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News Brief
Construction of Ram
temple at halfway
point: Trust secy
AYODHYA: Construction
of the Ram temple here
has reached the halfway
stage and the sanctum
sanctorum will be ready to
place the idol by next
year's 'Makar Sankranti',
Ram Mandir Trust
Secretary Champat Rai said
on Friday. The sanctum
sanctorum has been
designed in such a way that
the rays of the rising sun
fall on the idol's forehead,
he said.
Parl Budget session
from January 31
NEW DELHI: The budget
session of Parliament will
begin on January 31 and
continue till April 6,
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Pralhad Joshi
announced on Friday.
The session will have 27
ISRO: Joshimath sank
5.4 cm in just 12 days
AGENCIES
Chennai/Dehradun
Satellite images re-
leased by ISRO's
National Remote
Sensing Centre on
Friday show that
Uttarakhand's
Joshimath wit-
nessed a rapid sink-
ing of 5.4cm in just
12 days - between 27
December 2022 and
8 January 2023.
The quick subsi-
dence stands in
contrast to the
slow-paced sink- NDRF and SDRF teams prepare for the demolition of the Hotel
ing of the area Malari Inn, which has been marked unsafe, in Joshimath
that was recorded
between April and November
2022. According to the govern-
ment agency's report, during
these seven months, Joshimath
sank up to just nine centimetres.
The report also added that rapid
subsidence occurred in the central
part of the city. "Crown of the subsi- So far, a total of 168 families have
dence is located near Joshimath-
Auli road at a height of 2180 m", it
British Airways staff
held for making hoax Can Muslim girl marry man
mentioned.
The images and report have come
just days after cracks appeared in
many roads and hundreds of hous-
es in the city, which has now been
declared as a landslide and subsi-
dence-hit zone by the authorities.
evacuated to temporary relief cen-
tres. CONTD. ON P6
Cut -off date
extended but
MP students
still out
OUR STAFF REPORTER
City.bhopal@fpj.co.in
Demolition of Malari Inn,
National Board Of Exam-
Hotel Mount View begins inations In Medical Sci-
The demolition work of Hotel Mount View ences (NBEMS), New Delhi,
and Malari Inn, which were identified as has extended cut -off date
'unsafe' in Joshimath, started on Thursday for NEET PG 2023 from
afternoon. The electricity poles installed March 31 to June 30.
outside the hotels were removed by But still MP, Bihar, Jhark-
cranes on Friday morning. The new hand, Chhattisgarh, Telan-
transformer has been shifted near the gana state medical students
police station. are out as they will not be
able to appear in NEET PG
Karnaprayag: Authorities 2023. There are 1500 stu-
dents to appear NEET PG
order evacuation 2023. MP's medical students
KARNAPRAYAG: The authorities have internship will be completed
ordered evacuation of residents of by July 31 so they had de-
Bahuguna Nagar to safer places as panic manded cut-off date July 31
gripped the people after many houses or beyond it.
developed cracks. The latest crisis Even Madhya Pradesh
comes close to the heels of subsidence of Ayurvigyan Vish-
land in Joshimath. Apart from Bahuguna wavidyalaya (Medical Sci-
Nagar, several houses in the Upper ence University), Jabalpur,
Bazar ward of the town are also at risk. had written requesting Min-
istry of Health and Family
CM holds emergency meet Welfare(MoHFW) for exten-
sion of examination as well
An emergency cabinet meeting led by CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami is being held here on as cut-off date. University
Friday to discuss several important issues, had also mentioned that in-
including compensation, in view of the land ternship of MP medical stu-
subsidence crisis in Joshimath. dents will be completed by
July 31.
As per new circular issued
on Friday, the last date for
submission of online appli-
cations is 27th January 2023
(Till 11:55 PM).
Govt to build replica
of PoK’s Shardapeeth
in Omkareshwar
Kashmiri Pandits venerate this temple
NITENDRA SHARMA
BHOPAL
The MP government which
is building religious places
is going to undertake a ma-
jor work towards this di-
rection. The state govern-
ment is ready to build the
replica of Shardapeeth
Temple in Omkareshwar.
The well-known
Shardapeedh Temple is in
Pak-occupied Kashmir
(PoK).
The Kashmiri Pandits
venerate the Shardapeeth
Temple where Adi
Shankaracharya also un-
dertook penance. He also
took part in a debate on re-
ligion at the temple.
The Hindus revere this
temple which is associated
with the culture and her-
The centre for Advaita
Vedanta and a statue of
Shankaracharya are being
built at Omkerashwar.
They will come up on 85
acres for which a sum of Rs
2,141 crore is being spent.
The Shardapeeth Temple
is made of wood. Although
there are plans to use mod-
ern technology to strength-
en the temple at Omkaresh-
war, woods will be used to
make it look like the origi-
nal Shardapeeth Temple.
It is happening for the
first time in the country
that a replica of Sharda
Temple at PoK is being
built somewhere.
A design has been made
on the grounds of the old
pictures of
Shardapeeth Temple. The
construction is going to
the

of her choice after puberty?

sittings spread over 66 days
with usual recess from
February 14 till March 12 bomb call to Spicejet CONTD. ON P6 itage of Kashmir. start soon. CONTD. ON P6

to enable the sittings of the
department-related
standing committees.
ICICI case: Dhoot says
arrest unnecessary
MUMBAI: The lawyer of
Videocon Group promoter
Venugopal Dhoot on Friday
argued before the Bombay
HC that the industrialist's
arrest in the ICICI Bank
loan fraud case was
unwarranted as he was
cooperating with probe.
Maoists trigger IED
blasts in J'khand
CHAIBASA: The
CPI(Maoists) on Friday
triggered threeIED blasts in
Jharkhand's West Singbhum
district when security forces
were carrying out search
operations but nobody was
injured in the explosions, a
senior police officer said.SP
Ashutosh Shekhar said the
security forces were
carrying out search
operations in Tumbahaka
forest when the IEDs
exploded.
CBI gets prosecution
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police
on Friday said that they
have arrested a trainee
ticketing agent of British
Airways for allegedly a
hoax bomb call to Spicejet
call centre at IGI Airport
for Pune bound Delhi flight.
The accused has been
identified as Abhinav
Prakash (24), a resident of
Sector 22 Dwarka. On
Thursday, the Spicejet call
center received a call re-
garding a bomb in a Pune-
bound Spicejet flight from
Delhi was received before
takeoff at 09.30 pm. The in-
formation was immediately
escalated to the CISF con-
trol room and was further
transferred to IGI Airport
Police Station.
Keeping in view the gravity
of the call the security agen-
cies at CISF swung into action
and a coordination meeting of
all stakeholders was organ-
ized as the bomb threat was
specific. The Airline which
was bound to take off to Pune,
was immediately taken to the
isolation bay and was parked
at isolation. CONTD. ON P6
AIR INDIA PEE-GATE CASE
OUR BUREAU
NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court on Fri-
day agreed to examine the
National Commission for
Protection of Child Rights'
plea against the Punjab and
Haryana High Court order
that a Muslim girl can mar-
ry a person of her choice af-
ter attaining puber-
ty.
A Bench of Chief
Justice D Y Chan-
drachud and Jus-
tice P S Narasimha
issued notice to the
Haryana govern-
ment and appointed
senior advocate Rajsekhar
Rao as an amicus curiae in
the matter to assist the
court.
It held that the High Court
judgment held as valid a
Muslim girl aged 15 years
can enter into a legal and
valid marriage as per the
Muslim personal law,
should not be relied on as a
precedent in any other
case.
WORLD CUP: INDIA DOWN SPAIN
HATE SPEECHES IN DELHI: SC Karni Sena member
SEEKS REPORT IN 2 WEEKS accused of using
NEW DELHI: No palpable progress has been made by the
Delhi Police in the investigation into cases of hate
speeches made at religious assemblies in the national
abusive words against
capital in 2021, the Supreme Court noted on Friday while
seeking a report within two weeks from the police officer CM held from Haryana
probing the matters. The incident pertained to December,
2021 and the FIR in the case was lodged on May 4, last OUR STAFF REPORTER
year, the top court said, adding, “Why do you need five city.bhopal@fpj.co.in
months for lodging an FIR? How many arrests have
been made?" A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y A man who used abusive
Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha asked language against Chief
Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj to file an Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan during the agita-
affidavit of the investigating officer of Delhi Police,
giving details of the progress made so far. tion of Karni Sena fell into
It was hearing a contempt petition by activist the hands of Piplani police,
Tushar Gandhi, alleging inaction by Delhi and Bhopal. The cops picked
Uttarakhand police in the alleged hate speech cases. him from Haryana on Fri-
On November 11, last year, the bench had discharged the day. Nevertheless, the
Uttarakhand govt and the police chief from a list of Karni Sena said they had
parties in the contempt plea. no connection with the ar-
rested man.
A four-day agitation, or-
"We are inclined to enter- Mehta submitted that the ganised by Karni Sena in
tain these writ petitions. Is- Muslim girls who are 14, 15 Bhopal, began on January 8
sue notice. Pending further and 16 years old are getting and concluded on January
orders, impugned judgment married. 11. The protesters were
of the High Could shall not Can you plead custom or pressing for their 21-point
be relied upon as prece- personal law as defence Hardik Singh (8) with Manpreet Singh (7) celebrates after charter of demands.
dent," the Bench ruled. against a criminal offence, scoring a goal against Spain in FIH Mens World Cup 2023, in During the agitation, a
Solicitor general Tushar he asked. CONTD. ON P6 Sena member Okendra
Rourkela on Friday. India won 2-0.
Rana, used abusive words
against the CM and up-

sanction against Lalu Shirdi-bound bus loaded his statement on his

in land for job case

Woman urinated on her own collides with truck in 11 COPS SUSPENDED FOR NEGLIGENCE social media account.
The accused, however,
said he was not scared of

NEW DELHI: The Central

Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) has got the prosecu-
tion sanction from the Min-
istry of Home Affairs
against former Union Min-
ister of Railways and Bihar
Chief Minister Lalu Prasad
in connection with a case
related to land for job scam.
An official said the CBI
furnished the prosecution
sanction letter before the
concerned court.
The CBI had in October
last year in its chargesheet
named 16 accused includ-
ing Lalu Prasad, his wife,
daughter, then GM of Cen-
tral Railways, then Chief
Personnel Officer (CPO),
private persons, and some
candidates in the matter.
CONTD. ON P6
seat, accused tells court
NEW DELHI : Shankar
Mishra, accused of urinat-
ing on a woman on board
an Air India Flight from
New York to New Delhi
flight on Friday told a Delhi
Court that he did not com-
mit the offence and submit-
ted that the complainant
herself could have peed on
her own seat.
The accused through sen-
ior lawyer Ramesh Gupta
submitted, "The com-
plainant woman's seat was
blocked. It wasn't possible
for him (Mishra) to go
there. The woman has a
problem of incontinence.
She urinated on herself.
She is a Kathak dancer, 80
per cent of kathak dancers
have this issue." Raising
questions over the Delhi Po-
lice investigation, senior
advocate Ramesh Gupta
submitted that there must
be someone else.
"She herself urinated.
The seating system was
such that no one could go to
her seat. The passenger sit-
ting behind the com-
plainant did not make any
such complaint," he added.
On this, Additional Ses-
sions Judge Harjyot Singh
Bhalla observed that "It is not
impossible to go from one
side of the flight to the other.
Sorry, but I have travelled as
well. Anybody from any row
can come around and go to
any seat." CONTD. ON P6
Nashik; 10 killed
AGENCIES
Mumbai/Nashik
Ten persons were killed
and at least 22 others in-
jured - most of them work-
ers of a packaging firm and
their families - after a pri-
vate tourist bus on way to
the temple town of Shirdi
collided with a truck in Ma-
harashtra's Nashik district
on Friday morning, police
officials said.
The impact of the crash
was so powerful that both
the vehicles were complete-
ly wrecked.
While the front cabin of
the truck was a mangled
heap, the bus was virtually
cut open along one side and
reduced to a shell.
NEW DELHI: On the Min-
istry of Home Affairs
(MHA) recommendation,
the Delhi Police on Friday
suspended 11 police person-
nel for their alleged negli-
gence while being on duty,
when the gruesome acci-
dent occurred in the city's
Kanjhawala on January 1.
KANJHAWALA CASE
The case pertains to the
gruesome January 1 inci-
dent in which 20-year-old
Anjali Singh, who was rid-
ing a scooter, was found
dead on the street after be-
ing allegedly hit and
dragged for several kilome-
tres by a car driven by five
youths in Outer Delhi's
Khanjawala area. "As ap-
proved by the competent au-
thority, a total of 11 Police-
FSL submits blood sample report
of accused persons to police
The Forensic Science Laboratory on Friday
any punishment and that
an FIR against him would
be just like a reward.
Police station in-charge,
handed over the blood sample report of the Ajay Nair, said the police
accused persons in the Kanjhawala case had registered a case
which will reveal if they were under the against him under sections
influence of alcohol at the time of the 294, 153-A and 34 of the IPC.
accident, officials said. The FSL has also The police left for Haryana
submitted the crime scene report to the on Thursday morning and
police and will hand over the viscera report arrested him from his resi-
of the victim by Friday evening, they said. Anjali Singh was dence in the Bhiwani area
killed in the early hours of the New Year after her scooter of Haryana at night. He
was hit by a car which dragged her for 12-km from Sultanpuri will be brought to Bhopal.
to Kanjhawala in outer Delhi. Seven people have been Working committee
arrested in connection with the accident. FSL, Rohini has president of Bhopal unit
handed over the blood sample report of the accused. It will of the Kar ni Sena, Yo-
reveal whether the accused had consumed alcohol the night gendra Singh Devda, said
the accident took place, a senior official said. the accused had not been
invited to the agitation.
men of Rohini District de- pended police personnel, He himself came and
ployed enroute at PCRs and five were on two pickets joined the protesters.
pickets have been suspend- and six personnel were on The Karni Sena does pro-
ed," the Delhi Police said. three PCRs who have been mote such an unruly be-
Notably, among the sus- suspended. CONTD. ON P6 haviour, he said.

PM MODI FLAGS OFF WORLD'S LONGEST CRUISE GANGA VILAS, TERMS IT 'AMALGAM' OF ANCIENT AND MODERN
'India has everything you can imagine & much more than what you can imagine'
VARANASI
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, on Friday, flagged off
the MV Ganga Vilas, the
world's longest river cruise.
He termed it an "amalgam"
of the modern and the ancient
and said that the cruise would
open new vistas for tourists
from across the world.
Addressing the function vir-
tually, the Prime Minister said
that the cruise will bring sev-
eral tourist destinations on
the world map and give a nev-
er-before experience to
tourists who can savour the
food, culture, religious diver-
sity and natural resources of
the country.
"India has everything you
can imagine and much more
than what you can imagine.
India can only be experi-
enced," he said.
The Prime Minister said that
this cruise will pave the way
for more such cruises on budg-
et and luxury categories. He
said that there is a need to en-
courage water transport since
this will also ensure a boost to
the economy and offer self-em-
ployment opportunities for
the youth.
He said that the Ganga was
not a mere river but a part of
Indian heritage. Welcoming
international tourists who
will travel on the inaugural
cruise, he hoped that they
would have a lifetime experi-
ence.
Meanwhile, a government
spokesman said that the
cruise will travel 3,200 km in
51 days. This five-star moving
Cruise ride to cost
Rs 50-55L/person
VARANASI: Vegetarian
Indian cuisine, assorted non-
hotel has 18 alcoholic beverages, a spa
suites with the and doctors on call are
capacity of 36 some of the features of the
tourists. Apart world's longest luxury river
from this, it cruise MV Ganga Vilas. The
has accommo- 51-day luxury journey
dation for 40 covering five Indian states,
crew members. and Bangladesh will cost Rs
The modernist ship is 62 me- 50-55 lakh per passenger.
ters in length and 12 meters However, one will have to
wide and requires a draft of wait for more than a year to
1.4 meters. get a suite in the luxury ship,
It will take tourists across 27 which will cruise across 17
river systems and will cruise river systems as it is fully
through various prominent People aboard the world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas after it was flagged off by booked till March 2024.
destinations. CONTD. ON P6 Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Inset) during a ceremony, in Varanasi, on Friday
BHOPAL INDORE / BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
Sagar divisional commissioner chairs meeting with officials
KHAJURAHO (CHHATARPUR): Divisional Commissioner of Sagar, Mukesh Shukla, chaired a meeting with the top officials of the Chhatarpur district,
ahead of the G-20 summit slated to be held in the Khajuraho town on February 23, 24 and 25, 2022. In the meeting, he issued several instructions to all
the officials present. Collector of Chhatarpur, Sandeep GR, Superintendent of police (SP) Sachin Sharma, Zila panchayat CEO Tapasya Parihar, Rajnagar
SDM Rakesh Parmar, Janpad CEO Rakesh Shukla, block education officer, NK Tripathi and other senior officials were present in the meeting.

BHOPAL
LITERATURE
‘Only nation whose national anthem Road deaths touched a
new high in 2022, Karond
& ART FEST celebrates different ethnicities’ Square top black spot
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Was told that MP police wouldn’t city.bhopal@fpj.co.in ROAD DEVPT AGENCY
guarantee my safety: Onir Dhar Deaths due to road acci-
dents in Bhopal touched a
D eputy commissioner
of police (traffic)
Hansraj Singh said that
MINALTOMAR and they cancel the event?” I new high in 2022. About 198 the road development
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in was informed that the police deaths due to road acci- agency had been con-
couldn’t guarantee my safety.” dents were reported last tacted to mend black
I was told that the MP police When asked about organisers year. The Karond Square spots like Karond
wouldn’t guarantee my safety. getting verbal communication area of Bhopal emerged as Square and ISBT Road.
This is what film-maker Onir from the state government to the top black spot, which Road safety week and
Dhar said after his talk session cancel the session, he said, saw 45 road accidents fol- other campaigns are
on, Making Literature LGBTQ “How can state government ob- lowed by ISBT Road, where held to apprise people of
Neutral, was cancelled follow- ject to an individual artiste 29 road accidents took traffic-appropriate be-
ing protest threats. coming and discussing LGBTQ place. haviour.
Dhar was to hold a talk ses- in literature?” Death tally due to road ac-
Fifth edition of Bhopal Literature and Art Festival 2023 begins at Bharat Bhavan on Friday FP PIC
OUR STAFF REPORTER
sion on - Making Literature
APPEAL TO CM cidents in the bygone year Misrod police station

city.bhopal@fpj.co.in SECOND SESSION LGBTQ Neutral. It was can-

celled by the organisers who were told by
The film-maker has appealed to Chief
surpassed the figures of
2021 and registered 36 per
topped the chart by regis-
tering 304 road accident

The three-day Bhopal Lit-

erature and Art Festival
began with thought-pro-
voking sessions at Bharat
Bhavan on Friday. Festival
director Raghav Chandra,
Abhilash Khandekar,
American-Indian architect
Christopher Benninger,
Harur Habib and industri-
alist Govind Dholakia in-
augurated the event. An
art exhibition by Padma
Shri Bhalu Monde was also
inaugurated. The talk ses-
sions organised in Bharat
Bhawan auditorium have
been named as Antarang.
Retired IAS officer and
SC grants bail to Vyapam scam Asst jail superintendent caught
I n the second session, industrialist and author
Govind Dholakia said that business should be value-
based. Always prioritise quality over quantity. Don’t
the state government that it might cause
protest and might pose threat to Dhar’s
life. When asked about his reaction on
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that
state government should organise an
event where he can talk about queer
cent increase in fatalities.
In 2021, Bhopal city regis-
tered 126 road accident
cases, followed by Habib-
ganj and Koh-e-fiza police
stations, which reported
stress about future. Work on your present for a better cancellation of his session, he said, “If crafts and literature to indicate that he deaths. The figure rose to 273 cases each.
tomorrow, he added. Lending advice on prize-winning the issue is only the topic, then why only was not against LGBTQ community and 198 in 2022. Senior traffic police offi-
story, PK Dash said, “Write a story every week. It is pos- my session was called off ? How can some- state government did not support anony- Ironically, city’s densely cials said rash driving and
sible that few stories are not good but all 52 stories can’t one anonymously call up the organisers mous violent protesters. populated areas did not see over-speeding, especially at
be bad.” During the discussion on, Making India a $5 many accidents. Areas un- Karond square and ISBT
Trillion Economy, Aruna Sharma said, “We are work- tion of identity is fluid. We preserved the legacy of constructs the idea of der Teela Jamalpura police Road caused deaths. They
ing for a $5 trillion economy. We should not have any are the only nation whose music and dance. transgender as others. It station and Kotwali police added that rise in number of
shortcut approach. Instead, we should work with a national anthem cele- However, society exploit- offers an insider’s account station, which are thickly vehicles in the city that
planned and holistic approach. We have 80% of the do- brates different ethnici- ed Devadasis in the name of their dreams, desires, populated, recorded 29 and struggle to make through
mestic market and need no one’s assistance.” ties.” of religion. hopes, pain and suffering.” 20 road accident cases re- narrow stretch of road end
Lakshmi Viswanathan, Kalki Subramaniam was She further talked about spectively in 2022. up crashing many a times.
writer Sanjeev Chopra Making and Remaking of author of Women of Pride: the speaker of session, problems faced by the
spoke on Notion of Identi-
ty Is Fluid. The first ses-
sion began with a presen-
India’s Boundaries.
While discussing how
and why the political map
The Devadasi Heritage,
conducted the second ses-
sion. The writer talked
Making Literature LGBTQ
Neutral. She talked about
her awaited book, We Are
transgender community in
India, the indifference that
society treats them with,
Bank of Baroda opens new
tation on his new book,
Maps and Milestones - The
of India changed between
1947-2019, he said, “The no-
about 1000-year-old temple
dancers of Tanjore who
Not the Others, and said,
“Each piece of writing de-
and how they are taken for
granted.
mid-corporate branch
ALL INDIA INTER-UNIVERSITY
TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP

whistleblower in criminal case taking bribe by Lokayukta police
OUR STAFF REPORTER
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in
The Supreme Court on Fri-
day granted bail to Dr
Anand Rai, a whistleblower
in the sensational Vyapam
scam, in a case of alleged
violence during a protest in
Madhya Pradesh.
A bench of Chief Justice
DY Chandrachud and Jus-
tice PS Narasimha took
note of the submissions
made by senior advocates
Kapil Sibal and Vivek
Tankha that accused
Anand Rai, an ophthalmol-
ogist, is in jail for the last 60
days in connection with a
criminal case lodged under
IPC sections and Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled
Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act.
Additional Advocate Gen-
eral Saurabh Mishra con-
firmed the grant of bail,
stating that Dr Rai was in
jail in connection with at-
tack on the vehicle of Rat-
lam-Jhabua MP Guman
Singh Damor.
Dr Rai was arrested on
November 15, 2022, follow-
ing the registration of an
FIR. The trial court and the
High Court had dismissed
his bail pleas.
Vikas Pargi of Ratlam dis-
trict in Madhya Pradesh
had lodged a complaint
against Rai and others in
relation to a protest during
which stones were alleged-
ly pelted on a convoy of MP,
a few MLAs and the collec-
tor, who had gone to attend
events in the memory of
tribal freedom fighter Birsa
Munda.
A security person of the
collector had suffered in-
juries in the incident, the
FIR said. Rai had played an
active role in the un-
earthing of the Vyapam
scam in Madhya Pradesh,
which was later probed by
CBI.
OUR STAFF REPORTER
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in
Mahaveer Singh Baghel, the
assistant jail super-
intendent posted at
Nasrullaganj sub
jail, was caught
red-handed by the
special police es-
tablishment,
Bhopal, for taking
bribe of Rs 20,000
on Thursday
evening, said offi-
cials on Friday.
The action started
at around 7.30 pm on Thursday
and ended in early morning of
Friday. SP Lokayukta Manu
Vyas told media that Arjun
Pawar said that one of his rel-
atives and other four were in
the jail. Baghel was creating
problems for them and had
threatened that they would be
harassed in the jail if Rs
80,000, which is Rs 20,000 each,
was not given.
After verification of com-
plaint, the police formed a
trap wing led by DSP Salil
Choudhary comprising in-
spector Mayuri
Gour, Ashish Bhat-
tacharya and other
officers.
The officer agreed
to take the first in-
stalment of Rs
20,000 from the com-
plainant on Thurs-
day at his govern-
ment residence sit-
uated in the jail
premises. The team
reached the jail area at around
7.30 pm. The officer called the
complainant at his residence
at around 10.30 pm. As soon as
the complainant handed over
Rs 20,000 to the officer, the trap
team caught him red-handed.
The trap work continued to
3.30 am on Friday.
The officer will be suspended
after the charge sheet is sub-
mitted at the court.
Madhu Singh win
bronze medal
OUR STAFF REPORTER
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Madhu Singh, a
taekwondoin from
Madhya Pradesh
State Martial Arts
(Taekwondo) Acade-
my won bronze
medal at the All In-
dia Inter-University
Taekwondo(Women)
Championship held
in Amritsar in Pun- OUR STAFF REPORTER Chief Nilab Chandra Rai,
jab on Thursday. city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Deputy General Manager
Madhu Singh won (Network) Madhya Pradesh
bronze in 67kg Bank of Baroda Bhopal Vipin Kumar Garg, Region-
weight category in Zone has expanded its work al Head, Bhopal Region SK
which 90 girls took and opened a mid-corpo- Talreja, and Assistant Gen-
part. The champi- rate branch at its Bhopal eral Manager Rajesh Phul-
onship was organised in the indoor multipurpose centre on Friday. General wani were present on the
gym on Guru Nanak Dev University campus. This Manager C&I Anand occasion. Customers were
championship drew 1,000 players from 200 univer- Shankar and General Man- also present. The mid-cor-
sities in the country. ager Mid Corporate Amit porate branch will provide
Earlier, Madhu won a gold medal at the 6th cadet Tuli, who came from the prompt and specialised
and 34th junior and senior boys’ and girls’ MP bank’s corporate office, in- service to all its customers
State Taekwondo Championship 2022, where MP augurated the new branch. and will help in the busi-
Academy athletes emerged overall champions in Zonal Chief Girish C ness growth of Bank of
boys’ and girls’ categories. Dalakoti, Deputy Zonal Baroda, Bhopal Zone.

Man tries to rape son’s teacher, beats her up
FP NEWS SERVICE
Gwalior
The father of a student
tried rape a lady teacher
who informed the wife and
mother of the man about it,
butthey told her to do as
hewished.
The woman was giving tu-
ition to the children of the
man. When the woman left
tuition, the henchman of
the man came to her house
and beat up her family
members, the police said on
Friday.
Fed up with harassment
by the man, the teacher
lodged a complaint at the
police station.
According to the police,
the woman used to teach the
children of a man who lives
Vidisha the first district in country for on Two traders beat up each
ground deployment of innovative 5G use cases
in the Danaoli area in the
city. In her complaint, the
woman said that the man
had cast an evil eye on her
and, occasionally, misbe-
haved with her. One day, he
tried to rape her, the woman
said.
In her complaint, she said
that when she had informed
his mother and wife about
the man’s conduct, they ad-
vised her to follow him.
When the woman left
teaching his children, the
man used to send obscene
message s to her.
On Wednesday, when she
was returning home from
her school, a relative of the
man waylaid and snatched
her mobile phone.
Some relatives of the man,
along with a few female
members of their family,
came to her house and beat
her up.
Nevertheless, the family
members of the man had a
different story to tell. The
wife of the man said that
the female teacher was try-
ing to blackmail her hus-
band.
Woman taken to Chhattis-
garh, raped
A man took a woman to
Chhattisgarh on the pretext
of travelling with her in
that state and raped her. Not
only that, the man made
some obscene photographs
of her. Now, the man is
blackmailing her, the police
said.
The woman alleged that
the man had kept her in
confinement, the police fur-
DISTRICT NEWS
ther said, adding that they
registered a case against
the accused.
The 27-year-old woman, a
resident of Bathikhana
Road under Murar police
station, said that she had
been friends with a man
who, on the pretext of trav-
elling with her in Chattis-
garh, had outraged her
modesty.
The man is threatening to
make the obscene videos vi-
ral on social media.
Additional superinten-
dent of police Rajesh Dan-
dotia said that a woman
lodged a complaint that her
friend her friend had taken
her to Chattisgarh where
he violated her. The police
searching for the culprit,
he said.
Man forces wife into
unnatural sex for failure Five arrested for breaking into Jain
to bring enough dowry
FP NEWS SERVICE
Gwalior
temple, making off with idols
The police registered a case
against a man for forcing
his wife to do unnatural sex
for her failure to bring
more dowries, the police
said on Friday.
When the woman objected
to this act, the man beat her
up. Fed up with the torture,
the woman informed her
parents who went to the po-
lice station and lodged a
complaint against the man. FP NEWS SERVICE The theft came to light on this that a majority of the
According to reports, the Shivpuri Wednesday morning, after accused belong to Shivpuri
woman, a resident of Rad- which Additional Superin- itself, while others belong
hakrishna Colony, was mar- A team comprising Kot- tendent of police (ASP), to the Deegar district.
ried in 2019. Just after one wali police personnel and Praveen Kumar Bhuria Within 48 hours of the
year of their wedding, the cyber-crime officials of and Shivpuri SDOP Ajay crime, the team emerged
family members of the man Shivpuri have arrested Bhargava instructed the successful in nabbing five
began to demand dowry five men in connection Kotwali police officials to accused out of seven and
from her parents and tor- with the theft that took probe the matter and trace also seized the stolen idols
ture her. place at the Jain temple of the accused. Cyber crime from them.
After a while, the man
forced his wife to have un-
the town two days ago, the
police said on Friday.
officials were also de-
ployed along with the Kot-
The police officials who
played a pivotal role in
natural sex with his wife, The police added that two wali police team, who sift- nabbing the accused will

FP NEWS SERVICE / Vidisha other, cops register FIR which was part of the tor-
ture meted out to her. When
the police reached the
other accused are also in-
volved in committing the
crime, who are at large and
ed through the CCTV
footages and conducted a
survey of as many as 250
be awarded a cash prize of
Rs 10 thousand, Superin-
tendent of police (SP) of
The Vidishadistrict of Madhya Pradesh has become the FP NEWS SERVICE money to the latter. house of the man, they search is on to arrest houses. Shivpuri, Rajesh Singh
first ever district in India for on ground deployment of Gwalior Bhasin reportedly hurled found it locked. them. The team learnt during Chandel said.
innovative 5G use cases offered by start-ups. abuses at Agarwal on
To accelerate Digital Transformation across socio-eco- There was a brawl between Thursday night. Agarwal
nomic verticals, the Department of Telecommunications
(DoT), Under Telecom Startups, MSMEs Mission (TSuM)
& 5G Vertical Engagement Partnership Program (VEPP)
two businessmen over
money on Friday. At the
outset, they hurled abuses
objected to the abuses
hurled by Bhasin. Mean-
while, the workers of
BJYM organises race for schoolchildren on Nat’l Youth Day
have been facilitating collaborations of Digital Communi- at each other. One of them Bhasin attacked Agarwal FP NEWS SERVICE ground. However, the event did not go
cation Tech to potential user communities viz. State gov- then called his workers with some pointed tool and Sehore down well with the General Secretary
ernments, Smart cities, Aspirational districts and vertical and beat up the other busi- beat him up. of Congress, Sharma, who said that
industries. Centre for Development of Telematics (C- nessman. When Agarwal began to Yuva Morcha wing of the Bharatiya the children participating in the race
DOT), DoT being pioneer in emerging Digital communi- The police registered an yell, his wife rescued him Janta Party (BJP) organised a race for were holding banners of BJP Yuva
cation Technologies, is front-ending the “5G use case pro- FIR against the cloth seller. from the clutches of the school children at the BJP district Morcha in their hands. He further
motional pilot” for deploying 5G/4G/IoT innovative solu- A resident of Sarafa Bazar Bhasin and his men. Agar- headquarters, on the occasion of Swa- said that the inclusion of school-going
tions of Startups & SMEs at Vidisha district of Madhya in MorGali, Ankit Agarw- wal lodged a complaint at mi Vivekananda’s birth anniversary children in any such political event is
Pradesh, with a focus on Health, Agriculture, Diary, Edu- al, has been beaten up.Ac- the police station. on Thursday. However, General Secre- strictly against the rules, and is also a
cation & Skill development, benefiting the Vidisha com- cording to police, Agarwal Town inspector of Kot- tary of Congress of the Sehore dis- which is celebrated as National Youth punishable offence.
munity at large. On Thursday, during the Additional Sec- sells clothes. wali police station Rajiv trict, Pankaj Sharma has raised ob- day every year, the BJP Yuva mor- District Education Officer of Se-
retary’s visit to Vidisha district, various 5G/IoT use cas- Agarwal told the police gupta said that there had jection for roping in children for such chaorganised a race, which began hore, Sanjay Singh Tomar said that
es were demonstrated by start-ups in collaboration with that he used to buy clothes been a fight between two competitions and termed it against from the town hall locality of Sehore. such races were organised across the
C-DOT, which included Superceuticals, Ambupod, Lo- from another cloth mer- traders over money. A case the rules. The children participating in the race state on National Youth Day, and the
gyAI, BKC Aggregators and Dvara-Surabhi. chant Rajeev Bhasin and has been registered, he On the occasion of Swami passed through the Bhopal Naka and event is being imparted a political an-
that he had to pay some said. Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, brought the race to a halt at Bal Vihar gle unnecessarily.
 BHOPAL CITY
INDORE / BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023

Rural patients deprived of telemedicine facility
OUR STAFF REPORTER
BHOPAL /JABALPUR
The patients, suffering
from chronic diseases and
requiring experts’ guid-
ance, are deprived of
telemedicine facility.
The state government
launched the system to
help the patients, living in
remote areas, to get ex-
perts’ help through video
conferencing.
According to the system,
a doctor is supposed to sit
at a primary health centre
(PHC) and help a patient
get in touch with special-
ists, sitting in big cities.
The specialist, on hear-
ing the problems of a pa-
tient, prescribes medicines
to the doctor concerned
who, in turn, prescribes it
to the patient.
As the system has been
outsourced, a computer op-
erator, handling the
telemedicine system from
a cyber café gets Rs 210
from government. His duty
■ Doctors at PHCs supposed to be the link between a patient and a specialist
remain at home or at some other places. ■ Computer operators charge Rs 210 per
patient from govt for getting them in touch with experts
is to connect the patient
with a specialist on the rec-
ommendations of the doc-
tor sitting at the primary
health centre.
There are two ways to op-
erate the telemedicine sys-
tem. First, the cyber cafes
in remote areas contact the
doctors. But, instead of sit-
ting at the PHC, they re-
main at their residences or
at some other places.
Therefore, there happens
to be no direct contact be-
tween the patient, the local
doctor and the expert.
There is another way to
operate it. The computer
operators, sitting at the
Health and Wellness Cen-
tre at the district hospitals,
directly contact the spe-
cialists for consultation.
An incident, in which a
computer operator con-
tacted a doctor at home,
came to light at a PHC in
Charwaha village, Ja-
balpur.
There are many cases, in
which the operators them-
selves prescribed medi-
cines to the patients down
with chronic diseases.
When Dean of Gandhi
Medical College (GMC), Dr
Arvind Rai, was contacted
for his comments on the is-
sue, he said, “We are the fa-
cilitators. GMC is a major
centre of telemedicine. We
run the machinery of
telemedicine, but the health
department is using it.”
Deputy director of
health, Dr Pramod Pathak,
said, “The National Health
Mission (NHM) is looking
after the telemedicine sys-
tem in the state. It is also
part of the Health depart-
ment. We do not look after
it. It is the NHM which is
accountable for it.”
Deputy director of NHM,
Dr Manish Singh, said,
“The telemedicine system
is operated in two ways.
First, it is operated at the
health and wellness cen-
tres. Second, it is operated
at PHCs. Officials at the
State Health and Wellness
Centre call the district hos-
pitals for consultation
with doctors. At the PHCs,
the system has been out-
sourced and the operators
are paid.”
UMA TWEETS
OLD VIDEO OF
SUSHMA OVER
JOSHIMATH
OUR STAFF REPORTER
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in
Amid the storm that the
sinking Joshimath has
raised across the country
former chief minister
Uma Bharti tweeted a
video of former Union
minister
Sushma
Swaraj.
The video
pertains
to her
tenure as
Leader of
Opposition in the Lok Sab-
ha. At that time, she said
that the dams constructed
on the banks of the Ganga
in Uttarakhand would be
ruinous. She also demand-
ed renovation of Ghari
Devi temple. Uma then
launched a movement to
save Ghari Devi temple.
The video has sent her to
the Ganga, she said.
Task Force to decide
date for releasing
cheetahs in jungle
CM likely to address
meeting, experts &
research scholars to
monitor movement
OUR STAFF REPORTER
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Though Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan had
announced that 8 Namibian
cheetahs would be released
into the wild in February,
the date remains to be de-
cided. The date will be de-
cided at next Cheetah Task
Force meeting to be held on
January 18.
Chief minister is likely to
be part of the meeting as
Cheetah project is an ambi-
tious project of state gov-
ernment. Sources said that
all eight cheetahs would not
be released into the wild si-
multaneously. They would
be released one by one.
A senior official at Kuno
National Park said help of
15 personnel from Wildlife
Institute of India (WII)
would be taken for monitor-
ing cheetahs in the wild. Re-
search scholars would also
assist Kuno officials in
tracking cheetahs and
maintaining their records.
Besides, trained staff of
Kuno National Park would
be deployed for the purpose.
Kuno National Park DFO
Prakash Kumar Verma
said, “Ground level force in-
cluding dog squad and team
of retired army personnel
have been deployed to keep
watch on cheetahs.”

