First India-Delhi Edition-31th August 2022

PM Modi to unveil Navy’s new ‘Nishaan’

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New Delhi (PTI): In dian Navy is all set to get a new ensign that will “do away with the colonial past”.

PAKISTAN FLOODS ARE ‘A MONSOON ON STEROIDS’: UN CHIEF Islamabad: Pakistan is facing “a monsoon on steroids”, the UN’s secretary general has warned, after floods submerged a third of the country. Antonio Guterres urged the world to come to Pakistan’s aid as he launched a $160m appeal to help tens of millions affected here. Meanwhile, Pakistan FM said could import food from India but PM Sharif has a problem.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren speaks to the media after leaving the State UPA MLAs at the Ranchi Airport, on Tuesday.

Don’t give an impression to religious minorities that their rights can be trampled upon like this. No religious event from any other community has been held in this property. It has been declared as Waqf Property as per law. Suddenly in 2022, they say that it’s disputed land, and they want to hold Ganesh Chaturthi here.

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l Karnataka Waqf Board had moved Top Court against High Court order l Board’s lawyer hints at political motive “with polls due next year”

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Shopian: Three terrorists have been killed in the encounter that began in the Nagbal area of J&K’s Shopian on Tuesday. “One more terrorist killed. Total of three killed till now. Search going on. Further details shall follow,” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted. Earlier in the day, two terrorists affiliated with the LeT outfit were neutralized in encounter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil the new ensign during the commissioning of the country’s first indige nously-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, on September 2, the PMO said on Tuesday. “At 9:30 AM on Sep tember 2, the Prime Minister will commis sion the first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Ship yard Limited in Kochi,” the statement said. “During the event, the Prime Minister will also unveil the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan), doing away with the colonial past, and befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage,” it said.

The current ensign of the Navy is a white flag with horizontal and vertical red stripes, with the Emblem of In dia emblazoned at the intersection of the two stripes. The tricolour is placed in the canton. The Union Jack was replaced with the tricol our after Independence in 1947, in the canton. The horizontal and vertical red stripes, symbolising the Cross of Saint George, are reminiscent of the co lonial era, and are like ly to be dropped for the new ensign.

ALLDAHAD HC EXTENDS STAY ON GYANVAPI SURVEY

On October 2, 1934, the naval service was renamed Royal Indian Navy (RIN), with its headquarters at Bom bay (now Mumbai), ac cording to infirmation shared on a website of the Indian Navy.

C’GARH CM BAGHEL MEETS UPA MLAs Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, on Tuesday late, met Jharkhand UPA MLAs at Mayfair resort in Raipur. The rul ing alliance of Jharkhand has shifted its MLAs to Chhat tisgarh to prevent BJP’s alleged attempt to poach them.

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First India Bureau New Delhi/Bengaluru: No Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations will be held at Bengaluru’s Id gah Maidan, after an order of “status quo” by SC on Tuesday on a peti tion by K’taka Waqf Board. HC had said govt could issue permis sions, but waqf board went to SC to argue that such religious festivals have not been held at place “for 200 yrs”. “Status quo as of to day”, order issued. Late Tuesday night, a petition to stop Ganesh Chaturthi rituals on a second Waqf property has been turned down by the High Court. WHO OWN’S THE IDGAH

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—Dushyant Dave, Karnataka Waqf Board Lawyer Police personnal deployed at disputed Idgah Maidan, at Chamrajpet area in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Karnataka government had permitted the ground to be used for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations but Top Court however earlier said that the ground will not be used for the festival. —PHOTOS BY ANI

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New Delhi: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Tuesday claimed that nothing was found in his bank locker after the tioninthesearchedCBIlockerconnecwith the liquor scam. A team of about five CBI officials reached the PNB branch at Sector 4 Vasundhara in Ghazi abad, on the outskirts of the national capital, to execute search. P3 Mumbai (ANI): Actor Kamal R Khan, also known as KRK was ar rested and sent to 14day toAccordingTuesday.liceMaladcustodyjudicialbyPoonthepolice, KRK was arrested over FIR against his controver sial social media posts back in 2020. FIR was lodged on basis of a plaint by YS leader Ra hul Kanal on 2020.

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New Delhi gets Germany’s backing against China

President Droupadi Murmu accepts credentials from new German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann. — PHOTO BY ANI

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday extended the interim stay till September 30 on a Varanasi court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a physical survey at the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex and further proceedings in this case. The high court observed that the counter-affidavit filed by the Director General of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) is “very sketchy” and directed the official to file a personal affidavit in ten days as the “matter is of national importance”. GOD OF GOOD FORTUNE An artisan at her stall of Ganesha idols ahead of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, in New Delhi on Tuesday. z z z A TIMELINE PTIBY—PHOTO Raipur (Agencies): Jharkhand UPA MLAs arrived in Raipur from Ranchi on Tuesday. The ruling coalition is ready to face any eventuality, said CM Hemant Soren. As per sources, only 31 out of 49 MLAs in temberbeenJharkhandmeetingsaidingThispoachingstavecharteredreachedRaipur.folderMahagathbandhanthehaveflownouttoUPAMLAsRaipurbyaircraftfortooffpossibleattempts.isneithersurprisnorisitanewtrend,Soren.Ahigh-levelofthecabinethasscheduledonSep1at4pm.

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At the nub of the matter is a larger question: Who owns the ground, the state govern ment or the waqf board? That’s with the Karnataka High SolicitorCourt.General Tushar Mehta appeared for the state government. “. This is an open land with no bounda ries... Kindly permit the government to use the land for tomorrow and the day after. The state will take care of any threat perception.”

tice system with foren sic science. Shah di rected that a team from MHA to visit some of countries where G-20 Summit had been organized to study security aspects. Amit Shah holds an extensive meeting with the officers on various subjects, at Delhi Police HQ, in Delhi on Tuesday. FOR GANESH CHATURTHI CELEBRATIONS HC NOD FOR UTSAV AT IDGAH GROUND!

Karnataka HC on Tuesday allowed the celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi festivities at Idgah ground in Karna taka’s Hubbali. The decision came after Waqf Board raised objections to the cel ebration and procession of other religions on their land. HC had rejected petition filed by Anjuman E Islam against HDC granting permission to establish Lord Ganesh idols at the Idgah ground, which was under contention.

Jammu: Over 64 senior Congress leaders, including former Deputy CM Tara Chand, resigned from the party in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday, asserting that Azad’s vision will shape a new and bright future for J&K. They submitted a joint resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi.

First India Bureau New Delhi: Germany’s new Ambassador to In dia, Philipp Acker mann, on Tuesday gave a clear, public message of support to India’s position against China and said the new gov ernment in Berlin has made a “clear shift” to wards New Delhi. In an interaction with the media, the newly-appointed envoy said China’s claims over Arunachal were “outrageous” and Chi nese “infringements” along its border with India were a violation of international order. “We are aware of the Indian problem at its northern border. We should not forget that China claims Arunachal Pradesh is its part. We see very clearly that the in fringements at the bor der should not be ac cepted,” the envoy said.

Make forensic probe must for crimes with 6 yrs in jail: Shah

KRK arrested, sent to 14-day judicial custody

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the alleged leader of the violent crowd in connection with the case concerning clashes in Jahangirpuri on the eve of Hanuman Jayanti earlier this year. Justice Yogesh Khanna released 43-year-old Babuddin on a personal bond and surety of Rs 20,000 each and said that CCTV footage showed that he was just standing and was not seen instigating the crowd.

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New Delhi (ANI): Un ion Home and Coop eration Minister Amit Shah visited Delhi Po lice Headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday and held an extensive meeting with the offic ers on various sub jects. Shah directed that forensic probe should be made man datory in all crimes involving punishment of more than 6 years in Delhi to increase the conviction rate and to integrate jus

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“We had also placed 10 black boxes - 5 in each tower. We also used drones and ther mal imaging cameras, which will help us get pictures that can be pro cessed for further re search studies,” he said. “The information will help us in future for material studies, demo lition and constructionrelated research,” Ka nungo said.

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi is the most unsafe for senior citizens among all metropolitan cities in India accounting for over 27 per cent of total crimes committed against people aged 60 years and above in these cities, according to the latest NCRB data. After Delhi, Mumbai also reported a high number of crimes against senior citizens (987). As many as 4,264 cases of crimes against senior citizens were re ported in 19 metropoli tan cities in 2021. Among the crimes, theft is the most com mon with 659 cases re ported in 2021, followed by cheating and fraud. Experts believe high er reporting and zero sensitisation for the needs of elders might be the reasons for the higher crime rate in Delhi. “Delhi has a higher density of older people. Moreover, po lice here are quite ac tive and sensitive about older people so there is higher reporting of crimes,” said Himan shu Rath, founder of Agewell Foundation.

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New Delhi (PTI): Two wheelers have claimed the highest number of lives near ly 70,000 people in road accidents in the country during 2021. According to the lat est report of the NCRB, as many as 1,55,622 people lost their lives due to ac cidents in 2021. During 2021, two wheelers have ac counted for maxi mum fatal road acci dents (69,240 deaths), contributing 44.5 % of total road accidental deaths, followed by cars (23,531 deaths) (15.1% ) and trucks or lorries (14,622 deaths) (9.4%), report said. Majority of deaths due to two wheelers were reported in Ta mil Nadu (8,259 deaths) and UP (7,429 deaths), accounting for 11.9 % and 10.3% of total deaths due to two wheelers respec tively..

Abhijit Sen at the Global Meet on Green Revolution II, organised by ASSOCHAM in New Delhi on August 2 this month. —PHOTO BY PTI

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New Delhi (PTI): As many as 45,026 females committed suicides during 2021 in the country of whom more than half were housewives. According to a latest report of the National Crime Records Bu reau (NCRB), a total of 1,64,033 people have com mitted suicide in 2021 across the country of whom 1,18,979 were males. Of females who committed suicides, the highest number (23,178) was of house-wives followed by students (5,693) and daily wage earners (4,246), the report said. Majority of suicides committed by housewives were reported in Tamil Nadu ( 3,221 out of 23,179) followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,055) and Maharashtra (2,861 suicides) which accounted for 13.9 per cent, 13.2 per cent and 12.3 per cent of total such suicides during 2021 respectively.

