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GOVERNMENT OF CHHATTISGARH, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER
MAHANADI PROJECT RAIPUR (CHHATTISGARH)
e-PROCUREMENT TENDER NOTICE
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eProcurement Portal: https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in

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System Tender No. 112196/ NIT No.: 07/SAC/2022-23 Dated: 20.10.2022,
7'07>-76 >.0;<7 A TRIBUTE TO BRAVE HEARTS 05TH NOVEMBER
Construction of Futhamuda Main Canal Including Lining and 37 No. Structures
from RD. 9330 m. to 19740 m. Vide publication No. G. No. 95291 is cancelled 8765 42 0.56 ,.> =7<. ;7.5 42 :9H <GF69<<94E
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95461 Mahanadi Project, Raipur (C.G.)
HC/GD A.N.P. HC/Dvr A P CT/FD J.A. CT/GD Z.B.
SINGH MGCC SABU MGCC DATTU MGCC SINGH MGCC
NAGOTHANE NAGOTHANE NAGOTHANE NAGOTHANE
05 Nov, 1990 05 Nov, 1990 05 Nov, 1990 05 Nov, 1990
CT/GD P. CT/GD CT/GD P. B CT/GD W T

SINGH MGCC P.K.NAIK EH ERA CHOURE
NAGOTHANE MGCC MGCC MGCC
05 Nov, 1990 NAGOTHANE NAGOTHANE NAGOTHANE
05 Nov, 1990 05 Nov, 1990 05 Nov, 1990
CISF proudly remembers the supreme sacrifice of these
brave-hearts. On 05- 11- 1990, they laid down their lives
while saving the lives of employees of MGCC, Nagothane
(Maharashtra) during massive fire at Gas Cracker Plant. Their
courage and bravery would remain an abiding source of
inspiration for the force. The force will remain eternally
indebted to them for their noblest deed.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER

AGRA CIRCLE, P.W.D AGRA
Short Time E-Tender Notice inviting
Letter No. : 5471 / 14M-A.C/2022-23 Date :- 29-10-2022
1. The Superintending Engineer Agra Circle, U.P.P.W.D. on behalf of Governor of Uttar Pradesh invites the
percentage rate bids online from the eligible and approved registered Contractors. As The work Comprises
of specialized Road work, hence contractors bidding for this work must be registered in Road work with
UP PWD. Bidders are advised to note the minimum qualification criteria specified in Clause 4 of the
Instructions to Bidders to qualify for the award of the contract.
2.
Address of
Estimated Bid Address of
Executive Address of
Sl. Distri Name of Work cost Security Cost of Document Time of Superinten Category of
Engineer Chief
No ct (Rs. in (Rs. in (in Rs.) Completion ding Contractor
executing the Engineer
Lac) Lacs) Engineer
work
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rs. Executive
Class A, B & C
Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Mathura
2000.00STC
Engineer,
Engineer,
Special repair work of

Four Construction
Chief
Daulatpur to Nagla 60.00 5.00 +300.00TC+

1 Arjun Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1,
2336.00
P.W.D.,
Mathura
Office of Executive Engineer,
Rs. Executive
Provincial Division, P.W.D. Amroha
Class A, B & C
Superintending
SHORT TERM E-Procurement Notice Inviting Tenders

P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra

Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Mathura
2000.00STC
Engineer,
Engineer,
Saray Daud Via Radoi Four Construction

Chief
2 Road 56.00 4.80 +300.00TC+

Months Division-1,
No. 3141/E-Tender/22-23 Dated : 22-10-2022
36.00GST = P.W.D., 1. The Executive Engineer, Provincial Division, PWD, Amroha on behalf of Governor of Uttar
2336.00 Mathura Pradesh invites the percentage rate bids online from the eligible and approved Contractors STATE ELECTION COMMISSION
Special repair work of Rs. Executive registered with UP PWD, Class A, B, C, & D (for Road work) The Bidder may submit bids NCT OF DELHI & U.T. CHANDIGARH NIGAM
Class A, B & C
Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
Baldev Baroli Kailash 2000.00STC

Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
for any or all of the works. Bidders are advised to note the minimum qualification criteria
Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
to Midavali Road +300.00TC+ Four Construction BHAWAN, KASHMERE GATE, DELHI-110006

Chief
70.00 5.50 specified in Clause 4 of the Instructions to Bidders to qualify for the award of the contract.
3 36.00GST = Months Division-1,
2336.00 P.W.D., 2. Phone:- 011-23990919 E-mail:- delhielectiontender@gmail.com
Mathura
Sl. DISTRIC Name of Work Estimated Bid Cost of tender Time of Category of road Online open Bid is invited by the State Election Commission from
Rs. Executive
the reputed Firms/Companies/Agencies for RATE CONTRACT
Class A, B & C
No T cost (Rs.in Security documents completion of contractor eligible

Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC
Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Lacs) (Rs.in including the work

Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,

4 +300.00TC+ Four Construction FOR PROVIDING CATERING SERVICES AT VARIOUS
Chief
Lacs) GST (RS.) (Including rainy

Hasanpur to Palkhera 50.00 4.50
Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1, season)
LOCATIONS ACROSS DELHI FOR THE UPCOMING GENERAL
2336.00 P.W.D., 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Mathura SR of Nauganwa-Dhanaura road to Dasipur 14.10 1.41 766.00 3 months
ELECTIONS TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI as
Amroha “A, B, C & D”
Rs. Executive
1
road (road Category) per the following schedule:-
Class A, B & C
Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC
Agra Circle,
Engineer, 1 Name of the Bid E-TENDER FOR RATE CONTRACT FOR

Agra Zone,
SR of Mohammadpur Bangar to Khalakpur

Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
Special repair work of 13.40 1.34 766.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”

+300.00TC+ Four Construction
Chief
2 Amroha road
5 Tentigaon to Harnol 50.00 4.50 (road Category) PROVIDING CATERING SERVICES AT
Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1,
2336.00 P.W.D., SR of Shahzadpur to Janpad Bijnor seema VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS DELHI
Mathura 7.70 0.77 766.00 2 months “A, B, C & D”
3 Amroha road
(road Category) FOR THE UPCOMING GENERAL
Rs. Executive ELECTIONS TO THE MUNICIPAL
Class A, B & C
Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC
Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
SR of Dhanaura-Amroha-Kanth road Km 7 19.00 1.90 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”

Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,

+300.00TC+ Four Construction 4 Amroha CORPORATION OF DELHI.
Chief
to Daurala Kaurala road (road Category)

6 Nagla Umrara to mant 45.00 4.25
TENDER ID: 2022_STELC_231881_1.
Jawara Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1, SR of Kura Mafi to Mohammadpur Bangar 8.90 0.89 766.00 2 months “A, B, C & D”
P.W.D., 5 Amroha
2336.00 road (road Category)
Mathura 2 Bid start Date & Time 04.11.2022 at 11:00 AM
SR of Ramganga Feeder Channel road to
Rs. Executive 27.30 2.73 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D” 3 Pre-bid meeting 10.11.2022 at 11:30 AM
6 Amroha Fauladpur road
Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC (road Category)

Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
Last date of receiving

Class A
Special repair work of +300.00TC+ Four Construction

Chief
7 Pithora to Bajna Road

200.00 12.00
36.00GST = Months Division-1, SR of Sherpur Vah river bridge rampura 4 09.11.2022 by 11:30 AM
P.W.D., 7 Amroha khadar road to Rafatpur road
14.10 1.41 766.00 3 months “A, B, C & D” queries
2336.00 (road Category)
Mathura 5 Bid end Date & Time 16.11.2022 at 03:00 PM ''IMPORTANT''
Rs. Executive SR of Azampur Devipura road Km 9 to
Opening of Technical
Superintending
18.50 1.85 854.00 3 months

P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC “A, B, C & D” Whilst care is taken prior to

Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
8 Amroha Ibrahimpur road 6 16.11.2022 at 04:00 PM

Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
Class A
Four (road Category) acceptance of advertising

Renewal work of +300.00TC+ Construction Bid
Chief
8 280.00 16.00 copy, it is not possible to verify

Raya Baldev Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1,
2336.00 P.W.D., Opening of Financial its contents. The Indian
9 Amroha
SR of Dehra Kadar Baksh to Saraikpur road 13.80 1.38 766.00 3 months “A, B, C & D” 7 To be communicated later Express (P) Limited cannot be
Mathura
(road Category) Bid held responsible for such
Rs. Executive contents, nor for any loss or
Superintending
The said Tender can be seen and downloaded from the Web-Portal
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC damage incurred as a result of

Agra Circle,
Class A& B
Renewal work of Engineer,

Agra Zone,
Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
Four SR of vill Ladanpur to vill Azampur road 29.50 2.95 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D” transactions with companies,
Yamuna Expressway +300.00TC+ Construction
https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in free of cost. Interested
Chief
10 Amroha
9 96.00 6.80 (road Category) associations or individuals
to Vrindavan Cut 36.00GST = Months Division-1, advertising in its newspapers
Yamuna Bridge Road 2336.00 P.W.D.,
SR of Chakkalilet Halt to Lodhipur Banjara
prospective Bidders may visit the Website or may contact the or Publications. We therefore
Mathura
Rs. 11 Amroha road
29.50 2.95 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”
(road Category)
Commission on Phone:- 011-23990919 or E-maiI:- recommend
make
that
necessary
readers
inquiries
Executive
delhielectiontender@gmail.com.
Superintending
before sending any monies or

P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC
Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
entering into any agreements

Class A
Renewal work of +300.00TC+ Four Construction SR of Kherka Daulatpur road to Gajsthal Sd/-
Chief
10 274.00 15.70 22.50 2.25 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D” with advertisers or otherwise
Raya Mant Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1, 12 Amroha road acting on an advertisement in
2336.00 P.W.D., (road Category)
DIP/Shabdarth/0454/22-23 HEAD OF OFFICE any manner whatsoever.
Mathura
SR of Nauganwa-Dhanaura road km 4 to
Rs. Executive Amroha Prithvipur khurd Majra Sarai road
8.70 0.87 766.00 2 months “A, B, C & D”
13
Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
2000.00STC (road Category)

Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
Class A
Renewal work of +300.00TC+ Four Construction

Chief
11 405.00 22.25 SR of Peeplighosi road Km 7 to Bahadurpur

Raya Sadabad Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1,
9.60 0.96 766.00 2 months “A, B, C & D”
2336.00 P.W.D., 14 Amroha chak road
Mathura (road Category)
Rs. Executive SR of Hasanpur-Atrasi-Amroha road Km 17

Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
11.70 1.17 766.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”

Class A& B
2000.00STC
Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Amroha
Mathura
15 to Lambia road via Raipur Shahzadpur

Engineer,
Engineer,
Renewal work of +300.00TC+ Four Construction (road Category)

Chief
12 95.00 6.75
Baldev Mayi Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1,
2336.00 P.W.D.,
SR of Dahakwada to Mohammadpur road 18.50 1.85 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”
Mathura 16 Amroha
(road Category)
Rs. Executive
Superintending
Renewal work of
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
Class A & B
2000.00STC
Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
Baldev Baroli Kailash SR of Chakkalilet Halt to Kalilet road 17.80 1.78 854.00 3 months
+300.00TC+ Four Construction “A, B, C & D”
Chief
13 to Mandora 116.00 7.80 17 Amroha

36.00GST = Months Division-1, (road Category)
Kanjolighat Via
2336.00 P.W.D.,
Angai Minor Road
Mathura SR of Kanth Bypass to Ahroi road 28.00 2.8 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”
18 Amroha
Rs. Executive (road Category)
Superintending
P.W.D., Agra
P.W.D., Agra
Class A & B
2000.00STC
Agra Circle,
Engineer,
Agra Zone,
Mathura
Engineer,
Engineer,
Renewal work of
+300.00TC+ Four Construction SR of Fatthepur Mafi to Hataua to Saintli
Chief
14 Baldev to Nagla Sanja 101.00 7.05 Amroha bypass NH-24 road via tikiya
29.00 2.9 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”
Akos Road 36.00GST = Months Division-1, 19
(road Category)
2336.00 P.W.D.,
Mathura
SR of Sinaura to Kalakhera road 18.90 1.89 854.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”
20 Amroha
3- Time allowed for completion is including Rainy Season. (road Category)
4- Bid document with detailed terms and conditions will be available online on website
http://etender.up.nic.in and Prahari (http://wms.upppwd.gov.in/Prahari) From 11.11.2022 to SR of Saidpur to Bhavalpur road 6.30 0.63 766.00 2 months “A, B, C & D”
21 Amroha
18.11.2022. Bids must be submitted online only at e-tendering portal of http://etender.up.nic.in and Prahari (road Category)
App with all documents as per GO No 14/2020/879(1)/ 23-7/2020/176(lk0)/06 Dt 25-08-2020 on or before DELHI JAL BOARD : GOVERNMENT OF N.C.T. OF DELHI
SR of Nehtaur-Noorpur-Amroha-Joya road to
12:30 Hours Dt. 18-11-2022. Technical Bid received online will be opened on 19-11-2022 at 12:30 Hours. 5.30 0.53 766.00 2 months “A, B, C & D”
5- The prospective bidders who do not posses Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) must get the same issued 22 Amroha Masoodpur road
(road Category) OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF ENGINEER (M)-1
from approved agencies before submission of bids. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (M)-62 / T-2
1- Contractor should Quote their rates without G.S.T. which shall be paid extra as per applicable at the time The Rate adopted in the BOQ all Other taxes but excluding GST. E-BLOCK PARK : PREET VIHAR : DELHI-110092
of payment.
2- Labour Cess @ 1.00% will be Deducted from contractors bill at the time of payment. Tender cost and EMD should be deposited online by Net Banking as per Column 6 in the table. Phone No. 22502206, Mail ID:- djbeeeastii@gmail.com
3- Original MM-11 forms proof of royalty shall have to be produced at time of every running bill in Bids must be download online from 10:00 AM on date 09.11.2022 to 5:00 PM on dated PRESS NIT No. 37/(2022-23)
accordance to Principal Secretary, Directorate of geology & mining utter Pradesh Letter No-2146/86-2019- 14.11.2022 and the technical bids will be opened online date 15.11.2022 at 12:30 PM and S. Name of Work Amount Put Tender Earnest Tender ID No. & Date Last Date/ Time of
52(lk0)/2019 Dt. 30.09.2019, G.O. No- 115(1)/86-2020 dated 15.01.2020 and other relevant Government
orders, circulars for all the materials procured from the quarries. Financial bids of the qualified bidders will be opened on date & time as notified. According No. to Tender Processing Money of Release of tender in receipt of tender
Fee E-Procurement E-Procurement
4- The bidders are required to submit Original receipt of Internet Banking of E-tender portal Account as per to the provisions of Government Order no. 1/2018/3070/78-2-2018/42 IT/2017 (22) Date Solution Solution
G.O. No.-742/78-2-2018-42 I.T./2017 T.C., I.T. & Electronics Section-2 Dated- 03-12-2018 follows as : 03-01-2018 after opening of the technical and financial bids, the qualified bidder has to 1. Engagement of field Assistant for maintenance of water Item Rate 500.00 53,000.00 2022_DJB_232049_1 18-Nov-2022
(1) Online Tender Cost towards the cost of bid document (As per Column 6) by Internet Banking of E- submit original documents personally in department/ office. In the event of non submission supply network on contract basis for the period of one year in 04-Nov-2022 02:00 PM
tender portal Account (Non Refundable). AC-61 Gandhi Nagar under ACE(M)-1. 06:00 PM
(2) Online Bid security (As per Column 5) in favour of designation of Column 8 by Internet Banking of E- of original documents by the bidder, the appropriate action will be taken in accordance with 2. Replacement of old and settled sewer line by pipe bursting Item Rate 500.00 64,000.00 2022_DJB_232049_2 18-Nov-2022
tender portal account. the provisions of G.O. All terms & conditions can be seen on website http:/etender.up.nic.in method in l-Pocket Dilshad Garden from H.No. 112 to 97 04-Nov-2022 02:00 PM
(3) Original affidavit regarding correctness of information furnished with bid document as per provisions under the command area of SPS at old Seema Puri ward no. 06:00 PM
Executive Engineer 28E (Dilshad Colony) AC- 62 in EE (M)-62 under ACE (M)-1.
of Clause 4.4 B (ii) of ITB as per G.O. No. 3070/78-2-2018-42I.T./2017(22) I.T. and Electronics Anubhag- Provincial Division, PWD
2 Lucknow Dt. 03.01.2018. (Sanasvir) (Anand Kumar) Further details in this regard can be seen at https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in
Superintending Engineer
Amroha Sd/-
Executive Engineer ISSUED BY PRO (WATER) SUDHIR KUMAR GUPTA
Construction Division-1, P.W.D., Agra Circle, P.W.D., For and on behalf of Governor of UP Advt. No. J.S.V. 401 (2022-23) EX. ENGINEER (M)-62 (T-2)
UPID NO 181174 Date 03/11/2022 UPID NO 181186 Date 03/11/2022
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BUSINESS AS USUAL
BY UNNY
Amended EPS is
upheld, SC opens
window to opt for
THE WORLD
A field on fire in Rohti Mouran village in Punjab’s Patiala district, on Friday. Gajendra Yadav MOREREPORTS,PAGE6 higher annuity
Members can get to contribute 8.33%
A North India Enough machines, but many take the Plea for urgent of actual salaries towards pension
E
TOOK FOUR BULLETS,
problem, says easy way out by setting fields on fire intervention,
E X P L A I NE D
WILL CONTINUE Kejriwal, asks Singh is in a hurry to clear the SC hearing on ANANTHAKRISHNAN G &
AANCHAL MAGAZINE
Choice of
higher
MARCH, SAYS IMRAN ANJU AGNIHOTRI CHABA EXPLAINED
Centre to act
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4
November 10
paddy stubble on his field. He
AMID PAK PROTESTS SANGRUR, NOVEMBER 4 shouts out orders to the labour- ● pension
PAGE 18 THE HARVEST OF ersandsoon,theirentire11acres IN A significant ruling, the
ON FRIDAY afternoon, all along POLLUTED AIR are on fire. Supreme Court Friday upheld TRADE UNIONS were re-
GAYATHRI MANI the state highway from Dhuri to PAGE 15 Nirmal Singh jointly owns a EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE the Employees’ Pension sisting the government
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 Sunam in Punjab's Sangrur dis- super seeder with some of the NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 (Amendment) Scheme, 2014, argument that workers
Major dip in WITHTHE national capital grap-
trict, are fields on fire — hun-
dreds of them, on either side of national capital Delhi touching
otherfarmersinthevillage.Asu-
per seeder is a tractor-mounted THE SUPREME Court will hear
but also read down certain pro-
visions concerning the current
at all levels should have
more liquidity. The SC,
cost of buying plingwithyetanotheryearof in-
tense pollution that has sent the
the road. The smaller fields,
along the link roads leading to
alarminglevels,fingersareagain
being pointed at a recurring
machine that sows seeds —
wheat,inthisinstance—whilesi-
November 10 a plea seeking its
“urgent intervention” to check
subscribers to the scheme.
A three-judge bench of Chief
through its ruling, has let
the workers decide
and operating airqualityindex(AQI)plummet-
ing, Chief Minister Arvind
villages in Sunam, Dhuri,
Sangrur,LehraGaga andAndana
problem—fieldsbeingsetonfire
in harvesting season to get rid of
multaneously tilling the earth
and incorporating the standing
the worsening air quality in the
Capital.
Justice of India UU Lalit and
Justices Aniruddha Bose and
whether they should opt
for higher provident fund
electric buses, Kejriwal announced on Friday
that schools for primary classes
blocks of the district, are also
ablaze, sending thick plumes of
standing stubble before farmers
sow their rabi crops.
stubbleandthestrawintothesoil.
Asked why he had set his
Advocate Shashank Shekhar
Jha, who filed the petition, men-
Sudhanshu Dhulia said the
amendments to the scheme
or choose higher pension
payouts.
Govt data show would be shut from Saturday,

while for secondary and senior
smoke into the grey sky.
With the air quality index in
AtSheronvillageinSangrur's
Sunam block, farmer Nirmal
field on fire when he could have
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
tioneditbeforeabenchpresided
by Chief Justice of India U U Lalit.
shall apply to employees of ex-
empted establishments as they
secondary classes, outdoor ac- Pointing out that even do for the employees of regular SupremeCourtrulinggivesEPFO
tivities and physical education healthy people were having establishments. There are about members, who have availed of
MIHIR MISHRA
periods would be suspended.
An order issued by the Delhi
‘Stubble burning factor for 10-15 days, breathingissues,Jhapointedout
that the Air Quality Index had
1,300companiesinthelistof the
EPFO’s (Employees’ Provident
the EPS, another opportunity
over the next four months to opt
THE COST of buying and operat-

ing battery-powered buses and
government’seducationdepart-
ment later stated that primary
classeswillbeshut“tillTuesday”.
weather & geography also play a role’ crossed500inDelhi.Hesaidthat
in the last two-three years, the
AQIhadnotcrossed500inDelhi.
Fund Organisation) exempted
establishments.
In a nutshell, Friday’s
and contribute up to 8.33 per
cent of their actual salaries — as
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
three-wheelers has seen a sig- Kejriwalalsoannouncedthat sion that concerted straw burn- “GradedResponseActionPlan
nificant dip, following various his government is considering EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE ing happens in a period of 10-15 (GRAP-4) is already here. Noida
governmentincentives aimedat
increasing the acceptance of
these vehicles for public trans-
implementing the “odd-even”
vehicle rationing scheme. Apart
from this, the government has
AS THE debate over stubble

days in 7-10 districts. The wind
direction is also north-westerly
and brings the plume of smoke
hasalreadycloseditsschools.This
requires urgent intervention of
thiscourt.AQIlevelshavereached
AAP Gujarat CM face
port, said sources.
Citing government data,
sources said that the cost of op-
announced work from home for
50% of government employees
and staggered timings for its de-
burning in Punjab and Haryana,
andDelhi'stoxicairrageson,sci-
entist Sachchida Nand Tripathi
from Punjab, through Haryana,
to Delhi and then onwards to
Kanpur and beyond… Even
alevelwhereeventhosewhoare
fit are not able to reside in Delhi
anymore,” he said.
is former journalist
erating a battery-powered
three-wheeler has fallen by up
to 25%, as compared to 2016-17.
partments.
The Delhi government’s
transport department, in an or-
said while the region’s
own pollution sources
are a problem, stubble
8,000 (farm) fires dur-
ing this period can
make a major impact Professor Sachchida Nand
The bench then asked the
counsel, “What do we do to ar-
rest that?”
Gadhvi: Compulsion
While an electric three-wheeler
is currently priced at about Rs 3
lakh, its total cost of ownership
der,alsosaidBS-IIIpetrolandBS-
IV(andolder)dieselvehicleswill
be banned from plying in Delhi.
burning was an impor-
tantfactorindeteriora-
tionof airquality inOctober-end
on air quality in this
short period,” he said.
Giving an example, Tripathi,
Tripathi during the Idea
Exchange on Friday
Jha pointed out that the situ-
ation is worsening due to parali
(stubble) burning in Punjab.
drove me, not hobby
(TCO) is about Rs 2.1/ km, as This will affect about 5 lakh pri- and November. who was speaking at The Indian CJILalitsaid,“Someof theex-
compared to Rs 2.8/km for its vate cars — 3 lakh diesel and 2 Tripathi, a professor at IIT Express Idea Exchange, said that micrograms per cubic metre. perts on the point say it has SOHINI GHOSH
petrol variant and Rs 2.32 for its lakh petrol. Kanpur who has worked exten- as paddy straw burning starts, “When it reaches 200, for ex- nothing to do with that.” AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER 4
CNG variant. Kejriwal’s announcements sively on air pollution, especially theconcentrationof PM2.5rises ample, 40 per cent is from bio- Jha said, “When I compared
The TCO of any vehicle is cal- come against the backdrop of inthe Indo-GangeticPlains,said, from around 100 micrograms mass. So we can see that a lot is the AQI levels of the last one ISUDAN GADHVI, former jour-
culated on the basis of its acqui- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 “We have come to the conclu- per cubic metre to around 200 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 nalist and AAP national joint
sition and operational cost over general secretary, will be the
the period of service. party’s chief ministerial candi-
Thepriceof battery-powered date in the Gujarat Assembly Isudan Gadhvi in
buses has seen a big fall, from elections next month. Ahmedabad. Nirmal Harindran
about Rs 2.5 crore in 2017 to
Rs 91 lakh-Rs 1 crore now, con-
tributing to the dip in its TCO.
Sena leader shot dead during protest in Amritsar ECONOMY Making this announcement
Friday, AAP chief and
Delhi Chief Minister “A week ago, we so-
While the diesel (about Rs 34 his licensed .32 bore pistol. Five but Prabhjot Singh Virk,
TWITTER GOES ON Arvind Kejriwal said, licited public opinion
lakh)andCNG(aboutRs38lakh) KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR bullets were fired at Suri, who AdditionalDeputyCommissioner LAYOFF SPREE, INDIA “We don’t decide sitting and16,48,500responses
buses are cheaper, sources said AMRITSAR, NOVEMBER 4 wastaken toahospitalwhere he Sudhir Suri of Police,Amritsar,saiditwasnot UNIT IMPACTED TOO in a room who will be a were received, and 73%
the operation cost for electric succumbed to his injuries. was shot pre-planned. PAGE 17 CM candidate. ofthemtookIsudanbhai
buses is 23% lower than CNG SHIV SENA (Taksali) leader Police arrested the accused outside a Speaking to the media later, Bhagwant Mann was
DECISION Gadhvi’sname,”hesaid.
buses and 27% lower than diesel Sudhir Suri was shot dead in a from a nearby house into which temple PunjabDirectorGeneralof Police chosenasCMnotbyAAP, Following the an-
buses. busy area of Amritsar on Friday he went after shooting Suri. Gaurav Yadav said police were butbyPunjab’spublic.At
2022 nouncement, 40-year-
This is in keeping with global afternoon while he was taking Suri was protesting against investigating all angles.
EXPRESS NETWORK a time when it seems
GUJARAT
old Gadhvi embraced
trends, which show the TCO of part in a protest. the management of Gopal shopsnear Gopal Mandir.One of “Punjab has an exemplary sure that AAP will form the gov- Kejriwal, fellow party members
electric buses to be lower than Local police and Punjab Mandir, a temple in the area, af- the shops and his car were dam- record of communal harmony. RELIEF ON INFLATION ernment, today we are not an- Manoj Sorathiya, Yuvrajsinh
both high-end and low-end Police personnel assigned for ter posters and broken idols of aged by Sena workers after the Please avoid rumour-monger- FRONT AS GLOBAL nouncing the name of the CM Jadeja and others before getting
diesel buses. Suri's security were at the spot deities were purportedly found incident. ing. The situation in Amritsar is FOOD PRICES EASE candidateofAAP,butannouncing off the stage to seek blessings
For a 12-metre electric bus, when the accused, identified as on the roadside near the temple. Police are yet to ascertain the under control... (The accused) PAGE 9 the CM for the next Gujarat gov- fromhismother.Hiswife,sisters
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Sandeep Singh, openedfire with Singh, the accused, has two motivebehindtheattackonSuri, CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 ernment.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
PAGE 1
ANCHOR Where do you live in Melbourne? 18, Kohli Crescent or 10, Tendulkar Drive
lives is called Kohli Crescent, lines laid down by the local earlier. “Initially, when I moved “After reaching home we Whosoever has got it is surely
named after Virat Kohli. Officeof GeographicNames.The here, he wasn’t scoring runs. My burstfirecrackers.Wedon’tknow lucky,” said Krishna.
More surprises are paved in Rockbank suburb, which falls friend used to blame me, saying what happened on Inzamam According to residents, a
the neighbouring streets of under Melton Council, is popu- that it was because of me. Now, street, maybe they are scared of family from Bangladesh is the
Rockbank,asuburbofMelbourne. lar with homebuyers from the as he has begun to score, I walk us,” said Jagat, with a laugh. proud owner of 10, Tendulkar
About 600 metres from Kohli Indian community. with my collars high,” he said. Sai Krishna, a chartered ac- Drive. And the quietest street in
Crescent is a street called “When we got the land, we Hisofficesupervisor,saidJagat, countant from Hyderabad, said the neighbourhood is the one
EXPRESSINAUSTRALIA Tendulkar Drive.
All the streets in this neigh-
didn’t know that our address
would be 18, Kohli Crescent,”
wanted him to tag his address to
Kohli’s social media account.
Glenn McGrath came to inaugu-
rate the street named after him.
named after VVS Laxman.
Asforthecost,afour-bedroom
bourhood have been named af- said Jagat. “One day, my friend Just next to Tendulkar Drive “It’s an upcoming suburb in house on Tendulkar Drive is
DEVENDRA PANDEY ter top international cricketers, from India sent news clippings is the street named after Melbourne. McGrath had come priced at AUD 6,90,000 or about
MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 4 including M S Dhoni, Kapil Dev, asking me whether I knew this Inzamam-ul-Haq. So what hap- for the inauguration,” he said. Rs 3.65 crore, including a deposit
VVSLaxman,Inzamam-ul-Haq, new place where the streets penswhen IndiaplaysPakistan? Some residents hoped that of about AUD 1,40,000 or about
“WHEN SOMEONE asks me Curtly Ambrose, Imran Khan, were named after cricketers. I There is bitter rivalry in the like McGrath, the Indian crick- Rs 74 lakh.
whereIliveinAustralia,Iproudly Gary Sobers and Joel Garner. said I live there,” he recalled. neighbourhood too. When India eters too would visit the streets Meanwhile, Don Bradman
givemyaddress.Everyoneissur- Thenamesof streets hereare With his address matching defeatedPakistanintheirT20in- named after them doesn’t have a street here. There
prised,”saysSJagat,anITprofes- usuallysubmittedbydevelopers Kohli’s jersey number (18), Jagat Two streets in Rockbank, a suburb of Melbourne, are named augural game in Melbourne, the “I wanted 10, Tendulkar (af- is already a street named after
sional with roots in Kerala. After and approved by the city coun- said his friends would blame Kohli Crescent and Tendulkar Drive. Devendra Pandey Kohli-Tendulkar street saw fire- ter the cricketer’s jersey num- him in the neighbouring suburb
all,thesuburbanstreetwherehe cil, provided they meet guide- him for the cricketer’s poor form crackers on Sunday night. ber), but I couldn’t get it. of Melton.
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you: Karnataka Cong to BJP Delhi schools shut primary classes ● SC upholds amended EPS
against 8.33 per cent of the pen-
sionable salary capped at Rs
erage of 60 months prior to exit
from the membership of the
asked to pay half of that. The BJP theAamAadmiParty,whichrules thismatter,”Kejriwalsaid. vere” category on Friday with an Central Air Quality Management 15,000 a month – towards pen- PensionFund.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE has called it “sale of tickets”. both Delhi and Punjab, coming Mannassuredthathisgovern- AQI of 447. The contribution of (CAQM) under its Graded sion. The Supreme Court agreed
BENGALURU, NOVEMBER 4 Saying BJP has no moral stand- undercriticismforitshandlingof mentwasworkingtoreducestub- stubbleburningtoPM2.5levelsin Response Action Plan (GRAP) TheEPSamendmentofAugust withthechangesandsaid“wedo
ing to raise the issue, the pollution crisis. Even as Delhi ble burning. “We hope that by Delhi was around 30% on Friday, phaseIV. 22, 2014, had raised the pension- notfindanyflawinalteringtheba-
ATTACKEDBYtheBJPoveritspro- Shivakumar said: “Since it came recordsaseriesof“verypoor”and next year, on today's date, there lower than the 34% recorded on “We have decided to imple- able salary cap to Rs 15,000 a sisofcomputationofpensionable
posal to collect Rs 1-2 lakh from to power, the BJP has been col- “severe” air days, farm fires have will be a significant reduction in Thursday,accordingtoanupdate ment the recommendations and month from Rs 6,500 a month, salary”. However, the court held
those filing nominations for the lecting funds in the form of elec- surged in Punjab, with data from stubble burning in Punjab,” he from the SAFAR forecasting sys- ban all types of construction and and allowed only existing mem- the amendment requiring mem-
Karnataka 2023 Assembly elec- toralbonds.Wedonothavepeo- the Indian Agricultural Research said. tem. Data from the Indian demolition activities across the bers (as on September 1, 2014) bers to contribute an additional
tions, the Congress on Friday hit ple to give us electoral bonds. Institute (IARI) suggesting a 19% But Kejriwal also said that Agricultural Research Institute city to mitigate pollution,” said along with their employers exer- 1.16percentoftheirsalaryexceed-
back.UnliketheBJP,Congressstate What is the BJP's problem if we uptick in residue burning events “pollution is not only a Delhi- showed that Punjab recorded Delhi Environment Minister cise the option to contribute 8.33 ingRs15,000amonthasultravires
presidentDKShivakumarsaid,the collectfundsfromourworkers?” as compared to last year. Punjabproblem,itisaNorthIndia 2,437 paddy residue burning re- GopalRai.Thismeansevenongo- percentontheiractualsalaries(if the provisions of the Employees’
Congress does not have access to The BJP released a video on At a press conference he ad- problem”,andurgedtheCentreto lated events on Friday. ing work to construct roads, fly- it exceeded the cap) towards the Provident Funds and
“high-value electoral bonds by Friday questioning the Congress dressed alongside Punjab Chief “take specific steps to save North Higher wind speed is likely to overs,underpasses,over-bridges, pensionfund.Thiswasextendable Miscellaneous Provisions Act,
anonymous,wealthydonors”. move, saying: “In 2018, D K Minister Bhagwant Mann, India”. improve the dispersion of pollu- and pipes will stop. Rai also said by another six months at the dis- 1952.
The Congress in thestate will Shivakumarsoughtcontributions Kejriwal acknowledged Punjab’s “KejriwalorAamAadmiParty tants on November 5 and 6, the the government has decided to cretion of the Regional Provident “Sincethe(1952)Actdoes not
be making available ticket appli- of Rs 50 to Rs 100 to file his nom- role in the crisis, but maintained is not solely responsible for the SAFAR forecast said on Friday. A ban the entry of all diesel trucks Fund Commissioner. It, however, contemplate any contribution to
cations for Rs 5,000 each and ination. It was a publicity stunt. that the Centre should take the poor air quality and increasing forecast issued by the Air Quality and light motor vehicles that are excluded new members who be made by an employee to re-
charging Rs 1-2 lakh from those Since becoming the Congress lead in addressing the issue. pollution level in the country. Air Early Warning System also said not BS-VI compliant. “We have earned above ?15,000 and joined main in the scheme, the Central
shortlisted to file their nomina- chief,heisnowsettingouttoloot “It has been just six months qualitylevelisalsosevereinother thattheairqualityislikelytobein also directed the revenue com- after September 2014 from the Governmentundertheschemeit-
tions; SC/ST candidates will be lakhs of funds of its workers.” sinceAAPhascometopowerand stateslikeHaryana,Rajasthanand the “very poor” category from missioner to hold meetings with schemecompletely. self cannotmandatesuchastipu-
we admit that there is stubble Bihar.Thisisnotthetimetoblame November 5 to 7. market associations and prepare Theamendmentalsorequired lation,” the Supreme Court said,
burninginPunjabandwetakere- eachother…Wewillhavetowork The Delhi government also chartswithstaggeredtimingsfor such members (with actual and even if the government
sponsibilityforit.Measuresarebe- together to solve this,” he said. madeaslewofotherpollution-reopening offices and markets. salaries over Rs 15,000 a month) wantedto,itcouldonlyhavedone
ingtakentoaddressthisissuefrom For the second consecutive lated announcements, including Staggering operating timing will tocontributeanadditional1.16per thisbywayofalegislativeamend-
EXPRESS EDUCATION
ourside…Wedonotwanttoplay day and the third time this week, thedecisiontoimplementrecom- beimplementedoncethedepart- cent of their salary exceeding Rs ment,itsaid.
anyblamegameordopoliticsover Delhi’s air quality was in the “se- mendations suggested by the mentsubmitsthereport,”saidRai. 15,000amonthtowardsthepen- “At the same time, we cannot
sionfund. ignore the fact that the pension
Those existing members who amounttobepaidhasbeencalcu-
● Many take easy way out by setting fields on fire ● SC hearing didnotexercisetheoptionwithin
thestipulatedperiodorextended
lated on projections that the cor-
pus would include the option of
** Celebrating 10 Years of Excellence ** used the super seeder, he says, chines can together cover 70 per rietiessuchasPUSA44,PeeliPUSA week, it showed rise due to the period, were deemed to have not employees’ additional contribu-
“There’s no doubt that the super cent of the total cultivated area. andDogarPUSAissaidtobeafac- high level of parali burning in opted for contribution over the tion of 1.16 per cent. We also can-
Online Orientation Session: 5 November 2022 (5 PM) seeder buries the stubble under “Weorganised240farmeraware- tor behind the farm fires, another Punjab.” pensionablesalarycapandtheex- not mandate the Central
Offline Orientation Session: 6 November 2022 (5 PM) theearthwhilesowingwheatbut nesscamps,paintedmessageson reason is said to be pressure from Stating that fires had risen by tracontributionsalreadymadeto Government to contribute to a
Foundation Course (Offline) thechoppedstubbleattractinsects walls on the ill-effects of stubble farmersunions,whohaveresisted 21 per cent in Punjab, he urged the pension fund were to be di- pension scheme, in absence of a
Batch starts on 7 November 2022 (5 PM) andthenwe needtosprayalotof burning, invited private compa- theideaoffarmersbeingpenalised the court to seek answers from verted to the Provident Fund ac- legislative provisionto that effect.
pesticides on the wheat crop. So niestocollectstubblebutwithout for the fires. The president of the state officials. count of the member, along with Itwouldbefortheadministrators
2 Demo Classes; Timings: 5-7:30 PM thisdoesn'twork.Thegovernment thecooperationoffarmers,allour largestfarmerunioninPunjab,the He said the matter is urgent. interest. to readjust the contribution pat-
shouldsendusbalersinsteadand efforts go in vain. It’s a mindset Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) “Currently,thesituationissobad Sources said only a negligible ternwithinthescopeofthestatute
Batch starts on 12 November 2022 (5 PM) thenwewon'thavetosetthefields problem,” he told The Indian JoginderSinghUgrahan,hailsfrom that I had to file it urgently.” He percentage of EPFO members – andonepossiblesolutioncouldbe
*A unique Strategy Correction and Quality Enrichment onfire.”Balersaremachinesused Express. UgrahanvillageinSangrur. pointed to the GRAP Stage 4 be- with salaries higher than the Rs toraisetheleveloftheemployer’s
Program *40+ Theme-Based Discussions and 10 Class to compress straw into bales for Sangrur, the home district of For over a month, farmers ing issued in Delhi-NCR. 15,000 a month pensionable contribution in the scheme,” the
Tests *Available in both Online/Offline mode *Discount easytransportandstorage. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant groupssatonadharnainSangrur, Hesaiditinvolvedtherightto salary cap – had opted for contri- SupremeCourtsaid.
for SC/ST/OBC/EWS Candidates *Special Discount on Whilefarmersadmitthereare Mann,isamongtheworstoffend- seeking, among other demands, life of people at large, especially butions based on their actual The bench said it is suspend-
enrolling for both PMP and Test Series. enough machines, from happy ers,reportingthemaximumnum- anassurancethatno“strictaction” of the children and aged. He salaries. ingtheoperationofthispartofthe
Aditya Mongra’s Classes seeders to super seeders and ber of farm fires in the state this wouldbetakenagainstthosewho urgedthecourttohearittodayor The Supreme Court decision judgment for six months “so that
in association with Educart mulchers,todealwiththestubble, season. Of the 26,583 fires set their fields on fire. On October tomorrow. The CJI said the court cameonappealsfiledbytheEPFO the legislature may consider the
51/34, Basement, Near Shani Temple, Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi-60
Contact: 9999663160 Email: adityadse@gmail.com therearefewalternativescheaper recordedinthestatesincethestart 29,afterameetingbetweenlead- will take it up on November 10. against the judgements of the necessity of bringing appropriate
Website: www.sociologybyadityamongra.com Facebook Page: Sociology by Aditya Mongra thansettingtheirfarmsonfire. of the farm fires around ers of the union and Punjab In his plea, Jha said, “Stubble Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi High legislative amendment on this
In Ugrahan village, there are September 15, as of November 4, Agriculture Minister Kuldeep burning in the neighbouring Courts, which had quashed the count”.
around10-12farmersgroupswho 3,644 incidents have been from Singh Dhaliwal at the Circuit states of Delhi NCR continues… Employees’ Pension Experts said the government
own farm machines – bought at Sangrur's470villages.Thedistrict House in Patiala, BKU's Ugrahan The Indian Agricultural Research (Amendment)Scheme,2014. shouldnottweaktheexistingdis-
rates subsidised by the govern- recorded8,006farmfireslastyear. informedthemediathatthegov- Institute (IARI) has stated that on Exercisingoriginalpowersun- tributionbetweenprovidentfund
ment–yet,amajorityofthefarm- Between November 1 and 4, ernmenthadpromisedtomeetall 01.11.2022,2,109fireincidentsdue derArticle142,theSupremeCourt and pension. “The (pension) real-
ers had set the stubble on fire in three of the villages The Indian theirdemands. tostubbleburningwererecorded, extended the time to opt for the isation was higher in the earlier
theirfields. Express visited in Sangrur – According to the Punjab outofwhichPunjabhadrecorded new scheme, by four months. regime.Theargumentof thegov-
Sarpanch Pargat Singh of Ugrahan, Chhanjli and Sheron – PollutionControlBoard(PPCB),be- 1,842incidents,Haryanarecorded “Therewasuncertaintyregarding ernment was that workers at all
Sheron village admit that while together reported over 100 fires, tween2016and2020,around861 88 incidents…” the validity of the post amend- levels should have more liquidity,
theirvillagehasenoughmachines oneof thehighestconcentrations FIRswerefiledagainstfarmersfor He said “despite the clear or- mentscheme,whichwasquashed whichiswhatthetradeunionsare
tomanagethestubble,farmersre- of farmfires. burning stubble. No cases were ders of” the court, the states did by the High Courts. Thus, all em- resisting. The workers should get
sorttotheeasywayout. In Chhanjli village, farmer registeredin2021andsofar2022. not take necessary steps to en- ployees who did not exercise the to decide rather than the govern-
Harbans Singh, former Chief JagsirSinghisburningthestubble Withfarmersakeyvotebank, sure complete ban on stubble optionbutareentitledtodoso,but ment taking the call. The govern-
Agriculture Officer (CAO) of on his 13 acres. Jagsir says he has the previous Congress govern- burning. could not due to interpretation of ment should provide more op-
Sangrur,whohasbeenplacedun- justharvestedhisPUSA-44crop– menthadannouncedthatallcases The plea referred to reports thecut-off date,oughttobegiven tionstotheworker–whethershe
dersuspensionbythegovernment along-durationpaddyvarietythat against farmers for stubble burn- and stated “stubble burning and certainadjustments,”itsaid should opt for higher provident
for allegedly failing to control the takes158-165daystobeharvested ingwouldbewithdrawn.TheAAP farm fires from September 15 to Under the pre-amendment fundoroldsystemofhigherannu-
fires, said the district has around -- and has run out of time to pre- governmenthasalsoassuredthat October 31 have increased by scheme, the pensionable salary ities – and it should not tamper
8,000 machines including 2,262 parehisfieldforthewheatcrop. nopunitiveactionwouldbetaken 21% this year in Punjab shows was computed as the average of with the existing distribution be-
super seeders and 922 happy While the popularity of high- against farmers if they are caught reason for Delhi choking more the salary drawn during the 12 tweenPFandpension,”KRShyam
seeders, and that all these ma- yielding,long-durationpaddyva- burningstubble. this year”. months prior to exit from mem- Sundar,laboureconomistandpro-
bership of the Pension Fund. The fessor at XLRI, Xavier School of
amendmentsraisedthistoanav- ManagementJamshedpur,said.
● Sena leader ● ‘Stubble burning factor for 10-15 days’
has a garment shop near the
protest spot. He had never met
still from other local sources. The
weather conditions also play a
Rice is a water-intensive crop
and to deal with the issue of dip-
ers. It is possible. In places where
people agree, it should be imple-
● Major dip in cost of electric buses
SudhirSuri...Wewillshareallin- role, because the pollutants are pingwatertablesacrossthestate, mented,” Tripathi said. theTCOrangesbetweenRs53.77/ wheelers, 55,000 electric four-
formation with the media. I do notdispersedduetounfavourable the sowing of paddy was shifted HesaidthatDelhi’sgeograph- km and Rs 77.75/ km, depending wheeler passenger cars and 10
notwanttocommentontheline weather conditions,” he said. fromJunetoJuly,whenthemon- ical location also makes it more on the battery size. Notably, the lakhelectrictwo-wheelers.Inad-
of investigation,” the DGP said. Delhihasseenthreeconsecu- soon reaches Punjab. This also susceptibletopollution.“Withthe TCOofbattery-runbusesinIndiais dition, the scheme also supports
Releasing a statement, tive severe air quality days, with meant that the harvest was DeccanPlateau500kmtoitssouth even lower than the global aver- the creation of setting up infra-
Amritsar Police Commissioner Friday's AQI settling at 447. The shifted to the latter part of andtheHimalayastoitsnorth,the ageandrangesbetweenRs39.21/ structureforchargingthevehicles.
Arunpal Singh said, “There was a contributionofstubbleburningin October. This shift, in turn, coin- regionthatstretchesfromHaryana km to Rs 47.49/ km, according to The procurement of buses is
dispute over the Gopal temple theconcentrationofPM2.5stood cides with weather conditions to Bihar is a valley between two governmentdata.Thecorrespon- currentlycentralisedandthecen-
management between two at 30 per cent, down from 34 per turning unfavourable for the dis- large structures. Delhi, moreover, ding TCO figures for diesel and tralgovernmenthad,inJune2021,
groups, and the Suri group was cent on Thursday. persion of pollutants. sits on the Aravallis, which has an CNGbusesarenotavailable. nominated CESL as the nodal
sitting on dharna near the tem- According to IARI’s paddy Experts over the years have elevationofafewhundredmetres. “Theschemeshavehelpedre- agencyfortheFAMEschemethat
ple... Both groups had heated ar- strawburningmonitoringportal, suggested that farmers should This makes Delhi a table-top city ducethecostoftheseelectricvehi- is led by the Ministry of Heavy
guments during the dharna, and over 26,000 fire incidents have move away from growing paddy ofsorts.Ithasapeculiargeography cles,whichwillhelpincreasetheir Industries.
Sandeep Singh opened fire...” been observed in Punjab since inthequantitiesthattheydo,and within the Indo-Gangetic Plains. acceptance. The schemes should In April-end, the government,
The statement added that fur- September 15. In Haryana, 2,440 shifttoothercropssuchasmaize, This makes it more susceptible to help increase acceptance further under the second phase of FAME,
ther investigation is underway. incidents have been observed. cotton, pulses and oil seeds. thesecriticalepisodes.Thisdoesn’t since setting up charging infra- had announced procurement of
Suri’s close aide Ashok Todealwiththeissueof stub- “Mainly we have to shift to meanwedon’tdoanythingabout structure is also part of the 5,000 electric buses from Tata
Sharma alleged that Khalistani ble burning, Tripathi said that othercropsanddiversify.Thishas it.Oureffortshouldbetofactorin schemes,” said a senior official of Motors through competitive bid-
groups were behind the attack. states, especially Punjab, should to happen in four-five years. The these peculiar conditions and the Ministry of Heavy Industries ding. The buses procured under
“Sudhir Suri would get look at crop diversification. prerequisite is convincing farm- workaroundthis,”hesaid. whodidnotwanttobeidentified. the FAME scheme will be distrib-
threats to his life every day... We Thegovernmentissupporting uted among various state trans-
had asked the Punjab govern- the adoption of electric vehicles portundertakings,includingDelhi.
ment to increase his security. He
has been murdered by
● AAP Gujarat CM face is former journalist Gadhvi through two schemes -- Faster
Adoption and Manufacturing of
Delhi currently operates a fleet of
4,000 buses, of which about 250
Khalistani terrorists,” said and other family members were AAP to join them, and he chose askedmetojoinAAP…hetoldme, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, or arebattery-powered.Theaddition
Sharma. also present at the press confer- AAP. ‘See had I not come into politics, FAME, and Productivity-Linked of electric buses will help tackle
Earlier on Friday, Suri had ence. InaspeechfollowingKejriwal’s would Delhi have good schools, IncentivesforAutoandAdvanced pollutionissuesinthelongrun.
gone live on Facebook in front of Gadhvi, an OBC, used to run a announcement, Gadhvi said he mohalla clinics? I went to Delhi ChemistryCellBatteryStoragethat TheCentreislookingatreplac-
Gopal Mandir and demanded popularTVshow‘Mahamanthan’ entered politics because he has andsawitformyself,theworkthat aims at localisation of battery for ing up to 30,000 diesel-run buses
thatpoliceregisteranFIRagainst as editor of VTV-Gujarati, before been “compelled to” and not be- has been done and decided then electricvehicles. withelectricbusesinthenexttwo-
the temple management for quitting the broadcast network causeitisa“passionproject”. (to join AAP)... I am entering poli- UnderFAME,thegovernment three years, providing a $3.5-bil-
hurting Hindu sentiments, say- lastyeartojoinAAP. “In my entire life, not even a ticsnotasashauk(hobby),butbe- seekstogeneratedemandbybuy- lionbusinessopportunitytoman-
Contact for Advt. Booking: M/s Friends Publicity Service ing that he had found posters In an interview to The Indian single member in my family has cause it is a majboori (compul- ing electric vehicles in bulk. In its ufacturers, and helping create an
(M): 9212665841, 9212008155 and idols of deities at a garbage
heap in front of the temple.
Express, he had said he was ap-
proachedbytheBJP,Congressand
held a political position, even of a
sarpanch. When Kejriwalji had
sion)...becauseIcouldn’tbear the
painof Gujarat’speople.”
second phase, the target is 7,000
electricbuses,5lakhelectricthree-
ecosystemforelectricbuseswhich
willmakethemcheaper.
New Delhi
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022 THE CITY 5
BRIEFLY
Policenoticeto 250 wards, 1.46 crore voters: 18 arrested in
Gargi college
Delhi ready for mega MCD polls

