount and allotted accommodation to 571 journalists through a lottery. “This housing scheme is overdue. I hope that the state government will soon allot plots to the journalists,” he said.
Dharmendra Rathore, Chairman, Rajasthan Tourism Development
On the occasion, Special Media Award in Journalism 2022 was given to Prakash Bhandari, Anil Sharma, Jitesh Jethanandani. Best Editor Electronic Media Award-2022 was given to Manoj Mathur, Amit Bhatt, Best Print Media Reporter Award to Naresh Vashisht and Surendra Swami Dai. Special Award in Print Media-2022 to Bhaskar Samyukta, Pankaj Soni, Mahesh Pareek. Prakash Chand Sharma, Roshan Lal Sharma, Ishamadhu Talwar got Memorial Award-2022. Manoj Vashnerya got Media Excellence Award-2022. Sachin Saini, Bhanu Pratap got Best Electronic Media Reporter Award. Dashrath Singh, BK Sharma, Bharat Dixit got Digital Media Reporter Award. Jaswant Singh, Neeraj Sharma, Pradeep Singh Shekhawat got
Corporation and the special guest at the function, said that the Chief Minister is media friendly.
“Journalist Samman Yojana was implemented during the last term of the Congress government.
Joshi and I will vigor-
Best Deputy Editor Journalism Award. Wasim Akram Qureshi, Awadhesh Sharma, Kailash Gurjar, debut journalist Evaj Panchal got Special Award in Print Media-2022. Mukesh Pareek got a Special Award. Hari Singh Chauhan, Shankar Shikhar, Arvind Bhutani, Bharat Pareek, SN Gautam, Avinash Sharma got award for promotion of Hindi in non-Hindi field. Padmakar Sharma, Manohar Lal Sharma, Prem Sharma, Jagdish Sonowal got Life Time Achievement Award. Mahendra Yadav and Renu Sharma got Best Video Journalist Award. Balveer Singh Rathore, Sanjay Kumar and Raju Choudhary got Best Photojournalist Award. Manoj Shrestha, Ravi Shankar Vyas, Santosh Sharma were honoured with garland, shawl, citation and memento.
ously advocate for the housing scheme of journalists as your lawyers,” he said.
Atharva Bhatt’s Mohanveena and tabla player Abhishek Mishra regaled the audience. Joshi, the chief guest, lit the lamp. General
Secretary Raghuveer Jangid, Ceremony Convenor Rahul Gautam, Vice-President Pankaj Sharma and Giriraj Gurjar and management executives welcomed the guests with mementos and garlands on Sunday.
Mahesh Joshi, Dharmendra Rathore, Mukesh Meena, Raghuveer Jangid and others with awardees during felicitation ceremony at Pink City Press Club on Sunday.
Jaipur: On the occasion of Diwali, CM Ashok Gehlot called for regularisation of contract workers. After this, the CHA workers who have been protesting for a long time also demanded regularization. MP Dr Kirodi Meena along with CHA candidate reached residence of Min Pratap S Khachariawas on Civil Lines on Sunday.
The CHA candidates reached the civil line govt residence and demanded that when the CM is giving Diwali gifts to everyone, he should also regularize them. Meena also talked about
paying attention to the demand of the candidates. Minister Pratap S Khachariyawas, while giving positive assurance to MP Meena and CHA said that after talk-
ing to the CM, an appeal will be made because the candidates of CHA are also citizens of the state. Efforts will be made to take a decision on their demands.
Chief Secretary Usha Sharma was thrilled to see tigers during her visit to Ranthambore on Sunday. She was accompanied by PCCF HoFF DN Pandey, Chief Wildlife Warden Arindam Tomar and other officers. On reaching Ranthambore, the forest department team welcomed Sharma and others.
Sharma saw tiger T 121 in Zone 4 and tigress
T 124 Riddhi on reaching Jogi Mahal. The tigress was leaving from there. A high tea was organized at Jogi Mahal in
Dausa: Rajya Sabha MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena on Sunday offered prayers at Mehandipur Balaji temple in Dausa and met local BJP leaders and workers. While speaking to the media, Dr Kirodi Lal Meena targeted the Congress for its Bharat Jodo Yatra. “India has been divided by the Congress party. It is the Congress party that made Pakistan and Bangladesh. The Congress has taken out Bharat Jodo Yatra to achieve power, but Modi ji will not allow this to happen,” said Kirodi Lal Meena. The BJP MP was welcomed by workers and trustees of Mehandipur Balaji Temple during his visit. —Monu Rajawat
Udaipur : The mortal remains of Udaipur’s martyr Major Mustafa reached the airport at Dabok and were buried late Sunday. Thousands of people gathered in the procession from the airport to the martyr’s house. The city bid farewell to Mustafa. He was martyred on Friday when an Army helicopter, Rudra, crashed in Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
On reaching Udaipur, the body of Major Mustafa was handed over to the Bohra Mosque in Khanjipeer.
Jhunjhunu: Martyred soldier, Rohitash Kumar, who lost his life in the Indian Army helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh district's Upper Siang on Friday, will be cremated with full state honours in Jhunjhunu on Monday. The mortal remains of Rohitash Kumar reached Jaipur airport on Sunday evening and were received by government representative Ram Singh Bajiya and Director of Sainik Kalyan Board Virendra Singh. He was given a guard of honour at airport and later sent to Jhunjhunu through ambulance for his last rites. He will be laid to rest at his native village.
which Collector Suresh Kumar Ola, SP Sunil Bishnoi, Kapil Sharma, Sangram SKatiyar and others were present.
BJP MP puts demand of agitating CHA protestors to Khachariyawas at his residence
ARUNCAHAL CHOPPER CRASH
MARTYRED SOLDIER ROHITASH’S BODY TO BE CREMATED IN JHUNJHUNU TODAY
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Dr Kirodi Lal Meena interacting with agitating CHA protestors at his residence on Sunday.
Body of Major Mustafa at Udaipur’s Dabok Airport on Sunday.
CS Usha Sharma in R’bore on Sunday. Manas Singh, Sangram S Katiyar, Suresh Kumar Ola, Sunil Kumar Vishnoi are also seen.
Jaisalmer (FIB): Two siblings drowned in Mohangarh village of Jaisalmer district on Sunday after they slipped into a water tank while playing in the fields. Police in-
formed the deceased has been identified as Sapna (3) and Krish (2), residents of Karni Nagar in Mohangarh.
“The victims were playing in the farmland situated near the
water body on Sunday.
Incidentally, they fell into the water tank and could not swim back.
The villagers reached at the spot and they recovered their bodies after which they were
rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared them dead. A post-mortem was conducted and the bodies were handed-over to family members,” police said.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: 1000 packets of sweets and firecrackers were distributed to the needy people at Khairpur Bhawan on the eve of the birth anniversary of former Vice President of India and former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
Speaking about the personality and work of late Shekhawat, Mahavir Ranka, State CoConvener of BJP Small Industries Cell said that he was a true politician who lived up to the standards of politi-
cal ideals.
In another programme, deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore said, “Shekhawat played an important role in rural development. In his policies, the village, poor and
the farmer were given prominence,” he said.
Former BJP state president Arun Chaturvedi said, “He was such a person who had the courage to stick for the right thing.”
Kota (PTI): Once a popular folk art, Mandana designs that used to adorn mud walls of homes in rural Rajasthan are quickly disappearing. Reason: The rapid urbanisation with the construction of concrete houses.
Mandana designs are mainly drawn on mud smeared walls with white lime liquid called “khadiya” by rural women on auspicious occasions like Diwali, Holi, birth and wedding ceremonies.
The designs include pointed stars, six-petal flowers, lotus and swastika. Sita Devi Sharma (85) says the folk art
that was once used to decorate walls and doorsteps disappeared as people started constructing concrete houses at her Talwas village, around 30 km away from Bundi.
There is hardly a single Mandana painting drawn on house walls in the village now as locals have constructed concrete
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Barmer: A sudden fire broke out in the fields around the IndoPak Border. Speeding wind led to the spread of fire in about twothree kilometres up to the Akali village. The BSF personnel tried to douse the fire with the help of villagers. Water tanks were used to douse the flames. Gadror police and Tehsildar also reached after getting info. A fire brigade was sent from Barmer headquarters.