New Delhi (PTI): Econ omist Abhijit Sen, a for mer Planning Commis sion member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural econo my, died on Monday night. He was 72. "He suffered a heart attack around 11 PM. We rushed him to the hospi tal, but it was all over by the time we got there," said Dr Pronab Sen, his brother.Inacareer spanning more than four decades, Sen taught economics at Oxford, Cambridge and New Delhi's JNU, and held several important government positions, including the chair of the Commission of Ag ricultural Cost and Pric es. He was a member of the Planning Commis sion from 2004 to 2014, when Manmohan Singh was the prime minister. In 2010, he was award ed the Padma Bhushan for public service. When the NDA came to power in 2014, it appointed Sen to head a high-level task force to frame a long term grain policy. Sen was a vocal advocate of a universal PDS for rice andHewheat.would argue that the burden of food sub sidy on the exchequer was often exaggerated and that the country had enough fiscal headroom to not only support a universal PDS, but also guarantee a fair price to farmers for their pro duce. Sen had also been associated with global research and multilat eral organisations like UNDP, Asian Develop ment Bank, Food and Agricultural Organisa tion, Int’l Fund for Agri cultural Development.

While the plea filed by Shaikh Mujtaba Fa rooq sought registra tion of FIR against Un ion Minister Anurag Thakur and BJP lead ers Kapil Mishra and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, another peti tion filed by NGO Law yers’ Voice sought ac tion mostly against op positionFurther,leaders.there were petitions seeking inde pendent inquiry into the riots by a SIT and another seeking in quiry by the NIA on the allegations that the agi tation was funded from outside the country. The Congress leaders said being the leaders of opposition, they had a fundamental duty to wards the citizens of the country to criticise the laws introduced by the government, which they felt, were detrimental to the rights of citizens. The Gandhis further said it was violative of the right to speech to prevent a citizen from forming, holding or ex pressing a bona fide opinion in public inter est on a bill passed by Parliament and also by putting it in public do main to inform, gener ate a debate for either reforms or change. They claimed that no offence could be made out against them under Sections 153A and 153B of the IPC, since their speeches were not men tioned in their entirety. They also questioned the maintainability of the PIL, stating that the petitioner had no locus standi, lacked bona fide and was seeking a re lief, which was not maintainable in law.

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New Delhi (PTI): Among the eight Union Territories, Delhi recorded the highest number of human traf ficking cases in 2021 with a 73.5% rise in cases over 2020, according to NCRB data.However, all the 509 victims of human trafficking in 2021 were rescued, the data showed. According to it, most of the traf ficked people were for forced labour, while a few of them were for sexual exploitation, domestic servitude and petty crimes. A senior Police officer said the county faced multiple pandemic-induced lockdowns in 2020. “The city witnessed an increase in human trafficking cases in 2021 when the movement of people resumed gradually. Being a hub for job op portunities, certain dealers try to lure youngsters with lucrative offers. However, after reaching the destina tion they face the reality. Either they are not paid at all or paid less than what promised,” the officer added.

Noida (PTI): Around 20 hi-tech seismographs and 10 black boxes -- an electronic device to re cord sound in aircraft -- were among the equip ment placed inside the Supertech twin towers during their demoli tion, a senior CBRI sci entistBesidessaid.these, drones with thermal image cameras were also de ployed outside the tow ers to capture pictures and videos that would help in future research, the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) scientist said. The CBRI was ap pointed by the Supreme Court as a technical ex pert for the demolition of Supertech’s nearly 100-metre-tall illegal structures in Noida’s Sector 93A. It was the CBRI that pingplosion’turesbroughtEngineeringMumbai-basedselectedEdificethatsafelydownthestrucby‘waterfalliminaneye-popeventthatcaused no structural damage to nearby buildings as close as nine metres. The CBRI had roped in the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Re search for ground vi brations. Its teams from Dhanbad and Bilaspur were present during the demolition.“Wehad 19 seismo graphs. These are highend and highly techni cal seismographs which were installed in a 150-metre range from the twin towers. Some equipment were placed in the basements of the twin towers while oth ers were placed on dif ferent floors so that we could get the magnitude of the vibration magni tude of the two build ings,” CBRI’s senior principal scientist DP Kanungo told PTI.

CBRI DEAL Labourers put up metal sheets to barricade the mound of debris of the demolished twin towers in Noida on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Del most unsafe for senior citizens: NCRB

Seismographs, cameras, black boxes inside Noida towers for research

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HOUSEWIVES LEAD LIST OF 45,026 FEMALE SUICIDES IN 2021

Meerut (PTI): The bod ies of a pregnant wom an and her five-year-old son were found stuffed inside bed boxes at their house in Hastinapur area here, police said on Tuesday.According to family members of the de ceased woman, she was eight months pregnant. The hands of the duo were tied-up and a cloth was stuffed in their mouths, they said. The manager of Pun jab National Bank in Jalilpur township in Bijnor, Sandip Kumar was living with his wife Shikha (25) and son Ru kansh (5) near Ramlila Ground in Hastinapur, about 35 km from Meerut district head quarters, police said. On Monday night around 8 o'clock, Ku mar informed the po lice that his wife and son were missing when he returned home about 7 pm and that the house was found locked from the outside, SSP Rohit Singh Sajwan said. Kumar broke the lock of the house in the pres ence of neighbours only to find the bodies of both the mother and son in bed boxes in dif ferent rooms, he said. New Delhi (PTI) A Dubai-bound Indian passenger was appre hended by CISF person nel at the Delhi airport on Tuesday for alleged ly smuggling Saudi Ri yals worth Rs 41 lakh by concealing them in 'le henga' buttons, officials said. The man was in tercepted by the secu rity men at the Termi nal-3 of the Indira Gan dhi International air port during security checks at about 4 am. The personnel on duty noticed suspi cious images of the buttons, which were kept in the passenger's bag, on the X-ray scan ner monitor and decid ed to probe further, the officials said. Rs 41L foreign currency found in ‘lehenga’ buttons

TWO-WHEELERS CLAIM HIGHEST NUMBER OF LIVES IN ACCIDENTS

DELHI RECORDS HIGHEST HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES AMONG UTS DCW ASKS GOVT TO TAKE STRONG STEPS TO ENSURE WOMEN’S SAFETY

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New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday told the Del hi High Court that there was a larger conspiracy behind the petition seeking registration of an FIR against her and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with their speeches against the turevealsofmadeingpartyconformistleadershasallegedDelhiallegedlyAmendmentCitizenshipAct,whichledtoriotsinin2020.TheCongressleadersthatthepetitionmadeoppositionandothernon-sectionsatoit,whileleavoutthespeechesbythemembersrulingparty.Thisrethecolourednaoftheexercise, they added, while re sponding to a PIL seek ing registration of FIR against them, besides against AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Del hi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, actor Swara Bhaskar and activist Harsh Mander. A number of petitions were filed in the High Court, in connection with the hate speeches delivered during the pro tests in the national cap ital against the Citizen ship Amendment Act and the National Regis ter of Citizens.

Eminent economist Abhijit Sen dies of heart attack

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday voiced concern over the surge in cases of crime against women in the na tional capital and said it is necessary to take strong steps to prevent the name of Delhi from getting spoiled. In a tweet, DCW chief Swati Maliwal said, "According to NCRB data, crimes against women increased by 41 per cent in 2021 and the crimes against children increased by 32 per cent". "This is a matter of deep concern," she said, adding every party and government should take strong steps to ensure safety of women. “From an 8-month-old girl to a 90-year-old woman, raped in Delhi. Delhi Com mission for Women is working 24x7 to make every woman feel safe. But this is not enough. All govern ments should come together, save the daughters," she said.

Bodies of pregnant woman, son found inside bed boxes

FIR plea for CAA speeches ‘larger conspiracy’: Sonia

A view of the Republic Day parade. —FILE PHOTO

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari addresses a press conference alleging a scam in the Delhi education policy, as BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla looks on, at DelhiheadquarterspartyinNewonTuesday.

SISODIA'S HONESTY STANDS VINDICATED IN FRONT OF ENTIRE NATION: KEJRIWAL BJP SUPPORTERS PROTEST OUTSIDE CM'S RESIDENCE OVER EXCISE POLICY

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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its or der on a plea alleging illegal transportation of camels from Ra jasthan for the Republic Day event here after it was informed that the animals were ferried by the BSF in strict com pliance of the standard operating procedure. Order reserved, said a bench of Chief Jus tice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia speaks to the media after the CBI search of his bank locker on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said he will visit Tamil Nadu on September 5 to launch three projects there, including schools of excellence on the lines of the national capital.Kejriwal thanked Ta mil Nadu Chief Minis ter M K Stalin for invit ing him to the southern state. "I thank Thiru M K Stalin for inviting me to visit Tamil Nadu next week. I am elated to join the people of Tamil Nadu in their journey towards an education revolution. We will to gether be launching three crucial projects on September 5," Kejriwal said in a tweet. In April this year, Ta mil Nadu CM M K Stalin visited a Delhi govern ment school where offi cials briefed him on the change in the education system in the city under the AAP government. About the projects, the Delhi CM tweeted: "Puthumai Penn Thit tam Tamil Nadu govern ment will pay Rs 1,000 per month to female stu dents as higher educa tion aid. Schools of Ex cellence like Delhi. The Tamil Nadu government is now launching 26 state-of-the-art SOEs (Schools of Excellence). Model Schools 15 schools are being upscaled to of fer professional cours es." Stalin had said his government has been creating model schools in the southern state on the lines of Delhi and had invited Kejriwal to visit them.

