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Delhi govt paying salaries to
Imams, not to priests: Thakur
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Accusing
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal of appease-
ment politics, Union
minister Anurag
Thakur on Tuesday
said that the AAP gov-
ernment in Delhi was
paying salaries to
Imams and Muezzins
of mosques but not to
priests of Hindu tem-
ples and granthis of
gurdwaras.
Campaigning for the
party’s MCD candidates
in Preet Vihar and
Anarkali areas here,
Thakur said, “Kejriwal
ke teen yaar – daru, gho-
tala, bhrashtachar
(Kejriwal’s three
friends – liquor, scam,
corruption).”
Thakur also cited the
murder of Shraddha
Walkar allegedly by her
live-in partner Aaftab
Poonawala. “He (Kejri-
wal) is not saying any-
thing against the one
who cut (our) daughter
into 35 pieces. Why has
he gone speechless?”
Thakur asked.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur speaks during a public meeting in support of party candidate Ramesh
Garg at Preet Vihar in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
THREE EX-AAP MLAs JOIN BJP,
ACCUSING KEJRIWAL OF CORRUPTION
New Delhi: Three former AAP MLAs joined the
BJP on Tuesday, criticising their former party and
its leader Arvind Kejriwal over issues of corruption
and neglect of volunteers. Joining the BJP at the
party’s national headquarters on DDU Marg were
twice MLA from
Delhi Cantt
Commando
(ex) Surender
Singh, former
MLA from
Trilokpuri Raju
Dhingan, and
Chaudhary Fateh Singh , who had left the BJP in
2015. Surender Singh had quit the AAP after he
was denied ticket by the party in 2020 Assembly
polls from the Delhi Cantt seat.
New Delhi (PTI): The
police are yet to recover
weapons used by a
woman and her son for
killing and chopping
the body of Anjan Das
in Pandav Nagar area.
A police officer on Tues-
day said that the trigger
for the murder was the
fact that Anjan Das (45)
had ill intentions to-
wards his wife Poon-
am’s (48) stepdaughter
and stepson Deepak’s
(25) wife as well, and he
was also sending Poon-
am’s earnings to his
other wife and eight
children in Bihar.
Pandav Nagar:
Cops yet to
find weapons
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THE KASHMIR FILES ROW
SEASON-2 OF ‘K-FILES’ BASHING!
First India Bureau
Goa: An Israeli film-
maker has triggered
controversy in India af-
ter he denounced a film
on Kashmir dispute as
“propaganda” and a
“vulgar movie” at a gov-
ernment-sponsored film
festival in Goa. Nadav
Lapid, who headed the
jury at IFFI said he was
“disturbedandshocked”
by the inclusion of The
Kashmir Files in event.
Anupam Kher: Truth
of Kashmir Files is
stuck like a thorn in
throat of some people.
They are neither able to
swallowitnorspititout.
Dir Vivek Agnihotri: I
will quit filmmaking if
intellectuals prove that
events depicted in his
film are false.
 Israeli filmmaker
Nadav Lapid, jury
chief at 53rd IFFI,
calls Bollywood hit
The Kashmir Files
“propaganda and a
very vulgar movie”
 Supreme Court
lawyer files police
complaint against
IFFI jury head for
remarks on ‘The
Kashmir Files’
IT’S OFFICIAL!
SIA+TATAS:VISTARA+AIRINDIA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Tata Sons
and SIA on Tuesday an-
nounced that they will
merge Vistara into Air
India, with a target to
complete the process by
March 2024 subject to
regulatory approvals.
Tata Sons will hold
74.9% stake in the AI-
Vistara-AI Express-Ai-
rAsia India Pvt Ltd
(AAIPL) combined enti-
ty and SIA remaining
25.1% stake. Based on
SIA’s 25.1% stake post-
completion, its share of
any additional capital
injection could be up to
$615 mn, payable after
completion of merger.
 Tatas and Singapore Airlines agree to
merge Vistara & Air India by March 2024
 25.1 per cent stake for the Singapore
Airlines (SIA) in “new Air India (AI)”
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
 SIA to invest $250
million after integration
is properly completed
 The valuation of the
new Air India is more
than $1 billion
 AAIPL and Vistara
airlines both did carriers
did not have a single
profitable fiscal
 They have a total of
218 widebody and nar-
rowbody aircraft
 AAIPL, Vistara serves
38 international and 52
domestic destinations
 Do not worry about
your future: Vistara CEO
assures 4,700 staffers
The merger of Vistara
and Air India is an im-
portant milestone in our
journey to make
Air India a truly
world-class airline.
We are transform-
ing Air India, with
the aim of provid-
ing great customer
experience, every
time, for every customer.
—N Chandrasekaran,
Tata Sons chairman
Tata Sons is one of the most
established and respected
names in India. With this
merger, we have an
opportunity to deepen
our relationship with
Tata and participate
directly in an exciting
new growth phase in
India’s aviation market
and restore AI to its
position as a leading airline on the
global stage.
—Goh Choon Phong, SIA CEO
We, at Vistara, take
immense pride in em-
barking on this journey.
Vistara is a fine
manifestation
of its parent
brands Tata Sons
and Singapore
Airlines, and we
are delighted that
we will continue
to be guided by their legacies as
we merge with Air India.
—Vinod Kannan, Vistara CEO
GILON, ISRAEL’S
AMBASSADOR TO
INDIA APOLOGISES
Israel’s ambassador to
India on Tuesday publicly
denounced a filmmaker
from his
country
who called
‘The Kash-
mir Files’ a
“propa-
ganda”
and “vulgar movie”.
Envoy Naor Gilon apolo-
gized to India in an “open
letter” on Twitter, a day
after filmmaker Nadav
Lapid slammed movie at
the closing ceremony of
the festival on Monday.
Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid
All is not well in Kerala
Cong as Venu-Tharoor
camps at loggerheads!
Sanctions-hit Russia asks
Ind for parts for key sectors
Moscow: Moscow has
sent India a list of over
500 products for po-
tential delivery in-
cluding parts for
cars, aircraft and
trains, four sourc-
es familiar with
matter said, as sanctions
squeeze Russia’s ability
to keep vital industries
running. India is keen to
boost trade in this way,
said the source, as
it tries to narrow a
ballooning trade
deficit with Russia.
Firms have ex-
pressed concern,
however, about poten-
tially falling foul of
Western sanctions.
Pramod Raghavan
Bengaluru: It seems
that trouble is brewing
in Kerala Congress
and ‘
ALLISNOTWELL’
in the state unit as the
KC Venugopal and
Shashi Tharoor camps
have reportedly come
face to face. Former Ker-
ala Congress President
Muraleedharan said on
Tuesday that those
dreaming of becoming
Kerala CM are the same
people that are engaged
in opposing Tharoor.
“Opponents were also
behind the cancellation
of the Kozhikode Youth
Congress program,” he
claimed. There was
rhetoric regarding
Kozhikode, Malabar
and Malappuram phase
of yatra and now Kerala
Congress sources have
revealed that KC’s name
is in CM race in case of
formation of govt.
But on the other hand,
Tharoor’s stature has in-
creased after the Con-
gress president election.
“Tharoorhadperformed
well in elections even
without any support. A
large part of Kerala
YouthCongressalsosup-
ported Tharoor,”sources
said. Notably
, disturbed
by the news of rebellion,
Shashi Tharoor made it
clear that he has no in-
tentiontoformanyparty
.
“IwillworkforCongress,
and have no intention to
formanyotherparty
.But
at whose behest the
Kozhikode program was
cancelled should be
probed,” he said. Mean-
while, on Tuesday
, KC
reachedJaipurtoresolve
the issue of Rajasthan.
RBI TO START PILOT
OF RETAIL DIGITAL
RUPEE ON DEC 1
Mumbai: The RBI on
Tuesday announced that
the first pilot for the retail
version of the digital Rupee
(e -R) would be introduced
on December 01, 2022. It
may be recalled that the
RBI had on October 31
indicated that the pilot in
e -R would commence in a
month’s time. P7
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MODI HAS PUT AN END
TO THE COMMUNAL
TENSION IN GUJ: SHAH
Kapadvanj: HM Amit Shah
in Gujarat’s Kapadvanj on
Tuesday said that Congress
pitted one caste against
another and one community
against another. When Modi
ji put an end to communal
tension in Gujarat by taking
strict action against criminals
and anti-social elements. P6
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ADANI GROUP WINS
DHARAVI REDEVP
PROJECT WITH
`5,069 CRORE BID
New Delhi: Reliance Jio users across the country are facing issues making
calls and sending messages. Several users took to Twitter to complain about
the issue. While some claimed that they are unable to make calls, others said
that they are unable to send/receive messages and use internet from Jio.
Mumbai: Adani Group has emerged as the highest
bidder for the 259-hectare Dharavi Redevelopment
Project on Tuesday. The group has put in a `5,069
crore bid for redevelopment of one of the largest slum
sprawls in world, CEO of project SVR Srinivas said.
‘MEDIA MUST
REPORT VERY
CAUTIOUSLY ON
TERROR NEWS’
New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting
Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday advised caution
while live reporting terror attacks, saying it should
not provide clues to attackers and their ill motives
while accuracy of news is even more important. P6
RELIANCE JIO USERS FACE HUGE NETWORK OUTAGE
KC Venugopal
Shashi Tharoor
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
paid a courtesy
visit to Honourable
Governor of Gujarat,
Acharya Devvrat at
Raj Bhavan Gujarat,
in Gandhinagar on
Tuesday evening.
COURTESY
MEET!
AIIMS DATA RESTORED
ON SERVERS 7 DAYS
AFTER CYBER ATTACK
New Delhi: The All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in
New Delhi confirmed on
Tuesday that the e-hospital
data has been restored
after seven days. It was
feared that the personal
data of three to four crore
patients were at stake
owing to the cyber attack.
FIRST INDIA
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First India News, most-
watched channel in
Rajasthan celebrates its
ninth anniversary today.
The function will be held
at the channel office at
6pm, CMD Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra and Director,
First India News Virendra
Choudhary will grace
the occasion and greet
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NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2022
02
New Delhi (ANI): In a
fresh crackdown
against gangster nexus,
the National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA) on
Tuesday morning
launched massive mul-
ti-state raids covering
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,
Delhi, Rajasthan and
Haryana, sources said.
The raids are being
conducted at the resi-
dential and other prem-
ises linked to gangsters
in more than six dis-
tricts across these four
states and Delhi in an
ongoing case aimed to
dismantle and disrupt
the emerging nexus be-
tween terrorists, gang-
sters and drug smug-
glers based in India and
abroad, sources added.
The raids are focussed
on gang nexus linked to
Laurence Bishnoi,
Neeraj Bawana and Til-
lu Tazpuriya and Goldy
Brar, who are already
under the lens of the
anti-terror agency.
These searches were
planned after the ques-
tioning of several gang-
sters by the NIA.
In October, the NIA
arrested an advocate
here and a gangster
from Haryana following
a mega search opera-
tion conducted during
the day at 52 locations
across north India’s
four states and Delhi.
The arrested advo-
cate was identified as
Asif Khan, a resident
of Gautam Vihar in Us-
manpur area of North
East Delhi. During in-
terrogation, the NIA
said, it was revealed
that Asif was in touch
with jailed gangsters.
The NIA also arrested
one Rajesh alias Raju
Mota who hails from
Basaudi, Sonepat.