According to locals, a fire broke out near Munabao Zero Point,
about 150 km from the district headquarters.
The fire brigade being 150 km away took time to reach. ADM Ashwini K Pawar, the BSF along with local admin and the people tried to control the blaze, which they could to some extent. The Fire Brigade of Civil Defence was sent from the district headquarters.
houses and buy wallpapers and wall paintings for decoration, says Sita Devi’s son and village development committee member Mulchand Sharma.
Another Mandana artist, Bhagwati Saxena of Bundi too expressed disappointment over the disappearance of the agesold art form. Fortunately, the art is still surviving in remote rural areas where concrete houses are not being constructed, she adds.
However, there are some women artists who are trying to preserve the art for future generations.
Governor Kalraj Mishra, Dr. Satish Poonia, Chandrashekhar, Narpat Singh Rajvi & other leaders payPali: Two people were crushed to death by an unidentified vehicle in Jaitaran town of Pali district on Saturday night, police said. Police informed the deceased has been identified as Ramzam (47) and Prabhu Singh (40), both residents of Masuda tehsil. “The incident occurred on National Highway – 25A between Prithvipura and Garania on Saturday late night. The victims were heading towards Bilara on a motorcycle when they were hit by an unidentified speeding vehicle. Both of them died on the spot and their bodies have been kept in the mortuary of Jaitaran Hospital,” police said.
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Jhunjhunu: A six-yearold child was killed while his father and sister sustained injuries in Jhunjhunu on Sunday when a pile of bricks fell on them. Police informed the victims have been identified as Lucky, his father Manoj and sister Vanshika. “The incident occurred at Khetano Ka Mohalla in Ward No. 39 of Jhunjhunu city on Sunday.
The victims were heading towards a salon when an unstable pile of bricks kept outside an under-construction building fell on them. The victims were buried under the bricks in the mishap and were pulled out by the locals. Lucky died on the spot, while Manoj and Vanshika are undergoing treatment at BSK Hospital in Jhunjhunu,” police said.
“The deceased post-mortem was conducted and the body was handedover to the family members,” police added.
Alwar: A soldier of the Indian Army died and two others got injured when a car in which they were travelling collided with an unidentified vehicle on Delhi-Jaipur national highway in Alwar district’s Behror area. Rajkumar, a resident of Lokri village in Gurgaon, Haryana died in the mishap while two others were injured. They were on their way to homes from Nasirabad in Ajmer on Diwali when the incident occurred.
Udaipur: Two youths were crushed to death by a speeding tanker in Prasad area of Udaipur on Sunday night. Police informed the victims died on the spot in the mishap and their bodies were kept in the mortuary of a nearby community health centre. The deceased were yet to be identified till Sunday late night.
Kota: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Rajasthan Police on Sunday arrested one of the prime accused in Apeksha Group Chit Fund Scam. The police arrested one of the prime accused, Hari Om Suman, in a case of
duping Rs 200 crores from investors by luring them with lucrative returns. The police had also announced an award of Rs. 10,000 on the accused.
Meanwhile, the SIT
had arrested Chief Advisor of the Group CA Himanshu Vijay and four directors Girraj Nayak, Yogesh Kulshrestha, Sanjay Kashyap and Durgashankar Marotha. The Group has made hundreds of investors on the pretext of multifold profits.
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Bharatpur: Prime accused in the Jatoli Thun village shooting in Deeg Sadar police station area has been arrested. Rajveer alias Kadda Jat, resident of Jatoli Thun was arrested from Panhori.
Following instructions from SP Shyam Singh, police teams from five police stations were formed.
Three days ago, firing took place after a
dispute between two sides. One person was killed in the firing.
According to the police, the incident took place on Friday in Jatoli Thun village of Deeg police station area. It is being told that in the morning, two parties had come face to face over the molestation of a girl. After a minor altercation between the two sides. After that, there were weapons on both sides.
per cent during the Navratri festival this year.
The total vehicle retail sales between September 26 and October 5 of this year stood at 5,39,227 units as compared to 3,42,459 units sold during Navratri last year.
India has been successfully able to navigate post-Covid economic shocks and the shifting global geo-political structure. Consumers are out in full force taking advantage of festival season shopping.
According to data, every category in the automobile sector showed extremely high growth with two-wheelers, three-wheelers, commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles increasing by 52 per cent, 115 per cent, 48 per cent, and 70 per cent respectively.
Diwali generates an essence of belonging (and ‘utsah‘), which is imperative for the social assimilations and to establish a sense of togetherness, solidarity and expression of self...
Stores and showrooms selling everything from jewellery to apparel to automobiles are reporting significant increases in sales on pre-Diwali festival days. The state of the automobile sector, which is essential to both macroeconomic growth and technological innovation, is a good indicator to measure India’s economic health...and all signs point to an upward trend.
According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations of India (FADA), the country’s total vehicle retail sales rose 57
Leaders in the automobile sector are overjoyed that after a gap of three years, customers are back in their showrooms ready to purchase new sets of wheels India’s appetite for precious metals remains voracious. Gold and silver traders across the nation see high sales during October and November.
The festive period usually sees higher sales for Gold, Silver and Diamonds, as most Indians consider such purchases to be auspicious during this time of the year.
Festivals and traditions bind us together. Rituals are integral to one’s existence, but we are forgetting the little joys and essence of traditions — which were to spread hope and happiness. Across cultures, festivals have always brought societies and families closer. Sadly, these cultural practices — just part of our collective memories now — are dying. Traditions, which are an intrinsic part of all cultures, can be manifested in forms of art, customs and conventions passed from one generation to another without being structurally documented but collectively owned.
This year hasn’t been any different.
Customers are coming in large numbers and the rate of gold jewellery is within the range of 50,000 rupees (USD 607). For people, this rate of gold is a buying opportunity and people are excited because of the price range, says, Ashish Pethe, Chairman of All India Gems and Jewellery
Domestic Council. Indians are getting so much-needed retail therapy and the holiday shopping numbers don’t lie. According to industry projections, Online and in-store retail sales are expected to surpass 27 billion USD this year, almost double from 2019 and about 25 per cent higher than the previous year.
According to the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the sales figures would include nearly USD 15.2 billion USD in offline sales, compared to about USD 8.5 billion USD in 2019.
The post covid recovery of any nation is usually measured by the discretionary spending habits of its population.
The upwardly mobile, aspirational Indian is now spending on holidays and travel and while on vacation, likes to shop as well.
This shows an economy that remains resilient and consumption patterns that remain resilient. India remains open for business.
—With ANI InputsAyodhya welcomes its king, Lord Ram, his wife Sita and brother Lakshman’s return from exile with a mega Deepotsav (festival of lights). Enhancing the pilgrim city’s beauty 17 lakh diyas (earthen lamps) as a part of a Guinness Book of World record, was laid out by 22,000 volunteers along 37 ghats. It has to be borne in mind that the grand Ram temple is still under construction and Ram Lalla virajman is still in the makeshift temple. But for the devout that the work is progressing at a quick pace and so is the all-round
beautification of the holy city is what matters as they throng in lakhs for temple darshan in lakhs.
Ayodhya is coming up on the lines of Varanasi
Ayodhya welcomes its king, Lord Ram, his wife Sita and brother Lakshman’s return from exile with a mega Deepotsav (festival of lights). Enhancing the pilgrim city’s beauty 17 lakh diyas (earthen lamps) as a part of a Guinness Book of World record, was laid out by 22,000 volunteers along 37 ghats
in India and abroad and uses it as its unique selling proportion among tourists in countries like South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries. Ayodhya has special ties with South Korea which stretch back to about 2000 years ago.
with sparkling ghats, widened roads along with a brand new temple. With Mathura and Vrindavan also being developed and beautified, Uttar Pradesh
has become an important state for pilgrimage. The state government is aware of the appeal of the triumvirate of Ram, Krishna and Shiva among Hindus
Religious tourism is expected to be a big money spinner for the state as attracting religious tourists will eventually contribute to the development of sectors like hospitality, infrastructure, transportation and enhance UP’s overall image. The all-round growth would make the goal of a trillion dollar economy easily achievable.