Eleven SIs, 84 police Woman, teen daughter held for 2 held for online
constables join services cricket betting
OUR STAFF REPORTER
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murder of retd MPEB clerk Bhopal: Gandhinagar po-
lice have arrested two men
on charges of indulging in

You should take care of

women and children and
provide them security. All
victims should be dealt
with
ADG,
sensitivity,
women
said
safety,
Pragya Richa Shrivasta-
va, while addressing the
passing out parade of
newly recruited sub in-
spectors and constables
here on Friday.
One of the constables
Ram Baran whose both
kidneys are not function-
ing properly completed
nine months of training.
About 90 per cent of the
police constables have
joined services through
appointment on compas-
sionate ground.
A passing out parade of
91-B batch of sub inspec-
tors and 73rd batch of con-
stables was held at Mad-
hya Pradesh Police Acade-
my in Bhori. As many as
11 probationary sub-in-
spectors and 84 constables
duly joined MP police
service.
OUR STAFF REPORTER
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Piplani police on Friday
arrested a woman and her
thirteen year-old daugh-
ter for murder of a retired
MPEB employee at his
house.
The police station in-
charge Ajay Nair said ac-
cused woman Rajkumari
worked as cook at the
house of retired clerk
Dilip Mohadkar. The maid
had killed the man on
Tuesday evening for deny-
ing her Rs 10,000 which
she had asked for.
Rajkumari had started
working at Mohadkar’s
Woman, who
was a cook at
man’s house, had
asked for Rs 10K,
which the latter
had refused
house in December 2022.
Mohadkar had befriended
her and they used to re-
main in touch over the
phone. Besides, the salary,
Mohadkar often used to
give the cook extra money.
On Tuesday evening, Ra-
jkumari along with her
daughter came to Mohad-
kar’s house as he was to
leave for Bangalore to meet
his son the next day. The
woman asked for Rs 10,000
from Mohadkar, but he
refused citing an excuse.
This led to an argument
between the two. The
woman in fit of rage
picked up a flower pot and
smashed it on Mohadkar’s
head.
Thereafter Rajkumari
and her daughter ran-
sacked the house to make
it look like a robbery.
Leaving the man in a pool
of blood, the mother and
the daughter fled from the
spot.
Next day, Rajkumari left
for her native place in
Raisen. While going
through the CCTV
footage, the police spotted
the mother-daughter duo
entering the house on the
day of the incident. When
the duo was questioned
strictly, they confessed to
have killed the man.
online cricket betting. The
police added that they
have seized gadgets worth
Rs 3 lakh and cash from
their possession. Gandhi-
nagar police station in-
charge Arun Sharma said
during a raid in a house in
Maple tree colony, two
men Pawan Kumar
Chandwani (42) and
Prakash Kherajani (43),
were found placing bets
online and maintaining
the accounts in a notebook
. The duo told police that
their accomplice, Sahil
had arranged a rented ac-
commodation for them
and provided them gadg-
ets for online betting.

Plaints against revenue minister : Nath forms 7-member committee
OUR STAFF REPORTER
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Former chief minister Ka-
mal Nath on Friday insti-
tuted a seven-member com-
mittee to investigate the fi-
3 booked
for stealing
nancial and land-related ir-
regularities alleged to have
been committed by rev-
enue and transport minis-
ter Govind Singh Rajput.
Recently, several cases
came to fore against the
Cyber desk to come up in 100
minister. The first issue
came in which the minis-
ter’s brother-in-law gifted
50-acre land worth crores
of rupees to the minister.
Recently, a son of a land
owner alleged that the
Sharad Yadav’s last After ‘Pathaan’, ‘Gandhi Godse
minister acquired his land
and his father was missing
rites at ancestral village Ek Yudh’ kicks up controversy
since then. It was also al-
leged that the minister was
involved in atrocities com-
in Narmadapuram today
OUR STAFF REPORTER
mitted against Congress city.bhopal@fpj.co.in
leaders in Sagar district. The last rites of former Union Minis-
ter Sharad Yadav will be performed at
his ancestral village in Narmadapuram
district on Saturday. The body will be
brought by plane. Politicians cutting
across the party lines are expected to

woman’s police stations by 2024 end turn up in the last rites of Yadav.
“The body will be flown to Bhopal from
New Delhi on Saturday at 9 am. From
gold chain Besides, a desk will be also instituted at Bhopal, it will be taken to his ancestral

OUR STAFF REPORTER

SP office at headquarters of 52 districts village Ankhmou (situated in Babai
tehsil of Narmadapu-
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in OUR STAFF REPORTER REPRESENTATIONAL PIC plaints regarding online ram) via road,” former

The Kotwali police station

staff have registered a case
against three women for
stealing a gold chain of an
elderly woman at a super-
market store in Lakhera-
pura, the police said on
Friday.
Kotwali police station in-
charge LD Mishra said
that the complainant Rajni
Agrawal (60), a resident of
Lakherapura, approached
police on Thursday.
Agrawal, in her complaint,
stated that she had been to
a supermarket store in
Lakherapura on Thursday
evening. She added that
she was surrounded by
three women in the store,
who stood near her during
billing.
When Agrawal reached
home after shopping, she
found that the gold chain
that she used to wear in
her neck was missing. Re-
alising that the gold chain
was stolen, she approached
Kotwali police immediate-
ly and lodged a complaint
against them.
The police are sifting
through the CCTV footage
to trace the accused, sta-
tion incharge Mishra said.
Poor man hits upon 4.38 carat
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in
In two years, as many as
100 police stations will get
a dedicated cyber desk,
said a senior here on Fri-
day. Thousands of com-
plaints go unaddressed be-
cause of the absence of a
dedicated desk at the po-
lice stations to look into
the cases of the cyber
frauds. To plug in the lacu-
na, the cyber headquarters
police have planned to set
up their desks across the
state by the end 2024.
To combat the cyber
criminals, the police per-
sonnel posted at police sta-
tions are being given train-
ing in checking online
frauds , however, a dedicat-
ed desk to deal with such
cases would significantly
bring down the online
fraud cases. The cyber
headquarters will set up
one desk in 100 police sta-
tions across the state, be-
sides, a separate desk will
be also instituted at the SP
office in all 52 district
headquarters, said ADG
Cyber, Yogesh Deshmukh
while talking to Free
Press.
Well trained personnel
Awareness the key:
The ADG said that only
awareness can save a
person from falling prey
to cyber crooks. “For this
we are running
programmes at the
schools, colleges and now
have planned to run such
programmes in fete
where thousands of
people come. They will be
informed about the
tactics of the cyber
fraudsters and also the
standard operating
procedure (SOP) to
remain safe in the cyber
world,” said the officer.
on these desks will be com-
petent to redress the com-
plaints of the cyber fraud
victims. With the growing
usage of internet, particu-
larly for digital transac-
tions, the number of cyber-
crime has increased mani-
fold. Thousands of com-
frauds like money siphon-
ing, hacking, stalking, up-
loading obscene videos,
child pornography are be-
ing reported every year at
1,100 police stations
operating across the state.
In the state headquarters
in the year 2022, as many
as 86,604 complaints were
filed but only a few could
be addressed because of
the lack of dedicated desk
and staff trained in anti-
cyber crime in police sta-
tions. In many districts,
the cybercrime com-
plainants were pushed
from one police station to
another and sometimes the
complainant had even to
approach cyber headquar-
ters in Bhopal to get their
case addressed. “Currently
while attending the cyber
fraud cases, the police per-
sonnel posted in districts
have to come to the head-
quarters to get an expert
view. But with the setting
up of these SP desks, the
cops will no longer have to
come running to head-
quarters, which will save
the time and resources and
help in getting early re-
dressal oif the complaint,”
the ADG said.
JD (U) unit head and
close associate of
Congress warns against film. If the film is released, the the-
atre halls in the city will be set afire,
Sharad Yadav, Govind its release on R-Day they said.
Yadav told Free Press. The Congress workers burnt the
Chief Minister Shiv- Party’s SC wing burns effigies of the producer of the film,
raj Singh Chouhan Raj Kumar Santoshi and its co-pro-
paid tribute to Sharad effigies of producer, ducer Shivam Trivedi at board of-
Yadav and said that latter spent his life
in the service of nation and society. “He
co-producer of the film fice Square in Bhopal.
Vice president of DCC, Monu Sax-
will be remembered for his works and OUR STAFF REPORTER ena, told media persons and circu-
will always remain in hearts of people,” city.bhopal@fpj.co.in lated the message on social media
he added. that the BJP was playing dirty
Former Chief Minister and Madhya Indian films seem to have become tricks by comparing Godse with
Pradesh Congress president Kamal synonymous with controversy. Af- Gandhi.
Nath also paid tribute to Sharad Yadav ter Pathaan that recently kicked up The BJP is misleading the youths
and remembered his long association dust across the country, another by releasing such a fictional and un-
with him. Nath said that death of Yadav film, “Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh,” has realistic movie, he said, adding that
was an irreparable damage to the fight stirred up a dissent and, this time, it the trailer of the film was recently
for social justice. happens to be from the Congress. screened. The film has several
Sharad Yadav was a seven time Lok According to the Congress leaders, things related to Muslim and other
Sabha member. He was union minister the party will oppose “Gandhi communities.
in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and Godse Ek Yudh” to be released on The members of the party’s
VP Singh government. He was suffering January 26. Scheduled Caste Wing burnt the ef-
from kidney-related problem for a long The members of the District Con- figies of Santoshi and Trivedi. The
time. He started his political journey gress Committee (DCC) warned the co-producer belongs to Bhopal and
from Jabalpur by winning Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and if he comes to the city, they will
bypoll in 1974 and later chose Bihar as the administration of launching an blacken his face, said head of the SC
his karma bhumi. agitation against the release of the Wing, Kunal Gajbhiye.
Man who ordered massage
machine online duped twice
OUR STAFF REPORTER machine online through a
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in social media application
on December 24, 2022. He
The Govindpura police added that he received the
station staff have regis- parcel on December 30.
tered a case against a
firm operating on a social
media platform for dup-
He gave the money to the
delivery boy.
When he opened the par-

diamond worth Rs 18L in Panna ing a man by not provid-

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The dark shadow of poverty over-
the family of Indirajeet Sarkar will
soon be a thing of the past as the poor
man has hit upon a diamond worth
lakhs in a mud excavated from a min-
ing site in Panna. Not sure that for-
tune had smiled on him, the man tak-
ing it to be another glittering stone,
put it in his pocket and returned
home. However, on the advice of his
father, he took it to the diamond of-
fice and to his surprise, the shining
stone turned out to be worth lakhs.
Indrajeet, a resident of Jaruakheda
village, is now a proud owner of a
4.38 carat diamond. The precious
stone will soon be put up for auction.
Indrajeet had taken the diamond
mine on lease in 2022. He would dig
up the mine daily thinking that luck
would smile on him. He used to keep
the excavated mud at one side of the
mine. Two days back, he was passing
when he spotted a shining stone on a
mud heap. Keeping his finger
crossed, he took the stone home and
showed it to farther. Believing that
God must have showered blessing on
the family, the elderly man advised
his son to get the stone examined at
the diamond office.
At the diamond office, the examiner
cleared all doubts saying that he had
found a precious diamond of 4. 38
carat, worth around Rs 18 lakh. The
man is now waiting for the diamond
auction as the money he would get in
return will change the fortune of his
family.
ing him with the product
that he had ordered on-
line, the police said on
Friday.
The police added that
the man was duped by the
firm twice, after which he
approached police.
Govindpura police sta-
tion incharge Ashok
Singh Parihar said that
the complainant, Rajesh
Bajaj (55), resident of
MIG colony of Gautam
Nagar, told police that he
had ordered a massage
cel and was shocked to
find cardboard pieces in-
side the parcel.
Bajaj again placed the
order through the same
application in the first
week of January 2023.
However, this time too, he
faced the same fate after
making payment of the
parcel, following which
he approached the police
and registered a com-
plaint against the firm.
Investigations are on in
the case, station incharge
Parihar said.
DISTRICT INDORE / BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023

News in Brief
CM Rise School being
built with ‘stolen power’!
WATER THEFT
TOO SEEN
Blood donation camp
conducted on Youth Day
RAJENDRA SINGH SONGARA
Meghnagar
SENDHWA: A blood donation camp was organised at
the Government College, Sendhwa by the college's Even as the construction of CM
educational promotion committee on th occasion of Rise School in Meghnagar develop-
Youth Day. About 38 units of blood were collected in the
camp. A team of doctors from Barwani District Hospital
ment block of Jhabua district is go-
ing on in full swing, locals com-
collected the blood from donors. Addressing the youths,
Dr Lalit Lad said that, they should donate blood on a
plained of power and water theft
by the contractor.
regular basis as a social cause. A certificate of blood Sources claimed that there is al-
donation was presented to students. Dilip Kanungo, ready a huge outstanding electrici-
Ravindra Singh Mandloi, Shailesh Kumar Joshi, Govind ty bill on the school and the con-
Mangal and others were also present. tractor has allegedly consumed
hundreds of units of power for
construction work like the work-
MLA Chouhan performs bhoomi ing of the entire setup of the mixer
pujan of infra projects machine, including hundreds of
tons of iron angle cutting, for
MAHIDPUR: which neither the school manage-
Regional MLA ment nor the contractor has any
Bahadur Singh account.
Chauhan performed
the bhoomi pujan of
This raises the question as to the
misuse of government property to
serve the personal interests of the
contractor and its caretaker Proj-
ect Implementation Unit (PIU).
According to information, Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
has sanctioned one CM Rise
School at Meghnagar develop-
ment block headquarters and the
construction work has duly start-
ed. But till now no officer or engi-
neer of the department has come
to see the site and inspect the
company and its PIU engaged in
the construction work.
Locals claimed that the construc-
tion-related work has been going
on for more than a fortnight but
the construction agency has nei-
ther taken an electricity connec-
tion from the power distribution
company nor put up any construc-
tion-related information board at
the construction site.
The contractor has been working
here for three weeks but has not
even made arrangements for the
water required for the construc-
tion. Although the contractor has
definitely got the boring done, but
Man sentenced
till now neither the electricity con-
nection nor the motor has been in- to 20 years
stalled in it.
The employees and labourers of imprisonment
the construction company are mis-
using electricity and water for
their personal use as well as com-
for raping minor
mercial use, but no steps have been FP NEWS SERVICE
taken to stop such rampant misuse Mandsaur
of electricity and water.
When contacted school principal A special POCSO court in
Varsha Chare admitted that the Mandsaur sentenced a
company is using the school boring man to 20 years of rigor-
and the school electricity connec- ous imprisonment for sex-
tion for the construction work. We ually assaulting a minor
will ask them to get their own elec- girl on the pretext of mar-
tricity connection and make water riage. A special court
arrangement tomorrow itself, the judge convicted 24-year-old
principal said. Dashrath Bagri of village
Bardiya Barkheda under
the Sitamau police station

Dhakad community Encroachment by accused in

infrastructure on Friday.
projects worth Rs The girl's mother had
22.46 lakh in
enraged over
lodged an FIR with the po-

bogus nomination case bulldozed

Mahidpur. The base lice against Dashrath. As
laying ceremony per the victim's mother,

Karni Sena’s
was performed under the chief hospitality of municipal she went missing on Feb-
president Nanibai Omprakash Mali. The amount will be used FP NEWS SERVICE people including a lawyer, his Following instructions of dis- ruary 24, 2021, while at-
for the construction of Sanjeevni Clinics, CC road and others

remarks on CM
Burhanpur nephew and broker were booked trict collector Bhavya Mittal, the tending a relative's wed-
beautification works in ward number 7. Ward councillor under a bogus nomination case encroachment was demolished ding. On March 1, 2021, po-
Farman Mansuri was present as the chief guest. Municipal vice Encroachment by an accused in- a few days ago. The accused had in presence of heavy police lice freed her from the pos-
president Rajaram Kahar, councillor Uma Pandey, Taruna FP NEWS SERVICE volved in a bogus nomination fraudulently prepared nomina- force. session of Dashrath, who
Songara, Asha Rathore and others were also present. Neemuch case was demolished by the civic tion records by misleading the It was learnt that the accused had kept her in his village.
administration on Friday citing Patwaris. Around 42 nomina- prepared forged documents af- She was recovered
ABVP celebrates Swami Members of the Dhakad Karar community illegal encroachment. The con- tions came under the purview of ter amending nomination through call details.
Vivekananda’s birth anniversary have been enraged over Karni Sena’s struction was demolished using the investigation. records while misleading the During police interroga-
derogatory and indecent remarks against JCB in the presence of heavy po- As per district administration, Patwaris. On the complaint of tion, the girl said that she
ALOT: The 160th state CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and de- lice force and the officials of the the construction at Hamidpura Burhanpur tehsildar, a case was meet Dashrath at her rela-
birth anniversary of manded strict action against the accused. local administration. area was built on government booked against three people in- tive's wedding. After the
Swami Vivekananda Members of All-India Dhakad Mahasab- Sharing information, tehsildar land by one of the accused cluding a lawyer under relevant function, the accused took
was celebrated by ha Neemuch staged a demonstration on Ramlal Pagare said that three named as Mohammad Asslam. sections of IPC. her to a deserted place and
Akhil Bharatiya Friday and handed over a memorandum to forcibly made physical re-
Vidyarthi Parishad at the superintendent of police Suraj Kumar lations on the pretext of
Kargil Chowraha of
Alot. An attractive
rangoli of Swami
Vivekanand was also drawn by the member of ABVP. In the
Verma while demanding stern action
against those found guilty of the act.
The office bearers of the community said
Rs 4.3L looted in broad daylight marriage.
'The court awarded dif-
ferent jail terms for differ-
programme, ABVP minister Atul Verma encouraged students to
that in a video that went viral, some mem-
bers of Karni Sena were seen using
Bike-borne thieves Bharudpura village
Dhamnod town under Dhar dis-
of ants came to his shop took the
bag and fled the spot. He unsuc-
ent sections of IPC and
POCSO Act under which
be passionate like Swami. The function was inaugurated by
garlanding his portrait. Vinayak Jangalwa, Radhika Dwivedi, Payal
derogatory and indecent remarks against make away with trict, in broad daylight on cessfully tried to stop them. The the accused was tried,
Yogi, Deepak Gurjar, disciple Shastri and others were also
the CM during their agitation for reserva-
tion on the basis of economic status. trader’s bag Thursday. Police have regis-
tered a case and have begun a
police were informed following
which a case was registered and
which would run concur-
rently and penalties for
present. Community members alleged that the in- probe. a manhunt was launched to different sections aggre-
flammatory remarks hurt their sentiments FP NEWS SERVICE Victim, Mahesh Mundra, told trace the culprits. gating to 20 years of rigor-
Lectures held on Swami and added that they condemn the act and Dhamnod Free Press said that he had set Giving information, Dhamnod ous imprisonment and Rs
demand appropriate action against those up a shop for the day in the SHO Rajkumar Yadav said that 5,000 fine', said special
Vivekananda Jayanti found guilty of using such abhorring re- Two bike-borne thieves made weekly hat market in Bharud- police received the information public prosecutor and me-
MANDSAUR: A series of lectures was organised by municipal marks against Chief Minister Shivraj away with a cloth merchant’s pura village on Thursday when that a man has been robbed and dia cell in-charge Deepak
council under the joint aegis of the Nanama Educational Society Singh Chouhan. bag containing Rs 4.3 Lakh in two masked bike-borne miscre- swiftly swung into action. Jamra.
at the municipality office on the 160th birth anniversary of
Swami Vivekananda. The programme was conducted under the
chief hospitality of the city president Ramadevi Banshilal Gurjar
and social activist Himmat Dange. Gurjar said that Swami
Vivekananda's whole life was inspirational and we should learn
Union minister visits CM to visit Sendhwa ahead of municipal polls
from it. Nitesh Kasera conducted the event and a vote of
thanks was proposed by Prasun Mandloi. Avanti Textile Mill FP NEWS SERVICE
Sendhwa
ish Pandey, city SHO Rajesh Yadav ac-
companied by former minister Antar
Singh Arya and local BJP leaders in-
Sevika Samiti conducts Ahead of municipal council elec- cluding Arun Chowdhary and Vikas
tions, political parties have started Arya inspected the venue.
march on Youth Day flexing their muscles to outdo each It was learnt that CM Singh is
BARNAGAR: A other. State CM Shivraj Singh scheduled to address the masses who
march was taken Chouhan is set to visit Sendhwa city are going to polls in 24 wards of the
out by the members on Saturday to address a public meet- municipal council. With the with-
of Rashtriya Sevika ing at Kila Gate. spection of the venue for public ad- drawal of the nomination of a Con-
Samiti on Youth Day Sharing information, BJP dress on Friday and ensured security gress candidate from Ward No. 13, the
on the birth spokesperson Sunil Aggarwal said arrangements there. present municipal president Basan-
anniversary of that local administration along with SDM Abhishek Saraf, SDOP Kamal tibai has been elected unopposed
Swami Vivekananda. local BJP leaders undertook an in- Singh Chauhan, local tehsildar Man- from this ward.
The procession was
welcomed at various parts of the city. Slogans like 'Bharat Mata
Ki Jai', 'Vandematram' and others were raised by the members.
During this members including Poonam Bahal, Uma Yadav and
others were present.
2 members of inter-state St Joseph’s wins inter-school
liquor smuggling sports competition
Mass Surya Namaskar event
conducted in Govt School FP NEWS SERVICE
Sanawad
Modi-led central govern-
ment is dedicated to the
gang arrested FP NEWS SERVICE
Ratlam
The best school trophy
was begged by Saint
GUNA: A
programme of mass
overall development of ILLICIT LIQUOR During the search, police Joseph’s convent Senior
Union minister of social the state and the better- seized the illicit liquor Four-day long 23rd Khel Secondary school. While
Surya Namaskar was justice and empower- ment of society. Loans WORTH RS 10 LAKH, worth Rs 10 lakh hidden in Chetna Mela (KCM), an in- speaking MP Sudhir Gupta
organised in the
Government Higher
ment Virendra Kumar on have been disbursed to VEHICLE SEIZED two containers inside the ter-school sports competi- termed Khel Chetna Mela
Friday visited the fa- the masses at the lowest vehicle and nabbed two tion, under the auspices of as “Maha Abhiyan” to pro-
Secondary School on mous Omkareshwar interest rates under vari- AGAR: Soyat police of smugglers. Krida Bharti and Chetanya mote sports amongst
Youth Day, temple situated in ous welfare schemes. Agar-Malwa have arrested Soyat police sub-division- Kashyap Foundation, con- school students which has
celebrated on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Khandwa district and of- He added that he is im- two men of an inter-state al officer Pallavi Shukla cluded here. expanded in nearby dis-
MLA Gopilal Jatav, collector Frank Noble A, SP Pankaj fered prayers. pressed with the working gang on charges of smug- and SHO Laxman Singh MP and co-treasurer of tricts Mandsaur and
Srivastava, member of Patanjali Yog Samiti Rishi Kumar Sharma, Later, he undertook an mechanism and cleanli- gling illicit liquor from Deora also rushed to spot. BJP Sudhir Gupta Neemuch too. While pre-
district education officer CS Sisodia and others participated in it. inspection of Avanti Cot- ness at the cotton mill. Haryana to Gujarat via Ra- Those arrested have been presided over the conclud- siding MLA and CKF
Surya Namaskar and Yogasana activities were performed by ton and Textile Mill lo- Vijay Gupta, chairman jasthan and seized 1000 identified as Rinku Singh ing programme while BJP chairman Chetanya
thousands of students. cated in Sanawad town threw light on the up- litres of illicit liquor from Jat and Kuldeep Singh Jat, district in-charge Pradeep Kashyap said that in the
along with his wife Ka- coming plans of the mill. them along with a vehicle. both residents of Dulhera Pandey, Ratlam rural MLA 23rd KCM, about seven
Govt Girls College celebrates Youth Day mal Khatik. Shyam Maheshwari, SP Rakesh Kumar Sagar village ofJhajjar district of Dilip Makwana and BJP thousand students of one
MANDSAUR: A programme to celebrate National Youth Day Dharmendra Mittal, Bhushan Jade (Coopera- during a press conference Haryana state. A case un- district unit president Ra- hundred schools partici-
was organised at the Government Girls College in Mandsaur. general manager (cotton tive Department), Vipul at the police control room der relevant sections of jendra Singh Lunera were pated. Krida Bharti dis-
On this occasion, a programme of mass Surya Namaskar was mill) apprised the minis- Keshere (District Cooper- said that the police received IPC was registered. Agar special guests. Ratlam city trict President Gopal Ma-
conducted for the students and staff members. Addressing the ter about the technical ative Bank) besides the a tip-off about illicit liquor SP has announced a re- MLA Chetanya Kashyap jawadia gave a welcome
student principal Dr PL Patidar said that, they should adopt the details and its working administrative officer being smuggled through ward for the police team. presided over the pro- speech while secretary
good habits of Swami Vivekanand. Dr Kavita Bundela, Dr mechanism. Kumar and staff of the mill were the village and intercepted Further investigation is gramme. Prize distribu- KCM organising commit-
Niranjan Gangwal, Dr Akhlaq Mansoori, Kantilal Kumawat and while interacting with present during the in- a truck with registration underway to nab other tion also took place in the tee Mukesh Jain gave a
others were also present. the media said that the spection. number MH 48 AY 2303. members of the gang. programme. vote of thanks.

Toddlers learn different sounds DRONE DEMONSTRATION PANCHANG 14.1.2023

DHAMNOD: An (UTTARAYAN)
activity for the pre-
primary students of
Gurukul School was
Farmers told about benefits of using drones for agriculture Saka 1944
Month
Nakshatra
Yoga
:
:
:
Samvat 2079
Magha Krishna 7 Saturday 7.23 P.M.
Hast 6.14 P.M. then Chitra
Atigond 12.33 P.M. then Sukarma
organised on FP NEWS SERVICE Agricultural Research, made to make villagers Karan : Vishti 6.55 A.M. then Balav
Saturday. Teacher Dhar New Delhi, Government of aware of the benefits of Moon : Kanya 6.48 A.M. then Tula

Shikha Shukla taught India and Rajmata Vija- this technology that could SAT, PLU, VEN
10
8

students how to In order to make farmers yaraje Scindia Agriculture lead to villagers them- 11 9 7

differentiate between aware of the usage of University (RVSKVV) Kr- selves becoming capable of NEP, SUN,
MER
KETU

different sounds like drone technology in agri- ishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), flying drones. 6
soft, hard, musical, culture, a joint team of ex- Dhar under the direction of GS Mohaniya, deputy di- 12
JUP
MOON

high and others. Shukla said that these lessons will help them in perts demonstrated the Dhar collector Priyank rector of agriculture, Dhar 1
improving their concentration and learning power. spraying of nano urea and Mishra. told that spraying of pesti- RAHU,
HER
3 5

other fertilisers through During the demonstra- cides and fertilisers from 2
MARS
Voting awareness rally organised drones in the fields of tion a large number of drones will reduce the cost 4

farmers of Utavad, Bykhe-
PALSUD: A rally to generate voting awareness among the
voters was taken out by the students under the guidance of
da, Khamla, Bachdawada,
Tornod, Nagda, Manasa,
returning officer Mahesh Singh Solanki, assistant returning Badnawar and Nalcha.
officer Rahul Solanki and CMO Devendra Vats. Police The activity was carried
department's Premsingh Baghel, DS Amjhare, Vinod Amjhare, out under the ambitious
Mahesh Amjhare, Mahendra Sen and others also participated project “Usage of Drone
in the rally. Notably, polling for Palsud municipality is Technology in Agricul-
scheduled on January 20. ture” of Indian Council of
farmers from the villages
participated to see and
know the advanced tech-
nology of Agriculture.
Principal scientist and
head of the KVK Dr KP
Asati told that under the
project ICAR, New Delhi,
Government of India has
demonstrated the advanced
technology of spraying fer-
tilisers, insecticides and
pesticides through drones
in villages of different de-
velopment blocks of the
district.
Some other villages will
be covered in the next ses-
sion so that the farmers of
the district can understand
and adopt this advanced
technology and save costs.
Efforts are also being
of agriculture and spray-
ing of fertilisers will be-
come precise. The state-of-
the-art technology will
have a positive effect on the
crop, resulting in increas-
ing the income of the
farmer and saving of re-
sources and money.
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Union Minister Yadav in city today
BHOPAL: Union Minister for forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav will visit Bhopal
by plane to participate in Bhopal Literature Festival on Saturday. He will also visit CM
House to meet Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
MADHYA PRADESH BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023

Four-year-old molested by school driver

OUR STAFF REPORTER
city.bhopal@fpj.co.in
A four-year-old girl student of
kindergarten of a private school
was molested by a school driver
in Narsinghpur district, said the
police on Friday. The police have
arrested the accused.
ASP Sunil Shivhare told Free
Press that the girl was molested
on January 11, when she was
returning back to home.
Allegedly the driver, who was
attached to the school owner,
had intercepted the girl at the
gate of the washroom and
molested her. The accused even
ACCUSED ARRESTED
threatened the child with dire
consequences asking if she
spoke about the incident.
On Wednesday night, the child
complained about pain in pri-
vate parts. On being asked, she
said that a ‘sir’ did a ‘bad touch’.
The parents took the girl to the
school on Thursday and she
identified the accused. The par-
ents then approached police and
filed a complaint.
Police registered a case under
section 354, 323,506, and sections
of POCSO Act and arrested the
accused on Thursday night.
Medical examination of the
child was conducted after the
family alleged that she was sexu-
ally assaulted. The ASP said that
doctors had conducted medical
examination of the child twice
and they stated that the victim
was not raped, ASP said.
The police have also seized the
CCTV footage from the school,
in the preliminary investiga-
tions no such act was found
recorded. Further investigations
are on. Meanwhile, taking cog-
nizance of the incident, Madhya
Pradesh Human Rights
Commission has sought a report
from district SP.
Man held for selling
adulterated ghee
FP NEWS SERVICE
Jabalpur
A man selling adulterated ghee was ar-
rested and over 22 kg of ghee, 25
litres of soy bean oil, a huge quan-
tity of scent and an electronic balance
were confiscated from his
house, the police said on
Friday.
According to police station in-charge
of Vijay Nagar police station,
Sandeepika Thakur, said the crime
branch had received information that a
vastava, was also informed about it.
Shrivastava rushed to spot
with his team which, along
with the police, raided the
house of Gupta. They laid their
hands on adulterate ghee and
various other items, including scent
which was mixed with adulterated
ghee.
The 34-year-old Gupta has been
selling sub-standard ghee for
a long time. A case has been
registered against.
The police took the action

Drive to clean up Narmadapuram 3 held for smuggling man Vedprakash Gupta was selling
adulterated ghee near
Bachpan School on
following instructions from
superintendent of police Siddharth
Bahuguna that action should

to be launched from Monday leopard skin

Lamti road.
The food safety officer, Pankaj Shri-
be taken against those who are
selling adulterated food stuff.

FP NEWS SERVICE
Government offices inspected
Narmadapuram

A special drive to clean up C

Narmadapuram city for
Narmada Jayanti and
Gaurav Diwas will be
launched from Monday,
official sources said.
Collector Neeraj Kumar
Singh asked the chief mu-
nicipal officer of Nar-
madapuram to get the
main roads, squares and
drains cleaned up.
He said that the drive
should be launched with
the help of various de-
partments. Singh issued
the directive at a meeting
on Thursday.
The collector took feed-
back on the progress of
various welfare projects
launched by the govern-
ment.
ollector Neeraj Kumar Singh inspected the gov-
ernments in Makhannagar on Thursday and took
FP NEWS SERVICE
Jabalpur
flee, but were detained
eventually.
The suspects identified
Two held in connection with
feedback on the work of the court of Tehsildar, Nayab
Tehsilder, Nagar Parishad. He examined the progress
of work in the office of Tehsildar and that of Nayab
Tehsilder. The work included distribution of land, de-
A joint team comprising
Crime branch sleuths and
Panagar police officials of
Jabalpur arrested three
themselves as Prateek
Choubey and (33) and
Shankar Patel (50). When
the team inspected the car,
minor girl gangrape case
marcation, revenue and other work. He found two land persons for smuggling they found a leopard skin FP NEWS SERVICE Sahu told the media that took turns to rape her and
distribution cases in the court of Tehsildar and two leopard skin, the police and several other posses- Chhatarpur the minor girl aged 13 years threatened her of dire con-
cases of demarcation in the court of Nayab Tehsilder said on Friday. sions, which included Rs 7 was raped inside a hotel of sequences.
lying for more than six months. He issued show-cause Official sources said that thousand in cash and two The Civil Lines police of Chhatarpur a few days ago, After the survivor’s
notices to both the officials. He then inspected the of- following a tip-off from the cell phones. When Chhatarpur have arrested by two men identified as grandfather had lodged a
fice of the Janpad office at Makhan Nagar. whistle-blower on Thurs- Choubey was questioned two men in connection Sohil Dwivedi and Neeraj case in this regard, the po-
day night about two men with regard to the leopard with a minor girl’s gan- Tiwari. lice swung into action and
Singh directed the offi- cials to speed up the work. travelling by a four-wheel- skin, he said that he had grape which took place at a He added that one of their arrested the accused duo,
cials to better the cleanli- He told the officials to er and trying to smuggle purchased it from a man hotel of the town a few days female friends, identified while Vishwakarma is still
ness drive, so that the city boost the work of bank the skin of a leopard, the identified as Vishraam ago, the police said on Fri- as Usha Vishwakarma, had absconding. The arrested
can get more marks in linkage of the self-help team comprising crime Singh Gond, a resident of day. befriended the girl and had accused have been sent to
terms of neatness. He groups by coordinating branch officials and police Jamuniya village. The The police added that a fe- encouraged her to estab- jail under the Protection of
took feedback on the with the financial institu- personnel sprung into ac- team rushed to Jamuniya male accomplice of the ar- lish physical relations with Children from Sexual Of-
preparations for Cleanli- tions and to speed up the tion. The team reached the village and arrested Gond. rested duo is still at large the duo. Vishwakarma had fences (POCSO) Act, while
ness Survey and on the property collection tax. directed spot and stopped All three of the accused and efforts are on to appre- taken the girl to a hotel, efforts are on to nab Vish-
progress of the Prime Singh asked the officials the vehicle, through which were sent to jail under the hend her. where both the accused wakarma.
Minister’s Housing to improve basic facili- the suspects were travel- relevant sections of the Civil lines police sta-
Scheme. He asked the offi- ties. ling. The suspects tried to Forest act. tion in-charge, Kamlesh

50-yr-old neighbour held Students of Navnidh Hasomal Lakhani

for raping 3-year-old girl Public School perform Surya Namaskar
INDORE: A 50-year-old man mother realised that she had
was arrested for raping the
3-year-old daughter of his
been sexually assaulted and
she took her daughter to the
POSTER-MAKING
neighbour in the Rajendra police station and lodged a
Nagar area on Friday. The complaint on Thursday. SI CONTEST HELD
accused had called the girl Mandloi said the accused
on the pretext of watching
television.
has been arrested.
Man held for raping mi-
A collage making competition and a poster-
making contest were held by SHIM Cul-
tural Society and Personality Development
Investigating officer SI nor step daughter: A 40- Club on the birth anniversary of Swami
Ankita Mandloi from the year-old man was arrested Vivekanand. The theme of the competition
Rajendra Nagar police sta- for raping his step daughter was “It’s all in the Mind.” The students of
tion said the girl was at her in Azad Nagar area on Fri- MBA (Integrated) and MBA of the institute
home with her parents on day. According to Azad Na- took part in the contest. Vedika Agrawal,
January 2. A neighbour gar police station in charge Shivangi Garg, Kritika Bishnoi, Sanskriti
called her to his place on the Indresh Tripathi, a 15-year- Pathak, Ayushi Dubey won the first prize in
pretext of watching TV. The old girl had lodged a com- the competition. On the other hand, Mehak
man often visited the girl's plaint that four days ago FP NEWS SERVICE dani, secretary of the organiza- Golani, Ishika Panjwani, Teena Girotiya,
house, so the girl's parents her step father made phys- Sant Hirdaram Nagar tion AC Sadhwani, academic di- Priyanka Lalwani won the second prize.
allowed her to go to his ical relation with her after rector Gopal Girdhani and oth- Lovely Sadhwani, Harshita Adwani, Shaziya
house. threatening her of dire The students and the teachers of ers were present at the function. Khan, Tanishka Chauhan, Divyanshi Sharma
After some time, the girl consequences. Since then NavnidhHasomal Lakhani Pub- Principal of the school Amrita got the third prize. Kanak Vishwakarma, Yash-
reached home and started the accused had been on lic School celebrated the birth Motwani and vice-principal mita Malviya, Madhu Vyas, Suhani Mewada,
crying. When her mother the run. Acting on a tip-off, anniversary of Swami Rekha Kewlanialso addressed Anuradha Meena got consolation prize in col-
asked why she was crying, the police arrested the ac- Vivekanand on Thursday. the students. Rajkumari lage making. In poster making, Anshika Sahu,
she could not narrate things cused from near Teen Imli Siddh Bhauji, who was present Chotrani, who was the chief Kumud Kamble, Mehak Punshi, Saloni Manjhi
very clearly. Then the girl's Square on Friday. on the occasion, appealed to the guest, urged the students to fol- won the first prize. Roshni Khatri, Pratibha
students to follow the ideals of low the teachers of Vivekanand. Saini, oojaUttamchandani, Twinkle Banwani,
Vivekanand, who said, “Awake, A teacher Shobhna Dubey Akansha Nandwani won the second prize. Poo-
Journalists plant arise and stop not until the goal
is reached.”
threw light on the life of
Vivekanand. Children dressed
jaSachdev, Pranjal Hotwani, Vanshika
Kewlani, Sakshi Wadhwani, Rishika Maith-
saplings with CM The teachings of Vivekanand
infuse energy in body and mind,
like Vivekanand took oath to fol-
low his ideals. The students and
ilgot the third prize. Palak Kukreja, Himanshi
Bisoriya, Anjali Vishwakarma, Nikita Verma
NARMADAPURAM: Senior journalists of Narmada- Bhauji said. Vice-president of the teachers of the school also received consola-
puram, who are known for environment conservation the institution Hero Gyanchan- performed Surya Namaskar. tion prize.
planted saplings along with state Chief Minister Shiv-
raj Singh Chouhan at the smart park of the state capital
Bhopal on Friday. The social service institution based in
Narmadapuram, named Fine work social service insti-
tution was also invited on the occasion. Under the lead-
ership of secretary of Fine work social service institu-
tion, Seema Kaithwas, senior journalist Rajeev Agraw-
al, Surinder Singh Arora, Yogesh Rajput and other so-
cial workers lent their contribution towards planting
the saplings along with CM Chouhan. It is noteworthy
that CM Chouhan plants saplings everyday in state cap-
ital Bhopal to spread the message of environment con-
servation among people.
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NATION BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
CHANDIGARH: The festival of Lohri was celebrated in Punjab, Haryana,
and Chandigarh with traditional fervour and gaiety on Friday. Bonfires,
were lit as families danced to the tunes of famous festival songs.