To dismantle gangster-terrorist-drug smuggler nexus
NIA RAIDS IN DELHI
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The raids are
being conducted
at the premises
linked to
gangsters in
more than six
districts in UP,
Punjab,
Rajasthan,
Haryana & Delhi
ADVOCATE IN THE NET
New Delhi (PTI): Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Tuesday took a
dig at the BJP
, saying if
the saffron party had
"worked" during its rule
in the city's civic body,
then it wouldn't have re-
quiredsomanyCMsand
union ministers to cam-
paign for them for the
MCD election.
He said this while in-
teracting with local resi-
dents during a door-to-
door campaign in the
Chirag Delhi area to
seek support for the
AAP ahead of the De-
cember 4 polls.
"There's garbage eve-
rywhere in the city
. I'll
clean the city if voted to
power. The BJP abuses
me day and night. We
have made arrange-
ments for water, we will
take responsibility for
garbage disposal too.
Give one chance to AAP
,
and we will clean the
city like never before,"
Kejriwal claimed.
"We will make Delhi
shine," the AAP supre-
mo told residents.
Several media per-
sons also accompanied
the chief minister dur-
ing his campaign. Exud-
ing confidence in win-
ning the December 4
MCDpolls,Kejriwalsaid
that the AAP will win
more than 230 seats and
that the BJP will get less
than 20 seats.
"I can see the excite-
ment in the citizens and
I'm certain that AAP
will get more than 230
seats. The BJP will not
get more than 20 seats in
the MCD. We talk about
the work that we have
done in the Delhi gov-
ernment but the BJP
doesn't have the audac-
ity to tell what work
they have done in the
MCD," he said.
Reacting to the 'sting'
videos and CCTV foot-
age of Satyendar Jain
released by BJP, Kejri-
wal said, "BJP has start-
ed a video company
now. Once a week they
come up with these vid-
eos. Their morning
show begins at 9 am and
by 12 noon it turns into
a flop show."
‘BJP won’t have needed
bigcampaigners, onlyif..’
MCD
POLLS
CM Arvind Kejriwal
interacts with local
residents in door-to-
door campaign
Reminds them of
BJP’s lack of
development work
while in power in MCD
Says AAP will win
over 230 seats
and that the BJP will
get less than 20 seats
CM Kejriwal during a door-to-door campaign for MCD polls, at Chirag Delhi in New Delhi,Tuesday.
New Delhi: Chief
Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Tuesday
said if the Aam Aadmi
Party comes to power
in the MCD, resident
welfare associations
will be empowered
and granted status of
mini councillors. He
said the idea behind
this vision is to make
people the owners of
Delhi. Today, we want
to tell if AAP comes
to power in MCD, we
are going to really em-
power RWAs. We will
give them political and
financial powers, said
Kejriwal, also the party
national convenor.
RWAS TO GET
STATUS OF ‘MINI
COUNCILLORS’:
KEJRIWAL
Shweta Sharma
New Delhi: Unpaved
roads, blocked drains
and dilapidated school
buildings are some
major problems a sub-
locality of Southwest
Delhi has been grap-
pling with for the past
several years. Now, the
locals have decided to
boycott the upcoming
MCD polls.
On every other wall
of Deepak Vihar, post-
ers have come up --
Chunav ka bahiskar,
humara vote humara
adhikaar, kaam nahi
toh vote nahi (boy-
cotting polls, our vote
our right, no work
no vote).
Deepak Vihar
comes under the
Sainik Enclave ward
of the Vikas Puri as-
sembly constituency
.
While BJP has
pitched incumbent
Reeta Vinay Gaur for
the polls, Congress
and AAP have fielded
Aarti and Nirmala
Kumari, respectively
from the ward. The
elections to 250 wards
of the Municipal Cor-
poration of Delhi
(MCD) will be held on
December 4. —PTI
Deepak Vihar residents decide to boycott polls
New Delhi (ANI): A
court here Tuesday dis-
missed the bail plea of
former MLA Asif Mo-
hammad Khan accused
of allegedly manhan-
dling and abusing a po-
lice officer on duty in
Shaheen Bagh area.
The court said, The
language, actions and
conduct of the accused
against public servants
are to be viewed strictly
and is strongly con-
demned. The accused
was arrested on Novem-
ber 25 and is presently
in judicial custody
.
Metropolitan magis-
trate Shikha Chahal,
dismissing the bail plea
of Khan, said, “There is
a dire need to ensure
dignity of police offic-
ers is protected so that
they can ensure public
safety, and conflict be-
tween police and public
is discouraged as in the
present case. Police
have no choice, but to go
into situations of dan-
ger or conflict and such
incidents as in the pre-
sent case are against
the rule of law, the
court added.
The court also said
the allegation against
the accused is grave.
The court said the ac-
cused is an influential
person, a former MLA
and has a responsibility
towards society, but he
has committed offences
againstcopsof Shaheen
Bagh on the date of the
incident and has used
derogatory words even
against the uniform of
the police and threat-
ened SI Akshay in front
of his subordinates and
public, which has ad-
verse societal impact
and has detrimental ef-
fects on the police-com-
munity relationship
which is critical to
maintaining public
safety as well as effec-
tive policing.
‘Direneedtoensuredignity
of police’: Court dismisses
bailpleaofex-MLAAsifKhan
Delhi High Court Tues-
day granted a “last op-
portunity” to the Centre
to file its reply to a plea
seeking transfer from
Delhi Police to an inde-
pendentagencytheFIRs
against students in the
incidents of violence in
Jamia Millia Islamia
University in 2019 fol-
lowing CAA protests.
A bench of Justices
Siddharth Mridul and
Talwant Singh issued
notice to the Centre
and asked it to file re-
ply within a week to the
amendment applica-
tion of a petitioner who
also sought setting up
of SIT to inquire into
the alleged police atroc-
ities. The court listed a
batch of petitions, al-
leging use of “ruthless
and excessive” force by
police and paramili-
tary forces on students,
for further hearing on
December 13.
HC grants Centre ‘last
opportunity’ to respond
to students’ plea
massive fire that broke
out at a wholesale mar-
ket in Bhagirath Palace
area of Chandni Chowk
was brought under con-
trol on Tuesday even as
the cooling process is
underway for the sixth
consecutive day, offi-
cials said.
Fire officials said
over 150 fire tenders
have worked since its
outbreak. According to
officials, the fire has
beenbroughtundercon-
trol but the cooling pro-
cess is underway to en-
sure the fire is complete-
ly doused. Presently
, two
fire tenders are at the
spot dealing with the
cooling process, expect-
ed to continue today
.
Fire in Bhagirath Palace finally
brought under control: Officials
New Delhi (PTI):
Jailed AAP minister
Satyendar Jain has ap-
proached Delhi HC chal-
lenging a trial court or-
der denying him bail in
a money laundering
case lodged by Enorce-
ment Directorate (ED).
Jain said he is not in
a position to influence
witnesses or tamper
with evidence and is not
a flight risk if granted
the relief in the case of
ED's ECIR (the equiva-
lent of FIR) registered
on September 30, 2017
under the Prevention of
Money Laundering Act,
The plea is likely to
come up for hearing
later this week.
Jain has challenged
the trial court's Novem-
ber 17 order which dis-
missed his bail plea say-
ing he was prima facie
involved in concealing
the proceeds of crime.
Satyendar Jain
moves HC
challenging
denial of bail
New Delhi (ANI): The
Law Department of
Delhi government has
refused to pay several
bills raised by advo-
cates, running into
crores, due to non-com-
pliance with financial
rules and violation of
terms of engagements
by minister Kailash Ge-
hlot, according to de-
partment sources.
Sources said among
several others, bills
amounting to Rs. 15.5
lakh put up by Kapil
Sibal, and bill amount-
ing to Rs 980,000 put up
by Rahul Mehra, have
been turned down.
The sources added
the department has
also not agreed to the
very appointment of
Kapil Sibal, Rahul Meh-
ra, Senior Advocates
and Jyoti Mendiratta
and Sudhanshu Padhi,
(AoRs) in various mat-
ters where they were
engaged directly by the
Law Minister Kailash
Gehlot.
Gehlot, the sources
alleged, engaged the
lawyers in violation of
rules that require the
concurrence of the Fi-
nance Department.
Govt’s law department rejects
bills of advocates it hired
Noida (PTI): A 58-year-
old man was killed
Tuesday in a car acci-
dent when his son, who
was allegedly speed-
ing, lost control of the
vehicle and drove it
into a ditch by a high-
way in Greater Noida,
police said.
The man had suffered
a heart attack and his
son was rushing him to
a hospital when their
car met with an acci-
dent in Dadri Police
Station area on NH-91,
a police officer said.
Pradeep Singh, a resi-
dent of Bahlolpur in
Noida, said he was with
his father Bhoop Singh,
his wife, and their nine-
year-old daughter in
the car.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal meeting people during his poll
campaign in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Police personnel and firefighter team at Bhagirath Palace market
on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
University has directed
its colleges to take im-
mediate steps to fill
vacant posts of assis-
tant professors.
In a letter to princi-
pals, the varsity said
colleges are requested
to take immediate nec-
essary steps in filling
up the vacant posts of
Assistant Professors in
various subjects/disci-
plines in your College/
Institution against the
sanctioned strength.
2019 JAMIA VIOLENCE
Son rushing
father to hospital
crashes car
DU to colleges:
Fill asst profs’
posts immediately
Kapil Sibal’s bill of `15.5 lakh
is pending, sources said.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
The court said
that the
language, actions
and conduct of
the accused
against public
servants are to
be viewed strictly
and condemned.
—REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO

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New Delhi (ANI): Reli-
gion should be a unify-
ing tool, not a divisive
instrument, visiting Co-
ordinating Minister for
Political, Legal and Se-
curity Affairs of Indo-
nesia Mohammed Mah-
fud MD said on Tuesday
.
The visiting minister
was speaking ontherole
of ulema in fostering in-
terfaith peace and social
harmony in India and
Indonesia at an event at
India Islamic Centre
here. “Many times we
have witnessed people
whousetheirreligionas
a doctrine of absolute
truth and readily blame
others. We have to go out
of this and improve. Re-
ligion, I think, should be
a source of peace, not
reason for discord, con-
flict, or violence,” Mah-
fud said.
The minister added
that the purpose is to
provide an opportunity
for ulema from India
andIndonesia,aswellas
representatives of other
faiths in India, to dis-
cuss how religious lead-
ers could help foster cul-
ture of peace and social
harmony in an inter-
faith society
.
“Our world is facing
difficult challenges,
ranging from poverty,
climate change, food in-
security
, pandemic, cor-
ruption, unemploy-
ment, armed conflicts,
income inequality, hu-
man rights abuses, to
name but a few. Where
are religions when the
world fights against all
these common con-
cerns? Religion must be
part of global solution
to address those chal-
lenges,” he added.
He appreciated Na-
tional Security Advisor
Ajit Doval for inviting
him to India with a del-
egation of Ulama. “In
Indonesia, we have over
17,500 islands, with 275
million people; 714
tribes; also, over 1,100 lo-
callanguages;andmany
religions and faiths.
Freedom of religion and
the believers are pro-
tected by the State. Of
those many religions,
six are mentioned in the
national administrative
laws,” he said.
The idea began when
Doval, discussed this
with him in Jakarta last
March. The purpose is
to provide an opportu-
nity for ulama from In-
dia and Indonesia, as
well as representatives
of other faiths in India,
to discuss things on how
religious leaders could
help foster culture of
peace and harmony in
an interfaith society,
Mahfud said.
