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BOMBAY HIGH COURT SETS PRECEDENT IN
FAVOUR OF CASTE CERTIFICATE CLAIMANTS
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The Nagpur
bench of the Bombay
High Court has curbed
the tendency of district-
level Caste Certificate
Scrutiny Committees
(CCSCs) to deny appli-
cants residential status
through a brief enquiry
.
The court has mandat-
ed that not only must
the enquiry to deter-
mine the fact of resi-
dential status of the ap-
plicant be conducted by
the Vigilance Cell but,
if needed, it must also
allow the applicant to
produce evidence re-
garding her or his sta-
tus as a resident of Ma-
harashtra.
Hearing a writ peti-
tion filed by a woman
challenging the deci-
sion of the Caste Scru-
tiny Committee in
Chandrapur district to
cancel her caste certifi-
cate, Justices AS Chan-
durkar and Urmial
Joshi-Phalke were hear-
ing noted, “A conclu-
sion that the applicant
is not ordinarily resi-
dent cannot be recorded
by making a brief en-
quiry
.” Turn to P5
WELCOME MOVE
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The Central
Reserve Police Force
(CRPF), entrusted with
the security of Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, will write to the
Mumbai police depart-
ment over the apparent
lapse in security screen-
ing around the resi-
dence of Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis
during Shah’s recent
visit. A 32-year-old
Dhule Turn to P5
Dy CM Fadnavis and Home Minister Shah at the former’s home
in Mumbai. Dhule had managed to get through the screening and
invade the Fadnavis residence, officials say. —FILE PHOTO
Lax Mumbai police security
upsets Union government
CCSCs will have to
conduct proper
enquiries through
Vigilance Cell, allow
applicant to
produce evidence
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2022, on account of Anant
Chaturdashi. Therefore,
there will be no edition of
the paper on September
10, 2022. —Editor
FROM KINGSWAY TO KARTAVYA PATH...
BOSE RAJ
PUSHES OUT
BRITISH RAJ!
PM Modi unveils statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra
Bose, Kartavya Path and revamped Central Vista
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: As a part of
the Central Vista rede-
velopment project,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi inaugurated
the ‘Kartavya Path’ at
India Gate on Thursday
.
PM Modi also un-
veiled a grand statue of
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose near India Gate
today. The jet black
granite statue, with a
height of 28 feet will be
placed under the Cano-
py near India Gate.
According to Prime
Minister’s Office
(PMO), the move sym-
bolises a shift from the
erstwhile Rajpath being
an icon of power to the
‘Kartavya Path’ being
an example of public
ownership and empow-
erment.
In the Azaadi ka Am-
rit Mahotsav, India got
new inspiration and
new energy today, said
PM while inaugurating.
Today, a huge statue of Netaji Sub-
has Chandra Bose has been in-
stalled near the India Gate. During
British rule, a statue of a representative of the
Britishers stood here. With installation of
statue of Netaji, we have established a new
path for an empowered India.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

z India got new
inspiration today

z Another symbol of
slavery removed today

z Foundation laid for
modern, strong India

z Netaji beyond
challenges of position,
resources

z Our great hero forgotten
after Independence

z 40 sculptors carved
28-feet-tall idol of Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose

z Netaji statue will stand
tall without any damage
for next 100 years

z Central Vista project
workers to get invite to
2023 R-Day Parade: PM

z WB CM Mamata Banerjee
rebuffs Netaji statue
event invite
PM MODI TO BLOW
POLL BUGLE IN
HIMACHAL PRADESH
NETAJI’S STATUE WILL HAVE SYMBOLIC
MEANING: BOSE’S DAUGHTER ANITA
Ahead of the Himachal
Pradesh Assembly polls later
in the year, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is all set to
blow the poll bugle in the hill
state. Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi is also scheduled
to address a Bhartiya Janata
Yuva Morcha (BJYM) rally in
Mandi on September 24. The
BJP and BJYM in Himachal
Pradesh have set the target
to gather one lakh youth
for the rally.
1 PM Narendra Modi unveils the statue
of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at
‘Kartavya Path’, in New Delhi on Thursday.
2 Statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi
near India Gate, in New Delhi on Thursday.
3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets
during the inauguration of the
“Kartavya Path”, in New Delhi on Thursday.
4 PM Modi pays floral tributes while
unveiling the statue of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose near India Gate on Thursday.
5 HM Amit Shah, BJP Chief JP Nadda,
Union ministers Narendra S Tomar,
Ashwini Vaishnaw and others during event.
“It is an important and very historic loca-
tion. So fact that Netaji’s statue is being
put up in this place is a great honour
to him. He will be able to watch over
the important part of the capital of free
India,” Anita Bose Pfaff, Bose’s daughter.
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TRUMP SAYS PM
MODI “A GREAT
GUY, DOING A
TERRIFIC JOB”
KALRAJ MISHRA COMPLETES 3 YEARS AS RAJ GUV
Jaipur: 3 years of Governor Kalraj Mishra’s tenure will be
completed on Friday. Today there will be a press conference
at 1 pm regarding the tenure of 3 years. Governor will
discuss with the media about the tenure of 3 years.
New Jersey: Former US President Donald Trump
said on Thursday that PM Narendra Modi is “doing
a terrific job” and that India “has never had a better
friend than me”, while giving the broadest hint yet
that he may be running for office again in 2024.
INDIA TEST-FIRES
QUICK REACTION
SURFACE TO AIR
MISSILE SYSTEM
New Delhi: The DRDO and Indian Army successfully
completes six flight-tests of Quick Reaction Surface to
Air Missile (QRSAM) system from ITR), at Chandipur, in
Balasore district of Odisha on Thursday. The flight tests
were conducted as part of evaluation trials by the IA.
HM AMIT SHAH ON A
TWO-DAY VISIT TO
RAJ STARTING TODAY
Jaipur: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah will
be on a two-day visit to
Rajasthan from Friday. Amit
Shah will reach Jaisalmer
on Friday. On Saturday, he
visit Tanot Mata Temple and
offer prayers at the temple.
HM Shah will also address
booth workers at Dasheera
Maidan in Jodhpur.
US ISSUES 82,000
VISAS TO INDIAN
STUDENTS IN 2022
New Delhi: The United
States Embassy and its
consulates in four cities
have issued a “record-
breaking” 82,000 student
visas in the first nine
months of 2022 as India
remains one of the most
favoured destinations for
students pursuing higher
education.
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Crucial
Crucial
Justice Bhandari
appointed as
SAFMA Chairman
New Delhi: CJ of Ma-
dras HC, Justice MN
Bhandari has been ac-
corded a
major re-
sponsibili-
ty as he
has been
appointed
as Chair-
man of
SAFMA. He is set to re-
tire as CJ of Madras HC
on September 12, 2022
and post retirement, he
will join new post where
asChairmanof SAFMA,
his tenure will be of 4
years. Turn to P8
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longest reigning monarch
in British history, has
died aged 96, leaving the
whole world in a state of
shock and grief. Born in 1926
to King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth, the head of state
breathed her last on Septem-
ber 8, 2022, at the Balmoral
castle in Scotland. Looking
back at the monarch’s mag-
nificent reign, there were
many key moments to
remember and cherish.
Longest surviving
Queen no more...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II — 21 APRIL 1926 TO 8 SEPTEMBER 2022
NIA team
conducts
raids in Bihar
New Delhi: In the Phul-
wari Sharif case, the
NIA on Thursday was
conducting search op-
erations at places in
Chhapra, Darbhanga,
Arriya, Muzaffarpur
and Patna.
The raids were being
held in connection with
its probe into a suspect-
ed terror module alleg-
edly linked to the PFI.
The PFI’s members
were found with highly
objectionable materi-
als. The case was later
taken over by the NIA.
RAHUL BEGINS FOOT MARCH
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, along with KC Venugopal and
several party leaders, embarked on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from
Kanyakumari early on Thursday. This marks the beginning of the
party’s new effort to rejuvenate its organisation. Gandhi met the
relatives of S Anitha, NEET aspirant, who had died by suicide.