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Want a free press in India, Parl's Budget India to set up Global South
Satellite images show... Session from Centre of Excellence: PM
Subsidence is the "sinking of the ground because of
underground material movement", according to the Na- says Supreme Court Jan 31 AGENCIES tric globalisation. we, the
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NEW DELHI New Delhi developing countries, are
(NOAA). It can happen for a host of reasons, man-made NEW DELHI: The Additional Solicitor concerned about increas-
or natural, such as the removal of water, oil, or natural Supreme Court on Friday General K.M. Nataraj, Parliament's Budget Ses- Prime Minister Narendra ing fragmentation of the
resources, along with mining activities. Earthquakes, said the television chan- representing the Cen- sion will begin from Janu- Modi on Friday announced international landscape,"
soil erosion, and soil compaction are also some of the nels are creating divisions tre, contended that the ary 31 with President that India will establish a he said.
well-known causes of subsidence. in society, as they are agen- government is con- Droupadi Murmu's ad- Global South Centre of Ex- "These geopolitical ten-
The US-based agency's website said that this phenom- da-driven and compete to templating a separate dress to the joint sitting of cellence to undertake re- sions distract us from fo-
enon can "happen over very large areas like whole states sensationalise news, and amendment to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sab- search on development so- cusing on our development
or provinces, or very small areas like the corner of your anchors who try to create Criminal Procedure ha. The Session will have lutions for developing coun- priorities.... To address this
yard." The exact reason behind the land subsidence in divisions in the society Code and that is its 27 sittings and will con- tries and called for a hu- geopolitical fragmentation,
Joshimath is still unknown, but experts suggest that it through their programmes guidelines for anchors, stand in the matter. tinue till April 6 with a man-centric globalisation we urgently need funda-
might have been caused by unplanned construction, should be taken off air. Justice Joseph asked: Justice Joseph said: month-long recess to ex- to address their concerns. mental reform of interna-
overpopulation, obstruction of the natural flow of wa- It emphasised that a free "How many times have you "Freedom of speech, the amine the budget papers, In his opening address at tional organisations in-
ter, and hydel power activities. Not only this, the area is and balanced press is want- taken off anchors, have greater the freedom the Parliamentary Affairs the concluding session of cluding the UN Security
a seismic zone, which makes it prone to frequent ed in India. you dealt with anchors in a better marketplace of Minister Pralhad Joshi the Voice of Global South Council and Bretton Woods
tremors. Warning bells for Joshimath were first sound- A bench of Justices K.M. way you send a message, ideas is very good. In the said. Finance Minister virtual summit, Modi said institutions," he added.
ed about 50 years ago in the MC Mishra committee re- Joseph and B.V. Nagarath- see ultimately who con- marketplace of ideas we Nirmala Sitharaman will the challenges of COVID- Listing various chal-
port, which pointed to unplanned development in the na orally observed that trols the content of the pro- have to also see populace... present the Union Budget 19, rising prices of fuel, fer- lenges facing developing
area that already had natural vulnerabilities. channels are competing gramme anchor and edito- are we really a fully devel- on February one. The first tilisers and food grains and countries, the prime min-
According to experts, Joshimath city has been built on against each other, they rial... if anchor himself or oped country?... are the au- part of the Budget Ses- increasing geo-political ister said the last three
ancient landslide material - meaning it rests on a de- sensationalise things, and herself are part of the dience mature enough to sion will conclude on Feb- tensions have adversely years have been difficult
posit of sand and stone, not rock, which doesn't have a serve an agenda. problem." receive this kind of infor- ruary 14, he said. Parlia- impacted the developing for them.
high load-bearing capacity. Moreover, the lack of a prop- Justice Joseph orally told He added that the visual mation that is dished out. If ment will reconvene on countries. Modi said India will es-
er drainage system could also have contributed to the a counsel, representing medium can influence freedom is exercised with March 12 for the second He said developing coun- tablish a Global South Cen-
sinking of the area. The accumulated water seeps into The News Broadcasters & much more than a newspa- an agenda, then you are part of the Budget Ses- tries desire a globalisation tre of Excellence and it will
the rocks below, softening them. Digital Association: "You per and asked if the audi- not actually serving the sion. that does not create a cli- undertake research on "de-
(the news channels) create ence, are "mature enough people." "Amid Amrit Kaal look- mate crisis or debt crisis or velopment solutions or
Cut -off date... divisions amongst the soci- to see this content?" The apex court made ing forward to discus- does not trigger unequal best practices of any of our
Dr Akash Soni, JUDA, said, " cut off date has been ex- ety, or whatever opinion On her part, Justice Na- these sharp observations sions on Motion of distribution of vaccines or countries which can be
tended but our purpose has not been solved. Our intern- you want to create is much garathna said: "We want a while hearing a clutch of Thanks on the President's over concentrated global scaled up and implemented
ship will be completed by July 31 in MP so we had de- faster...". free and balanced press in petitions seeking action in Address, Union Budget & supply chains. in other members of the
manded cut off date July 31 or beyond it. Even after re- As counsel said they are India... free but balanced." hate speech incidents. other items," Joshi said. "We want a human-cen- Global South".
vised cut off date, MP, CG, Bihar, Jharkhand and Telan-
gana medical students will not be able to appear in

C’garh scam: ED raids IAS officer

NEET PG 2023." FOR TRAINING PURPOSE
Govt to build...
According to principal secretary of culture depart-
ment, Sheoshekhar Shukla, such a replica of
LG stopping us from sending NEW DELHI/RAIPUR: The searches are being resources department, as secretary of urban ad-
Shardapeeth Temple is coming up for the first time in
the country. The temple will be set up on the premises of
International Advaita Vedanta Sansthan, Shukla said,
teachers abroad: AAP The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) on Friday con-
ducted fresh raids at multi-
undertaken in state capital
Raipur, Korba, Durg and
Ranchi in Jharkhand and
tourism and culture-- were
also covered. The 2004 batch
Indian Administrative
ministration and develop-
ment department and fi-
nance department. She has
adding that it will be the unique piece of work. NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief benefit analysis of the pro- ple premises in Chhattis- Bengaluru (Karnataka). Service (IAS) officer has earlier served as the Direc-
Along with the temple, a Gurukul, where Advait Minister Arvind Kejriwal gramme has been done. garh, including that of an The ED teams are being earlier served as the secre- tor, geology and mining, in
Vedanta will be taught, is also being set up, he said. and his deputy Manish "I told him that a soldier IAS officer, and other loca- provided security by tary of mineral resources the Chief Minister Bhu-
Sisodia on Friday alleged lays down his life for the tions in connection with armed personnel of the department in the incum- pesh Baghel government.
British Airways' staff... that Lieutenant Governor country but merely gets a its ongoing money laun- Central Reserve Police bent Congress government. Some politicians, their
"All the passengers and their luggage were properly V K Saxena returned a pro- salary of Rs 50,000 to Rs dering probe into an al- Force (CRPF). His wife Alarmelmangai linked businesses and
checked and frisked by CISF. Further, the aircraft was also posal to send government 60,000. Have we ever done a leged coal levy scam in the Premises linked to Anbal- D is also an IAS officer some coal traders are also
thoroughly checked and no suspicious item/article was teachers to Finland for cost-benefit analysis of a state, officials said. agan P-- secretary of water (2004 batch) and is posted being raided, officials said.
found. training, asking them to do soldier's life? We are shap-
a cost-benefit analysis of ing the future of our chil-
Can Muslim girl...
The age of attaining puberty is 15 years as per the per-
the programme
first. The Raj Ni-
dren here. We are
building a nation. HP approves restoration ‘RAMCHARITMANAS’ CONTROVERSY
sonal law in Islam, he said.
The High Court had passed the order while hearing a
habeas corpus petition filed by a 26-year-old man
was, however, said
the "LG has not re-
jected the propos-
"I spend my entire
salary on my chil-
dren. You cannot
of old pension scheme Troubles mount for
against the detention of his 16-year old wife in a chil-
dren's home in Panchkula, off Chandigarh. It held that
al for the training
program for pri-
do cost-benefit
analysis of cer-
Bihar minister
SHIMLA: Keeping its poll promise, the Himachal Pradesh gov-
ernment led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in its
she can on her own willingness and consent marry a mary-in-charges tain things," he first cabinet meeting on Friday approved restoration of the Old PATNA: Troubles continued to mount on Friday
person of her choice after attaining puberty and such a in Finland. Any said. At a press Pension Scheme. for Bihar education minister Chandra Shekhar
marriage would not be void in terms of Section 12 of the statement on (to) conference earlier There are over 1.36 lakh employees, including employees and over his disparaging remarks about the epic 'Ram-
Prohibition of Child marriage Act, 2006. the contrary is in the day, Sisodia pensioners under the New Pension Scheme (NPS). The Con- charitmanas'.
misleading and mischie- said so far around 1,100 gress party had promised to restore the Old Pension Scheme Several petitions were filed, in more than one dis-
CBI gets prosecution... vously motivated". teachers have undergone (OPS) in the first cabinet meeting and it stood by it. The bene- trict of the state, accusing the RJD leader of having
The CBI had said that during the investigation, it has Members of the ruling training abroad, including fit of old pension scheme would be given from today and noti- hurt religious senti-
been found that the accused in conspiracy with the then Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Singapore, the UK and Fin- fication in this regard would be issued soon, said Sukhu while ments, even as the par-
GM Central Railways and CPO, Central Railways en- led by Atishi, also protest- land. interacting with the media persons after the cabinet meeting. ty sought to stand by
gaged persons as substitutes in lieu of land either in ed outside the LG's resi- Now that the people of He said that we would fulfill our promise to provide Rs 1,500 his side, saying he had,
their name or in the name of their close relatives. dence over the issue. Ad- the BJP have an "unautho- per month to women and a sub committee with cabinet minis- in effect, rebuffed "ka-
This land was acquired at prices lower than the pre- dressing a press confer- rised hold" over the servic- ters, including Chander Kumar, Dhani Ram Shandil, Anirudh mandal-vaadis" repre-
vailing circle rate and much lower than the market rate. ence, Kejriwal said the LG es department, they are Singh and Jagat Negi, has been constituted to prepare a road sented by the BJP.
"The candidates have used false TC and submitted twice returned a file (con- "doing dirty politics" to map for disbursement of Rs 1,500 per month in 30 days. A com- 'Kamandal' (a water
false attested documents to the Ministry of Railways," taining the proposal) to stop the AAP government mittee has also been constituted to explore possibility for one pot used by ascetics)
the CBI has alleged in the chargesheet. send Delhi government in Delhi from giving the lakh jobs. The liability under the OPS for this year is about Rs has become a
The CBI has learnt during the probe that Lalu Prasad's teachers to Finland for best training to teachers, 800 to Rs 900 crores which would be borne by the resource mo- metaphor for Hindut-
wife Rabri Devi and daughter Hema Yadav were gifted training, asking if a cost- he alleged. bilisation like increase of Rs 3 on VAT on diesel. va politics over the
land in connection with the land for job scam by job years, with kamandal-
seekers who were later appointed in railways. vaadis referring to those that practice the same.
Haridayanand Chaudhary, a Railway employee and
Bhola Yadav, then OSD to former Railway Minister Lalu Allahabad HC seeks Calcutta HC fixes Raj implements blindness Petitions were filed before the Special MP/MLA
court at Muzaffarpur by advocates Sudhir Kumar
Prasad were earlier arrested by the CBI. Bhola was
Lalu's OSD between 2004 to 2009. Censor Board's reply new poll date control policy
Ojha and Rajiv Kumar, besides 'mahant' of Garib
Nath temple Abhishek Pathak and Shyam Sundar,
"During the period 2004-2009, Lalu Prasad had ob- KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court a local Hindu outfit's leader.
tained pecuniary advantages in the form of transfer of LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court has is- on Friday set aside the West Bengal JAIPUR: The Rajasthan govern- They invoked relevant sections of the IPC pray-
landed property in the name of his family members in sued a notice to the Censor Board to file its re- government's administrative order ment has implemented blindness ing for trial of the RJD leader for causing "deliber-
lieu of appointment of substitutes in Group D post in ply on a PIL against the upcoming film 'Adipu- appointing an interim chairman to control policy, becoming first state ate insult to Hindu sentiments". The court has fixed
different zones of Railways," the official said. rush'. The Lucknow bench has fixed February Purulia district's Jhalda Municipali- in the country to do so with an aim the matter for further hearing on January 25.
21 as the next date of hearing in the matter. ty, where the ruling TMC allegedly to bring down the rate of blind-
Woman urinated on... A division bench of Chief Justice Rajesh lost majority, and directed that elec- ness.
After noting the submissions made before the session
by the Delhi Police to investigate was the accused per-
son was intoxicated before boarding the flight or not,
Bindal and Justice B R Singh passed the order
on the PIL moved by Kuldeep Tiwari.
The petition claimed that the film's produc-
tion to fill the post be held on January
16. Justice Amrita Sinha ordered that
polls be held under the strict supervi-
An official release claimed that
Rajasthan is the first state to im-
plement the policy under which
Four Naxalites surrender in Bijapur
the Additional Sessions Judge said, "The appeal doesn't ers have released the promo of the movie with- sion of Purulia's district magistrate, works to bring down the rate of BIJAPUR: Four Naxalites, including three with a
seem to have been made before the magistrate court. It out obtaining a certificate from the Central but the charge of the municipality blindness will be done. cumulative bounty of Rs 12 lakh on their heads,
is not appropriate to decide on an order based on sub- Board of Film Certification or Censor Board, will not be handed over to the newly On the directions of Chief Min- surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on
missions not made before the magistrate. The ground which is a clear violation of rules. elected chairman without the leave of ister Ashok Gehlot, the document Friday, a police official said.
seems to be widely worded and the magistrate can't be The petition has also raised objections to the court. The state government had of the policy for the prevention of The official identified them as Madded area com-
expected to apply his mind to all possible situations. costume of the actor who portrayed the role appointed Jaba Machhowar as inter- blindness was released by the de- mittee member Rakesh Mandvi alias Joga (33), Dula
The Sessions court later granted liberty to Delhi Po- of Goddess Sita in the movie. It has been im chairman of Jhalda municipality. partment of Medical and Health Punem (34) of the PLGA platoon 2 under National
lice to re-approach the Magistrate Court to seek police also stated in the petition that people have Justice Sinha directed the district on Friday. Under the policy, ker- Park area committee, Bhopalpatnam LOS "com-
remand with fresh grounds, if needed. deep faith in Lord Ram and Goddess Sita, magistrate to file a status report in a atoplasty centres and eye banks mander" Somaru alias Kishore Karam (26) and mili-
Earlier on January 7, Delhi's Patiala House Court but in the movie they have been shown sealed cover on the next date of hear- will compulsorily be operated in tia platoon "section commander" of Gangaloor area
Mishra to 14 days of judicial custody. against the belief of people. ing on January 17. all government medical colleges. committee Suresh Madvi alias Sukka (24).
On Wednesday, the Patiala House Court reserved an
order on the bail petition moved by Shankar Mishra.
However, Delhi Police opposed the bail plea of OBITUARY
Shankar Mishra. Police said, if he enlarged on bail, he
can influence the complainant.
11 COPS suspended... Sharad Yadav was known
Earlier on Thursday, the Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) took cognizance of the detailed Delhi Police re-
port prepared by Special Commissioner of Police Shali-
ni Singh, the ministry recommended suspending police
for stitching alliances
personnel deployed in three PCR vans and at two police NEW DELHI: Veteran so- was seen important to the
pickets. These police personnel were on duty at the time cialist leader Sharad Yadav latter becoming Bihar's
of the incident. Besides, the MHA recommended that rose on the anti-Congress chief minister in 1990 for
Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora take discipli- plank of the 1970s and the first time. Both were to
nary action against these police personnel deployed in played a pivotal role in soon fall out as the Bihar
the three Police Control Room (PCR) patrolling vans of shaping national politics leader dominated the poli-
Delhi Police and at the two police pickets. The MHA also for decades, serving twice tics in his state, overshad-
suggested that the Delhi Police Commissioner issue a as minister in the cabinet owing others and ensuring
show cause notice against the supervisory officers con- of VP Singh and A B Vaj- that it was his writ that ran.
sidering dereliction of investigation in the case, the of- payee before being relegat- minister Indira Gandhi. Incumbent Chief Minis-
ficials privy to the investigation told ANI. The Ministry ed to the background in the Emergency was soon ter Nitish Kumar and
also suggested the Delhi Police file a chargesheet winter of his life. clamped in 1975 and he Sharad Yadav besides late
against the culprits in the court at the earliest and take The seven-time Lok Sab- won again in 1977, estab- Dalit leader Ram Vilas
all necessary steps so that they should be punished. ha MP died on Thursday at lishing his credentials as Paswan were three key so-
a private hospital in Guru- one of the several leaders cialist leaders from the
'India has everything... gram where he was rushed to have come out of the state who charted their own
According to a statement from Uttar Pradesh Tourism after he collapsed at his anti-Emergency move- paths to take on the charis-
Minister Jaiveer Singh issued in Lucknow, the cruise Chhatarpur residence ment, an image that kept matic friend-turned-foe.
will cover 50 tourist destinations, including world her- here. The socialist leader him in good stead for While Sharad Yadav was
itage sites, national parks, river ghats, and major cities was suffering from kidney- decades as he remained an born in Madhya Pradesh
like Patna in Bihar, Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Kolkata in related issues for a long MP for the better part of and began his political ca-
West Bengal, Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Guwahati in time and regularly under- the last nearly five decades. reer from there, Bihar be-
Assam. There is a Sewage Treatment Plant on this went dialysis. Yadav served as a minis- came his 'karma bhoomi'.
cruise so that no sewage flows into the Ganga, as well as Yadav's Lok Sabha bypoll ter in the Atal Bihari Vaj- He and Lalu Prasad Yadav
a filtration plant which purifies the Ganga water for win from Jabalpur in 1974 payee government in the locked horns in Lok Sabha
bathing and other purposes. The Prime Minister also in- as the opposition candidate late 1990s. He was a minis- polls and his win over the
augurated a tent city that has come up on the banks of against the Congress invig- ter in the V P Singh govern- Rashtriya Janata Dal
the Ganga in Varanasi. orated his political fight ment in 1989 and his back- supremo in 1999 was a high
against the then prime ing to Lalu Prasad Yadav point of his career.

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Nora Fatehi records statement in extortion case
New Delhi: Actor Nora Fatehi on Friday recorded her statement before a
Delhi court as a witness in the Rs 200 crore extortion case. The actor
recorded her statement before Metropolitan Magistrate in the case. INDORE / BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
NATION
SPEED NEWS India will reject SC quashes plea to declare Law
‘Rajouri terror attacks hatred: Rahul Commission 'statutory body'
NEW DELHI: Divisive forces are at-
tempting to turn our diversity NEW DELHI: The Supreme the Parliament to enact a
against us but India will reject ha- Court on Friday refused to law. That pertains exclu-

probe given to NIA’

JAMMU support system.
tred and vicious agenda cannot go
on any longer, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi has said in a letter
that will be distributed among peo-
entertain a PIL seeking a di-
rection to the Centre to de-
clare the Law Commission a
"statutory body" and ap-
sively to the legislative do-
main. We decline to enter-
tain the petition," the
bench said. The top court
A time-bound action plan ple as part of the party's follow-up point the panel's chairper- also noted the submission of
Union Home Minister has been drawn up, which campaign to the Bharat Jodo Yatra. son and members. A bench the petitioner advocate Ash-
Amit Shah on Friday said envisages tightening of se- Along with Gandhi's letter, party of Chief Justice D Y Chan- wini Kumar Upadhyay that
the probe into the recent curity grid across all areas workers will also distribute a charge drachud and Justice P S he would pursue the issue
terror attacks in Rajouri in of Jammu division, within sheet against the Narendra Modi Narasimha noted the sub- before the law panel. In a re-
Jammu and Kashmir has three months, he said. government as part of 'Haath se mission of Attorney Gener- ply to the PIL, filed by the
been handed over to the Shah said the security Haath Jodo Abhiyan' that will be run al R Venkataramani that the Ministry of Law and Justice
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the National Investigation agencies have assured him from January 26 to March 26 at 22nd Law Commission has in December 2021, it was
Convocation Ceremony of Integral University in Agency (NIA). Addressing review meeting with secu- that there will be foolproof block, district and state levels, Con- already been constituted. said that there was no pro-
Lucknow on Friday PTI a press conference after a rity agencies and top offi- security in the Union terri- gress general secretary Jairam "It is a settled proposition posal under consideration to
day-long visit here, Shah cials of Jammu and Kash- tory. Ramesh told a press conference at of law that a writ of man- make the Law Commission
said all terror incidents in mir. He said he had come to the AICC headquarters here. damus cannot be issued to a statutory body.
Bihar govt announces one day Jammu in the past one- "We have discussed how the Jammu region with the "As part of this campaign, 2.5 lakh
and-a-half years will also to further strengthen the objective of visiting the af- gram panchayats, six lakh villages 'Santro' Ravi caught from Guj
mourning for Sharad Yadav be probed by the NIA and security grid. The security fected families of the ter- and about 10 lakh election booths will MYSURU: K S Manjunath alias 'Santro' Ravi,
PATNA: The Bihar government declared state the Jammu and Kashmir agencies conveyed to me ror attacks in Rajouri but be covered," he said, adding that the accused of being the kingpin in human-trafficking
mourning on Friday as a mark of respect to Police will actively assist that they are 100 per cent could not go there due to Congress has never undertaken such and having links with politicians and meddling
veteran socialist leader and former union minister in the investigation. prepared to deal with any bad weather. "However, I a programme at this scale. There will with police transfers, has been arrested in
Sharad Yadav. The chief minister's office issued the "We have yesterday hand- situation and stop such in- have spoken to the family be a 'Mahila Yatra' in every state cap- Gujarat, police said on Friday. He has been
statement declaring the state mourning. Chief ed over the probe into the cident in future," he said. members of each of the ital, padyatras at block levels and arrested in connection with a case filed by his
Minister Nitish Kumar condoled Yadav's death Rajouri incident to the The home minister said seven victims by over conventions at the district levels in wife in Mysuru alleging she was drugged, raped and forced into
saying, "I had a very deep relationship with Sharad NIA," he said. The twin ter- the meeting, also attended phone. The families said which state and national level leaders marriage in 2019. "He was arrested today in Ahmedabad,
Yadav Ji. I am shocked and saddened by the news rorist attacks on January 1 by Lieutenant Governor that they are ready to fight will participate, Ramesh said. He also Gujarat. Our teams were searching for him in various parts of
of his demise. It has caused irreparable loss in and 2 in Rajouri had Manoj Sinha, had a 360-de- back the terrorists. It is re- released the Gandhi's letter that Karnataka and the country. Under Mysuru police commissioner
social and political fields. claimed seven lives while gree view of the prevailing ally heartening to hear would be delivered to people by Con- Ramesh Bhanot, 7 or 8 teams were formed and sent to Kerala,
14 people were injured. situation and threadbare such things from the gress leaders along with a soon-to-be Telangana, and Maharashtra," Additional Director General of
Sadhvi Prachi surrenders in Shah also had a security discussion on the terror them," he said. released "charge sheet". Police Law and Order Alok Kumar said.
Muzaffarnagar riot case
MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): VHP leader Sadhvi B’LURU METRO PILLAR COLLAPSE Boy who breached
security says
Prachi on Friday surrendered in a special MP/MLA
court here following the non-bailable warrants
issued against her for failing to appear in K'taka HC takes up
connection with a case of violation of prohibitory
orders and inciting communal tension during the suo motu PIL Modi is like god
2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. Special judge Mayank HUBBALLI (K TAKA): A boy, who
Jaiswal recalled the warrants and fixed January 20 BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on cut through the security cordon
for hearing in the matter. Several accused, are Friday initiated a suo motu (on its own) public in- and tried to hand over a garland
facing charges of violation of prohibitory orders, terest litigation on the death of a woman and her to Prime Minister Narendra
child due to the collapse of an under-construction Modi during a roadshow here, on
Sachin Pilot to go
deterring public servants from discharging their
duties, and wrongful confinement. Bengaluru Metro pillar pier here. Friday said he is a "big fan" of
Commencing the hearing on the PIL petition, Modi, who is "like god". Class six
Locals demand permission Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice
Ashok S Kinagri cited news reports about the ac-
student Kunal Dhongadi said he
managed to squeeze himself be-
among public now
to fish in Kaziranga cident and expressed concern. tween the barricade gap on JAIPUR: The dissident leader of Ra-
GOLAGHAT (ASSAM): A large number of local The re- Thursday and ran to garland jasthan Congress Sachin Pilot has now
people converged at the Kaziranga National Park inforce- Modi, realising that the PM's cav- decided to go among the public and hold
on Friday and demanded permission to fish in the ment cage alcade will move away from the meetings and dialogue with the common
natural waterbodies as community fishing is an of an un- spot they were standing, without men and workers. He has announced
integral part of the upcoming 'Magh Bihu' festival, der-con- accepting it. this on his Twitter handle with the
officials said. The people, however, dispersed struction "I had gone to garland Modi, I schedule of five meetings to be held in
peacefully after a few hours as the authorities pier col- had heard in the news that five districts between January16-20th.
remained firm on the ban on fishing, they added. lapsed Modi ji would come, so I had ‘I will be among people and workers in
and fell pestered (at home) and had various districts of Rajasthan,’ tweeted
on a two- gone there with family mem- Sachin with the schedule and places of
Suriname Prez meets wheeler near HBR Layout here on January 10, bers. Modi ji was moving in his meetings. Sachin will start his public
J P Nadda in Delhi causing the death of a woman and her child. The car, we wanted my uncle's two- meetings from Nagour with a Kisan Sam-
NEW DELHI: Suriname President court sought answers from officials concerned on and-half year old kid dressed in melan on January 16th. On the 17th he
Chandrikapersad Santokhi met BJP national the safety measures undertaken and whether ten- RSS uniform to put a garland will go to Hanumangarh, on the 18th at
president J P Nadda at the party office here on der documents specified safety measures. on him." Jhunjhunu, then to Pali and the last meet-
Friday. Santokhi is the second Indian-origin person It also asked whether the state government has "But, he did not look at our ing will be held in Jaipur on January 20th.
to be elected as the president of Suriname. He issued orders on the safety measures and fixed the side, realising that the car It is for the first time that Sachin is do-
was the special guest of Honour for the 17th responsibility of contractors and officials in- would move away, I myself ran ing a series of public meetings with no
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held in Indore. Vijay volved in the construction. The HC included the with the garland squeezing in elections around the corner and this is
Chauthaiwale, BJP's foreign affairs department in- State, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike between the gap in the barri- being taken as his bid to show his
charge, was also present during the meeting (BBMP) and the Bangalore Metro Rail Corpora- cading," Kunal Dhongadi said, strength and popularity among the peo-
between Nadda and Santokhi. tion Limited (BMRCL) as the respondents in the adding that all those standing ple. He will address various sections of
case. Notices were ordered to be issued to the re- along the route and the garland society in these meetings right from
spondents and the hearing was adjourned. were already checked. farmers to youth and students.
Bihar govt dismisses 64 docs
over absence from duty
PATNA: The Bihar government on Friday
dismissed 64 doctors from service for remaining
absent from duty without authorisation for over
‘No consensus on
who is a minority’
five years, officials said. The decision to this effect
was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday, following a
proposal by the health department. The doctors
were posted in different districts, including Araria, FP BUREAU / New Delhi stitutions — religious and lin-
Aurangabad, Banka, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur and guistic minorities will have to
Darbhanga. No consensus among states on be identified at the state level.
who is a minority, the Centre The T.M.A. Pai verdict was a
tells the Supreme Court. Its affi- landmark 11-judge order hold-
Kerala varsity grants ‘mens davit came in response to a pend- ing that under Article 30 of the
benefit’ for women students ing PIL which claimed that the Constitution deals with the
KOCHI: Now, girl students of a university in non-compliance with 2002 SC rights of minorities to establish
Kerala can avail "menstruation benefit" in the form rykubg gas "kept Hindus and administer minority
of additional condonation of shortage of from availing the rights institutions -- religious
attendance. Considering the long-pending demand of minority." and linguistic minorities
of the students, the well-known Cochin University It got varied responses will have to be identified
of Science and Technology (CUSAT) here has from 24 states and six at the state level. It laid
sanctioned an additional 2 per cent of union territories on down the contours of the
condonation of shortage of attendance to female whether minorities government regulations
students, in each semester. should be notified at on private institutions.
state or national level. “Non-compliance of
The PIL, filed in 2020, has this judgment has kept Hindus
TMC leader denied bail sought a direction to enforce the from availing the rights of a mi-
by Ahmedabad court 2002 T.M.A. Pai Foundation vs nority in those states where
AHMEDABAD: A sessions court here has State of Karnataka ruling by the they are lesser in number,” the
refused to grant bail to Trinamool Congress Supreme Court, which had held PIL stated, adding that “the Cen-
spokesperson Saket Gokhale in a case related that under the Constitution’s tre is not empowered to notify
to alleged misuse of money collected through Article 30 — which deals with minorities under the National
crowdfunding. Additional sessions judge A B the rights of minorities to estab- Minorities Commission Act,
Bhojak in the order passed on Thursday noted lish and administer minority in- 1992”.
that there was a "strong case" against Gokhale,
and being a political worker, he might "hamper CJI APPOINTMENT
and tamper with evidences" if released on bail
at this stage.
DELHI HC CJ BENCH
Rajasthan HC gets 9 new judges
NEW DELHI: Six judicial officers and three RECUSES FROM REVIEW
advocates were on Friday appointed as judges NEW DELHI: Chief Justice (CJ) Satish Chandra Sharma and Jus-
of the Rajasthan High Court. Law Minister tice Subramonium Prasad of the Delhi High Court have recused
Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to announce the themselves from hearing a review petition challenging appoint-
fresh appointments to the higher judiciary. ment of Justice DY Chandrachud as the Chief Justice of India
Advocates Ganesh Ram Meena, Anil Kumar (CJI). The matter will now be heard by a different bench on Janu-
Upman and Nupur Bhati; and judicial officers ary 16, Monday. The review petition was filed against an order of
Rajendra Prakash Soni, Ashok Kumar Jain, the High Court dated November 11, 2022, by which the petition chal-
Yogendra Kumar Purohit, Bhuwan Goyal, lenging appointment of CJI Chandrachud was dismissed by the
Praveer Bhatnagar and Ashutosh Kumar were High Court. The same bench of CJ Sharma and Justice Prasad who
appointed as judges. have recused today had passed the dismissal order then.

Kerala bans mayonnaise after health scare

K RAVEENDRAN
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala has banned the production,
procurement, sale and use of mayon-
naise made with raw egg on the
ground that it is a health hazard. The
department of food security has is-
sued an order to this effect, health
minister Veena George told newsper-
sons. The order issued under the
Food Safety and Standards Act comes
into effect with immediate effect.
It has been found that mayonnaise
made from raw egg can be life threat-
ening if it is used after a certain peri-
od after it is prepared. A meeting of
the representatives of hotels, restau-
rants, bakeries and wayside eateries
had pledged full support to the move
after a number of cases where people
were down with food poisoning after
using mayonnaise.
The health ministry decision fol-
lows a scare in the wake of a few
deaths after the victims ate food from
restaurants, mostly ordered online. A
number of food poisoning cases have
recently been reported by people who
ate Arabian delicacies such as
shawarma, sandwiches and a popular
preparation called kuzhi manthi.
Mayonnaise is used as dressing or in
the form of cream sauce for these
preparations, which add to taste, but
are decidedly unhealthy.
 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Efficiency is doing things right;
effectiveness is doing the right things.
EDIT BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
— PETER DRUCKER

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Hydrogen, the next Green Revolution
promising a $2 billion incentive available for electrolysis. India also
plan. Aim is to quickly invite bids gets almost round-the-year sunlight

Warning from Neighbourly

Eye
for Green Hydrogen manufacturing
of fertilisers and steel. Two fertilis-
er plants are planned, using Green
to enable use of renewable energy
for running electrolysers. John Ker-
ry, Special Presidential Envoy for

Joshimath
Hydrogen. The Government hopes Climate Change said recently that
!KC Singh to replace imported ammonia- what is needed is to “blend the fi-
based fertilisers completely by this nance, de-risk investment, capacity
method by 2034-35. for bankable deals”.

W
hen the history of modern India is written, the

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f the high point of the world If anything, India has been slow Governments globally will have to
land subsidence at Joshimath, in Chamoli dis- recognising the perils of climate off the blocks. The Green Hydrogen play a key role in shepherding the
trict of Uttarakhand, may get barely a footnote. change was the Paris Agree- Global Assembly was held on May transition to the hydrogen energy
ment adopted by 196 nations on Dec 17-18, 2022 at Barcelona. It was at- revolution. India, as the chair of G-
Yet, Joshimath holds the gravest warning as well as a les-
12, 2015, the low point was hit tended by governments, industry, 20, gets a special role to create the
son for all of India, and especially for its political and eco- months later when Donald Trump and national green hydrogen associ- new global order for sharing of ben-
nomic class, which they ignore at our peril. The warning took office as the US president. The ations. Most importantly a decision efits of green energy. The fossil fuel-
is that human activity disrupting natural ecology for de- rise of other climate deniers like the was taken on a Green Hydrogen based order is not only polluting but
velopment — a euphemism for unbridled construction in Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, Standard, establishing the norms heavily tipped in favour of either
who allowed the Amazonian rain- for certification with a clear zero- the developed nations or authoritar-
most cases — will lead to disaster beyond human control. forest to be exploited, only worsened emission threshold. Also declared Governments globally will have to play a key role ian petro-states. Ironically, the Gulf
The writing is on the cracking-sinking wall: development, the fight. Although the defeat of Mr was a ‘100 by 2030’ slogan, involving states with huge sovereign funds,
construction, expansion and similar activities have to be Trump in 2020 and of Mr Bolsonaro the production of 100 million tons of
in shepherding the transition to hydrogen energy ample land, sunshine, and sea water
segued into the natural ecology of a place rather than try- last year turned the tide, other fac- Green Hydrogen by 2030. An revolution. India, as the chair of G-20, gets a can remain important players even
tors intervened. The Covid epidem- African Green Hydrogen Alliance, as the world decarbonises. The story
ing to bend the ecology to suit human plans. special role to create the new global order for
ic distracted global attention from consisting of six nations i.e., Kenya, may be different for Russia as use of
Naysayers may dismiss Joshimath as an extreme, and the climate issue. South Africa, Namibia, Egypt, Mo- sharing of benefits of green energy gas for electrolysis produces blue
therefore unlikely, case of a disastrous natural phenome- In 2022, climate concerns are back rocco and Mauritania was an- hydrogen as well as methane, which
non — an outlier. They can continue to live in their co- in focus after a devastating hurri- nounced too. Europe already has its is worse for climate.
coons blindfolded to unfolding reality. The land subsi- cane hit Florida and one third of RePowerEU initiative. in. Adani is involved with some of intention and action, as indeed pub- In India it remains to be seen
Pakistan was inundated by floods. Senegalese historian Cheikh these initiatives. British Petroleum lic acceptability of the transition. whether the already financially en-
dence in Joshimath may have garnered national and in- Recently California has had ex- Anta Diop had envisioned an (BP) has announced a $30 billion There is also a huge investment gap, dowed groups will simply muscle
ternational headlines only now, but the process has been tremely heavy downpours causing Africa “Powered by Hydrogen” as Asian Renewable Energy Project. especially for the nations of the competition out of their way. Ideally,
going on for a while; the earth did not sink in the blink of landslides. The Ukraine war awak- far back as 1985. Namibia has now Clearly the world has geared up to Global South. Irony is manifest, too, anti-trust and competition rules
an eye. A report based on satellite images by the Indian ened Europe to wean itself off taken the lead by its Hyphen project transition to hydrogen-based clean when the oil minister of UAE is also should be strictly applied to ensure
Russian energy. But there was no to pipe desalinated seawater to elec- energy. Consultancy firm McKinsey named as their representative to the that the transition is state-led not
Space Research Organisation clearly states that the town
easy transition except by turning to trolysers for extracting hydrogen. calculates that the price of Hydro- COP 28 climate talks. state-sponsored. To enable the
sank 8.9cm between April and November last year, which coal, in the short run. This has re- Germany has set aside $30 million gen will be cost competitive by 2030. India has a big advantage in terms Prime Minister to seize the leader-
seems rather slow compared to the recent increased in- vived the debate about decarboni- for a hydrogen dual-fuel locomotive But automotive companies have so of its geography. While North India ship of Global South, he needs to
tensity of subsidence which has been pegged at 5.4cm in sation through use of Green Hy- pilot plant. By 2050, a quarter of the far ignored this transition under- has a huge riverine and canal sys- have his government develop first
12 days from Dec 27, 2022, to Jan 8, 2023. The first cracks in drogen, which involves the recov- global energy demand could be met way. For instance, Shell has built a tem, the Southern part has long an equitable model of Green Public
ery of hydrogen from water using by Green Hydrogen. RePowerEU network of Hydrogen fuelling sta- coastlines. In fact, the further south Private Sector Partnership (GPPP).
houses had appeared in October 2021. renewable energy. India joined the plans to produce half of it locally, tions in Germany. But the nation so you move the narrower the land
There are predictions, fuelled by a piquant mix of quest in January by announcing its importing the rest. far has only 1200 odd fuel cell vehi- mass becomes, allowing shorter KC Singh is former secretary,
mythology and reality, that the entire town may sink. National Green Hydrogen Mission, Even the private sector is chipping cles. Thus, space remains between pipelines. Thus, water is easily Ministry of External Affairs
Joshimath is, of course, the gateway to famous pilgrimage
sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib as well as to the
international skiing destination at Auli; it houses a mili-
tary cantonment as well. What the picturesque town of
around 25,000 has been facing by way of land subsidence
The invisible burden that caregivers carry
giver plays multiple roles in the care cial costs. The subjective burden in- “Oh, yes I do understand what a itive attitude toward the patient (in-
was, perhaps, written into the rapid development and ex-
of persons with mental illness, in- cludes the caregiver's negative ap- tough time you are having. It's natu- dependent of symptoms and levels
pansion in recent years to capitalise on its economic po- Mind cluding taking day-to-day care, su- praisal of circumstances such as ral to feel as you are feeling.” Then, of burden). Problem-solving coping
tential as the ‘gateway’. The Uttarakhand Government pervising medications, taking the feelings of loss, guilt, shame and we can help the caregivers to identi- has been reported to be associated
has been scrambling to rescue people from the hardest hit Matters patient to the hospital and looking anger. fy and accept their own emotional with better functioning.
areas and give compensation — how a few lakh rupees can after financial needs. Caregivers of- The caregiver burden is a univer- reaction: confusion to clarity, con- It's important to make the care-
compensate for the loss of one’s home and livelihood is a ! Dr Shailesh Umate ten have to sacrifice their own wants sal phenomenon, reported from all cern to compassion, anger to accept- givers active members of the treat-
and undergo a lot of stress — plus, over the world. Almost 80% of care- ance and fear/ frustration to faith. ment plan; in our hospital, first we
separate question — but this is the typical fire-fighting ap- they are generally disregarded. givers experience a burden in the Slowly you can develop a caring at- psychoeducate the caregivers. The
proach.

