Mumbai: Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was on Saturday released from the Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai a day after the Supreme Court rejected the NIA’s plea challenging his bail.
Mumbai: Vikram Gokhale, 77, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Pune, passed away on Saturday, his family confirmed. His funeral was held at Pune’s Vaikunth Smashan Bhumi. P11
Satish Poonia forms 3-member panel to probe Rajsamand priest murder case
PM Narendra Modi and CJI DY Chandrachud greet as Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, SC Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and others look on during the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court, in Delhi, Saturday.
Attending the Constitu tion Day function at the Su preme Court, PM Modi said, “Be it individuals or institutions, our duties are our first priority.” He also said that in today’s global situation, the eyes of the entire world are on India. “Amid the rapid develop ment of India, its quickly growing economy and its strengthening global im age, the world is looking at us with great expectations.”
New opportuni ties are coming up before India. Crossing all hurdles, it’s go ing ahead. A week from now, India will get G20 presiden cy. It’s big! As Team India, all of us should enhance In dia’s prestige before world & bring its contribution before them. It’s our collective duty.
Rajsamand: An elderly priest, who was undergoing treatment at an Udaipur hospital after being burnt by a group of mis creants, suc cumbed to his injuries on Sat urday, police said. Accord ing to police, a mob of around 10 persons allegedly hurled a petrol bomb at Navratan Lal Prajapat (72) in Rajsamand district last Sunday. His wife sustained burns while trying to put out the flames. Their son was unhurt.
ing treated in the same hos pital,” SHO Devgarh (Rajsa mand) Pratap Singh said. Prajapad had received near ly 80% cent burn injuries, while his wife Jamna suf fered 35% burns. So far, seven persons have been arrested in connection with the incident, he added. ❍ CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATIONS
All the more import ant that representa tion of marginalised communities and women in le gal profession and judiciary is enhanced. It is crucial that we tap into experience of diverse section of people who are part of judiciary. Their knowledge and understanding would strengthen the institution.
—DY Chandrachud, Chief Justice of IndiaPRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU DRAWS ATTENTION TO OVERCROWDED PRISONS
14 years of 26/11: Murmu, Modi, Shah, others pay tribute
—SD Sharma, Working President, Raj Brahmin Mahasabha
superintendent of the Tihar jail inside his prison cell emerged on Sat urday. The purported video of AAP leader was shared on SM by some BJP leaders.
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He succumbed to multi-organ failure at a Pune hospital after fortnight of treatment
Pune: Veteran film, televi sion and stage actor Vikram Gokhale on Saturday suc cumbed to multi-organ fail ure at the city-based Deena nath Mangeshkar Hospital, where he had been undergo ing treatment for the past two weeks. He was 77.
“We are saddened to an nounce that noted actor Vikram Gokhale passed away today at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital due to multi-organ failure,” the hospital said in a statement.
“He was admitted to the hospital 15 days ago follow ing health complications and was undergoing treat ment. Today he breathed his last between 1:45 pm and 2 pm,” said Rajesh Damle, a family friend.
Rumours of his death had spread on social media on Wednesday and, on Thursday, the family had informed that the actor was not responding to treat ment and was in critical condition. However, on Fri day, hospital officials said Gokhale was showing slow but steady improvement.
Gokhale’s mortal re mains will be kept at the Balgandharva Auditorium in the city and the last rites will be performed at the Vaikunth cremato rium in the evening, Damle said. The actor is survived by wife and two daughters.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari @BSKoshyari Vikram Gokhale was an extraordinary actor known for his remarkable acting skills. Gokhale set standards for good acting with his trademark style and dialogue delivery. Some films and dramas are remembered mainly because of his acting. Devendra Fadnavis @Dev_ Fadnavis) Not only a versatile actor, director, and theatre artist, Gokhale as a person had a big heart and broad social consciousness. A classy actor, his knack of Eknath Shinde @ mieknathshinde Deeply saddened to hear about the death of veteran actor Vikram Gokhale, who ruled the Marathi and Hindi theater as well as the film industry and the hearts of the audiences with his versatile acting. His passing is an irreparable loss to the Indian theatre and film industry. Heartfelt tributes! Ravi Sharma and Ashish Chaudhary
Chikhli: Coming down heavily on the state government, Shiv Sena leader Ud dhav Thackeray on Saturday claimed that Maharashtra’s dis puted border towns would be handed over to neighbouring Kar nataka when it heads to the polls next year.
Addressing a rally in Buldhana’s Chikhli, Thackeray also targeted Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for his “silence” on the border dispute, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s alleged in sult to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and projects meant for Ma harashtra going to pollbound Gujarat.
“‘I fear that Karnata ka is going to the polls
next year and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has staked claim to Akkalkot and Solapur (in Maharash tra). Next year, these two places may be hand ed over to Karnataka,” Thackeray alleged.
The former CM’s comments at a time when the border issue has heated up, with Kar nataka CM Basavaraj Bommai laying claim to 40 Maharashtra villag es. On Saturday, a poster bearing the image of Bommai, located at a bus stop in Mumbai’s Mahim area, was de faced by anonymous protesters who smeared black ink over it.
In Buldhana, Thack eray sniped that Shinde might conclude there was no harm in hand ing over 40 villages to
Karnataka as hand over as Prime Minister Nar endra Modi has prom ised to get back Paki stan Occupied Kashmir. He also demanded that the government farmers’ electricity bills and said his party would
stand by them to ensure that they get crop loan insurance money in or der to curb the “1,000” farmer suicides in the Vidarbha region.
Calling out Shinde for his silence on Koshy ari’s alleged insult,
Thackeray said that in sults to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and VD Savarkar would never be tolerated and ap pealed to people to sup port the bandh his party plans to call to protest against the governor.
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Thane: A comment about women’s clothing landed yoga guru Baba Ramdev in trouble on Friday. Ramdev, who is known to court con troversies because of his remarks and political stances, made the comment at a yoga camp in the district.
A video showing Ramdev making the statement was widely circulated on social media, and drew sharp criticism from all cir cles.
Ramdev’s inappro priate comment, “Women only look good in saree, salwar kurta, and nothing else,” was made in the presence of Amrita Fadnavis, wife of Dep uty CM Devendra Fad navis, and CM Eknath Shinde’s son.
Maharashtra State
Commission for Wom en, following the re mark, sent a notice to him. The official Twit ter handle of the com mission even demand ed an explanation from Ramdev in the next two days.
“Baba Ramdev made indecent remarks dur ing a program in Thane that harmed the hon our and dignity of women…. The com plaint of this statement was received in the commission office, and we take cognizance of the matter and strongly oppose it,” the women’s
Opposition has mocked Eknath Shinde for reportedly meeting an astrologer during his recent visit to Shirdi and Nashik
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Mumbai: Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, on Saturday, criticized Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and 40 of his associates, who visited the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam, saying there were sev eral deities in Maha rashtra. Raut men tioned Shinde’s visit at a farmers’ meet held in Buldhana district.
Raut said it was a “misfortune of the state” that the CM went to Guwahati to offer prayers when Maha rashtra is a “land of saints”.
“On this day our Indi an Constitution came
into existence, and today we are seeing the state being run illegally. This government has no right to celebrate Constitution Day in Maharashtra. This government’s rule is going to end soon,” he said.
“I was in jail for al most 110 days. I had a saf fron dupatta in my hand while going in and this saffron will be with me till my last breath,” the ‘Saamana’ executive edi tor said.
Mumbai: As many as 2,900 toilets in the Mumbai Suburban slum areas will be come as good as new when they would be repaired, beginning December 01.
The decision to re store broken down loos was taken at a meeting
of Mumbai Suburban Guardian Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Mumbai Suburban col lector, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials and oth er administrative de partments.
It was decided that the toilets, currently maintained by the Mumbai Slum Improve
He also said that in the upcoming general elec tions, through the efforts of the Shiv Sainiks, the Shiv Sena – Uddhav Bal asaheb Thackeray should get at least 25 MPs elected, and the next state assembly polls should see at least 115 MLAs of Uddhav Thack eray faction voted in.
“No matter how many atrocities are committed on us, Shiv Sainiks can not be broken and bought,” he said.
Pune: Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde has said that he did not need to consult a palmist or an astrolo ger since he has enough strength in his wrists to change his future.
The CM’s statement comes a day after the op position criticized Shin de for allegedly visiting an astrologer during his recent tour to Shirdi and Nashik.
Speaking to the me dia at Karad in Satara district on Friday, Shin de said, “I do not need to show my palm to any astrologer. There has to be strength in your wrists to change the lines on the palm, and that strength was given to us by Balasa heb Thackeray and
I do not need to show my palm to any astrologer. There has to be strength in your wrists to change the lines on the palm, and that strength was given to us by Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe.
—Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Anand Dighe.” The whole country saw that strength on June 30, he added.
Asked about Maha rashtra Governor Bha gat Singh Koshyari’s controversial statement where he called Chhatrapati Shivaji Ma haraj an icon of olden times, Shinde said he
had made it clear that he did not agree with what Koshyari said.
“Shivaji Maharaj is our God,” the CM said. Earlier on Friday, the NCP ridiculed Shinde and said superstition would not help him as his future lay in the hands of his Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis.
Dy CM’s wife was present when he said, “Women only look good in saree, salwar kurta, and nothing else.”
panel said in the tweet. Swati Maliwal, Chairperson of the Delhi Commission of Women, too, asked for a formal apology.
“Swami Ramdev’s remarks on women… are indecent and con demnable…” she said in a tweet.
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Mumbai: Former Mayor of Thane city Naresh Mhaske has slammed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena - Uddhav Bala saheb Thackeray Chief Uddhav Thack eray, and MP Sanjay Raut for mocking Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for al legedly visiting an astrologer during his recent trip to Shirdi and Nashik.
Speaking to the me dia, Mhaske said, “(Ud dhav) Thackeray and (Sanjay) Raut are criti cizing (Eknath) Shindeled government as per the script written by Sharad Pawar.”
Taking a swipe at Raut, Mhaske said, “Impressive decisions are being taken by the government, and the opposition cannot criti cize it, so they have ap pointed a man to criti cize us.”
He further added, “A circus consists of
Former Mayor of Thane city claims that the work of the Maha government is getting massive response from farmers, labourers and common man
clowns and some other characters, and they do as the ‘ring master’ says. Sharad Pawar is the ‘ring master’ here. We do not pay attention to all of it.”
Mhaske also praised the CM and Deputy CM and said that both of them are working in the interest of the state.
ment Board (MSIB), would be serviced by the BMC. Lodha had previously asked the district administration to outline a plan to re build the loos that were in disrepair, and thor oughly scour out the us able ones.
MSIB was formed for providing basic civic and social amenities to
Once these toi lets are handed over to the BMC, the municipal corporation will float tenders for repairing, cleaning and maintain ing them.
slum dwellers. The board was formed in 1992 and falls under Ma harashtra Housing and Area Development Au
thority (MHADA).
MSIB, which was formed in 1992 to pro vide basic civic and so cial amenities to slum dwellers, was oversee ing the maintenance of the toilets in the slum pockets.
“Once these toilets are handed over to the BMC, the municipal corpora tion will float tenders for repairing, cleaning and maintaining them,” said one of the civic officials.
The toilet project is
estimated to cost about Rs188 crore. “The funds for the project will be provided by the District Planning and Develop ment Council, and will be released in two stag es,” Mumbai Suburban Collector Nidhi Chaud hary said.
Mumbai Suburban district planning officer Bhushan Desphande said the aim was “to re construct and repair toilets” within three to four months’ time.
lar bail.
Teltumbde had claimed he was not pre sent at the December 31, 2017, Elgar Parishad event held in Pune city.
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Mumbai: A day after the Supreme Court rejected the petition by National Investi gation Agency (NIA) that challenged the bail granted to Anand Teltumbde, one of the accused in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case, was released from prison on Saturday.
The 73-year-old scholar-activist, who spent two-and-a-half years behind bars, walked out of Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai around 1.15
pm, an official said.
“The apex court, on Friday, dismissed the NIA’s plea challenging the Bombay High Court’s order giving bail to Teltumbde. He was released accord ingly, after completion of all bail formalities,” he said.
Teltumbde, who was arrested by the central agency on April 14, 2020, after he surren dered before the NIA, was granted bail by the High Court on Novem ber 18, the official said.
He is the third of the 16 accused in the case to be released on bail.
it put us behind bars for years.
Of the other two, poet Varavara Rao was granted bail on health
Mumbai: The Brihan mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced a water supply cut for 24 hours between No vember 29 and 30 for 10 wards under its ju risdiction.
In a press statement, the BMC said that it will undertake repair works in the Powai and Verava li reservoir area. These repair works are to be commenced from 8.30 am on November 29 to 8.30 am on November 30. The repair works in clude repair works of 300mm pipelines in Powai as well as the huge 1800mm pipelines with
It is estimated that around 7.5 lakh people living in the K West ward will be affected by the 24-hour-long water cut. —FILE PHOTO
heavy water pressure. The two wards to be most affected by the sup ply cut will be K East and K West.
The K East ward con sists of Andheri East,
grounds, while lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj is currently out on regu
The case is about the alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad con clave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which supposedly trig gered violence the next day near the KoregaonBhima war memorial.
The Pune police had claimed that the con clave organizers had Maoist links.
The police regis tered a first informa tion report on January 8, 2018, under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlaw ful Activities (Preven tion) Act.
Mumbai: Seventeen foreign nationals, in cluding 10 women, have been booked for taking part in a Bolly wood film shoot in suburban Dahisar without a work visa, an official said on Sat urday. The case was registered late on Fri day night, he said.
hisar. We checked their documents and found that 17 were working il legally without a proper visa,” Senior Inspector Pravin Patil of Dahisar police station said.
“A leading Bollywood production house had hired them to work in its film for which shooting was on in Dahisar. Police are also looking into the person who allegedly
Act, he said, adding that notices were served to them and an investiga tion is underway.
Shree Naik, a func tionary of Mumbai Con gress’s entertainment industry wing who filed the complaint said: “They (foreigners) do not have the proper work visa, so we approached the po lice.”
Mumbai: A man was arrested for allegedly hacking the email account of actor Puneet Issar, and pocketing Rs13.76 lakh, a police official said on Saturday.
The incident came to light on Tuesday when Issar tried to access his email account and found something amiss, after which he approached Os hiwara police station, the official added.
“As part of our probe, we inquired with NCPA about the cancellation of Issar’s show Jai Shri Ram-Ramayan and got details of Rs13.76 lakh being transferred to a bank account. Using those details to get his mobile phone number, we zeroed in on the ac cused from Madh area in Malwani in north Mum bai,” the official said.
MIDC, Seepz, Jogesh wari East and other sub urbs. Areas such as Gun davli, Nehru Nagar and Azad Nagar will have water supply cut on No vember 29.
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Mumbai: The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained ‘poor’ at 180, on Saturday 11 am, according to a re port released by the System of Air Quality and Weather Fore casting And Research (SAFAR).
The report also re vealed that PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations in Mumbai were at 113 and 190 respectively.
The current PM2.5 concentration in Mum bai is 7.5 times above the recommended limit giv en by the WHO 24 hours air quality guidelines value. The temperature of the city is 33 °C and
the humidity percentage was recorded at 40% and the precipitation rate is at 0%.
Meanwhile, the air quality in Pune dipped amid cold wave to poor with an AQI of 166.
India’s Silicon Valley, Bengaluru recorded an AQI of 79 and Ahmedabad saw AQI 171. Delhi’s AQI was ‘poor’ with the figure standing at 241 today.
Chennai is seeing a moderate AQI of 100. Hyderabad’s AQI was recorded to be 120 while Kolkata stood at 176.
Caption: PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations in Mumbai were at 113 and 190 respectively on Saturday.
Mumbai: To avoid legal hassles in auctioning off attached immovable assets of property tax default ers, the BMC will engage an agency to check if some other dues
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Mu nicipal Corporation (NMMC) has published the schedule for scru tiny of documents of 330 disabled persons who have been allotted stalls for self-em ployment across the city. The scrutiny will be carried between November 28 and December 06.
Pune: A series of accidents continue on Navle Pul area on Bengaluru highway and around 1 pm on Satur day afternoon, a tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and hit three vehicles from be hind. Fortunately, there was no loss of life in this accident, but two of the four-wheelers were heavily damaged.
The central agency had challenged the bail granted to the 73-year-old Elgar Parishad-case accused
I am happy after being released from prison after 31 months. It is obvious, but the sad thing is that this is the fakest case and
—Anand Teltumbde, scholar-activist
A leading Bollywood production house had hired them to work in its film; cops also looking into the person who allegedly brought the foreigners from GoaSchool students visited INS Tarkash, INS Chennai and an exhibition at the naval dockyard as part of Navy Day celebrations, in Mumbai on Saturday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister
KPS Menon was born in Ottapalam in Kerala in 1898. He got a first in History at Oxford. In 1921 Menon joined the ICS. After Independence, he became the first Foreign Secretary. From 1952 to 1961 he was Ambassador to the USSR. After retirement, he settled down in his home town, wrote several readable books. He also wrote a monthly letter to his old colleagues and friends. I quote below from a letter he wrote me in December 1980. It is totally none bureaucratic.