DELHI COURT ISSUES FRESH SUMMONS TO ‘KAALI’ FILMMAKER

Delhi CM with Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh during a meeting at his residence. —PHOTO BY PTI

New Delhi (PTI): The honesty and patriotism of Manish Sisodia stand vindicated in front of the entire nation, Del hi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted Tuesday after his deputy said the CBI found nothing upon searching his bank locker. Kejriwal alleged that the action was trig gered by "dirty politics". A four-member team of the CBI conducted the search at a Punjab National Bank branch in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, for nearly two hours.

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Pune (PTI): Social ac tivist Anna Hazare on Tuesday wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, slam ming his government’s new excise policy and said it seems the CM has “sunk in the addic tion of Hazarepower.”also said it seems the new policy will encourage liquor sale and consumption and spur corruption. Last month, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena recommended a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the im plementation of Delhi’s Excise Policy 2021-22. Hazare, while citing the complete liquor ban in his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharash tra’s Ahmednagar dis trict, reminded former associate Kejriwal about the latter’s book ‘Swaraj’ which fa voured liquor ban. The activist, who had penned the book’s fore word, said he has writ ten a letter to Kejriwal for the first time since he became CM and that it pains him to read re ports about the Delhi government’s new ex cise“Youpolicy.wrote several idealistic things in the book. Everyone had hopes from you but it seems that after becom ing the CM, you forgot that ideology and that is why the Delhi govern ment came up with a new liquor policy,” he said. It seems with the new policy, liquor sales and consumption will get encouraged and liquor shops could be opened in “Theeverywhere.policywill spur corruption and this thing is not at all in the interest of the people. But still, you took the decision to bring the new liquor policy. Like addiction of liquor, there is an addiction of power and it seems that you have sunk into it,” Hazare said in the letter.The policy shows that a party which was born after damaging a his toric agitation is now going on the path of other parties, which is painful, he said.

New Delhi (PTI): Del hi Deputy Chief Min ister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday claimed he has answered all ques tions posed by the BJP about the excise policy and CVC report on classrooms and asked its chief JP Nadda when will the CBI probe the "source of money for operation lotus" in SpeakingDelhi.inthe Del hi assembly, Sisodia also dubbed the BJP a "bacha chor" party while referring to the arrest of a BJP corpo rator in an alleged child kidnapping case. After completion of CBI search of his lock ers in a Punjab Nation al Bank in Ghaziabad, Sisodia spoke in the assembly and said he has got a "clean chit" from the federal probe agency. He also asked Nadda to answer when will the CBI launch a probe in corruption al legations against Del hi Lieutenant Gover nor Vinai Kumar Sax ena. Sisodia claimed that the money earned through GST imposed on food items such as curd, milk, lassi, hon ey was used by the Centre to waive loans of its billionaire friends. "We have an swered all questions of the Opposition. We can't answer lies being thrown by them. I want JP Nadda to an swer my three ques tions when will CBI probe GST on food items like curd, lassi; source of money for operation lotus and Rs 1400 crore money laun dering by LG VK Sax ena?" Sisodia asked.

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CHAOS ACCOMPANIES THE CBI CBI officials searched Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's locker here on Tuesday, with chaos reigning outside the bank as camera crews jostled with each other and curious crowds gathered to see what was happening. A team of five CBI officials reached the PNB branch at Sector 4 Vasundhara in Ghaziabad to execute the search. Sisodia was at the bank with his wife.

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri leads the BJP protest near CMs residence on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

New Delhi (PTI): Jawa harlal Nehru University Rector Ajay Kumar Dubey has resigned cit ing “personal reasons”, days after he was ac cused of ordering secu rity guards to attack students and harassing a pregnant assistant professor. The varsity has witnessed a series of protests against Dubey in the past few days by a section of teachers and students over several issues, in cluding pending fellow ship grants and corrup tion DubeybasisboutfirmTheacitingfrom“Dubeyallegations.hasresignedthepostofrectorpersonalreasons,”varsityofficialsaid.officialdidnotconwhethertherecentofprotestswastheforhisresignation.ProfAjayKumarhasresigned from the post of rector of the university and the same has been ac cepted by the competent authority with immedi ate effect, an official cir cular dated August 29 read. The announce ment comes amid pro tests by RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vid yarthi Parishad, de manding his resigna tion for a callous and non-serious attitude.

ANNA SLAMS KEJRIWAL’S LIQUOR POLICY

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HC reserves order on plea alleging illegal transportation of camels

Subramonium Prasad while hearing a petition by the organisation, Scouts and Guides for Animals and Birds. The petitioner has claimed that guidelines for carrying and mov ing the animals were not complied with for the transportation of the camels and authori ties failed in taking any steps in connection with their illegal trans portation into Delhi for the 26 January event. In its status report, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) said that rules on the transportation of ani mals do not contain any specific provision for camels and the issue of their inclusion was be ing considered by it. “Since the matter is technical in nature, it may take longer to con sult stakeholders as well as technical per sons”, it added. The Board shared that the BSF has stated that guidelines issued by the National Re search Centre of Camel Bikaner and SOP on the transportation of the camels in BSF are strictly followed.

New Delhi (PTI): A court here has issued fresh summons to film maker Leena Manime kalai in a plea seeking injunction against her upcoming movie Kaali for allegedly depict ing the Hindu deity in an uncalled way in its posters and promo tional videos. The court had earlier summoned the filmmaker on August 6, saying she needed to be heard before any order is passed. The matter, was adjourned as the judge was on leave. Noting that the defend ants Manimekalai and the company Touring Talkies Media Works Pvt Ltd, WhatsApp.includingservedfreshhishekSeniorunserved,remainedAdditionalCivilJudgeAbKumardirectedsummonstobebyallmodes,emailand

New Delhi (PTI): In a fresh attack on the Delhi govern ment, the BJP on Tuesday alleged that ‘sharab’ (liquor policy) and ‘shik sha’ thetopooreymodelversewasAAPlaShahzadpressed”toletsseveraltimesroomsofescalatedDelhialsomoregraduallydispensationArvindinerscome“scams”(education)hadbethe“twintowofcorruption”thecityandtheKejriwalwasbuildingfloors.TheBJPleadersallegedthatthegovernmentthecostbuildingclassbymultipleandprojectedschooltoiasclassroomsjustifythe“bloatbills.Duringaconference,Poonawalclaimedthatthegovernmentfollowinga‘reRobinhood’whereinmonmeantforthewastakenawayfillthecoffersofliquormafia.

‘Like addiction of liquor, there is an addiction of power and it seems that you have sunk into it’

New Delhi (PTI): BJP supporters on Tuesday protested outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in the Civil Lines area here over alleged malpractices in the Excise Policy 2021-2022. Carrying party flags, the protesters raised slogans against Kejriwal and his dep uty Manish Sisodia. The police, however, stopped them from moving closer to the chief minister's residence.

Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and BJP MP from South Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri also took part in the protest.

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ven as the political crisis in Jharkhand has deepened due to the uncertainty over Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s fate as an MLA, Soren and ruling legislators were seen leaving for an unknown destination on three buses. The three were occupied by the legislators of the rul ing JMM-Congress-RJD coa lition and escorted by secu rityGrapevinepersonnel.has it that the legislators are being shifted to a “friendly state”, which could either be West Bengal or Chhattisgarh since both states have non-BJP governments. The development took place soon after a marathon third round of a meeting of legislators of the ruling alli ance at CM Soren’s residence to chalk out a strategy to deal with the current crisis sce nario. It is said that the ruling MLAs attended the meeting with their bags and baggage.

Former CM of Jharkhand Raghubar Das had claimed in February, 2022 that (Hemant) Soren had misused his post and position and allocated a mining plot to himself. Das claimed it was corruption and conflict of interest. He also accused him of violating the Representation of People Act. Shivshankar Sharma, an RTI activist, had filed two PILs demanding CBI and ED probe into the Jharkhand mining scandal. Soren is also accused of having invested in shell companies. In May 2022, the poll panel had sent a notice to Soren seeking his side of the story. According to Article 192 of the Constitution, if any ques tion arises as to whether a member of a House of the Legislature of a state has be come subject to any of the disqualifications, the ques tion shall be referred to the Governor whose decision shall be Accordingfinal. to reports, the Chief Minister’s team ar gued with the poll panel that the clauses of the (election) law that he is accused of breaking do not apply in this particular case! “They argued for nearly two hours. Following which we gave our rejoinder and showed it is a matter of con flict of interest and there are a series of judgments of the Supreme Court which cover this (case),” BJP’s counsel Kumar Harsh told reporters after the Election Commis sion hearing on August 12. Hemant Soren, who is star ing at a huge crisis in his po litical career and in the even tuality of his having to quit the CM’s office, is certain to challenge an adverse verdict by the EC in a court of law. It may be recalled that his party, the JMM, had romped to power in December 2019 by defeating the Raghubar Dasled BJP government. The rul ing JMM-Congress-RJD alli ance has 49 legislators (JMM 30, Congress 18 and RJD 1) in the 82-member state assem bly (including a nominated Anglo-Indian member). However, retaining a major ity may not be a problem for the alliance government even if Soren and his MLA brother Basant Soren—who is too fac ing EC scrutiny for owning a mining lease—are finally dis qualified from the House. There is, however, the pos sibility that three Congress MLAs, who were suspended by the party after their sub sequent arrest with over Rs 49 lakh in cash in Kolkata in July, may choose to abstain or refuse to back Hemant Soren’s government. Even in such a situation, the ruling alliance will continue to en joy a simple majority in the Jharkhand House. Such a situation, however, could be fraught with dan gers for Soren as several the ories may come into play. For instance, there could be some issues within the Soren Pari var as his (Soren’s) sister-in law Sita Soren, an MLA of the party had accused the government of failing to curb corruption. There is also speculation about some ruling alliance MLAs switch ing sides, which can eclipse the future of Soren govern ment in a crunch situation. In any case, the hassle-free continuance of the alliance government or choosing a ca pable successor of Soren may become an uphill task. As per Plan B, the JMM has the op tion of continuing with Soren as the chief minister even if he gets disqualified since the Constitution allows a legisla tive assembly non-member to become or continue as CM for sixThemonths.JMM can easily use this time-limit to try and get relief from the court. But this may become completely impossible in case Soren is barred from contesting polls and a judicial relief is unavailable within the crucial six months. In such a case, Soren will be forced to pick someone from his fami ly—wife Kalpana, father or mother Rupi Soren—as a stop gap CM. Sources said letters of support for these prospective CM candidates have been tak en from all JMM MLAs.