T
he latest survey by India's Na-
Politicians, industry leaders, land developers and every- tional Institute of Mental
one involved in the town’s political economy should reflect Health and Neurosciences
(NIMHANS) found that nearly 150
on the continued approach of successive governments million Indians are in need of men-
prioritising aggressive and unplanned construction on tal health care services, but fewer
hill slopes in the past decade, construction that was given than 30 million are seeking care.
the green signal in the name of ‘development’ without due One out of every seven people in In-
dia suffer from major mental health
diligence and fulfilling processes such as environmental
ailments. Schizophrenia, bipolar
impact assessment. The National Thermal Power Corpo- mood disorder, dementia and sub-
ration began work on its Tapovan-Vishnugad dam and stance use disorders are the major
520MW power plant nearly 10 years ago; local residents mental health disorders, and these
and environmentalists had sounded the alarm then, but come along with social stigma.
Persons with mental illness
their words went unheeded. Another major project, the (PWMI) most of the time don't have
Helang Bypass, which is part of the all-weather Char an insight into their problems in
Dham highway, was also cleared for construction despite the way that persons with physical
calls for reflection. Both mega projects have come to haunt illnesses do. A PWMI mostly does-
n't seek help or take medications.
Joshimath. Residents are paying the price for the negli-
Hence, this increases the stress and
gence of those commanding the political economy. responsibility of family members,
Joshimath today is asking the question of them, indeed or caregivers.
of us all: can construction or “development” be under- Caregiver is defined as “a family
taken in consonance with the natural ecology of a place, member, who has been staying with
the patient for more than a year and
allowing nature to lead and determine such development has been closely related with the pa-
rather than imposing human engineering on the envi- tient's daily living activities, discus-
ronment? The binary approach of pitting environment sions, and care of health.” Family
against development, as if the latter can only come at the members are the primary care-
givers of persons with mental ill-
cost of the former, has long been the favourite trope of in-
nesses in most of the Eastern world.
dustry leaders and urban politicians, the Davos set as it In India, more than 90% of patients
were. This approach posits that economic progress will in- with a chronic mental illness live
volve tearing down or mastering the environment; the with their families. The family care-
larger the scale of such development, the more ecology
will be lost, all in the cause of human progress. This, it
must now be recognised, reflects the approach of the 1970-
Of Golden Harvests and
80-90s. It simply does not hold true any longer. Political Nation Building
and business leaders must recognise that the only devel- — Ritesh Aswaney
opment that is sustainable is that which respects and ac-
Thus, the family caregiver experi-
ences considerable stress and pres-
sure, and needs help in coping with
it. This stress is termed the burden
of the caregiver. Family members
affected may include parents,
spouse, siblings and children.
The caregiver burden
Rakesh, 32, was a marine engineer,
working in a gulf country. He had
schizophrenia. During his active
symptoms, he would feel that his
wife was changing into something
monstrous. In the Gulf Rakesh and
his wife stayed together without
any other family members. She
had managed to take him to a psy-
chiatrist for treatment, after which
he became all right. However, after
a year his symptoms increased; be-
lieving that his wife was changing
into a monster, he tried to strangle
her. Caregivers thus bear with the
behavioural disturbances of ill
family members and sometimes
are also targets of the patient's abu-
sive or violent behaviour.
The caregiver burden has two di-
mensions: subjective and objective.
The objective burden refers to the
observable effects of caregiving on
the family, such as disrupted family
routines, constraints on family's so-
cial and leisure activities and finan-
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
While flying kites,
caregiving role. Caregivers caring titude in the caregivers; but you psychoeducation sessions with the
for their PWMI feel stressed, anx- need to understand their coping families may include a brief intro-
ious or depressed, since the illness mechanisms. The coping strategies duction to the illness, presenting
tends to be chronic and demanding. can be broadly grouped into two symptoms, early signs of relapse,
In the long run, burnout and emo- groups — emotion-focused and available treatments and their effi-
tional exhaustion may occur. Care- problem-focused. The emotion-fo- cacy, safety of treatment, common
givers feel isolated from society, cused strategies aim to diminish the side-effects, treatment-related costs,
identifying burden, and coping
Caregivers bear with the behavioural disturbances of ill methods. We explain to them the
available modality of treatment and
family members and sometimes are also targets of the help them to choose the better treat-
patient's abusive or violent behaviour ment plan.
We also conduct group sessions for
the caregivers where they meet each
both due to restriction of their so- negative emotional impact of the other, and get help in understanding
cial and leisure activities as well as stressor, and include avoidance, de- the problems of caregiving and
the social discrimination and stig- nial, fatalism or looking to religion. working out effective solutions. As
ma attached to mental illnesses. This coping usually has a question all of them are sailing in the same
As a mental health professional, I — “Why?” It becomes part of the boat they feel a bonding and a sense
feel it is important to help alleviate problem. of acceptance. They also try to un-
the burden on caregivers. Care- The problem-focused coping refers derstand one another’s pain, and
givers can express a wide range of to direct actions, which the individ- share mutual help and support.
emotions in their caregiving role, ual undertakes to change the situa- Many emotional negative reactions
ranging from concern and confu- tion. These include problem-solving like frustration, sadness and anger
sion to frustration, fear, sadness, or seeking social support to resolve can be reduced in intensity by just
grief, anger, resentment and guilt. the stress of caregiving. This coping sharing their thoughts in the group.
Emotions can also vary from time usually has a question — “How?” It These caregivers slowly develop
to time while caring for their rela- becomes part of the solution. Hence, faith, compassion and hope. They
tive. Both positive as well as nega- emotion-focused coping reports a start helping others, and this helps
tive emotions are reflected at dif- higher burden, while problem-fo- them alleviate their own negativity.
ferent times. cused coping reports a lower bur-
den. Dr Shailesh Umate is a consultant psychiatrist,
Helping caregivers to cope Caregivers’ positive evaluation of sexologist and addiction specialist, whose
Firstly, it's important to acknowl- their coping strategies is associated mission is spreading awareness about mental
edge the emotion in the caregiver: with reduced distress levels and pos- health and well-being
team of RRR for their historic win
at the Golden Globe Awards.
way the population increased
here, houses and hotels were
from the Constitution itself.
Therefore, the supremacy of the
‘Naatu Naatu’, the irrepressible
track from the blockbuster film,
built indiscriminately and the
mountain was tampered with —
Constitution is unequivocal and
unquestionable. Judiciary is the
danced its way to the prize and this was bound to be the result. protector of this constitution.
proved that music truly knows Years ago, in a research report Abhijit Roy

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ndia is the world’s factory for
commodates natural ecology — hills, forests and the sea. churning out the most num-
In this era of climate change, not embracing nature-led de-
velopment means setting the stage for disaster.
ber of doctors and engi-
neers, accounting for 25% of the
annual graduates across the
FPJ Archives
INDIA 75 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 14, 1948
world each year. And yet, as a
country, we aren’t the most pro-
lific inventors or even known for
thought leadership in the mod-
ern context. Of course, we have
a heritage of some of the earli-
est pioneers of mathematics, as-
tronomy and even medicine, but
somewhere along the way, we
seem to have veered off course.
Our education system still
bears the burden of the out-
dated aspirations of our
colonial masters, who
were mainly con-
cerned with produc-
ing efficient clerks to
assist the bu- GUIDING LIGHT
reaucracy,
rather than cultivate original
thought. Whilst literacy is be-
coming increasingly pervasive,
are we really able to educate our
nation? As we just marked the
161st birth anniversary of the
visionary Swami Vivekananda,
it’s an opportune time to reflect
on his words, “Education is not
the amount of information that
is put into your brain and runs
riot there, undigested, all your
life. We must have life-building,
man-making, character-mak-
ing assimilation of ideas.”
A spiritual leader and a giant
PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO THE PENANCE of man, Swamiji captured the
world’s imagination with his
Save Hard-Won Freedom address at the World Parliament
Lahore, Jan. 13. Mr. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Pakistan's Refugee Minister,
of Religions at a time, when In-
declared today that Mahatma Gandhi's fast for an indefinite period to dia was perhaps going through
bring about Hindu-Muslim unity should serve to open the eyes of one of her lowest points.
people not only in 'Hindustan' but also in the Dominion of Pakistan to Through his thoughts and
the shame which they had brought upon themselves.
ideas, he transformed the way
the world perceived and looked
at India, heralding the diffusion
of our philosophy and tradition
in the west. And today, as the
winds of promise are blowing
through our hallowed land, as
our youth gravitate towards en-
trepreneurship, wealth creation
and nation building, we are on
the cusp of a pivotal transfor-
mation. There is of course a
long way to go, but we finally
seem to be pointed in the right
direction.
Through this weekend we will
be celebrating a plethora
of harvest festivals across
the country, from Lohri
to Pongal, giving thanks
for an abundant har-
vest season. And a har-
vest can of
course only be
as good as the crops that we sow.
Nurturing our youth to become
the leaders of tomorrow has
striking similarities to the love
and care with which we culti-
vate our crops. As Swami
Vivekanand said so eloquently,
it's not about deluging the
young minds with an overload
of information, but rather as-
similating a delicate mix of ir-
rigation, sunshine, nourish-
ment as well as protection from
the pests of self doubt. So as the
Sun starts his northerly transit
of Uttarayan on Makar
Sankranti, and the kites of our
ambitions prepare to soar in the
skies, let’s spend some time re-
flecting on our limitations and
achievements as a people, and
prepare to chart our course to
civilisational glory.
think of the birds
Fthelying kites is an important part
of celebrating Makar Sankranti,
festival that marks the end of
winter. The tradition of flying
kites is believed to have royal
origins. With time, the activity
has gained immense popularity,
but the manja used in kite flying
can be fatal for birds. Manja is
made by coating the string with
powdered glass. Birds in flight
fail to notice the thin string and
get entangled in it. Manja takes
longer to decompose than string
and stays in the environment for
a long time, putting the lives of
small creatures in peril.
Jubel D’Cruz
Proud moment for
every Indian
Thecelebrating
entire country is
along with the
MIKA’S MATRIX
no boundaries. The song is a
product of teamwork, and
celebrates the spirit of friendship
between the characters. While
Bollywood is promoting hate and
propaganda films, the South
Indian film industry is
producing movies which have a
message and are worth watching
like Jai Bheem, Kantara and RRR.
In RRR we can see the flavour of
patriotism, with no community
being demoralised.
Zeeshaan
Humans are
responsible
JShankaracharya,
oshimath in Uttarakhand, which
was established by Adi Guru
is in danger
today. There is no hesitation in
saying that man himself is
responsible for this tragedy. The
regarding the critical condition of
Joshimath, it was said that this
city is in danger. Still the
construction did not stop. Now
man is suffering the punishment
of his own actions.
Divyansha Sharma, Ujjain
Constitution is
supreme
Tquestion
he manner in which Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla raised the
of judicial encroachment
on the jurisdiction of the
legislature in Jaipur along with
Vice President of India and Rajya
Sabha Chairman Jagdeep
Dhankhar, is not normal.
Addressing the two-day
conference of presiding officers,
both said that just as the
legislature cannot give judicial
decisions, similarly the judiciary
should also refrain from trying to
usurp the right to make laws.
Keep in mind, Rajya Sabha
Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar
himself has been a legal
practitioner and has also
practised in the Supreme Court.
The interpretation of
Parliamentary supremacy citing
protection of the rights of the
legislature, knowingly or
unknowingly seems to be
encroaching upon the jurisdiction
of the judiciary. Secondly,
whether it is the principle of
Parliamentary supremacy or the
independence of the judiciary, in
the context of Indian governance
the basic source of all these is the
Constitution of the country. All
the important organs of
governance derive their power
Let all prisoners
have good facilities
W ith reference to the report
‘Delhi prisoners to get hot
baths’ (Jan 10), all prisoners are
human beings and not slaves.
Therefore all of them, irrespective
of age, must be given beds and
proper facilities — including
good baths — to prevent them
from being housed in
concentration camp-like
conditions. Prison reform and
upgradation must be enacted
into law to improve the
conditions in Indian prisons.
Peter Castellino
Tribute to Yadav
IDaltdemise
was sad to read about the
of Sharad Yadav, Janata
United’s founder and RJD
leader. Having been a minister in
the National Democratic Alliance
Government, he became the
president of JDU in 2003, a party
he founded with Nitish Kumar. He
remained in the party till 2017,
when he fell out with Mr Kumar
over his entry into the
Government, and launched the
Loktantrik Janata Dal which he
merged with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s
RJD in 2020. He had said that
this was the “first step towards a
united opposition”. May his soul
rest in peace.
Bhagwan Thadani
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Cuba takes over leadership of G77 from Pakistan
United Nations: Cuba has taken over from Pakistan the
leadership of the G77, the group of 134 developing
countries that work together on economic issues, while
India was hosting a two-day virtual meeting of leaders of
developing countries, The Voice of the South Summit.
GLOBAL
BULLETIN
Lisa Marie Presley
passes away at 54
Los Angeles: Lisa Marie
Presley, the
only child
of Elvis
Presley and
a singer-
songwriter
dedicated
to her father’s legacy, died
Thursday after being
hospitalised for a medical
emergency. She was 54. Her
death in a Los Angeles
hospital was confirmed by
her mother, Priscilla, a few
hours after her daughter was
rushed to the hospital by
paramedics after a medial
episode at her home. “It is
with a heavy heart that I
must share the devastating
news that my beautiful
daughter Lisa Marie has left
us,” Priscilla Presley said in a
statement. “She was the most
passionate, strong and loving
woman I have ever known.”
Lanka military to
be halved by 2030
Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri
Lanka on Friday announced
plans to reduce the current
strength of its military to half
by 2030 to build a technically
and tactically sound and well-
balanced defence force, amid
criticism that military expendi-
ture was more than the
allocation for health care and
education in the 2023 budget.
The Army’s strength is to be
cut to 100,000 by 2030, down
from the current figure of
200,783. The strength would
be limited to 135,000 by 2024.
PIO driver charged
in Australia
Melbourne: A 41-year-old
Indian-origin driver has been
charged in Australia over an
accident that killed four
passengers from India when
his car collided with a utility
vehicle, according to media
reports. Harinder Singh, who
remains in hospital under
police guard, was charged on
Wednesday with four counts
of dangerous driving causing
death, The Age reported.
Boy ends life due to
homophobic bully
Metz, France: The suicide of a
13-year-old French boy who
was subjected to homophobic
bullying at school has prompt-
ed expressions of shock in the
country and warnings that
homophobia kills. Prosecutors
have opened an investigation
into harassment of a minor
after the boy, Lucas, took his
own life last weekend in the
Vosges region of France.
Insiders enabled
capital riots: Lula
Brasilia: Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said
he’s convinced supporters of
his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro
inside the presidential palace
facilitated the entry of rioters
into key state buildings in
capital Brasilia on Jan 8. “I am
convinced the door to Planalto
palace was opened so these
people could get in because I
didn’t see the front door had
been broken down. And that
means that somebody
facilitated their entry here,” the
BBC quoted Lula as saying.
Man charged
with murder in
Abe’s killing
AP / Tokyo
Japanese prosecutors for-
mally charged the suspect in
the assassination of former
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
with murder, sending him to
stand trial, a court said on
Friday.
Tetsuya Yamagami was
arrested immediately after
allegedly shooting Abe with
a homemade gun as the for-
mer leader was making a
campaign speech in July out-
side a train station in Nara in
western Japan. He then un-
derwent a nearly six-month
mental evaluation, which
prosecutors said showed he
is fit to stand trial. Yamaga-
mi was also charged with vi-
olating a gun control law, ac-
cording to the Nara District
Court.
Japan to start dumping
Fukushima radioactive wa-
ter into sea this year
The Japanese Government
on Friday said a controver-
sial plan to release radioac-
tive wastewater from the
crippled Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear plant into the Pacific
Ocean will start in the spring
or summer.
India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to
project itself as the leader of the developing world which
can be a bridge to the developed countries as the chair of
the G20, the more exclusive group of emerging and
industrialised countries.
A member of Ukraine’s military looking away as a BM-21 ‘Grad’
MLRS 122mm rocket launcher fires on the Soledar outskirts —AFP
Rifts seen in Russian
military command
Have captured Soledar, says Kremlin;
Ukraine denies claim, says fighting on
AP / Kyiv
As Russian troops wage a fe-
rocious house-to-house fight
for control of strongholds in
eastern Ukraine, a parallel
battle is unfolding in the top
echelons of military power
in Moscow, with President
Vladimir Putin reshuffling
his top generals while rival
camps try to win his favour.
The fighting for the salt
mining town of Soledar and
the nearby city of Bakhmut
has highlighted a bitter rift
between the Russian De-
fence Ministry leadership
and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a
rogue millionaire whose pri-
vate military force known as
the Wagner Group has
played an increasingly visi-
ble role in Ukraine.
Putin's shakeup of the mil-
itary brass this week was
seen as a bid to show the De-
fence Ministry still has his
support and is in charge as
the troubled conflict nears
the 11-month mark.
Prigozhin rushed on Wed-
nesday to declare his merce-
nary force had captured
Soledar, arguing the prize
was won exclusively by Wag-
ner. The Defence Ministry
has challenged characterisa-
tion — describing action by
Trump Organisation fined
$1.6 million for tax fraud
AP / New York
Donald Trump’s company
was fined $1.6 million on Fri-
day as punishment for a
scheme in which the former
president’s top executives
dodged personal income tax-
es on lavish job perks - a sym-
bolic, hardly crippling blow
for an enterprise boasting
billions of dollars in assets.
A fine was the only penal-
ty a judge could impose on
the Trump Organization for
its conviction last month for
17 tax crimes, including con-
spiracy and falsifying busi-
ness records.
The amount imposed by
Judge Juan Manuel Mer-
chan was the maximum al-
lowed by law, an amount
equal to double the taxes a
small group of executives
avoided on benefits includ-
ing rent-free apartments in
Trump buildings, luxury
cars and private school tu-
ition.
Trump himself was not on
trial and denied any knowl-
edge of his executives evad-
ing taxes illegally.
While the fine — less than
the cost of a Trump Tower
apartment — isn’t big
enough to impact the compa-
ny's operations or future, the
conviction is a black mark on
the Republican’s reputation
as a savvy businessman as
he mounts a campaign to re-
gain the White House.
‘Biden unaware of secret papers’
PTI / Washington
US President Joe Biden ta-
kes classified documents and
information “very serious-
ly” and does not know what
is in the secret papers found
at the garage of his personal
residence and private office,
the White House has said, as
it defended him amid a furor
over the discovery.
Attorney General Mer-
rick Garland has appointed
Robert Hur as a Special
Counsel to investigate the
discovery of classified docu-
ments at the Penn Biden
Centre in Washington and
the Biden's personal resi-
dence in Wilmington,
Delaware.
“It is important for the
American people to know
airborne troops and other
forces in the battle — and on
Friday claimed credit for tak-
ing the town.
A Ukrainian army
spokesman denied that, say-
ing fighting in Soledar con-
tinued.
The 61-year-old Prigozhin,
who was known as “Putin's
chef” for his lucrative cater-
ing contracts and was indict-
ed in the U.S. for meddling in
the 2016 presidential elec-
tion, has expanded his assets
to include Wagner, as well as
mining and other spheres.
He has scathingly criti-
cised the military brass for
blunders in Ukraine, saying
Wagner was more efficient
than regular troops.
He has found a powerful
ally in Chechnya's leader
Ramzan Kadyrov, who has
deployed elite troops from
his southern Russian region
to fight in Ukraine and also
assailed the military leader-
ship and the Kremlin for be-
ing too soft and indecisive.
While both have pledged
loyalty to Putin, their public
attacks on his top generals
openly challenged the Krem-
lin’s monopoly on such criti-
cism, something Russia’s
tightly controlled political
system hadn’t seen before.
Speaker McCarthy’s tidy 1st
week disguises trouble ahead
Washington: Chaos? In the House of Representatives?
Republican Kevin McCarthy wrapped his first full week as
House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way, with hardly
a hint of the chaotic, rebellious fight it took for the Republicans
to arrive in Washington, having barely installed him as the
leader with the gavel.
The House Republicans marched through the early days of the
session like a spunky new business — in by noon, out by
dinnertime, the lawmakers rapid-fire voting without much public
drama in between. They approved their House rules and sent six
Republican bills quickly to the passage, including one to gut
funding for the Internal Revenue Service. The Republican
committee chairmen were named, members were appointed to
the panels and the Oversight committee launched its first requests
for financial documents as it probes President Joe Biden and his
family. And when House Republicans met for the first time behind
closed doors after the rowdy public spectacle that broke history
records and almost came to fistfights to elect McCarthy as a
speaker, it was a “lovefest”, as one Republican lawmaker put it.
that the President has said
he takes classified docu-
ments and information very
seriously,” White House
Press Secretary Karine Jean-
Pierre told reporters at her
daily news conference on
Usha Reddi is Kansas Senator
A known community leader replaces longtime Manhattan Senator Tom Hawk
PTI / Houston
Indian-American Democrat-
ic Party politician Usha Red-
di has been sworn in as State
Senator for District 22 in
Kansas state of the US, the
media reported on Friday.
Reddi, a known communi-
ty leader, on Thursday re-
placed longtime Manhattan
Senator Tom Hawk who last
month announced retire-
ment from the Legislature,
KSN TV reported.
“I was sworn in this after-
noon as State Senator for Dis-
trict 22. It was great to have
my family join me today,” she
tweeted.
“It’s been a very exciting
night. I’m thrilled to repre-
sent Senate District 22,” said
Reddi.
Thanking outgoing Sena-
tor Hawk for his dedicated
service, Reddi said he led
with “sincere love for com-
munity and built strong rela-
tionships along the way”.
“Senator Tom Hawk is an
outstanding leader, and I’m
sure I’ll be reaching out to
him many times,” she said.
Reddi has served on the
Manhattan City Commis-
sion since 2013 and served
twice as mayor.
Now, pulses are dearer in Pakistan
IANS / Karachi
Just when the prices of
wheat flour are soon going
to ease, following a merci-
less upward trend wit-
nessed over the past few
months, another fundamen-
tal kitchen commodity
started to become costlier
for people in Pakistan badly
battered by the inflation.
Prices of pulses are going
up, thanks to the non-clear-
ance of imported consign-
ments at the port due to a de-
lay in the approval of rele-
vant documents by banks,
Dawn reported.
Thursday. “This is some-
thing, as you all know, that
he will not shy away from
saying and has continued to
say this week. And again, he
was surprised that these
records have been found,”
she said.
Biden’s aides found classi-
fied records, likely dating
from his time as vice presi-
dent 2009 to 2016, at his Wilm-
ington home garage and at
an office he used at a Wash-
ington-based think tank that
bears his name. “He does not
know what's in them and his
team, once they identified
that the documents were
there, they immediately
reached out to the archives of
the Department of Justice
and did the right thing by
turning that over,” she said.
Usha Reddi (L) sworn in as State Senator for District 22
I was sworn in this afternoon as State Senator for
District 22. It was great to have my family join me
today. It’s been a very exciting night. I’m thrilled to
represent Senate District 22.
—USHA REDDI, Indian-American Democrat
Student wins $11,750 green fellowship
New York: An Indian-Ameri-
can student has received a
$11,750 fellowship to support
the advancement of membra-
ne technology research in
water, wastewater or water
reuse industries.
Harsh Patel, a Phd student at
University of Michigan,
Karachi Wholesalers Gro-
cers Association (KWGA)
chairman Rauf Ibrahim said
the traders held a protest out-
side the State Bank’s head of-
fice on Thursday against the
no-clearance of over 6,000
containers of pulses at the
port for the past two months
on account of dollar shortage
and banks’ reluctance in ap-
proval of import documents.
A commodity importer/
exporter, Faisal Anis Majeed
told Dawn the wholesale
price of gram pulse had risen
to 205 PKR per kg from 180
PKR on January 1, 2023, and
170 PKR on December 1, 2022.
US flight glitch
due to officials
who damaged
data file
T
he computer failure
that prompted a halt of
all US flight depar-
tures was caused when a
data file was damaged as a re-
sult of a failure to follow gov-
ernment procedures, the
Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration said on Thursday.
Unspecified “personnel”
were responsible for corrupt-
ing the file, which led to the
outage of an FAA computer
system that sends safety no-
tices to pilots, the agency
said in a statement. That trig-
gered the FAA to order a halt
to all US departing flights,
causing thousands of delays
and cancellations on
Wednesday. “The system is
functioning properly and
cancellations today were be-
low 1%,” the agency said.
The indications are two
people working for a contrac-
tor introduced errors into
the core data used on the sys-
tem, Notice to Air Missions.
‘Nations using
cross-border
terror must be
held accountable’
PTI / United Nations
Countries that use cross-bor-
der terror for narrow politi-
cal purposes must be held ac-
countable, India has said in
the UN Security Council, in
a veiled reference to Pak-
istan, and underlined the
need for nations to stand to-
gether against the common
threat of terrorism and not
engage in double standards
for political expediency.
“The application of rule
of law at the international
level should protect the sov-
ereignty and territorial in-
tegrity of states from ag-
gression, including terror-
ism, and including cross
border terrorism,” India's
Permanent Representative
to the UN Ambassador
Ruchira Kamboj said on
Thursday.
Kamboj was speaking at
the Security Council’s open
debate on the Rule of Law
held under Japan’s current
presidency of the Council.
BHOPAL I SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
—TWITTER
received the American
Membrane Technology
Association nd United States
Bureau of Reclamation
Fellowship for Membrane
Technology.
“I am extremely pleased to
have received this honour,”
Patel said in a University of
Jodia Bazar, Karachi, Pakistan
UAE’s $3bn lifeline averts
imminent default
The United Arab Emirates
(UAE) has agreed to provide a
Storms, tornadoes slam US
South, killing at least seven
AP / Selma
A giant, swirling storm sys-
tem billowing across the
South killed at least six peo-
ple in central Alabama and
another in Georgia and
knocked out power to tens of
thousands on Thursday.
Also, a tornado spawned
by the system shredded the
walls of homes, toppled roofs
and uprooted trees in Selma.
In Autauga County, Ala-
bama, about 66 km northeast
of Selma, at least six fatali-
ties were confirmed and an
estimated 40-50 homes were
damaged or destroyed by
storms that cut a strip across
the county, said Ernie
Baggett, the county's emer-
gency management director.
Over 12 people were hospi-
talised, Baggett said. Crews
were focused on Thursday
on cutting through downed
trees to look for people who
may need help. “Some hous-
es were destroyed that
haven’t been searched yet,”
said an official.
Choksi bribed Antigua
officials for illegal stay
ANI / Saint John’s
One of India’s most wanted
fugitive businessmen Mehul
Choksi has been buying pro-
tection in Antigua by brib-
ing a string of officials, ac-
cording to investigations
conducted by Kenneth Ri-
jock, a financial crimes in-
vestigator.
Rijock made shocking rev-
elations in a news article on
Blogger against Mehul
Choksi’s bribery and con-
spiracy in Antigua, where of-
ficials are interfering with
Interpol's efforts to detain
him for extradition to India.
He said Choksi has been
scheming to illegally extend
the court process in Antigua,
by paying bribes to officials,
including senior Antigua po-
lice official, Adonis Henry.
Multiple witnesses report
that Choksi and Inspector
Henry have been meeting at
least three times a day at Al
Porto, a Jolly Harbor restau-
rant reportedly owned by
Choksi, wrote Rijock in his
financial crime blog.
WORLD
‘1% of population, 1,000 Indian
PIOs pay 6% taxes’
peacekeepers
Iabout
ndian-Americans who make
1% of the US population pay
6% of the taxes, a
get UN medals
Congressman said, noting this ANI / MALAKAL
ethnic community does not
cause problems and follows Over 1,000 Indian
the laws. In his maiden speech peacekeepers, including
on the House floor, Rich McCo- five Army woman, have
rmick, 54, said one of the five been honoured with UN
doctors in his community is
from India and dubbed Indian-
Americans as great patriots,
upstanding citizens and good
medals for their vital work
in the UN Mission in South
Sudan (UNMISS).
“Take a bow, India. Exactly
friends. “Although they make 1,171 of your finest sons
up about 1% of American and daughters have
society, they pay about 6% of received UN medals for their
the taxes. They are among the vital UNMISS work in Upper
top producers, they do not Nile, South Sudan. Major
cause problems. They follow
the laws,” McCormick said.
Jasmine Chattha and a
couple of her female
colleagues tell us more
about their experiences,”
the UN Mission in South
Sudan tweeted on Thursday.
There was something disti-
Michigan statement. nctly different about this
“Especially knowing that year’s medal award ceremo-
successful work in this area ny for the Indian peacekeep-
will have direct implications ers in Upper Nile. For the first
on global problems like water time, the parade of the large
scarcity as well as contingent, consisting of inf-
technologies needed to antry, engineers and medical
implement the research at a staff, was led by a woman,
larger scale.” Major Jasmine Chattha.
avoid defaulting on its loans
for a couple of more months.
The development comes as
Pakistan faces a challenge to
make $13 billion debt repay-
ments in six months, The Ex-
press Tribune reported.
Financial aid keeps econo-
my afloat: Pakistan, facing
a mammoth economic cri-
sis, is reeling under infla-
tionary pressure and a
shortage of even basic
goods like food and medi-
cine and its economy is be-
$3 billion lifeline to Pakistan ing kept afloat by the finan-
in the shape of a rollover of cial assistance of the inter-
the existing debt and new fi- national community, report-
nancing—helping Islamabad ed Al Arabiya Post.
Philippines rain, floods kill 17
H eavy rain which have triggered floods and landslides in the
Philippines since January 1 have killed 17 and affected over
500,000 people, a government disaster agency said on Friday. The
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in
a report it has tallied 17 deaths in five regions from rains brought
about by the combined effects of low-pressure areas, the north-
east monsoon, and the shear line, reports Xinhua news agency.
The authorities were looking for two more missing people. The
weather has affected 13 regions, mainly in central and southern
Philippines. These areas have been grappling with flooding over
the Christmas weekend that persisted after the New Year. The
agency said the disaster displaced more than 70,000 people who
were temporarily housed in over 120 evacuation centres.
Top US general,
Pak Army chief
discuss security
over phone
PTI / Washington
A day after a deadly terror-
ist attack in Kabul, Chair-
He not only met an
man of the US Joint Chiefs
of Staff Gen Mark Milley on
Thursday discussed with
Pakistan’s new Army chief
Antigua police official
Gen Syed Asim Munir the
but tried to influence a current security environ-
magistrate through ment in Pakistan and the re-
illegal payments gion.
Gen Milley also congratu-
—KENNETH RIJOCK
lated Gen Munir on assum-
Choksi not only reached ing his new role as Pak-
out to Henry but also tried to istan’s Chief of Army Staff
influence Antigua magis- during their phone conver-
trate Conliffe Clarke through sation. “The senior leaders
illegal payments. He has cor- discussed items of mutual
ruptly influenced Clarke, interest, including the cur-
through illegal payments, rent security environment
made purely for dilatory pur- in Pakistan and the region,”
poses, to indefinitely delay Joint Staff Spokesperson
his pending extradition, Col Dave Butler said in a
wrote Rijock in his blog post. readout of the call.
Rijock said his sources Gen Milley also expressed
confirmed Clarke and Henry his condolences for the peo-
conspired together to inter- ple of Pakistan as they re-
fere with Interpol’s efforts to cover and rebuild from the
detain him for extradition to catastrophic summer
face the music in India. floods, he said.
 MARKET WATCH Public, pvt sector need to think out of box to seize global opportunities: PM
60,261.18 ▲ 303.15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said both public noted economists and experts at NITI Aayog ahead of the
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and private sectors need to leverage synergies and think
out of the box to seize opportunities arising as a result of
the emerging global environment. While interacting with
Union Budget, the Prime Minister also applauded the
success of the India Digital story and the rapid adoption of
fintech across the country, an official statement said.
MONEY
BHOPAL I SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023

BIZ BULLETIN Forex kitty drops

SBI to hike 1-year MCLR
by 10 bps to 8.40%
State Bank of India will hike its marginal
cost of funds-based lending rates for one
year by 10 basis points to 8.40% from
Sunday, according to information on the
bank's website. The state-owned bank
has kept the rates on other tenures
unchanged. Rates on the bank's loans
will be in the range of 7.85-8.60%.
Wonderla in talks to
set up park in MP
Wonderla Holidays is in discussions with
the Madhya Pradesh government to
explore possibilities of setting up an
amusement park in the state, the
company said in an exchange filing
today. The company did not provide
information related to any time period
for the project or its budget.
L&T signs pact with
Norway-based firm
Engineering and construction
conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on
Friday said it has signed a pact with
Norway-based H2Carrier (H2C) to
develop floating green ammonia projects
for industrial-scale applications.
SIAM partners with US
Grains Council
At the ongoing Auto Expo 2023, the
Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers (SIAM) signed an MoU
with the US Grains Council (USGC) on
Friday in an effort to create ethanol
awareness. The SIAM is the apex body
for the Indian automobile industry and
the USGC is a Washington-based not-for-
profit organisation developing export
markets for ethanol globally.
HCL Tech to modernise
IT ops for State Farm
HCL Technologies has been selected by
State Farm, a provider of auto, home,
and commercial insurance, to modernise
its IT service desk and infrastructure
operations, according to a statement.
Some State Farm employees supporting
this work will transfer to HCL Tech to
continue their key role in delivering
technology services to State Farm, it
said.
Kolte-Patil Developers
Q3 sales booking up 28%
Realty firm Kolte-Patil Developers on
Friday reported a 28 per cent growth in
its sales booking at Rs 716 crore for the
quarter ended December 2022 on better
demand. Its sales booking stood at Rs
We count on India’s G20 leadership amidst
global economic slowdown, says IMF Chief
India has carried out some painful reforms which are now paying off, says Kristalina Georgieva
PTI / Washington
The international community counts a
lot on India's leadership of the G-20 at a
time when the world is faced with the
continued economic slowdown and so-
cial distress, the chief of the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund Kristalina
Georgieva has said.
"India, which is the president of G-20
countries, remains among the countries
that perform better than the global aver-
age and by a good percentage," IMF Man-
aging Director Kristalina Georgieva told
reporters during a media roundtable on
Thursday.
India formally assumed the G20
(Group of 20) Presidency on December 1.
The next G20 Leaders' Summit at the lev-
India Inc expects GDP to Markets rebound after 3-day
grow at 6.5% in FY24: Survey decline; Sensex reclaims 60K
IANS / Chennai
About 60 per cent of the business
leaders surveyed were of the view
that Indian gross domestic product
(GDP) will grow at 6.5 per cent dur-
ing 2023-24, said Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu India LLP (DTTILLP).
In a pre-budget survey by DT-
TILLP, industry leaders said
amongst the industry sectors,
chemicals, capital goods and ener-
gy would log high growth. They
also said government initiatives,
such as Atmanirbhar Bharat, pro-
duction linked incentive (PLI), and
favourable monetary policies by
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI - to
moderate retail inflation and
maintain significant forex), in-
Empowered group
under Cabinet secy
to steer Green
Hydrogen Mission
by $1.268 bn to
$561.583 bn
omy. I hope that India will do that huge a prioritised and highly effective man-
global service keeping us together," she ner, she said.
said. Georgieva lauded India for embrac-
ing digitisation.
"On the private sector side, because
that has become a fertile ground for very
"What we see working extremely well rapid expansion of branded financing
for India is how the country has taken and enterprises. And that India intends
digitisation that was accelerated by to take to the G-20 as an area to build
COVID-19 to be a strong comparative ad- comparative strength," she said.
vantage, both for public policy and for According to Georgieva, one of the
private sector growth," the IMF Manag- priorities in the G-20 is how to make digi- PTI / Mumbai
ing Director said in response to a ques- tisation built on a public platform, public
tion. infrastructure that allows everybody to India's forex reserves declined by
el of Heads of State/Government is For public policy, because the combi- plug in and significantly reduces costs of USD 1.268 billion to USD 561.583 bil-
scheduled to be held on September 9 and nation of digital ID and digital public in- digitisation; how that can be a source of lion for the week ended January 6,
10 in New Delhi.
"We count a lot on India's leadership of
frastructure allows India to move policy
support on a digital platform and to tar-
growth and employment. So that is defi-
nitely one area, she said.
the Reserve Bank said on Friday.
The overall reserves had in-
the G-20. Because it is such a critical time get extremely well those who are recipi- India, she noted, has done some creased by USD 44 million to USD
for the world to protect its own well-being ents of the support as well as to become painful reforms which are now paying 562.851 billion in the previous re-
by protecting the integrated global econ- a bright example of vaccinations done in off. porting week after two consecutive
weeks of the slide.
In October 2021, the country's for-
eign exchange kitty reached an all-
time high of USD 645 billion. The re-
serves had been declining as the cen-
tral bank deployed the reserves to
defend the rupee amid pressures
caused by global developments.
creased spending on infrastruc- Foreign currency assets (FCA), a
ture, and research and innovation, PTI / Mumbai major laggards. major component of the overall re-
will further this momentum. HCL Technologies and Infos- serves, dropped by USD 1.747 billion
According to the survey, the pace Benchmark Sensex and Nifty ys recovered from early losses to USD 496.441 billion during the
of capital expenditure, infrastruc- snapped a three-day losing to end in green. week to January 6, according to the
ture development and the need to streak to settle higher by over Infosys on Thursday report- Weekly Statistical Supplement re-
boost infrastructure financing half a per cent on Friday fol- ed a better-than-expected 13.4 leased by the RBI.
through private partnership are lowing buying in IT, financials per cent rise in profit for the De- Expressed in dollar terms, the for-
important for economic growth. and metal shares on easing in- cember quarter and raised its eign currency assets include the ef-
Sixty per cent of respondents flation worries. annual sales forecast on a fect of appreciation or depreciation
suggested raising funds through The 30-share BSE Sensex Steel, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, strong deal pipeline even as it of non-US units like the euro, pound
Indian Government Bonds, DT-
TILLP said. Fifty-eight per cent re-
rose by 303.15 points or 0.51 per
cent to settle at 60,261.18. Dur-
UltraTech Cement, NTPC, Ba-
jaj Finance, Hindustan
warned of "constraints" in cer-
tain verticals amid slowing
and yen held in the foreign exchange
reserves.
spondents suggest that public-pri- ing the day, it jumped 460.23 Unilever, Tata Consultancy global economy. Gold reserves increased by USD
vate partnership (PPP) should be points or 0.76 per cent to Services, ICICI Bank and Maru- HCL Tech reported a 19 per 461 million to USD 41.784 billion, it
encouraged to meet the funding 60,418.26. ti were among the major win- cent increase in the consolidat- said.
gap and address issues that deter The broader NSE Nifty rose ners. ed net income to Rs 4,096 crore The Special Drawing Rights
private participation, while bring- by 98.40 points or 0.55 per cent Titan, Nestle, Larsen & for the third quarter ended De- (SDRs) were up by USD 35 million to
ing in innovative structures such to end at 17,956.60. Toubro, Axis Bank, ITC and cember 31, 2022, driven by USD 18.217 billion, the apex bank
as credit guarantee enhancement. From the Sensex pack, Tata Asian Paints were among the growth in services revenue. said.
India to see $58 bn investment India-China trade climbs
in E&P, says Petroleum Minister to $135.98 billion in 2022
Chevron Corp, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies are keen to invest Trade deficit crosses $100 billion for first time
PTI / New Delhi
‘Ethanol blending
PTI / Beijing

