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SC junks plea
to rename
Bombay HC
New Dehi (FIB): The
Supreme Court on
Thursday dismissed a
petition seeking direc-
tions to change the
name of the Bombay
High Court to Maha-
rashtra High Court. A
bench of Justices Anir-
uddha Bose and Vikram
Nath refused to enter-
tain the petition, filed by
VPPatil,whohadserved
as a judge for 26 years,
saying these are issues
for lawmakers to decide.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Thursday’s
bypoll to the the And-
heri (East) Assembly
seat in Mumbai saw a
lowvoterturnoutof just
31.74%, even as polling
went off peacefully
, elec-
tion officials said.
Voting for the by-elec-
tion, necessitated due to
the death of sitting Shiv
Sena MLA Ramesh
Latke in May, was held
at 256 booths between 7
am and 6 pm and it is
widely perceived that
Latke’s wife--Rutuja
Latke--whom the Ud-
dhav Thackery faction
fielded, will win.
Interestingly, the Na-
tionalist Congress Party
(NCP) and the Congress,
both constituents of the
MVA, supported Latke’s
candidature and did not
field any candidates of
their own, while the
seven candidates that
did contest against
Latkewereallindepend-
ents as even BJP with-
drew from the election.
Political observers
have attributed the low
turnout of voters to the
fact that parties gave a
walkover to Latke, keep-
inginmindtheemotion-
al connect of voters
with Latke who lost her
husband and contested
the bypolls in his memo-
ry
. Word is that since the
voters knew their pre-
ferred party was not in
the contest, they did not
cast their votes. Hence
the low turnout.
Returning officer
Prashant Patil told re-
porters that the voting
took place smoothly and
counting of votes will be
held on November 06.
PARTIES GIVE ‘WALKOVER’ TO SENA’S RUTUJA
LATKE, 31.74% VOTER TURNOUT RECORDED!
Low voter turnout
has major political
implications
Voters queue up outside Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj school to cast
their votes for the Andheri (East) Assembly bypolls, in Mumbai on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Top babu locks self in own
office: Quirk or safety measure?
Mumbai: Call it an ac-
tion borne out of quirk
or the need of the hour
due to the ongoing po-
litical face-off between
the state government
and the opposition, a
Principal Secretary of
the Maharashtra gov-
ernment has taken a
decision that has raised
eyebrows.
Harshdeep Kamble,
Principal Secretary of
Industries Department
has fitted an automatic
lock in his cabin which
will open or close only
when “Kamble Sahib”
wants--the first time
that a principal secre-
tary has felt the need to
install an electronic
lock in his cabin located
in a government build-
ing!
Incidentally, this par-
ticular kind of lock was
hitherto only used by
ministers or big indus-
trialists or those who
felt danger to their
lives, leading to specu-
lation that Kamble
might be worried about
the ripples of recent de-
velopments in the
state’s political circles.
Harshdeep Kamble
ANDHERI (EAST) ASSEMBLY SEAT BYPOLL
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Imran Khan survives
assassination attempt
l Imran Khan has been shot and lightly wounded
in leg, in an attack on protest march in Wazirabad
l 1 killed, several other supporters injured; 1 of
the gunmen, who attacked Imran arrested soon
Accused: Shot as he
is misleading people
‘PROJECTS OF `2L CR
FOR MAHA APPROVED’
HIGHLIGHTS
One of the gunmen, who
attacked Imran Khan, was
arrested, officials said. In
his confession, he said,
“Imran Khan is mislead-
ing people.” Accused
Naved was caught firing
at Khan in Wazirabad.
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi
on Thursday said the central
govt has given a nod to pro-
jects worth Rs 2 lakh crore
for Maharashtra. His state-
ment comes in the wake of
Shinde-Fadnavis govt com-
ing under the Opposition’s
fire after some proposed big-
ticket projects moved out of
Maha to poll-bound Gujarat
and some other states.
z The attack is completely
unacceptable: Canada PM
z Khan stable and con-
scious, said his doctor
z A man tried to stop a
suspected assailant
z Violence erupted in
several cities of Pakistan
z We’re closely keeping
an eye on it & continue
to monitor devp: India
First India Bureau
Wazirabad (Pakistan):
A gunman opened fire
at a campaign truck
carrying Pakistan’s for-
mer PM Imran Khan in
Wazirabad
district on
Thursday,
wounding
him in both
his legs. In
attack 1
person has reportedly
died and 7 including
PTI Senator Faisal
Javed have been wound-
ed. Imran Khan was
soon after taken to hos-
pital in Lahore where
his condition is stated
to be out of danger.
Imran Khan injured in a shooting incident in Wazirabad on Thursday.
ALLAH GAVE ME NEW LIFE
AND I WILL FIGHT BACK...
Don’t spare corrupt and
don’t be defensive: Modi
New Delhi (ANI):
Showing unflinching
support to anti-corrup-
tion agencies, PM Nar-
endra Modi on Thurs-
day said they need not
be defensive while tack-
ling graft even when
some people with vest-
ed interests keep holler-
ing & maligning them.
Addressing the ‘Vigi-
lance Awareness Week’,
PM exhorted the panel,
other agencies and of-
ficers to ensure that no
corrupt person is
spared no matter how
powerful the individual
may be. He said it is the
responsibility of organ-
isations like CVC that
no corrupt person gets
“political or social ref-
uge”. He said during his
long tenure as head of
govt,hehasgonethrough
mud-slinging & abuses,
but people stand with
you when you walk on
path of honesty
.
PM Narendra Modi during programme marking Vigilance Awareness
Week of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), in Delhi on Thursday.
Also seen here is Dr Jitendra Singh, Suresh N Patel and others.
Every corrupt person should be held accountable by the society.
It is important to build such an atmosphere. We are seeing that
paeans are being sung for people already proven corrupt. People
calling themselves honest do not feel the shame to go and get
photographed with such corrupt people. This situation is not good for the
Indian society. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Why send summons?
arrest me: Soren to ED
Ranchi: Jharkhand
Chief Minister Hemant
Soren on Thursday
termed ED’s summons
to him as a weapon used
by the BJP to target him
and said if he has com-
mitted a serious offence
then he should be di-
rectly arrested. ED on
Wednesday asked JMM
leader to appear for
questioning at its re-
gional office in Ranchi
on Thursday but Soren
skipped ED summons
and attended National
Tribal Dance Festival
Chhattisgarh’s state-
hood celebration event
called ‘Rajyotsava 2022’.
CM Hemant Soren skips the ED
summons and speaks to party
workers in Ranchi on Thursday.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
CAN’T REPRESENT
BIZMAN,HE IS NOT
TRACEABLE: ADV
OF MALLYA TO SC
Poonch: The Indian Army has foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line
of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector by eliminating three
terrorists, according to sources. The Indian Army on Thursday observed
suspicious movement of some individuals along the LoC in Poonch sector.
New Delhi: A lawyer representing Vijay Mallya
on Thursday requested the Supreme Court to be
relieved from the case concerning the fugitive
businessman as he was untraceable and not
responding to any communication from his lawyer.
FACEBOOK-
PARENT META’S
INDIA HEAD AJIT
STEPS DOWN
Bengaluru: Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc
said on Thursday that its India head, Ajit Mohan,
has stepped down after 4 years, while a media
report said he would join rival Snap Inc. Manish
Chopra will take over on an interim capacity.
BSE SENSEX 60,836.41 69.68 | NSE NIFTY 18,052.70 30.15
ARMY FOILS INFILTRATION BID, KILLS 3 TERRORISTS IN JK
Ministers PSK,
Mahesh Joshi
face-off
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ministers of Ge-
hlot govt have now come
face to face in matter of
filling ACR
for the func-
tioning of
state bu-
reaucracy.
On state-
ment of Pratap Singh
Khachariawas that bu-
reaucracy was uncon-
trollable, Dr Mahesh
Joshi said that I have all
the rights in my dept.
PSK targeted advised
Joshiheshouldnotspeak
on such issues openly
.
BATTLE FOR GUJ ‘RAJ’!
Gujaratelectiondatesannounced
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission on
Thursday announced
the schedule for assem-
bly election in Gujarat.
The state, where the
BJP is currently in pow-
er, goes to the hustings
on December 1.
Assembly polls in Gu-
jarat will be held in two
phases. The Legislative
Assembly of Gujarat is
182-members strong.
This time, the election
will witness a three-cor-
nered contest between
the ruling BJP, the Con-
gress and the AAP.
CEC Rajiv Kumar with EC Anup Chandra Pandey and others at a press conference to announce
the schedule of Legislative Assembly elections in Gujarat, at Akashvani Bhawan on Thursday.
BELOW IS A DETAIL
BREAKDOWN OF THE
ELECTION SCHEDULE
TO BE HELD IN GUJ:
PM TO CAMPAIGN IN GUJARAT ON SUNDAY,
1ST VISIT AFTER POLL DATES ANNOUNCED
BJP WOULD RETAIN
POWER IN GUJ: SHAH
ABOUT LAST 2 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
PHASE 1
l Date of issue of
notification: November 5
l Last date for filing
nomination: November 14
l Date of the scrutiny:
November 15
l Last date of withdrawal
of the nomination:
November 17
PHASE 2
l Date of issue of
notification: November
10
l Last date for filing
nomination: November
17
l Date of scrutiny:
November 18
l Last date of withdrawal
of nomination:
November 21
PM Modi will head to Gujarat on November 6, his first visit
since the announcement of poll dates for his home state.
The PM will address rallies in Bhavnagar, Surendranagar
and Valsad. BJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1998.
HM Amit Shah last month
predicted that
the BJP would
retain power in
the 182-member
Gujarat assembly with a two-
thirds majority.
POLL DAYS
PHASE 1: DEC 1
(89 SEATS)
PHASE 2: DEC 5
(93 SEATS)
COUNTING: DEC 8
Jagat Prakash
Nadda
@JPNadda
I welcome the announce-
ment of the Gujarat
Assembly elections by the
Election Commission. Under
the leadership of respected
Prime Minister Shri @
narendramodi ji, BJP will
again form a double engine
government in Gujarat with a
huge majority and will work
with a commitment to fulfill
the aspirations of the people
for the next 5 years.
182
TOTAL SEATS
Gujarat
2012 2017
l BJP: 115 seats (47.8%)
l INC: 61 seats (38.9%)
l Others: 6 seats (13.3% )
l BJP: 99 seats (49%)
l INC: 77 seats (41.4%)
l Others: 6 seats (9.6% )
Seats Won (vote share%) Seats Won (vote share%)

NEWS
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PROTEST AGAINST
BULK DRUG PARK
PROJECT: CASE FILED
Alibag: Police have regis-
tered a case in connection
with a protest march held
in Raigad district against
the land acquisition process
for the proposed ‘bulk drug
park’ project, an official
said. The march, which was
attended by hundreds of
farmers, was held without
the relevant permissions
and also violated an order
of the collector banning the
assembly of more than five
persons at a time.
NOTICES ISSUED TO
TWO TMC STAFF FOR
NEGLECTING DUTIES
Thane: The civic body here
issued show-cause notices
to two health department
employees for alleged
dereliction of duties on
Thursday after Additional
Municipal Commissioner
Sandeep Malavi visited civic
health centres and reviewed
the work there, an official
said. Incidentally, Thane
Municipal Commissioner
Abhijit Bangar has issued
an order asking staff to
attend duties on time.