During the tear all the basic conflicts in the world, conflicts between the East and West, the North and the South, the haves and the have-nots, seemed come to a head, and there were comments when it looked as if they would erupt into a third world war, which would doubtless be a nuclear war and spell the destruction of civilization.
Politics livened even the realm of sport. Lord Kalinin, President of the Olympic Council, gently observed that it was for consideration whether in future it would be wise to hold the Olympics in the same year as the American Presidential elections
“I have been trying to keep depression at arm’s length by keeping myself as busy as ever. Unfortunately, I am no longer in a position to indulge in my principal hobby, travelling. Reading, too is becoming difficult on account of the advent of incipient cataract. I have therefore been dictating more than ever before. Apart from gibing the finishing touches to my revised autobiography, “Many Worlds Revisited”, which is to be published by Bhavans in January 1981 and selections from my writings, to be published in Russian by Progress Publishers in Moscow. I have been writing on a variety of themes to a variety of journals. Among the subjects on which I wrote during the expiring year are Hats Off to the Electorate; Frontier Memories; Where do we Stand?; Kabul Cameos; Kampuchea’s Unending Agony; The Living legacy of Lenin; Our new Foreign Secretary; Our Man in Washington’ The First Hundred Days of Nehru; A Historic Visit (on the anniversary of Nehru’s visit to the USSR-1955); A Formative Visit (on the anniversary of Brezhnev’s visit to India in 1973); Towards the Third World War; The Indian and the Chinese; Oxford, Then and Now; Pattom, a politician who a abhorred politicking; Religion and the State; Giri the man; Old Memories of New Delhi; Viceregal Vignettes; Gandhiji’s Guru; Jawaharlal Nehru and Krishan Menon; My Hobbies; the Day I was born; Indians Overseas, some silhouettes; Children a super store house of fun; and Bless the Doctor, but beware of him.
Thinking and writing about our internal affairs and the international situation do not dispel a feeling of gloom but rather deepen it. In India, despite the return of Mrs Indira Gandhi who, events have demonstrated, is the only Indian politician with an all India stature. Politicking, however, is by no means confined to India. I am beginning to share the pessimism, or the cynicism, of Aldous Huxley who said:
‘I become more and more firmly convinced that it is completely pointless to work in the field of politics. Political action is always foredoomed to a partial, sometimes even a complete, selfstultification. The intrinsic nature of the human instruments with which, the human materials upon which, political action must be carried out, is a positive guarantee against the possibility that such action shall yield the results that were expected from it”
As for men of religion, “they who think that they can go into politics and transform the world always end by going into politics and being transformed by the world.” To Toynbee, the world historian, who holds the same view, the only exceptions are Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi. The only hope lies in the man who work on the margin of society. If these ‘men of the margin’ remains on the margin they can do something to mitigate the consequences of the play of politics.
But how few are there who are content to remain on the margin, resisting the siren call of politics, and even if they do how little can
they achieve in the present socio-economic set up. It is more depressing to think of the state of the world. How can one breathe freely, with the world spending 400 billion dollars a year on arms and armaments and the nuclear bomb hanging like a Damocles sword ever the future of mankind?
During the tear all the basic conflicts in the world, conflicts between the East and West, the North and the South, the haves and the have-nots, seemed come to a head, and there were comments when it looked as if they would erupt into a third world war, which would doubtless be a nuclear war and spell the destruction of civilization. Politics livened even the realm of sport. Lord Kalinin, President of the Olympic Council, gently observed that it was for consideration whether in future it would be wise to hold the Olympics in the same year as the American Presidential elections. There is little doubt that these elections, and the militant positions adopted by all the parties in the USA, were substantially responsible for the worsening of the international situation. The elections are over, but it is idle to expect any improvement in the internal situation, especially with Reagan as President of the USA…….”
With warm regards, Yours Sincerely KPS Menon
China’s recurrent Covid outbreaks are like after shocks of an earthquake at its epicenter. Beijing has persis tently denied that the Cov id-19 virus SARS-Cov-2 was created in a Wuhan lab and it spread after it got leaked from there. The world bore the brunt of the alleged lapse but succeeded in getting rid of the virus after fighting it de terminedly. People began to rebuild their lives after suffer ing personal losses and gov ernments all over the world began taking steps to restore complete normality. In China the virus is refusing to go away. The Communist coun try’s zero-Covid policy even small occurrences are being dealt with harsh lockdowns making people agitated.
China’s recurrent Covid outbreaks are like aftershocks of an earthquake at its epicenter. Beijing has persistently denied that the Covid-19 virus SARSCov-2 was created in a Wuhan lab and it spread after it got leaked from there. The world bore the brunt of the alleged lapse but succeeded in getting rid of the virus after fighting it determinedly
In the latest shutdown in eight districts of Zhengzhou in the province of Henan 60 lakh residents have been ordered to stay indoors for the next five days. The lockdown was a con sequence of unrest among peo
ple over lockdowns. Over 32,000 fresh cases were report ed on Friday and a feared surge in cases has led residents even in Beijing to stock up essential commodities.
Frequent shutdowns have started to adversely affect the world’s second largest econo my and its effect on the glob al economy will be visible in 2023. Retail sales and indus trial production are estimat ed to be at their lowest levels since 2020, when the pandem ic hit the world. The National Bureau of Statistics of China report said that manufactur ing, mining and utility sec tors fell to a negative growth of 2.9 percent from 5 percent in March 2022. A comparison with how efficiently India handled the situation is una voidable. Also, Indian econo my is not in a dismal state.
Recently, a petition in the Calcutta High Court argued that “a single mother’s child is also a citizen of this country, and no one can in fringe any of his/her fundamen tal rights which are guaran teed”. The court has sought re sponses from the Bar Council of India and the Bar Council of West Bengal.
This has been a problem for single mothers and their chil dren as patriarchy only allowed the name of father in legal docu ments. The idea of single wom en as parents was unacceptable in society until some years ago. Divorcees and unwed mothers faced nagging by government of ficials, gossip and discrimina tion in society over the absence of name of their child’s father. A long struggle followed. In 2015 it was the Karnataka govern ment which said it was “not mandatory to mention the fa ther’s name while writing the full name of the applicant in le gal documents and government records”. Many single mothers are still fighting against this dis criminatory practice.
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its manifesto for the up coming Gujarat Assem bly polls and promised to implement the Uni form Civil Code (UCC) and also create an ‘Antiradicalisation Cell’ to identify and eliminate potential threats as well as sleeper cells of ter rorist organisations and anti-India forces.
The party’s other promises include crea tion of “20 lakh employ ment opportunities” and take the state's econ omy to USD one trillion in the next five years.
The manifesto was re leased at the state BJP headquarters by party president JP Nadda in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupen dra Patel and state unit chief C R Paatil.
The annual cover un der the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (Ayushman Bharat) be ing doubled per family from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, and girls getting free education from “KG to PG” (kindergar ten to post-graduation) are among other prom ises in the manifesto.
“We will ensure com plete implementation of UCC in Gujarat as per recommendations of a state government committee. We will also create an Anti-radicali sation Cell to identify and eliminate potential threats, and sleeper
cells of terrorist organ isations and anti-India forces,” said Nadda.
On October 29, the Gujarat government had announced that it would form a committee for the implementation of the UCC. The deci sion was taken in a cabi net meeting that day. The manifesto also
promised enactment of the ‘Gujarat Recovery of Damages of Public and Private Properties Act’ to recover the cost of dam age caused to public and private properties by an ti-social elements during riots and protests.
Other key promises include setting up of two seafood parks in
Chandigarh: A delega tion of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday met the Punjab Gover nor here and opposed Haryana’s proposed move of setting up an additional building of its state assembly here.
The delegation, which was led by SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, also raised the issue of alleged deterio rating law and order in the state.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Governor Banwarilal Purohit,
allotment of
Badal said Union Terri tory Chandigarh be longs to Punjab and they will never allow
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said terror attacks were rampant when Con gress was in power and terrorists from Paki stan used to kill Indian soldiers but the then ruling party never con demned them due to “vote bank” politics.
Paying tributes to the victims of the Novem ber 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attack, Shah said it is impossi ble to carry out such an attack under the watch of the Modi govt.
“Today is the anni versary of the 26/11 at tack. On this day (in 2008), Pakistani terror ists killed 164 persons in Mumbai. Though such attacks were ram pant during the Con gress rule, it is not pos sible to carry out a 26/11
type terror attack today because Narendra Modi is the prime minister,” Shah said at a rally in Talaja. Voting on Talaja and 88 other seats will be held on December 1.