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A positive response came from Pakistan’s Finance Min ister Miftah Ismail who said that the government could “consider importing edible items from India”. Talks are reported to be underway to work out modalities. If things work out then it will be the first time after 2019 that Paki stan will open its border with India to receive humanitarian supplies. It had downgraded trade ties with India after In dia scrapped Article 370 which granted special status to J&K. These developments come after Indian cricketers’ con cern towards Pakistan’s pace ace Shaheen Shah Afridi who could not play in the match against India due to injury. Also, Twitterati on both sides celebrated Hardik Pandya’s gesture of hugging Paki stan’s Rizwan. A natural dis aster and cricket could bring the two countries closer.

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Former CM of Jharkhand Raghubar Das had claimed in February, 2022 that (Hemant) Soren had misused his post and position and allocated a mining plot to himself. Das claimed it was corruption and conflict of interest. He also accused him of violating the Representation of People Act. Shivshankar Shar ma, an RTI activist, had filed two PILs demanding CBI and ED probe into the Jharkhand mining scandal. Soren is also accused of having invested in shell companies.

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The major crisis has forced Pakistan to seek humanitari an aid from India. A “sad dened” Prime Minister Nar endra Modi has reached out to Pakistan and hoped for an early restoration of normalcy.

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akistan is in deep distress with mas sive flood waters covering most of its land area. Pa kistan’s Climate Minister Sherry Rehman said these were the worst floods in the country’s history. Situation is said to be so bad that even choppers are unable to spot a dry patch to land. Blamed on climate change, the floods have taken a toll of over 1,100 lives and displaced over 33 million people. The country is facing an acute shortage of food, vegetables, and medi cines and housing tents among other things. Paki stan’s problem is compound ed by high inflation and forein debts and it is also des perately looking for financial assistance.

There is, however, the possibility that three Congress MLAs, who were suspended by the party after their subsequent arrest with over Rs 49 lakh in cash in Kolkata in July, may choose to abstain or refuse to back Hemant Soren’s government. Even in such a situation, the ruling alliance will continue to enjoy a simple majority in the Jharkhand House

A positive response came from Pakistan’s FinMin who said that the govt could “consider importing edible items from India” Talks are reported to be underway to work out modalities. If things work out then it will be the 1st time after 2019 that Pakistan will open its border with India

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ongress Party is on the verge of being wiped out in Kash mir where not one or two but 50 of its mem bers have decided to sever their ties with the Grand Old Party in favour of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Such en masse exodus from Con gress was earlier seen in Ma nipur, Tripura and Goa. The vet eran Congress leader recently resigned from the party and cas tigated Rahul Gandhi for con sulting his security guards rath er than senior and old loyalists. Azad’s verdict was that Rahul does not have an aptitude for pol itics, a view which is shared by many. The news of Azad planning to launch a party drew Congress leaders and workers who see the former chief minister as a new political force in the state propped, in all likelihood, by the BJP and shared his views on Rahul. Rahul is in an unenviable sit uation of presiding over the un making of the party founded by his forefathers, which the BJP and dissenters want.

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Chitradurga (ANI): Hearing in the anticipa tory bail petition of the chief pontiff of the Mu rugha Mutt, Shivamur thy Murugha Sharanaru has been adjourned to September 1 by the District Sessions Court in Tuesday.enceheldvariousMeanwhile,Chitradurga.seersofreligiousmuttsapressconferinChitradurgaon

Shashi Tharoor addressing students on #IndiaAt75 at the University of Kerala on Tuesday.

MURUGHA MUTT PONTIFF’S BAIL HEARING ON SEPT 1

New Delhi (PTI): SC on Tuesday said it would first examine the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent reservation to EWS in admissions and jobs before hearing appeals against a high court verdict which had set aside a local law granting quota to Muslims. A Constitu tion bench to commence hearing from Sept 13.

New Delhi (Agencies): A SC Constitution bench on Tuesday issued notice on a batch of pleas for striking down the practice of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ in Muslims and scheduled the hearing on petitions after the Dusshera holidays in October. Nine petitions challenging these practices were listed on Tuesday for hearing before a five-judge bench. The petitions have been filed by Muslim women.

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The aircraft carrier is named after her illustrious predeces sor, India's first, which had played a vital role in the 1971 war, the PMO noted. Modi will also unveil the new naval ensign (Nishaan), doing away with the colonial past and befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage, it added.

New Delhi (PTI): A bench headed by Justice SK Kaul said the issue does not survive now and referred to the Nov 2019 verdict of a constitu tion bench. A five-judge constitution bench of the apex court had on Nov 9, 2019, cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.

RAHUL ANKITAPUNISHMENTSEVEREWANTSINCASE Kharge meets VP, hopes Oppn gets heard in RS Centre silent on Chinese loan apps: Vallabh Cong leader Mallikarjun Kharge called on VP Jagdeep Dhankar.

Some of the policemen and civilians in hospital on Tuesday.

Ahmedabad: On a plea challenging the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)’s decision to keep its sole slaughterhouse in the city closed on the occasion of a Jain fes tival, the Gujarat High Court Tuesday asked the petitioner why he can’t “restrain yourself from one day or two days from eating…”

IS HINDU NOW GOING BACK ON BAL THACKERAY’S LINE OF POLITICS?

Chlorine gas leaks, SDM, DSP among 34 hospitalised

New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Naren dra Modi will visit Kar nataka and Kerala on September 1-2 to com mission the first indig enous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi and will inaugu rate and lay the founda tion stone of projects worth around Rs 3,800 crores in Mangaluru. At 6 pm on Septem ber 1, Prime Minister will visit Sri Adi Shankara Janma Bhoo mi Kshetram, the holy birthplace of Adi Shankaracharya, at Kalady village near Cochin Airport. At 9.30 am on Septem ber 2, Prime Minister will commission the first indigenous air craft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Ship yard Limited in Kochi. Thereafter at 1.30 pm, Prime Minister will in augurate and lay the foundation stone of pro jects worth around Rs 3,800 crores in Mangal uru, informed the PMO onPrimeTuesday.Minister has been a strong propo nent of Aatmanirbhar ta, especially in strate gic sectors. In what will mark a significant step towards self-reli ance in the defence sec tor, Prime Minister will commission the first indigenously de signed and built air craft carrier INS Vikrant.

New Delhi (PTI): A person in a consensual physical relationship is not required to judicially scrutinise the date of birth of his partner, Delhi HC has said while granting bail to a man ac cused of “raping” his alleged minor partner who has “three different dates of birth”, according to official documents. The court said a person is not required to see the Aadhaar card or the PAN card or verify his partner’s date of birth.

The mishap took place early in the morn ing in the busy Azad Nagar Transit Camp area of Rudrapur. Peo ple began to faint and scamper about in panic as the toxic gas began to leak, officials said. Sen ior administrative and police officials with fire tenders, ambulances and an SDRF team rushed to the spot and launched a rescue. The affected people were laid inside the am bulances and adminis tered oxygen, the offi cials said. While trying to move the leaking cyl inder away, SDM Kaus tubh Mishra and DSP Ashish Bhardwaj also fell ill, they said, adding some firemen also start ed feeling dizzy and be gan to vomit. The leaking cylinder was later thrown into an open field and dis posed of to prevent the situation from going worse, police said.

New Delhi (ANI): In an attempt to corner the BJP-led central government, Con gress on Tuesday al leged that several Chinese Apps have siphoned off Rs 500 crore after duping lakhs of Indians through debt traps. The Oppn party ac cused the govt of hav ing no strategy to tackle the Chinese Apps. Cong attacked Centre and accused it of remaining silence on the Chinese fraud loan apps which have reportedly claimed 52 young lives and si phoned off Rs 500 cr throughCongressHawala.spokes person Gaurav Vallabh said, “An in vestigation between Jan & Feb 2021 found more than 1,100 digi tal loan apps available across play stores. RBI has accepted that at least 600 such apps were operating illegally.”

New Delhi (PTI): SC dropped a contempt case against activistlawyer BhushanPrashant&Tarun Tejpal filed in 2009 over re marks against judiciary. A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee, Surya Kant & M M Sundresh closed proceedings after senior advt Kapil Sibal informed that apology has been tendered.

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New Delhi (Agencies): An expatriate group has approached the Delhi HC seeking regulation of “exorbitant” ticket prices of flights operating between Gulf countries & India. Writ petition of Kerala Pravasi Association (KPA), pointed out that there are no yardsticks to fix reasonableness of profit, thereby making tickets irrational, plea said.

LAWSUIT IN DELHI HC FOR HIKED PRICES OF INDIA-UAE

POLYGAMY & NIKAH HALALA HEARING TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER NOT REQUIRED TO CHECK PAN BEFORE CONSENSUAL SEX: DELHI HC

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Rudrapur (PTI): More than 30 people, includ ing an SDM and a DSP, were hospitalised on Tuesday after they took ill following a chlorine gas leak from a cylinder at a scrap godown in a busy residential area in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district. The SDM and DSP had gone to the spot to launch rescue opera tions, police said, add ing that so far 34 people have been hospitalised. Nine, including the SDM and the DSP, were admitted to the ICU.

New Delhi (ANI): SC on Tuesday said that it would begin on Sept 13 the final hearing in the matter relating to the Constitutional validity of reservations of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in higher education and issues of public employment on the basis of financial conditions. Constitutional validity of the 103rd Amendment Act, 2019 will be the first matter to be examined.

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PM MODI TO COMMISSION 1ST INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER INS VIKRANT ON SEP 2 New Delhi (PTI): PM Narendra Modi will commission the first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, at the Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi on Sept 2. The PMO said Modi will be on a visit to the birthplace of Adi Shankaracharya at Kalady village near Cochin airport. He will also inaugu rate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 3,800 crores in Mangaluru. Designed by the Indian Na vy's in-house Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by the Cochin Shipyard, a public sector shipyard, Vikrant has been built with state-of- the-art automation features and is the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India.