MAHA BJP WOMEN’S
WING NAMES CHITRA
WAGH AS NEW CHIEF
Mumbai: The Maharashtra
BJP on Thursday ap-
pointed its vice president
Chitra Wagh as the head
of the state unit’s ‘mahila
morcha’, state unit chief
Chandrashekhar Bawankule
announced. Wagh succeeds
Uma Khapre who was
elected to the Maharashtra
Legislative Council. Inciden-
tally, Wagh was chief of the
NCP’s state women’s wing
before she joined the BJP in
July 2019.
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN
SCRAP GODOWN IN
PUNE, NONE INJURED
Pune: A fire broke out in
a godown storing scrap
materials like plastic, tin
as well as cylinders in
Sopan Nagar area on the
Pune-Ahmednagar road
on Thursday. No one was
injured in the blaze, which
started at noon and was
doused an hour later in an
operation. “Scrap material
and LPG cylinders were
stocked at the godown. The
LPG cylinders exploded,”
the fire brigade official said.
MUMBAI NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU TO GET 2
SNIFFER DOGS TO HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS
Mumbai: The Mumbai zonal unit of the Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) will get two sniffer dogs and three handlers
in the next few days to help detect narcotics and synthetic
drugs and nab drug couriers, NCB Zonal Director Amit
Ghawate said on Thursday. “We will get the canines in
the next few days and the issue of allotting space for their
lodging will be resolved soon,” he said, adding, “We will
use these dogs to sniff and seize drugs at Mumbai Airport,
Air Cargo Complex, Foreign post office, Nhava Sheva Con-
tainer Terminal in Navi Mumbai.”
CRUCIAL READ
‘Shindegovtwasformed
to serve Guj, not Maha’
First India Bureau
Pune: Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader Jayant Patil
slammed the Eknath
Shinde-led Maharash-
tra government over
the loss of big indus-
trial projects, accus-
ing it of “serving Gu-
jarat”.
Speaking at a protest
organized by the NCP
here on Thursday to de-
mand resumption of po-
lice recruitment, Patil
said that a group like
Tata choosing another
state for its project was
an embarrassment for
the government.
“Projects are being
shifted to Gujarat and
the chief minister and
deputy chief minister
are mute spectators.
Had the Vendanta-Fox-
conn project come to the
state, it would have gen-
erated three to four lakh
jobs directly or indirect-
ly
,” he said.
The former state fi-
nance minister further
added, after Vendata-
Foxconn, Tata consorti-
umandAirbus’military
aircraft project too went
to Gujarat.
The Shinde-led gov-
ernment came to power
after the MVA govern-
ment collapsed in June
this year. “Conspiracy
was hatched to bring a
new government in the
state so that the (new)
government would
serveGujaratmorethan
Maharashtra,” the NCP
leader further claimed.
Patil also accused the
state government of cre-
ating hurdles in the im-
plementation of deci-
sions taken by the MVA
government. “We had
taken the decision of po-
lice recruitment and the
present government
needstoonlyimplement
it, but they are creating
hurdles,” he alleged.
About the Shinde gov-
ernment restoring the
general consent for CBI
to probe cases in the
state, Patil said state po-
lice are capable of prob-
inganymatter.“Itshows
the government does
not have confidence in
the Maharashtra po-
lice,” he added.
‘FLOOD’ OF
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
‘DROUGHT’ ON
EXECUTION FRONT
Mumbai: The Ud-
dhav Thackeray-led
faction of the Shiv
Sena on Thursday
criticized the Eknath
Shinde-led Maharash-
tra government for
what it claimed hand-
ing over only 2,000 re-
cruitment letters at
an event here and said
under the current dis-
pensation, there is a
“flood” of announce-
ments, but “drought”
when it comes to their
i m p l e m e n t a t i o n .
Speaking to the media
here, Lok Sabha MP
Arvind Sawant—
spokesperson for the
Shiv Sena (Uddhav
Balasaheb Thacker-
ay)—said, “It was an-
nounced (by the state
government) that
75,000 recruitment let-
ters will be handed
over to job aspirants.
However, in reality,
only 2,000 appoint-
ment letters were
handed over.”
NCP leader
Jayant Patil
slammed the
Eknath Shinde-
led state govt
over the loss of
big-ticket projects
POLITICAL BACKLASH
Nationalist Congress Party leader Jayant Patil. —FILE PHOTO
CM Eknath Shinde and DyCM Devendra Fadnavis listen to a virtual address by PM Modi at an
event to handover appointment letters to Phase 1 candidates under state-level employment fair, at
Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, in Mumbai on Thursday. — PHOTO BY ANI
2agenciesappointedtohandle
recruitment for state govt jobs
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
government has ap-
pointed two profes-
sional agencies, in-
cluding TCS (Tata
Consultancy Servic-
es), to carry out re-
cruitment in its vari-
ous departments to
avoid “fraud”, Deputy
Chief Minister Dev-
endra Fadnavis said
here on Thursday.
He was speaking
at an event where re-
cruitment letters were
handed over to some
candidates who have
got government jobs.
TCS and the Union
government agency
IBPS which carries out
large-scale recruitment
for public sector banks
and Railways have
been nominated to car-
ry out the next round of
recruitment for state
government jobs, Fad-
navis said.
“The government
will announce recruit-
ment for 8,500 posts in
the next week, which
will be followed by re-
cruitment for 18,500
posts in the police de-
partment. In one year,
we will start the recruit-
ment process for 75,000
posts,” he added.
Government depart-
ments have been asked
to announce vacancies
as per the reservation
norms to avoid confu-
sion later, he said.
In the past, recruit-
ment had to be put on
hold as poor prepara-
tions led to litigation,
Fadnavis noted.
“The state govern-
ments have also made
mistakes in the past,
hence we decided to
hire professional agen-
cies and avoid those
same mistakes,” he
said.
The state govern-
ment will also arrange
recruitment drives for
jobs in the private sec-
tor, Fadnavis said.
The govern-
ment will an-
nounce recruit-
the next week, which will
be followed by recruit-
the police department.
In one year, we will start
the recruitment process
for 75,000 posts.
—Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CM
Decommissioned naval ship to be
put on display at Durgadi Fort
First India Bureau
Thane: Decommis-
sioned naval vessel
‘Fast Attack Craft
T-80’ will be displayed
at Durgadi Fort to
commemorate the
365th anniversary of
the establishment of
Maratha Navy, as per
a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU)
signed by Indian Navy
and Smart Kalyan
Dombivli Develop-
ment Corporation
Limited (SKDCL).
The MoU was signed
on Wednesday, said an
official of state agency
SKDCL.
The decommissioned
boat will be displayed
permanently at Durga-
di Fort—a historical
structure atop a hill
near Kalyan, overlook-
ing the Thane creek,
and an important naval
post of the past—the of-
ficial said.
The T-80 memorial
will be part of the Naval
Gallery Campus at SK-
DCL’s Riverfront Devel-
opment Project, with an
objective to spread sea
consciousness among
people, the SKDCL offi-
cial said.
The INFAC T-80, built
by M/s IAl Ramta in Is-
rael, was commissioned
on June 24, 1998, and de-
commissioned on Octo-
ber 07, 2021, after 23
years in service.
The vessel was spe-
cifically designed for
shallow water opera-
tions, and to provide se-
curity to Mumbai High
Offshore Development
Area and the coast of
Maharashtra.
“Even after decom-
missioning, T-80 will
continue serving the
country and inspire In-
dian youth visiting the
Naval Museum at Dur-
gadi Fort, Kalyan. The
memorial will also
showcase the state’s
rich maritime history,
especially the roles
played in it by the Mara-
tha Navy and Indian
Navy,” the Navy said in
a statement.
In 2001, the Indian
Navy had put up for dis-
play the decommis-
sioned warship INS Pra-
bal at Esselworld, Mum-
bai, and converted it
into a naval monument.
Earlier this year, the
Navy and the Uttar
Pradesh government
signed an MoU to con-
vert INS Gomati, a Go-
davari-class guided-mis-
sile frigate, into an
open-air museum on the
banks of River Gomati
in Lucknow.
A SHIP WITH A VIEW
Indian Naval Fast Attack Craft (IN
FAC) T-80 was decommissioned
last year after 23 years of
service. —FILE PHOTO
The T-80 display will
commemorate the
365th anniversary of
the establishment of
Maratha Navy
Forest dept holds
talks on moving 2
tigresses to Gondia
First India Bureau
Gondia: Following on
the Union govern-
ment’s recommenda-
tion that the big cats
be moved from high
density tiger popula-
tion areas to low den-
sity areas, forest de-
partment officials in
Gondia district held
two meetings to dis-
cuss a plan to translo-
cate two tigresses
from Bramhapuri in
Chandrapur district to
the Navegaon-Nagzira
Tiger Reserve.
Officials held two
meetings to assess the
preparedness and condi-
tions for the proposed
translocation, on Tues-
day
. One of these was an
online meeting, which
also saw participation
from representatives of
the Wildlife Institute of
India. The second meet-
ing was held at the Van
Bhavan in Gondia, offi-
cials said.
“Wediscussedthepre-
paredness, field condi-
tions,technicalities,con-
flict possibility
, local is-
sues, need to create
awarenessamonglocals,
their monitoring, instal-
lation of camera traps,
among other things,
ahead of the transloca-
tion,” he said.
Chandrapur: Jaibai Tondare (55) was killed by a
tiger on Thursday afternoon while she was en-
gaged in farm work in Chandrapur’s Torgaon (Buj)
village, some 128km from the district headquar-
ters, a forest official said. “A spot inspection was
done and the kin of the deceased has been given
Rs20,000 as initial compensation,” Chief Conser-
vator of Forests Prakash Lonkar said. This is the
third death in tiger attacks since last month.
55-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED BY
TIGER IN CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT
Big cats will be moved
from Bramhapuri to
the Navegaon-Nagzira
Tiger Reserve
Paddy procurement to start next week in Gondia, Bhandara
Gondia (PTI): The
paddy procurement
process in Gondia
and Bhandara dis-
tricts will likely be-
gin on a regular basis
from November 07, a
senior official said on
Thursday.
Gondia, which is also
knownasthe“RiceCity”
due to its innumerable
paddy processing mills,
and Bhandara are major
belts for the crop, with
more than five lakh
farmers involved and
cultivation area exceed-
ing 3.36 lakh hectares.
“We are expecting the
regular paddy procure-
ment process to start
from November 07. This
year the process was de-
layed due to rains. This
season,110procurement
centres have been ap-
proved for the district,”
Gondia District Market-
ing Officer Manoj Baj-
payee said.
“Thereare46procure-
ment centres for
Bhandarabutthisfigure
might rise as the paddy
production may be on
the higher side,” DMO
Ajay Bisne said.
The minimum sup-
portpricehasbeensetat
Rs2,040 per quintal for
common grade and
Rs2,060 for grade A pad-
dy
, the officials added.
The procurement tar-
gets for Bhandara and
Gondia stand at 41 lakh
and 39 lakh quintals.
The Tribal Develop-
ment Corporation has
also set up 44 procure-
ment centres, compris-
ing 41 in Gondia and
three in Nagpur’s
Tamtek.
MLAs’ fight
ploy to divert
attention:
Nana Patole
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: Maha-
rashtra Congress
chief Nana Patole has
said that the conflict
between two MLAs
supporting the
Eknath Shinde gov-
ernment in Maha-
rashtra was being
played out to divert
attention from issues
plaguing the people.
Addressing a press
conference here on
Thursday, Patole also
claimed the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and
the ruling dispensation
were not allowing free-
dom to the media to re-
port facts.
In an apparent refer-
ence to the tussle be-
tween MLAs Bacchu
Kadu and Ravi Rana,
he said, “The ongoing
conflict is to divert
the attention of
people from the prob-
lems of the state.