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Police order probe into Yakub
Memon grave ‘beautification’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Controversy
has erupted over the
grave of 1993 Mumbai
blasts convict Yakub
Memon at the Bada
Qabrastan in south
Mumbai, with the rul-
ing BJP claiming it
was beautified and at-
tempts made to turn it
into a shrine of sorts.
On Thursday, Mum-
bai police removed the
LED lights put around
the grave of the terror
convict—who was
hanged at Nagpur jail in
2015—and launched an
inquiry into how the
lights and marble tiles
came to adorn the terror
convict’s grave
While some Maha-
rashtra BJP leaders
claimed the grave was
done up while Uddhav
Thackeraywasthechief
minister, the Thackeray-
led Shiv Sena said the
whole issue was an at-
tempt to divert people’s
attention from more im-
portant issues like infla-
tionandunemployment.
State BJP chief Chan-
drashekhar Bawankule
said Thackeray should
apologize to the people
of Mumbai and Maha-
rashtra given that Me-
mon was responsible for
killing 250 people.
ShivSenaleaderAadi-
tya Thackeray accused
the BJP of trying to dis-
rupt peace ahead of the
civicpollsinMumbaiby
creating a controversy
over Memon’s grave. He
said the Baba Qabrastan
is a private trust and the
Brihanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation had no
role in it.
BJP claims LED lights, marble tiles were added while Thackeray was CM;
Thackeray-led Sena calls issue tactic to divert attention from real problems
NOT NEW
Terror convict was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015 and buried at Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai.
Why drag the Shiv Sena into this
issue? This is nothing but an at-
tempt to divert people's attention
from serious issues facing the country. It is
also an attempt to create communal ten-
sion in the society.
—Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena MP, Mumbai South
No government will want such things to hap-
pen during their tenure. Currently, to divert
the people's attention from inflation and un-
employment, such issues are being raked up. Since they
(the BJP) have their government in the Centre as well as
in the state, they should find out who did this and pun-
ish those who are responsible. —Ajit Pawar, LOP
BMC survey in Ghatkopar, Vikhroli’s hilly areas for better supply
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
will carry out a survey
of Ghatkopar and
Vikhroli’s hilly areas
to improve the water
supply
. A similar study
was conducted at Go-
vandi and Mankhurd
in 2021.
Before laying water
pipelines, the civic body
conducts small-scale
surveys. However, after
receiving complaints
about low water pres-
sure and inadequate
supply in hilly areas,
the BMC increased its
efforts last year with a
survey at Cheetah
Camp in Govandi.
According to a hy-
draulic department of-
ficial, the planning
team needs some infor-
mation before laying
pipelines in sloping
slum areas, such as to-
pography and how
mains should be laid,
which can only be ob-
tained after conducting
such a survey.
Earlier, the BMC had
spent Rs1.35 crore on
the project. Now, the
civic body has floated
another tender to carry
out a total station sur-
vey of the elevated lo-
cality in Ghatkopar
West. The estimated
cost of the project is
Rs1.70 crore.
“This is a hilly and
densely populated area.
There are narrow paths
with widths of less
than two feet. In such a
location, we need an in-
tegrated study to lay a
network so that every-
one gets an equal dis-
tribution of water,”
said U S Mudras, execu-
tive engineer of plan-
ning and research in
the hydraulic engineer-
ing department.
He also mentioned
that the area already
has a pipeline network,
but that the population
has grown over the last
decade.
The survey area is ap-
proximately 50 hectares,
and the number of lo-
calsandhutswillalsobe
counted. After the sur-
vey is completed, a con-
tract will be awarded to
lay the pipelines.
WATER WOES
MEANWHILE…
Civic body had spent `1.35 cr on the project; now it has
floated another tender to carry out a total station survey
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A Malegaon
court on Thursday
sentenced three ac-
cused to life imprison-
ment in the murder of
Yashwant Sonawane,
an Additional Collec-
tor in Malegaon who
was burnt alive in
2011 for busting an il-
legal Public Distribu-
tion System (PDS) di-
version racket, CBI
officials here said.
Additional Sessions
Judge, Malegaon (Ma-
harashtra), convicted
Rajendra alias Raju
Devidas Shirsath, Mac-
chindra Piraji Surad-
kar alias Kachru, and
Ajay Magan Sonawane
for killing Yashwant
Sonawane, who was
burnt alive on January
25, 2011, during a raid
at a dhaba.
It was alleged that
Popat Dattu Shinde
was running a dhaba at
Jondhalwadi Shivalaya
on the Manmad-Nand-
gaon Road, which was
being used as a focal
point for pilferage,
storage, and illegal sale
of petroleum products
meant for the public
distribution system.
Oil tankers clandes-
tinely offloaded part of
the petroleum prod-
ucts, which were then
stored in cans/barrels
etc and were later
sold,” the agency said
in a statement.
Sonawane was on his
way to Nandgaon via
Manmad along with
his steno-cum-PA and a
driver when he busted
the illicit operation
and proceeded to call
the Supply Inspector to
prepare a panchnama’.
In the meantime, the
accused gathered his
accomplices, who ruth-
lessly beat the officer
with iron rods and ba-
tons and set him ablaze
after dousing him with
kerosene. Sonawane
died on the spot.
The CBI then took
over the investigation
ontherecommendation
of the Maharashtra
government, and filed a
charge sheet on Novem-
ber 10, 2011, before the
Additional Sessions
Judge, Malegaon,
against the three ac-
cused, and one juvenile.
The main accused,
Shinde, had suffered
some serious burns
and succumbed to inju-
ries on November 30,
2011.
“As one accused was
juvenile, his matter
was separately filed be-
fore Juvenile Justice
Board, Nashik,” the
agency statement said.
Yashwant
Sonawane was
beaten mercilessly
with iron rods and
batons, doused
with kerosene and
burnt alive in 2011
for busting an
illegal PDS
diversion racket
Life sentence for 3 in Malegaon additional collector murder
HC quashes FIR in MP Delkar suicide
Mumbai (PTI): The
Bombay High Court
on Thursday quashed
a case registered
against nine persons,
including Dadra Na-
gar Haveli Union Ter-
ritory Administrator
Praful Khoda Patel,
for allegedly abetting
the suicide of MP Mo-
han Delkar last year.
While allowing the
pleas, the high court ob-
served that it was a fit
case for quashing the
First Information Re-
port (FIR) to “prevent
abuse of law”.
Delkar, 58, a seven-
term MP from Dadra
and Nagar Haveli, was
found dead in a hotel
room in Marine Drive in
MumbaionFebruary22,
2021. Patel and eight oth-
ers were booked in
March 2021 for allegedly
abetting the suicide and
criminal intimidation.
NCP, BJP continue war
of words over Baramati
First India Bureau
Pune: Even as the
Bharatiya Janata
Party talks about
wresting Baramati
constituency in the
2024 elections, the
Nationalist Congress
Party’s state unit
chief Jayant Patil
has said that the sun
may rise in the west,
but the people of
Baramati will never
abandon NCP chief
Sharad Pawar.
However, Maha-
rashtra Deputy Chief
Minister and senior
BJP leader Devendra
Fadnavis said even
former prime minis-
ter Indira Gandhi
had to concede defeat
and hence nobody
should be under illu-
sion that he or she
cannot be defeated.
Baramati in Pune
district has been the
stronghold of Sharad
Pawar who had repre-
sented the constituen-
cy multiple times, in-
cluding his days in the
Indian National Con-
gress. His daughter
Supriya Sule is the sit-
ting MP and nephew
AjitPawaristheMLA.
BJP’s state unit
chief Chandrashek-
har Bawankule, who
was on Baramati tour
on Tuesday, had said
that the BJP and
Eknath Shinde-led
Shiv Sena combine
will win the Baramati
constituency
, current-
ly represented by
NCP’sSupriyaSule,in
the 2024 Lok Sabha
electionsalongwith45
of the total 48 constit-
uencies in the state.
Commenting on the
BJP leader’s state-
ment, NCP said that
several persons had
tried to dig into Bara-
mati, but no one had
managed to get water
(win) there.
We are not carrying out this cam-
paign (of reaching out to constituen-
cies) to defeat an individual. Our
mission is to win Maharashtra and we want
to win seats. Individual is secondary there…
Even former prime minister Indira Gandhi
had to concede defeat and hence nobody
should be under illusion that he or she cannot
be defeated. —Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CM
Delkar’s son Abhinav, seen here with folded hands at his
father’s funeral, had filed the FIR on March 09, 2021.
Friends and family
members bid their
final goodbyes to
Atulya Mafatlal
at the Worli
crematorium,
in Mumbai on
Thursday. The noted
businessman died in
his sleep at the age
of 60 on Wednesday.
— PHOTO
BY BHUSHAN
KOYANDE
FINAL
ADIEUS
—FILE
PHOTO
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MAHARASHTRA
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‘Balancebetweenrights needed’
Mumbai (PTI): Tak-
ing suo motu (on its
own) cognizance of
the government’s
move to shift wild an-
imals from a forest in
Gadchiroli district to
a zoo, the Nagpur
bench of the Bombay
High Court on
Wednesday said a bal-
ance has to be struck
between the rights of
human beings and
animals.
A division bench of
Justices SB Shukre and
Valmiki SA Menezes
took cognizance of
news reports about a
proposed plan of the
state forest department
to transfer some wild
animals to a zoo.
The court issued no-
tices to the Centre and
the state government
and sought their re-
sponses and posted the
matter for further hear-
ing on Thursday
.
Thebenchmaintained
animals are not be-
stowed with mental fac-
ulties similar to a hu-
man being and hence it
is difficult for a human
society to seek consent
of the affected animals
before they are forcibly
removed from one area
to another.
The court added that
ancientHindutextshave
recognized the rights of
animals,birdsandevery
living creature and re-
garded every living be-
ing as having emerged
from the same divine
power as humans, there-
by deserving due re-
spect, love and affection.
The bench referred to
a couplet from of an ‘ab-
hang’ (devotional poet-
ry) written by Sant Tu-
karam to buttress its
point. The court noted
the issue also raises
concerns over biodiver-
sity. Any move to move
wild animals to a zoo
would harm biodiver-
sity and would be
against the spirit of the
Biological Diversity
Act, 2002, it said.
“The presence of
wild elephants adds to
biodiversity of Gadchi-
roli forest and, there-
fore, it is the duty of the
state to do everything to
preserve the population
of wild elephants in
Gadchiroli,” it said.
CM asks officials
to gear up as IMD
predicts squalls
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With the In-
dia Meteorological
Department (IMD)
predicting rain
squalls in some parts
of Maharashtra,
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde on
Thursday asked au-
thorities in several
districts to be ready
with rescue teams and
relief mechanism.
IMD on Thursday pre-
dicted heavy to very
heavy rains in coastal
and central parts of Ma-
harashtraovertheweek-
end, an official said.
The forecast said iso-
lated areas in coastal
districts such as
Raigad, Ratnagiri and
Sindhudurg will re-
ceive heavy to very
heavy rains from Fri-
day till Sunday.
Madhya Maharash-
tra will continue to re-
ceive light showers on
Friday, though the
spells might intensify
through the weekend
in districts such as
Pune and Satara, the
official said.
Parts of Marathwa-
da and Vidarbha will
continue to receive
showers till Sunday, the
IMD forecast added.
A statement from the
chief minister’s office
said officials in districts
in the Konkan, western
Maharashtra, north Ma-
harashtra and Vidarbha
have been directed to be
on full alert for such
weather activities.
OVER 20K POLICE PERSONNEL TO MANAGE
VISARJAN ON LAST DAY OF GANESHOTSAV
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Over 20,000
police personnel will
be deployed across
Mumbai on Friday as
lakhs of people are ex-
pected to throng the
streets to see and par-
ticipate in the immer-
sion processions of the
Ganesh idols, which
mark the end of the 10-
day long festival. De-
spite the fact that the
entire Mumbai police
force gets involved in
the bandobast, a dedi-
cated force of about
3,200 police officers,
15,500 police consta-
bles, eight companies
of the State Reserve
Police Force (SRPF),
one Rapid Action
Force (RAF), one
Force-One company,
750 home guards, and
250 trainees will be on
the ground to ensure
the processions across
the city run smoothly
.
According to the po-
lice, apart from the ma-
jor visarjan points
such as Girgaon Chow-
patty, Shivaji Park,
Juhu, and Malad, there
are 73 natural lakes
and 162 artificial ponds
established by the Bri-
hanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation (BMC)
where household
Ganesh idols will be
immersed.
“All out operations,
combing operations
and nakabandis are be-
ing done regularly due
to the Ganesh Utsav,”
said DCP (Operations)
Sanjay Latkar. The po-
lice will also use drones
to monitor and main-
tain the crowd. They
will also use of mega-
phones and loudspeak-
ers to guide the crowd
and to provide update
on the missing people,
especially children.
Drones will also be
used by the police to
monitor and maintain
the crowd. Mega-
phones and loudspeak-
ers will be used to
guide the crowd and
provide information
about missing people,
particularly children.
Missing woman
in ‘love jihad’
case found: Cop
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A 19-year-
old woman who went
missing from Amra-
vati on Tuesday af-
ternoon, prompting
“love jihad” accusa-
tions from BJP lead-
ers and independent
Lok Sabha member
Navneet Rana, was
found at Satara rail-
way station on
Wednesday night, po-
lice said.
An officer from the
Rajapeth police station
on Thursday stated
that police will only
file a FIR if the wom-
an, whose identity has
been withheld, has a
complaint.
“We detained a man
known to her and got a
lead which we worked
on with help from our
cyber police. The wom-
an was traced to Satara
around 11 pm on
Wednesday. She is be-
ing brought back. Po-
lice as well as women
commission will record
her statement to find
out if she has any com-
plaint against anyone,”
the police officer said.
After the woman left
home without inform-
ing her parents, they
got a missing com-
plaint registered at the
police station on Tues-
day night.
Local BJP workers
led by spokesperson
Shivrai Kulkarni then
alleged this was the
fifth case of “love ji-
had” in the region.
And Rana claimed the
woman had been con-
fined by the members
of a community.
Rana created ruckus
at the police station on
Wednesday saying sen-
ior inspector Manish
Thakare recorded her
phone call when she
called him to inquire
about the investigation.
She said she had also
asked police to act
sternly against the
man they had detained.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Central
Railway (CR) will oper-
ate special DEMU ser-
vices between Panvel
in Raigad district and
Chiplun in Ratnagiri
district from Septem-
ber 07 to 12 in order
to cater to the heavy
rush of passengers
due to the ongoing
Ganesh festival. The
train will depart from
Panvel at 7.15 pm
and reach Chiplun at
11.50 pm on the same
day. It will depart from
Chiplun at 1.45 pm
and arrive at Panvel at
6.30 pm on the same
day. The train will halt
at Roha, Mangaon,
Veer, Sape Wamne,
Karanjadi, Vinhere, and
Khed stations. Also,
all Churchgate-bound
(Up) fast local trains
will halt at Charni Road
station during the
evening rush hours on
September 09. How-
ever, slow local trains
going towards Mumbai
Central won’t stop at
Charni Road station.
BJP leader
Shivrai
Kulkarni
alleges ‘love
jihad’ ; cops
say they won’t
register a
complaint
unless the
19-year-old
woman files a
complaint
The forest de-
partment had
recently shifted
three elephants
from Patanil under
the Allapalli for-
est division of
Gadchiroli district
in eastern Ma-
harashtra to an
elephant welfare
trust in Jamnagar
in Gujarat. The
department is
planning to shift
13 elephants from
Maharashtra to
adjoining Gujarat.
Accordingly, six
elephants from
Tadoba (in Chan-
drapur district)
have already been
transferred and
three from Patanil
were moved last
week. The for-
est department
is planning to
shift four more
elephants from a
camp in Kamalapur
in Gadchiroli to
the adjoining state
amid protests from
local residents and
public representa-
tives.
MORE OF
THE SAME
This issue raises even more a funda-
mental issue regarding rights of wild
animals within the society dominated
by human beings…. But that should not deter a
human being from devising some method where
rights of the wild animals against their forcible
removal and in respect of other matters are
equally respected as that of man and a balance
is struck between the rights of man and rights of
animals, including wild animals.
— Bombay High Court
Pedestrians cross a road amid heavy monsoon rains, in Mumbai’s
Fort area. —PHOTO BY PTI
The Mumbai police have gone all out to crack down
on anti-social elements, combing operations in
hotels and guest houses and setting up ‘nakabandis’
to check vehicles carrying suspicious materials
Mumbai Police conducts a flag march at the crowded places as part
of the preparations for the Ganapati Visarjan, at Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Terminus, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A special ‘Ganpati Palkhi’ procession was carried out at
Mumbai International Airport as part of the ongoing Ganesh
Chaturthi festival on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Artists perform during the special ‘Ganpati Palkhi’ procession held at the Mumbai Airport, on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Spl DEMU trains
to run between
Panvel, Chiplun
PREPARING TO SAY AU REVOIR TO BAPPA
BMC
workers
gear up for
the last day
of Ganpati
Visarjan
on Friday,
at Girgaon
Chowpatty,
in Mumbai.
—PHOTOS
BY
BHUSHAN
KOYANDE
HC takes suo motu cognizance of Maha decision to shift wild elephants to zoo