Respected Prime Minister Shri @ narendramodi ji today inaugurated the grand Deepotsav in Ayodhya, the pride of Sanatan. The resolve of cultural renaissance and developed India expressed by the Prime Minister from Ayodhya, adorned with divine lamps, will become a chapter of India’s fortunes. Jai Shri Ram!
MONI SHARMA
The writer is a Editor (News), First India, Jaipur Edition
The spirit is beyond destruction. No one can bring an end to spirit which is everlasting.Bhagavad Gita Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda Narendra Modi @narendramodi This Deepavali has come at a time when we’ve completed 75 years of independence. ‘Sankalp shakti’ of Lord Ram will take India to new heights. TOP TWEETS
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday extended Diwali greetings to the nation.
Murmu sent greetings to her fellow citizens on the eve of Diwali. In a message, the President said, “On the auspicious occasion of Diwali, I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all the fellow citizens living in India and abroad.
Diwali is a festival of happiness and joy. On the day of Diwali, people worship Goddess Lakshmi in their homes and pray for everyone’s hap-
piness and prosperity.
The festival of Diwali is also an occasion to further strengthen the spirit of mutual cooperation and harmony.
The light of Diwali symbolizes the knowledge that dispels all the darkness of our inner and outer ignorance.
May energy & light spread in our lives like a Diya. May the spirit of helping the underprivileged grow deep in
the minds of people and let us all continue our tradition of ‘Subh’ and ‘Labh’”, she said Vice President Dhankhar said in his message: “I extend my warm greetings and good wishes to the people of our country and those living abroad on the auspicious occasion of Deepawali.
Celebrated with traditional fervor and zeal, Deepawali marks the
return of Shri Ram to Ayodhya, alongwith Maa Sita and Laxman, after fourteen years in exile, during which he attained the knowledge from the Sages and united the common people living in the wilderness of forests to defeat the evil. Deepawali also signifies the advent of Ram Rajya, our ideal of benign, benevolent governance. It reaffirms our belief in the virtuous life of Shri Ram. The ‘Maryadas’, set by him as an ideal king, obedient son, invincible warrior and that of a righteous life, made him ‘Purushottama’ Ram, the role model emulated by humanity for generations.”
Rajkot (PTI): Gujarat BJP chief C R Paatil has hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his government’s decision to completely ban firecrackers in the national capital, and dubbed such people “antireligious” who were stopping citizens from celebrating their festivals.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government last month re-imposed a complete ban on the production, sale and use of all types of firecrackers till January 1, 2023, including on Diwali, a practice it has been following for the last two years.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai recently said bursting of firecrackers on Diwali in Delhi will attract a jail term of up to six months and a fine of Rs 200.
n ISRO had got contract to launch OneWeb satellites n ISRO now aims to launch heavier satellites
New Delhi (PTI): With the successful placing in orbit of 36 OneWeb satellites on board the Launch Vehicle MarkIII (LVM-3) rocket, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now eying a bigger share in the global satellite launch market.
A recent Indian Space Association and Ernst and Young report had pegged the global space economy at USD 447 billion with the satellite launch segment accounting for USD 6 billion.
ISRO has already carved out a niche for itself in satellite launch segment with its old warhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket earning the space agency millions of dollars in business.
With the LVM-3 rocket, capable of placing 10 tonne payloads in low earth orbits, ISRO now aims to launch heavier satellites or multiple smaller satellites.
Sunday’s launch of 36 satellites for OneWeb had a combined weight of over 5.7 tonnes, and ISRO plans to repeat the launch for another batch of 36 satellites in February next year.
Sriharikota: The ISRO has acquired land for the proposed rocket launch site in Tamil Nadu where a launch pad would be set up, the chief of the space agency said on Sunday. ISRO chairman S Somanath said the space agency was currently in the process of consolidating land at Kulasekarapatnam in Thoothukudi district.
“The next LVM-3 will be ready by February 2023, when we plan to carry out another launch for OneWeb,” ISRO chief S Somanath said in an interaction.
“We want to do one launch of LVM-3 every three to four months depending on the commercial demand,” he said.
ISRO had bagged the contract to launch OneWeb satellites in April this year as the RussiaUkraine conflict put a spanner in the UKbased company’s plans to launch satellites using Russian rockets from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan. Of OneWeb’s planned constellation of 648 satellites, Roscosmos had launched 428 before Ukraine conflict.
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu congratulated ISRO on the successful launch of broadband satellites tweeted: “The eam of @ISRO, @ NSIL_India & @INSPACeIND achieved an impressive feat of successfully launching LVM3 with 36 satellites aimed at enhancing global connectivity. The country is proud of our scientists and their showcasing of the nation’s indigenous capabilities.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated ISRO on its maiden commercial mission successfully placed 36 broadband communication satellites. “Congratulations @NSIL_India @INSPACeIND @ISRO on the successful launch of our heaviest launch vehicle LVM3 with 36 OneWeb satellites meant for global connectivity. LVM3 exemplifies Atmanirbharta & enhances India’s competitive edge in the global commercial launch service market,” the Prime Minister said.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday hailed the successful launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) heaviest rocket. “A landmark day for India’s space programme! India stepped into a new era of selfreliance with the successful launch of its heaviest rocket LVM3, with 36 OneWeb satellites on board, Congratulations to our scientists and the entire team,” Amit Shah said in a tweet on Sunday after the successful launch by the ISRO.
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande visited the Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt ahead of Diwali, and interacted with the serving soldiers and their next of kin admitted. “Army Chief lauded the efforts of Paramedics,” officials said. Gen Manoj Pande was accompanied by his wife Archana Pande, (AWWA) President.
New Delhi (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent a night in a small semi-permanent temporary roof structure at a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Detachment or DET at 11,300 feet altitude near Mana during his visit to Uttarakhand on Saturday. The prime minister ate simple khichdi, mandwe ki roti, local chutney and jhagore ki kheer (a pudding) cooked by a labourer working for BRO.
With the prime minister visiting the temporary structure with a tin roof, the BRO had less than 72 hours to make it ship-shaped. PM Modi decided to spend the night at the DET itself interacting with the labourers and road construction workers. He then asked one of them to cook khichdi for dinner.
Raipur: A 32-year-old nurse was allegedly gang-raped by four persons at a health centre in Chhattisgarh's Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (MCB) district. Police have arrested three persons, including a 17-year-old boy, while the fourth accused is on the run. The incident took place on Friday afternoon at a sub-health centre.
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Shimla: Has the era of Prem Kumar Dhumal also ended after Shanta Kumar in Himachal Pradesh? This time
Dhumal has not been made the candidate of the assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Suspense was going on for the last several days regarding his name. But his name is not there in the first list of 62 candidates released
by the party and retired Army Captain Ranjit Singh has been nominated from the Sujanpur assembly seat.
Prem Kumar Dhumal had contested last time from Sujanpur seat and was the chief ministerial candidate from the party’s side. BJP won the entire state but Dhumal lost the election from Sujanpur seat, after which Jai Ram Thakur was made the chief minister.
Since then it was being speculated that now the Dhumal era is also
Notably, the politics of this small hilly state used to revolve around three faces for the last several decades.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Anand Mamani and said that he was a formidable leader who worked extensively for social empowerment. Mamani passed away late on Saturday night after battling ill health for over a month. “Pained by the passing away of Shri Anand Mamani, the Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly. He was a formidable leader who worked extensively for social empowerment. He also worked to strengthen BJP across Karnataka. Condolences to his family and supporters. Om Shanti,” PM Modi said in a tweet.
Mumbai (PTI): The civil aviation ministry will create a “substantial” number of posts at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enhance its safety oversight function, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said.
Responding to a recent communication by Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, the civil aviation minister also said the DGCA has completed as many as 202 surveillance inspections in this fiscal so far.
DGCA is keeping a close watch on the situation and shall take all appropriate action to avert any untoward incident.
coming to an end. Anyway, he is 78 years of age and there is an un-
declared rule in the party for the retirement of leaders at 75 years.
Shanta Kumar and Prem Kumar Dhumal were from BJP and Virbhadra Singh was from Congress. These three people used to become the Chief Minister. It is a fact that from 1983 to 2017 i.e. 34 years, these three leaders kept on becoming the Chief Minister, in turn.
