Vol. 66 No.
219 | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023 | 18 Pages |
THE FP
BULLETIN
Manjha claims
biker’s life
A motorcyclist died in
Bhiwandi on Sunday
following an accident caused
by a kite string. Sanjay Hajare,
47, was travelling from
Bhiwandi to Ulhasnagar when
his throat got caught and he
lost balance and crashed into a
flyover wall. MUMBAI
Swiggy agent dies
fleeing from dog
A Swiggy agent died in
hospital four days after
falling from the first floor of a
building while escaping an
alleged dog attack, police said
on Monday. Banjara Hills
police have registered a case
against the dog owner. NATION
Nepal flight’s
black box found
S earchers have found both
the cockpit voice recorder
and flight data recorder from
the Yeti Airlines flight that
crashed in Nepal, in the
country's deadliest plane crash
in 30 years. WORLD
WPI inflation
cools to 4.95%
A fter having declined to a
21-month low of 5.85% in
November 2022, the country’s
Wholesale Price Index-based
inflation fell to 4.95% in
December 2022. MONEY
Railway worker
dies in Matunga
A railway worker died after a
crane broke down at the
Matunga workshop of Central
Railway on Sunday. Following
the incident, employees
demanded action against
officers who failed to provide
safety gear to the man. MUMBAI
Jallikattu claims 2
lives in TN
J allikattu claimed the lives of
two people on Monday
when bulls gored a tamer and
a spectator in separate events
in Madurai and Tiruchi. At
Palamedu, 24-year-old tamer
Aravindraj was killed. At Periya
Suriyur a man named Aravind
died. NATION
JOSHIMATH SINKING
State lazy, say
locals, urge
Centre to help
AGENCIES / Joshimath
The Joshimath Bachao Sang-
harsh Samiti (JBSS) on Mon-
day urged the Centre to take
over relief and rehabilitation
in the town, accusing the Ut-
tarakhand Government of a
“lackadaisical” approach
even as the number of build-
ings developing cracks in the
subsidence-hit town rose to
849, of which 165 are in the
danger zone.
The group also raised the
pitch to scrap the National
Thermal Power Corporation’s
Tapovan-Vishnugad hydro-
electric project, holding the
building of its tunnel respon-
sible for the crisis. It said
renowned engineering firm
Larsen & Toubro was initially
building the tunnel but quit as
it was not satisfied with
NTPC’s working.
The development came on a
day the Supreme Court
refused to entertain a plea
seeking its intervention to de-
clare the crisis in Joshimath a
national disaster, saying that
with the Uttarakhand High
Court seized of a “broad range
of issues”, it should hear the
case as a matter of principle
(see report, p13).
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S.C. upbraids
BJP petitioner
T he Supreme Court on
Monday held critically
the conduct of Delhi BJP
leader Ashwini Upadhyay in
filing and withdrawing
different petitions before
different benches of the
Supreme Court and the
Delhi High Court on the
same subject of religious
conversions. NATION
EXPORTS DECLINE 12.2%
IN DEC; TRADE DEFICIT
WIDENS TO $23.76BN
Rijiju’s letter
revives row
on collegium
Oppn says what Govt seeks is
subservience, not transparency
FPJ BUREAU &
AGENCIES / New Delhi
Union Law Minister Kiren Ri-
jiju has sought the inclusion
of government nominees on
collegiums that decide on jus-
tices for the Supreme Court
and the various High Courts
in the country.
In a letter to Chief Justice
of India DY Chandrachud, Mr
Rijiju defended his move as a
“precise follow-up action” re-
quired by the Supreme Court
while striking down the Na-
tional Judicial Appointments
Commission (NJAC) Act.
The letter is certain to be
the latest flashpoint between
the Centre and the judiciary
which are at loggerheads over
the mechanism to appoint
Supreme Court and High
Court justices.
Last year, Mr Rijiju had
called the collegium system
“alien” to the Constitution,
saying the apex court in its
wisdom, through a court rul-
ing, had created a collegium,
but before 1991 all judges were
appointed by the government
of the day.
Rijiju’s letter, sent earlier
this month, and his remarks
on Monday come amid the
continued tug-of-war between
the Government and the judi-
4 EEH exits for Freeway extension
ATEEQ SHAIKH / Mumbai
The Eastern Freeway extension from Ghatko-
par to Thane will have four entry-exit ramps.
After this 14km elevated road is built, one will
be able to travel without encountering a signal
from Thane to Yellow Gate in South Mumbai.
The 14km extension having two lanes in ei-
ther direction will have a total of four entry
and exit ramps at Chheda Nagar, Kanjurmarg,
Airoli Bridge and Mulund octroi naka. The es-
EDITIONS: MUMBAI*, Pune, Nashik, Konkan, Indore, Bhopal, E-paper
KEY POINTS
! Law minister wants
Government nominees on
the collegium “for infusion
of transparency and public
accountability”
! The letter is a follow-up
to letters written earlier to
the Chief Justice
! Mr Rijiju said the letter is
“exactly in conformity” with
the observations and
directions of the Supreme
Court Constitution bench
that struck down the NJAC
Act in 2015
ciary. Besides several Union
ministers, Vice-President
Jagdeep Dhankhar has also
slammed the 2015 scrapping
of the NJAC by the apex
court, claiming that the judi-
ciary was encroaching on the
domain of the legislature.
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timated cost of the project is Rs3,140 crore.
“The locations for the four ramps have been
decided as per the traffic volumes that origi-
nate from these junctions and converge on the
Eastern Express Highway,” a source from the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development
Authority (MMRDA) said.
Currently, construction is underway for the
Chheda Nagar Junction flyover, which will
eventually become part of the Eastern Free-
way extension project.
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GUBERNATORIAL
OVERREACH
COVID CENTRE PROBE
No way to
check docus:
BMC chief
ABHISHEK SHARAN / Mumbai
Municipal Commissioner IS
Chahal appeared before the
Enforcement Directorate on
Monday to record his state-
ment in connection with a
probe into alleged irregulari-
ties in the award of contracts
for trained
manpower to
run a jumbo
Covid-19 centre.
Mr Chahal,
who was ques-
tioned for four
hours at the
E.D.’s zonal headquarters at
Ballard Estate, furnished in-
formation and issued clarifica-
tions about the award of a con-
tract to a firm that is said to
have been unregistered and
lacked the experience of pro-
viding manpower for medical
facilities. The documents it
submitted are said to be bogus.
Mr Chahal later told re-
porters he had told the E.D. the
BMC had no mechanism at the
time to verify documents sub-
mitted by agencies bidding for
any contracts.
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Cops see pranksters behind weed msg
SOMENDRA SHARMA / Mumbai
The Tardeo police suspect
that tech-savvy youngsters
were the ones who hacked a
digital information board in
the city and made it display
inappropriate messages last
month.
Initial investigations show
that someone gained unau-
thorised access to the com-
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PEOPLE KEPT TELLING ME THAT
I SHOULD PLAY UNIFORM
ROLES: REGINA CASSANDRA
BJP’s target: Win all 9 state
Assembly elections this year
FPJ BUREAU &
AGENCIES / New Delhi
BJP President JP Nadda on
Monday emphasised the polit-
ical importance of the nine
state Assembly polls sched-
uled to be held this year in the
run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha
election and asked senior par-
ty members from across the
country to ensure victory in
all of them.
Briefing reporters on Mr
Nadda's address to the BJP
National Executive, whose
two-day meeting began here
on Monday with a 200m road
show by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, former
Union minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad said the party chief
asserted that Mr Modi’s Gov-
ernment had ensured all-
round progress and expressed
confidence in the party's
prospects in the polls, includ-
ing for the Lok Sabha.
The Prime Minister's hour-
long road show on Parliament
Street went from Patel Chowk
to the NDMC Convention
Centre. Folk singers and tra-
ditional dancers from more
puter system of the
LED board at the Haji
Ali junction, accord-
ing to the police.
The board, which
was meant to relay
traffic information
and messages such as
‘Don’t Drink & Drive’ and
‘No Smoking’, started relay-
ing messages such as ‘Smoke
Weed Every Day’. This came
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to supporters during a road
show in New Delhi on Monday
than a dozen states followed
the Prime Minister's motor-
cade.
Mr Nadda exhorted party
leaders to make an effort to
ensure that the party does not
lose in any of the nine state
polls, Mr Prasad said.
Nearly 350 leaders from
to the notice of Assis-
tant Police Sub-In-
spector Manish
Sawant, posted at
the Tardeo traffic
division, on Dec 20.
ASI Sawant, who
is the complainant in
the case, got in touch
with the supervisor of the
private company that had in-
stalled the LED board and
–ANI
across the country are in the
executive, ranging from Mr
Modi to Union ministers,
chief ministers and other sen-
ior members from various
states. The Prime Minister
was present through the en-
tire proceedings.
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asked him to shut it down,
police said.
The supervisor told the
ASI that someone had made
technical changes in the elec-
tronic LED board system and
changed the messages. The
officer then brought the mat-
ter to the notice of his superi-
ors, and got a criminal of-
fence lodged in the matter.
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VIACOM18
BAGS
WOMEN’S IPL
FOR `951cr
PTI / New Delhi
The Board of Control for
Cricket in India on Monday
announced that Viacom18 has
grabbed the media rights for
the upcoming Women’s IPL for
a whopping Rs951 crore for five
years, beating out bidders like
Disney Star and Sony in a
closed-bid auction.
The inaugural Women’s IPL
is likely to begin in the first
week of March. Five teams
will compete and all matches
will be played in Mumbai.
The global media rights
comprise three categories –
linear (TV), digital and com-
bined (TV and digital) and Via-
com18 won the combined
rights. For the men’s event,
separate rights are sold across
regions.
“Women’s cricket has been
on the up for a few years and
the recently concluded bilater-
al series against Australia is
testament to how popular
women’s cricket has become,”
BCCI President Roger Binny
said. “It was only apt to get our
own women’s T20 league and
give the fans more of women’s
cricket.”
According to BCCI Secre-
tary Jay Shah, the fee per
match comes to Rs7.09 crore
for the next five years, “some-
thing that has never previous-
ly been registered for a
women’s game”.
Viacom18 had won the
men’s IPL digital rights for
Rs23,758 crore while Disney
Star had retained the TV
rights for Rs23,575 crore, for a
five-year period starting 2023,
during a three-day auction
last June.
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MUMBAI
CBI seeks
AIIMS opinion
on health of
accused
BHAVNA UCHIL / Mumbai
The Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) has ap-
proached a special court and
sought the constitution of a
medical board with experts
from the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AI-
IMS), New Delhi to opine on
the need for further hospital-
isation of Pune-based
builder Avinash Bhosale.
The builder, who is in cus-
tody in a money laundering
case concerning the Yes
Bank, has been in the St
George's Hospital since Octo-
ber 2022.
Builder Bhosale's
illness is general in
nature and reasons
cited for further
hospitalisation are
unjustified, says
agency
The jailor had referred
him to the hospital and then
informed the court, which
had then passed an order on
his hospitalisation. On
Wednesday, upon the
agency’s plea, the court said
that the CBI could itself find
out if the accused requires
hospitalisation. In case, it's
not satisfied then its plea for
constitution of medical
board will be heard, the
court added.
The CBI subsequently
filed a plea and said that its
officers have already visited
the hospital and collected the
case reports. It stated that
the St George's opined that
Bhosale's hospitalisation in
October was necessary and
further hospital care is re-
quired, too.
The agency said that from
a bare perusal of the medical
reports of Bhosale, it appears
that the illness is “general” in
nature. It contended that he
has neither been on a ventila-
tor nor in coma. Also, there is
no indication that he under-
went a major surgery or
faced any serious health com-
plications during the period
of hospitalisation or even pri-
or to that. Hence, the reasons
cited by the St. George's Dean
for Bhosale's further hospi-
talisation are “totally unjusti-
fied and questionable”. The
report is also silent on
whether the treatment which
he is getting at the hospital is
not available in jail, the CBI
argued.
The court then said that it
can't straightaway give such
direction to AIIMS, New Del-
hi. It also suggested that the
CBI should approach the hos-
pital dean and point out the
aforementioned queries.
Underlining that unless it's
concluded that there is sub-
stance in the CBI's allegation,
the court said that the agency
should put its doubt on
record through an affidavit,
after which the next legal
step could be taken.
High Command asks India likely to be hit with recession after June: Rane
MPCC to take action
against Satyajit Tambe
SANJAY JOG / Mumbai
A day after his father and a
three-term party legislator
from the Nashik Graduates’
Constituency Sudhir Tambe
was suspended for not filing
his nomination despite the
announcement of his candi-
dature, the Congress high
command on Monday in-
structed the Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress Commit-
tee (MPCC) to suspend for-
mer state youth Congress
chief Satyajit Tambe who
staged a rebellion and filed as
an independent candidate
from the same constituency.
The MPCC sources told the
Free Press Journal, "The
Committee will soon release
its decision."
The BJP is expected to ex-
tend its support to Mr Satya-
jit Tambe as the party has not
fielded its own nominee in
the biennial legislative coun-
cil election slated for Janu-
ary 30.
"As Satyajit Tambe is not a
legislator or an MP, the Con-
gress party’s Central Disci-
plinary Committee cannot
take action against him as it
has to be initiated at the state
level,” said Vinayak Desh-
mukh who is a member of
the Central Disciplinary
Committee and the state par-
ty General Secretary.
The All India Congress
MUMBAI | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
Is Chahal in a fix over notice to CAG?
ED quizzes civic chief in connection with the alleged irregularities in contracts for COVID-19 care centres
KALPESH MHAMUNKAR
Mumbai
Is BMC Commissioner Iqbal
Chahal being punished for
the legal notice that he had
sent to the Comptroller and
Auditor General (CAG) re-
garding the audit of expen-
diture made by the civic
body during the Covid-19
pandemic? This is the ques-
tion doing the rounds in
civic circles.
After one month of the
notice, the civic chief, who
is now the administrator in
the absence of an elected
body, was summoned by the
Enforcement Directorate
(ED) for the inquiry. On
Monday, Mr Chahal visited
the ED office and was ques-
tioned for four hours.
In the last week of Octo-
ber, Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde had ordered the
CAG to probe the Rs12,000
crore spending during
Covid-19 by the BMC,
wherein Rs3,500 crore was
on health expenditures
Worse than Delhi;
Mumbai AQI falls to
very poor category
The minimum temperature of the
city also rose around 2 degrees C
SHERINE RAJ / Mumbai
Two days in a row, Mumbai
records worse air quality
than Delhi as the city fell into
the ‘very poor’ category on
Monday. The minimum tem-
perature of the city also rose
around 2 degrees Celsius on
Monday, with the possibility
of increasing more during
the week.
Delhi’s air quality is con-
sidered the worst in the coun-
try, at present, Mumbai's air
quality is even worse than the
nationa capital's. On Monday,
On Monday, the city
recorded an overall
Air Quality
Index of 306
the city recorded an overall
Air Quality Index (AQI) of 306
which falls in the ‘very poor’
category, compared to Delhi
which recorded a ‘poor’ AQI
of 212, as per the System of
Air Quality Forecasting and
Research (SAFAR). On Sun-
day too, the air quality of Del-
hi was better compared to
Mumbai with an AQI of 160
being in the ‘moderate’ cate-
gory while Mumbai was in
the ‘poor’ category with an
AQI of 290.
On Monday, the air quality
in Bandra Kurla Complex
(BKC) stood at 367, the worst,
followed by Chembur (347),
Committee’s (AICC) move
comes days after state Con-
gress Chief Nana Patole had
announced that the party
will not support the "rebel"
candidate (Satyajit Tambe).
He also slammed both father
and son for ditching the par-
ty.
Meanwhile, the Congress
and the Shiv Sena have ex-
BJP leader Dhananjay
Jadhav withdraws his
nomination hinting
that the party
may support the
Congress 'rebel'
changed seats on Monday.
The Congress will support
independent and former BJP
leader Shubhangi Patil who
is supported by the Uddhav
Thackeray camp in Nashik
constituency.
On the other hand, the
Shiv Sena has backed out
from Nagpur and extended
support to independent Sud-
hakar Adbale who has been
supported by the Congress
party.
Interestingly, BJP leader
Dhananjay Jadhav, who had
also filed his nomination, to-
day withdrew hinting that
BJP may support Mr Satyajit
Tambe.
BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal arrives at the ED office to
record his statement
alone. According to the CM's
communication, the CAG is
expected to look into contro-
versial decisions by BMC re-
lated to setting up of field
hospitals during the pan-
demic.
Mr Chahal's handling of
the Covid crisis had come in
for praise from several quar-
ters. However, certain politi-
cians raised questions
about the expenditure. The
Andheri (326) and Mazgaon
(322). Colaba (290) and
Bhandup (207) came under
the 'poor' category, whereas
there were three locations in
the 'moderate' category – Mal-
ad (180), Worli (125) and Bori-
vali (111).
Experts attribute this air
quality condition to the low
temperature and weak winds
along with the dust pollution
due to construction activities
and slow-moving traffic in the
city.
According to health ex-
perts, prolonged exposure to
poor air can lead to a range of
respiratory and cardiovascu-
lar problems. Therefore, it is
advised to wear masks while
heading outdoors, especially
people with respiratory con-
ditions.
Meanwhile, after recording
the lowest temperature of
this year’s winter season at
13.8 °C on Sunday, the city’s
minimum temperature has
risen around 2 degrees Cel-
sius on Monday.
According to the India
Metrological Department
(IMD), on Sunday, the mini-
mum temperature recorded
by the Santacruz observatory
was 15.4 °C and Colaba was
18.2 °C, along with a maxi-
mum temperature of 27.6°C
and 26.4°C respectively.
The IMD has forecasted an
average minimum tempera-
ture of 15 °C to 17 °C for the
next two days in Mumbai.
SANJAY JOG / Mumbai
Union Minister for Micro,
Small and Medium Enter-
prises Mr Narayan Rane
Monday said India is likely to
be hit with recession after
June adding that the Centre
was working to handle it ef-
fectively in order to minimise
its impact on the country.
“There is a global recession
and it is in many countries.
This is what I have gathered
from the discussion in the
meetings of the Union Gov-
ernment. The recession is ex-
pected to hit India after June,"
Mr Rane said after delivering
an inaugural speech at the
HEART FOR THE HOMELESS
Activist seeks justice for pavement dwellers
PRANAY MANIAR / Mumbai
Noted Right to Information
(RTI) activist Mr Anil Galgali
has accused the Mumbai po-
lice of violating the Supreme
Court's order not to inhu-
manely dislocate homeless
persons sleeping on pave-
ments in winter. He has also
alleged that despite the apex
court's order to build 125
night shelters in Mumbai for
the homeless, the Maharash-
tra government has not built
any.
Mr Galgali has written to
Deputy Chief Minister De-
vendra Fadnavis, who is in
charge of the Home portfolio,
and Police Commissioner Mr
Vivek Phansalkar to take ac-
PIC: SALMAN ANSARI
CAG had started the audit
immediately. Later in the
month of December, the le-
gal department of BMC had
sent a notice to the CAG say-
ing that it cannot audit or
probe the expenditure made
during Covid 19 under the
Epidemic Act 1897 and Dis-
aster Management Act 2005.
Despite that, the State
Government had directed
CAG to continue with the
SMOTHERED BY SMOG
City wore a blanket of smog on Monday morning
Davos: Maha to sign 21 MoUs worth `1.40L cr
MUMBAI: Setting the state
on an ambitious journey of a
$1 trillion economy, Maha-
rashtra Chief Minister Ek-
nath Shinde is all set to sing
21 MoUs worth Rs 1.40 lakh
crore, intended to create over
66,500 jobs in the next five
years, officials said here on
Monday.
The MoUs are scheduled
with major global conglomer-
ates and investors in green-
field projects like data cen-
tres, pharmaceuticals, logis-
tics, chemicals, automobiles,
electric vehicles, renewable
energy and ESDM during
Shinde's ongoing visit to the
World Economic Forum
(WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
“Maharashtra has been
the key driver and contribu-
‘‘
The guidelines from the
G20 IWG meet will be
helpful for all developed
and developing countries
in planning cities of
tomorrow
–Narayan Rane
Union Minister
tion against the senior police
officials responsible for the
failure to implement the SC’s
directives.
Spokesperson for the city
police and Deputy Commis-
sioner Prashant Kadam de-
clined to comment. Mr Gal-
gali said the SC had, in re-
IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATION
sponse to a PIL filed by the
People's Union for Civil Lib-
erties, ordered chief secre-
taries of all state govern-
ments to implement meas-
ures to help the homeless ur-
ban poor.
The Maharashtra govern-
ment vide its GR dated De-
cember 24, 2021 had directed
all district administrations to
take appropriate steps in this
regard. But these directives
Mumbai teen gets hands from brain-dead Indore woman
MUMBAI: The hands of a brain dead 52-year-old woman,
Vinita Khajanchi from Indore were donated for transplantation
into a Mumbai-based teen girl, which a health official on
Monday said was the first case of its kind in the state and was a
"revolution in the field of organ donation". The woman's kin
There is no lawful
government existing in the
state. An unconstitutional
State Government is taking
unconstitutional actions.
Even if
they don't
have rights
under any
law, they
still put
pressure
on officers.
This is the
new task the BJP has
undertaken.
Arvind Sawant,
Shiv Sena MP
audit. The State Govern-
ment had also forwarded
the BMC's notice to the
state Law and Judiciary
(L&J) Department. Sources
said that even though the
L&J department's prima fa-
cie view is that an audit can
be done by the CAG, no ac-
tion can be initiated
against any errant officers.
But a detailed report is yet
to be received by the State
In the next couple of
days, Shinde will
present state’s
investor-friendly
outlook to key political
representatives
tor to India's economic
growth. We lead the way in
delivering ground-breaking
investment opportunities
and building confidence for
the investing community.
These MOUs demonstrate
the heightened interest in the
state and are a testament to
Maharashtra's progressive
policies and investor-friendly
initiatives of our govern-
ment,” Mr Shinde said in a
two-day G20 Infrastructure
Working Group (IWG) meet-
ing in Pune.
Mr Rane’s statement came
days after the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) Man-
aging Director Kristalina
Georgieva pointed out the
slowing down of major
economies in the world. She
said, "The new year is going
to be tougher than the year we
are behind. Why? Because the
three big economies – the US,
EU and China – are all slow-
ing down simultaneously."
Ms Georgieva further added,
"We expect the third economy
to be in recession. Even coun-
tries that are not in recession,
are being violated with im-
punity in Mumbai, he al-
leged.
Mr Galgali alleged that in
Government.
Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena
MP from South Mumbai
while speaking to FPJ said,
"There is no lawful govern-
ment existing in the state.
An unconstitutional State
Government is taking un-
constitutional actions. Even
if they don't have rights un-
der any law, they still put
pressure on officers. This is
the new task the BJP has un-
dertaken. The BJP has no
courage to go for BMC elec-
tion but is pressurising offi-
cers.”
“There are other munici-
pal corporations in the Ma-
harashtra state and country
which were working during
Covid-19, but the inquiry is
ordered with regard to the
expenditure incurred by the
BMC. It is nothing but an ef-
fort to malign the image of
the Shiv Sena and the
Thackeray family. BJP is in
power at Pune, Pimpri
Chinchwad and Nagpur,
why inquiry is not initiated
there?” asked Mr Sawant.
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statement from Davos.
He showcased the progres-
sive policy reforms of the
government, making the
state a part of the global con-
versation, to reiterate to po-
litical leaders and global in-
vestors why Maharashtra is a
premier investment destina-
tion.
On the occasion, Maha-
rashtra signed the presti-
gious three-year Platform
Partnership with the WEF, a
commercial contract for con-
tinuous engagements on sub-
jects of strategic importance
to the state.
The subjects focus on shap-
ing the future of urban trans-
formation – smart and con-
nected cities, urban re-
silience, governance, infra-
it would feel like a recession
for hundreds of millions of
people."
Earlier, Mr Rane in his
speech said, "The G20 IWG
will provide direction to
everyone on how to develop
future cities. The use of tech-
nology while keeping in mind
the impact on the environ-
ment for infrastructure devel-
opment would be discussed in
the two-day IWG."
"This idea of infrastruc-
ture is closely related to de-
velopment because it is a
strong stimulator for long-
term sustainable economic
growth with many positive
externalities. The guidelines
the past five days over 50,000
homeless have been subject-
ed to severe treatment by the
police despite the chilly
gave consent for donation of her skin, eyes, lungs, liver and
kidneys as well, he said. "This is the first time in the history of
the state both hands of a brain dead person have been donated.
This is like a revolution in the field of organ donation," Dr Sanjay
Dixit, secretary of the Indore Society for Organ Donation said.
Road scam: Aaditya
poses 10 questions
to civic chief
FPJ POLITICAL BUREAU
Mumbai
Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray (UBT) leader and
former minister Aaditya
Thackeray has targeted the
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde-led government on
the proposed concretisation
of 400km of roads in Mumbai
and reiterated a major scam
in it.
Mr Thackeray in a letter to
the BMC Commissioner Iqbal
Singh Chahal has posed 10
questions on the alleged road
scam. "The BMC had earlier
issued a clarification that
went all over but did not ad-
dress the ‘scale, scam and set-
ting’ for road contracts in the
mega tender. The tender must
be scrapped," he demanded.
"Who has proposed these
400km of concrete road works
and who has sanctioned
Rs6080 crore for these road
works? Is it the Municipal
Commissioner/Administra-
tor or the Chief Minister/Ur-
ban Development Minister? It
is fair in a democracy for an
opaque administration to is-
sue tenders worth Rs6080
crore for non-emergency
works in absence of elected
representatives, when there is
no civic emergency now or
lockdown? Multiple road-
works are ongoing in the city
and we are in the second half
of fair season for road works.
These tenders were due for
around September last year,"
said Mr Thackeray.Where
would Rs6000 crore be drawn
from or diverted from? Would
this affect any other schemes?
Does the budget not require
the sanction of the Standing
Committee and the General
Body of the BMC? he asked.
What is the timeline of all the
works proposed in the mega
tender? Have permissions
and NOCs from all relevant
agencies been sought?Why
has BMC not negotiated the
average 8% hike sought by
the bid winners, over and
structure and services and
resource management, and
new economies and societies,
focusing on entrepreneur-
ship, education and skills,
economic growth and job cre-
ation, said Mr Shinde.
In the next couple of days,
Mr Shinde will present Ma-
harashtra's progressive poli-
cies and investor-friendly
outlook to key political and
government representatives
from Luxembourg, Saudi
Arabia and Singapore,
among others.
Among the most industri-
alised states in India, Maha-
rashtra contributes 15% to
the national GDP and 16% of
the country's industrial out-
put.
–Agencies
from the G20 IWG meet will
be helpful for all developed
and developing countries in
planning cities of tomorrow,"
he said.
"I am happy to inform that
the infrastructure agenda un-
der India’s presidency of G-20
reaffirms its commitment to
resilient and inclusive infra-
structure. The themes set out
in the infrastructure agenda
align with global priorities
and set a vision for collective
development. I hope the infra-
structure agenda will lead to
meaningful progress in line
with the needs of developed
and developing economies,’’
noted Mr Rane.
weather.
The homeless sleep on
pavements, below flyovers,
foot over bridges etc because
they have no place to take
shelter. Especially in south
Mumbai a large number of
people can be seen sleeping in
the open, they have been sub-
jected to severe treatment by
the Mumbai Police.
The homeless in Mumbai
are usually found on streets,
sidewalks, train stations, un-
der the flyovers, and outdoor
spaces in areas like Charni
Road, SK Patil Udyan, Opera
House, Azad Maidan, Lok-
manya Tilak Marg, VP Road,
Dawa Bazar etc, Mr Galgali
observed.
He said, “The police arrive
‘‘
The BMC had earlier
issued a clarification that
went all over but did not
address the ‘scale, scam
and setting’ for road
contracts in the mega
tender.
–Aaditya Thackeray
above the revised Schedule of
Rate (SOR)? The SOR was
made on demand from con-
tractors, as mentioned in
BMC’s clarification.
Mr Thackeray said it is
mentioned in the BMC clarifi-
cation that the SOR was re-
vised as no big contractor
came for the August 2022 bids.
"Does the market define the
SOR or the demands from
contractors? Will the BMC
keep changing its SOR for
contractors of its prefer-
ence?" he asked.
Since the stress has been on
the ‘national experience' for
contractors, where all have
these contractors worked in
cities similar to Mumbai?
Since working on greenfield
highways is different from
working in cities like Mum-
bai, how many kms of city
roads have they made and at
what rates in other cities? he
asked
"The clarification also
states that institutes like
VJTI and IIT will be ensuring
quality tests. Sadly reports
from both these reputed insti-
tutions were disregarded for
one Gokhale Bridge. How will
BMC regard its reports for 400
km? asked Mr Thackeray.
Most importantly, how does
BMC explain the apparent
cartelization of 5 packets for 5
contractors? he asked.
Raut to CM: Go
to Guj instead
of Davos to bring
back projects
FPJ POLITICAL BUREAU / Mumbai
Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray MP Mr Sanjay
Raut took a dig at Chief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde saying
that instead of getting invest-
ments from Davos he should
bring back the projects that
have gone to Gujarat.
Mr Raut was referring to
the loss of $20 billion Vedanta
Foxconn semiconductor proj-
ect and Rs22,000 crore Tata
Airbus defence manufactur-
ing plane project to Gujarat.
Further, the state also lost
medical devices to Tamil
Nadu, UP, Madhya Pradesh
and Himachal Pradesh, the
bulk drug project and the
dedicated industrial cluster
for renewable energy to other
states. “It would be a good
thing if the CM could bring
Rs5 lakh crore worth of in-
vestments from Davos from
his two-day visit. But projects
of Rs2.5 lakh crore have al-
ready gone out of Maharash-
tra and have gone to Gu-
jarat,” said Mr Raut.
“We know how deals are
made there, how MoUs are
signed and who has made
how many deals there so far.
No one can prove how many
investments and projects, in
reality, came to the country.
But we can see in front of our
eyes that someone took away
the project that came to Ma-
harashtra,” Mr Raut said.
at night in their vans, wake
up the sleeping homeless and
ask them to vacate the pave-
ments. Those who resist are
beaten with sticks and their
belongings like clothes,
grains, and school books are
seized. The police also crush
the temporary shelters the
pavement dwellers build with
cardboard or plastic to keep
the cold away.
Mr Galgali said, “I met the
police commissioner and re-
quested him to stop taking ac-
tion against the homeless;
but my pleas have fallen on
deaf ears. He said pavement
dwellers pose a nuisance to
pedestrians. They also dirty
the surroundings since they
cook and eat in the open.”

Eight-month-old girl dies of suspected measles
Mumbai: An eight-month-old girl from Saki Naka died
of suspected measles on Jan 14. The cause of the
fatality will be ascertained by the death review
committee. “Suffering from fever, the infant had
developed a cough and cold following which she was
MUMBAI
hospitalised. Later, she even had a maculopapular rash
over her body. The infant's condition continued to
deteriorate and despite resuscitative measures she could
not be revived. Moreover, the patient was not eligible
for the measles vaccine,” said the health official. MUMBAI | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023

High BP on rise in young adults FPJ

HAWKERS’ PLAZA AWAITS OCCUPANTS

Worrying trend comes to fore after BMC compiles data from its
ongoing door-to-door screening; number of those with No. of HIV treatment CAMPAIGN

dropouts on decline
hypertension is likely to increase as survey progresses
SWAPNIL MISHRA / MUMBAI

The BMC's door-to-door
screening – which started
from Jan 4 – has found that
around 15% of surveyed citi-
zens aged above 30 years and
working suffer from hyper-
tension. So far, 13,774 have
been screened across 21
wards under the campaign
against non-communicable
diseases (NCD). Of them,
Campaign
1,115 were suspected to suffer
SWAPNIL MISHRA / MUMBAI Bhosale commented that it's a
good sign that after a rigorous
Owing to sustained efforts on follow-up there is a decrease
part of the government and in such cases. Also, the confi-
NGOs, the number of HIV pa- dence of people in treatment
tients opting out of treatment at government hospitals for
has declined by 83% in the HIV is increasing day-by-day.
last five years across Maha- A senior official from the
rashtra. The data was provid- Maharashtra State Aids Con-
Survey details The prevalence of ed by the National AIDS Con- trol Society (MSACS) said ten
hypertension in trol Organisation (NACO) in years ago there were more
No. of those with
started high BP young individuals is on response to the Right To In- than 15% patients with lost

from hypertension, while
2,068 have been diagnosed
with high blood pressure.
Hypertension is one of the
leading causes of death
across the world, and data
emerging from the NCD cor-
ners set up in civic hospitals
in the last four months shows
that 11% of those tested have
Jan 4 2,068
the rise. One of the main formation (RTI) query filed follow-up, but now it has Constructed in the 2000s, the BMC had built the hawkers’ plaza near the Plaza cinema,
reasons is that they are by healthcare activist and Ad- come down to 2%. Moreover,
less likely to seek medical vocate Tushar Bhosale. patients registered them- Dadar to decongest the railway station. The plan was to shift the hawkers into the building.
Total no. of No. of suspected attention as they feel that According to health selves at the anti-retrovi- However, that did not materialise. The idea's failure has resulted in a colossal waste of
people screened patients they are fit and fine. It can officials proper fol- ral therapy clinics public money.
83% PIC: SALMAN ANSARI
13,774 1,115 thus remain undetected
for a long time.
low-up, coun-
selling and avail-
due to which there
decrease seen were many dupli-
Wards covered 21

might be more cases which

Doctor

medical attention as they feel

blood pressure issues.
BMC Additional Commis-
sioner Dr Sanjeev Kumar
said it has been more than
two weeks since the cam-
paign started and it has re-
ceived a good response from
the citizens. The civic body is
mainly focusing on non-com-
municable diseases as cases
are increasing day-by-day.
“We need to wait and
watch as still more citizens
are likely to undergo screen-
ing in the coming days for
which community health vol-
unteers or medical health of-
ficers are doing the door-to-
door campaigns. For now, 8%
are suspected hypertension
patients which means there
are left undiagnosed. The
main aim is to focus on non-
communicable diseases
which are neglected most of
the time and it becomes the
biggest threat in future,” he
said.
According to the doctors,
patients who suffer from an
existing condition of hyper-
tension apart from checking
their blood pressure, need to
follow the intake of pre-
scribed medication regularly.
“Hypertension is a major
contributing risk factor for
heart disease. The prevalence
of hypertension in young in-
dividuals is on the rise. One
of the main reasons is that
they are less likely to seek
that they are fit and fine. It
can thus remain undetected
for a long time,” said a senior
doctor who is part of the cam-
paign.
Explaining the condition
further, the medico said that
a person is known to be hy-
pertensive when the individ-
ual's blood pressure remains
more than 140 mm Hg sys-
tolic and 90 mm Hg diastolic.
“If you have never been diag-
nosed with hypertension and
you have no other serious
medical problems, the Amer-
ican Heart Association rec-
ommends that you have your
blood pressure checked at
least once every two years,”
the doctor added.
ability of drugs
are reasons be-
hind the de-
in the past 5
years across
cations hence the
actual dropout
numbers were
3 BF.7 cases in Mumbai; 1st in state
crease in Maharashtra, difficult to know. The trio foreign returnees are in stable condition, vaccinated
dropout figures. says official However, they
From Apr till Oct
data started the de-dupli- and don’t need hospitalisation, says senior health official
2022, Maharashtra cation process to scru-
reported just 137 PLHIV tinise the actual number SWAPNIL MISHRA are stable and don't require tar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha
opting out of treatment; 34 of of dropouts. MUMBAI any hospitalisation. There is and Telangana.
them were from Mumbai. Ac- “We also started to take a no need to worry as all these A senior official from the
cording to the RTI reply, in follow-up drive every week. Three people from Mumbai, patients had mild symptoms state health department said
2017-18, the number of We started to get the exact all foreign returnees, have and were vaccinated, said that the Centre has directed
dropouts was 1,012 and it de- number of people who left been found positive for BF.7 the senior health officer. every state to send all posi-
clined to 171 in 2021-2022. treatment midway and with variant. These are the first So far, samples of 23 trav- tive RT-PCR samples for
The highest dropout figure the help of NGOs, we started such cases of the new vari- ellers – who were found posi- genome sequencing consid-
was registered in Telangana, to track them. Most of them ant – which is said to be the tive during the RT-PCR test ering the case surge in Chi-
with 148 PLHIVs dropping had given fake addresses reason behind China's Covid at Mumbai airport – have na. “Earlier, we used to pick
out of treatment. Uttar while registering at the cen- surge – in Maharashtra. been sent for whole genome samples of serious or admit-
Pradesh occupied third place tre. There were no phone Two of them have come sequencing. Of them, five ted patients or those who
with the count of 133. The numbers either. But with the from China and one has are from Mumbai followed had re-infection after vacci-
whole India figure stood at help of social organisations, come from Canada following by Gujarat (4), Pune (3), Ker- nation and patients from
1,528, with Maharashtra's we could trace some of them which their samples were ala (2) and one each from particular clusters for
share of 9%. in the past few months,” he sent for whole genome se- Navi Mumbai, Amravati, genome sequencing,” he
Speaking on the issue, Mr said. quencing. All three of them Sangli, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Ut- added.

Woman doc
loses `95k in Tech glitch delays Man held for
printing fake
cyber fraud
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
harbour line services currency
SHERINE RAJ / MUMBAI

A 55-year-old doctor on Mon-

day lodged a complaint with
the Vakola police, stating that
she was surfing the net for in-
formation on a Pune-based
hospital to make inquiries
about the DEXA scan (bone
density test) for a patient and
came across a contact num-
ber.
Her call was answered by
the fraudster who imperson-
ated the hospital staff and
asked her to visit a phishing
link on the pretext of com-
pleting the booking process.
In this manner, the con si-
phoned off Rs95,000 from her
bank account.
She unknowingly
dialled the fraudster
while making inquiries
for a patient
According to the police, the
complainant is a resident of
Santa Cruz. The fraud oc-
curred on Jan 12 when the
Between 2020 and 2022, CR has reported 12 such incidents
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
Local train services on the
harbour line were disrupted
on Monday for at least half an
hour after a piece of cable
was found hanging on the
overhead wire near the Reay
Road railway station.
According to the senior CR
official, the incident was re-
ported at 3.40pm by the con-
trol room and the section was
cleared at 4.10pm after the for-
eign object was removed.
“Once alerted, officials imme-
diately rushed to the site and
removed the wire after estab-
lishing an emergency traffic
block in the affected section.
During this time, local train
services on the harbour line
were halted between CSMT
and Wadala,” he said.
Crossovers to facilitate smooth
Passengers said that a few
trains were delayed by half
an hour owing to the prob-
lem. “I boarded the 3.32pm
Panvel-bound local from the
Few trains ran half an hour be-
hind schedule after a cable was
found hanging on overhead wire
CSMT. Announcement was
made that due to a technical
problem between the Dock-
yard Road and Reay Road
railway stations, the harbour
line trains will be late and the
passengers can travel
through the mail line on the
same ticket. The 3.32pm train
later departed at 4:16 pm. I
reached Nerul half an hour
late,” said a frequent com-
muter.
This is not the first time for-
eign objects hanging on the
overhead wires have caused
disruption in local traffic. Be-
tween June 2020 to Dec 2022,
around a dozen such incidents
have been reported in the sub-
urban section of the CR, re-
sulting in delay of up to 20
minutes for nearly hundred
trains.
A 33-year-old man was arrest-
ed in Malad for allegedly
printing and circulating fake
Indian currency notes. Also, a
printing machine and other
paraphernalia used for the of-
fence was seized from Pal-
ghar, while an accomplice of
the suspect is still on the run,
said the cops from the Mal-
wani police station.
Acting on a tip-off, a trap
was laid on Jan 5 and subse-
quently Haneef Shaikh, a res-
ident of Naigaon in Palghar,
was arrested. His frisking led
to the discovery of 300 fake
currency notes of Rs200 de-
nomination having the total
face value of Rs60,000. The
scanning of his mobile phone
gave the location of the print-
ing machine in Naigaon, said
the police, adding that he has
also revealed the identity of
his partner-in-crime.
Shaikh has been under the
Indian Penal Code section
489A (counterfeiting any cur-
rency-note).
Other possessions includ-

diversion of WR local trains

woman was at her home and
unknowingly rang the fraud-
ster, and inquired about the
charges of the scan and ap-
pointment schedule.
The fraudster then gave a
booking number to the
woman and told her to pay
Rs5 on a link that he would be
sharing with her. She re-
alised she was duped when
she got a message from bank
that Rs95,000 has been debit-
ed from her account. A case
has been filed under sections
419 (cheating by person-
ation), 420 (cheating and dis-
honestly inducing delivery of
property) of the Indian Penal
Code as well 66C (identity
theft), 66D (cheating by per-
sonation by using computer
resource) of the Information
Technology Act.
A crossover is a pair of switches that connects parallel tracks
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
The Mumbai Central Divi-
sion, Western Railways on
Monday said that the work of
inserting crossovers at the
Andheri Yard was successful-
ly completed. It will help the
diversion of slow trains on
the fast line between Santa
Cruz and Goregaon in future.
A crossover is a pair of
switches that connects two
parallel rail tracks, allowing a
train on one track to cross
over to the other.
“The work was carried out
as per sanctioned Traffic
Work Order of 34 days during
The new crossovers will
provide an additional
diversion facility
between Santa Cruz
(north) and Goregaon
(south). They will also be
significant in reducing
operational
repercussions during
jumbo blocks.
Rly official
which two new crossovers
have been inserted. This will
facilitate diversion of down
slow line trains to down fast
lines. The trial of 30kmph for
ing blank papers, cutters,
printing ink, hair dryer, etc
were also impounded.
both crossovers was done on
Jan 11 and 12,” said the offi-
cial.
The new crossovers will
provide an additional diver-
sion facility between Santa
Cruz (north) and Goregaon
(south). They will also be sig-
nificant in reducing opera-
tional repercussions during
jumbo blocks.
Both of the crossovers with
the speed of 30kmph allow
quicker reception and dis-
patch of local trains. With the
completion of this work, op-
erational efficiency of local
train services has improved,
the official said.