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Mahesh Sharma Mumbai: In Maha rashtra, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thack eray has announced the Maha Vikas Aghadi to remain united and said that the three par ties will fight the as sembly and Lok Sabha elections together. Af ter the announcement of this political alli ance, Uddhav Thacker ay has coordinated with Sambhaji Bri gade, an organization involved in fiery Mara tha politics. The poli tics that Shiv Sena used to do before Uddhav took over the command of Shiv Sena, Samb haji Brigade is en gaged in that type of politics. The politics of strong Maratha and Marathi identity is the identity of this or ganization. The hold of this organization was strengthened af ter the Shiv Sena took the middle path. Now Uddhav Thack eray has coordinated with this savethatgyAnnouncingorganization.thesynerwiththis,hesaiditisnecessarytoregionalparties and regional pride. He is repeatedly talking about Marathi pride and honour. While the NCP will not have any problem with this but Congress may. Congress leaders have been doing the politics of migrant and Muslim votes of Maharashtra for years. They are worried about losing their vote. But both have their own compulsions. Uddhav Thackeray feels that if he leaves the path of Marathi manush and radical Hindutva poli tics, then the Eknath Shinde faction and Raj Thackeray’s party will grab that space, and then Uddhav will be left with nothing. That’s why he will do politics by talking about Mar athi manush, Maratha pride and Hindu interests.

Trivandrum: (ANI): Cong MP Shashi Tha roor on Tuesday said that an election will be good for the party while refusing to comment on whether he will run for the post of Cong Presi dent after his recent ar ticle in a Malayalam daily triggered specula tion that he could con test. “No comment to make. I accept what I’ve written in my article which is that an elec tion would be a good thing for the Congress party,” Tharoor told re porters here when asked whether he will contest Party’s presi dential poll The MP from PresidentbehulpartywelcomedvananthapuramThirualsoelectionsinandsaidthatRaGandhi’srefusaltoappointedasCongwasdisap pointing. According to him, grand old party should not be limited by the belief that only one family can lead it. Tharoor had penned an article in Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi saying polls were first step towards rejuvena tion of shouldisMPMeanwhile,organisation.CongRSMallikarjunKhargeofopinionthatRahultakethelead.

New Delhi (PTI): Leader of manDhankartaryspacepositionandidentTuesdayMallikarjunoppositionKhargeonmetVicePresJagdeepDhankar,hopedthattheopwillgetitsdueintheParliamenproceedings.istheChairoftheRajyaSabha and will preside over the winter session. Kharge after the meeting said, “Wished him the best for his ten ure and urged upon him to ensure a smooth and democratic func tioning of Upper House where all voices are heard.”

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New Delhi (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded a severe punishment for the criminals who burnt alive a girl in Jharkhand’s Dumka. Gandhi on Tuesday tweeted in Hindi, “The savagery treatment meted out to Ankita and her death has made every Indian’s head hang in shame, she and her family will get justice when the perpetrators of the crime will get severe punish ment as fast as possible.”

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Chandigarh (ANI): In a ma jor development in the Sid hu Moose Wala death case, Punjab Police have detained Sachin Thapan, the person who was exchanging calls with gangster Goldy Brar. Sachin Thapan has been de tained in Azerbaijan. "Sachin Thapan, person exchanging calls with Goldy Brar, is detained in Azerbaijan with support from the Govt of India. Our combined efforts are there to provide justice to the family," said DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav.

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TAJ MAHAL IDOL ROW Agra: India’s most popular tourist spot is in the controversy yet again. This time, Hindu outfits are up in arms after a tourist from Jaipur was barred from entering the Taj Mahal with a Lord Krishna idol. The outfits have said that they will launch protests if action is not taken against those who stopped the tourist. An official from the ASI, Agra circle, said he will enquire about the matter with the CISF officials.

Kolkata: The Enforce ment Directorate (ED) has summoned Trina mool Congress (TMC) general secretary Ab hishek Banerjee and sister-in-law Menaka Gambhir for question ing in connection with its money laundering probe related to the coal smuggling case, people familiar with the devel opment said on Tues day. Abhishek Banerjee has been told to appear before ED officials at its Kolkata office on Sep tember 2 and Menaka

z The India Mete orological Department (IMD) has predicted isolated heavy rainfall across Kerala for next five days z The Karnataka gov ernment has estimated rain-related losses since June to the tune of Rs 7,647.13 crore, and will be sending a proposal to the Centre seeking a relief of Rs 1,012.5 crore as per National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) norms.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan meets Victor Godoy, Minister of Education, Brazil ahead of the G20 4th EdWG and Education Ministers’Meeting on Tuesday.

CASE TO BE PROBED BY DySP RANK COP North Goa (ANI): A team of Goa Police led by police inspector Ther on D'Costa and PSI Fran cis will leave for Hary ana today for the pur pose of further investi gation in the Sonali Phogat murder case, in formed Shobhit Sakse na, Superintendent of Police, North Goa. In a response to the murder, Goa CM Pramod Sawant said that a confidential report had been sent to Manohar Lal Khattar.

BJP TARGETS JHARKHAND CM

Kolkata: Senior Trinamool leader Sougata Roy on Tues day said Jawhar Sircar, who has criticised the corruption within the party, is free to leave as it does not need "selfish people at the time of crisis". Sircar, he said, should stop "attaching too much importance to his views" and Trinamool Congress should immediately initiate disciplinary action against him for violating party discipline.

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Five persons were found dead on-the-spot and three others succumbed while being evacuated to a hospital, the officials said. 8 killed as SUV falls into gorge in J&K BENGALURU ROADS TURN INTO RIVERS AFTER INCESSANT RAIN, TRAFFIC DIVERTED Car falls into gorge in Ramban district of Jammu & Kashmir.

Bengaluru (ANI): A holiday is declared for schools and colleges in Bengaluru on Tuesday due to heavy rains. Heavy rainfall caused waterlogging in several parts of Bengaluru and several trees were uprooted on Monday. Earlier on Monday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visited flood-hit areas in Ramanagar District and inspect ed the large-scale damage caused to crops due to the breach of Bakshi Lake in Maruti Layout in the city. From there, he walked on the railway track for over half a kilometre to see the damages. From the breached Bakshi Lake, the CM visited the farmers’ houses and promised Rs 1 lakh immediately and a total of Rs 5 lakh will be paid in phased manner.

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At least eight people were killed & 3 others injured critically when a SUV skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Kishtwar district of J&K on Tues day, officials said. The SUV, carrying the pas sengers from Chingam to Chatroo, met with the accident near village Bonda at around 3.15 pm, the official said. They said rescue teams, comprising police, Rashtriya Rifles and lo cal villagers, swung into action immediately after the vehicle rolled down from the hilly road.

JAWHAR SIRCAR IS FREE TO LEAVE THE PARTY : TMC MP SOUGATA ROY

Hyderabad (ANI): Reacting to UP Police registering a case against 26 people on the basis of "unlaw ful assembly" for offering namaz together in a house, AIMIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi termed the police's move as "injustice". Owaisi said, "SC has said that 'namaz' can be offered anywhere. Why is there an objection to offering 'namaz' at home? This is injustice." On August 24, a huge number of people gathered to offer namaz under in UP's Moradabad, and a case was registered against them.

New Delhi: NBF Con clave will be held here on October 21. NBF News Conclave- The fu ture of News Media is a landmark event, the News Broadcasters Fed eration completes 2 years as the group breaking the status quo in Indian News Media. One-day event will be hosted in Delhi and have in attendance the biggest names from In dian politics & the news television industry.

SIDHU MOOSE WALA CASE; PUNJAB POLICE DETAINS MIDDLEMAN

Gambhir, sister of Ab hishek’s wife Rujira, has been told to turn up at ED’s Delhi office on September 5, an ED of ficial said. Gambhir, who was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Febru ary last year in connec tion with the coal smug gling case, has ap proached the Calcutta high court to allow her to appear in Kolkata.

JHARKHAND CM HITS OUT AT BJP, SAYS “THEY ONLY BUY AND SELL MLAs” BJP chief Deepak Prakash

Phogat case: Goa Police team to visit Haryana Panaji: Goa Chief Min ister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said the Sonali Phogat murder case will be Probed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) and not by an inspector level officer. Sawant also said, “We have sent the confidential report to Haryana Chief Minister and DGP yes terday. Henceforth DySP level officer will investi gate this case here.”

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Ranchi: Amid the political turmoil in Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by accusing them of political horse-trading. “They only buy and sell MLAs but we work for the public and don’t do horse-trading. People will give answers to those who are doing business in politics,” Soren said. The CM also said he is not worried about this chief ministership, but about the people in Jharkhand. “I’m never worried about the chair. I only worry about the Dalits, Adivasis and people of the state.” On Saturday, Soren tweeted that he hailed from the tribal community and was unaf fected by the ongoing slugfest.

‘NIA to probe “PFI role” in Dumka murder case’

Ranchi (ANI) : Jharkhand BJP chief Deepak Prakash lashed out at the Hemant Sor en-led Jharkhand Gov ernment over the hor rific murder of a 16-year-old girl in Dum ka claiming that law and order situation in the state had worsened under the present re gime. Prakash, a RS MP, also demanded that the role of Popular Front of India (PFI) in the entire episode be probed by the National Investiga tion Agency (NIA). “The incident which occurred at Dumka has hurt entire Jharkhand and people are very an gry. Ankita is not in this world today, but the in cident has shocked eve ryone in the country. It is neccessary to investi gate the matter from all angles including antinational activities,” Prakash said. On Au gust 23, an accused identified as Shahrukh allegedly poured petrol on Ankita through the window of her house and set her ablaze. “The way PFI is working con tinuously in Jharkhand with anti-national forc es, their role should be investigated by the NIA,” he said.