PERSPECTIVE
04
ime starts flying with wings
when you move towards the
path of accomplishment
with determination. The pe-
riod of three years passed
quickly in Rajasthan while
servingastheGovernorand
Chancellor of the State Uni-
versities. During this, the
critical period of the covid
pandemic also put many ob-
stacles in the way, but it is
said that determination has
the power to prove every-
thing on its own. Informa-
tion and communication
technology helped a lot in
the difficult times of covid.
The Raj Bhavan remained
active even then and along
with the administrative
work, online education in
theuniversities,time-bound
convocations, and pro-
grams, special review
meetings continued
to be facilitated.
There has been a close re-
lationship with Rajasthan
from the very begin-
ning. When I came
here, the culture of
‘Padharo Mhare
Desh’ was already
settledinmymind
and I have been
experiencing it
here continu-
ously for three
years. I also
have a constant
feeling that I
belong to Ra-
jasthan, proba-
bly because of
the intimacy and
affection the peo-
ple here have
given me. It
has made
me fertile
every day
.
As soon as I assumed the
responsibility of the consti-
tutional head of the state,
my first priority was to
make efforts on my part to
inculcate the culture relat-
ed to the Constitution of
the country in the public
mind. I know that I am just
an instrument, but if there
is a will, a way is found.
September 9, 2019, was
the day when I took over as
the Governor of Rajasthan.
As soon as I took the consti-
tutional office, I resolved in
my mind that I should do
something for the
faith and confi-
dence of the people
towards the Pream-
ble, Fundamental
Rights, and Du-
ties. I felt this
can be fulfilled
only when
the young generation is
aware of the Constitution.
In order to connect the
youth directly with the Con-
stitutional culture I, as the
Chancellor, initiated the es-
tablishment of Constitution
Parks in the universities.
If Manasa-Vacha and
Karmana are one, then
many things can be possible
on their own. I have also felt
this continuously
. The legis-
lature is the most sacred
place in the Constitution.
The resolution was proved
when the tradition of read-
ing the Preamble and Fun-
damental Duties of the Con-
stitution before my address
was introduced. Another
important step in this path
of Sankalp Siddhi is the es-
tablishment of the Consti-
tution Park in Raj Bhavan
under the Smart City
Scheme of the Government
of India. It is being devel-
oped in such a way that the
entire journey from the ini-
tial days of constitution-
making to its implementa-
tion can be brought alive in
the Raj Bhavan.
It has also been the re-
solve that I should do some-
thing from my side while
living up to the trust of the
people of Rajasthan. I vis-
ited Jaisalmer, Barmer,
Banswara, Kota, Udaipur,
Bikaner etc. and during
this, I found that people
have the feeling of being
satisfied even in a little bit.
I tried to expand the Gover-
nor’s Relief Fund. I tried
that it could be useful to
every needy person.
In the critical period of
covid, by convening an all-
party meeting, it was en-
sured that there is no hu-
man loss anywhere due to
lack of medical equipment.
In the recent past, lumpy
skin disease in cows has
caused a lot of damage. On
the initiative of Raj Bhavan,
afterconveningameetingin
this regard, a special review
was made to ensure that ef-
fective efforts should be
made to prevent infection.
Along with the develop-
ment of basic facilities in
the tribal areas, it was also
resolved to establish an
ideal village and to provide
coaching and other facili-
ties to the youth of the trib-
al areas in a time-bound
manner. It is heartening
that a lot of important work
has been done in the tribal
areas during the last three
years. Similarly, in the light
of the new education policy
in the universities, many
works related to ensuring
quality education, adoption
of villages by the universi-
ties and their development
etc. have been done in these
three years. Under the in-
novations, the important
work of setting up incuba-
tion centers, developing the
basic culture of research,
facilitating the admission
process, and time-bound
implementation of exami-
nations and syllabus has
been done continuously.
Along with this, the Chan-
cellor’s Award to the best
university was started.
I believe that these are ac-
tions that will have far-
reaching consequences.
Works related to public wel-
fare provide inner happi-
ness. Working in public life
andinconstitutionalinstitu-
tions, I have felt continuous-
ly that the success of democ-
racy lies in the implementa-
tion of development works
related to common people,
welfare schemes, and pro-
grams related to them. Any
resolve is proven when it in-
volves concerns related to
the public interest. When we
give concrete shape to the
works, Keeping in mind the
entire society
, not only our-
selves, then only the resolu-
tions will be fulfilled.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENT
BY DETERMINATION
SPECIAL ON THE COMPLETION OF THREE YEARS AS GOVERNOR IN RAJASTHAN
KALRAJ MISHRA
GOVERNOR, RAJASTHAN
T
Important work has
been done in the
tribal areas
Many works related to
ensuring quality education
Adoption of villages
by the universities
and development
The important
task of setting up
incubation centres
Developing the basic
culture of research
Facilitating the proper
admission process
Time-bound
implementation of exams
Chancellor’s Award to the
best university started
Effective efforts to
prevent lumpy infection
‘EXPERIENCING “PADHARO MHARE
DESH” CULTURE SINCE 3 YEARS’
There has been a close
relationship with
Rajasthan from the very
beginning. When I came
here, the culture of ‘Padharo
Mhare Desh’ was already
settled in my mind and I
have been experiencing it
here continuously for three
years. I also have a constant
feeling that I belong to
Rajasthan, probably
because of the intimacy and
affection the people here
have given me. It has made
me fertile every day.
September 9, 2019, was
the day when I took over
as the Governor of
Rajasthan. As soon as I
took the constitutional
office, I resolved in
my mind that I should
do something for the
faith and confidence
of the people towards
the Preamble,
Fundamental Rights,
and Duties
Guv Kalraj Mishra
3
PROGRESS
YEARS
Kalraj Mishra took oath as the Governor of Rajasthan at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on
September 9, 2019. CJ SR Bhat and CS DB Gupta were also seen during the ceremony.
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05
INDIA
PMsaysIndiabecomingworld’s5th
largest economy no ordinary feat
Modi lauds Gujarat govt and referred to the BJP-led state and Centre as “double engine govt”
PROUD MOMENT
Surat (PTI): Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Thursday said India
has become the fifth
largest economy in the
world and this is not an
ordinary achievement.
“Every Indian is feel-
ing proud of it. We need
to maintain this enthu-
siasm,” Modi said.
He was virtually ad-
dressing beneficiaries
of various government
schemes and those pre-
sent at a mega medical
camp organised in Ol-
pad area of Surat city in
Gujarat, where the As-
sembly polls are due
later this year.
The PM interacted
with some of the benefi-
ciaries and appealed to
farmers to switch to
natural farming, saying
this will result in better
yield at minimum cost.
He lauded the Gujarat
governmentandreferred
to the BJP-led state and
theCentreas“doubleen-
gine government”.
“Recently, India has
become the fifth largest
economy in the world.
This achievement gave
us confidence to work
evenharderandachieve
bigger goals in this Am-
rit Kaal. This progress
is not ordinary. Every
Indian is feeling proud
about it. We need to
maintain this enthusi-
asm,” the PM said.
Referring to the Cen-
tre’s Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana, Modi said,
“As many as three crore
houses were built by the
government across the
country for the poor
during the last 8 years.
Of these, nearly 10 lakh
houses were construct-
ed in Gujarat alone.”
He praised the health
infrastructure in Guja-
rat, saying the state has
arobustnetworkof mul-
tispecialty hospitals.
The entire event and
the medical camp were
organised by Gujarat
Minister of State for Ag-
riculture, Energy and
PetrochemicalsMukesh
Patel, who is the MLA
from Olpad in Surat.
PM Modi urged doc-
tors deployed at medical
camp to talk to patients
about their lifestyle and
importance of having
nutritious food, which
can keep people away
from many illnesses.
PM Narendra Modi addressing the inauguration of Mega Medical Camp, in Surat, via video conferencing,
in New Delhi on Thursday. Guj CM Bhupendra Patel, Guj BJP chief CR Paatil also seen.
—PHOTO BY ANI
PM INTERACTS WITH BENEFICIARIES
OF VARIOUS GOVT SCHEMES
Surat (PTI): Before the address, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi virtually inter-
acted with some of the beneficiaries of the
state and centrally sponsored schemes,
such as the widow pension, Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan
Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and the Ayushman
Bharat Yojana. While talking to Sukhdevs-
inh Rana, a differently-abled farmer, the
PM appealed to all cultivators to switch to
natural farming, saying this would provide
better yield with minimum cost.
Recently, In-
dia has become
the fifth largest
economy in the world.
This achievement gave
us confidence to work
even harder and
achieve bigger goals in
this Amrit Kaal.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
PK takes a dig at Nitish
with 4-pics tweet, deletes it
Patna (Agencies): Re-
sponding to Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar’s remark
that he wanted to be
with the BJP, ace poll
strategist Prashant
Kishor on Thursday
posted a set of photos
on twitter featuring
Nitish Kumar who was
seen smiling with
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi. He later
deleted it.
The latest spat in-
volving Bihar CM Nit-
ish Kumar and one-time
ally BJP was triggered
by Prashant Kishor’s
taunts after the Bihar
Chief Ministerswapped
sides recently and
formed a new coalition
government with RJD
and the Congress.
“Nitish Kumar was
with the paksh (ruling
party) a month ago and
now he is with the
vipaksh (Opposition).
How dependable that
is, is up to the people to
decide. But I don’t
think that the new dis-
pensation in Bihar will
have any big impact on
the nation. I see it as a
state specific develop-
ment. I don’t think it
will have any impact
on national politics,
but anyone is free to
try,” said Prashant
Kishor or “PK”.
Prashant Kishore’s
comment was seen to
undermine the signifi-
cance of Nitish Kumar
as a national leader who
has the potential to
challenge PM Modi in
the 2024 election.
Prashant Kishor tweeted this set of photos on Thursday.
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Thursday said she and
her counterparts in
neighbouring Bihar
and Jharkhand will
join hands with several
other opposition par-
ties to oust the BJP
from power in the 2024
Lok Sabha polls.
While addressing a
party programme here,
Banerjee,alsotheTrina-
mool Congress supre-
mo, claimed that the
BJP would face a rout
becauseof itsarrogance
and people's anger.
“I, Nitish Kumar, He-
mant Soren and many
others will come togeth-
er in 2024. All opposi-
tion parties will join
hands to defeat the BJP.
All of us will be on one
side and the BJP on the
other. The BJP’s arro-
gance of 300 seats will
be its nemesis. There
will be ‘Khela Hobe’ in
2024,” she said.
‘Khela Hobe’ (game is
on) had been the battle
cry of the TMC during
the high-octane Assem-
bly polls last year, in
which the party defeat-
ed the BJP to storm
back to power for the
third consecutive term.
Banerjee claimed
that the arrest of
Jharkhand MLAs with
hordes of cash by Ben-
gal police recently
stopped the horse trad-
ing in the neighbouring
state and prevented the
fall of the Hemant Sor-
en government.
Three Congress
MLAs of Jharkhand
were arrested after
their vehicle was inter-
cepted at Panchla in
West Bengal’s Howrah
district on July 30 and
nearly Rs 49 lakh in
cash was found in the
car. They claimed that
the money was meant
for buying sarees for
an Adivasi festival in
their state.
BIHAR CM SCOFFS PK’S ASSESSMENT
Prashant Kishor
posted photos on
twitter featuring
Nitish Kumar who
was seen smiling
with PM Modi
IN THE COURTYARD
POST APOLOGY, DELHI HC WAIVES COST ON
EX-CBI OFFICER IN TWITTER BLUE-TICK PLEA
HIJAB BAN IN KARNATAKA: SUPREME COURT
ADJOURNS HEARING TILL SEPTEMBER 12
New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Thursday granted M Nag-
eswara Rao, CBI’s ex-interim director, a reprieve from
having to pay Rs 25,000 cost that had been assessed to
him at the time of the dismissal of his appeal regarding the
purported deletion of blue tick from his Twitter account.
The retired IPS officer formally apologized to the court.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the
hearing on the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka
High Court’s verdict upholding the decision of the state
government’s order on ban on Hijab in educational institu-
tions of the state. The court has posted the next hearing on
the hijab ban to September 12 i.e. on Monday at 2 pm.
EWS RESERVATION: SC
TO CONSIDER 3 ISSUES
BCCI: AMENDMENT
HEARING ON SEP 12
SC TO HEAR PLEAS
CHALLENGING CAA
MP DELKAR SUICIDE:
HC QUASHES FIR
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Thursday said it
will proceed with 3 issues
suggested by the Attorney
General of India while hear-
ing the constitutional validity
of reservations on the basis
of economic conditions. It
said that it will proceed with
the first 3 issues suggested
by the AG as they encapsu-
late the entire case.
Court agreed to urgently
hear on September 12,
2022 a plea by Board
of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) to amend
its Constitution. The case
has been on the board of
a Bench led by Justice DY
Chandrachud, but was
adjourned multiple times
due to paucity of time.
Court is scheduled to
hear a batch of petitions
challenging the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act, 2019
on September 12. An SC
bench will hear at least
220 petitions challenging
the CAA. The pleas against
the CAA first came up for
hearing in the Supreme
Court on Dec 18, 2019.
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Thursday
quashed a case registered
against nine persons,
including Dadra and
Nagar Haveli and Daman
and Diu Union Territory
Administrator Praful
Khoda Patel, for allegedly
abetting the suicide of
former Lok Sabha MP
Mohan Delkar last year.
K a n y a k u m a r i :
Terming the Bharat
Jodo Yatra a life sav-
er, Congress leader
Jairam Ramesh on
Thursday said the
cross-country grass-
roots campaign will
see the party emerge
in a new aggressive
avatar that cannot be
taken for granted by
either friends or po-
litical adversaries.
As former Con-
gress president Ra-
hul Gandhi and
scores of party work-
ers began a 3,570 km
campaign from Kan-
yakumari to Kash-
mir, the party's gen-
eral secretary in-
charge communica-
tions slammed the
BJP for its criticism
of the yatra. The
more the BJP talks
about it, the more
evident it is that the
party is rattled,
Ramesh told PTI.
Cong will emerge in
new avatar: Ramesh
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Jairam Ramesh interacts with media before the start of
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Kanyakumari. —FILE PHOTO
Jairam Ramesh
on Thursday took
a swipe at Assam
CM Himanta Biswa
Sarma whose “Ra-
hul Gandhi should
go to Pakistan”
comment over the
Bharat Jodo Yatra
has sparked a war
of words between
the two parties.
Kolkata: Mamata Ba-
nerjee on Thursday
claimed that Bangla-
desh Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina had
expressed her desire
to meet the West
Bengal Chief Minister
during her recent
visit to India but the
Union government
kept the State out of
the deliberations in
Delhi. “For the first
time I have seen that
during discussions
with Bangladesh,
West Bengal has
been kept out,”
Didi said at a party
gathering here add-
ing that she main-
tains good relations
with ‘Hasina ji’.
CONG’S SWIPE
ON REMARK OF
ASSAM CM
WHY WAS WB
LEFT OUT OF
B’DESH TALKS?
Oppn will unite to oust BJP
from power in 2024: Mamata
Mamata Banerjee addresses in presence of Abhishek Banerjee
during party meeting’, in Kolkata on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DIDI EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE AT
CENTRAL VISTA INAUGURATION INVITE
Mamata Banerjee said that she received a
letter from an officer of the rank of Under
Secretary asking her to be present in Delhi to-
day for the Central Vista inauguration by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. “They are writing as if
we are bonded labourers. An Under Secretary
cannot write to a Chief Minister. The Minister
of Culture has become so big that he cannot
write to CMs,” she said.
In Delhi to buy underwear:
J’khand CM’s brother explains
Ranchi: Amidhecticpo-
litical developments in
Jharkhand, Chief Min-
ister Hemant Soren has
a new task at hand,
thanks to a controver-
sial statement by his
brother and MLA Bas-
ant Soren.
Basant Soren is MLA
from Dumka, which is
on the boil following the
rape and murder of two
girls.
Back from a Delhi
trip, Soren met the fami-
lies of the girls. Asked
the reason for his Delhi
visit, he told the media
that he “had run out of
undergarments”.
“I had run out of un-
dergarments, so I went
to Delhi to purchase
them. I get them from
there,” he said, smiling.
In the video clip, tweet-
ed by news agency ANI,
Soren admitted that
there was some politi-
cal unrest in the state,
but stressed that the
situation is stable now.
The comment drew
sharp reactions from
Opposition leaders.
Shibu Soren (centre) with sons
FROM PG 1
High Court...
The bench held that the
question of normal
residence of a person
for the purpose of veri-
fication of caste certifi-
cate cannot be settled
without an enquiry by
the Vigilance Cell and
after giving the con-
cerned person an op-
portunity to produce
evidence.
Thepetitionersought
verification of her
caste claim on the basis
of a caste certificate.
The Caste Scrutiny
Committee observed
that the caste certifi-
cate of the petitioner
was in violation of the
Maharashtra Sched-
uled Castes, Non-Noti-
fied Tribes (Vimukt
Jatis), Nomadic Tribes,
Other Backward Class-
es and Special Back-
ward Classes Rules,
5(1), (2) and 14 . The
committee then de-
clared the caste certifi-
cate invalid and can-
celled it.
SR Narnaware, who
appeared for the peti-
tioner, submitted that
the service record of
the woman’s grandfa-
ther shows his perma-
nent address in Andhra
Pradesh. He was ap-
pointed to Western
Coalfields Ltd in 1968.
“Based only on this,
the committee decided
that the petitioner was
not a normal resident
without giving any op-
portunity to the peti-
tioner to prove this as-
pect and without con-
ducting a detailed en-
quiry through the Vigi-
lance Cell,” Narnaware
submitted.
The court said, “The
Caste Certificate issued
to the claimant by an
authority other than
the one from the State
of Maharashtra cannot
be verified.”
It then directed the
enquiry committee to
re-examine the claim of
the petitioner by follow-
ing the prescribed pro-
cedure including con-
ducting an enquiry by
the Vigilance Cell, if
necessary
.
Lax Mumbai...
businessman Hemant
Pawar was able to infil-
trate the three four-tier
security cordon always
thrown around the Un-
ion Home Minister, who
is accorded Z plus secu-
rity, and mingle with
the political leaders at
Fadnavis’ official resi-
dence ‘Sagar’.
A person familiar
with the development
said, “The Union Gov-
ernment views this se-
curity lapse very seri-
ously and it can only be
explained as an example
of complacency by the
Mumbai police that is
entrusted with the
screening of visitors to
the Dy CM’s residence.
Coming in the wake of
recent intelligence
about a lone-wolf attack
expected during the
Ganesh Chhaturti festi-
val in Mumbai, and the
arrest of a ISIS opera-
tive--who had been plan-
ning to launch an attack
on India’s top two politi-
cal leaders--by Russian
intelligence agencies
makes this incident all
the more serious.”Shah
was on a two-day visit to
Mumbai when an un-
known person breached
thesecurityandreached
him. According to the
police, the person was
hanging around Amit
Shah and other political
leaders at the official
residenceof DyCMFad-
navis. Malabar Hill Po-
lice has arrested this
man who claimed to be
the PA of an Andhra
Pradesh MP, according
to a news report.
Dhule had wanted to
meet the ministers and
take pictures with them.
It is suspected that he
was going to use these
photos for publicity or
profit, officials said.
Dhule has been ar-
rested and remanded till
September 12. Accord-
ingtothepolice,Hemant
Pawar was wearing a
white shirt and a blue
blazer. He also had ac-
cess to an MPs’ PA pass,
whichhehadattachedto
a ribbon, the Union
Home Ministry said.