Woman held for stealing gold worth `20L from home of kin
Thane: A woman was arrested for allegedly stealing
gold jewellery worth Rs20 lakh from her cousin's house
last week, the police said on Monday. The theft of 400
gm of gold took place in a house in Dombivali on Jan
13 when the suspect's relative had gone to Navi
1 dead, 1 hurt in crane mishap
at CR's Matunga workshop
KAMAL MISHRA / MUMBAI
A railway employee was
killed while another was in-
jured after a crane collapsed
on them while they were
working in the Central Rail-
way's (CR) Matunga work-
shop on Sunday. Other work-
ers stopped work on Monday,
demanding strict action
against the officer responsi-
ble for failure to provide prop-
er safety gear.
Krishna Mohan Verma, 36,
who was a native of Gonda
district in Uttar Pradesh,
joined CR in 2018 and was
posted as a technician at the
Matunga workshop. Mad-
hukar Hivrale who was work-
ing with him and got injured
in the mishap is currently be-
ing treated at Byculla railway
hospital. Their coworkers al-
lege that Mr Verma's death
could have been prevented if
sufficient safety measures
had been taken by the admin-
istration. “We are investigat-
ing the issue and appropriate
43% developers expect housing Bhayandar civil hospital
demand to remain stable in ‘23 staff unpaid for 3 mths
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
As the world economy is headed
toward a global recession, a
sizeable chunk of the develop-
ers in India expect the demand
for housing to remain stable. As
per the developer sentiment
survey conducted by CREDAI,
Colliers, and Liases Foras,
about 43% of the developers be-
lieve that residential demand
would remain stable during the
calendar year 2023.
The survey also indicated
that about 58% of developers
across India expect housing
prices to increase further in
2023. The rise in prices is likely
to be led by robust demand for
homes in the Indian market and
at the same time, volatile key in-
put costs.
Raw material costs have sig-
Cops arrest 2
running fake
admission
scam in Nerul
AMIT SRIVASTAVA / NAVI MUMBAI
The Nerul police arrested two
persons and busted a racket
whereby medical and engi-
neering aspirants were being
cheated on the pretext of ar-
ranging a seat under the man-
agement quota. However, after
taking money, the duo keep de-
laying the process citing vari-
ous reasons and later flee.
Vinodini Rajendra Yadav – a
resident of Chhattisgarh –
alerted the police after her
daughter was not given admis-
sion under the management
quota to Dr DY Patil Medical
College (Nerul) despite paying
Rs33.5 lakh in advance. Ms Ya-
dav's daughter appeared in the
NEET exam in 2021 but failed to
secure admission and regis-
tered on the mic.nic.com portal.
In Mar 2022, she received a
call from 'Rahul' who offered a
seat under the management
quota at DY Patil. She was
asked to meet Abhay Singh, af-
ter which the conmen asked
for payment of Rs1 crore in-
cluding Rs23.5 lakh as a dona-
tion and fees. The family paid
Rs33.5 lakh as an advance. The
complainant also received an
email to join the college be-
tween May 7-10, 2022. Later, she
received another email asking
her to wait as there was a tech-
nical problem with the admis-
sion. Following this, the duo
kept giving various excuses for
the delay. Ms Yadav found their
behaviour suspicious and in-
formed the Nerul police who
laid a trap and arrested them.
MBVV cops net `5cr as traffic fines in 2022
SURESH GOLANI
MIRA-BHAYANDAR
The traffic control depart-
ment (Kashimira wing) of the
Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar
(MBVV) police has collected a
whopping Rs5.09 crore as
fines from 1,24,476 motorists
who were involved in various
traffic-related offences last
year.
According to traffic depart-
ment statistics, motorists
caught driving without seat
belts topped the list with
27,465 cases (Rs54.91 lakh) fol-
lowed by 2,334 helmetless bik-
ers (Rs8.53 lakh) and 249
Mumbai for an event, the Manpada police station
official said. “The accused was arrested on Sunday. The
looted items have been recovered. The accused stole
the house keys and carried out the theft when the
complainant was not at home,” he added.
It is evident that there is a serious system lapse in installation, operation and
maintenance of cranes at the workshop and efforts are being made to protect the
negligent contractors and officers while compromising on safety
action will be taken if anyone
is found guilty,” a senior offi-
cial from the Matunga work-
shop said.
According to Venu Nair,
general secretary of the Na-
tional Railway Mazdoor
nificantly increased in the last
couple of years due to global
supply chain disruption, which
in turn has led to inflationary
pressures. About 43% of the de-
velopers saw a 10-20% rise in
project costs in 2022, as com-
pared to 2021, amidst rising in-
put costs.
According to the survey, 62%
of the developers feel that buyer
inquiries and engagement have
increased in 2022 as compared
to 2021, while 31% feel that the
demand would increase up to
25%. Due to volatile times
ahead, 31% of the developers
are willing to explore plotted de-
velopments as an alternative
business model, followed by
branded residences preferred
by 19% of developers. Addition-
ally, almost half of the develop-
ers believe that a probable re-
BIRDWATCH BY THE BAY
Construction workers ride on the service road along the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link with the backdrop of
migratory flamingos that visit the Sewri mudflats between October and March each year – SALMAN ANSARI
JVLR traffic woes to ease by next month
AISHWARYA IYER / MUMBAI
Mumbaikars travelling via
Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link
Road (JVLR) – the primary
connector of the eastern and
western suburbs – experi-
enced traffic congestion along
the entire stretch on Monday.
Traffic authorities said this is
a usual issue at the start of the
week, but asserted that the on-
going construction work of
Metro stations is the main
reason for traffic jams in the
area.
“There are four Metro sta-
tions coming up at JVLR and
the construction work is on-
going. Hence there are barri-
(Rs4.95 lakh) caught driving
or riding under the influence
of alcohol. Other violations
include parking vehicles in
no-parking spots, creating
traffic snarls, rash driving,
jumping signals, triple seat
bike riding and speeding. Ad-
ditionally, 2,724 people were
found driving without licens-
Venu Nair, General Secretary, National Railway Mazdoor Union
Union, six incidents of crane
/ hoist crane failure have
been reported from the work-
shop in the past couple of
months. “On Nov 26, 2022, a
crane hoisting wire rope col-
lapsed, followed by another
cession will have a moderate
impact on their business.
“The year 2022 witnessed the
highest-ever sales and new
launches across major cities in
India. We have also seen a mar-
ginal increase in property
prices. The market is likely to
maintain the momentum
which the sentiment survey re-
affirms,” said Pankaj Kapoor,
managing director of research
and rating firm Liases Foras.
According to Ramesh Nair,
chief executive officer (India) &
managing director (market de-
velopment) of Asia, Colliers,
“Developers are focusing on
launching projects that are
aligned as per the needs of the
homebuyers and are also for-
mulating strategies to complete
their pending projects and
bring in demand-led supply.”
Barricades placed due
to the ongoing Metro
station work have
narrowed road space
cades on roads that make
them narrower, causing traf-
fic congestion and slow move-
ment,” police inspector Uttam
Suryavanshi of Powai traffic
division said. According to
Mr Suryavanshi, the basic pil-
lar work of these metro sta-
tions will be completed in the
next 15-20 days, after which
the barricades will be re-
moved, thus freeing up space
for the movement of vehicles.
es and slapped with fines
amounting Rs1.35 crore.
“Our drives and special
awareness campaigns under
the supervision of Commis-
sioner Madhukar Pandey and
other senior officials will con-
tinue throughout the year to
encourage motorists to follow
traffic rules,” said newly ap-
pointed chief of traffic
(Kashimira unit) police in-
spector Devidas Handore.
Meanwhile, unpaid fines
amount to another Rs1.22
crore, taking the total amount
of penalties to Rs6.32 crore.
As a part of the 'one state,
one e-challan' initiative which
Contract worker
dies at CSMT
On Monday, a contract worker
died while claiming the toilet of
an empty rake parked at
platform number 17 of
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Terminus (CSMT). Govandi
resident Rafique Sheikh, 40,
was cleaning the toilet of a
passenger train using a machine
when he got electrocuted. The
Government Railway Police
(GRP) at CSMT is investigating
the matter.
incident on Dec 3 wherein the
braking notch of another
crane broke. The third inci-
dent was on Dec 16 when the
hoisting hook of a crane
broke while in operation. On
Dec 19 the grabber of a crane
SURESH GOLANI
MIRA-BHAYANDAR
Around 140 technical and
non-technical employees who
have been hired on a contrac-
tual basis at the government-
run Bharat Ratna Late Pandit
Bhimsen Joshi (Tembha) Civ-
il Hospital in Bhayandar,
threatened to go on strike on
Monday over non-payment of
salaries for the past three
months. However, following
the intervention and assur-
ances by civil surgeon Dr Za-
far Tadvi and members at-
tached to the hospital panel,
the stop-work move was with-
drawn.
“I have written to my high-
er ups including the deputy
director and civil surgeon
(Thane) to look into the issue
Meanwhile, motorists say
JVLR is currently one of the
worst routes to travel, alleging
that at times it takes them at
least an hour and a half to
travel from one spot to anoth-
er. “JVLR is an important
route, especially for people
who want to travel from the
central to western suburbs.
There is no alternative road
route. But it becomes ex-
tremely difficult as there is
traffic throughout the day,
with no assistance from the
authorities,” said Rajvi Sen.
According to another com-
muter, the roads are in bad
shape and there is no traffic
management by the authori-
aims to integrate traffic law
enforcement across the state,
the traffic police personnel
are armed with e-challan de-
vices supported by a global
positioning system (GPS) fea-
ture which enables the e-chal-
lan system to collect fines
from traffic rule violators on
the spot.
Apart from imposing
penalties, the traffic police
have also sent a proposal to
the Regional Transport Office
(RTO) recommending the
suspension of driving licens-
es of 1,431 people for fre-
quently violating the Motor
Vehicles Act.
Rly union
alleges this
is the 6th
crane
accident in
the past few
months
slipped off. Then on Jan 12,
the entire hoisting assembly
of a crane came crashing
down and on Jan 13, the en-
tire hoisting assembly col-
lapsed along with the
wheelset load,” he said,
adding that there are also oth-
er incidents where the ad-
ministration has failed to pro-
vide adequate safety to work-
ers.
“It is evident that there is a
serious system lapse in instal-
lation, operation and mainte-
nance of cranes at the work-
shop and efforts are being
made to protect the negligent
contractors and officers while
compromising on safety,” Mr
Nair alleged.
The Carriage Workshop,
Matunga, is a pioneer work-
shop of CR established in
1915. This workshop caters to
the demands of CR by provid-
ing overhauled AC and Non-
AC ICF coaches for mainline
and suburban local train
coaches, which are the life-
line of Mumbai.
and I'm hopeful that the pend-
ing payments of the contrac-
tual staff will be released at
the earliest,” said Dr Tadvi.
After the state government
authorities took over the
reins of the hospital from the
Mira Bhayandar Municipal
18 security guards
have also not been
paid for four months
Corporation (MBMC), 140
people including 83 technical
and 57 non-technical employ-
ees were hired on a contract
basis by the state health de-
partment. Moreover, 18 secu-
rity guards have also been de-
prived of wages for the past
four months.
Cops ask BMC to file case if use of
official seal by ex-corporator is illegal
Move baffles local RTI activist who complained about its misuse against him
ASHUTOSH M SHUKLA / MUMBAI
The Worli police, in a letter to
the assistant municipal com-
missioner of G-South ward
(Worli), has sought to know if
the use of the BMC seal and
rubber stamp by a former cor-
porator is illegal. The letter
went on to state that if it is il-
legal, a BMC officer should be
asked to lodge a complaint.
However, the RTI activist on
whose complaint the police
sent the letter said he was
“surprised” at the move as his
complaint as a citizen was suf-
ficient to act against the for-
mer corporator. “Why do they
ties. “We get stuck here burn-
ing fuel, wasting time and en-
ergy, and end up not reaching
anywhere on time.”
The traffic jam on Monday
stretched from Ghatkopar to
Vikhroli to MIDC, all the way
to Powai, where the IIT-Powai
and L&T Flyover areas saw
the worst snarls. Since JVLR
connects to the Western Ex-
press Highway (WEH), the
backlog of traffic was carried
forward, impacting move-
ment on the WEH as well.
MUMBAI
MUMBAI | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
40 bird
species found
in Panvel
wetlands
Objectives of
the census
Birds found
Glossy Ibis, Black Kite, Eurasian 1 Provides a basis for
Coot, Painted Stork, Wood estimates of waterbird
populations
1 The Asian Waterbird Sandpiper, and Red-Wattled
Census (AWC) runs Lapwing among other birds 2 To monitor changes in
parallel to other that were identified waterbird numbers and
international censuses of distribution by regular,
waterbirds in Africa, standardised counts of
Europe and the representative wetlands
Neotropics under the
International Waterbird 3 To improve knowledge
Census (IWC) umbrella. It of little-known
is coordinated by
Wetlands International.
waterbird species and
wetland sites
2 Census conducted in 4 To identify and monitor
water bodies between sites that qualify as
Dec '22 and Jan '23 under 'wetlands of
Majhi Vasundhara international
initiative by Panvel importance' under the
Municipal Corporation Ramsar Convention on
(PMC) wetlands
3 Students from Pillai
College and other
educational institutions
volunteered for the
census
Details of the census have
been published on
The survey of waterbirds is necessary to have specific http://www.birdsofpanvel.bl
documentation of what kind of birds come into the water bodies ogspot.in. New information
in the municipal area. Our survey found that about 40 species of to be updated periodically.
birds come to water bodies in the PMC civic jurisdiction The civic body has also
Ganesh Deshmukh, Commissioner, Panvel published a booklet and
Municipal Corporation launched a blog giving
information on birds found.
Report by Amit Srivastava
need BMC officers to come Mr Bhandare had filed RTI be taken but before any such
and complain? I am from his applications and based on action, the corporator should
constituency and he has mis- that, he put up details of the be informed that the official
used it. They should register a work done by the corporator. seal and stamp of the BMC
case anyway,” said Anand He had also put up banners in cannot be used by them. Ac-
Bhandare. the area, regarding which the tion will be initiated only if
The matter pertains to for- corporator had complained. they continue to do so,” he
mer corporator Santosh “He complained on the official said.
Kharat from Worli who was letterhead when he was not a Meanwhile, Mr Kharat said
also deputy chairman (legal corporator. He had misused he had stopped using the BMC
and revenue committee) and a the seal so that his complaint seal and stamp the moment of-
member of the improvement had some force and effect on ficials warned him. “A person
committee in the BMC. Mr the police,” said Mr Bhandare. does not always have a new let-
Kharat, on his official letter- Interestingly, Mr Bhandare terhead handy and sometimes
head, had complained to the learned through RTI that it takes time to get a new one. I
police against Mr Bhandare of there is no provision for the am trying to register a case
Marathi Abhyas Kendra stat- BMC to take action when he against him and hence he is
ing that the latter was defam- filed a complaint with them. also trying to do the same,” Mr
ing him. “It said that penal action can Kharat said.
Man booked
Mumbai: A man has been booked for allegedly borrowing Rs26.24 lakh bank
loan on fake documents, said the cops from the Kanjurmarg police station.
for borrowing Shantikumar Jain had mortgaged his house with a private bank, and took the
loan in 2008. After a few months, he stopped paying the EMIs and also his
`26L loan cheques given to the bank bounced. In 2009, the bank filed a complaint with
the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mulund. Subsequently, the bank
on bogus declared his loan as a non-performing asset and initiated further proceedings.
According to the documents submitted by Jain, he had purchased a flat in
documents Bhandup in 2006. But, the papers turned out to be fake when the bank sent
them to its advocate and the scrutiny exposed the fraud. Vishal Singh
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Arrested poacher assaults forest officers, tries to flee
Nagpur: A poacher arrested along with three others in a tiger
poaching case allegedly tried to escape from custody after
assaulting forest department officials. The four were held after a
tiger was found dead in the Paoni buffer area of Pench Reserve
on January 12, an official said on Monday. “The four were
Court seeks
state reply in
Yunus custody
death
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
The Bombay High Court has
sought the response of the
State Government among
others in a plea filed by Asiya
Begum in connection with
the custodial death case of
her son Khwaja Yunus. The
plea is against an order of the
trial court of September last
year rejecting her application
to add four policemen as ac-
cused.
Ms Begum had contended
in her plea before the HC that
while the apex court had di-
rected the trial court to de-
cide the plea by the prosecu-
tion seeking to add the four as
accused, the court had, in-
stead, permitted the prosecu-
tion to withdraw the plea.
The plea to add the four po-
licemen as accused had been
made by the earlier special
public prosecutor Dhiraj Mi-
rajkar in the case based on
Yunus’s mother has
filed a plea to indict 4
more cops
the evidence of a prime wit-
ness who had testified re-
garding their involvement.
Mr Mirajkar was later re-
moved from the case. The
new prosecutor appointed in
the case had made the plea to
withdraw the previous plea.
This plea the trial court had
permitted. Alongside, it had
also rejected a plea of Ms Be-
gum to add the four as ac-
cused.
Ms Begum said in her plea
before the HC that the ses-
sions court judge had com-
mitted an error and injustice
in passing the September 7
order last year. She said the
court had failed to appreciate
the prosecution had filed the
earlier plea based on witness
evidence. The next hearing is
on Jan 25. Yunus, a 27-year-
old software engineer, was ar-
rested in connection with the
2002 Ghatkopar blast. He was
last seen alive on Jan 6, 2003.
The police team led by Sachin
Vaze, claimed he escaped and
met with an accident.
A probe later that was ini-
tiated on a petition by Ms Be-
gum found that the police
claim was false and charged
policemen including Vaze
with his murder.
remanded in the Forest Department’s custody till January 17 by a
Ramtek court. One of the suspects tried to escape after assaulting
staffers on Sunday. Range Forest Officer Jayesh Tayde lodged a
complaint against him in Deolapar police station,” as per a
release from the Reserve Deputy Director Prabhunath Shukla said.
NO MORE INVESTIGATION: COURT
Court junks plea to summon Mukesh Ambani in Nusli Wadia murder conspiracy case
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
A special Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) court has
rejected an application of an
accused in a 1989 case of con-
spiracy to murder industrial-
ist Mr Nusli Wadia. It has also
rejected another plea by him
that sought a further investi-
gation in the case.
In the plea seeking further
probe, accused Mr Ivan Se-
queira had sought that indus-
trialist Mr Mukesh Ambani
be made an accused in the
case and alleged that he was
being shielded by the agency.
Mr Ambani, he alleged, was
the “mastermind and co-con-
spirator” in the offence. A de-
Manjha costs biker
his life in Bhiwandi
The Ulhasnagar resident was returning
home when the string slit his throat
ABHITASH SINGH / THANE
In a bizarre accident a 47-
year-old man lost his life in
Bhiwandi on Sunday, Janu-
ary 15 in the evening when he
was returning home on his
bike from Bhiwandi to Ulhas-
nagar. His throat was slit by a
banned nylon kite string
killing him on the
spot. The Bhiwandi
city police have reg-
istered a case against
unidentified persons
for negligence caus-
ing death related
charges.
The deceased has
been identified as Mr
Sanjay Hajare, 47, a
resident of Ulhasnagar.
Senior Police Inspector of
Bhiwandi city police station
Chetan Kakade said, “Sanjay
Hazare’s throat was slit by a
nylon kite string which was
banned while he was travel-
ling on his bike towards Ul-
hasnagar from Bhiwandi in
Thane district on Sunday at
late Balasaheb Thackeray fly-
over. He lost his balance and
hit the retention wall of the
flyover. We have registered an
offence under IPC sections
304(A) causing death due to
negligence against an
unidentified person and fur-
ther probing the case.”
tailed order is yet to be made
available.
The prime accused in the
case is Mr Kirti Ambani, now
deceased. He was a senior ex-
ecutive at Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) and reported to
Mr Mukesh Ambani directly.
The court had charged him,
Mr Arjun Babaria, Mr Se-
queira and Mr Ramesh
Jagothia with criminal con-
spiracy in 1988-89 to murder
Mr Wadia, who was the chair-
man of Bombay Dyeing then.
Only Mr Sequeira and anoth-
er accused face trial - the oth-
ers have died.
Mr Mukesh Ambani had
given a statement to the CBI
in 1990 in which he had said
Kakade said, “Hajare was
rushed to the Indira Gandhi
Memorial (IGM) hospital in
Bhiwandi where the doctors
declared him dead. We sus-
pect about four to five minor
children were flying kites in
the area and the nylon kite
string that caused Hajare to
fall from the bike could be
from their kite. The
minors were flying
kites on the occasion
of Makar Sankran-
ti.” Soon after the in-
cident, the Bhiwandi
police raided the lo-
cal shopkeepers sell-
ing banned nylon
kite strings.
Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police, Zone 2,
Thane, Navnath Dhavale told
FPJ correspondent, “It is un-
fortunate that the man died
due to nylon kite string. Mi-
nors have been found using
the nylon kite string even af-
ter the state government
banned it. We have taken ac-
tion against five shopkeepers
in different areas in Bhiwan-
di who were selling the
banned manja under section
188, 290 and 291 of Indian Pe-
nal Code.”
Meanwhile, the people of
Thane city are expressing
their outrage over the inci-
dent.
that he had learnt about Mr
Kirti Ambani’s involvement
in the case only after he was
arrested. In June 2016, Mr Wa-
dia had testified before the
Digital Balwadi inaugurated
for the underprivileged
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
A Digital Balwadi was inau-
gurated on Monday at Kavde
Math Municipal School,
Walkeshwar. An initiative of
Bhavyata Foundation, the
Balwadi aims to close the dig-
ital learning gap for disadvan-
taged kids.
The Balwadi was inaugu-
rated by Minister for Women
and Child Welfare, Mangal
Prabhat Lodha, in the pres-
ence of Kulin Maniar, founder
Bhavyata Foundation, Roma
Singhania, Neela Parikh,
Gorakshnath Gambhire,
Reena Jogani, Jyotsna Mehta,
and members from Lions
Club, Churchgate, FICCI, In-
ner Wheel Club of Bombay
Pier Tiara, Tardeo Giants.
A non-profit institution,
Bhavyata Foundation takes
on projects involving social
development, livelihoods, and
holistic education from initia-
tion to conclusion. Kulin Ma-
niar, Founder of Bhavyata
Foundation, said, “Since the
onset of COVID-19 in 2020,
millions of disadvantaged
kids have been lagging behind
in academics owing to lack of
computer and internet access.
To close this digital learning
gap, we envisaged a robust
and accessible online educa-
tion system for instructors,
parents, and students.
“AARAMBH - Learning
court and said that he did not
know Mr Kirti Ambani, but
was informed he worked for
RIL. On being asked further,
he had said he did not know
any reason why Mr Kirti Am-
bani would conspire other
than the fact that he worked
for Reliance which was man-
aged by Mr Dhirubhai Am-
bani and his sons.
Mr Sequeira’s plea had
said that if Mr Wadia’s testi-
mony of 2016 is linked with
Mr Ambani’s statement to the
CBI in 1990, it can be conclud-
ed that his co-accused Mr Kir-
ti Ambani had acted on the in-
dustrialist’s directions to at-
tempt to murder Mr Wadia.
The CBI had opposed his
Management System with
Digital courses, interactive
learning tools, assessment-
based activities, and outcome-
based learning shall be en-
abled with the support of
technology. The unique fea-
ture of the LMS is that it can
be easily accessed and com-
municated with a teacher and
student-friendly interface,” he
said.
“Considering the need for
strengthening the angan-
wadis ‘with peoples' participa-
tion’, State’s Woman and
Child Development Depart-
ment have come up with the
‘Adoption of Anganwadi’ poli-
cy under which corporate en-
tities can invest through cor-
porate social responsibility
fund, non-Government volun-
tary organisations, trusts, etc,
and individuals / families /
groups can invest in ramping
up the infrastructure of an-
ganwadis,” Mr. Lodha said in
MUMBAI
MUMBAI | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
pleas and said in its response
that an accused has no right
to call a prosecution witness
for cross-examination. It had
further said that he has no
right to seek reinvestigation
at this stage.
As per the CBI’s case, the
plan was to intercept the car
of Mr Wadia when he returns
from his office to his resi-
dence at Prabhadevi and
murder him. Mr Sequeira
was allegedly shown the pho-
tograph of Mr Wadia and was
paid a huge sum of money for
the commission of the of-
fence. However, the plan nev-
er materialised and two of
the accused were arrested by
the CID in 1989.
his address.
“With the partnership sup-
port of corporates and no-
table social organisations, we
aim to bring this content and
structure to 100 more Angan-
wadis in tribal districts of Ma-
harashtra in the first phase of
its expansion plan. Special
teacher training programs to
support learning capacities
for children have been con-
ceptualised to refine the im-
pact of teaching and achiev-
ing desired learning out-
comes in students,” Mr Ma-
niar added.
Roma Singhania, who is
passionate about the field of
education, said, “Digital An-
ganwadis is a step ahead in
the right direction to bridge
the digital divide to bring edu-
cation opportunities at par
with city-based play schools
and AARAMBH LMS is defi-
nitely one of the ways for-
ward.”
One held for cheating
woman, three aides
absconding
Suspects pose as movers-packers, rob
Bhoiwada resident of television, cash
AISHWARYA IYER / MUMBAI
A 26-year-old was arrested on
Sunday for allegedly duping a
woman to the tune of Rs2,500,
and stealing a television after
claiming to be a staff from a
movers and packers compa-
ny.
The incident happened in
December when the victim
was moving her house from
Bhoiwada to the Worli area in
South Mumbai.
A group of four people had
come to her residence claim-
ing to be movers and packers
and initiated the packing
process.
“The victim did not get sus-
picious of them as they were
doing a good job of packing
all the items at her house.
However, after some time
they took her television set
and one of the four left her
residence and did not return.
Slowly, the remaining ex-
cused themselves and left too,
which is when she realized
she was duped,” said a police
official.
The victim called up the
State Home Guards are
entitled to insurance for
on-duty mishaps
IANS / MUMBAI
For the first time, Maharash-
tra Home Guards are entitled
to an insurance cover in case
of accident or death in the
line of duty, a top official said
here on Monday. Director
General of Home Guards, Dr
B. K. Upadhyay handed over
a cheque of Rs 25 lakh to a
home guard, Mr Laxman
Vithal Akhade who lost one
leg in a serious accident
while on duty on September
5, 2022.
“Similar to Maharashtra
Police, the Home Guards
have tied up with the private
sector’s HDFC Bank for the
salary accounts of its staff
and also entitlements to all
insurance benefits,” Dr
company she had contacted
to ask if they had sent anyone
for the job. The company in-
formed her they had not sent
anybody yet.
The victim later realised a
total of Rs2,500 cash was
missing from her table. She
approached the police and
lodged a case against un-
known persons.
The police subsequently
initiated an investigation
during which they got a tip
that one of the four suspects
was in the Dombivali area of
Thane district, confirmed
Senior Police Inspector Jiten-
dra Pawar.
While one suspect has been
arrested, three are still ab-
sconding, said the police,
adding that a manhunt to nab
them is underway. The arrest-
ed suspect is identified as
Santosh Krishnakumar
Mishra, 26, a resident of
Dombivli.
A case has been registered
under sections 420 (cheating),
406 (breach of trust) and 32
(common intent) of the Indi-
an Penal Code.
Upadhyay said.
Present on the occasion
were the beneficiary Mr
Akhade, Additional DGP
Brijesh Singh, Additional SP
of Raigad Atul Zende, HDFC
officers, and other top offi-
cials.
With 45,000 personnel in-
cluding women and techni-
cians, Maharashtra Home
Guards is among the biggest
in the country and serves as
an auxiliary to the police
force for maintaining inter-
nal security.
It also serves as an emer-
gency force for specialised
tasks and has set up special-
ist arms like the border
wings, marine units, etc. that
work for the defence of the
country.

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Sri Lanka, Mauritius,
B’desh keen on ` trade
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Mauritius are
keen to settle trade related transactions
with India in rupee, Trade Secretary Sunil
Barthwal said at a press conference on
Monday. Given that the Reserve Bank of
India has allowed rupee denominated
trade, any country can approach India
for rupee trade, Barthwal said. Other
than Russia, countries like Sri Lanka,
Mauritius and Bangladesh have also
shown interest in rupee trade.
WDRA signs pact with
State Bank of India
Warehousing Development Regulatory
Authority (WDRA) has signed a
memorandum of understanding with
State Bank of India to help farmers in
getting low interest rate loans. The MoU
was signed with the intent of promoting
awareness about the new loan product
called 'Produce Marketing Loan' to
exclusively fund against e-NWRs
(electronic Negotiable Warehouse
Receipt) with features such as nil
processing fee, no additional collateral
and attractive interest rates, an official
statement said.
India's FTA talks with
EU, UK are on track
The ongoing negotiations of India for
the proposed comprehensive free trade
agreements with the UK and European
Union (EU) are on track and the next
round of talks with both the regions will
happen soon, a top government official
said on Monday. India has recently
concluded the sixth round of talks with
the UK and third round with the EU.
TCS to provide solutions
to Scotwest Credit Union
Information technology major Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd today said it
has signed UK-based Scotwest Credit
Union as a client to provide its predictive
analytics suite. TCS will deploy its
artificial intelligence-driven analytics
software for the purpose, the Mumbai-
based company said in an exchange
filing. However, the IT services exporter
did not disclose the amount of the deal.
NTPC arm, Tripura govt
sign MoU for RE projects
NTPC Ltd's subsidiary NTPC Renewable
Energy Ltd has signed a memorandum
of understanding with the Tripura
government to develop floating and
ground mounted based renewable
energy projects in Tripura, the company
said in an exchange filing. The MoU
aims at developing large renewable
energy projects in Tripura and will help
the government achieve its clean energy
commitments.
Spencer's Retail unveils
new format stores
Spencer's Retail Ltd on Monday
announced opening a new format chain
'Spencer's Value Market' that targets
value-conscious consumers. Part of the
RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, the retailer will
open the new stores in six South Indian
cities this month.
L&T arm gets significant
order to build office space
The construction business of Larsen &
Tubro Ltd got a 'significant' order to
build two towers with commercial office
space in Hyderabad, the company said
today in a press release. L&T classifies
orders worth 10-25 bln rupees as
'significant'. The project, scheduled to be
completed in 18 months, has a built-up
area of 57.44 sq ft for both the towers.
DroneAcharya Aerial
expands ops in SE Asia
DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations
Limited, an Indian drone service provider
and DGCA - certified drone pilot training
organization, on Monday announced
that it is commencing operations in
Thailand, in association with the Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT). The
partnership will pave the way for the
company into the Southeast Asian
market.
5th Indian Aerosols Expo
2023 begins on Feb 20
The 5th edition of India Aerosols Expo -
India’s only trade show dedicated to the
Aerosol spray industry – shall be held
from 20th to 21st Feb 2023 at Hall 2,
Pragati Maidan, Delhi. Held every two
years, IAE is the only mainstream
platform in India showcasing products,
technologies and machinery related to
aerosol end-products as well as
intermediates.
Cressanda bags order
for in-coach advertising
Cressanda Solutions Ltd – leading
company providing IT solutions, digital
media and IT enabled services has
bagged prestigious order for in-coach
digital advertising in the Kolkata Metro
for a period of 5 years. The contract is
renewable for an additional 5 years.
Bharat Agri builds a
big turnaround story
Bharat Agri Fert & Realty Ltd is building
a big turnaround story. The decision of
the company to move the fertilizer unit
at Thane to Wada in Palghar and use the
land in Thane on a commercial basis has
proved beneficial. The company has
completed the project of 356 flats in the
first phase at Thane and has increased
its bottom line by 75 crore. —Agencies
Govt revises calendar for release of GDP data
The National Statistics Office has rescheduled the release dates
for the first, second, and third revised estimates of national
income, consumption expenditure, savings and capital
formation. These estimates will now be released on the last
Exports decline 12.2% in December on global
headwinds; trade deficit widens to $23.76 bn
During Apr-Dec of this fiscal, India's overall exports rose 9% to $332.76 bn while imports increased 24.96% to $551.7 bn
PTI / New Delhi
India's exports contracted 12.2
per cent to USD 34.48 billion in
December 2022, mainly due to
global headwinds, and the trade
deficit widened to USD 23.76 bil-
lion during the same period, ac-
cording to official data released
on Monday.
Imports in December 2022 also
declined 3.5 per cent to USD 58.24
billion as against USD 60.33 bil-
lion in the year-ago period. In De-
cember 2021, exports stood at
USD 39.27 billion and the trade
deficit was at USD 21.06 billion.
During April-December of
this fiscal, the country's overall
exports rose 9 per cent to USD
WEF SURVEY
Global recession likely in 2023 be tighter due to Fed’s policy rates’
India may benefit from diversification of supply chains
PTI / Davos
A global recession is likely in
2023, but pressures on food, ener-
gy and inflation may be peaking,
the World Economic Forum said
on Monday in its Chief Econo-
mists Outlook survey.
At the same time, some
economies in the South Asia re-
gion, including Bangladesh and
India, may bene?t from global
trends such as a diversi?cation of
manufacturing supply chains
away from China, the report said.
The WEF said globally busi-
nesses are expected to cut costs
significantly in response to eco-
nomic headwinds, but chief econ-
omists are optimistic about infla-
tion and strong balance sheets. A
Budget: LTCG
tax likely to be
rationalised
IANS / New Delhi
The government may look at
rationalising long term capital gains
(LTCG) tax structure in the forthcoming
Union Budget for 2023-24.
As of now, shares held for more than
one year attract a 10 per cent LTCG tax.
This tax was discontinued in 2005,
but was reintroduced in 2018 in the
Union Budget for that fiscal.
The Finance Ministry is learnt to be
looking at ensuring parity between
similar asset classes by rationalising the
LTCG tax structure and even revising
the base year for computing inflation
adjusted capital gains, sources aware
of developments said.
Government may look at
rationalising tax rates and also the
holding period for calculating LTCG in
the forthcoming budget, sources added.
NFRA issues draft guidelines for
transparency reports by auditors
IANS / New Delhi
The National Financial Report-
ing Authority (NFRA) has pub-
lished draft requirements regard-
ing preparation and publication
of annual transparency report
(ATR) by auditor and audit firms.
In accordance with Rule 8(2) of
the NFRA Rule 2018, NFRA in-
tends prescribing publication of
ATR containing certain critical
information about the auditor's
operational activities, manage-
ment, governance and ownership
structures, and policies and pro-
cedures necessary to deliver
high-quality audits.
The move is aimed at enhanc-
ing the transparency about man-
agement and governance of audit
firms and their internal policy
framework to ensure high quality
audits and preventing conflict of
interest by maintaining inde-
pendence. NFRA has also decided
to seek public comment and sug-
MASTER DIRECTION - RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
RBI tweaks norms related to acquisition for banks
PTI / Mumbai
The Reserve Bank of India on
Monday tweaked norms related
to acquisition and holding of
shares in banks to ensure that
their ultimate ownership and
control remain well diversified
and the major shareholders are
'fit and proper' on a continuing ba-
sis.
The central bank has issued
'Master Direction - Reserve Bank
of India (Acquisition and Hold-
ing of Shares or Voting Rights in
Banking Companies) Directions,
2023'.
"These directions are issued
working day of February each year instead of the last working
day of January. Accordingly, the first revised estimates for
2021-22 (Apr-Mar), second revised estimates for 2020-21, and
third revised estimates for 2019-20 will be released on Feb 28.
332.76 billion while imports in-
creased 24.96 per cent to USD
551.7 billion.
The merchandise trade deficit
for the April-December 2022 pe-
riod was estimated at USD 218.94
billion as against USD 136.45 bil-
‘Financial condition expected to
majority of the World Economic
Forum's Community of Chief
Economists expect to see geopo-
litical tensions continuing to
shape the global economy, and an-
ticipate further monetary tight-
ening in the United States and
Europe.
Almost two-thirds of chief
economists believe a global reces-
sion is likely in 2023; of which 18
per cent consider it extremely
likely - more than twice as many
as in the previous survey con-
ducted in September 2022. A third
of respondents consider a global
recession to be unlikely this year.
There is, however, a strong con-
sensus that the prospects for
growth in 2023 are bleak, especial-
ly in Europe and the US.
Mkts decline as metal, financial MFs’ SIP collection jumps
shares retreat amid FII outflows 31% to `1.5L crore in 2022
PTI / Mumbai
Benchmark equity indices Sen-
sex and Nifty gave up early gains
to close lower on Monday due to
selling in metal, oil and gas and
financial stocks as FII outflows
dampened the investor senti-
ment.
The 30-share BSE Sensex de-
clined 168.21 points or 0.28 per
cent to settle at 60,092.97 as 15 of
its constituents dropped. The
barometer opened higher and
touched a high of 60,586.77 in
morning session. Later in the
day, it fell 297.35 points or 0.49 per
cent to 59,963.83. The broader
NSE Nifty dipped 61.75 points or
0.34 per cent to end at 17,894.85 as
32 of its stocks dropped.
"The sluggish mood contin-
ued as markets moved in a nar-
gestions on the contents of the
ATR by February 16, 2023.
The information contained in
the ATR will be useful to in-
vestors, audit committees, inde-
pendent directors and public at
large. The ATR requirements are
proposed to be implemented in a
gradual manner for entities start-
ing with statutory auditors of top
1,000 listed companies (by market
capitalisation) with effect from
the financial year ending on
March, 31 2023. The ATR has to be
published within three months
from the end of each financial
year.
"The ATR requirements are
proposed to be implemented in a
gradual manner for PIEs (Public
Interest Entities) starting with
statutory auditors of top 1,000
listed companies (by market cap-
italisation) with effect from the fi-
nancial year ending on 31 March
2023," the regulator said in a re-
lease.
with the intent of ensuring that
the ultimate ownership and con-
trol of banking companies are
well diversified and the major
shareholders of banking compa-
nies are 'fit and proper' on a con-
tinuing basis," it said.
As per the Master Direction,
any person who intends to make
an acquisition which is likely to
result in major shareholding in a
banking company is required to
seek prior approval of the Re-
serve Bank by submitting an ap-
plication.
"The decision of the Reserve
Bank to (a) accord or deny per-
mission or (b) accord permission
lion in April-December 2021.
Commerce Secretary Sunil
Barthwal said that despite glob-
al headwinds, "India's exports
have held its head high".
“There are recessionary
trends globally. So lot of head-
IANS / Chennai
Even as central banks are ex-
pected to slow their pace of rate
hikes in 2023, financial condi-
tions are expected to remain
tight, said CRISIL Ltd on Mon-
day. In a report, the credit rating
agency said the financial condi-
tions are expected to be tight due
to the US Fed's policy rates at a
decadal high in 2023 despite the
looming recession. S&P Global
expects the Fed policy rate to
peak at 5-5.25 per cent in April-
June 2023, with rate cuts only to-
wards the end of the year.
The US Fed's policy rate re-
maining higher than in the past
decade will keep global financial
conditions tight and maintain
row range with a negative bias.
Investors are taking a cautious
stance as the global macroeco-
nomic scenario remains bleak
while FIIs continued to be sellers
in domestic equities in the cur-
rent month, thus dampening the
market sentiment," said
Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Eq-
uity Research (Retail), Kotak Se-
curities Ltd.
From the Sensex pack, Axis
Bank fell the most by 2.26 per
Goyal pitches for
startup database
in country
PTI / New Delhi
Commerce and Industry Minister
Piyush Goyal on Monday called for
making a strong database of all
startups in the country as it would
belp both public and private sectors.
He said the database can help the
government in its procurement of
goods and services. Goyal added
that there must be a number of
startups having different levels of
success and are not there in any
database. "Can we have a robust
database of all startups in the
country...Let's go for a database
...and make that available for all,"
he said.
The minister also sought views of
the startup community in further
reducing compliance burden, and
simplification of processes to
promote ease of doing business in
the country. "I am sure there are
many more areas where we can
reduce the burden of processes for
all of you," he said.
for acquisition of a lower quan-
tum of aggregate holding than
that has been applied for, shall be
binding on the applicant and the
concerned banking company," it
said.
Subsequent to such acquisi-
tion, if at any point in time the ag-
gregate holding falls below five
per cent, the person will be re-
winds we are facing," he said.
In the first nine months of the
current fiscal, crude oil imports
rose 45.62 per cent to USD 163.91
billion as against USD 112.56 bil-
lion in the year-ago period.
Similarly imports of coal,
coke and briquettes almost dou-
bled to USD 40.55 billion during
April-December 2022-23 as
against USD 21.66 billion in the
same period previous fiscal.
On the export front, engineer-
ing shipments declined about 12
per cent in December to USD 9.08
billion while exports of gems
and jewellery in December fell
15.2 per cent to USD 2.54 billion.
Other export sectors which
recorded negative growth in De-
pressure on capital flows.
That apart, the real repo rate
will be on a rising trend, as in-
flation continues to moderate.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
is expected to remain wary of
easing its policy stance in its up-
coming policy meeting, given
that core inflation remains
sticky, CRISIL said.
Liquidity conditions will also
not return to surplus as seen in
cent. NTPC declined 1.16 per
cent and HDFC by 1.03 per cent.
Auto major Maruti Suzuki
also dropped after the company
announced an average 1.1 per
cent hike in prices of its models
from January 16.
On the other hand, Tech
Mahindra, HCL Technologies,
Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultan-
cy Services and Power Grid
were among the major winners.
Wipro ended over 1 per cent
higher after announcing its De-
cember quarter earnings post
trading hours on Friday. Wipro
reported a better-than-expected
2.8 per cent rise in consolidated
net profit for December 2022
quarter to Rs 3,053 crore and ex-
uded optimism about "strong"
bookings for the fourth quarter
despite global headwinds.
Securitisation soars 42% to Govt bond
`1.15L cr till Dec qtr this FY prices fall as
PTI / Mumbai
Driven by a 20 per
cent rise in the num-
ber of originators to
120, securitisation vol-
ume jumped 42 per cent to over Rs
1.15 lakh crore in the first three
quarters of the current fiscal, a
report said on Monday.
Led by small finance banks, se-
curitisation activity became
broad-based and the number of
originators rose to 120 from 100
last year. This has the overall vol-
ume growth crossing 42 per cent
to Rs 1.15 lakh crore in the first
nine months of the current fiscal,
according to the data tabulated by
Crisil. Growth in the non-mort-
gage space was led by commer-
cial vehicle (31 per cent) and mi-
crofinance (14 per cent) loans. Un-
secured loans, including personal
and business loans, also contin-
ued to draw investors' attention,
comprising 7 per cent of the se-
quired to seek fresh approval
from the RBI if the person in-
tends to again raise the aggregate
holding to five per cent or more of
the paid-up share capital or total
voting rights, it added.
Meanwhile, RBI on Monday
proposed that banks will be al-
lowed to design own credit loss
models and spread the higher pro-
visions over a five-year period un-
der a newer system of setting
aside money for lending.
The Reserve Bank of India will
issue "broad guidance" required
to be considered while designing
the credit risk models, the RBI
said in the paper which is now
MONEY
MUMBAI I TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
cember 2022 include coffee,
cashew, leather goods, pharma,
carpet and handicrafts. Petrole-
um products exports too con-
tracted about 27 per cent to USD
4.93 billion in December last year.
The secretary said that meas-
ures like production-linked in-
centives for electronics sector is
helping to push exports. Exports
of electronic goods increased
51.56 per cent to USD 16.67 billion
during April-December 2022-23.
Imports from Russia jumped
four-times to USD 32.88 billion
during the April-December 2022
period on account of the deci-
sion of the government to im-
port more crude oil, taking ad-
vantage of the lower price.
the pandemic years, which will
maintain fundamental pressure
on domestic interest rates.
Thirdly, borrowing costs for
the broader economy will con-
tinue to rise, given the pending
transmission of the RBI's rate
hikes. This is likely to have some
impact on the growth prospects
of the Indian economy in the
next fiscal as well.
According to CRISIL, the
transmission of the RBI's rate
hikes is still in progress, leading
to a steady rise in bank lending
and deposit rates. Key bank
lending rates reached close to
the pre-pandemic five year aver-
age in December. Credit growth
moderated, albeit remaining at
a decadal high.
PTI / New Delhi
Contributions to mutual fund
schemes through systematic in-
vestment plans or SIPs remain
unfazed from the market volatili-
ty in 2022 with inflow growing to
Rs 1.5 lakh crore in 2022, a surge
of 31 per cent from a year earlier,
due to higher retail participation.
In comparison, an inflow of Rs
1.14 lakh crore through the route
was registered in 2021 and Rs
97,000 crore in 2020, data with the
Association of Mutual Funds in
India (AMFI) showed.
Going ahead, SIP numbers are
expected to continue to remain
strong in 2023 as investors are in-
creasingly appreciating the im-
portance of regular investing
through the route, Kaustubh Be-
lapurkar, Director - Manager Re-
curitised assets com-
pared to 3 per cent in
FY22, but the share of
property-backed loans
declined to 38 per cent
from 43 per cent in
FY22.
According to Krishnan Sitara-
man, a senior director and
deputy chief ratings officer at the
agency, the securitisation market
is continuing to regain its mojo
post-pandemic, propped up by a
resurgence in microfinance and
increasing preference among in-
vestors for vehicle loans. Addi-
tionally, personal and business
loans seem to be gaining greater
acceptance, bringing diversity to
the bouquet of asset classes being
securitised.
Direct assignment transac-
tions accounted for 60 per cent of
the quantum led by mortgage and
gold loan pools. Correspondingly,
the share of pass-through certifi-
cates (PTCs) was at 40 per cent.
open for public comments.
"Banks would be allowed to de-
sign and implement their own
models for measuring expected
credit losses for the purpose of es-
timating loss provisions in line
with the proposed principles," the
paper suggests.
At present, banks use the "in-
curred loss" model for loan provi-
sioning, wherein banks are re-
quired to set aside money much
later. In September last year, Gov-
ernor Shaktikanta Das had an-
nounced that the regulator is
mulling a shift to the newer sys-
tem calling it as a "more prudent
and forward looking approach".
WPI inflation
cools to 22-mth
low of 4.95%
PTI / New Delhi
The wholesale price-based inflation
declined to a 22-month low of 4.95
per cent in December 2022, mainly
due to fall in prices of food articles,
especially vegetables, on easing sup-
ply side pressure and a higher base
of last year.
This is the seventh straight month
of declining Wholesale Price Index
(WPI)-based inflation. It was 5.85 per
cent in November 2022 and 14.27 per
cent in December 2021.
Even though declining prices of
vegetables and onions pulled down
inflation rate of food articles, wheat,
pulses and potato remained expen-
sive, along with protein-rich items
like milk and 'egg, meat and fish'.
Inflation in food articles during
December 2022 was (-)1.25 per cent.
Inflation in vegetables and onion
was (-)35.95 per cent and (-)25.97 per
cent, respectively.
In non-food articles, oilseeds and
minerals too recorded a decline in
inflation by 4.81 per cent and 2.93 per
cent, respectively.
"The decline in the rate of infla-
tion in December 2022 is primarily
contributed by fall in prices of food
articles, mineral oils, crude petrole-
um & natural gas, food products, tex-
tiles and chemicals & chemical prod-
ucts," the commerce and industry
ministry said in a statement.
The last low level of WPI inflation
was recorded in February 2021 at
4.83 per cent. The deceleration in
WPI comes in line with retail infla-
tion data released last week, which
showed CPI inflation eased to 5.72
per cent in December.
search at Morningstar Invest-
ment Adviser India, said.
"As newer investors come to
the fore, the SIP numbers will
continue to increase. While SIP
numbers will remain strong,
lump sum flows will be depend-
ent on market levels and volatili-
ty, we have seen investors book
profits when markets run up and
re-allocate to equities when mar-
kets are lower," he added.
Priti Rathi Gupta, Founder and
MD at LXME, said the trend of in-
vesting through SIP will gain
even more momentum in this
year in order to enable the finan-
cial inclusion of investments by
people beyond traditional instru-
ments which will further con-
tribute towards the increase in
the assets under management
(AUM).
US yields and
crude rise
INFORMIST / Mumbai
Government bond prices ended
lower on Monday, tracking a rise
in US Treasury yields and crude
oil prices, dealers said. Some
traders trimmed their holdings
on caution ahead of Union Budg-
et on Feb 1, they said.
On Monday, the 10-year bench-
mark 7.26%, 2032 bond ended at
99.53 rupees, or 7.33% yield,
against 99.72 rupees, or 7.30%
yield on Friday.
The US Treasury yields rose
on Friday as investors assessed
the market's eager bets that the
US Federal Reserve will opt for
interest rates cuts later this year.
US CPI inflation fell to 6.5% year-
on-year from 7.1% in November,
in line with market expectations.
The yield on the benchmark 10-
year US Treasury yield rose 6 ba-
sis points to 3.49% against Thurs-
day's close. A rise in US Treasury
yields narrows the interest rate
differential between the safe-
haven asset and emerging mar-
ket debt, making the latter less
appealing to foreign investors.
US financial markets were shut
today to mark Martin Luther
King day.
Meanwhile, crude oil prices
rose on Friday, reaching the
biggest weekly gains since Octo-
ber, as the dollar index fell to a
seven-month low. Growing de-
mand from the largest oil im-
porter China also contributed to
the rise in oil prices.
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BIZ BULLETIN
Phoenix Mills arm Maruti Suzuki transports record Taxpayers' expectations
from Budget 2023
3.2L units via railways in 2022
acquires Janus Logistics
The Phoenix Mills Ltd's wholly-owned
subsidiary Phoenix Logistics and BY TEJI MANDI
Industrial Parks Pvt Ltd has completed