CRUCIAL READ 50 DALIT FAMILIES DRIVEN OUT OF VILLAGE IN JHARKHAND’S PALAMU Medininagar: About 50 Dalit families were allegedly driven out of the village they were living in for last four decades by members of a particular community in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, police said on Tuesday. On receiving the information, SDO, Med ininagar, Rajesh Kumar Sah and SDPO, Bishrampur, Surjit Kumar rushed to

Korea (Chhattisgarh) (ANI): Six people died after they drowned while one person was rescued in Ramdaha waterfall in the Korea district on Sunday. Ac cording to Korea Dist Magistrate (DM), Kul deep Sharma all were residents of MP's Sin grauli. "A rescue opera tion was carried out. Bodies of 6 people have been recovered, All were residents of Sin grauli,' said Sharma.

Tongri Pahadi area under Pandu police station and are camping there to maintain law and order, the police said. The Dalits, belonging to the Mushar caste, have been living in the Marumatu village in the land given to them by the state administration.

This event promises to be a great opportunity for NBF to discuss and bring to the table the biggest issues that broadcasters face. NBF News Conclave will be a defining event that will give all broadcasters of NBF a platform to bring on stage & discuss is sues of regulation.

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NEW UP BJP CHIEF RESIGNS PANCHAYATIAS RAJ MIN "INJUSTICE": OWAISI AFTER 26 BOOKED OVER OFFERING NAMAZ

New Delhi (ANI): Recently, Bhupendra Chaudhary was made the new president of UP unit of the BJP, after which on Tuesday he resigned from his post of Pancha yati Raj Minister in UP govt. In a social me dia post, Chaudhary wrote, "Resigned from the cabinet today for the due discharge of the responsibility of State President of BJP. To provide opportunities to serve state's people as Minister of State (Indepen dent Charge) and Cabinet Minister in his first and second term respectively. And heartfelt thanks to CM Yogi Adityanath.

“A rescue operation was carried out. All were residents of MP’s Singrauli,” said Sharma 6 people drown to death in Ramdaha waterfall

Bengaluru: Heavy rain waterlogginginduced in elements of Ben galuru disrupt ing regular life, officers stated as we speak. Bushes had been discov ered uprooted in a number of areas and a vacation was declared for colleges and schools as we speak, they added. A video exhibits automobiles stranded on an extended waterlogged stretch on BengaluruMysuru freeway, whereas pedestrians struggled to stroll. In some areas, stranded residents had been evacuated with the assistance of boats.

Villagers use boats to travel to a flood-affected area as the water level of the Ganga river continues stay high in the ongoing monsoon season, in Patna on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI Vehicles pass through the waterlogged Outer Ring Road after heavy monsoon rains, near Bellandur in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

HOLIDAY DECLARED IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES DUE TO HEAVY RAINS

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New Delhi (PTI): India can become an upper-mid dle-income country by 2047 if it manages to achieve a sustained growth rate of 7-7.5% for the next 25 years, EAC-PM Chairman Bibek Debroy said on Tuesday. The country can become a $20 trillion economy by 2047 at this growth rate, he added. India, the world’s sixth largest economy with a GDP of $2.7 trillion, is currently classified as a de veloping nation. “Even if you have rela tively conservative real rates of growth of 7-7.5%, we will get to a per capita income of about $10,000. “And you will get to a to tal size of the economy of a little less than $20 trillion in 2047,” the Economic Ad visory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chair man said while releasing ‘The Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100’. Prime Minister Naren dra Modi has set an ambi tious target of making India a developed nation by“...Which2047. means India will be in the upper middleincome category, not a higher-income category,” Debroy said, adding that it also means that the nature of Indian society will be completely toaggregatewhatincomeisnualtryBank’sAccordingtransformed.totheWorlddefinition,acounwithapercapitaanincomeofover$12,000consideredasahigher-nation.NotingthatbecausehappenstoIndiaisanofwhathappensthestates,Debroysaid,

New Delhi (PTI): India’s data centre industry size is worth $5.6 billion and is set to grow as over 45 data centres are expected to come up by 2025. At present, there are 138 data centres across India spanning about 11 million square feet and having 737 MW of IT ca pacity. As per Anarock report, over 45 data centres spanning about 13 million square feet and 1,015 MW of IT capacity are planned to come up in India by 2025-end on rising demand.

ACCORDING TO EAC-PM CHAIRMAN

New Delhi (PTI): Housing prices rose in 42 cities in the first quarter of 2022-23, while the rates of residen tial units fell in five cities and remained stable in three cities, according to the price index Residex re leased by NHB. All the eight major met ros recorded an increase in the index on an annual ba sis -- Ahmedabad (13.5%), Bengaluru (3.4%), Chennai (12.5%), Delhi (7.5%), Hy derabad (11.5%), Kolkata (6.1%), Mumbai (2.9%) and Pune (3.6%), National Housing Bank (NHB) Resi dexOnsaid.asequential basis, the 50-city index registered an expansion of 1.7% in April-June 2022 against 2.6% in the previous quar ter, it said, adding the index is showing an increasing trend on a quarter-on-quar ter basis since June 21.

New Delhi (PTI): The gov ernment has no plans as of now to impose any restric tions on exports of rice and there are adequate buffer stocks to meet the domestic requirements, according to an official source. There were some discus sions on imposing curbs on rice exports but no deci sion has been taken yet. The government is unlike ly to put in any place re strictions, the source said. India, the world’s second largest rice producer after China, commands 40% share in the global trade. The country exported 21.2 million tonnes of rice in 2021-22 fiscal year, of which 3.94 million tonnes were basmati rice. It exported non-basmati rice worth $6.11 billion in the same period, as per of ficialThedata.country exported non-basmati rice to more than 150 countries in 2021-22.

Sensex logs yr’s 2nd-best daily gain

The annual change in HPI at Assessment Price varied widely across the cities – ranging from an in crease of 16.1% (Coim batore) to a decline of 5.1% (NaviTheMumbai).housingPrice Index tracks the movement in prices of residential prop erties in select 50 cities on a quarterly basis with FY 2017-18 as the base year.

RUPEE MARKS BIGGEST GAIN IN ONE YEAR

“India is one of the most important coun tries in the world. India is a democracy, it is not China, it is not Russia. It is not trying to take over another nation.

New Delhi (PTI): Public sector lender Bank of In dia has filed a petition be fore the NCLT, to initiate insolvency proceedings against debt-ridden Fu ture Lifestyle Fashions Ltd. “The company is in the process of taking le gal advice in the above matter,” said FLFL. Be sides this, FLFL is already facing two other insolven cy petitions. The NCLT has already initiated CIRP against Kishore Biyani-led Future Group’s flagship firm Future Retail Ltd. BoI MOVES NCLT AGAINST LIFESTYLEFUTUREFASHIONS

HOUSING PRICES RISE IN 42 CITIES IN Q1 OF FY23: NHB

EoI FOR IDBI BANK STAKE SALE LIKELY IN SEPTEMBER 2022 BAYER TO SCALE UP PROGRAMME‘SAHBHAAGI’

UNION MIN GOYAL REVIEWS ONGOING FTA NEGOTIATIONS

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated by 47 paise to close at 79.44 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, supported by a firm trend in domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.92 against the greenback. It witnessed an intra-day high of 79.44 and a low of 79.92 against the American currency during the session.

Kolkata (PTI): Coal India Ltd chairman Pramod Agrawal on Tuesday said the miner has not raised prices of the dry fuel in the last four years to ensure its supply at competitive prices to consumers com pared to the international market. He also said that the CIL is trying to list subsidiaries Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) and Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) but asserted that there was no question of demerging them. The company has a total of eight subsidiaries.

INSURANCE COSTLY FOR A SECTION OF SOCIETY, NEED TECH LEVERAGING: IRDAI

CIL PLANNING TO LIST BCCL, CMPDI

New Delhi (PTI): The total number of electric vehicles on Indian roads is likely to touch 5 crore by 2030, pre senting an enormous op portunity for players in the charging ecosystem, ac cording to a report by con sultancy firm KPMG. A large increase in EV sales is anticipated in India due to favourable factors on demand, supply and regulatory front despite a low penetration level of about 1% currently, KPMG said in its report – Electric vehicle charging – the next big opportunity.

GOVT MAY INVITE FINANCIAL BIDS FOR SCI IN MARCH QTR

New Delhi (PTI): German agrochemicals major Bay er on Tuesday announced its plans to scale up its ‘Sahbhaagi’ programme to empower rural women and youth with an aim to develop a comephoneandknowledgeyoneer’sroutesdemandBayer,preneursportunitiesgram’,‘BayerLaunchedagriculturalcomprehensiveecosystem.in2009,theSahbhaagiProcreatesuniqueopforruralentretopartnerwithexplorealternategenerationandenhanceBayreachtofarmers.Anabove18yearswithofagricultureaccesstoasmartiseligibletobeaSahbhaagi.

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“And unless, the states jack up their growth records, the overall growth records for India is not going be that high Accordingeither”.tothe Inter national Monetary Fund, the Indian economy is fore cast to expand by 7.4% in 2022-23, making it one of the world’s economies.fastest-growing

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New Delhi (PTI): The government is likely to in vite financial bids for pri vatisation of state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in the March quarter, an official said. “The demerger of noncore and land assets of Shipping Corporation is at an advanced stage. The process is expected to be over in about three months’ time, after which financial bids will be invit ed,” the official said. The financial bids from poten tial investors are expected in the quarter,January-Marchtheofficialadded.

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New Delhi (PTI): The government is likely to in vite preliminary bids for selling a stake in IDBI Bank next month and the discussions with the RBI are at the final stages, an official said. “There are still some pending issues that need to be discussed with the RBI and SEBI. We are hopeful of issuing the EoI by September,” the official said. He, how ever, did not divulge de tails of regulatory issues on which the government is holding discussions with RBI and Sebi.