“Sonia (Gandhi) and (former PM) Manmo han Singh were in pow er for ten years from 2004 till 2014. During their regime, terrorists
Somnath (PTI): Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adity anath on Saturday dubbed Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Ke jriwal as a 'namoona' or buffoon, and accused him and his party of supporting terrorism and corruption.
from Pakistan used to enter India frequently and kill our soldiers and even decapitated their heads. Despite that, Congress never ut tered a word. Why? Be cause of their vote bank. I hope you know who is Congress’ vote bank,” the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said.
Tharad: “There is no water, give us water.” As the sun beats down on arid flatlands punctuated by salt marshes, it’s the one demand and paramount need verbalised by voters in this border area when candidates call on them in these polls. In the ebb and flow of life, water is the exi gency, cutting through lines in a society riven by caste, the deciding factor for weddings with parents preferring to fix their daughters’ weddings in villages close to the only Narmada canal in the area.
south Gujarat and Sau rashtra region, free di agnostic service at health centres and ap proved laboratories for EWS households, set ting up three civil hos pitals or ‘Medi Cities’, two AIIMS-level institu tions, and converting 20,000 govt schools into ‘Schools of Excellence’.
At a rally in Somnath town in Gir Somnath, he also accused main opposition Congress of not respecting other people’s religions be cause of its “Muslim vote bank”.
“A ‘Namoona’ (buf foon) from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who is vis iting Gujarat now a days
is a true well-wisher of terrorism. He had also opposed the construc tion of Ram temple in Ayodhya. He had sought proof from our brave soldiers when the Indi an Army carried out a surgical strike in Paki stan,” said Adityanath.
New Delhi (PTI): Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is likely to be the chief guest for the Republic Day cele brations here next year.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is learnt to have ex tended the formal invi tation to el-Sisi during an official visit to Cai ro last month.
This would be the first time that an Egyp tian president would be the chief guest at the Republic Day cele brations.
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Saturday welcomed the Election Commission’s (EC) ac tion in Karnataka over the voter-fraud charges made by it and said to maintain the sanctity of democracy and free-andfair elections, the poll panel's probe has to cov er all 28 constituencies in and around Bengalu ru and not just three.
Congress’ in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala also demand ed an FIR against CM Basavaraj Bommai and the chief commissioner of the Bruhat Bengalu
Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): The disciplinary panel of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Com mittee (KPCC) on Satur day issued strict direc tive to its leaders not to bypass the respective party forums while at tending programmes in each place and directed the leaders to intimate them in advance.
Senior party leader and MLA Thiruvan choor Radhakrishnan, who heads the panel, said there is no objec
tion for anyone to visit any place and hold party campaigns but it should be done only with the knowledge of party fo rums there including the District Congress Committees (DCC).
This notice comes in the wake of controver sy over party leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor’s recent Malabar tour.
However, Rad hakrishnan made it clear that the discipli nary panel did not re
ceive any specific com plaint regarding Tha roor’s recent tour and so there was no need to
give him any individual direction in this regard.
“We did not receive any complaint in con
nection with Tharoor. But the party in general has a decision in this regard. It is an institu tional precedent to in form the respective party forums in ad vance about the pro grammes being attend ed by leaders,” he said.
The very thought that such forums were bypassed (by the lead ers) would erode the strength of the party and so the leaders should take them into faith and inform them
in advance before at tending events, Rad hakrishnan explained.
The senior leader said as head of the dis ciplinary panel, he was just informing this to all party members.
“As there is no com plaint against Tharoor, it would be an insult to call him in person and inform him about this directive. It is a general decision and everyone is equally responsible to abide by it,” Rad hakrishnan added.
ers’ data was
the electoral rolls. “The Congress wel comes the swift action by ECI on our com plaint of 'VoteFraud' in Karnataka, but for maintaining the sanc tity of democracy, ECI cannot confine its in quiry/action to just three assembly seats of Bengaluru,” Surjewala wrote on Twitter.
He alleged the “king pin” of the “voter fraud”, who is responsible for denial of “right to vote” to Kannadigas is none other than Bommai and also hit out at the BBMP chief commissioner.
Egypt’s president likely to be chief guest for R-Day celebrations
posts video of the Indian Constitution being signed by Nehru, Gandhi and others on Nov 26, 1949
New Delhi (ANI): Stressing the impor tance of the Constitu tion and the Father of the Indian Constitution, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said on the occa sion of Constitution Day that Bhimrao Ram ji Ambedkar urged us to march on the road to unity. He took to Twitter and posted a video of the Indian Constitution being signed by Jawaha rlal Nehru, Mahatama Gandhi and others on November 26, 1949. The video also showed the fundamental rights granted to every citizen in the country.
“Babasaheb urged us to march on the road to unity. I will walk that road long enough, until every word of our Con stitution is upheld, and every citizen stands pro tected by fairness and justice,” he tweeted.
Congress general sec retary Jairam Ramesh said the draft constitu tion was adopted by the constituent assembly on 26.11.1949 and the con stituent assembly de cided that it would come into force from 26.01.1950 which is since celebrat ed as Republic Day.
“Ideological foun tainheads of BJP had nothing whatsoever to do in making the Con stitution,” he said in a series of tweets.
Recalling BR Ambed kar’s speech of Novem ber 25, 1949 while pilot ing the final draft of the Constitution, he said, “I wish to remind the prime minister and his drum beaters of just two paras from that speech.” He shared por tions of the speech.
Kharge said the Con gress has embarked on the Bharat Jodo Yatra
to unite the nation against forces of hatred and divisiveness.
“Let us unitedly take ownership of bringing India back to its consti tutional values and re storing the nation to a time when these values thrived. The only way to control this new hegem onic disposition is to counter it with ideolog ical and moral strength,” he noted.
He also alleged that within the system, the ruling party has re stricted the opposition’s all avenues to express dissent.
“Routine muting of microphones in Parlia ment whenever the BJP’s (in)actions are questioned and spaces
in media that are acces sible to us are shrink ing every day,” he said.
“Illegal has become legal because the fringe has now become main stream. The foremost
Ranchi (ANI): ‘Opera tion Octopus’ is still continuing to dig out explosives and hidden arms and ammunition from the densely for ested hilly range of the Naxal bastion of ‘Burha Pahar’ — a mountain range spread over 55 square kms touching three districts of Jharkhand and Chhat tisgarh —which was captured by security forces in September.
‘Burha Pahar’, which touches Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur and Latehar as well as Jharkhand’s Garhwa, was captured in a joint operation of CRPF general duty bat talions, its Naxal spe cialised wing CoBRA, Jharkhand Police and
Jharkhand Jaguar— a special force of Jharkhand Police. Once known for the Naxal op eration base, ‘Burha Pa har’ had been an im pregnable Naxal bas tion for 32 years.
A total of 646 Impro vised Explosive Devices, 18 factory-made regular arms including one light machine gun, 1,588 ammunition, 22 maga
zines, one grenade launcher, 85 grenades, 200 grenade arming rings, 78 pressure cook er IEDs and arrow bombs, Insas Rifles, Car bines, SLR Rifles, LMG with bipod are among several other items have been recovered since the ‘Operation Octopus’ was launched. These re coveries were made in September this year.
tangible spirit of our democracy is being dis torted and disrespected by people who are using it as a means to push a completely contrasting agenda,” Kharge said.
Raipur (PTI): The Chhat tisgarh police have reg istered an FIR against a man for allegedly posting a doctored video on social media of pro-Pakistani slogans being raised dur ing the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. A member of the Congress legal cell lodged a complaint in Raipur, following which an FIR was registered against a man, who hails from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, said the SHO of Civil Lines police station said. The Con gress legal cell alleged that the accused had on Friday posted a doctored video of the yatra on his Twitter handle.
Manihar (PTI): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh fell while taking part in the Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra near Barwaha in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Saturday, the incident igniting a verbal tussle between the op position party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on the condition of the state's roads. Singh was unhurt after he fell while moving towards a roadside restaurant during tea break amid the march and was immediately helped to his feet by Congress workers surrounding him, eye-witnesses said. "Digvijaya Singh has fallen to the ground four times so far during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. However, he has fallen for the first time in Madhya Pradesh and the reason is the state also has bad roads," All India Congress Committee media in charge Jairam Ramesh told reporters.
(ANI): Goals from Piotr Zielinski and Robert Le wandowski and a pen alty save from Wojciech Szczesny gave Poland a 2-0 win in a Group C match against Saudi Arabia here at Educa tion City Stadium.
Coming from the back of a famous win against Argentina, Sau di Arabia started off aggressively as Salem Al Dawsari’s assist helped Mohammed Al Burayk make a rightfooted attempt from outside the box which was blocked. In the 13th
minute, Saud Abdulha mid assisted Moham med Kanno to take a right-footed shot from the right side of the box to be saved in the top right corner.
Two minutes later Jakub Kiwior of Po land was shown a yel low card for a bad foul.
Matty Cash got the yel low card for a foul in the next minute.