Yatiagainst molestation
holdingDharam
Sansadevent case, HC told
Ghaziabad:Ghaziabad po- nersisrestrictedandloudspeak- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
lice Thursday issued a no-
tice to Dasna Devi temple
GAYATHRI MANI
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 KEY DATES ers are not allowed from 10 pm
to 6 am,” said Dev.
priestYati Narsinghanand, There will be a mock poll be- OVER TWO years after several
directing him not to hold a FATES OF parties contesting the DEC 4: POLL DATE DEC 7: COUNTING VOTES forethecommencementofactual students of DU’s Gargi College
planned 3-day Dharam MCD polls will be sealed on ■ Filing of nominations ■ Scrutiny of nominations polling.Around1lakhpollingstaff were allegedlymolestedduring
SansadonDecember17or December 4, while counting of and 2,000 sector officers will be a cultural festival by outsiders
a preparatory meeting votes cast on that day will take
StartsNov7 Nov16 among those deployed to ensure who forcibly entered campus,
before the same on place on December 7, the State ■ Last date for filing ■ Last date for withdrawal things go smoothly. “All events the Delhi Police informed the
November6.SP(Rural)Iraj Election Commission (SEC) an- nominations of candidature will be videographed and elabo- Delhi High Court Friday that 18
Raja said: “The notice was nounced Friday. Nov14 Nov19 ratesecurityarrangementswillbe people have been arrested.
sent as no permission had The MCD comprises 250 madeforlawandorder,andtoen- A division bench of Chief
been obtained for what is
expected to be a very large
wards,downfrom272thatmade
upthecivicbodybeforeitwasuni- 104 TOTAL
WARDS: 250
104 sure elections in a free, fair and
transparent manner,” said Dev.
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
and Justice Subramonium
gathering. Law and order fied earlier this year. Before unifi- for women for general The BJP has been at the helm Prasad was hearing a plea seek-
issues may also arise be- cation, the MCD was split into 42 reserved for members of Scheduled Castes of theMCD—inbothunifiedand ing a court-monitored probe
causeof it.Further,Section three — South, North and East. trifurcated avatars — for the last into the incident. The petition,
144hasalsobeenimposed Elections were supposed to be TOTALVOTERS:1,46,73,847 15 years. This time, it faces a by advocate M L Sharma, seeks
because of civic polls.” A held in April, but right before the tough challenge from the AAP. preservationof allvideorecord-
written reply signed by announcement of the election “In the last 15 years, BJP has ings and CCTV footage of the
Narsinghanand states schedule, the Centre declared its spread trash all over Delhi, creat- campus.
MEN WOMEN
that the meeting on
November 6 is only an ex-
intention to unify the three civic
bodies, leading to a delay. 79,86,705 TRANSGENDER 66,86,081 ing mountains of garbage. This
time, on December 4, people of
AdditionalStandingCounsel
forthestateNanditaRaotoldthe
ecutivemeeting,whilethe SEC Commissioner Vijay PERSONS Delhiwillvoteforcleanliness,and benchthat450peoplehavebeen
Dharam Sansad is a tradi- Kumar Dev said the Model Code 1,061 tomakeDelhicleanandbeautiful. investigatedandallCCTVfootage
tional event that would of Conduct will come into force This time, Delhiites will choose of the incident has been seized.
take place within the with immediate effect from AAPinthemunicipalcorporation Rao further said statements of
boundaries of the temple Friday.“Wecompletedthedelim- and the election process will be their vote — 79.86 lakh men, too,” tweeted Chief Minister studentsunderSection161ofthe
and permission for either itation process in Delhi within a completed on December 15”. 66.86 lakh women, and 1,061 ArvindKejriwal,whosepartyhas CodeofCriminalProcedurehave
event would not be re- limitedperiodoftimeandpolling Of the 250 wards, 42 have transgenderpersons.Pollingsta- madecleanlinessakeypollplank. been taken and sought time to
quired. stations were also redrawn in a beenreservedforScheduledCaste tions have been increased from Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta file its reply in the matter. Rao
time-bound manner,” said Dev. (SC) candidates, in proportion to 13,138 in 2017 to 13,665 now. said their workers are enthusi- saidthechargesheetwillbefiled
Wrestler He said candidates can start
filing their nominations from
theirpopulationpercentageasper
the 2011 census. “Also, not less
The maximum limit of elec-
tionexpenditureacandidatecan
astic for the polls and going
among the masses to “unmask
in six weeks and that there was
delay in filing the same as stu-
SushilKumar November 7 until November 14.
“Nominationswillbescrutinised
than 50% of seats are reserved for
women out of the reserved SC
incur has been increased to Rs 8
lakh from Rs 5.75 lakh.
the impostors”.
Delhi Pradesh Congress
dents had returned home at the
onset of the pandemic.
getsinterim onNovember16andthelastdate
for withdrawal of candidature is
seats, i.e, 21 seats. Out of the re-
maining208seats,104havebeen
The SEC has also launchedan
app,‘DilliNigamChunav’,where
Committee head Anil Kumar
said the party “should seize this
The bench orally asked po-
lice to file a chargesheet in the
bailtotake November 19,” said Dev, adding
thatthe“muchawaitedpollswill
reserved for women and 104 for
the general category,” said Dev.
the public can file complaints
against Model Code of Conduct
opportunity to come back to
power in the MCD by exposing
matter. The HC granted time to
policetofileitsresponseasalast
careofwife beheldonDecember4,counting
will take place on December 7,
As per data shared by the
SEC, 1.46 crore people will cast
violations.“Defacementof prop-
erty by putting posters and ban-
the corruption and incompe-
tence of the AAP and BJP”.
indulgence and listed the mat-
ter on January 18, 2023.
New Delhi: A Delhi
court granted Olympian
wrestler Sushil Kumar, ac-
cusedinthemurderof 27-
year-old wrestler Sagar
Dhankar, interim bail till
November12.AdvocateRS
Malik, who represents
Sushil, had moved an in-
terim bail application for
three weeks on humani-
tarian grounds to facilitate
the surgery and proper
medical treatment of
Sushil’swifeandfortaking
care of her after surgery.
Additional Sessions Judge
Shivaji Anand granted in-
terim bail to Sushil. ENS
DELHI POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI)
5TH FLOOR, ISBT BUILDING, KASHMERE GATE, DELHI 110006
www.dpcc.delhigovt.nic.in
PUBLIC NOTICE
Quality of air can be improved if we all work together!
*Actions which we can do as per Air Quality Index ( AQI)
CITIZEN CHARTER HEALTH ADVISORY
Keep engines of your vehicles viz. cars/ bikes/ scooters etc. Avoid outdoor
properly tuned. physical activity
Maintain proper air pressure in tyres of your vehicles
STAGE I
POOR Keep PUC certificates of your vehicles up to date.

Do not idle your vehicle, also turn off the engine at red lights.
Do not dispose waste /garbage in the open spaces.
AQI between 201-300
Report air pollution activities through Green Delhi App, 311 App,
SAMEER App
>OBBOP
CITIZEN CHARTER HEALTH ADVISORY
People to use public transport and minimize use of personal Avoid outdoor "5-/"00
vehicles. physical activities,
VERY especially during
STAGE II
Regularly replace air filters at recommended intervals in your

automobiles. morning and late
POOR Avoid dust generating construction activities during months of
October to January.
evening hours.
Remain indoor and
AQI between 301-400 keep activity levels
low#
CITIZEN CHARTER
Choose a cleaner commute - share a ride to work or use public
transport or walk or cycle
People, whose position allow working from home, may work
STAGE III
SEVERE from home.

Do not use coal and wood for heating purpose.
lndividual house owners may provide electric heaters (during HEALTH ADVISORY
AQI between 401-450 winters) to security staff to avoid open burning. Avoid outdoor
Combine errands and reduce trips. Walk to errands wherever physical activities.
possible. Remain indoor and
CITIZEN CHARTER keep activity levels
low#
Children, elderly and those with respiratory, cardiovascular,
cerebrovascular or otherchronic diseases to avoid outdoor
STAGE IV
activities and stay indoors, as much as possible.

SEVERE+
AQI >450
AQI can be seen at CPCB WEBSITE/SAMEER APP

* As per citizen charter of Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas.
# For vulnerable population – Children under 5 year age, old age groups, pregnant women, predisposed
health conditions ie illness of respiratory, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, outdoor working people
Health advisory of Ministry of Health & Family welfare, GOI is available at ncdc.mohfw.gov.in/cpcbaqi.php
Member Secretary
New Delhi
6 THE CITY
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022 ANANDVIHAR SHADIPUR SIRIFORT IHBAS S K Y WA T C H
Severe Severe Severe Very Poor FORECAST: November 5
Partlycloudysky.Shallowfog
457 367 inthemorning
464 442
AQI AQI AQI AQI
PM 2.5 PM 10 PM 10 PM 2.5 500
0 500 0 500 0 500 0
MAX: 30 MIN: 16
0-50 Good 51-100 Satisfactory 101-200 Moderate 201-300 Poor 301-400 Very Poor 401-500 Severe 0.4°C below normal 1.2°C above normal
PRIMARY CLASSES SHUT TILL TUESDAY

On possibility of
‘How many kids have air purifiers at home?’: staggered timings
On school closure, not everyone is on board
tims of the government’s pollu-
traders are wary,
threaten to protest
SUKRITA BARUAH tion response, probably because
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 they are the easiest targets. How goes ahead with the plan to in-
is air any different for these kids, EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE troduce staggered timings for
THE YEARLY closure of schools whether they are at home, in a NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 shops.
citing air pollution and the two- park, or a friend’s house? How Paramjit Singh Pamma,
year-long pandemic-induced many homes have an air puri- AFTER ENVIRONMENT Minister Federationof SadarBazarMarket
school closures have left several fier? It’s a luxury item. The chil- Gopal Rai announced that rev- Association, said the decision to
stakeholders — parents and dren have come out of a two- enue commissioners will pre- open markets with staggered
school administrators alike — year long Covid closure and are pareaplanforstaggeredtimings timings would mean a substan-
grumbling about Friday’s an- recovering from the repercus- for markets and offices as part of tiallossforthebusinesscommu-
nouncement on closing schools sions of that,” she said. anti-pollution curbs, market as- nity, which was slowly recover-
until November 8 (Tuesday). School closures because of sociations in Delhi said it would ing from the slowdown during
Chief Minister Arvind pollution and levels are now an hurt the business community, Covid.
Kejriwal Friday announced that annual occurrence in Delhi. This adding that uncertainty pre- “Wearenotawareofanysuch
schools in Delhi will shut for pri- disruption for primary classes Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the odd-even system is under consideration. Praveen Khanna vailed about any such order. information about staggered
mary classes, up to class V, from comes after schools in Delhi fi-
GRADED POLLUTION PLAN

Atul Bhargava, President, timings for markets as of now.
Saturday. Schools will remain nally fully opened physically for New Delhi Traders Association, Insteadofimposingthesediktats,
open for secondary and senior all grades in April this year after said, “We have not received any the government should find a
secondary classes but outdoor more than two years of closure information of any such plan (of long-term solution for the prob-
activities and PE periods will be because of Covid. staggered timings). The govern- lemof stubbleburninginPunjab
disallowed for them till Tuesday. After closures since March ment should have a discussion and other states. The business
Because of the long experi- 2020,Delhihadventuredintore- with major market associations community has to suffer due to
ence of remote learning during openingforpre-primary,primary andfindaviablesolution.If stag- incompetenceof governmentsto
the pandemic, most private andmiddleschoolstudentsfrom geredtimingsarebeingplanned find a solution to the problem of
schoolsarereadytoswitchtoon- November 1, 2021, but closed for for offices and markets, the gov- pollution. Opening markets at
line classes for primary grades.
“Onlineclasseswillcommenceas
allgradeswithintwoweeksfrom
November15becauseofrisingair STAGE 1 STAGE 2 ernment should allow markets
to remain open from 12 pm to 8
specifictimingsoropeningshops
on odd-even days, as was done
usual,andthetimetablewillbeal-
located to parents by teachers.
pollution levels. In 2021, Delhi
also experienced its longest ‘air (AQI ‘POOR’ - 201 TO 300) (AQI ‘VERY POOR’ - 301 TO 400) pm/9pmsincebythattime,peak
office traffic in morning and
earlier, is reactionary and does
not solve the problem. Already,
Simultaneously, keeping the pollution closure’. When schools evening would have passed. It businesses have suffered losses
mentalhealthofchildreninmind, reopened for all grades on Stopping use of diesel doesnotmakesensetoshutmar- in the past two years due to the
we will be providing counselling, November29,theywereordered Stopping all construction generator sets except for ketsat6pm.So,thegovernment pandemic. The move will be a
yoga and awareness sessions,” shut again citing air pollution and demolition activities essential and emergency should have a discussion with deathblowtothebusinesscom-
saidAlkaKapur,principal,Modern withindaysonDecember2.They with plot size of 500 sqm or traders.” munity,whichhadjuststartedto
Public School, Shalimar Bagh. opened briefly for 10 days for
services (hospitals, railways, Marketassociationssaidthey slightly recover. We will protest
However, as The Indian classes6to12,beforetheyclosed
more which have not been metro, airports, water wouldprotestif thegovernment against the decision,” he said.
Express had reported Friday, completely on December 29 be- registered on dust mitigation pumping stations, ‘projects
most school administrators are cause of the Omicron- driven monitoring portals of national importance’)
against resorting to school clo- Covid surge. After this, they had
sures, saying that it is a disrup- finally opened again partially for ■ Mechanised sweeping, for vehicles ■ Not allowing
tion and does very little to ad- primarystudentsinFebruarythis
water sprinkling on roads ■ Discoms to minimise coal/firewood in tandoors
dress the problem. year,andcompulsorilyforallstu-
■ Enforcing guidelines on power supply interruptions at hotels
Vibha Singh, principal of an dents from April 1.
MCD school in East Delhi, said it Before the government’s an- use of anti-smog guns at in NCR ■ Enhance parking fees to bus and metro services by
may even be counterproductive nouncement on Friday, schools construction site ■ Encourage offices to discourage private procuring additional fleet
in the case of schools like hers: had already begun to self-regu- ■ Enforcing ban on open start unified commute for transport and increasing the
“Asking children not to come to late by taking steps such as de- burning of waste and PUC employees to reduce traffic ■ Augment CNG/ electric frequency of service
school won’t beprotecting them creasing outdoor activities.
from polluted air. Most of our “School closure is mere to- Market associations in Delhi said the plan would hurt the
studentsarefromverypoorfam- kenism — for the government to business community. Archive
ilies — many live in slums and in show they did something. While
one-room houses. They won’t there are many parents who are
stayinsidetheirhomes,theywill foritandthat’sapersonalchoice,
definitelygoout.Theywillgoout
into the pollution we are trying
they can choose to keep kids at
home without the government Two students of
STAGE 3 STAGE 4
tosavethemfrom.” Shealso said havingtomandateit.Betterairat
teaching-learning will come to a
halt because of the challenges of
connecting digitally with stu-
homeisprobablytrueforonly1%
of the homes, who have the
meanstobuyairpurifiers.So,itis (AQI ‘SEVERE’ - 401 TO 450) (AQI ‘SEVERE +’ - MORE THAN 450)
SAU expelled over
dents in schools like hers.
There is discontent among
parents too. Tanya Aggarwal, a
not clear who this move really
benefits,especiallyinlightofpre-
existing social and developmen- Ban on construction and State govts can consider
scholarship protests
lawyer and parent of a class 2 tal losses among children due to therefore, directed to vacate the
child, questioned how the air at extended Covid-related school
demolition activities except closing schools; odd-even EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE hostelimmediately;nolaterthan
homedifferedfromthatatschool. closures,” said Dharini Mathur, railway, metro, hospitals, vehicle system; decide on NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 24 hours from the receipt of this
“Every year, the kids are vic- parent of a class 1 child. sanitation projects etc, letting public, pvt offices Order,”readtheexpulsionorders.
linear public projects like to work on 50% strength, TWO STUDENTS of South Asian Twootherstudentshavebeen
University (SAU) have been ex- rusticatedfromtheUniversity“till
highways, roads, flyovers rest to work from home pelled from the institute for their the end of the current academic
involvementinprotestsdemand- year”citingthesamereasons.One
■ Closure of industries that will operate only for five ■ Stop entry of truck traffic wheeler diesel vehicles, ing increase in scholarships. more student has been sus-
have PNG supply and are days a week (except essentials, CNG, e- except BS-VI and vehicles Since October 13, students of pended till the end of the current
not running on approved ■ State governments in trucks). Ban on plying of for essential services SAU have been sitting in protest semester. Explaining the reasons
fuels. In industrial areas NCR may impose Delhi-registered diesel ■ Ban C&D activities in demanding an increase in fortheprotest,aPhDstudentsaid,
that don’t have PNG restrictions on BS III petrol medium- and heavy-goods linear public projects such Master’sandPhDscholarships.On “Wewantincrementinourschol-
supply, industries not and BS IV diesel four- vehicles, except essentials as highways, roads, November1,theybegananindef- arshipsintandemwithJRF,keep-
running on approved fuels wheelers ■ Ban on plying of four- flyovers initesit-in,occupyingthelobbyof inginmindtherateofinflation,to
the administration floor. facilitate and support our re-
On Friday, the university’s search. Additionally, we want a
SCHOOL CLOSURES
(Actions under Stages II, III and IV will be invoked three days in advance of AQI reaching the projected level) proctorissuedexpulsionordersto policy-level paid extension for
two protesting students – an MA PhD students who were affected
studentandaDoctoralScholar.“It by Covid as it resulted in delay in
OVER LAST FEW YEARS RESTRICTIONS IN DELHI (TILL AIR QUALITY IMPROVES) has come to SAU’s record that the progress of the research.”
since 13th October, 2022, you According to SAU authorities,
2021 ■ Entry of commercial primary classes, no outdoor construction and demolition ■ Revenue commissioner to havebeenpersistentlyinvolvedin after several days of protest, the
Nov 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21*, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28* diesel vehicles, plying of BS activities for classes 6 to 12 activities across city hold meetings with market actsof indisciplineinconsistently administration agreed to some
Shut Dec 2 onwards for primary students. III petrol, BS IV LMV (4- till Tuesday ■ Directions issued to association and prepare a with the relevant provisions of demands but stated that all de-
wheelers) banned. Vehicles ■ Work from home for 50% transport department to chart with staggered timings SAURules/Regulations/Bye-laws. mands cannot be met as they
Reopened only for classes 6-10 on Dec 19
carrying essentials, CNG government employees; hire and run 500 for opening offices, markets You have been consistently ad- have to be decided on by univer-
vised to adhere to the students’ sity’sgoverningbody.Authorities
2019 2017 2016 and electric trucks same advisory to be issued ‘paryavaran’ buses ■ Special task force, 33
Code of Conduct, but you have stated 40-50 students have been
Nov 2, 3*, 4, 5, 14, 15 Nov 9, 10, 11 Nov 7, 8, 9 exempted to private offices alongside existing CNG and teams to monitor industrial failed to do so. You are therefore campingneartheSAUpresident’s
*Sunday ■ Schools shut for all ■ Ban on all types of e- buses pollution expelledfromtheUniversitywith office,blockingentryandexitand
immediateeffect.Further,youare, engaging in “unruly behaviour”.
2 lakh ‘fake’ construction Delhi has poorest pupil-teacher ratio for Nursing student killed
workers registered: Patra classes 6-8, second poorest at primary level after truck rams car
ies. “The board formed under
ENS&PTI (Deputy CM) Manish Sisodia has 11,39,560to71,777in2020-2021, visit Neemrana in Rajasthan...
NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 Rs3,000croreasacorpusfundfor EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and increased to 11,90,775 in EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Heading back, we took the west-
this year. This hefty amount will NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 2021-2022.However, teachersat GURGAON, NOVEMBER 4 ern peripheral expressway and
BJP NATIONAL spokesperson bedisbursedamongstbogusenti- these levels have decreased, par- werecheckingdirectionstogoto-
Sambit Patra Friday accused the tiesimmersedinthescam,”Patra DELHI HAS the poorest pupil- ticularlyinprivateschools.Inpri- A 26-YEAR-OLD nursing student wards Dwarka. Near
Delhigovernmentofregistering2 alleged. teacherratiointhecountryinthe vate schools at primary level, waskilledwhileherhusbandsuf- Farrukhnagartoll,(wewere)next
lakh “bogus” construction work- Responding to the claims, the upper primary school level of teachers have progressively de- fered injuries after a truck al- toatruckthatwaschanginglanes
ers and siphoning money meant Delhi government said that if classes VI to VIII, and only Bihar creased from 30,101 to 27,855 to legedly rammed into their car constantlyanddrivingrashly.The
for them for AAP-related work. somepeoplehaveadoptedwrong has a poorer ratio in the primary 26,385 over the two pandemic near the Farrukhnagar toll plaza truck suddenly rammed into my
Addressing a press conference at ways to take advantage of the level of classes I to V. years. At upper primary level, it on Kundli-Manesar-Palwal ex- carfromtheside..."Headdedthat
the BJP headquarters, Patra al- scheme,strictactionwillbetaken ThisisrecordedintheUnified decreased from 14,518 to 13,932 pressway. hesurvivedastheairbagsopened
leged that CM Arvind Kejriwal’s against them. District Information System for In upper primary level, the ratio is 33 students for a teacher to 13,406 in private schools. According to police, the inci- upon impact.
integrity was “polluted”. Patra said that between 2006 Education Plus (UDISE+) data for Anotherconsistenttrendover dent took place on Tuesday Police said the woman was
The Delhi Building and Other and 2021, over 13 lakh construc- 2021-2022 managed by the thetwopandemicyearshasbeen evening when the victim, Puja rushed to a hospital where she
Construction Workers Welfare tion workers were registered un- Union Department of School estinthecountry.Itisfollowedby this level was 33:1. thedecreaseintheoverallenroll- Kumar, and her husband Suman died during treatment. A police
Board, under the city govern- der the labour department. Of Education and Literacy. West Bengal and Dadra and While there had been a drop mentinprivateschoolsandacon- Sourabh were returning to their officer said, "The incident took
ment'slabourdepartment,ispri- these,morethan9lakhwerereg- Whilethispoorpupil-teacher NagarHaveliandDamanandDiu in enrollment in these grades in currentincreaseintheoverallen- house in Palam Colony in Delhi. place on the KMP expressway.
marilyresponsibleforregistration istered between 2018 and 2021, ratio has been recorded by UD- which have ratios of 28 students the first year of the pandemic in rollment in government schools. In the police complaint, Thetruckwaschanginglanesand
ofconstructionworkersandtheir hesaid.Heallegedthatinvestiga- ISE+ reports for 2019-2020 and for every teacher. In 2019-2020, 2020-2021,theenrollmentpicked Enrollmentinprivateschoolshas Sourabh, who runs an architec- itrammedintothecarandtheac-
welfare initiatives. tionhadrevealedthereare2lakh 2020-2021 as well, this year’s re- Delhi's ratio was 30:1 and in upagainin2021-2022.Atthepri- decreased from 18,80,160 to ture consultancy firm, said: "My cused truck driver escaped from
Patra alleged three NGOs fake registrations of construction port shows the ratio to be pro- 2020-2021, it was 31:1. mary level, it dropped from 17,81,795 in 2020-21 and to wife had secured admission at a the spot. We are checking CCTV
workingforconstructionworkers workers,and65,000workershad gressively getting poorer. Attheprimarylevel,withara- 18,11,723 to 17,49,132 in 2020- 16,24,522 in 2021-22. In govern- private nursing college in footagetotracehim.Noarresthas
filed a complaint about duplicate the same mobile number while Intheupperprimarylevel,the tio of 34:1, it is second only to 2021, but increased to 17,54,430 ment schools, it has increased Wazirpur,Gurgaon.Wehadgone beenmadeyet."AnFIRwasregis-
registrations and alleged corrup- 15,750 had the same residential ratio in Delhi is 33 students for Biharwhichhasaratioof 54:1.In in 2021-2022. At the upper pri- from 23,77,476 to 25,42,240 to tothecollegeforsomeadmission tered under IPC sections 279 and
tioninregistrationthroughprox- address. every teacher, which is the poor- both 2019-2020, Delhi's ratio at mary level, it dropped from 27,96,676. formalities. Later, we decided to 304 A, said police.
New Delhi
7 DECISION
GUJARAT ● HIMACHAL PRADESH

2022
INTERVIEW: ISUDAN GADHVI, AAP CM CANDIDATE, GUJARAT
‘In the first Cabinet meeting (of AAP govt), we will 8 probables,
declare a WhatsApp number to tackle corruption’ no real CM
‘They have held only security guards
(for Morbi) ... Under AAP, if a minister
exam for junior clerks and
talati mantri on January 29.
incidents such as the Morbi
bridge collapse, and the fire
face: a familiar
Cong problem
This is ahead of your planned tragedy at a tuition centre in
schedule. Surat in which 22 students
was to blame, he’d go to jail ... if This exam was supposed to died. What would be
be conducted in 2018 but then different with you as CM?
someone is innocent, even if our paper leaked and the exam was They have arrested only se-
cancelled. I was a journalist at curity guards (for the Morbi
enemy, finger can’t be laid on them’ the time. They did not conduct tragedy). But (had it been AAP),
this exam even in 2022 because if a minister was to blame, even Anti-incumbency, voter anger, AAP’s
you become the chief they feared there would be a he would go to jail. This would
SOHINI GHOSH minister, apart from ensuring paper leak again. Now, on the be how AAP will administer. In absence favour Cong in Himachal,
AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER 4 implementation of the last day (before the model code the Surat fire tragedy too, none
guarantees you have of conduct comes into force), of the big fish was caught and, but it is pressed for resources
The Aam Aadmi Party Friday promised? this announcement was made. of the 15 accused, 14 are out of
named former TV anchor and In the first Cabinet, we will Are the youth going to believe jail. No minister or political
journalist Isudan Gadhvi as its declare a WhatsApp number to or trust them now? They al- leader was held responsible. KANCHAN VASDEV
chief ministerial candidate. The tackle corruption. If any Gujarat ready know the paper will be The victims’ parents had to go KANGRA, NOVEMBER 4
announcement was made by government official or em- leaked by BJP workers. The to the Gujarat High Court in
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who ployee is asking you for money youth have no trust in the gov- search of justice. This kind of THE CONGRESS in Himachal
said the 40-year-old Gadhvi got (as bribe), you can notify on this ernment anymore. They believe administration is wrong, there may have anti-incumbency
73% of the votes in a poll con- number and the very next day, in the Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind is no shashan-vyavastha (ad- windsinitssails,butit'sstillfeel-
ducted by the party. The other we will put such officials in jail. Kejriwal and us (the Gujarat ministrative procedure). ing the absence of a towering lo-
contender was Gopal Italia. Second task will be making cadre of AAP). And they and Under our government, if a cal leader to helm its ship to har-
Excerpts: electricity free from March 1, Illustration: Suvajit Dey their families are going to vote minister is at fault, even that bour. More specifically, it's
2023, for the entire Gujarat (up for us. person will go to jail, and if missingVirbhadraSingh,thesix-
What is going to be your first to 300 units). Those who will Third,onFebruary16,wewill On Thursday, the BJP someone is innocent, even if timechief ministerwhowasalso
task if AAP forms a benefit from this will include conduct exams for tehsil pat- government announced that You have alleged corruption such a person is our enemy, a a nine-time MLA, four-time MP, Pratibha Singh at a road
government in the state and BJP workers. waris (talati mantri). it was going to conduct the as the main cause for finger can’t be laid on them. three-time Union minister and show in Chamba on Friday.
four-time state party chief, who Gurmeet Singh
passed away on July 8 last year.
MORBI BRIDGE COLLAPSE Ontheotherhand,thealways
Municipality ruled by BJP for

more nimble-footed BJP has in- tenders for the post.
dicated that it might stick with In Kangra district, the BJP
FOR MORE LOG ON TO incumbent CM Jai Ram Thakur. poached the Congress’s sitting
INDIANEXPRESS.COM/POLITICALPULSE With a few contenders al- MLA from the Kangra segment,
decades, no Opp since last year

ready jostling for the post of CM, Pawan Kajal, whom they nomi-
the Congress has not been able nated as their candidate.
● KEY PLAYERS to name a clear frontrunner. The In Sullah constituency,
three contenders include sitting Congress candidate Jagdish
INHIMACHALRACE, MP Pratibha Singh, the wife of
Virbhadra Singh, Leader of
Singh Sapehia is facing rebellion
within the ranks, with former
THISINDEPENDENTIS Opposition in the Himachal party MLA Jagjiwan Paul con-
BANKINGONPILGRIMS’ GOPAL KATESHIYA Assembly Mukesh Agnihotri, testing as an Independent. Paul
PROGRESS,BLESSINGS MORBI, NOVEMBER 4 and the party’s campaign com- is a two-time Congress MLA
mittee in-charge, Sukhwinder from Sullah who had lost to the
THE MORBI Municipality has Singh Sukhu.Theparty hasbeen BJP's Parmar in 2017. The party
LEADER WATCH: KHIMI RAM soughttoabsolveitselfofanycul- quiet on not declaring a CM can- has two more rebels in the fray:
pability in the recent bridge col- didate, as it may open a can of Sushil Kumar in Jaisinghpur and
IS BACK, THIS TIME FOR CONGRESS lapse, with President Kusum worms for the outfit. Mukesh Thakur in Jaswan
Parmar and Chief Officer With the AICC's presence Pragpur, both in Kangra district.
Sandipsinh Jhala saying Ajanta also negligible, the candidates All three rebels were recently
HASHTAG POLITICS Manufacturing Private Limited
(AMPL), the flagship company of
have virtually been left on their
own to handle their campaign.
thrown out of the party.
In six out of 15 segments of
Oreva Group, was solely respon- In the midst of his Bharat Jodo Kangra,thepartyisonthedefen-
● Neha Singh is back sibleforthesafety,security,oper-
ations and maintenance of the
Yatra, Rahul Gandhi won't be
canvassing in the poll-bound
siveforhavingfieldedsonsof for-
mer ministers and MLAs. There
bridge.Theyalsoarguethat,asthe state. AICC general secretary is former minister Sat Mahajan’s
private firm didn’t intimate the Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has sonAjayMahajaninNurpur,for-
civicbodyabouttheinauguration, addressedafewrallies,willmark mer minister Sujan Singh
itcouldn’tgetasafetyauditdone. the start of her campaign in Pathania's son Bhawani Singh
But few buy that argument, Rescuers search for survivors in the Machchu river after the bridge collapse Monday. AP Himachal from Nagrota Bagwan PathaniainFatehpur,andformer
or at least that the municipality in Kangra, the state's largest dis- ministerG.S.Bali'ssonR.S.Baliin
–allof whose52seatswerewon trict, where she will address a Nagrota Bagwan. Ashish Butail,
bytheBJPin2021–doesnotowe Orevaanexampleof the“failure” tics of development of the BJP”. Themunicipalityhashadthe meetingfortheparty’snominee, its candidate in Palampur, is son
any answers. No official has so of the public private partnership Parmar also says their hands ownership of the bridge, built in Raghubir Singh Bali. of former minister BBL Butail. In
far faced action over the bridge model first promoted by are tied, largely by the BJP state 1887 since 1960-61, when the Sources said that with the Jaisinghpur, Yadwinder Goma is
collapse that killed 135 people, Narendra Modi as chief minister government.“Themunicipality’s royal family transferred the party out of power at the Centre a former MLA’s son. In
with the nine arrested so far, in- of the state, starting 2005. “The Roads and Buildings same to it. But as the structure for two terms, and in Himachal Dharamshala, former minister
cluding two managers of Oreva BJP government can’t manage a Department hasn’t had a regu- got older, its maintenance cost for the last five years, there is a SudhirSharmaisthesonof afor-
Group, two contractors hired by bridge of such historic impor- lar engineer for more than a startedincreasingincrementally. dearth of resources. “Candidates mer minister Sant Ram.
Neha Singh Rathore, whose Bihar main ka baa became it, two ticket booking clerks and tance and having tourism value. decade. Our requests for new re- Simultaneously,theadventof havebeenaskedtofendforthem- The party is depending on
viral during the Bihar polls, has dropped a new song three security guards posted at Thisshowsitsclaimsof develop- cruitmentsarepending withthe motorised transport meant the selves,bothintermsof resources the promise of bringing back the
ahead of Gujarat elections. In the video laced with the bridge. ment are hollow,” Kavar says. state government. Our pleas for bridge’s importance dwindled. and the campaign. They have Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to
sarcasm, the folk singer criticises the state government's “How can the municipality TheBJPhasbeenoverwhelm- notifying Morbi town as a mu- The Congress says the Morbi beenaskednottocreateanycon- state government employees. It
“mishandling” of the Morbi bridge collapse that claimed President and CO say they didn’t ingly dominant in Morbi for nicipal corporation are also bridge collapse has punctured troversythatcanupsettheparty’s is also playing up the existing
135 lives and the hasty makeover of a civil hospital for know about Jaysukh Patel nearlyfourdecadesnow,andhas pending with the state govern- the BJP claims of development, applecart,”aCongressleadersaid. anger against the Centre's
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. (Managing Director of Oreva) ruled the municipality almost ment. We have no capacity to and that it has managed to stick TheCongressisalsofacingan Agniveer scheme, and its failure
throwing the bridge open to continuously since 1986. Since maintain such structures (like to power by “deceiving” people. aggressive BJP, which is target- to curb inflation. With the AAP
tourists, when Patel did a press 2021, after it won all the 52 seats the suspension bridge that col- So,willthebridgecollapsebe ingitforitsdynastypolitics.They failing to make inroads in the
conference at the approach of in the municipality, there is no lapsed) in such a situation,” an issue in the state polls? “We are calling it a “Ma-Beta” party state, it does not fear division of
On road to Himachal the bridge. If they indeed didn’t

know, then it demonstrates in-
competence and they have no
Opposition left in the civic body.
In all this time, the Congress
has been in-charge of the Morbi
Parmar says.
Parmar won her maiden
electiontotheMorbi municipal-
arepainedbythelossof livesand
don’twanttopoliticise it.Butwe
will be failing in our duty if we
at the Centre and in Himachal.
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah, who canvassed in
anti-incumbency votes.
R.S. Bali, the Nagrota Bagwan
nominee, said every election is
polls, a dera pit stop righttooccupythoseposts,”says