06
INDIA
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Ghulam
Nabi Azad has not only
announced floating a
party but has declared
the agenda of his party
and it has become clear
as to what will be his
election strategy? He
will do politics by tak-
ing hard line. Just as
other regional parties
of Kashmir Valley i.e.
National Conference,
PDP, Apni Party etc.
are doing politics in
the same way Azad’s
party will also do poli-
tics. Though there is a
perception that he will
be BJP’s B team and is
forming a political
party to benefit the
BJP, but his agenda
will be ‘hard line’, only
then he will be able to
get votes in Kashmir
Valley. If he also car-
ried on with BJP’s
agenda, he will get
votes neither in Jam-
mu nor in the Valley.
He will have to show
with his agenda and
campaign that he is
not BJP’s B team, but
is fighting BJP as well.
That’s when he told
three agendas of the
party in his rally be-
fore announcing the
party. Azad told that he
will work to restore the
statehood of Jammu
and Kashmir. This is
not an agenda as the
government has said
that it will restore
statehood. Jammu and
Kashmir is not going
to be a union territory
till eternity. The only
question is whether
statehood will be re-
stored before the as-
sembly elections or
will it happen after
that. But the next two
agendas are consid-
ered ‘hard-line’. He
said that his party will
ensure that only peo-
ple of Jammu and
Kashmir get jobs in the
state and only local
people can buy land.
That is, outsiders can
neither buy land nor
do jobs. This is the
agenda of parties like
PDP and National
Conference. But this
will not happen be-
cause then the purpose
of abolishing Article
370 and 35A will not be
fulfilled. Azad also
knows this, yet he will
do politics on these is-
sues to claim himself
as the messiah of the
Muslims of the valley.
He knows that only
then they will get votes
and he will be able to
fulfill the purpose of
BJP to some extent.
Will Azad’s ‘hardline politics’ play in BJP’s favour?
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Telangana Guv tears into KCR
govt, says ‘Guv office humiliated’
Hyderabad(ANI): Tel-
angana Governor Dr.
Tamilisai Soundarara-
jan on Thursday
slammed the state gov-
ernment led by CM K
Chandrasekhar Rao,
stating that Governor’s
office was humiliated
under the government.
Soundararajan today,
participated in the “Be-
ginning of Fourth Year
in the Service of People
of Telangana” at Raj
Bhavan. The Governor
took a dig at the Chief
Minister KCR govern-
ment and said that the
“governor’s office was
humiliated”.
Recalling the 75th In-
dependence day she
said she was disheart-
ened by the fact that the
Governor was not al-
lowed to hoist the flag.
“The state will write
history how a woman
Governor was discrimi-
nated. I was denied the
Governor’s Address
and the hoisting of the
flag on Republic Day.
Even now wherever I go
protocol isn’t followed.
Office should be re-
spected,” she said.
“Recently there was a
southern Zonal Meet-
ing, 75 per cent of the
issues were from Telan-
gana and AP,” she said.
Dr Tamilisai Soundarara
Goa’s Curlies,
where Sonali
was drugged,
to be razed
Panaji: The Curlie’s
restaurant in Goa will
be demolished soon for
allegedly flouting the
coastal zone regula-
tions. The National
Green Tribunal, or
NGT, upheld the Goa
Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Authority’s earli-
er order to demolish the
iconic shack.
The green court’s or-
der comes days after
BJP leader Sonali Pho-
gat was allegedly
drugged at a party in
Curlie’s hours before
her death.
The order to demol-
ish the structure was
first passed by the Goa
coastal authority at its
final meeting in July
.
The NGT was hear-
ing an appeal challeng-
ing the order of the GC-
ZMA directing the raz-
ing of iconic restau-
rant.
Prez Murmu, PM Modi extend greetings on Onam
New Delhi (ANI):
President Droupadi
Murmu and prime min-
ister Narendra Modi
have wished Indians
across the world Thurs-
day on the ocassion of
Onam.
“Onam greetings to
fellow citizens, special-
ly to Malayali sisters
and brothers. A festival
marking new harvest,
Onam also celebrates
the values of equality,
fairness and truth. May
the joyous spirit of this
festival strengthen so-
cial harmony and bring
peace and prosperity to
all,” president Murmu
said.
“Onam greetings to
everyone, especially the
people of Kerala and
Malayali community
spread around the
world. This festival re-
affirms the vital role of
Mother Nature and the
importance of our
hardworking farmers.
May Onam also further
the spirit of harmony
in our society,” the
prime minister said.
Both tweets were
written in both Malay-
alam and English. Ker-
ala governor Arif Mo-
hammed Khan and
chief minister Pinarayi
Vijayan have also ex-
tended Onam greetings
to the people of the
southern state and Ma-
layalis across the world.
Onam commemo-
rates the reappearance
of Mahabali, the king
whose rule was charac-
terised by harmony and
equality for all. On
ThiruvonamDay
,which
falls on September 8
this year, Mahabali ob-
tained a blessing from
Vishnu promising to
visit his subjects every
year.
All Thane Malayalee Association Members created a 120 square
feet Athapookalam (Rangoli with Flower petals) on the occasion
of Onam festival, at Thane Railway station, in Thane on Thursday.
Cooperatives to be taken ahead
with spirit of team India: Shah
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Home and Coopera-
tive Minister Amit
Shah on Thursday ap-
pealed the States and
the Union Territories
(UTs) to take forward
the cooperative move-
ment with the spirit of
team India.
“We will have to play
a role of a team India
for the development of
cooperatives. Different
states will have to come
forward in the role of a
trustee for the develop-
ment of cooperatives,”
Shah said while ad-
dressing the inaugural
session of the two-day
National Conference of
State Cooperation Min-
isters organised here in
the national capital.
Noting that co-opera-
tive is not a new con-
cept, Shah said, “if we
want to take forward
the cooperative move-
ment we will have to fol-
low one direction and
one policy
.”
Shah focussed on the
equal presence of coop-
eratives in every state
and UTs, and for this, he
said a “new cooperation
policy will be needed”.
The existing Nation-
al Policy on Coopera-
tives was formulated in
2002 with the objectives
of facilitating the all-
round development of
cooperatives and pro-
viding necessary sup-
port, encouragement
and assistance to them,
so as to ensure that co-
operatives work as au-
tonomous, self-reliant
democratically man-
aged institutions
accountable to
their members
make contri-
bution to nat’l
economy
.
New cooperation policy will be needed, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said
Amit Shah addresses inaugural session of the two-day National Conference of the State Cooperative
Ministers at Vigyan Bhawan, in Delhi on Thursday. BL Verma and Gyanesh Kumar are also seen here.
TARGET FOR
2.25 LAKH PACS
REGISTRATIONS
IN 5 YEARS: SHAH
New Delhi: Union
Home and Coop-
eration Minister Amit
Shah on Thursday
announced a target
for 2.25 lakh Primary
Agricultural Credit
Societies (PACS) reg-
istrations. “Currently,
there are 65,000
active PACS. We have
decided to establish 3
lakh PACS in the next
5 years and have set
a target for 2.25 lakh
registrations. Adopt
the by-laws quick and
work towards reviving
PACS,” Shah said at
the inaugural ses-
sion of Cooperative
Ministers in Delhi.
We will have to play a role of a team
India for the development of coopera-
tives. Different states will have to
come forward in the role of a trustee for the
development of cooperatives. —Amit Shah, HM
Singh meets Yasukazu
to bolster defence ties
Tokyo (ANI): Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Thursday met with
his Japanese counter-
part Yasukazu Hamada
said bilateral special
strategic global part-
nership between the 2
countries plays crucial
role in ensuring a free,
open and rules-based
Indo-Pacific region.
Singh is on the last
leg of his five-day visit
to Mongolia and Japan.
“Reviewed various
aspects of bilateral de-
fence cooperation and
regional affairs during
the bilateral meeting
with Japan’s Minister
of Defence, Mr Yasuka-
zu Hamada in Tokyo
today. This year marks
70 years of diplomatic
relations between the
two countries,” Singh
tweeted. “India and Ja-
pan pursue a Special
Strategic and Global
Partnership. India’s de-
fence partnership with
Japan will play a cru-
cial role in ensuring a
free, open and rules-
based Indo Pacific re-
gion,” he tweeted.
Rajnath Singh and Yasukazu Hamada at the 2nd India-Japan 2+2
Ministerial Dialogue, in Tokyo on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘FIGHTER EXERCISE’
BETWEEN AIR FORCE
OF BOTH COUNTRIES
Tokyo: India and Japan on
Thursday agreed to con-
duct the inaugural ‘fighter
exercise’ between Air Forc-
es of both the countries
during bilateral talks with
his Japanese counterpart
Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo
on Thursday. Both coun-
tries acknowledged the im-
portance of the India-Japan
defence partnership and
the critical role, it will play
in ensuring a free, open
and rules-based Indo-Pa-
cific region.
EAM CALLS FOR
COLLECTIVE EFFORTS
WITH JAPAN
Tokyo: External Affairs Minis-
ter S Jaishankar on Thursday
called for col-
lective efforts
with Japan to
address the
“new chal-
lenges” posed
by the Covid
pandemic
and ongoing conflicts, an
apparent reference to China’s
aggressive moves around
Taiwan. Addressing the
India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial
Dialogue here, Jaishan-
kar flagged the Covid-19
pandemic and the “ongo-
ing conflicts” as “serious
developments” and “new
challenges” and underscored
the need to address them.
LAST LEG OF DEFENCE MIN’S JAPAN TRIP
ARTISTE COLLAPSES
ON STAGE DURING
PERFORMANCE, DIES
MAN HACKED TO
DEATH BY NIHANG
SIKHS IN AMRITSAR
‘IMPACT OF UKRAINE
CONFLICT IS NOT
LIMITED TO EUROPE’
Jammu: An artiste in Jam-
mu died after he collapsed
on stage in the middle of
his performance, officials
said today. Sources say
the man, Yogesh Gupta,
died of a heart attack. A
video that has gone viral on
social media shows Yogesh
Gupta, dressed as Goddess
Parvati, performing at the
Ganesh Utsav in Bishnah
area of Jammu. As part
of the dance, he drops
to the floor, then keeps
dancing until he collapses.
The music continues but
Mr Gupta doesn’t move.
Nobody reacts for several
minutes, until another
artiste, dressed as Lord
Shiva, walks to the stage
and checks on him. He is
seen calling for help.
Amritsar: In a horrific mur-
der caught on camera, a
factory worker was hacked
to death by three men, in-
cluding two Nihang Sikhs,
over his chewing tobacco
on a street in Golden Tem-
ple’s vicinity in Amritsar
last night, police said on
Thursday. Accused, Ra-
mandeep Singh, has been
arrested while searches
are on for 2 Nihang Sikhs.
A CCTV camera outside a
hotel captured the murder.
The body remained on the
street overnight, next to
a drain, until police got to
know this morning. It was
just after midnight when
Nihang Sikhs — part of an
ultra-conservative order
within the Sikhs — got
into a quarrel with victim
Harmanjeet Singh, reported
to be in his 20s.
New York: India high-
lighted that the impact
of the Ukraine conflict
is not just limited to
Europe, adding that it has
exacerbated concerns
over food, fertilizer and
fuel security, especially in
the developing countries.
Assuring the Security
Council, India’s Permanent
Representative at United
Nations Ruchira Kamboj
said that New Delhi will
continue to work with the
International Community
to mitigate economic
hardships resulting from
the Ukraine conflict. “India
will continue to work with
the international commu-
nity and partner countries
to mitigate the economic
hardships that are result-
ing from this conflict,” she
said at UNSC.
EPS AT AIADMK HQ,
SAYS THE CADRES
WON’T FORGIVE OPS
Chennai: AIADMK leader
Edappadi K Palaniswami
Thursday reached the party
headquarters in Chennai’s
Royapettah area for the
first time after being elect-
ed as the party’s interim
general secretary amid a
rousing reception by the
cadres. Edappadi’s visit to
the HQ comes after the Ma-
dras HC endorsed his elec-
tion in July as the AIADMK
interim chief thereby
strengthening his hands as
the single supreme leader
of the party. The ongoing
leadership in the AIADMK
has now reached the SC af-
ter party leader and former
TN CM OPS moved the top
court against the judgment
of a division bench of the
Madras HC.
CRUCIAL READ
INDIA, CHINA BEGIN DISENGAGEMENT AT
GOGRA-HOTSPRINGS NEAR LADAKH
New Delhi: Marking a significant forward move-
ment, the Indian and Chinese armies on Thursday
announced that they have
begun to disengage from
the Patrolling Point 15 in the
Gogra-Hotsprings area of
Ladakh where 2 sides have
been locked in a standoff for
over 2 years. Announcement
came a week ahead of SCO summit in Uzbekistan
which will be attended by PM Modi and Chinese
President Xi.
HASINA AT AJMER!
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her
visit to offer prayers at Dargah Ajmer Sharif, in Ajmer
on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Amit Shah