In the 39th minute, an assist from Robert Lewandowski Piotr Zie linski’s right-footed shot from the centre of the box went on to the top right corner.
Srinagar: J&K’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday got more properties of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) notified and at tached as properties in unlawful use in Anant nag district. The District Magistrate of Anantnag has notified these prop erties under the unlaw ful use of JeI. The prop erties include orchards, shopping complexes, agricultural land and residential properties. The notified properties also include one kanal and four malras of land with a two-storey build ing housing office of Falah-e-Aam Trust.
New Delhi: National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world raised in 1948, will celebrate its 74th anniversary on Satur day (November 27). To mark the occasion, De fence Secretary Girid har Aramane laid a wreath and paid hom age to the fallen heroes on behalf of the entire NCC fraternity at Na tional War Memorial, New Delhi on Friday.
Speaking on the occa sion, the Defence Secre tary said, NCC in the past few years has evolved exponentially, wherein youth in uni form have joined hands in every initiative to contribute to nation building. The NCC Rais ing Day is also being celebrated in all state capitals, where cadets are participating in march past, cultural ac tivities and social devel opment programmes. The event will be held on Saturday.
Ranchi (PTI): Cold wave conditions gripped parts of Jharkhand for the past two days, with the night temperatures falling up to six degrees Celsius below normal, weather officials said on Saturday.
The northwest parts of Jharkhand wit nessed a major fall in the level of mercury. The cold conditions,
however, were being felt across the state, the of ficial said.
“The chill in the air increased due to unre stricted flow of northwesterly to northerly
wind at a lower level over Jharkhand,” a senior meteorologist at Ranchi Meteorological Centre, SC Mandal, told PTI.
The average mini mum temperature has dipped by one to six de grees Celsius from the normal across the state.
Simdega district shivered at the lowest minimum temperature of 7.5 degrees Celsius.
Dubai (PTI): A wom an from Kerala, who hails ‘Messi’ as her hero, has set out on a solo trip in her cus tomised SUV to Qatar to watch her favourite team— Argentina, play in the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
Naaji Noushi, moth er-of-five started her trip to the Gulf coun tries on October 15 from Kerala, and ar rived in the UAE, the Khaleej Times news paper reported.
Although heartbro ken at Argentina’s loss against Saudi Arabia,
the 33-year-old still showed high hopes for her favourite team in the next match. Earlier this week, Argentina lost to Sau di Arabia and is now set to play against
Mexico on Sunday.
“I just want to see my hero Lionel Messi play. The loss to Saudi Arabia was heart breaking for me but I am sure it is only a small hiccup on their
way to lifting the cup,” the newspaper quoted her as saying.
Noushi who is trav elling through the Gulf countries in her SUV, got it shipped to Oman from Mumbai which is incidentally the first Indian-regis tered right-hand vehi cle to be shipped into the country.
She began her jour ney from Muscat and travelled to the UAE in her SUV via the Hatta border and stopped by to see the world’s tall est tower in Dubai, Burj Khalifa.
New Delhi: Elon Musk said that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium ser vice that will offer different coloured check marks to accounts, in a fresh move to revamp the service. It’s the latest change to the so cial media platform. Musk also said he would grant “amnesty” for suspended accounts and causing yet more uncertainty for us ers. Twitter previously sus pended the service, which under Musk granted bluecheck labels to anyone paying $8 a month, be cause of a wave of impost er accounts.
MODI GOVT’S CHALLENGE AMID GLOBAL HEADWINDS
New Delhi (Agencies): India wants to narrow its budget deficit by at least 50 basis points, according to people familiar with the matter, as authorities bal ance global investor scru tiny with the need for high er spending as the nation enters an election year.
Finance Minister Nir mala Sitharaman will seek to shrink the shortfall to less than 6% of gross do mestic product in the year starting April 1, the people said, asking not to be iden tified as the deliberations are private. Her presenta tion due Feb. 1 will be the final full-year budget be fore citizens elect their new prime minister in the summer of 2024, a time when Indian governments
typically loosen the purse strings.
What complicates mat ters for Sitharaman is that her food and energy bills are inflated by the war in
Ukraine and given India runs a current-account deficit as well, the rupee has been weakening to suc cessive record lows. Subsi dies on food, fertilizer and
New Delhi (Agencies): The people familiar with the matter said that while authorities won’t change domestic policies to facilitate India’s inclusion in global bond indexes, policy makers want to ensure funds see India as an attractive destination and maintaining fiscal discipline is a priority for the government. They added the subsidy bill next year could ease as commodity prices are expected to cool and the government intends to ramp up domestic production of fer tilizers. A free food grains program that fed about 800 million people is also likely to come to an end, the people said. Discussions are ongoing and the final numbers will be decided closer to the budget presentation. A spokesperson for the finance ministry declined to comment. India has budgeted a deficit of 6.4% of GDP in the cur rent year, significantly down from 9.2% during the first year of the pandemic. A longstanding plan aims to shrink the shortfall to below 4.5% of GDP by 2025-26. The govt is confident of meeting this year’s target and will stick to the glide path, the people said.
fuel will cost at least $67 billion in the year ending March 2023 — or 2.1% of GDP — against the budget estimate of 3.2 trillion ru pees ($39.2 billion),
Bloomberg News had re ported earlier. The Reserve Bank of India has already lost $100 billion from its reserves defending the cur rency and, given the
strength of the dollar, it’s perhaps wiser to allow rea sonable amounts of depre ciation and preserve stock piles of the greenback, the people said.
New Delhi: Amazon Inc will shut down a food-de livery business it was test ing in India, the e-com merce giant said, a day af ter it announced the wind ing down of its online learning platform for highschool students in the country. As a part of of an nual operating planning re view process, the company made the decision to dis continue Amazon Food from Dec 29, according to a communication sent by the e-commerce firm to its restaurant partners in the country.
AGENCIES
New Delhi (PTI): India is going to record the fastest 5G rollout in the world and it will be the biggest suc cess of the next -generation telecom service with the support of the government, a senior Nokia India offi cial said.
Speaking at an event or ganised by the Foreign Cor respondent Club, Nokia India Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Amit Marwah, without naming China expressed concern over ‘infiltration equipment’ in telecom sec tor from neighbouring countries.
Bengaluru (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday ap pealed to startups to touch upon less glamorous areas including climate change, millet production and im proving the condition of farmers. Addressing a na tional level summit to pro mote startups, Sitharaman emphasised more on cli mate change and asked the startups to find a solution to combat it as that will have a bearing on the agriculture pattern in the country.
glamorous areas as well,” Sitharaman said.
New Delhi: The US has banned the sale and im port of new communica tions equipment from five Chinese companies, in cluding Huawei and ZTE, amid concerns over na tional security. Other com panies listed include Hikvi sion, Dahua and Hytera, which make video surveil lance equipment and twoway radio systems. It is the first time US regula tors have taken such a move on security grounds. Hikvision said that its products present no secu rity threat to the US. Hua wei and others have previ ously denied supplying data to the Chinese gov ernment. AGENCIES
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected to entertain Paytm Pay ments Services’ (PPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Paytm, and has asked to resubmit the application to operate as payment aggre gator. The company, how ever, has said it will have no material impact on its business, according to a regulatory filing.
The banking regulator put a pause on onboarding of online merchants by Paytm Payments Services. The company will not on
board new online mer chants till the time approv als remain pending.
The company in an ex change filing said,” Our 100% subsidiary, Paytm Payments Services Limit ed (“PPSL”), is in receipt of a letter from Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) in response to an application from PPSL for the authori zation to provide payment aggregator services (“PA application”) for online merchants.
The central bank said that PPSL is required to resubmit its PA application within 120 calendar days.
Bengaluru: Walmart-backed digital payments company PhonePe is all set to acquire buy now, pay later (BNPL) company ZestMoney in a deal pegged at $200 million- $300 million, according to sources. “The talks are on and it will be finalised in another 3-4 weeks,” the sources said. After the acquisition, ZestMoney will continue to operate as a separate entity. ZestMoney, which was founded in 2015 by Lizzie Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, is the fastest growing consumer lending fintech company.
BIG TECH TUMBLE
New Delhi: In what could be one of the biggest data breaches, phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users are put on sale online. As per re port by Cybernews, an ac tor posted an ad on a hacking community fo rum, claiming that it is selling a 2022 database of 487 million WhatsApp user mobile numbers. The database contains con tacts of users from 84 dif ferent countries that in clude the US, the UK, and even India.
5G services will cover the entire country over the next couple of years—Jio promises to do that by De cember 2023 and Bharti Airtel by March 2024.