Raju Kavar, president of the
Morbitownunitof theCongress.
municipality for two brief stints
between 2015 and 2021.
Morbimunicipalitypresident
ity in 2015 and then retained her
seat in 2021. Her husband
KaramshiParmaristhetreasurer
don't expose the failures of the
BJP which led to this disaster,”
says Lalit Kagathara, the sitting
Himachal on Tuesday and
Wednesday, mocked the
Congress for not being able to
different. “It is not that the BJP
was elected in all states. They
formed the government by
Kavar also calls the MoU be- Kusum Parmar calls it “evidence of the Kisan Cell in the BJP's MLA from Tankara in Morbi dis- name its CM candidate. He said proxy in many. It is an undemo-
Virender Kanwar and Governor tween the municipality and of the people’s trust in the poli- Morbi district unit. trict and Congress leader. there were at least eight con- cratic process,” he said.
RAJESH CHANDER Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.
SHARMA However, there is one promi-
UNA, NOVEMBER 4 nent omission: CM Jai Ram
Thakur. “He has not come here
BATTLEGROUND GUJARAT
In 20 days after Himachal poll date, a rush of promises

IF THERE is any wave in the even once during his five-year
HimachalPradeshAssemblyelec- tenure,”saysAcharyaHemanand.
tions, it's definitely a Dera Wave. Thedailyfootfallatthederais
TheLeaderof theOpposition, around 500, says Inder Dutt
Mukesh Agnihotri, contesting Uniyal, 90, who has been associ-
from Haroli on a Congress ticket,
visited Dera Baba Rudru at Nari
ated with it since 1976. The dera
has three branches, in Delhi,
PM Modi spent 5 days in the state, Old Tenure to New Tenure with-
out charging any premium.
ingsoyabean,groundnut,moong
and arhar at support price.
village on November 2. His op- Haridwar and Amlehar in Una. It unveiling projects worth Rs 7,000 cr; A health screening scheme OCTOBER30TONOVEMBER1
ponent, Prof Ram Kumar runs a Sanskrit vidyalaya, a for organised workers was an- Onfirstdayofathree-daytour,
Sharma of the BJP, will go there gaushala and a 24-hour langar. farmers to home guards, all get relief nouncedandfinancialassistance Modilaidthefoundationstonefor
on November 5. Although the dera has a visi- to fishermenwithoutboard ma- aTata-Airbusmanufacturingproj-
Candidates from other con- tor's register, it doesn't have a chine (OBM) boats was doubled. ect in Vadodara. The suspension
stituencies have either already photo display of VIP visits. “VIPs, PARIMAL DABHI OCTOBER 15 Home Minister Harsh bridge in Morbi collapsed that
visited the dera, or are trying to non-VIPs —everyone is equal for GANDHINAGAR, NOVEMBER 4 The Gujarat government Sanghavi announced that until evening, killing 135 people.
fitaderavisitintotheirschedule. us,” says Acharya Hemanand. formed a 10-member panel to Bhai Dooj on October 27, traffic On October 31, Modi partici-
According to Acharya The same stand is taken by IN THE 20 days since October look into issues of the Bharatiya police in the state would not pe- pated in the Ekta Divas pro-
Hemanand, 42, the second in another dera. Called Shri Radha 14, when the Election Kisan Sangh, a BJP sister organi- nalise individuals for violating gramme at the Statue of Unity
command, this dera is 175 years Krishna Mandir, it is located at Commission (EC) announced sation, that has long been traffic rules, and give them a red site, and inaugurated projects at
old.ItisheadedbyShriShri1008 Kotla Kalan village of Una, and the Assembly election schedule protesting on farmers’ issues. PM Narendra Modi at a C-295 transport aircraft rose instead. Banaskantha district and
Sugreevanand Ji Maharaj, 95. headed by Rashtriya Sant Baba for Himachal Pradesh but did OCTOBER 17 manufacturing plant in Vadodara on October 30. PTI OCTOBER 28 Ahmedabad’s Asarva.
“We can't change anyone's Bal Ji Maharaj, 65. not notify the Gujarat poll dates, The state government an- Patel declared a Rs 630 crore In Jambughoda of the
destiny. We are not associated Unlike Dera Baba Rudru, the BJP government in Gujarat nounced a 10 per cent Value reliefpackageforfarmers–saidto Panchmahals district on
with any particular party. though, photographs of visits by made announcements target- Added Tax (VAT) reduction on 1 kg of sugar and 1 litre edible The PM attended public benefit eight lakh of them – who November1,heinauguratedproj-
Whosoever comes to seek our political leaders here find pride ing a range of communities. Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and oil at discounted rates to 71 events in Kevadia, to launch the sustained damages due to exces- ects worth Rs 885 crore. Modi
blessings, we bless them for of place on the walls of a room. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Compressed Natural Gas (CNG); lakh card National Food LIFE (Lifestyle for Environment) siveraininthe2022kharifseason. went to Morbi later in the day.
sure,” says Acharya Hemanand. In these parts, the dera wave also spent five days in the state twofreegascylindersfor38lakh Security Act card holders. initiative, and Tapi, where Modi OCTOBER 29 NOVEMBER 3
Thelistofthosewhohavevis- is considered “cool”. No wonder to inaugurate developmental beneficiaries under the Ujjavala OCTOBER 20 announced projects worth Rs At a Cabinet meeting, the Hours before the EC an-
itedthe dera reads like thewho's thenthatthePrimeMinisterwill projects worth thousands of Yojana; and said that about 823 Modi inaugurated a Defence 2,192 crore. state government decided to nounced the election schedule,
who of the political world: the hope to mix the proverbial Modi crores. The Model Code of vacant posts in the Forest Expo and Mission Schools of Chief Minister Bhupendra form a committee for the imple- Sanghavi announced a hike in
late Virbhadra Singh, his wife lehar with the Dera Wave, when Conduct is enforced from the Department would be filled. Excellence in Gandhinagar. In Patel said that 18,000 acres of mentation of the Uniform Civil the honorarium amount – from
Pratibha Singh, former CM Prem he visits the Dera Radha Soami day of the announcement, after OCTOBER 18 Junagarh, he laid the foundation compensatory land, given to Code in the state. It handed over Rs 300 to Rs 450 – for soldiers
Kumar Dhumal, his son and
Union Minister Anurag Thakur,
state Agriculture Minsiter
at Beas in Amritsar, before
launchinghis election campaign
for Himachal on November 5.
which the ruling party cannot
announce any new decision
that may influence voters.
A head of Diwali, the
government declared it
would distribute an additional
stone forprojects worthRs4,155
crore.
OCTOBER 21
around 16,000 individuals af-
fected by the Ukai Dam project
in Tapi, will be converted from
appointmentlettersto13,000re-
cruitsinpanchayatandpolicede-
partments and began purchas-
belonging to the Home Guards
and Gram Rakshak Dal cadre in
the state.
New Delhi
8 GOVT & POLITICS

Will give 1 lakh jobs, restore

ADITYANATH, PRIYANKA ADDRESS RIVAL RALLIES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH’S KANGRA DISTRICT
Vote for Cong is a vote for UP Stubble burning

old pension scheme: Priyanka mafia fleeing to Himachal: Yogi is not a political
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
KANGRA, NOVEMBER 4
CONGRESS LEADER Priyanka

Gandhi Vadra Friday reiterated
AMIL BHATNAGAR
SHIMLA, NOVEMBER 4
PITCHINGFORarepeatof theBJP
government in Himachal
issue: Tomar
thatherpartywillprovide1lakh Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Chief HARIKISHAN SHARMA
jobs, restore the Old Pension Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4
Schemeandprovidefinancialas- said the 'dev bhoomi' may be-
sistance of Rs 1,500 to every come a haven for the mafia flee- STUBBLE BURNING is not a “po-
woman in Himachal Pradesh if ing from his state if the Congress litical issue” and politicians and
it is voted to power in the is voted in. governments should ponder
November 12 Assembly polls. “Ourgovernmentis continu- upon how to get rid of this prob-
Citing the work done by the ously running a campaign lem, Union Agriculture Minister
Congress in Chhattisgarh and against the mafia in Uttar Narendra Singh Tomar said on
Rajasthan, the only two states Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at a public meeting Pradesh. If a weak government Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at an election Friday.
where the party is in power on in Kangra district on Friday. PTI led by Congress comes to power rally in Kangra district on Friday. PTI Speaking to reporters after If a state decides, it can get
its own, Priyanka said her party in Himachal Pradesh, the mafia inauguratingaworkshopon“ef- rid of stubble burning, says
will fulfil its promises in fleeingfromUPwouldcomehere fective management of paddy Agriculture Minister. File
Himachal as well. decision to provide 1 lakh jobs outside."ThisiswhytheCongress tohideanddestroythepiousness The UP CM, who was in to raise an eye against India. The straw”, Tomar said land fertility
"The Congress will create 1 to the youth of Himachal wants to provide of this 'dev bhoomi," Himachal for second time in less youth of Himachal Pradesh have and environment get affected
lakh jobs... Chhattisgarh Chief Pradesh in the first cabinet monthly financial assis- said Yogi Adityanath. than a week, addressed meet- enough potential to give them due to stubble burning. with the states. If anyone wants
Minister Bhupesh Baghel is sit- meeting, if the Congress is voted tance of Rs 1,500 to The BJP leader said ings in Jawali, Jwalamukhi con- back in their own coin," “The issue of stubble [burn- to have further discussions, the
tinghere.Hehasprovided5lakh to power. She said the decision every woman under that the Opposition stituencies of Kangra, and Adityanath added. ing]isnotapoliticalissue.Ithink, Centre is ready for the same,”
jobs in three years. He has also to restore the Old Pension 'Har Ghar Lakshmi party was slowly losing Ghumarwim in Bilaspur district. He was addressing a rally in people in politics and govern- Tomar said, responding to a
implemented the Old Pension Scheme will also be finalised in Yojna'," she said. relevance across the Adityanath also praised support of BJP’s candidate ment should ponder upon how query.
Scheme. The Congress govern- the first cabinet meeting. Priyanka said the country and cited this Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rajinder Garg in Ghumarwin. togetridof thestubbleburning,” He urged the farmers to use
ment in Rajasthan has provided Addressing a rally at Nagrota Congress will also fight
DECISION year'sUPassemblyelec- for intensive vaccination cam- The ruling BJP, which is hoping he said. Pusa decomposer, which has
1.30 lakh jobs," she said, adding Bagwan in favour of party candi- thedrugmenace,which 2022 tion results to buttress paign to fight Coronavirus. He to buck the trend of anti-incum- Giving details of the meas- been developed by the Indian
Chhattisgarh now has the low- date Raghubir Singh Bali, the is ruining the future of
HIMACHAL his claim. "Out of 403 said it was Modi government bency in the state and repeat its ures taken by the Centre to stop Agricultural Research Institute
PRADESH
est unemployment rate. Congress leader said she under- the youth and build seats in Uttar Pradesh, that paved the way for building government, BJP will conduct a the stubble burning, the minis- (IARI), for efficient management
Vadra said the Congress, if standstheburdenshoulderedby English-mediumschools Congress could win the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. campaign covering all 68 con- ter said, “The Centre has proof paddy stubble.
voted to power, will finalise the women, who work at home and in every Assembly constituency. only two seats,” he added. "No enemy has the courage stituencies on Sunday. vided Rs 3,138 crore to states for “Many farmers are using the
stubble management since Pusa decomposer… I want to
2018-19. Many state govern- urge the state governments and
Cong names ments have done a good job and
they are gradually moving in the
farmers that they should use
Pusa decomposer maximum.
43 in its first positive direction. We have pro-

vided more than Rs 1,400 crore
to Punjab.”
Thiswillensureprotectionof the
fertilepowerof theland,and en-
vironment,” Tomar said.
DELHI CONFIDENTIAL list of poll “Thestategovernmentshave

procured2lakhmachines.These
Earlier, addressing the work-
shop, Tomar said that out of the
candidates
twolakhmachinesaresufficient. financial assistance of over Rs
If a state government decides, 3,000 crore provided to the
then it can get rid [of the stubble states, the maximum of Rs 1,400
burning] definitely,” he said. crore has been provided to
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Tomar said that the Centre Punjab,followedbyRs900crore
AHMEDABAD, VADODARA, had held several meetings with to Haryana, Rs 713 crore to Uttar
SURAT, NOVEMBER 4 thestateanditisreadytofurther Pradesh and Rs 6 crore to Delhi.
discuss the issue with the states. Out of this, about Rs 1,000 crore
IN A late night development “Just 5-6 days ago, a meeting wasstillavailablewiththestates,
Friday,Congressdeclareditsfirst was held in which ministers and including Rs 491 crore with
list of 43 candidates for the up- officials from all the states were Punjab alone, he said.
coming Gujarat Assembly elec- present. Even today this work- Tomar said more important
tions. The Congress has fielded shop is being held. On the earlier than political discussion on
Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yagnik occasions too, the Centre had paddystrawistodiscussitsman-
from Ghatlodia assembly seat, held discussion [on this issue] agement and how to get rid of it.
which is currently being held by
IGAS CELEBRATIONS
Kejriwal has gold
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
Though BJP is yet to an-
DIWALI CELEBRATIONS may be over, but BJP national media
A CALL FOR INCLUSIVITY nounce its candidates, Patel is
medal in promising
head and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni celebrated Igas — as the expected to contest again from
festival of lights is called in Uttarakhand — at his official resi- the same seat.
dence in New Delhi on Friday. Igas is celebrated 11 days after Artisteswithdisabilitiesperformduringthelaunchof atrainingmoduletosensitiseelection The Congress’s list also in-
Diwali because, as per the legend, people in the hills got the personnelaboutdisabledpersonsandseniorcitizens,inNewDelhionFriday.Attheevent,the cludes names of former BJP MLA
news about Lord Ram’s return from Lanka late by these many
days. Prominent among those who attended the event were
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Defence Minister Rajnath
ElectionCommissiontooksuggestionsfrompeoplewithdisabilities(PwDs)onmaking
electionsaccessible.Chief ElectionCommissionerRajivKumarsaidthepanelwasworkingwith
theDepartmentof Empowermentof PwDtosharedatatoreach outtomoresuchvoters. PTI
and former Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) state president Kanu
Kalsariya and Praful Togadiya,
freebies, says Puri
Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Petroleum cousin of former VHP leader
Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Commerce Minister Piyush Pravin Togadia. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Goyal, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. On special re- Kalsariya NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4
questfromBaluni,hispartycolleagueManojTiwarisangsome
Pahari songs giving the event a real Uttarakhandi touch. Will fight polls under leadership had success-
fully led a
farmers’ agita-
Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister Hardeep Puri Friday hit
RAMP HITCH of ‘Bhupendrabhai’, says Shah tionagainstthe

state govern-
ment over giv-
DECISION
out at Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal for playing
“revdi politics”, saying the Aam
THE ELECTION Commission on Friday organised a conference ing away land Aadmi Party leader had a “gold
for persons with disabilities to discuss ways to make the poll EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE for a cement 2022 medal” in promising freebies. PTI
process more accessible. Even as many encouraging words GANDHINAGAR, NOVEMBER 4 plant by the
GUJARAT Puri, speaking at a press con- Union Minister Hardeep
were spoken by senior officials, activists took note of the ab- Nirma Group, ference in Kochi on the sidelines Singh Puri addresses a press
sence of a ramp to reach the stage from the front. There was a THE GUJARAT BJP will fight the and is being fielded from his for- of the Ministry’s urban mobility conference in Kochi, Friday
ramp backstage that was used by the artistes and other dig- Assembly elections under mer constituency of Mahuva. conclave,saidaffordabilityofpub-
nitaries. One of the speakers used the ramp initially, but on BhupendraPatel'sleadership,said Togadiya will contest from lictransportwasadecisionbased
second occasion, he was helped by others through the stairs Union Home Minister Amit Shah thePatidar-dominatedVarachha on efficiency and not populism. was being repaid.
to reach the stage. An activist remarked that inclusion would onFriday.Healsosaidthatformer Road seat in Surat. Responding to a question on “Luckily Mr. Kejriwal doesn’t
have been complete had all guests used the ramp. GujaratChiefMinisterAnandiben Togadiyawasalsodeclaredas making Metro services more af- have to run the Metro… Ask Mr.
Patel had resigned from the top a candidate by the Congress in fordable, Puri said: “This strikes Kerjwial what he does with
KOO DEBUT postaspertheparty’spolicyafter
she turned 75 years of age.
2017 from Varachha but was
dropped after stiff opposition
attheveryheartof revdipolitics.
If you listen to my friend, Mr.
somethingthatisunderhim,the
Delhi Transport Corporation. It
THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate appears to be embracing Shah’s remarks came during Home Minister Amit Shah with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel from the Patidar Anamat Kejriwal,whogotagoldmedalat has a sanction for 11,000 buses,
'swadeshi'. The anti-money laundering agency on Thursday an interview to Gujarati news and state BJP chief C R Paatil in Gandhinagar on Friday. PTI Andolan Samiti (PAAS ). the last Olympics for promising but only 3,000 are plying…
made its debut on the Koo app, the 'desi' version of Twitter. Its channel ABP Asmita. "After the Similarly, the party has freebies, he will say ‘make the Before every election, he will
first post on Koo was about a prosecution complaint it has departure of Narendrabhai fielded Nilesh Kumbhani from Metro totally free’ and will give comearoundandsay‘I’mgetting
filed against Anil Jindal, chairman of the SRS Group, for al- (Modi), came Anandiben. change of guard in Gujarat twice Anandiben's resignation on Kamrej in Surat. In 2017, the argument that instead of 60 new buses’,” Puri said.
legedly cheating home-buyers. On Friday, it posted about at- Anandiben governed till 75 after 2016, despite the BJP's August 1, 2016, came at a time Kumbhaniwasalsodroppeddue lakh, 90 lakh people will travel In response to another ques-
tachment of properties belonging to Kashmiri separatist (years), as per our party's policy. claim of a ‘double-engine gov- when Gujarat was facing agita- to opposition by PAAS. and it will reduce pollution.” tion, Puri said that with the state
leader Shabir Shah. The agency also asked its followers on (As she) attained 75, came ernment’ in the state. tionsincludingthePatidarquota The party has fielded But, Puri said, the Delhi of theairqualityinDelhi,hemay
Twitter to follow it on Koo. Senior officials said the agency Vijaybhai (Rupani). He com- “Youshouldaskthisquestion stir. Rupani submitted his resig- Darshan Naik, a cooperative Metro was started with a Rs move to Kerala. “The way my
plans to make the Koo app its principalsocial media platform. pleted five years in governance. to the Congress,” the Union nationonSeptember11,2021,af- leader, farmer, and advocate. 27,000 crore loan from Japan friend Mr. Kejriwal has created
Induecourse,itplantoshareinformationonKoobeforeother Now, Bhupendrabhai (Patel) has Minister said, adding that a chief ter instructions from the party Former Gujarat Congress International Cooperation pollution inDelhi,Iwould rather
apps being operated from foreign countries. come and we are fighting elec- minister’s tenure under highcommand,followingwhich chief Arjun Modhwadia, who Agency and the metro network live in some part of green Kerala
tionsunderhisleadership.What Congress’s governance was only a new council of ministers was had lost the 2017 elections, is in the National Capital Region where the air is cleaner and you
changedidwedo?”hesaidinre- two years and one month dur- appointedwithBhupendraPatel back in the poll fray for the could be expanded to the cur- can enjoy nature better,” the
TRS MLA poaching case: sponse to a question on the ing Indira Gandhi's time. as the new CM. Congress from Porbandar. rent 390 km because the loan minister said.
Top court to hear plea

of accused on Monday
to switch over to the BJP.
J&K accession: Rijiju lights match, sparks fly between Cong leaders
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE However,anAnti-Corruption straininrecentyears,underlined aboutMaharajaHariSingh’s role whether his father was ready to Karan Singh has sidestepped
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 Bureau Special Court, before SOURAV ROY BARMAN that he was one of the last living on the signing of the Instrument accede to India well before Rijuju'shitjobonNehru.Thisthe
which they were produced, re- NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 eyewitnesses to the events pre- of Accession following a piece August 15, as suggested by Rijiju, same Nehru without whose
THE SUPREME Court Friday is- fusedtoremandthemsayingthe cedingandfollowingthesigning authored by Union Law Minister adding that it is possible that the supportDrKaranSinghwouldn't
sued notice to the Telangana police had failed to follow A DAY AFTER he came under at- of the Instrument of Accession Kiren Rijiju. then deputy PM of Jammu and have achieved much, as he ac-
government on a plea by three Supreme Court guidelines re- tack from Congress general sec- withIndiabyhisfatherMaharaja In his piece, “Five Nehruvian Kashmir, Ram Lal Batra, “may knowledges in his 2006 book,
men arrested on the charge of garding arrest. retary in-charge of communica- Hari Singh. Blunders on Kashmir”, which havespokeninformallytosome- with 216 letters exchanged be-
trying to poach Telangana The police then approached tions Jairam Ramesh over an “Inoticethattheirrepressible was published by the News18 one in Delhi”. tween them during 1948-64,"
Rashtra Samithi MLAs. the state High Court where a opinion piece on the circum- Jairam Ramesh has thought it fit Jairam Ramesh accused portal, Rijiju alleged that India’s Rijiju’s allegations against said Ramesh.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai judge set aside the ACB judge’s stances leading to Jammu and to make a statement on my arti- Karan Singh of ignoring first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru,wroteSingh,werea“sep- In his statement, Singh em-
and B V Nagarathna also said the decision and asked the trio to Kashmir'saccessiontoIndia,for- cle in The Hindustan Times yes- Rijiju’s ‘hit job’ on Nehru; Nehru, “in order to fulfil his per- arate matter”. phasised that it would be "ab-
trial judge could consider their surrender before the Cyberabad mer Union minister Karan Singh terday (November 3). He has Singh said Ramesh was sonalagenda”,createdproblems Thisiswhattriggeredastrong solutely preposterous" to argue
bail applications if it wanted to. Police Commissioner. Fridayhitback,accusingRamesh made two points, both of which making ‘snide remarks’ on the matter of J&K’s accession. backlash from the Congress. that his article was against
The court will hear the matter The same day, another judge of making “unacceptable” com- are unacceptable... I would have Rijiju also claimed that Rameshclaimedthatthereisnot Nehru."Panditjiwasmymentor
next on November 7. of the HC after hearing a BJP plea mentsbasedonan“evidentlyse- hoped that my views (were) Maharaja Hari Singh was ready a “single scholarly and serious ever since I entered public life at
The three were arrested by seeking CBI or SIT probe into the lective” reading of history. taken in the spirit in which I In the article, Singh had writ- to join India much before work on J&K that portrays the age of 18 and I will always
theCyberabadpoliceonOctober developments, asked police to In a statement, the veteran wrotethem,ratherthanbecome ten that he was seeking to “clar- Independence. Maharaja Hari Singh in good hold him in the highest regard.
26 on the charge that they at- keep the investigation in Congressleader,whosetieswith a subject of snide remarks," ify the unseemly controversies In his HT piece, Karan Singh light”.Ramesh said: "What I find To suggest otherwise is outra-
tempted to lure some TRS MLAs abeyance. the party have come under a Singh said in his statement. that seem to have emerged” said he had no knowledge on surprising though is that Dr geous.”
New Delhi
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J&K
BRIEFLY One beaten to death, another found hanging:
Tension in UP village after 2 young lives lost
Some relief on
inflation front
2ofafamily
killedinPoonch
landslide
Neighbours, they belonged to different faiths; amid claims, counter-claims, police keep watch
as global food
Jammu: Amotherandher
daughter were killed in “He was spotted entering our Tanudidnotknoweachother.The
Jammu and Kashmir on AMIT SHARMA house on CCTV by around six two studied in the same pre-col-
Friday after their house ISLAM NAGAR (SAHARANPUR), students, who were studying in legetillIntermediate(Class12).Zia
prices ease
was hit by a landslide NOVEMBER 4 a library adjacent to our house. had enrolled in B.Sc, Nursing, af-
from the nearby hill in It was they who barged into our ter school while Tanu had
Poonch district’s Bufliaz. TWOYOUNGliveswerelostinthe house and beat him up, thinking dropped out.
Identifying the deceased space of 10 hours at one house in he was a thief. We, in fact, saved Mohammed Imran, a neigh-
asNaseemAkhter,40,and this village of western Uttar him and informed the police,” bourofAyub,saystheydonotbe-
her daughter Rubina Pradesh.Resteverythingthathap- the brother claims. lieveTanu’sdeathwasduetosui-
E
Kouser, 12, sources said penedbetweentheearlyhoursof According to the family, who cide. He claims she knew Zia.
that two other members Wednesdayandthenextdaysur- are farmers, Tanu was found There was no reason, he says, for
E X P L A I NE D
of thefamilywerealsoin- rounds shrouded in claims and hanging at around 11 am on Zia to have gone to her house in HARISH DAMODARAN At pre-war
jured. Sources said that counter-claims. Wednesday. Sunesh Devi claims the middle of the night. NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4
the victims were asleep With both sides filing FIRs the 19-year-old killed herself out Purushottam Maurya, who level, sign
when a landslide oc- against each other, the police are ofshockafterpolicetookawayher livesoppositetheSainihouse,also INTERNATIONAL FOOD prices ● of relief
curred during the early yet to make any arrest. husband following Zia’s death. says Zia and Tanu knew each have eased for the seventh
hours of Friday. ENS What is known is that Zia-ur- Policepersonnelstationedoutside TanuSaini’shouseinIslam “She wenttoherroomsaying other. “No one can get into the straight month in October. This THE GLOBAL food price
Rehman, 19, was bludgeoned to NagarvillageinSaharanpuronFriday. Express she was going to change her house without the gate being comes even as the Reserve Bank index in October is at al-
TAMIL NADU death at the house of his neigh- clothes, and minutes later, her openedfrominside,”Mauryasays. of India(RBI)issettosubmitare- most the same level as it
Threedieafter bour,TanuSaini.Hourslater,Tanu,
19,wasalsofounddead,allegedly onmyson'smobilephonesaying courtyard. My husband and I ran
elder sister found her hanging
with a dupatta from the ceiling.
Zia’s uncle Mohammed
Farman, who accompanied Ayub
port to the Centre on its “failure”
tokeepannualretailinflationbe-
was in January, a month
before Russia attacked
refrigerator of suicide.
Amid tension as the two be-
he was badly injured and uncon-
scious. I rushed to the place (the
out and saw a man being beaten
with lathis and iron rods by four
The women constables brought
her body down,” she says.
to the hospital in Dehradun, says
the 19-year-old's body had deep
low 6 per cent for three consecu-
tivequartersandthe“remedialac-
Ukraine. But global wor-
ries on inflation are likely
explodes longed to different faiths, a con- Saini house) and hurried Zia to a to five outsiders.We tried to res- SP(City)AbhimanyuManglik woundson thestomach, legs and tions” proposed to be taken to to weigh on central
tingentof policeandPACperson- localhospital.Theysaidtheycould cue him, but they continued saidAyubhadnamedfourpeople bothhands. achieve the target. banks, which continue
Chennai: Three of a family nel have been deployed outside not attend to him because of his thrashing him. We called the po- of Tanu’s family in the FIR filed at “My nephew was a strong The UN Food and Agricultural with strong monetary ac-
at Urapakkam in thehousesof bothfamilies,sepa- serious condition and so we took liceandtheytookhimaway.Afew Rampur Maniharan police sta- man,weighingaround90kg,and Organisation’s Food Price Index tion of policy rate hikes.
Chengalpattudistrictdied rated by 400 metres. himtoahospitalinDehradun.He hourslater,sixpolicemenaccom- tion: “Her father Janeshwar (52), hecouldhaveeasilyoverpowered (FPI) averaged 135.9 points in
afterinhalingtoxicgasthat Zia’sfatherMohammedAyub, died before he could be given panied by women constables hiselderbrotherManeshwar(55), oneortwomen.Sothereweredef- October, marginally lower com-
reportedlyemanatedafter a grocery store owner in the vil- medical aid,” Ayub, 45, says. cameandblamedusforkillingthe and two cousins, Priyanshu (22) initely four or more people who paredtothepreviousmonth’s136 thatofsugar(109.7to109points),
the refrigerator exploded lage, which is dominated by Tanu’s mother Sunesh Devi man,” Sunesh Devi says. and Shivam Saini (20).” Manglik inflictedthewounds,”hesays. points.Thismarkstheseventhsuc- dairy (142.6 to 140.1) and meat
in the room where they Muslims, says they don’t know Saini says they didn’t know Ayub Tanu’s brother, who works in said that they were investigating Tanu’s brother says they are cessivemonthofdeclineinthein- (120.1to118.4).Thevegetableoils
were sleeping on Friday, whythe19-year-oldwasattacked. or who beat him up. “At around Delhi but is here in the village the matter. “living in fear”. “We have lodged dex, which is a weighted average andsugarsub-indicesforOctober
CollectorRahulNadhsaid. “Ataround2am(onWednesday), midnight on Tuesday, we heard since the incident, claims the as- Both families claim that dean FIR and pleaded for police se- of world prices of a basket of food were,infact,18.8percentand8.5
Twoothershavebeenhos- I got a call from a local policeman loud voices coming from our saulters thought Zia was a thief. spite being neighbours, Zia and curity.” commodities over a base period percentdownfromtheirrespec-
pitalised. “The house was value,takenat100for2014-16. tive year-ago levels.
kept locked for about a TheFPIscaledanall-timehigh Thecontinuedeasingofinter-
yearandthefridgewasnot
in use for a long time,”
Nadh said. He urged peo-
Terror funding case: of 159.7 points in March, the
month that followed Russia's in-
vasionofUkraine.Thelatestindex
nationalfoodpricesissomerelief
for the RBI's monetary policy
committee. This is especially so,
ple to get appliances like
refrigerators and air-con- ED attaches separatist value of 135.9 is the lowest since
the 135.6 level of January, which
giventhatfooditemshavea45.86
percentweightintheofficialcon-
Shabir Shah’s house

ditioners checked if they wasbeforethewar.Onacumula- sumer price index. While overall
have not been in use for a tive basis, the benchmark gauge year-on-year retail inflation in
long time. ENS has fallen by 14.9 per cent be- September,at7.41percent,stood
tween March and October. well above the “upper tolerance
KERALA The dip in the overall FPI in level” of 6 per cent mandated by
MAHENDER SINGH
Unionsstop MANRAL
October has been despite the ce-
reals sub-index posting an in-
the Narendra Modi government,
food inflation was even higher, at
newVCfrom NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 crease from 147.9 to 152.3 points.
Global wheat and maize prices
8.6 per cent.
Global food prices coming off
assumingoffice THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate rosemonth-on-monthlargelyon fromtheirhighsreducestherisks
(ED) Friday said it has attached thebackonuncertaintiesrelating of imported inflation, which was
Thiruvananthapuram: Kashmiri separatist leader to exports from Ukraine. seenparticularlyinedibleoils.The
Activists of the Students' Shabir Ahmad Shah's house in Shabir Ahmad Shah Russiahad,lastweekend,sus- ModigovernmentandRBIwould
Federation of India (SFI) Srinagar as part of a money pendeditsparticipationintheUN alsobehopingforaneasingofdo-
andemployeesof pro-Left laundering probe linked to a ter- and Turkey-brokered Black Sea mesticpricepressures.Thesehave
trade unions on Friday ror funding case. cessions,protests,bandhs,hartals Grain Initiative that allows safe remainedelevated,mainlyonac-
prevented the newly ap- The house, worth Rs 21.80 and other subversive activities,” passage of Ukrainian agri-com- count of extended southwest
pointed V-C of A P J Abdul lakh, is situated at Botshah an ED spokesperson said. modities through designated monsoonrainsdamagingthehar-
Kalam Technological Colony in the city. “Investigation also revealed ports. About 10 million tonnes of vest-ready kharif crops in many
University, Ciza Thomas, “EDinitiatedmoneylaunder- that Shabir Ahmad Shah was in- grain, oilseeds and other food parts of the country.
from assuming office. ing investigation on the basis of a volvedinreceivingfundsfromter- products were shipped out by The same excess rains have,
Governor Arif FIR lodged on May 30, 2017 rorist organisation Hizb-ul- Ukraine during August-October however, helped fill dam reser-
Mohammed Khan ap-
pointed Ciza as the V-C
disregarding the state
against Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
andothersundervarioussections
of IPC and Unlawful Activities
Mujahideen (HM) and other
terroristsoutfitsbasedinPakistan
as well as from the Pakistani es-
AIR CHIEF AT FLIGHT TESTING SEMINAR under the deal, which unblocked
the country's ports on the Black
Sea.Russia,onWednesday,agreed
voirs and recharge groundwater
aquifers that should favour the
rabi (winter-spring) crops now
government's recom- (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. tablishment through hawala and Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari, with officers during a two-day torejointheinitiativeafterbriefly being planted. Early indications -
mendation to hand over During investigation, it came to variousothermeansandchannels international flight test seminar organised as part of golden jubilee celebrations of Aircraft pulling out -- a move that led to a -basedonimprovedsoilmoisture
the charge to higher edu- forethatShabirAhmadShahwas and these funds were then being and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), in Bengaluru on Friday. Chaudhari called upon spikeinglobalgrainpricesearlier as well as fertiliser availability —
cationPrincipalSecretary actively involved in the activities used for fuelling and supporting the ASTE to increase its outreach to capitalise on the unprecedented growth in the Indian this week. point to a substantial increase in
Ishita Roy. Ciza told the of fuelling unrest in Kashmir val- militant activities in the Kashmir aerospace ecosystem. The IAF chief also advocated the need to use new technologies like All other major sub-indices theareabeingsownunderwheat,
media that the protest of ley by way of stone pelting, pro- valley," the spokesperson said. artificial intelligence (AI), and big data analytics in flight training and testing methodology. constituting the FPI registered mustard,chickpea,redlentils,field
the university employees Chaudhari praised the ASTE saying that it is a saga of professional excellence, which has a dropsinOctoberoverSeptember. pea, maize, potato, onion, garlic,
shocked her. ENS singular objective of self-reliance in the field of flight testing. PTI The vegetable oils sub-index fell cumin,corianderandothercrops
UTTAR PRADESH ED raids in Jharkhand, from 152.6 to 150.1 points; so did that are harvested from March.
MLA,supporters
clashwithtoll
Bengal over defence land Kerala man arrested for kicking 6-yr-old Morbi: Official
who admitted
‘sale’ on forged papers
plazaemployees
Barabanki: Supporters of thesouthKolkata,twocloseasso-
migrant boy for leaning against his car bridge lacked
Ram Niwas Verma, an ENS & PTI ciates of the businessman were der sections 308 (murder at- tionandThalasseryASPNidhinRaj fitness certificate
KOLKATA,RANCHI, NOV 4 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
MLA of ruling BJP's ally
Apna Dal, and employees
questionedforoveranhourtofind
outifhehasanyotherpropertyin THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
tempt), 323 (hurting) and 283
(causingobstruction)of theIPC.A
would look into it. Later, Raj told
the reporters: “In this case, we suspended
of a toll plaza clashed al- THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate WestBengalapartfromtheplaces NOVEMBER 4 magistrate court remanded him traced the number of the car and
legedlyovertollcollection (ED)onFridayraidedseveralloca- thatwehaveraided,"hesaid. injudicialcustodyfor14days. identifiedtheowner.Afterconfir-
at a plaza after which the tions in West Bengal and Theofficialssaidthatsomereal A 20-YEAR-OLD youth from The CCTV footage shows the mation,weimmediatelyarrested SOHINI GHOSH
legislator sat on a protest Jharkhand in connection with a estatedealers,privatepersonsand Kerala’s Kannur district was ar- youth walking towards the boy, theaccused.” AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER 4
onFriday.TheMLAwason money laundering investigation linked entities were searched by rested on Friday after a video who is seen leaning against the KeralaMinisterforHealthand
his way to Lucknow and intouseofforgedpapersforsaleof theEDteams. showedhimkickingasix-year-old rearendof aparkedcar,andkick- FamilyWelfareVeenaGeorgesaid SANDEEPSINHZALA,thechiefof-
claimed thetollplazaem- defencelandinthestates. The agency claims that a sub- migrant boy from Rajasthan who ing him. After kicking the boy, the incident was shocking and ficer (CO) of Morbi municipality,
ployees,armedwithsticks Theagencysearchedmultiple stantialportionof theproceedsof wasleaningagainsthiscar.Thein- Shihad drives away even as highlydeplorable.“Thedirectorof who had admitted in the after-
andweapons,attackedhis places in Kolkata, including the the crime from a mining scam in cident took place in Kannur’s The CCTV footage shows the passersbyquestionhisaction. thesocialwelfaredepartmentwas mathoftheJhooltoPulsuspension
vehicles. The employees premises linked to arrested busi- Jharkhand worth Rs 1000 crore ThalasseryonThursdayanditwas youth kicking the boy and Onlookers,includinganadvo- asked to probe and submit a re- bridgecollapsethatitdidnothave
said on condition of nessmanAmitAgarwal,andabout was laundered through several caughtonCCTVcamera. driving away in his car cateMKHassan,tooktheboywith port. The boy was attacked with- a fitness certificate, has been sus-
anonymity that after the eight locations in Ranchi and ad- Agrawal'scompanies. According to reports, the ac- bruised ribs to a nearby hospital outanyprovocation,”shesaid.. pended by the Urban
MLA’scarpassed,hissup- joiningareasinJharkhand. Agarwal was arrested by ED cusedyouth,MuhammedShihad, and alerted the police. Police BJP state president K Development Department of the
porterstriedtoleavewith- Employees working under lastmonthforconspiracyto"trap" acollegestudent,wasdetainedbut thesocialmedia. seizedthecarbutallowedShihad Surendran said that the incident Gujaratgovernment.
out paying toll and that Agarwal were also being ques- RajeevKumar,alawyerrepresent- allowed to go only to be arrested Police arrested Shihad of togo,itislearnt. was a shame on Kerala and ac- While Morbi Collector GT
led to a dispute. PTI tioned, an ED official said. “At ingapetitioner againstJharkhand onFridayamidwidespreadoutcry Thalassery, also Chief Minister DGP Anil Kanth said police cusedthepoliceoftryingtoshield Pandya confirmed the suspen-
Agarwal's office in Nonapukur in Chief MinisterHemantSoren. after the video made rounds on PinarayiVijayan'shometown,un- wouldprobeintotheallegedinac- theaccused. sion, DB Vyas, regional commis-
sionerofmunicipalitiesinRajkot,
said he was yet to receive an offi-
cial communication.
Kerala Collector brings toddler son to public event, triggers debate