Farmers, small busi-
nessmen are commit-
ting suicide. The BJP
is diverting people’s
attention from these
issues.”
Nana Patole

MAHARASHTRA
05
USD WORTH `4 CR
SEIZED AT MUMBAI
AIRPORT, 3 HELD
Mumbai: Customs
officials have seized
$4,97,000, worth Rs4.1
crore, at the Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj Interna-
tional Airport here, an
official said on Thursday.
Airport Customs intercept-
ed three members of a
family who were about to
fly to Dubai on Wednesday
morning based on a tip-off
and found the currency
hidden inside sarees,
footwear and in a bag.
COPS ON HUNT FOR
MAN ACCUSED OF
RAPING 5-YEAR-OLD
Thane: Rural police are
looking for a 25-year-old
man from Titwala in the
district who is accused
of raping a five-year-
old girl. As per the First
Information Report, the
accused, who lived in the
same neighbourhood as
the child, called her to his
house on Monday and
allegedly raped her. After
the girl’s family registered
a case on Tuesday, the ac-
cused went underground.
MSEDCL DETECTS 163
POWER THEFT CASES
IN PALGHAR
Palghar: More than
160 power theft cases
were detected in a two-
day drive in Palghar by
the Maharashtra State
Electricity Distribution Co.
Ltd, an official said on
Thursday. “We checked
connections of 1,024
consumers. We detected
163 power theft cases and
11 cases of illegal power
usage,” he said, adding,
“Offenders will have to pay
fines or face charges.”
WOMAN, LOVER, TWO
OTHERS BOOKED FOR
KILLING HER HUSBAND
Latur: A woman and
her lover are among four
persons booked for her
husband’s murder, an
official said on Thursday.
“The woman got her lover
and two others to take her
husband to a secluded
place and strangle him to
death on Tuesday night,
as he had found out about
her illicit relationship,” he
said, adding, “The woman
and her lover were held on
Wednesday.”
MAN FALLS FROM 2ND FLOOR DURING FIGHT, DIES
Thane: Sadique Ansari (26) fell to his death from the sec-
ond floor of a building in Bhiwandi in Thane district during
a fight with another person—who has now been booked for
culpable homicide not amounting to murder—over water,
the Nizampura police station official said on Thursday.
“Both fell down from the second floor passage of the build-
ing during a fight on Wednesday. Ansari died on the spot.
The accused is yet to be arrested as he is hospitalized due
to injuries sustained in the fall, he added.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: According to
the experts, new vari-
ants of Omicron, XXB
and BQ.1, have not led
to any significant rise
in COVID-19 infections
and hospitalizations
in Maharashtra.
The symptoms
caused by these strains
of the virus are mild,
they noted.
Speaking to the me-
dia, Infectious Disease
Specialist at Fortis Hos-
pital, Mulund, Dr Anita
Mathew stated that a
number of new patients
are asymptomatic.
“Many people have
incidental COVID-19. In
other words, they are
visiting the hospital for
other health conditions
and test positive for the
COVID-19 infection,”
she said.
Dr Mathew further
added symptoms such
as the loss of smell and
taste have not been no-
ticed in many patients.
Many of them report
cold and cough, which is
why there isn’t a lot of
testing or self-isolation.
She,however,stressed
that vaccination against
COVID-19 was still im-
portant. “One should be
careful so that the risk
of infecting others de-
creases,” she said.
According to the state
health department, 17%
more COVID-19 cases
were recorded between
October 10 and 16
against the preceding
week (October 3-9). The
rise was noticed mainly
in Thane, Raigad and
Mumbai, which are
densely-populated dis-
tricts.
The department had
also cautioned that
COVID-19 cases could
rise during the festive
season and winters, cit-
ing new variants which
have greater immune
evasive ability
.
Dr Vasanthapuram
Ravi, Virologist, Head,
RD,TATAMedicaland
Diagnostics (and Chair-
man of Karnataka
Genomic Surveillance
Committee) said the
new strain of virus and
the disease genotype
were no different from
Omicron in terms of se-
verity and asymptomat-
ic status.
“It is a hybrid of two
Omicron variants, 3.75
and BJ1, due to which it
has a novel mutation in
thespikeproteinswhich
makes it escape the anti-
bodies generated by vac-
cines. This is why it is
causing infections even
in vaccinated people,”
he said.
But there is not much
to worry due to its less-
ened severity though
testing is still impor-
tant. If a patient tests
positive for Omicron, he
or she can get treatment
for Omicron infection,
Dr Ravi said.
But if the test is nega-
tive for Omicron (de-
spite symptoms) then
one needs to immedi-
ately consult a physi-
cian in case there is a
presence of a new vari-
ant or another virus like
flu virus or RSV (res-
piratory syncytial vi-
rus), he added.
‘New Omicron variants not causing significant rise in hospitalizations’
lll
Symptoms such
as the loss of
smell and taste
have not been
noticed in most
patients. Many
of them report
only a cold and
cough, which is
why there isn’t a
lot of testing or
self-isolation,
experts say
The chances of hospitalization and
ICU admissions are low as the infec-
tions are mostly mild. There was no
significant rise in cases in the last few weeks.
High-risk groups and elderly people should
avoid going out to prevent getting infected,
especially in crowded places. Wearing a
mask is a must.
—Dr Laxman Jessani, Consultant, Infectious Diseases at
Apollo Hospitals
1-year-oldgirlrescuedfrom
traffickers,reunitedwithmom
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A one-year-
old girl kidnapped
from the city four
days ago has been
rescued and two
women have been ar-
rested for allegedly
trying to sell the tod-
dler in Telangana.
In addition, 487 other
children have been res-
cued by the Mumbai
police force in 45 days,
as part of a special
drive called “Operation
Reunite”.
“During the drive,
we also rescued chil-
dren whose missing
complaints were not
found on records, not
just those who had
been reported as kid-
napped or missing,” an
official said.
Operation Reunite
saw 230 boys and 257
girls being rescued be-
tween August 15 and
September 30. Of these,
only 68 boys and 135
girls had been reported
as missing. As many as
154 boys and 122 girls
whose missing records
were not present were
also rescued, the offi-
cial also said, adding
that many of these chil-
dren had already been
reunited with their
parents and efforts
were on to do the same
for the others.
The one-year-old girl
had been abducted
from Santacruz, a west-
ern suburb of Mumbai,
on October 30, Mumbai
police commissioner
Vivek Phansalkar told
the press, adding that
she was rescued from
Solapur railway station
in southern Maharash-
tra on Wednesday.
The two women—res-
identsof Nehrunagarin
Mumbai—who were
later arrested had alleg-
edly tried to sell her and
failed, he also said.
The case was cracked
by the Mumbai police’s
crime branch with the
help of Railway Protec-
tion Force (RPF),
Phansalkar said.
ON A MISSION
Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar hands over the baby who had been taken from a
footpath in the Santacruz area to her mother. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Mumbai police
personnel have
rescued 487
missing kids in
45 days as part
of their special
drive, Operation
Reunite
For evading customs duty,3
senior citizens fined `5.5 cr
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Three senior
citizens, including two
former Customs offi-
cials, were found
guilty of customs duty
evasion by a city court
here on Wednesday
,
and were fined Rs5.50
crore in a 20-year-old
case.
Economic offences
have serious conse-
quences for the coun-
try’sfinancialhealth,SU
Wadgaonkar, Special
Judge (CBI cases), said
in his order.
The main accused,
71-year-old Toufiq Gaf-
far, was sentenced to
seven years’ jail and
told to pay Rs5.30 crore
as fine.
“The accused (Gaffar)
reaped the benefit of
crime proceeds of Rs4.5
crore in 2000. Hence, he
is held responsible for
commission of econom-
ic offence and is liable to
pay a fine amount com-
mensurate with the
wrongful loss sustained
by the government in
2000,” the court said.
Assistant Commis-
sioner of Export Orient-
ed Units (EOU) Scheme,
Customs, Vinayak
Bhende (now 81 years
old), was also convicted
by the court, and sen-
tenced to two years’ im-
prisonment and fined
Rs20lakh.Thecourtsen-
tenced 71-year-old Vinay
Kumar, then appraiser
of the EOU, to one year
in jail and ordered him
to pay Rs5 lakh as fine.
According to the
court, criminal miscon-
duct by public servants
Bhende and Kumar al-
lowed Gaffar to gain “pe-
cuniary advantage”.
Gaffar was accused
of creating a fictitious
company through
which he forged docu-
ments and registered
for EOU. According to
the CBI, he cleared 38
consignments of fab-
rics under the duty-
free EOU Scheme by
submitting forged pro-
curement certificates,
and availed customs
duty exemption of
Rs4.25 crore.
CRUCIAL READ
Under-construction structure in
Belapur torn down by NMMC
First India Bureau
Navi Mumbai: The
Navi Mumbai Munici-
pal Corporation
(NMMC) demolished
an under-construction
illegal structure in
Shabaz in Belapur.
The construction of
the ground plus two-
storey floor building
was completed without
any permission from
the civic body
. A notice
was issued under sec-
tion 54 of the Maharash-
tra Regional and Town
Planning Act, 1966 for
the unauthorized con-
struction and asked to
remove themselves.
However, despite the no-
tice being served, they
did not remove the un-
authorized construc-
tion.
The Anti-Encroach-
ment department of
NMMC’s Belapur ward
carried out a demolition
drive against the unau-
thorized construction in
the presence of police
officials with the help of
labourers, electric ham-
mer, and a gas cutter.
Meanwhile, Panvel
Municipal Commission-
er Ganesh Deshmukh
has approved the first
list of 3,076 hawkers—
prepared by the City
Hawkers’ Committee—
to resolve various issues
of hawkers.
According to a senior
official, the approved
vendors will be eligible
to get a loan of Rs10,000
in the first phase and
later they will be given
Rs20,000 after successful
payment of the sanc-
tioned first loan.
The Anti-Encroachment department of NMMC’s Belapur ward carried out a demolition drive against
the unauthorized construction.
Panvel civic body has
approved first list of
3,076 street vendors,
who will be eligible to
get a loan of Rs10,000
Shut down vehicular traffic
on Gokhale Bridge: BMC
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Motorists
in Andheri are like-
ly to face trying
times, as the Bri-
hanmumbai Munic-
ipal Corporation
has asked police to
immediately shut
Gokhale Bridge for
vehicular traffic.
Incidentally, local
Bharatiya Janata
Party MLA Ameet Sa-
tam had written to
BMC chief Iqbal Sin-
gh Chahal on Tues-
day about the east-
west road connector
over Western Railway
tracks in Andheri be-
ing in a “dangerous”
condition.
“We have asked
(traffic police) to shut
down vehicular traf-
fic on the bridge im-
mediately,” con-
firmed Additional
Municipal Commis-
sioner P Velarasu,
adding that civic offi-
cials will soon final-
ize alternate routes to
provide relief to mo-
torists.
MLA Satam, in his
letter, said the work
on the BMC portion
of the bridge is near-
ing completion, while
the segment above
the railway tracks
was yet to start.
“As per a report of
BMC consultant SCG
Consultancy Servic-
es, the existing bridge
is in an extremely
dangerous condition
and may lead to a mis-
hap any moment and
should be immediate-
ly closed down,” Sa-
tam said in the letter.
Closure of the vital
but dilapidated east-
west connector over
Western Railway
tracks is likely to
cause traffic snarls
A part of the bridge across the tracks had collapsed in 2018, killing two. —FILE PHOTO
The accused (Gaffar) reaped the benefit
of crime proceeds of Rs4.5 crore in 2000.