the acquisition Janus Logistics Industrial
Parks Pvt Ltd for 260.3 mln rupees, the
company said in an exchange filing.
Consequently, Janus Logistics has
become a step-down subsidiary of the
company. Janus Logistics owns and
holds a freehold land parcel
admeasuring around 33 acres in
Harayana.
JSW Ispat Products Q3 net
loss widens to `97.98 cr
JSW Ispat Special Products Limited
(JISPL) on Monday said its consolidated
net loss widened to Rs 97.98 crore in
the December quarter. The company had
posted a Rs 27.12 crore net loss in the
year-ago period, according to a
statement.
Lighthouse raises `155.4 cr
for investing in startups
Singapore-based investment firm
Lighthouse Canton on Monday
announced the first close of its venture
debt fund, a Category - II AIF, at Rs
155.4 crore, which it will deploy in
Indian startups. The total aimed corpus
PTI / New Delhi
Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said it trans-
ported over 3.2 lakh vehicles using Indian rail-
ways last year, its highest-ever dispatch in a
calendar year.
The company had obtained a Automobile
Freight Train Operator (AFTO) licence in
2013 allowing it to fabricate and operate high-
speed, high-capacity auto-wagon rakes on the
Indian Railways network.
In the last ten years, the automaker has
seen a five-fold increase in railway dispatches
in terms of volumes. Share of railways in out-
bound logistics has increased from 5 per cent
in 2013 to 17 per cent in 2022.
"Our strategy to increase the use of rail
mode in outbound logistics has resulted in
dispatching a record 3.2 lakh vehicles using
railways in CY2022," Maruti Suzuki India
Managing Director & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi
said in a statement.
This has resulted in offsetting around 1,800
MT of CO2 emissions in addition to saving
CIL set to increase
production to meet
Bank of Maharashtra Oct-Dec net
over 50 million litres of fuel during the year,
which contributes to enhancing the energy
security of the country, he added.
"Going forward, we aim to further increase
these numbers. For this, we are setting up
dedicated railway sidings at our facilities in
Haryana (Manesar) and Gujarat," Takeuchi
said.
Maruti Suzuki India Executive Officer Cor-
porate Affairs Rahul Bharti said the company
currently utilises the railways to transport to
18 terminals like Mumbai, Guwahati and
Mundra Port.
Hikes prices by around
1% across models
INFORMIST / Mumbai
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Monday hiked
prices across all its models because of cost
pressures, driven by inflation and regulato-
ry requirements. An estimated weighted av-
erage of cost increase is around 1.1% across
models, the carmaker said in an exchange
filing.
This is the second price increase by In-
dia's largest passenger carmaker in the cur-
rent financial year. In April, it hiked prices
by an average of 1.3% across models, which
was fully absorbed in the second quarter.
On Dec 2, the New-Delhi-headquartered
firm had said it has become imperative to
pass on costs through price increases de-
spite taking maximum effort to reduce cost
and partially offset the increase.
T
he budget season is back!
As days pass, the noise of
taxpayers’ expectations is
getting louder. So, what exactly
are taxpayers expecting from
Budget 2023?
that individuals inculcate the
What’s Happening? habit of saving. 
The budget season is back with Different Section for Children's
a bang! On 1st February 2023, Education Deduction
the Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman, will present the
Educating a child is no longer af-
fordable. Parents put a lot of ef-
Union Budget. As days pass by, fort into securing a good educa-
the noise of taxpayers’ expecta- tion for their children. Currently,
tions is getting louder.  the deduction on child education
is allowed under section 80C.
Expectations of Taxpayers But, a child’s education is as im-
From Budget 2023 portant as getting insurance or
Income Tax Exemption investing. So, according to Eco-
The last two years have been nomic Times, experts say that
difficult for salaried individuals the government could consider
as they had to deal with infla-
tion, high-interest rates, in-
introducing a separate section
under Chapter VIA to allow a de-
creased cost of living, layoffs duction for education expenses.
and pay cuts. You would agree Exemption Limit of
that many things have changed Health Insurance
except for the tax slabs.  After the pandemic, people have
As the cost of living has been
increasing, according to Eco-
nomic Times, experts believe
understood the importance of
opting for health insurance, as
medical procedures today are ex-

profit more than doubles to `775 cr

of Category - II AIF is Rs 550 crore with
a greenshoe option of Rs 550 crore.
Alpha Alternatives Fund
Advisors seeks MF licence
Alternative asset management platform
Alpha Alternatives Fund Advisors LLP
has become the latest entity to approach
Sebi for a MF licence. It has joined the
list of seven entities, which are awaiting
the capital markets regulator's approval
to enter the segment.
M&M aims to deliver 20K
e-SUV XUV400 in first yr
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Monday
said it aims to deliver 20,000 units of its
electric SUV XUV400, which has been
launched at an introductory price
starting at Rs 15.99 lakh, in the first year
of hitting the market.
Swiggy rolls out
ambulance service
Swiggy on Monday announced the
rollout of an ambulance service for its
active delivery executives and their
dependents in the case of emergencies.
Delivery executives can reach out on a
toll-free number or simply tap the SOS
peak demand in Apr
INFORMIST / Kolkata
Anticipating a surge in demand
for coal in the coming summer,
Coal India Ltd is readying itself
to increase production by expos-
ing more coal seams which can
be mined easily as the need be.
"The power ministry is esti-
mating peak demand to increase
by 9% on the year in April which
requires us to be ready to meet
their demand from us," a Coal In-
dia official told Informist. "We
are thus keeping the seams ready
for extraction as the need be."
The world's largest coal miner
excavated 1,154.2 mln cu mtr of
topsoil during Apr-Dec, 19.2%
more than last year. This excava-
tion helped the company to com-
plete the ministry mandated tar-
get of readying itself for increas-
PTI / New Delhi
State-owned Bank of Maharash-
tra (BoM) on Monday reported
more than two-fold jump in its
profit at Rs 775 crore in the quar-
ter ended December 2022 due to
increase in net interest income
and improved asset quality.
The bank had posted a net prof-
it of Rs 325 crore in the same
quarter a year ago. Speaking
about quarterly number, BoM
managing director A S Rajeev
said the net profit surged by a
138.76 per cent and operating
profit has shown a growth of
35.94 per cent to Rs 1,580 crore as
Federal Bank Q3 net
rises 54% to `804 cr
PTI / New Delhi
against Rs 1,162 crore in the same
quarter a year ago. He said the
bank aims to protect the profit
growth in the current quarter
and also maintain the NIM at the
current level of 3.6 per cent.
Net Interest Income (NII) of
the bank grew by 29.65 per cent
on a year-on-year basis to Rs 1,980
crore as against Rs 1,527 crore in
the third quarter of the previous
fiscal. The bank's total income in-
creased to Rs 4,770 crore in the
latest December quarter from Rs
3,893 crore in the year-ago period.
On the asset quality front, the
bank recorded an improvement
with gross NPAs (Non-Perform-
ing Assets) declining to 2.94 per
cent, as compared to 4.73 per cent
at the end of third quarter of pre-
vious fiscal.
Meanwhile, BoM on Monday
said it proposes to raise up to Rs
1,000 crore from QIP in the Janu-
ary-March quarter to meet mini-
mum public shareholding
norms of market regulator Sebi.
Corporate majors from
Australia and Singapore
the exemption limits should be pensive, and so are the insurance
reviewed and increased from Rs
2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.  
premiums. Currently, the deduc-
tions for health insurance premi-
Higher 80C and 80TTA Limits
In the Pre-Budget Memorandum
um falls under 80D with a limit
of Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000. Accord-
2023, the Institute of Chartered ing to Economic Times, the gov-
Accountants of India (ICAI) sug- ernment should consider in-
gested that the deduction limit of creasing the deduction limit
Rs 1.5 lakhs under section 80D from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. 
could be renewed to 2.5 lakhs in Deduction on Electric Vehicle
the upcoming budget. This will Purchase
provide savings opportunities to Individuals these days have
the taxpayers.  started becoming environment
Similarly, the deduction under and pocket conscious and hence
section 80TTA has been static at
Rs 10,000 since 2012-13. Accord-
are opting for EV vehicles. A de-
duction is allowed on interest
ing to the Economic Times, the paid on loans while purchasing
limit should be increased to EV vehicles under section
50,000 and include FD interest so 80EEB.
Teji Mandi (TM Investment Technologies Pvt Ltd) is a SEBI registered Research
Analyst (RA). Information in this article should not be construed as
investment advice. Please visit www.tejimandi.com to know more.
Triton EV to
acquire AMW's
Bhuj plant

Private lender Federal Bank on

button without leaving the partner app
in the case of an emergency.
ing production three months be-
fore the deadline ends.
Monday reported a 54 per cent
jump in its December quarter net
profit at Rs 804 crore compared to
the year-ago period.
Federal Bank will look forward
to utilising its distribution net-
work without playing the pricing
game as it is aware of the "elas-
ticity" on this front that exists,
Srinivasan said.
He said the NIMs will be over
to invest `24,560 cr in UP
RASHMI SHARMA / Lucknow
Major global conglomerates from
Australia and Singapore plan to
and remaining nine would com-
plete the process in coming days.
According to the officials the re-
maining nine MoUs would be
for `210 crore
PTI / New Delhi
Electric vehicle maker Triton EV is in
the process to acquire debt-ridden
AMW Motors' manufacturing plant

RIL suspends gas auction The private sector lender's net

interest income rose 27 per cent
to Rs 1,957 crore, helped by 19.1
3.30 per cent going forward, and
the bank is on its way to deliver-
ing the 17-18 per cent credit
invest Rs 24,560 crore in the data
centre, logistic parks and food
processing sector in Uttar
signed before the GIS.
The officials of Industrial De-
velopment Department of UP in-
in Bhuj for Rs 210 crore, according
to sources.
The source told PTI on the

after change in mktg rules

PTI / New Delhi
Reliance Industries Ltd and its part-
ner bp plc on Monday suspended a
planned auction for the sale of nat-
ural gas from their eastern offshore
KG-D6 block after the government
altered marketing rules to cap mar-
gins. In a notice, Reliance and its
partner BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd
(BPEAL) said the auction has been
suspended indefinitely.
E-bidding for the sale of 6 million
standard cubic meters per day of
gas was originally planned for Jan-
uary 18 but was later pushed back
first to January 19 and then to Jan-
uary 24.
On January 13, the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas pub-
lished new rules for the sale and re-
sale of gas produced from discover-
ies in deep sea, ultra-deep water
and high pressure-high tempera-
ture areas with marketing and pric-
ing freedom.
It required bidders to state up-
front if they were purchasing the
gas through the auction for 'own
use as end consumers (including
for use of their group entities) or as
a trader." While end consumers
were allowed to resale any uncon-
sumed gas, traders participating in
the auction were allowed to resell
subject to a maximum trading mar-
gin of Rs 200 per thousand cubic
meters.
per cent growth in advances and
a 0.22 per cent expansion in the
net interest margin to 3.49 per
cent. Other income came at Rs
534 crore, as against Rs 484 crore,
which included the core fee in-
come being flat at Rs 534 crore
and a Rs 9 crore loss on the treas-
ury side from a profit of Rs 72
crore in the year-ago period.
The bank's total income in-
creased to Rs 4,967 crore in the
December quarter from Rs 3,927
crore in the year-ago period.
Federal Bank managing direc-
tor and chief executive Shyam
Srinivasan told reporters that
the bank did not struggle for de-
posits unlike its peers and was
able to notch a 15 per cent growth
in the number.
The 'war for deposits' is likely
to continue in the system, and
growth that it had guided to-
wards for FY23. It is very much
possible to continue with the
trend of increasing the market
share for the bank, Srinivasan
said.
Its share in the overall ad-
vances now stands at 1.26 per
cent. The overall provisions de-
clined to Rs 198.69 crore for the re-
porting quarter as against Rs
213.98 crore in the year-ago peri-
od.
The gross non-performing as-
sets ratio declined to 2.43 per cent
from 3.06 per cent in the year-ago
period.
At Rs 181 crore, nearly half of
the fresh slippages of Rs 398
crore came from retail assets,
which Srinivasan said is due to
non-payment in restructured ad-
vances and "not alarming".
Pradesh. The Yogi government
signed memorandum of under-
standing (MoU) with six big com-
panies of these two countries in
this regard. This investment is
likely to generate around 19,500
employment opportunities in UP.
A delegation of UP govern-
ment led by the water resources
minister Swatantra Deo Singh
and Energy Minister AK Shar-
ma was sent to Australia and Sin-
gapore to invite investors for the
Global Investors Summit (GIS)
scheduled in Lucknow next
month. During the visit the dele-
gation had business meetings
with the corporate houses of
these countries and 15 compa-
nies gave investment proposals
worth Rs 26,380 crore. So far six
of these companies have signed
MoU with the UP Government
formed that of these six compa-
nies Star Consortium Private
Limited would invest Rs 1,000
crore each in the Data Centre and
Logistic Services. This invest-
ment is likely to generate 2,000
employment opportunities.
Global State Capital has signed
MoU for investment of Rs 8,260
crore and provide jobs to 500 peo-
ple. Sign Fuel & Group Compa-
nies has agreed to invest Rs 2,000
crore in the EMS for Smart De-
vice and IOT products sector. The
Universal Success Private Limit-
ed of Singapore has signed MoU
for investment of Rs 5,100 crore
in Data Centre and Logistic Park
that would create 8,500 jobs. Sim-
ilarly, the Marble Rocks VCC has
signed MoU for investment of Rs
6,600 crore in the Agro Process-
ing cluster.
sidelines of the Auto Expo 2023 that
the National Company Law Tribunal,
Ahmedabad bench has approved a
resolution plan submitted by Triton
Electric Vehicle LLC last month.
"Triton Electric Vehicle LLC has
emerged as the successful bidder for
plant and machinery, land and
building etc of AMW Motors for Rs
210 crore. The resolution plan has
been approved by NCLT,
Ahmedabad bench on December
21, 2022," the source said.
When contacted, Triton EV
founder and managing director
Himanshu Patel confirmed the
development.
"We are working on completing
the regulatory process and
approvals. We will try to make the
plant operational at the earliest
possible time frame after all
approvals are in place," Patel said.

Paytm Payments Bank gets 91 technology companies lay off Tata Motors, Kia, Hyundai
RBI nod to operate Bharat over 24K employees in January expect sales momentum
Bill Payment System services IANS / New Delhi
to continue in 2023
PTI / New Delhi under the Payment ShareChat lays PTI / Greater Noida ing Director - Passenger Vehicle