The development came only
daysafterthepoliceprobeintothe
suspension bridge collapse on
October30reachedthedoorsteps
of the Morbi municipality. Zala
torDivyaSIyerattendedthevale- tor, Iyer plays multiple roles in to the United Nations General women continue their journey was questioned for several hours
SHAJU PHILIP dictory function of a film festival her life, like wife, mother, Assembly in 2018. juggling the roles of a mother on November 2 even as the cops
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, inAdoorwithhersononOctober friend, etc. “She also has the While Ardern delivered her and wife even while performing maintained that the private con-
NOVEMBER 4 30 and addressed the gathering right to spend time with her speech at a peace summit in the their official duties,” he said. tractors engaged by the Oreva
withhersoninherarms. Avideo child,” he said, pointing out that UN, her partner Clarke Gayford Referringtotheeventheldlast Grouphadnotconductedany"sci-
A WOMAN IAS officer’s decision of Iyeratthefunctionwasshared mothers elsewhere in the had held the infant on his lap. Sunday, Sabarinadhan said that entificassessmentofthestructural
to attend a public function in byCPIleaderanddeputyspeaker world were attending legisla- Though Iyer stayed away on Sundays, Iyer would try her stability" of the bridge during the
Keralawithherthree-year-oldson of the Assembly Chittayam tive assemblies and public from the debate, her husband best to spend time with the son. repairandrenovation.
has sparked a debate on social GopakumaronhisFacebookpage. functions with their children. and Youth Congress state vice- “However, certain events After the mishap that proved
mediaon‘propriety’andwork-life Lyricist Rajeev Alunkal was “When would we cease the president K S Sabarinadhan would be unavoidable after the fatal for 135 people, Zala said the
balance, prompting her husband amongthefirsttotakeadigatIyer, cynical approach of finding fault spoke out via a Facebook post. organisers would compel her bridge was Morbi municipality’s
and Youth Congress state vice- sayingthatshehadtrivialisedthe with everything?” he said. “This is not an issue of Divya Iyer to attend. On such occasions, property but it had been handed
presidentKSSabarinadhantode- functionandthatitwasnotanac- Like Benyamin, many on so- alone. Most working women she would tell them that she over to Oreva Group this year for
fend her pointing out that most tion worth emulating. cial media highlighted the ex- stand on their feet after over- would take our son along. The 15yearsformaintenanceandop-
working women juggle several- As criticism mounted, nov- ample of New Zealand Prime District Collector Divya S Iyer addressed an event with her coming many difficulties and organisers are happy about it. erations.Healsoblamedthecom-
roles “even while performing elist Benyamin spoke out in Minister Jacinda Ardern, who son in her arms causing manyto draw parallels between her troubles. This criticism would The valedictory function of the pany for reopening the bridge
their official duties”. support of Iyer. Benyamin said had made history by bringing and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern come down to an extent when film festival was such an withoutnotifyingthemunicipality
Pathanamthittadistrictcollec- that apart from a district collec- her three-month-old daughter we realise how the working event,” he added. andwithoutafitnesscertificate.
New Delhi
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PETITION AGAINST TAMIL NADU GOVT’S DENIAL OF PERMISSION

Allotted seats in most IITs Centre floats draft
HC allows RSS marches in exceed capacity, only six regulations for
44 of 50 places on Nov 6 allconditionsaremetwith. October 23. The order said the
left with a few vacancies deemed varsities EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
of central universities once the
draft regulations are approved.
ARUN JANARDHANAN “The procession and public RSS may approach police after NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 “Theeligibilitycriteriawillbe
CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 4 meetings should be conducted in
compound premises such as a
two months for permission.
The petition filed on
PALLAVI SMART
MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 4 IITS WITH VACANT SEATS THEGOVERNMENTFridayfloated
NAAC ‘A’ grade with at least a
3.01 CGPA for three consecutive
THE MADRAS High Court on ground or a stadium. It is made November 2 on behalf of the RSS ■ Capacity ■ Seats Allotted draftamendmentregulationsfor cycles or NBA accreditation for
FridaygrantedpermissiontoRSS clearthatwhileproceedingtocon- said the permission for route ATTHEendof theadmissionsea- 2000 ‘deemed-to-be’ universities, pro- two third of eligible pro-
1580
1589
for holding route marches in 44 ductaprocessionandpublicmeet- marchwasgrantedforonlythree sonatIITs,16,635seatshavebeen posing to do away with the con- grammes for three,” he said.
locations across Tamil Nadu, ex- ing, the participants shall go by of the 50 places, for public meet- allotted across the 23 institutes ditionthataninstituteneedstobe Thedraftregulationsalsoen-
cept for six places in two com- their respective vehicles without inginanindoorplaceat23places, after six rounds of the Joint Seat 1500 in existence for at least 20 years visage replacing the term ‘De
1125
1116
munally sensitive districts of causinganyhindrancetothegen- andcompletedenialat24places. Allocation Authority (JoSAA) before it can apply for the tag. Novo’ with ‘Distinct institution’.
Coimbatore and Kanyakumari, eralpublicandtraffic,”itsaid. Thestategovernmenthadpro- counselling process that ended The draft UGC (Institutions A pitch has been made to sim-
on November 6. The order said “nobody shall duced the intelligence report in a last month. Even as a few vacan-
1000 Deemed to be Universities) plify the process of sanctioning
530
524
Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan was either sing songs or speak ill of sealed cover with details of cases ciesarestillleftinsmallerIITs,sta- Regulations, 2022 also recom- off-campus centres of deemed
394
395
309
310
240
hearing a bunch of contempt pe- any individuals, any caste, reli- registered between 2008 and tistics show the cumulative seat 500 mendmakingmulti-disciplinary universities. “The approval for
237
titionsfiledbytheRSSagainstthe gion, etc” and that “participants 2020 to deny permission for the allotment more than the capac- institutions, or a cluster of them, off-campus centres will be
state police for not letting it hold shall not for any reason talk or route march. The court, however, ity—16,598—declaredatthebe- with a minimum of five depart- granted by the UGC. Earlier this
themarch.Thecourtsaidtheevent express anything in favour of or- saidthatalltheFIRswere“veryold ginningoftheadmissionprocess. 0 ments eligible to apply for the approval was given by the
IIT(ISM)
Dhanbad
IITRopar
IIT(BHU)
Varanasi
IITDharwad
IITJodhpur
IITJammu
cannot be permitted at six places ganisations banned by the gov- and the reasons stated in the re- According to the data shared deemed university status. Ministry of Education. Deemed
—Coimbatore,Pollachi,Palladam, ernment of India... they should port cannot be accepted, since by the office of Joint Entrance UGC chairperson Prof M to be universities will also be el-
Mettupalayam, Arumanai and also not indulge in any act dis- everywherethereareaccusedand Examination (Advanced)-2022 JagadeshKumarsaidthecommis- igible to start off-shore campus
Nagercoil — as they are sensitive turbing the sovereignty and in- againstthemthereareFIRs”. at the IIT Bombay, out of 16,635 sion felt that amendments to the centres as per UGC regulations
locations, and rejected the state tegrity of our country”. “Therefore, mere pendency allotments,3,310arefemalecan- existingguidelinesarerequiredto on the subject,” Prof Kumar said.
government’s decision to deny The police denied permis- of the FIRs against a particular didates,includingthoseadjusted dates, supernumerary seats have 110 and 107 candidates, align them with the NEP, 2020, He added that in case of vio-
permission in other places. The sion in Coimbatore citing the organisation cannot be a ground againstthesupernumeraryseats. forforeign candidates, andother respectively,fromamongthetop whichadvocatesdoingawaywith lationsof theregulations,graded
courtalsoaskedtheRSStoensure prevailing condition in the wake torejecttherequestmadebythe Also,102seatshavebeenlabelled aspects,” explained a professor 1,000.TheIndianExpresshadal- the terms ‘deemed-to-be univer- penalties have been introduced,
peace during the march and that of a car blast before a temple on petitioners,” the order said. as preparatory candidates. from IIT Delhi. ready reported that 68 of the top sity’or‘affiliatinguniversity’. which include warning through
OnlysixIITs–Jodhpur,Ropar, This year, 66 candidates with 100 rankers bagged seats in IIT Under the existing regula- publicnotice,banonexpansions,
Dharwad, Jammu, (BHU) foreign nationality have been al- Bombay, making it the country's tions, the 20-year condition is closure of programmes or de-
11 killed as SUV Varanasi, and (ISM) Dhanbad —
have a few vacant seats. Most
lotted seats. Highest, 31 of them
have been allotted seats in IIT
most sought-after institute.
A total of 1,55,538 candidates
waived only in cases where ap-
plicants can establish that they
partments and withdrawal of
deemed university status for re-
rams into bus in other IITs, especially Bombay,
Delhi, Kharagpur and Madras,
Bombay, whereas IIT Madras is
second with 23 such candidates.
appearedforJEE(Advanced)held
on August 28. Of them, 40,712
will address the “strategic needs
of the country and/or, engaged
peated lapses.
The deemed provision was
MP’s Betul dist have additional allotment.
“This is a general trend in
Inthedistributionoftop1,000
rankers of the JEE Advanced-
qualified – 6,516 of them girls –
when results were out in
in preservation of cultural her-
itage”. Such applicants are
introduced to have more higher
educationinstitutionsattainsta-
IITs...the seat allotment at the qualified candidates, IIT Bombay September.Aspertheseatmatrix granted deemed status under tus of universities, because un-
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA end of the process is higher than has the highest number with an issued by JoSAA earlier this year, ‘De Novo status’. dertheUGCAct,1956,university
BETUL, NOVEMBER 4 thecapacityannouncedinitially. intake of 246 of them. It is fol- 16,598 seats were up for grabs Prof Kumar said the gover- status can be enjoyed only by
This happens because of condi- lowed by IIT Delhi with 210 can- across23IITs,including1,567su- nancestructureof deemed-to-be thoseinstituteswhichareestab-
ELEVEN PEOPLE, including two tions such as tie-breakingcandi- didates.IITMadrasandIITKanpur pernumerary seats for girls. universitieswillbesimilartothat lished to state or union laws.
children, were killed after the
AGASSI MEETS DHAMI SUV they were travelling in col-
lided with an empty bus at 27TH JUSTICE SUNANDA BHANDARE MEMORIAL LECTURE PRAYAGRAJ
Ex-tennis star Andre Agassi met Uttarakhand CM Pushkar
Need smaller units of governance for Man dies in

Singh Dhami on Friday. They discussed operations of the Jhallar in Madhya Pradesh’s
Andre Agassi Foundation in the state. Twitter/ @pushkardhami Betul district early Friday,
police said.
The accident occurred on police custody,
DIRECTORATE OF TOWN AND
Bhainsdehi road, about 36 km
from the district headquarters
around 2 am, Betul police con-
democracy to work: Abhijit Banerjee magisterial
COUNTRY PLANNING, HARYANA
Nagar Yojana Bhavan, Plot No. 3, Block-A, Sector
trol room assistant sub-inspec-
tor Shivraj Singh Thakur said. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
pattern of voting changes.
“There’s almost nothing that a
probe ordered
18-A, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh. “Six men, three women, a NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 legislator does that can really
Tele-Fax: 0172-2548475: 0172-2549851, five-year-old girl and a one-and- reach you (the voter). ASAD REHMAN
E-mail:tcpharyana7@gmail.com a-half-year-old boy died on the FOR INDIA’S democracy to really Therefore, the leaders on the LUCKNOW, NOVEMBER 4
web site www.tcpharyana.gov.in spot in the accident,” he said. work, it needs smaller units of ground matter very little for
Memo No. RCP-29-Loose/PA(DK)/2022/ 32121 Dated 21-10-22 Jhallar police station in- governance, Nobel laureate our voters. That’s a structural A 35-YEAR-OLD general store
charge Deepak Parashar said all Abhijit Banerjee said Friday. problem in our democracy,” owner died in police custody in
Public Notice 11 occupants of the SUV died in
theaccident.Accordingtopolice,
“There is a fundamental
problem with the design of
Banerjee said.
Justice Hima Kohli of the
the Daraganj area of Prayagraj
city hours after he was arrested
the deceased were labourers, our democracy which is that Supreme Court also spoke at the following a dispute with his
who were returning home from our states are way too large. event, recounting her memories neighboursovervehicleparking.
Amravati in neighbouring We have twenty times larger of Justice Bhandare. “Very few A magisterial inquiry has
Maharashtra. seats for Parliament than the Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee with former Supreme Court knowthatshejoinedlawcollege been ordered into the incident
PM Narendra Modi and CM United Kingdom has,” judge Madan B lokur and SC Justice Hima Kohli. Amit Mehra after she got married and she after the family of the deceased,
Shivraj Singh Chouhan ex- Banerjee said. had enrolled with the Lavkesh Sharma (35), alleged
pressed grief over the accident. Banerjee was delivering the Maharashtra Bar Council when that policemen assaulted him in
The PM announced an ex-gratia 27th Justice Sunanda Bhandare India has a population 20 times about their legislators. shewasamotherof two,”Justice the lock-up, causing his death.
of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the Memorial Lecture on the that of the UK, the UK has 656 Citing his field experiments Kohli said. Lavkesh was taken to the
deceased and Rs 50,000 to the “Democracy on the ground: seatsinitsParliamentcompared with Delhi municipal elections, Justice Bhandare was a for- Daraganj police station on
injured persons from the PM’s What works, what doesn’t and to 543 in India. He argued that Banerjee said that if voters are mer judge of the Delhi High Wednesday evening after a
National Relief Fund, the PMO why?” the vastsize makes it difficult for given information on the per- Court who died in office at the complaint was received against
said in a tweet. Banerjee said that although all voters to access information formance of those elected, their age of 52. him from a woman living in the
same neighbourhood over the
parking issue.
Dhoni moves Madras HC for contempt Prayagraj SSP (city) Santosh
KumarMeenasaidthatarequest
proceedings against senior IPS officer

byPrayagrajSSPShaileshPandey
has been sent to the District
Magistrate for a magisterial in-
any statement against Dhoni. quiry into the case.
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Despite the order, Kumar al- Prayagraj Superintendent of
CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 4 legedly filed an affidavit before Police (City) Santosh Kumar
the Supreme Court containing Meenasaid,“Whenhe[Lavkesh]
CRICKETER M S Dhoni has MS disparaging remarks against the was taken to the hospital, his
Sd/- (T.L. Satyaprakash, IAS) movedtheMadrasHighCourtto Dhoni judiciary and the senior counsel family members were with him.
Director General, Town and Country Planning, initiate contempt proceedings representingtheStateinthecases He suffered an epileptic fit. The
Dated: 19.10.22
Place: Chandigarh
Haryana, Chandigarh
Haryana Staff Selection Commission and issue summons to IPS offi- againsthim.Whenitwasbrought family said that he had a history
13595/HRY Bays No. 67-70, Sector- 2, Panchkula-134154 cer G Sampath Kumar for his al- who was the then IGP, from to the notice of the Madras High of epilepsy. We are waiting for
(www.hssc.gov.in) leged statements against the making any statement linking Court,ittookthesameonitsfilein thepost-mortemreport.Theex-
Haryana Staff Selection Commission ANNOUNCEMENT
Final Result for the post of Supervisor of Pubilc Work Department (B & R)
Supreme Court and certain sen- him to match-fixing and spot- December 2021. amination is being video-
Bays No. 67-70, Sector- 2, Panchkula-134154 ior counsels in the matter per- fixing of matches. He prayed the After obtainingconsentfrom graphed.”
Against Advt. No. 01/2020, Cat No. 21. taining to match-fixing. court to direct him to pay Rs 100 Advocate General R Police said the death took
(www.hssc.gov.in) On the basis of Written Examination, Scrutiny of Documents and
The case was listed, but was crore towards damages. Shanmugasundaram on July 18 place after Lavkesh “fell sud-
ANNOUNCEMENT Socio-economic criteria for the post of Supervisor of Pubilc Work
Department (B & R), against Advt. No. 01/2020, Cat No. 21, the not heard on Friday. By an interim order passed this year to file the contempt ap- denly ill” when he was taken to
Final Result for the post of Machine Tool Operator, of Public Works
Department (B&R), Haryana Against Advt. No. 01/2020, Cat No. 16. Commission has finalised and declared the result. The result has been In2014,Dhonifiledacivilsuit on March 18, 2014, the court re- plication, Dhoni moved against hospital for medical examina-
shown category wise and roll number wise and the marks secured by the
On the basis of Written Examination, Scrutiny of Documents Iast selected candidate in each category have been shown in the bracket.
to permanently restrain Kumar, strained Kumar from making Kumar on October 11. tion. “We received information
and Socio-economic criteria for the post of Machine Tool Advt. No. 01/2020, Cat. No.21, Supervisor(12 Posts) aboutaquarrel.Stationhouseof-
Operator of Public Works Department (B&R), against Advt. No. General (06 Post) ficer (SHO) Viren Kumar Mishra
01/2020, Cat No. 16, the Commission has finalised and declared 1721030003 1721030010 1721030024 1721030047 1721030089 1721030129 reached the spot with his team
the result. The result has been shown category wise and roll (50.00)
General Waiting and took Lavkesh in custody. At
number wise and the marks secured by the Iast selected candi- 1721030008 1721030084 the hospital, he was first tested
date in each category have been shown in the bracket. (48.00) for Covid-19 but was found neg-
Advt. No. 01/2020, Cat. No.16, Machine Tool Operator(07 Posts) SC (02 Post)
General (05 Posts) 1721030065 1721030066
ative. But then he was taken sick
1616020020 1616020021 1616020036 1616020135 1616020145 (42.00) anddied.Thebodyhasbeensent
(53.00) SC Waiting for post-mortem examination,”
General Waiting 1721030042 1721030064
1616020120 1616020139
said SP Meena.
(40.00)
(50.00) BCA (02 Post) Lavkesh’s brother
SC (01 Post) 1721030068 1721030104 GhanshyamSharma(45)alleged
1616020011 (34.00) that he saw “injury marks on his
(44.00) BCA Waiting
SC Waiting brother’s body”. “Around 3 pm
1721030128
1616020096 1616020108 (34.00) on Thursday, I got a call in Jaipur
(39.00) BCB (01 Post) that my brother was taken to a
BCA (01 Post) 1721030026
1616020099
hospital where he was declared
(39.00)
(51.50) BCB Waiting
dead. He had no medical condi-
BCA Waiting 1721030100 tion. When my mother met
1616020042 1616020128 (30.00) Lavkesh in the lock-up, he told
(47.00) ESM GEN(01 Post)
CRITERIA ADOPTED FOR SELECTION her that the police had beaten
1721030116
1.) WRITTEN EXAMINATION....................................................90-MARKS (50.00) him up. We saw injuries on the
2.) SOCIO ECONOMIC CRITERIA............................................10-MARKS CRITERIA ADOPTED FOR SELECTION faceandotherpartsof thebody,”
TOTAL:- 100-MARKS 1.) WRITTEN EXAMINATION.......................................................................90-MARKS
NOTE:-
said Ghanshyam.
2.) SOCIO ECONOMIC CRITERIA..............................................................10-MARKS
1. Selection of all above candidates is subject to the biometric and TOTAL:- 100-MARKS
Socio-economic marks verification and other qualification by the NOTE:-
department, biometric/facial verification of any candidate fails 1. Selection of all above candidates is subject to the biometric and
during joining or at any other stage or if candidate is found taken Socio-economic marks verification and other qualification by the
fake/false benefit of Socio-economic criteria, then he/she will be department, biometric/ facial verification of any candidate fails dur-
ousted from the selection list and candidature may also be can- ing joining or at any other stage or if candidate is found taken
fake/false benefit of Socio-economic criteria, then he/she will be
celled. All candidates are intimated to produce & submit certifi- ousted from the selection list and candidature may also be can-
cate issued by Tehsildar/Executive Magistrate/SDM regarding celled. All candidates are intimated to produce & submit certificate
'No Govt. job in family' under socio-economic criteria at the time issued by Tehsildar/Executive Magistrate/SDM regarding 'No Govt.
of joining to department. job in family' under socio-economic criteria at the time of joining to
2. While every care has been taken in preparing and uploading the department.
result, possibility of inadvertent/technical errors cannot be ruled 2. While every care has been taken in preparing and uploading the
out. The Commission reserves the right to rectify the same later on. result, possibility of inadvertent/technical errors cannot be ruled out.
3. The result is also available on the website of HSSC i.e. The Commission reserves the right to rectify the same later on.
www.hssc.gov.in. 3 . The result is also available on the website of HSSC i.e.
Sd/- www.hssc.gov.in. Sd/-
Secretary Secretary
Haryana Staff Selection Commission Haryana Staff Selection Commission
13576/HRY Dated:-03.11.2022 13570/HRY Dated:-03.11.2022
New Delhi
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PM did not praise 1992-93 riots: SC asks HC Book cops who
me, just shared
facts: Gehlot
to speed up dormant cases It directed the sessions court Thestatehadprovidedthetop essary compliance”, the SC said,
dealt with Unnao
rape complaint,
says Delhi court
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE to dispose of the pending case at court the break-up of the com- adding it will also have to also
counters Pilot
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 the earliest. The top court also pensation paid and added that monitorcompliancewiththedi-
askedtheHighCourttoissueap- whileatotalof168weremissing, rections issued by it as regards
THE SUPREME Court Friday propriatedirectionstothecourts thefamiliesorotherdetailsof108 payment of compensation to all
asked the Bombay High Court to inwhichthesecasesarepending. persons could not be traced and categories of victims.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE initiate steps to speed up cases “The High Court must ensure therefore could not be paid. On thepleafor actionagainst ANAND MOHAN J Says there is ample
JAIPUR, NOVEMBER 4 related to the 1992-93 commu- that the concerned courts take Taking note, the Supreme erring police officials, the SC NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4
nal riots that are dormant owing appropriate steps for tracing the Court set up a committee notedthatintermsof therecom-
material to show
RAJASTHAN CHIEF Minister totheaccusedbeinguntraceable accused. The state government headed by the Member mendations of the commission, A DELHI court Friday held that offence by three
Ashok Gehlot on Friday coun- or absconding. will have to set up a special cell Secretary of the Maharashtra FIRswereregisteredagainstnine inaction by three policemen on policemen
tered former Deputy CM Sachin A bench of Justices S K Kaul, for tracing the accused,” it said. State Legal Services Authority to police officials. the 2017 Unnao rape complaint
Pilot’s potshots at him saying ASOkaandVikramNathalsoset Nine hundred people died look into the records relating to Two of them were dis- wasapunishableoffenceanddi-
that PM did not praise him but up a committee to monitor ef- and2,036peoplewereinjuredin 108 missing persons and asked charged and seven were acquit- rected that charges be framed The mother of the Unnao
merely shared facts, and that he forts to compensate the families theviolenceandpolicefiring.The the state government to nomi- ted, which was also upheld by against them. rape victim had made the alle-
doesn’t have any internal chal- of 108persons“missing”follow- courtsaid“therewasafailureon nate a Revenue Officer, not be- theSC.Pointingoutthatthestate The direction came after the gation of rape against Sengar on
lenges within the party. CMAshokGehlotsaysthere’s ing the incidents. the part of the state government low the rank of Deputy Collector did not challenge these acquit- CBI submitted to the court that June 4, 2017.
Talking to journalists in nointernalchallengein the The court said this in its tomaintainlawandorderandto andapoliceofficernotbelowthe tals, it said: “The state should thethreeofficers whodealtwith Following the registration of
Baran, the CM, asked about in- RajasthanCongress judgement on a 2001 petition protect the rights of the people”. rank of Assistant Commissioner have been vigilant and proactive the case, in which former a POCSO (Protection of Children
ternal challenges in the party, which sought directions to the The state government had of Police as its other members. in these cases. Now it is too late Bangarmau MLA Kuldeep Singh from Sexual Offences Act) case
said: “Therearenochallenges.In Maharashtragovernment“toac- through a resolution dated July “The Committee shall moni- in the day to direct the state to Sengarwas convicted,hadfailed against Sengar, the CBI had
politics, every person has some Dham as a national monument, cept andact on the findingof the 8, 1993 decided to give financial tor the efforts made by the state examine whether the orders of in their duties. launched an investigation to ex-
ambition, hum kyun bura second being a railway project Sri Krishna Commission”. assistancetopersonsaffected by government to trace the family acquittal deserve to be chal- Additional Chief amine the role of police officials,
maanein (why should we mind from Ratlam to Dungarpur via The bench noted that of a to- riots and the serial bomb blasts. members of missing persons, lenged.” The SC said though the MetropolitanMagistrateDeepak district administration authori-
it?). Every person has ambition Banswara, and third being a na- tal of 253 riot-related criminal On July 22, 1998, it was also de- whose addresses are not avail- state had accepted most of the Kumar said: “In the considered ties and hospitals.
and should have it too. The dif- tionwide implementation of the cases, one was still pending cided by way of a second resolu- able and also to ensure that recommendation of the com- opinionof thiscourt,thereisam- The CBI foundthatthese offi-
ference is in approach; I don't state government’s Chiranjeevi while97aredormant,aspointed tion to provide compensation of those eligible persons who have mittee on police reforms, “but ple material on record which cers “had neither properly en-
want to say anything more, just Health scheme. out in an affidavit submitted by Rs2 lakh to legal heirs of the not made procedural compli- what remains is the implemen- prima facie discloses commis- quired nor ensured proper en-
that we all should fight and win He said had the PM consid- the state. missing persons. ances are assisted to make nec- tation part”. sionof offencepunishableunder quiry of the allegations
the next elections together as ered his requests “then I would section166A(publicservantdis- particularly related to the inci-
this is in the public interest not haveagreedthathewaspraising obeyinglaw,withintenttocause dent of 04.06.2017. Moreover,
just for Rajasthan, but for the
country.”
On Wednesday former
me. He (PM Modi) said that
among the lot of Chief Ministers
(during his term as CM), he
Doctor’s chance discovery during walk leads injury to any person) IPC by the
accused persons.”
The accused persons had ar-
they had not mentioned about it
in their findings in their reports
submitted to senior officers/au-
deputy chief minister Sachin
Pilot had said: “The statements
given by the Prime Minister yes-
(Gehlot) was the senior; and to-
day too, he is the senior-most
among the CMs. He shared facts.
to 132-year-old tunnel at Mumbai hospital gued that no case was made out.
One of them, Kunwar Bahadur
Singh,theformerCircleOfficerof
thorities.”
“Accused no. 1 Kunwar
Bahadur Singh, the then CO,
terday (on Gehlot), his praises... I don’t consider this as praise”. pital authority about the same. SafipurinUnnao,hadsubmitted Safipur; accused no. 2 D.P.
I believe it’s very interesting, be- Gehlotadded:“Ishowedhim EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE On Wednesday, the hospital thathewasentitledfordischarge Shukla, the then SHO, PS Makhi
cause the Prime Minister had the mirror, that you have MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 4 authority along with the help of as he was notresponsible for the andaccusedno.3DigvijaySingh,
praised Ghulam Nabi Azad sim- ghamand (haughty)thatyouare labourers, pulled down the vent actsandomissionsonthepartof the then SI had not performed
ilarly in Parliament, and we all a very popular Prime Minister in A 132-YEAR-OLD tunnel, which anddiscoveredthe 132-year-old the other accused — then Makhi their duties as per the statutory
saw what happened. I find it in- the world. So wherever you go, was constructed during the tunnel there. The tunnel, which police station SHO D P Shukla mandate mentioned herein
terestingbutitmustnotbetaken you are respected because you Britishera,wasdiscoveredatthe spreads over three different di- and then SI Digvijay Singh. above in respect of rape incident
lightly.” are from Gandhi’s country.” oldest government-runhospital rections,ismade of brick and ce- AccordingtotheCBI,Digvijay of 04.06.2017 even after receipt
Asked about this “praise”, In his address at Mangarh — Sir JJ Hospital — in Mumbai on ment, with a concrete roof. Singh had prepared an inquiry of the first information of cog-
Gehlot said: “What praise? He Dham,whereGehlothadshared November 2. The foundation “We always knew that there report into the mother's com- nizable offence and had failed to
shared facts. He did not talk stage with Modi, Gehlot had stone of the 200-metre-long was a tunnel below the nursing plaint calling it “baseless and record the information being
about my performance. I would said: “When PM Modi goes tunnel has the year 1890 carved Thetunnelunderthehospital’snursingcomplex. Ganesh Shirsekar college, but there was no official false”. The court dismissed public servant thus they have
have considered it praise if he abroad, he gets immense re- on it. The nursing college — Sir map to it,” said Dr Pallavi Saple, Kunwar Bahadur Singh’s plea. It disobeyed the law and have
would have agreed to my respect... because he is the PM of Dinshaw Maneckji Petit Baronet the hospital dean. The tunnel said the charges should be committed the offence under
quests.” the country of Gandhi, where building — at the hospital prem- medical officer of the hospital developed a crack. Following in- wasusedasadeliveryroom,said framed against all three on section 166A of the IPC,” the CBI
Gehlot said he had three re- the roots of democracy are iseshadcementventsatthebot- who often takes a walk near the spection,hesuspectedthatthere the hospital officials. January 6 next year. told the court.
questsforthePM,noneof which strong and deep, and where tom of it. premises of the nursing college, was a tunnel at the building's
wereconsideredbyhim;firstbe- democracy is alive even after 70 Dr Arun Rathod, resident hadnoticedthatoneof thevents basementandinformedthehos-
ing declaration of Mangarh years.”
I-T searches at two Cong

Jharkhand MLAs’ houses
Jaimangalhadstatedthathedoes
ABHISHEK ANGAD notownanyimmovableproperty.
RANCHI, NOVEMBER 4 According to a PTI report, the
I-T Department is conducting
THE INCOME Tax Department the searches as part of an inves-
on Friday conducted searches at tigationintotaxevasion charges.
the residential premises of two Jaimangal had been in the
Jharkhand Congress MLAs — news after he had filed a com-
Kumar Jaimangal and Pradeep plaint in Jharkhand, leading to
Yadav — sources familiar with the registration of a zero FIR, fol-
the development said. lowing the arrest of three
Jaimangal alias Anup Singh is Congress MLAs in West Bengal
a legislator from Bermo, while withRs50lakhincashonJuly31.
Yadav,whojoinedCongressafter He alleged a bid to topple the
splitting from the JVM-P, repre- JMM-Congress-RJDgovernment
sentsPoreyahat.Vehiclesbearing in thestate,withanofferof Rs10
Bihar registration number pur- crore per MLA and claimed that
portedly belonging I-T officials the three MLAs had lured him to
werespottedoutsideJaimangal's meet Assam Chief Minister
residence. Sources in Godda also Himanta Biswa Sarma — an alle-
confirmed the presence of I-T of- gation termed “fraudulent” by
ficials at Yadav's residence. BJP leaders.
According to reports, In 2021, too, Jaimangal had
Jaimangal purportedly told the filed a similar complaint, saying
media that people who don't lis- attempts were being made to
tentotheBJP,theirhouseswillbe “destabilisethecoalitiongovern-
raided. In his election affidavit, ment in Jharkhand”.
MHA ADVISER FLAGS LOW OCCUPANCY
Ensure consent before

constructing houses,
paramilitary forces told
to take them where the houses
MAHENDER SINGH are under construction. If it ap-
MANRAL pearsthatthehousesthereareno
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 longeruseful,thenthenumberof
housestherecanbereducedand
TAKING NOTE of the low occu- theycanbebuiltasneededinthe
pancyof housesbuiltforperson- future,” he further said.
nelof centralarmedpoliceforces On September 1, Home
(CAPFs),oneof theadvisersof the MinisterAmitShahhadlaunched
Ministryof HomeAffairs(MHA), the “CAPF e-AWAS” web portal
SudheshKShahi,wantsDirector and it is expected that the hous-
Generals (DGs) of paramilitary ingsatisfactionratio(HSR)which
forces to get consent of the per- was around 33 per cent in 2014
sonnel for occupancy before go- and 48 per cent today, will in-
ing ahead with such projects. crease by 13 per cent without
In his letter on September19, construction of new buildings.
Shahisaid:“Ithascometotheno- Before CAPF e-AWAS portal,
ticethatalargenumberofhouses houses could be allotted only to
constructedatmanyplacesarely- thepersonnelofaforceforwhom
ingvacant.Thiscanmeanthatthe they had been constructed, re-
houses are built in places where sulting in low occupancy. Now,
the personnel are not willing to under the e-Awas portal, vacant
takethem.”Therefore,itisneces- houses will also be available for
sarythatwheneveraconstruction personnel of other forces.
is planned, the viewpoint of the In the last eight years, more
force personnel should be taken than 31,000 houses have been
into whether the location suits constructed, more than 17,000
them or not, Shahi wrote. houses are under construction
Shahi also underlined that and there are proposals to build
building the sanctioned number 15,000 more.
of housesinthenameof authori- Shahi has requested all the
sation was not a “proper deci- DGs that they should keep in
sion”.“Pleasereviewalltheongo- mind while preparing the hous-
inghousingconstructionprojects ing plan in future that the force
at your level to see whether the personnel were willing for allot-
forcepersonnelwouldbewilling ment of the houses.
New Delhi
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You can never have too much butter.
— Julie Powell
FOUNDED BY
Return to crisis
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RAMNATH GOENKA
Pakistan will continue to come back to the brink
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
periodically until it resolves its basic dysfunction
DAY AFTER ATTACK Sharat Sabharwal

Army is cornered by a politician. Imran Khan is not out to
AFTER WITNESSING AN unprecedented clumsy attempt on Khan's life, knowing full we are seeing a democratic revolution un-
repair civil-military imbalance for the sake of democracy press conference by the director general of well that it would boost his popularity. fold in Pakistan.
S
ISI, Pakistan’s ongoing political crisis has re- However, these are desperate times for the To begin with, while opposing the army
HOT AT WHILE leading a rally of supporters in a “long march” from Lahore to verted to the familiar — assassination at- armyleadership.Theirattemptstotamehim leadership, Imran Khan has also been be-
Islamabad, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan narrowly escaped an attempt tempt on a popular political leader. While have failed so far and his anti-army, anti-US seeching them to give him an early election.
on his life on November 3. One person who overpowered the assailant on the leading the “long march” of his supporters narrative,callingfor anendtothecorruption That he sees the centrality of the army in
spot was killed. The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf leader, who took a bullet in his leg, to Islamabad, former Prime Minister Imran of the old political players and an au- Pakistan’s political system continuing is also
wasamongtheseveninjured,buthehasannouncedthatthemarchtothecapitalwillcon- Khan got shot in the leg on November 3 in tonomous Pakistan acting in its own inter- clear from his strong opposition to the
Wazirabad, Punjab— a provinceruledbyhis est, continues to gain ground. The DG ISI de- Shehbaz Sharif government appointing the
tinue. Pakistan has a grim history of assassinations, and an even worse record of failure
party. He is undergoing treatment in a scending from his high pedestal to address next army chief upon completion of General
to track down those behind these acts. The likelihood that investigators will establish the Lahore hospital and his condition is report- apressconferencewasameasureof thisdes- Bajwa’s extended tenure on November 28.
truth behind the attack on Khan is, therefore, dim. This can only add to the welter of al- edly stable. peration. Moreover, botched assassination Much has also been said about the sympa-
ready existing conspiracy theories, fuelled in no small part by the Army's and the ISI's The incident, which was quickly con- attempts by the army are not unknown. The thy for Khan in the army rank and file.
role in Pakistan's politics, their shadowy deals with the political class, judiciary, religious demned by the top leaders of the Pakistan attempt in 2014 on the life of popular TV an- However, they all have a deep interest in the
extremists and terrorist groups. This is the political culture that Khan has successfully DemocraticMovement(PDM)andtheInter- chor, Hamid Mir, for which he accused the survivalof thearmycitadelthatensurestheir
exploited, both by being part of it and by attacking it at his convenience, and turned into Services Public Relations, triggered protests then DG ISI, is an example. perks and privileges and would stand to-
by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters It is critical for Imran Khan to sustain the gether if it is threatened by a civilian leader.
a tidalwave of support for his movement for “haqeeqi azaadi”orrealfreedom.It is tempt-
across Pakistan, including outside the resi- political momentum and he is using this in- Moreover, the army as an institution has rid-
ing to think of this as an unprecedented civilian moment in Pakistan. But Khan is not out dence of the Peshawar Corps commander. cidentto up theante. The PTI has announced den out the popularity waves of other polit-
torepairthecivilian-militaryimbalancefordemocracy's sake.HeisfuriouswiththeArmy The federal government has asked the nationwide protests after Friday prayers on ical leaders in the past.
chief and the ISI for staying “neutral” and not helping him remain in power. His aim, and Punjab government to constitute a special November 4, which would continue till his The current situation is primarily a prob-
the reason for this “long march”, is to disrupt the status quo, force an early election and investigation team to probe the assassina- demands are met. His long march to lem for General Bajwa, who carries the bur-
return to power, and to compel the Army and ISI to be supportive of his ambitions, which tion attempt and promised the necessary Islamabadin May thisyear had fizzled out as den of six years of incumbency and active
help. The Pakistani media has put out the he was unable to mobilise enough numbers. political engineering that has triggered the
includes theappointmentof asupportiveArmychief aftertheincumbent,GeneralQamar
video of a suspect under detention, in which Since then his popularity has grown and the PTI attack on his reputation. He has repeat-
Javed Bajwa, steps down this month end when he is due to retire. he claims he shot at Khan for “misleading” The periodic turmoil in PTIhasgainedofficeinPunjab,therebymak- edly said he would doff his uniform on
The Pakistan Army has not been cornered in this manner by a civilian politician since the people. However, other reports mention Pakistan is a reminder of the ing it easier for it to mobilise crowds. November 28, but doubts persist about his
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Its responses, such as the press conference by the head of the ISI — a that at least one more pistol-wielding per- complex challenge that India However, even as Khan has mounted pres- intentions. He would be keen to see, at the
historic first for an organisation that thinksof itself as above questions — have given away son was at the spot. sure on his opponents, he is also reportedly very least, the appointment of a successor
Pakistan’s past record suggests that the faces. The Pakistani state has inback-channelcontactswiththearmylead- sympathetic to him. Therefore, more than
its vulnerability. Ironically, however, the politicians, including Imran Khan, are waiting
truth may never be known. No convincing been troublesome for us, but ership.Therefore,alast-minutecompromise, being about the future of political actors, the
for the Army to intervene to resolve a conflict that now seems intractable. But even if the
Army intervenes, there is no guarantee of a negotiated ending to this stand-off. With
answer has been given till today regarding a meltdown in Pakistan which brings forward the election due in the current tussle is about who becomes the
the culprits behind the assassination of would be no less so. We have normal course in the last quarter of 2023, Chief of Army Staff on November 29.
Khan poised toreturn if elections are held, itseemsthe Army'seffort will be toensure that Benazir Bhutto, also a very popular leader, in should not be ruled out. The periodic turmoil in Pakistan is a re-
its next move secures its own interests. On previous occasions when the Army has felt its 2007. Going forward, we are likely to hear little leverage over Pakistan’s Even though the denouement of the on- minder of the complex challenge that India
power and supremacy undermined, it has responded in ways that have shifted the scales two narratives: The PTI blaming the army internal developments, but going political crisis remains uncertain, faces. The Pakistani state has been trouble-
firmly back to the military. and the government and Imran Khan’s op- there is a need to adopt a Pakistan is likely to see greater turmoil in some for us, but a meltdown in Pakistan
ponents blaming the polarisation caused by the coming days. What is also certain is this would be no less so. We have little leverage
The constant churn in India's western neighbour is destabilising for the region. In the more nuanced policy,
him since his ouster from power or alleging may not be the last such crisis for Pakistan. over Pakistan’s internal developments, but
absence of any diplomatic engagement, the rather fragile relations between India and
thatheorganisedafalseflagoperationtoadd keeping in mind the sizeable It will continue coming back to the brink there is a need to adopt a more nuanced pol-
Pakistan are being held up only by means of an unwritten ceasefire that began in 2003, tohispopularity,whichthisincidentwillcer- constituency in Pakistan periodically until it resolves its dysfunction icy, keeping in mind the sizeable con-
and was salvaged from near breakdown last year. Both the Indian and Pakistan armies tainly end up doing. that questions the caused, inter alia, by the civil-military im- stituency in Pakistan that questions the en-
must ensure that Pakistan's political troubles do not impact that achievement, which has Given the current mood in Pakistan, the balance. trenched interests responsible for Pakistan’s
PTI’s narrative is likely to have more takers.
entrenched interests Yet another political protégé — Imran dysfunction, notably the stranglehold of the
kept the peace along the Line of Control for 21 months.
Khan has blamed Prime Minister Shehbaz responsible for Pakistan’s Khan — turning against it has added to the army that continues to place its institutional
Sharif,InteriorMinisterRanaSanaullahKhan dysfunction, notably the challenge of the Pakistan army in maintain- interests above those of the Pakistani peo-
OVER TO EGYPT
and the head of the Counter-Intelligence stranglehold of the army that ing its prime position in national affairs. An ple.
wing of the ISI, Major General Faisal Naseer army tank displayed in Peshawar being van-
and calledfortheir immediate removalfrom
continues to place its dalisedbyprotestorsaftertheattackonKhan The writer is a former diplomat and author of
office. However, it is hard to see the logic of institutional interests above is a powerful image of this challenge. India’s Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a
Climate diplomats at COP-27 must address challenges the powers-that-be in Pakistan making a those of the Pakistani people. However, it may be hasty to conclude that Complex Relationship
unleashed by the Ukraine conflict, complete unfinished tasks
T
HE 27TH CONFERENCE of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that begins on November 6 was not
LAW IS NOT ENOUGH

slatedtobeamajormilestoneintheParisPact'scalendar.However,severalde-
velopmentshavecombinedtomakethenearlytwo-week-longmeetatSharm
El-Sheikh in Egypt crucial for the agreement's success. The Ukraine conflict has led to
diplomatic realignments that have major implications for cooperation between nations
— a key requisite for the success of the Paris processes. It has pushed nations to redraw
their energy plans, the implications of which for decarbonisation remain unclear. In the Nations, nuclear and non-nuclear, must come together for a nuclear-free regime
near term, the crisisseems to havejeopardisedone of COP26's majorachievements— the
near-global consensus to cut down coal use.
COP26inGlasgowwasthefirsttestfortheParisPact'sambitionupscalingmechanism.
Fali S Nariman
Intherun-uptothesummit,anumberof studiesrevealedthattheemissioncutsproposed
after the landmark deal would be insufficient to prevent temperatures from rising be- IN THE PAST few days there has been much pression to a variety of means that can be were ancient even in Rama's time. The
yond the I.5 degree Celsius threshold set at Paris. Ratcheting up the climate ambitions of talk (and considerable apprehension) about used for the purposes of fighting one’s en- judges also quoted from the Mahabharata to
nations was one of the contentious issues at Glasgow — it remained an unfinished task. the use of nuclear weapons as a result of the emy. They also said that the problem under emphasise the embargo on the use of “hy-
Ayearlater,only24countrieshavesubmittedupdatedclimateactionplans.TheUNFCCC's Ukraine conflict. consideration was universal, and the world per-destructive” weapons.
latest assessment reveals that the total mitigation commitments — if implemented — What is the law on the subject? Nearly court being a universal court, its composi- Equipped with the necessary array of
30 years ago the International Court of tion “should reflect the world’s principal cul- principlesandculturaltraditionswithwhich
will increase emissions by 10.6 per cent by 2030 — according to the Paris Pact, a 45 per
Justice was requested by the UN for an tural traditions”. to respond, all three judges at the ICJ felt that
cent emissions reduction is required to align with the 1.5 degree Celsius goal. The cur- Advisory Opinion “as to whether the threat Of special relevance in connection with internationallawcouldhavecontributedsig-
rent pledges put the world at risk of a 2.5-degree Celsius temperature rise by the end of or use of Nuclear Weapons in any circum- nuclear weapons (the three judges said)was nificantly towards rolling back the shadow
the century. On the agenda at Sharm El-Sheikh is forging consensus on a “mitigation pro- stance was permitted under International the ancient South Asian tradition regarding of the nuclear age. But it was not to be. Their
gramme”tokeeptheI.5degreetargetwithinreach.If thehistoryof theUNFCCCprocesses law”. In other words, could the use of nu- the prohibition of the use of “hyper destruc- dissent could only be addressed to “the
is anything to go by, this is not going to be an easy task. clear weapons be reconciled with the basic tive weapons”, as they used to be called in brooding spirit of the future”.
principles of humanitarian law? ancient texts. The celebrated Indian epics — Allthenationsof theworld—nuclearand
Climate tragedies in the past six months, including the devastating monsoon floods
Representatives of 22 nation-states ap- the Ramayana and Mahabharatha — were non-nuclear — must join together to estab-
in Pakistan, have pushed countries with negligible GHG footprints to demand compen- peared before the ICJ and made written and actually referred to in their Opinions: The lish a regime of a nuclear-free world. Why?
sation for damages. Finance has been a consensus breaker at most climate summits and
Rama warned Lakshmana
oral submissions. In the end, a majority of stories in these epics were regularly re–en- The following story from after World War II
in a world roiled by economic uncertainty, the possibility of rich countries loosening their 12 out of 15 judges said “that humanitarian
that the weapon should not acted through the length, and breadth of may illustrate the reason.
purse strings does not appear to be bright. That said, post-Paris, there seems to be a bet- law has to be read subject to an exception be used in the war because South and South East Asia as a part of the liv- J Robert Oppenheimer — the man who
ter understanding of shared global warming vulnerabilities. Will the climate compact, al- viz. that it permitted a State to use Nuclear such destruction en masse ing cultural tradition of the entire region. inventedtheatombomb—wascalledtotes-
Weapons in self defence when its survival was forbidden by the ancient Forinstance,theRamayanatoldthestory tify before the US Senate Armed Services
ready fragile, hold up in the face of challenges posed by the Ukraine conflict? Climate
was at stake, even where such use would of awarbetweenRama,princeof Ayodhyain Committee. The committee asked: “Doctor,
diplomats will have much work to do in the next two weeks to make sure that it does. otherwise be a breach of humanitarian law.” laws of war, even though Bharat, and Ravana, the ruler of Sri Lanka. In is there any defence against a nuclear
Alarming, but true. Only three judges dis- Ravana was fighting an the course of this epic struggle — described weapon?”Hepromptlyreplied:“Yes,peace.”
agreed — Judge Weeramantry of Sri Lanka, unjust war with an in minute detail — a weapon of war became This is why in the preamble to the con-
JULIE IN THE KITCHEN