INDIA ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRIES: HARVARD PROFESSOR

LIC NO LONGER AMONG TOP 10 MOST VALUED FIRMS

‘INDIA CAN BECOME $20 TN ECO BY 2047’

SAYS OFFICIAL SOURCE GOVT HAS NO PLANS AS OF NOW TO CURB RICE EXPORTS

EVs on Indian roads to touch 5cr by 2030

New Delhi (PTI): Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday held a meeting to review the ongoing negotiations on different Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to fast-track the talks in order to boost exports and invest ments. Deliberations on ways to fast-track negotiations are on “to achieve mutually beneficial FTAs, paving the way for increased exports, in vestments & people to people ties”, according to a tweet by Goyal’s office.

FIRST ASIAN TO ENTER WORLD’S TOP 3

Adani now behind just Musk & Bezos

New Delhi (Agencies): Few outside of India had heard of Gautam Adani just a few years ago. Now the Indian businessman, a college dropout who first tried his luck as a diamond trader before turning to coal, has become the world’s third-richest person. It’s the first time an Asian person has broken into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires In dex -- fellow citizen Muke sh Ambani and China’s Jack Ma never made it that far. With a $137.4 billion for tune, Adani has overtaken France’s Bernard Arnault and now trails just Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos of the US in the ranking. Adani, 60, has spent the past few years expanding his coal-to-ports conglomer ate, venturing into every thing from data centres to cement, media and alumi na. The group now owns India’s largest private-sec tor port and airport opera tor, city-gas distributor and coal miner. While its Carmi chael mine in Australia has been criticised by environ mentalists, it pledged in No vember to invest $70 billion in green energy to become the world’s largest renewa ble-energy producer. As his empire has ex panded to one of the world’s largest conglomerates fuel ling the remarkable wealth gains, concerns have grown over the rapid growth. Adani’s deals spree has been predominantly funded with debt and his empire is “deeply over-lev eraged,” CreditSights said in a report this month. All told, Adani has added $60.9 billion to his fortune in 2022 alone, five times more than anyone else. He first overtook Ambani as the richest Asian in Febru ary, became a centibillion aire in April and surpassed Microsoft Corp’s Bill Gates as the world’s fourth-rich est person last month. Adani, too, has increased his charitable giving.

New Delhi (PTI): Health insurance is a costly affair for many sections of society and technology needs to be leveraged to bring down the costs and enhance penetration, Irdai Chairman Debasish Panda said on Tuesday. Panda said that high operat ing and distribution costs, and hospital expenses as indirect costs could be the reasons affecting the insurance pricing. “We have to look at ways of reducing the expenses in order to make insurance affordable,” Panda said.

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New Delhi (PTI): India is one of the most impor tant countries in the world and it has a lot of strength and energy, Har vard Business School (HBS) professor Michael E Porter said on Tuesday. Participating through video conferencing in an event organised by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Min ister (EAC-PM), Porter said Indians want to be successful and they also want to be prosperous.

“It is a country which is trying to create pros perity for its citizens and it has a lot of strength and energy and making this work is of utmost importance in the evolu tion of the world econo my right now,” the econ omist said. He also emphasised the need of integrating the social and economic agen das for achieving India’s aim of becoming a highincome country by 2047.

INDIA’S DATA CENTRE INDUSTRY WORTH $5.6 BILLION

Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark BSE Sensex and Nif ty soared over 2.5%, log ging their best single-day gain in more than three months, on Tuesday after value buying in banking, IT and oil stocks. The 30-share Sensex jumped 1,564.45 points or 2.70% to settle at 59,537.07. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 446.40 points or 2.58% to 17,759.30. All the 30-Sensex compo nents ended in the green, with Bajaj Finserv rallying 5.47% followed by Bajaj Fi nance which jumped 4.86%. IndusInd Bank, Tech Ma hindra, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tata Steel and HDFC were among the other major winners.

Also, speaking at the event, Christian Ketels, professor at HBS, said India is one of the coun tries that have the great est potential for increas ing its growth opportu nities for all its citizens.

Delhi (Agencies): LIC has lost its spot among the top 10 most valued Indian companies by market capi talisation. The insurance behemoth is currently the 11th most valued listed Indian company. The staterun insurance firm, which made its debut on bourses earlier this year, is replaced by leading NBFC Bajaj Finance and Adani Group’s Adani Transmission.

z What is the politi cal aspect of reserva tion of assembly seats given to scheduled castes as 7 seats have been added to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly? Political justice and participation to further strengthen democracy in Kashmir. This group was neglected, they were poor and could not get in on schemes. But this time seats have been reserved for them as well as Kashmiri Pandits to bring them in the mainstream and motivate them. It is a good step to strengthen and expand democracy and we welcome it.

It was done for the first time and it was a visionary and power ful experiment done by the Modi government that terror funding was controlled. It is widely known that money used to be come in from other coun tries, for good work as well as bad. Here, it used to come so that stone pelting contin ues and law and order situation remains dis turbed. But Modi gov ernment did not ad dress it as a law and order issue rather took it is a financial prob lem and the govern ment’s stand has al ways been that if one wants to end an enemy, one should end the fi nances belonging to such enemy, so they first tracked the source of terror fund ing through ED and NIA and now you can see that stone pelting has reduced to ten per cent since when there will be no money in volved who will work towards it. NIA and CBI were given several cases and today almost all senior leaders have cases against them. Case is going on against Farooq Abdul lah, Mehbooba’s rela tives. See, it is for the first time since Inde pendence that for a semi-political purpose they have done it. It is basically an economic offence for which ac tion has been taken, but for so long there was fear in the minds of officials as to what will happen in Kash mir, they feared that ED and other agencies may get beat here or perhaps people will go on strike. But none of that sort happened and these agencies per formed better and the control over law and order has come due to the work done by these agencies. TO BE CONTINUED...

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z Is this the reason that people term Modi and Shah as Yug Pu rush? Definitely. See, the senti ments of the local Kash miri population could be different from nation al sentiment in that they may think that they were pressurised etc, but the national senti ment is different, so it can be said that overall it is a miracle. The Kash mir which had gone out of our hands, where peo ple had stopped coming, and there was fear all around, is now in a bet ter position. But this is not the only decision of theirs, in fact there have been several decisions taken by them to make a difference. But specifi cally in relation to Kash mir, it is said that they have brought back Kashmir into India, it was there on papers, but practically it is these two who have brought it back.

z How do you evalu ate role of agencies deployed in Kashmir in curbing terrorism?

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After 370, life is back to normal in Kashmir with tourism revolution: Dr Chandra Poornima Yadav, Sonal and Tajamul at Taj Vivanta, #JConGhulamNabiAzad trended top Twitter CONTINUED... YOU READ PART-I ON AUGUST 30, 2022

z In 2019, when Modi cabinet was being formed, it was said that Amit Shah would have been giv en the Finance Minis try, but suddenly a change happens and Shah is made Home Minister. How did this change happen? Yes, you are right. He won from Ahmedabad like several others who contested. But since he has a free hand, he must have consulted with someone or with the thought on the lines of becoming Finance min ister. His family landed in Delhi thinking Amit Shah would be sworn in as Finance Minister. But Narendra Modi’s had different plans. His farsightedness, vision and talent coupled with his determination that he wants to remove Ar ticle 370 and realised that other than Amit Shah there is no other leader, since he had seen that in Gujarat where he worked with convic tion. So Modi changed the destiny from Fi nance to Home and if we evaluate that deci was the right one. Now, I think, apart from Sard ar Patel, among the oth er Home Ministers, he has been the most pow erful Home Minister in the nation since Inde pendence. So it was Modi’s judgement to hand him the Home Ministry and it proved to be right.

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CEO & Editor-in-Chief of First India & Bharat24, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra during The New JC Show, gives an in-depth analysis and observation of the current political clime in Kashmir. He answers on the prevalent questions stressing that the Valley is all set to face Assembly Polls in March-April next year; BJPNational Conference alliance likely to form government as Gupkar alliance falls flat and will go to Assembly Polls alone, and highlights on how the non-Kashmiris are being settled in the region and how law and order situation has improved under the watchful eyes of PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Excerpts...(Part I)

z Do you think he has a different type of ef fect as Home Minister? Definitely. It is my clear stand that Home Minis ter should have a fearful effect and elements should fear him or her. Amit Shah is a living ex ample of that. Take for example any incident in the nation, or for that matter even within the quality for any good Home Minister. I appre ciate that.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Poornima Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Naina Yadav, Sonal Dahiya, Shashikant Sharma and Tajamul during The New JC Show at Taj Vivanta, Srinagar. During the show #JConGhulamNabiAzad trended toponAll-IndiaTwitter harsh reality with your eyes, but only infinite your soul. Editor-in-Chief, JAIPUR 30, 2022 www.firstindia.co.in twitter.com/thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia 102ND FRONT POSTAL Give landscapepoliticalofKashmirchangeandwean Jagdeesh an of Democ racy and landscapethe surely Under the new law, person not Kashmir,resi also allowed para force person nel, labour means, 20-25 will be numbercurrentone-thirdassemseatshavebeencreasedandKashmir.votingpercentagewillleftofPoK,oneAmitmoodchanges,wouldbackOverall,thesedevelopmentshavedemocshouldbelievedstructurevotingchangedhence,itwillbeaffectpoliticallandscapeof statistictrue KashmirOfficersthesubstantiateand give over it? definitely bona fide a reaucrat, which ed in confusion. since major changes have added the number as reaction the personnelCommissionworriedwillbeoppositiontohushedeffortwasmadefordamagetrol.tostudentofministration,Thereneedcation.everyelsewouldunder why are the cal politicaladditionvoter The voting lakh voters, which get added 70 lakh voters. And be those way af filiatedthe loyalties spectivebe people are little worried. said are being imported, benefittedis through this, their and happeneverythingapprehenwilloccur,andhence,oneger.canthegovernmenthasplayedonedemocracybeexpandedpowerlocalpoliticalpartiesboyvotingthroughwhichtheypoliticalwillnotcaseanymore.thattheyobjectingto

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z How do you analyse role of NSA Ajit Doval? Ajit Doval is Narendra Modi’s discovery. Every leader needs experts in every field and for intel ligence and security, Modi found him and Amit Shah endorsed it. What transpired was that Modi-Shah were confident that they will return and since then they forged their strat egy to remove Article 370, for that Doval was given responsibility and entire homework was done, intel operatives stayed here for a long time, man to man tack ing was done, terrorists were identified and tacked, separatists and protestors were tracked and 370 was removed. Definitely, there was worry in Delhi too as re gards the fall out of their step and for this it was sought feasible to send some powerful in dividual, so Doval was sent to Kashmir by Modi-Shah. He went in the Muslim neigh bourhoods, shared food with locals and sipped hot coffee with personnel de ployed here and his message was that ab rogation was a politi cal issue and this move will not bring any negative aspect to your lives since the Un ion government is with you and that they will better the lives of com mon Kashmiri. So to as sure the people of that trust, a senior officer of Government of India came here. Some people said that he was given security cover, so that is what happens when a senior official comes, which is a general proto col. But Doval’s coming to Kashmir was a daring step, he didn’t give ex cuses that there is a risk or anything of that sort. Much like how PM went to Lal Chowk to unfurl the Tricolor, the risk was almost same with Doval in Kashmir, but they went ahead with it.