Paytm Payments
Bank on Monday said
it has received final
approval from the Re-
serve Bank of India to
operate as a Bharat
Bill Payment Operating Unit
(BBPOU).
Under Bharat Bill Payment Sys-
tem (BBPS), a BBPOU is allowed to
facilitate bill payment services of
electricity, phone, DTH, water, gas
insurance, loan repayments,
FASTag recharge, education fees,
credit card bill and municipal tax-
es.
BBPS is owned by the National
Payments Corporation of India.
So far, Paytm Payments Bank Ltd
(PPBL) has been undertaking this
activity under in-principle authori-
sation from RBI.
"PPBL has got the final approval
from RBI to operate as Bharat Bill
Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU)
and Settlement Sys-
tems Act, 2007. As an
entity under Bharat
Bill Payment System
(BBPS), PPBL has got
the final authoriza-
tion to conduct bill
payment and aggregation business
as a BBPOU," the company said in a
statement.
Under RBI's guidance, PPBL will
display all agent institutions on-
board on its website.
"Our vision is to drive financial
inclusion by offering users greater
access to digital services. With this
approval, we will further increase
the adoption of digital payments by
merchant billers and enable them
with secure, fast and convenient
transactions. Through the Paytm
app, users can make convenient
payments for their bills and benefit
from automatic payment and re-
minder services," a Paytm Pay-
ments Bank spokesperson said.
The year 2023 began on a bad
note for tech workers globally
and 91 companies have laid off
more than 24,000 tech employees
in the first 15 days this month,
signalling worse days ahead.
About 24,151 tech workers lost
their jobs, dominated by compa-
nies like Amazon, Salesforce,
Coinbase and others, according
to layoff tracking website Lay-
offs.fyi.Crypto lending exchange
Crypto.com last week announced
that the company will reduce its
global workforce by approxi-
mately 20 per cent amid ongoing
economic headwinds and unfore-
seeable industry events. In India,
companies like Ola (which fired
200 employees), voice automated
startup Skit.ai, dominated the
headlines in January.In Decem-
NATIONAL STARTUP DAY
Startups need to reserve cash, listen to customers to stay afloat
IANS / New Delhi
As Indian startups face turbu-
lence in the global funding winter,
experts on Monday said they
need to reserve cash, create a
long-term goal and adopt a cul-
ture of customer feedback to sur-
vive in 2023.
On the occasion of the 'Nation-
al Startup Day', envisioned by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
last year, industry experts said
that the founders must continu-
ously monitor the trends which
are happening in the world.
Indian startups fired more
ber last year, over 17,000 tech em-
ployees were shown the door.
According to the website
which has been tracking job loss-
es since the start of the pandem-
ic, 153,110 workers were let go in
2022, led by companies like Meta,
Twitter, Oracle, Nvidia, Snap,
Uber, Spotify, Intel and Sales-
force, among others.
Meanwhile, quick-grocery de-
livery provider Dunzo has laid
off 3 per cent of its workforce
amid cost-cutting measures, the
platform confirmed on Monday.
than 18,000 employees in 2022
amid a funding winter and
macroeconomic uncertainty.
"Investing in R&D can be one of
the finest ways to actually tackle
disruption. Make sure that as a
business, you keep some of your
profits or your balance sheet re-
serves for investing into R&D to
actually learn more," Dr Ritesh
Malik, Director, Alliance for Digi-
tal India Foundation, or ADIF,
told IANS.
"If you feel that there is a plat-
form like Instagram where the
go-to-market strategy is more effi-
cient, start learning Instagram
off 20% of its
workforce
Homegrown social media company
ShareChat (Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd)
has laid off 20 per cent of its
workforce due to uncertain market
conditions.
Backed by Twitter, Google, Snap and
Tiger Global, ShareChat has about
2,300 employees, and the layoff
will impact about 500 people at the
company, according to reports. "We
are taking a very difficult decision
today to part ways with around 20
per cent of our talented FTEs to
ensure the financial health and
longevity of our company in the
current uncertain macroeconomic
environment," said Ankush Sachdeva
in a note to the employees.
and start promoting your prod-
ucts there," he added.
According to Tejas Khoday, Co-
Founder and CEO of trading plat-
form FYERS, this year is special
as India has emerged to be the
third largest startup ecosystem in
the world. "While the past year
was turbulent with IPOs of sever-
al well-known startups not doing
too well, the ongoing funding win-
ter and related layoffs, in the long
run, all this will be a blip on the
radar," he said.
That said, this will help the
ecosystem to mature and hopeful-
ly we will see startups achieve a
Tata Motors, Kia India and
Hyundai are expecting sales mo-
mentum to continue this year as
well after witnessing robust
growth in dispatches to dealers
in the last year while pressure re-
mains of a high base effect, infla-
tion and higher interest costs.
Tata Motors, which crossed
five lakh cumulative wholesale
mark in 2022, is hopeful of robust
performance this year on the
back of new launches as well as
better traction for its internal
combustion engine models, elec-
tric vehicles and CNG trims.
"It (sales growth) will be steep,
hopefully, it will not be as steep as
it was because the denominator
used to be lower, now it is becom-
ing higher," Tata Motors Manag-
better balance between scale and
profitability in 2023, Khoday not-
ed. While interacting with over
150 startups, PM Modi last year
announced the commemoration
of National Startup Day on Janu-
and Electric Vehicles Shailesh
Chandra told PTI in an interac-
tion. When asked if the sales
growth would be in single or dou-
ble digits, he said: "Double digit
penetration is what we are look-
ing at." On electric vehicle
sales, which touched close to
43,000 units last year, he noted
that it is bound to increase with
new products expected to hit the
market.
"Absolutely, it has to. If we are
adding a new product completely
it should. That is the intention,"
he noted when asked if the com-
pany expects an increase in EV
sales.
Tata Motors' passenger vehicle
sales outpaced industry growth
last year to cross the five lakh
units mark.
ary 16 every year. The Depart-
ment for Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade and the Min-
istry of Commerce and Industry
marked an entire week as Nation-
al Startup Week, from January 10
to 16. According to Malik, start-
ups must hear back from their
customers.
"The more you hear from your
customers, the more you will be
able to understand their chang-
ing needs. And the more your
product becomes dynamic and
you constantly change that prod-
uct to the whims and fantasies of
the customer," he noted.
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GROUP A
3m India Ltd 22479.8, 22639.5, 22409.15,
22526.9
Aarti Drugs 445.1, 451.35, 445.1, 447.05
Aarti Indust 584.9, 586.55, 569.4, 570.25
Aavas 1857.7, 1876.2, 1822.95, 1866.35
Abb Ltd. 2896.35, 2914.85, 2864.7, 2871.7
Abbott (i) 22212.1, 22341.55, 21957.4,
22041
Abcapital 149, 150.4, 147.2, 147.65
Abfrl 269, 270.65, 266.9, 268.15
Abslamc 455.2, 461.95, 455, 457.4
Acc Ltd 2366.35, 2378.75, 2353.4, 2360.05
Action Const 322.55, 322.55, 314.55, 316.45
Adani Enter 3722, 3739, 3598.65, 3619
Adani Ports 795.85, 797.35, 784.45, 786.95
Adani Power 282.95, 282.95, 271.4, 273.2
Adanigreen 1916, 2141.35, 1916, 2093.3
Adanitrans 2680, 2725.8, 2641.05, 2702
Advenzymes 279.9, 284, 278.2, 282.85
Aegis Logis 361.95, 361.95, 354.65, 355.95
Affle 1030, 1035, 1020.45, 1024.4
Agi 328.6, 328.6, 320.1, 321.25
Aiaengineer 2523.25, 2524.45, 2468.2,
2489.4
Airtelpp 392.85, 397.4, 376, 383.75
Ajanta Pharm 1194.95, 1204, 1168, 1175.4
Akzoindia 2225.05, 2235, 2189, 2199.6
Alem Pharma 564, 564, 551.3, 552.3
Alkem 3019.15, 3061.75, 3019.15, 3038.45
Alkyl Amines 2729.95, 2752.95, 2702.55,
2729.8
Allcargo 401, 411.35, 399.25, 407.2
Amar Raja Ba 576.1, 588, 565.85, 568.35
Amber 1889.95, 1889.95, 1860, 1866.6
Ambuja Ceme 521.85, 521.85, 512.9, 516.5
Amiorg 912.05, 922.15, 912.05, 918.2
Anandrathi 785, 800.4, 780.8, 791.95
Anantraj 114.5, 118.5, 114.2, 115.05
Angelone 1320, 1330.75, 1306.95, 1315.45
Anuras 672.8, 675.8, 665, 670.35
Apar Indus. 1655.05, 1680, 1606.9, 1648.8
Apcotex Ind 469.95, 469.95, 451.5, 452.9
Apl Apollo 1135.1, 1146, 1117.4, 1122.65
Apollo Hosp. 4340, 4361.1, 4280, 4297.05
Apollo Tyres 322.85, 323.9, 317.05, 317.55
Aptus 298.05, 306, 298.05, 301.45
Arvind Ltd 89.85, 89.85, 87.3, 87.55
Arvindfasn 336, 338.7, 331, 332.4
Asahi In.Gla 511.05, 518.95, 511.05, 518
Ashok Leyl. 147.2, 147.7, 146.35, 146.65
Ashoka 87.95, 88.3, 87.3, 87.5
Asian Paints 2933.95, 2933.95, 2897,
2917.05
Astec Life 1654.35, 1660, 1594.7, 1614.6
Asterdm 221.9, 224.5, 218.5, 222.65
Astra Micro 283.1, 287.6, 283.1, 284.95
Astral 2048, 2056.15, 1950.25, 1976.75
Astrazen.Ph. 3492, 3543.55, 3430.1, 3438.25
Atgl 3685.05, 3739.8, 3654.35, 3728.3
Atul Ltd. 7705.2, 7847.2, 7704.35, 7753.35
Aubank 629.95, 629.95, 619.8, 623.6
Aurob.Pharma 433.4, 447.9, 433.4, 446.25
Avanti Feeds 401.9, 401.9, 370.85, 385.1
Awl 576.95, 578.45, 564.1, 568.4
Axis Bank 942, 942, 911.8, 913.1
Baj Hold Inv 5879.2, 5947, 5800, 5812.85
Bajaj Auto 3577.55, 3620, 3561.1, 3587.65
Bajaj Elect. 1139.05, 1161.3, 1136.45, 1150.5
Bajaj Finse 1401.95, 1417.85, 1379.3, 1384.3
Bajajcon 172.35, 174.2, 172.35, 173.4
Bajajhind 16, 16.1, 15.75, 15.8
Bajfinance 6018.95, 6073.4, 5975.05, 6011.3
Balaji Amine 2569.95, 2573.2, 2546.9,
2553.7
Balkrish Ind 2235, 2254, 2218.1, 2223.05
Balram.Chini 395.35, 398.5, 390.5, 394.45
Bandhanbnk 239, 241.8, 236.7, 240.65
Bank Maha 32, 34.4, 31.9, 33.05
Bankbaroda 185.1, 188, 184.6, 185.75
Barbeque 931.95, 934.05, 916, 916.95
Basf India 2750, 2760.85, 2729.85, 2743.15
Bata India 1578.65, 1593.5, 1564, 1566.95
Bayer Crop 4724.5, 4760, 4676.1, 4720.75
Bcg 28.85, 29.85, 28.1, 28.55
Bdl 925.35, 936, 918.7, 924.9
Beml Ltd 1526.05, 1549, 1509.75, 1515.75
Bengla& Asm 4393.45, 4394.5, 4245.5,
4257.15
Berge Paint 567.95, 567.95, 558.05, 559.95
Bestagro 1430.05, 1434.05, 1387.85, 1394.9
Bhansali Eng 118.35, 118.95, 115.25, 115.7
Bharat Elect 100.15, 103, 100.15, 102.15
Bharat Forge 875, 879.6, 857.65, 860.85
Bharat Pet. 353.8, 353.8, 344, 348.9
Bharti Artl 766, 768, 754.65, 758.9
Bhel 80.8, 81.75, 79.5, 79.7
Biocon Ltd. 250, 254.05, 249.1, 250.5
Birla Corpn. 976.4, 988, 964.6, 970.9
Bls 170.35, 170.35, 164.9, 165.7
Blue Dart Ex 7072.45, 7205.3, 7072.45,
7173.35
Blue Star 1242, 1247.35, 1221.6, 1239.65
Bnk Of India 97, 101.25, 96.6, 97.8
Bom.Burmah 925, 925, 911, 914.65
Boroltd 360.1, 363.85, 353.15, 355.3
Bororenew 504.45, 504.45, 491.3, 492.45
Bosch Ltd 17211.1, 17353.15, 17029.2,
17078.9
Brigade 437.4, 452.7, 437.4, 448.7
Britania Ind 4333, 4337.45, 4301, 4306
Bslsenetfg 58.35, 59.55, 57.75, 58.08
Bsoft 295.45, 301.5, 293.25, 296.95
Cams 2298.95, 2305.55, 2276.2, 2287.8
Canara Bank 325.45, 328, 322.4, 322.85
Canfin Homes 551, 555.35, 540.85, 542.9
Caplin Point 714.05, 718, 710, 712.8
Carborundum 915.1, 921.75, 910.15, 913.3
Cartrade 456.15, 468.95, 456.15, 463.55
Carysil 450, 450, 436.1, 446.75
Castrol 123.15, 125.05, 122.6, 122.9
Ccl Products 520, 521.35, 514.4, 516.3
Ceat Limited 1647.3, 1684.5, 1635.05,
1643.3
Central Bk 30.85, 32.2, 30.85, 32.2
Century Text 713, 718.4, 699.05, 701.15
Centuryply 522.55, 527.55, 515.15, 518.35
Cera Sanitar 5319.2, 5375.05, 5314.85,
5365.85
Cesc Ltd. 74.9, 74.9, 73.55, 73.8
Cgcl 757.3, 780.05, 751.1, 754.65
Cgpower 312, 315.5, 300, 302.4
Chalet 338.6, 341.9, 334.35, 336.3
Chambal Fert 306.05, 308.55, 298.55, 300
Chemplasts 432.6, 453.65, 432.6, 450.4
Chennai Pet. 228.4, 232.3, 224.8, 225.7
Cholafin 713, 718, 688.65, 690.5
Cholahldng 590.75, 598, 585.6, 590.5
Cipla Ltd. 1067, 1074.9, 1050.65, 1060
City Union 166.8, 167.5, 163.75, 165.25
Clean 1460.05, 1463.1, 1435.25, 1438.65
Cmsinfo 305.05, 308.15, 301.2, 303.6
Coal India 215.2, 215.75, 212.5, 213.75
Cochinship 493.65, 507.35, 480.8, 499.7
Coffeeday 47.9, 47.9, 46.4, 46.7
Coforge 3900, 3920, 3857.15, 3900.4
Colgate Palm 1483.05, 1499.85, 1481.45,
1495.95
Contain.Corp 711.05, 720.5, 704.05, 708.75
Corom Inter 877.8, 882.45, 867.5, 878.1
Cosmofirst 726, 732.75, 712.9, 717.8
Cpse Etf 37.82, 37.97, 37.68, 37.85
Craftsman 3464.65, 3583.2, 3454.7, 3530.8
Creditacc 883.4, 886.35, 865, 868.35
Crisil Ltd 3041.35, 3067, 3013.55, 3025.1
Crompton 336.9, 339.4, 329.15, 330.05
Csbbank 252, 254.95, 250, 250.7
Cummins (i) 1465, 1469.35, 1446.65, 1453.5
Cyient 880, 906, 880, 889.45
D B Realty 98.45, 98.6, 94.3, 96.3
Daawat 117.8, 120.65, 116.45, 117.4
Dabur (i) 544.15, 553.8, 542.95, 553.1
Dalbharat 1898.35, 1915.75, 1888, 1892.65
Dalmiasug 383.25, 383.25, 367.25, 370.1
Datapattns 1230.05, 1253.95, 1222.6,
1246.45
Dbl 220.05, 222.9, 219.6, 220.05
Dcal 93, 93, 90.25, 90.6
Dcbbank 126.55, 129.9, 126.55, 129.65
Dcmshriram 888, 892.55, 884.4, 887.7
Deepak Fert. 707.85, 709.05, 695, 697.6
Deepak Nitr. 1944.5, 1961.75, 1925.05,
1931.9
Delhivery 310.25, 322.7, 310.25, 320.9
Delta Corp 213.7, 216.05, 210.95, 215.4
Devyani 163.55, 166.5, 156.7, 158.2
Dhampur Suga 239.7, 239.7, 233.5, 233.8
Dhani 37.75, 38.7, 37.1, 37.4
Dish Tv 18, 18.3, 17.65, 17.75
Divi’s Lab. 3360, 3368.65, 3317.05, 3332.8
Dixon 3626.5, 3652.15, 3543.05, 3549.65
Dlf Limited 375.65, 379.65, 371.8, 373.85
Dmart 3699, 3751.45, 3627, 3678.65
Dodla 519.5, 519.5, 501.15, 509
Dollar 411.4, 411.4, 404.85, 406
Dr.Reddy’s 4310.05, 4351, 4290.45, 4326.5
Dwar Sugar 99.1, 100.45, 98.6, 99
E.I.D.Par 548.05, 553.2, 542.15, 544.85
Easemytrip 51.75, 56.25, 51.75, 56
Eclerx 1400, 1415, 1384, 1402.8
Edelweiss 74.35, 75.8, 72.4, 73.55
Eicher Motor 3165, 3179.95, 3100.05,
3139.35
Eih Ltd. 171.8, 176.4, 171.8, 175.6
Eki 1269, 1309.6, 1268.25, 1277.05
Elecon Eng 395.95, 399, 386.85, 392.4
Elgi Equip 406.95, 411.8, 406.3, 408.95
Emami Ltd. 425.05, 432.5, 425.05, 432.25
Endurance 1396.1, 1399, 1375, 1378.4
Enginrs.(i) 83.2, 85.35, 83.2, 84.2
Epl 165.05, 169, 164.35, 165.35
Equitas 128.2, 131.5, 128.15, 130.55
Equitasbnk 56.9, 56.9, 55.9, 56.6
Eris 635.1, 654.15, 635.1, 648.7
Esab India 3952.2, 3964.3, 3905, 3937.65
Escorts 2100.05, 2119, 2076.6, 2095.65
Eurekaforbe 529.85, 529.85, 502.5, 518.8
Eveready (i) 370, 376.55, 365.45, 373.85
Everest Kant 95.4, 95.9, 94.55, 95.15
Exide Ind. 181.7, 185.4, 181.7, 182.95
Fdc Limited 270.45, 270.5, 266.55, 268
Federal Bank 139, 143.35, 137.25, 140.25
Filatex Indi 46.5, 46.75, 45.8, 46.05
Fineorg 5635.05, 5656.1, 5553, 5561.4
Fineotex Ch 248, 249.7, 240.6, 241.55
Finol. Cable 555, 559.5, 552.15, 556.55
Finolex Ind. 172.05, 176, 171.7, 175.45
Fluorochem 2794.05, 2871.1, 2779.75,
2842.15
Fortis 285.7, 286.9, 282.2, 283.05
Fsl 104.45, 105.6, 103.3, 104.1
Gail (i) Ltd 96.2, 97, 95.8, 96.9
Galaxysurf 2364.05, 2391, 2364.05, 2383.85
Garfibres 3020.05, 3045, 2980, 2992.15
Gateway 68.45, 68.45, 66.75, 67.1
Gati Ltd. 150.05, 154.05, 150.05, 151.45
Genus Power 91.3, 93, 89.85, 90.5
Ghcl Ltd 536.3, 547.35, 533.3, 544.4
Gicre 186.95, 187.95, 180.95, 182.1
Gillette (i) 4925, 5013.2, 4925, 5000.05
Gland 1458.05, 1462.2, 1436.8, 1444.65
Glaxosmith 1319.95, 1319.95, 1298.6,
1302.45
Glenmark Pha 415.55, 424.75, 415.55,
419.95
Globus Spr 830, 833.2, 812.1, 817.45
Gls 411.9, 413.1, 408.75, 409.3
Gmm Pfaudler 1570.15, 1586.6, 1554.8,
1578.45
Gmrinfra 41.1, 41.1, 40.25, 40.4
Gocolors 1160.1, 1194.2, 1155.1, 1159.55
Godawari Pow 407.1, 415.15, 401.2, 403.9
Godfrey Ph 2037.7, 2044.25, 1930.25,
1947.95
Godrej Cons 917.2, 929.75, 917.2, 923.6
Godrej Ind 441.3, 448.25, 441.3, 443.6
Godrej Prop 1247.95, 1255, 1228.1, 1237.8
Godrejagro 462, 463.5, 458.45, 459.5
Gokaldas 383.05, 385.5, 372.85, 376.25
Gppl 94.55, 95.55, 94.2, 94.8
Granules (i) 321.5, 321.5, 312.45, 314.2
Graphite In. 376.7, 391.6, 376.7, 379
Grasim Ind. 1670, 1670, 1640.5, 1646.9
Gravita 447.9, 460.85, 441.35, 458.55
Great Easte 620.25, 636.9, 619.25, 624.85
Greaves Cott 140.15, 143.35, 138.85, 141.95
Greenpanel 329.35, 332.35, 321.2, 325.9
Grind Norton 1927.25, 1999.55, 1927.25,
1990.65
Grinfra 1210.1, 1224.85, 1200.75, 1210.05
Grm Overseas 379.05, 385.5, 374.65, 376.65
Grse 490, 505.9, 490, 501.4
Gtl Infrast 1.16, 1.17, 1.15, 1.16
Guj Amb Exp 243, 243.55, 240.1, 241.45
Guj Petronet 273.95, 279.9, 269.25, 278.5
Guj.Alkali 734.45, 734.45, 727.9, 730.4
Guj.Mineral 158.75, 158.8, 155.4, 157.5
Guj.Narmada 574, 578.95, 565, 567.3
Guj.St.Fert 140.15, 140.55, 135.5, 136.2
Gujgas 450.6, 452.7, 446.45, 448.7
Hal 2440.05, 2504.7, 2440.05, 2475.75
Happstmnds 886.2, 890.05, 880, 882.3
Hathway Cab 16.75, 17.05, 16.5, 16.65
Hatsun Agro 881.05, 899, 880.6, 897.45
Havellsindia 1184.95, 1196.3, 1172.05,
1177.65
Hawkins Cook 6257.7, 6257.7, 6135.9,
6151.65
Hbl P Sys 101.85, 103.3, 100.1, 100.45
Hcg 286.45, 286.55, 284.75, 285.45
Hcl Techno 1079.05, 1100, 1078.85, 1093.9
Hdfc 2640.05, 2648.55, 2585.1, 2594.75
Hdfc Bank 1624.4, 1624.4, 1580.15, 1585.25
Hdfcamc 2140.05, 2173.3, 2103.25, 2112.55
Hdfclife 604.05, 612.25, 600, 604.1
Heg Limited 1050.85, 1134.25, 1050.85,
1098.9
Heidel Cem 190.1, 190.1, 185.25, 185.45
Hemiprop 105, 107.05, 104.05, 104.8
Heromotoco 2720.05, 2763.05, 2709.35,
2758.3
Hfcl 73.8, 74.2, 72.65, 72.8
Hginfra 679.8, 679.8, 649.3, 656.4
Hgsl 1311.55, 1325, 1308.8, 1318.9
Hikal Ltd. 401.05, 411.35, 394.85, 400.85
Hil 2830, 2872.8, 2805.8, 2851.75
Hind Uni Lt 2622.05, 2625.75, 2583.8,
2597.15
Hind.Constn. 19.3, 19.6, 19, 19.05
Hind.Copper 129, 129.5, 125.35, 127.9
Hind.Oil Exp 136.5, 136.6, 133.3, 133.55
Hind.Petro 251.25, 251.55, 246.45, 247.25
Hindalco 488.6, 492.6, 481.3, 482.95
Hindus.Zi 351.9, 353.05, 340.7, 344
Hleglas 632.5, 637.45, 630.3, 632.7
Homefirst 733.05, 740.05, 730.7, 737.95
Honeywell 39746, 39783, 39397.45,
39400.25
Hscl 95.15, 95.8, 93.7, 94.05
Hudco 50.55, 52.6, 50.55, 51.35
Ibul Hsg Fin 139.5, 141.5, 137.4, 140.95
Icici Bank 876.1, 877.6, 861.75, 865.55
Icici500 25.6, 26.05, 25.51, 25.65
Icicib22 57.43, 57.65, 57.24, 57.43
Icicigi 1256.05, 1271.3, 1245.5, 1250.35
Icicipruli 470.35, 479.8, 470.35, 478.05
Icicisensx 662.75, 665.21, 661.9, 661.9
Idbi Bank L 54.65, 56.1, 54.65, 55.5
Idea 7.31, 7.35, 7.13, 7.22
Idfc 85.35, 88.1, 85.2, 87.95
Idfcfirstb 60.25, 61.2, 60.25, 60.65
Idfsensexe 638.35, 638.35, 636.7, 636.7
Iex 141.6, 142.9, 140.5, 140.85
Ifb Ind.Ltd. 915.9, 921.95, 902, 909.35
Ifci Ltd 13.62, 14.25, 13.62, 13.84
Iifl 483.75, 486.55, 469.25, 471.25
Iiflwam 1800, 1870.25, 1797.8, 1829.75
Ind.Glycols 738.05, 747.8, 737, 740.85
Indbul Real 78.1, 78.1, 76.3, 76.6
India Cem. 218.95, 218.95, 214.65, 215.8
Indiamart 4452.25, 4626.5, 4452.25, 4585.7
Indian Bank 287.1, 293.8, 285.5, 288.25
Indian Hotel 309.1, 311.2, 303.5, 305.3
Indian Oil 82.4, 82.65, 81.7, 82.2
Indian Over. 30.1, 32.8, 30.1, 32.25
Indigo 2075.05, 2141, 2075.05, 2100.3
Indigopnts 1270.05, 1287.55, 1268, 1274.1
Indo Count 130.7, 135.05, 130.7, 133.1
Indusind Bnk 1240, 1249.8, 1232.55, 1239.2
Industower 184, 185.25, 181.5, 181.85
Infibeam 17.05, 18.1, 17.05, 17.9
Info Edge 3731.85, 3772.4, 3704.95, 3762.3
Infosys Ltd 1514, 1528, 1502.5, 1525.25
Ingersoll 2046.9, 2052.9, 2000, 2004.15
Inox Leisure 516.1, 516.9, 489.55, 494.95
Intellect 421.05, 431.05, 418.8, 420.35
Iol Chem Ph 353.95, 353.95, 345, 345.85
Ion Exchange 2750.05, 2782.25, 2706,
2773.45
Ipca Lab Ltd 858.05, 877.65, 858.05, 867.6
Ipl 242.7, 244.9, 242.2, 242.8
Irb Infra 300.5, 310.6, 300.5, 306.65
Ircon 63, 63.4, 61.55, 61.85
Irctc 642.15, 643.55, 638, 640
Irfc 33.95, 34, 32.9, 33.1
Isec 504.95, 514.2, 501, 504.25
Isgec 469.7, 470.75, 448.6, 452
Itc Ltd. 328.8, 332, 327.5, 329.9
Iti Ltd. 108.85, 108.85, 106.05, 106.4
J & K Bank 57.5, 59.65, 57, 57.5
J.B.Chemical 1957.85, 1967.95, 1941.7,
1944.05
Jai Corp Ltd 143.5, 143.85, 141.5, 142.05
Jain Irrig 34.3, 34.3, 33.65, 34.1
Jaipra 9.86, 9.96, 9.71, 9.76
Jamna Auto 104.6, 105.5, 102.7, 103.1
Jbm Auto 530.05, 558.2, 525.5, 549
Jchac 1130, 1147, 1102.3, 1110.15
Jindal Polyf 745.9, 763.6, 745.9, 751.6
Jindal Saw 113.15, 114.05, 110.7, 111.45
Jindal Ste 611.95, 611.95, 585.7, 589.25
Jindal World 418.1, 427.05, 414.1, 420.15
Jk Cement 2911.15, 2925.5, 2882.4, 2896.3
Jk Lakshmi 766.2, 775.3, 755, 758.2
Jk Paper 419.95, 419.95, 411.5, 412.75
Jk Tyre Ind 184.85, 186.5, 182.6, 183.55
Jm Financial 70.25, 72.5, 70.25, 71.15
Jppower 7.3, 7.38, 7.16, 7.22
Jsl 237.05, 245.7, 237.05, 244.05
Jslhisar 450.65, 463.6, 446.8, 462.05
Jsw Energy 268.05, 278.5, 265.6, 268.6
Jswsl 766.05, 770, 753.6, 759.25
Jubl Food 503.4, 503.4, 496.05, 497.3
Jublingrea 519.65, 520.7, 511, 512.55
Jublpharma 356.05, 358.9, 355, 356
Justdial 621, 643.65, 621, 643.65
Jyothylab 203, 203.8, 196.05, 196.95
K.P.R. Mill 518.1, 522.25, 515.35, 519.3
Kajaria Cer. 1120, 1120, 1095.1, 1104.7
Kalpa.Power 527.4, 532.55, 522.65, 529.05
Kalyankjil 124.45, 124.45, 120.55, 121.2
Kamaholding 12420, 12493.4, 12400,
12431.8
Kansai Nero 416, 416, 409.55, 412.2
Karnataka Bk 149.55, 154.25, 149.55, 152.05
Kaveri Seed 514.2, 514.2, 505.55, 512.45
Kec Intern 481.25, 494.6, 481.25, 484.2
Kei Indust. 1413.1, 1446.15, 1413.1, 1431.9
Kennametal 2312.45, 2389.05, 2280,
2365.85
Kims 1509.35, 1512.7, 1500, 1502.8
Kiocl 224.05, 225.05, 217.5, 218.45
Kiri Dyes 451.1, 453, 439, 442.05
Kirl.Ferrous 350.05, 354.35, 350, 350.8
Kirloil Eng 314, 319.25, 313.5, 318.35
Kirlosar Pn 545, 545, 530.55, 539.2
Kitex Garmen 186.7, 189.9, 186.3, 187.15
Knr Const 262.6, 271.65, 262.5, 268.7
Koltepatil 305.4, 307.15, 296.3, 299.15
Kotak Mah.Bk 1781.05, 1798, 1780.85,
1785.5
Kotak Sensex 63.06, 64.44, 63.06, 63.74
Kpittech 692.1, 705, 688.5, 693.25
Krbl Ltd. 399.65, 402.5, 397.9, 400
Ksb 1843.3, 1847.8, 1802.5, 1808.95
L.G.Balkrish 695, 698.2, 686.75, 693.6
Lalpathlab 2172.15, 2172.5, 2149, 2151.4
La-opala Rg 386.9, 396.5, 383.85, 385.2
Larsen & Tou 2152.95, 2160.45, 2132,
2138.2
Latentview 365.65, 373.9, 365.65, 370.85
Lauruslabs 358.05, 360.75, 353.7, 354.25
Laxmimach 11496.95, 11570.15, 11454.05,
11497.25
Lemontree 79.7, 81.6, 78.8, 79.45
Lic Hous.Fin 402.55, 409.5, 394.5, 395.95
Lici 713.5, 718, 707.75, 709.75
Licnetfsen 648, 652.47, 645.1, 652
Lindeindia 3424, 3451, 3401.7, 3437.35
Lloyds Met E 288, 288.8, 278.9, 285.4
Lloydsteel 19.4, 19.75, 18.85, 19.5
Lnt Fh 92.25, 98.25, 92, 95.15
Lodha 1039.95, 1039.95, 1012, 1026.3
Ltim 4287, 4308.8, 4211, 4275.5
Ltts 3480, 3491.1, 3418.4, 3433.4
Lupin Ltd. 750, 760, 748, 756.8
Lxchem 288.35, 292, 286.3, 287.4
M&m Finanser 237.65, 239.35, 231.4, 232.1
Mah & Mah 1325, 1335, 1303, 1316.15
Mah Holiday 260, 267.6, 258.65, 265.55
Mah.Scooter 4461.85, 4487.2, 4388.15,
4426.65
Mah.Seamless 335.05, 339.5, 331.45, 332.5
Mahindcie 379.95, 383.9, 373.75, 377.75
Mahindralife 358.05, 361.55, 353.7, 355.65
Mahlog 474.05, 484.7, 474.05, 480
Man Infra 75.35, 76.25, 74, 74.55
Manali Petro 81.95, 81.95, 80.95, 81.15
Manap Fin 122.45, 125.75, 121.75, 122.45
Manyavar 1297.7, 1303.6, 1292.2, 1297.85
Mapmyindia 1062.35, 1078, 1054.9, 1067.05
Maricoltd 495.05, 499, 494.7, 497.95
Marksans 66.05, 67.2, 65.45, 65.9
Marutisuzuk 8452.6, 8509.55, 8346.45,
8384.55
Masfin 841.05, 846.35, 805.65, 820.9
Mastek Ltd 1710.05, 1738.95, 1701.25,
1732.45
Maxhealth 452.95, 459.2, 451.95, 454.5
Mazdock 780.05, 787.45, 762, 771.15
Mcx Ltd 1577.45, 1607.3, 1570.75, 1599.5
Medplus 628.75, 631, 620.95, 623.15
Metrobrand 848.55, 863.15, 841.95, 847.2
Metropolis 1381.75, 1395, 1374.7, 1376.6
Mfl 1190.05, 1210.95, 1178.1, 1183
Mfsl 799.6, 808.15, 796, 806.25
Mgl 853.05, 861.8, 845.65, 851.3
Midhani 226.3, 229.5, 224.4, 225.5
Mindacorp 216.05, 227.5, 216.05, 226.2
Mineral&metl 35.9, 35.95, 35.5, 35.55
Mirza Inter 239.65, 242.25, 234.45, 237.4
Moil Ltd 172.05, 173.35, 168.7, 169.3
Mol 109.8, 112.75, 109.8, 110.7
Moldtkpack 984, 1015.5, 984, 1007.8
Morepen Lab. 33.1, 33.35, 32.1, 32.4
Motherson 77.25, 77.55, 75.3, 75.5
Motilalofs 748, 751, 733.5, 736.1
Mphasis Ltd 2049.95, 2053, 2019.35,
2041.75
Mrf Ltd. 89800.05, 90577.85, 88988.65,
89292.6
Mrpl 57.95, 58.3, 57.45, 57.8
Mstc 293.5, 313.45, 292.1, 305.55
Msumi 52.2, 52.85, 51.75, 52.2
Mtartech 1697.9, 1702.7, 1681, 1690.45
Muthoot Fin 1075.8, 1091.2, 1053.3, 1062.05
Nam-india 252.05, 254.15, 249.7, 250.85
Nat.Alum 84, 84.5, 82.8, 83.6
Natco Pharm 550.05, 558, 549, 549.8
National Fer 72, 72.5, 70.5, 70.65
National Std 6149, 6852.7, 6145, 6852.7
Nava 252.8, 252.8, 240.65, 241.3
Navin Fluori 4109.6, 4109.6, 4018, 4056
Nazara 612.75, 619.05, 594.25, 599
Nbcc 39.1, 39.8, 39.1, 39.55
Ncc 93.85, 96.65, 93.15, 94.35
Neogen 1240.05, 1251.2, 1235.9, 1247.2
Nesco Ltd 610, 615, 605.3, 609.5
Nestle (i) 19815.05, 19827.1, 19701.6,
19741.05
Newgen 381.85, 406, 381.1, 404.9
Nh 741.95, 741.95, 711.1, 727.5
Nhpc 38.9, 39.75, 38.7, 39.3
Niacl 128.65, 131.45, 128.05, 128.45
Niit Ltd. 311.05, 318.7, 310.7, 311.9
Nlcindia 82.2, 83.1, 80.05, 80.95
Nmdc Ltd 129.75, 130.9, 126.75, 127.55
Nocil Ltd 230.55, 230.55, 226.2, 226.8
Ntpc Ltd 168.1, 168.6, 164.7, 165.85
Ntwk Med Inv 64, 65.8, 64, 65.45
Nuvoco 371, 395, 371, 384.65
Nykaa 148.7, 148.7, 139.15, 140.25
Oberoi Real 860.95, 860.95, 834.25, 841.65
Oil India 223.75, 226.55, 223.75, 225.1
Olectra 488, 497.15, 488, 491.2
Ongc Corpn 147.3, 147.75, 146, 147.6
Onmobile 95.05, 96.6, 95.05, 95.35
Optiemus 309, 309, 297.6, 299.6
Oracle Fin 3129.9, 3149.25, 3076.35, 3093.7
Orient Cem 131.3, 138.35, 131.3, 135.95
Orientelec 270.65, 270.65, 264.65, 267.15
Page Industr 40386, 40658.1, 39982.7,
40044.55
Paras 587.75, 587.75, 573.8, 575.35
Paushakltd 7790, 7811.85, 7740.05, 7788.35
Paytm 559.9, 565.25, 549.75, 553.1
Pcbl 123.55, 124.45, 122.1, 122.7
Pel 828.7, 840.6, 828.3, 829.55
Persistent 4031.9, 4071.15, 3965, 3976.25
Petronet Lng 221.15, 222.5, 218.1, 219.15
Pfizer Ltd. 4218, 4227, 4120.1, 4129.4
Pg Electro 1152, 1162, 1118.5, 1151.4
Pghl 4065, 4121, 4047.3, 4112.4
Phoenix Mill 1408.55, 1456.3, 1408.55,
1451.95
Pi Indus.Ltd 3241, 3282.3, 3219.5, 3229.65
Pidilite 2519.95, 2519.95, 2447.2, 2450.35
Pnbhousing 580, 582.85, 565.35, 568.95
Pncinfra 326.55, 334.9, 323.75, 328.85
Policybzr 462.05, 467.5, 449.45, 450.65
Poly Medicur 876.35, 898, 870.8, 875.05
Polycab 2684.8, 2705.35, 2666, 2675.35
Polyplex 1555.05, 1558.9, 1530, 1533.75
Poonawalla 288.2, 290.75, 287, 287.7
Power Finan 153, 154.95, 149.95, 150.45
Power Grid 214.2, 215.95, 212.75, 215.65
Powerindia 3269.95, 3270.7, 3244.2, 3261.2
Praj Ind.Ltd 353.05, 356.15, 352.45, 353.75
Prestige 446.45, 446.95, 435.35, 439.9
Pricolltd 202.8, 206.55, 201.25, 204.25
Princepipe 589.2, 592.9, 585, 587.6
Priviscl 1132.95, 1135.95, 1104.6, 1119.5
Procter &gam 13870.2, 13969.75, 13870,
13880
Prsmjohnsn 105, 105, 103.35, 103.65
Pspproject 715.9, 727.75, 714.35, 721.8
Ptcil 2518.15, 2578.5, 2505.6, 2535.95
Pun.Alkali 79.05, 84.4, 79.05, 82.15
Punjab Natio 56.85, 59.4, 56.85, 58.9
Pvr Ltd 1752.95, 1761, 1663.45, 1683.35
Quess 395.1, 399.6, 394.4, 396.6
Radicokhait 1072.8, 1081.95, 1065.9,
1069.05
Railtel 133, 133.95, 127.6, 128.4
Rain 184.85, 184.85, 178.95, 179.55
Raj Glo Wir 830, 837.5, 820.05, 823.65
Rajesh Expo. 809.75, 819, 795, 807.45
Rallis India 257.65, 261, 251.5, 255.4
Ramcocem 709, 716.25, 707.75, 711.65
Rashtr.Chem. 125.65, 125.65, 122.3, 122.95
Rategain 347.75, 366.6, 344.65, 358.7
Ratnamni Met 1939.9, 1945.55, 1916.3,
1931.75
Raymond 1477.8, 1490, 1448.75, 1452.6
Rba 114.75, 116, 114.75, 115.2
Rblbank 176.85, 179.2, 173.55, 175.5
Recltd 123.95, 124.35, 122.3, 123.35
Redington 183, 183, 179.3, 179.85
Rel Indl Inf 918.95, 919.75, 897.05, 899.3
Rel Infra 134.2, 139.45, 133.9, 139.45
Relaxo Foot. 891.55, 894.35, 885, 887
Reliance 2474.9, 2479.75, 2436.05, 2444.7
Religare Ent 174.85, 174.85, 170.5, 172.8
Renuka Sugar 55.35, 55.55, 54.35, 54.45
Rhim 866.15, 892, 856.5, 866.25
Rites 330, 337.2, 327.4, 334.6
Rk Forgings 264.3, 271.8, 264.3, 268.1
Rolexrings 1791.05, 1844, 1791.05, 1839.15
Rossari 736.3, 744.2, 716.55, 720.75
Route 1215.3, 1221, 1196.5, 1209.5
Rpower 14.17, 14.65, 14.1, 14.25
Rtnindia 44.1, 50.4, 44.1, 48.9
Rtnpower 3.94, 4.05, 3.9, 3.98
Rupa & Co 284.95, 284.95, 277.1, 279.45
Rvnl 81.55, 81.8, 76.35, 76.85
Sanduma 853, 878.8, 840.05, 865.8
Sanofi 5747.95, 5747.95, 5625, 5673.35
Sansera 755.15, 760, 745.55, 753.05
Sapphire 1306, 1306, 1265.05, 1280.4
Sarda Enmin 1088.45, 1113, 1073, 1085.4
Saregama (i) 360.3, 360.95, 356.85, 358.6
Sbicard 786.05, 792, 771.2, 774.6
Sbilife 1322.65, 1322.65, 1296.9, 1300.65
Sbisensex 643, 647.03, 641.01, 643.01
Schaeffler 2680, 2734, 2680, 2715.1
Schneider 199.85, 209.9, 199.25, 201.3
Sensexbees 667, 671.98, 660.01, 662.59
Sequent 85.3, 88.95, 85.3, 87.35
Setfbse100 195, 195.68, 194, 194
Setfsn50 510.75, 510.75, 507, 507.75
Sfl 1274.95, 1274.95, 1233, 1240.7
Shardacrop 472.4, 488, 471.35, 482.45
Shilpa Medic 271.5, 275, 271, 271.65
Shipp.Corpn 143.65, 146.35, 142.2, 143.55
Shopper Stop 692.5, 693.3, 677.5, 678.95
Shree Cement 24139, 24250, 23990.2,
24086.1
Shriram Tran 1285, 1300, 1269.85, 1272.2
Shyammetl 309.8, 309.8, 303.85, 307.95
Siemens Ltd. 2966.2, 2979, 2934.05, 2943.6
Sindhu Trade 24.35, 24.6, 23.5, 24.2
Sis 381.35, 388.55, 381.35, 384.6
Sisl 1203.05, 1214.95, 1203.05, 1208
Siyaram Silk 532.95, 552.45, 524.25, 544.2
Sjvn 33.55, 34.1, 33.55, 33.85
Skf India 4637.45, 4681.3, 4637.45, 4661.2
Snxt50bees 50.5, 50.5, 49.5, 49.66
Sobha 586.55, 597, 583.5, 587.1
Solar Ind 4330, 4330, 4278.45, 4292.45
Solara 439, 439, 422.55, 425.6
Sonacoms 429.5, 432.95, 419, 420.65
Sonata Soft. 583, 588.25, 579.4, 580.7
South Ind.Bk 18.75, 19.45, 18.65, 19.15
Spandana 580.25, 580.25, 557, 569.25
Spicejet Ltd 37.35, 37.35, 36.9, 37.1
Sportking 705, 715, 685.1, 690.1
Srf Limited 2200.05, 2207.7, 2163, 2179
St.Str.Wheel 158.95, 159, 155, 155.15
Star 337.5, 340.8, 332.05, 334.35
Starcement 114.05, 116.2, 114, 115.25
Starhealth 577, 577, 564.1, 569.25
State Bank 601.15, 606, 600.7, 603
Steel Auth. 89, 89.7, 87.55, 87.85
Steel Exch 15.2, 15.35, 14.61, 14.96
Ster Tech 173.85, 173.85, 169.45, 171.05
Stovekraft 508.45, 508.45, 494, 495.1
Subex Ltx 36.15, 36.75, 36.15, 36.35
Sudarsh.Chem 381, 382.35, 373.5, 377.15
Sumichem 494.85, 495, 487, 489.95
Sun Pharma. 1037, 1039.25, 1026.5, 1035.5
Sun Tvnet 483, 484.5, 479.1, 482.5
Sundar.Clay 5030.2, 5030.2, 4897.3, 4899.2
Sundaram Fas 975.75, 986.85, 965, 967.1
Sunpha Adv 207.8, 207.8, 205.45, 206.85
Sunteck Real 367, 368.95, 361.55, 364.15
Suprajit Eng 334.45, 338.85, 333, 333.35
Suprem Ind 2469.95, 2469.95, 2420.15,
2431.2
Supreme Pet 388.8, 391.95, 380, 383.15
Supriya 233, 234.3, 227.1, 228.35
Surya Roshni 574.4, 597.05, 573.15, 593.15
Suvenphar 496, 496, 493.2, 495.3
Suzlonenergy 10.1, 10.15, 9.94, 10.01
Suzlonpp 7.43, 7.56, 7.3, 7.47
Swan Eng 328, 338.1, 321.55, 323.5
Swsolar 268.05, 271, 263.55, 265.85
Sxetf 662, 662, 651, 652.65
Symphony 984.95, 984.95, 950.95, 957.2
Syngene 612.95, 615.1, 602, 606.15
Tanla 741.95, 741.95, 714.65, 723.65
Tarsons 689.95, 689.95, 673.5, 679.1
Tata Chem. 976.05, 981.2, 969.65, 970.95
Tata Coffee 216.15, 218.6, 214.65, 215.25
Tata Comm 1372.05, 1390, 1364.1, 1366.5
Tata Elxsi 6246, 6299, 6223.05, 6250.5
Tata Invest. 2329.65, 2329.65, 2271.3,
2293.4
Tata Metalik 849, 854.2, 831.1, 834.75
Tata Motors 412.6, 414.85, 407.8, 413.15
Tata Power 207.05, 208.05, 206.15, 206.95
Tata Steel 121.25, 121.45, 118.8, 119.95
Tata Teleser 85.35, 85.9, 84.4, 84.55
Tataconsum 751, 754.7, 745, 746.75
Tatamtrtdvr 215.95, 215.95, 212, 214.1
Tatastllp 715.05, 720.2, 709, 712.65
Tatva 2193.65, 2193.65, 2124.65, 2130
Tciexp 1823.65, 1830.05, 1796.95, 1829.55
Tcnsbrands 507.65, 507.65, 494.7, 495.7
Tcs Ltd. 3320, 3352.4, 3298.75, 3334.4
Teamlease 2509.6, 2546.2, 2465, 2477.15
Tech Mah 1011.95, 1036.15, 1003.9, 1034.6
Technoe 351, 365.8, 351, 362.35
Tega 563, 575.85, 563, 571.75
Tejasnet 573.05, 586.15, 563.4, 564.8
Texmaco Rail 59.95, 60.15, 58.65, 59.05
Thermax 1967.55, 1988.3, 1967.55, 1972.05
Thirumalai 200.75, 204.35, 198.25, 199.2
Thomas Cook 73.05, 74.75, 73, 73.45
Thyrocare 573.5, 574.25, 564.35, 565.8
Tiindia 2646, 2662.8, 2608.15, 2618.3
Time Techno 89.55, 90.1, 89.05, 89.25
Timken (i) 3106, 3120.95, 3044.8, 3113.75
Tinplate 357.95, 357.95, 349.2, 351.6
Titan 2435.75, 2435.75, 2392.2, 2405.8
Tornt Power 481.25, 484.45, 477.5, 478.8
Torrent Phar 1558.85, 1574.5, 1551.15,
1569.65
Transport Co 616.95, 616.95, 606.8, 612.15
Trent Ltd. 1201.05, 1215.35, 1192.15,
1197.85
Trident 33.85, 34.1, 33.5, 33.65
Triveni Engg 285.65, 286.75, 281.85, 283.15
Triveniturb 275, 298, 275, 293.45
Ttk Prestige 799, 802.25, 785, 788.6
Tv18brdcst 36.95, 37.6, 36.7, 37.05
Tvs Motor L 1000.05, 1007.85, 979.7,
988.65
Ucobank 30.15, 32.9, 30.1, 32.55
Uflex Ltd 560.1, 569.95, 557, 559.3
Ujjivan 273.7, 275, 266, 267.65
Ujjivansfb 28.95, 29.7, 28.65, 28.9
Ultratech Cm 7255, 7333.9, 7249.7, 7287.45
Union Bank L 78.9, 83.4, 78.9, 82.95
Unitd Spr 846.5, 850.2, 841.35, 843.7
United Brewa 1615, 1620.55, 1605, 1618.6
Unominda 528, 532.85, 521, 522.35
Upl 718.5, 722.95, 711, 713.55
Usha Mart.Lt 184.95, 185, 178.15, 184.15
Utiamc 814.45, 819.55, 807.3, 809.5
Utisensetf 652, 652, 638, 638.42
Utisxn50 52.4, 52.4, 49.41, 50.59
V Guard Ind 258, 258.75, 254.75, 255.2
Vaibhavgbl 299.15, 301.7, 299.15, 300.1
Vakrangee 27.35, 27.65, 27.05, 27.1
Valiantorg 547.25, 548.5, 538, 541.25
Vardh Text 316.75, 317.55, 309.55, 311.35
Varroc 289.9, 293.15, 288.25, 291.2
Vbl 1138.5, 1220, 1138.5, 1207
Vedl 320.25, 321, 314.55, 317
Venkey’s (i) 1934.95, 1949.45, 1875.05,
1888.7
Vijaya 412.8, 416, 405.4, 407.65
Vinati Org. 1985.65, 1985.65, 1941.1, 1970.4
Vip Indus. 700.05, 708.8, 700.05, 703.3
Vmart 2840.85, 2840.85, 2780, 2807.75
Voltas Ltd 806.05, 810.7, 803.7, 805.55
Vrllog 554.95, 555.55, 549.7, 554.15
Vst Indus. 3140, 3152.45, 3126.6, 3135.95
Wardinmobi 62.6, 63, 61.5, 61.8
Welcorp 220.15, 220.9, 215.25, 215.9
Welspun (i) 73.1, 74.1, 72.55, 72.7
West Coas Pa 528.1, 543.4, 528.1, 534.9
Westlife 722.05, 726.3, 685.05, 690.15
Whirlpool 1469.95, 1495, 1460.4, 1475.7
Wipro Ltd. 394, 400.9, 389.8, 398.65
Wockhardt 224.2, 229.85, 224, 227.1
Yasho 1650, 1680, 1635, 1641.5
Yes Bank 20.4, 20.55, 20.05, 20.15
Zee Enter 228.55, 231.65, 228.55, 229.6
Zensar Tech. 211.4, 216.3, 211.4, 213.35
Zfcvindia 9137.55, 9230.8, 9040.1, 9104.6
Zomato 53.95, 54.25, 52.5, 52.75
Zydus Well 1470.05, 1499.95, 1470.05,
1496.2
Zyduslife 441.1, 444.1, 437.35, 439.05
OTHER GROUPS
20 Microns 89.6, 92, 89.6, 90
21st Cen.Mgm 22.4, 22.8, 22, 22.7
3i Infotech 40.6, 40.85, 40.1, 40.2
3pland 31.7, 31.7, 31.7, 31.7
5paisa 325.45, 325.45, 313.9, 315.8
63moons 170, 173.4, 164.95, 165.6
7nr 0.91, 0.92, 0.89, 0.92
7seas 18.5, 18.5, 17.35, 18.1
A Balarpur Ind 1.07, 1.09, 1.04, 1.04
A.K.Capital 486.2, 505, 481.1, 490.5
A.Sarabhai 27.3, 27.4, 26.35, 26.45
A2zinfra 9.8, 9.9, 9.66, 9.73
Aaatech 65.95, 67.65, 64.95, 65.2
Aadi Indus L 3.65, 3.9, 3.65, 3.9
Aail 68.9, 69.65, 66.8, 69
Aal 312.05, 314.9, 301.5, 310.9
Aanandalak 10.42, 10.6, 9.6, 10.6
Aanchalisp 16.45, 16.45, 15.55, 16.15
Aarey Drugs 38, 38.25, 37.35, 37.5
Aarnav 44, 45.4, 42.5, 43.4
Aartech 76.6, 76.6, 76.6, 76.6
Aartisurf 641.8, 652.7, 638, 647.5
Aarvee Denim 25.9, 29.6, 24.25, 26.05
Aashka 72.95, 72.95, 66.95, 70.55
Aastafin 23.33, 23.33, 23.33, 23.33
Aayush 27.7, 27.7, 27.1, 27.1
Aban Offsho 48.05, 48.05, 47.1, 47.8
Abansent 164.95, 169.7, 162.5, 168.85
Abateas 15.27, 15.27, 15.27, 15.27
Abc Gas Int 57.5, 61.6, 56, 59.2
Abc India 90.95, 90.95, 84.05, 85.7
Abhifin 36, 36, 34.2, 34.2
Abhiinfra 6.8, 6.8, 6.8, 6.8
Abhinav Cap 86.5, 86.5, 83.3, 86
Abirami Fin. 25.1, 25.1, 25.1, 25.1
Abm Knowledg 105, 107, 102, 103.35
Abml 63.5, 63.5, 59.85, 60.2
Abslbanetf 43.26, 43.26, 42.01, 42.01
Abslnn50et 44.25, 44.25, 43.02, 43.18
Abvl 119.35, 119.9, 119.35, 119.9
Accel 15.9, 16, 15.55, 15.95
Accelya 1487.5, 1531.3, 1487.5, 1510.1
Ace Software 18.25, 18.75, 17.2, 18.75
Aceengitec 14.9, 15.63, 14.9, 15.63
Acemen 67.3, 73.2, 67.3, 71.9
Aci 618, 653, 618, 628.7
Aci Infocom 0.98, 0.98, 0.95, 0.97
Acknit Ind 153, 156.25, 153, 156.25
Acme 20.05, 20.05, 18.65, 19.9
Acml 70.2, 70.2, 64.85, 65.85
Acrow India 817, 841.6, 778.55, 841.6
Active 49.85, 49.85, 46.55, 49.85
Adarsh Plant 17.6, 18.2, 17, 18.2
Adcindia 521, 521, 474, 478.6
Adcon 4.56, 4.56, 4.56, 4.56
Adconpp 3.02, 3.02, 3.02, 3.02
Addi Ind. 38.25, 39.5, 37.2, 37.8
Adf Foods Lt 725.5, 745.9, 725.5, 732.85
Adhinath Tex 29.65, 30.1, 29.35, 29.35
Adinath Exim 17.7, 17.7, 17.7, 17.7
Aditya Ispat 10.15, 10.69, 10.1, 10.48
Aditya Spin. 21.7, 21.7, 20.6, 21.25
Adjia 29, 29, 29, 29
Adl 63.4, 65.8, 63.4, 65.65
Adline 5.56, 5.56, 5.56, 5.56
Ad-manum Fin 52.5, 52.5, 51.1, 51.1
Ador Fontech 82.3, 84, 81, 82.6
Ador Multi. 66, 67.65, 63, 63.8
Adorwelding 797.65, 809.45, 794.5, 802.95
Adroitinfo 23.5, 24.3, 23.5, 23.75
Adv Lifesty 76.7, 76.7, 73.5, 76.65
Advait 390.1, 400, 389, 390.05
Advani Hotel 80.2, 81.45, 79.7, 79.75
Advik Labors 2, 2, 2, 2
Advikca 3.62, 3.84, 3.55, 3.61
Ael 48.65, 48.65, 47.25, 48.15
Aepl 88, 90, 88, 90
Aether 876.55, 897, 863.85, 885.95
Afel 17.45, 17.95, 17.25, 17.45
Affordable 315, 328.45, 297.25, 316.65
Agar Ind Cor 593.65, 605.85, 589.3, 597.4
Agiil 497, 497, 480.2, 481.75
Agio Paper 5, 5, 5, 5
Agol 53.6, 56, 53.5, 53.85
Agri Tech 101.95, 104.1, 99.95, 101.25
Agro Tech Fo 828.75, 841.65, 825, 830.15
Agstra 65, 65.95, 64.55, 64.9
Ahl 230, 244.55, 225.5, 241.75
Ahluwalia Co 511.55, 513.8, 497, 501.65
Ahmed.Steel 18.15, 18.95, 18.15, 18.15
Ai Champdny 24.8, 24.8, 24.8, 24.8
Aiil 211.8, 213, 199.9, 201.5
Aimco Pesti. 161, 161, 157.5, 159.15
Aiml 38.2, 38.2, 36, 36.1
Ainfra 22.5, 22.9, 22, 22.1
Aishwarya 4.97, 4.97, 4.55, 4.71
Ajanta Soya 36.3, 39.15, 35.85, 36.8
Ajcon Global 34.45, 34.45, 34.1, 34.1
Ajel 9.3, 9.55, 8.65, 9.5
Ajil 16.45, 16.45, 16.45, 16.45
Ajmera 317.8, 319.75, 313.25, 314.65
Ajrinfra 1.36, 1.38, 1.34, 1.36
Akashdeep 92.4, 92.4, 88.5, 90
Aki 104.95, 104.95, 100, 100
Aksh Optifib 10.5, 10.77, 10.41, 10.66
Akshar 48.5, 50.4, 48.5, 50.4
Aksharchem I 262.7, 264.05, 261.65, 264.05
Akspintex 87, 89, 84.6, 84.95
Alan Scott 58.35, 58.9, 58, 58.9
Alankit 10.99, 10.99, 10.61, 10.67
Albert David 573.15, 573.15, 553.95, 559.8
Alch Corp 10.32, 10.32, 10.32, 10.32
Alembic Ltd. 71.5, 71.5, 70.3, 70.45
Alexander 17.8, 17.8, 16.8, 17.35
Alfa Ica (i) 42.4, 42.4, 42, 42.4
Alfa Transfo 17.26, 17.26, 16.5, 17.25
Alfavison.Ov 12.78, 12.9, 12.01, 12.84
Alfl 1.92, 2.1, 1.92, 2.09
Alfred Herb 691.6, 695.6, 691.6, 695.1
Alicon 992.4, 994, 960.9, 972.4
Alkali 149.75, 149.75, 141.95, 142.5
Allied Digit 90.4, 97.25, 88.9, 96.35
Allsec Tech 520, 524.9, 513, 515.75
Almondz Glo 67.25, 72.4, 67.25, 72.1
Alok Inds. 15.25, 15.5, 15.05, 15.1
Alpa Lab 58.3, 59.65, 58, 58
Alphageo (i) 265, 273.3, 265, 267.1
Alphalogic 37.05, 39.35, 37.05, 37.2
Alpine Hsg. 112.7, 117.25, 108.15, 115.45
Alps Inds. 2.01, 2.05, 1.99, 1.99
Alps Motor 0.57, 0.57, 0.55, 0.55
Alstone 1.9, 1.9, 1.9, 1.9
Alu Fluoride 295.05, 305.95, 295, 301.15
Amal Product 295.25, 300.05, 291, 294.55
Amalgamated 29.2, 31.2, 29.2, 30.2
Amarjothi Sp 177, 187.9, 177, 178.4
Amarsec 27.2, 27.2, 27.2, 27.2
Ambarpil 498, 498.5, 465.05, 468.45
Ambica Agar. 25.9, 25.9, 25.1, 25.15
Ambika Cotto 1587.15, 1590.45, 1555.75,
1558.3
Ambition 5.01, 5.65, 5.01, 5.06
Ambitious Pl 4.35, 4.79, 4.35, 4.79
Amboagri 37.5, 37.95, 36.7, 37.05
Amco India L 67.35, 71.4, 67.35, 68.5
Amd Indus 58.95, 60.55, 57.9, 59.8
Amerise 0.84, 0.94, 0.84, 0.91
Amforge Ind. 6.05, 6.05, 5.5, 5.88
Amines&plast 99, 99, 90, 91.75
Amintan 2.39, 2.39, 2.22, 2.26
Amit Intnl. 3.73, 3.73, 3.39, 3.39
Amjland 29.5, 29.55, 28.9, 28.9
Aml 15.77, 17.25, 15.77, 17.25
Amrapali Ind 13.5, 13.75, 13.17, 13.72
Amrawor Agri 0.94, 0.94, 0.89, 0.91
Amrutanjan 739, 742.05, 717.05, 719.65
Amtl 18.95, 18.95, 18.3, 18.35
Andhra Cemen 7, 7.03, 7, 7.03
Andhra Petro 74.55, 75.5, 71, 74.85
Andhra Sugar 127.45, 130.15, 127.45,
129.95
Andpaper 414.65, 420, 410, 412.4
Andrew Yule 26.3, 27, 26.3, 26.35
Aneri 5.15, 5.24, 4.76, 5.22
Ang 122, 122, 109.85, 112.1
Anik Inds 42.25, 43.05, 41.5, 42.05
Anjani Finl 7.45, 7.45, 6.8, 6.97
Anjani Portl 204, 207.65, 204, 206.15
Anjani Synt. 29.4, 29.4, 27.7, 28.7
Anjanifoods 29.85, 31, 29.6, 29.95
Anka India 25, 25.85, 24.1, 24.1
Ankit Metal 5.81, 5.81, 5.62, 5.68
Anmol 144.05, 144.1, 140.75, 141.75
Anna Infra 7.59, 7.59, 7.59, 7.59
Ansal Build. 81.15, 86, 81.15, 82.65
Ansal Infras 14, 14.2, 14, 14
Ansalhsg 4.18, 4.19, 3.8, 4.03
Anubhav 11.83, 11.83, 10.8, 10.81
Anuh Pharma 90.2, 91.7, 90.05, 90.25
Anup 959, 1028.1, 953.95, 1000.55
Anupam 2, 2.05, 1.99, 2
Apex 247, 247.65, 242, 243.7
Apil 33.5, 33.5, 32.15, 33.5
Aplab Ltd. 20.5, 21.15, 20.25, 20.35
Apm Indus. 58.45, 58.45, 56.9, 57
Apollo 349.35, 349.35, 322.15, 325.8
Apollo Fin I 509.9, 509.9, 490.2, 504.25
Apollopipes 510.05, 549.9, 502.6, 505.9
Apoorva 39.55, 41.45, 38.1, 40.4
Apt Pack 46, 47.1, 42.75, 46.85
Aptech Ltd 363.8, 367.15, 358, 359.6
Aqfintech 499, 499, 486.05, 496.75
Aravali Sec. 5.09, 5.09, 5.08, 5.09
Arcee Indust 7.45, 7.82, 7.08, 7.81
Arcfin 0.8, 0.86, 0.8, 0.86
Archana Soft 4.35, 4.45, 4.04, 4.21
Archidply In 70.5, 70.5, 68, 68.85
Archies Ltd 24.2, 24.4, 23.15, 24.1
Architorg 84, 84.9, 75.15, 78.4
Arex Ind. 125.7, 125.75, 118.5, 124
Arfin 25.3, 26, 24.65, 24.95
Ari.Tourneso 44.15, 44.15, 44.15, 44.15
Aries Agro 202.7, 202.7, 191.4, 193.35
Arih Super 222.7, 225.15, 220.65, 224.9
Arihant Cap. 66, 66, 64, 65
Arihant Foun 39.35, 39.8, 36.85, 39.25
Arihant Sec. 11.17, 11.17, 11.17, 11.17
Arl 55, 57.85, 55, 55.4
Arman Fin 1519.35, 1530.5, 1470, 1485.5
Arnold Hold 24.85, 24.85, 23, 23.75
Aro Granite 49.05, 50, 48.2, 48.55
Aroma Ent 29.35, 29.35, 29.35, 29.35
Arrowgreen 185.25, 190.5, 185.25, 190.5
Arshiya 7.81, 7.99, 7.71, 7.75
Arss Infra 24.7, 24.8, 24.2, 24.2
Artefact Pr 48.75, 48.75, 46.35, 48.05
Artemismed 75.65, 75.65, 73.1, 74.5
Artson Eng 79.1, 81.35, 78.15, 79.6
Arunahtel 13.85, 14.4, 13.85, 14.1
Arvsmart 329.95, 348, 326, 331.55
Aryaman Fin. 86, 86, 83.7, 83.7
Aryavan 19.76, 19.76, 19.76, 19.76
Asahi Song 262.95, 266.3, 256.65, 257.8
Ascensive 36.95, 36.95, 35, 36.55
Ashapura Ltd 94.05, 96.85, 92.5, 93.15
Ashiana Agro 8.2, 8.4, 7.92, 8.38
Ashiana Hou 151.95, 154, 147, 148.55
Ashiana Isp. 39, 40.9, 37.2, 38.4
Ashikacr 34.05, 34.9, 34, 34.7
Ashima Ltd. 17.4, 17.45, 16.7, 16.8
Ashirwad Cap 5.88, 5.95, 5.71, 5.91
Ashirwad Stl 25, 25, 23.45, 23.55
Ashish Poly. 23.7, 23.7, 21.65, 22.9
Ashni 18, 18, 17.1, 17.1
Ashnoor Tex. 41.65, 43.4, 41.15, 42.6
Ashok-alco 76.5, 77, 72.5, 75.75
Ashram Onlin 4.55, 4.81, 4.38, 4.8
Ashutosh Pap 1.65, 1.65, 1.65, 1.65
Asia Pack 40.15, 40.15, 40.15, 40.15
Asian Granit 48, 49.2, 47.9, 48
Asian Htl E 115, 116.6, 111.6, 112.4
Asian Petro 21, 21, 20.5, 21
Asian Star 792.75, 793.2, 735.2, 772.75
Asian Tea 13.83, 14.4, 13.66, 13.81
Asianene 71.4, 72, 71.2, 71.5
Asianhotnr 79.5, 85, 79.5, 81.3
Asiil 12.04, 12.19, 11.7, 11.89
Asit C Fin 124.05, 130.85, 124.05, 124.3
Asm Technolo 470.95, 470.95, 447, 449.25
Asmtecpp 377.3, 377.3, 350, 375.3
Aspira 41.3, 44, 41, 41.3
Asrl 54.3, 55.15, 53.1, 53.75
Assament 289, 289, 275, 275
Asso.Alcohol 417.9, 418.7, 412.8, 416.15
Astron 32.9, 32.9, 32.3, 32.4
Asyl 11.1, 11.75, 11.1, 11.74
Atam 157.5, 167.2, 155, 167.2
Atharv Ent 2.77, 2.85, 2.66, 2.66
Athenaglo 68, 70.85, 65.1, 66.1
Atishay 35.65, 35.65, 34.55, 34.95
Atlanta 18.15, 19.8, 18.15, 19.8
Atul Auto 286.05, 296.45, 286.05, 295.2
Atv Projects 10, 10, 9.75, 9.94
Aurionpro So 366.8, 369.5, 358.65, 364.6
Auro Lab. 73.2, 74.6, 73.1, 73.75
Aurum 119.3, 121, 118.25, 120.45
Aurumpp 57.4, 58, 57.25, 57.5
Ausom Ent 71.9, 71.9, 67.5, 67.65
Austin Engg. 115.85, 115.9, 111.15, 112.05
Auto Axles 2112.05, 2189, 2040.95, 2055.75
Auto Cor.Goa 900, 900, 878, 878.35
Auto Pins(i) 75, 75, 75, 75
Autoind 75.95, 78.2, 75.95, 77.1
Automotive S 348.7, 360.55, 345.45, 348.6
Avadhsugar 508, 510.7, 503.5, 505.15
Available Fi 169, 169, 159, 162.95
Avantel Ltd 427.45, 428.5, 410, 419.7
Aveer 163.5, 163.5, 163.5, 163.5
Avi 18.95, 18.95, 18.3, 18.45
Aviva Inds 28, 28, 28, 28
Avl 1565, 1599.7, 1491.35, 1505.3
Avonmore 67.3, 77.5, 66.5, 73.4
Avroind 132.55, 145.8, 132.55, 144.5
Avt Natural 101.8, 107.85, 101.8, 107.35
Awhcl 301.25, 301.5, 299.1, 299.4
Axel Polymer 45.05, 45.05, 42.8, 42.9
Axiscades 334.9, 345.9, 334.9, 345.9
Axisccgpg 16.5, 16.55, 16.5, 16.55
Axiscetf 75.4, 75.4, 74.74, 75.13
Axisgold 48.26, 48.94, 48.26, 48.79
Axishetf 82.21, 82.21, 80.6, 80.88
Axistecetf 301, 315, 297.1, 300.27
Axita 56, 56.25, 51.8, 52.8
Axtel Indus. 231, 233.75, 226, 229.4
Aymsyntex 75, 75, 69.9, 70.65
B Cybele Ind 23.5, 23.5, 23.5, 23.5
B.N.Rathi Se 38.5, 38.85, 37.15, 38.6
B2b Soft. 27, 27.95, 26.75, 27.85
Ba Pack 208.55, 212.25, 203.55, 203.55
Baba Arts 16.6, 16.95, 16.55, 16.6
Bacil Pharma 8.49, 8.49, 8.49, 8.49
Bafna Pharma 103.25, 104.95, 96.35, 103.05
Bag Fil Med 4.9, 5.07, 4.85, 4.86
Baidfin 22.45, 25.9, 22.45, 22.85
Bajaj Steel 867.05, 898, 867.05, 878.25
Bajajhcare 417, 422.55, 407.4, 411.3
Bal Pharma 89.3, 89.6, 86.5, 88
Balaji Tele. 44.85, 44.85, 42.65, 43.05
Balgopal 30.85, 30.85, 30.3, 30.85
Balkrishna 36.4, 37.05, 36.4, 37.05
Balmer La.In 372, 374, 366.8, 367.65
Balmer Lawri 125.8, 130, 124.15, 124.5
Baluforge 79.6, 86.7, 79.6, 85.45
Balurghat Te 14.6, 14.6, 13.21, 14.16
Bambino Agro 369, 370, 357, 359.2
Bampsl Secur 8.35, 8.7, 8.25, 8.25
Banaras Bead 82.85, 90.7, 82.4, 84.25
Banas Fin. 16.2, 16.5, 16.15, 16.2
Banco Prod. 203, 203, 198, 198.75
Bandaram 69.5, 69.5, 69.5, 69.5
Bang 51.65, 51.65, 46.45, 46.8
Bankbees 430.98, 431.97, 426.9, 427.65
Bannari Aman 2818.55, 2818.55, 2781,
2791.45
Bannari Amma 52, 53.1, 51.35, 51.9
Bansal Roof 68.5, 68.5, 66.55, 67.1
Bansw.Syntex 125.95, 136.8, 125.95, 132.2
Barak Vall 26.2, 26.2, 25.1, 25.15
Baroda Extr. 3.09, 3.09, 2.94, 2.99
Baroda Rayon 265, 276, 262.05, 264.75
Baron Info. 0.63, 0.63, 0.63, 0.63
Basant Agro 22.1, 22.55, 21.75, 22
Batliboi Ltd 55.8, 55.8, 54.8, 54.8
Bazelinter 41.1, 41.1, 41.1, 41.1
Bbetf0432 1034.1, 1036.9, 1030.96, 1035.68
Bbox 133.9, 135, 131.1, 131.35
Bbtcl 243.75, 260.35, 236.45, 259.65
Bcc Fuba 26.15, 26.15, 24.05, 26.15
Bccl 42, 42, 42, 42
Bclenterpr 1.36, 1.38, 1.3, 1.33
Bclil 415, 455.05, 415, 441.1
Bconcepts 277.65, 277.95, 262.65, 277.95
Bcp Ltd 4.76, 4.81, 4.7, 4.81
Bcpl 47.85, 47.95, 46, 47.15
Bdh Indus. 154, 155.25, 149, 152.25
Beardsell 24.75, 25.05, 23.55, 24.05
Bectorfood 438, 454.2, 429.15, 445.05
Bedmutha In 63.6, 64.15, 62.2, 62.6
Beekay 444.75, 445, 430, 441.2
Beeyu Overse 2.81, 2.81, 2.71, 2.72
Bellacasa 143.8, 146, 139.1, 145.8
Bemco Hydrau 835, 835, 762.9, 762.9
Benara 14, 14.15, 14, 14.15
Benares Hot 3006.9, 3020, 2815, 2938.4
Bengal Tea & 80.2, 83.5, 79, 81.45
Bervin Inv. 38.4, 39.45, 37.05, 38.4
Beryl Drugs 15.5, 15.5, 14.97, 14.97
Beryl Secur. 13.03, 13.08, 12, 13.05
Best E.Hotel 56.4, 58, 52.5, 57.8
Betex India 67.75, 67.75, 66, 67.3
Bf Invest 359.25, 359.6, 345.6, 347.45
Bf Utili 389.35, 391.6, 383.05, 385.3
Bffl 16.8, 16.8, 16.8, 16.8
Bflafl 19.05, 19.75, 19.05, 19.35
Bflygandhi 1548.45, 1548.45, 1525, 1525.65
Bgjl 16.8, 17.5, 16.6, 16.8
Bglobal 3.82, 3.82, 3.46, 3.46
Bgr Energy 59.2, 60.25, 59.2, 59.7
Bh.Immun&bio 31.45, 31.85, 29.85, 30.45
Bhagil 159.3, 159.35, 157.6, 157.85
Bhagira.Chem 1220, 1300, 1220, 1252.1
Bhagwati Aut 260.4, 260.4, 237, 259.7
Bhagwati Oxy 54.95, 54.95, 54.95, 54.95
Bhagya Inl 51.45, 51.45, 49.15, 49.6
Bhandari Hos 5.83, 5.95, 5.65, 5.78
Bharat Bhush 27, 27.5, 26, 27.2
Bharat Bijle 2367.15, 2499, 2367.15, 2479.85
Bharat Gears 142.8, 143.95, 136.05, 137
Bharat Ra(ps 9542.3, 9542.3, 9338.05,
9477.1
Bharat Seats 102.4, 102.4, 100, 100.65
Bharatagri 1197.95, 1197.95, 1132, 1154.75
Bharatwire 105.5, 105.8, 102.35, 102.45
Bhartiya Int 210.85, 211.75, 206.15, 207.55
Bhaskar Agro 95, 95, 95, 95
Bhatia 26.2, 26.2, 24.85, 24.85
Bheema Cem 141, 143, 137.4, 140.9
Bhilwara Sp. 43.4, 43.4, 40.2, 42
Bhilwra Tec 15.8, 16.1, 15, 15.3
Bhoruka Alu. 0.39, 0.39, 0.39, 0.39
Bigbloc 135.35, 139.4, 134.25, 135
Bihar Sponge 11.2, 11.65, 10.9, 11.03
Bikaji 428.25, 431.95, 418, 422.05
Bilcare Ltd. 58.5, 58.5, 58.5, 58.5
Billwin 44, 44, 43.8, 43.8
Bimetal Bear 480.9, 480.9, 435.1, 443.05
Bin.Tex.Pr(p 775, 775.1, 775, 775.1
Bindalagro 24.85, 25.05, 24.5, 24.6
Binny Ltd. 305.9, 305.9, 290, 291.85
Binny Mills 95.8, 104.45, 95.8, 98.25
Biofil Chem 54.05, 55.95, 54.05, 54.55
Biogen 0.84, 0.84, 0.82, 0.83
Biret 296.01, 299.75, 296.01, 299.13
Birla Pretec 40.95, 41.7, 40.2, 40.55
Birlacable 149.55, 150.7, 146.25, 147.25
Birlatyres 4.17, 4.17, 4.17, 4.17
Bkmindst 1.13, 1.19, 1.12, 1.19
Bkv Industrs 9.3, 9.33, 9, 9.33
Bl Kashyap 33.1, 33.45, 32.2, 32.45
Bl.Chip Tex 133, 133.95, 129.25, 132.4
Blackrose 168, 168, 165.65, 166.4
Blb Ltd. 36.1, 37.15, 32, 33.3
Blissgvs Ph 72.95, 72.95, 71.1, 71.4
Bloom Dekor 14.99, 14.99, 14.17, 14.17
Bloom Indust 28.95, 28.95, 23, 25.45
Bls Infote 3, 3, 2.85, 2.89
Blueclouds 12.92, 12.96, 12.32, 12.96
Bluecoast 5.41, 5.42, 5.41, 5.42
Bmw 35.85, 35.85, 34.65, 34.7
Bnaltd 322.75, 322.75, 314, 315
Bnl 76.8, 79.7, 74.05, 76.75
Bodal Chem 76, 76.8, 75.3, 75.85
Bodhtree 15.24, 15.84, 14.53, 15.25
Bom Dyeing 78.2, 79, 77.5, 78.05
Bom.Cycle 719.25, 719.25, 718.75, 719
Bom.Wire Rop 30.4, 32.9, 30.25, 31.5
Bomoxy-b1 11906, 12323.9, 11906, 12198
Bomtalkies 6.07, 6.07, 6.07, 6.07
Bonlon 75.7, 76, 71.25, 71.35
Bpl Ltd. 74.6, 74.6, 71.05, 71.4
Bplpharma 336.95, 336.95, 322.2, 329.2
Brady Morris 230.25, 233.95, 215.4, 233.8
Brahm Infra 32, 32, 29.3, 30.05
Brandbuckt 33.5, 33.5, 33.5, 33.5
Brawn Bio 18.9, 18.9, 18.35, 18.35
Bridge Secur 8.75, 8.75, 8.45, 8.75
Bright Bros. 169.3, 172.55, 164.7, 169.6
Brijlaxmi Le 4, 4.1, 3.75, 4.1
Brnl 39, 39, 37, 37.35
Bronze Infra 1.35, 1.35, 1.24, 1.3
Brooks Labs 97, 103, 97, 97.9
Bse Infra 5.03, 5.04, 4.9, 5.04
Bsl Ltd. 186, 186, 181.05, 183.05
Bslgoldetf 51.19, 51.59, 50.95, 51.25
Bslnifty 20.33, 20.5, 20, 20.13
Burnpur 5.3, 5.46, 5.3, 5.39
Byke Hosp 45.4, 46.1, 44.3, 44.55
C M
Calcom Visio 146, 149.4, 140.3, 142.65
Californ.Sof 20.3, 20.65, 19.45, 19.9
Cambridge 56.9, 65.5, 56.25, 60.55
Camex Ltd 32.7, 32.9, 31.05, 31.8
Camlinfine 163.9, 164, 157.05, 157.95
Campus 387.85, 391, 384.1, 387.5
Candour 46.35, 48.45, 44.15, 46.7
Canopyfin 54.6, 59, 54.55, 54.7
Cantabil 1348.1, 1412.6, 1298.55, 1302.9
Capacite 157.4, 158.05, 152.15, 153.1
Capricorn 11.47, 11.47, 10.4, 10.4
Caprihans 127.25, 129.9, 126.85, 127.9
Caprola.Chem 68.4, 75.6, 68.4, 75.6
Captain Poly 17.15, 17.4, 16.55, 17.1
Careerp 133, 134.15, 130.25, 131
Carerating 656, 658.05, 642.2, 644.35
Cargosol 63.3, 64.5, 62.5, 64.45
Carnation In 4.2, 4.6, 4.2, 4.6
Caspian 22.23, 22.23, 21.68, 22.23
Catvision 12.12, 12.35, 11.53, 12.35
Cbpl 113.65, 120, 113.65, 120
Cchhl 7.45, 7.69, 7.15, 7.69
Ccl Inter 18.25, 18.25, 16.8, 17.65
Cdg 15.05, 16.5, 15.05, 16.5
Ceejay Finan 118.05, 124, 116.3, 117.5
Ceenik Expo. 15.2, 15.25, 15.2, 15.25
Ceeta Ind. 30.3, 30.3, 27.7, 28.15
Ceinsystech 158, 158.4, 147.7, 147.75
Celebrityfas 17.5, 17.9, 17.3, 17.5
Cella 9.98, 9.98, 9.5, 9.85
Cenlub Indus 142.1, 142.1, 134, 135.25
Centenial Su 59.1, 62, 56.2, 62
Centrum Cap 23.8, 24.5, 23.8, 23.95
Centum Elec 678.7, 702.45, 661.1, 691.2
Century Enka 413.6, 415, 410.4, 413.75
Century Ext 10, 10, 9.73, 9.75
Cerebra Inte 12.91, 13.02, 12.55, 12.63
Cfel 246.5, 260, 238.95, 239.3
Cfl 9.11, 9.11, 9.11, 9.11
Cg-vak Softw 357.25, 363.9, 350, 350
Chamanlal Se 135.5, 139.05, 133.75, 135.45
Chambal Brew 3.36, 3.36, 3.36, 3.36
Chandnimach 18.95, 18.95, 18, 18
Chandra Prab 31.05, 31.65, 29.35, 29.75
Chandrima 7.53, 7.9, 7.21, 7.9
Charterlogis 5.14, 5.14, 5, 5.04
Chdchem 7.01, 7.01, 6.61, 6.61
Chembond Chm 250, 258.85, 250, 251.1
Chemcon 289.25, 291.2, 284.5, 286.45
Chemcrux 367.85, 367.85, 360, 363.3
Chemfabalka 274, 276.3, 268.05, 271.75
Chemo Pharma 38.05, 38.05, 35.25, 38
Chemtech Ind 16.5, 16.5, 15, 16.25
Chenferro 176.75, 179.85, 174, 176.95
Cheviot Co. 1160.25, 1162, 1131, 1136.45
Chitra.Spin. 26.85, 26.85, 26.85, 26.85
Chl Ltd 15.8, 15.8, 15.1, 15.4
Choice Int. 279.8, 280, 268, 271.8
Choksi Imag 45.95, 45.95, 44.25, 44.5
Choksi Labor 44.8, 44.8, 34.4, 40
Chordia Food 70.95, 70.95, 65, 68.8
Chothani 15, 15, 15, 15
Chowgule St 13.16, 13.6, 12.61, 13.5
Cianagro 48.45, 50.95, 48.45, 50.2
Cifl 102.1, 102.1, 97.55, 97.55
Cigniti Tech 562.75, 562.75, 543.95, 548.2
Cil 30, 30, 29.55, 29.55
Cil Nova 25.1, 25.1, 23.8, 23.8
Cil Securits 30, 30, 26.2, 27.2
Cindrella Fi 12.2, 12.2, 12.2, 12.2
Cindrella Ht 33.25, 34.9, 33.25, 34.9
Cineline 110.1, 111.4, 108.2, 109.75
Cinevista 11.75, 11.78, 11.72, 11.72
Cistro Tele. 0.51, 0.51, 0.51, 0.51
Citadel 23.2, 24.2, 22.2, 22.3
Citi Port Fn 13.85, 14.8, 13.85, 14.8
Cityonline 6.58, 6.9, 6.58, 6.9
Cj Gelatin 33, 33, 31.35, 32.2
Clara 272, 275, 272, 275
Clari Chem 355.8, 355.8, 350.25, 351.45
Classic 0.52, 0.56, 0.52, 0.54
Cleducate 65.05, 67.05, 64.25, 64.85
Clio Infotec 7.39, 7.39, 7.39, 7.39
Cllimited 5.75, 5.75, 5.21, 5.25
Cmi Ltd. 20, 20, 19, 19.45
Cmm Hospital 23, 23, 22.8, 23
Cncrd 235.25, 236.95, 223.25, 228.3
Cni Res Ltd 2.71, 2.9, 2.71, 2.84
Coast Corp 234.45, 239.9, 233.7, 237.55
Coastal Road 37, 37, 37, 37
Cochin Mala 99.1, 108.95, 99.1, 99.1
Cochin Min. 300, 302.4, 289.6, 295.55
Cockerill 1479.25, 1495, 1440, 1478.85
Colabcloud 68.95, 69.5, 68.95, 69.5
Colinz Labor 46.3, 47.85, 44, 47
Colorchips 9.05, 9.06, 8.4, 9.06
Com Fincap 107.95, 107.95, 101, 103.9
Comfort Com 19.65, 19.65, 18.75, 19
Comfort Inte 27.9, 27.9, 26.25, 26.55
Competent Au 215.05, 235, 215.05, 221.9
Compuage Inf 20.15, 20.3, 19.85, 20
Compucom Sof 20.8, 20.85, 20.35, 20.4
Computer Pnt 2.44, 2.46, 2.35, 2.46
Comsyn 106, 108, 104.75, 104.9
Conart Eng. 43.8, 44, 41.5, 42.2
Concord 32, 33, 31.35, 32.45
Confi Petro 78.5, 79.1, 77.75, 78.1
Confint 12.36, 12.36, 12.36, 12.36
Consol Const 1.44, 1.48, 1.37, 1.38
Constronic 9, 9, 9, 9
Cont.Chem 84.55, 87.2, 84.55, 85.3
Cont.Petro 42.25, 45.7, 42.25, 44
Containe 81, 81, 79.45, 79.45
Container 4.75, 4.9, 4.52, 4.85
Conti.Contrl 5.11, 5.59, 5.11, 5.11
Contil I Ltd 74.9, 74.9, 70.35, 74.7
Control Prnt 392.5, 396.85, 387.35, 393.05
Coral (i)fin 36.5, 36.65, 36, 36
Coral Lab. 325.95, 325.95, 320.1, 320.1
Coral Newspr 10.4, 10.4, 9.89, 10
Cords Cable 77.05, 79.95, 76.95, 77.9
Coro Engg 38.75, 39.45, 38.45, 39
Corpor Cour 6.42, 6.7, 6.42, 6.42
Cosco India 174.7, 180, 174.7, 175.8
Cosmo Ferr. 267.95, 267.95, 250, 251.3
Cosyn 20.95, 22.45, 20.95, 21.5
Country Cond 4.75, 5.05, 4.73, 4.75
Cpml 66.4, 66.4, 63.8, 66.4
Crane Infra 11, 11.47, 10.39, 11.29
Cranes Softw 3.55, 3.75, 3.55, 3.61
Cranex Ltd. 26.55, 30.25, 26.05, 30.25
Cravatex 408.25, 431.6, 408.25, 430
Creative 495.9, 495.9, 463, 481.1
Creative Eye 4.22, 4.22, 4.22, 4.22
Cressanda So 31.5, 31.85, 31.5, 31.85
Crest 184.7, 185.4, 184.65, 185.05
Crestchem Lt 60.8, 65.45, 60.8, 63.5
Croissance 9, 9.25, 8.7, 8.9
Csl 46.25, 47, 44.65, 44.9
Cslfinance 240, 251.75, 240, 250
Ctcl 73, 80.3, 73, 80.3
Ctl 25.35, 25.4, 24.6, 25.4
Cubex Tubing 36.7, 38, 36.55, 36.9
Cubical Fin. 1.75, 1.75, 1.64, 1.72
Cupid Ltd 267.2, 279.6, 267.2, 279.2
Cwd 1702, 1887.85, 1702, 1822.5
Cyber Media 16.8, 17.6, 16.8, 17.35
Cybertech 131.5, 132.35, 129.2, 130
D m
D B Corp 130.35, 132.05, 126.9, 127.15
Dai-ichi Kar 435, 435, 418, 425.35
Daikaffil Ch 29.85, 30, 28.05, 29.1
Dalal St Inv 229.9, 229.9, 229.9, 229.9
Damoindus 54.7, 55.25, 53.5, 53.8
Danlaw Tech. 228, 235, 226, 233.95
Danube 17.35, 17.35, 16.45, 17.35
Daps 36, 36, 36, 36
Darjeeling 3.29, 3.46, 3.29, 3.29
Darshanorna 3.88, 3.88, 3.76, 3.8
Datam Glob 287.95, 287.95, 270.1, 273.5
Datasoft App 4.43, 4.43, 4.43, 4.43
Daulat Sec. 21.9, 23.95, 21.9, 23.85
Davangere 83.05, 86.95, 79.1, 86.6
Db Int.St.Br 22.1, 24.65, 22.1, 24.3
Dbol 185.05, 186.3, 183.1, 184.05
Dci 133, 136.95, 129.75, 131.6
Dcm Financia 5.55, 5.55, 5.29, 5.31
Dcm Ltd. 81.1, 81.95, 80.45, 81.55
Dcm Shr.Ind 74.5, 74.95, 73.6, 74.45
Dcmnvl 167.45, 175.05, 163.95, 172.8
Dcw Ltd. 50.95, 52.1, 50.25, 51.75
Dcxindia 218, 218.1, 212.6, 213.95
Ddevplastik 94.85, 94.85, 87.45, 89
Ddil 161.7, 166.4, 158, 160.55
De Nora 827, 837.95, 812.55, 816.85
Decan Cement 493.75, 496.15, 485.8, 487.55
Deccan Bear. 48.85, 49, 45, 47.75
Deccan Polyp 5.98, 5.98, 5.98, 5.98
Deccangold 44, 45.9, 42.4, 42.65
Decipher 29.7, 29.7, 28.5, 28.7
Deco-mica 51, 51, 51, 51
Deep 162, 162, 156, 156.85
Deepak Spinn 249, 249, 242.5, 242.85
Deepenr 128.25, 132.95, 127.25, 127.95
Deepind 293.05, 298.1, 286.55, 295.95
Del 22.6, 22.6, 22.3, 22.3
Delphifx 382, 384.95, 379.35, 384.95
Delta 13.98, 13.98, 13.98, 13.98
Deltamagnt 74, 79.1, 74, 77
Delton Cable 78, 80, 76.5, 76.85
Den Network 35.45, 35.45, 33.7, 33.85
Denis Chem 91.35, 94.9, 89.6, 91.6
Devine Impe 6.25, 6.36, 5.92, 5.92
Devit 121.8, 122, 116.7, 120.85
Dfl 90.5, 90.6, 90.5, 90.6
Dfm Foods 449.05, 460.2, 449.05, 456.55
Dgcontent 15.4, 17, 15.4, 16.95
Dgl 2.6, 2.71, 2.6, 2.62
Dhabriya 127.5, 132, 127.5, 127.6
Dhampure Sgr 30, 30.75, 29.75, 29.75
Dhan Agri 718.8, 720.1, 715, 716.8
Dhan Jeevan 13.5, 13.65, 12.35, 12.35
Dhan Roto Sp 74.1, 76.8, 74.05, 74.2
Dhanadacol 3.2, 3.2, 2.96, 3
Dhanalak.Bnk 19.55, 20.8, 19.55, 20.8
Dhanlxmi Fab 50.5, 50.5, 48, 49.1
Dharani Sug 11.4, 11.9, 11.21, 11.26
Dharmaj 197.45, 198.85, 194.6, 195.5
Dhenubuild 1.62, 1.62, 1.62, 1.62
Dhindia 73, 73, 66.1, 67.9
Dhoot I.Fin. 78.9, 78.9, 77.15, 78.8
Dhp India Lt 1030.1, 1059.9, 1021.1, 1028.8
Dhruv 66.4, 66.65, 63.3, 65
Dhruva Cap. 39.7, 39.7, 39.7, 39.7
Dhun Teaind 235.15, 240, 230.9, 232.05
Dhuninv 685.9, 688.55, 673, 679.6
Diamant 0.89, 0.89, 0.86, 0.87
Diamines&chm 425.5, 438, 422.05, 424.35
Diamondyd 852.8, 865, 850, 859.05
Diana Tea Co 31, 32.4, 30.3, 31
Dic India 383.6, 386.45, 379, 381.25
Digispice 25.95, 26.9, 25.95, 26.25
Digjamltd 112.05, 116, 111.25, 111.65
Diligent 9.64, 9.85, 9.25, 9.32
Disa India 8449.95, 8500, 8400, 8496.05
Ditco 16.25, 16.5, 16.25, 16.5
Divshkt 88, 88, 86, 87.3
Djml 158, 158.4, 155.4, 158.4
Dlink Ind 223.3, 224, 219, 219.8
Dmcc 299, 302.35, 294, 295.65
Dmr 31, 32.45, 31, 32
Dnamedia 3.09, 3.2, 3.05, 3.12
Dolatalgo 63, 63.1, 60.8, 61.3
Dolfin 125, 125, 124.7, 125
Dolphin Medi 1.82, 1.82, 1.66, 1.82
Donear Ind. 111.95, 112.5, 106.05, 107.4
Dpl 21, 21.85, 20.65, 20.65
Dr.Agar.Eye 1199, 1230, 1185, 1215.15
Drcsystems 38.75, 38.75, 35.55, 38.25
Dreamfolks 372.05, 375, 371.25, 372.45
Dredging Cor 366.8, 371.3, 365.05, 365.9
Dronachrya 198.8, 198.8, 198.8, 198.8
Dspbanketf 42.1, 42.5, 42.1, 42.32
Dspn50etf 181, 181.75, 180.75, 180.75
Dspnewetf 209, 209.43, 207.1, 207.51
Dspq50etf 161.5, 162.1, 160.75, 160.75
Dspsilvetf 68.5, 69.15, 68.36, 68.36
Ducon 10.95, 10.99, 10.4, 10.48
Duke Offshor 9.04, 9.05, 9.04, 9.05
Duncaneng 376, 383.4, 367.05, 371.75
Duro Pack 77.6, 77.6, 74.2, 74.8
Duroply 152, 152.95, 148.45, 150.05
Dutron Poly. 127.2, 133.75, 127.1, 127.2
Dvl 240.65, 240.65, 234.05, 235.2
Dwl 33.4, 33.4, 30.3, 30.45
Dynacons Sys 409.65, 440, 403.55, 432.5
Dynamat.Tech 2519.9, 2579.5, 2519.8, 2557
Dynamic 203, 205, 201.05, 201.9
Dynamic Ind. 66.55, 70.85, 66.55, 69.7
Dynamic Port 38.85, 38.85, 38.85, 38.85
Dynavision 162.8, 162.8, 153.85, 156
Dynemic Pro 290.6, 296.6, 289.7, 292.8
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CORPORATE GALLERY
General Manager Sanjeev Kishore reviews Workshop on strategizing & transforming whispersinthecorridors
Dr Suresh Mehrotra
progress of Gadag (Talkal) - Wadi new line Indian Higher Education in association
General Manager Sanjeev with MIT World Peace University ! Tenure of Chairman LIC to end in
Kishore reviewed the
progress of Gadag (Talkal) March
- Wadi new line on Tenure of the present Chairman of
January 14. He inspected the LIC M R Kumar is coming to an
the ongoing work in the end in March. There has been
section from Sanganal to much progress in LIC during his
Linganbandi. This section tenure. If he doesn’t get extension he will have a
i.e. Sanganal to say in the choice as his successor.
Linganbandi (23.7 km) is
targeted to be ! Debadatta Chand to be next MD &
commissioned by March The Higher Educators’ Foundation (HEF), which has been established CEO, BoB
2023. This new line and being run by the Indian Diaspora in the US and is supported by Debadatta Chand has been
Project was sanctioned in 2013-14, on 50:50 cost sharing basis some of the reputed private universities in India, is set to organize a recommended MD & CEO, Bank of
with Govt of Karnataka (with land free by State Govt). The ‘Workshop’ on strategizing and transforming higher education in Baroda (BoB). The Financial
estimated cost of the project is Rs 2842 crores. It may be noted India in collaboration with MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU). Services Information Bureau
that in 2022, the first stretch ie Talkal to Sanganal (22 km) has The workshop will be held in Pune from January 21-23, 2023. The ! Atul Karwal granted Apex Pay Scale
been commissioned. Indian Higher Education System has come a long way over the past recommended him for the post.
half a century. However, grey areas such as application, R & D, and ! New faces from poll bound states in Modi cabinet Atul Karwal, Director General, NDRF,
has been granted Apex Pay Scale. Rajan
Western Railway Officers participate examination system, to name a few, remain to be improved. The
aim of the Workshop is to create a unique platform to bring
likely
is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Gujarat
in Tata Mumbai Marathon 2023 together Higher Educators and Researchers of Indian origin from the
Speculations about ensuing Cabinet reshuffle-
cadre.
USA and leading academicians from India to focus on best practices cum-expansion are rife in the political circles. It is
believed that new faces from the poll-bound ! Sanjiv Chadda's term as MD & CEO, BoB extended till
in higher education.
Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana June 30
The term of Sanjiv Chaddha as Managing Director &
Dabur NewU expands footprint; are to be inducted into the cabinet.
CEO, Bank of Baroda has been extended for a period
launches six new stores in India ! Top 5 in GMR- Indian multinational conglomerate
1 Hari Panicker -Chief Executive Officer &
till the date of his superannuation i.e. till June 30,
2023 which is further beyond his currently notified
Chairman, Business Integration-Airports (Business
period of appointment of 3 years that ends on
Office) at GMR Group.
January 19.
2 I Prabhakara Rao - CEO of Delhi International
Airport Limited and has over 30 years of rich and ! The Making of History: World’s Longest Cruise Journey
diverse experience across various businesses. Under the vision of PM Narendra Modiji, the world's
On Sunday, 15th January, 2023 more than 50,000 participants 3 Videh Kumar Jaipuriar - Chief Executive Officer longest river cruise journey was developed by Sanjay
participated in the prestigious Tata Mumbai Marathon, which is Delhi International Airport Limited CEO. Bandopadhyaya, Chairman IWAI in collaboration
one of the largest marathons in Asia. Western Railway under the 4 Radhakrishnababu - Chief Financial Officer at with Raj Singh, owner of Antara Cruises. This would
leadership of Ashok Kumar Misra – General Manager of Western
Railway participated in the Dream Run event at the Tata Mumbai Dabur NewU, a One-Stop Beauty Destination offering an array of Delhi International Airport Ltd. not have been made a reality unless hard work put
Marathon 2023. A group of more than 25 officers and their family leading brands of Cosmetics, Skincare and Fragrance Brands under 5 Ashwani Lohani, IRSME 1980 (Retired) CEO GMR in form of dredging for depth, providing jetties,
members took part in the Dream Run event of this mega sporting one roof, today announced the expansion of its retail footprint with Services Business (GMRSB) .He is former Chairman coordinating with Bangladesh and State Govts
event which was held for the first time after a break of two years. the launch of 6 new Exclusive Stores, taking the NewU store Railway Board and CMD of Air India would not have been done.
Several senior officers of WR also participated in full Marathon & network to over 100 outlets. Announcing the Launch, NewU COO ! Will Pankaj Kumar be powerful Director in ONGC? ! CIL’s production and supplies at historic high
Half Marathon events. Mr. Manish Asthana said, “We are pleased to announce the addition
Post of Director Production has been created after Coal India’s (CIL) production, off-take and supplies
of six new stores to the NewU network to cross the 100-stores-
merging Director Onshore and Director Offshore in to power sector have hit a historic high in FY’ 23,
Indian Coast Guard rescues mark. The overwhelming response to NewU in the country has
encouraged us to broaden our brand. The new stores are intended the ONGC. Director offshore Pankaj Kumar is says Pramod Agrawal, Chairman of the Coal India
stranded personnel at sea to meet the region's growing consumer demand. We provide the expected to head this merged post, likely to come Limited (CIL). With no slackening in the double-digit
The Indian best in creating a comfortable and trustworthy shopping into effect from March 1. output growth since the fiscal’s start, CIL’s
Coast Guard in environment for all our customers, from value for money deals to production raced to 479 million tonnes (MTs) ending
a swift the best quality products. NewU is currently present in 40 cities ! A Sema Rajan granted Apex Pay Scale
December FY’23 achieving 101.4% of the progressive
operation across India, with over 100+ outlets. We are expanding our retail A Sema Rajan, Director, SVPNPA, has been granted
target and a year-on-year growth of 16%. The increase
undertaken on footprint across India in a strategic manner and plan to double our Apex Pay Scale. Rajan is a 1987 batch IPS officer
in quantum terms was a humongous 65.4 MTs. The
16 Jan 23, store count in the next 2 years.” The six NewU locations are at of Bihar cadre.
rescued about Vinayak City Center (Prayagraj); Spectrum Mall (Noida); Spaze company’s total coal supplies during the referred
! Manoj Yadav granted Apex Pay Scale period rose to 508 MTs with a volume expansion of
511 personnel Corporate Park (Sec 69, Gurugram); Forum Mall (Edappal, Kerala);
stranded at sea RMZ (Bangalore); and KPS Mall (Hooghly). “NewU is a one-stop Manoj Yadav, Director General, National Human 26 MTs. CIL supplied 2.6 MTs more coal over the
in two different ferries, off Kakdwip in West Bengal. At about beauty destination that gives you access to a comprehensive range Rights Commission (NHRC), has been granted progressive target, posting 100.5% achievement.
0915 hrs on 16 Jan 23, a message was received from District of Cosmetics, Skin Care, Hair Care, Personal Grooming and Apex Pay Scale. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Amid spiralling demand, coal supplies to the power
Magistrate South 24 Paraganas at Coast Guard District Fragrances. We have a variety of products from different categories, Haryana cadre. sector at 432.7 MTs were up by a strong 42.5 MTs
Headquarters No. 8 (Haldia), intimating about grounding of two especially for the New Generation, Millennials and Gen-Z skin care clocking 11% y-o-y growth till December FY '23. CIL’s
! Sanjeev Kumar Chadha empanelled as Additional
ferries at sea near Kakdwip. The ferry vessels namely MV needs. We strive to make shopping journey pleasant by offering consolidated profit after tax of Rs.14,878 Crores for
Lcchamati and MV Agramati were ferrying about 600 pilgrims exclusive and international products. The new NewU destinations Secretary in GoI
from Ganga Sagar Mela at Sagar Island to Kakdwip. Upon receipt have been designed to bring the beauty and skin care products to Sanjeev Kumar Chadha has been empanelled for April-September’22, was the record high for the first
of the information the operations team of Coast Guard swung into life and connect with the large network of make-up lovers across the holding Additional Secretary/Additional Secretary half of any fiscal year so far, placing the company in
action and after ascertaining the position immediately dispatched country. NewU is home to innovative and creative luxury products, equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a the 8th rank among the top 20 most profit
two ACVs (Hovercraft) from Haldia and Frazerganj to provide which are affordable so that everyone can get the best quality skin 1989 batch IFoS officer of Orissa cadre. generating listed companies of the country.
rescue assistance.. and body care,” Mr. Asthana added.
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Menstrual leave to be extended to all Kerala universities
Thiruvananthapuram: In a pioneering decision, University of Science and Technology in providing
the Kerala Government on Monday said it would menstrual leave to its students, Higher Education
grant menstrual leave for girl students studying in Minister R Bindu said the government has decided
all State universities coming under the Department to implement the same in all State universities
of Higher Education. Taking a cue from the Cochin under the purview of the department. MUMBAI I TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023