Hence, he is held responsible for commis-
sion of economic offence and is liable to pay a
fine amount commensurate with the wrongful
loss sustained by the government in 2000.
—Court

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Faith and prayer both are
invisible, but they make
impossible things possible.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Nirmala Sitharaman
@nsitharaman
“India has the conditions in place
for an economic boom fueled
by offshoring, investment in
manufacturing, the energy transition,
and the country’s advanced digital
infrastructure,”Morgan Stanley
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Those who work for the betterment
of the country need not live in guilt.
Only those people who have their own
vested interests are shouting due to the
attack on corruption, but the public is
standing with the truth in this fight.
TOP TWEETS
IMRAN ESCAPES
GUN ATTACK
AFTER TAKING
ON PAK’S ISI
ormer Prime Minis-
ter of Pakistan Im-
ran Khan survived a
gun attack, which is
being described as
an assassination attempt, when
his long convoy was heading to-
wards Islamabad. The Tehreek-
e-Insaaf party leader’s popular-
ity has been at its peak after his
removal from office through a
no-confidence vote. He has been
boldly taking on the Shehbaz
Sharif government, the Paki-
stan army and the “deep state”
or the Inter-Services Intelli-
gence (ISI) of Pakistan. His al-
legation that the ISI was behind
the murder of a Pakistani jour-
nalist in Kenya forced the ISI
chief to defend the agency in a
rare public appearance.
Clearly the former prime min-
ister has made too many power-
ful enemies, which is always a
dangerous situation for any
democratically elected political
leader. Last month the Election
Commission of Pakistan dis-
qualified him from contesting
election for five years. But the
popular cricketer-turned-politi-
cian was insistent on his de-
mand for fresh polls in the coun-
try. Thursday’s development
shows how dangerous Pakistan
is for democracy
.
F
erala Governor
Arif Mohammed
Khan and the Left
Democratic Front
government head-
ed by CPM’s Pinarayi Vijayan
have been having frequent
run-ins over a variety of is-
sues. Power to appoint vice-
chancellors of universities
was one of them. The recent
disputeisaboutthegovernor’s
power to recommend the dis-
missalof aminister.Inaletter
he wrote to the chief minister
on October 25, Khan asked
him to take “constitutionally
appropriate action” against
Finance Minister KN Balago-
pal as he had ceased to enjoy
the Governor’s pleasure. In
other words Khan wanted the
minister to be sacked. Balago-
pal earned Khan’s ire for a
speech that “undermined the
unity and integrity of India”.
Ever since Khan’s letter
there has been a debate on
whether the Governor is con-
stitutionally empowered to
sackaminister.Khanclaimed
in a tweet that he was empow-
ered to “invite action includ-
ing withdrawal of pleasure”
if “statements by individual
ministerslowerthedignityof
office of the Governor”.
Khan’s assertion is based on
Article 164 (1) of the Constitu-
tion which says that “Minis-
ters shall hold office during
thepleasureof theGovernor.”
Technically the Governor’s
letter is in sync with the Con-
stitution but legal experts ar-
gue that notwithstanding the
constitutional provision, no
governor in the history of
post-Independence India has
exercised this power unilater-
ally
. The controversy is still
simmering as Pinarayi Vijay-
an is refusing to sack his cabi-
net colleague. Khan, whom
the state government calls an
agent of the Centre, is not
known to backtrack on a deci-
sionwhichhethinksisconsti-
tutionally and legally correct.
Vijayan faces a challenge.
KERALA GUV PUTS
VIJAYAN IN SPOT
Kerala Governor Arif
Mohammed Khan and the
Left Democratic Front
government headed by
CPM’s Pinarayi Vijayan have
been having frequent run-ins
over a variety of issues.
Power to appoint vice-
chancellors of universities
was one of them. The recent
dispute is about the governor’s
power to recommend the
dismissal of a minister
K
ndia created history when the
IndianSpaceResearchOrgan-
ization (ISRO) successfully
launched it’s heaviest rocket
LaunchVehicleMark-3(LVM-
3)PSLV on 23 Oct 2022 carry-
ing 36 satellites and launched
them into space successfully
.
This was the highest number
of satellites ever launched
from a launcher vehicle. 135
crore Indians including the
President and the Prime Min-
ister of India put their hands
togethertoapplaudtheefforts
of ISRO scientists.
In 1960, the thought of just
inventing space technology
was far-fetched and nearly
impossible for Indians. Till
the end of 20th Century
, India
was still perceived as a low
cost, poor technology desti-
nation. We converted this
threat into opportunity in
21st Century and today India
is most economic launch-pad
for space missions and satel-
lites in the world.
BABY STEPS TO
GIANT LEAPS
Dr Vikram Sarabhai formed
the Indian National Commit-
tee for Space Research (IN-
COSPAR) in 1962. INCOSPAR
then grew and became the
Indian Space Research Or-
ganization (ISRO) on August
15th, 1969.
The world looked up to ap-
plaud India’s feat when it
achieved the rare success of
launchingrecordbreaking104
nanosatellitesintoorbit,from
asinglerocket.Itsoonbecame
the workhorse launcher for
satellites, with a high success
rate. As ISRO launched many
satellites India established it-
self as a as a reliable and cost
effectiveplace intheworld for
satellite launches.
As we celebrate “Azaadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav”, let’s look
back at this arduous space
journey of 75 years and flag
the discoveries that put In-
dia on the global map.
Aryabhatta: Named after
the noted Indian astronomer,
Aryabhatta was India’s first
satellite which was launched
on 19th April, 1975. This was
an iconic moment in the his-
tory of India.
SLV-3: The Satellite
Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) was
India’s first experimental sat-
ellite launch vehicle, which
was a four-stage vehicle It
was launched on July 18, 1980.
SLV-3 made India the sixth
member of an exclusive club
of space-faring nations.
PSLV: The Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV) was
India’s third generation
launch vehicle, equipped
with liquid stages, launched
in Oct 1994. It emerged as a
reliable launch vehicle with
39 consecutively successful
missions and the vehicle
has launched 48 Indian satel-
lites and 209 satellites for
customers.
Chandrayaan-I: Chan-
drayaan-1 was India’s first
moon mission launched in
October 2008. The spacecraft
completed over 3,400 orbits
around the moon and indi-
cated existence of water on
the moon, for the first time.
Mangalyaan: The Mars
Orbiter Mission (MOM) was
India’s first interplanetary
mission. This was launched
on Nov 5, 2013. It made India
proud to be the first nation in
the world to reach the Mar-
tian orbit in its maiden at-
tempt. India became the
fourth space agency in the
world to reach Mars orbit, at
the lowest cost.
GSLV: Another outstand-
ing development by ISRO is
the Geosynchronous Satellite
Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
GSLV-D5wasthefirstsuccess-
fulflightusingtheindigenous
cryogenic engine. Recently,
LVM-3 created history by car-
rying highest payload of 5796
Kgandsuccessfullyplacing36
satellites into orbit of Earth.
Mission Shakti: In a maid-
en attempt, the Defence Re-
search and Development Or-
ganization (DRDO) success-
fullyblastedasatellite withits
anti-satellite (ASAT) missile
on 27 March 2019. With this,
India became the fourth coun-
tryintheworldtoacquireanti-
satellite capabilities.
AEROSPACE DOMINANCE
Dominance of space is the
new buzz in the 21st Century
.
It is perceived that future
wars will witness aerospace
as the new battlefield and
hence the race to dominate
space. An advancement in
the space domain is seen as
an lead demonstrator in mili-
tary technology. Hence the
‘space race’ to dominate the
space for future warfare.
In March 2019, India suc-
cessfully tested an anti-satel-
lite weapon. Perhaps more
significantly
,Indiaestablished
two new space agencies in
2019: the DSA and the DSRO
DSA is organized to perform
duties of integrating space
assets from the three services
and developing strategy for
space dominance and space
warfare,wheneverithappens.
DSRO is a research organiza-
tiongearedtowardfacilitating
devpof civilianspacetechnol-
ogy for military purposes.
CONCLUSION
ISRO is developing Next Gen-
eration Launch Vehicles with
reusable energy and capable
of lifting payloads upto 10
tonnes. It’s likely to be ready
by 2030. India also eyes set-
ting up of own space station
by 2035, a rare feat indeed. In
the changing space security
dynamics, India’s space pro-
gram has developed credible
launchcapabilities.Thecoun-
try is working to increase its
capabilities in the space do-
main to assert itself as a po-
tent regional power in the fu-
turewhilepursuingitsgoalof
becoming a global power.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
INDIA GOES BEYOND EARTH
(Exploring the Universe)
I
The perception of space
security threats are
increasing with
belligerent China at our
doorsteps. In the future,
India is likely to press
ahead with its ambitious
space goals to enhance
India’s space capabilities
and influence in global
governance of space
India created history when the
Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO)
successfully launched it’s
heaviest rocket Launch
Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3)
PSLV on 23 Oct 2022
carrying 36 satellites and
launched them into space
successfully. This was the
highest number of satellites
ever launched from a
launcher vehicle. 135 crore
Indians including the
President and the Prime
Minister of India put their
hands together to applaud the
efforts of ISRO scientistss
MAJ GEN
CP SINGH (RETD)
The writer is a scholar soldier accredited
with MA, MSc, LLB, MBA, M Phil (Def Mgt)
and M Phil (International Strategic Affairs)

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INDIA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Depart-
ment of Drinking Wa-
ter Sanitation, Minis-
try of Jal Shakti held
Technical Session on
“Rural WASH Partner-
ships – the way forward’
on the second day of the
7th India Water Week.
The focus of the ses-
sion, chaired by Union
Minister of Jal Shakti
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat, was on how the
partnerships with aca-
demia, WASH experts
and other partners can
be harnessed to achieve
the targets of the two
flagship programs of
DDWS – Jal Jeevan Mis-
sion and the Swachh
Bharat Mission Gra-
meen phase-II. Union
Minister also launched
the toolkit for Swachh
Survekshan Grameen
(SSG) 2023 and the web
portal for the ‘Twinpit
to Retrofit Abhiyan’.
An important initia-
tive under Swachh
Bharat Mission is the
Swachh Survekshan
Grameen (SSG). DDWS
has been conducting
SSG since 2018 onwards
to rank the States and
Districts on the basis of
their performance.
Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2023 Toolkit launched
RURAL WASH PARTNERSHIPS
“DHAIRYARAKHIYE”
SAYSRAJNATHSINGH
EX-NAVY CHIEF ADMIRAL RAMDAS
JOINS RaGa IN BHARAT JODO YATRA
RAHUL CORRECTS CHILD’S KARATE
TECHNIQUES; CONG TAKES DIG AT BJP
Hyderabad (PTI): Former Navy Chief Admiral L Ramdas
joined Rahul Gandhi in ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Telan-
gana on Thursday. “Admiral Ramdas, former Chief of
Naval Staff, who at 89 continues to be an indefatigable
campaigner for public causes, along with his wife Lalita
Ramdas, herself the daughter of Admiral Katari, 1st In-
dian Chief of Naval Staff, walked with @RahulGandhi on
Day 57 of #BharatJodoYatra,” Jairam Ramesh, tweeted.
Hyderabad (Agencies): The Congress on Thursday shared
a light moment from Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
where the Congress leader can be seen interacting with a
karate kid. And the interaction, as captured in the video, is
mostly about punches. Rahul Gandhi, who is a black belt
in Aikido, supervised the deliveries of a Karate kid and ap-
parently corrected his technique. The Congress shared this
vide on its official Twitter handle.
as crowd chants “We want POK”
Jaisinghpur: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Thursday said
“Dhairya rakhiye,”(Be
patient) as some people
in his rally shouted
they want Pakistan Oc-
cupied Kashmir(POK).
