First India-Delhi Edition-29th October 2022

SPARKS FLY IN INDIGO PLANE AT DELHI AIRPORT

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Take inspiration from each other for India’s betterment ’

Surajkund: PM Naren dra Modi on Friday ad vised all the States and the Union Territories to learn and take inspira tion from each other and work for the better ment of the country.

Addressing the gath ering through video conferencing at the con cluding session of the two-day ‘Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers’ of all states that started on Thursday, the PM said that the event is a prime example of “coopera tive federalism”.

He said, “even though law and order are the re sponsibility of the states as per the constitution, they are equally related to the unity and integri ty of the country.”

He said that during the Amrit Kaal, an Am rit generation will emerge carrying the es sence of the ‘Panch Pran’– advance with greater conviction.

More on P6

Ladakh: Defence Min ister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Centre’s aim is to ensure the pro gress of far-flung areas to fulfil the security needs of the country.

He inaugurated 75 in frastructure projects spread across six States and two UTs, during his visit to Ladakh. These projects have been built by the Border Roads Or ganisation (BRO). He also inaugurated the Shyok Setu at Leh.

After inaugurating the projects, Singh inter acted with the locals.

“The people living in border areas are our strategic assets. Infra structure is being rap idly developed in border areas. We cannot say enough in praise for BRO for the work they have done here,” he said.

PM MOOTS IDEA OF “ONE NATION, ONE UNIFORM” FOR POLICE

P M Modi said the identity of the police force across the country should be identical. Address ing the Chintan Shivi, he floated the idea of ‘one nation, one uniform’ for police’. Modi said he wasn’t forcing the idea on any state but the ministers must give it a thought. He thought this could happen over a long time. Elaborating on his idea, he said this would help manufactur ers to make a quality product due to the large scale involved and it would also give the law enforcement personnel a common identity so that they can be identified in all states.

In past few years, all governments have acted responsibly to demolish ground network of terror. We need to handle it by combining our forces. We will have to defeat all forms of Naxalism - be it gun-totting or pen-wielding, we will have to find a solu tion for all of them. It’s 5G era, we have to be 10 steps ahead of crime world,” PM Modi calls for smart law and order system

Be smart, formulate ‘common technol ogy’ to check crime, improve policing —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

90 days, `

Maharashtra’s

Kartikey Dev Singh

Mumbai: The Maha rashtra govt has come under fire following the Centre’s announcement that Tata-Airbus C-295 transport aircraft pro ject would be set up in Gujarat, with the Oppo sition seeking to know why the project that was supposed to come up in Maharashtra went to the neighbouring state.

The project wasn’t the only one which has moved out of state rath er in approximately 90 days, total investment of a whopping 1.80 lakh crore rupees through four mega projects and other smaller projects, has slipped out of the BJP-Sena ruled state.

Narayanpet: Amid the MLA poaching contro versy, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the BJP stating that both parties are two sides of the same coin and are against demo cratic values and in dulge in politics of money. He accused both the TRS and BJP of horse-trading and top pling governments. “I would like to say clearly here that, for us, BJP and TRS are the same.

in Telangana

TRS helps BJP in Delhi and BJP helps TRS in Telangana. Both parties are against democracy and indulge in the poli tics of money. They do money politics by buy ing MLAs and both par ties work to topple the government,” the Con gress leader said.

Rahul Gandhi started the march on Friday from Yeligandla in Narayanpet district of Telangana and Friday was the third day of the yatra in the state. The yatra halted at Maha

bubnagar on Friday.

The Yatra which began on September 7 from Kanniyakumari will cover a further distance of 2,355 km in its 3,570km march.The Andhra Pradesh leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra con cluded on October 21.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra was launched on September 7, 2022, and will cover as many as 12 states.The Yatra started from Kanyakumari and will end in Kashmir nex year by covering 25 km every day. More on P6

AUTO-RICKSHAW, TAXI FARES HIKED IN DELHI

New Delhi: The Delhi government has approved a hike in auto-rickshaw and taxi fares in view of rising CNG prices. The meter down charge (minimum fare) for the initial 1.5 kilometre for autorickshaws has been increased from Rs 25 to Rs 30, while the per kilometre charge has been hiked from Rs 9.50 to Rs 11.

For taxis, the per kilometre charge has been hiked from Rs 14 to Rs 17 for non-AC vehicles and from Rs 16 to Rs 20 for AC vehicles.

LG ANNOUNCES ‘DRY DAY’ ON CHHATH

Does this ED (Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis) government belong to Maharashtra or Gujarat? This government claimed that the Vedanta-Foxconn project went to Gujarat due to the earlier MVA government. Now because of whom did this project (Tata Airbus) go to Gujarat?

—Ambadas Danve, LoP, Maha Legislative Council

CM Shinde had clearly said that the Tata Air bus project to build C-295 military transport aircraft will come to Nagpur after VedantaFoxconn exited. But the false role of Eknath Shinde has now come to the fore. BJP has made Shinde the chief minister only to transfer mega projects from Maharash tra to Gujarat. Eknath Shinde should also resign like Liz Truss.

—Mahesh Cheche, Spokesperson, NCP

Gandhi’s pics removed from offices, now from currency notes? BJP, Cong ask AAP in Gujarat

First India Bureau

Ahmedabad: Amid a

row over Arvind Kejri wal’s appeal for print ing images of Hindu deities on currency notes, the BJP and the opposition Congress in Gujarat on Friday criti cised the Aam Aadmi Party for removing Ma hatma Gandhi’s photos from government offic es in Punjab, where the AAP is in power.

The Bhagwant Mann

government has in stalled images of Bha gat Singh and Babasa heb Ambedkar in government offices.

“The AAP has re moved Gandhiji’s pho tos from the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office as well as from all gov ernment offices after coming to power. People need to remain cautious to make sure the AAP does not remove Gan dhiji’s photos from cur rency notes too,” Guja

rat BJP president CR Paatil said.

Kejriwal and Bhag want Mann were in Panchmahal district of

Gujarat on Friday to ad dress a rally ahead of the Assembly polls.

Rajasthan Chief Min ister Ashok Gehlot, who

has been appointed sen ior observer for Gujarat polls by the Congress, also slammed the AAP over the removal of Ma hatma Gandhi’s images from offices in Punjab.

“Gujarat is the land of Mahatma Gandhi. He is revered by people around the world. But, the AAP has removed Gandhiji’s photos from government offices in Punjab. The people of Gujarat need to drive them out,” Gehlot said.

We can see industrial ists do not have confidence in this ‘khoke sarkar’ (govt formed out of bribery worth crores of rupees) and that is why every investment which was supposed to come to Maharash tra is now moving to other states.

New Delhi: For the first time, ‘Chhath’ will be a dry day in Delhi with all liquor shops shut. After receiving a request from BJP in this regard, LG VK Saxena using his special powers on Friday declared ‘dry day’ on the occasion of Chhath, which is on Sunday, Oct 30. Also, in a letter sent to Kejriwal on Friday, the LG expressed concern over pollution and foam in the Yamuna. “The issue regarding foam and pollution in Yamuna is of grave concern and if left unattended may prove to be injurious to devotees,” Saxena wrote in his letter.

‘The bird is freed’, says Elon Musk as he acquires Twitter

New York: “The bird is freed,” billionaire Elon Musk tweeted on Friday after completing the whopping USD 44 bil lion takeover of Twitter and firing the social me dia giant’s four top ex ecutives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and le gal executive Vijaya Gadde. The Twitter ex ecutives who were fired include Agrawal, Gad de, Chief Financial Of ficer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean Edgett. Musk had closed the deal to buy Twitter on Thursday.

INDIAN CEO AGRAWAL SHOWN DOOR?

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann at his office.

—FILE PHOTO

AAP’S LAKSHMI-GANESH MOVE

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan

disqualified from the

Assembly

court sentenced him

The Assembly Secretariat

declared

Rampur Sadar Assembly seat

New Delhi: An IndiGo plane declared emergency at the Delhi airport on Friday after one of its engines caught fire at the time of taxiing. The Bengaluru-bound A320 aircraft had more than 180 people on board. A video on Twitter showed sparks flying at the time of taxiing at the airport.

DELHI

‘CHINTAN

PM Narendra Modi addresses the Bhoomi Poojan ceremony of the expansion of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) integrated facility at Hazira, in Gujarat, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, on Friday.

leader

—Aditya Thackeray, former minister

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurating Class 70 Shyok Setu, on D-S-DBO Road in Ladakh on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during an event organised by BRO for the inauguration of 75 BRO infrastructure projects in Ladakh, on Friday.

Parag Agrawal, 38, was appointed Twitter CEO in Novem ber last year after the social media site’s co-founder Jack Dorsey had stepped down. An IIT Bombay and Stanford alumnus, Agrawal had joined Twitter over a decade ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees at the company. “Agrawal, who was appointed Twitter’s chief executive last year, had clashed” with Musk “publicly and privately in recent months about the takeover,” the NYT report said.

Defer bail hearing by six weeks’

New Delhi (PTI): JNU

student Sharjeel Imam on Friday urged the Delhi High Court to de fer by six weeks his bail hearing in a case relat ed to the 2020 riots here, saying he was seeking "further legal advice" following the court's observations on him while denying bail to co-accused Umar Khalid.

Imam in his "ad journment application" said the court made "certain observations" without hearing his case which made it "in cumbent upon him to seek further legal ad vice and to explore the possibility of legal remedy before the pre sent appeal is heard".

His case, registered

under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), is related to the northeast Delhi ri ots that left 53 people dead and over 700 in jured. The violence had erupted during pro tests against the Citi zenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens.

DU 2nd round seat allocation tomorrow

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi University will an nounce the second round of the seat alloca tion list for admission to undergraduate pro grammes on Sunday, varsity officials said.

The allotted seats for candidates in the second round will be open for two days till November 1, the university said.

As many as 59,100 candidates secured ad mission in Delhi University’s first round of seat allocations. Following the conclusion of the first round of allocation, the univer sity displayed vacant seats for the second round.