Chaturvedi, in a letter to Scindia, had on October 14 highlighted an incident of smoke inside the cabin of a SpiceJet's Goa-Hyderabad flight and sought necessary action to ensure airlines maintain the highest level of safety standards.
On October 12, SpiceJet’s Bombardier Q400 aircraft operating its flight to Hyderabad from Goa had an emergency landing in Hy-
—Jyotiraditya Scindia, Civil Aviation Ministerderabad after smoke filled up its cabin. “I have had the matter examined. Based on the preliminary investigation, evidence of engine oil was found in the engine bleed-off valve, which had led to oil entering the aircraft air-conditioning system resulting in smoke in the cabin,” Scindia said in his response to Chaturvedi.
Virat Kohli produced one of the most memorable knocks in the history of the T20 World Cup and powered India to a dramatic four-wicket win over arch rivals Pakistan in an epic clash at Melbourne.
Kohli’s sparkling innings not only steered India to a historic victory but also enabled the ‘Men in Blue’ to exact full toll on the ‘Men in Green’ who had hammered them by10-wickets in last year’s T20
World Cup in the UAE.
King Kohli’s splendid unbeaten fifty was a masterclass in T20 batting. Just the cold statistic of scoring 82 runs off 53 balls in a tight, tense battle reflects the quality of the knock. But far more than the runs scored, was the manner in which Virat paced his entire innings and shifted gears when the going got really tough in the final overs.
Though Pakistan had set a rather modest 160 target in Sunday’s showdown, it became far
tougher as India lost skipper Rohit Sharma (4), KL Rahul (4), Suryakumar Yadav (15) and Axar Patel (2) in quick succession. With India tottering at 31 for 4, Pakistan seemed clear favourites as their fearsome bowling attack was firing on all cylinders.
It was from this precarious condition that Virat had to revive India’s rapidly sinking fortunes. In all-rounder Hardik Pandya, Kohli found a partner to pull India out of disarray
and despair. The situation needed something special and the former skipper Kohli stitched up a magnificent fifthwicket stand of 113 from 78 balls. The duo began the repair job with sin-
gles and twos and as they settled down, the big shots began to flow. Particularly memorable was the 12th over of left arm spinner Nawaz where Hardik and Kohli hit three majestic sixes
Bengaluru (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his party will not allow Karnataka to be turned into a laboratory for the BJP’s experiments with hatred and misgovernance.
The leader was optimistic that his party will unleash Karnataka’s true potential through the path of love, peace and harmony. “The Congress party will not allow this garden of peace to be turned into a laboratory for the BJP’s experiments with hatred and misgovernance,” he said in a statement, after winding up his Karnataka leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra and entered Telangana on Sunday.
“Through the untiring efforts of our state leaders, drawing on the rich cultures of Karnataka and the support of crores of Kannadigas, that day will soon come when we will unleash Karnataka’s true potential through the path of love, peace and harmony,” he added.While thanking the people for their outpouring of support throughout his journey in Karnataka, Gandhi said he saw the potential of its people being crippled. Farmers growing crops from every region are struggling to support their families due to rising costs, uncertain yields and fluctuating prices, the Wayanad MP said.
New Delhi (Agencies): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is set to make a final exit from Karnataka and enter Telangana.The yatra was resumed from Yermarus in Karnataka to make a final exit and enter Telangana’s Gudeballur in Mahabubnagar on Sunday morning. According to Congress office-bearers, the yatra will halt at Gudebellur where Gandhi will stay for the day. On the last day of Bharat Jodo Yatra in poll-bound Karnataka, Rahul said that his family has a long connection with the state.
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New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor, who challenged Mallikarjun Kharge in the election of Congress President, got 1,072 votes. A total of around 93 hundred votes were cast, out of which 419 votes became invalid and 7,897 votes went to Kharge. If we look at the numbers, Shashi Tharoor has got more votes than Sharad Pawar got in 1997. However, in terms of percentage, both have got close to 12 percent votes. It is also not a trivial matter that Shashi Tharoor secured 12 per cent of the vote. Everyone knows that he is not as popular as Sharad Pawar and not as resourceful as him. Also, the
identity of any one state or society is not attached to him. Despite this, he got the same number of votes as Pawar.
Therefore, the question is how did Tharoor get so many votes? The biggest reason for this is that Sonia and Rahul
Gandhi did not oppose him. It is known to all that Mallikarjuna was the official candidate of the Gandhi family, even though it was not announced. But just as Kharge was not announced as the official candidate, the first family’s ‘opposition’ to Tharoor was also not announced. The message was allowed to be created about him that he too is a candidate of the high command. At one stage, an image of Tharoor being a proxy candidate was also created.
Even when the Congress directed that a party functionary who wanted to support a candidate must resign from office to ensure fairness, Shashi Tharoor was appointed as
Chairman of the parliamentary committee of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the midst of the election. He was earlier the chairman of the committee of the IT ministry, but later, a member of the Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde faction was made the Chairman of that committee. In return, the Congress was given the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, which the Congress was initially reluctant to take. But it finally accepted it and made Tharoor its chairman. This sent a message that Tharoor was also in the good book of the high command. So, because of this he got votes in many places.
and stole 20 invaluable runs. The tide had begun to turn.
Despite the recovery engineered by Kohli’s aggression and Pandya’s pluck, Pakistan still had the edge for most of the chase and were favourites to win till the 15th over. As the Kohli-Pandya duo could only muster 12 runs combined in the 16th and 17th overs, the odds seemed stacked even further. Kohli, however, had different ideas and his steely resolve and sheer brilliance in the
final few overs ultimately helped India to turn the tables.
With 48 needed from the last three overs, Kohli shifted gears flawlessly. He hit three fours off Shaheen Afridi in the 18th over which saw him complete a 43-ball fifty. Then in the 19th over, he scored two successive and glorious sixes off Haris Rauf – the first a massive straight hit over long-on and the second a majestic flick over deep fine leg. In the final over by spinner Nawaz, Virat cracked his fourth six as
India scrambled to a nailbiting win off the last ball!
Besides the whole world applauding his exceptional genius, Virat himself rated this as his ‘best innings ever’. In India-Pakistan rivalry, this Kohli knock will rank as high as Javed Miandad’s historic last ball six in 1986 that took Pakistan to a famous win. Clearly, King Kohli will always be one of the finest to play the game and a classy cricketer who makes us proud to be Indians!!
Lucknow: After posting of IAS officers on the cadre posts of PCS, the UP govt has sought information from all the municipal corporations and authorities about the posts created on the basis of the rules.
PCS officers are also opposing the posting of IAS officers to the post of Municipal Commissioner, VC and CDO. Most of the posts of Municipal Commissioner and VC
Amaravati (Agencies): A fire broke out at a theatre in Andhra Pradesh after fans of actor Prabhas burst firecrackers during the screening of his film. The incident occurred in Tadepalligudem town of West Godavari district. Displaying over-enthusiasm, fans of Prabhas burst firecrackers during the screening of his movie ‘Billa’ in Venkatramana theatre. They resorted to this to celebrate Prabhas’ birthday. The seats in the theatre caught fire.
Fortunately there were no casualties and the fire was extinguished by theatre employees with the help of some people watching the film. ‘Billa’ starring Prabhas and his uncle and veteran actor Krishnam Raju, who passed away recently, was re-released in theatres in AP and Telangana to mark Prabhas’ birthday.
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New Delhi: An interesting turn of event has happened in Bihar.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s party is alleging that Prashant Kishor is associated with BJP and is working for BJP, while on the other hand, Prashant Kishor is claiming that Nitish Kumar is in touch with BJP and will join NDA at any time.
Similarly, Nitish Kumar had claimed that Prashant Kishor himself had come to meet
him. Nitish had said that if someone wants to meet then how will he refuse. In response, Prashant said that Nitish had called him and again asked him to work for his party, but PK claimed that he refused.
Think Prashant Kishor has not become a leader yet. He is running a ‘Suraaj’ campaign and saying that he will form a party by taking the opinion of the people. Good people will meet only then he will form a party. But before that, he is failing
all the leaders in their rhetoric.
However, the real question is who among PK and Nitish are really with BJP, who is in touch with BJP and
he returned to the NDA.