The trade between India and Chi-

561 crore in the year-ago period. The
Pune-based company in a regulatory
filing said it has achieved the highest-
ever quarterly pre-sales numbers by
value and volume during Q3 FY23.
NBC News, MSNBC
lay off 75 employees
Media giants NBC News and MSNBC
have laid off employees in "double
digits" and the number of impacted
workers could be around 75. According
to CNN, the laid off number was around
75 and the staff cuts affected across the
divisions. "No on-air talent was expected
to be impacted," according to Deadline.
Alphabet robotics arm
PTI / New Delhi
The government will set up an em-
powered group headed by Cabinet
Secretary for steering and guiding
the implementation the National
Green Hydrogen Mission, which
aims to make India a global manu-
facturing hub the clean source of en-
ergy. The group will comprise Prin-
India will likely see an invest-
ment of USD 58 billion in find-
ing and producing oil and gas re-
sources in 2023, Oil Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri said on Fri-
day, adding global energy majors
Chevron Corp, ExxonMobil and
TotalEnergies are keen to invest.
India, the world's third biggest
oil-consuming and importing
nation, is looking to raise do-
mestic output to help cut down
reliance on costly imports. India
imports 85 per cent of its crude
oil, which is converted into
petrol and diesel, and roughly
half of its natural gas that is
converted to CNG and used in
industries.
Speaking at the Voice of Glob-
al South Summit, Puri said the
government has targeting to in-
crease the geographical area un-
der exploration and production
to 0.5 million square kilometres
or 15 per cent by 2025 from the
current 0.25 million sq km.
in petrol rose to
10.17% in 2022’
Greater Noida: Union Minister of
Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep
Singh Puri, inaugurated the 'Ethanol
Pavilion' at the Auto Expo here, and
said the ethanol blending in petrol
was increased up to 10.17 per cent
in 2022. Puri said that there has
been an increase of the ethanol
blending in petrol from 1.53 per cent
in 2013-14 to 10.17 per cent in 2022,
which was well ahead of November
2022 deadline and advanced its
target 20 per cent ethanol blending
from 2030 to 2025-26.
na touched an all-time high of
USD 135.98 billion in 2022, while
New Delhi's trade deficit with
Beijing crossed the USD 100 bil-
lion mark for the first time de-
spite frosty bilateral relations, ac-
cording to data released by the
Chinese customs on Friday.
The total India-China trade for
2022 has climbed to 135.98 billion,
overtaking the USD 125 billion
mark a year earlier by registering
a rise of 8.4 per, the annual Chi-
nese customs data said.
China's exports to India
climbed to USD 118.5 billion, a
year-on-year increase of 21.7 per
cent. During 2022, China's im-
ports from India dwindled to USD
17.48 billion. The trade deficit for
India stood at USD 101.02 billion,
crossing the 2021 figure of USD
69.38 billion.
This is the first time the trade
deficit, a serious concern con-
stantly expressed by India, has
crossed the USD 100 billion mark.
In 2021, the overall trade with
China totalled USD 125.62 billion,
an increase of 43.32 per cent year
on year crossing the USD 100 bil-
lion mark for the first time. The
trade deficit in 2021 stood at USD
69.56 billion as India's imports
from China witnessed an in-
crease of 46.14 per cent to reach
USD 97.59 billion.

lays off 40 employees

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has
joined tech giants laying off employees
amid global macroeconomic conditions,
and the company's "Other Bets" division
is the first to be impacted, the media
reported.
Crypto.com to reduce
20% of workforce
Crypto lending exchange Crypto.com on
Friday announced that the company will
reduce its global workforce by
approximately 20 per cent amid ongoing
economic headwinds and unforeseeable
industry events. This is the second major
layoff at Crypto.com, which laid off
about 260 employees, or nearly 5 per
cent of its workforce, in mid-2022.
Record global sugar
prices may rise further
International prices of sugar, which
recently hit a multi-year-high, are likely
to rise further over the next three
months due to low supply, especially
from India, industry participants said.
The government has set the export
quota for sugar for 2022-23 (Oct-Sep) at
6 mln tn, almost half of the 11.2 mln tn
exported last year in anticipation of
lower production.
Wheat sowing rises
1.40% to 337.18L hectare
Area sown to wheat has increased 1.40
per cent to 337.18 lakh hectare so far in
the ongoing rabi season of the 2022-23
crop year (July-June), according to the
agriculture ministry data released on
Friday. Sowing of wheat, the main rabi
(winter) crop, had begun in October, and
harvesting will start from March/April.
DPA unveils mega job
opportunities in Nashik
An event on career and job opportunities
was held at Nashik by Decimal Point
Analyst (DPA) with an objective of
complementing the talents of young
people. The ceremony was inaugurated
by Shailesh Dhuri (CEO - DPA) at Nashik
on January 13. DPA is offering job and
career opportunities to empower young
middle class youth. —Agencies
cipal Scientific Adviser to the Gov-
ernment of India, NITI Aayog CEO,
and secretaries of various min-
istries besides departments of sci-
entific and industrial research, pro-
motion of industry and internal
trade, and experts from the industry,
according to the Mission Document.
The Union Cabinet on January 4
approved the mission with an outlay
of Rs 19,744 crore to make India a
global hub for the manufacturing of
this clean source of energy, and de-
velopment of a production capacity
of at least 5 MMT (Million Metric
Tonnes) per annum with an associ-
ated renewable energy capacity ad-
dition of about 125 GW in the coun-
try by 2030. The effective implemen-
tation of the Mission requires
strong coordination among various
ministries and departments of cen-
tral and state governments, industry,
institutions, and other stakeholders.
A flexible and result-oriented gov-
ernance structure will be created for
steering and guiding the implemen-
tation of the Mission, which was
cleared by the Union Cabinet last
week, the document stated.
Accordingly, an Empowered
Group (EG) chaired by the Cabinet
Secretary and comprising Principal
Scientific Adviser to the Govern-
ment of India, NITI Aayog CEO, and
secretaries of various ministries be-
sides departments of scientific and
industrial research, promotion of
industry and internal trade, and ex-
perts from the industry will be set
up, it said.
AIMING FOR RAPID PROGRESS
‘Prefab material to speed up pace of raod building’
PTI / New Delhi
Minister of State for Road Trans-
port and Highways V K Singh on
Friday said prefabricated materi-
al would be used for making
roads, which may increase the
highway construction pace to 100-
150 km a day from the present 33
km.
"We are today working on en-
suring that most of our things are
prefabricated, except for making
Sebi mulls allowing private equity Cryptos are nothing but Long-term bonds
funds to become sponsor of MF gambling: RBI governor fall as focus turns
PTI / New Delhi
Capital markets regulator Sebi on
Friday proposed allowing Private
Equity (PE) funds to sponsor a mu-
tual fund house as they can bring in
strategic guidance and talent to fuel
growth of the industry.
The proposal comes in the back-
drop of IDFC Mutual Fund getting
acquired by a consortium compris-
ing Bandhan Financial Holdings
Ltd, Sovereign Wealth Fund GIC
and private equity fund ChrysCapi-
tal.
In its consultation paper, a Sebi-
constituted working group pro-
posed alternative set of eligibility
criteria to enable private equity
funds, who do not qualify based on
the current requirement, to act as
sponsors of Mutual Funds (MFs)
and suggested to further strengthen
the existing eligibility require-
ments to ensure that only high qual-
ity entities qualify. At present, any
entity that owns 40 per cent or more
stake in a mutual fund is consid-
ered as a sponsor and is required to
fulfil the eligibility criteria.
The Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Sebi) has sought
comments from the public till Janu-
ary 29 on the proposals.
Meanwhile, Sebi on Friday al-
foundations for bridges and other
things. Rest all will come as pre-
fabricated material being built in
a factory, being transported to site
so that on the site there is less pol-
lution. "There's much more
emphasis coming in and I'm sure
that day is not far off when...we
will be able to make the road sur-
face with these prefabricated
things which will come from fac-
tories and just be laid. So today if
we are getting 33 km, may be we
Says their value only make-believe
PTI / New Delhi
Reserve Bank governor Shak-
tikanta Das on Friday reiter-
ated his call for an outright
lowed investment managers of in- ban on cryptocurrencies, say-
vestment vehicles -- REITs and In- ing these are "nothing but
vITs-- to conduct meetings of gambling" and their per-
unitholders through video confer- ceived "value is nothing but
encing and other audio-visual make-believe." To further its
means. The move would allow max- opposition to such currencies
imum participation of unitholders and also to take a lead over
in the decision-making process and other central banks, the RBI
help in better governance. recently launched its own
Under the rules, an annual meet-
ing of all unitholders of real estate
digital currency, in the form
of e-rupee on a pilot mode,
investment trusts (REITs) and in- first for the wholesale in late
frastructure investment trusts (In- last October and a month lat-
vITs) need to be held within 120 er for retail customers.
days from the end of a financial Speaking at a Business To-
year and the time between two day event this evening here,
meetings should not exceed 15 Das reiterated the need for an
months. Further, managers of such outright ban on cryptos say-
investment instruments are also re- ing though those supporting
quired to hold meetings of it call it an asset or a financial
unitholders for certain matters. product, there is no underly-
In two separate circulars, Sebi ing value in it not even a tulip
said it has decided to allow invest- (alluding to the Dutch tulip
ment managers of REITs and In-
vITs to conduct meetings of
mania blow-up in the early
part of the past century).
unitholders through video confer- "Every asset, every finan-
encing and other audio-visual cial product has to have some
means (OAVM). underlying (value) but in the
Building a Low Carbon Future'
organised by FICCI, Singh said it
is not just that the roads are being
built but the standards for alter-
native fuels are also being laid.
"We have also tried out biofuels
for aircraft. Still there's a certain
amount of study and research
that is going on, because the aim
will get 100 to 150 km...it is going is that most of the decarbonisa-
to come," the minister explained. tion for the aviation sector will be
Speaking during a conference if we can change the fuel system
on 'Decarbonizing Construction: of our aircraft and yet maintain it
case of crypto there is no un-
derlying. not even a tulip.and
the increase in the market
price of cryptos, is based on
make-believe. So anything
without any underlying,
whose value is dependent en-
tirely on make-believe, is
nothing but 100 per cent spec-
ulation or to put it very blunt-
ly, it is gambling," the gover-
nor said.
"Since we don't allow gam-
bling in our country, and if
you want to allow gambling,
treat it as gambling and lay
down the rules for gambling.
But crypto is not a financial
product," Das asserted.
Warning that legalizing
cryptos will lead to more dol-
larization of the economy, he
said cryptos masquerading
as a financial product or fi-
nancial asset, is a completely
misplaced argument.
Explaining it, he said the
bigger macro reason for ban-
ning them is that cryptos have
the potential to and the char-
acteristics of becoming a
means of exchange; an ex-
change of doing a transaction.
to be safe," the minister said.
The government, he said, is
also working on green highways.
The road ministry is creating ex-
pressways, and highways will
have a lot of green cover on either
side of the road, to reduce Co2
emissions.
"There are enough indigenous
plants, whether it is
Banyan...Peepal, whether it is
neem. They are all in that vari-
ety," the minister said.
to Budget on Feb 1
INFORMIST / Mumbai
Government bond prices ended
on a mixed note on Friday, with
long-term bonds closing lower as
traders turned their attention to
the next big event for the bond
market - the Union Budget for
2023-24 (Apr-Mar). Traders
trimmed their holdings of
longer-dated securities due to ex-
pectations of a higher borrowing
number in the Budget for the
next financial year, dealers said.
Meanwhile, short-term papers
ended a tad higher as traders see
the Reserve Bank of India's rate
hike cycle drawing closer to its
end after headline inflation in
December came in at 5.72%. The
print remained below the upper
limit of the RBI's comfort band of
2-6% for the second straight
month, increasing expectations
that the central bank will pause
raising rates after a 25-basis-
point hike in February, dealers
said.
Today, the 10-year benchmark
7.26%, 2032 bond ended at 99.72
rupees, or 7.30% yield, against
99.81 rupees, or 7.29% yield on
Thursday.
"People want to go light into
the Budget as they are expecting
a higher borrowing number this
year," a dealer at a state-owned
bank said. "There are no other
events till Budget, you will see
traders selling at the current lev-
els." Gilt prices opened higher to-
day, driven by positive sentiment
from benign CPI inflation prints
for both India and the US.