The candidates were given two days win dow to opt for an upgrade and reorder their preferences. Nearly 60 per cent of them have opted for an upgrade to their higher ‘programme+college combination’ prefer ence, a varsity official said Thursday.

A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar list ed on December 16 Imam's appeal chal lenging a trial court refusing to grant him bail while expressing its displeasure with re spect to the submis sions made in the appli cation.

"To say that you are

seeking legal advice in another matter cannot be a ground. It cannot be done in this manner. You can ask for an ad journment simplicitor and we may consider but do not make legal arguments and then ask us to adjourn a matter. Don't put all this on record," the high court said.

"At the specific re quest of the counsel for the appellant (Imam), list after six weeks on December 16," it or dered.

The court also listed for hearing on Novem ber 18 bail pleas by other co-accused in the matter, including Khalid Saifi and Meer an Haider.

While refusing to grant bail to former JNU student leader Khalid in the case on October 18, the court had observed that Imam "arguably was at the head of the conspir acy" and there existed a string of commonality running amongst all the co-accused.

Imam, Khalid and several others have

been booked under the UAPA and provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly being the "master minds" of the February 2020 riots.

On April 11, Special Judge Amitabh Rawat denied relief to Imam who has been charged under various sections of the IPC and the UAPA.

In his appeal, Imam has submitted that he is a final year Ph.D. stu dent having no prior criminal antecedents and the trial court failed to appreciate that the entire investi gation is faulty and that there is no connec tion between his speeches and the inci dents of violence.

HC lists on January 17 plea against political persons holding govt posts

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Fri day listed for hearing on January 17 a PIL raising objection to the appoint ment at various govern ment posts of persons holding important posi tions in political parties.

Remarking that there are "better issues", a bench headed by CJ Sat ish Chandra Sharma asked the petitioner, lawyer Sonali Tiwary, to "do some more research" in the meantime. "There are better issues... Peo ple are not getting jobs," said the bench also com prising Justice Subra monium Prasad." Senior advocate San

Moose Wala murder: Police remand of Tinu extended

New Delhi (ANI): The Patiala House Court on Friday extended the 3-day police remand of gangster Deepak Tinu.

The Delhi Police's Spe cial Cell arrested Tinu last week, who escaped from Punjab police cus tody on October 1, from Rajasthan.

Tinu was produced through video confer encing before the Chief Metropolitan Magis trate of Patiala House Court after the end of seven days remand granted last week. The

Court meanwhile also refused to send Deepak Tinu to transit remand to Punjab at this stage. The transit remand was moved by Punjab Police. Gangster Tinu, a

member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang had re cently escaped from the custody of Punjab's Mansa Police and was later arrested from a vil lage in Ajmer.

joy Ghose contended that persons belonging to parties should not be

appointed as public servants at government posts while they contin

Notice to Centre on Cong challenge to delimitation

New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the central govern ment and other respondents on a plea moved by the Delhi Congress President Chaudhary Anil Kumar challenging the notification is sued in regard to the delimitation of municipal wards in Delhi.

The bench of Justice SC Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad on Friday sought re sponses from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delimitation Committee and the Government of NCT Delhi and fixed the hearing for Decem ber 14. Advocate Salman Khurshid appeared for the petitioner and submitted that he made a representation, the decision was taken but he doesn't know which issues were dealt with and which weren't. The petition said the notifica tion of October 17 by the Centre was issued in an arbitrary manner.

FIGHT OVER PARKING

ue to hold important posts at the party. Citing the example of BJP spokesperson Sam bit Patra, who is chair man of India Tourism Department Corpora tion, and BJP Parliamen tary Board member Iqbal Singh Lalpura, who is chairperson of National Minorities Commission, the peti tioner contended that those occupying “such venerated offices are ex pected to maintain neu trality”. The plea also referred to AAP spokes person Jasmine Shah being vice-chairman of Delhi’s Dialogue and De velopment Commission.

Decide at ‘early date’ pleas on Jamia violence: HC

New Delhi (ANI): Taking note of a Su preme Court order ask ing it to promptly hear such matters, the Delhi High Court on Friday requested its division bench to decide at an “early date” petitions concerning incidents of violence in Jamia Millia Islamia in De cember 2019 following student protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma sent the batch of petitions, which have alleged the use of ruthless and ex cessive force by the po lice and paramilitary forces on students, to the division bench headed by Justice Sid dharth Mridul and di rected that it be listed for hearing on Novem ber 29 along with pleas concerning the riots of February 2020.

“List all matters be fore Division Bench (DB) II .on November 29. The DB is requested to decide the matter at an early date as direct ed by the Supreme Court,” the bench, also comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad, said. The petitions seek directions for set ting up a SIT, Commis sion of Inquiry (CoI) or

SOUGHT

a fact finding commit tee, medical treatment, compensation and in terim protection from arrest for the students and registration of FIRs against the erring police officers.

The police had ear lier opposed the plea for setting up of a SIT or a CoI to look into the incidents of violence, saying it would “amount to supplant ing the law”.The peti tioners before the court are lawyers, stu dents of JMI, residents of Okhla in south Del hi, where the univer sity is located, and the Imam of the Jama Masjid mosque oppo site Parliament House.

HC restrains NIC ice creams from using ‘Natural’ trademark

New Delhi (PTI) The Delhi High Court has restrained the makers of NIC Natural Ice Creams from using marks Natural’ or Natu rals’ in its products.

The HC passed the interm order sayng that the plaintiffs, who are the makers of Natural’ ice cream have made out a prima facie case for grant of an ex-parte in junction. “Balance of convenience also lies in favour of the plaintiffs and in case an ex-parte injunction is not grant ed, plaintiffs are likely

to suffer irreparable loss,” Justice Jyoti Sin gh said. The court said makers are restrained from using plaintiff Sid dhant Ice Creams LLP’s marks Natural’, Natu

Balance of con venience also lies in favour of the plaintiffs and in case an ex-parte in junction is not granted, plaintiffs are likely to suffer irreparable loss.

rals’ or NIC Natural Ice Creams’ and NIC’, in any form, including any marks identical or de ceptively similar to packaging of their products.

One arrested for killing former police officer’s son in Ghaziabad

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35-yr-old Varun, son of a retired assistant SI, was battered to death with bricks by the assailants after a squabble over car parking on October 25

Ghaziabad (PTI): A man accused of killing the son of a former Del hi Police officer follow ing an altercation over parking here has been arrested, officials said on Friday.

Chiranjivi Sharma

alias Kaloo Pandit has revealed the names of his two accomplices and efforts are on to trace them, they said. Thirtyfive-year-old Varun, son of a retired assistant sub-inspector of the Delhi Police and resi

dent of Jawli village in the Teela Mor area, was battered to death with bricks by the assailants after a squabble over car parking near a roadside eatery on October 25.

Teela Mor police ar rested Sharma, hailing from Rajpur village, from Karan Gate area on the basis of CCTV footage and a video of the incident that had gone viral on social me dia, officials said.

Sharma had fled the scene of the crime in a

car that he later dumped at Farukh Nagar, they said. Senior Superinten dent of Police (SSP) Mu niraj G said when police took Sharma to the spot to recover the car, he tried to escape after snatching the service revolver of sub-inspec tor Subhash and firing at the cops.

The police team re taliated and Sharma sustained a bullet inju ry in his right leg. He was taken to the district government hospital for

treatment, the SSP said. Sharma has several criminal cases regis tered against him, the officer added.

According to police, Varun, along with his two friends, had gone to the eatery for dinner and parked his car near another vehicle, the door of which could not open due to it.

This led to the alter cation during which Varun was allegedly at tacked with bricks by the assailants.

Sharjeel Imam tells Delhi HC he is seeking further legal advice before present appeal is heard

Imam, Khalid & others booked under the UAPA for allegedly being the ‘masterminds’ of the Delhi riots

Imam submitted in his appeal that trial court failed to appreciate that the entire investigation is faulty

The court also listed for hearing on November 18 bail pleas by other co-accused in the matter, including Khalid Saifi and Meeran Haider

Police action on students near Jamia campus. —FILE PHOTO

Sambit Patra Jasmine Shah

Deepak Tinu

WEEK’S REMAND

—Justice Jyoti Singh, High Court Judge

Advocate Sanjoy Ghose, appearing for the petitioner, lawyer Sonali Tiwary, contended that those occupying “such venerated offices are expected to maintain neutrality and be impartial”

130 cr Indians want Laxmi, Ganesh pics on currency’

BJP obstructing Chhath, says AAP after lawmaker’s outburst at DJB official

It is a

AAP’s

Morva Hadaf (Guja rat): Delhi Chief Min ister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday defended his demand for printing pictures of Lord Gane sha and Goddess Lax mi on Indian currency notes, saying, “130 crore Indians" want the pictures of the dieties printed on the notes.

Speaking at a rally here in Panchamahal district (Gujarat) on Friday, the CM added, “If there is a picture of Ganesh and Laksh mi ji on a note, the country will progress.

I am not saying that the country will make progress only by print ing their pictures, we will also work hard.

People of the country will work hard. We will devise the right policies,” he said.

“But however hard you may work, unless you get the blessings of the Almighty, hard

work does not suc ceed.....This is why I said there should be pictures of Ganesh and Lakshmi ji (on curren cy notes),” the AAP leader added.

Both the BJP and Congress were "abus ing" him after he made the demand, he said.

“I want to tell both the BJP and the Con gress that 130 crore peo ple of the country want the pictures of Ganesh and Lakshmi on the currency notes,” the AAP leader said.

The Bharatiya Jana ta Party (BJP) has de scribed Kejriwal's de mand as an unsuccess ful attempt to hide the "anti-Hindu face" of his

party during Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections.

Kejriwal on Friday also said that the first thing his party's gov ernment will do in Gu jarat is to end corrup tion, like it did in Delhi and Punjab.

The ill-gotten wealth of corrupt MLAs and ministers will be recov ered, he said.

“No chief minister or MLA will steal. And if he does, he will go to jail....Even my son or my brother will go to jail if they steal,” the Delhi CM said at the rally. Talking about in flation, he said he will help people like a fami ly member.