But now he is saying that he will never go with BJP. Despite this, what is the point of PK’s claim?
and CDO in Development Authorities are the post of PCS Cadre.
There are 17 municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh in which no PCS officer is posted as municipal commissioner. Out of 17 municipal corporations, commissioners in 13 corpora-
tions are direct IAS officers while promotee IAS officers are posted in four municipal corporations.
The promotee IAS officers who are posted as commissioners are Avinash Singh in Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation, Sanjay Chauhan in Moradabad Municipal Corporation, Santosh Kumar Sharma in Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation and Vishal Singh in Ayodhya Municipal Corporation.
New Delhi (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) National Executive member and Muslim Rashtriya Manch patron Indresh Kumar on Saturday paid a visit to Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, New Delhi, and lights earthen lamps inside the premises of the shrine, ahead of Diwali. The RSS’ Muslim wing, Muslim Rashtriya Manch called for peace and prosperity in the country. The move of Muslim Rashtriya Manch patron and senior RSS leader lighting ‘earthen lamps’ inside the Nizamuddin Dargah complex, marks a message of peace.
Former BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly has backed out of the presidential elections of Cricket Association of Bengal. His brother Snehasish Ganguly is set to become the president of the cricketing body. His brother is set to become the President of CAB. Meanwhile, Amalendu Biswas filed his nomination for the post of vice-president.
CONGRESS ISSUES SHOW CAUSE NOTICE TO TELANGANA MP Hyderabad (ANI): The Congress on Sunday issued show cause notice to its Telangana MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy for his recent utterances.
Congress General Secretary Tariq Anwar issued the notice to the MP from Bhongir a day after video clip went viral in which he is heard predicting that the Congress will lose the by-election to the Munugode Assembly seat.
Thiruvananthapuram (ANI): Armed with a recent Supreme Court order quashing the appointment of the vice-chancellor (VCs) of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University here for being contrary to UGC regulations, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Sunday sought resignations of VCs of nine varsities in the state. The nine VCs include that of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, according to a tweet by Kerala Raj Bhavan on behalf of the Governor.
who can go with BJP? Keep in mind that both have been with the BJP for a long time. PK had worked as a strategist for the BJP in the 2012 Gujarat elections and
the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, while Nitish Kumar has been in the BJP alliance for 24 years, barring four years between 1995 and 2022.
Once he left the BJP,
Is he merely creating suspicion towards Nitish and trying to create a rift in his ties with RJD or positioning himself? Does he have to replace Nitish in Bihar, for which he is tarnishing his reputation?
Many interesting twists will be seen in the coming days and anything is possible in Bihar before the next Lok Sabha elections.
Coimbatore (Agencies):
Eswaran Kovil street, a major thoroughfare connecting Ukkadam and Townhall in Coimbatore city became desolate during the busy Diwali shopping season as a result of the car blast incident. The incident happened at around 4 am on Sunday, front of Kottai Sangameshwarar temple.
More than 500 police personnel from districts were brought to Coimbatore.
30 HURT AS BUS CARRYING LABOURERS HOME FOR DIWALI Guna (PTI): At least 30 passengers were injured, four of them seriously, when an over-packed private bus carrying migrant labourers to Uttar Pradesh for Diwali overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, an official said. The bus was coming from Surat in Gujarat, the official said, adding the accident occurred on the Guna bypass road, 6 km from the Guna district headquarters.
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New Delhi: Eight of India’s 10 most valued firms added a total of `2,03,335.28 crore in market valuation last week amid an overall positive trend in equities, with RIL emerging as the biggest gainer. Except HDFC Bank & Bajaj Finance, rest eight firms in the top-10 pack witnessed addition in their market valuation. Reliance Industries continued to rule the top-10 most valued firms chart, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys, HUL, SBI, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance and ITC.
New Delhi (PTI): RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Ashima Goyal has attributed the rise in tax collections to demonetisation and said that it will help the nation move towards the ideal situation where low taxes are levied on a large base.
On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of old ` 1,000 and ` 500 banknotes and one of the key objectives of the unprecedented decision was to curb black money flows and promote digital payments.
Mumbai (PTI): Andhra, Telangana, Rajasthan and Punjab along with three north-eastern states are repeatedly using the Reserve Bank’s special short-term liquidity windows instead of market borrowings, indicating their serious cash imbalances, says a report.
The north-eastern states which are over and again using these facilities are Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.
New Delhi: Foreign investors have pulled out close to `6,000 crore from the Indian equity markets so far this month in the wake of strength in the US dollar against the rupee. With this, the total outflow by Foreign Portfolio Investors has reached `1.75 lakh crore so far in 2022, data with the depositories showed. Acc to the data, FPIs withdrew `5,992 crore from equities in Oct (till 21). However, during the last few days FPIs had slowed down their selling substantially.
Noting that demonetisation had short-term costs but some long-term benefits, Goyal said it enhanced digitisation and formalization in the economy and reduced tax evasion, although all this has further to go. “It contributed to the buoyancy in taxes the country is benefitting from today. This helps us move towards the ideal of low tax rates on a large base,” she said.
The tax department on October 9 said that the gross collection of tax on corporate and individual earnings jumped nearly
On November 8, 2016, PM Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of old `1,000 and `500 banknotes and one of the key objectives of the unprecedented decision was to curb black money flow
24% so far in the current fiscal year to ` 8.98 lakh crore.
GST collections remained above ` 1.40 lakh crore for the seventh month in a row at `1.47 lakh crore in September, a 26% increase over last year, reflecting buoyancy in tax
New Delhi: Realty major DLF Ltd’s sales bookings rose 62% yearon-year during the April-September period to `4,092 crore on better demand for its housing properties. Its sales bookings stood at `2,526 crore in the first half of the previous financial year, according to an investors presentation by the firm. DLF Ltd has given guidance of sales bookings at `8,000 crore for the current 2022-23 financial year, a 10% increase from the previous fiscal. Its sales bookings rose to `7,273 crore in 202122 fiscal from `3,084 crore in the previous year.
Noting that demonetisation had short-term costs but some long-term benefits, Goyal said it enhanced digitisation and formalization in the economy
The tax department on Oct 9 said that the gross collection of tax on corporate and individual earnings jumped nearly 24%
collection.
Replying to a question on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Goyal said the objectives of the CBDC are to reduce the use of cash, and provide additional functions to the existing payment system rather than replace it.
The central bank offers three short-term liquidity windows -- special drawing facility (SDF; for 5 working days), ways and means advances (WMA, for 5 working days) and over draft (OD, for 14 working days) facilities to states to tide over their liquidity needs.
One of the main reasons for the states to use these windows is the cheaper pricing than market borrowings. Till August, states have availed SDF facility at an average rate of 3.2-4.2%, while state bonds are priced at 7.8% or more.
New Delhi (PTI): The government and state-owned insurer LIC, who will continue to hold significant shareholding in IDBI Bank post its privatisation, will not veto any proposals of the new owner as part of their plan to give the incoming promoters a free hand, a senior official said.
The government earlier this month invited bids for the sale of 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank, which is 45.48% owned by the government and 49.24% by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
At the current price, sale of 61% stake would fetch about ` 29,000 crore to the government.
The official said postprivatisation, the government and LIC shareholding will come down to 34% but they do not intend to move in tandem to block any special resolution proposed by
New Delhi (PTI): Contracting for the last eleven months, the country’s cashew exports contracted by 38% to $22.71 million in September succumbing to intense competition in the international markets.
The exports have been declining since November last year, according to the data of the commerce ministry
The govt and LIC will not veto any proposals of the new owner as part of their plan to give the incoming promoters a free hand
The government earlier this month invited bids for the sale of 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank, which is 45.48% owned by the govt and 49.24% by the LIC
the new promoter. This is with a view to assuaging the concerns of investors.
“There should not be any such concern. If we are selling a 60.72% stake and transferring management control, it should be clear to investors that we are not interested in controlling the institution and hence will not oppose any resolution,” the official said.
New Delhi: As many as 384 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of `150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than `4.52 lakh crore, as per a report. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, out of 1,529 projects, 384 reported cost overruns and as many as 662 projects were delayed. According to the report, the expenditure incurred on these projects till September 2022 was `13,78,142.29 crore, or 53.45% of the anticipated cost of the projects.