BIZ BULLETIN
Dynasty pares 2.14%
stake in Shriram Finance
Dynasty Acquisition (FPI) on Friday
divested 2.14 per cent stake in the non-
banking financial company (NBFC)
Shriram Finance for Rs 1,040 crore
through open market transactions. The
buyers include -- FID Funds Mauritius,
Societe Generale, BNP Paribas Arbitrage,
and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Company, among others.
RBI imposes `30L fine on
Bahadur Investments
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday
imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on New
Delhi-based Bahadur Chand Investments
Private Limited for its failure comply with
various directions, including on
outsourcing. The penalty, it said, has
been imposed for non-compliance with
certain provisions of the "Core
Investment Companies (Reserve Bank)
Directions, 2016" and directions on
"Information Technology Framework for
the NBFC Sector".
Edelweiss Fin OKs early
closure of NCD issue
The board of Edelweiss Financial
Services Ltd has approved the early
closure of its public issue of non-
convertible debentures worth up to 4 bln
rupees by Monday, the company
informed exchanges today. The issue,
which had opened for subscription on
Tuesday, was earlier scheduled to close
on Jan 23.
New Course offered by
University of Canberra
The University of Canberra (UC),
Australia has introduced a new Bachelor
of Science course that will allow
students greater flexibility in self-
curating their own programs of study
while exploring a broad range of
possible areas of specialisation.It will be
available for Semester One, 2023.
Mahindra Lifespace buys
4.25 acre land in B’luru
Realty firm Mahindra Lifespace
Developers Ltd on Friday said it has
acquired 4.25 acre land in Bengaluru to
develop a housing project and is
expecting revenue of around Rs 400
crore from this property. The company
expects to launch the first phase of the
project within the calendar year 2023.
REC to provide `21,086
cr financial assistance
State-owned REC Ltd will extend
financial assistance worth Rs 21,086
crore to discoms in Madhya Pradesh, MP
Power Management Company Ltd &
Rewa Ultra Mega Solar project.
Torrent stalls Reliance Capital Resolution
COC approves 90 days extension to complete resolution process
PTI / New Delhi
The Committee of Creditors
(COC) of Reliance Capital has ap-
proved the extension of 90 days
(from January 31 to April 30) to
complete the Resolution process.
Due to Torrent's legal challenge,
the Administrator will file an ap-
plication for deadline extension in
the NCLT Mumbai on Monday,
January 16.
NCLT Mumbai will resume
hearing in the Reliance Capital
resolution matter on Monday.
In the hearing on Thursday, Jan-
uary 12, senior counsel Kapil Sibal
appearing for RCAP's COC in-
formed the court that the bid sub-
mitted by Torrent is non-compli-
Layoffs begin at Godrej Prop acquires 60-acre
Ola, 200 staff to land in Chennai for `100 crore
be impacted
IANS / New Delhi
Ride-hailing major Ola has started to lay
off 200 employees from its Ola Cabs, Ola
Electric and Ola Financial Services
verticals as part of the "restructuring"
exercise.
The layoffs, which were first
announced in September last year,
happened across the teams.
The company told IANS that it is
"centralising operations and is
undertaking a restructuring exercise to
minimise redundancy and build a strong
lateral structure that strengthens relevant
roles and functions".
The layoffs constitute 10 per cent of its
2,000-strong engineer workforce "as part
of a larger restructuring exercise towards
its electric dream".
"Currently, the company has around
2,000 engineers and aims to increase its
engineering talent pool to 5,000 over the
next 18 months," according to the ride-
hailing company.
DOMESTIC PASSENGER VEHICLE
SALES RISE 23% IN DEC QUARTER
PTI / New Delhi
Passenger vehicle sales rose 23
per cent year-on-year in the De-
cember 2022 quarter, aided by ro-
bust demand in the festive peri-
od, the automobile industry body
Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers said on Friday.
The total passenger vehicle
dispatches from the companies
to dealers in the third quarter
rose to 9,34,955 units compared to
7,61,124 units in the same period
of the previous financial year.
In December, passenger vehi-
cle sales witnessed an increase of
7 per cent at 2,35,309 units
against 2,19,421 units in the year-
ago month.
Commenting on the three-
month sales data, Society of In-
dian Automobile Manufacturers
(SIAM) Director General Rajesh
Menon said segments like com-
mercial vehicles, three-wheelers
and two-wheelers have also wit-
Wipro Q3 net profit rises Three senior NDTV
2.8% to `3,053 crore
executives resign
PTI / New Delhi
Wipro Ltd on Friday posted 2.8
per cent year-on-year rise in its
consolidated net profit for De-
cember quarter, at about Rs 3,053
crore.
The net profit stood at Rs 2,969
crore in the year-ago period.
Revenue of the Bengaluru-
headquartered IT company
came in at Rs 23,229 crore in
Q3FY23, 14.3 per cent higher
than the same period of previous
year.
The company expects revenue
from IT services business for the
full year to be in the range of
11.5-12 per cent in constant cur-
rency terms, according to a state-
ment.
"This translates into the
growth rate of -0.6 per cent to 1
per cent sequentially in constant
currency terms for the quarter
ending March 31, 2023," the com-
pany said.
Total bookings were over USD
4.3 billion, led by solid large deal
signings of over USD 1 billion,
ant. Sibal said that COC found a
discrepancy in the Resolution
Plan of Torrent. The financial pro-
posal submitted by the company
in the draft resolution proposal
does not match the highest bid
amount submitted by them in the
challenge mechanism.
Sibal said that after the Admin-
istrator wrote to Torrent on Janu-
ary 4, and after that Torrent
changed its entire bid on January
PTI / New Delhi
Godrej Properties has acquired a
60-acre land in Chennai for about
Rs 100 crore to develop a residen-
tial project, as part of its strategy
to expand business amid a rise in
housing demand.
In a regulatory filing, the com-
pany informed that it has pur-
chased the land on an outright
basis in the micro market of Ora-
gadam Junction, Chennai.
"Spread across 60 acre, the pro-
posed project is estimated to have
a developable potential of ap-
proximately 1.6 million square
feet of saleable area, comprising
primarily of residential plotted
development," the filing said.
Gaurav Pandey, MD & CEO,
Godrej Properties, said, the ac-
quisition of this land parcel fits
with its strategy of deepening
the company's presence across
India's leading cities.
"We will aim to build an out-
nessed an increase in wholesales
during the period under review.
"Festive season has helped in
returning good sales numbers
for all the segments. However,
weakness in rural demand con-
tinues, as high food inflation and
increased financing cost is im-
pacting the rural market," he
noted.
The total commercial vehicles
increased by 17 per cent year-on-
year to 2,27,111 units in the third
quarter, while two-wheelers saw
CEO and Managing Director
Thierry Delaporte said.
The company continues to
gain market share as a result of
deepening client relationships
and higher win rates, he pointed
out.
"Clients are turning to us to
help them manage an evolving
macro environment and balance
their transformation goals with
cost optimization. Our ability to
deliver on client objectives re-
gardless of where they are in
their cloud journeys is position-
ing us favourably in a consolidat-
ing market," Wipro's top honcho
said.
Wipro declared an interim div-
idend of Rs 1 per equity share.
6. Sibal said that Torrent does not
even meet the threshold of the
third round of the Challenge
Mechanism. Therefore, it is non-
compliant in the third round itself,
and could not have participated in
the fourth round.
Torrent's bid in the second
round was only Rs 7,500 crore,
which should be the final bid by
the company, while IIHL's (Hindu-
ja) all-cash bid of Rs 8,110 crore in
the third round is higher than Tor-
rent's offer of Rs 7,500 crore. In ad-
dition, Hinduja's IIHL is offering
additional upfront cash of Rs 900
crore, over and above its bid of Rs
8,110 crore, to the lenders, and this
higher realisation can not be de-
nied to the lenders.
standing plotted development
project in Chennai that creates
long-term value for its residents,"
he added. The company did not
disclose the deal value.
However, sources said the pur-
chase value would be around Rs
100 crore.
Godrej Properties, a part of
business conglomerate Godrej
Group, is one of the leading real
estate developers in the country.
It mainly focuses on four cities
-- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai Metropol-
itan Region (MMR), Bengaluru
and Pune.
Godrej Properties has set a tar-
get of Rs 10,000 crore of sales
bookings for 2022-23 as against Rs
7,861 crore registered during the
last fiscal year.
It has already clocked a 60 per
cent growth in sales bookings
during the first half of this fiscal
year at Rs 4,929 crore as against
Rs 3,072 crore in the year-ago pe-
riod.
SJVN to set up 90 MW floating
solar project at `650 crore
PTI / New Delhi
State-owned SJVN will set up a 90 MW
floating solar project in Omkareshwar,
Madhya Pradesh at an investment of Rs
650 crore.
The project is scheduled to be
commissioned by December 2023.
Chairman and Managing Director Nand
Lal Sharma performed bhumi pujan at the
project site for the commencement of
engineering, procurement and construction
MONEY
an increase of 6 per cent at
38,59,030 units.
Similarly, three-wheeler dis-
patches rose to 1,38,511 units
from 82,547 units in the October-
December period of last fiscal.
The total sales during the
quarter increased to 51,59,758
units from 46,68,562 units in the
year-ago period.
Commenting on the whole-
sales in the calendar year 2022,
SIAM President Vinod Aggarwal
said passenger vehicles have re-
PTI / New Delhi
NDTV's three senior executives,
including the group president,
have resigned weeks after the
Adani group took control of the
broadcaster.
NDTV group's President Su-
parna Singh, Chief Strategy Offi-
cer Arijit Chatterjee and Chief
Technology and Product Officer
Kawaljit Singh Bedi have re-
signed, the company said in a
regulatory filing.
"The Company is in the
process of putting up a new lead-
ership team, which will set a
fresh strategic direction and
NCLT allows transfer of Jet Air ownership to Jalan
Kalrock consortium; gives more time to pay dues
PTI / New Delhi
The National Company Law Tri-
bunal (NCLT) on Friday ap-
proved the transfer of ownership
of bankrupt-Jet Airways to the
Jalan Kalrock consortium and
gave the winning bidder more
time to pay the dues to the credi-
tors. The latest rulings have come
on two petitions filed by the con-
L&T Finance ‘CCI order strikes blow at
Q3 net profit digital adoption in India’
jumps 39% to
`454 crore
PTI / Mumbai
L&T Finance Holdings on Fri-
day reported a 39 per cent jump
in net income to Rs 454 crore for
the December 2022 quarter, driv-
en by record retail loan sales.
The city-based non-banking
lender said the highest-ever
quarterly retail loan sales had its
retail portfolio mix rising to 64
per cent of the total loan book,
up from 58 per cent in the year-
ago quarter, Dinanath Dub-
hashi, the managing director &
chief executive of the company,
said in a statement. Of the total
net profit, as much as Rs 394
crore came in from the retail
book, which rose a full 76 per
cent, on a loan book of Rs 57,000
crore -- a growth of 34 per cent
led by rural business, farm
equipment finance and two-
wheeler finance. During the
quarter, retail disbursements
rose 13 per cent to Rs 11,607
crore.
The key profitability gauge
net interest margin and fee in-
come rose 70 bps to 8.80 per cent
due to changing portfolio mix to-
wards retail. Retail NIM and fees
reached 11.38 per cent, up 25 bps.
Gross bad loans stood at 4.21
per cent or Rs 3,723 crore, down
248 bps from 6.69 per cent or Rs
5,623 crore, bringing down net
NPAs to 1.72 per cent or Rs 1,487
crore, down by 145 bps from 3.17
per cent or Rs 2,565 crore as of
December 2021.
(EPC) work of the project at Omkareshwar
Reservoir.
"The project was bagged at a tariff of
Rs 3.26 per unit on build own and operate
model in a bidding process conducted by
REWA Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL),"
Sharma said. Energy generation of 196
million units in the first year and
cumulative energy generation of about
4,570 million units over a period of 25
years is expected from the project, the
statement said.
BHOPAL I SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
ported the highest-ever sales of
3.8 million units, which is about
four lakh units higher than the
last peak in 2018.
Similarly, commercial vehi-
cles reported sales of 9.3 lakh
units, which is just about 72,000
units lower than the earlier peak
in 2018, he added.
However, three-wheeler sales
are still lower than in 2010 sales
and two-wheeler dispatches are
lower than in 2014, Aggarwal
said.
Compared to the last calendar
year, growth in commercial vehi-
cles has been noteworthy, while
the two-wheeler wholesales have
grown at a much slower pace in
this calendar year compared to
the other categories of vehicles,
he said. In December, the total
two-wheeler sales rose marginal-
ly to 10,45,052 units from 10,15,942
units in the same month last
year.
goals for the Company," NDTV
said.
Last month, the media firm
said its founders Prannoy Roy
and Radhika Roy had resigned as
directors after billionaire Gau-
tam Adani's conglomerate took
majority control of the company.
Along with the Roys, four oth-
er independent directors also re-
signed, effective December 30,
NDTV said in a statement.
Adani Enterprises Ltd,
through subsidiaries RRPR Hold-
ing and Vishvapradhan Com-
mercial, now owns 64.72 per cent
of NDTV, which runs three na-
tional channels.
sortium. One plea pertained to
approval of transfer of owner-
ship and the second one related to
extension of time for the pay-
ment of dues to the creditors.
Earlier, the tribunal had given
time till November 16, 2022 for the
consortium to make the pay-
ments to the creditors of the air-
line. The latest orders also come
against the backdrop of differ-
PTI / New Delhi
Google on Friday hit
out at the competition
regulator for slapping
penalties for alleged
abuse of its dominant position,
saying the orders strike a blow at
the effort to accelerate digital
adoption in India and will lead to
higher prices.
Failing to secure an interim re-
lief on more than Rs 2,200 crore
fine imposed by the Competition
Commission of India (CCI), the
US tech giant penned a blog 'The
Heart of the Matter' to put across
its point on how the orders would
harm the digital ecosystem in the
country. India, it said, is at a junc-
ture where barriers to access
must be brought down, and safe
and secure smartphones made
available to all.
"At a time when only half of
India's population is connected,
the directions in the CCI's order
BCL Industries India has a lot to offer to world
board approves in this time of global crisis: Kant
raising `201 cr
PTI / New Delhi
BCL Industries on Friday said its
board has approved a proposal to
raise Rs 201 crore through is-
suance of warrants on a prefer-
ential basis. BCL Industries is the
only company in India and the
South Asian region to have a for-
ward and backward integrated
distillery ethanol plant.
The board has approved is-
suance of 55,83,334 fully convert-
ible warrants of face value of Rs
10 each on preferential basis at an
issue price of Rs 360 per warrant,
aggregating to Rs 201,00,00,240 for
cash, BCL Industries said. The
board has also approved a propos-
al for constitution of a 'Fund Rais-
ing Committee' for taking neces-
sary decisions, resolving the diffi-
culties/obstacles which may arise
with respect to BCL's proposed
fund raising, and to engage pro-
fessional intermediaries, experts,
technical consultants, advisors, as
and when required, it said.
A credit-driven
economy in making
BY TEJI MANDI
I
ndia has recently seen a
boost in gold and unsecured
loans offered by NBFCs and
banks. What does this mean for
the economy?
Let’s find out!
What’s Happening?
On 27th December, the Reserve
Bank of India published a re-
port which said, ‘Indian banks
have displayed a ‘herding be-
haviour’ diverting lending
away from the industrial sector
towards retail loans’.
Simply put, retail lending
has increased. And why not?
Because lending was cheaper
in India until recently. Nowa-
days, every individual uses a
credit card and purchases
products using ‘Buy Now, Pay
Later’ schemes. Moreover,
banks are busy wooing cus-
tomers to grab an instant per-
sonal loan within five minutes
without any paperwork! Be-
cause of such a framework,
people are getting dependent
on taking loans to finance
even their slightest want.
Moreover, if you think that
home loans are the bestselling
type of loan that banks offer,
then you are incorrect. The
bestselling loans are gold
loans and unsecured loans.
Reason For Excessive
Credit  The year 2022 was when the
A decade back, interest rates
were high and retail individu-
als used to take only a few
types of loans like home, gold,
car, etc. Credit cards were not
in trend back then. When the
interest rates softened, banks
and NBFCs started focusing on
attracting retail customers to
take a loan.
Cut to this day, where the
age-old home loans are left
back, consumer durables and
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.
ences between the consortium
and the lenders of the airline,
which has been grounded for
nearly four years now.
On Friday, the tribunal allowed
strikes a blow at the
ecosystem-wide efforts
to accelerate digital
adoption in the country,"
it said, adding the firm is
appealing against the orders.
CCI, in October last year,
slapped a Rs 1,337.76 crore fine on
Google for exploiting its domi-
nant position with respect to An-
droid, which powers 97 per cent
of smartphones in India. It im-
posed another Rs 936 crore penal-
ty on the US tech giant in a case
related to its Play Store policies.
While in the first case, CCI
asked Google to allow smart-
phone users on the Android plat-
form to uninstall apps and let
them select a search engine of
their choice, the regulator had
asked the company to take cor-
rective steps on policies that
forced developers to use Google
Play's billing system to list their
apps on its Play Store.
The Third Annual Lecture of the
Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI)
was held in New Delhi where
Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa,
Government of India, spoke on the
‘Role of Business in G20’.
Amitabh Kant was welcomed on
the stage by Mr. TS Vishwanath,
Director General, Past President, and
Founding Member, PAFI.
Mr. Kant began the lecture by
sharing the context in which India
has taken over the G20 presidency,
where there are multiple crises facing
the world—economic, inflation, geo-
political, energy, global debt, war,
post-COVID impact. “To my mind
every crisis has a huge opportunity
and G20 in the past has
demonstrated the ability to deliver in
times of adversity,” he said.
the credit card have taken over
the retail loan segment.
Gold Loan Outshines
Everyone Else!
Post pandemic, gold loans have
seen a tremendous jump and
have outshined everyone else.
As we know, gold is an asset
which can be easily liquidated
at times of need. After the pan-
demic, retail individuals who
needed money to meet ends opt-
ed for a gold loan.
According to Economic
Times, between October 2019
and October 2022, gold loans in
India grew by a whopping
194%!
Is India Walking Towards
Being a Credit-Driven
Economy?
If we were to see a clear picture,
in 2021, the nation was going
through the phase of a pandem-
ic wherein, due to job loss, indi-
viduals borrowed money to sus-
tain themselves during hard
times.
economy revived; hence, we
saw a rise in lending numbers
breaching pre-pandemic levels.
Secondly, India’s debt-to-GDP
ratio is in line with its emerg-
ing peers like China, South Ko-
rea and Russia. So, it is safe to
say that we are within sustain-
able levels.
*Stocks and sectors mentioned in
the article are for informational
purposes. This is not investment
advice.
Jalan-Kalrock consortium's plea
to transfer the ownership of the
airline. A two-member NCLT
Mumbai bench of Pradeep
Narhari Deshmukh and Shyam
Babu Gautam said as the effective
date of the resolution plan has
been taken as November 16, the
consortium will get six months
from the said date to make the
payments to the creditors.
Sula Vineyards
reports highest
ever quarterly
revenue in Q3
INFORMIST / Mumbai
Sula Vineyards Ltd, India's
largest wine producer, said it has
recorded its highest-ever quar-
terly sales in Oct-Dec.
In a business update today, the
company said it sold wine worth
1.87 bln rupees, an increase of
13% on year, during the quarter.
The increased revenue from
wine sales was due to volume
growth as well as higher pricing,
Sula Vineyards said.
It also generated 230 mln ru-
pees from its tourism business.
In addition to making wines, the
company also offers hospitality
services at its vineyards, includ-
ing those in Nashik near Mum-
bai. With COVID-related fears re-
ceding, the newly listed company
has also seen a 48% jump in its
tourism-related revenue for the
last nine months of 2022.
Amitabh Kant said, “India’s focus
would be on highlighting the need
to address climate crisis, progress
towards the Sustainable
Development Goals’ (SDG), global
debt, geopolitical tensions and the
ensuing food and energy crisis.” He
pointed out that there will be a
renewed push for green
development and climate finance,
with the concept of Lifestyle for
Environment (LiFE) woven in.
Spending a considerable time on
talking about the climate crisis, Mr
Kant said, “The promise of climate
finance is not being lived up to by
the developed world. It is important
to have the flow of resources from
multilateral institutions, besides the
USD 100 billion funding from the
developed countries.”
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3m India Ltd 21666.05, 22487.7, 21666.05,
22357.7
Aarti Drugs 443.75, 449.7, 443.75, 448
Aarti Indust 593.85, 593.95, 579.35, 581.65
Aavas 1832, 1832.05, 1787.45, 1814.75
Abb Ltd. 2915, 2922.4, 2885.2, 2900.95
Abbott (i) 22168.95, 22334.75, 22043.8,
22257.7
Abcapital 147.55, 149.5, 146, 148.95
Abfrl 266.2, 269.55, 265.1, 268.45
Abslamc 450.05, 458.4, 450.05, 456.6
Acc Ltd 2388.95, 2388.95, 2363.75, 2366.35
Action Const 319.4, 325.85, 316.75, 319.15
Adani Enter 3654, 3736.2, 3642.95, 3721.4
Adani Ports 797.75, 800, 785.9, 794.85
Adani Power 273.75, 280, 272.25, 278.7
Adanigreen 1891, 1923.5, 1880.1, 1912.3
Adanitrans 2624, 2705, 2591.35, 2686.15
Advenzymes 283.95, 283.95, 276.3, 277.1
Aegis Logis 355, 362, 353, 358.45
Affle 1030.55, 1041, 1021.55, 1025.45
Agi 320.6, 326.65, 320.15, 321.75
Aiaengineer 2524.5, 2536.55, 2501.3,
2522.05
Airtelpp 394.95, 394.95, 382.95, 392.85
Ajanta Pharm 1185.2, 1187.05, 1174.45,
1177.95
Akzoindia 2187.85, 2233.75, 2187.85,
2225.75
Alem Pharma 558.35, 559.05, 553.05,
555.75
Alkem 3057.55, 3057.55, 3000.05, 3028.55
Alkyl Amines 2770, 2779.5, 2691.9, 2702.55
Allcargo 402, 407.6, 397.45, 402.1
Amar Raja Ba 596.95, 596.95, 573.35, 576.1
Amber 1876, 1886.7, 1861.1, 1870.25
Ambuja Ceme 510.6, 520.2, 510.6, 518.7
Amiorg 916.95, 921.5, 912, 916.55
Anandrathi 752.05, 780, 736.05, 769.55
Anantraj 110.1, 115, 110.1, 114.6
Angelone 1297.35, 1313.9, 1276, 1306.45
Anuras 678.3, 679.35, 668.85, 672
Apar Indus. 1765, 1800.35, 1672.6, 1702.15
Apcotex Ind 451, 477.4, 436.1, 466.85
Apl Apollo 1128.25, 1137.95, 1125.85,
1134.55
Apollo Hosp. 4351, 4361.75, 4267.05,
4333.55
Apollo Tyres 319.75, 323, 317.3, 320.8
Aptus 304.45, 304.45, 296.55, 297.7
Arvind Ltd 89.95, 89.95, 88, 89.05
Arvindfasn 335.25, 335.45, 331.6, 333.65
Asahi In.Gla 515.95, 519, 506.8, 515.5
Ashok Leyl. 147.2, 148, 146.3, 147.1
Ashoka 89, 89.15, 87.75, 88.2
Asian Paints 2917, 2924.7, 2872.45, 2909.2
Astec Life 1636, 1679.55, 1614.65, 1672.65
Asterdm 224.1, 226.2, 221, 221.9
Astra Micro 284.05, 287.55, 282.3, 283.65
Astral 2065.05, 2070, 2017, 2047.25
Astrazen.Ph. 3454.55, 3550, 3443.35,
3515.05
Atgl 3625.05, 3740, 3617, 3712.15
Atul Ltd. 7680.05, 7721.95, 7602.15, 7701.2
Aubank 630, 631.5, 616.35, 619.8
Aurob.Pharma 446.5, 448.05, 430.3, 435.15
Avanti Feeds 382.1, 390, 382.1, 388.85
Awl 571.45, 577.3, 568, 573.1
Axis Bank 937.95, 937.95, 922.5, 934.2
Baj Hold Inv 5859.05, 5990.3, 5837.35,
5940.2
Bajaj Auto 3550.05, 3617.55, 3550.05,
3604.55
Bajaj Elect. 1160.5, 1160.5, 1134.45, 1144.25
Bajaj Finse 1391.05, 1398.9, 1374.5, 1391.6
Bajajcon 173.95, 174.5, 172.35, 173.5
Bajajhind 16.15, 16.15, 15.7, 15.95
Bajfinance 5915, 5985, 5873, 5978.35
Balaji Amine 2570, 2580.55, 2551.05, 2562.7
Balkrish Ind 2213.5, 2251.75, 2200.95,
2233.7
Balram.Chini 389, 396.4, 384.75, 394.15
Bandhanbnk 239.55, 240.95, 234.25, 238
Bank Maha 31.2, 32.15, 30.95, 31.7
Bankbaroda 181.95, 185.2, 181.3, 184.9
Barbeque 921.75, 933.3, 918, 930.35
Basf India 2749.75, 2771.45, 2745.85,
2755.8
Bata India 1636.9, 1641.4, 1551.7, 1578.65
Bayer Crop 4659.3, 4690.05, 4658.55,
4686.4
Bcg 28.25, 30.5, 28.25, 29.3
Bdl 949.95, 954.1, 921.45, 925.35
Beml Ltd 1507, 1530.5, 1497.35, 1526
Bengla& Asm 4211.15, 4394.3, 4211.15,
4273.3
Berge Paint 562.05, 564.7, 556.3, 562.45
Bestagro 1428.95, 1437.55, 1396.4, 1424.85
Bhansali Eng 118.35, 121.1, 117.5, 117.85
Bharat Elect 99.8, 100, 97.4, 99.9
Bharat Forge 868.05, 877.65, 864.35, 873.1
Bharat Pet. 344.6, 351.05, 342.1, 349.75
Bharti Artl 758.35, 765.85, 752.4, 764.4
Bhel 80.2, 81.3, 79.6, 80.7
Biocon Ltd. 250.25, 252.8, 246.35, 252.1
Birla Corpn. 974.85, 1003.7, 968.7, 976.4
Bls 171.45, 171.85, 168.05, 168.9
Blue Dart Ex 7250, 7280, 7130, 7163.4
Blue Star 1251, 1267.6, 1232, 1241.75
Bnk Of India 94.35, 97, 94.1, 96.4
Bom.Burmah 921.7, 927.2, 914, 917.85
Boroltd 367.55, 368.4, 362.55, 363.65
Bororenew 499.95, 503.35, 495.3, 496.9
Bosch Ltd 17031.45, 17390.55, 17031.45,
17337.65
Brigade 447.95, 448, 430.95, 437.2
Britania Ind 4341.95, 4368.85, 4290, 4335.55
Bslsenetfg 56.85, 58.4, 56.85, 58.25
Bsoft 294.15, 294.8, 287.5, 293.8
Cams 2226.05, 2279.65, 2226.05, 2271.05
Canara Bank 317.4, 325.25, 316.65, 324.55
Canfin Homes 548.75, 550.85, 543.05, 549.1
Caplin Point 717.65, 720.1, 710.45, 712.9
Carborundum 919.05, 925.5, 910.1, 919.55
Cartrade 465.1, 469.4, 460.45, 465.15
Carysil 455.05, 455.95, 444, 446.8
Castrol 124.2, 124.75, 123.45, 123.75
Ccl Products 513.6, 522.9, 510, 520.2
Ceat Limited 1625.7, 1682.7, 1625.7,
1675.85
Central Bk 30.3, 31.25, 30.25, 30.7
Century Text 722.6, 729, 711, 715.55
Centuryply 519.95, 523.9, 515, 522.4
Cera Sanitar 5341, 5368.65, 5294, 5323.45
Cesc Ltd. 75, 75.3, 73.6, 73.9
Cgcl 754, 778, 751, 758.8
Cgpower 295.3, 310.9, 295.3, 308.9
Chalet 340.25, 341.1, 336.75, 337.65
Chambal Fert 307.2, 308.45, 303.55, 306.8
Chemplasts 421.15, 443.05, 420.25, 439.15
Chennai Pet. 228.25, 229.85, 222.45, 228.4
Cholafin 686.2, 713.25, 685.4, 711.55
Cholahldng 578.85, 604.4, 573.9, 594.95
Cipla Ltd. 1064, 1070.25, 1053.65, 1068.25
City Union 165.05, 166.8, 164.2, 164.95
Clean 1479.95, 1480.5, 1460, 1462.6
Cmsinfo 307, 311, 302.2, 306.9
Coal India 214.65, 215.6, 213.6, 215.05
Cochinship 490.95, 495.3, 483.45, 493.05
Coffeeday 47.35, 47.45, 46.7, 47.1
Coforge 3923, 3927.05, 3789.8, 3886.05
Colgate Palm 1490.05, 1494, 1478, 1484.45
Contain.Corp 721.95, 724.05, 704.05, 712.75
Corom Inter 877, 885.9, 870.75, 873.1
Cosmofirst 732.95, 736.45, 721.55, 727.35
Cpse Etf 37.6, 37.95, 37.32, 37.81
Craftsman 3478.05, 3518.7, 3411.8, 3437.85
Creditacc 888, 890, 881, 884.95
Crisil Ltd 3016.25, 3042.75, 3008.25, 3022.2
Crompton 337.3, 339.1, 334.25, 336.6
Csbbank 246, 252, 245.75, 251.15
Cummins (i) 1494.95, 1494.95, 1455.15,
1465.35
Cyient 891.8, 917.65, 872.15, 876.35
D B Realty 93, 93.95, 91.05, 93.95
Daawat 116.4, 118.45, 114.65, 117.75
Dabur (i) 548.45, 549.65, 538.6, 544.1
Dalbharat 1897.9, 1916, 1874, 1895.6
Dalmiasug 374.95, 374.95, 367.65, 372.8
Datapattns 1168.15, 1241, 1164.75, 1227.1
Dbl 222.25, 224, 217.5, 221.2
Dcal 91.5, 91.5, 90.05, 90.2
Dcbbank 127.55, 130, 126.1, 126.8
Dcmshriram 882.55, 900.25, 878.8, 887.45
Deepak Fert. 708, 712.7, 700.15, 704.8
Deepak Nitr. 1941.55, 1955.55, 1922, 1944.5
Delhivery 315.85, 315.9, 306, 310.15
Delta Corp 210.45, 212.55, 206.85, 211.55
Devyani 168.9, 169.15, 161.9, 162.45
Dhampur Suga 235, 236.45, 233, 235.15
Dhani 38.4, 38.4, 37.65, 37.75
Dish Tv 17.85, 18.45, 17.85, 18.25
Divi’s Lab. 3337.95, 3359, 3307.35, 3351.9
Dixon 3652.55, 3669.9, 3602.95, 3626.45
Dlf Limited 374.05, 379.2, 372.6, 377.5
Dmart 3919.2, 3928.7, 3853, 3862.2
Dodla 498.8, 506.8, 498.8, 506.3
Dollar 411.35, 414.85, 404.4, 405.55
Dr.Reddy’s 4338.95, 4340, 4291.1, 4323.7
Dwar Sugar 100, 101.25, 99.35, 99.55
E.I.D.Par 538, 550.8, 532.55, 548.95
Easemytrip 52.55, 52.95, 51.2, 51.7
Eclerx 1390.05, 1415, 1381.15, 1405.1
Edelweiss 70, 74.4, 68.7, 73.05
Eicher Motor 3103.25, 3193.3, 3060, 3164.8
Eih Ltd. 173, 176.05, 173, 174.7
Eki 1259, 1280, 1245.35, 1268.25
Elecon Eng 385, 393.9, 382.7, 392.55
Elgi Equip 413.5, 414.9, 403, 406.95
Emami Ltd. 433.85, 433.85, 425.25, 428.5
Endurance 1392.55, 1410.1, 1392.55, 1398.4
Enginrs.(i) 83.2, 83.9, 82.8, 83.25
Epl 168.8, 170.8, 167.05, 168.05
Equitas 124.7, 130, 124.7, 129.1
Equitasbnk 55.5, 56.5, 55.5, 55.9
Eris 640.8, 652.5, 637, 640.75
Esab India 3960.85, 3980.75, 3925.85,
3952.3
Escorts 2118.2, 2130.75, 2095, 2118.75
Eurekaforbe 520, 527.9, 513, 521.9
Eveready (i) 370.6, 371.9, 364.7, 365.05
Everest Kant 94.15, 96.65, 93.1, 94.95
Exide Ind. 182.65, 184, 181.65, 183.05
Fdc Limited 272, 273.45, 267.7, 269.55
Federal Bank 135.15, 138.7, 134.05, 138.45
Filatex Indi 46.9, 46.9, 46.2, 46.45
Fineorg 5652.05, 5669.25, 5585, 5634.45
Fineotex Ch 242.95, 252.7, 239, 247.3
Finol. Cable 542, 554.65, 536.7, 552.35
Finolex Ind. 168.05, 176.35, 168.05, 172.25
Fluorochem 2871, 2879.15, 2775.15,
2792.95
Fortis 283.3, 288.6, 281.15, 287.45
Fsl 104.95, 105.3, 102.3, 104.35
Gail (i) Ltd 96.25, 96.9, 95.3, 96.1
Galaxysurf 2369.95, 2378, 2333.15, 2359.35
Garfibres 3035.05, 3044.6, 2967.5, 3021.1
Gateway 67.05, 68.25, 67.05, 67.8
Gati Ltd. 150, 157.5, 150, 153.15
Genus Power 83.55, 91.4, 83.55, 90.85
Ghcl Ltd 545.85, 552, 531.6, 534.55
Gicre 189.45, 191.15, 184.55, 186.95
Gillette (i) 4940.1, 5000, 4925, 4992.9
Gland 1501.05, 1510.6, 1450, 1453.65
Glaxosmith 1318.15, 1318.15, 1301.4, 1307.8
Glenmark Pha 420.15, 422.9, 414.5, 420.35
Globus Spr 835.05, 836, 827, 828.95
Gls 416.3, 416.65, 410.75, 411.25
Gmm Pfaudler 1580.9, 1604.25, 1567,
1570.15
Gmrinfra 40.3, 41.3, 40.25, 41.1
Gocolors 1192.75, 1196.7, 1172.15, 1182.55
Godawari Pow 402.7, 409.85, 402.25, 406.05
Godfrey Ph 2089.95, 2093.2, 2021.2, 2037.7
Godrej Cons 919.65, 925, 912.6, 917.15
Godrej Ind 448.45, 449.8, 444.8, 446.9
Godrej Prop 1238.05, 1250, 1232.5, 1243.6
Godrejagro 470.95, 470.95, 460.05, 462
Gokaldas 386.95, 392.55, 379.95, 387
Gppl 96.5, 96.5, 94.05, 94.55
Granules (i) 322.85, 322.85, 312.65, 318
Graphite In. 371, 381.5, 370.5, 376.7
Grasim Ind. 1635.1, 1671.25, 1635.1,
1654.45
Gravita 426, 449.9, 424.2, 444.5
Great Easte 643.5, 645, 612.95, 622.1
Greaves Cott 143.6, 143.6, 140.1, 140.6
Greenpanel 322.55, 330.35, 321.05, 326.2
Grind Norton 1921.05, 1977.25, 1921.05,
1939.85
Grinfra 1225, 1247.1, 1209.65, 1210.15
Grm Overseas 384.15, 387.85, 375.3, 378.25
Grse 480.95, 491.95, 480.8, 488.7
Gtl Infrast 1.17, 1.18, 1.16, 1.17
Guj Amb Exp 238.5, 241.75, 236.85, 240.25
Guj Petronet 276, 279.85, 269.05, 269.8
Guj.Alkali 737.5, 739.15, 728.65, 729.65
Guj.Mineral 153.55, 159.6, 153.1, 157.85
Guj.Narmada 579.9, 579.95, 571.5, 573.9
Guj.St.Fert 140.5, 141.25, 139.15, 139.95
Gujgas 457, 460.1, 442, 450.45
Hal 2450, 2472.35, 2435.75, 2463.2
Happstmnds 895, 895.15, 882.5, 885.4
Hathway Cab 16.95, 17.1, 16.75, 16.85
Hatsun Agro 884.65, 896.55, 881.35, 890.75
Havellsindia 1178.85, 1202.55, 1163.95,
1171.75
Hawkins Cook 6162.05, 6255.25, 6153, 6190
Hbl P Sys 102.15, 103.75, 100.3, 102.3
Hcg 285.8, 288.3, 284, 286.15
Hcl Techno 1059.65, 1083.5, 1042, 1077.95
Hdfc 2612.95, 2630.9, 2590.5, 2621.7
Hdfc Bank 1598, 1609.95, 1586.1, 1600.85
Hdfcamc 2139.05, 2163, 2132.35, 2154.5
Hdfclife 597.45, 607.45, 596.9, 604.55
Heg Limited 1069.15, 1069.15, 1047.4, 1051
Heidel Cem 186, 188.2, 186, 186.2
Hemiprop 105.55, 106.75, 105.1, 106.05
Heromotoco 2694.25, 2744.35, 2640.4,
2728.85
Hfcl 72.55, 73.9, 72.3, 73.6
Hginfra 669.9, 678.3, 661.85, 667.15
Hgsl 1302, 1321, 1302, 1311.55
Hikal Ltd. 407.45, 407.45, 400.1, 403
Hil 2660, 2928.25, 2660, 2793
Hind Uni Lt 2595.95, 2638.25, 2567.95,
2621.75
Hind.Constn. 19.15, 19.5, 18.8, 19.2
Hind.Copper 125.55, 127.3, 125.25, 126.85
Hind.Oil Exp 138, 138, 135.2, 135.7
Hind.Petro 248.95, 252.7, 246.3, 251.2
Hindalco 487, 490, 482.6, 488.35
Hindus.Zi 344.05, 350, 344.05, 349.15
Hleglas 640, 641.2, 629.9, 632.45
Homefirst 734, 740.2, 729.75, 735.5
Honeywell 39646, 39928.75, 39506.6,
39642.6
Hscl 94.25, 97.25, 93, 95.35
Hudco 50.7, 51.2, 50.35, 50.55
Ibul Hsg Fin 140, 140.4, 138.15, 138.8
Icici Bank 864.25, 874.95, 858.3, 873.25
Icici500 25.69, 25.8, 25.46, 25.69
Icicib22 57.29, 57.61, 57.07, 57.54
Icicigi 1235.05, 1257.15, 1235.05, 1254.75
Icicipruli 468.95, 475.5, 466.9, 469.15
Icicisensx 660, 664.31, 658.1, 664.23
Idbi Bank L 54.65, 55.2, 54.05, 54.5
Idea 7.32, 7.48, 7.22, 7.31
Idfc 82.35, 85.8, 82.35, 85.35
Idfcfirstb 59.75, 60.4, 59.5, 60.2
Idfsensexe 630, 634.2, 630, 634.2
Iex 141.5, 142.2, 140.7, 141.55
Ifb Ind.Ltd. 930.6, 930.6, 906, 910.05
Ifci Ltd 13.7, 13.89, 13.55, 13.67
Iifl 481.95, 484.45, 474.3, 476.9
Iiflwam 1809.95, 1813.5, 1779.85, 1785.3
Ind.Glycols 749.55, 752.75, 734, 740.45
Indbul Real 77, 77.55, 76.55, 77.15
India Cem. 214.9, 217.65, 213.45, 216.6
Indiamart 4440.7, 4480, 4400, 4452.2
Indian Bank 285.75, 289.35, 281, 285
Indian Hotel 309, 312.2, 307.35, 309.3
Indian Oil 81.6, 82.4, 81.1, 82.3
Indian Over. 29.8, 30.35, 29.4, 30.05
Indigo 2108.95, 2122.05, 2099, 2116.2
Indigopnts 1273.85, 1289.3, 1269.6, 1277
Indo Count 133.85, 134.35, 132.85, 133.05
Indusind Bnk 1210.05, 1237.1, 1209.6,
1233.45
Industower 185.3, 185.6, 182.9, 184.55
Infibeam 16.25, 17.3, 16.2, 17.05
Info Edge 3725, 3746.2, 3652.1, 3733.75
Infosys Ltd 1489.95, 1519.2, 1468, 1503.5
Ingersoll 1994.8, 2045, 1986.75, 2044
Inox Leisure 522, 522, 509, 516.75
Intellect 425.95, 425.95, 415, 423.95
Iol Chem Ph 348.8, 353, 346.45, 350.35
Ion Exchange 2727.95, 2785.1, 2718.75,
2746.95
Ipca Lab Ltd 866.1, 873.35, 863.75, 870.2
Ipl 242.1, 243.15, 239.85, 241.05
Irb Infra 299.85, 303.1, 297.9, 299.65
Ircon 59.95, 64.2, 59.9, 62.95
Irctc 641.5, 643.45, 637.05, 641.8
Irfc 32.8, 34.25, 32.7, 34
Isec 497.45, 507.6, 495.6, 500.85
Isgec 466.75, 473.5, 460.25, 469.95
Itc Ltd. 329.9, 332.35, 326.4, 328.8
Iti Ltd. 107.55, 111.45, 105.9, 109.25
J & K Bank 54.55, 57.5, 53.8, 56.95
J.B.Chemical 1957, 1967.9, 1929.1, 1957.15
Jai Corp Ltd 144.4, 144.4, 141.65, 142.6
Jain Irrig 33.65, 34.75, 33.5, 34.05
Jaipra 9.86, 10.05, 9.8, 9.85
Jamna Auto 107.5, 107.5, 104.15, 104.7
Jbm Auto 523, 541.05, 521, 534
Jchac 1134.35, 1141.75, 1129.85, 1139.55
Jindal Polyf 754.75, 763.6, 750, 759.5
Jindal Saw 112.65, 114.15, 111.75, 113.5
Jindal Ste 605.8, 612.75, 602.75, 610.05
Jindal World 419.7, 430.7, 411.6, 424
Jk Cement 2905.05, 2970, 2880.1, 2901.75
Jk Lakshmi 772.9, 792.4, 759.85, 766.15
Jk Paper 415.85, 419.35, 409.4, 414.2
Jk Tyre Ind 181.15, 186.55, 181.15, 184.7
Jm Financial 70.6, 71.2, 69.9, 70.7
Jppower 7.24, 7.29, 7.15, 7.27
Jsl 237.75, 242.65, 234.6, 236.3
Jslhisar 442.65, 456.4, 440, 450.65
Jsw Energy 273.5, 275.95, 266, 267.6
Jswsl 763.5, 771.35, 761.85, 768.55
Jubl Food 493.9, 498.9, 487.85, 497.6
Jublingrea 515.05, 524.5, 515.05, 518.85
Jublpharma 363.95, 364.65, 357.05, 357.75
Justdial 592, 598.3, 582.2, 585.15
Jyothylab 202.5, 206.4, 202.05, 202.45
K.P.R. Mill 513.05, 527, 511, 522.25
Kajaria Cer. 1114.5, 1120.7, 1097.15,
1119.35
Kalpa.Power 524.65, 528.15, 511.9, 517.05
Kalyankjil 118.8, 123.85, 118.6, 123.1
Kamaholding 12490.05, 12569.85, 12399.25,
12446.1
Kansai Nero 411.15, 415.35, 410.85, 413.5
Karnataka Bk 149.5, 150.75, 148.5, 149.7
Kaveri Seed 505.05, 511.35, 501.5, 504.45
Kec Intern 488.55, 493, 483, 487.65
Kei Indust. 1435, 1453.35, 1428.9, 1436.05
Kennametal 2281.5, 2307.65, 2245.55,
2283.7
Kims 1512.15, 1515.95, 1497.7, 1500.8
Kiocl 213.9, 223.8, 212.8, 222.15
Kiri Dyes 455.95, 455.95, 446.6, 450.05
Kirl.Ferrous 341.8, 353.45, 340.75, 351.85
Kirloil Eng 319.9, 319.9, 312.5, 314.4
Kirlosar Pn 527.75, 543.9, 519.9, 533.3
Kitex Garmen 187.3, 187.7, 184.8, 186.7
Knr Const 258.05, 266.5, 258.05, 262.75
Koltepatil 261.45, 312.3, 261.15, 307.85
Kotak Mah.Bk 1783.95, 1787.25, 1759.05,
1779.9
Kotak Sensex 63.06, 63.95, 62.77, 63.05
Kpittech 698.75, 698.85, 677.05, 691.8
Krbl Ltd. 394.45, 401.55, 393.5, 398
Ksb 1843.95, 1861.9, 1812, 1843.9
L.G.Balkrish 693, 699.25, 686.3, 695.85
Lalpathlab 2187, 2187, 2141.5, 2172.1
La-opala Rg 386.05, 399, 386.05, 393.05
Larsen & Tou 2162, 2164.25, 2117, 2153.75
Latentview 372, 372.75, 366.35, 367.15
Lauruslabs 360.45, 361.95, 354.1, 357.05
Laxmimach 11636.25, 11713.9, 11345.55,
11414.35
Lemontree 76.2, 79.95, 76.2, 79.7
Lic Hous.Fin 400.95, 404.5, 398.65, 402.9
Lici 707.4, 716.05, 705, 712.7
Licnetfsen 637.7, 651.5, 637.7, 651
Lindeindia 3401.2, 3459, 3401.2, 3418.35
Lloyds Met E 270.3, 279.45, 260.1, 278.1
Lloydsteel 17.6, 19.1, 16.9, 18.85
Lnt Fh 91.1, 92.75, 90.6, 92.45
Lodha 1023.85, 1025.95, 1011.45, 1017.05
Ltim 4274.95, 4293.25, 4147.45, 4286.25
Ltts 3625.15, 3625.15, 3405.5, 3446.95
Lupin Ltd. 747.15, 758.85, 747.15, 755.6
Lxchem 292.45, 292.45, 288.7, 289.4
M&m Finanser 235, 235.8, 231.95, 234.95
Mah & Mah 1320.2, 1336.7, 1311.65, 1327.9
Mah Holiday 258.3, 269.3, 258.3, 263.85
Mah.Scooter 4466.3, 4466.3, 4437.6,
4445.85
Mah.Seamless 330.1, 339.5, 328.45, 337.8
Mahindcie 356.05, 386.7, 355, 377.5
Mahindralife 369.5, 369.5, 355.7, 359.1
Mahlog 491.6, 491.6, 477.3, 478.75
Man Infra 71.65, 76.15, 71.65, 75.3
Manali Petro 80.1, 81.5, 80.1, 81.05
Manap Fin 119.7, 121.9, 119.4, 121.55
Manyavar 1319.5, 1319.65, 1286.9, 1292.45
Mapmyindia 1070, 1083.1, 1069.15, 1071.5
Maricoltd 501.5, 504.2, 494.65, 496.25
Marksans 67.6, 67.6, 65.25, 65.9
Marutisuzuk 8375.05, 8500, 8354.4, 8452.65
Masfin 819.4, 847.2, 815.45, 841.5
Mastek Ltd 1714.9, 1719.05, 1680.95, 1714.7
Maxhealth 453, 457, 447.55, 452.95
Mazdock 794.2, 795.5, 777, 779.7
Mcx Ltd 1510, 1609.8, 1510, 1604.15
Medplus 632, 632, 621.55, 627.7
Metrobrand 837, 853.5, 836.05, 848.55
Metropolis 1382, 1386.6, 1356.05, 1377.55
Mfl 1209.95, 1210, 1191.2, 1202.6
Mfsl 787.2, 809.35, 787.2, 799.4
Mgl 861.05, 870, 847.45, 854.35
Midhani 218.85, 227, 218.8, 225.85
Mindacorp 215.05, 221.5, 215.05, 218.1
Mineral&metl 35.55, 36.15, 35.5, 35.6
Mirza Inter 239.55, 243.25, 230.3, 239.1
Moil Ltd 168.6, 173.2, 168.35, 172.1
Mol 111.1, 111.5, 109, 111.05
Moldtkpack 994.5, 1018.7, 987.05, 991.65
Morepen Lab. 33.35, 33.6, 33.05, 33.1
Motherson 78, 78.05, 73.75, 77.15
Motilalofs 717.95, 750, 713.25, 741.35
Mphasis Ltd 2033.5, 2041, 1964, 2035.55
Mrf Ltd. 90294.9, 90645.4, 89295, 89728.95
Mrpl 58.15, 58.7, 57.55, 57.9
Mstc 293.45, 294.55, 291.45, 292.95
Msumi 52.65, 52.9, 49.8, 52
Mtartech 1698.85, 1718.6, 1682.15, 1686.85
Muthoot Fin 1061.05, 1067.25, 1046.25,
1063.35
Nam-india 250.3, 254.2, 250.3, 253.2
Nat.Alum 83.4, 84, 82.85, 83.35
Natco Pharm 555.05, 562, 549.8, 552.9
National Fer 72.7, 73.25, 71.6, 71.95
National Std 4770, 5710.6, 4520, 5710.6
Nava 239.35, 251.2, 239.35, 247.75
Navin Fluori 4098, 4112.85, 4060.95,
4082.35
Nazara 620, 620, 607.8, 612.7
Nbcc 38.55, 39.7, 38.55, 39.45
Ncc 93.5, 94.3, 92.6, 93.85
Neogen 1229.55, 1246.6, 1218, 1239.65
Nesco Ltd 600.05, 614.75, 595.65, 611.05
Nestle (i) 19969.95, 19969.95, 19741.65,
19782.25
Newgen 365.35, 392.85, 364.2, 383
Nh 728, 749, 728, 735.5
Nhpc 38.9, 39.2, 38.75, 38.85
Niacl 131.35, 133.5, 129.3, 130.15
Niit Ltd. 311.35, 317.3, 308.65, 313.8
Nlcindia 82.65, 82.85, 81.4, 82.1
Nmdc Ltd 129.65, 131.85, 128.6, 131.25
Nocil Ltd 230.4, 230.45, 226.25, 228.25
Ntpc Ltd 165.8, 168, 165.55, 167.8
Ntwk Med Inv 63.1, 64.1, 63.1, 63.95
Nuvoco 382.55, 382.55, 378.65, 380
Nykaa 150.85, 150.85, 146.3, 147.6
Oberoi Real 845, 862.5, 839.85, 851.5
Oil India 226.9, 227.45, 221.9, 223.4
Olectra 494.65, 498.1, 488, 488.95
Ongc Corpn 146.1, 147.5, 145.95, 146.95
Onmobile 95, 96.8, 95, 95.7
Optiemus 294, 308.25, 288, 299.7
Oracle Fin 3054.8, 3110, 3045.65, 3080.95
Orient Cem 133.25, 134.25, 132.55, 133.85
Orientelec 263.05, 269.45, 263.05, 267.5
Page Industr 40650.05, 40650.05, 40077,
40226.4
Paras 583.85, 585.2, 573.05, 576.05
Paushakltd 7849, 7849, 7750, 7788.25
Paytm 544.95, 565, 533.55, 559.9
Pcbl 124.95, 124.95, 123, 123.55
Pel 841.95, 841.95, 823.5, 837.05
Persistent 4026, 4081.05, 3906.9, 4005.7
Petronet Lng 220, 222.15, 219, 221
Pfizer Ltd. 4260.1, 4296.8, 4200, 4218.25
Pg Electro 1159.65, 1159.65, 1141.2,
1146.45
Pghl 4098.55, 4098.55, 4058, 4070.95
Phoenix Mill 1412.45, 1439.95, 1405.65,
1436.65
Pi Indus.Ltd 3303, 3315.2, 3245, 3262.2
Pidilite 2519.95, 2519.95, 2473, 2503.55
Pnbhousing 587.9, 600.85, 570.4, 579
Pncinfra 326.6, 332.4, 322.3, 330
Policybzr 465.85, 467.35, 461.3, 464.3
Poly Medicur 908.6, 908.75, 891, 893.2
Polycab 2689.95, 2692.4, 2653.8, 2662.45
Polyplex 1554.05, 1562.95, 1542.1, 1552.95
Poonawalla 289.25, 291.15, 286.8, 288.1
Power Finan 149.8, 153.55, 147.6, 152.75
Power Grid 213.6, 215.45, 213.6, 213.9
Powerindia 3301.85, 3322, 3251, 3263.05
Praj Ind.Ltd 359.25, 360.9, 351.95, 353
Prestige 450.05, 452.2, 437.2, 443.35
Pricolltd 193.55, 204.15, 193.55, 202.75
Princepipe 572.15, 596, 572.15, 591.9
Priviscl 1131.55, 1135.15, 1110, 1115.35
Procter &gam 13973, 14016.3, 13853.95,
13917.5
Prsmjohnsn 105, 105.3, 103.35, 103.8
Pspproject 716.15, 718.55, 709.85, 713.45
Ptcil 2579.95, 2579.95, 2500, 2529.2
Pun.Alkali 78.7, 79.5, 78.05, 79.05
Punjab Natio 55.95, 57.35, 55.7, 56.8
Pvr Ltd 1755.1, 1768.85, 1729.2, 1753.05
Quess 398.5, 398.5, 392.7, 396.2
Radicokhait 1063.8, 1087.15, 1061.9, 1068
Railtel 128.7, 133.2, 127.45, 132.3
Rain 176.35, 185, 175.35, 183.5
Raj Glo Wir 833.05, 838.4, 823.25, 829.35
Rajesh Expo. 819.6, 819.9, 795, 800.65
Rallis India 242.05, 260.5, 242, 258.05
Ramcocem 707.75, 711.1, 701.8, 709.8
Rashtr.Chem. 125.55, 125.85, 123.15, 124.5
Rategain 352.05, 358.7, 346.85, 349.9
Ratnamni Met 1941, 1970.95, 1903.4,
1935.55
Raymond 1490, 1496.35, 1471.1, 1477
Rba 115.9, 116.1, 114.5, 115.3
Rblbank 178.05, 179.95, 176.2, 176.75
Recltd 120.75, 123.15, 120.3, 122.7
Redington 182.35, 183.5, 181, 181.8
Rel Indl Inf 916, 926.5, 906.2, 912.5
Rel Infra 133.6, 134.45, 131.6, 132.85
Relaxo Foot. 910, 910, 889.05, 891.55
Reliance 2468.6, 2473.2, 2434.8, 2467.35
Religare Ent 177, 177, 171.65, 173.15
Renuka Sugar 54.95, 55.3, 54.3, 54.9
Rhim 840, 869.2, 830, 865.4
Rites 326.1, 333.05, 325.85, 328.2
Rk Forgings 267.9, 270.05, 263.2, 264.3
Rolexrings 1808.55, 1828.2, 1808.55, 1826.4
Rossari 727, 727, 711.95, 715.6
Route 1200, 1200, 1184.8, 1190.8
Rpower 13.95, 14.27, 13.85, 14.17
Rtnindia 42, 42.85, 41.5, 42.55
Rtnpower 3.88, 4.02, 3.83, 3.95
Rupa & Co 278.3, 287, 275.4, 279
Rvnl 77.8, 79.55, 77.25, 79.55
Sanduma 840, 876, 827.05, 862.45
Sanofi 5696.45, 5696.45, 5643.05, 5663.45
Sansera 739.1, 757.75, 730.85, 755.3
Sapphire 1314.1, 1314.1, 1277.55, 1303.15
Sarda Enmin 1079.2, 1100.35, 1076.05,
1088.6
Saregama (i) 361.85, 362.9, 355.5, 358.4
Sbicard 780.15, 789.05, 780.15, 787.35
Sbilife 1323.95, 1325.25, 1305.25, 1312.4
Sbisensex 643, 645.9, 638.2, 642.28
Schaeffler 2724.15, 2724.15, 2657.95,
2700.3
Schneider 203.95, 204.2, 196.6, 198.3
Sensexbees 661.1, 665.6, 655.1, 663.49
Sequent 86.25, 86.25, 85.05, 85.3
Setfbse100 193.88, 194.75, 193.5, 194.5
Setfsn50 505.05, 508, 504.45, 508
Sfl 1275, 1275, 1251.3, 1257.75
Shardacrop 476.5, 482.2, 467.45, 470.25
Shilpa Medic 271, 274.95, 271, 271.5
Shipp.Corpn 141.4, 147.15, 140, 143.5
Shopper Stop 686.6, 695.05, 685.9, 688.15
Shree Cement 23920.5, 24250.2, 23787.45,
24125.7
Shriram Tran 1311.6, 1315.9, 1268.3,
1283.15
Shyammetl 308.05, 310.7, 304, 305.85
Siemens Ltd. 2962.15, 2975.6, 2931, 2967.5
Sindhu Trade 23.5, 24.9, 22.55, 24.1
Sis 382, 384.8, 381, 384.4
Sisl 1201.55, 1217.95, 1199.7, 1202.6
Siyaram Silk 532.3, 532.3, 520.45, 526.6
Sjvn 33.6, 34, 33.5, 33.8
Skf India 4681, 4683, 4627.45, 4643.35
Snxt50bees 49.91, 50.04, 49.4, 50.04
Sobha 595, 602, 591.8, 594.35
Solar Ind 4301.05, 4362.15, 4270.05, 4289.5
Solara 425.65, 429.95, 422.1, 424.4
Sonacoms 432.8, 432.8, 417.05, 425.65
Sonata Soft. 574.45, 590.45, 571.8, 585.55
South Ind.Bk 18.25, 18.75, 18.1, 18.5
Spandana 594.65, 606.5, 577.05, 580.2
Spicejet Ltd 37.55, 37.55, 36.7, 37.05
Sportking 710, 710, 692, 703.75
Srf Limited 2234.9, 2234.9, 2182.05, 2198.4
St.Str.Wheel 157.4, 159.5, 157.2, 157.6
Star 332, 339.15, 330.9, 336.1
Starcement 116.6, 117.95, 115.15, 115.45
Starhealth 583.4, 583.4, 572.35, 574.2
State Bank 596.6, 602.7, 593.7, 600.05
Steel Auth. 88.05, 89.6, 87.95, 88.85
Steel Exch 14.8, 15.24, 14.66, 15.1
Ster Tech 168.35, 172.6, 168.35, 171
Stovekraft 513.5, 513.5, 496.6, 498.5
Subex Ltx 36.1, 37.15, 36.05, 36.2
Sudarsh.Chem 386.3, 386.3, 376.05, 380.95
Sumichem 488.85, 494.65, 486.55, 494
Sun Pharma. 1035, 1035, 1020.05, 1030.55
Sun Tvnet 470.1, 482.1, 470.1, 481.1
Sundar.Clay 5020.75, 5033.4, 4940.6, 4980.6
Sundaram Fas 958.05, 991.15, 958.05, 978.2
Sunpha Adv 209.85, 209.85, 203, 204.85
Sunteck Real 358, 366.25, 355.5, 363.85
Suprajit Eng 337.25, 341.15, 333.25, 334.45
Suprem Ind 2449.25, 2475.95, 2440,
2467.35
Supreme Pet 379.4, 392.85, 379.4, 388.8
Supriya 234.55, 236.75, 230.8, 232.85
Surya Roshni 571.55, 580, 567.65, 570.75
Suvenphar 495.45, 496.45, 492.3, 494.9
Suzlonenergy 10, 10.09, 9.86, 10.04
Suzlonpp 7.28, 7.47, 7.27, 7.4
Swan Eng 327.05, 330.7, 324.45, 326.95
Swsolar 270.7, 271, 268.5, 269.15
Sxetf 654, 657, 648.95, 656
Symphony 967.5, 988, 967.5, 977.7
Syngene 606.1, 618.25, 606.1, 616.7
Tanla 736.85, 744.15, 728.6, 731.9
Tarsons 672.85, 681.45, 670.05, 675.8
Tata Chem. 972.55, 976, 964.1, 974.2
Tata Coffee 220.8, 220.8, 217.15, 218
Tata Comm 1395.8, 1398.75, 1371.25,
1378.25
Tata Elxsi 6238.95, 6259.95, 6190.7, 6245.45
Tata Invest. 2289.95, 2320, 2255, 2284.25
Tata Metalik 834.85, 854.8, 834.85, 842.5
Tata Motors 412.2, 416.4, 408, 411.45
Tata Power 205.6, 206.75, 204.25, 206.55
Tata Steel 118.35, 121.6, 118.15, 120.45
Tata Teleser 85, 86.85, 84.85, 85.25
Tataconsum 754, 757.65, 749.85, 752.95
Tatamtrtdvr 214.15, 215.35, 210.35, 214.05
Tatastllp 707, 728.8, 707, 718.35
Tatva 2129.6, 2151, 2121.45, 2146.75
Tciexp 1797.35, 1829.3, 1794.05, 1823.65
Tcnsbrands 506.1, 506.15, 492.3, 503.3
Tcs Ltd. 3349, 3379.1, 3305.2, 3374.2
Teamlease 2510.3, 2520.1, 2496, 2499.3
Tech Mah 1009.65, 1009.65, 986.3, 1003.1
Technoe 354.25, 357.9, 347.95, 350.8
Tega 568.75, 568.75, 562.5, 564.95
Tejasnet 574.2, 578, 562.65, 573.8
Texmaco Rail 58.45, 59.85, 57.95, 59.25
Thermax 1989, 1994.95, 1950, 1967.45
Thirumalai 200.75, 202, 199.15, 200.9
Thomas Cook 72.25, 75.55, 72.25, 74.1
Thyrocare 577, 578.45, 570.75, 571.7
Tiindia 2699.95, 2699.95, 2636.3, 2651.1
Time Techno 89, 90.05, 88.85, 89.7
Timken (i) 3119.3, 3133.7, 3046.8, 3107.55
Tinplate 346.25, 358.3, 346.25, 353.4
Titan 2450.05, 2453.05, 2401, 2417.65
Tornt Power 484.1, 485.95, 479, 481.1
Torrent Phar 1567.95, 1567.95, 1531.35,
1551.6
Transport Co 602, 612.1, 599.55, 610.25
Trent Ltd. 1210.05, 1218.2, 1186.55, 1205.75
Trident 33.7, 33.9, 33.55, 33.75
Triveni Engg 281.35, 283.9, 281.25, 282.35
Triveniturb 273, 278, 272.65, 274.7
Ttk Prestige 791, 804, 788.5, 791.6
Tv18brdcst 36.5, 36.75, 36.25, 36.5
Tvs Motor L 1007, 1010.85, 987.9, 1001.95
Ucobank 30.1, 30.45, 29.75, 30.05
Uflex Ltd 559.1, 569, 558.05, 567.7
Ujjivan 270.95, 274.2, 266.75, 273.6
Ujjivansfb 28.5, 28.9, 28.35, 28.65
Ultratech Cm 7151.25, 7258, 7137, 7250.4
Union Bank L 78.1, 80.2, 77.85, 78.75
Unitd Spr 853.15, 858.1, 843.3, 846
United Brewa 1643, 1645.6, 1609.9, 1621.1
Unominda 530.7, 532.7, 526, 527.75
Upl 723, 723.35, 714.45, 718.45
Usha Mart.Lt 183.05, 185.9, 181.2, 182.05
Utiamc 817.9, 820.35, 807, 811.9
Utisensetf 631, 642, 631, 641.24
Utisxn50 50.45, 51, 50.45, 50.93
V Guard Ind 257.55, 260.5, 256.25, 258.1
Vaibhavgbl 300, 300, 295.95, 299
Vakrangee 27.15, 27.4, 27, 27.25
Valiantorg 544.15, 548.6, 538.85, 547.65
Vardh Text 318.65, 321.7, 313.65, 316.6
Varroc 286, 290.9, 285, 287.9
Vbl 1187.35, 1195.15, 1122.15, 1134.8
Vedl 316.55, 321.95, 316.3, 319.15
Venkey’s (i) 1896.55, 1896.55, 1857.05,
1866.75
Vijaya 416.7, 419.3, 404.1, 410.05
Vinati Org. 2015.05, 2035.45, 1990, 2005.3
Vip Indus. 694.8, 710, 688.3, 707.35
Vmart 2823.55, 2856.65, 2823.55, 2837.1
Voltas Ltd 809, 812.5, 800.4, 805.9
Vrllog 540.1, 555.05, 538.7, 546.2
Vst Indus. 3189, 3196.75, 3136.15, 3162.05
Wardinmobi 63.1, 63.9, 62.4, 62.55
Welcorp 215.8, 217.6, 214.4, 215.75
Welspun (i) 73.45, 73.75, 73, 73.3
West Coas Pa 537.3, 543.85, 536.1, 539.5
Westlife 740.5, 746, 721, 725
Whirlpool 1486.4, 1489.1, 1425.5, 1445.8
Wipro Ltd. 397.2, 397.2, 386.65, 393.65
Wockhardt 223.5, 225.35, 222.7, 223.7
Yasho 1694, 1705, 1630.55, 1639.15
Yes Bank 19.95, 20.3, 19.65, 20.15
Zee Enter 228, 230.8, 227.3, 230.15
Zensar Tech. 213.85, 214, 209.5, 211.35
Zfcvindia 9191.3, 9215.7, 9112.8, 9137.5
Zomato 54, 54.5, 53.05, 53.25
Zydus Well 1495.05, 1499.3, 1475, 1478.3
Zyduslife 448.05, 449.5, 440, 441.25
OTHER GROUPS
20 Microns 89.5, 91, 89.5, 90.85
21st Cen.Mgm 22.45, 23, 22.4, 22.4
3i Infotech 40.4, 40.75, 40.1, 40.55
3pland 36.85, 36.85, 33.35, 33.35
5paisa 321.4, 327.45, 316, 318.35
63moons 163.65, 170.55, 162.15, 169.2
7nr 0.9, 0.9, 0.88, 0.89
7seas 18.2, 18.2, 17.55, 18.15
A Baluforge 71, 78.9, 70.8, 76.95
A.K.Capital 478.05, 501, 477.7, 496.1
A.Sarabhai 26.7, 27.2, 26.6, 26.8
A2zinfra 9.6, 9.82, 9.51, 9.73
Aaatech 64.15, 65.75, 63.1, 64.3
Aadi Indus L 3.65, 4.09, 3.65, 3.65
Aail 71.6, 71.6, 67.8, 68.1
Aal 312, 319, 305.05, 312.05
Aanandalak 10.43, 10.43, 10.4, 10.42
Aanchalisp 16.5, 16.95, 16.15, 16.15
Aarey Drugs 38.05, 38.2, 37.5, 37.85
Aarnav 44, 44.75, 42.2, 44
Aartech 82.6, 82.6, 80.3, 80.3
Aartisurf 646.35, 650.35, 638.8, 641.7
Aarvee Denim 24.75, 25.05, 24.65, 24.8
Aashka 72.35, 73.8, 71.75, 73.25
Aastafin 22.22, 22.22, 20.5, 22.22
Aayush 29.6, 29.6, 28.5, 28.5
Aban Offsho 48.3, 48.55, 47.55, 47.75
Abansent 167, 167, 153, 165.95
Abc Gas Int 60, 60, 58.3, 58.7
Abc India 82.65, 87, 82.65, 86.95
Abhiinfra 6.48, 6.48, 6.48, 6.48
Abhinav Cap 84.55, 86.9, 83.2, 83.25
Abirami Fin. 23.91, 23.91, 23.91, 23.91
Abm Knowledg 103, 107.5, 103, 104.9
Abml 65, 65, 61.85, 62.2
Abslbanetf 42.85, 42.85, 42.01, 42.27
Abslnn50et 42.91, 43.3, 42.91, 43.3
Abvl 114, 114.3, 113.7, 114.2
Accel 16.15, 16.15, 15.3, 15.55
Accelya 1484.95, 1502.55, 1451.2, 1479.45
Ace Software 18.35, 18.35, 17.9, 17.9
Aceengitec 15.26, 15.26, 14.55, 14.9
Acemen 71.95, 71.95, 68.85, 69.8
Aci 573.05, 629.25, 573.05, 614.8
Aci Infocom 0.96, 0.98, 0.95, 0.96
Acknit Ind 159.85, 159.85, 155, 155.6
Acme 19.95, 20.8, 19, 19.1
Acml 68, 68, 63.25, 67.25
Acrow India 818, 818, 788.1, 806.6
Active 44.25, 45.35, 41.65, 45.35
Adarsh Plant 17.65, 17.95, 17.5, 17.6
Adcindia 517, 517, 485, 497
Adcon 4.35, 4.35, 4.35, 4.35
Adconpp 3.17, 3.17, 3.17, 3.17
Addi Ind. 39.45, 39.5, 38.15, 38.25
Adf Foods Lt 749.1, 750.35, 742.5, 745.25
Adhinath Tex 29, 30, 28.95, 29.6
Adinath Exim 17.5, 18.05, 17.5, 17.7
Adishakti 8.5, 8.5, 8.05, 8.05
Aditya Ispat 10, 10.02, 10, 10.01
Aditya Spin. 21.25, 21.75, 21.25, 21.5
Adl 64.25, 66.7, 63.95, 66.7
Ad-manum Fin 53.75, 53.75, 53.75, 53.75
Ador Fontech 83, 83, 80.6, 81.7
Ador Multi. 68.85, 68.85, 63.9, 66
Adorwelding 820, 820, 788.65, 791.9
Adroitinfo 24.65, 24.65, 23.5, 23.55
Adv Lifesty 73.05, 73.05, 73.05, 73.05
Advait 401.25, 414.5, 401.25, 407.9
Advani Hotel 80.65, 80.65, 79.75, 79.9
Advikca 3.56, 3.7, 3.48, 3.56
Ael 47.75, 48.75, 46.2, 47.1
Aepl 89.65, 90, 84.2, 89.7
Aether 864.05, 871.6, 857.15, 864.3
Afel 17.15, 17.45, 16.85, 17.1
Affordable 315.95, 315.95, 304, 312.85
Agar Ind Cor 604.05, 607, 583, 589.55
Agiil 499.9, 500, 475.45, 497.55
Agio Paper 5.2, 5.2, 5.2, 5.2
Agol 56, 56, 53.05, 54.15
Agri Tech 102.05, 103.65, 99.15, 102.6
Agro Tech Fo 828.05, 835, 825.35, 835
Agstra 65.9, 65.9, 63.7, 64.25
Ahl 228.05, 233.35, 225.1, 229.3
Ahluwalia Co 526.7, 526.7, 505.55, 508.8
Ahmed.Steel 16.55, 18.15, 16.55, 18.15
Ai Champdny 21.85, 23.65, 21.85, 23.65
Aiil 209.9, 209.9, 202.05, 204.85
Aimco Pesti. 163, 163, 159.25, 162
Aiml 35.55, 37.3, 35, 36.85
Ainfra 22.35, 22.45, 22.05, 22.3
Ajanta Soya 35.05, 35.9, 35.05, 35.75
Ajcon Global 34.45, 34.5, 32.8, 33.65
Ajel 9.4, 9.4, 8.74, 9.1
Ajmera 319, 323.6, 313.25, 316.05
Ajrinfra 1.3, 1.38, 1.3, 1.36
Akashdeep 91.15, 92, 88.5, 89.45
Aki 117, 117, 97, 106.9
Aksh Optifib 10.15, 10.65, 10.1, 10.5
Akshar 49.45, 49.45, 49.45, 49.45
Aksharchem I 269.6, 269.6, 263, 264.05
Akspintex 85.3, 87, 84.35, 85.25
Alan Scott 53.65, 56.1, 51.15, 56.1
Alankit 10.7, 10.8, 10.51, 10.57
Albert David 562.15, 565.9, 560, 565.9
Alembic Ltd. 71.05, 72, 70.9, 71.1
Alexander 17.7, 17.7, 16.7, 17.35
Alfa Ica (i) 40.4, 40.4, 37.2, 40.4
Alfa Transfo 16.44, 16.44, 15.11, 16.44
Alfavison.Ov 12.8, 12.8, 11.49, 12.44
Alfl 2.1, 2.1, 1.95, 2.1
Alfred Herb 715, 715, 715, 715
Alicon 973.55, 982.35, 964.85, 976.2
Alkali 145, 152.5, 139.9, 149.4
Allied Digit 90.55, 90.55, 88.3, 88.6
Allsec Tech 514.95, 514.95, 501.95, 513.95
Almondz Glo 69.6, 69.65, 68.65, 69.05
Alok Inds. 15.2, 15.3, 15.1, 15.2
Alpa Lab 59, 59.7, 57.75, 58.1
Alphageo (i) 271.3, 273.9, 270, 272.05
Alphalogic 39.15, 39.15, 37.55, 37.55
Alpine Hsg. 116.95, 116.95, 106, 109.65
Alps Inds. 2.08, 2.09, 2.05, 2.09
Alstone 2, 2.15, 2, 2
Alu Fluoride 303.7, 303.7, 298.6, 300.25
Amal Product 299.3, 299.3, 293.2, 295.25
Amalgamated 29.75, 29.75, 29.75, 29.75
Amarjothi Sp 179.9, 181, 174.55, 178.75
Amarsec 25.95, 25.95, 25.95, 25.95
Ambarpil 475.05, 497.5, 475.05, 488.2
Ambica Agar. 25.35, 26.2, 25.3, 26.2
Ambika Cotto 1580.05, 1599, 1569, 1579.6
Ambition 5.94, 5.94, 5.11, 5.15
Ambitious Pl 4.15, 4.57, 4.15, 4.57
Amboagri 37.2, 38, 37, 37.25
Amco India L 72.85, 72.85, 68, 68.7
Amd Indus 59.8, 59.8, 55.85, 57.8
Amerise 0.93, 0.93, 0.89, 0.9
Amforge Ind. 5.97, 5.98, 5.65, 5.91
Amines&plast 99.95, 99.95, 95.7, 96.45
Amintan 2.29, 2.33, 2.15, 2.33
Amit Intnl. 3.73, 3.73, 3.56, 3.56
Amjland 30.25, 30.6, 29.45, 29.45
Aml 16.59, 16.59, 16.59, 16.59
Amrapali Ind 13.5, 13.89, 13.2, 13.5
Amrawor Agri 0.9, 0.93, 0.87, 0.92
Amrutanjan 731.8, 738.65, 731.8, 737.2
Amtl 18.4, 18.45, 18.3, 18.3
Andhra Cemen 6.95, 7.05, 6.6, 6.7
Andhra Petro 75.5, 75.5, 74.25, 74.5
Andhra Sugar 130.65, 130.65, 129.1, 129.4
Andpaper 411.3, 420.95, 410.6, 416.25
Andrew Yule 26.75, 27, 26.35, 26.45
Aneri 5.19, 5.22, 4.99, 5.01
Ang 114.35, 122, 114.35, 119.05
Anik Inds 41.75, 42.75, 41, 42.15
Anjani Finl 7.1, 7.1, 6.91, 7.1
Anjani Portl 203.25, 207.45, 202.8, 206.35
Anjani Synt. 27.9, 28.35, 27.5, 28.35
Anjanifoods 31.45, 31.45, 29.5, 30.7
Anka India 25.1, 25.25, 25, 25
Ankit Metal 5.85, 5.85, 5.61, 5.67
Anmol 138, 141.4, 138, 139.45
Anna Infra 7.23, 7.23, 7.23, 7.23
Ansal Build. 83.15, 86, 83.15, 83.25
Ansalhsg 4.14, 4.23, 4.08, 4.11
Anubhav 11.24, 11.37, 10.82, 11.31
Anuh Pharma 91.4, 91.9, 89.6, 90.05
Anup 940.2, 993.4, 934.65, 950.35
Anupam 2.06, 2.06, 1.98, 2.01
Anuroop 48, 49, 44.3, 45.15
Apcl-re 3.8, 3.81, 3.5, 3.8
Apex 246.45, 247.75, 244, 245.15
Apil 34.5, 36.2, 32.8, 33.65
Aplab Ltd. 21.15, 21.4, 20.55, 21.15
Apm Indus. 58.65, 58.65, 56.85, 57.35
Apollo 331.3, 336.05, 316, 335.5
Apollo Fin I 494, 514.95, 494, 509.7
Apollopipes 517.6, 522.35, 506.95, 509.55
Apoorva 36.1, 39.7, 36.1, 39.55
Apt Pack 46.95, 46.95, 42.75, 44.9
Aptech Ltd 378.85, 378.85, 362.7, 363.5
Aqfintech 499, 510, 490.1, 497.8
Aravali Sec. 5.1, 5.1, 5.09, 5.09
Arcee Indust 7.7, 7.7, 7.45, 7.45
Arcfin 0.84, 0.84, 0.8, 0.82
Archana Soft 4.24, 4.24, 4.24, 4.24
Archidply In 69.2, 69.5, 68, 68.1
Archies Ltd 23.45, 25.1, 23.15, 24.25
Architorg 93.75, 93.75, 90.15, 91.2
Arex Ind. 120, 121.95, 113, 121
Arfin 26.65, 26.65, 24.3, 24.85
Aries Agro 189.05, 200.35, 189.05, 197.45
Arih Super 226.25, 226.25, 221.25, 222.35
Arihant Cap. 64.75, 65, 63.6, 64.75
Arihant Foun 38.05, 38.3, 36.35, 38.2
Arihant Sec. 10.5, 10.64, 10.5, 10.64
Arl 58.3, 58.45, 55.6, 56.55
Arman Fin 1508.05, 1546.4, 1500, 1505.2
Arnold Hold 23.85, 23.85, 23.85, 23.85
Aro Granite 51.95, 51.95, 48.6, 48.8
Arrowgreen 173.45, 181.45, 173.45, 181.45
Arshiya 7.94, 8.34, 7.84, 8.01
Arss Infra 23.8, 25.2, 23.2, 24
Artefact Pr 48, 49.9, 46.1, 46.95
Artemismed 71, 74.5, 70.8, 74.3
Artson Eng 83.5, 83.6, 79, 80.35
Arunahtel 14.99, 14.99, 13.5, 13.75
Arunis 27.85, 27.85, 27.8, 27.8
Arvsmart 310, 327.95, 309.2, 326.15
Aryaman Fin. 82, 82, 77.9, 82
Aryavan 18.82, 18.82, 18.82, 18.82
Asahi Song 258.7, 263.45, 258.7, 262.25
Ascensive 35.9, 36.7, 30.05, 35
Ashapura Ltd 91, 96.5, 91, 94.85
Ashiana Agro 8.4, 8.4, 7.75, 8.33
Ashiana Hou 144.6, 150.2, 144.25, 149.6
Ashiana Isp. 35.4, 39, 35.3, 39
Ashikacr 34.85, 34.85, 33.55, 34.5
Ashima Ltd. 17.15, 17.55, 17.05, 17.15
Ashirwad Cap 5.88, 5.88, 5.73, 5.76
Ashirwad Stl 22.75, 24.35, 22.75, 24.1
Ashish Poly. 20.85, 21.55, 20.85, 21.55
Ashni 19, 19, 18, 18
Ashnoor Tex. 43.4, 43.4, 41.1, 42.5
Ashok-alco 75, 76, 73.7, 75.3
Ashram Onlin 4.85, 5.09, 4.61, 4.61
Asia Pack 38.25, 38.25, 38.25, 38.25
Asian Granit 48.05, 48.9, 47.75, 48.35
Asian Htl E 115.6, 115.6, 111.55, 114.35
Asian Petro 21, 21, 19.9, 20
Asian Star 762.85, 762.85, 733.1, 733.1
Asian Tea 13.62, 14, 13.62, 13.83
Asianene 71, 72.05, 70.85, 71.25
Asianhotnr 83.8, 83.8, 77.35, 79.6
Asiil 12.12, 12.12, 11.7, 12.04
Asit C Fin 124.7, 130.8, 122.65, 129
Asm Technolo 454.5, 458.1, 439, 446
Asmtecpp 377.3, 377.3, 345.05, 377.3
Aspira 44, 44, 41.35, 42.1
Asrl 54, 54.9, 53.8, 54.3
Assament 289, 289, 289, 289
Asso.Alcohol 421, 421.5, 412.65, 415.05
Astron 32.05, 33, 31.8, 32.4
Asyl 11.41, 11.68, 11.01, 11.61
Atharv Ent 2.56, 2.77, 2.56, 2.77
Athenaglo 62.25, 68.5, 62.25, 68.5
Atishay 36.5, 39, 34.55, 35.6
Atlanta 18.95, 19.45, 18.9, 18.9
Atul Auto 276.7, 289.45, 276.7, 286.95
Atv Projects 10.3, 10.3, 9.66, 9.86
Aurionpro So 360.55, 374.55, 357.65, 366.85
Auro Lab. 74.55, 75.75, 72, 73.1
Aurum 118.35, 120, 117, 119.1
Aurumpp 58.85, 58.85, 57.2, 57.7
Ausom Ent 68.55, 69.95, 67.7, 67.95
Austin Engg. 114, 114.7, 113, 113.25
Auto Axles 2180, 2180, 2141.55, 2155.05
Auto Cor.Goa 899, 918.8, 886.3, 888.25
Autoind 76.9, 79.9, 76.75, 77.7
Automotive S 356.6, 356.6, 350.15, 353.35
Avadhsugar 508.5, 513.95, 504.6, 505.9
Available Fi 159.9, 161.7, 150.05, 161.7
Avantel Ltd 428.5, 430, 409, 413.65
Aveer 172.1, 172.1, 172.1, 172.1
Avi 19.2, 19.2, 18.55, 18.75
Avl 1550, 1589.9, 1520.2, 1563.9
Avonmore 70.55, 70.55, 67.25, 68.3
Avroind 135, 142.7, 131.65, 139
Avt Natural 106.4, 106.55, 96, 102.35
Awhcl 303.75, 303.95, 296.9, 299.3
Axel Polymer 45.1, 45.1, 41.05, 45.05
Axiscades 315, 329.45, 315, 329.45
Axisccgpg 15.4, 16.7, 15.4, 16.7
Axiscetf 74.8, 74.8, 74.74, 74.74
Axisgold 48.07, 48.38, 48.01, 48.22
Axishetf 80.9, 80.9, 80.6, 80.6
Axistecetf 296, 300.28, 293.1, 299.9
Axita 50.1, 54.25, 49.05, 54.25
Axtel Indus. 234.1, 237, 225, 227.4
Aymsyntex 73.7, 73.95, 72, 72.3
B Damoindus 53.15, 55.95, 53.15, 53.75
B.N.Rathi Se 38.7, 38.7, 37.75, 38.5
B2b Soft. 27.05, 28.5, 26.4, 27.1
Ba Pack 202.5, 214.5, 202.5, 212.8
Baba Arts 17.35, 17.35, 16.25, 16.65
Bag Fil Med 4.9, 4.97, 4.67, 4.97
Baidfin 19.3, 23.15, 19.3, 22.15
Bajaj Steel 862.05, 884.9, 862, 872.1
Bajajhcare 432.8, 432.8, 417.95, 420.75
Bal Pharma 88.35, 89.1, 88.15, 88.45
Balaji Tele. 44.15, 45.3, 42.4, 43.05
Balarpur Ind 1.08, 1.11, 1.06, 1.09
Balgopal 28.2, 29.4, 28.2, 29.4
Balkrishna 34.7, 35.85, 34.1, 35.3
Balmer La.In 369.95, 369.95, 367.35, 369.45
Balmer Lawri 128.45, 128.45, 124.75, 125.15
Balurghat Te 14.64, 14.64, 13.2, 13.69
Bambino Agro 372.4, 372.4, 356.05, 360.3
Bampsl Secur 8.47, 8.47, 8.15, 8.15
Banaras Bead 83.95, 83.95, 81, 81.25
Banas Fin. 16.05, 16.3, 16, 16.15
Banco Prod. 203, 203.4, 198, 199.65
Bang 49.75, 49.75, 47, 47.3
Bankbees 426.1, 430.04, 424.56, 429.25
Bannari Aman 2774.35, 2828, 2774.35,
2820.35
Bannari Amma 52.05, 52.3, 51.05, 51.55
Bansal Roof 68.5, 68.5, 60.25, 66.05
Bansw.Syntex 127.85, 129.9, 125.35, 127.7
Barak Vall 27.45, 27.45, 25.35, 25.35
Baroda Extr. 3.1, 3.1, 3, 3.03
Baroda Rayon 281, 282, 268.8, 275.8
Basant Agro 21.55, 22.45, 21.15, 21.7
Batliboi Ltd 59, 59, 54.55, 55.8
Bazelinter 39.15, 39.15, 39.05, 39.15
Bbetf0432 1036.73, 1036.73, 1036.73,
1036.73
Bbox 132.8, 133.05, 130.45, 132.65
Bbtcl 250.3, 250.3, 242.8, 248.15
Bcc Fuba 23.35, 24.95, 23.35, 24.95
Bccl 42.25, 42.45, 42.25, 42.4
Bclenterpr 1.35, 1.37, 1.34, 1.35
Bclil 411.95, 418.15, 405.75, 414.8
Bconcepts 278.95, 278.95, 263, 264.75
Bcp Ltd 4.71, 4.89, 4.6, 4.69
Bcpl 46.25, 46.7, 44.8, 45.75
Bdh Indus. 154.9, 154.9, 148.6, 150.05
Beardsell 25, 25.5, 24.05, 25.2
Bectorfood 440.25, 443.4, 435, 437
Bedmutha In 65.65, 65.7, 63.45, 64.05
Beekay 432, 439.9, 430.1, 437.15
Beeyu Overse 2.91, 2.91, 2.9, 2.91
Bellacasa 140.05, 143.8, 139.6, 143.8
Bemco Hydrau 813.5, 813.5, 736.1, 803.05
Benara 12, 12.87, 12, 12.87
Benares Hot 2879.5, 3059.95, 2850, 3006.9
Bengal Tea & 78.05, 83.8, 78.05, 80.2
Bervin Inv. 38.4, 38.4, 38.4, 38.4
Beryl Drugs 16.49, 16.49, 15.75, 15.75
Beryl Secur. 12.46, 12.46, 11.28, 12.46
Best E.Hotel 54.8, 55.3, 54.8, 55.25
Betex India 66, 66, 66, 66
Bf Invest 352, 363.45, 352, 357
Bf Utili 389.05, 392.95, 384.3, 387.95
Bffl 18.55, 19.45, 17.65, 17.65
Bflafl 19.95, 20, 19, 19.25
Bflygandhi 1537, 1554, 1524, 1549.75
Bgjl 17.35, 17.35, 16.55, 16.75
Bgr Energy 59.55, 59.95, 59.15, 59.45
Bh.Immun&bio 32.7, 32.7, 30.6, 31.4
Bhagil 158.5, 159.95, 158.1, 159.95
Bhagira.Chem 1290.3, 1290.3, 1268.7,
1280.35
Bhagwati Oxy 57.8, 57.8, 57.8, 57.8
Bhagya Inl 50.85, 52.25, 49.1, 50.7
Bhandari Hos 5.95, 5.95, 5.7, 5.7
Bharat Bhush 26.45, 27.45, 25.8, 25.8
Bharat Bijle 2375.4, 2383.8, 2332.5, 2367.65
Bharat Gears 138.75, 147, 138.75, 141.7
Bharat Ra(ps 9492.1, 9517.9, 9447.25,
9480.25
Bharat Seats 103, 103, 100.25, 100.6
Bharatagri 1095, 1098.95, 1087.35, 1098.95
Bharatwire 100.05, 104.2, 99.7, 103.85
Bhartiya Int 209.2, 212, 203.15, 208.2
Bhaskar Agro 90.5, 90.5, 90.5, 90.5
Bhatia 27.95, 28.45, 26.15, 26.15
Bheema Cem 144.95, 145.5, 136, 144.6
Bhilwara Sp. 42, 43.35, 42, 43.25
Bhilwra Tec 15.3, 16, 15.3, 15.5
Bigbloc 145, 145, 136, 137.4
Bihar Sponge 11.35, 11.39, 10.6, 11.2
Bikaji 429.5, 436.3, 418.65, 433.75
Bilcare Ltd. 55.75, 55.75, 55, 55.75
Bimetal Bear 479, 479, 458.05, 469.3
Bindalagro 24.65, 25.05, 24.4, 24.85
Binny Ltd. 305, 305, 297.9, 298.6
Biofil Chem 53, 56.4, 53, 55.15
Biogen 0.82, 0.84, 0.81, 0.84
Biret 299.8, 301, 296.4, 298.49
Birla Pretec 41, 41.95, 40.15, 40.75
Birlacable 149.7, 150.65, 148.7, 149.65
Bkmindst 1.19, 1.24, 1.17, 1.17
Bkv Industrs 9.28, 9.74, 8.82, 8.89
Bl Kashyap 33.65, 33.85, 32.85, 33.1
Bl.Chip Tex 130.4, 134.35, 130.25, 130.6
Blackrose 166.95, 167.9, 165.25, 167.5
Blb Ltd. 34.05, 36.5, 34.05, 35.45
Blissgvs Ph 71.7, 72.05, 71.4, 71.7
Bloom Dekor 15.49, 15.49, 14.5, 14.5
Bloom Indust 25.85, 29, 23.8, 25.8
Bls Infote 3.06, 3.06, 2.9, 2.95
Blueclouds 12.51, 12.99, 12.35, 12.35
Bmw 35.7, 35.9, 34.5, 35.3
Bnaltd 323.95, 323.95, 313, 313.05
Bnl 80.85, 80.85, 76, 77.75
Bnr Udyog 36.95, 36.95, 35.1, 36.85
Bodal Chem 76.1, 76.6, 75.55, 76
Bodhtree 15.65, 15.9, 15.11, 15.24
Bom Dyeing 78.35, 79, 77.5, 78.2
Bom.Cycle 710, 720, 710, 719.25
Bom.Wire Rop 30.95, 31.5, 29.9, 30
Bomoxy-b1 12323, 12324, 11876, 12014.65
Bonlon 77.25, 79.75, 74.7, 75
Bothra Met 3, 3, 3, 3
Bp Capital 5.5, 5.5, 5.4, 5.4
Bpl Ltd. 69.1, 77.5, 68.9, 73.15
Bplpharma 330, 340, 312, 324.8
Brady Morris 220, 225.7, 214.25, 225.7
Brahm Infra 31.25, 31.25, 29.2, 31.2
Brandbuckt 30.9, 32.35, 30.9, 31.95
Brawn Bio 18.25, 18.9, 18.25, 18.9
Bridge Secur 7.9, 8.49, 7.9, 7.97
Bright Bros. 165, 170, 164, 169.3
Brijlaxmi Le 4.27, 4.27, 3.9, 3.92
Brnl 38, 39.05, 37.6, 37.8
Brooks Labs 98.45, 101.9, 96.1, 98.1
Bse Infra 4.58, 4.8, 4.41, 4.8
Bsl Ltd. 188.9, 190, 181.15, 185.05
Bslgoldetf 50.21, 51.2, 50.1, 51.03
Bslnifty 20.31, 20.31, 19.97, 20.27
Burnpur 5.46, 5.6, 5.39, 5.39
Byke Hosp 47, 47, 44.6, 45
C Embassy 345, 351.8, 338.1, 338.82
Calcom Visio 156.45, 156.45, 143.9, 146
Californ.Sof 20.05, 20.35, 19.8, 19.95
Cambridge 60.5, 60.5, 55.9, 56.25
Camex Ltd 29.7, 34.2, 29.7, 32.6
Camlinfine 167.35, 174.6, 162.05, 163.3
Campus 389.95, 390.6, 382.05, 387.5
Candour 48, 48, 44.1, 46.35
Canopyfin 54.55, 59.5, 54.15, 57.4
Cantabil 1360, 1399.3, 1336, 1348.15
Capacite 156.55, 158, 154.55, 156.15
Capital Trus 76.05, 80.1, 76.05, 76.45
Cappipes 549, 550, 525, 550
Caprihans 128.4, 128.4, 125, 126.95
Caprola.Chem 73.9, 75.95, 72, 72
Captain Poly 16.9, 17.4, 16.8, 17.15
Careerp 132.9, 133.45, 132.1, 132.95
Carerating 641, 655, 641, 651.35
Cargosol 63, 64.95, 61.55, 64.95
Cargotrans 107, 113.1, 106, 108.75
Carnation In 4.42, 4.42, 4.42, 4.42
Caspian 21.18, 21.18, 19.18, 21.18
Catvision 12.7, 12.7, 11.64, 12.12
Cchhl 7.52, 7.55, 7.3, 7.33
Ccl Inter 18.9, 18.9, 16.95, 17.8
Ceejay Finan 118.4, 126.5, 118.4, 123.95
Ceeta Ind. 28.85, 29, 26.85, 28.9
Ceinsystech 155.8, 159.8, 151.3, 153.75
Celebrityfas 17.5, 17.5, 16.8, 17.25
Cella 9.95, 9.95, 9.5, 9.92
Cenlub Indus 135.9, 140, 133.1, 137
Centenial Su 59.1, 59.1, 59.1, 59.1
Centrum Cap 24.15, 24.25, 23.85, 24.15
Centum Elec 685.7, 685.7, 649, 673.65
Century Enka 415.7, 416.5, 411.4, 413.45
Century Ext 10.14, 10.14, 9.71, 9.82
Cerebra Inte 13.15, 13.28, 12.72, 12.88
Cfel 256.5, 260, 250.05, 251.5
Cfl 8.68, 8.68, 8.68, 8.68
Cg-vak Softw 357, 357, 340.15, 350.2
Chamanlal Se 135, 136.75, 134.65, 135.45
Chambal Brew 3.22, 3.38, 3.22, 3.22
Chandnimach 21, 21, 19, 19
Chandra Prab 32.85, 32.85, 30.6, 31.05
Chandrima 7.53, 7.53, 7.52, 7.53
Charms Indus 4.51, 4.51, 4.51, 4.51
Charterlogis 5.18, 5.18, 5.02, 5.09
Chcl 16.75, 16.75, 16.75, 16.75
Chdchem 7.19, 7.19, 7, 7
Chembond Chm 245.15, 258, 242.85, 254.35
Chemcon 290.8, 292.1, 285.95, 289.1
Chemcrux 365, 365, 360, 361.05
Chemfabalka 280.55, 281.05, 274, 275.25
Chemo Pharma 36.25, 36.25, 35, 36.25
Chemtech Ind 16.8, 16.8, 15.75, 15.75
Chenferro 177, 177, 172.45, 173.25
Cheviot Co. 1162.45, 1163.35, 1157, 1157.3
Chl Ltd 15.8, 15.8, 15.8, 15.8
Choice Int. 271.05, 275.3, 269.6, 270.25
Choksi Imag 46.25, 46.25, 44.8, 44.8
Choksi Labor 38.1, 40, 38.05, 38.6
Chordia Food 71.9, 71.9, 66.25, 66.75
Chowgule St 12.99, 13.17, 12.99, 13.16
Cifl 96.55, 97, 96.55, 97
Cigniti Tech 560.8, 570.45, 552.6, 567.25
Cil Nova 24.85, 25, 23.6, 24
Cil Securits 29, 30.2, 28.4, 29.25
Cindrella Fi 12.45, 12.45, 12.45, 12.45
Cindrella Ht 33.25, 33.25, 33.25, 33.25
Cineline 110.85, 112, 108.3, 108.75
Cinevista 12.11, 12.28, 11.8, 11.91
Citadel 25.4, 25.4, 23, 23.2
Cityonline 6.58, 6.58, 6.58, 6.58
Cj Gelatin 33.45, 33.45, 30.5, 33
Clara 266, 273.45, 260, 271
Clari Chem 354.6, 357.45, 352, 354.55
Cleducate 64.25, 65.55, 63.95, 64.25
Clio Infotec 8.57, 8.57, 7.77, 7.77
Cmi Ltd. 20, 20.15, 19.1, 19.3
Cmm Hospital 23.75, 24, 22, 22.7
Cncrd 234, 235, 234, 235
Cni Res Ltd 2.74, 2.74, 2.67, 2.71
Coast Corp 238.55, 239.25, 231.05, 234.25
Cochin Mala 104.3, 104.3, 104.3, 104.3
Cochin Min. 289.3, 303.7, 277.95, 300
Cockerill 1411, 1460, 1405, 1446.55
Colabcloud 66.2, 66.2, 65, 66.2
Colinz Labor 46, 46.75, 45.9, 46.3
Colorchips 8.06, 8.65, 8, 8.63
Com Fincap 104.1, 108.5, 101.1, 103.45
Comfort Com 19.4, 19.5, 18.75, 19.2
Comfort Inte 27.8, 28.3, 26.3, 27.1
Competent Au 228.2, 234.5, 227.5, 227.6
Compuage Inf 20.35, 20.35, 20, 20.1
Compucom Sof 21, 21.05, 20.4, 20.5
Computer Pnt 2.35, 2.45, 2.33, 2.35
Comsyn 108, 109.75, 106.05, 106.45
Conart Eng. 38.7, 45.45, 38.7, 43.8
Concord 32, 32.85, 31.1, 32.55
Confi Petro 79, 79.85, 77.8, 78.4
Confint 12.12, 12.12, 12.12, 12.12
Consol Const 1.43, 1.44, 1.35, 1.44
Constronic 8.28, 8.68, 8.27, 8.67
Cont.Chem 89, 89, 83, 88.95
Cont.Petro 42, 43.95, 42, 43.55
Containe 83.6, 83.6, 78.9, 83.6
Container 5.06, 5.06, 4.75, 4.75
Conti.Contrl 5.12, 5.37, 5.12, 5.37
Contil I Ltd 76.6, 76.6, 72.15, 72.15
Control Prnt 395.05, 397.5, 391.2, 394
Coral (i)fin 35, 37, 35, 36.65
Coral Lab. 315.1, 319, 315.1, 319
Coral Newspr 9.65, 10.63, 9.65, 10.41
Cords Cable 78.8, 79, 77.2, 78.75
Coro Engg 39.5, 40, 38.25, 39.35
Corpor Cour 6.7, 6.7, 6.7, 6.7
Cosco India 176, 180, 176, 177.9
Cosmo Ferr. 258.95, 269.9, 252, 259.95
Cosyn 20.75, 20.75, 19.55, 20.6
Country Cond 4.7, 4.9, 4.7, 4.87
Crane Infra 9.19, 11.08, 9.19, 10.7
Cranes Softw 3.61, 3.75, 3.61, 3.63
Cranex Ltd. 27.8, 27.8, 25.75, 27.5
Cravatex 426.05, 429.65, 426.05, 429.65
Creative 468.05, 492, 440.95, 489.75
Creative Eye 4.2, 4.46, 4.2, 4.4
Cressanda So 29.75, 30.35, 28.8, 30.35
Crest 187.55, 187.55, 185, 185.6
Crestchem Lt 65.2, 65.2, 62.1, 63.95
Croissance 9.25, 9.25, 8.8, 8.99
Csl 44.75, 47.1, 44, 47
Cslfinance 243.85, 246.75, 237.25, 242.4
Ctl 23, 24.25, 22.9, 24.2
Cubex Tubing 37.25, 38.45, 36.1, 36.9
Cubical Fin. 1.75, 1.75, 1.63, 1.7
Cupid Ltd 270.55, 276.85, 269.85, 271
Cwd 1700, 1732.5, 1694, 1716.25
Cybele Ind 22.4, 22.4, 22.4, 22.4
Cyber Media 17.5, 17.5, 16.65, 17.1
Cybertech 131.5, 131.5, 128.7, 129.55
D m
D B Corp 128.35, 130.9, 128.2, 130.1
Dai-ichi Kar 418, 433.4, 403, 433.4
Daikaffil Ch 29.6, 29.8, 28.1, 29.4
Dalal St Inv 225.4, 225.4, 225.4, 225.4
Danlaw Tech. 227.25, 233.8, 222.2, 226.95
Danube 16.45, 16.55, 16.1, 16.55
Darshanorna 3.76, 3.9, 3.66, 3.8
Datam Glob 282.6, 283.75, 279.15, 280.25
Daulat Sec. 24, 24.1, 22.5, 23
Davangere 83.95, 83.95, 77, 83.05
Db Int.St.Br 22.1, 24.35, 22.1, 24.3
Dbol 187, 188, 184.25, 185.9
Dci 137.95, 137.95, 130.05, 136.55
Dcm Financia 5.16, 5.41, 5.16, 5.36
Dcm Ltd. 81.4, 82, 79.85, 81.85
Dcm Shr.Ind 75.4, 75.4, 73.6, 74.25
Dcmnvl 171.95, 172.15, 165.65, 166.65
Dcw Ltd. 51, 51.15, 50.05, 50.25
Dcxindia 215.2, 219.85, 212.75, 217.35
Ddevplastik 92, 95.45, 91.25, 92.05
Ddil 157.8, 158.9, 151, 158.5
De Nora 822.4, 840.7, 816.95, 822.45
Decan Cement 495.25, 496.4, 491.4, 492.95
Deccan 34.6, 36.55, 34.6, 36
Deccan Bear. 50.4, 50.4, 46.05, 46.7
Deccangold 42.5, 45.15, 42.5, 44.1
Decipher 29.4, 29.4, 28.1, 28.75
Deco-mica 48.6, 48.6, 48.6, 48.6
Deep 155, 159, 153, 158.45
Deepak Spinn 246, 247.4, 243, 245.4
Deepenr 128.9, 133, 127.1, 130.55
Deepind 284.2, 298.75, 284.2, 293
Del 21.4, 24.55, 21.4, 22.6
Delphifx 384.05, 386.45, 371, 381.15
Deltamagnt 78.4, 78.4, 75.55, 76.5
Delton Cable 78.65, 78.65, 70, 76.45
Den Network 35.1, 35.55, 34.5, 35.1
Denis Chem 94, 96.95, 91.3, 91.45
Devine Impe 6.24, 6.38, 5.93, 6.23
Devit 122.4, 122.95, 116.3, 122.2
Dfl 86.2, 86.3, 86.2, 86.3
Dfm Foods 456, 461, 456, 456.2
Dgcontent 16.75, 17, 16.05, 16.85
Dgl 2.85, 2.85, 2.72, 2.72
Dhabriya 126.35, 133.45, 126.1, 127.5
Dhampure Sgr 32.95, 32.95, 29.5, 30.2
Dhan Agri 724.95, 724.95, 715.15, 718.8
Dhan Jeevan 13, 13, 13, 13
Dhan Roto Sp 77.85, 77.85, 74.05, 75.05
Dhanadacol 3.1, 3.11, 3, 3.11
Dhanal.Cotex 54.25, 54.25, 54.25, 54.25
Dhanalak.Bnk 20, 20.15, 19.45, 19.85
Dhanlxmi Fab 48.25, 49.45, 47.6, 48.2
Dharani Fin. 7.15, 7.15, 7.15, 7.15
Dharani Sug 11.7, 12.19, 11.32, 11.8
Dharmaj 197.4, 198.75, 196.25, 197.4
Dhindia 67.15, 69.55, 65.3, 69.55
Dhoot I.Fin. 76.25, 78.95, 75.8, 77.4
Dhp India Lt 1062.95, 1062.95, 1030, 1032
Dhruv 63.8, 66.4, 62, 63.35
Dhruva Cap. 37.85, 37.85, 37.85, 37.85
Dhun Teaind 235, 237.25, 234.1, 236.3
Dhuninv 676.25, 686.35, 673.55, 686.35
Diamines&chm 429, 439.8, 421, 426.2
Diamondyd 851.7, 856.9, 851.3, 854.8
Diana Tea Co 31.85, 31.85, 30.1, 31
Dic India 386, 389.9, 382.4, 389.9
Digispice 26.2, 26.85, 25.25, 26.4
Digjamltd 113.1, 118, 113, 116.95
Diligent 9.92, 9.92, 9.31, 9.64
Disa India 8297.45, 8432.65, 8189, 8364.95
Ditco 17.05, 17.05, 17.05, 17.05
Divshkt 86.65, 86.8, 85.05, 86
Djml 158, 158, 148.1, 154.15
Dlink Ind 215.05, 222.9, 215.05, 221.7
Dmcc 294.4, 309, 287.25, 300.95
Dnamedia 3.23, 3.23, 3.07, 3.14
Dolatalgo 61.75, 63.8, 61.6, 62.9
Dolfin 124.15, 125.1, 124.1, 124.7
Donear Ind. 112.85, 114.5, 110, 111.15
Dpl 20, 20, 20, 20
Dr.Agar.Eye 1204, 1204, 1165.7, 1176.9
Dra 22, 23.5, 22, 23.5
Dreamfolks 375.5, 377.45, 370.65, 373.9
Dredging Cor 367.45, 370.6, 364.4, 366.8
Dronachrya 209.25, 209.25, 209.25, 209.25
Dspbanketf 41.85, 42.19, 41.67, 41.99
Dspn50etf 180, 181.75, 180, 181.75
Dspnewetf 207.5, 209.75, 207.3, 208.82
Dspq50etf 161.1, 161.5, 161, 161.25
Ducon 10.81, 11.2, 10.5, 10.79
Duncaneng 383.15, 391, 372.25, 375.1
Duro Pack 79.35, 79.85, 74, 75.15
Duroply 150, 152.75, 145.05, 149
Dutron Poly. 134.45, 134.45, 127, 133.75
Dvl 235.2, 239.7, 232.95, 239
Dwl 31.85, 31.85, 31.85, 31.85
Dynacons Sys 406.05, 411, 387.25, 400.7
Dynamat.Tech 2449.55, 2544, 2447.55,
2524.35
Dynamic 207, 207, 199.6, 203.5
Dynamic Ind. 67.8, 69.6, 67.4, 68.05
Dynamic Port 37, 37, 37, 37
Dynavision 158, 158.8, 151, 158.05
Dynemic Pro 288, 294, 287.5, 290.75
E m
E.Com Infote 59, 59, 54.15, 57.75
Earum 2.75, 2.75, 2.69, 2.73
Easter Si(ps 3.8, 3.89, 3.61, 3.78
Eastern Tred 34.95, 37.6, 33, 34.4
Eastwest 5.86, 5.97, 5.63, 5.95
Easun 50, 50, 50, 50
Ebbetf0423 1212.2, 1212.2, 1212.2, 1212.2
Ebbetf0425 1096.21, 1096.21, 1096.21,
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Ebbetf0430 1233.1, 1238.94, 1232.1, 1238.9 M
Ebbetf0431 1101.68, 1106.88, 1097.1, M m M
1106.88 M M m
Ebbetf0433 1008.99, 1008.99, 1008.99, M
1008.99 m m M
Eco Board In 35.7, 35.7, 33.25, 34.95 m M m
Ecoplast Ltd 70.5, 73.7, 70.3, 73.7 m M
Ecoreco 149, 151.75, 142.35, 143 m M
Ecs 7.8, 7.8, 7.14, 7.14 M M
Educomp Soln 2.23, 2.3, 2.23, 2.29 M
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 Seher survives tense finish in Pune to make winning start
PUNE: Seher Atwal emerged victorious yet again at the Poona Club Golf Course, but not before
surviving a stressful final round in the opening leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2023.She
carded a none-too-happy five-over 77 but it was sufficient for a win. This was her third win in three
years.Seher, who led by two after 36 holes, had three bogeys against one birdie in the first six holes.
ENGLAND WIN AGAINST WALES BY 5-0
India outplay Spain 2-0 to
begin campaign in style
Local boy Amit Rohidas was among the goal scorers as he struck in the 12th
minute from a penalty corner to the wild cheer of the packed Birsa Munda
Stadium, which made its debut as an international hockey venue on Friday
ROURKELA
A commanding India
dished out a superb show of
attacking hockey to outplay
a tricky Spain 2-0 in their
FIH men’s World Cup cam-
paign opener here on Fri-
day.
Hardik Singh scored a
brilliant field goal in the
26th minute after a fine solo
run as India, chasing their
first medal after 1975, boost-
ed their chances of making
it to the quarterfinals from
Pool D.
The score-line did not re-
flect the degree of domina-
tion by India, who could
have won by a bigger mar-
gin but the world number
six team did not allow their
European opponents,
ranked two rungs below
them, to play their game.
India got five penalty cor-
ners and scored from the
second one.Captain Har-
manpreet Singh also
missed a penalty stroke in
the third quarter.
Young goalkeeper Kris-
han Bahadur Pathak was
brilliant in front of the bar
as he made some fine saves,
including from penalty cor-
ners.
Spain were always a
tricky opponent for India
but it was the home team
which dictated the terms to
the Europeans, who had the
upper hand in the four Pro
League matches last year,
winning two and losing
one.
The Indians were quick
on the attack as well as in
counter-attack and won a
lot of balls from their oppo-
MALAYSIA OPEN
Satwik-Chirag
enter semis;
Prannoy loses
KUALA LUMPUR
Commonwealth Games gold
medallist Satwiksairaj Rankired-
dy and Chirag Shetty played their
hearts out to beat BWF World
Tour Finals champions Liu Yu
‘Good players know
how to play bad and
still pull off matches’
watershed season last year
A has opened news vistas for
India’s premier badminton
doubles players Chirag Shetty
and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy,
with the pair hoping to cash in
on the success to attain glory
at the All England
championships, secure a Paris
Olympics berth, and possibly
emerge No.1 in the world.
Satwik and Chirag broke new
ground in 2022, winning two
World tour titles — the India
Open Super 500 and French
Open Super 750 —, securing
the Commonwealth Games
gold, anchoring India’s epic
Thomas Cup triumph, and
bagging a maiden bronze at
the World Championships.”We
have the same targets this year,
basically to do well in big
events, including the All
England where we haven’t won
a medal so far. I guess, a good
show in 4-5 events in a year
will be good enough to seal
the Olympic qualification,”
Chirag said in an interview.
Chen and Ou Xuan Yi in three
games to enter the semifinals of
the Malaysia Open Super 750 bad-
minton tournament here on Fri-
day. The Indian pair, seeded sev-
enth here, toiled to get the better
of the Chinese duo 17-21, 22-20, 21-
9 in the men’s doubles quarter-fi-
nals.They will play another Chi-
nese pair, Liang Wei Keng and
Wang Chang, in the last-four
round.
Earlier, India’s HS Prannoy
went down fighting to world No. 7
Japanese Kodai Naraoka in a gru-
elling three games in the men’s
singles quarter-finals.
The 30-year-old from Kerala ran
out of steam in the 84-minute con-
test, losing 16-21, 21-19, 10-21 to the
21-year-old Naraoka, who seemed
faster and fitter, despite playing
two long matches in the earlier
rounds.
Amit Rohidas of India with teammates celebrates after scoring a goal against Spain PTI
nents. Spain had a couple of
chances besides
penalty corners, which
they wasted.
three
Spain dominated the mid-
field battle in the initial
minutes without getting
any scoring chance.
India settled down nicely
after taking a measure of
their opponents and started
pressing towards the end of
the first quarter.
Most of the attacks began
from the right flank with
Nilakanta Sharma, Man-
THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL AWARDS
Messi and Mbappe nominated
ZURICH
World Cup finalists Li-
onel Messi (Argentina)
and Kylian Mbappe
(France) have been nom-
inated for FIFA’s Best
awards while Christiano
Ronaldo is a notable
omission from the list.
The list of candidates
for the 2022 award has
been released by FIFA on
Thursday night where Mes-
si and Mbappe feature
alongside Ballon d’Or win-
ner Karim Benzema and
Neymar in the Best FIFA
Men’s Player category.Ju-
lian Alvarez also joined
teammate Messi among the
nominees in the 14-member
list. Alvarez, playing his
first World Cup, scored four
goals while skipper Messi
deep Singh, Akashdeep
Singh and Abhishek in the
thick of things.
India’s incessant pressing
paid off as they got three
penalty corners in quick
succession and took the
lead in the 12th minute of
the second one through Ro-
hidas.
Harmanpreet’s drag-flick
came off the stick of a
Spanish defender and the
ball fell to Rohidas whose
powerful hit beat the Span-
ish goalkeeper all ends up.
topped the scoring charts
for his country with seven
goals in Argentina’s first
World Cup triumph in 36
years.
Real Madrid’s Carlo An-
celotti, France’s Didier De-
schamps and Argentina’s
World Cup-winning manag-
er Lionel Scaloni are nomi-
nated for best Men’s Coach.
Morocco’s Walid Regragui
Just a minute later, India
got another penalty corner
but Harmanpreet failed to
find the target.The third
quarter did not yield any
goal but had plenty of dra-
ma as captain Harman-
preet wasted a penalty
stroke in the 32nd minute.
His effort was ruled to have
been saved by the Spanish
keeper after a video refer-
ral by India.Earlier in the
day, England thrashed
neighbours Wales 5-0 in an-
other Pool D match.
also features on the
shortlist after his side
became the first
African nation to reach
a World Cup semifi-
nal.England’s Leah
Williamson, Beth
Mead and Keira Walsh
are nominated in the
Women’s Best Player
category.
Argentina goalkeep-
er Emiliano Martinez
and Champions League
winner Thibaut Courtois
are among the five nomi-
nees for The Best Men’s
Goalkeeper.Mbappe’s late
equaliser and Alessia Rus-
so’s goal in England’s Euro
2022 semifinal win over
Sweden are among the 12-
goal list of nominees for the
FIFA Pusk s Award for best
goal of the year.
HAYWARD, CRAIG SCORE HAT-TRICKS
While Craig scored three field goals in the
eighth, 31st and 44th minutes, Hayward
converted three penalty corners in a span of 12
minutes as world No.1 Australia routed their
opponents at the Kalinga Stadium
here.Hayward sounded the board in the 26th,
28th and 38th minutes from set pieces
BHUBANESWAR
Jeremy Hayward and Tom
Craig scored a hat-trick
each, first of the tourna-
ment, to hand Australia a
convincing 8-0 win over
France in a Pool A match
of the FIH men’s hockey
World Cup here on Friday.
While Craig scored three
field goals in the eighth,
31st and 44th minutes,
Hayward converted three
penalty corners in a span
of 12 minutes as world
No.1 Australia routed
their opponents at the
Kalinga Stadium
here.Hayward sounded
the board in the 26th, 28th
and 38th minutes from set
pieces.
THE PLIGHT OF INDIAN TENNIS
‘Whys, Whats and the Hows’
NEW DELHI
Not even one Indian tennis
player is ranked inside the
top-300 in the singles ATP
chart.
Not even one Indian play-
er could earn direct entry
into the singles main draw
of the home ATP 250 event
— Tata Open Maharashtra.
Not even one Indian player,
out of three, went beyond
the first round after being
handed wild card
entries.Not a single Indian
player could make it to the
Australian Open qualifiers
this year.In contrast, there
are 11 Indian doubles play-
ers in top-300 and four in
top-100. Another two are
knocking on the top-100
door.
India does not have many
ATP tournaments either.
One ATP 250 and a maxi-
mum of three-four Chal-
lengers and that too con-
fined to only three states.
The other states are still
in deep slumber or their of-
ficials go on foreign trips
with the national team
when it takes courts for
away team competitions.
India’s next big hope, 15-
year-old Manas Dhamne is
also not training in the
BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
Argentina register 1-0
win over South Africa
Earlier in the day, former
Olympic champions Argentina
were made to toil by world No.14
South Africa before registering a 1-
0 win in the opening Pool A match.
After a barren and hard-fought first
two quarters, Argentina, the 2016
Olympic champions, scored the
winner in the 42nd minute through
a field effort from Casella Maico.
But it was far from rosy for the
Los Leones as it was South Africa
who pressed hard in the first quar-
ter but failed to convert their
chances into positive results. In the
second quarter, Argentina came
back strongly and secured three
penalty corners in succession but
wasted all as South Africa defended
country. For the last two
years he is honing his skills
for the vigours of the very
physical tennis world at Pi-
atti Tennis Centre in Italy.
He gets a large chunk of
funds from the MSLTA.
There have been private
initiatives in the past to
help Indian players and the
latest one — the doubles
dream — is for doubles ex-
ponents only.
All this paints a very
bleak picture of Indian ten-
nis as far as singles game is
concerned and in a way in-
dicates that India should
give up the singles Grand
Slam dream as of today.
There are several reasons
for India to reach this stage.
The most basic issues is
that not every one and any
one can pick up a tennis
racquet and start playing
tennis. Not even for fun.
That is why not many play
this game even if they want
to and there are reasons. It
is restricted to a niche class.
Is it a common sight to see
someone playing tennis in a
North Eastern city, Bihar,
Uttar Pradesh or Punjab?
The answer is ‘no’. But you
can see youngsters playing
cricket even in mountains
or on a lonely barren patch
SPORTS
Australia start
WC campaign in
rampaging fashion
stoutly.
After the change of ends, South
Africa had the first shy at the goal
in the form of a penalty corner but
the opportunity was wasted.
Argentina broke the deadlock in
the 42nd minute when Casella capi-
talised on a counter-attack and
scored a brilliant field goal from
Toscani’s pass.Down a goal, South
Africa came out attacking in the
fourth and final quarter, but the Ar-
gentine defence stood firm to stifle
their rivals’ forays and register a
hard-fought win.Argentina will
face Australia on January 16 here,
while South Africa will take on
France in their next pool match on
the same day.
of land. Tennis equipments
are not as accessible as oth-
er racquet sport like TT and
badminton. Not even for
recreational purpose. You
can play badminton in the
lanes of your colony but not
tennis.Everything related
to tennis has a cost in-
volved.
Then come major issues:
Specialised coaching, re-
quirement of physiothera-
pists and trainers for recov-
ery, availability of right
sports medicine experts
and availability of enough
tournaments within the
country. National Federa-
tion AITA often takes pride
in conducting lot of coach-
ing courses and bringing
ITF and ATP tournaments
to the country. But it does
not understand that it’s not
just the number of coaches
which will bring about a
change in standard of play-
ing.The existing coaches
are required to be upgraded
too.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
A) First and foremost, ten-
nis has to be made a mass
sport. For that to happen,
AITA must make an
arrangement with the
schools across the country
that ensures that tennis
Odisha CM announces
Rs 10 lakh each for
Rohidas, Xess
disha Chief
O Minister
Naveen Patnaik on
Friday announced
Rs. 10 lakh reward
each for Indian
players hailing from
Odisha
participating in the
FIH Odisha Men’s
Hockey World Cup, Amit Rohidas and
Nilam Sanjeep Xess.
Both Rohidas and Xess made it to the
Indian team that will begin its
campaign against Spain on Friday.
Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Rohidas
is also a deputy to Indian team captain
Harmanpreet Singh. He has 127 caps to
his name, but the defender is always
used as an alternative during penalty
corners and has scored 18 international
goals so far.
courts are laid in school
complex (wherever possi-
ble) and students are en-
couraged to pick up the
sport.
There has to be an
arrangement where the rac-
quets and the balls are
made available to school
students at subsidised
rates. Certified coaches
should be involved in coach-
ing.Inter-school competi-
tions in all states should be
a must.
B) An internal ATP Chal-
lenger circuit needs to be
created. Why isn’t it
possible for 10 AITA affili-
ate units out of 23 to hosts
one Challenger tournament
each in a year? That will
make a huge difference.
Playing at home, eating the
food of choice keeps players
keep the players in more re-
laxed environment.
C) The players who have
been there and done that,
need to be involved.
No amount of money can
buy the experience. The
players like Leander, Bhu-
pathi, Sania Mirza, Rohan
Bopanna, Somdev Devvar-
man need to be involved in
some capacity where they
can provide an expert opin-
ion.