AAP leaders protest ‘garbage mismanagement’ by MCD

New Delhi (PTI): Aam Aadmi Party leaders staged protests in sev eral constituencies of the national capital on Friday against "garbage mismanagement" in the city by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

The leaders and the party workers gathered with placards in their constituencies and raised slogans against the BJP.

Staging protest near Govindpuri metro sta tion, Kalkaji MLA Ati shi alleged MCD has turned the entire city into a "dumping ground" and the BJP will come up with "16 more landfill sites" across the city.

"The BJP has formed a mountain of garbage just at the main en trance of Kalkaji. This place will soon start turning into a landfill site. The BJP-led MCD

has turned entire Delhi into a dumping ground and they will come up with such landfill sites in 16 other places in the city," she said.

Portesting near a pile

Kejriwal speaking RSS language: SP leader Maurya

Ballia (PTI): Samajwadi Party leader Swa mi Prasad Maurya has accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Ke jriwal of champion ing RSS and BJP agenda by his advo cating of gods' pic tures on Indian bank notes.

Speaking to media on the sidelines of a programme of Kushwaha Samaj at the dis trict headquarters on Thursday night, Mau rya said, "Arvind Kejriwal neither has knowl edge of the Indian Constitution, nor does he know how to respect the secular Indian Con stitution. Kejriwal's complicity with BJP and RSS has become clear."

"Kejriwal is speaking only what the RSS is getting him to speak. He is using the language similar to that of BJP's and RSS', good sense should prevail on him," Maurya said, adding, Kejriwal can do anything in his greed for votes.

Maurya said that there are 34 crore deities in the country and even if the government puts two pictures on the currency notes, what would happen to the other deities.

"What will happen to other religious lead ers in the country?" he also asked.

“Gujarat has the highest inflation in the country. I will first rid you of inflation. After

March 1, you will not be required to pay elec tricity bills. I will do it for you,” Kejriwal said.

New Delhi (PTI): The AAP on Friday slammed the BJP lead ers for their conduct with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials, who in a video were seen being rebuked by them for us ing some chemical to defoam Yamuna, and al leged that the party was obstructing Chhath preparations.

The Aam Aadmi Par ty also alleged that the BJP leaders were stop ping Chhath Puja prep arations. The accusa tion came after BJP MP from west Delhi Parvesh Verma and saffron par ty leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga visited Ka lindi Kunj ghat of Ya muna to show the river's polluted water.

The DJB officials

Built in 1857, part of Katra Neel Gateway crumbles

New Delhi (PTI): A portion of the 165-year-old Katra Neel Gateway in Old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk area collapsed on Friday morning, according to mem bers of the Resident Welfare Association.

No casualty was re ported as shops in the area had not opened by then, they said.

The top part of the unprotected heritage structure, built in 1857, caved in at around 9.30 am.

of garbage in Tilak Na gar, MLA Jarnail Singh said the BJP has to be "removed" from the MCD for the "mountains of garbage" to be re moved from the city.

Anil Pershad, vice president of the Resi dent Welfare Associa tion (Katra Neel)said police and fire bri gade have barricaded the area and no entry is allowed.

Pershad’s ances tral house, “Chunna mal haveli”, is locat

ed adjacent to the Katra Neel Gateway.

“As the shops in the Chandni Chowk mar ket open around 11

DELHI AIR QUALITY PLUMMETS

am, no one was pre sent at the spot when the incident hap pened,” Pershad said.

were spraying defoam er chemical in the river ahead of Chhath Puja at the time of saffron par ty leaders' visit.

"Delhi government is preparing for Chhath Puja and BJP leaders

are stopping work and misbehaving (with offi cials). BJP wants Purvanchali brothers to suffer and festival to get spoiled," AAP's national spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said.

30% consumers yet to apply for electricity subsidy: Government

New Delhi(PTI): Near ly 30 per cent of the elec tricity consumers and subsidy beneficiaries are yet to apply for the power subsidy even as the last date of applica tion, October 31, inches closer, government offi cials said on Friday.

According to officials, over 33 lakh electricity consumers have so far applied for the power subsidy in the national capital.

CM Kejriwal had last month announced Octo ber 31 as the deadline to apply for power subsidy for the month.

He had said that those who do not apply will have to pay their nonsubsidised bills but can apply next month. There are 58 lakh domestic power consumers in Delhi, of whom 47 lakh avail of the subsidy. Of

‘MANY WANT TO OPT OUT’

An official said even though a large number of people want the subsidy, a still consider able percentage want to opt out.

ficials said 13.85 lakh consumers are yet to ap ply. “This means around 29.47 per cent of electric ity consumers availing of subsidy, are yet to ap ply for it. The last date is October 31," an official said.

People can give a missed call or send a WhatsApp message on 7011-3111-11 to opt for the subsidy.

Commission for Air Quality Mgmt calls for collective action

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The Commission has issued closure directions to 45 coal-based industrial units in Rajasthan, while 9 in Haryana and 23 in UP have been closed

New Delhi (ANI): Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and adjoining ar eas has intensified its efforts to ensure en forcement and compli ance with its directions after the air quality of the national capital plunged to the “severe” category on Friday.

The capital witnessed a drop to the severe cat egory for the first time this season due to poor dispersion of pollut ants owing to weak

winds, according to the Central Pollution Con trol Board (CPCB). The forecast of the average Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi is likely to be in the “Poor” and “Very Poor” categories given the unfavourable cli matic and meteorologi cal conditions that gen erally prevail in the NCR during winters and the occurrence of farm fires.

Environmentalist Vimlendu Jha said Se vere category AQI is

very dangerous and it affects even healthy people and seriously impacts those with ex isting diseases.

“In such circum stances, schools should be closed and outdoor movement should be prohibited because se

vere category AQI im pacts all aspects of life,” Jha said. As per the Ministry of Environment, Forest

and Climate Change, the commission has been informing and sensitizing all stake holders (industrial houses, commercial es tablishments, construc tion agencies, State Govt. / GNCTD agen cies, ULBs in NCR and the public at large) about the preventive, mitigative and restric tive actions required to be taken under the Graded Response Ac tion Plan (GRAP).

Stage-I and Stage-II of

the revised Graded Re sponse Action Plan (GRAP) were invoked by the Commission on Oc tober 5 and October 19 respectively.

“Besides GRAP and a comprehensive “Policy to curb air pollution in NCR”, various statutory directions, advisories and orders including have been issued by the Commission from time to time for appropriate measures by various agencies concerned,” the Ministry said.

The Commis sion in associ ation with State Governments has launched a drive for shifting all indus tries in NCR to cleaner fuels .

—Official statement MoEF &

First India Bureau

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his wife Sunita Kejriwal with idols of Ganesh and Laxmi. —FILE PHOTO

I am not saying that the country will make progress only by printing their pic tures; we will also work hard.

—Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM

BJP MPs Parvesh Verma and Manoj Tiwari and others inspecting the Yamuna on Friday.

‘AAP LIED ON RED LIGHT ON, GAADI OFF’

CM Kejriwal with DyCM Sisodia at Ghazipur landfill site. —FILE PHOTO

NEW LANDFILL SITES, MCD CLARIFIES

A thick layer of smog covers Kartavya Path in the morning, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Henry Ford, who was the owner of the world famous Ford Company, had a different vision and way of working from that of other promoters. His lessons were special for all the employees.

He sometimes used to interact directly with the employees and said, “Life is the Ocean of Experiences!”

BHAVESH UPADHYAY

The word accountability is giv en least importance in India. Employees work hard at their work place but they don’t care how much contribution their hard work is adding to their organization profit. The con cern of “profit” merely re mains till the promoters and the finance department. The marketing and manufacturing department primarily con tribute to business and prod uct generation. While other departments of any organiza tion identify themselves as a support function, which is not correct. Be it be HR Depart ment, supply chain depart ment or the marketing depart ment, each department and its head must act as profit-centric head for their organization.

What should be the role of the head of the department and how they can work as profit centric head, let’s take a look. It is usually the head of the Department who has to look up to the administrative affairs of his department.

Generally, what a head of de partment does is that he mon itors his department and em ployees working under him perform better than other departments of the company. Often, it is also possible that the head of the department is superior to all of his employ ees just to show to the man

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CAN A DEPARTMENT HEAD WORK AS PROFIT CENTER HEAD?

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agement, to resort to internal constraints and policies and to compete with others. A healthy competition between the two departments offers good productivity in the com pany, but in the competition to prove themselves superior an atmosphere of internal clashes and stress is created.

When we say that the head of the department should act as the profit center head, the meaning of the concept is to change the whole mindset and perspective of the department towards the company. The day when the departmental heads start working considering the point of view of the top man agements and focus on how their departments can con tribute to the company’s di rect growth, they can be called the best departmental head. The head of the department should work with the employ ees of their department in such a way that each and eve ry employee of the depart ment can share their contri bution and show involvement in the company’s growth.

LET’S CONSIDER AN EXAMPLE

Henry Ford, who was the own er of the world famous Ford Company, had a different vi sion and way of working from that of other promoters. He used to hold regular meetings with all the heads of depart ments, his lessons were special for all the employees. He also sometimes used to interact di rectly with the employees and said, “Life is the Ocean of Ex periences!” every experience teach and inspire us to do

The day when the departmental heads start working considering the point of view of the top managements and focus on how their departments can contribute to the company’s direct growth, they can be called the best departmental head. They should work with employees in such a way that the staff is involved in firm’s growth

something new. He also used to say to his employees, do what ever you want to do it with your heart and full dedication. By doing things with heart special contributions can be made to the organization.

Henry always advised his departmental heads that if they are able to give long-term and positive vision to the em ployees and show them how they can contribute and be a partner in company’s growth then you are an excellent lead er. The easiest way to achieve this is to create a sense of ownership spirit in every em ployee. Every work profile should be respected and every work should be done from heart will full dedication. And the person who works with proper dedication will be come a partner in the com pany’s growth in true senses.

The heads of each depart ment should recognize the

strengths of their employees and distribute the work ac cordingly. Henry always ad vised employees saying, “Di vide your wok into small targets, this will make easy for you to reach the goal. This will help you achieve big tar gets.” If you take a look away from your goal then it means that you have lost control to reach your goal and you need to focus. The most difficult and effortful work is to make every employee of your team to work in team. If this is an easy task for you then you come out as a good leader but if you are weak leader then employees will not associate themselves with your vision.