“Of course defence pro duction, renewable energy, nuclear, satellites, space technologies, they are all there. You have already touched upon those areas. I am asking you to touch upon some of those less
New Delhi: Chairman of the country’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) Dinesh Khara on Saturday asserted that analysts and broking houses are praising the financial performance of the bank which reported its highest profits recently.
For the first time, SBI registered the highest-ever prof its recorded by any corporate house, Khara said.
“In the recent quarterly results, the bank’s profits are the highest ever. SBI crossed the highest ever profits recorded by any corporate and ana lysts and broking houses are praising this,” the SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara said. In the second quarter of the cur rent financial year, the net profit of the lender stood at Rs 13,265 crore, higher by 74 per cent com pared to the previous similar period.
“My appeal is, more and more innovations coming from the startups for deal ing with climate and cli mate change is going to be absolutely precious,” she said and asked the startups to work towards improving conditions of farmers, ur
ban dwellers and give a so lution through millets for healthy eating. The start ups can also look at mar kets which can fetch much better price for farmers, which can also generate lot of employment for them because of the value addi tions that can be brought in, she explained.
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh through the ‘Global Investors Sum mit-2023’ is expected to receive huge investment from the US, particularly in nine sectors including IT, agriculture sectors, electronics, food processing, defence and aerospace, pharmaceutical and medical devices, energy, retail and automobiles. As per Invest UP, the nodal agency of GIS-2023, the state is eyeing massive investment from US companies. Apart from this, government officials are also in constant contact with various trade organizations in the US, from where encouraging responses have been received, an official statement said on Saturday. —PTI
New Delhi: 2022 has not been a good year especial ly for the people working in tech giants like Ama zon, Meta, and Twitter among others as the com panies have slashed jobs this year, with some citing the COVID-19 pandemic is sue while others blaming the rising inflation.
And now, thousands of young Indians are sud denly staring at an uncer tain future as several tech nology companies and start-ups announce mass layoffs due to global head
Desks at Meta office in New York.
winds and funding crunches with many re fusing to stay quiet about it. The common reasons for mass layoffs include business closing, cost-re ducing, measures, de
creased operations (Lack of Work), loss of funds, increase in technological advancements, no particu lar position requirement, changing standards and policies, companies una
z The mass layoffs at Meta, Amazon, and Twitter have started a bloodbath in the United States and India
z Tech giant Google and HP also joining the layoff trend and may let go thousands of employees
ble to adapt to the situa tions after the lockdown and the pandemic, infla tion rising, companies fac ing financial difficulties, funding slowdown, and the Ukraine-Russia war.
New Delhi: Adani Group company has sought licence for expanding its power distribution business into more areas of Mumbai, including the country’s largest container port JNPT. In an advertisement published in several newspapers in the city on Saturday, Adani Electricity Navi Mumbai (AENM) said it has approached the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for a distribution licence in some pockets of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region along with its listed parent Adani Transmission.
olitics has its own tradition of sunshine and shadow and even the Gandhi fam ily understands this very well. So, Priyanka Gandhi and her family chose Madhya Pradesh very thoughtfully to join in on Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’ When Rahul’s Yatra reached Khandwa, Priyanka joined the Yatra for the first time with her husband Robert and son Rehaan. When this Yatra reaches Mhow, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge will also participate in it. If sources are to be believed, Priyanka is looking for a number of Lok Sabha seats for 2024 which will not ‘disappoint’ her. Party stalwarts like Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh have already advocated sending Priyanka to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Congress needs a young leadership in Madhya Pradesh after Jyotiraditya Scindia joined BJP, as both the veteran Congress leaders, Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh have become old. If the Ram temple is completed in 2024, then the Uttar Pradesh may witness a ‘full bloom’ of the lotus and in such a situation, Priyanka would not want to take the risk of reconquering the forts of Amethi or Raebareli. Perhaps this is the reason, why Rahul Gandhi is also concentrating heavily on Madhya Pradesh. He is also raising the issue of the core voters of the Congress, the tribal community, and the Congress organisation of the state is also seen united behind him.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is gearing up to challenge Yogi Adityanath, the big gest champion of Hindutva in BJP. Sarma is consid ered very close to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Sarma often makes headlines by making strange statements. During Rahul Gandhi’s visit, he compared Rahul Gandhi’s face with Saddam Hussain regarding his grown beard, then he was also challenged by the Congress not to violate the decorum of language. If sources are to be believed, the top leadership of BJP is gradually raising him as the new champion of Hindutva as an option of Yogi so that he can prominently occupy a place among the leaders of the second line of the party. On the other hand, Yogi Adityanath is one of the most sought after leaders for his election meetings, be it Karnataka or Kerala, North East or Odisha, even in Modi-Shah’s home state of Gujarat. Perhaps this thing is bringing stress on the foreheads of the top leadership of the party. So, efforts are on to project Sarma as an alternative to Yogi.
In his ‘BharatJodoYatra,’ instead of giving interviews to eminent journalists or TV anchors, Rahul Gandhi openly shared his heart with two YouTubers. One of them is Shyam Meera Singh, who made a programme by researching on Adani Group’s un expected flight and Pulwama. The other is Samdish Bhatia, who humorously interviews Rahul for his channel ‘Unfiltered by Samdish’, walks with him on the yatra. Yogendra Yadav and Kanhaiya Kumar are believed to have played an important role in arranging these two interviews. It is believed that Kanhaiya Kumar is going to get the fruits of his hard work soon, as he can be the new President of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. Yogendra Yadav can also get some impor tant responsibility in the organisation.
Delhi’s local body elections have taken an interesting turn, with initial trends show ing AAP’s lead in more than 150 seats in the MCD elections. Here a direct fight is being told between Aam Aadmi Party and BJP, while Congress candidates are seen struggling even to join the main fight. Now BJP has started a new ‘game’ in Delhi, as the party has started helping Congress candidates from within. If sources are to be believed, the BJP is not only opening its purse strings to bring the Congress into the fray, but its people have also started campaigning for Congress candidates wearing Congress caps. A similar case was also seen in Laxmi Nagar area of Delhi. The BJP believes that ‘the more Congress grows, it will cut into AAP’s vote, this can create an advantage for the BJP’.
Mumbai: Governor Bhagat Singh Koshy ari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Depu ty CM Devendra Fad navis, state Director General of Police Ra jnish Seth and Mum bai Police Commis sioner Vivek Phansalkar were among those who paid floral tributes to those killed in the terrorist attack that began on November 26, 2008, in Mumbai on Saturday.
Minister Deepak Kes arkar, Chief Secretary Manu Kumar Srivasta va, other officials and the families of the victims were also present at the Police Commissioner’s Office in south Mumbai.
On November 26, 2008, 10 Pakistani terrorists arrived by sea and opened fire indiscrimi nately, killing 166, includ ing 18 security person nel, and injuring about 300, besides damaging property worth crores.
Then Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief He mant Karkare, Army Major Sandeep Un nikrishnan, Mumbai's Additional Police Com missioner Ashok Kamte and Senior Police Inspec tor Vijay Salaskar were among those killed.
The attack and lasted until 29 November. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Ma haraj Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hos pital, the Nariman House Jewish commu nity centre were some of the places targeted by the terrorists.
Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist to be captured alive, was hanged on No vember 21, 2012.
Mumbai (PTI): The Congress on Saturday slammed Governor BS Koshyari for not re moving his footwear while paying tribute to the martyrs of the 26/11 terror attacks.
Removing one’s foot wear while paying trib ute is Indian culture and definitely the culture of Maharashtra, Maha rashtra Pradesh Con gress Committee general secretary and spokesper
AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal is well aware of what does the victory in Delhi Municipal Corporation polls means for his party’s new rise. So, when he heard of ‘troubled times’ in his party in Delhi, he left everything, i.e. left the poll campaign of Gujarat midway, returned to Delhi & put all his energy in elections here. Kejri knows that this time his party may not make a big splash in Gujarat, but it can definitely make its Mayor in Delhi. So, in order to corner the BJP, AAP is raising lo cal issues in Delhi, such as mountains of garbage, cleanliness & hygiene, menace of monkeys & stray dogs in Delhi. On the other hand, BJP is bringing its CMs from other states to Delhi for its campaign, who have no special knowledge of the local issues of Delhi. The BJP has come on its ‘winning face’, which means that now Delhi Municipal polls will also be fought on Modi’s face, who has brought the biggest guarantee of winning polls for Saffron Party continuously since 2014.
The new team announced by RJD supremo Lalu Yadav before leaving for Singapore for his treatment, clearly shows the influence of his son and his political heir Tejashwi Yadav on this new team. Unlike Lalu, Tejashwi seems to be an advocate of promoting leaders with a slightly clean im age in his party. Lalu announced a new ex ecutive of 85 members, wherein, 10 Yadav and only 3 Muslim faces have found place.