CEO & Editor-in-Chief of First India & Bharat24, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra gives a detailed analysis on Kashmir and how the atmosphere in the state changed post abrogation of Article 370, how Amit Shah, a leader who works over 20 hours a day has carved a niche for himself, how the grand vision and foresightedness of PM Narendra Modi brought about the change in Kashmir. Excerpts… (Part II)

z What is the reason for Modi’s popularity? The reason behind ‘Modi Magic’ is his ora tion, his voice. I was listening to PM Modi’s speech from twenty years ago recently, even today it feels like it was made in today’s times. Him being a great ora tor is the reason why he is so popular. Whatever you do, his popularity will continue to stay with him due to his grand vision, speeches and oratory skills. He is a hero. It is said that people are crazy for him and can not hear a word against him and I don’t see it changing anytime and that is why people have been saying that not the fight is not for 2024 but for 2029 general elec tions.

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Of course, it has been there since the begin ning. I will tell you an anecdote. When he was 16 years of age, he went to a RSS program where children were being ed ucated on nationalism. The person educating the children drew a cir cle on the ground and said that this is Kash mir and then drew a smaller circle within the first one and said this is Pakistan, which meant that Kashmir is there but the influence of Pakistan is more evi dent in Kashmir. It was then that he decided that he would remove this Pakistan from Kashmir’s boundaries and today that day has come. So since the be ginning the education and culture of all senior RSS leaders have been like this. But what sepa rates him is the fact that he is a determined indi vidual and creates mira cles in execution, so he achieved what he put his eyes to.

Modi preferred Home over Finance for his ‘troubleshooter’ Amit Shah to execute Article 370 agenda: Dr Chandra

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z Could you shed some light on Amit Shah’s personality? He is the Home Minis ter, but when needed, he becomes a normal party worker and started carrying out duties as such, and in the very next instance, he can transform him self to the role of Home Minister. How does he do that? You are absolutely right. He is a multi-faceted man, he has junoon and he only enters the fray where he thinks the par ty is on backfoot. You are right, he leaves Home Ministry and works like party worker on the ground. Like he did in Varanasi where he stayed for a week. He personally called up 1,500 people during that election in a week, con nected with them and then won over all the seats there. He is like a Yoddha (warrior), Nar endra Modi’s warrior. It is said that Shah is like a boon in Modi’s life. z Bringing Kashmir out of the influence of Pakistan or to instill the love of national ism in Kashmiris. Is this a new feeling for him as well, or has it been there all along?

z Since the time of Jan Sangh, RSS has had a basic idea re garding Kashmir which could not be fulfilled for 70 years. Do you think that Modi and Amit Shah are now working to fulfill that dream? Dr Jagdeesh Chan dra : Hundred percent. The 70-year-long dream was not getting real ised, for that the al mighty has sent two men - Narendra Modi and Amit Shah - to turn it into a reality. They achieved in a moment what could not happen for seventy years. Re moval of Article 370 is a long-standing dream and as is their dream of Ram Mandir, Uniform Civil Code is going to come into effect in near future. So definitely it can be said that Modi and Shah have come like a boon for RSS who have achieved the im possible.

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BANANA SHEERA Banana Sheera is an easy-to-make sweet treat, which is one of the common offerings to Lord Ganesha. Made of mashed ba nanas, semolina and sugar, the sheera is similar to Soojimelt-in-mouththekaHalwa.

Shrikhand is an Indian sweet dish made of strained yoghurt, and is pop ular across Maharashtra and Gujarat. It is topped with chunky nuts and raisins. This Ganesh Chaturthi, please your beloved Lord Ganesha with this all-time favourite festive treat.

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MITALI DUSAD cityfirst@firstindia.co.in have many child hood calledthi,GaneshtheassociatedmemorieswithfestivalofChaturwhichisalsotheVinay aka Chaturthi in South India. Being born and brought up in Ra jasthan, I never got the chance to experience the grandeur of this particular festival in all its glory as is celebrated in Maharashtra. While people are busy decorat ing their in-house pan dals and temples, Ganesh Chaturthi also calls for preparing an array of delicious sweets. Ganesh Chatur thi is a ten-day long fes tival. According to the beliefs, Lord Ganesha is known to be 'Modak priya”, the one who likes modak. We hope now it is safe to say that Ganesh Chaturthi cele brations are incomplete without this sweet dumpling. From fried, chocolate to dry fruit, there are a bunch of variations given to this all-time favourite mith ayi. And, the wide vari ety has only left us spoilt for choices. As we celebrate the festival today, City First brings to you the tradi tional Modak recipe, which is a personal fa vourite of so many dur ing this festival. I

10ETC NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2022 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/Delhi I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia GANPATIBAPPAMORIYAA THE 10-DAY LONG EXTRAVAGANZA IS HERE. DEVOTEES WILL BRING HOME BEAUTIFULLY SCULPTED AND PAINTED GANESHA IDOLS TODAY. ANY INDIAN FESTIVAL IS SIMPLY INCOMPLETE WITHOUT A HOST OF DELECTABLE DISHES AND VINAYAK CHATURTHI IS NO DIFFERENT. CITY FIRST ENLISTS SOME POPULARLY PREPARED BHOG ON GANESH CHATURTHI!

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MODAK This one comes as no surprise. The deli cious modaks (sweet dumplings) are consid ered to be one of Gan pati's most favourite sweets. He is also called Modakpriya in the scrip tures owing to his great love for modak. Hence on the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees tend to offer him a bhog of modak. a delicious variety of sweetmeat to please the de ity. For instance, steamed modak, dry fruit modak, chocolate modak, fried modak and the likes.

PURAN POLI Another festive treat Maharashtrians love preparing for every auspicious occasion is Puran Poli. Several Ma harashtrian households offer bhog of Puran Poli to Lord Ganesha in one of these 10 days to seek his blessings. Along with modak, and Coconut Lad doo, Puran Poli tops the list bhog offered to Lord Gane sha on Ganesha Chaturthi. Puran Poli is a flat bread made of maida stuffed with sweet lentils and jaggery.

PAYASAM No compilation of bhog or prasad is ever complete with India's favourite fes tive treat - Payasam. Payasam is a tradi tional South Indian kheer. Rice cooked in milk along with jag gery, coconut and carda mom is a hit across the sub-continent. You can also experiment with Payasam, and cook your deity interesting versions of it like Pineapple Payasam, Carrot Payasam etc.

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UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in T MOTI DUNGRI GANESH JI TEMPLE, JAIPUR The icon of the god Ganesha established in the temple is said to be more than five hundred years old, and was brought here in 1761 by Seth Jai Ram Paliwal who was accompanying Maharaja Madho Singh, from Udaipur. It was brought to Udaipur from Gujarat. The temple was built under Paliwal’s supervision. Maharani Gayatri Devi spent most of her time in this fort.

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RANTHAMBORE GANESH TEMPLE, SAWAI MADHOPUR Ranthambore National Park is one of the best tourist places in India, visited by nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts. But, the Ranthambore National Park is widely visited by pilgrims and religious travellers to seek the blessings of a three-eyed god called ‘Trinetra Ganesh,’ whose temple is located at top of Ranthambore’s historic 1000-year-old fort. It is believed that the temple received the wedding invite of Lord Krishna and Rukmani’s marriage some thousands of years back and since then, the people send their invitations to the god. This Ganesh Temple is around 6500 years old, visited by approximately 1M people over 3-4 days during Ganesh Mela.

ADI VINAYAKA TEMPLE, TAMIL NADU Adhi Vinayaka is a form of Lord Ganesh (Vinayaka), which portrays the Hindu deity with a human head before being decapitated by his father, Lord Shiva. This specific form of Lord Ganesh is rarely worshipped, with only a few dedicated shrines, such as the one in Tamil Nadu. In this form, Lord Ganesh holds an axe, a rope, a modaka, and a lotus.

SHRI GARH GANESH JI TEMPLE, JAIPUR The temple was built by Maharaja Swai Jai Singh when he performed the “Ashwamegha Yagya” before the establishment of Jaipur. He made the shrine and placed the statue of Lord Ganesha. He kept the foundation stone of Jaipur. Garh Ganesh also has ‘Dhwajadheesh’ Ganesha’s temple of Bari-Chaupar as its part. It is located on the hills near Nahargarh Fort and Jaigarh Fort.

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he fervour rya’ reverberating in India. City First brings to you the large idols, and gorgeous celebra tions attract pilgrims and Ganesh Temple from all over India. We have created a list of Temples to visit during Ganesh Chaturthi for all you Ganpati lovers.

SHIDHI VINAYAK GANESH MANDIR, MUMBAI Siddhivinayak Temple traces its roots to the year 1801 when it was originally built by a man named Laxman Vithu. It is one of the richest temples in India. The temple has a small mandap with the shrine for Siddhi Vinayak. The wooden doors to the sanctum are carved with images of the Ashtavinayak.

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