The conclusion of the dis cussion comes out to be that the head of the department should make every employee of his team participate in the company’s work keeping in mind their vision and goals.

Some tips.

z The head of each department should check their employ ees to work in a team.

z The head of the department should work together with other heads and participate equally in the company’s growth.

z The head of the department should check how each em ployee can participate in the company’s growth and distrib ute the work accordingly.

z It is the responsibility of the departmental head to see that every employee looks after their work and works towards progress.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Tata-Airbus C-295 MW transport air craft project has gone to Vadodara in Gujarat. It will be the first joint venture for manufacturing a military air craft in India under the Make in India initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The project was initially meant for Maharashtra but the investors and the government thought it was too good a project for Ma harashtra which is being gov erned by a coalition of BJPShiv Sena faction. Foundation of the Rs 22,000-crore project will be laid by the prime min ister on Sunday. It will not only be a boost for the domestic aerospace industry but also give employment to thousands of people.

Earlier in September, an

The project is worth Rs 1.54 lakh cr. Aaaditya Thackeray, leader of Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena said that the project was moved out of Maharashtra after it was “almost finalised.” It was a blow to state govt’s initiative, he said

other prestigious project for manufacturing semi-conduc tors by the Vedanta-Foxconn conglomerate had also been lured away to Gujarat, leaving Maharashtra’s opposition parties fuming. The project is worth Rs 1.54 lakh crore. Aaaditya Thackeray, leader of the Uddhav Thackeray fac tion of Shiv Sena said that the project was moved out of Ma

harashtra after it was “almost finalised”. He said it was a blow to the state govern ment’s initiative for creating job opportunities. Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar claimed that the prom ise of Maharashtra getting bigger projects was like “con vincing a child”. He has been proved right.

Aaditya Thackeray hit out at the double-engine govern ment. “They always boast of a double-engine government. But although one engine of the central government is working, the state govern ment’s engine has failed,” he said. In other words the nonfunctional engine is unable to effectively assert the state’s claim for more invest ment. Is it an opportunity for Uddhav Thackeray camp?

India’s first geneti cally modified (GM) mustard has been ap proved for seed pro duction before it is approved as the country’s first indigenous hybrid mustard and released for commercial purpos es. This will be a major step to wards increasing the production of oilseeds for which the country is heavily import- dependent. Against an annual production of around 8.5 million tonnes of ed ible oil, India imports around 14.5 mt of edible oil to meet its domestic demand of edible oil.

Genetically modified crops have met stiff resistance from farmers and environmentalists. The first to be opposed tooth and nail was Bt cotton despite sui cides by cotton growers due to crop losses. Once introduced in 2002 the insect and pest resistant crop has benefited farmers by cutting expenditure on insecti cides and increased production.

As controversial as Bt cotton was Bt brinjal the commercial re lease of which was foiled by envi ronmentalists. The GM mustard may also require government clearance for commercial release. Environmentalists must un derstand that transgenic crops offer hope.

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It’s 5G era, we have to be 10 steps ahead of crime world’

5G technology, along with its benefits, brings the need for a heightened alert: PM

Surajkund (PTI):

Prime Minister Naren

dra Modi on Friday in sisted on having a police technology mission that will enable all states to have the best common technology and mutual cooperation for crime prevention. Addressing a gathering of home ministers of states to de liberate on issues of in ternal security -- ‘Chin tan Shivir’ -- here, he said while ensuring the best technology the states should avoid any budgetary constraints that may come in the way of adoption of tech nological advancements.

He said the criminal world has globalised and

stressed that “we need to be ten steps ahead” of them (criminals).

PM pointed out that crime is no longer local ised and instances of interstate, international crimes are going up.

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“That is why mutual cooperation between state agencies and be tween central and state agencies is becoming crucial,” Modi said.

He said whether it is cybercrime or the use of

drone technologies for the smuggling of weap ons or drugs, the govt needs to keep working towards new technolo gies to tackle the men ace. “The law and order system can be improved with the help of smart technology,” the prime minister said.

He said 5G technology, along with its benefits, brings the need for a heightened alert.

“With the help of 5G, the performance of fa cial recognition technol ogy, automatic number plate recognition tech nology, drone and CCTV related technology, are going to improve mani folds,” Modi said.

PM MODI ON WAR AGAINST FAKE NEWS

New Delhi (ANI): Em phasising on the need to create awareness against fake news, PM Narendra Modi on Friday said that social media cannot be underestimated and that a small piece of fake news generated by it can create chaos. He said people must be made aware of the various mechanisms that are now available on all social media platforms to verify messages before forwarding them.

Key 26/11 conspirators unpunished, says EAM

Mumbai (PTI): Exter nal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said key conspirators and planners of the 26/11 Mumbai terror at tacks continue to remain protected and unpun ished.

Speaking at a special meeting here on ‘Coun tering the Use of New and Emerging Technolo gies for Terrorist Pur poses’, he said, the UNSC has “regrettably” been unable to act in some cases when it comes to proscribing some terror ists because of “political considerations”.

Jaishankar, along with Michael Moussa, Gabonese Foreign min ister and president of the UNSC, paid tributes to the victims who lost their lives in the 26/11.

INDIA PLAYS PAKISTANI TERRORIST & 26/11 CONSPIRATOR SAJID MIR’S TAPE

Mumbai (ANI): In an unprecedented public expose at the Mumbai UN counter-terror meet, India on Friday revealed in detail Pakistan’s role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack by playing Pakistan-based terrorist Sajid Mir’s audiotape. In the audio clip, he is heard directing the attack on Chabad House during Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks. Playing the audio clip, India presented undeniable evidence against Pakistan. The clip was played by a senior Intelligence Bureau officer, Pankaj Thakur.

BSF RECOVERS ARMS & AMMUNITION NEAR INDO-PAK BORDER

Punjab: The BSF troops seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Ferozepur, Punjab, said, officials. The recovery was made on Thursday. “Troops of BOP Jagdish, ex-136 Bn, Sector Ferozpur (Distt Feroz pur) recovered a bag during a search near the zero line containing arms and ammu nition,” read an official state ment from BSF. The officials recovered 3 AK 47 rifles with 06 empty magazines, 03 nos mini AK 47 rifles (brand being ascertained) with 05 empty magazines, and 3 nos pistols (Beretta type) with 06 empty magazines.

I APOLOGISE AS WOMAN & HUMAN: DMK’S KANIMOZHI

Chennai: DMK women’s wing secretary and party’s MP Kanimozhi apologised to actress-politician Khushbu Sundar over a DMK func tionary’s alleged derogatory remark targeting BJP wom en leaders in Tamil Nadu. The Thoothukudi MP, who is also deputy general secre tary of the DMK, said neither the party nor its chief M K Stalin would tolerate such remarks. “I apologise as a woman and human being for what was said. This can never be tolerated irrespec tive of whoever did it, of the space it was said or party they adhere to.”

EX-GUJ CM’S SON MAHENDRASINH VAGHELA JOINS CONGRESS

Ahmedabad: Mahendrasinh Vaghela, son of former Gujarat CM Shankersinh Vaghela, joined the Congress on Friday, ahead of the state Assembly election. The 58-year-old former MLA was welcomed into the fold by Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor at the party headquarters here. The development has come ahead of the state Assembly election, which is expected to be held by December. Talking to reporters, Mahendrasinh said he was joining the Congress without any expecta tions and will fight the polls if the party wants.

Madhya Pradesh: A 23-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, and six accused have been ar rested in this connection, police said on Friday. In her complaint, the victim told the police that she had come to Tikamgarh around one month back and she got familiar with one of the accused, who helped her find a flat on rent. The complaint further alleged that on October 26, one of the accused came to her rented flat and asked her to accompany her to a party venue in the district.

Chandigarh: In a crack down against people involved in drugs trade, Haryana Police on Friday demolished an illegal house of a drug peddler in Sirsa district. A Haryana Police spokesperson said here that a joint team of police and civil administra tion bulldozed the illegal construction of Nirmal Singh, a resident of village Ganga in Sirsa. “Nirmal had built a house on illegally occupying about 200 yards of Panchayati land, which was demol ished with the help of local administration,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

Court orders Chatterjee’s physical presence

Kolkata: A special CBI court on Friday reject ed an application by a correctional home in Kolkata for the virtual appearance of former Minister Partha Chat terjee in connection with the multi-crore West Bengal School Ser vice Commission (WB SSC) scam and instead ordered his physical presence on October 31.The state’s former education minister was supposed to be physi cally present at the court on Friday.

Cong leaders from various states join RaGa in T’gana

Hyderabad (PTI): Con gress leaders from vari ous states on Friday joined party leader Ra hul Gandhi in his ongo ing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Telangana.

Former Union Minis ter Bhakta Charan Das from Odisha and Jitu Patwari from Madhya Pradesh were among the leaders who took part in the yatra.

It was a ‘mini Bharat Jodo’ yatra with leaders from different states coming to walk with Gandhi, said Jairam

DELHI RIOTS: COURT IMPOSES `5,000 COSTS ON PROSECUTION

New Delhi (PTI): A court here has slapped the prose cution with Rs 5,000 costs while hearing a case related to the 2020 Delhi riots for not submitting photographs with the requisite certificate under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act. Section 65(B) says that electronic records need to be certified by a person occupying a responsible official position.

The court was cross-exam ining the complainant and prosecution witness Sanjay Kumar Goyal in a rioting case registered against accused Noor Mohammad.

The judge directed the com plainant to provide details of the mobile phone using which the photographs of his shop were taken by him. The court also referred the mat ter to the Commissioner of Police to conduct an enquiry and fix accountability for the lapse, besides recovering the amount of costs.

Ramesh, AICC General Secretary, in charge of communications.