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 51,056.00 251.00 0.49 (Per 10g)
SILVER 54,934.00 862.00 1.56 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 79.72 0.23 0.27
GBPINR 91.63 0.14 0.16
CURRENCIES
E-comm Cos to see big-billion sales jump
Mumbai (PTI): E-com-
merce firms are expected
to log a 28% year-on-year
growth in sales at $11.8-bil-
lion during the festive
month this year, a report
said on Thursday
.
This growth is expected
to be driven by the dou-
bling of online shoppers
during festive sales as
against 2018, Strategy Con-
sulting firm Redseer said.
“As the festive season is
set to kickstart across the
country, Redseer forecasts
the online sales during the
festive month to reach $11.8
billion, a 28% increase
from last year,” it said.
Moreover, the category
mix has been evolving dif-
ferently in pre-festive
months which will impact
festive category mix as
well, Redseer said. Redseer
further said that in the first
week itself, the sales are
estimated to reach $5.9 bil-
lion, projecting a 28% in-
crease from last year, when
they stood at $4.8-billion.
Noting that this year, the
fashion category will see
robust growth driven by an
increasing shopper base
from Tier 2+ cities and
first-time shoppers.
TO REACH $11.8 BN DURING FESTIVE MONTH
WHEN IS THE
FESTIVE MONTH