Addressing a rally
here, Singh smiled and
said ‘Dhairya rakhiye
as some people chanted
‘we want POK’.
“Today
,notonebutsix
medical colleges have
either opened or are be-
ing opened in the state
of Himachal Pradesh.
AIIMS has too been
opened here,” he said.
Rajnath Singh hailed
the centre’s decision to
abrogate Article 370
from JK and said,
“The incidents of ter-
rorism in Jammu and
Kashmir have come
down after the abroga-
tion of Article 370. I
want to assure you that
terrorism will be eradi-
cated from the country
.”
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being garlanded by BJP leaders during the public meeting for the
upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, in Jaisinghpur on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at the technical session on ‘Rural Wash Partnerships – The Way Forward’ in
New Delhi, on Thursday Union Minister Shekhawat, with other dignitaries, launching the ‘Retrofitting Module’. —PHOTO BY PIB
ROYALS HOLD SWAY IN LAND OF GODS; CONG BANKS ON
THEM AS BJP RAISES PITCH AGAINST ‘RAJAS-RANIS’
ONLY VAJPAYEE
AND MODI GAVE
IMPORTANCE TO
HIMACHAL: SINGH
Shimla (PTI): In the land of gods, where local deities are revered, royalty continues
to command its own space in the politics of Himachal Pradesh. While kingdoms may
have gone, many scions of the erstwhile royal families of the hill state are persisting at
the hustings, in their bid to continue to “rule” albeit by the dint of the ballot now. Not
that the royal charms have sustained the electoral weathers. The influence of royals in
Himachal’s politics has waned over the years, as is clear from their depleting numbers
in the poll fray this time. Only a handful of royal scions are contesting the state Assem-
bly election to be held on November 12.
Solan (ANI): Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh on Thursday
said only two Prime Ministers
including Atal Bihari Vajpayee
and Narendra Modi gave im-
portance to Himachal Pradesh
like nobody else. Addressing
a public meeting here, Singh
said, “People of this country
can evaluate well what earlier
govts did and what present
govt is doing. Cong has been
in power for a long time post-
independence. But only two
PMs-Atal Bihari Vajpayee and
PM Modi-gave importance
to Himachal like nobody
else”. He lauded PM Modi’s
leadership and said that
India’s prestige has increased
on the global stage under his
prime ministership.“No one
can deny the fact that after
PM Modi became PM, India’s
prestige increased on the
global stage. Today if India
says anything on the global
forum, other countries listen
carefully to what India is say-
ing,” he said.
“Whyseparatedatesfor
Himachal,Gujaratpolls?”
New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Thursday
said the Election Com-
mission must give an
explanationtothepeople
of the country as to why
it announced the poll
schedule for Himachal
Pradesh and Gujarat on
separate dates even
thoughcountingof votes
would be held on the
sameday
.Congress’sGu-
jarat in-charge Raghu
Sharma alleged that the
BJP got time to hold sev-
eral rallies on official
expense and misused
public resources to the
hilt in Gujarat.
At a presser at the
AICC headquarters
here, he said, “Want to
thank Election Com-
mission for announcing
Gujarat polls finally de-
spite BJP-led govern-
ment’s pressure.” “The
Election Commission
should give an explana-
tion as a constitutional
body that while count-
ing of votes for elec-
tions in both states will
be on the same day, why
elections were an-
nounced on different
dates,” Sharma said.
He also attacked PM
Narendra Modi over the
Morbi bridge collapse,
saying when the trage-
dy happened the Con-
gress had cancelled all
political programmes
but the prime minister
“went ahead with offi-
cial programmes”.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi joins artistes performing the traditional folk dance ‘Dhimsa’ amid the
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
JharkhandCMHemantSorendaresED,
Centretoarresthim;skipsvisittoAgency
Ranchi (ANI):
Jharkhand CM Hemant
Soren on Thursday
challenged the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
to arrest him instead of
sending summons to
him for questioning.
Soren was to appear be-
fore the ED in its re-
gional office in Ranchi
but he skipped his visit.
Addressing the party
workers outside his of-
ficial residence before
leaving for Raipur to at-
tend a tribal festival,
Soren urged his party
workers to be prepared
for a long political fight
against the the BJP-led
Central government.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren addressing party workers over ED
summon to him in money laundering case, in Ranchi on Thursday.
JMM HOLDS MARCH IN RANCHI TO PROTEST
AGAINST ED SUMMONS TO HEMANT SOREN
HEMANT SOREN
SEEKS 3-WEEK
TIME FROM ED
Ranchi (PTI): Workers of Jharkhand’s ruling JMM on
Thursday took out a rally here to protest against Enforce-
ment Directorate’s summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren
for questioning in connection with a case of alleged illegal
mining. Shouting slogans against the BJP and carrying party
flags, hundreds of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) activists
from across the state gathered at Morabadi ground.
New Delhi: Jharkhand
CM Hemant Soren on
Thursday sought three
weeks’ time to appear
before theED in con-
nection with the money
laundering case pertain-
ing to illegal mining and
extortion in Jharkhand
and Bihar. Sources in
the ED claimed that
Soren has written a let-
ter to the probe agency
seeking time to attend
a few programs. Soren
was summoned by the
ED to join the inves-
tigation on Thursday,
but he skipped the
questioning.
Kerala: Guv
challenges CM
on political
interference
New Delhi (ANI):
Challenging Kerala CM
Pinarayi Vijayan, state
Governor Arif Moham-
med Khan on Thursday
said that he would re-
sign if the CM showed
one example of political
interference by him in
the appointments of the
Vice-Chancellor. While
rejecting the chief min-
ister’s allegation of po-
litical interference in
this particular case,
Khan offered to resign
if Vijayan succeeded in
presenting an example.
“He is saying that I am
doing this (action
against VCs) to bring
RSS people. If I have
nominated even one
person, not just of RSS,
any person, using my
authority, then I will re-
sign. Will he (CM) be
able to resign if he is
not able to prove it?”
Khan said in Delhi.
Morbi: Guj govt calls
off search operation
New Delhi (Agencies):
Gujarat on Thursday
called of the search op-
eration following the
bridge collapse in Morbi
that led to the death of
135 people. An official
said that there is no in-
formation about anyone
stillbeingmissinginthe
bridge tragedy
. “A total
of 135 people have died.
But our control room is
still operational. People
can offer us all such in-
formation, we’ll follow
it up with due process,”
MorbiDistrictCollector,
GT Pandya, said. “All
persons have been ac-
counted for. And hence
the decision to call off
the search operation,”
Pandyaadded.Localfire
brigade, state and na-
tional disaster teams
will be kept on standby,
a govt statement said.
Department of
Drinking Water
Sanitation holds
technical session
1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS:
SUPREME COURT TAKES
SIT ON RECORD
New Delhi (ANI): Senior Advocate
HS Phoolka on Thursday apprised
the Supreme Court about the
sham trial that has taken place in
1984 cases. Phoolka cited the SIT
report which was filed on Nov 29,
2019. According to the SIT report,
while police after clubbing various
cases sent a challan in respect
of the murder of 56 persons, the
trial court framed charges only in
respect of the killing of 5 persons.
3 SENIOR CITIZENS
CONVICTED IN DUTY
EVASION SCAM
Mumbai (PTI): A court here has
convicted three senior citizens
including two former Customs
officials and imposed a fine of Rs
5.50 crore in a two-decade-old
case of customs duty evasion.
Special judge for CBI cases, SU
Wadgaonkar said in his order on
Wednesday that economic offences
have serious consequences for the
country’s economy and financial
health.
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
TAKES UP THE CAUSE OF
CHILD HAWKERS
Bengaluru (PTI): Taking serious
note of children being forced to sell
trinkets and toys at traffic signals
and street-corners, the High Court
of Karnataka has directed the
stakeholders to meet and suggest
ways to rehabilitate and provide
such children education. A Division
Bench directed the meeting to be
held on November 15 under the
aegis of the Karnataka State Legal
Services Authority (KSLSA).
ADEQUATE SECURITY AT
SWAMY’S SECURITY AT
RESIDENCE: CENTRE
New Delhi (PTI): The Centre has
told Delhi High Court that adequate
security arrangements have been
made to ensure safety of former
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy at his
private residence considering that
he is a ‘Z category’ protectee. After
Cente’s submission, court closed the
proceedings in Swamy’s application
in which he claimed that Centre was
yet to make adequate arrangements
at his private accommodation.
ELECTIONS OF INDIAN
OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION TO
BE HELD ON DECEMBER 10
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme
Court has approved a fresh timeline
submitted by Justice (retd) LN Rao
committee for holding of elections
of the executive committee of the
Indian Olympic Association (IOA),
and said the polls will be held on
December 10. A bench of Justices
DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli
also allowed circulation of the
draft amended constitution among
members of the IOA as per rules.
DEATH PENALTY TO PAK
LeT TERRORIST IN 2000
RED FORT ATTACK CASE
New Delhi (Agencies): The
Supreme Court on Thursday
affirmed the death sentence of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist
Mohammad Ashfaq Arif convicted
of attacking an army barracks
at Delhi’s Red Fort in December
2000. A Supreme Court bench
dismissed the review petition
filed by Arif noting the order of
conviction and sentence do not
warrant any intervention.
COURTYARD

08
INDIA
Aizawl (Agencies):
Assam Rifles and Cus-
toms officials in a joint
operation seized 190
cases of foreign origin
cigarettes worth Rs 2.47
crore from eastern Mi-
zoram's Champhai dis-
trict, a hotspot of illegal
trade from Myanmar.
Officials on Thursday
said that the para-mili-
tarytroopersof 23Sector
accompanied by Assam
Rifles officials recovered
the foreign origin ciga-
rettes on Wednesday
nightfromanabandoned
place at New Zotlang of
Champhai district, ad-
joining Myanmar. The
seized items were hand-
ed over to the Customs
department, Champhai
to undertake further le-
gal proceedings.
Ongoing smuggling
of drugs and foreign
origin cigarettes is a
major cause of concern
for Mizoram, especially
along the India-Myan-
mar border, an Assam
Rifles statement said.
The Mizoram-based
International Trade Ini-
tiative Forum (ITIF) re-
cently urged Prime Min-
isterNarendraModiand
Mizoram Governor to
resumetradewithMyan-
marthroughtheZokhaw-
thar border point.
ITIF President PC
Lawmkunga, a retired
IAS officer, who served
as Manipur’s Chief Sec-
retary, reportedly said
“in the absence of the
formal and regular of-
ficial border trade be-
tween India and Myan-
mar, not only smuggling
and illegal trade is go-
ing on unchecked but
the govt is losing crores
of rupees in revenue.”
Tumakuru (Karnata-
ka): In a heart wrench-
ing incident, a woman
and her new-born twins
died on Thursday, after
the hospital authorities
refused to admit her.
Thirty-year-old Kas-
turi hailed from Tamil
Nadu. Her two new-
born babies died at her
residence at Bharathi-
nagar locality in Tu-
makuru city
.
Protesting the hospi-
tal’s apathy, the locals
staged a protest and de-
manded suspension of
the concerned doctors
and staff.
The family and rela-
tives of the woman also
refused to cremate the
bodies until action is
taken against the guilty
.
According to locals,
Kasturi had come from
Tamil Nadu and was
staying at a rented place
with her daughter. Kas-
turi, who was pregnant,
developed labour pain
on Wednesday evening.
She was taken to the
government district
hospital in an auto. But,
the authorities and
staff of the government
district hospital refused
admission in the ab-
sence of Aadhaar and
Mother's card.