NATION
PM talks to first batch of Rajasthan SC no to plea, says HC must PAPER LEAK

BULLETIN
must act handle it as matter of principle
Agniveers, gives mantra sharks:
30 army women in
command roles
New Delhi: Empowering lady
officers, the Indian Army has
against big PTI / New Delhi

cleared more than 30 women
officers for command roles. The
Indian Army is holding
promotion boards for 108
vacancies of select colonel rank
for women officers including
batches from 1992 to 2005.
The initial list of over 30
officers has been cleared from
corps of engineers, signals,
ordnance and electrical and
mechanical engineers.
Assam to merge
small madrasas
Guwahati: The Assam
Government has decided to
merge small madrasas used to
spread radicalism with larger
ones to reduce the threat, DGP
Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said on
Monday. A survey is on to
create a database of all such
educational institutions. Assam
with a sizeable Muslim popula-
tion is a “natural target” for
radicalisation and such activities
are usually undertaken in small
madrasas, Mahanta claimed.
Yemeni robbed by
‘cops’ in Gurugram
Gurugram: Three people
impersonating policemen
allegedly stole $4,300 from a
Yemeni, officials said. On
Sunday evening, Mohammad
Ashk Abdul Aziz and his relati-
ve were going to Bakhtawar
Chowk when three people told
them they were from the police
and wanted to check their
bags. One of them accused
Aziz and his relative of being
marijuana suppliers and asked
him to hand over his bag. They
then stole the money and fled.
Rajasthan ACB
nabs policewoman
Jaipur: The Rajasthan ACB on
Monday arrested a police officer
for demanding bribe. The ACB
had lodged a case against ASP
of the Special Operations Group
Divya Mittal on Jan 14. Mittal is
accused of demanding for
herself and senior officials a
bribe of Rs2 crore, through a
middleman, from a person for
not including his name in a
case filed with the SOG under
the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act.
Inmate ends life
in Gurugram jail
Gurugram: An undertrial
allegedly committed suicide at
his barrack in Bhondsi Jail,
Haryana, police said. Lokesh
alias Soni, 33, was lodged in
jail in a robbery case. His body
was found hanging in the
barrack bathroom on Monday.
No suicide note was found.
Soni was sent to judicial custo-
dy on Nov 22. At 6am, his
barrack mate found Soni
hanging by a bed sheet.
Bridge collapses
in Darbhanga
Patna: An iron bridge in
Bihar’s Darbhanga collapsed
on Monday due to an
overloaded truck, officials
said. The incident occurred at
Sabohar Ghat. The bridge,
over the Kamla Balan River,
connected Darbhanga with
Madhubani, Saharsa and
Samastipur. The driver and
helper jumped into the river
and save their lives.
In a first,
Rajasthan HC
Pilot
Scheme will make forces youthful, tech-savvy: Modi
PTI / New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday congratulat-
ed first batch of Agniveers on
being the pioneers of the Ag-
nipath scheme, asserting that
it is a transformative policy
and a game changer in
strengthening the armed
forces and making them fu-
ture-ready.
Virtually addressing the
new recruits, he said this
“path-breaking” scheme will
further empower women.
According to a statement,
the Prime Minister said the
young Agniveers will make
the armed forces more youth-
ful and tech-savvy.
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh called the Agnipath
scheme one of the “most im-
portant and unprecedented
reforms” in the armed forces.
Addressing the Agniveers,
the PM said technologically-
advanced soldiers will play a
“key role” in our armed for-
ces, and added the current
generation of youth has this
potential and Agniveers will
play a leading role in the
forces in the times to come.
The PM said “new India” is
filled with renewed vigour
and efforts are underway to
modernise the armed forces
and make them ‘aatmanirb-
har’ (self-reliant). “In the 21st
SC raps BJP neta for conversion pleas
FPJ BUREAU / New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Mon-
day held critically the con-
duct of Delhi BJP leader Ash-
wini Upadhyay in filing and
withdrawing different peti-
tions before the different
benches of the Supreme
Court and the Delhi High
Court on the same subject of
religious conversions.
A bench comprising CJI
DY Chandrachud, Justice PS
Bull tamer, spectator gored to
death at TN jallikattu events
N CHITHRA / Chennai
Jallikattu, the popular and
traditional bull taming event
in Tamil Nadu, claimed two
lives on Monday when bulls
gored a tamer and a spectator
to death in separate events in
Madurai and Tiruchi.
At Palamedu, one of the
world famous arenas in
Madurai for the bull taming
sport, a 24-year-old tamer Ar-
avindraj, who had a success-
ful run in the initial rounds,
was gored by a bull at the end
of the fourth round. He had
by then tamed nine bulls and
stood third among the bull
tamers of Palamedu. Howev-
er, his luck ran out when a fe-
rocious bull gored him caus-
ing serious abdomen in-
juries. Aravindraj, a con-
struction worker, was rushed
to Government Rajaji Hospi-
tal in a waiting ambulance.
However, by the time he
‘Opposition’s negative campaign against PM exposed’
PTI / New Delhi
Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh interact with the first batch of
Agniveers of the three Services in New Delhi on Monday
The experience they will acquire through this
opportunity will be a source of pride for life.
century, the way wars are
fought is changing,” he said,
speaking about the new
fronts of contactless warfare
and challenges of cyber war-
fare. Lauding the potential of
Agniveers, he said their spirit
is reflective of the bravery of
the armed forces which has
always kept the flag of the na-
tion flying high.
Mr Modi concluded by say-
ing the Agniveers will pro-
vide leadership to the nation
in the 21st century. Also, the
new recruitment scheme will
empower the women.
The PM said he looks for-
Narasimha and JB Pardi-
wala was hearing a PIL by
Mr Upadhyay in 2022 seeking
steps against forceful and de-
ceitful religious conversions.
During the hearing, the
bench was told by Senior Ad-
vocate P Wilson, appearing
for the State of Tamil Nadu,
that the petitioner had in
2021 withdrawn a similar pe-
tition from the top court, af-
ter a bench led by Justice Ro-
hinton F Nariman refused to
People try to control a bull as they take part in the ‘Jallikattu’ event
as part of ‘Pongal’ celebrations near Madurai on Monday
reached the hospital, he had
lost heavy blood and doctors
declared him dead.
As many as 31 others were
injured by raging bulls at
Palamedu.
Elsewhere at Periya
Suriyur on the outskirts of
Tiruchi, a fierce bull gored
Aravind, a young spectator,
to death. The 25-year-old vic-
proposed the resolution at the
—ANI
— Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
ward to seeing women Ag-
niveers in all three forces, not-
ing they are leading armed
forces on various fronts and
cited examples of women
posted in Siachen and driving
modern fighter planes.
Mr Singh said the Ministry
of Defence has taken a num-
ber of decisions to empower
the nation, terming the Agni-
path scheme as one of the
“most important and un-
precedented reforms”. He as-
serted strengthening the se-
curity is top priority amid the
ever-evolving global scenario
and geopolitical uncertainty.
entertain it. He has filed and
withdrawn similar petitions
in Delhi High Court as well,
the senior counsel said.
After referring to the pro-
ceedings cited by Wilson, the
CJI told Mr Upadhyay’s coun-
sel Senior Advocate Gaurav
Bhatia: “It seems the PIL pe-
titioner does not think he is
bound by rules of pleading…
You cannot keep on withdra-
wing and filing petitions.”
“Is it correct you withdrew
—PTI
tim sustained severe chest in-
juries, according to police.
He died during the treat-
ment at the Mahatma Gand-
hi Memorial Government
Hospital in Tiruchi.
Chief Minister MK Stalin
condoled the death of the two
persons and announced a so-
latium of `3 lakh each to
their respective families.
Kiren Rijiju proposed the resolution at the BJP
PTI / Jaipur
Indirectly targeting his own
party’s Government in Ra-
jasthan, Congress leader
Sachin Pilot on Monday said
the State should take action
against the “big sharks” be-
hind the string of recruit-
ment exam paper leaks re-
ported recently.
Addressing farmers and
the youth at a Kisan Samme-
lan in Nagaur’s Parbatsar, the
former deputy chief minister
also called for a legal guaran-
tee on minimum support
price (MSP) for crops.
It was the first of five pub-
lic meetings to be addressed
by Mr Pilot during which he
met with party workers and
supporters, along with his
loyalist leaders, including
minister Hemram Chaud-
hary. Mr Pilot, who is in-
volved in a power tussle with
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot,
said paper leak incidents hurt
the aspirations of the youth
who prepare for the exams in
adverse conditions while
their parents struggle to arra-
nge money for books and fees.
“To instill confidence
among the youth, the Govern-
ment should take action
against the big sharks respon-
sible for paper leaks,” Mr Pi-
lot added without naming
anyone.
the plea on April 9, 2021, be-
fore the bench of Justice Na-
riman?” CJI asked Bhatia.
The CJI added the objection
raised on maintainability of
the PIL will be considered at
an appropriate time. Senior
Advocate Dushyant Dave, ap-
pearing for an intervener,
highlighted that “distasteful
and shocking” statements
have been made by petitioner
“casting aspersions on Chris-
tians and Muslims”.
Youth Congress to have
transgender secretary
MANISH GODHA / Jaipur
The Rajasthan Youth Con-
gress will now have a trans-
gender general secretary
also. The organisation has re-
served one post of the gener-
al secretary for this margin-
alised community at the State
level.
The membership drive and
organisational election of the
Youth Congress are under
process.
The party has changed the
setup of the organisation at
the State level. The number of
posts of vice-presidents and
general secretaries has been
increased to accommodate
more workers and some posts
have been kept reserved to
give representation to all sec-
tions of society, including the
transgenders.
The Pradesh Returning Of-
ficer for the election of the
Rajasthan Youth Congress,
Vipin Negi, said, “We want to
The Supreme Court on Mon-
day refused to entertain a
plea seeking the court’s inter-
vention to declare the crisis
in subsidence-hit Joshimath
a national disaster, saying
since the Uttarakhand High
Court is seized of a “broad
range of issues” it should he-
ar it as a matter of principle.
As the lawyer for the peti-
tioner submitted people in
Joshimath are dying, the top
court told him curtly, “You
don’t want to use these pro-
ceedings for sound bytes in
social media.”
A bench of Chief Justice of
India DY Chandrachud and
Justices PS Narasimha and
JB Pardiwala asked petition-
er Swami Avimuktesh-
waranand Saraswati to ap-
proach the Uttarakhand
High Court with his petition.
“As a matter of principle,
we should allow the High
Court to deal with this. The
High Court is seized of a
broad range of issues, we
will give you liberty to ap-
proach the HC. The specific
aspects highlighted in the
proceedings can be ad-
dressed before the HC for
suitable redressal. We per-
mit the petitioners either to
institute a substantive peti-
tion before the HC so that it
can be together with pending
proceedings or intervene in
the pending matter. The HC
is requested to consider the
Nectar will emerge from Think 20: MP CM
FPJ BUREAU / Indore
Madhya Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Shviraj Singh Chouhan
said contemplation sessions
of the Think 20 meeting un-
der the G-20 in Bhopal will
play a critical role.
“Nectar will certainly eme-
rge from brainstorming of
the intellectuals and thinkers
who will participate in this
meetings,” Mr Chouhan said,
addressing the inaugural ses-
Some posts have been
kept reserved to give
representation to all
sections of society,
including transgenders
reach out to every section of
society, so the posts have been
made reserved for all sec-
tions. This has been done
across the nation. All the
State units will have the same
setup of the organisation.”
As per the organisation,
there will be eight vice-presi-
dents at the State level; of
them, five will be reserved for
SC, ST, OBC, minority and
women. Similarly, there will
be 45 general secretaries; of
them, 14 posts are open for all,
three each for SC/STs, five
each for OBC and minorities,
11 for women, two for SC/ST
women, and one for the dif-
ferently abled and one for the
transgender.
favour on them exposed it.
JOSHIMATH CRISIS
Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and others perform a havan to save
the ‘sinking’ town at Narsimha Temple in Joshimath —ANI
PMO TEAM FINDS MORE CRACKS
Joshimath: PM Narendra Modi and the Centre have been monitor-
ing the situation in Joshimath. After the Ministry of Home Affairs, a
team from the PM’s Office visited the holy city to inspect the land
subsidence affected areas. The cracks have increased slightly. The
team, headed by Mangesh Ghildiyal, Deputy Secretary PMO,
visited the city on Sunday and will submit its report soon, said
sources. According to sources, the purpose of the visit was to
inspect the areas with visible cracks and deteriorating water
quality. Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha inspec-
ted the affected areas and said there had been a slight increase in
the number of cracks, but no new areas were damaged.
grievance,” the bench said. itation of those affected by
The counsel for the Ut- ground subsidence.
tarakhand Government sub- The bench then remarked,
mitted all the points raised by “You don't want to use these
the petitioner have already proceedings for sound bytes
been acted upon. in social media, what you
Senior advocate Sushil Ku- want is relief for affected per-
mar Jain, appearing for the sons.”
petitioner, said people are dy- The SC asked the petition-
ing and urgent steps are er to approach the High
needed for relief and rehabil- Court with his petition.
sion of ‘Think 20’ meeting be- He stressed on Vasudev Ku-
ing held under the aegis of
G20 at Kushabhau Thakre In-
tumbakam. “The principle of
one earth, one family and one
ternational Convention Cen- future is of key importance.
tre on Monday. Our priority is to progress
Lauding the event’s theme with nature, he added. In an
‘One Earth, One Family, One apparent reference to the de-
Future, the CM said, “India’s veloped world, and deprecat-
tradition speaks of world ed the ongoing “rat race” in
peace and welfare. The world the global arena to beat one
is for everyone. There is no another, Mr Chouhan said
need of war. Peace, love and 80% of the world’s resources
faith are needed. Those who were being exploited by a
are weak should be helped.” “handful of people”.
EC demonstrates remote
EVMs for migrant workers
FPJ BUREAU / New Delhi persons, presidents, and gen-
eral secretaries of the recog-
The Election Commission nised eight national and 57 re-
demonstrated prototype of gional parties to demonstrate
the remote electronic voting the functioning of the multi-
machines to the political par- constituency remote EVM.
ties in Delhi on Monday, with Migration-based disenfra-
15 Opposition parties raising nchisement is indeed not an
concern about its use. option in the age of techno-
They will ensure voting at logical advancement. The vo-
remote polling stations for ter turnout in 2019 General
the domestic migrants as Election was 67.4 % and
a modified version of the EC is concerned
the EVM that pro- about 30 crore elec-
vides technologi- Opposition tors not exercis-
cal solution, parties ing franchise and
which is credible, questioned the differential voter
accessible and ac-
ceptable to all
stake holders, the
need to deploy
remote EVMs
turnout in States
and UTs,” it said.
The Opposition
EC told a meeting of parties questioned

has 2 couples Political resolution proposed

as judges
FPJ BUREAU / New Delhi
Nine new judges took oath as
judges of the Rajasthan High
Court on Monday. One of th-
em was Dr Nupur Bhati, wife
of Justice Pushpendra Bhati,
who has been a sitting judge
of the same HC since 2016.
However, this is not the
first time in the history of
the Rajasthan High Court
that a husband-wife duo will
be sitting at the Bench. Sub-
ha Mehta was appointed
at the BJP national executive
on Monday accused the Oppo-
sition of running negative
campaign and using abusive
language against the Govern-
ment, especially Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, and as-
serted that Supreme Court
verdicts exposed it.
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
SWIGGY AGENT DIES
TRYING TO ESCAPE DOG
ANI / Hyderabad
key meeting, a pointer to his
rising profile in the party as
he spearheads the Govern-
ment’s position on legal and
judicial issues, and Uttar
Pradesh Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Keshav Prasad Maurya
and Karnataka Minister Gov-
ind Karjol seconded it, Union
Minister Nirmala Sithara-
man told reporters in Delhi.
While Mr Rijiju is a tribal,
livery boy named Rizwan
national executive, a pointer to his rising profile
in the party as he spearheads Government’s
position on legal and judicial issues
Mr Maurya belongs to the
OBC and Mr Karjol is from
the SC, social groups the BJP
has wooed with considerable
electoral success.
Ms Sitharaman cited a
number of issues over which
2 Lashkar men
chargesheeted for
grenade attack
PTI / Jammu
the Opposition had built a
campaign against the Gover-
nment, including Rafale, Pe-
gasus, Central Vista project,
demonetisation and EWS
quota, and said the SC ver-
dicts in the Government’s
KASHI-VISHWANATH PATTERN
Banke Bihari Temple to have corridor
RASHMI SHARMA / Lucknow
Unfounded allegations
were levelled against Mr
Modi but the crushing legal
response exposed the Opposi-
tion, she said, citing political
resolution. She said the PM is
seen as an incorruptible lea-
der who is working for the na-
tion’s interest and whose lead-
ership has found respect glob-
ally. India’s image under his
leadership has enhanced.
the political parties.
The EC has solicited written
views of the recognised polit-
the need to deploy
RVMs and urged the EC to
address the issue of urban
ical parties by January 31.
A migrant voter would not
apathy towards the poll
process.
need to travel back to his “No Opposition party
home district to exercise his wants to see the demonstra-
franchise of voting. The ma- tion of a remote voting ma-
chine will be able to handle chine. First the issue of the
multiple constituencies from need to have such a machine
a single remote polling booth. should be settled,” Congress
The EC invited the chair- leader Digvijaya Singh said.
Mathura-Vrindavan. The politician said
the corridor would boost the business

judge to the High Court by
the Union Ministry of Law
and Justice on June 3, when
her husband Mahendra Goy-
al was already a judge in the
HC. It was for the first time a
couple were judges in the Ra-
jasthan HC.
In December 2020, Justice
Murali Shankar Kuppuraju
and his wife Justice Tamil-
selvi T Valayapalayamand
were sworn in as judges of
the Madras HC on the same
day. Before that, Justice Vivek
Puri and Justice Archana Pu-
ri were sworn in as judges of
the Punjab and Haryana HC
on the same day in Nov 2019.
A Swiggy delivery agent suc-
cumbed to injuries in a hos-
pital after he fell from the
first floor of a building while
escaping an alleged attack by
a pet dog, police said on Mon-
day. The delivery agent had
been identified as Rizwan.
The pet dog attacked the
delivery agent while he went
for the delivery and fell down
the first floor of the building
while trying to escape.
Banjara Hills Police has
registered a case against
Shobana, the dog’s owner. “It
has been four days since the
incident took place. The de-
died at the hospital while get-
ting treatment. We have reg-
istered a case under IPC Sec-
tion 304(A) against Shobana,
who is the dog’s owner,” Ban-
jara Hills Inspector of Police,
Narender told ANI.
The victim’s brother said,
“My brother was working at
Swiggy. He died after being
treated for a few days. He
went to Banjara Hills to de-
liver a parcel but fell down
trying to escape from the
dog. I appeal to the Telan-
gana Government that we
want justice. The Banjara
Hills police should take nec-
essary action.”
Two Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)
operatives were on Monday
chargesheeted in a case related
to grenade attack on a house in
Rajouri district of J&K in 2021,
resulting in the killing of a minor
boy and injuries to several
others, an official said.
The chargesheet against the
arrested accused, Altaf Hussain
Shah of Draj village (Rajouri) and
his PoK-based associate Mohd
Qasim alias Suleiman, was filed
before the court of third additi-
onal sessions judge, Jammu, he
said. Qasim, a resident of Angrala
village of Mahore in Reasi, is
absconding.
T
he Yogi Adityanath Government
in Uttar Pradesh would construct
a dedicated corridor for the Banke
Bihari Temple in Mathura on the lines of
the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in
Varanasi. The proposed corridor would
ease the pilgrims’ reach to the famous
Banke Bihari shrine and add to the at-
traction of the twin temple towns of
Mathura and Vrindavan.
While the Mathura residents are op-
posed to the move of a corridor, the au-
thorities said it is necessary due to the
growing footfall and congested route.
The locals say the Kunj Guli, the nar-
row lanes leading to the temple, have re-
ligious importance and the proposed
corridor would destroy it. Also, the cor-
ridor would displace hundreds of fami-
lies and shops dependent on the temple
for livelihood. To pacify the agitated res-
idents, Mathura MP Hema Malini held a
meeting with them on Sunday and listed
out the corridor’s benefits. The talks re-
mained inconclusive as they refused to
give in, saying the corridor would de-
stroy the culture and traditional look of
and the number of visitors. As per the pl-
an, the proposed Banke Bihari Corridor
would have three entrances and an ele-
vated broad path leading to the shrine.
Mathura administration officials said
the temple has a history of stampedes re-
sulting into deaths. The corridor would
end such incidents and make the temple
look more elegant. It would be built on
5acre and the pilgrims may directly rea-
ch the Yamuna banks after offering pra-
yers. Vehicles would reach the entrance
gate. The displaced shopowners would
get bigger space in the complex. A 25,000
sqft parking lot would offer relief to vis-
itors. Resting enclosures, drinking water
facilities and free Wi-Fi would also be
provided without touching the original
structure of the Banke Bihari temple.
FIR over indecent remarks against cricketers’ daughters
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday registered an
FIR against unidentified persons for making indecent
comments on social media about the daughters of
cricketers Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, following a
complaint by Delhi Commission for Women. DCW
has taken sou-motu cognisance of social media
posts targeting the two-year-old and seven-year-old
daughters of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.
NATION
MUMBAI I TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023