z The festive month is
generally defined as a
period starting from
the first sales event and
lasting roughly till the
Diwali week, including
non-sale or business-as-
usual days in between,
according to Redseer
SINGH URGES EU TO
KEEP ITS H2 MKT OPEN
FOR COMPETITION
New Delhi: Union Power Min-
ister R K Singh on Thursday
urged the European Union to
keep its green
hydrogen mar-
ket open for
competition to
get supplies
at the lowest rate and avoid
any accusation of protection-
ism. Singh stated that India
would produce large quanti-
ties of green hydrogen at the
lowest price and would need
electrolysers for producing
50GW hydrogen initially. Singh
showcased a huge opportunity
for the EU to get supplies of
H2 from India. —PTI
PM TO INAUGURATE
WORLD DAIRY SUMMIT
ON SEP 12 AT GR NOIDA
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi
on Monday will inaugurate
‘IDF World Dairy Summit
2022’ at
Greater Noida
wherein more
than 1,500
delegates from
50 countries are scheduled
to participate. This was an-
nounced by Union Minister of
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
Dairying. Theme of the
4-day event beginning Sept
12 is ‘Dairy for Nutrition and
Livelihood’. Besides the PM,
Amit Shah and other union
ministers too will be address-
ing the summit. —PTI
COAL MINISTRY SLASHES INTEREST ON LATE
PAYMENT OF ROYALTY, RENT FEES FROM MINES
New Delhi: The government has reduced the rate of interest
levied on delayed payment of royalty, rent and fee from coal
mines, a move that would give a fillip to ease of doing business.
The coal ministry has amended the
Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 (MCR)
aimed at decriminalising its provisions.
The Centre has been taking action in a
bid to reduce compliances for business
and citizens, the coal ministry said in
a statement. “To further promote and
boost the ‘Ease of doing business’
policy of the government, the amendment in MCR decriminalised
68 provisions whereas penalty has been reduced for 10 provi-
sions of MCR,” it said. —PTI
GOVT TO ACQUIRE VODAFONE IDEA STAKE AFTER
SHARE PRICE STABILISES AT `10 OR ABOVE
New Delhi: The government will acquire a stake in debt-ridden
Vodafone Idea after the stock price of the company stabilises at
`10 or above, according to an official source. Vodafone Idea (VIL)
board has offered a stake to the government
at a par value of `10 per share. “There is
a SEBI norm that the acquisition should
take place at par value. DoT will clear the
acquisition after VIL shares stabilise at
`10 or above,” an official source said. VIL
shares are trading below `10 since April
19. The stock declined by 1.02% to trade at
`9.68 on BSE on Thursday. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Operating
margins of the domestic
primary aluminium com-
panies are likely to shrink
by 400-500 bps sequen-
tially in the second quar-
ter of 2022-23 due to fac-
tors like high input costs,
rating agency Icra said on
Thursday. “Owing to a
twin onslaught of correc-
tion in aluminium prices
and elevated input costs,
the estimated operating
profitability of ICRA’s
sample set of domestic
players is likely to con-
tract sequentially by al-
most 400-500 bps in Q2
FY2023 compared to Q1
FY2023,” Icra said in a
statement. —PTI
New Delhi: Private equity
(PE) investment in
proptech firms rose 5%
to $270 million during the
January-June period as
the adoption of technolo-
gy gains momentum in
the real estate sector, ac-
cording to Housing.Com.
The PE inflow in proptech
rose 35% in 2021 to $741
million from $551 million
in the previous year.
Housing.Com, which is
part of REA India, the
number of PE deals dur-
ing January-June 2022
has grown by 1.5 times
year-on-year. —PTI
PE INFLOWS IN
PROPTECH FIRMS
UP 5% IN JAN-JUNE
MARGINS OF INDIAN
ALUMINIUM COS
LIKELY TO CONTRACT
Chennai: TVS Motor has
unveiled 2022 models of
its flagship Apache range
of motorcycles strength-
ening its product portfo-
lio. Upgraded with a host
of features, the motorcy-
cles are priced at `1.17
lakh for the 160 cc (base
variant) and `1.30 lakh
(ex-showroom New Del-
hi) for the 180 cc base
variant. The power in-
creased in the bikes have
led to reduction in weight
at two kilograms for the
160 cc bike and one kg in
180 cc motorcycle. —PTI
TVS MOTOR UNVEILS
UPGRADED VARIANTS
OF APACHE BIKES
New Delhi: Singtel enti-
ties have jointly offloaded
a 1.76% stake in Bharti
Airtel for about `7,128
crore. Bharti Telecom Ltd
has bought a 1.63% stake
from Singtel entity Pastel
Ltd for `6,602 crore
through an open market
transaction. According to
the bulk deal data availa-
ble with the NSE, Bharti
Telecom purchased
9,62,34,427 shares,
amounting to a 1.63%
stake in Co. The shares
were acquired at an aver-
age price of `686 apiece,
taking the transaction val-
ue to `6,601.68 cr. —PTI
SINGTEL OFFLOADS
1.76% STAKE IN
BHARTI AIRTEL
*Rates till the edition went to print.
MARKET CAPITALISATION OF BSE-LISTED
FIRMS AT ALL-TIME HIGH OF `282.66 L CR
New Delhi: The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms reached an
all-time high of `282.66 lakh crore on Thursday, helped by a rebound
in equities.The bounce back in equities, helped the market capitali-
sation of BSE-listed firms jump to
`2,82,66,696.92 crore. Investor
wealth also climbed `1.79 lakh crore
on Thursday. In the broader market,
the BSE smallcap gauge climbed
0.60% and midcap index ended high-
er by 0.29%. A total of 2,062 stocks
advanced, while 1,402 declined and
125 remained unchanged. —PTI
INDIAN RUPEE RISES 23 PAISE TO CLOSE
AT 79.72 AGAINST AMERICAN CURRENCY
Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 23 paise to close at 79.72
(provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday amid easing crude oil
prices and a firm trend in domestic equities. At the interbank forex
market, the local unit opened at 79.72
against the greenback. It witnessed an
intra-day high of 79.65 and a low of
79.83 during the session. It finally
ended at 79.72, up 23 paise from its
previous close of 79.72. Brent crude
futures, the global oil benchmark, fell
0.60 % to $87.47 per barrel. —PTI
More synchronised to handle inflation: FM
New Delhi (PTI): Finance
Minister Nirmala Sithara-
man on Thursday said the
Reserve Bank will have to
be more synchronised with
the fiscal policy and other
factors in taming inflation.
Inflation management
cannot be singularly left to
the monetary policy, which
has proved totally ineffec-
tive in many countries, she
said. The RBI will have to
synchronise somewhat,
may be not as much syn-
chronised as other western
developed countries would
do. I'm not prescribing any-
thing to the Reserve Bank...
I'm not giving any forward
direction to the RBI but it
is the truth that India's so-
lution to handling the econ-
omy, part of which is han-
dling inflation also is an
exercise where the fiscal
policy, together with the
monetary policy has to
work, she said.
There are economies
where policy is designed in
such a way that the mone-
tary policy and the interest
rate management is the
one and the only tool to
handle inflation, she said.
I would say India's infla-
tion mgmt, the word tam-
ing inflation or the word
keeping it within the toler-
ance limit is an exercise of
so many different activities
and majority of which is
outside of the monetary
policy given in today's cir-
cumstances, she said.
New Delhi (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on
Thursday said India has ramped up the import of crude oil from
Russia at discounted prices amid sanctions on Moscow as part of
the country’s inflation management. “In a situation where global
prices were going beyond anyone’s affordability, at that stage to
take a very strong political decision, I respect the Prime Minister
for his courage on this to get it from Russia because they are
ready to give it to you at discount. And how speedily did we man-
age to do it,” she said. India ramped up its import from Russia
from about 2% of the total shipment of petroleum products to
12-13% in a couple of months as part of inflation management,
she said. “I give credit to the statesmanship of the Prime Minister
to make sure that we did keep our relationship with all countries
but yet manage to get the Russian crude... Sanctions, sanctions
but countries (including Japan and Italy, among others) are find-
ing their own way to get that Russian fuel (crude, gas)… That
also is a part of inflation management,” she said.
‘IMPORT OF RUSSIAN OIL AT DISCOUNTED
PRICE PART OF INFLATION MANAGEMENT’
RBI NEEDS TO BE
San Francisco (PTI): In-
dia will seek review of its
free trade agreement with
Japan during a meeting be-
tween Commerce and In-
dustry Minister Piyush
Goyal and his Japanese
counterpart in Los Angeles
on Thursday
.
Nishimura Yasutoshi is
the Japanese Minister of
Economy
, Trade and Indus-
try. In such reviews, nor-
mally two countries seek
more market access for
their respective domestic
products and resolve issues
which are hindering trade.
I think that's quite long
overdue and I am going to
raise that issue with my
counterpart from Japan.
He has just taken over
some time back as a new
minister. So I will be taking
up that issue, Goyal told
reporters when asked if a
review of the free trade
agreement (FTA) with Ja-
pan is on the cards.
India and Japan had im-
plemented the Comprehen-
sive Economic Partnership
Agreement in August 2011.
‘India to seek review of
trade pact with Japan’
FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT

z In Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) normally two countries
seek more market access
for their respective domestic
products and resolve issues
which are hindering trade in
the country
Sensex, Nifty rebound around 1%
amid global recovery in equities
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark stock indices re-
bounded around 1% on
Thursday following value
buying in banking, IT and
auto stocks after two days
of losses and a largely posi-
tivetrendinglobalmarkets.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 659.31 points or
1.12% to settle at 59,688.22.
During the day, it jumped
683.05 points to 59,711.96.
The broader NSE Nifty
rose by 174.35 points to
close at 17,798.75. Tech Ma-
hindra, Axis Bank, ICICI
Bank, Mahindra Mahin-
dra, Bharti Airtel, State
Bank of India, UltraTech
Cement, Bajaj Finserv, In-
dusInd Bank and Asian
Paints emerged as the big-
gest gainers amonf Sensex
shares. Tata Steel, NTPC,
Titan, Nestle and Power
Grid were the laggards.
New Delhi (PTI): Retail
sales of automobiles in In-
dia grew 8.31% in August
this year on the back of in-
crease in registrations of
vehicles across all major
segments, automobile deal-
ers' body FADA said on
Thursday
.
As per data released by
the Federation of Automo-
bile Dealers Associations
(FADA), total vehicle retail
sales in the country stood
at15,21,490unitslastmonth
as compared to 14,04,704
units in August 2021.
Passenger vehicles (PV)
retail sales stood at 2,74,448
units as compared to
2,57,672 units in the year-
ago month, a growth of 6.51
per cent.
Two-wheeler (2W) retail
sales also grew by 8.52% at
10,74,266 units in August
2022, it added.
Automobile
retail sales up
8.31% in Aug
Digital lending rules to cut frauds: RBI DG
Mumbai (PTI): RBI Depu-
ty Governor M Rajeshwar
Rao said the digital lending
norms are designed to end
regulatory arbitrage and
protect customers.
Rao said there was un-
bridled engagement of
third parties, misselling,
breach of data privacy, un-
ethical recovery practices
and exorbitant interest
rates recently which led
the RBI to regulate the ac-
tivities. On August 10, RBI
came out with digital lend-
ing norms after extensive
consultations and last
week asked the industry to
implement those by No-
vember this year.
Some players in the fin-
tech industry have ex-
pressed concerns that the
norms on lending will im-
pact their operations.
The framework is de-
signed to strike a balance
between the need for an in-
novative and inclusive sys-
tem while at the same time
ensuring that the regula-
tory arbitrage is not ex-
ploited to the detriment to
the customer's interest,
Rao said. He added that the
norms put the onus square-
ly on the regulated entities
on behalf of whom the
apps do the lending.
RBI NORMS OUT
ON AUGUST 10

z On August 10, RBI came out
with digital lending norms
after extensive consultations
and last week asked the
industry to implement those
by November this year

z Some players in the fintech
industry have expressed
concerns that the norms
on lending will impact their
operations