The doctors also re-
fused to provide her
treatment and admit
her to the hospital de-
spite the woman being
in labour.
New Delhi (PTI): Over
20,000 schools across
the country were shut
down during the 2020-
21, a report by the Min-
istry of Education
found. The number of
teachers also declined
by 1.95 per cent com-
pared to the previous
year.
The report titled,
Unified District Infor-
mation System for Edu-
cation Plus (UDISE+)
on school education in
India for 2021-22 also
pointed out that only
44.85 per cent schools
had computer facilities
while nearly 34 per cent
had internet connec-
tion.
“Total number of
schools in 2021-22 stood
at 14.89 lakhs as com-
pared to 15.09 lakhs in
2020-21. The decline in
total schools is mainly
due to closure of
schools under private
and other manage-
ment,” said the report
launched on Thursday
.
Chennai (Agencies):
The Indian Meteorolog-
ical Department (IMD)
has predicted heavy to
very heavy rains at iso-
lated places in some
southern districts of
Tamil Nadu on Friday
.
As per the weather
department, the dis-
tricts that are likely to
be affected by this
heavy rainfall, are - Ra-
manathapuram, Naga-
pattinam, Thanjavur,
Tiruvarur, Sivaganga
and Myladuthurai.
In a statement on
Thursday, the IMD offi-
cials said that an upper
cyclonic circulation
that lies over south Ta-
mil Nadu and its neigh-
bourhood and extends
up to upper tropospher-
ic areas is expected to
bring in rains.
Lucknow (ANI): UP
cabinet has cleared set-
ting up private universi-
ties in Ghaziabad, Noi-
da and Farrukhabad,
along with another 19
proposals. At a cabinet
meeting on Thursday in
which 22 of 23 proposals
tabled were passed.
Among the proposals
cleared were those per-
taining to issuance of
letters of intent for set-
ting up the SDGI Global
University in Ghazi-
abad and Major SD Sin-
gh University in Fate-
hgarh, Farrukhabad,
under the Uttar Pradesh
Private Universities
Act, 2019. A proposal re-
garding the release of
the letter of intent for
establishing the JSS
University in Noida was
also approved.
CNI MODERATOR
BOOKED IN MONEY
LAUNDERING CASE
KERALA CPI-M MP
AM ARIFF INJURED
IN CAR ACCIDENT
Bhopal (Agencies): The
Bhopal unit of ED has
registered money laun-
dering case to probe
alleged irregularities
against Jabalpur bishop
PC Singh — moderator
of Church of North
India (CNI) in India
— and his family. The
federal company has
filed the case under-
neath varied sections
of the PMLA Act taking
cognizance of a EOW
FIR that has named
Singh and his son.
Kochi (Agencies): The
lone CPI-M Lok Sabha
MP from Kerala, AM
Ariff, suffered injuries
on Thursday after the
car he was driving hit a
lorry in Alappuzha. The
incident took place near
KVM Junction when the
car rammed into the
lorry. While the front
portion of the car was
badly damaged, Ariff
suffered injuries on his
legs. He was brought
out of the car with the
help of fire officials.
New Delhi (Agencies): PM Narendra Modi is all set
to flag off South India’s first ‘Vande Bharat Express’
train during his visit to Bengaluru on November 11.
The country’s fifth Vande Bharat Express, it will run
between Chennai and Mysuru via Bengaluru. On
November 5, this semi-high-speed train will leave the
Integrated Coach Factory for trials. Vande Bharat is
India’s first semi high speed train equipped with world
class passenger amenities. It can achieve high speeds
due to faster acceleration and deceleration and will
reduce journey times by 25% to 45%. The train can at-
tain speed from 0-100 kmph in 52 seconds. All Vande
Bharat coaches are equipped with automatic doors;
GPS based audio-visual information system etc.
Bengaluru (Agencies): The Dakshina Kannada district
administration on Thursday started the process of
attaching the property of the slaughterhouses in con-
nection with illegal cow slaughtering. C Madana Mo-
han, Assistant Commissioner of Mangaluru Sub-Divi-
sion and Sub divisional Magistrate issued an order for
the attachment of properties for carrying out illegal
cow slaughtering. The four properties of slaughter-
houses in Adyapaadi near Adkur, Bajal Pakaladka,
Jalligudde and Kattapuni have been attached following
the order. Jurisdictional Kankanady police have been
directed to get the valuation of properties and vehicles
done from the concerned authorities and submit the
approximate value of the property to the court.
NEXT VANDE BHARAT TRAIN BETWEEN
CHENNAI-BENGALURU-MYSURU SOON
SLAUGHTERHOUSE PROPERTIES
ATTACHED IN KARNATAKA DISTRICT
CRUCIAL READ
First India Bureau
Aizawl: PresidentDrou-
padiMurmuonhervisit
to Mizoram inaugurates
the Campus of IIMC
NorthEastlocatedatMi-
zoram University in vir-
tual mode. The Indian
Institute of Mass Com-
munication (IIMC) is an
autonomous Institution
under IB Ministry
.
The IIMC North East
Campus began function-
ing in 2011 from a tempo-
rarybuildingmadeavail-
able by Mizoram Univer-
sity
. The construction
work for the campus be-
gan in 2015 and complet-
ed in 2019. The total cost
is 25 crores. The IIMC
permanent campus on
the 8 acres of land given
by Mizoram University
has separate Adminis-
trative and Academic
buildingsalongwithhos-
tels and staff quarters.
Sinceitsinception,the
campus is offering PG
Diploma course in Eng-
lish Journalism for
which most of the stu-
dents come from other
parts of India. This year,
the Institute takes pride
in having a topper in
English Journalism for
the second time. The
Campus also enables its
students to secure em-
ployments in reputed
media organisations
across the country
through campus place-
ments and their own ef-
forts. Year after year,
studentsareestablishing
their own niche in well-
known media organiza-
tions like Doordarshan.
From the 2022-23 ses-
sion, the North East
Campus has been cho-
sen to start PG Diploma
Course in Digital Media
along with two other
Campuses of IIMC.
Murmu inaugurates North Eastern Regional Campus
IIMC AT AIZAWL
lll
Since its
inauguration in
2011, the
institute is
headed by LR
Sailo, Regional
Director, who
has decades of
experience in
public relations
President Droupadi Murmu addresses the 17th Convocation of
Mizoram University, in Aizawal on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS IN SIX STATES
Telangana’s Munugode records 77%, Haryana’s Adampur 75%, 66.63% turnout in Odisha
New Delhi (PTI): By-
electionstosevenassem-
bly constituencies in six
states were held on
Thursday with the voter
turnout ranging from
31.74percentinAndheri
(East) of Maharashtra
to77.55percentinTelan-
gana’s Munugode.
Till last reports came
in, the polling percent-
ages in the five other
seats were Mokama
(53.45) and Gopalganj
(51.48) of Bihar, Adam-
pur (75.25) of Haryana,
Gola Gokarannath
(55.68) of Uttar Pradesh,
and Dhamnagar (66.63)
of Odisha.Thesefigures
are likely to change.
Officials said the by-
polls were by and large
peaceful barring some
minor incidents.
Among the seven
seats where bypolls are
being held, the BJP held
three seats and the Con-
gress two, while the
Shiv Sena and the RJD
had one each. The con-
test is symbolic of the
fierce turf war between
the BJP and the region-
al parties.
For the bypolls in Bi-
har, the main contest is
between the BJP and
the RJD, and the saffron
party’s main contend-
ers in Haryana are the
Congress, INLD and the
AAP. In Telangana, Ut-
tar Pradesh and Odis-
ha, the main contests
are between the BJP
and the TRS, SP and the
BJD respectively
.
While a victory in the
bypolls will be inconse-
quential to their posi-
tion in the assemblies,
the parties have not
taken the contest light-
ly and carried out a
high-pitched campaign.
The counting of votes
will take place on No-
vember 6.
In UP, the Samajwadi
Party alleged that some
polling centres were
captured by workers of
the ruling BJP.
POLLINGBYANDLARGEPEACEFUL:EC
BJP backs-off at last moment, but will
it matter in Andheri East bypoll?
Mahesh Sharma
Mumbai: The BJP
withdrew its candidate
fortheAndheriEastas-
sembly seat in Maha-
rashtra on the last day
for withdrawal of nom-
ination. On the appeal
of Shiv Sena leaders of
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde faction and
MNS leader Raj Thack-
eray
, the BJP withdrew
the name of its candi-
date so that Rutuja
Latte, wife of late MLA
Ramesh Latte, could
win the election easily
.
However, even then
Shiv Sena, Congress
and NCP have said that
theBJPknewitwasgo-
ing to be defeated and
to avoid this humilia-
tion, it played this gam-
ble. Had the BJP lost in
the by-elections, the
narrative around that
lost would have made it
difficultforBJPtohope
for a good outing in the
municipal corporation
elections to be held in
the next few days and
the position of Shiv
Sena would have been
strengthened. So the
party withdrew the
candidate.
But it seems that de-
spite the removal of
the candidate, there
has been no harmony
with the Shiv Sena's
Uddhav Thackeray fac-
tion. There is the news
that BJP is creating
trouble for the candi-
date of Uddhav Thack-
eray faction in And-
heri East seat. Shiv
Sena leader Anil Parab
has alleged that voters
in the a ssembly con-
stituency are being
lured by money and
BJP is asking them to
vote on the option of
NOTAi.e.NoneOf The
Above. Significantly,
even after the with-
drawal of the BJP can-
didate, many inde-
pendent candidates
are in the fray
.
T’GANA COPS LATHI-CHARGE 2 GROUPS AT
MARRIGUDA POLLING STATION DURING BYPOLL
Munugodu (ANI): The
Telangana Police on
Thursday lathi-charged two
groups at a polling station
in Munugodu’s Marriguda
during voting for the by-
polls, after both the groups
alleged that they are not
from the same village. This
came amid the voting in the
Munugodu assembly con-
stituency. “In Marriguda,
two groups gathered and
alleged against each other
that they are not from the
same village. Immediately
the police intervened and
dispersed the two groups.
The situation is under
control now,” Nalgonda
SP Rema Rajeshwari said.
The BJP supporters tried
to stage a protest at a
polling station in Marriguda
alleging that the TRS party
is trying to influence voters.
The BJP also demanded
action against those trying
to influence the voters.
CONG IN SELF-DESTRUCTION MODE,
HAS NO FUTURE: KULDEEP BISHNOI
Hisar (ANI): Kuldeep
Bishnoi who joined BJP
after being expelled
from Congress, on
Thursday said his for-
mer party is in “self-de-
struction mode” and
has no future. Bishnoi,
who reached the polling
booth to cast his vote in
the Adampur constitu-
ency bypoll in Haryana,
took a jibe at Rahul
Gandhi and said the for-
mer Congress president
could commit political
suicide, by continuing
in Congress, but not he.
Bishnoi said, “Congress
is in self-destruction
mode. It would remain
in the number two spot,
but BJP would win the
bypoll.” Bishnoi’s son
Bhawya Bishnoi is in
fray in Adampur.
Voters stand in a queue outside a polling station during the Bihar Assembly by- election in Gopalganj,
on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Foreign cigarettes
worth `2.47 crore
seized in Mizoram
The foreign cigarettes were reportedly smuggled from Myanmar.
K’takawoman,twinsdie
afterdeliveryathome
Over 20K schools shut
during 2021-22: Report
IMD predicts
heavy rain in
South TN today
UP govt okays
move to set up
pvt varsities
In the ab-
sence of
formal
regular official
border trade be-
tween India and
Myanmar, not
only smuggling
and illegal trade is
going on un-
checked but govt is
losing crores of ru-
pees in revenue.