New Delhi: Samsung India Electronics’ profit after tax for FY22 fell 4.86% to `3,844.40 crore, while its revenue from operations went up 8.65% to `82,451.60 crore, said data accessed by business intelligence platform
Tofler. The electronic major’s EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) was almost flat at `7,081.80 crore in the latest FY22 as against `7,093.40 crore. Its other income was up 77.89% to `2,873.20 cr. —PTI
New Delhi: Two Russian banks have opened a special vostro account following permission from the Reserve Bank of India to facilitate overseas trade in rupee. Sberbank and VTB Bank — the largest and second largest banks of Russia — are the first foreign lenders to receive this approval after the RBI announced the guidelines on overseas trade in rupee in July. These banks have opened special vostro account in their respective branches in Delhi.
The exports have been declining since November last year, according to the data of the commerce ministry. The data showed that the exports dipped by 34% in April, about 30% in May, about 6% in June, 26.62% in July and 31.5% in August.
Karnataka Cashews Manufacturers Association Vice President Tukaram Prabhu said that withdrawal of export incentives under ‘Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana’ too is impacting the outbound shipments.
“At present, we have no incentives to push ship-
ments, though there is good demand in global markets. Our quality is much better than Vietnamese cashew. It is also a labour-intensive sector,” Prabhu said.
He urged the government to consider extending export incentives to boost exports. According to him, India’s edible cashew kernel production
New Delhi: Indraprastha Gas Ltd, which retails CNG and piped cooking gas, reported a 4% rise in its September quarter net profit as rise in input natural gas prices hurt margins. The net profit stood at `416.15 crore in JulySeptember compared with `400.54 crore in the same period a year back, the company said in a statement. Revenue almost doubled to `3,922.02 crore in the second quarter of fiscal year starting April 1.
New Delhi: In the third quarter of 2022, India saw 44.6 million smartphone shipments which is a 6% decline from the previous year dragged by a lacklustre low-end segment.
According to a report by market research firm Canalys, Xiaomi held onto the first place with 9.2 million units as the brand gained traction from July’s online sales ahead of the festival season.
Samsung came second with 8.1 million shipments and saw strong momentum
According to a report by market research firm Canalys, Xiaomi held onto the first place with 9.2 million units as the brand gained traction from July’s
in the midhigh-end category owing to aggressive offers and promotions.
Vivo and OPPO jumped to third and fourth
place, shipping 7.3 million and 7.1 million units respectively.
While Realme dropped to fifth, shipping 6.2 million.
“Hit by inflation, entrylevel device contribution declined this year, while the mid-to-high segment performed relatively well thanks to aggressive promotions. OPPO’s OnePlus and vivo’s iQOO were the two brands driving mid-range growth in the e-commerce channel during this period,” said analyst Sanyam Chaurasia.
The data showed that the exports dipped by 34% in April, about 30% in May, about 6% in June, 26.62% in July and 31.5% in August
stood at 3,50,000-3,70,000 tonnes per year.
According to a cashew exporter from Kerala, domestic prices are 15 per cent higher than the export price, so traders are preferring to sell here. According to the data of APEDA, exports were down 25.16% to $113 million during AprilAugust this fiscal.
New Delhi (PTI): Corporate earnings and global trends would set the tone for the equity market in a holiday-shortened week ahead where volatility may also come into play amid the scheduled monthly derivatives expiry, analysts said.
The BSE and NSE will conduct a one-hour special muhurat trading session on Monday, marking the beginning of Samvat 2079 -- the Hindu calendar year that starts on Diwali.
Markets would remain closed on Wednesday for ‘Diwali Balipratipada’.
“We are heading into a truncated festival week where bulls have reason to celebrate Diwali on a higher note as the US market witnessed a sharp rebound in Friday’s trading session,” said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Ltd.
New Delhi (PTI): Days after SpiceJet announced a salary hike for its pilots, a section of captains and first officers of the airline has expressed apprehension about the implementation of the revised remuneration citing terms and conditions.
In a communication to pilots on Oct 19, SpiceJet said effective November 1, 2022, its captains’ salaries will increase to `7 lakh for 80 hours of monthly flying and `6.13 lakh for 70 hours from the current `4.5 lakhlevel which was made effec-
tive from Oct 1, 2022.
Accordingly, salaries of trainers and senior first officers have also been increased commensurately.
However, a section of pilots alleged that the airline has announced a hike in their remunerations while they are yet to get salaries at par with pre-COVID levels, a claim denied by SpiceJet.
On an average, a captain is currently getting around `2.50 lakh a month while a first officer takes home about `1 lakh every month after basic deductions.
FPIs SELL INDIAN EQUITIES WORTH `6K CRORE IN OCT
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Jaipur: BJP State president Satish Poonia has denied factionalism in the party and said that Rajasthan BJP is completely united and its first objective is to oust the Congress from power. While taking a dig at the Congress, he said that who is running the government in the Congress is not known. Poonia said that the BJP is fully prepared for the elections.
“Who is running the party, the resignation of the MLAs is the hallmark of discipline. The miscreants from other states have made Rajasthan a refuge, but the state home minister is not aware of what kind of crimes are taking place and what are
the security measures,” he said.
In Rajasthan, factionalism is going on between the leaders of Congress and BJP. This factionalism in Congress has reached Delhi. At the same time, factionalism is visible within the BJP.
“We are all bound by
the decision of the Parliamentary Party. Although there is talk of factionalism in BJP, but it is only gossip.
The character of BJP is strong. All the people of the party are working under one umbrella and are bound by parliamentary decorum,” he said.
Poonia denied the third power in the state saying that the politics of Rajasthan is bipolar and there is no space for a third political party here. He highlighted the schemes of the Modi government and hoped for their positive impact on polls in Rajasthan.
Sikar (FIB): Around six miscreants allegedly looted jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh from two traders in a village in Sikar district, police said on Sunday. Amit Soni and Nitin Soni were returning home in Bhadwali village on Saturday night when five-six people inter-
cepted their car and allegedly looted the jewellery from them, Udhyog Nagar SHO Sriniwas Jangid said. He said a case has been registered and hunt for the miscreants is on. There was no CCTV near the spot, official said.
Among ten most polluted cities in Asia, eight are from India
Jaipur: As the winter season is around the corner, as many as eight Indian cities have made it to the list of top 10 polluted cities in Asia, in-
cluding the NCR. As per the data released by World Air Quality Index, eight Indian cities are in the list of top 10 worst air quality regions in
Asia, while only one city (Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh) managed to feature in the list of top 10 best air quality stations.
Jaipur: Unemployed youths protesting for their 21-point demands have called for a hunger strike on “Black Diwali” in Ahmedabad on Monday. This was announced by Upen Yadav, State President of Rajasthan Unemployment Unified Federation.
Mahapadavs are being held in Ahmedabad under the banner of the federation. On Sunday, youths placed unlit black lamps in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Sabarmati Ashram.
However, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has accused the BJP of luring some of the unemployed youth from the state into holding a foot march against his government in Gujarat.
Gehlot said his government has already given jobs to 1.31 lakh people, recruitment for 1.24 lakh posts is underway, and another one lakh jobs have been announced in the budget.
BJP State president Satish Poonia along with his family members meets Governor Kalraj Mishra and extends Diwali greetings at Raj Bhavan on Sunday. Injured Amit and (R) Nitin. Vehicle damaged during loot.Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has given strict instructions to power companies not to cut power from Dhanteras to Bhaiyya Dooj across the state. But the power department is facing a crisis due to reduced power production and shortage of coal to run the power plants.
Ahead of Diwali, the three power houses, Suratgarh, Chhabra and Chhabra Super Critical Power Plant, have coal
left only for Sunday.
Coal companies have been asked to send coal rakes. The demand for electricity has in-
creased by about 1000 MW before Dhanteras. Demand may increase further up to 2000 MW on Diwali. The peak de-
Jodhpur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat visited Shergarh in Jodhpur on Sunday.
Former Divisional President Jalam Singh raised the issue of water and sought his intervention. Singh said that for the last many years, the problem of water has been in Shergarh assembly constituency.
“People are being forced to get water tankers. You should solve this problem,” he said.