Religion a unifier, not divisive instrument: Indonesian minister
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Ministrer Mohd
Mahfud
appreciated
National
Security Advisor
(NSA) Ajit Doval
for inviting him
to India with a
delegation of
Ulema
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Unending
queues at the OPD, lab
services, diagnostic
centres and billing
counters are not only
frustrating for pa-
tients but also for the
staff at the All India
Institute of Medical
Science (AIIMS), Del-
hi, which is facing an
unprecedented ran-
somware attack.
Patients are waiting
for their turn at vari-
ous facilities for ex-
tended hours, while
doctors and employees
executing work manu-
ally, writing all reports
and preparing bills
with pen and paper.
Tuesday was the sev-
enth day at the coun-
try’s premier institute
when the hospital's
digital services did not
work, including the pa-
tient data system and
day-to-day activities
such as OPD registra-
tions and blood sample
reports.
Officials from the In-
dian Computer Emer-
gency Response Team
(CERT-IN), Delhi Po-
lice, Intelligence Bu-
reau and the Ministry
of HomeAffairs(MHA)
are probing the ran-
somware attack but are
yet to find any leads.
The AIIMS e-server
contains data of about
4 crore patients, which
include of former
Prime Ministers, cabi-
net ministers and sev-
eral other political
leaders and celebrities.
Cyber attack: AIIMS still looking for cure, patients suffer
OTHER BIG HACKINGS
SPICEJET
Several Spicejet flights were
cancelled or delayed when
it was hit by a ransomware
attack this year in May. The
airline service later confirmed
on Twitter that their IT team
has contained and rectified
the situation.
ANDHRA PRADESH AND
TELANGANA POWER UTILITIES
In a major breach, the servers of the Telan-
gana and Andhra Pradesh state power utili-
ties went down after a ransomware attack.
Hackers not only hacked the computer
systems but also demanded six bitcoins
(which was approximately Rs 24 lakh at
that time) to restore access to the data.
TECH MAHINDRA
In 2021, Tech Mahin-
dra was affected by a
ransomware attack that
targeted 27 servers of the
Pimpri Chinchwad Smart
City project which led
to a loss of Rs 5 crore.
The company reportedly
spent nearly Rs 15 crore
on a firewall to secure the
systems.
HALDIRAM’S
Noida-based snacks
manufacturer Haldiram
experienced a ran-
somware attack on its
servers in October 2020.
The hacker reportedly
encrypted the company’s
files, data, applica-
tions, and systems and
demanded 7.5 lakh USD
for decryption.
z The number of cyber attacks on the Indian
healthcare industry was second highest globally
last year with 7.7 per cent of the total incidents
being witnessed in the country in 2021, cyber se-
curity intelligence firm CloudSEK said in a report.
z The US healthcare industry faced 28 per cent
of the total global attacks.
z India witnessed over 18 million cyber attacks
and threats, at average of nearly 200,000 threats
every day, in the first three months of 2022, ac-
cording to US-based cyber security firm, Norton.
z In Loksabha, it was informed that India is the
third most affected country in the world in terms
of network attacks. The country reported 674,021
cyber attacks until June 2022, which is about
3,700 cyber attacks every day.
CYBER ATTACKS ON INDIAN
HEALTHCARE SECOND
HIGHEST IN WORLD
OIL INDIA
This happened a
month before the
Spicejet attack. Oil
India (OIL) faced a
major cyber-attack
in Assam. Offi-
cials said that the
hacker demanded
over Rs 57 crore
as ransom.
NSA Ajit Doval with Sirajuddin Qureshi (centre), President of
India Islamic Cultural Centre, and Prof. Dr. Mohammed Mahfud,
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of
Indonesia, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI): A
court on Tuesday al-
lowed the plea of Delhi
Police seeking permis-
sion to produce Aaftab
Amin Poonawala at
FSL Rohini for Narco
Analysis from Tihar
Jail where he is in judi-
cial custody. Metropoli-
tan magistrate Aviral
Shukla allowed the
plea moved by the in-
vestigation officer
seeking permission to
produce Aaftab before
FSL Rohini. The court
granted permission to
produce Aaftab before
the doctors for a pre-
test medical examina-
tion at Ambedkar Hos-
pital on December 1.
The court also granted
the permission to pro-
duce him at FSL from
Tihar Jail on December
5, sources said.
n Delhi Police
had sought nod
for the test
n Pre-test med
examination
fixed on Dec 1
Aaftab being taken back from FSL in Rohini on Tuesday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): Even
after over two weeks of
Aaftab Poonawala's
arrest, there is no con-
clusive proof that the
body parts recovered in
the case are that of
Shraddha.
We cannot reveal
anything about the
body parts found since
we have to maintain
high secrecy in such
cases, Assistant PRO at
Forensic Science Labo-
ratory, Rohini, Dr Ra-
jnish Singh said.
According to forensic
experts, specialists
should not ideally take
more than 24 hours to
ascertain a person's
identity from remains
even if they are six
months old.
Dr K Thangaraj, sen-
ior scientist and direc-
tor, Centre for DNA Fin-
gerprinting and Diag-
nostics under the Union
government, said the
entire analysis depends
upon the quality of
samples, isolation of
DNA from biological re-
mains, selection of ap-
propriateDNAmarkers,
and most importantly,
trained manpower.
A source at FSL
Rohini said the lab is
working with half of
the required trained
workforce.
DELAY IN DNA ANALYSIS DUE TO STAFF CRUNCH AT FSL?
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer Health Secretary
Preeti Sudan on Tues-
day took oath as a mem-
ber of the Union Public
Service Commission
(UPSC), according to a
Personnel Ministry
statement.
Sudan, a 1983-batch
(retired) IAS officer of
Andhra Pradesh cadre,
was administered the
oath by UPSC chairman
Manoj Soni at the cen-
tral hall of the main
building of the commis-
sion here, it said.
She superannuated
as the health secretary
in July 2020.
Sudan also served as
Secretary, Department
of Food Public Distri-
bution, and in the min-
istries of Women and
Child Development and
Defence.
In her cadre state
Andhra Pradesh, she
handled finance and
planning, disaster man-
agement, tourism and
agriculture portfolios.
Preeti Sudan takes
oath as UPSC member
Asst Director FSL, Sanjeev Gupta addressing the media over the
polygraph test of Aaftab Poonawala on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
It depends on
quality of
samples,
isolation of DNA
from biological re-
mains, selection of
appropriate DNA
markers, and trained
manpower.
—K Thangaraj
Sr Scientist
Aaftab undergoes
post-polygraph
medical test
New Delhi (ANI): The
polygraph test of Aaft-
ab Poonawalla was
done on Monday and
his post-polygraph med-
ical examination was
done on Tuesday at FSL
office.
“Today Aaftab is get-
ting medical treatment,
which means that after
the polygraph test, Aaft-
ab’s body parameters
are being checked,” the
police said.
Dehradun (ANI): The Special Investigation
Team of Uttarakhand Police probing the An-
kita Bhandari murder is considering conduct-
ing a narco analysis test of the three accused
in the case, the state police has said.
If required, the SIT probing the Ankita
murder case can conduct a narco test on all the
three accused including the main accused
Pulkit Arya with the permission of the court,
V Murugesan, Additional DGP
, law and order
said. The lifeless body of 19-year-old Ankita, a
receptionist at a resort run by Pulkit Arya, son
of expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya was recov-
ered from Chilla canal in Rishikesh on Septem-
ber 24. She was reported missing for at least six
days before being found dead.
Pulkit Arya was arrested for allegedly push-
ing her into the canal following an altercation.
Two more people - Ankit Gupta and Saurabh
Bhaskar, were also arrested in the case.
Ankita murder: SIT mulls
narco test of all accused
New Delhi (ANI): Two
Hindu Sena workers who
attacked with swords the
police van carrying Aaftab
outside the Forensic Sci-
ence Laboratory in Rohini
have been sent to judicial
custody. Accused, Kuldeep
Thakur and Nigam Gurjar,
were arrested after the at-
tack and were produced in
court by the police. Police
said they were trying to
identify and arrest the rest
of the accused. An FIR
has also been registered
under Sections 186, 353,
147, 148 and 149 of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC) at
Prashant Vihar Police Sta-
tion in this regard. Aaftab
was being taken back to
jail by cops after his poly-
graph tests were done for
the day when the attack
took place on Monday.
2 SENT TO JAIL FOR ATTACKING POLICE VAN
Men carrying swords attack
the police van carrying Aaftab
in New Delhi on Monday.
New Delhi (PTI): A
43-year-old man work-
ing at a cosmetic shop in
north Delhi's Sadar
Bazar was arrested for
allegedly cheating his
employer by staging an
armed robbery of Rs 10
lakh, police said on
Tuesday
.
Sarvan, the resident
of Burari, was working
at the shop for four
years. He was often sent
to collect payments and
deliver the products and
when he got to know
that the amount to be
collected was Rs 10 lakh,
he got avaricious and
staged the entire epi-
sode of robbery, police
said. With his arrest, po-
lice claimed to have re-
covered the stolen
amount of Rs 9.93 lakh.
The matter was re-
ported to police on No-
vember 25 by a resident
of Narayana Vihar who
runs the shop in Sadar
Bazar area, police said.
According to the com-
plaint, the owner had to
collect the payment of
Rs 10 lakh from one of
his customers at Chan-
dni Chowk, for which he
sent Sarvan.
However, Sarvan
came back empty-hand-
ed, stating he was ab-
ducted and robbed by
two persons at gunpoint
while he was on his way
back.
Staffer stages robbery,
dupes shop owner, held
Police said 50
CCTV cams in
Sadar Bazar,
Bara Hindu Rao
and Lahori Gate
were scanned
to unravel
the case

PERSPECTIVE
04
BUILDING OF A SHOWDOWN
s the executive
and judiciary
heading for a
s h o w d o w n ?
Both sides have
exchanged harsh words on
the process to be adopted
for appointment of judges.
The Centre argues that the
collegiumsystemisopaque
and “alien to the Constitu-
tion”, while the Supreme
Court’s argument is that
the National Judicial Ap-
pointments Commission
Act, which the government
wants implemented, was
struck down by a majority
verdict of a Constitution
bench hence was not rele-
vant. The Centre appears
in no mood to follow that
verdict.
Law Minister Kiren Riji-
ju, who has been critical of
the collegium system for
appointment of judges,
firedthefirstsalvoafterthe
Supreme Court blamed the
Centre for sitting over
names recommended by
the collegium. “The Centre
is frustrating the appoint-
ment process of judges in
higher judiciary by not
clearing names recom-
mended by its collegium”.
Warning the Centre to re-
solve the issue and “not
force it to take decision on
the judicial side”. Rijiju’s
response further irked the
court. Rijiju said, “Never
say that the government is
sitting on the files, then
don’t send the files to the
government, you appoint
yourself,youruntheshow.”
The exchange did not
stop here. Justice SK Kaul
of the Supreme Court re-
torted, “Let them give the
power. We have no diffi-
culty…when somebody
high enough says let them
do it themselves, we will do
it ourselves, no difficulty”.
On Monday Justices Kaul
and AS Oka urged the gov-
ernment’s law officers to
ensure that the law laid
down by the apex court for
judges’ appointment is fol-
lowed. This may not be the
end of the story
.
I
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For whatever things were written before
were written for our learning, that we
through the patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope. —Bible
he Supreme Court last
week had questioned the
“haste” and “tearing hur-
ry” in appointing Arun
Goel as Election Commis-
sioner. The Centre had ve-
hemently resisted the ob-
servations, with the attor-
ney general asking the
court to “hold its mouth”
for a while and look into
the issue in entirety
.