Judge Shahbuddin of Guyana and Judge unrighteous objective. These availabletoRama’shalf brother, Lakshmana, stitution of UNESCO there is a sentence, ad-
Koroma of Sierra Leone. All three were from which could “destroy the entire race of the dressed appropriately to all of humanity,
the developing world. They said that the laws of war were ancient even enemy, including those who could not bear which reads: “Wars begin in the minds of
concept of the humanitarian laws of war in Rama’s time. The judges arms”. Rama warned Lakshmana that the men, and it is in the minds of men (and
Her bare-all style helped make food writing one of the most was not a recent invention, nor the product also quoted from the weapon should not be used in the war be- women) that the defences of peace must be
successful genres of the time of any one culture. It was deep rooted in
Mahabharata to emphasise causesuchdestructionenmassewasforbid- constructed.”
J
many ancient cultures — Buddhist, Hindu, den by the ancient laws of war, even though
ULIE POWELL’S FIRST book, Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously (2005), Chinese, Christian, Islamic and traditional the embargo on the use of Ravana was fighting an unjust war with an The writer is a constitutional jurist and
was so different from the usual food books that reviews were mostly dismissive. African. Each of these cultures had given ex- ‘hyper-destructive’ weapons. unrighteous objective. These laws of war senior advocate to the Supreme Court
Based on the popular blog, The Julie/Julia Project, that Powell had started to chroni-
cle her attempt to cook all 524 recipes from Julia Child’s 1961 classic, Mastering the
Art of French Cooking, its bare-all qualities didn’t appeal to critics who believed that its
NOVEMBER 5, 1982, FORTY YEARS AGO

“incontinence” did disservice to a respectful, respectable genre.
But Powell, 49, who died of cardiac arrest last week, was not writing for the critics.
Contemptuous of “pretty much all food writers” (with a few notable exceptions), Powell
hadnotimeforthestaidformalityof thegenre.Herwriting,whichbeganwiththeblogshe AKALI DEMANDS MET Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar after his
doctor declared his condition serious. His
that came up during the hour-long meeting
in New Delhi were Benazir Bhutto, acquisi-
startedin2002asa29-year-old,wasforotherslikeherself —“servantless”cookswhohad
unbounded enthusiasm for food and no training. It was all blood and guts, revelling in HOME MINISTER P C Sethi informed the Lok daughter-in-law, Begum Nasim Wall Khan, tion of US weapons and Afghanistan.
Sabha that certain areas of agreement had told reporters that while his friends were al-
Powell’smisadventures—forgettingtotrussthechickenforaPouletPoeleaL’Estragon,bal-
ancing a mixer on the trash can in her tiny kitchen, having a meltdown over watercress -
beenidentifiedconcerningthedemandsput
forth by the Akalis but hastened to add that
lowedtoseethe92-year-oldleaderatKhessi
rest house where he was earlier detained, no
DOMICILE LAW
- with a hearty helping of her personal life. If the establishment criticism stung — includ- intakinganydecision,thegovernmentcould visitors were being allowed at the hospital. THE CENTRE HAS asked chief ministers to
ingfromChildwhobelievedtheblogwasa“stunt”—thehugesuccessof thebook,followed not ignore the overall interest of national immediatelywithdrawdomicilerestrictions
by a hit movie starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in 2009 — more than made up for it. unityandintegrity.Whilerenewingtheinvi-
tationtoAkalileaderstotalks,Sethiappealed
CHINA FOR PEACE imposed on registration for jobs with em-
ployment exchanges.
Like Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential in 2000, Powell’s blog showed a differ-
entwayof writingandthinkingabout food.In an earlypost,shecomparedfoodtosexand to them to call off their agitation. PAKISTAN PRESIDENT Ziaul Haq, had told
death, as one of the “universals”, demanding for it the passion and depth that these two
Indian leaders during his recent visit that
DIPLOMATS AND DRUGS
subjects inspired. In writing about her life — including uncomfortable revelations about FRONTIER GANDHI ILL China wanted friendship between India and
Pakistan.MakingastatementinbothHouses AMERICAN DIPLOMAT, Leon Weight and his
her marriage — with the same urgency as she did about a “sexy” crown roast, Powell was THE DETAINED PAKHTOON leader Khan of Parliament. P V Narasimha Rao, Minister wife Erlinda were detained and contraband
instrumental in turning food writing into one of the most successful genres of our times. Abdul Ghaffar Khan has been shifted to the for External Affairs, said that other subjects valued at Rs 23 lakh at Delhi airport.
New Delhi
13 THE IDEAS PAGE

THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022 WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
“Mr Khan is a dynamic, fearless leader, but he should consider the danger he may be
putting himself in. Bullet-proof glass and protective gear may look unseemly, but
they are unfortunate necessities for public leaders of his stature in a country like
Pakistan. ” — DAWN,PAKISTAN
A question of numbers My yatra and I

A thousand kilometres into the Bharat Jodo Yatra,
We need five earths if everyone were to live like an American. The Indian answer
my walk is becoming a yatra. The walk
will be sustainable consumption
accumulates, the yatra sheds
faction of judging and imagining my moral
superiority to those whom I dislike. Time
wears down the logic that allows me to
place people in convenient categories.
With it ends my logic and my appetite for
social performances. I yearn for stillness.
Only communions seem to endure
RAM RAJYA Time's tests. The bright smile, the shiny
by Ram Madhav Sachin Rao eyes, the scream of gay abandon and the
excited wave of tiny hands from the chil-
dren. The old women, amazed at being ac-
ONNOVEMBER15,theworldpopulationwill A THOUSAND KILOMETRES in, I begin to knowledged, gathering themselves,
cross eight billion — it crossed six billion in understand this journey anew. It is a cun- pulling their sarees around their heads
October1999 and weaddedanother twobil- ning compact that I have been lured into. with a solemn face and folded hands, re-
lionintwodecades.DemographersattheUN I have been handed a magic wand that al- sponding with far more respect than I de-
predict that the planet will have 9.8 billion lows me to ignore for five months, with- serve. The embarrassment of the lady
people in 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100. out guilt, the obligations that demand my standing behind the line of men when she
India will be the world’s most populous time, why I am even allowed to sound pi- realises after 5 seconds of my fervent wav-
country by 2050 with its population cross- ous as I do so. That long pending article, ing that I will not relent until she waves
ing1.65billion.Chinawillseeadeclineinthat that overdue meeting, the promised visit, back and the subversive wave she throws
year and its population will reduce to 1.3 bil- that mountain of administrative minutiae, back my way. These and communions like
lion.Indiawillpeakinthatdecadeandthere- “… it will have to wait… I am on the them alone seem impervious to the work-
after, the numbers will start to recede and Yatra... yes, THAT one…yes, difficult, but ings of Time.
settle at 1.1 billion by 2100. so important… thanks but it is the least Eventually, so subtly that I cannot pin-
Forsomedemographers,populationcon- one can do…”. point when, Time leaves me. I find myself
cerns are ill-founded. Rachel Snow of the UN In return, I am obliged only to put one alone with my walk. I am in a place where
World Population Fund, for example, says foot in front of the other. An act so instinc- the expanses are vast and all things sim-
that the world population growth is slowing tive that it is literally mindless in its simply are. Despite the noisy crowds, there is
down with more than 50 countries register- plicity. The one condition is that steps must silence. Despite my moving legs, there is
ingapopulationdecline.ContrarytotheUN’s be repeated to the point where it will mo- stillness. Despite the milling people, there
projectionof 11.2billionpeopleontheplanet nopolise my existence. 15,000 steps, eat, is solitude. It is in this solitude that a Yatra
by 2100, Snow insists that it would reduce to sleep, 15,000 steps, eat, sleep, repeat. begins to emerge from my walk. There is
8.5billionbythen.“Eightbillionpeopleispo- I call the compact cunning because, much I am yet to learn about this Yatra but
tentially eight billion new ideas that will in- contrary to what I have led myself to be- there are some things I sense.
C R Sasikumar
crease food production, very cool ways for lieve, the walk is not a test of my legs by a The walk is travel. It is conducted with
people to learn on the internet… I am much Similarly, countries in the Muslim world are of newcountrieslikeEastTimor,SouthSudan road long and hard. It is, instead, a test of intent. It is driven by a rationale, under-
more optimistic,” she says. registering higher population growth rates – and Kosovo and said “when there is a popu- my soul by Time, gentle yet relentless. My taken with a plan. It has a form, a begin-
Superabundance, a new book published 1.5 per cent, compared to the rest at 0.7 per lation imbalance, new countries are created. feet soon develop calluses that shield ning, a direction, a route and a destination.
by Cato Institute earlier this year, argues that cent. The Muslim population in the world is Countries are divided”. them from the rigours of the road. But The Yatra is flow. It emerges from submis-
populationgrowthwasactuallyagoodthing. expectedtoreach2.2billionby2030,accord- Thereisasilverliningthough.Globally,the there is nothing to shield me from the sion. It unfolds as it chooses. Its existence
“On average, every additional human being ing to the PEW Research Foundation. Egypt, populationgrowthratesaredecliningandthat power of the vast store of time with which consists of a single step and yet it exists in
createdmorevaluethanheorsheconsumed. the largest Arab country, had a population of includes Muslim populations as well. I been left alone. every step. The walk is recorded. It is meas-
This relationship between population 25 million in 1960, almost equal to that of Althoughtheycontinuetobehighwhencom- I soon discover the ways of Time. It ured in kilometres, days, headlines, peo-
growth and abundance is deeply counterin- South Korea. Six decades later, while South paredtoothercommunities,thefertilityrates does not overpower me, it simply outlasts ple and Twitter trends. The Yatra is expe-
tuitive,yetitistrue,”authorsMarianTupiand Korea’s population doubled, Egypt’s grew by amongMuslimstooarefalling.Thistrendwas me. Anything that I am keeping alive with rienced. It is measured in the Truth of a
Gale Pooley argue. more than four times to cross 110 million. underscored by the National Family Health effort, no matter how tiny, shrivels under Yatri and the timeless echoes she leaves in
Not all agree with the “optimists”. Many PEW data projects the global Muslim Although they continue to Survey in India. The total fertility rate (TFR) — the unwavering gaze of Time. her wake. The walk accumulates; shoes,
rightlybelievethatmorepeoplemeansmore population to be 2.8 billion (30 per cent of be high when compared to the number of children each woman gives Theories, plans and grand designs die caps, bags, gamchas. Scars, slogans, friends.
mouths to feed, more exploitation of re- the world) by 2050 and the Christian popu- other communities, the birthto—isascientificwayof projectingpop- the swiftest deaths. My theories about the Memories and pictures, lots and lots of pic-
sources and more carbon emissions, which lation to be 2.9 billion (31 per cent). Hindus ulation growth. The TFR at around 2.2, with optimal hydration and nutritional strategy tures. The Yatra sheds. Needs, attachments,
are detrimental to nature. Prime Minister will constitute around 15 per cent of the
fertility rates among each family having a minimum of two chil- neededtowalk25kmaday.Theplantoget fears and possessions. Performances, anx-
Narendra Modi flagged this concern a cou- world population by then. Muslims too are falling. This dren, is considered a balanced demographic everyone to walk in a disciplined phalanx. ieties and certainties.
ple of years ago. Cautioning that population Data on religion needs to be carefully trend was underscored by growth.In1951,theTFRamongMuslimswas The grand design of ending each day with The walk projects a message. It is
explosion will cause many problems to fu- analysed. Between 2010 and 2050, about the National Family Health over5.4andthatamongHinduswasover3.2. Gandhi’sbhajansandspinningthecharkha. crowds, mobilisation and rallies. It is a
ture generations, he lauded those who stop 750 million Christians and 350 million According to recent data, the corresponding Performances meet a similar fate. The broadcast of ideas in songs and slogans,
“tothink beforebringing a child to the world, Hindus will be added to the world popula-
Survey in India. The total figuresforMuslimsandHindushavedropped loyal karyakarta, cheerful in sacrifice, a videos and speeches. The Yatra reminds
whether they can do justice to the child, give tion. But in the corresponding period, about fertility rate (TFR) — the to 2.36 and 1.94 respectively. heroic slogan and song on his lips. The pi- people of themselves. It is connections,
them all that she or he wants”. Having 1.2 billion Muslims will join the global pop- number of children each French philosopher Auguste Comte’s ous satyagrahi, spewing wise saws to “ed- sealed with a smile, a wave, a meeting of
“smallerfamiliesisalsoaformof patriotism,” ulation. In the four decades, the Christian woman gives birth to — is a comment,“demographyisdestiny”,maynot ucate the masses”. The grimly determined the eyes, established one person at a time
he said. share of the world population is projected be completely true, yet different interested soldier, feet scarred but flag held aloft. but each connection undertaken on behalf
Most people tend to agree with PM to remain at 31.4 per cent while Hindus’ scientific way of projecting parties interpret it differently. A warped un- TheseandmanyothercharactersthatIplay of all humanity. The connections are a gen-
Modi’s observations. But demographics is a share will decrease from 15 per cent to 14.9 population growth. The TFR derstanding of Comte leading to viewing meet ignominious ends as time wears on. tle awakening and an invitation to redis-
complex, and often contentious, subject. per cent. But the share of the Muslim pop- at around 2.2, with each women as reproductive machines must My ego’s capacity for gratification is recover that which binds us. The connection
Incidentally, the developed West and China ulation will increase from 23.2 per cent to family having a minimum of change. silient but eventually it too tires of the gifts, may well be between two people but the
took a grimview of population growth in the 29.7 per cent. Thepopulationwillcontinuetogrow,but thanks and the celebration of my “sacri- love upon which they are based echoes far
last century and attempted population con- Indiatoocannotduckthistrend.By2050, two children, is considered a it needs to be balanced growth. In our eager- fice”. The thrill of the attention of impor- and wide.
trol. By the turn of this century, both coun- India is expected to have over 1.3 billion balanced demographic ness to make it “destiny”, we shouldn’t make tant people and the selfies I get with them. The walk celebrates me. The Yatra dis-
tries witnessed low birth rates and conse- Hindus,whiletheMuslimpopulationislikely growth. In 1951, the TFR it into a peril. We should be able to provide The swell of self-importance that comes solves me. The walk begins and one day it
quently, a slowing down of population to reach 311 million, making it the country better living standards to the generations to with every appearance in the media. Time ends. The Yatra is eternal. We discover it
among Muslims was over 5.4
growth. with the largest Muslim population. come. We need five earths if everyone were robs these intoxicants of their power to and if we are fortunate, we become one
But at the same time, countries in the de- It is here that the recent call given by RSS and that among Hindus was to live like an American. As Gandhi said, na- amuse. My response becomes jaded. I am with it. A walk rejuvenates parties, mo-
veloping world, including in the Middle East chief Mohan Bhagwat for “a comprehensive over 3.2. According to recent ture can offer a free lunch, if only we control going through the motions. bilises voters, energises workers and wins
and Africa, continue to register higher popu- population control policy, which should ap- data, the corresponding our appetite. The Indian answer will be sus- Social rituals hide deep in my subcon- elections. The Yatra, as Mohandas
lation growth rates. It is projected that by ply to all equally, and no one should get any tainable consumption. scious. So deep that they go unnoticed, Karamchand once said, “in its own gentle
2100, close to 40 per cent of the world pop- concessions”,becomesrelevant.Drawingat-
figures for Muslims and even as I perform them. But eventually, way, shakes the Universe.”
ulationwillberesidinginAfrica.Thatisevery tentiontothechallengesof unbalanced pop- Hindus have dropped to The writer is member, board of governors, time wears down the layers and forces May a billion Yatras bloom.
secondpersonintheworldwillbeanAfrican. ulation growth, Bhagwat cited the creation 2.36 and 1.94 respectively. India Foundation them into the glare of awareness. The Jai Hind. Jai Jagat.
peaked attention and deference to those
whom I hold as more powerful than me. Sachin Rao is in charge of Training and
The gratification of companionship, cama- Sandesh for the Congress party. He is
raderie and cliques with the select few I walking on large parts of
The work of worship

regard as being my own. The smug satis- the Bharat Jodo Yatra
In Karnataka, it has uses — as a smokescreen for poor governance LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Janaki Nair
GUJARAT ELECTIONS FOR CREDIBILITY
EMBLAZONED ON THE entablature of boards either the Bhoomi puja for that work, Visvesvaraya,twinningthearchitectwiththat traffic flows. THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Three in THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘The right
Karnataka’s Legislature Building, also called or celebrating its completion, sometimes cash crop “revolution”. Karnataka’s Amrit Kaal has, meanwhile, Gujarat’ (IE, November 4). Gujarat, be- tick’ (IE, November 3). The proposal
Vidhana Soudha, are the words years later, with another puja. No divinity Fosteringworshipintheseextendedand breachedthesacrosanctcitadelsof bourgeois ing the home state of Narendra Modi, floatedbyElonMusktointroduceapaid
“Government’s Work is God’s Work”. Chief seems to protect Bengaluru’s long-suffering deepened forms is both an assertion of priv- privilege—thegatedcommunity.Forlong,the acquires tremendous significance verification model to Twitter can actu-
Minister Kengal Hanumanthaiah, who con- citizenswhoenduredislocatedvertebrae,de- ilege and a statement of government prior- rich had retreated behind the secure and sec- whenever state elections come calling. ally make the platform more account-
ceived the then extravagant building, was lays, and death from the unending misery of ity.ButitisAmritKaalforHindusalone.Letus ularwallsthatassuredthemofwhattherestof Meanwhile AAP — buoyed by its suc- able to its users. A verified account gar-
not destined to occupy that office after the potholed roads. notforgetanotherfirstpioneeredbythestate thecitysorelylacked—planningitself.Inare- cess in the Surat Municipal Corporation ners more eyeballs and is perceived to
edifice was built. Not only was he censured The work of worship has thus become a in 2021, the Karnataka Religious Structures centhigh-decibelradioadvertisementselling elections of 2021 and also taking heart be a credible source of information.
for the extravagance, but the scales were serious preoccupation of the Karnataka gov- (Protection) Act, passed to “save” religious thisdreamspacetothegullible,thepromised from the Congress running BJP close in Twitter account verification has been
tipped, after state reunification in 1956, in ernment in action. In 2021, Muzrai Minister structures in public places, against a 2009 facilities included, not just gyms, walking the last elections — is going all out to free until now, and they have the right
favour of the now dominant Lingayat com- ShashikalaJolleannouncedthatBalipadyami Supreme Court Order. Meanwhile, as tracks, 24-hour water, electricity and security make its presence felt in the state. to suspend or ban the account if they
munity, with S Nijalingappa at the helm. —theannualreturnof thegoodkingBaliwho Karnataka witnesses this explosion of gov- — all staples of the past — but “temples”. However, it is to be noted that the ad- decideitviolatestheircommunitystan-
Nijalingappa, in turn, may have found in was vanquished by Vishnu — would be cele- ernment-inducedpiety,therighttoworship The joyless worship that suffuses verse situation of the 2017 assembly dards. Twitter should use the new rev-
those words a resonance with Basavanna’s bratedinallgovernment-runtemplesasgau of othercommunitieshasbeencurtailed,dis- Karnataka’s public life today is in sharp con- election for the BJP is now a thing of the enue stream to engage agencies to fact-
famous vachana on “kayakave kailasa” puja.Inthepastweek,theChief Ministerhim- rupted, or simply ended. Not just the attacks trast to the festivities that surround the ar- past. With an indifferent Congress, the check and flag objectionable content.
(about the body as the abode of worship), self endorsedandendowedthecow-worship on Christian prayer halls, and the bogeys of rival of the goddess Durga and her family in most that AAP can expect is to become Sudip Kumar Dey, Barasat
whichiscommonlyunderstoodasanexhor- programme with advertisements in all the “conversion” that led to one of India’s most Kolkata in autumn. Thoughtful, creative and the main opposition.
tation to find piety in labour.
TheBJPgovernmenthasaggressivelypur-
major Kannada newspapers. It is as if
Karnataka is twitching with the purpose of
draconian anti-conversion laws. The violent
oppositiontomorningazaan,andagainstna-
sociallysensitiveartcombinedwiththemo-
ment of worship make for a mass spectacle
Vijai Pant, Hempur
LESSONS FROM ELA
sued an inversion of the adage in its gover-
nance. For the last three years, beleaguered
making up for more than a century of social
peace,freeof “cowprotection”disturbances.
mazinpublicplacesaresignsof thenewpriv-
ilege.Anaccidentaltouchbyayoungboyof a
in which millions partake. No doubt, the vi-
sual space is cluttered, not just with mind-
PUBLIC’S DEVOTION THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The gentle
revolutionary’ (IE, November 4). Ela
citizenshavebeenaccostedatthecrossroads, Since the race in Karnataka has of late “holy” stick in Kolar’s Bhutamma temple led numbing advertisements, but repetitive im- THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The mys- Bhatt's life is a testament to how self-
onbusshelters,andbeenblitzedvianewspa- been to both mimic and surpass Uttar to his family being fined Rs 60,000. The fam- aging of the Chief Minister. Still, the viewing tery of devotion’ (IE, November 4). less service for the marginalised can
pers and most other media with every con- Pradesh’s record on all registers, the Maha ily of a two-year-old who, untutored in the publicisabletoisolatethevisualpleasuresof With so many nefarious accusations bring revolutionary changes at the
ceivableformof“God’sworkisGovernment’s Kumbha Mela of the south at the Triveni delirious irrationality of caste prohibitions, each distinctive puja pandal, participate in made each day, and a lot of them later grassroots. The SEWA movement of
work”.TheKarnatakaPreventionofSlaughter Sangam — the confluence of the Cauvery- ran into a temple at Koppal, was fined Rs playful conversations with the goddess, and found to be malicious and false, it ham- unorganised workers and street ven-
and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, was Hemavathi-Lakshmana tirtha in Mandya 25,000.TheDalitsof Yadgirhavehadtoenter stand in awe of the laborious piety that pro- pers the trust of the public in the jus- dors still stands as one of the finest ex-
passedentirelywithoutdebate,buttherewas District — came as a fresh opportunity. It is a temples with police protection. But state induced these artistic sites of worship. tice system. Such is the clout and sway amples of cooperative movements.
no missing an important first: Ministers K part of the “invention of tradition” to which tervention is weak and reluctant. Karnataka,ontheotherhand,asitpreparesto of these godmen that people consider Though her demise has created a void,
Eshwarappa,PrabhuChauhanandotherscer- theKarnatakaBJPiswedded.Nowscheduled Thenewgovernmentpriorityisdeclared worship Kannada Bhuvaneswari on them an avatar of god. It is, hence, er- she has left us her life’s work to learn
emoniously worshipped two bovines within tobeheldeverythreeyears,theKumbhMela inthepolice“protection”providedtothelong, November 1, will be commemorating a lan- roneously believed that the system is from. She has taught India some of the
the legislature building. Likewise, public may well eclipse the memory of the “green slow processions for Ganesh idol visarjan, guagethathasalreadybeenbeatenbyHindi, in the wrong and not the person ac- most valuable lessons in organising
works have now become new opportunities revolution” that was experienced in 1930s which threaded their way through Muslim imposed from above and below. Worship cused. This may be able to explain, at small merchants and vendors, which
for worship — essentially of the MLA, but in- Mandya, when the waters of the dominatedareas,holdinguptrafficonnights clearly has its uses, if only as a smokescreen least in part, the impunity these god- can be of great help in the era of e-com-
cidentallyofanassortmentofHindugodsand Krishnarajasagara dam vastly transformed whenBengaluruexperiencedtorrentialrains. for government helplessness on matters of men enjoy. merce companies.
goddesses.MLARaghuandhissupportersdo the landscape and the economy. To this day, Thenewpriorityequallydeclaresitself inthe governance. Divyam Khandelwal, Jaipur Abhishek Mishra, via email
not let even a small 50-foot stretch of road be bullock carts and tractors in Mandya are High Court ban on political rallies and pro-
repavedwithoutannouncingonmassivebill- adorned with images of sugarcane and M cessionsinMarchthisyear,ostensiblytoease The writer taught history at JNU
New Delhi
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10-I ûdUO-19 ¸fWf¸ffSe A±fUf dI Àfe ·fe ¸fWf¸ffSe, °f±ff AfI dÀ¸fI Af´fQf d³f¹fÔÂf¯f ¸fZÔ OÐ¹fcM e I S³ff ¶ff²¹fI fSe Wû¦ffÜ Secretary, Directorate of geology & mining utter Pradesh Letter No-2146/86-2019-52(lk0)/2019 Dt. 30.09.2019, G.O. issued from approved agencies before submission of bids.
UPID-1811104 Date-03/11/2022 (OX0 dõþZ³Qi ³ff±f)
No- 115(1)/86-2020 dated 15.01.2020 and other relevant Government orders, circulars for all the materials procured 6. Contractor should Quote their rates without GST, Which shall be paid extra as per applicable at the
from the quarries.
www.upgov.nic.in ´fi²ff³ff¨ff¹fÊ time of payment.
9. The bidders are required to submit Original receipt of Internet Banking of E-tender portal Account as per G.O.
No.-742/78-2-2018-42 I.T./2017 T.C., I.T. & Electronics Section-2 Dated- 03-12-2018 follows as :
7. The bidders are required to submit Original receipt of Internet Banking of E-tender portal Account
as per G.O. No.-742/78-2-2018-42 I.T./2017 T.C., I.T. & Electronics Section-2 Dated- 03-12-2018
OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (1) Online Tender Cost towards the cost of bid document (As per Column 6) by Internet Banking of E-tender portal
Account (Non Refundable). follows as :
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION-1, P.W.D MATHURA (2) Online Bid security (As per Column 5) by Internet Banking of E-tender portal Account. (1) Online Tender Cost towards the cost of bid document (As per Column 6) by Internet Banking of
(3) Original affidavit regarding correctness of information furnished with bid document as per provisions of E-tender portal Account (Non Refundable).
Short Time E-Tender Inviting Notice Clause 4.4 B(ii) of ITB as per G.O. No.-3070/78-2-2018-42I.T./2017(22)I.T. and Electronics Section-2 Dated- (2) Online Bid security (As per Column 5) in favour of designation of Column 8 by Internet Banking
03-01-2018. of E-tender portal Account.
Letter No :-1876/A-9/2022-23 Date :- 29-10-2022 10. To participate in the aforesaid tender process, category registered in building work in UP PWD will be eligible 8. Contractor Should Submit MM-11 for Royelty with each Payment Bill.
as per the limit prescribed in registration of respective category. But contractor should have experience (as per
1- The Executive Engineer, Construction Division-1, P.W.D, Mathura on behalf of bulding work T-2) in similar nature of work certified through experience certificate issued by executive engineer
(Sansveer)
Governor of Uttar Pradesh invites the Percentage rate bids from the eligible and or above rank. UPID NO 181169 Date 03/11/2022
Executive Engineer
11. The defect liability period will be two years calculated from the completion date. www.up.gov.nic.in Provincial Division, PWD, Mathura
approved Contractors registered with UP, PWD, road work. The Bidder may
(P.K. Sharad) (Anand Kumar)
submit bids for any or all of the works. Bidders are advised to note the minimum Executive Engineer UPID NO.181127 DATE-03.11.2022 Superintending Engineer
qualification criteria specified in Clause 4 of the Instructions to Bidders to qualify P.D., P.W.D., Agra WWW.upgov.nic.in Agra Circle, P.W.D., AGRA
for the award of the contract.
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3
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29.00 2.90 860.00 Months
Zone PWD to D
Agra
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Zone PWD
Agra
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8
Jugsana to Foolpur Road
6.00 0.60 770.00 Months
Division-1 PWD
Mathura
Engineer Agra
Circle PWD Agra
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Zone PWD to D OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
Khurd Road Mathura Circle PWD Agra
Agra
PROVINCIAL DIVISION, P.W.D KASGANJ
Short Term Notice inviting E-Tender
Special Repair work of Chief
Engineer Agra Class A i=kad % 1741@17 , fnukad 31-10-2022
Mathura
15 Tilkagarhi to Bhagvangarhi 21.00 2.10 860.00 Months

Zone PWD to D
Road Mathura Circle PWD Agra
Agra The Executive Engineer, Provincial Division, U.P.P.W.D. Kasganj on behalf of Governor of Uttar Pradesh
invites the Percentage rate bids Online from the eligible and approved Contractors registered with UP, PWD,
Chief
Road work. The Bidder may submit bids for any or all of the works. Bidders are advised to note the minimum
Special Repair work of Three Ex.Er.Construction Superintending
Engineer Agra Class A qualification criteria specified in Clause 4 of the Instructions to Bidders to qualify for the award of the contract.
Mathura
16
Edalgarhi to Sall Road
33.00 3.30 860.00 Months
Zone PWD to D
Agra Bid
Estimated Cost of
Sl. Name of Work Security Time of Category of
District cost Document
No (Rs. in Completion Contractor
3- Time allowed for completion of above works is including Rainy Season. (Rs. in Lac)
Lacs) (in Rs.)
4- Bid document with detailed terms and conditions will be available online on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Special Repair of Aliganj Soron Road to 500+225+
website http://etender.up.nic.in and Prahari (http://wms.uppwd.gov.in/Prahari) 1 Kasganj
Chandpur Road 9.82 0.98 131=856
3 Month A BC D
from 11-11-2022 to 18-11-2022 upto 12:30 Hours. Bids must be submitted online 2 Kasganj
Special Repair of Aliganj Soron Road to
9.88 0.99
500+225+
3 Month ABCD
Shyampur Road 131=856
only at e-tendering portal of http://etender.up.nic.in in Prahari App with all
Special Repair of Nameni to Girdharpur 500+300+
documents as per G.O. No. 14/2020/879(1)/23-7/2020/176(lk0½@06 Dt. 3 Kasganj
Road 16.07 1.61 144=944
3 Month ABCD
25.08.2020 on or before 12:30 Hours on 18-11-2022 Technical Bid received online Special Repair of Badariya Barkula to 500+225+
4 Kasganj 9.32 0.93 3 Month ABCD
will be opened 19-11-2022 at 12.30 Hours. Lahar Road 131=856
Special Repair of B M Road to Mohini
5- The prospective bidders who do not posses Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) 5 Kasganj Mamoorganj to Nagla Bhim via Nagla 15.26 1.53
500+300+
144=944
3 Month ABCD
must get the same issued from approved agencies before submission of bids. Nande Ghaat Link Road
Special Repair of Khushkari Lodhipur to 500+300+
6- Contractor should Quote their rates without GST, Which shall be paid extra as per 6 Kasganj
Mubarikpur Road via Sujanpur Road 20.30 2.03 144=944
3 Month ABCD
500+225+
applicable at the time of payment. 7 Kasganj
Special Repair of Amanpur Sirhpura
Road to Sujarai Road 12.02 1.2 131=856
3 Month ABCD
7- Original MM-11 forms proof of royalty shall have to be produced at time of every 8 Kasganj
Special Repair with CC of B M Road to
9.44 0.94
500+225+
3 Month ABCD
Malhar Nagar Road 131=856
running bill in accordance to Principal Secretary, Directorate of geology & mining Special Repair with CC of Tarapur to 500+300+
utter Pradesh Letter No-2146/86-2019-52(lk0)/2019 Dt. 30.09.2019, G.O. No- Yakootganj via Siyarpur Toad 144=944
Special Repair of Amanpur Sirhpura 500+300+
115(1)/86-2020 dated 15.01.2020 and other relevant Government orders, circulars 10 Kasganj
Road to Beenpur Khurd via Bayali Road 21.37 2.14 144=944
3 Month ABCD
for all the materials procured from the quarries. 11 Kasganj