Jaipur (FIB): In order to give relief to the general public of Jaipur on the festival of Diwali, the traffic route has been revised. From 23 to 25 October, the entry of heavy vehicles has been completely stopped in the Parkota area. Vehicle entry entrance: Ajmeri Gate, Sanganer Gate, Ghat Gate , Exit Gate: New Gate, Chandpole Gate, Ghat Gate
The company of 7 RAC, 500 jawans, 10 additional DCPs, 10 ACPs, 20 inspectors along with 600 home guards will keep the traffic smooth.
Jaipur (FIB): A bike rider died in a painful accident on Tonk Road in Shivdaspura area on Sunday. According to the police, a youth going on a bike from Jaipur towards Tonk was hit by an unknown vehicle. Due to which the young man died a painful death on spot.
The youth Hemraj Bairwa was a resident of Dausa, who was coming from Jaipur to Tonk by bike. During this, this accident happened near Shivdaspura Cut. Shivdaspura police, who reached the information, took the dead body and kept it in the mortuary.
Union Minister Gajendra S Shekhawat gave assurance to solve it but said that the state government is not implementing their plan.
“The work on the ground is under the state government. Cen-
tral government is making continuous efforts, especially regarding the supply of tap water at home, but due to the neglect of the state government, the common man is facing problems,” he said.
mand on 15 Oct was 11524, which reached 12518 MW on 21 Oct. On 22nd October also the demand was 12524 MW.
The electricity department and government are worried now. It is believed that the industrial load on Diwali will be reduced by 2000 MW as there will be holidays in factories and industries. However, additional power may be required due to shortage of power. In June, the highest demand was 16012 MW. Gehlot has instructed all 3 discoms not to cut power.
The govt has also asked RUVNL to provide electricity supply.
Jaipur: The well-known businessman and industrialist, Kishore Rungta won the prestigious award for excellence in the field of business and industry. The award which is named after Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh of Jaipur was conferred upon him on Saturday at City Palace by MP, Diya Kumari.
Rungta is known for turning around the loss making MAN Structurals into a profit venture. The unit is manufacturing
high tension transmission line towers. Capacity of the company has increased 5 times and is fully modernised with CNC machine and a stateof-the-art galvanising plant. Additional lines of business, like manufacture of railway structures, EPC of Transmission line and sub-station structures, manufacturing of solar structures were also added.
First India Bureau The 3 power houses, STPL, Chhabra and Chhabra Super Critical had coal left only for Sunday The demand for electricity has increased by about 1000 MW across the State before Dhanteras. GS Shekhawat interacting with public in Shergarh on Sunday.Baran (PTI): Top district officials of Baran on Sunday made a factfinding visit to a village where 12 members of a Dalit family converted to Buddhism last week and interacted with the family and other villagers.
The family of Rajendra Bairwa of Bhulon village in the Bapcha police station area of Baran district embraced Buddhism on Friday, allegedly upset over the assault of a family member by a man and the police’s refusal to book the husband of the village sarpanch in the matter.
The investigation into the assault case has now been transferred to an additional superintendent-level officer at the office of the IG of police, Kota.
Earlier, Rajendra, 32, lodged a case of assault against Lalchand Lodha of the same village on October 5, following which the police lodged a case under relevant sections of the IPC and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the accused and arrested him.
TThe officer rejected the claim that the dispute between Rajendra and Lalchand was linked to worship at a village temple on Vijaya Dashami.
The scuffle between them was due to personal enmity, the officer said. The police said their investigation revealed that Rajendra, accompanied by his two brothers, had reached Lalchand Lod-
ha’s house on the night of October 5 to avenge his assault earlier in the day. It was also found that Rahul Sharma, the sarpanch’s husband, had reached the spot to meditate and returned home after pacifying both sides.
A few days later, Rajendra approached the police and demanded that Rahul Sharma be made an accused in the case.
Sirsa (PTI): Out on parole, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Sunday junked speculations about anyone emerging as his likely successor to head the Sirsa-headquartered sect.
The sect chief said this was only a media speculation, and that he is, was, and will continue to head
the sect, which has a large number of followers in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
For the past several days Ram Rahim has been holding online discourses from his Barnawa ashram in UP, which have been attended by scores of his followers including many BJP leaders from Haryana too.
On Sunday, BJP’s Jind MLA Krishan Lal Middha joined an online Sat-
sang in his constituency along with scores of other Dera followers.
The dera chief, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for raping his two disciples, had recently come out of Sunaria jail on a 40-day parole after which he went to the Barnawa ashram.
On Sunday too, he addressed his followers and
spoke about festivals. In a video of the event, before touching upon the succession issue, Dera Sacha Sauda chief spoke about how our festivals are celebrated and what was their original significance. He also addressed the gathering on how we celebrate these festivals now with the change in times.
The investigation has now been transferred to an Addl SP level officer at Kota IG officeACTION
Singh working on strategy, may give hint to MPs soon
Yogesh SharmaJaipur: Nearly a dozen BJP MPs including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat may contest Rajasthan Assembly elections in 2023, while a few sitting MLAs may be given ticket for Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
The saffron party is seriously contemplating this move. Nearly a dozen of sitting MPs who have high chances of victory may be fielded in the Assembly elections. Some of such MPs have already started work in constituencies.
In a meeting of BJP Rajasthan’s core group held recently in New Delhi, indications were given that the party may give tickets to some of the sitting MPs for Assembly elections while some MLAs may
OM BIRLA: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla is Kota-Bundi MP. He may contest assembly elections from any of the constituencies of Kota. He has been an MLA from Kota South constituency in the past. After this seat fell vacant on his election as MP, his political disciple Sandeep Sharma became MLA. Birla is being called CM face.
GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is Jodhpur MP. He is likely to contest from an assembly seat of Jodhpur division. He is said to be close to both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Singh is also being called CM face NIHAL CHAND MEGHWAL: SriGanganagar-Hanumangarh MP Nihal Chand has been a union minister in the past. He may contest assembly elections from Raisinghnagar constituency. Nihal Chand has been an MLA from Raisinghnagar in the past.
NARENDRA KUMAR MANDAWA: Jhunjhunu MP Narendra Kumar is likely to contest from Mandawa assembly seat. He was a Mandawa MLA before being elected as MP.
KAILASH CHOUDHARY: Union Minister of State Kailash Choudhary is Lok Sabha MP from Barmer-Jaisalmer. He may contest from Baytoo assembly seat which he has represented in the past.
CP JOSHI: Chittorgarh MP Chandra Prakash Joshi is a young face of BJP.
be considered for ticket in Lok Sabha elections.
The party knows it well that if the Assembly elections are won, then the general elections in 2014 will not be tough.
He may contest from any seat in the Udaipur division.
RANJEETA KOLI: Currently a BJP MP from Bharatpur, Koli may contest from Weir or Bayana assembly seat.
GHANSHYAM TIWARI: He is currently Rajya Sabha MP and has been a threetime MLA from Sanganer. He also has been an MLA from Sikar and Chaumu. The party may field him in Civil Lines or Sanganer constituency.
DR KIRODI LAL MEENA: Meena is also a Rajya Sabha MP. He is eying on at least 8 seats in East Rajasthan, namely Lalsot, Dausa, Mahuva, Sapotra, Rajgarh, Bamanwas, Sawai Madhopur and Todabheem for contesting assembly elections.
RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE: Former Union Minister and sitting Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is also likely to be fielded in assembly elections. He is likely to contest from Kotputli, Virat Nagar or Shahpura.
Sources said that BJP national president JP Nadda and state in charge Arun Singh are working on the strategy and MPs will be given hint in due time for preparing to contest
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal for the formation of Rajasthan Leather Crafts Development Board, Rajasthan State Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Board and Rajasthan State Dhobi Welfare Board for the overall development and economic upliftment of every section of the State.
With this approval, the standard of living of the people related to leather trade will increase and their economic development will be ensured. The formation of this board will ensure their effective participation in the industrial development of the State.
Work related to the
implementation of government schemes and their financial management will be done at the district/state level.
Leather artisans registered in Rajasthan will be able to take advantage of the schemes by registering in the board.
With the formation of Rajasthan State Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Board, there will be an increase in the social and educational level of different sections of the gardener society like Kachhi, Kushwaha, Mali, Saini etc.