At the outset, a five-
judge Constitution bench
headed by Justice K M Jo-
seph perused the Centre’s
original file pertaining to
Goel’s appointment as EC,
and said, “What kind of
evaluation is this? Al-
though, we are not ques-
tioning the merits of Arun
Goel’s credentials but the
process.”
As the bench questioned
the “lightning speed” with
which Goel was appointed
as Election Commissioner
andalsothathisfiledidnot
even move within depart-
mentsfor24hours,theCen-
tre through Attorney Gen-
eral Venkataramani vehe-
mentlyurgedthebenchnot
to make observations with-
out looking into the entire
issue pertaining to the ap-
pointment process.
During the hearing, law-
yer Prashant Bhushan
tried to make submissions
before the bench while the
Attorney General was
speaking. “Please hold
your mouth for a while,”
the top-most law officer
had told Bhushan.
The Supreme Court re-
served its verdict on a
batch of pleas seeking a
collegium-like system for
the appointment of ECs
and the Chief Election
Commissioner and asked
the parties to file written
submission in five days.
Justice Ajay Rastogi,
who is also a part of the
bench, told Venkatarama-
ni, “You have to listen to
the court carefully and an-
swer the questions. We are
not on individual candi-
dates but on the process.”
The Attorney General
said he is bound to answer
the questions of the court.
The Supreme Court said
the 1985-batch IAS officer
got voluntary retirement
from service in a single
day, his file was cleared by
the Law Ministry in a sin-
gle day, a panel of four
names were put up before
the Prime Minister and
Goel’s name got the nod
from the President within
24 hours.
The bench, which also
comprised Justices Anir-
uddha Bose, Hrishikesh
Roy and CT Ravikumar,
said none of the four
names in the panel were
“carefully hand-picked”
by the law minister so that
they could complete a six-
year tenure.
Venkataramani said
that there is a mechanism
and criteria for selection
and there cannot be a sce-
nario where the govern-
ment has to look back at
everyofficers’ trackrecord
and ensure that he com-
pletes a six-year tenure.
Under the Election Com-
mission(Conditionsof Ser-
vice of Election Commis-
sionersandTransactionof
Business) Act, 1991, an
Election Commissioner
can have a tenure of six
years or up to the age of 65,
whicheverisearlier.Speak-
ingonArunGoel’sappoint-
ment, the Attorney Gener-
al said his profile is impor-
tant and not the voluntary
retirement matter which is
being made an issue.
The bench said the 1991
Act says that the Election
Commissioner’s tenure is
of six years and the gov-
ernment has to ensure that
the person who holds the
post completes the stipu-
lated period. The Apex
Court said it is “strug-
gling” to find the reasons
and objects on how the law
minister selected a panel
of four names who were
not going to complete the
stipulated six-year tenure.
OnlastWednesday
,Arun
Goel’s appointment as an
Election Commissioner
cameunderthescrutinyby
the top court which had
sought from the Centre the
originalrecordspertaining
to his appointment for pe-
rusal, saying it wanted to
know whether there was
any “hanky panky”.
The Apex Court, which
had rejected the Centre’s
objections to its order for
producing the original file,
had said it wanted to know
whether everything was
“hunky dory” in the ap-
pointment process as
claimedbythegovernment.
On November 19, Arun
Goel, a Punjab cadre IAS
officer, was appointed as
election commissioner.
Goel would be in line to be
the next CEC after incum-
bent Rajiv Kumar demits
office in February 2025.
His total tenure in the
Election Commission
would be over five years.
He will join Rajiv Ku-
mar and Election Commis-
sioner Anup Chandra Pan-
dey on the poll panel. Arun
Goel was the secretary in
the Ministry of Heavy In-
dustries till recently and
his voluntary retirement
came into effect on No-
vember 18. He has also
served in the Union cul-
ture ministry
.
The bench said since
1990, voices have been
raised from various quar-
ters and once, veteran BJP
leader LK Advani had
written for a collegium-
like system for constitu-
tional bodies, including
election commissioners.
The top court also termed
the exploitation of the “si-
lence of the Constitution”
and the absence of a law
governing the appoint-
ments of ECs and CECs a
“disturbing trend”.
ThecourtflaggedArticle
324 of the Constitution,
which talks about the ap-
pointment of election com-
missioners,andsaiditdoes
not provide the procedure
for such appointments.
Moreover, the article had
envisaged the enactment
of a law by Parliament in
this regard, which has not
been done in the last 72
years. The court also noted
that since 2004, no CEC has
completed his six-year ten-
ure and during the 10-year
rule of the UPA govern-
ment, there were six CECs
and in the eight years of
the NDA government,
therehavebeeneightCECs.
On November 17, the
Centre had vehemently
opposed a batch of pleas
seeking a collegium-like
system for the selection of
CECs and ECs, contending
that any such attempt will
amount to amending the
Constitution.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
NEW EC APPOINTMENT: SC ASKS CENTRE
WHY THE ‘HASTE’ ‘LIGHTNING SPEED’
T
Top Court last week
had questioned the
“haste” and “tearing
hurry” in appointing
Arun Goel as
Election
Commissioner. Centre
had vehemently resisted
the observations, with
the attorney general
asking the court to
“hold its mouth” for
a while and look into
the issue in entirety.
Bench, which also
comprised Justices
Aniruddha, Hrishikesh
Roy and CT Ravikumar,
said none of 4 names
in panel were
“carefully hand-
picked” by law min
so that they could
complete 6-year
tenure
APEX COURT OBJECTS TO LAW MINISTER
RIJIJU’S REMARKS ON COLLEGIUM SYSTEM
Apex Court bench of SK Kaul and Abhay S Oka objected to Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju’s remarks that the government is not sitting on files recommending
the appointment or transfer of judges. “Never say that the government is sitting on
the files. Then don’t send the files to the govern-
ment, you appoint yourself, you run the show then,”
Rijiju had said. Justice Kaul said on Monday, “When
someone high enough says that..it should not have
happened…Mr [attorney general] I have ignored all
press reports, but this has come from somebody
high enough also. With an interview… I am not
saying anything else…” The judge, who is junior
only to CJI in seniority, asked AG R Venkataramani
to “resolve” the issue, according to Bar and Bench,
adding, “Don’t make us take a judicial decision [to ensure that files are cleared].”
Over the past few months, Rijiju has taken repeated swipes at the collegium system.
ARTICLE 324 OF THE
CONSTITUTION TALKS
ABOUT APPT OF ECs
Supreme court flagged Article 324 of the
Constitution, which talks about the ap-
pointment of election commissioners, and
said it does not provide the procedure for
such appointments. Moreover, the article had
envisaged the enactment of a law by Parlia-
ment in this regard, which has not been done
in the last 72 years. The court also noted that
since 2004, no Chief Election Commissioner
has completed his six-year tenure and during
the 10-year rule of the UPA government, there
were six Chief Election Commissioners and in
the eight years of the NDA government, there
have been 8 Chief Election Commissioners.
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is giving money for houses
in the housing scheme, West
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the allocation of houses. The
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in Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana, piped water to
every house, and gas in Jwarja Yojana.
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LAW MINISTER KIREN
RIJIJU, WHO HAS BEEN
CRITICAL OF THE
COLLEGIUM SYSTEM
FOR APPOINTMENT OF
JUDGES, FIRED THE
FIRST SALVO AFTER
THE SUPREME COURT
BLAMED THE CENTRE
FOR SITTING
OVER NAMES
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INDIA
06
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: After Mall-
ikarjun Kharge was ap-
pointed as Congress
President, an interest-
ing development hap-
pened. Sonia Gandhi
andRahulGandhifound
place in the steering
committee formed by
the new Congress Presi-
dent Mallikarjun
Kharge, but the ques-
tion is whether both will
attend the first meeting
of this committee or
not? After stepping
down from the post of
president, Sonia Gandhi
is completely away from
everyday political ac-
tivities. In a way
, she has
retired as her health is
also not very good.
Therefore it is possible
that she may not attend
the steering committee
meeting. When Rahul
Gandhi was the presi-
dent, it happened maybe
once in a while that Ra-
hul had held a working
committee meeting and
Sonia did not attend.
But barring a few excep-
tions in the last 24 years,
Sonia has held all the
meetings.
Rahul Gandhi defi-
nitely used to remain
absent from many meet-
ings. But that is a thing
of the past. Now he has
become a serious and
round the clock politi-
cian. But right now he is
undertaking the Bharat
Jodo Yatra and there is
no news that he will
leave the trip and come
to Delhi to attend the
steering committee
meeting. Although he
had come to Delhi for
Kharge’s oath taking
ceremony
. But there is
no news about coming
to Delhi for the steering
committee meeting. It is
possible that he may
join this meeting
through video confer-
encing facility
. But if
both Sonia and Rahul
are not in the meeting
then it will be a big deal
andthenthewholestage
will be in the hands of
Kharge. Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra will definitely
participate in the meet-
ing but she usually re-
mains silent in such
meetings. That’s why
there is a need to keep
an eye on the December
4 meeting.
Will Sonia-Rahul attend the Dec 4 steering committee meeting?
CHANGES IN CONGRESS
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge. —FILE PHOTO
Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi find place in
steering committee formed by Kharge, now
question is, whether they will attend this?
Campaigning ends for first phase of Gujarat polls; Shah attacks Congress
First India Bureau
Kheda: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Tuesday alleged that
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi used to warn
people against taking
the Covid-19 vaccine
terming it `Modi vac-
cine’, but later got vac-
cinatedhimself secretly
.
Addressing a cam-
paign rally in poll-
bound Gujarat, he also
said that when he intro-
duced the bill for abro-
gating Article 370, op-
position leaders began
to shout like crows in
Parliament.
“When Congress
leaders were busy do-
ing politics during the
pandemic, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
worked hard to keep the
people of Gujarat safe,”
he added. Modi, as
chief minister, estab-
lished peace in Gujarat,
Shah said. “In Gujarat,
Congress did nothing
except making Hindus
and Muslims fight each
other. The BJP govern-
ment eliminated riots
in Gujarat. Such riots
benefit neither Hindus
nor Muslims. Such vio-
lence only hinders de-
velopment,” the Union
minister said.
Shah was speaking at
Thasra town in Kheda
district where voting
for the Gujarat Assem-
bly elections will be
held on December 5, in
the second phase.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah waves at his supporters while
addressing rally in Kapadvanj, Gujarat on Tuesday.
JP Nadda during the road show in Bhavnagar West on last day
of campaigning for the phase 1 Gujarat Elections on Tuesday.
Rahul gan-
dhi used to
warn people
against vaccine say-
ing do not take `Modi
vaccine’ and it could
harm you. But thank-
fully, no one takes him
seriously nowadays.
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister
NADDA: CONG,AAP LIKE QUAILS,WILL
FLY AWAY AFTER DESTROYING CROPS
Ahmedabad: BJP president J P Nadda on
Tuesday said the opposition Congress and
Aam Aadmi Party were like quails who destroy
standing crops and fly away. The BJP was here
to stay, he said at a rally in tribal-dominated
Devgadh Baria town of Dahod district where
voting will be held on December 5 in the sec-
ond phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections.
“Parties like AAP and Congress emerge during
the polls, and then disappear. The people of
Gujarat must not give opportunity to those
who seek votes by making misleading claims.
They are like quails. As soon as the crop gets
ready, quails come, and fly away after eating
away the entire crop,” said Nadda. Both Con-
gress and shed “crocodile tears” for tribals but
did nothing for them for 70 years, he alleged.