NEPAL PLANE CRASH

Kejriwal attacks L-G IN THE COURTYARD

UP village mourns over teacher training SC seeks Centre’s stand on marital

rape: Hearing from March 21
death of 4 residents
PTI / New Delhi
FPJ BUREAU / New Delhi matter to the Karnataka time forms the core of the
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind High Court’s verdict refus- woman’s right to life and lib-
Kejriwal on Monday asked The Supreme Court on Mon- ing to quash rape charges erty”.
Lieutenant-Governor VK day asked the Centre to file against a husband as well as Another batch of peti-
Saxena to give in writing that its response on a batch of pe- the exclusion of marital tions challenges the consti-
ANI / Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) he had never rejected a pro- titions about the criminali- rape under Section 375 of tutional validity of the ex-
posal to send government sation of marital rape, and the IPC. ception to marital rape un-
The aeroplane accident in Nepal’s Pokhara teachers for training to Fin- said it would begin the final A plea by Khushboo Saifi der the IPC. Section 375 de-
has made the Alawalpur Afga village of land as the two sides contin- hearing on March 21. pertains to the May 2022 fines rape and lists seven no-
Ghazipur inconsolable, as among the five In- ued to lock horns over the A bench of Chief Justice split verdict by a division tions of consent that, if viti-
dians who were killed in the Yeti Airlines air- matter. Saxena ‘is not of India DY Chandrachud, bench of the Delhi High ated, would constitute the of-
craft crash on Sunday, four were residents of Earlier in the day, Kejriw- comprising Justices PS Court on petitions seeking fence of rape by a man.
this UP district. al, along with his deputy, our headmaster’ Narasimha and JB Pardi- criminalisation of marital However, the provision con-
The deceased are identified as Abhishek Manish Sisodia, led a march Kejriwal alleged that wala, asked the Centre to file rape. While one judge said tains a crucial exemption:
Kushwaha, Vishal Sharma, Sonu and Anil Ra- to the L-G’s office to voice Saxena cannot take its response by February 15. “legitimate expectation of “Sexual intercourse or sexu-
jbhar. All of them were between 22 to 27 years their protest over the issue independent decisions but The petitions filed before sex” is an “inexorable” as- al acts by a man with his
of age group and were running different busi- and seek a meeting with him. he is doing that. The Delhi the Supreme Court range pect of marriage, the other own wife, the wife not being
nesses here. Chandra Maurya, the father of The L-G’s office, however, government’s works are from the split verdict by the said the “right to withdraw under eighteen years of age,
Kushwaha, said he was the only earning People wait to receive bodies of friends and asserted that it has not reject- being deliberately impeded Delhi High Court on the consent at any given point in is not rape.”
member of the family. The deceased used to relatives, victims of a plane crash, at a hospital ed the proposal but has ad- for political reasons, he
run a public service centre. Kushwaha’s in Pokhara, Nepal, on Monday vised the AAP government to alleged, and added that
brother, Abhinesh, said, “I am in a daze; I evaluate it in totality. “the L-G is not our SC to hear Google plea against the face of the record. No ground has been
don’t know what we will do now. After listen-
ing to the news about his death, my father and
Yeti aircraft was previously “Honourable L-G saying
he never rejected teachers’
headmaster to check our
homework. He has to say
NCLAT order tomorrow made ou.” The litigant, Sanjeev Kumar Ti-
wari, urged the bench that not only was his
mother are in a very bad condition.” owned by Kingfisher Airlines Finland training proposal. If yes or no to our proposals”. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday PIL dismissed by a bench led by Chief Jus-
The same is the situation at Vishal Shar- KATHMANDU: The crashed ATR-72 Nepalese that is the case, he may kind- How will an elected said it will hear on Jan 18 a plea of US tech tice Satish Chandra Sharma without allow-
ma’s house where villagers gathered to share passenger plane was previously used by the ly write me a letter immedi- government function if it giant Google against an order of the Na- ing him to read his petition in full, but a cost
their grief while his elder brother and father now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owned by liquor ately, saying that he has no has no power to take tional Company Law Appellate Tribunal of Rs1 lakh was imposed. —FPJ Bureau
spoke of their shock. His friends said that they baron Vijay Mallya, according to Cirium Fleets objection to the proposal and decisions, he asked. (NCLAT) refusing an interim stay on the
could not believe that Sharma was no longer
with them. One of his friends said that when
data.
According to Cirium Fleets data, which tracks
the matter will be over,” Ke-
jriwal said. The Council has also made
competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337
crore penalty on it. The NCLAT, on Jan 4,
Unnao rape: Kuldeep Sengar
the plane was about to land, he was liking his aircraft fleet, equipment and its cost, the 9N- Notably, the State Council a budget provision in its an- had refused an interim stay on an order of granted interim bail by HC
friend’s photograph on Facebook, and Sharma ANC aircraft was delivered to the now-defunct of Educational Research and nual plan and was given a the competition regulator and had asked New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Mon-
was in a live chat with his friends. Kingfisher Airlines in 2007. Six years later, it was Training had planned to send grant-in-aid by the Delhi gov- Google to deposit 10 percent of the amount. day granted interim bail to expelled BJP
Meanwhile, family members of the four bought by Thailand’s Nok Air, before it was sold two groups of 30 primary in- ernment for conducting such The NCLAT admitted the search giant’s leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serv-
men killed in the crash left for Kathmandu on to Nepal’s Yeti Airlines in 2019, it said. charges to Finland in Decem- training programmes challenge to the CCI slapping a Rs 1,337.76 ing life term for raping a minor girl in Uttar
Monday to receive the bodies, an official said. ber 2022 and March 2023. abroad. crore fine for abusing the dominant posi- Pradesh’s Unnao in 2017, to enable him to at-
tion of its Android smartphone operating tend the wedding of his daughter.
system in the country.

Ganga Vilas cruise ‘obscene’,
a threat to dolphins: Jairam
ANI / New Delhi
While inaugurating the
world’s longest river cruise ti-
tled Ganga Vilas, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi called it
“a new age of tourism in In-
dia”, but on the other hand,
Congress general secretary
in charge of communications
Jairam Ramesh has termed
the service “obscene”.
Taking to Twitter, the Con-
gress leader said that the
service would also endanger
India’s national aquatic
mammal.
“The river cruise on the
Ganga unveiled by the PM is
obscene! Who can afford Rs 50
lakh per night except the
filthy rich? Ganga is still nei-
ther Nirmal nor Aviral. Now
this Tamasha will also endan-
ger India’s national aquatic
mammal — the Gangetic dol-
phin,” Jairam Ramesh wrote
in his tweet.
The Ganga river cruise
was flagged off by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Friday from Varanasi.
The 51-day cruise, being
pitched as the world’s longest
river cruise, is expected to
reach its final destination —
Dibrugarh in Assam — on
March 1.
Luxury boat
reaches Patna
NEW DELHI: The world’s
longest luxury river cruise
MV Ganga Vilas has reached
Patna and the vessel will
continue its onward journey
as per schedule, the
government said on Monday
while debunking reports that
the vessel was stuck in
Chhapra.
Earlier, there were reports
that the MV Ganga Vilas
was struck in the river in
Bihar’s Chapra thanks to silt
and shallow water on
Monday.
No invite to 8 parties for Rahul’s
yatra finale in Srinagar
FPJ BUREAU / New Delhi
The Congress has not invited
eight political parties to the
concluding event of the
Bharat Jodo Yatra on Jan 30
as a coalition making strate-
gy because of their links
with Prime Minister Modi’s
Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mr Rahul Gandhi believes
most of them are working to
harm the secular camp and
have an implicit understand-
ing with the BJP.
He ticked off eight parties
to be kept away from the Sri-
nagar conclave of the Oppo-
sition parties on Jan 30.
The parties are: Aam Aad-
mi Party of Arvind Kejriwal,
K Chandrashekar Rao’s
Telangana Rashtra Samithi,
now renamed as Bharat
Rashtra Samithi, YSR Con-
gress Party, Naveen Patnaik’s
Biju Janata Dal, Akali Dal,
AIADMK, Asaduddin
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the party’s
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Jalandhar district, on Monday
Owaisi’s AIMIM, and
Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF.
Congress chief
spokesman Jairam Ramesh
has declared that the Con-
gress would not have any al-
liance with the AAP as it is
one of the Opposition parties
as puppets to bolster the
BJP’s electoral prospects in
Gujarat and Goa.
It sees similar suspicions
about Mr Owaisi’s AIMIM
that spoiled the Congress’s
prospects in Maharashtra,
Bihar, Gujarat and UP and
appears ready to do a repeat
in Karnataka.
His Assam counterpart is
Baadruddin Ajmal’s AIDUF
dividing the Muslim votes in
Assam.
Review of Chandrachud’s
Supplementary charge sheet
against Chandrashekhar aide
appointment plea dismissed
New Delhi: Pinky Irani, a close aide to al-
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Mon- leged fraudster Sukesh Chandrashekhar,
day rejected a review petition against an or- introduced him to Bollywood actor Jacque-
der dismissing the challenge to the appoint- line Fernandez and was instrumental in
ment of Justice DY Chandrachud as the disposing of the Rs 200 crore extorted by
50th Chief Justice of India in November him, the Delhi police told a court here on
last year. A division bench of Justices San- Monday. The Economic Offences Wing
jeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan said, (EOW) of Delhi police made the allegations
“The review petition appears to be an ap- in a supplementary charge sheet filed be-
peal disguised as a review. The petitioner fore Additional Sessions Judge Shailendra
has not been able to point out any error on Malik.
Didi warns those breaching Banga Bhavan
ARITRA SINGHA / Kolkata Banga Bhavan. son said that those who are
“Chief Justice, judges stay using ‘bulldozer’ one day will
West Bengal Chief Minister in Banga Bhavan. When I be their ‘closure’.
Mamata Banerjee instructed travel to Delhi alone, I even Meanwhile, amidst politi-
the Chief Secretary to make stay there. The police without cal slugfest due to cancella-
sure that no one enters Banga permission entered there and tion of venue for Bollywood
Bhavan at the national capital arrested a leader of my party. singer Arijit Singh, Mamata
without permission or else They have also taken the on Monday mentioned, “Arijit
she will take legal action. CCTV cameras (footage). If Singh, the pride of Murshid-
Addressing a public rally at they enter the premises, abad and our State. He wants
Murshidabad, Mamata with- which is Bengal govern- to build a medical college and
out taking the name of TMC ment’s property, I will take le- hospital in Jangipur. I am as-
leader Saket Gokhale said gal action. Law will take its suring him that whatever
that two days back, the Gu- own course,” said Mamata. help he needs, our govern-
jarat police along with Delhi Taking further potshots at ment will provide it. Arijit
police had arrested him from the BJP, the TMC chairper- Singh has no arrogance.”

A PIED PIPER NEEDED

BCI team visits
Rodent menace hits Jagannath Temple Priyanka woos women, promises HC, fails to get
PTI / Bhubaneswar

The authorities running

the Jagannath Temple of
Puri may need a Pied Piper
to rid it of rodents that
have infested the 12th-cen-
tury shrine.
The rodents, whose num-
bers increased manifold
during the absence of devo-
tees in the wake of the
Covid pandemic, have been
nibbling away at the attires
of the gods — Jagannath,
Balabhadra and Subhadra
— in the shrine.
The servitors and priests
have voiced fears that the
rodents may damage the
idols of the deities, though
temple administrator Jiten-
dra Sahoo feels there is no
need to take fright.
`2,000 a month if voted to power
“There were few rodents
in the sanctum sanctorum
of the temple but their
number increased signifi-
cantly after the Covid pan-
demic,” Ramachandra Das-
mohapatra, a servitor, said.
The rodents also create a
disturbance when the
priests perform rituals,
said Satyanarayan Pus-
palak, representing the
group of servitors who dec-
orate the deities with gar-
lands.
“The rats devour the flow-
ers offered to the deities
and nibble away at the
valuable attires of the
gods,” Pushpalak said.
Though the rodents cause
a nuisance in the ‘Garva
Gruha’ (sanctum sancto-
rum), the servitors are not
permitted to kill animals
or poison them inside the
temple, said Bhaskar
Mishra, a researcher in the
Jagannath culture.
Though the population of
rodents increased due to
the absence of devotees in-
side the temple during the
lockdown, the rodents are
not new to the place,
Mishra said. Some animals
live on the Jagannath Tem-
ple premises for genera-
tions as they get an ade-
quate quantity of the left-
over ‘Mahaprasad’, he said.
“The temple ROR clearly
states that some specific
servitors are given the re-
sponsibility to catch the ro-
dents alive and release
them outside,” Mishra
said.
SHANKAR RAJ / Bengaluru
In a big push to woo women
ahead of the assembly poll in
May this year, Congress
leader Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra on Monday promised
Rs2,000 a month to every
woman head of households if
the party is voted to power in
Karnataka.
At an event called ‘Na
Nayaki’ (I am a woman
leader) in Bengaluru, she
said “Rs24,000 would be di-
rectly credited to your bank
accounts every year under
the ‘Gruha Lakshmi Yojana’,
an ‘unconditional universal
basic income’.”
The Congress leader said
‘Gruha Lakshmi Yojana’ is
an attempt of the Congress to
share the “burden of the ex-
orbitant” LPG prices and the
“costly daily expenses” that a
woman has to bear.
More than 1.5 crore
women would benefit from
the scheme, the party said.
She said a separate mani-
festo for women would be re-
leased in the state and al-
leged rampant corruption in
the BJP-ruled state.
Meanwhile, Karnataka
CM Basavaraj Bommai
ridiculed Mrs vadra’s event
titled ‘Na Nayaki’, saying,
“Today people have to say Na
Nayaki by keeping Priyanka
Gandhi’s photo.”
She learned the
ways of India’
BENGALURU: Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra became
emotional on Monday when
she said her mother, Sonia
Gandhi, initially struggled to
learn Indian traditions and
disliked politics. She said: “She
(Sonia) came all the way from
Italy to India. She struggled to
learn our traditions. She learnt
the ways of India. Even
though she disliked politics,
she took the path to serve the
nation and she served it all
her life till today when she is
76 years old.” —Shankar Raj
CCTV footage
Kolkata: The fact-finding
team of Bar Council of India
(BCI) on Monday visited the
Calcutta High Court to in-
quire into the incident of
ruckus and boycotting of the
bench of Justice Rajasekhar
Mantha.
The team spoke with the
Register General but failed to
get any CCTV footage of the
incident.
Talking to the media the
team said that they didn’t get
any CCTV footage and also
that the videos available on
Youtube are not their evi-
dence.
The team even urged that if
anyone has any footage then
they should send it to BCI.
—Aritra Singha

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Had no way to check...
He said the BMC would be only “too
happy to assist” the investigation by
sharing any other information the
agency might need. Of the 10 jumbo
centres set up during the pandemic
with ICU-dialysis and oxygen beds,
one is under the agency’s scanner, he
said. More than 97,000 Mumbaiites
had used these centres and many
were saved.
The Commissioner arrived at the E.D.
office at around 11:30am and left at
3:30 pm. An E.D. source told The
Free Press Journal that the agency
would scrutinise the information he
had shared and seek clarifications if
needed. The agency’s probe seeks to
establish the identity of the
beneficiaries of the contract and
whether payments to the firm were
made as per norms.
In March-April 2020, when the
pandemic hit the city, there were
only 3,750 beds available at civic
hospitals while the Centre and the
World Health Organisation warned
there could be lakhs of patients in
the months to follow.
As the state Department of Medical
Education expressed inability to
provide doctors for deployment at
the jumbo centres, the authorities
had to outsource the task of
providing trained medical personnel
to private agencies.
The E.D. probe relates to a first
information report lodged at the
Azad Maidan police station in August
2022 against partners of Lifeline
Hospital Management Services,
contracted by the BMC to set up two
jumbo centres.
According to the FIR, the company
got the contract using forged
documents and had no experience of
providing manpower for any medical
or health facility.
Mr Chahal told reporters that when
the Mumbai Police approached the
BMC for information relating to the
complaint, the civic body requested
the former to lodge an FIR and
investigate as the force has the
resources to examine the documents
submitted.
According to the FIR, in 2020, a TV
journalist died of Covid in Pune after
which the Pune Municipal
Corporation and the Pune
Metropolitan Region Development
Authority (PMRDA) jointly inquired
into the firm. The PMRDA also seized
the security amount of Rs25 lakh
deposited by the firm.
The inquiry revealed that the firm
had no experience of providing
medical services nor did it have
adequate staff. It had junior doctors
instead of seniors. Thereafter, the
PMRDA issued a direction blacklisting
Lifeline.
Yet, the BMC awarded the same
company a contract worth Rs38 crore
to provide services at two jumbo
centres. The firm allegedly concealed
relevant facts from the BMC. The FIR
also says the partnership firm was
unregistered and the partnership
deed submitted to the BMC was
dubious.
Viacom18 bags...
Some of the country’s biggest stars
in the women’s game, such as
national team skipper Harmanpreet
Kaur and opener Smriti Mandhana,
lauded the BCCI after the big
announcement.
“Today marks a new era where our
women cricketers will get the
platform they deserve to thrive, excel
and develop on the global stage. I’m
sure you’ll be mesmerized by the
talent we have!” Ms Kaur tweeted.
Ms Mandhana said, “Today’s a day
that every Indian women cricketer
will remember. The #WIPL is finally
taking shape… Come on girls, it’s all
yours for the taking!”
State lazy, say locals...
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, JBSS convenor Atul Sati
accused the State Government of
ignoring warnings about the disaster
for 14 months and dealing with it
now at a snail’s pace.
“The crisis has endangered the very
existence of a historic town, but the
relief and rescue operations being
carried out by the State Government
are devoid of urgency,” Mr Sati said.
Joshimath, gateway to pilgrimage
sites like Badrinath and Hemkund
Sahib and international skiing
destination Auli, is on the edge of a
precipice with gaping cracks
appearing in buildings, roads and
public facilities.
At least 44 more buildings developed
cracks in the past 24 hours, including
a five-room rest house of the Public
Works Department (PWD). The
labourers in the premises were
shifted to a safer place.
On Sunday, 17 more buildings were
declared unsafe and marked with red
crosses. PWD Executive Engineer
Surendra Patwal said cracks had
widened in several houses in
Singhdhaar and Manoharbaag
wards.
Evacuation of affected families to
temporary relief centres and
dismantling of two unsafe hotels
continued. A total of 800 people
from 237 families have so far been
shifted to safety by the district
administration, according to the daily
bulletin of the Disaster Management
Authority.
Freeway extension..
At the Thane end, there will be a toll
post having 10 lanes — five in each
direction — to ensure that motorists
do not try to bypass the toll naka at
Mulund by taking the elevated road.
A major chunk of vehicular traffic
enters or exits the Eastern Express
Highway for the Mulund-Airoli link,
Powai, Ghatkopar, Santa Cruz-
Chembur Link Road and Pune.
At the Chheda Nagar junction, traffic
coming from Pune and Navi Mumbai
as well as from the SCLR can get on
to the Freeway extension to head to
Thane. The Eastern Freeway connects
Orange Gate and Shivaji Nagar, a
stretch of 16.4km. The extension will
take its total length beyond 31 km.
BJP’s target: Win all...
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power in states where it is in
opposition and to make states where
it is ruling "impregnable forts", Mr
Nadda said.
Starting with Tripura, Nagaland and
Meghalaya, Assembly polls are
expected to be held in Karnataka
followed by Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram
in one go and then Telangana this
year.
The ruling party has been putting in
place a number of exercises to
strengthen its organisation to ensure
it returns to power in 2024 at the
Centre for a third term.
In his nearly 45-minute closed-door
address, Mr Nadda highlighted the
representation given to Other
Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes in BJP
governments in states and at the
Centre, besides in constitutional
positions like governor.
He noted that in President Droupadi
Murmu, India has its first tribal
person at the top constitutional post.
“The party is getting votes of the
backward classes, SCs and STs and
giving them representation,” Mr
Nadda said. “This shows our resolve
of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka
Prayas." He stressed on the party’s
growing voter base since Mr Modi
led it to victory in 2014 and 2019.
He praised the party's win in the
recent Gujarat Assembly polls as
"extraordinary and historic", saying
winning more than 150 seats in the
182-member assembly was a great
achievement.
While the party lost Himachal
Pradesh to the Congress, the vote
gap between the two parties was
less than 1%, he said.
Cops suspect...
The police have registered a case
under Sections 463 (forgery) and
465 (punishment for forgery) of the
Indian Penal Code and Sections 43(f)
(denies or causes denial of access to
any person authorised to access any
computer, computer system or
computer network by any means),
43A (compensation for failure to
protect data) and 65 (tampering
with computer source documents) of
the Information Technology Act.
Senior Inspector Vivek Shende of the
Tardeo police station said, “We are
taking the help of the cyber police
to get leads. Such cases are
rampant and the possibility of
youngsters being involved cannot
be ruled out.”
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The Opposition, however, hit out at
the move, with Congress leader
Jairam Ramesh saying that while
reforms were needed in judicial
appointments, the Government’s
remedy was a “poison pill” for the
independence of the judiciary. The
party said this was an
“orchestrated confrontation” by the
Government to “capture” the
judiciary.
Officials said the Law Minister has
sought the setting up of a “search
and evaluation committee” with
representation from the Central and
State Governments in the selection
of judges for the Supreme Court and
High Courts, respectively.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
also dubbed the Government’s
move “extremely dangerous”.
“There should be absolutely no
government interference in judicial
appointments,” Mr Kejriwal said on
Twitter.
Reacting to his remarks, Mr Rijiju
said the move was in line with the
direction of the Constitution bench
to restructure the MoP
(Memorandum of Procedure) of the
collegium system.
“I hope you honour the court’s
direction! This is precise follow-up
action of the direction of the
Supreme Court Constitution Bench
while striking down the National
Judicial Appointment Commission
Act,” the minister tweeted.
GOA
GOANS RISE IN BATTLE TO SAVE MHADEI
„ THOUSANDS ATTEND MEETING AT SANQUELIM „ RESOLUTION PASSED
DEMANDING WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL GIVEN TO DPR OF KARNATAKA
„ GOVT URGED TO COME OUT PUBLICLY IN SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT
THE GOAN I NETWORK
SANQUELIM
Thousands of people from all
over Goa descended at Vir-
di-Sanquelim on Monday,
to extend their support to
the Save Mhadei movement,
which is being touted as the
second Opinion Poll.
A couple of resolutions
were adopted demanding
that the Central Water Tribu-
nal withdraw the approval of
DPR granted to Karnataka as
any attempt to divert the na-
ture water course of Mhadei
would have severe impact on
population of the six talukas
depending on their drinking
water needs.
“It will also affect the flora
and fauna of the river valley,
as well as the people’s life and
culture in the area. Diversion
of Mhadei will threaten the
Western Ghats along with the
fishermen, farmers, paddy
fields, cultivated lands and
biological resources that de-
pend on the river water,” the
resolution states.
Stating that the Mhadei is-
sue is associated with the self
respect, identity and future of
Goans, another resolution has
urged the State government to
come out publicly in support
of the movement.
IN SHORT >>
Leopard caught in
trap at Quepem, dies
PANAJI: In yet another
incident, a leopard died
after being caught in snare
meant for other animals. The
decomposed carcass was
found trapped in snare set for
wild boars at Dabem, Padi in
Quepem. A similar incident
was reported from Kopar-
dem, Sattari in the last week
of December 2022.
Dense fog disrupts
ferry services
PANAJI: Dense fog disrupted
normal life of most islands
dependent on ferry services
on Monday morning. Com-
muters especially office
goers and students using
the busy Chorao ferry route
were the worst affected. Ferry
services on other routes were
also affected.
Cops bust interstate
gang of thieves
PANAJI: The Panaji police
busted an interstate gang
of thieves who stole jewelry
worth Rs 4.53 lakh approx
from a store where they
posed as prospective buyers.
The accused, all of whom
have a string of cases regis-
tered against them in Maha-
rashtra, Goa, Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh, were traced
within hours of registering a
theft complaint.
Vistara begins ops
at Mopa airport
PANAJI: Vistara Airlines has
announced the addition
of Manohar International
Airport, Mopa to its domestic
network with daily connec-
tivity to and from Bengaluru
along with 6 weekly flights to
and from Mumbai, starting
February 14.
WEATHER >>
Max: 30 C
Min: 19C
Humidity: 75%
TIDES
Low: 12.31 ----
High: 04.59 20.05
MONDAY | AUGUST
Tuesday 29, 2023
January 17, 2022
A section of the crowd at the Save Mhadei meeting near Amona bridge, Sanquelim on Monday.
Further, the government
has been urged not to fall
short in its efforts to save Mha-
dei and not to sacrifice Mha-
dei under any pressure.
Meanwhile, an array of
speakers spoke at the meet-
ing urging Goans to unite as
one and take the Mhadei fight
Legal battle only way to stop Governor’s address skips Mhadei on
Mhadei diversion: Kerkar opening day of Assembly session
Claims K’taka’s projects will spell doom for Goa
THE GOAN I NETWORK
SANQUELIM
Painting a grim picture on the
Mhadei issue, environmental-
ist Rajendra Kerkar pointed
out that legal battle is the only
way forward to stop the diver-
sion of the river.
“The Tribunal has already
given the award which allows
Karnataka 3.9 TMC water and
we cannot stop that from hap-
pening,” Kerkar said.
However, he pointed out
that in the DPR Karnataka has
proposed diversion of Surla
river water as well, which can-
not be the case.
“On this point, we can take
the legal fight forward and
win,” Kerkar said.
He further said that if
one studies thoroughly
the projects proposed by
Karnataka, then they will
realize the quantum of the
disaster awaiting as Goa will
not get even a single drop of
Mishaps continue
at Karmalghat
THE GOAN I NETWORK
CANACONA
After a gap of around two
months, mishaps have con-
tinued along the dreaded Kar-
malghat Ghat after an inter-
state truck went off the road in
the wee hours of Monday. The
driver and cleaner escaped
unhurt.
According to sources, a
Karnataka-registered loaded
truck was headed towards
Karwar when it went off the
highway after its left wheels
went into the trench and the
vehicle rested on the hill.
However, highway traffic
was not affected as the truck
came to a rest on the extreme
forward.
Prof Prajal Sakhardande
highlighted how almost half
of Goa is dependent on Mha-
dei water with its six talukas
dependent on the river for its
drinking water.
“If 3.9 TMC feet water is al-
lowed to be diverted, it will
K E R K A R : F R A N K TA L K
„ Important that our
MLAs first understand the
issue... When we don’t
have knowledge, there is
no possibility of achieving
victory
„ I tried to pass on Mha-
dei knowledge to MLAs in
the past, but they were not
interested
„ Goans should also give
equal importance to other
rivers as well which are
water.
“It is important that our
MLAs first understand about
the issue. When we don’t have
knowledge of the issue, there
is no possibility of achiev-
ing a victory,” Kerkar said
and urged the six Opposition
MLAs present to first read the
12 volumes which were pre-
left of the road.
It may be recalled that fre-
quent mishaps mostly involv-
ing inter-state transportation
prompted government au-
thorities to consider repair
and widening the narrow
Karmalghat section. A num-
ber of officials inspected the
highway.
It is also learnt a section of
the highway at Karmalghat
has been taken up for
widening and repairs, but
motorists claim no moves
have been initiated to remove
the death traps particularly
the stiff edges which catches
many Inter-State traffic off
guard at the treacherous
curves and turns.
spell doom for Goa and we
will not allow that to hap-
pen,” Sakhardande added.
Dnyanpith awardee Damo-
dar Mauzo likened the current
movement with that of the
Opinion Poll wherein several
leaders participated.
“That time too, we were
being neglected
„ Scientists of Goa did
not come forward to offer
services in the fight for
Mhadei when needed
pared on Mhadei.
“I had tried to pass on Mha-
dei knowledge to the MLAs in
the past. But, they were not
interested,” Kerkar said, while
stating that in Karnataka, the
MLAs are very knowledgeable
on the issue.
read more on thegoan.net
Govt orders clean up of all wells in Candolim
Appoints six-member committee to investigate Pilerne factory fire
THE GOAN I NETWORK
MAPUSA
W FACTORY RELOCATED
hile the government
has set up a commit-
tee headed by North
Goa Collector to probe the
fire incident at the Pilerne In-
dustrial Estate, Chief Minister
Pramod Sawant has directed
the Goa State Pollution Control
Board (GSPCB) and Water Re-
sources Department (WRD) to
inspect and clean the wells at
Saipem in Candolim village.
“A committee has been
appointed to look into the fire
incident under the Collector,
North which has around six
members, which include a
member each of GSPCB and
told nothing will come out
of such movement and today
also, they will tell that noth-
ing will happen but we will
definitely taste victory if such
a massive crowd is behind the
movement,” Mauzo added.
TMC leader Kirti Azad
opined that Goa will not re-
PAINTS ROSY PICTURE OF GOA, CITES ‘IMPRESSIVE’ SOCIO-ECO INDICATORS
THE GOAN I NETWORK
PANAJI
Governor P S Sreedharan
Pillai on Monday entirely
skipped the vexed Mhadei
issue even as in his nearly
hour-long address to the Goa
legislative Assembly on day
one of the 4-day winter ses-
sion, he painted a rosy picture
of governance on the legs of
the State’s “very impressive”
numbers relating to socio-eco-
nomic indicators.
The Opposition was absent
as their attempt to seek that
the Governor speak on the
Mhadei imbroglio, shouting
slogans, holding placards,
symbolically adorned in black
and even rushing to the House
well, ended with the Speaker
Ramesh Tawadkar ordering
their ejection by marshals.  Mhadei issue. Also adorned in
The six MLAs -- Opposi-
tion Leader Yuri Alemao and
his two Congress colleagues
Carlos Alvares-Ferreira and
IDC. They will submit their
report to the government.
After getting the report, we will
discuss the matter in detail
and decide what action to be
taken. I have also directed the
WRD and GSPCB to inspect and
clean the wells,” Sawant said.
log on to thegoan.net
Narayan Pissurlenkar
main the same if Mhadei wa-
ter is allowed to be diverted.
“What will happen to its
wildlife parks, its tourism?”
he questioned and urge Goans
to unitedly fight for Mhadei’s
cause for the sake of future
generations.
Chicalim Parish Priest Fr
Altone D’Costa, AAP’s Ven-
zy Viegas and Cruz Silva and
GFP’s Vijai Sardesai -- howev-
er walked out and boycotted
the Governor’s address even
before the marshals could
usher them out.
RGP’s lone MLA, Viresh
Borkar, was not in the House
at the time of the commotion
but claimed he was very much
with the Opposition on the
black, he was removed from
the House when he entered
and took his seat.
Pillai, meanwhile, went
Y
DA
ON SUN
Candolim Sarpanch Fermi-
no Fernandes informed that
there were at least around 30
wells at Saipem and Orda in
Facebook.com/thegoaneveryday
Only 6 MLAs
attend meet
SANQUELIM: Even as sepa-
rate seating arrangements
were made for all the 40
MLAs for the Save Mhadei
meet at Sanquelim, only six
Bolmax Pereira chided Chief attended.
Minister Pramod Sawant for Among those who attend-
stating the Opposition is do- ed included Congress’ Yuri
ing politics on Mhadei issue Alemao, Adv Carlos Ferreira
as he said that it is the duty of and Altone D’Costa, AAP’s
the politicians to resolve the Venzy Viegas and Cruz Sil-
issue. va, and Goa Forward’s Vijay
“The issue can be resolved Sardessai.
through a political answer,” Apart from that, several
he opined. former MLAs also attended
Further, Fr Pereira called including Ramakant Khal-
upon CM Sawant and all the ap, Pratap Gawas, Alina
MLAs to resign in protest, if Saldanha, Victor Gonsalves
they fail to resolve the issue. and others.
Adv Hrudaynath Shirodkar
urged that there is a need to
strengthen the hands of Ra- to him.
jendra Kerkar who has dedi- “As the politicians have
cated his life for Mhadei. failed to protect Mhadei, it is
“Our government is not the people who have taken the
fighting the Mhadei case in lead and politicians should
the SC properly and hence, we extend their support to the
have to rally behind Kerkar to movement,” Polgi stated.
take the fight forward,” Shi- Opining that future battles
rodkar said. would be fought on water, GA-
Poet Datta Damodar Naik KUVED spokesperson Govind
questioned how a State is al- Shirodkar said that it appears
lowed to divert a river when that such a battle is starting in
even nations cannot do so. Goa.
“From India, 6 rivers flow Earlier, the meeting began
to Pakistan but the flow was with school children singing
never stopped. Then how Kar- songs and presenting skits
nataka is doing the same?” he based on Mhadei.
posed. Famed tiatrist Francis de
Activist Xencor Polgi Tuem also sang a Konkani
questioned the absence of CM song dedicated to the cause.
Pramod Sawant at the meet Also, as a symbolic gesture
even though he claims that
Mhadei is more than a mother read more on thegoan.net
Slogan-shouting Oppn shown the door
PANAJI: All seven MLAs from the Opposition wore black attires
and got ejected from the House after six of them sought to
interrupt the Governor’s address walking into the well of the
House chanting ‘Amchi Mhadei Amkam Zai’ and holding
placards on day one of the 4-day winter session of the Goa
legislative assembly on Monday.
Leader of the Opposition Yuri Alemao led the demand for the
Governor Sreedharan Pillai to speak on the Mhadei issue first
and was backed by five other colleagues from his Congress,
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Goa Forward Party (GFP). Viresh
Borkar, the lone Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA was not
present in the House at the time but came in much later and
also got ejected.
ahead with his address in 22 budget speech.
which he said, Goa’s so- Estimated per capita in-
cio-economic indicators are come, quick estimate of the
“very impressive” as against Gross State Domestic Prod-
those of other States and uct (GSDP) of 2021-22 at  Rs
claimed his government had 82,603.70 crore and growth
implemented or initiated all
assurances made in the 2021- read more on thegoan.net
CALANGUTE MLA WANTS at the Pilerne Industrial Estate
last week created much panic
HAZARDOUS PAINT among the Saipem villagers in
the vicinity.
read more on thegoan.net The Fire and Emergency
Services Department took
almost 48 hours to bring the
Candolim which have been fire under control and used
contaminated. more than 2 lakh litres of water
“The CM has directed the besides foam to bring the fire
WRD and GSPCB to empty under control. Several fire
and revive all the wells in the tenders from the fire depart-
village. It has come as a big ment, MPT and even the navy
solace to the villagers. In the were used in the fire fighting
meanwhile, we have arranged operation.
water tankers to supply water Fortunately, there was no
to the locals for the moment,” loss of life but around 44
Fernandes said. vehicles were gutted while the
The deadly fire that en- paint factory’s entire ware-
gulfed a warehouse of the house was gutted in the fire
Berger Becker Coatings Pvt Ltd incident.
 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The most wasted day of all is that
on which we have not laughed.
— NICOLAS CHAMFORT
MUMBAI | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
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Bhagwat is the leader and others in- ises to protect the civil and religious might of the regenerated Hindu na- ‘Mighty Arm’ as expressed in Mr
State of cluding Mr Modi have to follow him rights of the minority communities. tion strike down the enemy’s hosts Golwalkar’s writings was at work.