“During the morning

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SC GRANTS 4 WEEKS TIME TO CURE DEFECTS OF OVER 1000 CASES FROM 2014 TO 2020

New Delhi: The SC has granted a four-week time to cure defects of over 1000 cases filed from 2014 to 2020 and warned that if the advocates- on- record failed to do it then the cases shall stand dismissed without any further reference. Justice PS Narasimha in its order deliv ered recently observed that there are one thousand-odd matters listed in the court.

AAP’S VIJAY NAIR MOVES BAIL PLEA

New Delhi : A court on Friday sought response from the CBI on the bail application of business man Vijay Nair, arrested in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Si sodia is also an accused. The court issued notice to the agency and directed it to file a reply by Nov 3.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART

As there were defects in the filing, the files were returned to the respective Advo cates-on-Record for curing the defects and for refiling.

session today in the #BharatJodoYatra in Telangana, we wit nessed a mini @bharat

jodo with leaders com ing from Tripura, Ra jasthan, Punjab, Odis ha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Madhya Pradesh to walk with @ RahulGandhi today,” Ramesh tweeted.

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The Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Yeligan dla in Narayanpet dis trict of Telangana on Friday and it will halt at Mahabubnagar for the night.

This is the third day of the yatra in Telan gana.

EC DOESN’T HAVE JURISDICTION ON FREEBIES: CONG

New Delhi (PTI): The Cong said the EC does not have the jurisdiction to regulate issues such as freebies, and urged the panel to focus on ensuring free and fair polls through proper implementa tion of Election Laws. The poll panel on Oct 4 had proposed amending the model code to ask political parties to provide authentic information to voters on the financial viability of their poll promises, a move that came amid the freebies versus welfare measures debate that had triggered a political slugfest.

SC TO HEAR PLEA SEEKING APPT OF CHMN IN LAW PANEL

New Delhi: The SC is scheduled to hear on Oct 31 a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to declare the Law Commis sion as a “statutory body” and appoint the chair person and members to the panel. According to the cause list of October 31 uploaded on the apex court website.

CAN’T BAR ANTI-PORT PROTESTS, NONE SHOULD DISTURB L&O: HC

Kochi: The Kerala HC on Friday said it cannot prohibit protests, but at the same time no one should take law into their hands or be a threat to law and order while staging agitations like the one against Vizhin jam Port. The observation by Justice Anu Sivaraman came during the hearing of a plea of Adani group, carrying out the Vizhinjam port construction, against the fisherfolk’s continuing protest against the project. The court asked the protestors not to force it to take stringent action against them and also directed that its interim orders be strictly enforced.

PM Modi inspired artwork inaugurated

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New Delhi: G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North-eastern Region, inaugurated an exhibi tion of paintings by emi nent artist, Akbar Saheb on Friday at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Union Minister GK Reddy

The art of Akbar Sa heb is unique as all fiftyfive artworks are wholly inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi

and his incredible jour ney and vision. The ex hibition, curated by the well-known Rajeev

Menon is open to the public from Friday till November 3.

On the occasion, the

Union Minister said that Akbar Saheb has shown the journey of PM Nar endra Modi including from Gujarat to becom ing the world leader. He added that the paintings show major policy deci sions such as GST and depict demonetisation and surgical strike in a clear manner.

The Minister also said the paintings show the challenges faced by Nar endra Modi and his achievements as Prime Minister. Mata.

Canada-based terrorist with Khalistan links nabbed

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested Cana da-based terrorist Lakh bir Singh alias Landa and four sharpshooters of the Pakistan-backed Khalistani nexus of Landa with Harvinder Singh alias Rinda, offi cials said on Friday.

The arrested persons revealed that recently they coordinated sever al drone droppings, in cluding of AKs, MP-5s, HE grenades and Star/ Beretta pistols, which were seized by police in several operations.

During the investiga tion, police said, it was revealed that Rinda and Landa were supplying weapons to three dis tinct groups -- Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate, its

The Chinese-marked weapons recovered by Delhi police.

arch-rival Davinder Bambiha syndicate, and local criminals of Pun jab, the police said.

Police said the objec tives of both Rinda and Landa are to execute the tasks which may lead to a resurgence of terror ism in Punjab, for which ISI is backing them.

BJP urges to order CBI probe into Telangana poaching claims

New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Friday urged the EC to order a CBI probe into the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s alle gation that its members tried to poach some MLAs of the regional party, claiming that the entire event has been staged to influence the Munugode bypoll. A BJP delegation, which met the commission, also ac cused Odisha’s ruling BJ of being behind a “sinister” attempt to ma lign the “personal im age” of Amit Shah

through a “fake and doc tored” audio clip with a view to influence the Dhamnagar bypoll.

It sought “deterrent” action against the ac cused and urged the EC to get an FIR lodged against BJD members allegedly behind it.

AUDIO CLIP SURFACES IN ‘MLAs POACHING’ CASE

Hyderabad: In another twist in ‘MLAs poaching’ case, an audio of telephonic conversation between the main accused and a TRS MLA surfaced on Friday. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaked the audio of purported conversation between Ramachandra Bharati, alias Satish Sharma alias Swamiji, and Pilot Rohit Reddy, the MLA who tippedoff the Cyberabad police about the attempt to buy him and three other MLAs re sulting in the arrest of three alleged agents of BJP.

The paintings show the challenges faced by Modi and his achievements as PM including his impact around the world:

23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GANG-RAPED IN MP, SIX ARRESTED

ILLEGAL HOUSE OF DRUG PEDDLER RAZED IN HARYANA

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PM Modi addressing ‘Chintan Shivir’ of Home Ministers of States, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday.

S Jaishankar speaks at the Special Meeting of the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) CTC in Mumbai on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

BHARAT JODO YATRA

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves to the supporters during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Narayanpet on Friday.

—PHOTO

GLOBAL HEALTH SETS

IPO PRICE BAND AT `319-336 PER SHARE

New Delhi: Global Health Limited, which operates and manages hospitals under the Medanta brand, on Friday said it has set a price band of `319-336 a share for its `2,206 crore initial public offering (IPO). The initial share sale will open for public subscription during No vember 3-7. The bidding for anchor investors will open on November 2, ac cording to the company. The IPO consists of a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating to `500 crore and an offer for sale of up to 5.08 crore equity shares. —PTI

Ease logistics burden on exporters: Nirmala

Kakinada (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked States to adopt a multi-modal approach and ensure logistics did not become a burden on exporters.

She said the PM Gati Shakti was a beautiful pro tocol with which a synergy could be brought in.

Sitharaman referred to ‘One District-One Product’ and ‘Vocal for Local’, initia tives, aimed at promoting local products and creating their export markets.

She said the Commerce Ministry was working on getting an export policy that would help the export ers by giving them incen tives and promoting many things.

WHAT NIRMALA SITHARAMAN SAID

z Nirmala Sitharaman asked States to adopt a multimodal approach and ensure logistics did not become a burden on exporters

New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital fell by `105 to `50,889 per 10 grams on Friday amid weak global trends, ac cording to HDFC Securi ties.In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at `50,994 per 10 grams. Silver, however, gained `21 to `58,336 per kg from `58,315 per kg.

the international mar ket, gold was trading in red at $1,653.25 per ounce while

was flat at $19.34 per ounce.

TATA POWER NET PROFIT RISES 85% TO `935 CRORE

“There’s a repetitive and very relevant line that the Commerce Minister refers to … ‘We can’t be exporting taxes.’ We also should iden tify ways in which those taxes – whether Centre, State or local – that are on these products should be removed so that we don’t burden their exporters,” the Finance Minister said.

The governments did not get much revenue from those products but bur

OTHER STORIES

z Sitharaman referred to ‘One District-One Product’ and ‘Vocal for Local’, initiatives, aimed at promoting local products and creating their export markets

dened the exporters never theless, she noted. She said the growing cost of elec tricity and logistics was also affecting the exports.

“With better roads and ports coming… electronic facilitation for the customs operations coming…surely,

RETAIL PORTION OF NHAI ‘INVIT’ TO RISE GOING AHEAD, SAYS UNION MIN GADKARI

Mumbai (PTI): Enthused by the overwhelming retail investor re sponse to the recent InvIT from NHAI, wherein NCDs worth `1,430 crore were issued, Union Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the retail portion will go up in new such fund-raising ahead. The min ister was addressing a gathering at BSE after listing the second tranche of the NHAI Infrastructure Invest ment Trust (InvIT) and NCD, which earlier this month raised `1,430 crore and the issue was oversubscribed nearly seven times.

the logistics element is be ing addressed little by lit tle. State governments should also spend some time to see that logistics doesn’t become a burden on exporters,” Sitharaman said. The Finance Minister referred to the Prime Min ister’s suggestion that States should open export promotion offices in Indian embassies abroad.

“If you have the capacity to tell the kind of things you produce that are inter national class… our embas sies are the place where you should be and target the markets there. Some of our States are the size of some European countries. We have the capacity even as a district to capture the market outside,” she said.

SpiceJet allowed to wet lease 5 planes

Mumbai (PTI): SpiceJet has received aviation regu lator DGCA’s approval for wet leasing five Boeing 737 Max planes for up to six months and the airline has already deployed two of the aircraft on different routes, according to sources.

Foreign trade would help India become a $30 tn eco: Goyal

Kakinada (PTI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday said that foreign trade would become a truly defining feature that would help India become a $30 trillion economy in the Amrit Kaal.

“We have reached that inflection point, we are at the cusp, where we are go ing to take off. If we have the ambition to be at least ten times in the next 25 years...We are looking to cross the $30 trillion economy with a per capita GDP of 15,000 dollar,” Goyal said.

Goyal noted that foreign trade would become a truly defining feature in the years to come “as we work in the Amrit Kaal in the next 25 years and progress towards a developed India.”

Goyal said foreign trade

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

z Goyal noted that foreign trade would become a truly defining feature in the years to come “as we work in the Amrit Kaal in the next 25 years and progress towards a developed India”

z Foreign trade was going to truly help in achieving the $30 tn ambitious target

was going to truly help in achieving the $30 trillion ambitious target.

“This is the path that we are going to achieve. It’s very much achievable and doable,” he remarked.

The Commerce Minister pointed out that the Indian economy grew 11.8 times in dollar terms in the last 30 years to $3.5 trillion today, from less than $300 billion.