Special Repair of Etah Amanpur
19.38 1.94
500+300+
3 Month ABCD
Sahawar Road to Rampur Road 144=944
8- The bidders are required to submit Original receipt of Internet Banking of E- Special Repair of Salempur BB Road to 500+300+
tender portal Account as per G.O. No.-742/78-2-2018-42 I.T./2017 T.C., I.T. & Pachora Gujar Road 144=944
Special Repair of Kasganj Atrauli Road 500+300+
Electronics Section-2 Dated- 03-12-2018 follows as : 13 Kasganj
to Ferojpur (Sihola) Farjandali Road 26.36 2.64 144=944
3 Month ABCD
(1) Online Tender Cost towards the cost of bid document (As per Column 6) by 14 Kasganj
Special Repair of Dholna Athaiya Road
12.70 1.27
500+225+
3 Month ABCD
to Bahadurpur Road 131=856
Internet Banking of E-tender portal Account (Non Refundable). Special Repair of Kasganj Atrauli Road 500+225+
(2) Online Bid security (As per Column 5) in favour of designation of Column 8 to Karsari Hayatgarhi Road 131=856
500+225+
Special Repair of Ferojpur Road to
by Internet Banking of E-tender portal Account. 16 Kasganj
Karsari via Birhara Road 8.64 0.86 131=856
3 Month ABCD
(3) Original affidavit regarding correctness of information furnished with bid 17 Kasganj
Special Repair of B M Road to Kantor via
Khurrampur Link Road 17.54 1.75
500+300+
144=944
3 Month ABCD
document as per provisions of Clause 4.4 B (ii) of ITB as per G.O. No. 3070/78-2- Special Repair of B M Road to Mohini 500+300+
2018-42I.T./2017(22) I.T. and Electronics Anubhag-2 Lucknow Dt. 03.01.2018. Mamoorganj Link Road 144=944
9- The Defect liability period will be Two Years Calculated from the Completion Bids can be downloaded online from date 09.11.2022 at 12:00 Noon to 16.11.2022 at 12:00 Noon and bid can
be submitted online on or before 16.11.2022 at 12:00 Noon. The technical bids will be opened online on date
date. 16.11.2022 at 02:00 PM.
(Sanasveer) Technical evaluation of tenders is to be done by Prahari Software, the details of which are available in NIT
enclosed with Bid Document.
Executive Engineer All terms & conditions can be seen on website http:/etender.up.nic.co.in
Construction Division-1, P.W.D (Gulvir Singh)
UPID NO 181175 Date 03/11/2022 Executive Engineer UPID-181167 Date-03.11.2022
www.up.gov.nic.in Mathura UPID NO 181105 Date 03/11/2022
www.up.gov.nic.in Provincial Division, P.W.D., Kasganj www.upgov.nic.in
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REFLECTIONSONTHELIFEANDWORKOF
SCHOLAR-ACTIVISTGAILOMVEDTWHO The harvest of polluted air
MADEINDIAHERHOME,BYHERFRIENDS It’s the time again when stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana triggers emergency responses in Delhi.
&INTELLECTUALFELLOWTRAVELLERS But the pollution is not the product of farm practices alone — the weather also plays a key role
SCHOLAR-ACTIVIST Gail Omvedt died in across the global South Asian diaspora — AMITABH SINHA
Kasegaon near Pune on August 24, 2021 anywhere caste-oppressed people require NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4
aged 80. A year later, her daughter Prachi freedom from harm and the hope of a vi-
and a close circle of friends have compiled brant future.” THE HAZE and smoke over Delhi, which has
acommemorationvolumethatbringsalive Jodhka writes about the scholar Gail becomeanannualeventforaboutthreeweeks
the lively person, combative activist, and who “had continued to remain outside inOctober-November,hastriggeredatempo-
formidable scholar that Gail was. the institutional context of the university rary ban on construction activities and the
Remembering Gail Omvedt and Her teaching departments and research or- movementoftrucksanddieselfour-wheelers
Legacy has contributions from her family ganisations shine on complex social phe- that do not comply with BS-VI norms.
members,closefriends,associatesfromthe nomena”. The Supreme Court will hear a petition
anti-caste and peasant Chakravarti’s essay is an in- on agricultural stubbleburning in the north-
movements, academics, quiryintoherownevolutionasa ern states, considered the prime reason for
young Dalit activists who scholar and the pivotal role Gail the extremely bad air quality in Delhi-NCR.
saw her as friend, mentor played in that journey. It plots
and inspiration, as well as Gail’s own intellectual excur- Is agricultural burning the main culprit?
assessments/editorialsfrom sions in the worlds of scholar- At this time of the year, the burning of
newspapersandmagazines. shipconcerningcaste,class,gen- agricultural waste in Punjab and Haryana is
A large number of photo- der, patriarchy, women, land indeed the dominant reason for the smoke A thick haze of smoke has been hanging low above the national capital since Thursday morning. Abhinav Saha
graphs from family albums relations and ownership, farm- and haze over Delhi. The particulate matter
enrich the book. ing, alternate histories of from the burning contributes 30-40% of the
The book is a celebration
of a life lived full and in ad-
venture. The adventure is Gail Omvedt
Maharashtra and so on.
As Geetha writes, “Her
(Gail’s) studies of Phule and his
PM2.5 concentrations in Delhi’s air during
this time. It is the single largest source of
PM2.5levelsonmostdaysduringthisperiod.
rooting, or cutting, the stumps of the previ-
ous crop is time-consuming, and can delay
thesowingof thenextcrop.Sofarmersresort
Tighter norms on emissions
and clampdown on diesel
not just about how an Wikimedia Commons times, the non-brahmans in However,theweather plays a critical role totheeasieroptionof burningtheseremains.
American university grad- Bombay union politics, the rela- as well — a 30-40% rise in pollutants at any
uate from a White middle- tionship between communists, other time of the year would not cause the So is there no remedy for this situation?
class family in Minneapolis nationalists and the non-brah- same impact. Agricultural waste burning in Several solutions have been suggested,
travelled to India, found a man movement are very valu- Punjab and Haryana happens in the months and are being tried. These include sugges- front costs, and their servicing and mainte-
soulmate in a radical ac- able for what they tell us about of MayandJuneaswell,althoughatasmaller tions to change the crop cycle, deployment ANIL SASI nance tend to be more expensive.
tivist from rural the emergence of a distinctive scale. At that time, it accounts for about 15- of mechanised equipment for harvesting NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 WhileinIndia,thepushfordieselwaspri-
Maharashtra, became in- third sort of politics in late colo- 20% of PM2.5 concentrations in Delhi’s air. that wouldrenderburningunnecessary,and marily driven by the fuel price differential,
volved in peasant mobilisa- nial India. As much as national- Buttheairqualityoverthecapitalhardlyever conversion of this waste into something UNDERORDERSissuedonThursday, non-BS countries such as France, Germany, the UK,
tions and anti-caste agen- ism and communism, anti-caste becomes this bad. more useful, like a source of energy, which VI diesel vehicles must stay off the road in and Italy encouraged purchase of diesel cars
das, and set up home in a assertion was a response to the The reason is the weather, or rather, heat. can become an incentive for not burning. Delhi-NCR until the air improves. fromtheearly1990sonwardcitingtheadvan-
village in Western India. times, and its adherents strad- Hotter air rises higher above the surface, and Hundredsof croreshavebeenallocatedin The restrictions imposed on older diesel tageof dieselmillsusingfuelmoreefficiently.
It is also about a Uni- dled several political traditions, takesthepollutantsalongwithit.Thepollut- thelastfewyearstobuythenecessaryequip- vehicles over the years have coincided with Result:theshareof dieselcarsrosetonearlya
versity of California, seeking to align them along the ing particles are lifted 2-3 km above the sur- ment or to try out the alternative methods a gradual decline in the sales of new diesel third of Western Europe’s fleet by 2015.
Berkeley graduate, plane of a common justice.” faceorevenhigher,beforegettingdispersed. of dealing with this problem. But clearly, cars. In FY’21, petrols accounted for 76% of This trend was reversed after the
schooled in the radical cam- REMEMBERING PartnerBharatPatankar’slong DuringOctober-November,however,the these equipment and methods have not passenger car sales, nearly 10 percentage Volkswagen emissions scandal. With market
pus politics of 1960s
GAILOMVEDT memoir is a note of love about a air is not that hot. The pollutants are trapped been deployed effectively. points higher than the previous year’s 67% — sentiment turning, a number of European
America, immersing herself
AND HER LEGACY soulmate who was family, intel- and tend to get concentrated at lower levels even as the share of diesels fell to 17%. In countries followed Norway’s push for EVs. It
in the anti-caste move- (EDS) NAGMANI lectualcompanion,andfellowor- of theatmosphere,resultinginthesmokeand Would the ban on construction and FY’13, diesels were 50% of new car sales. was also increasingly noted that diesel cars
ments of Maharashtra, RAO, PRACHI ganiser. It is both a personal story haze situation that is being witnessed now. diesel vehicles work? While this decline was in part due to the emit higher levels of harmful pollutants such
reading class into caste and PATANKAR, as well as intellectual history, of Construction has a small contribution to fuel price decontrol that began in late 2014 — as particulates and nitrogen oxides.
vice versa, recognising the DILEEP CHAVAN, the restive ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, But why is agricultural waste burned? PM2.5 concentration. The particles released whichclosedthepricegapbetweenpetroland
radical potential in a farm- PRAMOD whennewmobilisations,theoret- This waste is the remains of the paddy from these activities are usually larger, and diesel — the bigger reason more recently has The BS-VI upgrade
ers’ movement (Shetkari ical inquiries and social move- crop after it has been harvested. This kind of addtoPM10concentrations.Banningof con- been the BS VI emission norms, which came The BS-VI norms leapfrogged the BS-V
MUJUMDAR,
Sanghatana), writing histo- ments were challenging estab- burning is not specific only to Punjab or struction, therefore, is unlikely to have any intoeffectonApril1,2020.Thecostoftechnol- stage. While in petrol vehicles the changes
ries of less-remembered ANOSH MALEKAR lished ideas of working class Haryana. However, the scale of burning in significantimpactontheprevailingsituation. ogy upgrades needed to meet the tighter needed to transition from BS-IV to BS-VI
peoples, movements, spiri- Aarsh Publications, politics.Thearticletravelsthrough these states is much bigger than elsewhere. Diesel vehicles, particularly older trucks, normsultimatelyforcedmarketleaderMaruti were limited to catalysts and electronic con-
tual traditions, and finally, Pune theUnitedStatesandIndia,differ- Even in these states, this practice is rela- are indeed important contributors to high Suzuki to pull the plug on its diesel options. trolupgrades,fordieselstheyentailedhigher
retrieving from the past Pages 306; `700 enttimezones,withnolinessep- tively new.Even 10yearsago, thecrop-burn- PM2.5 levels. And a ban on their movement costs and technical difficulties.
memories of forgotten an- aratingprivateandpublicworlds, ing problem was not this acute. canhelpinimprovingthesituationsomewhat. Diesel’s fall from grace Carmakers had to install three pieces of
cestors to present visions of a futurist personal and political inquiries. Theburningisnecessitatedbytheneedto However trucks, which are the biggest Because they use compressed air with no equipment — a diesel particulate filter, a se-
Begumpura, an abode free of sorrows, an Patankar writes: “Gail brings forward prepare the fields for the next crop in a very generators of pollutants in the diesel vehicle spark plug for the ignition process, diesel ve- lective catalytic reduction system, and a lean
egalitarian landscape. that there is no basic contradiction be- short window of time. Due to a slight shift in segment, are not allowed to move inside hiclesuse15-20%lessfuelcomparedtopetrols. NOx trap — to curb particulate matter (PM)
If scholars (fellow travellers) Uma tween Ambedkarism and Marxism. She the cropping pattern in these states, there is Delhi during the day in any case. In fact, the This translates into lower operating costs — and NOx emissions as mandated under the
Chakravarti, V Geetha, Kalpana does this in a very tender and loving man- now very little time between the harvesting movement of trucks only at night results in and because of the higher low-end torque, BS-VI norms. This meant a big reduction in
Kannabiran, Vibhuti Patel, and Surinder S ner which she learned from Buddha him- of onecrop andthe plantingof the nextcrop. a significant variation in thePM2.5 levels be- dieselistheprimarychoiceforutilityvehicles. emissionscomparedtoBS-IVdieselvehicles,
JodhkaamongothersspeakaboutGail’sin- self and Raidas, Tukoba, Soyrabai, The traditional method of manually up- tween day and night times. However,dieselenginesentailhigherup- but a spike in prices.
tellectual journeys and the insights she Chokhamela, and Namdev-Jananabai.This
How Governors can be removed from office

produced in her academic writings, a later is the bond that held us together through-
generation of Dalit activists are fuelled by outourlivesandmadeourcompanionship
her vision of Begumpura. romantic and creative.”
Thenmozhi Soundararajan, executive This book is about ideas, friendships,
director of Equality Labs, a Dalit civil rights politics, music,food, hope. Itbrimswith af-
organisation, writes: “Her intellect and fection for a romantic humanist (as Prachi removed by the central government. the Governor has any security of tenure, and son and without giving any opportunity to
practical but principled praxis has inter- describes her mother) who loved people EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Thus,aGovernorisarepresentativeof the if the President is obligated to show reasons show cause”, the power can’t be exercised in
generational impacts. As she transitions without inhibitions and imagined a world NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 Union government in states. Article 163 of for recalling a Governor. In Surya Narain an “arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable
from elder to ancestor, we will build on the without borders and inequities. the Constitution says the Governor will nor- Choudhary vs Union of India (1981), the manner”.
world of resistance her words broke open DMK leader TR Baalu has urged “all like- mally be aided and advised by the Council of Rajasthan HC held that the pleasure of the “The power will have to be exercised in
for Dalits like me. In her memory, we will Explained Books appears every minded MPs” to support a proposal ad- Ministers of the state except in functions President was not justiciable and the rare and exceptional circumstances for valid
continue shaping strong, growing move- Saturday. It summarises the core content of dressedtoPresidentDroupadiMurmu to re- which require his discretion. There is no pro- Governor can be removed at any time by the and compelling reasons… A Governor can-
ments for caste equity here in the US, and an important work of non-fiction. movetheTamilNaduGovernor,RNRavi.The vision for impeaching the Governor. President withdrawing pleasure. not be removed on the ground that he is out
DMK’s call comes as Governors in several In BP Singhal vs Union of India (2010), the of sync with the policies and ideologies of
non-BJP-ruled states, including Kerala and Governor-state relations Supreme Court upheld that “no limitations theUnionGovernmentorthepartyinpower
Punjab,haveexpressedstrongdisagreements Althoughenvisagedasanapoliticalhead, or restrictions are placed on the ‘at pleasure’ at the Centre. Nor can he be removed on the
with state governments on various issues. the Governor enjoys certain powers under doctrine”, but that “does not dispense with ground that the Union Government has lost
Drishti IAS Appointment and removal
the Constitution,such asgivingor withhold-
ingassenttoaBillpassedbythestatelegisla-
the need for a cause for withdrawal of the
pleasure”.
confidence in him,” the Bench ruled. It held
that if a sacked Governor comes to the court,
Admissions Open (English Medium) Under Articles 155 and 156 of the ture, assenting to the convening of the state This ruling was in response to a PIL filed the Centre will have to justify its decision.
Constitution, a Governor is appointed by the legislative Assembly, and determining the byBJPleaderBPSinghal,whochallenged the In 2014, when the BJP government came
GENERAL STUDIES (P+M) FOUNDATION BATCH President and holds office “during the pleas- time needed for a party to prove its majority, removal of the Governors of Uttar Pradesh, topower,itwasclaimedthat thecentralgov-
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS ure of the President”. If this pleasure is with- generally after a hung verdict in an election. Gujarat, Haryana, and Goa in 2004 by the ernment was pushing Governors to quit on
Political Science & IR Sociology Public Administration Philosophy drawn before the five-year term, the These powers have been flashpoints re- Presidenton the advice of thenewly-formed their own, instead of recalling them. In
Law History Geography Hindi Literature Governor has to step down. As the President cently, such as in Maharashtra in 2019. UPA government. August 2014, the SC agreed to examine a pe-
works on the aid and advice of the Prime In its judgment, the Bench said while the tition by then state governor Aziz Qureshi,
Karol Bagh, Delhi | Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi | Prayagraj | Jaipur
Minister and the Union Council of Ministers, What courts have said President can remove the Governor from of- challenging the NDA government’s push to
8010440440 www.drishtiias.com
in effect, the Governor can be appointed and Questions have been raised on whether fice “at any time without assigning any rea- make him quit the post.
A vision for women’s empowerment: the story of Ela Bhatt’s SEWAIdea born of struggle fact that women from diverse social and TheUnorganisedWorkersSocialSecurity
LEENA MISRA Bhatt, who passed away in Ahmedabad community backgrounds work together in Act (2008), National Rural Livelihoods
AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER 4 earlier this week, belonged to a family of the organisation. Mission (2011), and Street Vendors Act
freedom fighters. Her ideology was shaped The organisation took a conscious deci- (2014),areseenassuccessesofSEWA’sstrug-
SEWA, THE Self Employed Women’s by the freedom movement, her training as siontokeepmenout.Bhatt wrote,“Initially, gle. The PM Street Vendors Atmanirbhar
Association set up by Ela Bhatt in 1972, has a lawyer, through her association with the I was open to the idea of men joining our Nidhi (PM-SVANidhi) scheme is seen as be-
achieved something that no company, con- Textile Labour Association, and experience union struggles, because I felt that they inginspiredbySEWA’smicrofinancemodel.
glomerate, or perhaps even government of lifeintheslumsthroughherlatehusband would lend more strength to SEWA; how- Among the many institutions launched
has achieved in India — the creation of a Ramesh,aneconomist.Ahmedabad,where ever, the women emphatically refused. bySEWAisaclothinglinenamedafteritsold-
truly effective employment support pro- she was born, and Surat, where she went to They said they would feel inhibited with estartisan,Hansiba,whichhascollaborated
gramme for women who are among the school — cities that were powered by the men around, and they believed men would withFrenchandBritishdesignerstotakethe
country’s poorest and most marginalised. textileindustry—partlychartedhercourse. dominate and create tensions. ethnic embroidery of Gujarat to the world.
Over 50 years, SEWA has built over four The closure of two major textile mills in Ela Bhatt (above) “In addition, they felt that the issues that Hansiba collaborated with Sabah, a liveli-
dozen institutions for the poor and by the Ahmedabad in 1968 gave Bhatt her first in- set up SEWA in were important to women were different hoodsupportorganisationinPakistan,toor-
poor,andtoempowerpoorwomenworkers sight into the extent of women’s involve- 1972. Archive from those important to men. Another ma- ganise a fashion show in 2013. Apart from
— founded on the principle that “the poor ment in running homes. As the men agi- jorbutunspokenreasonwasthatthewomen DelhiandMumbai,HansibaretailsinEurope,
don’t need charity, they need an enabling tated for reopening the mills, the women wanted to keep their earnings and savings Australia, the Americas, and Japan.
mechanism to strive and come out of the vi- worked to earn their families’ livelihoods. The Story of Self-Employed Women in India. Latin America. private — if not secret — from the men.” In Ahmedabad, SEWA sells vegetables
cious circle of poverty and vulnerability”. “They sold fruits and vegetables in the Ithashelpedrehabilitatewomeninper- grown in its farms, pulses, and spices.
SEWA, as Bhatt always said, is a trade streets;stitchedintheirhomesatpiece-rate Women at centre, everywhere sonal, and even political or social crises, by Pathbreaking initiatives During the pandemic, SEWA launched
unionof womenwho“didnotneedtocome for middle-men; worked as labourers in With an annual membership fee of just empowering them through skilling and As early as in 1974, SEWA Bank was es- Anubandh, an e-commerce platform to
togetheragainstanyone,theyjustneededto wholesale commodity markets, loading Rs 10, SEWA allows anyone who is self-em- training. From embroiderers of Kutch and tablished to provide small loans to poor connectsellerswithbuyers,tokeepkitchen
come together for themselves”. And by this and unloading merchandise; or collected ployed to become a member. Its network is Banaskantha to rag-pickers and vegetable women — an initiative that was recognised fires burning through the lockdowns.
act of coming together, these women gave recyclable refuse from city streets”, she spread across 18 Indian states, in other vendors in Ahmedabad, SEWA has brought bythe InternationalLabourOrganisation as LONGER VERSION
themselves a voice. wrote in her book,We Are Poor But So Many: countries of South Asia, in South Africa, and them all in its tent. SEWA takes pride in the a microfinance movement. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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Fresh off the triumph of solving her
first case, Enola Holmes (Millie
Weighed Bobby Brown) follows in the foot-
COLD
steps of her famous brother,
Sherlock (Henry Cavill), and opens
Down
her own agency — only to find that
life as a female detective-for-hire
isn’t as easy as it seems. Resigned to
accepting the cold realities of
adulthood, she is about to close
DOUBLEXL shop when a penniless matchstick
★★■ MILI astonishing resilience of the human girl offers Enola her first official
★★ spirit is celebrated. The best ones know job: to find her missing sister. The
Director:Satram Ramani how to ratchet the tension, building up just case proves to be far more puzzling
Cast:SonakshiSinha,HumaQureshi, Director:Xavier Mathukutty the right rhythm. Mili, helmed by the same than expected.
ZaheerIqbal,MahatRaghvendra Cast:ManojPahwa,JanhviKapoor,Sunny director who did the 2019 Malayalam origi-
Kaushal,RajeshJais,VikramKochhar, nal, is too long. The pace slackens in places,
BODY-SHAMING IS such a widespread Hasleen Kaur, Anurag Arora, Sanjay Suri and the bloat becomes the problem.
problem, especially when it comes to There are interesting details in here.
young women, that a film willing to Dehradun-based Mili Naudiyal (Janhvi
address the issue should become an SHUBHRA GUPTA Kapoor) is a dutiful daughter. Loving father
automatic draw. (Manoj Pahwa) shares her dreams — leaving
Double XL wants to tell us that size or WHAT HAPPENS to humans trapped in for Canada for a well-paid job as a trained
shapedoesn’tmatter,itiswhoyouareon sub-zero temperature? Mili, the Hindi nurse — while being oblivious to the secret
the inside that does. Such a refreshing remake of the Malayalam film Helen, makes presence of a jobless boyfriend (Sunny
premise, backed by two leading ladies us helpless witnesses to the horrors its lead Kaushal). The manager (Kochhar) at the fast
who appear confident in their skin, and character suffers — the dawning realisation food joint she works at is a bumptious boor.
their flesh. More so, given how size zero that she is all alone in a fast food outlet’s Hercolleaguesarefriendly,though,especially PONNIYINSELVAN:PARTI
has been celebrated by Bollywood, and walk-in freezer, that no one can hear her Hasleen(HasleenKaur)wholooksoutforher. PRIMEVIDEO
howthepossessionof washboardabshas desperate cries for help as the eatery’s doors What’s also interesting is the misogyny The historical drama, directed by
been made to stand in for talent. But are locked, and that the mall it is situated in that manages to come through while the Mani Ratnam, is based on the
sadly, what a badly done movie. has gone dark and deserted for the night. search for the missing Mili is on. A bluster- eponymous novel by Kalki
Meerut-based Rajshri Trivedi (Huma Mili’s plight is frighteningly plausible. ing cop (Anurag Arora) loses no opportunity Krishnamurthy, set in 10th century
Qureshi) has a dream. She is so desper- Human error and carelessness is a deadly to cast slurs on young women who are out Thanjavur. As circumstances force
ate to become a TV sports presenter that cocktail, and that’s how she finds herself ‘at night’ with their boyfriends, and who crown prince Aaditha Karikalan,
she is willing to go against her family’s trapped, her extremities turning colour as work late. But he is annoyingly heavy- his younger brother Arunmozhi
(screechy mum, resigned dad and sup- the hours go by, first red, then black, with handed, and the insertion of a good cop Varman and the emperor Sundara
portive grandma) desire to see her mar- frostbite, her entire body buffeted by the ex- (Sanjay Suri), who arrives in the nick of time, Cholar, to get separated, it is up to a
ried and ‘settled’. Delhi girl Saira Khanna treme cold. Will she get through the night? feels like a hurried contrivance. messenger Vandiyathevan to en-
(Sonakshi Sinha) is dating a muscle- Survival thrillers can be edge-of-the-seat As Mili, who learns how to survive sure the safety of the kingdom as
boundgymrat,butherheartissetoncre- experiences, where along with the impossi- impossible odds, with a lovable little rodent unrest grips the land.
ating her own designer label. ble situations intrepid humans find them- for company, Kapoor is earnest, and you can
Of course, everything is stacked selvesin—trappedinnarrowsnowycrevices see the work she has put in. The film should
against independ- where they have to chop off a limb to be able have been tighter, and that would have THEGOODBOSS
ent-minded young to survive, or gnawing at unmentionable made it better: my heart was in my mouth BOOKMYSHOWSTREAM
Zero nuance, women, whether it things while stranded on an island — the too few times. ThisSpanishdarkcomedyfeatures
major is the small-town JavierBardemintheleadasthe
Rajshri, who has no ownerof anindustrialscales
stereotyping.
idea how to deal manufacturingbusinesswhoworks
Double XL is a with females in
A Trip to
againsttheclocktoachievenew
massive short sheaths, or goals.WhileBardemreceivedpraise
the citified-but- forhisdeftportrayalof acomplex
opportunity confused Saira who corporatehoncho,theFernando
wasted.
Nowhere
thinks that she LeóndeAranoa-directedmoviewas
Crashing pity ought to be grateful selectedastheofficialSpanishentry
for male attention, fortheBestInternationalFeature
even if the man in Filmatthe94thAcademyAwards.
question is a disaster.
Next thing you know, our plus-sized
lasses are swanning around London, in MRSHARRISGOESTOPARIS
search of themselves. Two men are con- ★★★■
jured up by the harebrained plot:
Zorawar (Zaheer Iqbal), and Srikanth Director:AnthonyFabian
(Raghvendra), the former a London- Cast:LesleyManville,IsabelleHuppert,
based gofer in distressed jeans, the latter JasonIsaacs, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista,
a Tamilian fellow with a penchant for Lucas Bravo
weed and breaking into song.
Can’t have two women doing stuff on
their own, right, so yeah, assign SHALINI LANGER
them random ‘partners’, and who cares
if they don’t have anything going AT ONE crucial moment in this skeletal
between themselves. clotheshangerof afilm,MrsHarris(Manville)
This foursome hangs out in bars, is given a tour of the atelier in the House of
streets, buses, and sundry other loca- DiorinParis.Oneroomisforcutting,another
tions. There are songs and dances. There for sewing, and so on and so forth, the oohs MYBLUEBERRYNIGHTS
are jokes, mostly lame, wrapped in and the aahs filling up the failure to exactly MUBI
cliches. There are realisations. One of put in words what so many women in A heartbroken Elizabeth (Norah
them is Saira figuring out that she wants unfailinglywhiteclothesandcoatsaredoing dogstolookafter,astheytakethedancefloor back, even as workers are on strike and the condemn it? Jones) leaves her memories behind
to create a fashion line for all ‘attitudes’. with the many wisps of fabric. with another. So can a person like her, past streets of Paris are full of trash. At this time, No, the film isn’t about that either. A as she chases her dreams across
Err, what? This film by director Anthony Fabian is her prime, dream an impossible dream? the Dior staff seemingly see in Mrs Harris chance to showcase clothes as less than the the country. Picking up a series of
And there is Rajshri’s starry-eyed en- something like that, after a fashion — a lot of But the film is not about that. It’s not flashes of someone like them — mere cogs person who wears them but also an acqui- jobs to support herself along the
counter with a great cricketing star, in differentthingshopingtocometogetherinto something Mrs Harris does but a few quirky in a system. So is that why they open their sition that has forever maketh a man and way, the myriad of lost souls she
which she fangirls so much that all her a wholesome work of couture. And if strokesof luckthatlandherinmoneysothat home and hearts and offices to her? woman, is squandered in a confused mish- meets help her to understand the
vaunted sporting knowledge goes out of Christian Dior still comes out smelling of she can make a trip to Paris to buy her dream But the film isn’t about that either. After mash that is guilty about being both cele- journey as part of a greater
the window. Then what’s the roses and riches, the women the French Dior gown — like the kind she saw in an em- one brief scene when excited staff comment brating haute couture and dissing it. exploration within herself. This is
differencebetweenherandthethin‘bim- designer loved to dress get the shabby end ployer's wardrobe. Then, sheer kindness on her situation, a completely unnecessary Having appeared in a completely oppo- Wong Kar Wai’s first English-
bos’she,andthemovie,wantstocallout? of the deal. paves the roads to that fashion house and lovestorystokedby,of course,thelovelylady site role as this is a film also about high fash- language feature and the
And areall slim girlsdodos? Zeronuance, None worse than Mrs Harris herself who beyondforher,astheveryintelligentandsu- from London takes over. ion, Phantom Thread, Manville alone proudly impressive cast includes Jude Law,
major stereotyping. is, but of course, a devoted war widow, plus perb actor Manville is forced to apply the full Dior is luxury that not everyone can wears her entire honest being on her sleeve Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman.
Double XL is a massive opportunity a cheery housecleaner, plus an ill-treated force of her talents to ensure Mrs Harris is- afford — rather it actively discourages the — whether that sleeve belongs to her off-
wasted. Crashing pity. worker,plusaloyalfriend—oneof those“in- n’t more unpalatable than the story is. horrorof everyonebeingabletoaffordit.But the-rack dowdy cardigan, or made-to-wear
SG visible women” with whom men leave their It’s 1957, WWII blues are fading, luxury is is that enough to love it? Or, alternatively, Dior ‘Temptation’.
The Line is Dead

raise your hopes. There’s Jackie Shroff as
Atmaram, an evil black-robed monster who
lurespoordeadcreatureswhowant‘moksha’,
only to fool them till eternity. There’s Sheeba
SOMEONE MUST have thought this one line original: remember the still flat-out hilari- Chadha, as a wild-eyed, ‘ulte-pair-wali chu-
idea — two guys having some fun and games ous Hollywood comedy Ghostbusters and its dail’, who speaks Bengali accented Hindi. BRAHMASTRA
with a sizzling female ghost — was worthy sequels? But it’s one thing to lift an idea, it’s Sadly, her make-upis better thanherscenes. DISNEY+HOTSTAR
of being made. As someone shaken and quite another to turn it into a film with the Before you ask why Bengali, let me tell The visual extravaganza received
stirred, not in a good way at requisite smarts. And laughs. you that the writers are clearly pushing for probably equal amount of love
all, while suffering through PHONEBHOOT The appearance of Ragini national integration, with Gullu spouting and criticism even as it enjoyed
the excruciatingly unfunny ★ (Kaif),whoquicklyrevealsthat Tamil, Major a smattering of Punjabi (there’s commercial success. The fantasy
Phone Bhoot, can I please just she is a ghost on a mission, even a lush grey-haired ghostly creature adventure film, written and di-
say that the first someone Director:Gurmmeet Singh sinks the film even before it who breaks into a bhangra). There’s an rected by Ayan Mukerji, is
was wrong. So, so wrong. Cast:KatrinaKaif,Ishaan has taken off. Kaif has shown assembly of ‘bhoots’ in fancy dress in an headlined by real-life couple
Gullu(Khatter)andMajor Khatter,Siddhant that she can do well if given a underground cavern, careering and cavort- Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt,
(Chaturvedi) are mad horror Chaturvedi, Jackie Shroff, well-written role: remember ing. Shroff is the only one who is in on the while Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh
fans. We know this because Sheeba Chaddha Zero, where she was the only joke, getting to speak tapori, and call his Bachchan, Nagarjuna and Mouni
their bachelor pad, which thing worth looking at? Here, henchmen bhidu, when not flashing snarky Roy play other key characters.
some interior decorator has had fun with, is inslinkyleather,boots,andbangs,sheisgiven smiles and twirling a staff that shoots green Steeped in Indian mythology, this
dotted with crazy lights, weird masks, and some cheesy lines which could have flown if rays of light. film is touted as the Hindi film in-
scary red-eyed figures which look straight their delivery was not so flat. And that infects Somewhere struggling underneath this dustry’s answer to Marvel’s su-
outof aslasherRamsayflick.Asmoney-mak- the film from beginning to end. mess must have been a movie. But the one perpower sagas.
ing ideas go, going after ghosts is not madly Whenever other characters turn up, you we get is a wrong number. SG
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months. It had touched an all- the RBI held 785.35 metric tainty on Friday morning, after team was also partially
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The foreign currency assets the forex market to curb volatil- In value terms (USD), the sources said. The public policy this year sued the Indian govern- companyinOctober,heimmedi-
(FCA), a major component of ity in the rupee, which depre- share of gold in the total foreign teamwasalsopartiallyimpacted, ment oversomeof itscensorship atelyfiredsomeofthecompany’s
the overall reserves, rose by ciated by around 11 per cent in exchange reserves increased TheIndianExpresshaslearnt.Atthe orders,callingitaviolationoffree top executives, including its CEO,
$5.77 billion to $470.84 billion reserves during the reporting The US Dollar Index (DXY) 2022, has also resulted in de- marginally from about 7.01 per timeofpublishing,theexactnum- speech. Withalargechunkof the Parag Agrawal, and chief counsel
in the reporting week. Even week was on account of valua- has fallen from around 112 at pletion of the country’s foreign cent as at end-March 2022 to berofTwitterIndiaemployeesim- policy team now gone, and Vijaya Gadde, among others.
gold reserves increased by $556 tion gains arising out of depre- the beginning of October to exchange reserves. about 7.06 per cent as at end- pacted as part of the mass layoffs Musk’s belief that the lawsuit The mass layoffs come as
million to $37.76 billion. ciation of the US dollar against around 111 at the end of the Meanwhile, the RBI’s report September 2022, the report couldnotbeascertained.Thecom- jeopardised the company’s busi- Musk finds himself under pres-
Experts said the surge in the major currencies. month. on management of foreign ex- showed. pany has 250-300 employees in nessinthecountry,thefateofthat suretogenerateprofitsatTwitter
the country. At around 4 AM on legal action looks unclear. afterbuyingthecompanyatanin-
KV Kamath joins RIL board

Friday,thecompanysentanemail Twitter did not respond to flated price. When he bought his
toimpactedemployeesacrossthe queries about the exact extent of first stake in Twitter, it was trad-
‘Most employers in services worldintheirpersonalmailboxes,

informingthemthattheywilllose
layoffsinIndiaandthefutureofits
lawsuit in the country.
ing at $33.03 per share and he fi-
nally closed the deal for $44 bil-
ENSECONOMICBUREAU Kamath,whowas
Speculation is rife that Jio
FinancialServiceshasplanstoen- sector keen on hiring in Q3’ access to Twitter’s internal sys-
temsincludingSlackandemails.
IntheUS,alawsuithasalready
been filed challenging Friday’s
lion, paying $54.20 per share. He
hasalreadysoldTeslastockworth
MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 tervarioussegmentsinthefinan- A majority of services sector employers are keen to expand Conversations with people mass layoffs. Twitter staff in morethan$8billiontofinancethe
chairmanandbefore cial sector. Former SBI that still had their jobs indicated Californiahavesuedthecompany deal. Even though Twitter is no
thatMD&CEOof ICICI workforce in Q3FY23, as per a TeamLease report
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES Ltd (RIL) Chairperson Arundhati anuncertaintyovertheirfutureat for violating the Worker longerapubliclytradedcompany
hasappointedveteranbankerKV Bank,isthechairmanof Bhattacharya is also on the RIL thecompany.Onestaffersaidthat Adjustment and Retraining after Musk’s takeover, it will still
Kamathasanindependentdirec- board. the “layoffs had no criteria what- Notification Act, which requires be accountable to private equity
tor on its board for five years. theNationalBankfor
FinancingInfrastructure
RSIL is an RBI-registered non- 73% soever, and the entire process companies to give 60-days ad- investors. Prince Alwaleed bin
Kamath, who was Chairman deposit taking systemically im- OF EMPLOYERS ARE seems like a game of Russian vance notice of mass layoffs. TalalbinAbdulazizofSaudiArabia
andbeforethatMD&CEOof ICICI andDevelopment portant (ND-SI) non-banking fi- EAGER TO INCREASE roulette”. Another said, “It’s [the Musk reportedly has inten- isnowthesecond-largestinvestor
Bank, is currently the chairman nancial company. As per the THEIR RESOURCE layoffs]reallyheavy.I’mhereasof tions of firing almost half of inTwitterafterMusk.Anotherin-
of the National Bank for demerger scheme, shareholders POOL THIS QUARTER now,untilmaybeI’mnot”.Athird Twitter’s 7,500 employees glob- vestor,ChangpengZhao,CEOand
Financing Infrastructure and conglomerate, also named of RIL will receive 1 equity share staffer said that some employees ally. “In an effort to place Twitter founder of bitcoin firm Binance,
Development.“KVKamathisnot Kamathasanindependentdirec- of JFSL at face value of Rs 10 each at the company had voluntarily on a healthy path, we will go haspreviouslyexpressedsupport
related to any Director of the tor and non-executive chairman. foronefullypaid-upequityshare resigned just before the global throughthedifficultprocessofre- for staff cuts.
Company. He satisfies the crite- RSIL will be renamed as Jio of Rs 10 held in RIL (entitlement ■ Thereportisbasedonasurveyof EXPRESSINGHIGHER
ria of independence prescribed Financial Services Limited (JFSL) ratio). Kamath started his career 579servicecompaniesin14cities INTENT:
under the Companies Act, 2013
andSEBI(ListingObligationsand
Disclosure Requirements)
andlistedpursuanttoaschemeof
demergerapprovedbytheBoard
of Directors.
in 1971 with ICICI. In 1988, he
movedtotheAsianDevelopment
Bank and spent several years in
acrossthecountry
■ Largefirms(79%),medium-
sizedfirms(45%)andsmallfirms
96%:InformationTechnology
95%:EducationalServices
92%:E-Commerceandallied
IndiGo Q2 loss widens by 10%
Regulations, 2015,” RIL said in a Kamath will continue as the South East Asia before returning (57%)haveallmusteredastrong Start-Ups Mumbai:InterGlobeAviation,the Thelossreportedwashigherthan gins. However, the total revenue
regulatory filing. independentdirectorandnon-ex- totheICICIasitsmanagingdirec- hiringintent,thereportsaid 90%:Telecommunications parentcompanyofIndiGo,India's the Bloomberg estimate of Rs from operations for the quarter
RelianceStrategicInvestments ecutive chairman of JFSL “upon tor (MD) and CEO in 1996. After 79%:Retail largest carrier, on Friday saw its 1,284.5 crore. jumped123percenttoRs12,479
Limited (RSIL), a wholly-owned consummation of the Scheme the company’s merger with ICICI Source: TeamLease Services 78%:FinancialServices standalone net loss widen by 10 An increase in fuel expenses crorefollowing an80 percentin-
subsidiary of the Mukesh and listing of JFSL on stock ex- Bank, he was the MD and CEO of Employment Outlook Report/PTI 75%:Logistics per cent to Rs 1,585 crore for the duetoaweakerrupeeandasurge crease in passenger numbers to
Ambani-led telecom-to-retail changes”, RIL said. ICICI Bank. three months ended September. in employee costs eroded mar- 19.7 million. FE
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TOPOFTHE HIT BY 4 BULLETS, WAS AWARE OF ASSASSINATION PLAN: EX-PM TO NATION

WORLD
Protests rock Pakistan, Imran says
will continue march after recovery
Claims PM Sharif, Minister Sanaullah, ISI’s Major Gen Faisal plotted to kill him like Salman Taseer
Amazon founder German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Chinese President Xi
Jeff Bezos. File Jinping in Beijing, on Friday. Reuters
SAJJAD HUSSAIN
ISLAMABAD, LAHORE, NOV 4
UNITED STATES
‘Discrimination’: ANGRY SUPPORTERS of Imran
Khan took to the streets across
In Beijing, Xi schools
Bezossuedby
ex-housekeeper
Pakistan after Friday prayers to
protest the assassination bid on Scholz: Easy to destroy
trust, hard to rebuild it
theoustedPM who,inadramatic
address from hospital, vowed to
E
A FORMER housekeeper resume his march to Islamabad
for Amazon founder Jeff seeking fresh elections.
Bezos says she and other The federal government has
E X P L A I NE D
employees suffered un- askedthePunjabprovincialgov- ANDREAS RINKE &
safe working conditions ernment, led by Khan’s party, to EDUARDO BAPTISTA Testing
that included being constitute a high-level team to BEIJING, NOVEMBER 4
forced to climb out a probe the incident. ● the waters
laundry room window to Addressing the nation for CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping
get to a bathroom any- the first time from his Shaukat on Friday met with German OLAF SCHOLZ’S one-day
time the Bezos family Khanum Hospital in Lahore Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the first visit to China is testing
was home. In a lawsuit where he is being treated, G7 leader to visit China since the the waters between
filed in King County Khan, vowed to take to the Covid pandemic began, warning China and the West after
Superior Court in Seattle streets once he has recovered of the ease with which mutual years of mounting ten-
this week, Mercedes from his injuries. political trust can be destroyed. sions, with talks touching
Wedaa, a longtime “AssoonasIgetwell,Iwillgive During lunch with Scholz, Xi on Russia’s Ukraine war,
housekeeper for wealthy the call for Islamabad,” he said, stressed that it is easy to destroy climate change, and
Seattle-area residents in- addinghewashitbyfourbullets. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s supporters clash with the police after Friday prayers in Rawalpindi. AP political trust but difficult to re- reciprocal market access.
cludingthelateMicrosoft The cricketer-turned-politi- build it and both sides need to
co-founder Paul Allen, cian said he had received infor- take care of it, according to a
claims she was discrimi-
nated and retaliated
against when she com-
mation about the “sinister plot”
from “insiders”.
“How did I find out? Insiders
Taseer was killed in 2011 by a re-
ligious extremist.
Meanwhile, protests by PTI
Pak media: Can’t repeat Benazir tragedy readout of the meeting from the
state-run Xinhua News agency.
Xi also told Scholz that China
more, to make more contribu-
tions to world peace and devel-
opment”, Xi said, according to
plained about a lack of told me. The day before workers erupted in various Islamabad: It is time for all polit- geous bystander," the Dawn mess at hand.” and Germany should respect statebroadcasterCCTV.“Atpres-
rest breaks or an area Wazirabad, they made the plan cities across the country after ical parties in Pakistan to ensure newspaper said in its editorial. Pakistan suffers from a che- each other and take care of each ent,the international situationis
where staff could eat. AP to kill me as they saw the num- the Friday prayers. At many thattheBenazirBhutto'sassassi- It is time for all parties to reach quered past when it comes to other's core interests, according complex and volatile,” he said.
ber of people increasing using places, PTI workers clashed nation in 2007 and the chaos a consensus that the tragedy of political violence...the onus to to Xinhua. Before their lunch meeting,
the script of religious extrem- with the police. thatfollowedshouldneverbeal- Benazir Bhutto's assassination, speed up a comprehensive in- Earlier while greeting Scholz Scholz told Xi that it was good
ism,” he asserted. Meanwhile, police in Punjab lowed to be repeated, leading and the chaos and destruction vestigation...liesontheshoulders at the Great Hall of the People in both leaders were meeting in
WEST ASIA Khan also repeated his claim province arrestedtwomoresus- newspapers here commented that followed, can never be al- of the administration, the Daily the heart of Beijing, Xi urged the person during tense times, and
Conflict,crisis that PM Shehbaz Sharif, Interior
Minister Rana Sanaullah and
pects, who they believe had sold
the pistol and bullets for Rs
on Friday after Imran Khan sur-
vived a targeted attack.
lowed to be visited on this
country again.
Times newspaper said.
“What Pakistan needs right
two countries to work more
closely on international issues.
said Russia's invasion of Ukraine
was creating problems for the
fuelsurgein Major General Faisal Naseer 20,000 to Naveed Mohammad "The nation has narrowly The Express Tribune said in its now is healing. The country has “As large and influential rules-based global order, ac-
Choleracases were part of the sinister plot to

assassinate himin thesame way
Basheer, the assailant who tried
to assassinate Khan and was ar-
avoided a grave tragedy thanks
to sheer good luck and the
editorial: “It is time to step back
from the brink. Pakistanis are in
already suffered enough and
cannot afford any more blood-
countries,intimesof changeand
turmoil China and Germany
cording to a recording of the re-
marks provided by the German
former Punjab governor Salman rested, Geo News reported. PTI quick thinking of one coura- need of a political solution to the shed,” the News wrote. PTI should work together all the delegation. REUTERS
CHOLERA HAS swept
acrossLebanon,Syria,and
Biden at campaign: We’re going to free Iran Tensions up as 180