SPORTS INDORE / BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
KEEPING WICKETS AND BATTING AT NO5 IN ODIS
Dual role helps
Rahul ‘on his toes’
“Obviously, I’ve done this for a couple of years now. From the end of 2019, throughout 2020
and a few games in 2021, I did this role of batting in the middle-order. It’s not something
that’s new. The team has given me time to settle into this position and role
KOLKATA
After taking India to a tense four-
wicket victory over Sri Lanka
through a match-winning unbeat-
en 64, K.L. Rahul stated that the
dual role of keeping wickets and
batting at No. 5 in the ODIs has
helped him understand his game
a little better.
“When you have the backing of
your captain and coach, it helps
you focus and bring your 100 per
cent concentration, which is what
the team is expecting and what
they want you to do. Yes, it’s dif-
ferent to what I do in other for-
mats, but that keeps me on my
toes, keeps me challenged — a dif-
ferent role helps me understand
my game a little better,” he said.
In 15 innings at number five,
Rahul, once seen as a backup
opener, now averages 54.25 and
has a strike rate of 102.23 and re-
minding everyone of what he
brings to the table in Kolkata,
through his 64 not out, apart from
his tidy keeping behind the wick-
ets, something which he admitted
has demanded lot of hard work
behind the scenes.
“I’ve to work slightly differently
when it comes to batting in the
middle order. Wicket-keeping and
batting can be slightly more tax-
ing on the body because I have not
done it for too long, I’ve done it on
and off in white ball cricket.
Umran Malik has
got pace: RP Singh
NEW DELHI rent situation, Umran Ma-
lik has got the pace and he’s
Tearaway pacer Umran Ma- slowly improving from a
lik has managed to
start 2023 brightly,
picking seven wick-
ets in the T20I series
against Sri Lanka.
In the first two ODIs
against Sri Lanka,
Malik picked three
in Guwahati and
two in Kolkata for
India to take a 2-0
unassailable lead in
the series.
With 2023 being an
ODI World Cup year
and India set to or-
ganise the mega
event in October
and November, for-
mer India left-arm
pacer R.P. Singh
thinks Malik will be
in the reckoning for
the quadrennial 50-
over affair.
“If you see the cur-
LABUSCHAGNE ON FACING ASHWIN IN NEXT MONTH’S TEST SERIES
‘It’s going to be a lovely game of chess’
NEW DELHI
Australia’s top-order Test batter
Marnus Labuschagne is excited by
the prospect of facing premier In-
dia off-spinner Ravichandran Ash-
win, a battle which he calls “game
of chess” during the four-match
Test series starting next month in
Nagpur.
During the epic 2020-21 series in
Australia which India famously
won 2-1 at the Gabba, the battle be-
tween Ashwin and Labuschagne
was one of the huge talking points
in the build-up to the series. In Aus-
tralia, Ashwin removed
Labuschagne twice in six innings
before the former missed the Test
at the Gabba.
Now, the four-match series, which
starts on February 9 in Nagpur, will
Rashid Khan threatens to quit BBL
Need to address batting woes before World Cup: SL coach
KOLKATA: Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood has blamed the senior batters for
failing to step up in the second ODI and said they will have to “learn their lessons”
before they return to India for the World Cup later this year.
RANJI TROPHY
Shubham Sharma stars with scores of 72
and 101 not out to steer his side to victory
MP beat Gujarat by 260 runs to
consolidate pole position in Group D
Defending
INDORE
champions
Madhya Pradesh defeated
Gujarat by 260 runs to con-
solidate their position at
the top of Group D in a
just 118 balls that was decorated with eight
boundaries and three hits over the
fence.Mantri (65) and Rajat Patidar (57)
also made useful contributions with the bat
as MP declared their sec-
ond innings at 280 for 6 in
71.3 overs, thereby set-
Ranji Trophy match ting a 382-run target for
here at Holkar Stadium
on Friday.Shubham
Gujarat.
But Gujarat faltered in
Sharma did the star the chase as off-spinner
“That’s the tough part. the playing XI, that’s the opened. Then I was number six at turn for MP with scores Saransh Jain (4/64) struck
But since I know this is most important thing. the 2019 (ODI) World Cup. Then af- of 72 and 101 not out to early blows to derail the
what is required from What the team requires ter an injury to Shikhar steer his side to victory. visitors.
me, I try to man- me to do, I try to do that. (Dhawan), I had to go back to open After posting 312 in Medium pacer Gaurav Yadav
age my body I’ve done that throughout again. I’ve played at number five, their first innings riding (3/41) complemented his bowling col-
and work that the time I played for In- I’ve played at number four, I’ve on wicketkeeper Himan- leagues as MP bowled out Gujarat for 121
much more dia.” been asked to keep wickets. I shu Mantri’s 159 and Shub- runs in 40.3 overs to pocket full points
harder on my fit- “I remember the first think it is very fun for me. ham’s 72, MP bundled out from the match.
ness. A little bit of work Test I batted, I bat- I have thrived on performing in Gujarat for 211. Brief Scores:
on my wicket-keeping ted at number tough conditions and under pres- Skipper Priyank Pan- Madhya Pradesh 312 and 280for 6 de-
and a lot of work on bat- six. Then sure. It tells me that the team chal top-scored for Gu- clared in 71.3 overs (Shubham Sharma
ting in the middle-order and I trusts me and backs me. It has jarat with 71, while Man- 101 not out, Himanshu Mantri 65; Sid-
batting against spin,” he helped me understand my batting an Hingrajia made 66.In dharth Desai 4/80) vs Gujarat 211 and
added. and myself better. When you de- MP’s second innings, 121 all out in 40.3 overs (Chintan Gaja
Over the years since his ODI cide to choose a team game as a Shubham led the charge 32; Saransh Jain 4/64). MP 6 points, Gu-
debut in 2016, Rahul has sport or profession, you have to be with a quick-fire ton off jarat 0.
donned many roles - open- ready or flexible to do whatever
ing the batting, slotted in job you’re asked to do.” FORMER APEX COUNCIL MEMBER SANJEEV GUPTA
the middle-order and be- Despite all the fluctuations,
ing the keeper as Rahul insists that it has been en- OF MPCA’S COMPLAINTS
well. Asked to re- joyable for him to counter vari-
flect on his ODI
career till now,
Rahul felt that
his being tried
ous challenges and then
emerge triumphant in ODIs.
“I’ve been all over, I’ve been
asked to keep wickets. It’s
Ethics Officer dismisses ‘Conflict
in various posi-
tions and scenar-
ios shows that the
think tank
been fun for me. I’ve really
enjoyed being thrown with
different challenges. I’ve really
thrived on performing in tough
of Interest’ against Binny
trusted him to conditions and being put un- NEW DELHI including Sachin Ten-
deliver for the der pressure. dulkar, Rahul Dravid,
side. “That only tells me that the The BCCI Ethics Officer Sourav Ganguly, VVS
“Any role that team really trusts me and backs Justice (Retd) Vineet Saran Laxman, Virat Kohli
helps win me, under Virat and Rohit. I’ve re- has “dismissed” the ‘Con- to name a few.Justice
matches for my ally enjoyed doing that. It helped flict of Interest’ case filed Saran in his 11-page
team and country is me understand myself, my game, against BCCI president 20-point report has
what satisfies me the and my batting better. How I’m Roger Binny, stating that summarily rejected
most wherever I bat. under pressure when taken out of complainant Sanjeev Gup- Gupta’s complaint
Firstly, I want to be in my comfort zone.” ta’s claims were devoid of and also issued him a
any “merit”. stern warning to not
Gupta’s contention in his share complaint relat-
Indian cricketer Veda
Krishnamurthy ties the
complaint was that 1983
World Cup hero’s daughter-
in-law Mayanti Langer Bin-
ny working for Star Sports
of Interest.
Gupta, a former Apex
Council member of Mad-
hya Pradesh Cricket Asso-
ed documents with “unre-
lated parties”.
Gupta has had a habit of
mailing all his documents
knot with Arjun Hoysala
BENGALURU Devi (67), who had passed
as an anchor amounts to
having a contract with the
BCCI and thus is a Conflict
ciation (MPCA), has been
filing complaints against
who’s who of Indian cricket
to hundreds of journalists,
present and ex BCCI offi-
cials.
skill point of view and he away due to Covid-related
can be a man for the long India cricketer Veda Krish- complications in 2021. She
U19 T20 WOMEN’S WC
run. If you have a bowler namurthy started a new in- had lost her sister, Vatsala
who can bowl at 150+
speed and can make
him bowl well with
nings in her life on Thurs-
day when she tied the knot
Shivakumar (42), to the
pandemic two weeks later.
The veteran of
India’s future stars get a chance
good skills, then he can
be kept in the reckon-
ing.”
“See, pace is pace
48 ODIs and 76
T20Is took to In-
stagram to an-
nounce her wed-
to shine on a global platform
and on wickets where ding, saying, BENONI (SOUTH AFRICA)
there isn’t much “This one is for
spark, then the pace you amma (moth- After 14 editions of Men’s
will be helpful for a er). Your birthday U-19 World Cup, January 14,
team and can shake up will remain spe- 2023 will finally see a
opposition batters. cial always.” Women’s U19 World Cup
But it needs to be seen Veda and Arjun come into existence albeit
how an important solemnised their in the T20 format, giving a
player like him can be marriage at a qui- chance to the future stars of
nurtured and make et ceremony at the women’s cricket to shine on
him play the right way sub-registrar of- a global platform.
with ample rest so that fice in Bengalu- The 16-team event, com-
he serves team and ru.The couple, prising 41 matches played
country very well and clad in simple at- across four venues in
keep him safe from be- with Karnataka first class tire, signed the documents Benoni and Potchefstroom,
ing injured,” he said cricketer Arjun Hoysala. and announced their wed- was supposed to be held in
in a virtual interac- Veda chose to tie the knot ding in the presence of few 2021. But the event was
tion organised by on the birth anniversary of family members and close pushed back to 2023 due to THIS TEAM HAS CAPABILITY
Sports18. her mother Cheluvamba friends. the Covid-19 pandemic and
now, as time stands, the U19 TO STANDOUT: TENDULKAR
Women’s T20 World Cup is atting icon Sachin Tendulkar believes
finally turning into reality. B the Indian Women’s U-19 squad
From four teams in could emerge as one of the standout
Groups A, B, C, and D, top sides of the inaugural the ICC U-19 T20
three teams from each World Cup. “I would say that the
group will progress to the women’s team has the capability to be
also mark for Australia in the Super Six round, where one of the standout sides this time,”
Labuschagne’s Tests against India teams will be pooled into Tendulkar wrote in a column for the
first Test tour of alongside Steven two groups of six 1 and 2. ICC. “The team has a good balance of
India, a country Smith and the right- The top two teams from few experienced players as well as young talented
where he made handed batter re- each group will then prospects both in the batting as well as bowling
his ODI debut in marked that the lat- progress to the semi-finals, department.” As many as 16 teams will compete in the
early 2020, and ter’s experience of which will be played on tournament, which will comprise 41 matches and
his duel against playing previously January 27 at JB Marks Tendulkar feels the ICC event will have a massive impact
Ashwin will in India will come in Oval in Potchefstroom. The on the landscape of women’s cricket.
again be a huge handy. final will take place at the
talking point. “We’re always talk- same venue on January 29. There are strong reasons Sehrawat (Vice-Captain),
“Since then (the ing about that game For India, it is a chance behind India being seen as Richa Ghosh (WK), G Tr-
last series) I’ve al- and what’s to come for Shafali Verma & Co to favourites to lift the inau- isha, Soumya Tiwari, Sonia
ready started and how we’re going announce themselves on gural U19 Women’s T20 Mehdiya, Hurley Gala,
thinking. I’ve to go about it. Think the biggest global stage for World Cup trophy. In the Hrishita Basu (WK), Sonam
changed some of the important part young female cricketers. lead-up to the tournament, Yadav, Mannat Kashyap,
my game because is that once we get Co-incidentally, India’s first the inter-state Under-19 T20 Archana Devi, Parshavi
of what I’ve there, we’ve already appearance in the final of a Trophy and four-team U-19 Chopra, Titas Sadhu, Falak
heard about Ashwin and how he to be a lovely game of chess and I gone through all the scenarios and Women’s World Cup came Challengers Trophy were Naz, Shabnam MD.
bowled to me. I’ve adapted my game can’t wait for it,” Labuschagne was that’s where his experience and a in South Africa 18 years ago held by the BCCI. Standby players:
to try and foil a few of his ideas and quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo. lot of the other guy’s experience in the 2005 ODI World Cup India Squad: Shafali Ver- Shikha, Najla CMC,
ways he goes about it, so it’s going Labuschagne will play a key role will become very helpful.” final. ma (Captain), Shweta Yashashree.
FORMER LANKAN CAPTAIN CHANDIMAL SAYS
‘Surya’s exclusion from ODI playing
CANBERRA XI shows India’s bench strength’
Afghanistan’s top spinner Rashid Khan is likely to withdraw from the DUBAI bench. I still feel Surya can different to other batters.
Big Bash League, the franchise-based domestic T20 league after Cricket play in the middle order in You need a guy like him in
Australia decided to pull out of an ODI series with his country in March Suryakumar Yadav’s omis- this Indian team,” Chandi- the middle-order. He can
this year. sion from playing XI did sur- mal, who will be playing for change the game by just scor-
Rashid Khan has threatened to quit playing in the BBL, highlighting prise him but former Sri Desert Vipers in the inaugu- ing 30 to 50 runs. Opposition
Afghanistan’s furious response, said he would be “strongly considering Lankan captain Dinesh ral ILT20, said in an exclu- team can be frustrated with
my future in that competition” after Australia refused to travel to the Chandimal also feels that it sive interaction.For Chandi- the speed at which he scores.
United Arab Emirates (UAE).Australia decided to withdraw from the is a testimony to India’s mal, Surya’s USP will always I still feel he should play in
ODI series after Afghanistan’s Taliban government banned women and tremendous bench strength be his strike-rate and even a ODIs,” said Chandimal,
girls’ education and employment in Afghanistan. Cricket Australia stat- in white ball cricket. cameo of 30 or quick half- whose Test match winning
ed the decision to opt out of the tour was made in consultation with the “Looking at this Indian century from him can hundred at Galle, will forever
Australian government and other stakeholders. In response, Rashid team, it shows how much change the complexion of remain a nightmare for Indi-
Khan expressed his disappointment over CA’s decision. strength is there in the the game in no time.”He is an fans.
BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023