High inflation is a result of price shocks:

Bhide

New Delhi (PTI): The high inflation rate in the last three quarters is main ly a consequence of the ‘exogenous’ price shocks, and addressing the issue will require coordinated policy efforts, RBI Mone tary Policy Committee (MPC) member Shashanka Bhide has said.

Bhide further said the inflationary pressures are high and it certainly is a test for India’s inflation targeting framework.

“The high inflation rate in Q2 FY2022-23 follows high inflation in the previ ous two quarters.

“High fuel and food pric es and their spillover to other sectors have sus tained the high inflation rate,” he said.

The retail inflation based on CPI has remained above 6% since January 2022, and it was 7.41% in September.

“While this pattern is mainly a consequence of the exogenous price shocks, it is important to take measures to limit the spillover of the price shocks to the rest of the economy.

Markets log gains for 2nd day on buying in Reliance Industries Ltd

New Delhi: Tata Power on Friday reported about an 85% rise in its consoli dated net profit to `935.18 crore in the Sep tember 2022 quarter, mainly on the back of higher revenue. The con solidated net profit of the company was `505.66 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2021, a BSE filing stated. The to tal income of the compa ny rose to `14,181.07 crore in the quarter from `10,187.33 crore a year ago. Tata Power’s PAT (profit after tax or net profit) has increased for the 12th consecutive quarter.

MARUTI SUZUKI Q2

PROFIT SEES 4-FOLD RISE AT `2,112.5 CR

SEBI REDUCES FACE VALUE FOR DEBT SECURITIES

New Delhi (PTI): To enhance liquidity in the corporate bond market, Sebi on Friday reduced the face value of debt security and non-convertible redeemable preference share issued on pri vate placement basis to `1 lakh from the current `10 lakh. The move came after the regulator received representations from various market participants, including issuers, requesting for review of the denominations.

Further, non-institutional inves tors consider the high ticket size as a deterrent.

ATHER ENERGY SETS UP FIRST EV RETAIL STORE IN PUDUCHERRY

Chennai (PTI): Electric twowheeler maker Ather Energy has inaugurated its first retail store ‘Ather Space’ in Puducherry making it the 58th experi ence centre in the country. The company has launched its latest flagship products the 450 X and 450 Plus which come with a certified range of 146 km and would be retailed at the new store. Con sumers in Puducherry would be able to take up test-ride and also receive in-depth knowledge of the product ahead of making their purchase.

The approval for taking the planes on wet lease was given by the DGCA earlier this month. The sources said the remaining three aircraft will be inducted into SpiceJet fleet in the coming weeks. The airline already has Boeing 737 Max planes in its fleet.

To cater to rising de mand in the winter sched ule which begins from Oc tober 30, SpiceJet and In diGo have received approv al for their proposals to take planes on wet lease.

Under wet lease arrange ment, planes are leased along with operating crew and engineers.

Mumbai (PTI): Equity benchmarks ended high er on Friday helped by buying in index major Re liance Industries along with fresh foreign fund inflows. Extending its previous day’s rally, the 30-share BSE benchmark climbed 203.01 points or 0.34% to settle at 59,959.85.

On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty ad vanced 49.85 points or 0.28% to end at 17,786.80 .

In the Sensex pack, Maruti, Reliance Indus tries, NTPC, Power Grid, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Finserv, Titan and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the major winners.

Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India were among the laggards.

iPhones revenue grows 10% to $42.6 bn

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India on Friday reported an over four-fold increase in consolidated net profit to `2,112.5 crore in the second quarter that ended September 30, 2022, rid ing on record sales. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of `486.9 crore in the same period last fiscal, MSIL said in a regulatory filing. Total revenue from opera tions was at `29,942.5 crore as against `20,550.9 crore in the year-ago period.

New Delhi: According to Apple, in the September quarter of 2022, iPhone rev enue increased 10% year over year to a record $42.6 billion, with the new 14 se ries driving brisk sales in India.

The CyberMedia Re search (CMR) showed that the iPhones grew 44% (quarter-on-quarter) in the July-September period in India, selling over 1.7 mil lion iPhones.

According to company’s CEO Tim Cook, the high and better-than-expected

customer demand, exceed ed their aspirations.

“Customers are loving our iPhone 14 lineup. Load ed with camera upgrades for sharper photos, Action Mode for smoother videos

and new safety features like Crash Detection and Emer gency SOS via Satellite, iP hone is even more indis pensable to our daily lives,” Cook stated this during the company’s quarterly earn

ON RISE IN INDIAN MKT

z The CyberMedia Research showed that the iPhones grew 44%in the July-Sept period in India, selling over 1.7 million iPhones

High, better-than-expected customer demand, exceeded Cos aspirations

ings call with investors.

Luca Maestri, Chief Fi nancial Officer at Apple, said that iPhone revenue grew despite significant foreign exchange head winds.

INDIAN RUPEE SLIPS 14 PAISE TO SETTLE AT 82.47 AGAINST AMERICAN CURRENCY

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 14 paise to close at 82.47 against the US dollar on Friday as a stronger greenback in the overseas markets weighed on the local unit. However, a posi tive trend in domestic equities and fresh foreign fund inflows capped the rupee’s loss, traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened weak at 82.39 and witnessed a high of 82.29 and a low of 82.49. It finally settled at 82.47 against the American currency, registering 14 paise loss over its previous close. In the previous session on Thursday, the rupee jumped 48 paise to close at 82.33 against the dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, rose by 0.25% to 110.86. Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures fell 0.91% to $96.08 per barrel.

Wheat sown in 54,000 hectare so far: Govt data

New Delhi (PTI): Wheat has been sown in 54,000 hec tare so far in the ongoing rabi (winter) season of the 2022-23 crop year, 59% high er than 34,000 hectare in the year-ago period, according to the agriculture ministry data released on Friday.

The sowing of wheat, the main rabi crop, begins in October and harvesting in March-April.

Besides, gram and mus tard are other major crops grown during the rabi sea son (July-June).

According to the latest sowing data, wheat sowing is underway in Uttar

Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ra jasthan and Jammu & Kashmir.

About 39,000 hectare was covered under wheat in Ut tar Pradesh, 9,000 hectare in Uttarakhand, 2,000 hec tare in Rajasthan and 1,000 hectare in Jammu & Kash mir as on October 28, the data showed.

SWADESHI JAGRAN MANCH RED FLAGS

GM MUSTARD

New Delhi (PTI): The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Friday opposed a regulatory body’s recommenda tion for environmental release of genetically modified mustard, call ing it “dangerous” and urged the Centre to en sure that the crop’s seed is not allowed to be planted “now or ever”.

In a letter to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, the RSS-affiliated organisa tion accused the Genet ic Engineering Apprais al Committee (GEAC) of functioning in an “irresponsible fashion” and said the claims made in support of ge netically modified (GM) mustard were “com pletely untrue, unsub stantiated and wrongly projected”.

“Swadeshi Jagran Manch has all along been opposing this dan gerous and unneeded GM mustard being brought in through the backdoor as a public sector genetically modi fied organism (GMO),” organisation co-conven or Ashwani Mahajan said in the letter.

‘BAYER’S PATENT, NOT SWADESHI’

SJM co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan termed as “completely untrue” the claim that GM mustard was ‘swadeshi’ and had been developed in India. “We would like to bring it to your kind notice that in 2002, Proagro Seed Company, which is Bayer’s subsidi ary, applied for commercial approval for a similar construct that Prof Pental and his team are now pro moting as HT Mustard DMH 11,” he said. Mahajan was referring to scientist Deepak Pental, whose GM mustard technology has been approved by the GEAC. Bayer’s application at that point was turned down because the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said their field trials did not offer evidence of superior yield, he underlined. It is “well known” that hybridisation of GM mustard is achieved by means of two genes barnase and barstar, derived from a soil bacterium called Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Mahajan said. The bar-barstar-barnase gene is a patented technology of Bayer Crop Science, he said.

Assam’s eminent artist dies at 84

Guwahati (PTI): As sam's eminent artist Neelpawan Baruah died on Friday at the Gauhati Medical Col lege Hospital following a prolonged illness. He was 84.

His wife, eminent singer and Padma Shri awardee Dipali Borthakur, had prede ceased him.

Baruah was born in Jorhat to eminent poet Binanda Chandra Ba ruah, popularly called 'Dhwani Kobi', and La

DAILY LIFE IN BOGOTA

banya Prava Baruah. An alumnus of Santini ketan's Kala Bhawan, Baruah was a versatile artist with his oeuvre ranging from painting, poetry, pottery, maskmaking. After graduat ing in fine arts, he learnt glazed pottery at Sriniketan and also had a stint at the Garhi Stu dio in New Delhi.

‘NO BETTER YIELD’

We are confident that as a person who has carefully studied the adverse impacts of the GM crops and also published opinion pieces on the same, you will intervene immediately in this matter.”

SJM convenor Ashwani Mahajan, In letter to Environment minister

Mahajan said another claim that GM mustard would increase domestic production and reduce India’s import dependencies was “unsubstantiated and wrongly projected”. The GMO mustard has no yield advantage compared to indigenous hybrids, he added. “The data from Rapeseed Mustard Re search (DRMR), Bharatpur, clearly shows that the claim of Prof Deepak Pantel that his GM mustard would increase yield by 26 percent is deceptive and misleading as there are several existing hybrid varieties that outperform the transgenic variety DMH-11,” the SJM co-convenor said. “In fact, for reasons best known to the developer, the exist ence of better performing non-GM hybrids from his own stable has been concealed and he has chosen to falsify the data by comparing the yield performance of GM mustard with some of very old varieties having lesser yield.”

Ex-Andaman chief secy grilled over ‘gang rape’ for 8 hours

Port Blair (PTI): A Special Investigation Team (SIT) questioned former chief secretary of Andaman and Nico bar Islands Jitendra Narain for over eight hours here on Friday in connection with the al leged gang rape of a woman, an official said.

The SIT of the police was constituted to probe into allegations that a 21-year-old wom an in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was lured to the chief secre tary’s residence by promising a govern ment job and then raped by top officials including Narain there.