‘DOYOUHAVE100HEADS
LIKERAVAN?’,ASKSKHARGE
New Delhi (ANI): Days
after PM Narendra Modi
clapped back at a Con-
gress leader’s “aukat”
comment, the party’s
new chief Mallikarjun
Kharge has delivered a
new controversy for the
party
, just before the Gu-
jarat election, by target-
ing PM with a “Ravan”
reference.
The BJP has accused
Kharge of “insulting Gu-
jarat’s son” repeatedly
.
Kharge made the com-
mentswhileaddressinga
rally in Ahmedabad
ahead of polls next
month.“ModijiisPMbut
forgetting his work, he
keeps campaigning in
corporation elections,
MLA elections, MP elec-
tions, and everywhere
all the time he’s talking
about himself” Kharge
said. “How many times
do we see your face? How
manyformsdoyouhave?
Do you have 100 heads
likeRavan?”Khargesaid,
drawing laughter and ap-
plausefromhisaudience.
“Is Modi going to come
and work at municipali-
ty
,” Kharge asked.
MinisterThakurschoolsmedia
overreportingonterrorattacks
G-20: India plans mega 200
meetings across fifty cities
Earthquake of 2.5
magnitude jolts
Delhi, 3rd in 20 days
New Delhi (PTI): An
earthquake of magni-
tude 2.5 struck 8km west
of Delhi on Tuesday
night at 9.30pm, Nation-
al Center for Seismolo-
gy said. The quake
struck at a shallow
depth of 5km.
However, there were
no reports so far of any
injury or damage to
property
. Tremors were
felt across the national
Capital. This is at least
the third earthquake to
hitDelhiinthelastdays.
New Delhi (ANI): India
will be hosting over 200
meetings across the na-
tion in 50 cities as New
Delhi is set to assume
the Presidency of the
G20 for one year from
December 1, 2022, to No-
vember 30, 2023, accord-
ing to sources.
India will assume the
presidency of the
Group of 20 (G-20), the
alliance of 19 major
economies and the Eu-
ropean Union on De-
cember 1st of this year.
Asperthesources,the
meetings will take place
in less explored parts of
country at very exotic
locations of India.
PM Modi’s vision is
to connect all districts
and blocks with G-20 so
that the message will
reachtomassesthrough
Jan Bhagidari initia-
tives. India will also
light up 100 monuments
on Dece 1st with the
G-20 logo as the country
officially takes the pres-
idency of the grouping.
New Delhi (PTI): Infor-
mation and Broadcast-
ing Minister Anurag
Thakur on Tuesday ad-
vised caution while live
reportingterrorattacks,
saying it should not pro-
vide clues to attackers
and their ill motives.
“Media needs to re-
port with responsibility
in the case of earth-
quakes, fire and more
importantly terrorist
attacks. Media must en-
sure that any live re-
porting in case of ter-
rorist attack should not
provide clues to the at-
tackers and their ill mo-
tives,” Thakur said
while addressing the
Asia-Pacific Broadcast-
ing Union (ABU) Gen-
eral Assembly here.
While the speed with
which information is
transmitted is impor-
tant, accuracy is even
more important and
should be primary in
the minds of communi-
cators,Thakursaid.The
Union minister said
maintaining public
trust should be the high-
est guiding principle for
responsible media or-
ganisations. Thakur
also credited the media
for coming to the aid of
those stuck at home dur-
ing the COVID-19 pan-
demic, saying it con-
nected people with the
outside world.
IN THE
COURTYARD
DRAMA ERUPTS AS
COPS DETAIN YS
SHARMILA IN HYD
ON 7th DAY OF BJY IN
MP, RAGA REACHES
MAHAKALESHWAR
WOMEN SQUAD OF BSF SHOOTS DOWN
DRONE ALONG INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER
Hyderabad: Hyderabad
Police on Tuesday eve-
ning arrested YSR Tel-
angana Party chief and
Andhra Pradesh CM YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy’s
sister YS Sharmila
along with her six as-
sociates in connection
with a protest outside
Telangana chief minister
K Chandrasekhar Rao’s
residence. Earlier today,
the police had towed
away a car with YS
Sharmila sitting inside
and detained her.
Indore: Rahul Gandhi’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra headed
for Ujjain from Sanwer, In-
dore on the seventh day of
its Madhya Pradesh leg on
Tuesday. Gandhi and other
Congress leaders includ-
ing former CM Digvijaya
Singh, ex-parliamentarian
Prem Chand Guddu were
seen walking briskly in the
morning after the yatra
marched towards Ujjain.
Amritsar: A women squad of the Border Security Force
has foiled a cross-border drug-smuggling attempt in
Amritsar district by shooting
down a drone, which was flying
from Pakistan into India with
3.1kg of narcotics, officials said
on Tuesday. The troops fired
at the drone at on late Monday
night after they noticed it enter-
ing the Indian territory near Chaharpur village, around
40km north of Amritsar city, they said.
V-P JAGDEEP DHANKHAR IN AGARTALA
CRUCIAL READ
NO COMPULSION
TO GET COVID VAX,
CENTRE TELLS SC
DEATH PENALTY TO
2 BY ODISHA COURT
FOR RAPING MINOR
RIJIJU CROSSED
‘LAKSHMAN
REKHA’: SALVE
New Delhi: The Centre
clarified to the Supreme
Court that there was
no legal compulsion to
get a Covid vaccination.
In an affidavit filed in
the Supreme Court, the
Centre submitted that
the concept of informed
consent is inapplicable
to the voluntary use of
a drug. “While the GoI
strongly encourages all
eligible persons to take
vax in public interest,
there is no legal com-
pulsion for the same,”
the affidavit read.
Paradip: Two persons
were sentenced to death
by a fast-track court in
Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur
on Tuesday for raping
killing an eight-year-old
girl. The incident hap-
pened in 2014 in Tirtol
PS area. The girl was
returning home from a
shop after buying choc-
olates when allegedly
four people took her to
a secluded spot, and
raped her. They killed
her after that, according
to the prosecution.
New Delhi: Displeased
over Kiren Rijiju’s recent
remarks on the run-ins
between the govt and
the judiciary over the
functioning of the Colle-
gium, Senior Advocate
Harish Salve said the
Union Law Minister had
crossed the ‘Laksh-
man Rekha’. Rijiju had
criticised the Supreme
Court’s observation that
the govt was sitting on
files relating to appoint-
ment of judges cleared
by Collegium.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with his wife Sudesh
Dhankhar and Tripura CM Manik Saha at a seminar on ‘A New
Horizon in the Development of Education’ and an exhibition on
‘Historical Cultural Heritage of Tripura’, at MBB College, in
Agartala on Tuesday.
‘ISIS-led terror still a threat, Ulemas have vital role’
New Delhi (PTI): Em-
phasising that cross-
borderandISIS-inspired
terrorism continues to
pose a threat, NSA Ajit
Doval said on Tuesday
that Ulemas have a “vi-
tal role” to play in coun-
tering radicalisation
and extremism by prop-
agating progressive
ideas and thought. In
his opening remarks at
a dialogue between the
Indonesian and Indian
delegationof Ulemaand
leaders of other faiths,
Doval said the coopera-
tion of the civil society
is essential in counter-
ing threat from ISIS-in-
spired individual terror
cells and returnees from
theatres like Syria and
Afghanistan.
“Cooperation of the
civil society is essential
in countering the threat
from ISIS-inspired indi-
vidual terror cells and
returnees from theatres
like Syria and Afghani-
stan,” Doval said.
KHARGE IGNITES ROW
Mallikarjun Kharge while addressing a rally in Gujarat.
Anurag Thakur
BJP SLAMS KHARGE FOR ‘RAVAN’ JIBE AT
PM,CONGCALLSITBJP’SANTI-DALITTIRADE
Congress president
Kharge’s “Ravan” barb
at PM Modi on Tuesday
triggered a slugfest with
the BJP
slamming it
as an insult
of every
Gujarati and
the Opposi-
tion party
calling the attack on its
leader “anti-Dalit tirade”.
BJP spokesperson Sambit
Patra asked voters in
Gujarat to do “100 per
cent voting for the son
of the soil” Modi to take
“revenge” in a democratic
manner for the “insult”,
as he invoked various ob-
jectionable remarks made
by Congress members
over the years against the
prime minister. BJP leader
Amit Malviya said, “Unable
to take the heat of Gujarat
election, pushed to the
fringe, Congress national
president Mallikarjun
Kharge loses control over
his words, calls PM Modi
“Ravan”. From “Maut ka
Saudagar” to “Ravan”,
Congress continues to
insult Gujarat and it’s son.”
Slamming Malviya, Con-
gress’ Pawan Khera asked
“why can’t you digest the
fact that a Dalit who has
worked his way up is the
elected prez of Cong”.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
performing puja with rituals at
the famous Mahakal temple of
Lord Shiva in Ujjain, Madhya
Pradesh on Tuesday.
Rahul Gandhi once
advised people
against taking
Covid-19 vaccine,
says Amit Shah
CRPF COMMANDO
KILLED IN FIRING BY
NAXALITES
Raipur (PTI): A com-
mando of the CRPF’s
jungle warfare unit
CoBRA was killed on
Tuesday when Naxalites
opened fire near a camp
of the paramilitary
force in Chhattisgarh’s
Sukma district, police
said. The martyred head
constable was a native
of Palakkad district in
Kerala. The incident
took place at Dabba-
konta village where the
CRPF set up a camp
recently, IG Bastar said.

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,837.00 101.00 0.19 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,744.00 353.00 0.57 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.71 0.03 0.03
GBPINR 97.96 0.32 0.33
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: There’s al-
most a year left for the ar-
rival of iPhone 15 series
but the rumours and
speculations have been
endlessly pouring in. In
the latest news, the iP-
hone 15 series is said to
use Sony’s new camera
sensor that has photodi-
odes and transistors
placed in separate layers,
allowing for more photo-
diodes resulting in well-lit
photos. According to a re-
port, upcoming iPhone 15
series could use Sony’s
newest “state of the art”
image sensors. — FIB
IPHONE 15 TO COME
WITH NEW SONY
CAMERA SENSOR
New Delhi: A govern-
ment-appointed gas price
review panel, led by Kirit
Parikh, is recommending
a floor and ceiling price
for natural gas produced
from legacy fields of
state-owned firms for five
years to help moderate
CNG and piped cooking
gas rates. State producers
Oil and Natural Gas Cor-
poration (ONGC) and Oil
India Ltd (OIL) will be
paid a minimum or floor
price of $4 per million
British thermal unit and a
cap or ceiling price of
$6.5 as against the cur-
rent rate of $8.57, three
sources with knowledge
of the matter said. —PTI
ONGC GAS PRICE TO
BE CAPPED AT $6.5
FOR FIVE YEARS
New Delhi: The increased
partnership with the pri-
vate sector has led to a
substantial rise in defence
exports. India achieved
exports of defence items
and technology worth a
record `13,000 crores in
2021-22 and this figure is
likely to rise to `17,000
crores in 2022-23. Several
factors like rising demand,
greater innovation, more
conducive policies and a
maturing ecosystem in
defence and aerospace
manufacturing space are
leading to growth. — FIB
EXPORTS OF DEFENCE
ITEMS TO REACH
`17K CRORE IN FY23
New Delhi: Gold price fell
`101 to `52,837 per 10
grams on Tuesday amid
weak global trends, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the yellow metal had set-
tled at `52,938 per 10
grams. Silver also de-
clined `353 to `61,744
per kilogram. “Gold fell to
the lowest level in more
than a week as the dollar
rose from session lows
on hawkish comments
from members of the US
Federal Reserve reiterat-
ing their fight against in-
flation,” an official said on
Tuesday. —PTI
GOLD PRICE FALLS
`101; SILVER ALSO
DECLINES BY `353
*Rates till the edition went to print.