08
2NDFRONT
One decision – that’s all what
lies between you and an
entirely new life!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
‘Leaders of Uddhav faction,
NCP, Cong will join BJP’
First India Bureau
Nagpur: Functionar-
ies from the Shiv Se-
na’s Uddhav Thacker-
ay faction, the Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP), and the Con-
gress will join the
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) in large num-
bers in the coming
days, the ruling par-
ty’s Maharashtra
chief Chandrashek-
har Bawankule said
on Thursday
.
“Workers and leaders
of the Uddhav faction,
NCP and Congress will
join the BJP in such
large numbers that they
will not have candidates
to field in the 2024 Lok
Sabha and Assembly
polls,” he claimed.
The BJP leader was
addressing a press con-
ference here after Amra-
vati district Shiv Sena
chief Rajesh Wankhede
and other members of
the Sena’s Thackeray
faction joined the BJP
.
“Almost the entire
Amravati unit of the
Sena has joined BJP
along with Wankhede.
Many functionaries of
the Thackeray faction,
Congress, NCP are in
touch with the BJP
. In
2024, Uddhav will be left
with just a few Sainiks
and he will realize the
mistakehecommittedin
2019 (of dumping the
BJP),” Bawankule said.
People will take re-
venge for the treason he
committed on BJP
, PM
NarendraModiandDev-
endra Fadnavis, he said.
Darius Pandole
undergoes surgery,
wifeunderobservation
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Darius Pan-
dole, who survived
the car accident in
which former Tata
Sons chairman Cyrus
Mistry died, under-
went a surgery at a
hospital here on
Thursday to fix his
forearm fractures,
hospital sources said.
According to hospital
sources, “Darius Pan-
dole underwent a minor
surgery of fixing his
forearm fractures today
afternoon. The surgery
went well. He is stable
and recuperating.”
“However, Dr Anahi-
ta Pandole is still under
observation, stable and
is improving,” they
added.
Mistry (54) and his
friend Jahangir Pan-
dole were killed on Sun-
day afternoon when
their car hit a road di-
vider in neighbouring
Palghar district of Ma-
harashtra.
Two other car occu-
pants, Anahita Pandole
(55), who was at the
wheel, and her husband
Darius Pandole (60) had
suffered injuries.
Both were admitted
to Shri HN Reliance
Foundation Hospital
and Research Centre
here.
The doctors at the
hospital have been try-
ing to stabilize both the
patients so that further
course of treatment can
be undertaken.
Maha registers 1,076 new nCoV cases,six deaths
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra registered 1,076
fresh cases of COV-
ID-19 and six new
deaths linked to the
infection on Thursday
,
taking the overall tal-
ly to 81,08,442 and the
toll to 1,48,280, a state
health department of-
ficial said.
As many as 1,031 pa-
tients recovered from
the infection in the last
24 hours, pushing up
their cumulative count
to 79,53,080 and leaving
the state with an active
caseload of 7,082, he
said. The state’s COV-
ID-19 recovery rate was
98.08%, while the fatali-
ty rate stood at 1.82%.
Of the six COVID-19
fatalities reported in the
last 24 hours, two each
were from the Mumbai
administrative circle
and Pune district (rural
parts)andoneeachfrom
municipal corporation
areas of Pimpri-Chinch-
wad and Nagpur.The
Mumbai administrative
circle added 626 cases,
followed by 265 in Pune,
50 in Nagpur, 42 in Kol-
hapur,38inNashik,30in
Latur, 13 in Aurangabad
and 12 in the Akola cir-
cle, the official said.
He further added that
28,549 COVID-19 tests
were carried out in the
past 24 hours, taking the
total in the state to
8,43,00,281.
The state on Wednes-
day had reported 1,094
cases and five deaths.
EDtoreplytoRaut’sbailpleaby
Sept16inPatrachawlscam
Jailed Shiv Sena MP claims the case against him is ‘perfect example’ of political vendetta
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
MP Sanjay Raut, in ju-
dicial custody after his
August 01 arrest by
the Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) in the
alleged Patra Chawl
redevelopment scam,
has moved a court
here for bail claiming
case against him was a
“perfect example” of
political vendetta.
Special judge for Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act (PMLA)
cases MG Deshpande on
Thursday directed the
central agency to file a
reply to the bail plea by
September 16.
Sanjay Raut “is no-
where connected to
Guru Ashish Construc-
tion, HDIL or Patra
Chawl,” the bail appli-
cation said.
The Rajya Sabha
member is accused of
receiving “proceeds of
crime” amounting to
Rs1.06 crore from
Pravin Raut’s wife and
two other developers.
The bail plea claimed
thatRs55lakhof itwasa
loan from Pravin Raut’s
wife and it was paid off;
Rs37.50 lakh received
from one of the develop-
ers was the investment
SanjayRauthadmadein
the project, it said. Later
he pulled out of it as a
dispute arose between
landowners and tenants
and Raut received “lim-
ited profit”, it claimed.
The application also
claimed that in the al-
leged Punjab and Maha-
rashtra Cooperative
Bank scam, the ED
claimed that Rs112 crore
received by Pravin Raut
was“proceedsof crime”
in that case, but in the
current case it claims
the same amount to be
proceeds of sale of FSI
in the Patra Chawl pro-
ject. The ED cannot
show the same amount
as proceeds of crime in
two different cases, it
contended.
Sanjay Raut. —FILE PHOTO
Chandrashekhar Bawankule. —FILE PHOTO
THE CASE
Bawankule said
that Uddhav will
be left with just
a few Sainiks
in 2024 and
he will realize
the mistake
he committed
in 2019
Darius Pandole
survived the car
accident in
which Cyrus
Mistry died
HARVEST FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS
GANJA SMUGGLING BID
Nagpur (PTI): City po-
lice officials conduct-
ed searches at the
central jail here on
Wednesday
, days after
an undertrial prison-
er was arrested for al-
legedly trying to
smuggle ganja and
mobile phones batter-
ies inside the prison,
an official said.
The police have ar-
rested eight more per-
sons in connection with
the case during investi-
gation.
Nagpur Commission-
er of Police Amitesh
Kumar said the search-
es were conducted for
almost four hours be-
tween 6.30 am and 10 am
on Wednesday
.
The police seized 5g
ganja from an inmate of
the jail during one of
the searches. “However,
the police couldn’t find
the mobile phones be-
ing used by some jail
inmates,” he said.
Suraj Kawle, an un-
dertrial prisoner jailed
under MCOCA (Maha-
rashtra Control of Or-
ganised Crime Act),
was arrested on Mon-
day while trying to
smuggle 51g of ganja
and 15 batteries of
mobile phones hidden
inside a file, officials
said.
A case was registered
by the Dhantoli police
under the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances (NDPS) Act.
Two policemen at-
tached to the ‘Aaropi
Cell’ of the Nagpur Po-
lice were suspended on
Wednesday for negli-
gence of duty
.
The police commis-
sioner said two persons
had met Suraj Kawle on
the premises of the
court on Monday pos-
ing as lawyers and
handed him the file con-
taining ganja and mo-
bile phone batteries.
Two arrested for manhandling woman
cop, assaulting male colleague in Palghar
First India Bureau
Palghar: Cops in Pal-
ghar district have ar-
rested two brothers
for allegedly manhan-
dling a woman sub in-
spector and assaulting
her male colleague in
the Boisar area of the
district during Ganesh
immersion rituals on
Tuesday night.
The accused duo was
identified as Vikas
AshokBallal(27)andhis
brother Sandeep (22),
Sachin Navadkar, the
Palghar police spokes-
person informed. “An
elderly couple and some
otherpeoplehadaverbal
spat over sale of a food
item when the woman
police personnel went
over there to resolve the
dispute along with a
Home Guard person-
nel,” he said.
The accused, who
were present at the time,
abused and manhandled
the woman police sub
inspector (PSI). Her col-
league, PSI Sharad
Suralkar, who went to
helpherwasalsopushed
tothegroundandkicked
bytheaccused,headded.
A case has been regis-
tered under various sec-
tions of IPC against the
two accused, their moth-
er and their sister.
Darius Pandole. —FILE PHOTO
On the occasion of Onam, Pookalam (floral rangoli/decoration) made by Jojo Thomas and group
is dedicated to the memory of victims of 26/11 terror attacks, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Terminus in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Devotees offer prayers at the Asthika Samaj temple in
Mumbai’s Matunga area.
Girls click selfies on the occasion of Onam festival, at The
Asthika Samaj Temple, Matunga, in Mumbai on Thursday.
As many as 1,031 patients recovered from
the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing
up the cumulative count to 79,53,080
28,549 COVID-19 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours.
Ganja smuggling
leads to multiple
searches in jail
Central Jail Nagpur. —FILE PHOTO
Justice Bhandari...
Notably, Justice MN
Bhandari is former
judge of Raj HC and
was appointed as the
HC judge on July 5,
2007. Justice Bhandari
was a judge of Ra-
jasthan HC
for 12 years
was trans-
ferred to Al-
lahabad HC
in March
2019. He was
thereafter
appointed as acting CJ
of Allahabad High
Court on June 26, 2021
and was later appoint-
ed as acting CJ of Ma-
dras HC on Nov 22,
2021. On Feb 14, 2022,
Justice Bhandari was
appointed as Chief
Justice of the Madras
High Court.
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MUMBAI, FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
ontestants
from 19
countries
were ey-
ing for the
w o r l d ’ s
b i g g e s t
teen pageant. Nikhil
Anand, the Chairman
of Miss Teen International
had earlier expressed his hon-
our to host the world in India
as he wished the contestants
luck. The final coronation
was held in Gurgaon where
India’s own Aayushi Dhola-
kia crowned her successor
Ngô Ngoc Gia Hân from Viet-
nam.
In an exclusive conversa-
tion with Ashish Tiwari Ngô
Ngoc Gia Hân shared her
journey to the win.
The Pageant was held after
2 years and what a dashing
comeback of the pageant
with you getting crowned as
the winner
. How does it feel?
I cannot wrap my head around
this moment it’s so special,
and it has been an honour to
win the title. After the win, I
received so much love and sup-
port not only from my fans and
audience from Vietnam but
around the world. This has
been my dream and now it
only motivates me to work
harder and prove to people I
deserve this title.
As everything was shut
down due to covid for two
years it was a long time to
prepare for the show. How
did you do it and what was
the determination behind it?
I got crowned in Vietnam dur-
ing the ongoing Pandemic. It
was a hard time as I had to do
all the training by myself at
my home. But today every-
thing is worth it because today
I hold the crown. And it’s not
just because of my hard work
but also the love and support I
have received from the people
around me that motivated me
to participate in this Interna-
tional Platform.
What was the Prepara-
tion Like?
Firstly I had to work on my
speaking communication
especially public speaking
at the same time I had to work
on my performance. I joined
classes for my modelling ses-
sions also the most important
part of the looks had to be
taken care of for which I have
met many designers in Viet-
nam so that I can be a part of
the International Platform as
a perfect Contestant.
19 countries from all over
the world competing were for
the title, what kept you moti-
vated to win the pageant?
We all came together from dif-
ferent parts of the world and I
was amazed by the fact that
how different we all were. I just
lovedthediversityof culturein
our pageant. They all made me
feel at home while we shared
the different stories of our cul-
ture and traditions. There was
moresisterhoodthancompe-
tition between us. The fact
that I just had to take the
crown back home to Vi-
etnam kept me moti-
vated for the win. And I
guess I did well.
Did you have any moment
where you thought of giv-
ing up and couldn’t do it?
Yes when I won the pageant in
my country it was during the
dark Pandemic time so things
were hard on me as I am also a
student and with the online
classes it takes time. I couldn’t
manage time to go out and take
classes I had to learn every-
thing all by myself. The other
countries comparatively had
better conditions to work on.
So that kind of shook me but
my determination to get the
first ever crown home kept me
moving.
Your win has inspired
many out there what will
you like to share with them?
My dream is to Inspire people
to education. We need to focus
on that as I believe education
is something that would
change our lives. I just want to
tell them that one needs to pre-
pare for their journey and edu-
cate themselves for a better
future ahead. Also at the same
time shouldn’t shy away from
showcasing their talent out
there. It will only help you be
perfect in your craft.
Coming from Vietnam
on your way to winning
the title how has your
experience been?
It’s my pride to represent my
country on an international
level at such a young age. I got
a lot of caresses from my other
sisters in the pageant and that
made me feel the warmth. I like
speaking to the contestants
here and talking to them about
theircountryandculturewhile
I could share mine.
What has been
your Inspiration
throughout?
My dad is my biggest In-
spiration. I have seen him
struggle for the success he
has earned now. I had been to
many pageants before Miss
Teen International but I feel I
found Myself here. I think I
have achieved success as I can
participate in an international
pageant and bring back a
crown.
What Is Your Dream?
Mydreamistobeaninfluencer.
At the same to work in the edu-
cational field because I believe
working in that sector will help
me contribute to the crowd of
the world as long as there will
be a hunger for knowledge and
Talent in our life.
How has your experience in
India Been?
It feels great here. I always
wanted to come here to study
but Now I got a chance to ex-
plore it before. The hospitality
and warmth of the people here
cannot be described in words.
They have such different fla-
vours in food all rich in their
culture. My favourite was the
Naan Cake which was like Pan-
cakes. And lastly
, India’s sight-
seeing has my heart it’s such
galore especially the Taj Mahal
that we saw during the pageant
was breathtaking. Another
very memorable evening was
when Jagdeesh Chandra and
First India hosted us at Jaipur,
the evening at Taj Rambagh
was like a dream and we can
never thank Jagdeesh Chan-
dra sir enough for his kind hos-
pitality and motivation.
MAJESTIC
AESTHETIC!
NGÔ NGOC GIA HÂN
Miss Teen International is a household name and a prominent brand when
it comes to beauty pageants. It has created some proud title winners that
have achieved the beacon of success and strive to empower the youth
and showcase the finest of India’s talent on the international stage!
C
Jagdeesh Chandra with Miss Teen International Ngô Ngoc Gia Hân
ASHISH TIWARI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