Among the 10 leaders, who have been made National General Secretaries, only one Muslim face is included in the form of Syed Faisal Ali. Earlier, when the by-elections were being held in Gopalganj, Tejashwi had refused to share the stage with Hina Shahab, widow of the ill-fated Bahubali Sha habuddin. While Hina had left for Gopalganj with her entourage of 50 vehicles to attend the RJD rally, she had to return midway after Tejashwi’s ‘no’.
Annoyed, she fielded one of her candi dates from Owaisi’s party who got more than 12,000 votes and Tejashwi’s of ficial candidate lost the election by just 1,800 votes. Despite this, Tejashwi has tried to present an example.
son Sachin Sawant said in a tweet.
Raj Bhavan later is sued a statement deny ing any disrespect to the martyrs, saying a senior
police official expressly told Koshyari it was not necessary.
Footwear is also kept on at the National War Memorial.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India, and CMD, First India News along with his team met Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Saturday at Surya Palace Hotel in Vadodara, Gujarat. Gehlot, who was in a jovial mood on Saturday evening, blessed all the anchors of the JC Show and some children also. During this, Aditi Nagar, Amit Mishra, Poornima Mishra, Pooja Yadav, Shweta Raje and Astha Khandelwal were present along with Dr Jagdeesh Chandra. CM’s OSD Shashikant Sharma was also there. The JC Show on the topic of Gujarat elections (Modi all the way) will be telecast on First India at 2:25 pm on Sunday.
Supermodels dazzled on the ramp exhibiting exquisite jewellery along with traditional gemstones, by sisters Radhika Khunteta and Ayesha Rawat from Citrine, mesmerizing the audience as they showcased the intricate designs at the First India Fashion Connect Season 13 held at Novotel London Hammersmith on November 20!
fter the success ful season 12 of First India pre sents Fashion Connect and de signers embrac ing old-school glamour in India, seems like the fashion police made the next stop in Lon don in order to bombard our social media with the latest tea on what’s pop ping in the domain of style. Yes, you guessed it right, you’re about to have inside access to some of the ‘can’t miss’ moments at the First India Fashion Connect Season 13, in as sociation with India Fash ion Week London, held at Novotel London Hammer smith, London on Novem ber 20. With the whole aura beaming in style, the front rows occupied by starlets and trends strut ting down the runways,
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it’s almost as if we stepped afoot into the galaxy of glam, rotating in style.
Ravishing models walked on the ramp showcasing the exclu sive works of Radhika
and Ayesha from Citrine during a fashion extrav aganza in London on No vember 20.
A passion for Jewellery and desire for the unortho dox is what brought sisters
Jewellery design from The International Gemological Institute, Mumbai. Experi menting with colour , cut and casting, their aim is to use their Jewellery to make women feel glamor ous and special every sin gle day of their lives . Cit rine brings to you an ex quisite range of handcraft ed semi - precious state ment jewellery. Each de sign is handcrafted by a team of skilled master ar tisans from Jaipur. Unique utilisation of various semi - precious stones and cast ing pieces add an interest ing look to each piece .
Radhika Khunteta and Ayesha Rawat together to launch Citrine in 2013. The duo developed a love for Jewellery at a young age and grew up to pursue the same with a diploma in
The show was a plat form where top models flaunted most alluring designer clothes along with jewellery specially created to compliment with the collection.
It feels great to associate with Fashion Con nect and we finally got an opportunity to ex hibit our collection at the First India Fashion Connect Season 13 in London. Unfortunately we could not make it to London, but we’re glad to be a part of the grand show. I extend my heartiest congratu lations to the entire team for putting up a great show.
parity in both income and wealth. The situation today is the same as it was at the height of Western imperialism in the early 20th century. In many countries, the situation is even worse.
AMIT BAIJNATH GARG Senior Journalist
Recently a report on in equality in the world has been released by the global organisa tion United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Pointing to the dire consequences of inequality in this, it has been emphasized to create a new eco-social system.
This report, released in Octo ber 2022, points to the growing inequality characteristic of the world. This report comes almost two years after the pan demic. In this era, the global economy has been hit, which for the first time in several decades has pushed the whole world into extreme poverty.
The report says that with the rise of democracy, economic liberalization and free mar kets, there has been a wide dis
The report suggests that while the gap in basic living standards is narrowing for hundreds of millions of peo ple, their needs to thrive in life are also changing. In the cur rent era, new types of inequal ities are taking root, mainly arising out of education, tech nology and climate change. If these ground-shaking changes are not stopped in time, the risk of spreading a giant rift that the world has not seen since the Industrial Revolu tion will increase. According to the report, people are taking to the streets due to many rea sons. Ticket prices, petrol pric es, demands for political free dom, fairness and justice, etc. This is a new face of inequal ity and inequality is not be yond solutions.
According to the report, the Human Development Index (HDI) has seen impressive pro gress since 1990 and has ben efited all sectors, including
the least developed countries. The fastest economic growth was seen from 2000 to 2010, but since then this pace has slowed down. From 1990 to 2018, many countries performed well in terms of human development. The number of countries with high human development has increased from 12 to 62, while the number of countries with low human development has decreased from 62 to 36. The report clarified that the chal lenge of inequality is not be yond the solution and can be dealt with, but bringing ine quality under control will not be easy if the current pattern
continues.
The report says that unequal distribution in education, health and standard of living affects the progress of the country. Several suggestions have been made in the report to improve the situation and deal with the growing problem of inequality. According to the report, inequality starts right from the time of birth. The gap between education and health intensifies and can continue until adulthood, so efforts and policies to ameliorate the situ ation must begin before or even before birth, with a focus on children’s education, health
and well-being. Be nourished. Such investments should be continued especially at that stage of a person’s life when they are making money in the labor market. Policies just to increase the productivity of workers are not enough and other policies including antitrust have to be focused on to overcome the imbalance in the market.
The report also suggested that the tax should be part of a broader policy system, in cluding public spending on health and education, and ex ploring alternatives to carbonbased lifestyles. The report underscores the importance of new international tax prin ciples to ensure equity and avoids the race to lower corpo rate tax rates. The report says that average figures often do not accurately reflect the truth. Furthermore, effective ly tackling inequality requires detailed information, espe cially to combat the various dimensions of poverty and help those left behind.
The report claimed that the nature of inequalities could change in the future and that the climate crisis could be a
major reason for this. Carbon pricing policies can be mis managed, but revenues from carbon pricing, if used for the benefit of taxpayers as part of a social policy package, will help reduce inequality. Renew able energy, energy efficiency, digital finance and health so lutions demonstrate how new technologies and opportuni ties can be used to broadly im prove living standards.
According to the report, deep inequalities emerged even be fore the technological revolu tions and now a similar picture is emerging with artificial intel ligence and digital technolo gies. In such a situation, the need for social protection must be emphasized, which will re quire international consensus on ensuring fair compensation, investing in lifelong learning and taxing digital activities. This will help in building a new, secure and stable digital econo my, which will pave the way for human development. The re port also indicates that if steps are not taken in this direction soon, then the situation will be very dire in the coming times and it will become difficult to deal with them.
MAR 21 - APR 20
Some clarification will need to be sought on a financial issue, before you take the next step. A project left halfway by someone else may come on your shoulders, but your efforts will be acknowledged. Some of you are all set to enjoy a splendid vacation.
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will derive great benefit from an exercise routine that you keenly follow. Extra workload is foreseen at work, but nothing that you cannot handle within office hours. Taking the family on a trip seems impossible today due to your professional commitments.
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Continue doing whatever you are doing to remain healthy. Some of you will have to curb your splurging ways. Family life will cruise along smoothly with much love and bonhomie. Don’t speed up on the road. Chance of moving to a new location on transfer is likely for some.
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MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You have a good health and there is nothing to worry as such. To prevent any monetary loss, you should care to read your business proposal twice before taking any decision. In office, you may need to persuade someone to stand in your favour but it will be worth it.
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Previous investments are likely to give you good returns. Some of you may decide to follow in the footsteps of celebrities and visit the very same exotic destination that they had been to.No amount of excuses will dispel lover’s suspicions about your tendency to stray path.
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Keep a close tab on what you eat if you want to remain healthy. You must limit your expenses to only buying essential stuff. In office, your colleagues may not like your upfront nature. Your love may not give the kind of attention you have been waiting for.
JUNE
will change. Due to no work pressure in office, you could spend more time with near and dear ones.
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You may go for a cheat meal all as a reward for maintaining good health. If you have been struggling with money then that’s a thing of a past now as money will flow in from all the directions. In office, you will support your colleague by sharing his/her work pressure.
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your optimism will keep you going and you will find yourself in absolute peace. The more time you invest in a project completion, the better it will in terms of monetary gains. In social life, avoid venting your anger on some who is younger or elder to you.