GO FIRST AIRLINE
SERVICES GET `400
CRORE UNDER ECLGS
New Delhi: Indian airline
services Go First on Tuesday
received an additional `400
crore under the
government’s
Emergency
Credit Line
Guarantee
Scheme (ECLGS). The airline is
likely to receive 16 new PW
engines in the coming weeks.
The no-frills carrier has at least
25 planes on the ground, mainly
due to the non-availability of
PW engines that power its
A320 fleet. Go First, which can
take up to `1,500 crore under
the scheme, has so far availed
at least a total of `800 cr. —FIB
KIA INDIA FORAYS INTO
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED
CAR BUSINESS
New Delhi: Automaker Kia In-
dia on Tuesday said it has com-
menced certified pre-owned
business in
the country
with a plan to
have 30 sales
outlets by the
end of the year. The company
said its certified pre-owned car
business ‘Kia CPO’ intends to
provide a new age experience
to customers, in line with new
car buying experience, that
will allow them to sell, buy
or exchange pre-owned cars,
backed by ownership transfers
and customised finance
options. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
DIRECT SELLING INDUSTRY IN INDIA IS SHOWING
CONSISTENT GROWTH, SAYS IDSA
New Delhi: Indian Direct Selling Industry is showing consistent
growth. The size of the industry has grown rapidly to over $2 billion
last year. Indian Direct Selling Asso-
ciation (IDSA) is the association of the
direct selling companies in India and
is contributing to the growth and the
development of this sector. Worldwide,
the Direct Selling industry is estimated
to be over $180.5 billion. Indian industry
has grown at a CAGR of 15.7% over the past four years despite the
COVID-19 pandemic and is likely grown even more rapidly. —ANI
DIGITAL RUPEE TRIAL
STARTS TOMORROW
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Reserve
Bank of India will launch
the first pilot for CBDC
(Central Bank Digital Cur-
rency) or retail digital Ru-
pee (e`-R) on December 1,
it said on Tuesday.
“The pilot would cover
select locations in closed
user group (CUG) compris-
ing participating custom-
ers and merchants. The
e`-R would be in the form
of a digital token that rep-
resents legal tender. It
would be issued in the
same denominations that
paper currency and coins
are currently issued. It
would be distributed
through intermediaries,
i.e., banks,” the RBI said in
a statement.
Users will be able to
transact with e₹-R through
a digital wallet offered by
the participating banks
and stored on mobile
phones. Transactions can
be both Person to Person
(P2P) and Person to Mer-
chant (P2M), the central
bank said.
Payments to merchants
can be made using QR
codes displayed at mer-
chant locations.
RBI has also selected
eight banks for phase-wise
participation in this pilot.
The first phase will begin
with four banks: State
Bank of India, ICICI Bank,
Yes Bank and IDFC First
Bank in four cities. Later,
Bank of Baroda, Union
Bank of India, HDFC Bank
and Kotak Mahindra Bank
will join this pilot.
The pilot will initially be
rolled out in Mumbai, New
Delhi, Bengaluru and Bhu-
baneswar. It will be extend-
ed to Ahmedabad, Gang-
tok, Guwahati, Hyderabad,
Indore, Kochi, Lucknow,
Patna and Shimla. The
scope of pilot may be ex-
panded gradually to in-
clude more banks and loca-
tions, the RBI said.
RBI Governor Shakti-
kanta Das had earlier this
month said that the RBI
will follow up on the whole-
sale e-rupee pilot with a
similar trial on the retail
side this month itself. The
broader wish of the RBI is
to execute a full-fledged
launch of the CBDC “in the
near future”, Das said.
SALIENT
FEATURES
z Users will be able to
transact with e`-R through
a digital wallet offered by
the participating banks and
stored on mobile phones.
Transactions can be both P2P
P2M, the central bank said
z The first phase will begin
with SBI, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank
and IDFC First Bank in four
cities. Later, BoB, UBI, HDFC
Kotak Mahindra Bank will join
z Payments to merchants
can be made using QR codes
displayed at merchant
locations
New Delhi (PTI): India
will witness “significant
economic activity” over
the next decade on the
back of open network for
digital commerce (ONDC),
record aggregating system
and government measures
like GST, FAStag and e-way
bills, Infosys Technologies
co-founder and chairman
Nandan Nilekani said
on Tuesday
.
“...there are three big
things coming today
, which
will over the next decade
have more of an impact (on
India). I believe in the next
10 years India is going to
see significant economic
activity which is broad
based, inclusive and de-
mocratised,” he said.
The first is, ONDC sec-
ond is account aggregator
framework and the trans-
formation happening in
the logistics sector due to
government initiatives like
GST, Fastag and the e-way
bill, Nilekani said.
Nilekani said he expects
the ONDC — an initiative
of the government to pro-
mote an open platform for
all aspects of the exchange
of goods and services
through electronic net-
works — to begin soon.
Nilekani foresees
‘significant
economic activity’
New Delhi (PTI): Citing a
weak manufacturing sec-
tor coupled with the steep
margin compression, SBI
Research has pencilled in
the country’s GDP growth
for the second quarter at
5.8%, down 30 basis points
from average estimates.
In a report, SBI Research
headed by Soumya Kanti
Ghosh said corporate re-
sults, operating profit of
companies, excluding
banking and financial sec-
tor, degrew by 14% in
Q2FY23 as against 35%
growth in Q2FY22, though
the top line continued to
grow at a healthier pace.
Net sales grew by 28%,
while bottom line was
down by around 23% from
the year ago period.
Further, corporate mar-
gin seems to be under pres-
sure, as reflected in results
of around 3,000 listed enti-
ties, excluding banking
and financial sector, due to
higher input costs with de-
clining operating margins,
from 17.7% in Q1FY22 to
10.9% in Q2FY23. Given
this and the wide diver-
gence in market consensus
(6.1%) regarding Q2 GDP,
SBI sees the economy print-
ing in at 5.8%.
Q2 growth likely slowed to 5.8%: SBI
UK delivering on
new FTA with
India: Rishi Sunak
London (PTI): British
Prime Minister Rishi Su-
nak has reiterated the UK’s
commitment to a free trade
agreement (FTA) with In-
dia as part of the country’s
wider focus on enhancing
ties with the strategic Indo-
Pacific region and standing
up to competitors with
“robust pragmatism”.
The British Indian lead-
er reflected upon his herit-
age and committed to pro-
moting British values of
“freedom and openness”
around the world.
He also pledged to “do
things differently” far re-
moved from the so-called
“golden era” with China,
which he said poses a “sys-
temic challenge” to British
values and interests.
“Before I came into poli-
tics, I invested in business-
es around the world. And
the opportunity in the In-
do-Pacific is compel-
ling,” Sunak said.
“By 2050, the In-
do-Pacific will de-
liver over half of
global growth com-
pared with just a
quarter from Eu-
rope and North
A m e r i c a
combined.
T h a t ’ s
w h y
we’re joining the Trans-
Pacific trade deal, the
CPTPP, delivering a new
FTA with India and pursu-
ing one with Indonesia,”
he said.
India and Britain
launched negotiations for
the FTA in January with
an aim to conclude talks by
Diwali but the deadline
was missed due to a lack of
consensus on issues. The
focus of the FTA nego-
tiations is on reduc-
ing the barriers to
trade, cutting tar-
iffs, and support-
ing easier imports
and exports into
each other’s
m a r -
kets.
‘PROMOTING
BRITISH VALUES’
z Delivering his first major
foreign policy speech since
taking charge at 10 Downing
Street last month at the Lord
Mayor of London’s Banquet
on Monday night, the British
Indian leader reflected upon
his heritage and committed
to promoting British values
of “freedom and openness”
around the world
New Delhi (ANI): Fitch
Ratings expects telecom op-
erators to raise tariffs in
2023, given the focus on
profitability by the service
providers.
It said Vodafone Idea
needs to increase tariffs as
its EBITDA generation is
insufficient to meet finance
costs and to invest suffi-
ciently in capital expendi-
ture. The last time the tel-
ecom operators raised tar-
iffs was in late 2021.
“We have only one mar-
ket on an improving out-
look - India - compared
with two (India and Malay-
sia) in 2022. Only one mar-
ket - Sri Lanka - is on a de-
teriorating outlook. Con-
solidation is likely to con-
tinue in most markets as
weaker participants face
the choice whether to be
acquired or decline,” it
said in a report.
Telecom
operators may
raise tariffs in
2023: Fitch
Sensex, Nifty
settle at fresh
lifetime highs
Sensex and Nifty ended at
fresh lifetime peaks on
Tuesday amid a largely
firm trend in other Asian
markets and continuous
foreign fund inflows.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
gained 177.04 points or
0.28% to settle at 62,681.84,
its fresh record closing
high. The broader NSE
Nifty advanced 55.30 points
or 0.30% to end at 18,618.05,
its fresh record closing
high. Among the Sensex
pack, Hindustan Unilever,
Sun Pharma, Nestle, Dr
Reddy’s, Tata Steel, ICICI
Bank, Titan were gainers.
` FALLS 3 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 81.71/$
New Delhi (PTI): The rupee
slipped 3 paise to close at 81.71
(provisional) against the US
dollar on Tuesday as rising crude
oil prices in the international
market weighed on forex market
sentiment. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the
local unit opened strong at 81.58
but later slipped into the negative
territory. During the session,
it touched an intra-day high of
81.57 and a low of 81.74 against
the greenback. The local unit
finally settled at 81.71.
FUELPRICECUTHOPESRISEASCRUDEOILPRICESDROP
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A huge drop in
crude oil prices have rekin-
dled hopes in India of a
possible reduction in fuel
prices.
Benchmark Brent crude
fell to its lowest since Janu-
ary on Monday, with prices
dropping $2.6/barrel, or
more than 3%, to $80.97.
Apprehension over anoth-
er production cut by the
Opec+ grouping of oil ex-
porters, including Russia,
has contributed to the
sharp fall.
The fall in Brent crude
oil prices has brought down
the cost of ‘Indian Basket’
–orthemixof crudebought
by Indian refiners – to $82/
barrel from an average of
$112.8 in March.
Thisfallhasraisedhopes
of a fuel price cut in India
as the current petrol and
diesel prices reflect oil at
about $85/barrel.
Petrol and diesel prices
are supposed to be revised
daily but state-owned fuel
retailers have not exer-
cised their rights since
April 6. Rates have been on
freeze since then except on
May 22 when prices were
reduced following a cut in
excise duty
.
Prior to the April freeze,
petrol and diesel prices had
gone up by `10 per litre
each. Petrol currently costs
`96.72 a litre in the national
capital and diesel is priced
at `89.62.
If the price reduction
happens, this will be the
first cut since May 22 when
the govt cut excise duty on
the two fuels.
POSITIVE SIGNS
LOWEST SINCE
JANUARY 2022
z Benchmark Brent crude fell
to its lowest since January
on Monday, with prices
dropping $2.6/barrel, or
more than 3 percent, to
$80.97
z This fall has raised hopes
of a fuel price cut in India
as the current petrol and
diesel prices reflect oil at
about $85/barrel
New Delhi (PTI): In signs that the country’s civil aviation
sectorisrecoveringwell,domesticcarriersflewmorethan
4 lakh passengers for two consecutive days. After being
severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, air traffic is
picking up but is yet to reach the pre-COVID level when
the daily average passenger number was more than 4 lakh.