Labour Commission er R L Rishi was also accused of raping the woman while a police inspector and a hotel owner were named in the FIR as accomplices

THE WOMAN’S COMPLAINT

The woman said as her father and stepmother did not take care of her financial needs, she needed a job and was introduced by some people to the labour commissioner as he was close to the then chief secretary. She claimed in the FIR that the chief secretary appointed “7,800 candidates” in various departments in the administration of the islands “on the basis of recommendation only” and without any “formal interview”. The woman alleged that she was lured to the chief secretary’s home with the promise of a government job, and then raped there on April 14 and May 1.

in the crime. The police inspector was also in terrogated by the SIT on Friday. Narain was brought to the Police Lines in the morning for questioning which lasted over eight hours, the official said.

He was taken inside the Police Lines in Port Blair through a rear door to avoid protest

ers. “A heinous crime was committed against the woman. We want justice for her,” a pro tester, carrying a plac ard denouncing Narain as a ‘rapist’, said.

There is a possibility that Narain, who is staying in a private re sort here, will be grilled again on Saturday, ac cording to a source.

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12.5-CRORE HOUSE IN LUCKNOW OF AFZAL ANSARI ATTACHED

Lucknow (PTI): The Ghazipur district police on Friday attached property worth Rs 12.5 crore of BSP MP Afzal Ansa ri, the brother of gangster-turned-politi cian Mukhtar Ansari, in Lucknow under the Gangsters Act.

“A house registered in the name of Afzal Ansari and his wife lo cated in the Dalibagh area of Lucknow worth Rs 12.5 crore was at tached under provi sions of the Gangsters Act. The action is part of ongoing operations against Mukhtar An sari and his gang,” Su perintendent of Police of Ghazipur Rohan P Botre said.

‘BHAKTI IN POLITICS LEADS TO DICTATORSHIP’

Kharge after visiting Ambedkar memorial

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge paid tribute to B R Ambedkar by visiting his memorial in the na tional capital on Friday.

After his visit to Ambedkar’s memorial, Kharge tweeted a quote from the former law minister and key archi tect of the Constitu tion, “Bhakti in reli gion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degra dation & to eventual dictatorship.”

Floral tributes at Azad’s ‘Mazar’ Kharge also visited the ‘Mazar’ (grave)’ of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. “Paid floral trib utes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at his ma zaar. A revolutionary freedom fighter and In

ART STUDENTS PAY TRIBUTE

dia’s First Education Minister. He believed in our country’s democrat ic & secular credentials & strongly opposed the idea of partition on reli gious lines,” Kharge said on Twitter.

Dabholkar’s footprints will only deepen, says Naseeruddin Shah

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Proud to have lived in same era as him, said Shah after inaugurating ‘We Are On Trial’, an art exhibition on the slain rationalist

Mumbai: Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah on Friday said that Dr Nar endra Dabholkar’s work cannot be erased and his “footprints will only deepen”.

Speaking after inau gurating ‘We Are on Trial’, an art exhibition on the slain rationalist, he also said that to fight superstition, the same

conviction is needed as those who have super stitions. The art exhibi tion, which has around 30 installations created by students of JJ School of Art, has been put to gether by ‘Friends of Dabholkar’, a group of activists.

“Dr Dabholkar was among those great men whose footprints would deepen further instead of getting wiped out,”

Shah said.

“I am proud that I lived in the same era when people like Dr Dabholkar were a source of inspiration… not just him but Pan sare, Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh and those countless activists, teachers, and intellectu als who are languishing in jail and we don’t know how long they will be in jail and whose

crime was to speak the truth,” he said.

The murder of Dr. Dabholkar in Pune on August 20, 2013 was fol lowed by the murders of Kannada writer MM Kalburgi, communist leader Govind Pansare and journalist Gauri Lankesh. As per the in vestigations, the four murders were commit ted by the same group.

The veteran actor

also said that such mur ders have taken place in Pakistan too, mention ing the violent deaths of politician Salman Taseer and rights activ ist Sabeen Mehmood.

“In Iran, thousands of girls have put their lives at stake while car rying on an agitation against the Hijab law. We consider ourselves lucky that we lived in this time,” Shah said.

A man holds a placard in front of entrance to the Police Lines station of Andaman and Nicobar Police, in Port Blair on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

First India Bureau

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah at the ‘We Are On Trial’, art exhibition in Mumbai.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge pays tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar at his memorial at Civil Lines in New Delhi on Friday.

Mallikarjun Kharge pays tribute to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at his Mazar in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTOS BY ANI

A street photographer leaves Bolivar Square with her llama after it starts to rain in Bogota, Colombia. —PHOTO BY PTI

ashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are. In dian fashion is wonderful. ash ion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are. Indian fashion is wonderful. Every en chanted flower, each brisk breeze, each wintry snowfall, the end less hours and agonising efforts it takes to complement the wearer’s style like Indian girls themselves. You can style ethnic jackets anyplace and however, you choose. An ordinary outfit can be come a standout piece by adding an eth nic jacket. Three different jacket styles can be worn over a saree - long jackets, short jackets and medium-sized jackets. This modern way of wearing a saree with a jacket makes it another designer ensemble in and of itself. There are two ways to wear it, either inside like a blouse and wrapping the pallu over the jacket, or outside like a jacket over a sa ree pallu. Again, the body form is what immediately lends a glam appearance. Indian design is complex. Go for a black skirt and blouse combo with a colourfully embroidered short jacket if you’re having trouble deciding what kind of jacket to wear with what colour. This instantly creates a ritzy appearance that can be worn for any

Who in the world will say no to pairing an ethnic embroidered jacket with a full-length Anarka li kurta? Some embroidery jackets are finely made with alluring details in them giving a classy yet posh weddingready look. When you have a straightforward Anarkali suit and a stylish jacket with an all-over body sequence, it is pure happiness.

Traditional jackets are also frequently worn by people who seek to give their appearance a sense of authority and power. Such jackets were worn by the royals of Western India during those grand cele brations and ceremonies. See how the same kurta set can give you a light look when worn alone or a weighty look when worn with a jacket that has delicate sequin em broidery. For women or girls who want to achieve two looks with one dress, this three-piece set is perfect. The same attire can be transformed into a du al-look outfit. By sim ply mixing and match ing the components of an outfit, it is pos sible to dress Indian wear in a variety of ways. By experi menting, you can generate a wide va riety of fashion trends. Just start with the ethnic jackets if you wish to incorpo rate new things into your fashion sense. Jackets over ethnic are the finest work wear for a girl who likes to style her ordi nary work clothing in a contempo rary way.

Adding a jacket to any ensemble gives it charm and makes one look sophisticated and classy. Any ensemble that incorporates ethnic jackets gains magic and becomes an occult statement item. City First brings to you the significance of jackets in the ethnic world!

MRIDULA SHARMA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Aries

MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

Tensions on the family front are likely to get sorted out. Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today and give them a reason to smile. You are an opportunist.

Gemini

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Whatever you have in mind, you will manage to implement it at work. You are likely to feel much healthy and energetic today. Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. You want to have your own house and you will work hard for it.

Leo

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. You will feel amorous towards your wife. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes but don’t care.

Libra

SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22

Today is a favourable day for business. Listening to someone’s advice on the profes sional front will be in your interest. You are very generous by nature and also you are the backbone of your family. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth. Your lover may finally say yes.

Sagittarius

NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22

Pending paperwork concerning a property will be completed. Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected. Admit your faults in relationship. Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them.

Aquarius

JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19

Fortunes are set to rise for those in trade and business. You love to live close to your family. You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Expected payments are likely to get released soon.

Taurus

APRIL 21 - MAY 20

You make sure to make things work your way. You are most wanted by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office and a serious one. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. You are a God fearing person. Never demotivate someone even if someone is not capable.

Cancer

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

You will enjoy good health by remaining regular in your workouts. It will be in your interest to guide a family youngster on the academic front. Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are a very grounded person.

Virgo

AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23

Some family issues may need urgent resolution, so don’t neglect them. Some of you are likely to enjoy an excursion with friends.You will feel financially comfortable. Your personality will attract many eligible bachelors. Spend time talking with likeminded people as it will make you feel good for now.

Scorpio

OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You must create an environment of understanding at home.

Your regular exercise routine promises to keep you fit and energetic. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. You need a break from day to tensions and the way to cope up with stress.

Capricorn

DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20

Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. You care about you lover but somehow hesitate in expressing that care. On social front,

may have to spend some extra

Pisces

FEBRUARY

RISHI SUNAK: PIONEERED THE WORLD STAGE

represents is the tri umph of core human values of hard work, in tegrity and learning.

When Shake speare, the great play wright, penned his immortal words “ALL

THE WORLD’S A STAGE”, his view was limited to a metaphor. He could not have imagined that a young, skinny Hindu would become the PM of the UK and pio neer a new World Stage for generations to follow.

The meteoric rise of Rishi Sunak to the high est office in Great Brit ain is being hailed the world over, albeit through deviating prisms. Sadly, in some dark minds, his rise is being seen as a body blow and a conspiracy against the whites.

But, as a matter of

He has proven that the barriers of religion & colour are high only for the mediocre. To step over them with alacrity, sangfroid & the confi dence of a Barack, Ri shi, Manmohan or Lal Bahadur, one has to be come taller in character, professional integrity & wisdom, all honed by quality education. Such personalities belie the excuses, alibis and selfjustifications of the lazy and corrupt.

Having said that, for such efforts to fructify, the ground of liberal thought (democracy) is a prerequisite, even if partly tilled. Is it any surprise that such leaps are well nigh impossible in autocratic or theocrat ic states? Only democra cies, the crucibles of lib eral thought, can make it possible. They welcome pure talent & integrity to break their fossilized thoughts on colour, reli gion etc and cement their democratic values.

Even though the irre pressible comics & cyn ics will add grist to their humour & rumour mills, they can never take away the breathtaking conquest of Rishi Su nak, the 57th PM of Great Britain, once the biggest empire the world has known. The trail he has blazed will make it easier for the ones who are sure to emulate his extraordinary feat.