Iraqasthecountriesstrug- JOINT U.S. DRILL STIRS KOREAS TROUBLE
gle with devastated infra-
structure, turmoil and
housinglargepopulations
of people who have been
displaced by conflict.
Lebanon last month re-
ported the first cholera
REUTERS
OCEANSIDE (CALIF.), NOV 4
North jets fly close
to South border
caseinnearly30years.The US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has
bacterial infection has vowed to “free” Iran, and said
surged globally across that demonstrators working
dozens of countries this against the country's govern- UNITED STATES
year, with outbreaks in ment would soon succeed in the South Korean military’s vir-
Haiti and across the Horn freeing themselves. MIDTERM ELECTIONS ASSOCIATED PRESS tual “tactical action” line, which
of Africa as well as the “Don't worry, we're gonna NOVEMBER 8 SEOUL, NOVEMBER 4 is 20 to 50 kilometers (12 to 30
Mideast. “Cholera thrives free Iran. They’re gonna free miles) north of the Koreas’ land
inpovertyandconflictbut themselves pretty soon," Biden SOUTH KOREAscrambled about and sea boundaries and is used
is now turbocharged by saidduringawide-rangingcam- ELECTION DENIERS 80militaryaircraft,includingad- for monitoring purposes to give
climate change,” said Inas
Hamam, a regional
paign speech in California on
Thursday, as dozens of demon-
IN SWING STATES vanced F-35 fighter jets, on
Friday after tracking about 180
the South enough time to re-
spondtoprovocationsorattacks.
spokeswoman for strators gathered outside hold- REPUBLICANS who flights by North Korean war- South Korea still scrambled
the WHO. AP ing banners supporting Iranian back Trump’s claim the planesinsideNorthKoreanterri- about 80 of its own warplanes,
protesters. 2020 election was stolen toryinwhatappearedtobeade- including an unspecified num-
COP27 Biden did not expand on his are nominees for secy of fiant show of strength. ber of F-35 fighters. There
Egyptsayswill remarks or specify what addi-
tionalactionshewouldtakedur-
US President Joe Biden campaigns in San Diego, California. Reuters state in three key states,
which can play a decisive
NorthKorea’smobilisationof
warplanes came after it test-
weren’t any immediate reports
of clashes.
allowprotests ing the remarks at MiraCosta role in the 2024 polls fired around 30 ballistic missiles US and South Korean forces
MORE THAN 120 world

College near San Diego.
The White House's National
women'srightsandbrutalcrack-
down on protests. Trump set for Presidency ARIZONA: Mark
Finchem, who has
over the previous two days, in-
cluding an intercontinental bal-
have been conducting joint
“Vigilant Storm” aerial exercises
run, tells crowd: Get ready

leaders will attend this Security Council did not imme- Iranisjuststartingafour-year claimed membership in listic missile on Thursday that involving about 240 warplanes,
year'sUSclimatetalksand diately respond to a request for term on the commission, which the far-right militia triggered evacuation warnings includingF-35s.Theexerciseshad
requests by environmen- comment. meetsannuallyeveryMarchand group the Oath Keepers. in Japan, in an angry response to beenscheduledtoendFriday,but
tal activists to stage a rally Seven weeks of demonstra- aims to promote gender equal- Iowa: Former President Donald cies,Trump still drewthousands ongoing joint exercises by hun- the allies extended them to
duringtheeventwouldbe tions in Iran were ignited by the ity and the empowerment of Trumpisexpectedtoannouncea on a night when temperatures MICHIGAN: Kristina dredsof USandSouthKoreamil- Saturday in response to North
responded to “positively,” death of a 22-year-old woman, women. third White House campaign dipped below 40 degrees. Karamo, a professor who itary planes. Korea’sintensifiedtestingactivity
host Egypt said on Friday. Mahsa Amini, in the custody of soonafterthemidterms,possibly But the fact that he was cam- opposes teaching of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of this week. The extension of the
Veteran diplomat Wael Iran's morality police. Raisi hits back as soon as Nov 14, according to paigning in this remote stretch evolution in schools. Staff said the North Korean war- drillswasannouncedonThursday
Aboulmagd, who heads The protests triggered by Reacting to Joe Biden's com- peoplefamiliarwiththeplanning. of a state that remains far down NEVADA: Jim Marchant, planes were detected in various after North Korea test-fired an
the Egyptian delegation, Amini's death on Sept. 16 have ments, Iranian President Advisorscautionedthatnofi- the list of midterm battle- ristina Karamo, member areas inland andalong thecoun- ICBM,whichtriggeredevacuation
told reporters that his shown the defiance of many Ebrahim Raisi said in a tele- nal decisions had been made grounds was a reflection of of group backing those try’s eastern and western coasts, alerts in northern Japan.
countryhadbeenworking young Iranians in challenging vised speech: “Maybe he said and that the former president Trump’s political baggage. supporting Trump’s but did not come particularly PakJongChon,aseniorNorth
formonthstosetthescene theclericalleadership,overcom- this because of a lack of concen- could change his mind on the In Iowa, Trump spoke at claims about ’20 election. close to the Koreas’ border. The Korean military official, then is-
for “meaningful out- ingfearthat hasstifleddissent in tration...He said we aim to lib- details. lengthaboutthepossibilityof his South Korean military spotted suedastatementthreateningre-
comes" at the two-week the wake of the 1979 Islamic erate Iran." On Thursday, Trump opened own potential campaign. “In or- about 180 flight trails from 1 to taliation over the drills’ exten-
meeting in the Red Sea Revolution. “Mr. President! Iran was lib- a swing of four rallies in the final der to make our country suc- 5p.m.,butitwasn’timmediately sion. North Korea subsequently
coastalresortof Sharmel- The US on Wednesday said it erated 43 years ago, and it’s de- five days of the midterm elec- cessful and safe and glorious, I clear how many North Korean fired three missiles into the sea
Sheikh starting Sunday. will try to remove Iran from the termined not to become your tions in Iowa. Even though he is will very, very, very probably do planes were involved and and shot 80 artillery rounds into
“We hope that it will be a 45-member UN Commission on captive again. We will never be- notontheballotthisyearandhis itagain,”he saidof another pres- whether some may have flown the eastern parts of maritime
watershed moment.” AP theStatusof Women(CSW)over come a milk cow,” the Iranian stumpspeechisspentmostlyre- idential bid. “Very, very, more than once. bufferzonescreatedbytherivals
the government's denial of President added. hashing old grievances and poli- very, probably.” NYT None of the planes breached in 2018 to reduce tensions.
KENYA
Zebras,giraffes
dieindrought COMEBACK STORY OF PIRARUCA FISH INVOLVES COOPERATION AT MANY LEVELS
HUNDREDS OF animals,
In the Amazon, a mammoth, near-magic fish helps save the rainforest

including elephants and
endangered Grevy's ze-
bras, have died in Kenyan
wildlife preserves during
EastAfrica'sworstdrought Jurua, as vessels swept the lakes tappers organized and led a from invasions by rubber-tap- British journalist Dom Phillips
in decades, according to a FABIANO MAISONNAVE & with large nets. The illegal and campaign to persuade the fed- pers and fishermen. Now they and Indigenous expert Bruno
reportreleasedFriday.The JORGE SAENZ unsustainable fishing left river eral government to create the are part of the managed fishing PereiraweremurderedlastJune.
KenyaWildlifeServiceand CARAUARI, NOVEMBER 4 and Indigenous communities Medio Jurua Extractive Reserve. of pirarucu, which improved re- The backdrop of that tragedy
other bodies counted the struggling to catch their staple They proposed that river com- lationsbetweenIndigenouspeo- isadecades-olddisputebetween
deaths of 205 elephants, EVEN IN the most biodiverse food. And it left pirarucu desig- munitiescouldtakefromthefor- ple and non-Indigenous. Indigenous communities and
512wildebeests,381com- rainforest of the world, the pi- natedasthreatenedwithextinc- estanditslakes—uptoapoint— Managing the comeback has re- formerrubbertapperswhowere
monzebras,51buffalos,49 rarucu, also known as arapaima, tion, unless trade in the fish is and within protected areas. quiredsocialorganization,coop- hiredbylocalbusinessmentodo
Grevy's zebras and 12 gi- stands out. closely controlled by the It worked. Now, local com- eration and complex logistics. illegal fishing, targeting mostly
raffes in the past nine First, there is its mammoth Convention on International munitiesproduceaçai,vegetable Illegalfishinghasbeensharplyre- the pirarucu. Two local fisher-
months, the report states. size: It can weigh up to 200 ki- Trade in Endangered Species of oils and rubber, and they leave duced. Pirarucu are flourishing. men confessed to the crimes.
PartsofKenyahaveexperi- los, by far the largest of 2,300 Wild Fauna and Flora. the forest standing. Most suc- The virtuous cycle plays out “Javari is a portrait of what
enced four consecutive known fish species in the But now something remark- cessful of all has been the man- in the region of Carauari, which Medio Jurua was like in the
seasons with inadequate Amazon. It is found primarily in able has happened. The fish has Fishermen in San Raimundo settlement lake in Carauari. AP agement of pirarucu. stretches along 650 kilometres 1980s,”ManoelCunha,themain
rain in the past two years, floodplain lakes across the come back to the lakes of Medio Riverinesettlercommunities, of the Jurua River and is home to leaderof thelocalrubbertappers,
withdireeffectsforpeople Amazon basin, including the re- Jurua. The story of how involves organized into associations, also 35,000 people. said. “We managed to get rid of
and animals, including gion of Medio Jurua. people of different backgrounds veterans of the Amazon say Change began in the late reached agreement with neigh- To seehowthings couldhave fishing companies and invading
livestock. AP Second, the giant fish not so cooperating on many levels — a they’veseennowhereelseacross 1990s. With the assistance of a boring Deni Indigenous people, gone, look no further than the fishermen...There is no more
long ago nearly vanished from vision of what’s possible that the vast region. Dutch Catholic priest, rubber who have suffered in the past neighboring Javari Valley, where room for them here.” AP
New Delhi
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E-AUCTION SALE NOTICE FOR SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES
E-auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement
of Security Interest Act, 2002 read with proviso to Rule 8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002.
Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower(s) and Guarantor(s) that the below described immovable property
mortgaged/charged to the Secured Creditor, the CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION of which have been taken by the Authorised Officer of State
Bank of India, the Secured Creditor, will be sold on “As is Where is”, As is What is” and “Whatever there is” basis on 13.12.2022 (Tuesday).
Other detials of the e-auction are as under:
Sl. Name of Amount of Name of Date of Reserve Price
No. Borrower(s) Demand (as per Mortgagor/ 13(2) below which
SARFAESI notice) Guarantor Date of the property
Description of the property 13(4) will not be sold
under EMD
SARFAESI
Act Bid Increment
Amount
1. Nawab ` 13,80,066.00 All that part and parcel of the property consisting of Nabab Hussain 21.12.2019 `4,00,000/-
Hussain & as on 21.12.2019 Land & Building in the name of Nabab Hussain S/o S/o Late Md. `40,000/-
Rukhsana with further Interest Late Md. Suleman covered under Deed No.4674 dated Suleman 06.07.2021
Khatoon from 22.12.2019 13.06.2015 situated at Mauza-Nasriganj, Thana No.63, (Mortgagor) `10,000/-
plus other charges, Rev. Thana-Nasriganj, Distt-Rohtas, corresponding to
costs etc. Khata No.600, Plot No.3299, Area 1¾ decimals (One &
three fourth decimals). Boundaries: North-Garha, South-
Surendra Sao & Others, East-Kabristan, West-Karha.
E-auction Terms and Condition
1. Date & Time of e-auction: 13.12.2022 (Tuesday); Time: 120 Minutes from 12:00 Noon to 02:00 P.M. with unlimited extension of 10
Minutes each.
2. The auction sale will be "online through e-auction". The intending Bidders/Purchasers are required to participate in the e-Auction process at
e-Auction Service Provider's website https://mstcecommerce.com/auctionhome/ibapi/index.jsp.
3. MSTC Central Helpdesk Number (for any technical help): 033-40645207, 40609118, 40645316, 40602403, 40067351, 40628253. SBI contact
no. (for property related enquirey): 9955998430, 9693532979, 9507591883.
4. The Detailed Terms and Conditions of e-auction sale is available on the website: https://sbi.co.in/web/sbi-in-the-news/auction-notices/
sarfaesi-and-others.
This publication is also a 30 days notice to all the borrower/guarantors require under Rule 8(6) of Security Interest Enforcement Rules, 2002.
Date : 04.11.2022 AUTHORISED OFFICER
Place : Patna STATE BANK OF INDIA, SARB, PATNA
Regd. Office.: PSPCL Head Office, The Mall, Patiala

CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813; Website: www.pspcl.in
(Contact No. 9646-17606)
E-Tender Enquiry No: 24/MM-I/BMC-334(XII)/O&M/GHTP/2022 Dated: 02.11.2022
Office of Dy. Chief Engineer, Mechanical Mtc. Circle-I, G.H.T.P, Lehra-
Mohabbat, Distt. Bathinda (Punjab)-151111, Email:- se-mmc1-
lehra@pspcl.in, contact No. 96461-17606, Fax No. 0164-2756255 invites
E-Tender for Supply and application of Thermal insulating material on
Boiler, Turbine side piping, valves, HP/LP Piping and Mechanical
Auxiliaries of 2x210 and 2x250MW, GHTP, Lehra Mohabat. For detailed
NIT & Tender Specification please refer to https://eproc.punjab.gov.in
from 03.11.2022 onwards.
Note: Corrigendum and Addendum, if any will be published online at
https://eproc.punjab.gov.in GHTP-65 18350/Pb
GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA
office of the Chief Construction Engineer
b-27 Southern N.H. Circle, Berhampur.
E-mail: senhsouthbam@gmail.com
INVITATION FOR BIDS
BID IDENTIFICATION NO. 09/CCE NH, South of 2022-23 [e-Procurement]
Bid Identification No. 09/CCE NH, South of 2022-23 No. 2640 / Dated: 03.11.2022
1) The Chief Construction Engineer, Southern N.H. Circle, Berhampur
on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites percentage rate bid in double
NOMA KOTA HOUSE, SHAHJAHAN cover system in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors for construction
of Road works as detailed in the table below.
ROAD, NEW DELHI - 110011 2) Nature of work : Road
ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE 3) No. of work : 1 No.
1. Advertisement floated by the Officer-in-Charge, NOMA Kota 4) Tender Cost : Rs. 10,000/-
5) Class of Contractor : “A” Class & “B” Class
House, Shahjahan Road. New Delhi 110011 (Tele/Fax:011-
6) Availability of Bid document in the : From 12.11.2022 11.00 AM to
43176900) for Hiring of Accommodation for naval personnel
website 26.11.2022 5.00 PM
in Delhi Area (Preferably in Vasant Kunj/ Dwarka). The
7) Date of Opening of Bid : 28.11.2022 at 12.30 P.M.
details are as follows:-
8) The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. Further details
(a) At least 15-20 flats in one building/ cluster inside gated can be seen from the website https://tendersorissa.gov.in
colony in Semi Furnished / fully furnished condition. 9) Any Corrigendum/ Addendum/ Cancellation of will be displayed in the
(b) Configuration must have one or two bed rooms (with e-tender website only.
attached toilet in case of 2 BHK), one Kitchen, at least one Sd/-
Chief Construction Engineer,
veranda for drying clothes and parking for one four wheeler. Southern NH Circle, Berhampur
(c) Building must have lift and emergency power back up. OIPR- 34148/11/0005/2223
(d) Lease would be for a minimum two years.
(e) Metro connectivity (less than 2 KM) and IGL connection
desirable.
2. Interested parties may send their proposal to noma-
kotahouse@navy.gov.in till 15 Nov 22.
3. Hiring of Accommodation will be in two parts (Technical
and Commercial). The Commercial part will be considered
only if the firms qualify in technical part as per the terms and
conditions laid down above.
4. Blacklisted firms by Govt. Organizations/ Departments are
not permitted to participate.
5. Detailed instruction and any other clarification regarding
terms and conditions will be sought during meeting.
Sd/-
Officer-in-Charge
Davp 10702/11/0098/2223 NOMA Kota House
Govt. of Jharkhand
Energy Department
Jharkhand Renewable Energy
Development Agency (JREDA)
Floor, S.L.D.C. Building, Kusai Colony,
3rd Floor,
Doranda, Ranchi-834002.
0651-2491161, Fax: 0651-24911
Ph.: 0651-2491161, 0651-2491165,
E-mail: info@jre
info@jreda.com; Website: www.jred
.jreda.com
Short Tender Notice (Very Urgent)
Tender reference no.: 29/JREDA/IITF/22-23
Dated: 04.11.2022
Hiring of Agency for Conceptualization,
Design, Development, Fabrication &
Internal Decoration of JREDA Stall on
the occasion of India International Trade
1 Name of the work Fair-2022 from 14th -27th November, 2022
at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi including
Publication & Distribution of
awareness/advertisement materials and all
other related works of Renewable Energy.
2 Last date & time for receipt 11.11.2022 (Friday) upto 03:00 PM
of offline bids.
Bid Opening, Bid evaluation
3 & Price bid Opening Date & 11.11.2022 (Friday) at 03:30 PM
Time
4 Bid Fee (in Rs.) Rs. 5,000/- (Five Thousand) only (Non-
refundable)
Earnest Money Deposit Rs.15,000/- (Fifteen Thousand) only
5 (EMD) (Refundable)
(in Rs.)
Availability of tender Tender document can be purchased from
6 document JREDA Office in all working days up to
11.11.2022 till 12.00 P.M.
Interested bidders will have to apply
tender document in sealed envelope
which will contain two separate sealed
7 Method to apply envelope:-
1. First Envelope: Techno-
Commercial Part.
2. Second Envelope: Price Part
Director,
Jharkhand Renewable Energy
8 Name & address of office Development Agency(JREDA)
inviting tender 3rd Floor, SLDC Building, Kusai,
Doranda,
Ranchi- 834002 (Jharkhand)
9 Helpline no. of e- 0651-2491163/67/61/7004806449
procurement
Sd/-
Director,
PR 281491 Energy(22-23).D JREDA, Ranchi
New Delhi
20 CLASSIFIEDS & TENDERS I,Vijay S/o Ram Daras,R/o RZ-83 I,Neha Mangalick W/o Abhishek I,Brij Bala Rohilla,Spouse Of,Sh.
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Gali No.6 Vishnu Garden,Delhi- Mangalick,R/o E-127,First Mahender Singh This is to inform public at large that my cu
110018 have changed my name Floor,Masjid Moth,Greater Rohilla,resident Of,Village- Clients Sh. Deepak Kumar Gupta and Smt.
Amita Gupta R/o Plot No- 64, 2nd Floor, LU Go
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to Vijay Bahadur. 0040639157-8 Kailash-3,New Delhi-48 have Kanganheri,P.O-Chhawla,New Block, Pitam Pura, North-West, Delhi-
changed my name to Neha Delhi-110071,Have Changed 110034 have disowned his Son and EOI Notice No.CE(AM)/AP/GNT/24/2022-23, Dated:3-11-2022
I,Tushar Chugh S/o-Sh.Parveen daughter in law namely Sh. Sahil Gupta Invitation of applications for the appointment of individual consultants
Agarwal for all purposes. My Name,From Brij Bala
PERSONAL Kumar Chugh R/o-H.No.224,A
Rohilla to Brijbala Rohilla,Vide-
and his wife Smt. Mehak Ratti from there
Movable and immovable properties due to with post graduate in M.B.A to provide consultancy services for AP HRDI
G.C.R.Enclave, Karkardooma, 0040639160-2 their disobedient and quarrelsome nature.
I, Kanthamaneni Prem Chand, Affidavit,dated-28/10/2022 at So our clients severe their relations with and the document can be had from website http://market.ap.nic.in. from
East Delhi-110092 declare that I,NITYA RANI D/O DEEPAK
S/o K. Syam Sundar Rao, R/o New-Delhi.My-Correct Date- them and disown them from their Dt.7-11-2022 @ 11.00 A.M. Any other information can be had from the
my Father’s name is wrongly- KUMAR R/O1513,NEELKANTH
inheritance absolutely. And whosoever will
Village No-95, Villa Greens Of-Birth is-05/04/1954. deal with them, will be doing at his own risk office of the Chief Engineer, O/o the Commissioner and Director of Agrl.
mentioned as Praveen Kumar APTS.SECTOR-13 ROHINI DELHI- and responsibility and our clients and their
Gandipet, K.V. Rangareddy, in myPassport instead of the 0040639143-4 family shall not be liable for their acts. Marketing. Govt. of A.P. Guntur. For scope work or any clarifications
Telangana-500075, have 85 HAVE CHANGED MY NAME Sd/- AJAY KR. KHOWAL contact No.9032012772
correct name Parveen Kumar TO NITYA MAHIPAL. En. No. D/1474/07 ADVOCATE
changed my minor Son’s name I,Bimla Rustgi/Bimla Devi Sd/- Chief Engineer (AM), O/o Commissioner and Director of AgrI.
Chugh and both the names Chamber No.418, 4th Floor,
from Aadyan Kanthamaneni, 0040639142-4 Rastogi,W/o Gian Chand Lawyer’s Chamber, Rohini Court Complex,
RO No.1346PP Dt: 04/11/2022 Marketing Govt. of A.P, Guntur.
belongs to my father &are one Delhi-110065
aged 12 Years to Hruday Rastogi,R/o-524,Sector-
and same person. 0040639134-1 I,Mohit S/O Om Parkash
Kanthamaneni forever. 1,Vaishali I E Sahibabad,
I,Sunir S/o Surjeet Singh R/o A- R/O,H.No-228-229,Second floor Ghaziabad -201010, have PUBLIC NOTICE
0070811130-1 Pocket-9,Sector-23, This is to inform M/s. Young Star
33 Raja Puri Street.No.2,Uttam changed my name to Bimla
Rohini,Delhi-110085,have Footwear Pvt. Ltd., has lost/ Regd. Office.: PSEB Head Office, The Mall, Patiala
I, Harneet Kaur w/o Gurpreet Nagar New Delhi- Devi,permanently. misplaced of original documents,
Singh r/o 28AND29C,1st Floor 110059,changed my name to changed my name to Mohit CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813; Website: www.pspcl.in
0040639160-4 Rectification Deed duly
FF-2, Jagdish Nagar, Mukand Sunir Mahay. 0040639143-7 Kukreja. 0040639142-7 registered as Doc. No.10971, Contact No. 96461-23800
Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar I,Mohan Kumar Chellappan,S/o I,BIJU POTHEN JOHN,S/o P P Book-1, Vol. No.5147 pages 163- Tender Inquiry no. 45/CCM/PTA/2022-23 Dated 04.11.2022
I,Soma Ghorai alias Soma M JOHN,R/o JB-31D,LIG-FLATS, G- 165 dated 27.12.2013 executed Sr. Xen Civil Const. & Mtc. Division, Officer flat no. 18, near 23 no. railway
Pradesh-201001 have changed Chellappan,R/o-House No-
Ghorai,W/o-Shuvro Ghorai,R/o- 8 AREA, HARI NAGAR, SOUTH- by Smt. Surinder Kaur in favour crossing, Shakti Vihar, PSPCL, Patiala invites Open Tender through E-
my name to HARNEET KAUR 485/5,2nd floor,Basai of Smt. Manju Garg and all other Tendering Mode for Construction of Ultra Modern Multistorey Office Building
D-3,Hindu College Staff Flats WEST,DELHI-110064has
GUJRAL permanently. HARNEET Darapur,Delhi-110015,have title documents pertaining to the for various offices at 33 KV Power Colony, Sohlan Road; Sangrur. For
Sudhir Bose Marg University of changed my name to BIJU P
KAUR GUJRAL and HARNEET changed my name to Mohan Property being Only Ground detailed NIT and Tender Specification please refer to https://
Delhi-110007,have changed my JOHN. 0040639161-7 Àff½fÊªfd³fIY Àfc¨f³ff Floor without roof rights of eproc.punjab.gov.in from 11.11.2022 from 04.00 PM onwards.
KAUR both are same and one Kumar. 0040639167-1
name to Soma Mondal Ghorai. Freehold Built-up Property Note: Corrigendum and Addendum, if any will be published online at
person. 0040639092-2 I, Shilpi Mudgal R/o H.No.B-74, d½fdý°f WXû dIY ¸fmSXe ¸fb½fd¢IY»f ÀfÔ°fû¿f ým½fe
I,Mitha Sulochana Abdur bearing Municipal No.10-A, area https://eproc.punjab.gov.in
0040639167-4
Sector-39, Noida(U.P) have
´f°³fe À½f¦feÊ¹f SXfªfmÔýi IbY¸ffSX, d³f½ffÀfe measuring 75 sq. yds. i.e. 62.7
C421/22 18373/PB
I, Bhole Nath, S/o Ram Awadh, Rehman alias Mitha Sulochna Àfe-1/356, ¹f¸fb³ff d½fWXfSX, dý»»fe
I,SUMIT AGGARWAL,S/O RAM changed my son’s name from sq. mtrs., situated in the area of
R/o Gondwa, Faizabad, Uttar Abdur Rehman alias Sulochna 110053 ³fZ A´f³fZ ´fÂfb SXd½f IbY¸ffSX Village Chowkri Mubarakabad,
Pradesh-224126, have changed GOPAL AGARWAL,R/o-A4,401, Devi,W/o Mohan Kumar,R/o- Samarth Varshney to Samarth
CLEO-COUNTY, PLOT.NO.GH-05, Mudgal for all future
½f¸ffÊ ½f ´fbÂf½f²fc À¸fÈd°f ´fÔ½ffSX E½fÔ ´füÂfe abadi known as Inder Lok, Delhi-
my name and shall hereafter 485/5,Basai Dara Pur,Delhi- IYfVf½fe ½f¸ffÊ IYû C³fIZY ýb½¹fÊ½fWXfSX ½f 110035.
SECTOR-121,NOIDA, purposes. 0040639103-1 Sd/-
be known as Ashish Chauhan. 110015,have changed my name ¦f»f°f Af¨fSX¯f IZY ¨f»f°fm A´f³fe Àf·fe Regd. Office.: PSEB H.O. Building, The Mall, Patiala
Director of M/s. Young Star
GAUTAMBUDH-NAGAR, to Sulochana Mohan.
0070811081-1 I, Rukshar W/o Mohd. Rizwan ¨f»f-A¨f»f ÀfÔ´fdØf¹fûÔ Àfm ¶fmýJ»f IYSX Footwear Pvt. Ltd. CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813;
U.P.201301, changed my name Dated this 2nd day of Nov. 2022
0040639167-2 Qureshi R/o A-II/285, Near dý¹ff WX`Ü A´f³fm Àf·fe ÀfÔ¶fÔ²f-d½f¨LXmý IYSX Contact No. 96461-18774)
I, Basant Kumar, S/o Sh. Ram to SUMIT AGARWAL. Place: Delhi
Badi Maszid, Lal Building d»fE WX`ÔÜ C³fIZY dIYÀfe ·fe IYÈ°¹f ½f »fm³f ým³f Tender Enquiry No. MQP-206/2022-23/PR Dated: 03.11.2022
Prakash Khandelwal, R/o WZ- 0040639161-5 I,Mehander Singh Rohilla,Son WXm°fb ¸fmSXe ¸fb½½fdIY»f dªf¸¸fmýfSX ³fWXeÔ WXûÔ¦feÜ
School, Madangir, New Delhi-
3369A, 1st Floor, Mahindra Park of,Late. Nanak Chand 110062, have changed my d½fd´f³f IZY. SXf§f½f (EOX½fûIZYMX) PUBLIC NOTICE CE/Metering, PSPCL, C-3, Shakti Vihar, PSPCL, Patiala invites E-tender
Rani Bagh, Saraswati Vihar, I,SHREYA D/O VIPIN KUMAR Rohilla,resident of,Village
KNOW ALL MEN BY THIS PUBLIC NOTICE for procurement of Smart MCCBs of ratings 250 A and 400 A for Pilot
BHATIA R/O G-5/15,90 METERS, name from Rukshar to Sofiya ¨f`¸¶fSX ³fa. ªfe-220, »ff¹fÀfÊ ¶»ffIY THAT MY CLIENT KUBER RAM S/O SH.
project. For detailed NIT & Tender Specifications please refer to
Delhi-34, changed his name to Kanganheri,P.O Chhawla,New IYOÞXIYOÞÞOcX¸ff IYûMÊX IYf¸´f»fZ¢Àf
RAMAI RAM R/O H.NO.-B-197, NEW
2ND FLOOR, SECTOR- Qureshi for all purposes. TRANSIT CAMP RAGHUBIR NAGAR,
https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from 03.11.2022 (16.00 Hrs onwards).
Basant Kumar Khandelwal for Delhi- 110071,Have Changed dQ»»fe-110032. DELHI-110027 HAS SEVERED/ DISOWN/
11,ROHINI,DELHI-110085, have 0040639099-1 DISINHERITED HIS SON ABHINANDAN NOTE: Corrigendum and amendments, if any will be published
all purposes. 0070811177-1 my Name,from Mehander (¸fû. 9871094738) S/O SH. KUBER RAM FROM ANY
changed my name to SHREYA MOVABLE AND IMMOVABLE online at https://eproc.punjab.gov.in
I, Baby Palak, D/o Lalit Kumar, Singh Rohilla to Mahender I, Rashmi Tiwari D/o Sh. PROPERTIES AND OTHER KIND OF C418/22 18347/Pb
BHATIA. 0040639142-1 RELATION DUE TO ANTI-FAMILY
R/o of 20B/72B, Tilak Nagar, Singh Rohilla,Vide-Affidavit Shambhu Dayal Dixit w/o Mr. PUBLIC NOTICE ATTITUDE AND ALL KIND OF RELATION
New Delhi, have changed my I,SANGEETA,D/O.DHARM PAL dated-28/10/2022,at New- Vipin Kumar Tiwari, R/o. WITH HIS SON HAS BEEN SEVERED. IN
I, Arvind Kumar Rohilla S/o CASE SON ABHINANDAN S/O SH. KUBER
name to Priyanshi Arora. SINGH GREWAL,H.NO-264, Delhi. 0040639143-9 Permanent Address Flat No G- RAM DO ANY ACT, THEN MY CLIENT AND
Mahender Singh Rohilla HIS FAMILY MEMBERS SHALL NOT BE
BIJWASAN VILLAGE NEAR- I,Prem Singh Dhir 3, Plot No. 182, Sector 4, HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SAME IN
0070811184-1 resident of H.No. 685 FUTURE. FROM TODAY ONWARD, MY
MATA CHOWK,SOUTH-WEST Singh,S/O:Dhir Singh Harnam Vaishali, Ghaziabad (UP) CLIENT AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS HAS
Village Kanganheri Post NO CONCERNED WITH HIS SON
I, Archana Tiwari W/o Dinesh DELHI-110061,changed my Singh,R/o:H.N.D-2205 201010 and Current Address
name toSANGEETA GREWAL,for Flat No 1746, 6th Avenue, Gaur
office Chhawla, Have Lost ABHINANDAN S/O SH. KUBER RAM.
Sharma R/o 1732, Block-F, GREENARCH SEC TECHZONE-
Sd/- ZAFAR ABBAS (Advocate)
all,future Purposes. City-1, Greater Noida (W). My My Property Documents of Ch. No. K-48, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-54
Sainik Colony, Faridabad have 04, GREATER-NOIDA WEST,
changed my name to Archana name Rashmi Tiwari has been My flat No. 4 Sector 14
0040639142-2 GautamBudh Nagar,U.P- Pocket- B Phase-ll Dwarka.
Sharma for all future purposes. 201310,HAVE CHANGED MY changed from Madhu Dixit
I,Ravinder singh,S/o Sh.jai (earlier name before (DDA File No. M041(211)99/
0070811170-1 NAME TO PREM SINGH,FOR ALL DW/NP.) Demand Letter
karan marriage) and Madhu Tiwari. I
PURPOSE. 0040639161-9
I, Aastha, D/o Janak Raj Singh,R/o.H.No.5,Dhanpath am the same person and my and DDA Possession Letter.
Kashyap, R/o K-1405, K.W. colony sec-5,Rajinder- I,Mayank,S/o Indal Singh,R/o name is Rashmi Tiwari for all (LR No:924681/2022).
Srishti Rajnagar, Mainapur nagar,Sahibabad Flat.No.403,Type-III,Block- the purposes in future.
Village, Ghaziabad, Uttar Ghaziabad,UP,have Changed 12,DGER Complex,Sector- PUBLIC NOTICE
0040639119-1
Pradesh-201017, have changed my name,from Ravinder 3,Dwarka,New Delhi - My Client SUNIL KUMAR PAL S/O LATE
my name and shall hereafter Singh@Ravinder 110078,declare that name of I, Ranveer, S/o Umesh Rai, R/o SHRI NANAK CHAND PAL R/O H NO. 118,
B-BLOCK, NATHU COLONY, NATHU PURA
be known as Harvansi K. Bansal@Ravinder Singh Bansal mine has been wrongly-written B-6/1, Veer Singh Colony, Budh DELHI-110084, have debarred his son
Virender Pal and his wife Komal Goyal from
Sharma. 0070811125-1 to Ravinder Singh,for all,future as Mayank Verma in my-10th Vihar Phase-2, Delhi-110086, my movable/immovable property. Anybody
purpose 0040639161-3 class-marksheet and have changed my name and dealing with them civil and criminal matters
I have changed my name from shall be doing at their all risks, cost and
certificate.The actual-name of shall hereafter be known as responsibility, and have severed all relation
Aneesa Jinabade to I,Ramsingar S/o Pheku Prasad from them due to their misconduct, bad
mine is Mayank,which may be Ranveer Kumar. 0070811078-1 behavior, and bad intentions, Any person
Aneesparveen Kutubuddin R/o Jhuggi-No.45, Indl.Area,
amended-accordingly. dealing with them or severally shall be doing
Jinabade as per Document. Tilak-Nagar, New Delhi-110018, I, Priti Ranjan Alias Priti so at their own risk. My client shall not be
responsible in any manner for any kind of
have changed my name to Ram 0040639161-8 Akhilesh Ranjan, W/o Akhilesh legal-illegal act, deed done by them.
0070811127-1 Sd/-
Singar. 0040639157-6 I,Manjit Kaur Jubble,W/o Ranjan, R/o 3004, Tower-C, PARKASH CHAND (Advocate)
I Parveen Bansal S/O Dharam Mahindra Luminare, Golf Enrollment No. D-9065/2019
I,Ramandeet kaur,W/o Bhupender Singh R/o- Chamber No. 914, 9th Floor,
Chand Gupta born on 12-11- Course Extension Road, Lawyers Chambers,
Harvinder Singh,R/o-F-13, 10/59,New Raj-Nagar, Rohini Court Complex, Delhi-110085
1977 residing at WZ-1207 FF Sector-59, Gurgaon Sector 56,
Gurudwara Majnu Tilla,Civil Ghaziabad,Uttar Pradesh-
Rani Bagh Delhi-110034 have Gurgaon, Haryana-122011,
Lines, Delhi-110054,have 201002,have changed my name
changed my name to Parveen have changed my name and
changed my name to to Manjit Kaur. 0040639143-5
Kumar Gupta vide affidavit at shall hereafter be known as
Ramandeep Kaur. I,MADHUR KUMAR S/O DEEPAK
Delhi. 0050207017-1 Priti Srivastava. 0070811077-1
0040639157-2 KUMAR R/O-1513,NEELKANTH
I Lohitha Bobba Alias Lohitha I, Payal Singh D/o Ram Krishan
APTS.SECTOR-13,ROHINI
Kanthamaneni D/o Krishna I,Lalit Drall S/o-Ranbir Singh Mishra R/o C-803, Pristine
DELHI-85,HAVE CHANGED MY
Prasad Bobba and W/o R/o-47/1,Pana Kalyan,Tikri Avenue Geotech, Gaur City-2,
NAME TO MADHUR MAHIPAL.
Kanthamaneni Prem Chand R/o Kalan Delhi 110041,have Greater Noida West, Gautam
Village No-95, Villa Greens changed my name to LaLit. 0040639142-5 Buddha Nagar, UP-201009,
Gandipet, K.V. Rangareddy, 0040639143-3 I,Kiran W/O Karnail Singh R/O, have changed my name to
Telangana-500075, have H.No-152, Sector- PAYAL MISHRA for all future
changed my name to Lohita Sri I,REEMA D/O.OM PRAKASH, purposes. 0070811173-1
15,Sonipat,Haryana-131001 PUBLIC NOTICE
Kanthamaneni ADD-B-309,RAMA PARK DK
have changed my name to I, Km. Neelam Devi D/o Ram
Know all me by this notice that original of
0070811128-1 MOHAN GARDEN,WEST DELHI- the Conveyance Deed dated 08.05.1997
Kiran Choudhary. 0040639142-9 Chandra and W/o Vinod R/o executed by DDA in respect of house
110059,changed my name to property bearing No. E-235, East of
I Jitender Kumar alias Sanjay REEMA YADAV,for all,future I,KAPILA AGGARWAL,W/O SUMIT House No-10, Ground Floor, Kh.
PUBLIC NOTICE Kailash, New Delhi- 110065, in favour of my
client Ms. Pushpa Bhargava daughter of
S/o Sh. Phool Singh R/o J-406, Purposes. 0040639160-1 AGARWAL,R/o A4,401,Cleo No-133, Gali No-2, Kaushal My clients, Sh. Jagdish Prasad S/O Late Sh. Ramji Lal Bhargava, has been lost
J.J.Colony, Shakurpur, County,GH 05,Sector- Puri, Chauhan Patti, Karawal Sh. Musafir Prasad & Smt. Indra W/O as stolen as police complaints to this effect
Saraswati Vihar, North West I,RAJESH KUMAR,S/O BIHARI Nagar, Delhi-110094, declare
Jagdish Prasad R/O H.NO. 786, Kh. have already been lodged with the police
121,Noida,GautamBudh No. 605, Sultan Pur Colony, Sultan authorities. By way of this notice public at
Delhi, Delhi-110034 have LAL LAMBA,R/O F-562 RISHI that name of mine has been Pur, N. Delhi-30 have instructed me to large is notified that any use of above
Nagar,Uttar-
changed my name to Sanjay for NAGARRANI BAGH,DELHI- wrongly written as Neelam
serve this notice in General public that Conveyance Deed by any third party etc., in
Pradesh.201301,changed my they have disowned their son, namely, any manner is not to be acted upon,
all purposes. 110034,CHANGED MY NAME TO Devi in Bachelor of Education Sh. Manoj Kumar S/O Jagdish Prasad considered without express consent of my
name to KAPILA AGARWAL. H.NO. 786, Kh. No. 605, Sultan Pur, client or the undersigned advocate.
0040639097-5 RAJESH KUMAR LAMBA. Result Cum Detailed Marks Sd/-
N. Delhi-110 030. Thereby, their son is
0040639161-6 Card & Degree and name of my responsible for his own acts and CHANDER SHEKHAR
I Jasbir Kaur Bharaj D/o. S. 0040639143-2 deeds in future. Aforesaid, Manoj Advocate (Mobile No. 97117118979)
I,Jitin Raj,S/O Rajinder father as RC in Bachelor of Kumar is not entitled to claim any right M-181-182, Meer Vihar,
Ranbir Singh R/o.D-5, Sham I,RAJEEV KUMAR,S/o SATISH Madan Pur Dabas, Delhi-110081.
Kumar,R/O B-67,Sector- Arts Mark sheets of Part-I & in any movable and immovable
Nagar, New Delhi-110018 have KUMAR CHAUHAN,R/o 2522- properties belonging to my clients in
48,Noida,Gautam Budh-Nagar. Part-II. The actual name of future since 28.10.2022.
changed my name to Jasbir A/191,3rd-Floor, Onkar Nagar- PUBLIC NOTICE
U.P.-201301,Have Changed my mine and my father is Km. Sd/- (Brijendra Kulshrestha)
Kaur for all future purposes. A,Tri-Nagar,Delhi-35,have Advocate IT IS INFORMED TO GENERAL PUBLIC
Name to Jitin Raj Arenja. Neelam Devi and Ram (Reg. No. D-159-C/1977) AT LARGE THAT MY CLIENT SH.
0040639095-1 changed my name to RAJEEV Chandra respectively ROSHAN LAL GUPTA S/O LT. SHRI
CHAUHAN,permanently. 0040639160-6 CHANDER BHAN GUPTA AGED ABOUT
I Ishrawati Devi W/o Sudama, 0070811192-1 PUBLIC NOTICE 88 YEARS AND HIS WIFE SMT. MEENA
DEVI W/O SH. ROSHAN LAL GUPTA,
R/o B-33, Pochan Pur, Majar 0040639142-6 I,Jitender Singh Anand General public hereby informed that AGED ABOUT 85, BOTH R/o:- H.NO. E-
S/O.Harjeet Singh R/O.WZ-343, I,Bharat Bhushan,S/o notice given to all by my clients 27, SATYAWATI COLONY ASHOK VIHAR,
Bhola Ram Enclave, Raj Nagar I,RAJ KUMAR S/O.LEKH RAJ DELHI-110052, THEY HAVE FIVE
First floor,Shiv-Nagar, late.Bhagwan Dass Chawla Mohanlal Kanaram Sakhala S/O CHILDREN, OUT OF THEM, THEY HAD
Part -2, Delhi-110077 have RANA ADD-A-58 CHANDER Kanaram Sakala & Bhagirathi
Janakpuri,New Delhi- R/o-A3/82,Paschim-Vihar New DISOWN/ DEBARRED THEIR SON
Changed my name to Ishrawati VIHAR MANDAWALI,EAST Mohanlal Sakhala W/O Mohanlal NAMELY RAJKUMAR GUPTA, AND
110058,have changed my name Delhi-110063,have changed Kanaram Sakhala R/O WZ-924/10, THEIR DAUGHTERS NAMELY SMT.
0070811146-1 DELHI-110092 Changed My my name,from Bharat MEERA GARG W/O SH. O.P GARG, AND
to Jatinder Singh Anand,for all KH.No. 297, Nangal Raya, near SMT. SUSHILA GOEL W/O SH. RAJESH
name to RAJ KUMAR RANA,for Bhushan to Bharat Bhushan Sahyogi Park, NDL-46 are disown/ GOEL, AND SMT. GEETA GUPTA W/O
I Brijesh S/o Sh. Ramesh Kumar purposes. 0040639161-1
all future Purposes. Chawla,for all,future
debarred their Sons Gianchand SH. ARUN GUPTA, FROM THEIR
R/o 404, Bharthan Pana, Ali Pur, I,Isha Goel W/o-Puneet Mohanlal Sakla & Dinesh Sakla and MOVABLE AND
PROPERTIES/ ASSETS AND MY
IMMOVABLE
North West Delhi, Delhi-110036 0040639142-3 purposes. 0040639160-8 their legal heirs from all the movable CLIENTS HAVE SEVERED THEIR
Aggarwal R/o A-20,New and immovable properties and RELATIONS WITH THEM DUE TO THEIR
have changed my name to I,RACHIT PAWA, H.NO- Krishna Park, Vikaspuri, Delhi- I, Neeta, W/o Sunil Rawat, R/o X- blood/social relation forever, DISOBEDIENT AND HOSTILE ATTITUDE.
Nikhil Mann for all purposes. 2215,TOWER G PRATEEK- 110018,have changed my name 39, 2nd Floor, Sector-12, Noida, because they are out of control from MY CLIENTS SHALL NOT BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ANY ACTS
EDIFICE, STARLING MALL, Gautam Buddha Nagar, UP- my client's clutches and disobedient.
0040639097-4 to Isha Aggarwal. 0040639157-7 Any person whosoever deal with
OR DEALS WITH ANYONE, IF ANY ONE
DEALS WITH THEM HE/SHE SHALL DO
SECTOR-107,NOIDA, 201301, have changed my them shall do at his / her / their own SO AT THEIR OWN RISK AND
My daughter Manju’s date of GAUTAMBUDH NAGAR, I,Harvinder,S/O Lakhbir Singh name to NEETA RAUTHAN for risks cost and responsibility. CONSEQUENCES. MY CLIENTS ARE
NOW NOT RESIDING WITH THEIR SON
birth is recorded as 7.1.79 in the U.P.201304,changed my-Minor R/O, J-123,Sardar Colony all future purposes. Sd/- R.K. Padhi, Adv. NAMELY RAJKUMAR GUPTA AND THEIR
Army Service Records which is daughter name AYANNA to Sector-16, Rohini Delhi-110089, Ch.No. 1116, Rohini Court DAUGHTERS NAMELY SMT. MEERA
wrong, in her educational have changed my name to 0070811179-1 Complex, Delhi-85 GARG W/O SH. O.P GARG AND SMT.
AYANNA PAWA. 0040639161-4 SUSHILA GOEL W/O. SH. RAJESH AND
documents the date of birth is Harvinder Singh. 0040639142-8 I, Nahar Singh S/O Mawasi Ram,
SMT. GEETA.
Sd/- H.P. SHARMA
8.9.1979 which is correct. I,Purushottam Kumar,S/o
I,Harjinder Saggu S/o Joginder R/o 63A/C3, Defence Colony, PROPERTY En. No. D-1166/2007 ADVOCATE
Ch. No. 1419, L.C. Block,
Correct date should be entered Chandra Bhan Agarwal,R/o- Agra, Uttar Pradesh- 282001, Rohini Courts, Delhi.
519A, Gali.No-5/1,Tibra Saggu R/o SB/23 Vishnu
in my army service record. have changed my name and
Sukhlal Singh Son Late Road,Bagh-Colony, Modinagar, Garden Delhi-110018,have
shall hereafter be Known as
ACCOMODATION
changed my name to Harjinder
Raghuvar Singh Basantpur Ghaziabad have changed my
Singh. 0040639157-9 Nahar Singh Chahar. LOST & FOUND
name to
Bangar Post Luharli Dadri
PurushottamAggarwal,for all, 0070811126-1 INDUSTRIAL
Gautam Budh Nagar. I,Harinder Pal Singh alias
future purposes. 0040639157-3 Harinder Singh Kohli,S/o Lost original property allot-
0070811181-1 I, Manpreet Kaur w/o Gurnam
I,Puneet S/o Late Sh. Satish Joginder Singh Kohli,R/o C- Singh r/o D-476, Tagore Garden WANTED ment letter vide Ref No MCGH-
I, Kashish Arora w/o Sachin 2/20, Janakpuri, Delhi- Extension, Delhi-110027 have Mem No 657, of flat G-604,
Sharma R/o RZB-251,Nihal
Arora r/o M-272, 2nd Floor, Guru
Vihar Nangloi Delhi-110041, 110058,have changed my name changed my name to MANJIT Ready Mayurdhwaj Apts, 60 IP Extension,
Harkishan Nagar, Paschim
have change my name to to Harinderpal Singh Kohli. KAUR permanently. MANJIT Chemical Factory in Patparganj, New Delhi 110092, if
Vihar, Delhi-110087 have KAUR and MANPREET KAUR Maharashtra
PUNEET SHARMA. 0040639160-3 0040639143-1 found, please contact 9313623010
changed my name to DIPTI both are same and one person.
ARORA permanently. DIPTI I,Parul Tehlan,S/o Sh.Pardeep I,Garima Taneja,W/O Rohit or Gujarat
Kumar,R/o H.No-45A,Chauk Arora,R/O 2652/4,Gali No-7, 0040639092-1 ''IMPORTANT''
ARORA and KASHISH ARORA Whilst care is taken prior to
both are same and one person. Panna,Nangli Sakrawati, Bihari Colony, Shahdara,Delhi- Area approx. acceptance of advertising
copy, it is not possible to verify
Najafgarh,New Delhi- 110032,Have Changed my
0040639092-3
110043,Declare that My-Father Name to Ridhi Arora.
LOST & FOUND 8000 sq.mtr
its contents. The
held responsible for such