C u r r e n t l y, the average passenger number is
around 3.70 lakh and the same is expect-
ed to rise in the coming months
of December and January
.
DOMESTIC AIR TRAFFIC TOPS
4 LAKH-MARK FOR TWO DAYS

08
2NDFRONT
When you forgive someone, it is
not condoning their behaviour
but moving on.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
z Both Narendra Modi
and Amit Shah are
campaigning in Guja-
rat and addressing the
people in Gujarati.
Will that have any ef-
fect on the voters?
Of course. This is their
‘masterstroke’ as the
public connects with it.
I hear them addressing
the public in Gujarati
and I admire them
thinking that the elec-
tion has slipped from
the Opposition’s hands.
What ever public meet-
ing they address and
some meeting is ad-
dressed by those who
speak in Gujarati, tell
me whom will the voter
feel connected to more?
Unless the voter is the
staunch supporter of
the Congress or AAP or
any other party
. So this
is a ‘masterstroke.’ This
move has definitely
made an impact.
z Will the enormous
crowd that is visible
in PM’s rallies con-
vert into votes?
Definitely. I have ob-
served a difference in
the crowd that Naren-
dra Modi gets in his ral-
lies, and the crowd that
other leaders garner.
His crowd is a genuine
crowd. Others’ is a
crowd that the party as-
sembles from various
places, but that does not
convert into votes. But
perhaps he (Modi) is
God gifted or may be it
is his style, or his hard
work or commitment
that the crowd that as-
sembled to hear Modi
gets converted into
votes. That is why you
have 50,000 people at
places where the maxi-
mum capacity is to in-
corporate 30,000 or so.
Similarly, for Amit
Shah, the capacity may
be 10,000, but there
would be 15,000 people
attending the rally. So,
this crowd should be
considered as genuine.
z How despite the stat-
ure and terror of Amit
Shah, so many rebels
have jumped into the
electoral foray and
will they have any ef-
fect on the overall
equation for BJP?
They can hamper the
equation albeit only to a
limited extent. But they
will come to know the
real result of their deci-
sion only after the elec-
tion. Defying Amit Shah
and not acknowledging
his orders since he is a
senior leader is a techni-
cal mistake of these re-
bels. It so happens that a
person learns about the
mistake at the very
time, or after it shows
some result. Of course,
they will hamper par-
ty’s prospects in 32 as-
semblies. So, the party
also assigns the task re-
garding the ‘damage
control’ to 30-35 people.
Yes, there will be some
damage, but not in the
same proportions as
they had thought of
whentheystoodforelec-
tion, because the entire
election is focused on
Narendra Modi. They
won’t be able to hurt
much but like everyone
else, I am also surprised
with the bravery that
these candidates have
shown.
z So will the Con-
gress and AAP rebels
also result in a simi-
lar story for their re-
spective parties?
They too have rebels,
but they are irrelevant.
They are not going to
form the government.
They aren’t in the race.
They are dividing the
40% vote amongst
themselves. Only one
estimate claims that the
Congress will get 60
something seats, re-
maining all others have
denied; So giving only
25-30 seats to Congress
the rebels can cast
their affect on those
seats. But the rebels can
affect the BJP more
since their number is
greater in BJP while the
number of rebels in
Congress is not too
high. AAP may have
one or two rebels, but it
does not have any rele-
vance. So, as far as dam-
age caused by rebels is
concerned, it will be in
context of BJP
.
z In the entire cam-
paigning in Gujarat,
the Congress has
maintained an unu-
sual silence. Why is
it so?
They are afraid. Once
long back, Sonia Gan-
dhi had used the term
‘Maut Ke Saudagar’,
then some one else said
something else. These
days Jairam Ramesh
says something or Chi-
dambaram says some-
thing else. But now it is
said that they have been
told to keep off. They
don’t know what issues
to pick apart from what
they have said in their
manifesto. So, they are
cautious that as soon as
they say anything,
Modi-Shah will catch
them and a new contro-
versy would be created.
Thus, they have been
asked to remain silent
and keep off. And ac-
cording to me, that it is
a ‘wise strategy
.’
z What are the real is-
sues in this Gujarat
election? Also, what
are the issues that the
BJP has been making?
The BJP’s main issue
has always been
‘Hindutva,’ whether di-
rectly or indirectly.
Then the second issue it
raises is of the double
engine government,
and their third issue
has always been of de-
velopment, Remaining
all other issues are
based on a short time
span. Even in their
manifesto, they ad-
dressed issues of farm-
ers, youth, students etc.
But BJP’s basic key is-
sues are the ones which
have been aforemen-
tioned.
z And what does
the Congress’
manifesto say?
The Congress’ mani-
festo is based on prom-
ises. They do not want
to get into any contro-
versy. So, firstly they
promised OPS Scheme
which is given by Ashok
Gehlot. Based on this,
they are hoping to win
theelectioninHimachal
too. Here too they have
promised the same and
made it an issue. Then
they have promised em-
ployment to 10 lakh peo-
ple. Thereafter, bring-
ing the ‘Chiranjeevi
Scheme’ like Rajasthan
has been promised as
well. Then come free
electricity and women
centric schemes. So
major issues they have
addressed and prom-
ised are is OPS, employ-
ment and the ‘Chiran-
jeevi Scheme.’
z Talking about
promises, what has
AAP promised or
made into an issue?
AAP has only one
promise. They promise
everything to be free.
Free electricity, water,
education etc. And they
also say that they will
give everything for free
and cite the example of
Delhi and Punjab,
where they have actu-
ally implemented their
‘free’ agenda. It is a
separate issue that now
a debate has started in
the nation regarding
freebies.
z After Delhi and
Punjab, now AAP has
promised freebies in
Gujarat. What do you
think will be its effect?
It won’t have much ef-
fect. An effect can hap-
pen only in totality and
that is when the voters,
as a whole, become
‘game- changer.’ Now
that we have already
made an assessment
that these parties will
be restricted within 9
seats and other survey
claims not more than
15-20 seats. These is-
sues will perhaps bring
AAP to a few seats.
z So by that meas-
ure, do you think
BJP will taste victo-
ry in the New Delhi’s
MCD elections?
BJP is making its best
attempt to win the elec-
tions. It has got all its
Central Ministers and
Chief Ministers to cam-
paign there. But my
analyses is that it will
be difficult to bring
down AAP. They (BJP)
may come close to in
number of wards, but
AAP gets ruled out or is
routed, I don’t see that
happening. Astrologers
claim that though AAP
will not have any major
victory in Assembly
elections, but in local
body elections, AAP
cannot be ruled out.
z Then why is BJP’s
entire campaign fo-
cused on negative
propaganda on AAP?
Everything is fair in
love and war. Secondly,
what BJP has done, like
the videos and stings of
AAP, they are all genu-
ine. They can’t deny
that they haven’t taken
money. They cannot
deny that a person was
massaging their leader,
who has a rape case
against him, in jail.
They also can’t deny
that they sold their tick-
ets. So, it can be termed
as BJP’s negative cam-
paign on AAP, but it is
based on facts and is
logical as well.
z How do you analyse
the ‘Women Factor’
in these elections con-
sidering a lot of
women are now tak-
ing to active politics?
The factor is reasonable
and although it is not in
proportion with the
number of women in
society
, still the number
of active women in pol-
itics is reasonable. BJP
has fielded 17 female
candidates and Con-
gress has fielded 14,
while AAP has fielded
7, so there has been a
reasonable representa-
tion of Gujarati women
in these election.
z But if we look
closely, it seems that
the political parties
do not give that rele-
vance to women or to
put in another way,
they are not given as
many tickets as men?
There must be a tactical
or political reason for it.
Considering that all po-
litical parties eye wom-
en voters and introduce
schemesforthem.There
are talks of 50% reser-
vation,35%reservation,
laws are framed for
them and lots of other
steps are taken, but
whenitcomestoground
reality, I think, that the
parties do not get win-
ning candidates in good
numbers and hence
women do not get more
tickets. Look at Con-
gress, they brought the
slogan ‘Ladki Hoon Lad
Sakti Hoon’ during Ut-
tar Pradesh polls, but
they did not bring that
slogan to Gujarat. So,
everypartyhasthisrule
to give tickets according
to the representation in
their organisation.
z But luring the fe-
male voters is also im-
portant. So what are
the promises made by
all three parties?
You can’t ignore the fe-
male voters as they are
almost 48% i.e. almost
half of 4.90 crore total
votersin theState.Thus,
the parties will have to
bring populist schemes
like free education, free
gas cylinder, free elec-
tricity
,freescootyorfree
computers. These are
some of the things every
government and party
engages in.
z What is this ‘5P’
that is being heard in
the Gujarat election?
Narendra Modi brings
out a new miracle from
his hat every day. This
‘5P’ will be a success
and everyone is observ-
ing how successful it
will be. He gives a slo-
gan and that becomes
super hit. He gave the
slogan ‘Lets make Guja-
rat’ and that became
hit. Now he has given
this ‘5P,’ and that has
already become a hit
amongst the masses.
z Will the Morbi
bridge collapse re-
sult in any effect on
these elections?
There was a probability
that it could have cast
some effect, but BJP
handled the entire epi-
sode with utmost grit
and smartness. It could
not become an issue.
Secondly
. political par-
tieshavetheirowninter-
est. Some tried to make
it an issue and I read
that 132 people died, but
no party is ready to give
away its vote. Congress
has made an issue over
it and has said that 132
peoplehavediedandFIR
hasbeenregisteredthen
at least name the con-
tractor in the FIR or
formaJudicialCommis-
sion or do something
else in the matter. Chid-
ambaram said no one
apologised, no case was
registered and no one
resigned. But still Morbi
incidenthasnothadthat
big an effect, as much as
the people were hoping
it would have had. Then
BJP played a master-
stroke in this. The per-
son, who saved the peo-
ple, Kanubhai, the party
gave him a ticket. So,
Morbi has a moral influ-
ence, but I don’t think it
will become a major is-
sue in this election.
Modi: The country’s biggest crowd puller,
who has capacity to convert crowd into votes
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India, CMD First India News, highlights what sets Modi led BJP
campaign apart from other parties in Gujarat, how the issues created by other parties have become inconsequential, what role rebels will play in hurting BJP and what
will be their political future post election. Dr Chandra also stresses that AAP may perhaps perform better in MCD elections than assembly elections and that the Morbi
bridge collapse incident was handled superbly by BJP due to which the Opposition parties have not been able to make an issue around it. Excerpts... (Part II)
During the show
#Modialltheway
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Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with (R to L) Astha Khandelwal, Poornima Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Pooja
Yadav, Shweta Raje, Amit Mishra, Kshama Tripathi and Manish Desai during The JC Show.
Modi’s crowd is a genuine crowd. Others’ is a
crowd that the party assembles from various
places, but that does not convert into votes. But
perhaps he (Modi) is God gifted or may be it is
his style, or his hard work or commitment that
the crowd that assembles to hear Modi gets
converted into votes. That is why you have
50,000 people at places, where the maximum
capacity is to incorporate 30,000 or so
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n discrepancy
to the ‘every-
day smiley
catalogue girl’,
the model is
seen as
‘unique’ and
‘strong.’ She is typi-
cally described as
having an unusual
or ‘edgy’ look.