—A retired IAS officer
—Representational
pic

Gender wealth gap in APAC largest in India at 64%
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Women, on
average, are expected to
reach retirement with just
74% of the wealth accu-
mulated by men, a new
global study - The 2022
WTW Global Gender
Wealth Equity report by
advisory, broking and so-
lutions company WTW
has revealed.
Asia Pacific has one of
the lower global wealth
gaps on average for gender
wealth equity. In the APAC
region, women are expect-
ed to accumulate just over
76% of men’s wealth lev-
els, two points above the
global average. In APAC,
the gender wealth gap is
the largest in India at 64%.
The study found that one
of the contributing factors
for this can be the signifi-
cant gender pay gaps in
the country, which exceed
the global average, par-
ticularly for professional
and technical roles. Op-
portunities for women in
leadership positions are
also limited, with only 3%
of women in the work-
force occupying senior
positions.
Women also tend to
assume childcare respon-
sibilities at a young age,
resulting in financial
impacts from which there
is limited capacity to
cover. Compounding this
is the fact that long-term
financial decisions gener-
ally rest with men and
financial literacy for
working women tends to
be lower.
Across the 12 markets in
the APAC, gender wealth
gaps range from 64% in In-
dia to 90% in South Korea.
WTW GLOBAL GENDER WEALTH EQUITY REPORT
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z Women, on average, are
expected to reach retirement
with just 74% of the wealth
accumulated by men
z In the APAC region,
women are expected to
accumulate just over three-
quarters (76%) of men’s
wealth levels
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: India’s most
valuable startup, online-
education giant Byju’s, is
finalizing plans for a $1
billion initial public offer-
ing of its tutoring busi-
ness Aakash Educational
Services, according to
people familiar with the
matter. The company is in
talks with at least four
foreign banks as well as
Indian banks including
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
and Axis Bank Ltd as it
seeks arrangers for the
listing. The unit may be
valued at $3.5 billion to
$4 billion. —FIB
BYJU’S FINALISING
PLANS FOR $1 BN
IPO FOR AAKASH
New Delhi: India aims to
end imports of urea from
2025 as the nation
boosts its local produc-
tion capacity with the
commissioning of new
plants, fertilisers minister
Mansukh Mandaviya said.
India, the top importer of
urea, imports about 30%
of its average 35 million
tonnes of annual con-
sumption of the crop nu-
trient. “We are aiming for
ending our dependence
on imported urea by
2025... our five new
plants will be commis-
sioned by then,” Man-
sukh Mandaviya told
reporters. —FIB
INDIA AIMS TO END
UREA IMPORTS
FROM 2025
Bhubaneswar: The FICCI
on Wednesday named
Subhrakant Panda as its
next president. Panda, the
MD of IMFA, is currently
serving as the senior vice
president of FICCI. FICCI
said that Panda will suc-
ceed Sanjiv Mehta as
president of the apex
chamber at the conclu-
sion of its 95th AGM to
be held on Dec 16-17.
Panda has been active in
FICCI for two decades
and was the first chair-
man of the FICCI Odisha
State Council. —PTI
FICCI NAMES
SUBHRAKANT PANDA
AS NEXT PRESIDENT
New Delhi: India’s iron
ore exports dropped to
“nearly zero” in October,
and overseas shipments
of the steelmaking raw
material are expected to
continue to languish due
to higher export taxes and
lower demand from Chi-
na, a senior industry offi-
cial said on Thursday. In-
dia in May raised the ex-
port tax on low-grade iron
ore lumps and fines - with
iron content below 58% -
to 50% from zero, and
hiked the duties on pellets
to 45% from zero, as part
of efforts to meet rising
local demand. —FIB
INDIA’S OCTOBER
IRON ORE EXPORTS
ARE ‘NEARLY ZERO’
09
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,597.00 402.00 0.79 (Per 10g)
SILVER 58,111.00 1244.00 2.14 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.88 0.08 0.09
GBPINR 93.28 1.89 1.99
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
ESAF SFB TO REFILE IPO
PAPERS BUT THE ISSUE
SIZE TO BE LOWER NOW
Mumbai: ESAF Small Finance
Bank is looking to refile its
initial public offering (IPO) with
a lower issue
size, which will
hit the market
in FY24, a top
official said on
Thursday. The lender had in Oc-
tober filed for a nearly `1,000
crore IPO which was to include
`800 crore of primary issuance
and also a `200 crore offer-for-
sale from existing investors. Its
MD and CEO K Paul Thomas
said that the company is in the
process of refiling the draft
prospectus with Sebi and will
be doing same by Dec. —PTI
HDFC LTD SECOND
QUARTER PROFIT RISES
24% TO `7,043 CRORE
New Delhi: Mortgage lender
HDFC Ltd on Thursday said
its consolidated net profit
increased by
24% to `7,043
crore in the
September
2022 quarter. It
had reported a `5,670 crore net
profit in the year-ago period,
HDFC said in a regulatory filing.
Its total income on a con-
solidated basis rose to `43,927
crore in the said quarter from
`38,603 crore a year ago. On a
standalone basis, its net profit
increased by 18% to `4,454
crore from `3,780 crore a year
back. —PTI
NEED TO BOOST CROP PRODUCTIVITY, MAKE FARMING
PROFITABLE FOR GROWTH OF AGRI SECTOR: TOMAR
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Thursday
stressed on increasing farm productivity and crop production as well
as making farming activities profitable for
the overall growth of the sector. He also
said there is a need for balanced use of
agro-chemicals and fertilisers by creating
awareness. Tomar said the government
has undertaken various reforms in the
agro-chemical industry and the process
would continue in consultation with the
stakeholders. He assured them that the government will make efforts
to address the challenges faced by the industry. —PTI
PANEL TO SEEK FINMIN’S EXPLANATION FOR REJECTING
PROPOSAL TO RAISE PENSION UNDER EPFO
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel will seek explanation from the
finance ministry for turning down the labour ministry’s proposal to
increase the pension of EPFO subscrib-
ers from the current `1,000 per month.
The quantum of increase proposed by the
labour ministry could not be ascertained.
Top officials from the labour ministry and
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) on Thursday briefed Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Labour chaired
by BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab on operation of the EPF pension
scheme and management of its corpus fund. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
RBI panel meets to draft
report on retail inflation
Mumbai (PTI): The RBI’s
rate setting panel met on
Thursday to discuss and
draft a report for the gov-
ernment on why it failed to
keep retail inflation below
the target of 6% for three
consecutive quarters since
January this year.
“A separate meeting of
the Monetary Policy Com-
mittee (MPC) was held on
November 3, 2022 to discuss
and draft the report to be
sent to the Government by
the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) under the provisions
of Section 45ZN of the RBI
Act, 1934 and Regulation 7
of RBI MPC and Monetary
Policy Process Regula-
tions, 2016,” the central
bank said in a statement.
Section 45ZN of RBI Act
deals with failure to main-
tain the inflation target.
The meeting was chaired
by RBI Governor Shakti-
kanta Das. The RBI Act re-
quires the central bank’s
MPC to report to the gov-
ernment reasons for fail-
ure to meet the retail infla-
tion target as well as meas-
ures to bring it at 4% with
a margin of 2%.
The meeting was called
under the provisions of
Section 45ZN of the RBI
Act 1934. It was the first
time since the monetary
policy framework came
into effect in 2016 that RBI
had to give an explanation
to the government.
The retail inflation based
on CPI has remained above
6% since January 2022. It
was 7.41% in September.
The six-member MPC
headed by Governor Das
factors in retail inflation
while deciding the bi-
monthly monetary policy
.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z The meeting was chaired
by RBI Governor Shaktikanta
Das and attended by all
MPC members — Michael
Debabrata Patra, Rajiv Ranjan,
Shashanka Bhide, Ashima
Goyal and Jayanth R Varma
z The RBI Act requires the
central bank’s MPC to report
to the government reasons
for failure to meet the retail
inflation target
z The retail inflation based
on CPI has remained above
6% since January 2022. It was
7.41% in September
India offers stability:
FM invites investors
New Delhi (PTI): India of-
fers policy stability, trans-
parency and consultative
process of governance to
incubate investment, FM
Nirmala Sitharaman said
on Thursday as she invited
investments in prospecting
energy resources in the
country
.
Stressing that there is a
need for investments in
coal, she said, “We need
greater investments also to
help in gasification of coal.
I invite all of you to ener-
getically participate in the
(sixth round of commer-
cial mines) auction pro-
cesses which have been
launched today and keep
your options also further
extended for greater ex-
traction of minerals in In-
dia.” During this ‘Amrit
Kaal’, India needs all the
basic minerals as the coun-
try is in the process of rap-
id growth, she added.
“This is where action is.
We are definitely creating
a policy environment
through which greater
transparency and greater
policy stability guides and
invites investments. The
next 25 years are critical
for India for both its growth
and also for employment.
CALL FOR
BETTER FUTURE
z Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Thursday
invited investments
in prospecting energy
resources in the country
z India needs all the basic
minerals as the country is in
the process of rapid growth
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment is mapping all
food quality laboratories in
the country in a bid to plug
the critical gaps and mod-
ernise them to make India
a quality-conscious coun-
try, Food and Consumer Af-
fairs Minister Piyush Goy-
al said on Thursday
.
State-run Bureau of In-
dian Standards (BIS) has
already mapped 3,000-odd
NABL-accredited non-di-
agnostic laboratories in
the country. It is mulling
how to map the n o n -
accredited non-
diagnostic labs
set up by PSUs,
i n d u s t r i e s
and educa-
tion insti-
tutes like
IITs. “Un-
less we are
leaders in quality, we will
not be able to become a de-
veloped nation and
leverage the fruits
of international en-
gagement that we
are trying to ex-
pand.”
The time is
right to en-
gage with the
private sector
to build a
roadmap to make India a
“quality-conscious coun-
try” by strengthening in-
frastructure, adopting
modern technology and
focusing on sustainability
.
“We have started the pro-
cess of mapping laboratory
infrastructure available in
India. Now, we can make
the assessment of critical
gaps in lab infrastructure,”
he said.
‘Govt mapping all food quality laboratories’
Markets fall for 2nd day
amid weak global equities
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices finished on a
weak note on Thursday, ex-
tending their previous
day’s decline amid a nega-
tive trend in global equity
markets after the US Fed
hiked interest rates by 75
basis points.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
declined 69.68 points or
0.11% to settle at 60,836.41.
During the day, it tanked
420.95 points or 0.69% to
60,485.14.
Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty dipped 30.15
points or 0.17% to end at
18,052.70.
From the Sensex pack,
Tech Mahindra, Power-
Grid, NTPC, Infosys,
Wipro, HDFC, Tata Consul-
tancy Services and Mahin-
dra Mahindra were the
major laggards.
` FALLS 8 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 82.88
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
depreciated by 8 paise to close
at 82.88 against the US dollar on
Thursday, after the US Federal
Reserve raised interest rates and
maintained a hawkish stance. At
the interbank foreign exchange
market, the local unit opened
at 82.87 and witnessed a high
of 82.74 and a low of 82.92. It
finally settled at 82.88 against
the American currency, register-
ing a fall of 8 paise over its last
close of 82.80.
Mumbai (PTI): The cur-
rency in circulation (CIC)
declined by `7,600 crore in
the Diwali week, making it
the first such happening in
two decades, a report said
on Thursday
.
This was made possible
courtesy of a greater reli-
ance on digital payments
by people, the report by
economists at SBI said,
adding that the Indian
economy is undergoing a
structural transformation
at present.