Gubernatorial the Union

in letter and spirit. When he says
that India has been at war for the
last 1000 years and in war ‘aggres-
When Mr Bhagwat talks about a
thousand years’ war, then he clearly
identifies Muslims as an enemy
with its mighty arm.”
Mr Modi after becoming the prime
minister said ‘Sabka Sath; Sabka
Mr Bhagwat has now openly justi-
fied the violent behaviour of his foot
soldiers and discriminatory acts of

overreach
sion’ is inevitable, then it should be
understood that Mr Bhagwat is not
Ashutosh only justifying the current disturb-
ing and destabilising socio-political
with which Hindus are at war; and Vikas’ and many of my liberal the Government. It seems that the
war by nature is violent and ruth- friends were deceived into believing RSS has realised that as its cente-
less. It is a vanquishing exercise that the RSS had moderated its nary year is approaching, it is better
which ultimately leads to annihila- views about Muslims. This was fur- to expose the full might of its ideolo-

T F
he controversial actions of Tamil Nadu Governor RN or the Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty and the Rashtriya
Ravi have highlighted once again the contentious ties Swayamsevak Sangh, the
between governors and Opposition state govern- years 2023 and 2024 are important
ments. This has for long been a sticking point and was ex- not because these are major election
ploited mercilessly by earlier Congress governments at the years but because these are followed
Centre which dismissed legitimately elected governments at by the RSS completing a hundred
years in 2025. They would like to cel-
the drop of a hat at the behest of governors. Former CBI and ebrate this with a sense of victory
Intelligence Bureau officer Ravi's decision to omit three cru- and accomplishment. In 1925, when
cial paragraphs from the speech prepared by the State Gov- the RSS was founded by an ex-Con-
ernment for his address to the Assembly amounted to over- gressman named Keshav Baliram
stepping his role as the constitutional and titular head of the
Hedgewar, it was not even noticed
by top echelons of power in India. It
state. The Governor's remit is limited to reading out the started like any other organisation
speech prepared by the State Government, just as the Presi- but it had the appetite and immense
patience to wait — indefinitely — in
dent, in her customary address to the Budget session of Par-
liament, reads out the report card of the Union Government the wilderness. Ultimately, its pa-
tience paid off, and now when it is
prepared by the Government itself. Any deviation from the set to complete 100 years in 2025, it
text will result in a constitutional crisis. Fortunately most has a very powerful Government at
Presidents have adhered to the principle of non-interference the centre. It has successfully re-
in affairs of state. Why then are governors so intent on stir- placed the grand old party, the Con-
gress, in terms of hegemonic ideas
ring the pot in Opposition-ruled states? and also in governance. And there is
Earlier, career politicians were rarely appointed gover- only a remote possibility that the
nors, but nowadays the trend is to appoint those with blatant Congress could regain its old glory
political beliefs or former bureaucrats known to do the bid- soon. It is in this context that two
ding of their political masters. Mr Ravi's gratuitous pro- disruptive statements emanating
from the RSS family should alarm
nouncements on Sanatan Dharma and his suggestion that those who believe in a democratic
Tamil Nadu be renamed Tamizhagam only made the DMK India.
Government see red. His decision to omit paragraphs in his Mohan Bhagwat is no ordinary
address relating to the Dravidian model of development man. He is the chief of the RSS fam-
ily and technically within the fami-
prompted Chief Minister MK Stalin to move a resolution ly hierarchy he occupies a higher
against his action, making the Governor walk out in a huff. status than Prime Minister Naren-
The row did not end there, with the Governor issuing invi- dra Modi. Within the RSS family, Mr
tations for a Pongal get-together at the Raj Bhavan where the
trends but also hinting that this will
continue and may lead to more dis-
ruptive features. This should seri-
ously worry all those who espouse
and dream of a harmonious and
democratic India, those who take a
lot of pride in its diversity.
Along with Mr Bhagwat, Vice
President Jagdeep Dhankhar has
also raised a disturbing issue when
he said that the basic structure of
the Constitution verdict by the
Supreme Court in the Kesavananda
Bharati case set a bad precedent,
which does not augur well for demo-
cratic society. The Indian Constitu-
tion is a dynamic document. The
writers, while drafting the Constitu-
tion, envisioned it as a living organ-
ism, not a dead document. That is
why it has empowered Parliament
with amendment rights and created
a judiciary not only to be independ-
ent of the executive and legislature
but also entrusted it with the power
to interpret the Constitution as its
guardian, whose primary job is not
only to protect the basic rights of the
citizen from any encroachment
from the executive and the legisla-
ture but also to keep it democratic.
The Constitution provides a frame-
work in which conflicts between the
communities are resolved in a
peaceful and democratic manner. It
does not allow the majority commu-
nity to subjugate the minority com-
munity under any pretext. It prom-
tion of one of the warring actors.
If one researches RSS ideological
documents, it is clear that Mr Bhag-
wat is not saying anything new. The
second RSS chief, M S Golwalkar,
wrote a long time ago that Muslims
are one of the three enemies of the
country along with Christians and
Communists. He has also written
that Hindus have been at war with
Muslims for more than a thousand
It seems that the RSS has realised that as its centenary
year is approaching, it is better to expose the full might
of its ideology
years. Mr Golwalkar writes in ‘We
or Our Nationhood Defined’, “Hin-
du nation ... is fighting on. Ever
since that evil day, when Muslims
first landed in Hindustan, right upto
the present moment the Hindu na-
tion has been gallantly fighting on to
shake off the despoilers. It is the for-
tune of the war, the tide turns now
to this side, now to that, but the war
goes on and has not been decided
yet.” Mr Golwalkar was confident
that the tide of history has turned
and now Hindus will not lose this
war. He writes, “Nor is there any
fear of its being decided to our detri-
ment. The Race Spirit has been
awakened. The lion was not dead,
only sleeping. He is rousing himself
up again and the world has to see the
ther reinforced when Mohan Bhag-
wat in Vigyan Bhawan in 2018 said,
“Hindutva is incomplete without
Muslims”. Even very recently, he
said, “Why should Shivling be
searched for in every mosque?” He
was also seen meeting with a Mus-
lim leader, Arshad Madni. And this
was happening when Muslims were
allegedly being persecuted by the so-
called Hindutvavadis in the form of
mob lynching, their houses being
bulldozed on minor pretexts, not be-
ing allowed to pray on Government-
sanctioned lands, calls being given
for their economic boycott, the hijab
being made a huge issue, demand
for banning halal meat, Muslim-run
eateries being removed in Gujarat,
people like Yati Narsinghanand call-
ing for Muslims’ genocide, and Gov-
ernment agencies implementing
rule of law against Muslims in an al-
legedly partisan manner. If one
talks to Muslims then one gets a
sense that they feel they are being
treated as the ‘Other’ and no longer
feel equal to Hindus as citizens.
It appears that Mr Modi and Mr
Bhagwat were both busy creating a
smokescreen, behind which the
gy. Maybe the RSS has reached the
conclusion that, as Mr Bhagwat ad-
mits in his interview, there is wider
acceptance of the RSS ideology and
there is no point in shooting from
the shadows. And in this pursuit
every arm of the Government has to
play a decisive role.
It is no coincidence that the Vice
President has given clear hints that
the BJP-dominated Parliament
should have supremacy, and the ju-
diciary should not pose any hin-
drance to the RSS cause. The attack
on the basic structure is an attack on
the basic ethos of the Constitution.
Let’s not live under any illusion. The
fact is that the RSS did not accept the
Constitution when it was created.
Then Mr Golwalkar had said,
“While framing the Constitution
our Self and Hinduness were forgot-
ten. Due to the absence of this uni-
fying spirit, a Constitution has been
made which will bring about disin-
tegration ... we will have to accept a
unitary form of Government of one
country, one nation, and one state ...
with one legislature and one cabinet
for the whole country.”
In the last few years has the coun-
try not moved in that direction? The
year 2025 is very important in this
respect.
The writer is Editor, SatyaHindi.com,
and author of Hindu Rashtra. He
tweets at @ashutosh83B

Social justice and college education

state was called Tamizhagam instead of Tamil Nadu. The
letterhead bore the Central Government's seal and not the
State Government's emblem.
The rift between the Governor and the DMK Government
has been long drawn out with Mr Ravi sitting on a dozen bills
however, in practice, in India, caste minority colleges which implement trenched caste hierarchy and caste last few years. And yet, these cells
Learning
cleared by the Assembly. He has not rejected them outright inequality remains a fact of life the reservation policy, a very large inequality. have not been very successful in ef-
but has simply refused to take any action on them. DMK across different faiths) and the pa- number of teachers and students Then, there is the issue of dis- fectively addressing these issues af-
leaders shooting their mouths off against the Governor has
only exacerbated matters. Relations between governors and Curve triarchal foundation of an Indian
family.
(from upper castes) have a distinct,
“natural” bias against Dalits and al-
crimination against women. Gen-
der disparity at all levels has been a
fecting (young) women in colleges.
The problem is that even as colleges
elected governments have been tense in Kerala, Tamil Nadu Let me illustrate. A large number most always talk about them as very visible issue in the recent hold seminars and workshops to en-
and Telangana. The ugly row between the Centre's repre-  Vrijendra of colleges in Mumbai are “minori- somehow “intruding into our aca- decades on account of strong and courage women’s empowerment,
ty” colleges. These colleges are run demic spaces” and, of course, how vocal national and international they hesitate to question the struc-
sentatives and chief ministers does not bode well for democ- by private charitable trusts — many they take seats away from “merito- feminist movements. While in tures and practices which continue

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racy. few weeks ago, Shelja Sen, of them are financially aided by the rious” (upper caste) students. Staff Mumbai, most colleges already to privilege male entitlement. They
writer and co-founder of state Government — and 50% seats rooms too are often sharply divided have a large number of girl students rarely question as to why work in

Nobel endorsement Children First, wrote an ex-

cellent article on bringing social jus-
in admission are reserved for stu-
dents from the designated minority;
between “reserved category” teach-
ers and others, on the same grounds.
and women teachers, in other
places, in recent years, institutional
the family and childcare continue to
be the prime (if not sole) responsi-

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tice to schools and how “the trans-
n endorsement from Nobel laureate Amartya Sen formative power of teachers” could
has no doubt boosted Trinamool Congress chief magically change children’s lives. It
Mamata Banerjee’s ambitions. Her reaction to Mr prompted me to reflect on how col-
leges in Mumbai deal with concerns
Sen’s remark that she has the ability to be the country’s
Prime Minister is an eye-opener. Mr Sen’s advice is like an regarding social justice; what values
order, Ms Banerjee averred, indicating that she was more
do they impart to their students in
this regard? After all, college educa-
than ready for the role. However, before any such scenario tion plays an important part in shap-
can be envisaged, there has to be a measure of Opposition ing values among students because
unity. The Trinamool may do well in Bengal, but it is un- they are at the threshold of adult-
hood. Even as students bring in
likely to win seats in other states. The only Opposition par- their own values to the classroom
ty with a pan-India presence remains the Congress and it is that they have learnt in their fami-
highly improbable that the Grand Old Party will cede space lies, schools, neighbourhoods and so
to a regional outfit. Any Opposition formation will have to on, in my experience, they are also
include the Congress, something the astute Nitish Kumar adult enough to be sensitive to and
respond to different opinions and
has realised. The overarching ambitions of regional perceptions on social issues.
satraps such as Ms Banerjee and Bharat Rashtra Samiti Let us look at how colleges re-
chief K Chandrasekhar Rao leader will remain just that. spond to two major, deep-rooted and
They can pose a threat to the BJP in their states, but they persistent sources of inequality in
Indian society: the social inequality
will be unable to take on the might of the saffron jugger- built into the Hindu society through
naut in parliamentary polls. Therefore the BJP’s assertion the caste system (In theory, other re-
that there is no vacancy for the Prime Minister’s post rings ligions like Islam, Christianity and
true despite the arrogance of the statement. Sikhism profess social equality;
There has never been a greater need for Opposition unity
than now, but that will need a great deal of statesmanship.
Egos will have to be set aside and hard decisions taken for It’s a strange world!
the greater good. The present Opposition set-up is riddled — Dada JP Vaswani
with contradictions and extreme wariness towards the
in the remaining half, many other
quotas are applied. As a result, the
so-called open category seats are a
fraction of total seats. However, the
key feature of these minority-run
colleges is a near absence of reser-
vation for SC/ST students. Similar-
ly, these colleges are largely exempt
from reservation for SC/ST com-
munities in their faculty.
Further, there are no systematic
attempts, either at college level or by
the university, to sensitise students
and teachers towards the dilemmas
and complexity of caste discrimina-
tion and caste privilege. As a result,
75 years after Independence, Dr B R
Ambedkar remains primarily a
Dalit leader. Ambedkar Jayanti, on
Dec 6, largely remains an event of
Dalits, by Dalits, for Dalits. In fact,
often, a deep resentment surfaces
every year among many upper caste
teachers during this time about how
so many Dalits from faraway places
come to “our” Mumbai and make it
messy/dirty/whatever. Even in non-
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
It is not that colleges are against attempts are being made to increase bility of women. Similarly, when
reservations in principle. In minori- the representation of girls and they talk to young girls about sexu-
al harassment, the focus often is on
In reality, the daily, routine, social inter-mixing of how the girls themselves are (and
should be) responsible for their own
students from different castes is seen as the core safety! How the girls should behave
disturbing issue because it might threaten the and dress “properly”. And often,
teachers suggest that students
entrenched caste hierarchy and caste inequality should not get involved in sexual re-
lationships in the first place! “Boys
will be boys” continues to dominate
ty colleges, 50% seats are reserved women among students and the fac- the sexual dynamics and percep-
for students from the minority com- ulty in higher educational institu- tions.
munity leading to (in some colleges) tions. In any case, colleges and oth- Beyond the gender binary, when it
a wide disparity between minority er institutions are relatively less comes to trans students and/or stu-
and non-minority students. The hos- hostile to reservations for women to dents with gender fluidity, most col-
tility towards the recently intro- promote gender parity. lege teachers do not even have the
duced additional 10% EWS reserva- Further, to sensitise students and basic clarity about such students,
tion has been distinctly muted. On faculty towards the larger, en- their rights and dignity. In such a
the contrary, many have hailed it as trenched discrimination against scenario, bringing social justice to
the “future way to go forward” in women and specifically to deal with colleges remains a difficult, largely,
place of caste-based reservations. It the rising cases of sexual harass- unfulfilled task.
makes one realise that in reality, the ment of (young) girls in colleges
daily, routine, social inter-mixing of and universities, mandated by the Vrijendra taught in a Mumbai college
students from different castes is UGC and the University of Mum- for more than 30 years, and has been
seen as the core disturbing issue be- bai, a women’s development cell has associated with democratic rights
cause it might threaten the en- been set up in most colleges in the groups in the city
him. In fact, it would be far better if the PM
and ministers are flown directly by helicopter
first women’s IPL this year and the news of N
Janani becoming the first woman umpire in
to their destinations to prevent traffic jams the Ranji Trophy tournament is heartening, to
and similar such security hassles. say the least. Kudos to the BCCI for giving an

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Congress. The latter, despite Rahul Gandhi’s bid for unity
t is a strange world in
which we live, a world
in the form of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, is unlikely to give up
its position as the principal Opposition party, notwith-
which is governed by
the law of karma. A son is
standing its poor show at the hustings. A solution seems
unlikely in the near future.
born to a father. He feels
happy and rejoices. Little
does he realise that the
child has come to settle old
INDIA 75 YEARS AGO
FPJ Archives
JANUARY 17, 1948
accounts.
Through karma, we
come into contact with
those with whom we have
karmic involvements. We
give them what we own
them and receive what
they owe us.
Birth is never a matter of
accident. Karma deter-
mines the family in
which I am born. It is
commonly be-
lieved that if I do
evil, I shall be pun-
ished for it. GUIDING LIGHT
The law of
karma, however, is not
punitive, but reformative.
It may appear that the law
of karma is punishing us
progress.
Karma binds those who
identify themselves with
their bodies (and the
mind). Karma binds those
who are conditioned by
time and space. So many of
us think: “I was born at
such and such a time and
at such and such a place. I
am so many feet tall and
weigh so many pounds. I
am living in a palatial
mansion and am prosper-
ous and have great influ-
ence over the people.”
When we think along those
lines, we create a cage
of time and space
within our own
minds and stay
cooped up in it all
our life. In reality,
we are not
bound
time and space. It is we
by
who have created time and
space: time and space have
not created us.
In the interest of democracy
SIf seen,
hame on those who found a Hindu-Muslim
angle in the Haldwani encroachment case.
for the last several years, the feeling
of mistrust towards the Supreme Court and
the rest of the judicial system is increasing
among the general public. One reason for this
is that courts take different approaches to
similar cases. In such a situation, if distrust
arises in the public towards the courts or any
comment comes against the Supreme Court
and its judges, instead of considering it as an
insult to the court or the judges, it should be
considered as a warning to improve the
judicial system and bring transparency. It is
also in the interest of democracy and to
restore the dignity of the judges themselves.
Divyansha Sharma, Ujjain
Improve PM’s security
W ith reference to the news about a young
lad breaching the Prime Minister’s
security cordon with a garland (Jan 13), the
PM should have non-scalable banners around
the route taken by him and only his security
should hand over garlands and bouquets to
Peter Castellino, Mumbai
Threat to cemeteries
IMumbai
t is distressing to learn of harassment of
Christian institutions by the civic authorities in
from time to time. Their demand for
land for road widening seems never-ending.
This time it is the St Peter’s cemetery at Bandra
which is facing the threat of losing land which,
apparently, is for slum development according
to reports (Jan 6). One wonders how
illegal/unauthorised slums were allowed to
proliferate with the BMC turning a blind eye?
And how, for years together, were they not in a
position to demolish the slums, but they could
give a clear seven days’ notice to the Church for
giving up their legitimate land? The peace-
loving community that we are, the authorities
seem to be taking advantage and trying to
bulldoze their way through. This harassment
must stop.
Melville X D’Souza, Mumbai
Women to the fore
IIndian
t seems to be the year of many firsts for
women cricketers. We will have the
opportunity to a woman to umpire a Ranji
game; this will further encourage and
motivate young girls to pick up this beautiful
game, as they will know that there is a
professional career even after retiring from
playing.
Bal Govind, Noida
Youth are frustrated
W hile inaugurating the 26th National
Youth Festival 2023, PM Narendra Modi
rightly said that “yuva shakti” is the driving
force of India’s journey. But the ground reality
is that the talents of Indian youth are getting
wasted and the PM remains a mute spectator.
I am sorry to say that the PM may have a
vision, but it has not translated into action.
Indian youth are a frustrated lot and are
cursing their fortunes. The situation is going
from bad to worse.
Arun Gupta, Kolkata
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might have committed in
the near or remote past.
The law of karma never
punishes. It puts us in an
environment which may
afford us opportunities for
self-growth. The law of
karma provides us with
experiences meant to help
us to grow into better and
nobler persons. Therefore,
let us accept the situation
SIKHS' APPEAL TO GANDHIJI in which we find ourselves
and make the most of it by
Break The Fast, Peace Assured learning the lesson which
New Delhi, Jan. 16. A special Diwan attended by a large gathering was held today a particular experience
under the auspices of Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee, Delhi. Sardar Harnam has come to teach us. That
Singh and other Sikh leaders addressed the gathering, and stressed the necessity of is the way of spiritual
keeping peace in the City of Delhi and the country generally.
realises the Self. For him
there is no suffering. To
him there are no problems.
He has the freedom which
belongs to the children of
God. For us, children of
time and space, there are
seemingly endless prob-
lems. Man’s greatest prob-
lem is himself — his own
self.
Dada JP Vaswani is a
humanitarian, philosopher,
educator, acclaimed writer,
powerful orator, messiah of
ahimsa, and non-sectarian
spiritual leader
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chemical plant in
northeastern China has killed
at least two people and left
12 missing. Another 34
people were injured in the
explosion on Sunday on the
outskirts of the city of Panjin
in Liaoning province east of
the capital Beijing. News
releases from the local
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claimed responsibility for a
bombing of a church in eastern
Congo as authorities said on
Monday that the toll from
Sunday's attack had risen to at
least 14 dead. The Islamic
State group and its Aamaq
news outlet issued statements
saying that its militants had
planted an explosive device
inside the Pentecostal church
in Kasindi and detonated it
while people were praying.
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know that their continued
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Man dies after car
crash in Berlin
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on Monday that a man has
died after crashing a car into
Berlin's iconic Brandenburg
Gate. Images from the scene
show the mangled wreck of
the dark-coloured sedan
between two pillars of the
capital's popular sightseeing
spot. Poland's consul in
Berlin, Marcin Krol, tweeted
that he could confirm that the
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yesterday at 23:30 was a
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London cop
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assaulting a dozen women
over a 17-year period, in
what prosecutors described
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cases involving a serving
police officer. David Carrick,
48, pleaded guilty to 49
offences, including 20 counts
of rape and charges that
included assault, attempted
rape and false imprisonment.
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force in 2001, had served
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weeks of surging violence.
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Ministry identified the
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Khumour and said he died
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activists had remained inside
a self-dug tunnel for days in a
bid to prevent heavy
equipment from being
brought in to bulldoze the
hamlet of Luetzerath, west of
Cologne. Meanwhile, anti-
coal protests continued in the
region, with activists chaining
themselves to a giant digger
at another nearby mine and
others abseiling from a bridge
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southeastern Ukrainian city
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western analysts identified
signs the Kremlin was
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war in Ukraine after almost
11 months of fighting.
The victims from Satur-
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ry residential tower includ-
ed two children, Ukraine’s
National Police reported,
and 15 children are among
the 75 injured.
The rescue and search op-
eration was ongoing, with 39
people, including six chil-
dren, taken from the ruins so
far, the police said in a state-
ment.
About 1,700 people lived in
the apartment building. Resi-
dents said there were no mil-
itary facilities at the site.
The reported death toll
made it the deadliest single
attack on civilians since be-
fore the summer, according
to The Associated Press-
Frontline War Crimes Watch
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Union’s foreign policy chief,
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Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, convict-
ed Mafia boss Matteo Messi-
na Denaro, was arrested on
Monday at a private clinic in
Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years
on the run, Italian paramili-
tary police said.
Messina Denaro was cap-
tured at the clinic where he
was receiving treatment for
an undisclosed medical con-
dition, said Carabinieri Gen.
Pasquale Angelosanto, who
heads the police force’s spe-
cial operations squad.
Messina Denaro was tak-
en to a secret location by po-
lice immediately after the ar-
rest, Italian state television
reported.
A young man when he
went into hiding, he is now
60.
Messina Denaro, who had
a power base in the port city
South Korea’s
President Yoon
backs return to
nuclear power
AP / Abu Dhabi
South Korean President
Yoon Suk Yeol said on Mon-
day that his nation’s efforts
to be carbon neutral by
2050 would rely in part on
returning to nuclear power,
even though his predeces-
sor had tried to move away
from atomic power.
Yoon Suk Yeol’s com-
ments at a summit in the
United Arab Emirates,
made in front of the coun-
try’s leader, Sheikh Mo-
hammed bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, served to under-
line Seoul’s commitment to
nuclear power as it works
to finish the Arabian
Peninsula’s first atomic
power plant.
That could see South Ko-
rea in line for lucrative
maintenance contracts
and future projects in the
UAE, which Seoul has
grown closer to over recent
years.
“Korea has ... declared
its 2050 carbon neutrality
goal,” Yoon said in an ad-
dress at Abu Dhabi Sus-
tainability Week.
A Ukrainian soldier walks past bloody stretchers outside a stabilisation hospital not far from the front
line in Donetsk region on Sunday
! 15 children are among the 75
injured in the strike
! About 1,700 people lived in
the apartment building
! Rescue and search operation was
ongoing, with 39 people rescued
humane aggression” because
it directly targeted civilians.
Asked about the strike on
Monday, Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov said the Russ-
ian military doesn’t target
residential buildings and
the 1950s and 1960s.
Often described as “the
most beautiful woman in
the world”, her films in-
cluded Beat the Devil, the
Hunchback of Notre Dame
and Crossed Swords.
She co-starred alongside
the likes of Humphrey Bog-
art, Frank Sinatra, Rock
Hudson and Errol Flynn.
Italy's top wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro (right),
being escorted by carabinieri
of Trapani, in western Sicily,
was considered Sicily’s Cosa
Nostra top boss even while a
fugitive.
He was the last of three
longtime fugitive top-level
Mafia bosses who had for
decades eluded capture.
Messina Denaro, who
Pakistani lawyer shot dead
in Peshawar High Court
PTI / Peshawar
A prominent Pakistani
lawyer was murdered on
Monday under dramatic cir-
cumstances after another
lawyer opened fire at him in
the bar room of the Pe-
shawar High Court.
Abdul Latif Afridi, 79, was
the former president of the
Supreme Court Bar Associa-
tion, and a key figure at the
forefront of the lawyers’
movement in Pakistan that
culminated in the restoration
of former Chief Justice
Iftikhar
Chaudhry.
Mohammad
On Monday, Afridi was
seated in the bar room at the
Peshawar High Court, when
Adnan, a trainee lawyer,
opened fire at him, police
said.
The senior lawyer was im-
mediately shifted to the Lady
Reading Hospital here, but
was pronounced dead on ar-
rival, hospital spokesperson
Muhammad Asim said.
Six bullets were fired at
Afridi, Asim said. Police
have arrested Adnan.
He was shifted to the anti-
terrorism court here under
tight security.
Police suspected the attack
The victims ! EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell,
from the strike called the strike “inhumane aggression”
included
! “There will be no impunity for these
2 crimes,” Borrell said
children ! Ukraine said it did not have the
means to stop the Russian missile
suggested the Dnipro build-
ing was hit as a result of
Ukrainian air defence ac-
tions.
The strike on the building
came amid a wider barrage of
Russian cruise missiles
tried in absentia and con-
victed of dozens of murders,
faces multiple life sentences.
He is set to be imprisoned
for two bombings in Sicily
in 1992 that murdered top
anti-Mafia prosecutors, Gio-
vanni Falcone and Paolo
Borsellino.
Afridi was seated in the
bar room at the
Peshawar HC, when
Adnan, a trainee lawyer,
opened fire at him
was carried out of “personal
enmity”.
They are also probing how
Adnan managed to bring a
pistol inside the Peshawar
High Court premises.
In 1979, Afridi was impris-
oned by former Pakistan
president General Muham-
mad Zia-ul-Haq for partici-
pating in political activities
against his regime’s martial
law.
Pakistan Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif expressed
“deep sorrow” over Afridi’s
murder. “I pray that the be-
reaved family bear this loss
with fortitude.”
—AFP
across Ukraine.
Fierce fighting continued
to rage in Ukraine’s eastern
Donetsk province, where mil-
itary analysts have said both
sides are likely suffering
heavy troop casualties.
Her career faded in the
1960s and she moved into
photography and politics.
Lollobrigida was one of
the last surviving icons of
the glory days of film, who
Bogart said “made Marilyn
Monroe look like Shirley
Temple”.
Movie mogul Howard
Hughes showered her with
19 dead,
dozens injured
in Senegal
road crash
AP / Dakar
A bus swerved to avoid hit-
ting a donkey and collided
with a truck, killing at least
19 people and injuring
dozens of others in Senegal
on Monday, authorities
said.
The collision happened
near Ngeun Sarr in the
country’s north, President
Macky Sall tweeted.
“Yet another fatal acci-
dent on our roads,” he said.
“My heartfelt condolences
to the bereaved families.
Speedy recovery to the in-
jured.”
The crash involved a pub-
lic bus and a transport
truck, the fire department
said. The bus was apparent-
ly trying to avoid hitting a
donkey, local fire depart-
ment commander Lt.
Ousseynou Ndiaye said.
Last week, 40 people were
killed in a bus crash in
Gnivy village, in Senegal’s
Kaffrine region. After that
crash, the government an-
nounced reforms to try and
stem collisions.
Traffic crashes happen
regularly in the West
African nation because of
poor roads, bad cars and
drivers not adhering to the
rules, locals say.
In 2017, at least 25 people
were killed when two buses
also crashed. Many of those
people were heading toward
the central town of Touba
for the annual Muslim pil-
grimage.
Top 1% have twice as much as rest combined
PTI / Davos
The richest 1 per cent have
bagged nearly twice as much
wealth as the rest of the
world population put togeth-
er over the past two years, a
new report said on Monday.
In its annual inequality re-
port released on the first day
of the World Economic Fo-
rum Annual Meeting here,
rights group Oxfam further
said that billionaire fortunes
are increasing by USD 2.7 bil-
lion a day even as at least 1.7
billion workers now live in
countries where inflation is
outpacing wages.
MUMBAI I TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
Germany’s
defence
minister
resigns
AP / Berlin
Germany’s defence minis-
ter announced her resig-
nation on Monday, as her
department steers the
project of modernising
the military and oversees
expanding weapons deliv-
eries to Ukraine.
Christine Lambrecht
said she had submitted her
resignation request to
Chancellor Olaf Scholz,
adding that “months of me-
dia focus on my person”
had stood in the way of a de-
bate about the military and
Germany’s security policy.
“The valuable work of
the soldiers and many peo-
ple in my department must
stand in the foreground,”
she said.
The 57-year-old has been
defence minister since
Scholz became chancellor
in December 2021.
Critics have long por-
trayed her as out of her
depth but Scholz stood by
her, describing her last
month as “a first-class de-
fence minister”.
Pressure on her mounted
after an ill-judged New
Year’s video message. The
resignation comes at a time
when Scholz faces pressure
to make another step for-
ward in German military
aid to Ukraine by agreeing
to deliver Leopard 2 tanks.
marriage proposals. Off
camera, she enjoyed a feud
with fellow Italian star
Sophia Loren.
Culture minister Gen-
naro Sangiuliano wrote on
Twitter: “Farewell to a diva
of the silver screen, protag-
onist of more than half a
century of Italian cinema
history.”
People at a night market in the county-level city of Ruili in Dehong
prefecture, in China's west Yunnan Province
China claims sharing
accurate Covid data
IANS / Hong Kong
After the World Health Or-
ganisation (WHO) and top
global leaders asked China to
share more data on Covid
and the virus origin, top epi-
demiologists from the coun-
try said it takes time to gen-
erate Covid data
amid caseload Global Times analyse excess mor-
surge and the coun-
reported that the results.
try is “actively pub-
lishing and shar-
ing” accurate
China has
conducted
Covid-related data multiple
with the world.
technological
State-run Global
Times reported that exchanges
China has conduct-
ed multiple techno-
with WHO
logical exchanges
with the WHO, and will con-
tinue to support the organi-
sation in the global effort to
combat the deadly disease.
Liang Wannian, head of
China’s Covid response ex-
pert panel under the Nation-
al Health Commission, said
that rather than focusing on
the Covid death toll in China,
“the priority for the world is
OXFAM REPORT
Releasing the report on the
sidelines of the annual con-
gregation of the global elite
in this Swiss ski resort town,
Oxfam said a tax of up to 5%
on the world's multi-million-
aires and billionaires could
WORLD
NEPAL PLANE CRASH
Black box recovered
from accident site
Rescuers inspect the wreckage at the site of a Yeti Airlines plane
crash in Pokhara on Monday
PTI / Kathmandu
The black box of the Yeti Air-
lines aircraft has been recov-
ered from the accident site
on Monday, as a search is on
for the four persons still
missing after the plane with
72 people, including five Indi-
ans, on board crashed into a
river gorge while landing at
Nepal’s newly-opened air-
port in the resort city of
Pokhara.
Officials said 35 bodies out
of 68 have been identi-
fied so far as Nepal
began a national
Both
day of mourning the cockpit
on Monday. voice recorder and
Both the cock- flight data recorder tor Gyan Ba-
pit voice recorder have been
and flight data
recorder have been recovered
recovered as search
and rescue teams rap-
pelled down a 300-metre gorge
to continue their efforts,
which
overnight.
were suspended
The Cockpit Voice
Recorder (CVR) records ra-
dio transmissions and other
sounds in the cockpit, such
as conversations between
the pilots, and engine noises.
The flight data recorder
(FDR) records more than 80
different types of informa-
tion such as speed, altitude
and direction, as well as pilot
to get through the impact of
the pandemic”.
Wu Zunyou, chief epi-
demiologist at the Chinese
Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (Chinese
CDC), said last week that
right after the pandemic
broke out in 2020, the centre
has continued to
tality and published
An expert close
to the Chinese CDC,
who declined to be
named, told the
Global Times that
China has always
closely monitored
its Covid situation,
including deaths
and the emergence of new
variants.
“China is also getting to
grips with the number of
Covid-related deaths beyond
hospitals, but due to lack of
testing or delayed reporting,
the calculation may take
longer than those compiled
by hospitals,” said the ex-
pert.
raise USD 1.7 trillion a year,
enough to lift two billion peo-
ple out of poverty.
The report, titled 'Survival
of the Richest', further said
the richest one per cent have
grabbed nearly two-thirds of
all new wealth worth USD 42
trillion created since 2020, al-
most twice as much money
as the bottom 99% of the
world's population.
During the past decade,
the richest 1% had captured
around half of all new
wealth, it added, while not-
ing that extreme wealth and
extreme poverty have in-
creased simultaneously for
—AFP
actions and performance of
important systems.
According to Kathmandu
airport officials, the boxes
were recovered from the site
of the accident, a day after
Yeti Airlines’ 9N-ANC ATR-
72 aircraft crashed on the
bank of the Seti River be-
tween the old airport and the
new airport minutes before
landing.
The boxes were handed
over to the Civil Aviation Au-
thority of Nepal (CAAN),
said Sudarshan Bar-
taula, a spokesper-
son of the Yeti Air-
lines.
Police Inspec-
hadur Khadka,
acting informa-
tion officer of the
Kaski District Po-
lice Office, said that at
least 35 bodies have been
identified so far.
The five Indians, all re-
portedly from Uttar Pradesh,
have been identified as Ab-
hisekh Kushwaha, 25, Bishal
Sharma, 22, Anil Kumar Ra-
jbhar, 27, Sonu Jaiswal, 35,
and Sanjaya Jaiswal.
Of the five Indians, four
were planning to participate
in paragliding activities in
the tourist hub of Pokhara,
said a local resident, who
travelled with them to Nepal.
Sikh family
alleges racial
discrimination
at Windsor
IANS / London
Accusing two British Army
guards of racially discrimi-
nating against them at Wind-
sor Castle, a Sikh family has
threatened to take legal ac-
tion against the U.K. govern-
ment.
Rapinder Kaur, 36, said
she, her turban-wearing hus-
band and their two-year-old
child were subjected to racial
taunts by guards during a
visit to the castle last year,
The Independent reported.
She said that as the family
were walking alongside the
castle’s wall, two soldiers
standing in a palace window
made inappropriate “We are
watching you” gestures
while laughing and showing
them the middle finger. Ac-
cording to the report, the
family then complained to
the Royal Collection Trust,
which operates the palace,
and the Ministry of Defence
(MOD), which bears respon-
sibility for the guards.
But the family said that all
they have received is an
email apology from a top-
ranking lieutenant, and
guidance that the soldiers
would receive refresher
training.
“The claimant believes
that the sole reason for being
targeted and singled out by
the soldiers was because of
their skin colour and the fact
that her husband was wear-
ing a turban,” a letter sent
from the family’s solicitors to
the Government Legal De-
partment in Jan 2022 read.
the first time in 25 years.
"While ordinary people
are making daily sacrifices
on essentials like food, the su-
per-rich have outdone even
their wildest dreams. Just
two years in, this decade is
shaping up to be the best yet
for billionaires," Oxfam In-
ternational Director
Gabriela Bucher said.
"Taxing the super-rich and
big corporations is the door
out of today's overlapping
crises. It's time we demolish
the convenient myth that tax
cuts for the richest result in
their wealth 'trickling down'
to everyone else," she added.

FOR GIVING HIM BATTERS WORLD-CLASS PRACTICE
Kohli gives credit to Ian Healy predicts 2-1 victory for India over Australia
practice partners
In my honest opinion, all three of them have
given us world-class practice every time we
play. They challenge us in the nets like any 145
or 150 kmph pace bowlers would do in the game. They
always try to get us out and make sure that they test
us regularly”
IANS / NEW DELHI
Talismanic India bat-
ter Virat Kohli credit-
ed throw down spe-
cialists
Garani,
Dayanand
Nuwan
Seneviratne and D
Raghvendra for mak-
ing the batters look
better with world-
class practice through
relentless deliveries.
“At times, it feels
very intense. For me
that has been the dif-
ference in my career
to be very honest.
From where I was as a
cricketer before I
started getting this
kind of practice to
where I am today.”
“A lot of credit has
go to these guys, who
have given us practice
regularly and I am
sure Shubman will
also feel the same.
Their contribution
has been unbelievable.
You guys should re-
member their names
and faces because, be-
hind our success, a lot
of effort has been put
in by these guys.
Thank you to all for
your very, very honest
efforts which have
helped us,” said Kohli
in a video posted on
bcci.tv.
Raghavendra, re-
ferred to as Raghu in
the Indian cricket cir-
cles, has been associ-
Malaysia earn hard-fought
3-2 win over Chile
ANI / ROURKELA
Malaysia managed to keep
its hopes of further
progress in the ongoing
FIH Men’s Hockey World
Cup alive after a fighting 3-
2 win over Chile in their
Pool C match at the Birsa
Munda International Hock-
ey Stadium at Rourkela on
Monday.
With this win, Malaysia
climbed to third in their
Netherlands down New Zealand 4-0
T
hree-time cham-
pions Nether-
lands continued
their good run at the
ongoing FIH Men’s
Hockey World Cup in
Odisha as they defeated
New Zealand 4-0 with
Brinkman Thierry
scoring two goals in a
Pool C match at the Birsa Munda Interna-
tional Hockey Stadium here on Monday.
With this victory, the Netherlands are at
the top of their pool with six points with
two wins in two games and look set for a di-
rect quarterfinal qualification. On the oth-
er hand, the Black Sticks are in the second
position in the table, with three points and
one win in two games.The Netherlands kept
an aggressive pace in the match. They got
off to a good start as skipper Brinkman
scored in the second minute to give his side
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Caimi emerges overall 10th, Buhler 14th for Hero in Dakar Rally
PTI/ RIYADH: Hero Moto Sports Team Rally
completed its Dakar 2023 campaign with a
top-10 overall finish, including two stage
CAREER BATTING - ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS
Innings: 259 Aggregate: 12754 Highest Score: 183
Average: 58.24 Highest Average: 60.31
pool and can advance fur-
ther in the tournament if
they do well in the cross-
overs. Chile, on the other
hand, is at the bottom of
the table with zero points
and no win in two matches.
In the first quarter, the
Malaysian Firhan Ashari
tried to attack, but missed
the goal by inches as the
ball went flying into the
stands. Malaysia almost
scored minutes later after
an early lead. A pass came
from Tjep Hoedemakers
near the circle and there
was little New Zealand de-
fenders could do to stop
him.
New Zealand also got
themselves some chances
including a penalty corner
in the fourth minute and a
strike from Joseph Morrison, but both did
not lead to goals. The Dutch seemed to dom-
inate the proceedings.
AUSTRALIA HOLD
ARGENTINA 3-3
Blake Govers’ last-gasp goal has helped
Australia hold Argentina to a 3-3 draw. In
a thrilling encounter, Australia and
Argentina did not budge.
GAMES
wins and a stage podium, making it the
team’s best performance in the gruelling
rally.
MUMBAI | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
FOR UPCOMING FOUR-MATCH TEST SERIES
IANS / NEW DELHI ries is of extreme impor- than we will, but if they get the first Test,” said Healy Australia should win 3-1
tance for India, as a spot in flat wickets that India used on SEN radio show. over England, who have
Former Australia wicket- the final of the World Test to put out, nice Starc will be joining the been on a high in the for-
keeper-batter Ian Healy Championship (WTC), to flat batting Australian team from the mat thanks to “Bazball”
has predicted a 2-1 series be held in June 2023, is at wickets and second Test due to a fin- strategy of Ben Stokes and
win for India in the four- stake. bowlers have ger injury to his bowling Brendon McCullum, pro-
Test series against Aus- “They’ve got a good team to work really hand, which he sus- vided the Pat Cummins-led
tralia starting from Nag- but I’m not too scared of hard, I think tained during the sec- side don’t have any injury
pur on February 9. Healy
added that his prediction
their spinners unless they
produce unreasonable
we can do it.
But (my predic-
ond Test against South
Africa at the MCG in
concerns.
“I think for once we’ll
can come true if the hosts wickets. If they produce tion is) 2-1 India, December 2022. cope the best against An-
aren’t preparing “unrea-
sonable wickets”.
unreasonable wickets like
they did half the series last
if Starc’s un-
available
Australia’s next over-
seas Test assign-
derson and Broad, Ander-
son is 40 years of age,
India and Australia will time (we won’t win), two in ment is the we’ve got to really get some
play four Tests in Nagpur,
New Delhi, Dharamsala
wickets were just terrible,
unfair, spinners jumping
Ashes against
England in
pressure back on him. Our
best players for mine, Pat
and Ahmedabad to decide over your head on day June-July. Cummins and Steve Smith
the winner of the Border- one.” “So that type of thing Healy pre- will be our stars,” he con-
ated with the Gavaskar Trophy. The se- they will play better on dicted that cluded.
team for a long
time as a throw-
down specialist.
Garani started
as a throwdown
specialist with
Rawat edges past Mehta to finally taste success Pride of place for
Rutva in Willingdon
Indian team af-
ter working with
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI emerge champion.
“Actually this is my JSW Squash
Punjab Kings Laxman Rawat of PSPB finally tast- first major title after
while Senevi- ed success as he overcame his com- 2-3 years. I’m very FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI
ratne was roped patriot Aditya Mehta 9-6 in an en- glad to be on the win-
in as a throw- tertaining best-of-17-frame final ning side this time, Maharashtra’s Rutva Samant has been
down specialist of the National Sports Club of India because you know if given pride of place in the Boys Under-
in 2018 to help In- (NSCI) organised ‘Baulkline’ NSCI you are capable of 19 age category in the 4 Star Willingdon
dian batsmen Rs 13 lakh prize-money All India winning tourna- JSW Junior Open Squash Tournament,
counter left-arm Snooker Open 2023, played at the ments like this and if which will be played at the Willingdon
fast-bowling. NSCI billiards hall. Rawat had fin- you are not winning Sports Club from January 19 to 22, 2023.
Right-handed ished runner-up losing to Sourav anything it’s quite In excess of 300 leading squash play-
opener Shubman Kothari (PSPB) in the final of the frustrating at times. ers, representing 13 States, will feature
Gill was also in last edition. I’m glad that I have in this event, being promoted by Sport-
praise of the The summit clash contested be- finally won,” a re- sXL, under the aegis of SRFI and
throwdown spe- tween the accomplished Indian Oil lieved Rawat admit- MSRA.Rutva is ranked No. 6 in the
cialists of the In- cueists Rawat and Mehta witnessed ted. country and has been performing con-
dian team. top-quality positive play as both “Today actually I sistently in tournaments the past year,
“These three were aggressive and went for their played a very good positioning himself in the top 3 at the
guys combined shots and there was not a single dull game, Aditya and I, last few tournaments.
would have had moment throughout the 15 frames. Champion Laxman Rawat (left) and runner-up Aditya both scored heavily. I The other players from the State who
1200 to 1500 wick- However, the 31-year-old Rawat, Mehta , both of India Oil pose with their respective tro- actually played have been seeded and are fancied to go
ets very easily. who was a little bit more consistent, much better today as the distance are Akanksha Gupta, top
They put in a lot managed to wrest the initiative and phies of the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) organ- compared to the pre- seed in the Girls U-15, Aaashi Shah, top
of hard work and enjoy a 5-3 lead at the break. On re- ised Rs 13 lakh prize-money ‘Baulkline’ NSCI All India vious matches. I am seed in the Girls U-11 and Vivaan Bha-
prepare us for all sumption, Rawat was a bit scratchy Snooker Open 2023, at the NSCI billiards hall a little disappointed tia, second seed among the Boys U-
kinds of condi- and Mehta did well to win two on missing a 147 in 17.Akanksha is ranked No. 3 in the
tions we need to frames to draw level at 5-all and stay latter. Rawat who was in good nick the match. I easily potted the 14 country, while Vivaan Bhatia is ranked
practice in head- in the fight. But, Rawat came roar- was unfortunate to narrowly miss reds, but actually miscued on the fi- India No. 6. Vivaan is the winner of the
ing into the ing back winning the next three on constructing the maximum on nal red and lost a good opportunity Jodhpur Junior Open and the Sanjay
match. These are frames to surge to an 8-5 lead and the eighth frame. He miscued when to reach the magical break,” he fur- Gupta Memorial Open, as well as the re-
the people who within distance of winning one he attempted to pot a not easy last ther stated.Rawat was richer by Rs 3 cently concluded Scottish Junior Open.
give us the confi- more frame to settle the issue. 15th red and his break terminated at lakh, while Mehta received a cash The other players of note in the event
dence that we Mehta managed to pocket the 112 points. Besides the massive ef- prize of Rs 1.5 lakh. are Boys U-17 top seed Avalokit Singh
can perform at 14th frame, but could not stop Rawat fort Rawat’s other efforts were 69 Results – Final: Laxman Rawat from Rajasthan; boys U-15 top seed
this level.” from winning the next to clinch vic- (2nd frame), 83 (3rd), 98 (5th), 55 (PSPB) beat Aditya Mehta (PSPB) 9- Yusha Nafees from UP; boys U-11 top
tory with the frame scores read- (6th), 46 (12th) and 89 (13th), while 6 (0-110(48,53), 74(69)-42, 83(79)-7, 0- seed, Kiaan Kanade from Gujarat; boys
ing 0-110, 74-42, 83-7, 0-89, 104-0, 55-87, Mehta compiled breaks of 48 and 53 89(89), 104(98)-0, 55(55)-87(50), 87-0, U-13 top seed Shreshth Iyer from Kar-
87-0, 112-0, 28-89, 54-62, 69-1, 83-45, 89- (1st), 89 (4th), 60 (9th) and 59 (14th). 112(112)-0, 28-89(60), 54-62, 69-1, 83(46)- nataka and Girls U-13 top seed Aroma
24, 20-65, and 62-12 in favour of the A relaxed Rawat was happy to 45, 89(89)-24, 20-65(59), 62-12). from UP.
AUSTRALIA OPEN Determined Gaglani rallies to down Shah
Nadal wins hard-fought
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI
Kushal Gaglani played with plenty of determination to overcome
Vivek Shah 3-2 in a first round qualifying match of the Rs 12.1 lakh
prize-money CCI Snooker Classic 2023, organised by the Cricket
Club of India, and played at the CCI’s Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall
battle against Draper
on Monday. In a match of fluctuating fortunes, Gaglani was twice in
France registers arrears, but he fought back and won the last two frames to snatch a
49-58, 51-27, 40-82, 57-18 and 48-42 victory.In another match,
first World Cup Simranjeet Singh defeated Alam Shaikh 3-1 (62-33, 63-20, 33-42,
win, beats South and 57-37), while Alex Rego proved too good for Amanullah Shaikh
IANS / MELBOURNE and charged to a 3-1 (65-55, 67-30, 57-68, and 61-54) win.
Africa 2-1 earn his first win of the 2023 season.
Playing for a record-extending 23rd Results: Alex Rego bt Amanullah Shaikh (AP) 3-1 (65-55, 67-30, 57-
Iplayed
n the Hockey World Cup,
the third match was
between France vs
The 22-time Grand Slam champion,
Spain’s Rafael Nadal won the Australian
Grand Slam singles titles, Nadal is seek-
ing his third Australian Open Trophy. He
68, 61-54); Kushal Gaglani bt Vivek Shah 3-2 (49-58, 51-27, 40-82,
57-18, 48-42); Simranjeet Singh bt Alam Shaikh 3-1 (62-33, 63-20,
33-42, 57-37)
Open first-round match against Britain’s will meet American Mackenzie McDon-
South Africa. There was a
Jack Draper to kickstart his title defence ald, who won 7-6(5), 7-6(1), 1-6, 6-7(10), 6-4
tough fight between both
the teams in this match.
here at Rod Laver Arena on Monday. against countryman Brandon MUMBAI FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LEAGUE
The Spaniard registered a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6- Nakashima, in the second round on
Till the first half, there was
1 victory over the 21-year-old Draper to Wednesday. Patil slams all 4 in Atlanta’s victory
a 1-1 goal draw between
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI
the two but in the end,
France won the match 2-
1. In the fourth quarter,
Swiatek crosses Tsitsipas kick-starts Prolific goal-scorer Himanshu Patil was in prime scoring form and
struck all the four goals as Atlanta FC defeated D.K. Pharma 4-2 in
France took the lead
through a penalty corner.
Niemeier hurdle No 1 bid with a Elite Division match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA)
League and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on
comfortable Monday.
W
This was France’s first win
orld No.1 Iga Swiatek of Poland began In another match, Sellebrity FC riding on the twin strikes from Kartik
in World Cup 2023. France
campaign with a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5
first-round win
controlled the ball from Bele got the better of India Rush SC 5-3 to collect all the three
win over Germany’s Jule Niemeier. points. Bele’s teammates Suyash Ghadi, Ricky Bagade and Harshit
the start and soon got
Swiatek will face Kapoor contributed with the other three goals, while India Rush
S
their first penalty corner.
Colombia’s Camila tefanos Tsitsipas is playing for a double scored through Saurabh Ramteke, Shahbaz Khan and Sujal
Victor Charlet of France
Osorio in the sec- prize at the Australian Open. The Greek Ghanekar.In Second Div play-off matches, Waves FC blanked United
converted the penalty.
ond round on started his campaign like a man on a Villagers WA 3-0 and Future Stars FC ‘B’ prevailed over Navanagar
Shortly after this, South
Wednesday.A mission on Monday at Melbourne Park, where SC 2-0.
Africa also demanded a
semifinalist in he eased past Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6) to
penalty and after the
video referral, the African
Melbourne last
year, Swiatek
reach the Australian Open second round.
The 24-year-old Tsitsipas, who reached the
U19 WOMEN’S T20 WC
Shafali, Shweta star in India’s
team got a penalty, which
worked hard in semifinals at the opening Grand Slam of the
they converted into a
her opener. The season in 2019, 2021, and 2022, is chasing his
goal.
massive 112-run victory over UAE
21-year-old maiden major crown. Should the third seed
made clear be- go all the way in Melbourne, he would also
the ball went breezed past fore the tour- overtake the injured Carlos Alcaraz to be-
goalkeeper Adrian Hen- nament she was come No. 1 in the ATP Rankings for the first IANS / BENONI Left-arm spinner Mannat
riquez but Vicente Goni not taking Niemeier time.He will meet home wild card Rinky Hi- Kashyap and leg-spinner
made a timely intervention lightly, and the Ger- jikata, who battled back to beat Yannick Hanf- Captain Shafali Verma hit a Parshavi Chopra also
to ward off the man once again mann 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3, in the second blistering 78 while her picked a wicket each as In-
threat.Sumantri received proved to be a tough round. opening partner Shweta dia now sits on top of the
the ‘Player of the Match’ matchup for the Sehrawat slammed 74 not Group D points table with
award for his match-win- World No.1. out and carried her bat
ning goal for Malaysia. through the innings to
Sinner downs Kyle set up India’s massive
122-run victory over UAE
in their second Group D
Edmund; Shang match of ICC U19
Women’s T20 World Cup
Juncheng makes at the Willowmoore Park
on Monday.
history with win Led by Shafali and
Shweta’s entertaining
knock with the bat, apart
J
annik Sinner made a stunning start with from Richa Ghosh’s
a win against Kyle Edmund to open Mon- quickfire 49, India man-
day’s play in Melbourne here at John aged to post a mammoth
Cain Arena.The 15th-seeded Italian ran away 219/3 in their 20 overs, the two wins in as many match-
with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 win against Edmund.Next up first time a team in the tour- es. Their final match of
for Sinner is either Tomas Martin Etcheverry nament posted a 200+ score. Group D will be against
or Gregoire Barrere. In reply, the Indian Scotland on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, Shang Juncheng made history for bowlers, led by pacers Titas Brief scores: India 219/3
China on Monday in his Grand Slam debut, as Sadhu and Shabnam M.D, in 20 overs (Shafali Verma
the Chinese star became the first man from the were brilliant upfront, pick- 78, Shweta Sehrawat 74 not
Asian nation to win an Australian Open match ing a wicket each and were out, Samaira Dharnidharka
in the Open Era.In a 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 triumph immaculate with their line 1-33, Indhuja Nandakumar
against Germany’s Oscar Otte, the 17-year-old and length to defend the 1-47) beat UAE 97/5 in 20
qualifier used his attacking game to control huge total with great ease, overs (Lavanya Keny 24,
play in Melbourne. restricting UAE to just 97/5 Titas Sadhu 1-14, Parshavi
in their 20 overs. Chopra 1-13) by 122 runs
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interested customers having
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State forms inter-departmental JEE Main eligibility

not so relaxed after
panel for NEP 2020 implementation
SANJAY JOG / Mumbai officers appointed on the
REPRESENTATIVE PIC/PIXABAY
Press Journal, “The state promoted. The Govern-
all, say students
ADITI ALURKAR / Mumbai do so, then they will be
committee will focus on Government has already ment plans to develop vir- screened as per the top