Everyone in the
field had a tough
time building
themselves as a
Model. From
being rejected
for a ‘not-so-
good person-
ality’ to wear-
ing the
crown of
First In-
d i a
Queen and donning the stage
with her charm and confi-
dence, Bhakti has proved that
she was born to conquer the
fashion world.
It is rightly said that one
should not mind their make-
up every time, but make up
their mind once in a while.
The 25-year-old diva showed
the world that she just does
not have good looks but
learned good books. She
shared, “My journey from be-
ing a student to being a fash-
ion designer was very hap-
pening and great, I always
dreamt about being an inspir-
ing artist and wanted to get
framed in a big bang poster to
make my parents and myself
proud”.
Bhakti’s inimitable style
transformation from fresh-
faced girl to modelling power-
house shook everyone, when
asked about her struggle the
crowned beauty said, “I
strongly believe that if you re-
ally desire something from
the heart then the whole uni-
verse will work towards get-
ting you that. From being re-
jected because of not so good
personality, I made sure to
give myself a chance and
work on myself and present
out there as a talented artist.
I am working as a stylist in a
production house for 4 years
and also realised that there
are many girls who have been
rejected for their looks. I pre-
sented myself the way I am
the way
, I wanted to show the
real me, my work, etc. I always
wanted to inspire other
dreamers. Rejections are mo-
tivation to the one who really
wants to achieve dignity and
success, and I wanted to be a
voice for those who think they
can’t do what they dream.”
The elegant queen further
said, “I am extremely grateful
to Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and
First India Queen for making
my dream come true, some-
thing great like this can only
be visualized by JC sir, he has
opened open the gates of op-
portunity for many deserving
girls like us.”
Bhakti Jani, the winner of First India Queen,
which took place on Friday, October 21 at the
Jade Ballroom of the Sahara Star in Mumbai,
shares her journey with City First
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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FIRST INDIA QUEEN
Jagdeesh Chandra along with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi felicitate Bhakti Jani
Jagdeesh Chandra along with Aditi Jaggi Rastogi
and Pearl Agarwal (Winner First Miss India 2021)
and the participants congratulate
Bhakti Jani on being crowned as the Winner
of First India Queen 2022
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SUPER INDIANS RAJASTHAN CHAPTER
City First brings to you some more glimpses from the Super Indians Rajasthan Chapter organised by First India News
Rajasthan and Bharat24 News channel on Sunday at Lake City Udaipur. The lamp lighting of the program was done in five-star
Hotel Ananta in the presence of Dr Jagdeesh Chandra along with Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, renowned film actor
Govinda, Rajasthan Foundation Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava, Erstwhile Mewar royal family member Lakshyaraj Singh
Mewar, Chief Business Office and Strategic Advisor Manoj Jagyasi, Newly appointed Managing Editor of Bharat-24 Shamsher
Singh and First India News Editor Jinendra Singh Shekhawat and other dignitaries. During the event, actor Govinda conducted
panel discussions in three different sessions with experts from different fields and shared valuable information.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Jagdeesh Chandra lights the lamp with Dr CP Joshi, Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar and Govinda. Also seen are (L-R) Manoj Jagyasi, Shamsher Singh and Dhiraj Srivastava
Jagdeesh Chandra and Govinda enjoying the evening
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar addressing the audience
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Dr Sameer Bhati, Dr Ajay Hardia, Bhavit Malhotra,
Manoj Jagyasi, Hardeep Bakshi, Gajraj Pagariya, Shreyans Mehta and Jawed Siddiqui
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience
Jagdeesh Chandra with Dhiraj Srivastava and Govinda
Superstar Govinda being welcomed with a memento. Seen here are (L-R)
Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Dhiraj Srivastava, Shamsher Singh Manoj Jagyasi
Vijendra Singh Solanki in conversation with Govinda
Jagdeesh Chandra with
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar (L) and Govinda (R)
Dr CP Joshi addressing the audience
(L-R) Ashish Aman, Shaan, Megha Kaushik and Jinendra Shekhawat
Megha Kaushik Mahendra Singh Sisodiya along with his wife
Shamsher Singh addressing the audience
Govinda with (L-R) Mahendra, Pramod, Sachin, Bhuvnesh, Vijendra, Ashish, Tripti, Jinendra, Megha, Dhiraj, Dr Deepa,
Shamsher Singh, Bhavit, Manoj Jagyasi, Dr Rajendra, Jawed, Bheem, Manisha, Dr Ajay, Sarish, Nishant and Shyam Bihari
Standing (L-R) Sarish, Mahendra, Nishant, Rajeev, Kuldeep and Atul
Sitting (L-R) Shyam Bihari, Shamsher Singh, Manoj Jagyasi, Bheem Negi and Nitin Dhabu
Megha Kaushik in conversation with (L-R) Govinda, Dr Sameer Bhati, Dr MM Mangal, Dr Ajay Hardia and Dr Arvinder Singh
Dhiraj Srivastava addressing the audience Govinda and Gulabo Sapera share a moment of joy
10-11
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he unveiling of
Pernia’s Pop-
Up Studio was
held at Indian
Handicrafts
Emporium in
Mehrauli, Del-
hi on November 26.
Headliningnamesatthe
grand launch of Per-
nia’s Pop-Up Studio, In-
dian Handicrafts Empo-
rium in Mehrauli in-
cluded design mavens
and some of the most
glamorous influencers
in Indian fashion. The
evening soiree would
have been incomplete
without these re-
markable change-
makers, who, with
their forward-think-
ingandunparalleled
skill set, are chang-
ing the face of the
industry
.
Asyoudrivearound
Delhi, you come
across many colossal
monuments that re-
flect the influence of
Mughal architecture
throughout the city -
some widely known,
some forgotten over
time. Pernia’s Pop-Up
studios are the big-
gest experience cen-
tre at the Indian
Handicrafts Empo-
rium in Mehrauli
and also a most cel-
ebrated hub for de-
sign and luxury
.
Sprawling across
50,000 sq. ft., The brand-
new flagship store is
steeped in tradition
and history
. Remi-
niscent of Indian
heritage, a life-sized
elephant sculpture
greets you on entering
the magnificent destina-
tion. A thoughtful juxta-
position of Mughal and
Islamic architecture,
the iconic facade boasts
stone arches, monolith-
ic arched gateways and
antique statues.
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STAY MASKED
CelebrationofIndiandesign
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—PHOTOS BY MANOJ KESHARWANI
GREETINGS!
A MOMENT TO CHERISH!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Manoj Jagyasi, Chief Business
Officer Strategic Advisor, Bharat24- Vision of New India,
on the occasion of latter’s birthday. The former reached his
residence in Ahmedabad on Tuesday morning and wished him
good health success.
Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Märtha Louise
of Norway, dances with her cavalier, Lakshraj Prakash,
the younger son of Diya Kumari of Jaipur, at le Bal des
Débutantes in Paris.
Bharat 24 organised the program titled ‘UP Ke Mann Ki Baat
Firozabad Se’ in a grand manner at Firozabad Club Limited.
Dharamveer Prajapati (Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Prisons and Home Guards Department, Former Minister of
State for Industrial Development, UP Government) was present
as the chief guest in the programme, while the program was
presided over by Manish Asija the popular Sadar MLA and
Assembly Secretary of Suhagnagari Firozabad. During the
program, Bharat24’s Consulting Editor and Digital Head Shishir
Awasthi and UP Bureau Avneesh Vidyarthi were present. The
forum was successfully conducted by Bharat 24’s anchor
Mahima, during the program, various issues were kept by the
guests of the show. Ujjwal Gupta of Mahila Morcha emphasized
the political empowerment of women at the show. Youth
Chairman Sant Kumar and Soni Shivhare Jasrana’s young
Chairman Avnish Gupta of Survey Sarva and many more well-
known faces of the city were present in the programme.
P
racheen Kala Kendra is going to organise the tenth “Guru
M.L. Koser” Festival of Music and Dance on December 13
and 14 December at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi. This
event is supported by
the ministry of culture,
the government of India.
Dr Shobha Koser (Kathak
Dancer), Dr Pohankar
(Vocal Recital), Yogesh
Samsi with Ustad
Akram Kumar (Tabla
Jugalbandi), Purbayan
Chatterjee (Sitar Recital)
and many more will be
going to grace the event
with their performances.
Pracheen Kala Kendra
is one of the oldest,
premier and most
prestigious organisations
in the country dedicated
to the promotion,
preservation and dissemination of Indian Classical arts. At
present, Pracheen Kala Kendra is a well-known institution
imparting quality education and training under ancient Gurukul
parampara in the subjects of Indian Classical Music including
Carnatic Music (Vocal and Instrumental), Classical Dances
(e.g. Kathak, Bharatnatyam, etc.) and Fine Arts (Painting) and
conducting examinations in the field of performing and visual
arts for the last 60 years. —CITY FIRST
UJJWAL GUPTA ROARED
FIERCELY IN BHARAT
24’S SPECIAL PROGRAM
CITY FIRST
T
he special pro-
gram titled “UP Ke
Mann Ki Baat Fi-
rozabadSe”organ-
ised by the national chan-
nel Bharat24 witnessed
eminent personalities
such as Dharmaveer Pra-
japati (Minister of State
(Independent Charge)
Prisons and Home
Guards Department, For-
mer Minister of State for
Industrial Development,
UP Government) special
guest Manish Asija
(MLA Sadar and Secre-
tary Legislative Party Ut-
tar Pradesh Legislative
Assembly) and Ujjwal
Gupta (BJP Mahila
Morcha leader) were
present on stage
along with Shishir
Awasthi (Bharat 24. Con-
sulting Editor), Avnish
Vidyarti (UP Head), with
Mahima Singh Kanwar
(Anchor) to kept their
views in the said pro-
gram. During the pro-
gram, Ujjwal Gupta,
the firebrand leader of
Mahila Morcha, attract-
ed everyone with her
statement.
Emphasizing political
empowerment she stated
that women have been
empowered in every
field, but still their par-
ticipation in politics is
very less, mainly because
of the various challenges
they have to face. Today,
if a woman wants to do
politics without any
political legacy, then
various kinds of
question marks start
arising from her. If a
man helps someone at
12:00 in the night, then he
is a leader, whereas if a
woman goes to help a de-
prived oppressed at
night, then question
marks will arise her,
which will make her
think about whether she
should move forward or
not. In today’s time, there
is a need to change the
social attitude and while
requesting to improve
the social and political at-
titude towards women,
told that the leadership
of women is a symbol of
power in society, the po-
litical rights of women
are also described in our
Vedas. Praising the sensi-
tivity of the BJP govern-
ment towards women
and the sense of political
and social justice to-
wards their rights, she
mentioned various
schemes.
During this, Mancha-
sin Shishir Awasthi, Sa-
dar MLA and Minister
also praised the state-
ment of Ujjwal Gupta,
Ujjwal Gupta spoke
strongly about the par-
ticipation of women and
her` statement received
a lot of praise and
applause.
DURING THE DAY!
SPEAKING THROUGH ART!
ActionHeroinACTION!
Bollywood film directors Bhushan Kumar, Aanand L Rai and
actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Jaideep Ahlawat pose for a
photograph during a promotion of their upcoming film ‘Action
Hero’ in New Delhi on Tuesday.
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
Madhuri Dixit during the unvling ceremony
The gorgeous beauty, Madhuri
admires the art work
Visuals of Pop-Up store
Ujjwal Gupta during the show
Madhuri Dixit Nene
Nandini Singh
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