hen did this idea
of homestays or
renting out party
places come to
you?
It was 4 years
back when I went
to Russia with my friends and
booked a house on Airbnb for
our stay, our experience was
so nice because in the house
or apartment you’ll get a large
common area and your rooms
are always safe and clean to
sleep. I had this property for
the past 15 years and it was of
no use because it was empty
and not that great interiors.
So I decided to construct a
new floor and renovated the
old floor completely
.
Then the pandemic hit and
people were looking for places
for birthday parties/bache-
lor/get-togethers etc. And we
were almost ready for it, so in
the starting, I used to let out
my property to my friends
only, then I started getting
queries from friends and ac-
quaintances and that’s how
we started. Right now we are
almost 85-90% booked.
Homestays do not have the
advantage of scale that ho-
tels have in terms of opera-
tions. What challenges did
you face in preparing your
properties and regaining
guests’ trust post-COVID?
A lot of people who had never
looked at private vacation
homes as an option for ac-
commodation started opting
for them because unlike ho-
tels, they did not have any
shared spaces. The reopen-
ing of our homes was a com-
bination of people, process-
es, and technology. When I
say people, it meant getting
our people completely aware
and sensitised to the fact that
we are in very different
times. We have invested a
good amount in electronics
like Big Smart Tvs, ambient
lighting, a fully equipped
kitchen, 24 hours housekeep-
ing, a proper wet bar, 100%
crockery and cutlery.
Everything here is pre-
mium and hand-
picked.
What do you feel
makes a homes-
tay stand out from
the rest? How can they
thrive when competing with
established hotels?
When compared to a 5-star,
our villas have a story,
unique experiences and
touchpoints. While we aim to
match up to the 5-star cer-
tainty, we are different
from them in a way
that there are no
standardisations.
What are the current
challenges for the lux-
ury homestay segment
in India?
One of the biggest challeng-
es that this segment faces is
the high GST rates (18%). Be-
cause of this, guests are
tempted to pay in cash to un-
scrupulous operators.
What is your
target audi-
ence?
While at the
start, we saw
families opting
for it, the demand
has now expand-
ed to celebrations
and corporates,
too. People want to
have intimate cel-
ebrations against
naturally pictur-
esque backdrops,
and we provide end-
to-end services for
that. We have al-
ready hosted mile-
stone birthdays, weddings
and anniversaries so far.
When it comes to corporates,
people want to break free
from the work-from-home
concept, even if for a bit. And
our Peace House is perfect for
day events and overnight
stays for small to medium-
sized teams.
What is your strategy for
Peace House in the coming
months?
We want to focus all our ener-
giesonacquiringmoreproper-
ties. Apart from this, our focus
is on celebrations—big and
small. For instance, we are
planning to have more pool
places,indoor,outdoorandpri-
vate ones for our clients.
FIND CALM IN THE CHAOS
FIND CALM IN THE CHAOS
@ THE PEACE HOUSE
@ THE PEACE HOUSE
IN THE POST-COVID ERA OF DOMESTIC TRAVEL, HOMESTAYS OFFER ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOTEL WITH
THE ADDED SECURITY OF PRIVACY AND SECLUSION AT A TIME WHEN SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS BECOME
THE NEW BUZZWORD. CITY FIRST SPOKE TO VISHVENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN, FOUNDER, PEACE HOUSE,
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SEGMENT AND THRIVING THROUGH INNOVATION!
MITALI DUSAD
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
W
“Add to this, you
have the whole
space to yourself.
Unlike hotels,
where you can’t use
the pool, are con-
fined to your room
alone, and have to
step out for buffet
breakfast/meals,
you have access to
all the home amen-
ities, have social
spaces to bond in
and you don’t have
to share the space
with outsiders.”
—Vishvendra Singh Chauhan
10
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B
o l l y -
w o o d
a c t o r
Shahid
Kapoor’s wife
Mira Rajput cele-
brated her 28th birth-
dayinstyleonWednes-
day evening. Shahid
Kapoor’s parents Pan-
kaj Kapur and Neliima
Azeem, Ishaan Khatter
and Sanah Kapur,
Farhan Akhtar with
their wife Shibani
Dandekar, and many
others joined them at
the party. After an
eventful evening, the
birthday girl shared a
bunch of stories on her
Instagram handle high-
lighting the fun she had
on the occasion. Pic-
tures shared by Mira
Rajput were originally
shared by her yoga tu-
tor Sarvesh Sashi. Lat-
er, Mira chose to re-
share those pictures on
her social media han-
dle. One picture shows
Mira and Shahid Ka-
poor posing together
while another has Mira
blowing out the can-
dles. Celebrating her
day in style, Mira did
not shy away from mak-
ing a fashion statement
and wore a black dress
her for birthday
wore a black
dress for her
special oc-
casion of
b i r t h -
day
.
ajol is making her grand
digital debut with the In-
dian adaptation of the
American series The
Good Wife on Disney+
Hotstar. Fans of Kajol
were eagerly waiting to
see a glimpse of Kajol’s character,
and they are in for a treat, as the
makers have now shared a teaser
of The Good Wife. In the show, Ka-
jol will be seen playing the role of
a housewife who goes back to
working as a lawyer after her
husband’s scandal lands him
in jail.
The show is now in production,
and while the teaser doesn’t reveal
a lot, it shows a brief glimpse of
Kajol’s character. The teaser shows
Kajol donning a black robe, and
walking into the courtroom. She
then asks, “Shuru kare?” The
30-second announcement video left
fans super-excited to see Kajol in
this web series. Sharing the teaser,
the actress wrote, “Pyaar, Kanoon,
Dhoka - a fight of #TheGoodWife
#HotstarSpecials #TheGoodWife,
coming soon.
THE GOOD WIFE
K
A
ctress Sonakshi Sinha
went on her first trip
with friends after the
release of her debut
film, Dabangg? The Da-
bangg actress packed her bags
and visited London post the re-
lease of the Salman Khan star-
rer. Well, looking at her social
media feed, it won’t be wrong to
say that the actress is a traveller
by heart. Interestingly, express-
ing her love for travelling, Sin-
ha recently talked about her
experiences.
TRIP TO
London!
Kartik leading lady?
E
ver since the announcement of
Aashiqui 3 with Kartik Aaryan in
the lead, there has been constant
chatter about the female lead of
this musical romance directed by
Anurag Basu. The third instalment
of the Aashiqui franchise is pro-
duced by Bhushan Kumar with
Mukesh Bhatt and the music is com-
posed by the hit song machine, Pri-
tam. According to our sources, the
team is on the lookout for a top-
bracket actress to play the female
lead in this musical love story
. As we
speak, the team is in the process of
locking the cast and also giving those
final touches to the script. Music seat-
ing has also begun.
A
ctress Kriti Sanon is a
sight for sore eyes, be it
with her portrayal of
intriguing characters
onscreen or the way she oozes
with her on-fleek style quo-
tient. Since making her debut
with the Telegu
film Nenokka-
dine, the ac-
tress has
not looked
b a c k ,
earning
some hit
movies
to her
name, like Bareilly
Ki Barfi, Luka Chup-
pi, and Mimi.
A social media
junkie, Kriti never
fails to impress
fans with her
quintessential
outfit choices
and makes it a
point to give a
sneakpeekinto
her upcoming
projects or
travel experi-
ences. The ac-
tress shares a
strong bond
with her fami-
ly, especially
with her sis-
ter Nupur
Sanon.
VACAY
MODE!
Mira shines on her birthday
RANBIR AND ALIA COULDN’T
SEEK BLESSINGS!
B
rahmastra is
likely to set the
box office on fire.
The film has al-
ready sold more than
3.5 lakh tickets in ad-
vance. Meanwhile, Alia
Bhatt has reacted to the
boycott calls against
Brahmastra by saying
that there’s “no negativ-
ity”. MP Home Minister
Narottam Mishra said
that Ranbir and Alia
were not stopped from
offering prayers in Uj-
jain’s Mahakaleshwar
temple and “it was their
decision not to go there
because of the protest”.
At a press conference in
New Delhi, Ayan said
he felt “really bad” that
Ranbir and Alia
couldn’t seek bless-
ings at the Ma-
hakal.
Kajol
Sonakshi Sinha
Brahmastra Poster
Shraddha Kapoor
Still from the movie
Kriti Sanon
Mira Rajput’s Post...
Her post...
(L-R) Deepika, Kriti, Kartik, Shraddha
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