A report recently released by UNRISD on inequality in the world says that if steps are not taken to stop inequality soon, then in the coming times the situation will become very serious and it will become difficult to deal with them.
ight from shimmering dresses and sartorial neon numbers, Kriti has been known to fab ulously flaunt her unapologeti cally experimental style. With her latest look, she once again reminds us what’s a party without a little bling as she steps out in her glamorous and glittery mini-dress. Well, when the memo says, party look, you just cannot go wrong with a shiny mini dress and the Bhedi ya actress’s brightest pink Zara Umrigar dress serves as a pure testimony to the fact.
Scroll on as we de code her complete party look. In spired by the ’80s when a party look simply meant bright and blingy, Kri ti Sanon’s Zara Umri gar dress is curated to bring back that retro glam party look.
Sara Ali Khan is one of the most loved ac tresses of the current generation. Apart from being a fabulous actress, Sara also makes sure to stay fit and never misses her workout sessions. Yesterday the actress hid her face from the paparazzi after stepping out of her gym which made everyone curious. But, today she took to her Ins tagram stories to give a glimpse of her morning selfie. Taking to her Ins tagram stories Sara Ali Khan shared a boomerang video of her. She can be seen sitting in her car. The actress has left her hair open and can be seen rubbing a piece of ice on her face. Sara has used an Instagram filter which has made her face look even pinker and has changed her eye colour too. Sharing this picture, Sara wrote, ‘Earlie morning facie!’.
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Alia and Ranbir have been trending after they announced the name of their newborn daughter. The actress shared it on her social media handle. Well, the couple welcomed their little bundle of joy earlier this month and since then Alia has been enjoying her maternity break. She often treats fans with updates. And today was one of those days. She shared a pic ture from her balcony as she celebrate 6 years of her and Shah Rukh Khan's starrer Dear Zindagi.
The actress took to Insta gram and shared a video of the beach with the dialogues of the memorable ‘samund ar se kabaddi’ scene. Dear Zindagi is about mental health, insomnia, and de pression.
The story is about Kaira played by Alia, who is a cinematographer by pro fession and she struggles to keep a balance between her personal and professional life. She seeks the help of Jehangir, a psychologist
Dear Zindagi
Whoever said casual can’t be chic, has not discovered the power of a stretchy rib midi dress that hugs the body in just the right places and Janhvi Kapoor’s The Label dress serves as just the perfect testimony. Go the Janhvi route when you want to look instantly pulled together and pick a ribbed printed dress that strikes just the right balance of sultry and simple. Janhvi Kapoor paused and posed for the paps when she stepped out in a Hendrix Midi Dress by The Label. The designer dress stood out because of the black and sand zebra stripes and a breathtak ing body-hugging silhouette. Curated with viscose, polyester, and spandex, the knitted dress worth Rs. 6,200 features a midi length, a side slit, and a stunning scoop neckline with thick straps. But, what makes us look twice has to be the statement cut-out details at the waist that went all the way to the back mak ing the dress a sartorial pick.
Veteran ac tor Vikram Gokhale has passed away yesterday. The actor was un dergoing treat ment at Pune’s Deenanath Man geshkar Hospital. Yesterday the news was confirmed and celebs including Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and many more took to social media and expressed their condolences to the family members.
Akshay Kumar, who worked with Vikram Gokhale in Bhool Bhulai yaa and Mission Mangal, got emo tional as he penned a note on social media. He wrote, “Very sad to know of the de mise of Vikram Gokhale Ji. Worked with him in films like Bhool Bhulaiyaa, and Mission Mangal had so much to learn from him. Om Shanti.”
Anupam Kher shared an incom plete poem written by Vikram Gokhale and also shared heartbro ken emojis to ex press his pain af ter losing his dear friend.
Popular TV star Anirrudh Dave, who worked with Vikram Gokhale in a se ries, wrote, "One of the finest actor #VikramGokhale Ji, I learned a lot from you... its end of an era baauji.”
With every passing day, Kiara Advani has not only emerged as one of the most bankable and popular Superstars in the na tion but also proved her dedication and perseverance with her hustle. Gearing up for a power-packed lineup, Kiara has wrapped a film schedule, launched the trailer for another film and flown off for the shoot of a third film, all in just three days!
After the Mumbai and Ahmedabad schedules of Satyaprem Ki Katha, Kiara Advani has now wrapped the Rajkot schedule of the up coming musical ro mantic film. Finishing yet another leg of the shoot on November 19, Kiara took a morning flight back to Mumbai the next day in order to attend the trailer launch of her third re lease of the year- Go vinda Naam Mera.
Landing in Mumbai by afternoon, Kiara rushed to the venue for
the trailer launch, fol lowed by a hectic schedule of media in terviews. Wasting no
give their 100% while working tirelessly for days and still being the best at what
feat that not many aces could have achieved.
Creating a rage across the internet instantly, Kiara da Naam Mera has been touted as the Masala Entertainer of
plauses for the quirky and endearing
joining S Shankar’s RC-15, Kiara will be shooting for one of the sive and large-scale song shoots in India, for than-life
With ject at a
ara Advani has claimed her spot at the top. One of the only few actors with three releases this year, Kiara Advani has been delivering backto-back hits right from the pandemic. Earning accolades and love for the biggest digital Blockbuster of IndiaShershaah, Kiara Ad vani began a streak of success followed by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Jugjugg Jeeyo, creat ing excitement and an ticipation for her third release - Govinda Naam Mera.
Carving her identity as a versatile perform er, Kiara Advani has been on a mission to impress the audience and critics alike with every project. Looking forward to an interest ing line-up with Go vinda Naam Mera hit ting the digital plat form next month, along with Satyaprem Ki Katha and RC-15 in the coming future, Ki ara Advani is undoubt edly the busiest and most hardworking Su perstar of the industry today.
Karan Johar, is re nowned for throwing glam orous parties with a lot of A-list guests. As Bollywood is gathered under one roof, his extravagant parties frequently become the buzz of the town. Aryan Khan, Shanaya Kapoor, Manish Malhotra, Son am Kapoor, Ananya Pan day, fashion designer Seema Sajdeh, and many more attended a magnificent dinner par ty that KJo recently hosted at his home. In terestingly, Seema ap peared to be intoxicated since she stumbled a lit tle bit when the paparaz zi took her photo.
A video of Seema tripping over while pos ing for the cameras while allegedly intoxi cated went viral on so cial media and received a tonne of back lash. Some individuals are cruel ly mak ing fun of So hail Khan’s exwife for sup posedly drinking during the party. Soon after Seema’s video sur faced online, netizens start ed slamming
The makers of Maar rich have now un veiled the first song from the film that is sung in the soulful voice of Vishal Mishra.
The singer who is known for touching all the emotional chords in your heart with his songs is now coming up with another emotional song, Na Boond. The song showcases the journey of Tusshar Ka
poor aka Rajiv Dixit revisiting the case along with his per sonal journey run ning parallelly.
Talking about the song Music Composer and Singer Vishal Mishra shares, “I’m glad that Na Boond is the first song that is coming from Maarrich’s music album. Every relationship has its share of hardship, but it’s the love that makes everything worth it. I hope Na Boond travels to
everyone who is going through a rough time.”
Tusshar Ka poor says, “Na Boond is a song that takes you through the pain one feels during a diffi cult time in a relationship.
Vishal has poured his soul into this compo sition and has owned the song.”
There is no shortage of talent in the nation, but talent acknowl edgement has been long over due. The list of most prestig ious prizes has traditionally includ ed the Dadasaheb Phalke Iconic Awards at the top. Numerous Bollywood celebs attended the award event for this year, which was recently held in Mumbai’s film district.
The event’s honoree was business woman and philanthropist Nidarsh na Gowani. She was honoured for what she had done for the commu nity. The winners received their prizes from her. Shivaleeka Oberoi, one of the awardees, received the honour for her performance in the
her. One user commented, “Daaru pee ra khi hai chala jaa nhi rha ispar.” Anoth er wrote, “jada chd gyi hai.” One comment read, “Itni pii hai k khade rehne ki takat ni hai.”
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to take! While cycling and posing in a pink and white swimsuit, Sara seemed seductive.
The actress just posted a picture of herself stand ing in a bikini in a beautiful set ting, and it is just too hot
The actress shared a stunning photo from her trip along with a mo tivating message about self-love on Friday. Sharing the post, Sara wrote, “Be shore of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life’s beau ty. Don’t get so tied down
on work that you miss out on life’s beautiful waves.” However, numer ous online users were disappointed with the actress’s daring appear ance and began tor menting her. Taking to the comments sec tion of Sara’s post, one Insta user wrote, “Kuch toh shram karo.” Another said, “Mam aap muslim ho ya English women Jo aise dress pe han te ho.”