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he Maharashtra coordination among vari- taken a decision to imple- tual laboratories. A Na- ays after the Min- twenty percentiles of the
Government on ous departments for the ment the policy which rec- tional Educational Tech- istry of Higher CBSE or the national
Monday formed an effective implementation ommends four year under- nical Forum (NETF) will Education decid- board, explained Advo-
11-member inter-depart- of the NEC 2020. They will graduate degrees with be developed for facilitat- ed that those who emerge cate Anubha Srivastava,
mental committee for submit periodic reports to multiple entry and exit op- ing science education.” in the top 20 percentile of President of India Wide
state-level coordination, the committee’s head. tions. In the NEP 2020, the their respective state Parents Association
control and guidance in “For the effective imple- “The objective is to im- structure of 10+2+3 has boards can appear for Lawyer.
the effective implementa- mentation of the New Ed- prove gross enrollment in been changed to 5+3+3+4. the JEE counseling “The top twenty per-
tion of the National Edu- ucation Policy-2020 in the higher education to 50% It covers certification process, students believe centiles for the CBSE
cation Policy (NEP) 2020. state, the cooperation of by the year 2035. Another from foundation level to that the eligibility relax- board have seldom fallen
The committee is headed the school educationde- facility of taking a break graduate level. The first ations are still not below 85%, reversing the
by the additional chief partment along with other from the ongoing study for five years include three enough while demand- purpose of these relax-
secretary of the school ed- departments is important. pursuing any different years of practical exami- ing a lower cutoff. ations. These benefits
ucation department and “Along with the school course has been provid- nation and 1st and 2nd Candidates appearing will only be available for
includes officers from var- education department, ed.Several changes have grade and in this level the for JEE Main 2023 ob- some students to reap,
ious departments. some schools in the state been made in the existing examination is given served the extreme dis- the others won’t be able
School Education and are under the control of education policy, which based on games, research parities between the top to get into an IIT or an
Sports department Joint other departments, so for includes Graded Academ- and work. With the aim of scores of various state NIT even if they top the
Secretary Imtiyaz Kazi in the effective implementa- ic, Administrative and Fi- enabling the students to boards over the past few JEE Main,” said Anub-
a Government resolution tion of this policy, it is the other departments,” A senior School Educa- nancial Autonomy. Be- carry out comprehensive years and believe that ha.
released on Monday said also necessary to coordi- reads the Government res- tion and Sports depart- sides, e-courses in region- reading up to grade 3 pro- the proposed screening The National Testing
that the department wise nate the department and olution. ment officer told The Free al languages are being ficiency. system is unfit for a na- Agency announced the
tionwide entrance exam. eligibility criteria a
“The top 20 percentile month before the Janu-

Odisha students make giant UGC extends deadline for Panjab Univ
VC Raj Kumar
scores for Maharashtra
state board went over
75% in the previous
ary session of JEE Main
2023. These criteria were
reinstated for the 2023

hockey sticks with scrap foreign uni suggestions resigns

years, for ICSE it might
even be 90%, whereas the
Bihar state board has
exam after a two-year
hiatus caused by the
covid-19. The students
PTI / Berhampur (Odisha) The scraps were PTI / Chandigarh 65% over the past few who had dropped out of
STAFF REPORTER / Mumbai India has witnessed an out- be at the liberty to determine years. This means that the JEE Main 2022 coun-
collected from the
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tudents of a govern- flow of 28-30 billion dollars their syllabus and admission anjab University Vice

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institute's workshop

PIC: UNSPLASH
ment Industrial Train- he University Grants with more than 6 lakh Indian processes, as long as the qual- Chancellor Raj Kumar
ing Institute (ITI) in Commission (UGC) students now studying ity of the knowledge impart- has resigned from the
Odisha's Berhampur have
and some garages in has extended the date abroad which is why UGC is ed does not differ from that of post, official sources said on
made a pair of giant 43-foot- the town for comments, suggestions, trying to bring foreign varsi- their parent campus, said Monday.
long hockey sticks using and feedback for the body's ties to the country so a huge UGC Chief Jagadesh Kumar. Vice President Jagdeep
scrap iron. draft regulations on campus- proportion of the young tal- The qualifications bestowed Dhankhar, who is also the
The sculpture, with the ters, welders, electricians es of foreign universities in ent remains in India while by foreign varsities in India Chancellor of the university,
theme 'waste to wealth' was and painters, took around a India till Feb 3, 2023. also pursuing cheaper educa- will also be at par with their has accepted his resignation,
inaugurated by Berhampur fortnight to erect the sculp- The stakeholders can send tion. counterparts abroad. It will the sources said. The reason
MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu on ture using over four tonnes of the suggestions and com- Foreign universities that be mandatory for these col- for his resignation was not
the occasion of the ongoing scrap iron, ITI principal Ra- ments to ugcforeigncollabo- factor into the top 500(overall leges to impart education in a immediately known.
Men's Hockey World Cup in jat Panigrahy said. ration@gmail.com. or subject-wise) of interna- physical classroom as online Dhankhar has given the
the state. The scraps were collected “In view of the requests be- tional university rankings teaching or distance learning charge of the VC to Renu Vig,
The giant hockey sticks, from the institute's work- ing received from the stake- will be welcome to set up will not be permitted under Dean University Instruc-
painted in tricolours and fit- shop and some garages in the holders to extend the last date their campuses in India. this setup, as reported by the tions (DUI) till further or-
ted with lights for illumina- town. for submitting comments/ Those universities that do not Free Press Journal. ders. Kumar had joined as
tion, have been installed at Sahu said even after the suggestions/feedback on the participate in these rankings The reaction to the pro- VC of Panjab University in
the open-air scrap sculpture end of the world cup, the aforesaid draft Regulations, but have a distinguished rep- posed norms have received 2018. Before joining the Uni-
park on the ITI campus. sculpture will continue to in- the last date for receiving utation due to their research mixed reactions from profes- versity, Kumar was the Di- only students from cer- selling process to im-
Around 400 students of spire generations to play the comments on the draft regu- and publications will also be sors, counsellors, academi- rector, Dean and Head of In- tain states are allowed prove their rank by reap-
various trades, including fit- national game. lations is hereby extended to allowed to open up a campus cians who see both positives stitute of Management Stud- wiggle room when it pearing for the exam
3rd February 2023," read the after an approval from UGC. and negatives with UGC's in- ies, Banaras Hindu Univer- comes to the benchmark now find themselves in a
Crossword # 662 notification by UGC. The foreign varsities will tentions. sity (BHU). of 75%,” said a class 12 fix.
student preparing for “This would not have
Across JEE Main 2023. been such a problem
1 Spheres or globes (4)
4 Bob up (6)
8 Chemist's workroom
Centre’s fund not enough for WB mid-day meal, says Trinamool The practicality of
this benchmark has also
been called into question
only if NTA had an-
nounced the eligibility a
few months before the
IANS / Kolkata for running that scheme is Rs 595, which fuel which is mainly cooking gas and the as several state boards exam. I focused on my
in short (3) includes the price of cooking items, payment to the cook. Often there are de- have discontinued the JEE preparation and

10 Heroic tale (4)
13 Desire (8)
14 Wealthiest (7)
15 Journey (6)
17 Disregard,
overlooked or
ignored (9)
21 Physics unit (3)
22 Ancient Roman
household deity (3)
23 In time past (3)
26 Annoying (9)
27 Conviction (6)
28 Language of
Maharashtra (7)
32 Panic merchant (8)
34 Canine in Oz (4)
35 Pig's dwelling (3)
36 Senior citizens of the
society, in a way ?
(6)
37 Taj Mahal city (4)
A
t a time when the Union ministry spices, fuel and the payment to cook. mands for the addition of protein food practice of releasing chose not to reappear for
of education has decided to send However, the average daily fund allot- like eggs or fish. With this paltry allot- their top twenty per- my class 12 boards since
an inspection team to West Ben- ment under the scheme for such a school ment when it is difficult to meet the bare centiles after the class 12 I managed to score
gal to review the implementation of the with 100 students is Rs 545. "So often the minimum adding more nutrition is out board exams were taken 74.08%. If Maharashtra
mid-day meal scheme in the state, Tri- school authorities are forced to compro- of the question," he added. online during COVID. board’s top twenty per-
namool Congress has raised a counter- mise on quality and at times even quan- According to senior Trinamool Con- If state boards choose centile is higher than
question on whether the Central fund al- tity of food to stay within the prescribed gress legislator Tapas Roy, the decision not to divulge these lists this, then I will have to
location per student under the scheme is allotment. We cannot expect the teach- to send the Central field inspection team this year as well, then let go of another year
sufficient to provide nutritious food. ers or headmasters to pay the excess without increasing the fund allotment the onus of procuring only because of a mere
The state government has chalked out amount from their own pockets," a state under the mid-day meal scheme is proof of being in the top 0.2%,” said Chinmay
an estimated per-student cost for a mid- education department official said. prompted by narrow political motives. twenty percentile from Dhongde, a Pune student
day meal for a school which on average On an average, he added, each student "First the Union government should the state will lie upon the who intends to take a sec-
little value (4) on? (3) has 100 students. in a meal is allotted 50 grams of rice, send such inspection teams to the BJP- students. If these JEE ond shot at JEE Main in
3 24 hour periods (4) 23 Take ___ __ : shoot? As per that estimate with a school eight grams of pulses and 100 grams of ruled states instead of just isolating candidates are unable to 2023.
5 A portion of time (6) (3,2) with 100 students, the average daily cost vegetables. "Now add the cost of spices, West Bengal," Roy said.
6 "Cycle" or "centre" 24 Should (5)
prefix (3) 25 On the ship (6) ‘TRAGEDY PARADOX’
7 Remorse (6) 26 Pests (6)
9 Take a ___ :
gamble? (3)
11 Scottish musician (5)
12 Offspring (5)
28 Random Hse. mail
(3)
29 Indian wheaten flour
(4)
Sad music helps when you’re down; IIT researchers find out why REPRESENTATIVE PIC: UNSPLASH
PTI / New Delhi logical reason for sad music mechanism of sad music
15 Girl's name (4) 30 Chinese secret making us feel better? We arises from better processing

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Down 16 Jason's ship (4) society (4) hy does listening to
1 Above or done with 18 Audacity (4) 31 Least amount (4) sad music help in
(4) 19 Musical symbol (4) 33 Hollywood actress times of sadness?
2 ___-a-brac: things of 20 Be a burden or strain ___ Adams (3) Researchers at the Indian In-
stitute of Technology (IIT)
26 Vermin, 28 Mss, 29 Atta, 30 Tong, 31 Iota, 33 Amy. Solution Mandi are looking for an-
15 Vera, 16 Argo, 18 Gall, 19 Clef, 20 Tax, 23 Aim at, 24 Ought, 25 Aboard, swers behind the "tragedy
Down: 1 Over, 2 Bric, 3 Days, 5 Period, 6 Epi, 7 Regret, 9 Bet, 11 Piper, 12 Child, paradox".
32 Alarmist, 34 Toto, 35 Sty, 36 Doyens, 37 Agra. According to IIT Mandi Di-
17 Neglected, 21 Rad, 22 Lar, 23 Ago, 26 Vexatious, 27 Belief, 28 Marathi, rector Laxmidhar Behera,
Across: 1 Orbs, 4 Appear, 8 Lab, 10 Epic, 13 Yearning, 14 Richest, 15 Voyage, music has a powerful ability
to affect our emotions, and it's
FPJ - SUDOKU - 67 Level: Hard no secret that people often
turn to music to boost their
mood or to help them through
a tough time.
"But why do we sometimes
seek out sad music, even
when we try to minimise sad-
ness in our lives? Despite our
natural inclination to avoid
sadness, this particular emo-
tion has a strange and endur-
ing appeal when expressed
through art. This so-called
'tragedy paradox' has puzzled
philosophers for centuries. It
has been postulated that the
tragedy paradox arises sim-
WHAT TO DO: Fill in the grid so ply because of the aesthetic
that every row, every column and appeal of gloomy tunes," Be-
every 3x3 box contains the digits hera said.
1 to 9. Every puzzle has only one "Is it proof that a thing of
correct solution. beauty is a joy forever, or is
there a more profound, bio-
wanted to find out how the
brain reacts when listening to
sad music after having an ad-
verse experience or memory.
For this, the researchers used
electroencephalography
(EEG) to measure the brain
activity of 20 people under
different conditions. They fo-
cused on brain regions in-
volved in emotion and memo-
ry processing," he added.
The 20 participants had no
musical training to avoid pre-
programmed reactions to the
selected music. EEG was
measured under three states.
In the first, EEG was record-
ed with no input - the base-
line. In the second state, EEG
was recorded as the partici-
pants recalled a sad experi-
ence and wrote about it - the
Sad Autobiographical Recall
or SAR condition. In the
third, EEG was measured
when they were made to lis-
ten to an Indian classical raga
"Mishra Jogiya". The music
was selected by a panel of five
music experts and is known
for invoking "Karuna Rasa"
(sad emotions).
EEG measures the electri-
cal activity of the brain, com-
monly known as brain waves.
It is known that brain waves
are of five types — alpha,
beta, gamma, delta and theta
— representing a different
mood and state of mind.
Within the current context,
alpha is, for example, associ-
ated with cognitive informa-
tion processing, while gam-
ma is associated with episod-
ic memory processing.
The researchers found that
when recalling a sad experi-
ence, there is enhanced gam-
ma wave activity, while listen-
ing to sad music leads to in-
creased alpha brain activity.
"Listening to Mishra
Jogiya Raga (sad music) ap-
pears to promote processing
of emotions and memories in
the brain, through a three-
channel framework involving
the alpha brain wave. These
mechanisms include in-
creased global and local con-
nectivity in brain areas in-
volved in emotion and memo-
ry processing, and increased
alertness," Behera said.
The finding that has been
published in the journal
"PLOS One" shows that the
brain's activity when listen-
ing to sad music is unique
and distinct from both the
SAR state and the baseline
resting state. The coping
of emotions and memories
under the alpha state.
"The coping effects are not
simply due to the aesthetic
appeal of the music, as previ-
ously believed, but an inher-
ent property of sad music,"
said Ashish Gupta, a PhD
scholar.
While it is clear that music
can affect our emotions and
cognitive abilities, the scien-
tists believe that more re-
search is needed to under-
stand the relationship be-
tween sad music and the
brain entirely.
While EEG studies have
provided insights into the
brain response to sad music
in terms of brain cortical ac-
tivity, the researchers also in-
tend to study the deeper sub-
cortical areas using fMRI
scans in the future. "The cur-
rent study is a part of ongo-
ing work investigating the ef-
fect of Indian ragas on hu-
man cognitive functions. This
work has significance for mu-
sic therapy, music training,
etc. where music is used or
can be used as a therapeutic
tool," said Braj Bhushan, Pro-
fessor, IIT Mandi.

YOUR DAY By Vinayak Vishwas Karandikar

ARIES: You will be forced to keep your feet out of
the house. Investment in shipping or tourism is
indicated. People in fields like fisheries or import-
export will be benefited. A cruise or travel for
education is indicated. Some people may suffer from sciatica.
TAURUS: Control your communication, as it may
affect profits. You may pay insurance premium or
education loan instalments. People in fields like
consultancy will get success. Students will do well
in their studies. You may suffer from muscle pain.
GEMINI: Businessmen will see growth in
production. Working people may get promotion.
You may invest for business expansion. People in
fields like law and banking will get success. You will
be able to manage business and family life.
CANCER: Today is the day to connect to your higher
soul. You may spend money on court matters.
People in fields like law and education will get
benefited. You may attend a religious activity. Some
people may suffer from muscle pain.
LEO: You will be likely to put others before you. LIBRA: You will enjoy commercial stability today. SAGITTARIUS: Relax and carry out your regular AQUARIUS: Today is a day of economic growth.
Expenditure is expected on education or home loan Your communication or presentation today will help responsibilities today. You may spend on house Expect expenditure for family needs. People in fields
payments. People in the field of law and your business. People in fields like banking and renovation or education. People in fields like like banking, consultancy and education will be
construction will get success. You may have to deal production will get success. Good news from the consultancy and law will do well. House renovation successful. Single people are likely to find their
with children's problems. Some people may suffer from muscle pain. maternal family is expected. You may suffer from inflammation. is indicated. Some people may suffer from headache or chest pain. match. Some people may suffer from throat problems or indigestion.
VIRGO: You will be happy in both career and family SCORPIO: Today is the day for meditation or CAPRICORN: Today is the day to keep your feet out PISCES: Get involved personally in your work and
life. You may spend on business expansion or religious rituals. You may spend on children. People of your house and travel. You may have to spend don't depend on others. You may invest in business
household items. People in fields like construction in fields like banking and finance trading will be money for your spouse. People in fields like tourism expansion. People in fields like banking and
and education will do well. Some people may suffer benefited. You will organise a family reunion. Some and communication will benefit. Some of you may production will be benefited. You will take part in
from lower back pain. people may suffer from throat pain. suffer from ear problems. household activities. You may suffer because of weight gain.

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indoor garden. Most of
us live in apartments
these days. There
is no extra space in
an apartment for
gardening. The only
space you can utilise
in an apartment for a
garden is the balcony.
That is why balcony
gardens are greatly in
vogue these days. Due
to the constraints of
space, potted plants are
best suited for balcony
gardens. The balcony
is a unique location for
a garden. It is neither
totally indoor or outdoor.
It gets sunlight at some
times of the day, but it’s
mostly indirect sunlight.
But shade loving plants
are ideal for the balcony
garden. Keeping shade
loving potted plants in
your balcony can make
a green spot in your
balcony. In this way, the
mud and dirt from the
garden does not come
into the house but you
still have a lovely garden
to be proud of. Potted
plants require less space
and are easy to maintain,
therefore, gardening
effort reduces a great
deal. Here are some of
the potted plants best
suited for your balcony
garden.
Hypothyroidism and menopause have a
connection that you need to know
NEHA GHOSH
S
ymptoms including
weariness, mental dullness,
and weight fluctuations
are frequent in women over
40. But are they brought on
by menopause or a thyroid
condition? In order to manage
your symptoms and maintain
maximum health and wellness,
let’s discuss what you should
know about perimenopause,
menopause, your thyroid, and
other related topics.
What you need to know about
Hypothroidism
When the thyroid does
not produce and release
enough thyroid hormone into
your circulation, it is known
as hypothyroidism. Your
metabolism becomes slower
as a result. Hypothyroidism,
also known as an underactive
thyroid, can make you feel
exhausted, put on weight, and
have trouble with cold weather.
Hormone replacement therapy is
the primary method of treatment
for hypothyroidism. Low
thyroid hormone production is
a symptom of this illness. Some
symptoms of menopause and
hypothyroidism are similar.
The majority of women in
their middle years also have
hypothyroidism. Women are
going through menopause at
this time. Continue reading
to find out more about how
your thyroid and menopause
are related, as well as how
hypothyroidism may impact
menopausal symptoms and
consequences.
AMRITHA K
A
n inflammatory
symptoms, causes and treatment
bowel disease
(IBD), Crohn’s
disease causes
inflammation of
your digestive tract,
which can lead to
fatigue, abdominal
bowel disease is
pain, diarrhoea,
classified into six
malnutrition and
types, depending on
weight loss. It is a
the location affected
chronic condition
by Crohn’s disease.
and is also termed
as ileitis or enteritis.
The affected areas inflammation affects
in the digestive tract the last part of the
can vary in different small intestine. 30
people. Crohn’s percent of people with
disease usually affects Crohn’s disease have
the very last segment ileitis.
of the small intestine,
but may also affect
the most common
other places in the
variation of the
intestinal tract. It is disease and affects
slightly more common not only the ileum but
in women than men. also the colon. Almost
According to studies, 50 per cent of people
the incidence of with Crohn’s disease
Crohn’s disease in have ileocolitis.
India is 7 per 100000
population with a affects your jejunum
male to female ratio and is rarely reported.
of 3.2:1. Read on to
know more about the
inflammatory bowel Crohn’s disease:
This variant of the
disease.
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Best potted plants for
Eyelid Pimples
SOMYA OJHA
a balcony garden A
pimple is
something that
Treat them effectively with
can pop up at
any part of the body,
Basil: Basil is however, when it pops
a holy plant in India up at sensitive places
these home remedies
and almost every like eyelids, they can
Hindu household has cause a great deal of
a potted basil in their discomfort and pain.
courtyard. Basil is a Often caused by clogging
quick growing plant up of the oil glands,
but if it is pruned pimples appearing on 1 Warm compress 6 Coriander
properly, its growth Soak a clean washcloth in
can be restricted to
the eyelids can be hard
hot water. Squeeze the cloth
seeds
to deal with. And, if Pour 2 cups
the appropriate limit you’ve ever suffered and place it on the affected
water into a pot
of a potted plant. from this problem, then area. Allow it to stay there
and add a handful
Boston fern: you may know that a for 5 minutes. Use this home
of coriander
The Boston fern is majority of over-the- remedy at least 3-4 times
seeds to it. Allow
a miniature variety counter ointments and through the course of the day
it to boil for 5-10
of fern. This variety creams don’t work as to get rid of the inflammation
minutes before
of fern grows like a effectively as certain and redness.
Peace lily: Peace Coleus: Coleus removing the
shrub and is ideally home remedies. In 2 Green tea pot from the
suited for a potted lilies are typically indoor is a very attractive Take a green tea bag, dip it
case, you’re wondering store. Strain the
plant. plants. But if you have a looking plant as its into a cup of lukewarm water.
which home remedies solution in a bowl
Rose: Roses very shady spot on your leaves are shaded. It After 5 minutes, take out the
can be used for treating and set it under
are versatile plants balcony, you can keep comes in shades of tea bag and squeeze it to get
an eyelid pimple, the fan to cool off.
that can grow your potted peace lily red, white and green. rid of the dripping water. Once
commonly known as a
both indoors and there. Just make sure Coleus plants do not done, place the tea bag onto an
stye, then we’ve got you
it is away from direct grow very tall and they
outdoors. Winters
sunlight all the time. are easy to maintain.
covered. We’ve curated eyelid pimple and let it stay 4 Aloe vera gel
are the best time a list of age-old, effective there for 5-10 minutes. Use this Scoop out the fresh gel of an aloe vera plant.
for the blooming of Spider plant: Columbine: home remedies that can potent remedy at least twice a Dip a cotton ball into the gel and gently press it 7 Guava
roses. Make sure Spider plants make great Columbine is a plant
potted plants due to their that has whistle-shaped
help you get rid of an day to get desired results. on the troubled area. After 5 minutes, rinse leaves
they get at least a
texture. You can easily flowers. They are
eyelid pimple. These 3 Turmeric off with water. Repeat the usage of this Put a handful of
few hours of sunlight remedies are loaded Put a pinch of water effective home remedy at least 2-3 times a guava leaves in a pot
every day. keep them in hanging medium sized shrubs with anti-inflammatory day for visible results.
to a cup of hot water. Stir of boiling water. Let the
English Ivy: containers or use them and can be easily
as foliage plants in your planted in containers.
and anti-bacterial and close the lid to get the 5 Castor oil leaves boil for 10-15 minutes
The English ivy properties that can solution ready. After a few Dip a Q-tip into castor oil and gently before taking the pot off the
is a fast growing balcony garden. Bamboo: give you relief minutes, dip a cotton apply it to a pimple on your eyelid. Allow stove. Allow the homemade
climbing plant. Azalea: Azaleas Bamboo is probably from the Note:
If an eyelid ball into the solution the oil to stay on the affected area for solution to cool off for a little
But you can easily are flowering bushes. the most versatile plant annoying and press it gently
pimple causes a 10-15 minutes while. Once done, soak a
plant it in a plastic They can grow into in the world. It can symptoms onto the affected
lot of discomforts, before rinsing clean cloth into the solution
container and then very bushy shrubs. tolerate harsh sunlight of an eyelid area. Gently
then it is highly it off with tepid and gently place it on the
hang it. The ivy will However, if they are well and also sustain in low pimple.
pruned, they make great light. Potted bamboo recommended to check press the cotton water. To banish affected area. Try using
spread across the Read on to ball onto a pimple an eyelid pimple, this remedy at least twice
bottled plants. Azaleas plants tend to grow with a specialist
walls and add lots of know more for 3-4 minutes try to use this age- a day to effectively
can tolerate moderate tall depending on how before trying
green foliage to your about these before rinsing it old home remedy at treat an annoying
sunlight. much sunlight they get. anything at
balcony. remedies here. off with water. least twice a day. eyelid pimple.
home.
NEHA GHOSH
Health Benefits:
T
he next time you
eat watermelon,
don’t spit out the Watermelon seeds
What is Menopause Risks and difficulties seeds. Wondering why?
Menopause is a normal change Watermelon seeds are
The risk of menopause-related disorders might 2 Strengthen immunity
that affects be increased by thyroid issues. For instance, packed with an array of 5 Aid in weight loss
vitamins and minerals. Watermelon seeds are
women osteoporosis, a disorder in which bone density According to a study conducted in Rajiv
Eating watermelon seeds packed full of antioxidants
and marks is decreased, is more likely to occur in women Gandhi University of Health Sciences in
is considered safe and can which protect your body
the end of following menopause. The risk of the illness might Bengaluru, Karnataka, the watermelon seed
actually be good for your from the harmful free
menstruation also be increased by an overactive thyroid. Similar extract has antiobesity effects. Watermelon
overall health. Watermelon radicals that cause cell
permanently. to how menopause raises the risk of cardiovascular seeds in medium and high doses were fed
is a refreshing fruit with damage, cancer and other
A woman has disease, thyroid issues similarly raise the risk. to obese rats and the result was reduction
nutritious seeds which diseases. In addition, the
experienced Thyroid issues may work together in this way to in body weight, food intake, serum glucose,
when roasted or dried can magnesium in the seeds
menopause raise the risk of difficulties during menopause. cholesterol, and triglyceride levels.
be eaten as a healthy snack. play a role in enhancing the
when she has
They consist of healthy fats immune system according to 6 Prevent arthritis
DR SURABHI had her last Taking Care of Hypothyroidism While in Menopause
which are omega 3 fatty a study. Watermelon seeds have a positive effect
SIDDHARTHA menstruation
Menopause problems. Osteoporosis acids and omega 6 fatty 3 Improve male fertility
Consultant and has gone in preventing arthritis as they contain
symptoms may get is also a documented acids. The seeds are good Watermelon seeds
Obstetrician & 12 months magnesium, manganese and calcium. The
worse if you have result of overusing for your health and the oil contain a good amount of
Gynecologist, without watermelon seed extract in medium and
hypothyroidism. thyroid hormones. extracted from the seeds zinc, an important mineral
Motherhood having one. high doses exhibit a significant antiarthritic
Therefore, it’s Healthcare also works wonders for your beneficial for the male
Hospital, Kharghar Hormonal activity which helped reduce arthritis in rats,
crucial to continue professionals are trained skin and hair. reproductive system. A
changes are as per a noted study.
hypothyroidism to modify thyroid study was conducted on the
typical throughout perimenopause,
medication during therapy depending 7 Have antiulcerogenic effect
which is the period before effect of watermelon seed The triterpenoids and phenolic
menopause rather on your unique oil on some sex hormones
menopause, and menopause. In compounds in the methanolic extract of
than brushing off your needs, including such as progesterone,
some women, this may even be watermelon seeds have been known to have
symptoms. Elevated those that arise prolactin, testosterone,
the time that hypothyroidism antiulcerogenic properties. A study found
cholesterol from after menopause. estradiol, luteinizing
manifests. that consuming watermelon seeds showed a
untreated thyroid People using hormone (LH) and
Many symptoms of significant decrease in stomach ulcers and
illness may result levothyroxine to follicle stimulating
hypothyroidism and menopause also lowered acidity.
in atherosclerosis, treat hypothyroidism hormone (FSH). The
are similar. Even if you’ve had
heart attack, or may notice a shift in results showed that there
hypothyroidism for some time, 8 Promote feminine health
stroke risk as well as their thyroid hormone was a 5 per cent and 10 per
the distinction between the two Watermelon seeds contain 58 mcg
increased cholesterol. requirements, often cent increase in prolactin,
conditions might become hazy of folate, also known as folic acid or
Additionally, downward, when luteinizing hormone,
as you get older and approach vitamin B9. Folate is an essential vitamin
hypertension brought on oestrogen levels decline estradiol, and testosterone.
menopause. Hypothyroidism responsible for proper brain function and
by hypothyroidism may around menopause. 4 Treat diabetes
symptoms might be mistaken for helps control homocysteine levels. Women
result in similar cardiac The symptoms of The antidiabetic effect
menopause-related symptoms. The 1 Promote heart health of childbearing age require more folic acid
identical symptoms include: the menopause and thyroid issues may Watermelon seeds contain of watermelon seed extract as a deficiency of this vitamin is linked to
Shortened menstrual be identical. HRT and phytoestrogen magnesium, an essential was studied on diabetic rats. neural tube birth defects.
cycles supplements don’t appear to impair mineral that contributes to The results of the study
found that the methanolic
9 Maintain skin and hair health
The quantity of healthy thyroid function, but heart health and regulates Watermelon seeds are an excellent
bleeding has changed they could make it harder for blood pressure. The seeds extract of watermelon
source of unsaturated fatty acids and
Interruption of sleep hypothyroid patients to absorb contain a substance called seeds promoted glucose
antioxidants which aid in keeping the
Fatigue their thyroxine medicine. Consult citrulline, which helps to homeostasis and helped to
skin healthy and slow down skin ageing. It
Mood changes your doctor or pharmacist reduce aortic blood pressure. maintain body weight by
can help treat skin problems like rashes,
Forgetfulness before using any alternative, Eating the seeds will lower improving fasting glucose
oedema, etc. Also, watermelon seed oil can
Gaining weight complementary, or “natural” your bad cholesterol levels level, oral glucose tolerance,
help to get rid of dandruff and the protein
Arid skin medications for menopausal and increase good cholesterol body weight, food and fluid
present in them can strengthen your hair.
Hair fall symptoms. levels. intake.
Crohn’s disease: Types,
Diagnosis of crohn’s disease
The doctor will start the diagnosis
by checking the symptoms. Apart from
a physical examination, the following
tests will help the doctor diagnose the
condition.
A faecal occult blood test
Blood test for anaemia and infections
Biopsy Colonoscopy
Sigmoidoscopy MRI
Types of crohn’s disease Symptoms of crohn’s disease Causes of crohn’s disease Endoscopy CT scan
Studies have revealed that one Balloon-assisted enteroscopy
The inflammatory condition affects The signs of the condition
the duodenum and possibly develops Crohn’s disease Risk
develop only gradually and can Treatment for crohn’s
your stomach. About from an abnormal reaction in the factors of crohn’s Diet for crohn’s disease
become worse over time. In
5 percent of people immune system. However, there is disease disease Changing your
some extremely rare cases, the For each individual,
with Crohn’s disease a lack of clarity as to exactly why the The factors that pose dietary habits may
symptoms may arise suddenly. the treatment differs
have gastroduodenal condition develops. Diet and stress a risk to the condition are as help in managing
Likewise, the symptoms vary as there is no specific
Crohn’s disease. were previously thought to be the follows: the symptoms of the
Ileitis: This type of depending on the part affected. cause of the condition. treatment or a specific condition. However, the
Crohn’s colitis: The common symptoms of Ethnicity Age
Some of the possible causes of Family history cure for the condition. diet that may work for
This variant affects Crohn’s disease are as follows: The treatment methods
Crohn’s disease are as follows: Smoking habit one individual may not
only the colon and Urgent bowel movements aim to manage and
Immune system: Virus or Nonsteroidal anti- work for the other.
is found in about 20 Blood in your stool control the symptoms of
bacterium may trigger Crohn’s inflammatory medications Manage the fibre
percent of people with Diarrhoea Fever Crohn’s disease, especially
disease and when this occurs your Place of intake
Crohn’s disease. Like Weight loss Fatigue inflammation.
immune system tries to fight off the residence Control
Ileocolitis: It is ulcerative colitis, Stomach pain Anaemia
Crohn’s colitis also invading microorganism, which in Nutrition therapy: In consumption of fatty
Abdominal cramps some cases, the individual food
impacts the colon but turn attacks the digestive tract cells.
Lack of appetite Complications of crohn’s disease will be recommended a Limit your dairy
on a more severe level. Mouth sores Heredity: The condition is
commonly found in people who have The following special diet given via a consumption
Perianal disease: Some of the other complications may arise due to
family members with the disease. feeding tube. It can also Consider
This type of Crohn’s (less common and severe) Crohn’s disease:
Due to this, it has been ascertained be done by injecting alternative sources of
disease can be painful symptoms are as follows: Ulcers Fistulas
that the genes of an individual may nutrients into a vein. vitamins and minerals
as it causes deep Painful sore near your Bowel obstruction
tissue infections, anus
play a role in causing the disease. Surgery: In the case Avoid spicy foods,
Anal fissure Malnutrition of the other treatment alcohol and caffeine
Jejunoileitis: This as well as sores and Delayed growth or sexual Environmental factors: It has Colon cancer
also been pointed out that certain measures not working, Some of the other
ulcers on the outer development, in children Medication risks
environmental factors such as the doctor will suggest dietary shifts are, eating
skin around the anus. Inflammation of the liver Anaemia Skin disorders
substances from something you’ve surgery. Surgery for small meals, drinking
Around 30 percent of or bile ducts
Gastroduodenal eaten, cigarette smoke and microbes Arthritis Osteoporosis treating Crohn’s is plenty of water and
people with Crohn’s Inflammation of skin, eyes
may trigger the condition. Liver diseases relatively common. talking to a dietician.
disease have the and joints
perianal disease. Arthritis Disclaimer: The Free Press Journal bears no responsibility for the content that appears on this page.

MUMBAI | TUESDAY | JANUARY 17, 2023
THE
UNIFORM
GIRL!
Actress Regina
Cassandra
reveals how
her athletic
body helps in
getting roles
from the
defence
background
A still from Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke
ROHIT BHATNAGAR  was taken by
egina Cassandra, who predomi-
R nantly works down south,
marked her unconventional
Hindi screen debut alongside
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja in Ek Ladki
Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019). In
2022, she was seen in shows like
Rocket Boys, and Shoorveer, and
now she is all set to play the role of
an IPS officer in her upcoming
show, Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke,
which is helmed by Srijit Mukherji.
In an exclusive chat with The Free Press
Journal, Regina talks about playing roles in the
defence forces and more. Excerpts:
Are you attracted to the uniform roles from the defence?
For the longest time, people kept telling me that I should
play the roles of a police officer, sportsperson, athlete,
etc. I took things as they came; I never forced myself to
do anything. And it so happens in my career that I have
been doing such roles off late. But I have to strike a bal-
ance between such roles and other kinds of roles.
Go on…
With Saakini Daakini, Shoorveer, and now Jaanbaaz..., a
lot of people might think that I am only doing these roles,
but I also have Rocket Boys 2 and another Telugu girl role
where I played a normal NRI girl. My choices are varied,
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Director’s Cut
EXPERIMENTING WITH PATHAAN
Director Siddharth Anand talks about how Shah Rukh Khan’s break has
created excitement for Pathaan
CJ DESK
P
athaan, starring
Shah Rukh Khan,
Deepik Padukone,
and John Abra-
ham, is one of the most
anticipated films to release
this year. Touted as one of
the biggest ever action spec-
tacles, the film is even more
special as it marks SRK’s
return to the silver
screen with a full-
fledged role after
four long years.
Director
Siddharth
Anand, in
a video
released
by the
makers,
talks
about why
Pathaan
has be-
come the
most hyped
film global-
ly and how
SRK’s re-
turn to the
cinemas af-
ter four
years has
added to the hu-
mongous buzz that
the film is
carrying!
Siddharth said, “Di-
recting SRK is a responsi-
bility, and it’s even greater
now because of the break
that he took, and that has
created immense expecta-
tions and excitement with
his audience. I’m realising
now, as the film nears com-
pletion and release, what
and how large that fan base
is. So yeah, that is an amaz-
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ing feeling, and it’s some-
where exciting because we
know that we have hopefully
Richard E wazi actor Richard E Grant is set to host the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, the awards body announced
Grant to host S Monday morning. The actor joins a panel of newly announced hosts around the event, which includes
presenters Alison Hammond and Vick Hope, as well as film critic Ali Plumb. Hammond will host a new BAFTA
Studio, offering viewers an extra experience during the event featuring interviews and insights. Plumb and
BAFTA Film Hope will take the reins on the red carpet, reports Variety. “I feel hugely privileged to be hosting the EE BAFTAs for
the first time and the opportunity to celebrate the very best of the extraordinary range of this year's films,” Grant said in a
Awards statement accompanying the announcement. — IANS
and that’s how I always wanted them to be.
LIPIKA VARMA
LIVING HER
P
DREAM
riyanka Dhavale, who is
What were your preparations for playing IPS known for her television
Kavya Iyer? show Mehndi Hai Rachne
PIC: INSTAGRAM/ PRIYANKA DHAVALE
Firstly, I made sure that I had all the infor- Waali, is currently seen
mation from the writers, including whom playing the female lead in
they were basing it on and why. I saw a Kyunkii Tum Hi Ho opposite Kyun-
couple of interviews of Sanjukta Parashar,
who is an IPS officer. Srijit sir made me re-
ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actor
Amar Upadhyay. The show is pro-
Actress Priyanka
hearse with every other character in the duced by Amar himself. Dhavale talks about her
show, be it Deepika Amin, Chandan Roy, etc. The romantic drama has become
And I am grateful for these popular among Indian households
recent show Kyunkii
rehearsals, as they were of the and Priyanka has earned quite a Tum Hi Ho and working
utmost importance. fan following. The actor recent-
ly spoke to The Free Press with senior actor Amar
Do you believe that the Journal about how she Upadhyay
physicality of an artist helps bagged the lead role in the
in being approached for show, her character, and
certain roles? working with Amar Upad-
I think that’s a given. I ab- hyay for the first time.
solutely agree with it be- “Kavya Sharma is the
cause physicality is part of girl next door. She is sim-
your appearance. If one ple, naive, and down to
stands in civilian clothes
as a police officer, you
earth. She is a believer in
destiny. She thinks nothing
should be able to tell
that the person is in the
will go wrong with her be-
cause she has always had
armed forces. I feel somebody to support her,
physicality is impor- like Ayushmann
tant while casting, Bhargav played by
which is why actors
gain or lose weight
Harsh Nagar. Her
biggest dream is to
for a particular role
they are being of-
get married to her
dream boy,” says
fered. Appearance Priyanka who
also plays a bagged the lead
major part in role in the show af-
getting into the ter a couple of audi-
skin of the char- tions.
acter. “My final audition
Elaborate Amar (Upadhyay) sir A still from the show
further… himself. I was told that
Whenever I
have worn a
police uni-
you have to come for
the audition, which will
be conducted by the
becoming an actor. Working on
this show as a lead actor is like a
dream come true for her. “I was al-
form, peo- director and the D.O.P. ways passionate about acting. I
ple have There was one more girl never had a plan B. It is like a
liked it. with me. We were wait- dream come true, and what better
I am ing for the director, way to start than working opposite
also a and suddenly Amar Amar sir? The concept of the show
physi- sir walked in, and I is great. I’m happy and blessed
cally was completely that I’m getting to play this char-
active surprised. I knew acter every day. With each passing
person him as a senior ac- day, I’m getting to learn new
in the tor. He told me things, and it feels amazing,”
sense, that I that he would be tak- she says.
like doing fight scenes, ing my audition. I When asked about her experi-
and taking a gun out. I also wanted to see felt nervous at that ence of working with Amar she
if I would be able to pull off such characters moment. Luckily, the says it’s a pleasure working with
since I believe that looking athletic and pulling audition went well, him. “The experience has been
them off in front of the camera are two different and after a few great. After our first mock shoot I
things.  hours, he called me asked him (Amar) if he was
and asked, ‘Are you doing any show and he told me
Are you a strategist or do you go with the flow available for a that he is producing Kyunkii.. and
when it comes to choosing characters?  month?’ and I said acting as well. I always had that
It has pretty much been the latter right from the yes. That’s when he pressure on my shoulders, as he is
beginning of my career, but it’s not that easy told me, ‘You’ve been the producer as well as an actor in
to put it this way either. I do pretty well when chosen to play the show. I learn a lot of things
I am presented with offers and I have to Kavya, the show’s from him every
choose. There’s a bit of structure to it. lead’,” she recalls. day,” says the
Priyanka grew up actress in
with the dream of conclusion.
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Shah Rukh
OF THE DAY Glitterati were snapped as they Khan
were out and about in Mumbai
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Prachi
Desai
made a film that they will be
happy with and proud of.”
About the electrifying SRK
and Deepika pairing in
Pathaan, Siddharth said,
“Just the fact that SRK and
Deepika have done so many
films before and fortunately
all of them have been really
successful. It became a chal-
Adorable B’day
lenge to see how different
can they look and so, our
team really worked you
know intricately to present
them in a new way.”
Wishes!
A
SRK and Deepika are one ctor Sidharth Malhotra turned a
year older yesterday. He is
known for his versatility in his
choice of roles in each film. He
started his acting career in 2012, and
since then he has delivered many
amazing performances. His fans took
to the microblogging site to send him
birthday wishes. Here are a few of
them:
@kriti_admirer: “Happiest birthday
@SidMalhotra. May you have a
superb year ahead! God bless you.”
@AkkiVish55: “Happy Birthday to
the most handsome actor in
Bollywood @SidMalhotra.”
@sidheart_stan: “I love his each
A still from Pathaan
movie but this is just so different, him
as a Nikhil bhardwaj is my forever fav
of the biggest on-screen character Happy Birthday Sidharth
pairings in the history of In- Malhotra.”
dian cinema, given their
epic blockbusters Om Shanti @Itsmeiinna: “Happiest Birthday to
Om, Chennai Express, and my ishq wala love since 2012 loml!
Happy New Year. Wishing you all the love, happiness,
Siddharth mentioned, joy & success.”
“The fact that Deepika is
looking different from her @loveSidkiara1: “Wishing you a
films and SRK is looking dif- very Happy birthday sid ,keep
ferent from his films, auto- shining. Love you a lot. No matters
matically, their pairing will what we always there to support you
look fresh. So that is the ap- & hopefully we get to see u getting
proach we took, and it’s married.”
amazing. I think the audi-
ence is loving it.” @Princess1khushi: “Siddy you Aparshakti
The movie is all set to hit deserve everything in this world, May Khurana
the silver screen on year ahead be as awesome as u are. I
January 25. just adore you, love everything about
you, lots of love always Tiger Hina Khan
@SidMalhotra” – CJ Desk Shroff