They clarified that the
Diwali week in 2009 had
also witnessed a marginal
`950 crore decline in cur-
rency in circulation, but
that was purely due to the
economic slowdown amid
the global financial crisis.
“The innovations in
technology have changed
the Indian payment sys-
tem. Over the years, the
Indian cash lead economy
now has changed to a
smart-phone lead payment
economy,” they said.
The economists also said
that a lower currency in
circulation also is akin to a
cut in the cash reserve ra-
tio for the banking system
as it results in lower leak-
age of deposits and will
have a positive impact on
monetary transmission as
well.
CURRENCY IN
CIRCULATION
DECLINES IN
DIWALI WEEK
Unemployment
rate surges to
7.77% in Oct
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Unemploy-
ment rate in India surged
last month on the back of
significant increase in ru-
ral unemployment rate,
reversing the decline regis-
tered in September. The
data from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian Econo-
my shows the unemploy-
ment rate in India stood at
7.77% in October compared
to a four-year low of 6.43%
in September.
As per the CMIE, rural
unemployment rate stood
at 8.04% in October as
against 5.84% in Septem-
ber while the urban unem-
ployment fell to 7.21% com-
pared to 7.7% in September.
Further, the rise in the
unemployment rate in Oc-
tober was accompanied by
a small fall in the LPR.

First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Deputy Chief Min-
ister Devendra Fad-
navis will become the
first politician in the
state to perform both
official pujas at the fa-
mous Vitthal temple
of Pandharpur.
He would be per-
forming the ‘Kartiki
Ekadashi’ puja at the
temple in his capacity
as deputy chief minis-
ter on Friday.
The customary puja
is conducted on behalf
of the state govern-
ment at the temple, a
major pilgrimage site
and the centre of the
Warkari sect.
Notably
, as chief min-
ister from 2014 to 2019,
Fadnavishadperformed
‘
Ashadhi Ekadashi’ puja
at the temple in his offi-
cial capacity
.
Two major pujas are
performed at the Pand-
harpur temple Aasha-
dhi Ekadashi and Kar-
tiki Ekadashi.
“Since 1985, the Ma-
harashtra chief minis-
ter performs the puja at
the Vitthal Rukmini
temple on Ashadhi Eka-
dashi. Since 1995, the
deputy chief minister
was given the honour of
performing the Kartiki
Ekadashi puja,” said a
government official.
No politician had
ever had the distinc-
tion of performing
both the pujas as no-
body had, until now, oc-
cupied both the posts.
In Fadnavis’s case,
he became deputy CM
in June this year in the
Eknath Shinde-led gov-
ernment having served
as chief minister for
five years between 2014
to 2019.
“Fadnavis is going to
be the first politician to
get the opportunity to
performboththepujas,”
the official said.
In 1995, when Shiv
Sena-Bharatiya Janata
Party government came
topower,ManoharJoshi
of the Sena became
chief minister while
BJP’s Gopinath Munde
became deputy chief
minister.
The custom of divid-
ing the two pujas at Pan-
dharpurtemplebetween
the CM and deputy CM
was started then to take
care of “political egos”
in alliance govern-
ments, said a senior po-
litical observer.
After the 2014 elec-
tions, the BJP
, the single
largest party
, did not of-
fer the deputy CM’s post
to its then ally Shiv
Sena, he said.
“But (then) senior
BJP leader Eknath
Khadse was given the
honour of performing
the Kartiki Puja,” he
said, adding that it in-
dicated that Khadse
was ‘number two’ in
the cabinet.
“After Khadse’s resig-
nation, (minister) Chan-
drakantPatilperformed
the Kartiki Ekadashi
puja in subsequent
years,” he said.
10
2NDFRONT
Palghar (PTI): A
20-year-old woman
and her lover sus-
tained injuries after
acidwasflungonthem
allegedly by her es-
tranged husband and
ex-live-in partner in
Nalasopara in Palghar
district, a police offi-
cial said on Thursday
.
The woman had left
her husband due to do-
mestic disputes and
then started living with
a man, he said. “She left
this live-in partner as
well and moved in with
a third person. This an-
gered her husband and
former live-in partner,
who allegedly flung
acid on the two while
they were sleeping on
Monday night,” he said,
adding, “The woman
and her lover are under-
going treatment in a
nearby hospital. A case
was registered on Tues-
day and efforts are on to
nab the two accused,”
the Pelhar police sta-
tion official added.
Mumbai: The time-
line for finishing the
Mumbai-Ahmedabad
High Speed Rail
(MAHSR) Project has
not yet been deter-
mined, according to
an RTI enquiry.
The Ministry of Rail-
way has announced
that Gujarat will host
the nation's first bullet
train by 2026.
Anil Galgali, an RTI
activist, received a re-
sponse from the Nation-
al High Speed Railway
Corporation Limited
stating that the comple-
tion date cannot be set
until land is acquired in
Maharashtra.
Galgali has enquired
about several issues
with NHSRCL. Accord-
ing to Umesh Kumar
Gupta, Deputy General
Manager of NHSRCL,
civil work for the full
352-km route in Gujarat
and DNH started in dif-
ferent phases in Decem-
ber 2020.
He further added that
the timeline for comple-
tion of the project can
be fixed on completion
of land acquisition in
the state and the award-
ing of all the tenders/
contracts.
As on September
01,2022, civil work is
progressing at full pace
in the state of Gujarat.
All civil and track ten-
ders in the entire length
of Gujarat have already
been awarded. Land ac-
quisition is in progress
in the state of Maha-
rashtra, said Gupta.
Meanwhile, Galgali
opined that pursuing
such ambitious projects
without thorough plan-
ning results in mishaps
and cannot be complet-
ed on time and the con-
tractors have to shell
out extra money
.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court judge,
who was to pronounce
the order in the ap-
peal filed by actor
Salman Khan in a
defamation case
against his neigh-
bour, would not be
able to do so because
of “paucity of time”.
Justice CV Bhadang,
who had heard the ar-
guments in the case
and reserved his order,
retires on Friday, No-
vember 04. He had be-
gun the hearing in Au-
gust on the appeal filed
by the actor against a
lower court order of
March 2022.
Khan’s petition will
now be placed afresh
for hearing before an-
other judge.
In March 2022, the
lower court had refused
to restrain Ketan Kak-
kad, who owns land
near Khan’s farmhouse
at Panvel, from posting
derogatory video posts
against the actor, as
well as refused to direct
Kakkad to delete his
earlier YouTube videos.
On October 11, Jus-
tice Bhadang closed the
matter for orders after
arguments were over.
“Unfortunately, I am
unable to complete the
judgment. I tried my
level best till last even-
ing. But unfortunately,
there was vacation and
then administrative
work, and I had other
assignments. I will have
to list this as part
heard,” the High Court
judge said on Thursday
.
The star had filed a
defamation suit against
Kakkad in the lower
court over videos up-
loaded on social media
about Khan’s activities
at his Panvel farm-
house. When the civil
court refused to pass
any interim restraining
orders, Khan moved the
High Court.
The posts uploaded
by Kakkad were not
only defamatory but
also communal and pro-
vocative in nature,
Khan had stated in his
application. Kakkad’s
lawyers, however, ar-
gued that the actor filed
the defamation suit to
pressure their client to
give up his land.
No order in Salman Khan’s defamation plea as judge retires today
OUT OF TIME
Bombay HC Justice CV Bhadang began
the hearing on the appeal filed by the
actor against a lower court order in
August; case will now be heard afresh
Fadnavistobe1sttoperformtwo‘official’ pujas
No leader has ever performed
pujas on Aashadhi and Kartiki
Ekadashi at Pandharpur
temple as, until now, nobody
had been both CM and Dy CM
TALKS ON TO SET UP
FINLAND’S APPLIED
SCIENCES UNIV HERE
Mumbai: Deputy
Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis
on Wednesday held a
meeting with the of-
ficials of the Finland-
based LAB University
of Applied Sciences
and discussed the
possibility of setting
up its base in the
state. In a tweet, Fad-
navis said, “Met Mr
Turo Kilpelainen, Pres-
ident Mr Joanne
Hokkanen of LAB
University of Applied
Sciences, Finland. We
discussed plans to
set up LAB University
of Applied Sciences
in Maharashtra via
FDI route. We are
extremely positive for
bringing institutions
of international repute
in the land of opportu-
nities.”
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Unfortunately, I am unable to
complete the judgment…there was
vacation and then administrative
work…. I will have to list this as part
heard. I understand the apprehension of
the parties and that substantial time and
efforts went into this. I would have loved
to decide this case either way.
—Justice CV Bhadang,
retiring Bombay High Court judge
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
govenrment on
Thursday transferred
four senior bureau-
crats, an official said.
Ashish Kumar Sin-
gh, a 1988-batch Indian
Administrative Ser-
vice official, currently
Additional Chief Sec-
retary (Transport and
Ports), has been posted
as Additional Chief
Secretary (Accounts
Treasury) in the Fi-
nance Department.
Abha Shukla, a
1993-batch IAS official,
who was Principal Sec-
retary (Accounts
Treasury) in the Fi-
nance Department,
has been posted as
Principal Secretary
(Energy) in the Indus-
tries, Energy Labour
Department.
Principal Secretary
(Energy), Industries,
Energy Labour De-
partment Dinesh T
Waghmare has been
posted as Chairman-
Managing Director of
Maharashtra State
Electricity Transmis-
sion Company Limit-
ed. He is a 1994-batch
IAS official.
Parrag Jaiin Nainu-
tia, a 1996-batch IAS
official, currently the
Principal Secretary
(Textiles), Co-opera-
tion, Marketing Tex-
tiles Department, will
now take over as Prin-
cipal Secretary (Trans-
port Ports) in the
Home Department,
with additional charge
as Principal Secretary
(IT), General Adminis-
tration Department.
Husband, ex-
lover booked
in acid attack
Govt transfers 4 senior IAS officials
Abha Shukla Ashish Kumar Singh Parrag Jain Nainutia Dinesh Waghmare
NosettimelineforMum-Ahd
Bullettrainproject,RTIsays
PM Narendra Modi and his then-Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe initiated the project in 2017.
The project is
expected to cut travel
time between the two
major cities by half
4 booked, days after blast that left 5 dead
Alibag (PTI): A fort-
night after a blast
killed five workers at
Rashtriya Chemicals
and Fertilizers Ltd
(RCF) plant here in
Raigad district, po-
lice on Thursday said
they have filed a case
against four persons,
two of them officials
of the central public
sector undertaking.
The incident took
place on October 19
when an air-condition-
er compressor exploded
at the RCF plant at Ali-
bag in Maharashtra’s
Raigad district.
After investigation,
the police registered an
offence under Indian
Penal Code (IPC) sec-
tion 304A (causing
death by negligence)
against a contractor, his
supervisor and two RCF
officials, said a police
release. The workers
who died on the site
were not experts and
lacked qualification to
do the job assigned to
them, it added.
No safety gear were
provided to them and
there was negligence on
part of the contractor,
the police said, adding
that RCF officers re-
sponsible for installing
the AC did not take ad-
equate safety measures.
—FILE
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million empty words.
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Stripes are a
timeless fash-
ion staple, and
irrespective
of the sea-
son, they
b l e n d
well with
different
themes.
Dip-a-toe
in this
trend and experiment
with different stripes
ranging from mod
zigzags to bold sailor
motifs that are domi-
nating the runways
globally
.
The classic stripe is a girl’s best
friend when it comes to patterns.
City First brings to the highlights
from the timeless fashion!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
S

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