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It is for general information that Pradip Kumar,Pardeep Kumar 0040639160-5 We,Ratna Chaudhary and or more contents, nor for any loss or
damage incurred as a result of
transactions with companies,
I,Vibhor Kumar Bhaskar,S/o- and Pardeep Tehlan all Names Keshav Lalit Chaudhary associations or individuals
Mukesh Kumar R/o.E- are same and one Person,and I,GENDA SINGH,S/o KANHAIYA hereby notify that we,have
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Contact : 09137301085 or Publications. We therefore
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Email: make necessary inquiries
Pura,Krishna Nagar,Delhi- Singh & Sahab Singh both was A/2,SECOND FLOOR, NANGAL allotment-letter of our before sending any monies or
RAYA,NEW DELHI-110046,
info42capex@gmail.com entering into any agreements
51,declare that name of mine Same and One Person. property,A-102,Divya-CGHS with advertisers or otherwise
acting on an advertisement in
has been wrongly-written as 0040639143-10 Changed My name to GAINDA Sector-10,Dwarka,New
Vibhor Bhasker in my-10th & SINGH. 0040639161-2 Delhi,The FIR has been lodged
any manner whatsoever.
GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA
I,Noorul E Bad,S/o Zafar OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION
12th-class documents.The at Delhi-police station on 7th-
Husain,R/o H.No. F-12/29-30,4th I,Deeksha Haryal D/O.Pradip
actual-name of mine is Vibhor
Floor Back Side, Jogabai Haryal R/O.23/83-AB,3rd October-2022.Finder pl ENGINEER JEYPORE (R&B) CIRCLE, JEYPORE
Kumar Bhaskar,which may be contact atA-103,Sector- B-780 INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB)
Extn.,Jamia Nagar,South Delhi, floor,Tilak Nagar,New Delhi-
amended accordingly. 30,Noida,UP-201301.
Delhi-110025,have changed my 110018,have changed my name Bid Identification No. C.C.E.J..C (R&B)- 10/2022-23
0040639142-10 name to Noorul Hasan Zaidi,for to Deeksha,for all purposes. 0040639167-7
No. 4284 Date. 29.10.2022
I,hitherto known as Rajnish all purposes. 0040639157-4 0040639160-9 We Parbha Bansal W/o Late 1. Nature of the work: BUILDING & ROAD WORKS
Kumar,S/O-Shri Sat pal Sawal I,Nivesh Chawla,R/o- Satish Bansal and Sanjay 2. Total No. of Works: 03 (Three) Nos.
I,Chanchal,D/o Deena Nath,R/o
residing at Village & Post Office A3/82,Paschim Vihar,New- Bansal S/o Late Satish Bansal 3. Estimated cost: Rs, 245.03 Lakhs to 246.02 Lakhs As
Makan No.5834,Ward
Paniar,Tehsil &Distt. Gurdaspur Delhi-110063,have changed both R/o 25/57, Aggarwal per works.
18,Khasapura, Rewari,
Punjab-143531 ,have changed my-minor daughter’s Marg, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 4. Period of completion: 06(Six) Months to 09(Nine)Months.
Haryana,have changed my
my name and shall hereafter name,from Tanaya Chawla to 110007 have lost our Original 5. Cost of Bid Document: Rs. 10,000/- Each
name to Chanchal Sharma,for
be known as Rajneesh Sawal.It Tanaaya Chawla,for all,future Sale Deed of Property No. 6. Bid Security (EMD): Bid Security Declaration (Schedule-K)
all purposes. 0040639157-1
is certified that I have complied purposes. 0040639160-7 2161/61, Khasra No.524, Block- 7. Class of Contractor: “B” &“A” Class as per cl no. 05 TCN &
with other legal requirements I, Lallungawi S/o Hrilkhup J, Gali No.61, Nai Wala Karol according to works.
in this connection. Bahril,R/o Ho.No-22 IIIrd-Floor Bagh, Delhi-110005.Finders 8. Date & time of availability of From 10.00 hours of 07.11.2022 to
Satya-Niketan South Moti may contact at above address. bid document in the portal: 17.00 hours of 28.11.2022
0040639167-3 I, Malti Dhyani W/o Shri Prakash Bagh-2 ND-110021, changed my 9. Last date / Time for receipt
Chandra Dhyani R/o H. No. 610, 0040639097-6
I,Virendra Agarwal, S/o-Satish name to Lallungawi Bahril. of bids in the Portal: 17.00 hours of 28.11.2022
ChandAddress-Plot.no-393, Street No 17, Saraswati Colony, Lost-original DDA-Demand 10. Opening date of Bid: 10.00 hours of 29.11.2022
Sehatpur Extn. Faridabad, 0040639143-8
khasra. no-81/13 UG-floor, Note.No.8 (623)75 of 11. Name and address of the Chief Construction Engineer Jeypore
Street. no-3, Jain-Nagar karala, Haryana - 121003, have I,Mamta W/o Ramani Das R/o prop.no.623,Single-Storey, Officer Inviting Bid: (R&B) Circle, Jeypore
Rohini, Delhi-110086,changed changed my name from 217, VPO Khaira, Najafgarh, Pocket-3,Paschim Puri,New Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal
my name to Virendra Malteshwari Dhyani to Malti New Delhi-110043, have Delhi-110063.Finder contact- https://tendersodisha.gov.in Any addendum / corrigendum / cancellation of tender
Aggarwal. Dhyani for all future purposes changed my name to Mamta Jagmohan Kaur,W/o can also be seen in the said website only.
0040639096-1 Siwan Das. Kanwarjeet Singh.Mob-
0040639143-6
9250135180. 0040639160-10 Chief Construction Engineer
0040639157-5
Jeypore (R&B) Circle, Jeypore
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022 SPORT 21
FIH MEN’S PRO LEAGUE
All things big & small that build-up towards the kick off of ISL’s Iranian
After trailing 1-3, the greatest sporting spectacle on earth - the FIFA World Cup player protests
India turn the hijab imposition
tables on NZ Silencing critics, Ecuador’s uncertain back home
PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA
BHUBANESWAR,NOVEMBER4
INDIADISHEDoutan impressivebrandof at-

tacking hockey after trailing 1-3 at one stage
future and likely new French boss MIHIRVASAVDA
NOVEMBER4
VAFA HAKHAMANESHI escaped his marker,

powered the ball past goalkeeper, dashed to-
to thrash New Zealand 7-4 in a high-scoring wards the cameras and lifted his t-shirt. Such
thriller in the FIH Men's Pro League here on
Friday. The home side, who had beaten the
sameopponents4-3inthefirstlegonOctober
FIFA goal celebrations are rather common in foot-
ballbutVafawantedtousethemoment--his
firstgoalinIndiaandhisclubChennaiyin--to
28,struggledinthefirst15minutesbyconced-
WORLD CUP send out a message.
ing three goals but turned the match on its ROUNDUP On the vest of the Iranian footballer were
handastheystrucktwogoalseachinthenext words of support for the women in his coun-
three quarters. try. They read: #women #life #freedom for
New Zealand dominated the first quarter FIFA urges teams to ‘focus 11:11. These words have gained resonance
butlaterwitheredunderIndia'sincessanton- among Iranians in the last few months.
slaughtastheycouldscorejustonegoalinthe
on football’ Following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-
next three 15-minute periods. The backlash over Qatar being the host year-old woman who died in police custody
CaptainHarmanpreetSingh(7thand19th country of the 2022 FIFA World Cup has in Tehran on September 13, arrested for not
minute; both PCs), Karthi Selvam (17th and steadily increased as the event has neared. wearingtheHijab,protestshaveeruptedacross
38th), Raj Kumar Pal (31st), Sukhjeet Singh Withprotestsfromactivists,aswellascurrent the country.
(50th)andJugrajSingh(53rd)scoredforIndia. and former players, over the country's crimi- The words on Vafa's vest were reportedly
For New Zealand, Simon Child (2nd), Sam nalisation of same-sex relationships, and re- chanted during Amini's funeral by protesters,
Lane (9th), Smith Jake (14th) and Nic Woods pressionoftheLGBTQ+community.Thecoun- who are breaking the hijab law as a show of
(54th) were the scorers.India got 11 penalty try has also been accused of exploitation of Zidane to become France dissent. And in the days that followed, Iran’s
corners in the match from which three were migrant labour, in some cases leading to their coach post World Cup? footballers joined in.
converted. death and serious health problems. However, the show of solidarity, which
In the final analysis, it was a dominating In light of the growing backlash, FIFA has After vacating the Real Madrid cameintheIndianSuperLeaguematchagainst
performance by the Indians who produced a written to each of the 32 teams urging them head coach position 18 months ago, East Bengal on Friday, resulted in Vafa receiv-
fine attacking hockey with 29 circle penetra- to"letfootballtakecenterstage"amidintense speculation has been rife regarding ing a second yellow card, and thus being sent
tions as against 13 by New Zealand. India also scrutiny. The letter, sent by FIFA president Zinedine Zidane's next assignment. off. According to the rules, players are sanc-
had56percentballpossessionand12shotsat GianniInfantinoandsecretarygeneralFatma Per Spanish publication Libertad tioned by referees if they remove their shirt
opposition goal as against six of the visiting Samoura, asks the federations to “not allow Digital, Zidane is likely to replace duringcelebrationorevenoftheyliftashirtto
team. India head coach Graham Reid had football to be dragged into every ideological Didier Deschamps as the manager of reveal a political message.
talkedaboutdefensivelapsesintheearliertwo or political battle that exists.” The letter reit- the French national team, regardless Hakhamaneshi,however,didnotseemde-
matches of the season and on Friday also, the eratedthepromisesmadebyQatarthateach of the result in Qatar. terred. The 31-year-old Iranian was already
home side committed blunders to concede of the 1.2 million expected visitors to Qatar Deschamps' 2018 World Cup- shown a yellow card for a foul in the 60th
threegoalsinthefirst15minutesthoughthey will be welcome “regardless of origin, back- winning side has had a fractured minute. His goal nine minutes later, though,
pulled one back in that period. ground, religion, gender, sexual orientation buildup to their title defence, with in- was enough for Chennaiyin to seal the win.
New Zealand scored from the first attack or nationality.” juries and off-field controversies ChennaiyindefeatedEastBengal1-0,theirsec-
of the match in the first minute. A low cross blighting their preparations. In a ond win of the season while the Kolkata side
fromKaneRussellfromtherightchannelsped
England and Wales join 'Fan dressing room full of massive person- suffereditsfourthdefeatinfrontofmorethan
past three Indian defenders and Simon Child Leader Network' alities, Zidane, one of the country's 17,000fans.Hakhamaneshi,adefender,joined
hadallthetimeintheworldattheotherendto AnumberoffansfromEnglandandWales greatest players and star of their 1998 ChennaiyinfromThaiclubRatchaburiaheadof
control and slam the ball past goalkeeper PR willtraveltotheWorldCup,allexpensespaid A building in Doha with Senegal star Sadio Mane’s image. Reuters triumph, would be a natural fit. thisseason. Iran'sfootballershaveshownsup-
Sreejesh.Indiagotthreesuccessivepenaltycor- by the Qatar government, as part of the 'Fan porttoAmini,leadingwiththeirtalismanicat-
nersandequalisedfromthelastone.Fromthe Leader Network' to promote the event. The tacker Sardar Azmoun, who posted a social
first, George Enersen's kick hit Karthi Selvam members of the group, as many as 40 from mains in the balance. The South American by November 10 according to Reuters, just 10 mediamessagelastmonth.Then,duringtheir
ontheface,leadingtothesecondpenaltycor- bothcountriesaccordingtoTheTimes,willbe teamwonjustsevenofits18gamesinthequal- daysbeforeEcuadorarescheduledtoplaythe final match ahead of the World Cup against
ner from which Harmanpreet fluffed. expected to promote the tournament by de- ificationround,makingittothemarqueeevent opening game of the event against Qatar. Senegal, the Iranian team came out of the
livering positive messages, singing certain by finishing fourth in their group. But their dugoutwearingblackjacketstocovertheirna-
songs when required, as well as reporting so- qualification is at risk, as the Court for
Costa Ricans may miss World tionalteamlogosduringthenationalanthem
cial media posts by fans that are critical of the Arbitration of Sport (CAS) is set to hear a case Cup due to economic challenges in support of the women of Iran.
tournament and Qatar. on defender Bryan Castillo's date and place of Costa Rica's dream run at the 2014 FIFA
Dutch broadcaster NOS reported that a birth, which has caused considerable contro- World Cup will be one of the most well-re-
similardealhasbeenstruckwithfansfromthe versy.InFebruary,Castillo'snationalitybecame membered parts of the event in Brazil. The
Netherlands, while the New York Times re- a point of contention, but he was cleared of Central American team topped the group of
ported that fans from all of FIFA’s confedera- wrongdoing a few months later, despite the death-featuringEngland,Italy,andUruguay-
tions have accepted the offer, including the Chilean federation lodging a complaint with and then beat Greece in the Round of 16 on theirtripwellinadvance,andduetothehuge
United States. FIFA. However, documents and audio tapes penalties,beforebowingouttoNetherlandsin distance, high inflation in their country, and
weresubsequentlyleakedofhimtalkingabout thequarterfinal.Eightyearslater,however,only the depreciation of their currency against the
CAS to hear case that may hisplaceofbirthbeinginColombia,andhehas 500fansfromthefootball-madnationareex- QatariRiyal,thejourneyisoutofreachformost
India got 11 penalty corners and disqualify Ecuador been accused of using a falsified birth certifi- pected to be in attendance, according to Al fans. Many are trying to make their way Chennaiyin’s Vafa Hakhamaneshi after
converted three in their 7-4 win. PTI Lessthanthreeweeksremainuntilthestart cate. CAS will hear Chile's complaint on Jazeera.Asoneof thelastfewteamstoensure through raffles and lotteries offering a trip to scoring against East Bengal on Friday.
of the World Cup, but Ecuador's destiny re- November 4 and 5, and a decision is expected qualification,CostaRicanswerenotabletoplan the Middle Eastern nation as prizes. ENS
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PLAYING TODAY
T20 World Cup
1.30pm: England vs Sri Lanka
Icc T20 World Cup 2022
Australia’s fate in Old Enemy’s hands BRIEFLY

Men’ssquashteam
winsAsianC’ships
Cheongju: The Indian men's team,
After failing to win by a big margin against Afghanistan, defending champions can advance to semis only if England lose to Sri Lanka led by the seasoned Saurav Ghosal,
clinched its first-ever gold at the
Asian Squash Team Championships
ABHISHEK PUROHIT
NOVEMBER 4
Indians enjoy off day with a 2-0 win over Kuwait in the fi-
nal here on Friday. Star player Ghosal
AUSTRALIA NEEDED a massive win over

after hectic week sealed the victory after Ramit
Tandon had given India the lead with
Afghanistan on Friday if they were to move Melbourne: A walk on the river bank, a fluent straight games win over Ali
ahead of England on net run-rate and also Indian food with teammates, and a Aramezi (11-5, 11-7, 11-4). Ghosal
create a bit of a buffer to allow for a narrow familyoutingwereonthescheduleas then made short work of Ammar
England victory over Sri Lanka on Saturday. the Indian team had an off day after a Altamimi 11-9, 11-2, 11-3 to give the
Instead,theywereleftscramblingtosavethe hecticweek.The team isscheduledto team an unassailable lead. PTI
game as Rashid Khan gave them a very real play Zimbabwe on Sunday and de-
scare at Adelaide Oval, his home ground in
the Big Bash League. In the end, Rashid’s un-
cided to have their practice session
under lights on Saturday. The Indian ShivaentersAsian
beaten 48 off 23 wasn’t enough, and
Australia scraped through by a mere four
players were looking forward to this
break as the busy schedule hasn't al-
Elitequarters
runs. The hosts will now hope Sri Lanka beat lowed them much time to venture Amma: Five-time Asian
England or else their T20 World Cup title de- out. Some of them took the opportu- Championships medallist Shiva
fence will be over in the group stage itself. nity to walk the streets of Melbourne Thapa showed his mettle in a hard
The spotlight may have been on the de- and indulge in a bit of shopping. fought 3-2 win over Mongolia's
fending champions but the stars of the DEVENDRA PANDEY Byambatsogt Tuguldur to progress to
evening were to be the plucky Afghans. the quarterfinals of the ASBC Asian
Having sat twiddling their thumbs for ten Elite Boxing Championships in
days amid successive washouts against New Rashid connected off the first, sending it Amman, Jordan on Friday. Thapa
Zealand and Ireland – Afghanistan were the soaringoverdeepsquareleg.He’donlyman- (63.5kg) and Tuguldur went toe-to-
only team in the tournament to have two age a couple and a four off the last two balls, toe right from the start with their ag-
games rained away – they produced a con- though, and Australia finally breathed easy. gressive approach and landed some
trolled bowling performance to restrict Justliketheirbowlingeffort,Australiahad heavy blows on each other, making it
Australia to 168 and had backed it up with huffed and puffed through their batting in- a very close contest.PTI
the bat at 99 for 2 after 13 overs. nings. Afghanistan had sent them in after
Rahmanullah Gurbaz first and then
GulbadinNaibhadstrucksomecleanbound-
winning the toss, forcing them to come out
swinging at everything. But despite their PCBgivesplayers
aries to keep Afghanistan firmly in the hunt.
It was a situation not dissimilar to
labours, Australia had found themselves
three down at the end of the Powerplay.
nodforSALeague
Bangladesh’s against India after Litton Das’ Itwouldhavebeenfourdownoff the first Matthew Wade is bowled by Fazalhaq Farooqi during their last league match in Adelaide. AP Karachi:The Pakistan Cricket Board
opening blitz. And then something similar ball of the seventh over from Gulbadin, had (PCB) has decided to allow its players
happened to break Afghanistan’s rhythm as Najibullah held on to a travelling chance off to make themselves available for the
Williamson makes a strike-rate

well. Like KL Rahul had, Glenn Maxwell fired Mitchell Marsh’s bat at backward point. inaugural South African T20 league
in a direct hit from the same position, deep Marsh hit three consecutive boundaries in in which the majority of teams are
midwicket, to catch a diving Gulbadin short Gulbadin’s next to make 45 off 30. However, owned by Indians. Initially, the PCB
at the non-striker’s end. And Afghanistan even he was gone just after the halfway had decided not to issue NOCs to its
statement in understated fashion

promptly imploded, throwing away another mark, and it came down to Glenn Maxwell players for the inaugural Emirates
three wickets in the space of eight deliveries to keep the runs flowing in the middle overs. Cricket League and SA League due to
to slide to 103 for 6. And even as Stoinis struggled against international and domestic commit-
Ibrahim Zadran top-edged a sweep off spin, falling to Rashid for 25 off 21, Maxwell ments but with the Pakistan and
Adam Zampa to short fine leg; Najibullah carved his way to a half-century off 29 balls throughtheair,moreswipesacrossthelines, West Indies boards agreeing to post-
Zadran charged and completely mishit with his reverse-sweeps, slogs, slaps and SANDIP G more slogs and swipes, more calculated ag- pone a T20 series the board has
Zampa off the second ball he faced, offering pulls. Australia continued to lose wickets at NOVEMBER 4 gressionthanseamlessstroke-making.Many changed its stance. PTI
adollytolong-off;evenskipperMohammad the other end, though, and even Maxwell a time, to both seamers and spinners, he
Nabi didn’t learn, awkwardly swinging Josh
Hazlewood straight to deep square leg sec-
could not connect as many as he would have
liked at the death.
KNEELING ON one knee, every strand of
muscle on his forearm flexed, Kane
would sashay down the surface. Four of his
five fours were hit in the air, to go with three Irvingapologises
ond ball. As the equation started to become
steeper and steeper, the match seemed to be
The Afghan seamers Fazalhaq Farooqi
and Naveen-ul-Haq were superb, conceding
Williamson slog-swept the 32nd ball he
faced in the innings over cow cordon. As the
sixes (a pull, slog and slog-sweep apiece).
There was little desperation in his body lan-
aftersuspension
heading towards a tame, foregone conclu- just 25 runs off the last four overs. Bowling ball sailed into the stands, his partner Daryll guage, but rather an eagerness to be back New York:Nets star guard Kyrie Irving
sion.ButRashidbroughtittolifeinthelast14 slow and tight or getting it full and right un- Mitchellrushedinandembracedhiscaptain. amongst the runs, to be back influencing apologized late on Thursday for pro-
deliveries. Either slogging over deep mid- der the bat, the duo made it very difficult for Williamson broke into a shy smile, before he games for his country. Lest you forget, this moting a film he said contained "false
wicket or whacking it over long-off, he hit the Australians to find any timing on their unwrapped the helmet and waved his bat, was a match NewZealand required towin to anti-Semitic statements," just hours
successive sixes off Kane Richardson at the heaves. reluctantly rather than wildly at the dress- keep their semifinal hopes flickering. after his team suspended him for not
endof the18thtobringitdownto33needed “I thought Afghanistan bowled really ing room and the scattered crowd at the Theslogsweepthatbroughthishalf-cen- disavowing anti-Semitism. Irving has
off 12. Richardson had been chosen ahead of well. We'd have liked a few more with the Adelaide Oval. tury captured theessence of his innings. It’s a faced heavy criticism since posting a
Mitchell Starc, who hasn’t quite set the T20 situation that we are in. I think it's probably There was so much noise around stroke that he usually preserves for this for- link on Twitter last week to a 2018
World Cup alight but hasn’t had a nightmare a par score,” Marsh would say during the in- Williamson. That he is not scoring runs; that mat, and as a last-gasp option. commentary and defending the post
either, with three wickets in three games at nings break. heis scoring runsslowly; that theelbow was Hepremeditatedtheshot,crouchedlowas over the weekend. The seven-timeAll
an economy-rate of 8.50. Richardson would To add to Australia’s woes, the pitch now stillhurting;andmostshockingly,thathehas the bowler was about to release the ball and Star has since deleted the Twitter
end up going for 48 from four. didn’t appear to hold up as much as it had been a burden for his team this tournament. then bend his knees. Barry McCarthy slowed post. REUTERS
Hazlewood kept Rashid to 11 from the when they batted. They did regroup with a All of this chatter has, of course, come Kane Williamson came good against the ball a little and shortened the length, but
penultimateover,butwithonlyall-rounders
MarcusStoinisandCameronGreenavailable
clutchof wickets,butwhenRashidbeganhis
late assault, Wade looked a worried man.
from outside the dressing room. His team-
mates and support staff had done their bit to
Ireland with 61 off 35. Williamson made the required adjustments.
He delayed his shot and hit the ball squarer, Arsenal,United
for the last over, stand-in skipper Matthew AustraliawillhangoninAdelaideforanother assert the importance of being Kane thoughtherewasafielderprowlingthebound-
registerwins
Wade – Aaron Finch was out injured – was
to have a “pretty nerve-wracking” time as he
daytowatchSriLankatakeonEnglandatthe
Sydney Cricket Ground, and pray their old-
Williamson. GlennMitchellcalledhim“pure
gold at No.3”; Mitchell Santner called for pa- GROUP 1 STANDINGS ary.Heknewhispowerwouldbeatthefielder.
Bythis time, hewashittingata strikerate London: Kieran Tierney blasted home
handed the ball to Stoinis. “I played him in est rivals lose. tience and reminded the reporter to not for- P W L NRR N/R PTS of nearly 150. Just moments ago, he was a winner for Arsenal to seal the top
theIPLandhaveseenhimdoit3-4times,but BRIEF SCORES: Australia: 168 for 8 in 20 get the past. There is genuine goodwill and NewZealand 5 3 1 2.113 1 7 barelyscoringata-run-a-ball.Then,thereare spot in its group and advance to the
never felt entirely sure at any point,” Wade overs (Glenn Maxwell 54 not out, Mitchell love for Williamson. Australia 5 3 1 0.844 1 7 fewcricketersaround,apartfromViratKohli, round of 16 of the Europa League
admitted later. Marsh 45; Naveen-ul-Haq 3/21) bt Then, as often as he does, Williamson England 4 2 1 0.547 0 5 who could switch from an anchor to aggres- with a 1-0 victory over Zurich. The
Stoinis bowled a collection of back-of- Afghanistan: 164 for 7 in 20 overs (Rashid shut out the noise himself without making SriLanka 4 2 2 -0.547 0 4 sor as smoothly as Williamson could. At one Premier League leader needed a win
the-hand slower ones and off-cutters, but Khan 48 not out, Gulbadin Naib 39; Adam any noise himself. The celebrations were stage,hewas15off 15 balls.Theninthe wink in London on Thursday to guarantee
Ireland 5 1 3 -1.615 0 3
with three sixes needed off three balls, Zampa 2/22). mild, to put it mildly. There were no finger- of an eye, he was 42 off 29. first place ahead of PSV Eindhoven.
Afghanistan 5 0 3 -0.571 0 2
wags, or air-swipes, or even a routine sky- He also lets the stroke-makers blossom Tierney unleashed a fierce half-vol-
ward gaze. He had no statement to make; no around him. His presence gave Phillips the ley from the edge of the area in the
point to prove, no burning hubris. He bats The knock stood out not so much for the licence to attack from the first ball. He pum- 17th minute that left Zurich goal-
like silk, but he is made of granite. quality of his stroke-play as for the resolve he melledanine-ball17topumpintheimpetus keeper Yanick Brecher no chance. AP
He just wanted to score the runs that exuded. Williamson was a few miles behind after Devon Conway’s laborious 28 off 33.
would make the difference for his side, and
his 61 off 35 balls (strike rate of 174.28) was
his best. He struggled for timing, he was un-
characteristically hitting the ball too hard. He
Earlier, Finn Allen had compensated for
Conway’s crawl with 32 off 18 balls. And Alcarazretires,Rune
the difference between the two sides in the
end. His knockcorner-stonedNewZealand’s
sweatedforplacement,oftenthefieldersneed-
n’thavetomoveametrefromthestations.He
when Mitchell walked in, Williamson as-
sumed the aggressor’s role, giving him ade-
insemifinals
185, which the Irish fell short by 35 runs. scratched and scraped — it was not a Test in- quate time to settle down before teeing off Paris: Carlos Alcaraz retired injured
Thoughtheythreatenedtoscriptanotherup- nings where he could block his way back to to 31 not out off 21 balls, despite a hat-trick against Holger Rune at the Paris
set with an opening partnership of 68 in form. His team needed him to rediscover his from Josh Delaney, that could in the end just Masters, sending his fellow 19-year-
eight overs and inject further intrigue into form;theyalsoneededquickrunsonasurface, prevent New Zealand from crossing 200. old through to a semi-final clash
the semifinal equation, Williamson’s men, althoughdevoidoflateralmovementanddis- Asked about his knock, Williamson gave against Felix Auger-Aliassime. after
like their captain, kept cool and snuffed concerting bounce, was on the sluggish side. just a one-liner: “Nice to get some momen- the Canadian extended his winning
Ireland’s hopes with timely wickets. The But Williamson was determined, willed tum.” The team, that would matter more to run to 16. Rune outclassed Alcaraz on
margin of victory ensured that their net run- to embrace whatever it takes to kill both Williamson than personal fortunes. serve to win the opening set 6-3 and
rate hit 2.113, and although they are not birds in one stone. BRIEF SCORES: New Zealand: 185 for 6 in held firm in the second when the
mathematically assured of a semifinal spot The staple, high-percentage strokes, the 20 overs (Kane Williamson 61; Josh Little Spaniard stepped up his level before
Rashid Khan almost pulled off the chase with some big hitting. yet, they are the outright favourites to reach cuts, drives and pulls, were not coming off. 3/22) bt Ireland: 150 for 9 in 20 overs (Paul retiring in the tiebreak. REUTERS
the last four from their group. So he sought riskier alternatives, more shots Stirling 37; Lockie Ferguson 3/22).
In Pakistan, rumours persist... ‘he’s a match-fixer’ and that hurts a lot: Akram
game. There were other rumours too, like he that you never trust. People change over lationship with fellow quick, Waqar Younis. worst time of my life.”
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE faked injury and withdrew from the 1996 time, though. I just don’t know him now. I “We were OK. We had good days, bad days, Akram said that he began using cocaine
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 4 World Cup quarter-final game against India havemovedoninlife,myfathertaughtmeto but we were like siblings, not jealous but while working as a television pundit around
in Bangalore, besides using a mobile phone forgive and forget. I don’t burn bridges or competitive. But instead of waiting for their the world. “The culture of fame in South Asia
PAKISTANLEGENDWasimAkram,theformer in the dressing room. seek revenge, life is very short,” he says. turn, (Pakistan vice-captains) have players is all-consuming, seductive and corrupting,”
fastbowler,saidthatthematch-fixingallega- Rehman, who he calls “not the brightest ImranKhanhadnicknamedhimthe‘Rat,’ aroundthem–agang–saying:‘It’syourturn, he told the Times. “It started innocuously
tions against him ‘was like a trauma’. So trau- crayon in the box” claimed that he was pres- because he was “sneaky, untrustworthy and you are the best captain.’ Waqar was a kid enough when I was offered a line at a party
maticthathehadnotreadtheQayyumreport, sured into picking Akram’s name, and later often unpleasant to deal with.” whomademistakes.Imademistakes.Ashu- in England; my use grew steadily more seri-
which went into match fixing allegations in Rehman was banned for life for his involve- To revisit those dark days for his memoir man beings, we all do,” he says. ous, to the point that I felt I needed it to func-
Pakistancricketuntilhebegantoworkonhis ment in match-fixing. As for the 1996 quar- was tough, but he says he wanted to present “We have been working together re- tion,” he adds.
memoir, Sultan, with the Australian journal- terfinal, then team physio attested that his side of the story. “It was tough to revisit cently, actually, commentating and doing a However, he finally came out of it follow-
ist Gideon Haigh. Akram was indeed injured. He was eventu- those moments in my life – the betrayal, the World Cup show. I told him I had written a ingthedeathof hisfirstwife.“Humaeventu-
He maintains that his conscience has al- ally cleared of serious charges, but was Wasim Akram’s memoir will be out tragedies – butthe reason for doingthe book book,therewasnothingpersonalaboutany- allyfoundmeout,discoveringapacketof co-
waysbeenclear,butithurtsthattherumours slapped a fine and stated that “he should be later this month. wasn’t money. I probably wanted to forget. one, it’s just my side of the story and he said caineinmywallet...‘Youneedhelp.’Iagreed.
still persist. “People may talk about Wasim observed closely.” I’ve been diabetic for 25 years and didn’t that’s fine,” he adds. Huma, I know, was often lonely in this time,
Akram, one of the best left-armers, Pakistan His only “serious mistake”, was that he want the stress. But my sons are 25 and 21, she would talk of her desire to move to
and Lancashire etc, and that’s how I’m gen- was friends with Zafar Iqbal, a gambler and destructive. Imagine me playing with peo- my younger daughter is almost 18, and it’s Cocaine addiction Karachi,tobenearerherparentsandsiblings.
erally seen by you guys in the UK. But in bookie, who was his old schoolmate. But he ple who did that to me? There was just so my story for them. And my (second) wife, He also admitted about his cocaine ad- I was reluctant. Why? Partly because I liked
Pakistan,therumourspersist–‘he’samatch- didn’tknowtheothers.“IthinkIwastheonly muchdistrust.Thecricketboardshouldhave Shaniera.Theyallwantedtoknowwhathap- diction. “I didn’t know what I was going to going to Karachi on my own, pretending it
fixer’ – and that hurts a lot,” he admitted. cricketer who wasn’t friendly with these been stronger, with strong managers and pened, my side of the story, because they do in my future,” he says. “I got into the was work when it was actually about party-
The scandal goes back to the 1990s when guys,” Akram said. “After Imran Khan and coaches,” he adds. have heard stuff about me,” he explains. wrong company, I hurt my late wife very ing, often for days at a time,” he admits.
fast bowler Ata-ur-Rehman alleged that Javed Miandad retired, there was no one left Talking about Saleem Malik who was He touched upon other aspects of his ca- much in that period. With addiction, you “Huma’s last selfless act was curing me
Akram offered him Rs 3-4 lakh to “fix” the to control the dressing room. It was so self- banned for life, Akram said, "He was a guy reer as well, like his blow-hot blow-cold re- can’t think about anything else. It was the of my drug problem.”
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8 280.00 16.00 copy, it is not possible to verify

2000.00STC damage incurred as a result of

Renewal work of Engineer,

before sending any monies or

entering into any agreements

2000.00STC (road Category)

Renewal work of +300.00TC+ Four Construction

11 405.00 22.25 SR of Peeplighosi road Km 7 to Bahadurpur

Rs. Executive SR of Hasanpur-Atrasi-Amroha road Km 17

11.70 1.17 766.00 3 months “A, B, C & D”

15 to Lambia road via Raipur Shahzadpur

Renewal work of +300.00TC+ Four Construction (road Category)

13 to Mandora 116.00 7.80 17 Amroha

Limited Time Offer

Govt data show would be shut from Saturday,

THE COST of buying and operat-

AS THE debate over stubble

Delhi ready for mega MCD polls

DELHI POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE

POOR Keep PUC certiﬁcates of your vehicles up to date.

Regularly replace air ﬁlters at recommended intervals in your

SEVERE from home.

activities and stay indoors, as much as possible.

AQI can be seen at CPCB WEBSITE/SAMEER APP

PRIMARY CLASSES SHUT TILL TUESDAY

GRADED POLLUTION PLAN

GUJARAT ● HIMACHAL PRADESH

Municipality ruled by BJP for

decades, no Opp since last year