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mangarh Dham in Banswara on November 1. This visit of PM is being seen by linking it with Gujarat elections, but the strategy of BJP and Prime Minister is completely different regarding this. This tour is very important for Gujarat as well as Rajasthan. Political experts say that Narendra Modi’s visit to Mangarh is part of the Gujarat election campaign. But it is being projected as a programme of the PMO. It is likely that the Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Gujarat will also participate in this. It is believed that PM Modi can make some big announcements for the tribal people from Mangarh.
KANAK MAL KATARA: Looking at the presence of BTP, Lok Sabha MP from Banswara- Dungarpur may be fielded by the BJP from Sagwara in assembly constituency. A senior tribal leader Katara has already been an MLA.
MAHANT BABA BALAKNATH YOGI: He is the Lok Sabha MP from Alwar and may contest assembly elections from Behror, Bansur or Tijara. He is considered close to UP CM Yogi Adityanath. He has been an MLA from Behror once. DIYA KUMARI: BJP MP from Rajsamand is the erstwhile princess of Jaipur royal family. She may contest from Hawamahal or Kishanpol seat of Jaipur city. She may also choose her former constituency Sawai Madhopur to contest the assembly elections.
RAHUL KASWAN: Young Lok Sabha MP from Churu, Rahul Kaswan, may contest elections from Rajgarh (Churu) seat. The Kaswan family dominated this seat for a long time.
SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA: TonkSawai Madhopur MP may contest assembly elections from Tonk or Deoli-Uniara.
RAJENDRA GEHLOT: Presently a Rajya Sabha Member, Rajendra Gehlot has been a member of the Legislative Assembly from Sardarpura seat. He may be fielded again in the assembly from Jodhpur. At present, Sardarpura is the forte of CM Ashok Gehlot.
assembly elections.
At present, BJP has 25 Lok Sabha MPs while Rajendra Gehlot, Bhupendra Yadav, Dr Kirodi Lal Meena and Ghanshyam Tiwari are Rajya Sabha members.
In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had fielded some sitting MLAs including Om Birla, Bahadur Singh Koli, Sanwar Lal Jat and Santosh Ahlawat to ensure 100 per cent
Jaipur: The Vande Bharat Train will soon be running from Jaipur Junction. During a recent visit to Jaipur, Union Minister for Railways, Ashwini Vaishnav hinted that the Vande Bharat may be started from Jaipur in February-March 2023.
“Everyone is waiting for the world class train.
Vande Bharat train will start running in Jaipur by February-March 2023. Vande Bharat is a fully developed train in India and it is a great example of self-reliant India. The overhead power lines are high above the railway line in Jaipur. So, modification is being done for that train,” said Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav.
Jaipur: A survey conducted by a private agency has given an edge to the Opposition BJP over the ruling Congress in the State. The survey has found that if the elections are conducted in present times, the BJP government can be formed in Rajasthan. But even today, Congress is getting 64 seats in the survey. It means that if Congress does a little more hard work, then Congress can give a tough competition to BJP. So it can be “anybody’s game”. Meanwhile , MLA Rafeek Khan claimed on Sunday that the Congress Government is repeating in 2023.
Jaipur: Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw’s presence in several programmes in Rajasthan on Saturday has brought his name to the race of BJP leaders for chief ministerial position.
Political corridors are abuzz with the gossip that Vaishnaw could be one of the leaders considered for CM post in case BJP forms the next government in Rajasthan after assembly elections next year.
victory. They became MPs. 9 of a dozen MPs who are being seriously considered for giving tickets in assembly elections have been MLAs earlier.
He had back to back programmes on Saturday, including one in the BJP headquarters. This programme of his interaction with the party leaders and his speech fueled speculation about his future role in the State.
It is being said that he could be a Brah-
min face from BJP because his works are appreciated everywhere and possibility of his future role cannot be ruled out. However, it will have to be seen how many visits Vaishnaw makes in Rajasthan. If the rumours turn out to be true, then there will be two faces from Marwar. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is already a big face from Marwar. As far as Vasundhara Raje is concerned, she is always a front-runner alongwith Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Kota: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Sunday reached among the workers who are constructing the world’s first Heritage River Front in Kota. Extending Diwali greetings, the minister said that their names have been recorded in history.
He appreciated their work saying that they were working with full dedication to develop the world-wide tourist destination. The minister also distributed sweets and gifts to the workers.
While interacting with the media, Dhariwal recalled the Diwali festival of 2021 when he along with the then CM Ashok Gehlot was in Sahariya dominated area in Shahbad during famine.
Many public representatives and officials
were present in the Diwali Milan programme at the riverfront organised by the Kota UIT.
UIT’s OSD RD Meena said that Kota’s river front will be world class. He said that the work on the project will be completed soon. UIT secretary Rajesh Joshi said that it was the second such programme at the riverfront. Dhariwal interacted with the labourers here last year also.
Earlier, Dhariwal was given a warm welcome
During his visit to Kota, Speaker Om Birla visits Hanuman Temple, meets students
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Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who came to celebrate Diwali among his loved ones in the parliamentary constituency, met the general public on Sunday by completely detaching himself from the protocol. In the main
market in Talwandi area, he greeted the people on Diwali for about one and a half hours and got to know about
their well being. Somewhere he sat on the stairs made outside the house to talk to the seniors. He also talked to
the coaching students for a long time.
On reaching Talwandi crossroads on Sunday evening, Birla was
told that after two years of Corona, this time the market is buzzing. People are coming to the markets with great enthusiasm and shopping is in full swing. Birla expressed happiness that the situation has now become the same as before, which has improved the lives of the people.
by the party leaders on his arrival to Kota. It was his first visit after the inauguration of developmental works worth Rs 700 crore. The party workers reached Kota railway station in large numbers to welcome him. He was garlanded by the party workers and his supporters who also shouted slogans in his support. Welcome gates and hoardings were also erected at several places in the city to welcome Dhariwal.
Jaipur: The State Government will hire a helicopter in the election year. The Government has now asked for rented helicopter for 10 months instead of 6 months. The tender has been issued for 5-8 seater helicopter.
welcomed by the public with grand fireworks. Birla also took information about the market from the traders. He
Birla also met many coaching students and asked them why they did not go home on Diwali. Birla also visited Hanuman ji temple on Sunday night.
The company that will provide helicopter with VVIP facilities with the lowest bid will provide the chopper on rent for 10 months. Helicopter purchase process of new aircraft and helicopter has been post-
poned. In such a situation, due to the need of increasing tours in the election year, the helicopter will have to be hired. A helicopter was just hired for 6 months, whose period is coming to an end.
ne of the most important religious celebrations in India, Diwali also spelt Divali takes place during a five-day period from the thirteenth day of the
dark half of the lunar month Ashvina to the second day of the light half of the lunar month Kartika. The phrase Deepavali, which means “row of lights” in Sanskrit, is where the name originates. Generally speaking, the event represents the triumph of light over darkness. On October 24, 2022, a holiday called the third day of Diwali will be observed.
Diwali celebrations vary based on geography and culture. The most popular Hindu tra-
dition is burning diyas, which are little earthenware lamps filled with oil, on the night of the new moon to call the goddess of riches Lakshmi to one’s side. Diwali’s essence lies in the sloka, ‘Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya’ which means ‘Lead me from darkness to light’, As per the Vedanta, every pious individual has to fill his heart with the oil of love, light the wick with the knowledge of Truth and ward off incognizance. It further states that we can ignite
a light in many hearts just like a Diya which can light many Diyas. This is also the festival when sweets entice us all day long.
The pious festival depicts the important message of life which says the divine light burns within us and all around us by eradicating the darkness of ignorance and other ills wreaking havoc on humankind, may this Diwali offer pleasure and happiness to everybody. Let the Lights of Joy shine throughout the world.
THIS DEEPAWALI LET US LIGHT OUR HEARTS WITH COMPASSION, LOVE AND CARE FOR ALL, BEYOND REGION, RELIGION & BORDERS!UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
On Deepawali, we all welcome Goddess Lakshmi with prosperity, good health and love into our lives. Jagdeesh Chandra flanked by the Bharat24Vision of New India, First India News and First India families’ welcomed Maa Lakshmi and celebrated the auspicious festival with traditional festivity and togetherness across the offices at Noida and Jaipur.