Family will be supportive of your ideas, but only to an extent. You give tough competition to people.

you.

get inspired

RIDDHI, Influencer

by Saurabbh Sachdeva

RAINU SINGH cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Great Britain PM Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murthy

PRINCESS OF HEART

On Aditi Rao Hydari's 36th birthday, actor and ru moured boyfriend Siddharth has penned a lovely note for her alongside an unseen photo of them to gether. The rumoured couple has remained tightlipped about the relationship but Siddharth's birth day message for Aditi speaks volumes about their true love. "Happy Happy Happy Birthday Princess of Heart @aditiraohydari I pray all your dreams, the big ones, the small ones, and the ones yet unseen, always come true, always for you. Have the best trip around the sun yet. P.S- growing up is for squares. Don't!," read his Instagram caption for Aditi. Although they have not of ficially confirmed their relationship according to the sources they have been seeing each other for a long time. They fell in love on sets of Ajay Bhupathi's Maha Samudram and since then have been spending time together.

Desi Charmers

The Jonas family's recent looks are the best in the fashion league and it all packs a punch given the patterns and fabrics. Styled and put together in wonderful ways, they looked like a winning team. All in warmed-up and chic perfection, their outfits are giving strong desi realness that could be your formula too for weddings and gath erings ahead.

The family was dressed up in spectacular Fal guni and Shane Peacock designs in the latest Ins tagram post of Priyanka and it was a pretty rev elation that bright hues like neon, pink, orange, yellow and so on aren't always the winners. The baby girl's lehenga set with colourful floral em broidery. While Priyanka donned a three-piece set that featured a sweetheart neckline and cropped blouse with a plunging neckline and straps. She wore it with embroidered sheer and floor-length cape.

Malaika's fall look

Malaika Arora steps out in a classic ivory-white knitted sweater paired with a trendy pair of straight-fit dis tressed jeans. The oversized white knitted sweater features a ribbed U-neck, dropped shoulders, and long sleeves in addi tion to a knitted pattern which makes it stand out. The star amped up her casual look with Louis Vuitton's Dauphine MM bag which is worth Rs. 313,235.90. The bag features a long strap, the iconic LV monogrammed canvas, along with a magnet lock. To add to her LV look she also completed her look with LV Beaubourg Platform Derby which is worth Rs. 104,734.95.

Crafted from signature Louis Vuitton's Monogram canvas, the Louis Vuitton shoes are the perfect blend of a masculine and feminine vibe.

Janhvi's ethnic

Janhvi Kapoor doesn't stop inspiring. With every movie promotion, she comes to make statements with her looks. Glam our is at the heart and soul of it all and to do it once again with Mili came to us as no revelation, our eyes are lovin' it. The actress is primarily paying pretty and flawless trib utes to ethnic ensembles and we love how this Monika Nidhii saree got itself hooked onto her style list.

Trust to deliver the best with the 25-year-old's latest look. In her case, it was striking with colours and it is good for when you want something colourful such as a wedding or a puja attendee. This lime green crea tion isn't a clichéd hue, the top reason why this look is worth ref erencing and giving it a first pref erence will read triumph.

release date

There has been a lot of buzz around Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone starrer Fighter right from the mo ment it was announced. This film marks the first onscreen collaboration of Deepika

Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon

Janhvi Kapoor

Priyanka Chopra

Her

Malaika

Deepika

Aditi Rao Hydari

A STYLISH AFFAIR

CITY FIRST

AStylish Affair, in association with TECNO and Cosm opolitan, launched a nationwide Style Hunt in search of India’s most styl ish people and concluded ten finalists competing at the Grand Finale, held at the Pullman Hotel, Aeroc ity, New Delhi. This one-of-

a-kind platform welcomed participants from across the country to showcase their sartorial prowess. A sartorial event of this scale, helmed by lead ing names in the fash ion industry and world of technology like Cos mopolitan magazine and TECNO Mobile, is hailed as the Holy Grail for fash ion aspirants. The contest

BELIEVE. ACHIEVE. SUCCEED.

MRIDULA SHARMA

We all have dif ferent things that we go through in our life and it is very impor tant to know that just at the end of the day, it doesn’t mat ter what you have faced, you know that you are going to win at the end of the day, You got to believe in yourself and that’s where your voyage of dreamland begins.

Tell us some thing about yourself.

My name is Pra gati Srivastava and I hail from Ayodhya. Acting has given me freedom from my restricted self. It has enhanced my understanding towards people through charac ters.

Where do you see yourself after the next 20 years?

I would want to see my self making my parents super proud of the kind of work I do and try to

give back to society as much as possible. That’s where I want to see my self and not just after 20 years but throughout my life. The only thing I

need to figure out is the right actions that align.

How did your journey begin?

I was scouted by Purple Thoughts. They believed in me even though I never had that sort of back ground.

What were some of the battles you fought and are still fighting in your journey?

Convincing my conserva tive family to let me work in the industry has to top the list of battles. Apart

from that continuous struggles with manag ing my studies and work simultaneously was a huge task but I got distinction marks so all the effort was worth the battle. But now whatever comes my way, I strategi cally try to solve and embrace it.

Talk to us about your achieve ments.

I have worked with really good brands like Marks and spen cer, Ponds, Sun silk, Vivel and Malab.

received thousands of en tries and Team Cosmo short listed ten partici pants to compete at the Grand Finale.

The jury panel in cluded Cosmopolitan India Editor Nandini Bhalla, Designers Pra nav Misra, Karan Torani, Namrata Joshipura and Kanika Goyal. The jury accorded Siddhant Chan

dra the first position, while the first runner-up position was claimed by Kabir, followed by Saumya Chandra as the second runner-up. The titlehold ers were awarded a grand sum of Rs 3 Lakh for the topmost position, followed up by Rs 2 Lakh for the first runner-up and Rs 1 Lakh for the second runner-up.

ANNUAL ART CARNIVAL!

Delhi College of Art is organising an upcoming art show titled ‘Eighteenth College Annual Art Carnival’ from November 6 to November 12. The art gallery will showcase more than 300 artworks by 105 students. The artworks made of Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Charcoal, Acrylic and different type of surfaces and installations will be available at affordable prices at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

RAMRAJYA AWAITS!

JK Cement inaugurates its second grey cement grinding unit in UP

SUMIT AWASTHI/ KANPUR

JK Cement Ltd. one of India’s leading manufac turers of Grey Ce ment in India and one of the largest White Ce ment manufacturers in the world today inaugu rated its grey cement grinding unit at JK Temple in Kanpur, Ut tar Pradesh with a for mal ceremony.

The unveiling cere mony was presided over by Smt. Sushila Devi Singhania, Chairper son, JK Cement Ltd. and by the members of the Singhania family.

This greenfield grind ing unit strengthens JKCement’s commit ment to improving its presence in the U.P. market and providing high-quality cement.

The newly-built unit in Hamirpur has a total production capacity of 2 million tonnes per an num (MTPA) and has begun functioning.

Speaking on the launch, Dr Raghavpat Singha nia, Managing Director, JK Cement Ltd. said “The Hamirpur plant is a significant milestone in our growth journey. In spite of the challeng ing external conditions, consistent progress to wards our long-term goals has been achieved. The commissioning of this plant has enabled a new growth engine for our grey cement busi ness that will help us

expand into new geog raphies and consolidate our footprint.” Adding to this Dy. Managing Di rector and CEO, Mr Madhavkrishna Sing hania said “ As India’s growth story revives and gathers renewed momentum, JKCement is very well placed to ad dress the emerging de mand.

With around 7 – 8 % y-o-y growth expected for the industry, pri marily from infrastruc

ture and rural housing, the Company is well placed through its ca pacity expansions, growing regional di versification and expanding portfo lio mix to cater to the market needs.

The Hamirpur plant has a geographical ad vantage in catering to the increased demand for infrastructure de mands in the region.”

With this addition, JKCement has further

reinforced its growing footprint in India. As part of our expansion plans for its grey ce ment division, the company with the commissioning of our next plant in Panna will reach its grey cement capacity of 20 MTPA. Owing to a greater demand in the market, the plant along with providing highquality cement will also work towards improv ing the livelihood of the

nearby areas, thereby increasing employment opportunities. The plant has also been de ployed in an environ mentally friendly man ner in line with the company’s sustainabil ity vision.

Keeping pace with the changing market dynamics and customer expectations, JKCe ment’s new plant ren ders a strong identity and presence to the brand in U.P while

strengthening its solid legacy of trust with all stakeholders. About JK Cement Ltd. JK Cement Ltd. is one of India’s leading manufacturers of Grey Cement and one of the leading White Cement manu facturers in the World.

Over four decades, the Company has partnered with India’s multi-sec toral infrastructure needs on the strength of its product excellence, customer orientation

and technology leader ship. JKCement’s oper ations commenced with commercial production at its flagship grey ce ment unit at Nimba hera, Rajasthan in May 1975. The Company has an installed Grey Ce ment capacity of 15 MTPA as of date, mak ing it one of the top ce ment manufacturers in the Country.

The Grey cement business has a strong Pan India presence across 19 states with an enhanced reach in the entire state of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. With a total white cement capacity of 1.48 MnTPA and wall putty capacity of 1.33 MnTPA. JK White Ce ment is sold across 36 countries around the globe and the Company has a strong interna tional presence with two subsidies, JK Ce ment Works Fujairah FZC and JK White Cement (Africa) Ltd.

FROM MY

SELF,” SAYS PRAGATI SRIVASTAVA WHILE

OF BEING AN ARTIST TO

A press conference for the movie ‘Ramrajya’ was held on Friday at Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi. During the event, Salman Shaikh, Shobhita Rana, Govind Namdev, Shashwat Pratik, Prabir Sinha (Producer) and Nitesh Rai (Director) were present as special guests. Ramrajya is a drama film that talks about Lord Rama’s principles that can be used to solve new-age problems. It also portrays the ideal society where people belonging to any caste can live together without any discrimination.

Singhania family during the official launch of JK Cement’s Hamirpur grinding unit.

Pragati Srivastava

Singhania family

Star cast of Ramrajya during the press conference

Kabir, Siddhant Chandra and Saumya Chandra during the prize distribution