Let students of other
unis access libraries,
labs: UGC to HEIs
STAFF REPORTER / NEW DELHI
T
he University Grants
Commission (UGC)
has asked higher edu-
cation institutions (HEIs) to
enact the required measures
to facilitate sharing of li-
braries, labs, and other re-
sources among undergradu-
ate and postgraduate stu-
dents of other colleges and
universities through an offi-
cial notification.
“All the HEIs are requested
to kindly take appropriate
measures for the implemen-
tation of the UGC guidelines
to extend the benefits to the
UG/PG students and re-
searchers,” UGC has stated
in its official notification.
The move comes as UGC
highlighted the need for up-
keep and maintenance of in-
Uttarakhand to bring in
anti-copying law
ANI / DEHRADUN
T
he Uttarakhand Cabi-
net has decided to en-
act a strict anti-copying
law soon in the state to pre-
vent corruption in recruit-
ment in the state.
Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami said that this
law would be made strict.
"In the strict anti-copying
law, there will be a provision
of life imprisonment for the
guilty, as well as confiscation
of the property acquired by
him," he said.
Dhami said that strict ac-
tion will be taken against
CLEAR LINK IN VARSITY STUDY
‘Fatty liver disease adversely affects brain health’
ANI / LONDON
S
cientists at the Roger
Williams Institute of
Hepatology, affiliated
with King's College Lon-
don and the University of
Lausanne, discovered in a
study examining the link
between non-alcoholic fat-
ty liver disease (NAFLD)
and brain dysfunction that
an accumulation of fat in
the liver causes a decrease
in oxygen to the brain and
inflammation to brain tis-
sue — both of which have
been proven to lead to the
onset of severe brain dis-
eases.
NAFLD affects approxi-
mately 25% of the popula-
tion and more than 80% of
morbidly obese people. Sev-
eral studies have reported
the negative effects of an
unhealthy diet and obesity
can have on brain function
however this is believed to
be the first study that clear-
ly links NAFLD with brain
deterioration and identifies
a potential therapeutic tar-
get.
The research, conducted
in collaboration with In-
serm (the French National
BHOPAL I SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023
frastructural facilities to im-
prove the quality of research
and other developmental ac-
tivities.
“Since continuous fund-
ing is required for the up-
keep and maintenance of the
infrastructural facilities, it
has been felt that the HEIs
should adopt measures to
share their infrastructure
with other HEIs for optimum
use of the available re-
sources by charging a nomi-
nal amount,” stated UGC. Ac-
cording to UGC, this will
help universities to maintain
resources in a better manner.
“For optimum utilisation
of resources, the classrooms
and laboratory facilities be
opened at least from 8 am to 8
pm on all working days,”
stated the guidelines re-
leased by UGC.
those involved if there is any
irregularity in the recruit-
ment process.
"The agencies probing the
malpractices in the recruit-
ment examinations are doing
their work. No culprit who
kills the rights of the youth of
Uttarakhand will be spared.
The government is ensuring
that all future recruitment
examinations are fair and
transparent. Now in future
no one should dare to make
mistakes in these examina-
tions. This arrangement will
be made with the provisions
of the anti-copying law," he
said.
Institute of Health and
Medical Research) and the
University of Poitiers in
France, involved feeding
two different diets to mice.
Half of the mice consumed
a diet with no more than
10% fat in their calorie in-
take, while the other half's
calorie intake contained
55% fat; intended to resem-
ble a diet of processed foods
and sugary drinks.
After 16 weeks re-
searchers conducted a se-
ries of tests to compare the
effects of these diets on the
body and more specifically,
on the liver and the brain.
They found that all mice
consuming the higher lev-
els of fat were considered
obese, and developed
NAFLD, insulin resistance
and brain dysfunction.
The study which was
funded by the University of
Lausanne and Foundation
for Liver Research also
showed that the brain of
mice with NAFLD suffered
from lower oxygen levels.
This is because the disease
affects the number and
thickness of the brain
blood vessels, which deliver
less oxygen to the tissue,
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BACK IN CHINA, INDIAN MEDICAL
STUDENTS WITNESS A NEW NORMAL
ABHISHEK NAIR / MUMBAI
W
ith China drop-
ping its zero Covid
policy after almost
three years, Indian medical
students who called the
East Asian country home
before the pandemic are
making a return now to
continue their studies.
Before Covid-19 brough
things to a halt, 23,000 Indi-
an medical students had en-
rolled in universities across
China. Though the return
to China is one that stu-
dents feel ends uncertainty
in their academic future, a
change of surroundings
has impacted the students.
China’s post-Covid
surveillance sets a different
tone for students
“Everything is now digi-
tised in China. No manual
work is seen here now,” stat-
ed Reeba Khan, a fifth-year
MBBS student at the Hubei
University of Medicine,
who
IHS Markit, a London-
based information services
provider, had estimated in
2021 there are over 1 billion
surveillance cameras in-
stalled worldwide, with 54%
of them located in Chi-
naThe country, which has a
reputation for being one of
the most surveilled cities in
the world, has also imposed
its tactics across campuses.
“There are face monitors
everywhere which was not
the case before. On every en-
The Chief Minister said
that to maintain the morale
of the youth, it is the first pri-
ority of the government to
provide jobs to the youth by
conducting early examina-
tions through the State Pub-
lic Service Commission.
"Due to continuous active
deployment of copying
mafias and leaking out of ex-
amination paper, the future
of other candidates who
work day and night is being
played with. Keeping these
facts in mind, it has now been
decided that the notification
unit should be actively de-
ployed before the future ex-
aminations
to be con-
ducted by Ut-
tarakhand
Public Serv-
ice Commis-
sion, Harid-
war and Ut-
tarakhand
Subordinate
Services Se-
lection Com-
mission,
Dehradun,
so that such
repetitions
do not hap-
pen," he
said.
but also due to specific cells
consuming more oxygen
while the brain is becoming
inflamed. These mice were
also more anxious and
showed signs of depres-
sion.
By comparison, the mice
consuming the healthy diet
did not develop NAFLD or
insulin resistance, they be-
haved normally, and their
brain was completely
healthy.
"It is very concerning to
form for
starts
try and exit point, there’s
one. Either it’s your campus
classroom or hospitals,”
stated Khan, who believes
this system is for Covid pro-
tection so that students don’t
have to touch anything.
Masks and PPE kits new
normal amid an unexpected
hostility
Though masks are not
mandatory in China any-
more, students are still
wearing them to protect
themselves amid continu-
ing fears around the BF.7
Omicron variant which is
driving a surge of infec-
tions in the country, accord-
ing to reports. The return of
foreigners to China amid
the surge has led to a reac-
tion, which Indian students
were not familiar with be-
fore the pandemic.
“There are masks and
PPE kits across China,
which was expected, but
one of the major changes
we witnessed was the fact
that many Chinese nation-
als were not happy seeing
international students back
in the country. They think
we will bring Covid to them,
which is not the case as
many of them are either
asymptomatic or infected,”
stated Rachita Kurmi, a 4th-
year student from Shan-
dong University.
Students relay quarantine
experience
Though China lifted quar-
antine requirements for
No gender
reference
for Kerala
teachers
STAFF REPORTER / MUMBAI
I
n a recent order, the
Kerala State Commis-
sion for Protection of
Child Rights (KSCPCR)
has urged students to only
address their tutors as
'teachers' and not as 'sir or
madam'.
The general education
director in the state has
been asked to follow this
direction and notify all the
students by a Bench, com-
prising panel chairperson
K V Manoj Kumar and
member C Vijayakumar,
on Wednesday.
According to the com-
mission, such a move can
lead to equality among all
students, while also en-
couraging attachment
with teachers.
Previously, a school in
Kerala's Palakkad dis-
trict had asked its stu-
dents to not address
teachers sir and madam,
while also adopting gen-
der-neutral uniforms for
its students.
see the effect that fat accu-
mulation in the liver can
have on the brain, especial-
ly because it often starts off
mild and can exist silently
for many years without
people knowing they have
it," said lead author Dr
Anna Hadjihambi, sub-
team lead in the Liver-
Brain Axis group at the
Roger Williams Institute of
Hepatology and honorary
lecturer at King's College
London.
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overseas travellers on Sun-
day, January 8, many inter-
national students went
through the gruelling
process in different parts of
the country before joining
their universities, where
they followed another 7 days
of movement restrictions.
“I quarantined in Kun-
ming for seven days and
then at a hotel in Harbin for
another eight days. All stu-
dents have to follow a seven-
day mandatory quarantine
at their respective universi-
ty campuses,” explained an-
other student Akshra
Singh, a student at Harbin
Medical University.
Students who came via
Hong Kong also had to go
undergo a mandatory 3-day
medical surveillance before
KERALA UNI GRANTS ‘MENSTRUATION
BENEFIT’ FOR FEMALE STUDENTS
PTI / KOCHI
N
ow, girl students of a
university in Kerala
can avail "menstrua-
tion benefit" in the form of
additional condonation of
shortage of attendance.
Considering the long-pend-
ing demand of the students,
the well-known Cochin Uni-
versity of Science and Tech-
nology (CUSAT) here has
sanctioned an additional 2
per cent of condonation of
shortage of attendance to fe-
male students, in each semes-
ter.
An autonomous universi-
ty, CUSAT has over 8000 stu-
dents in various streams and
more than half of them are
girls.
"Having considered the re-
quests for menstruation ben-
efits to female students, the
Vice-Chancellor has ordered
to sanction an additional 2%
of condonation of shortage
of attendance to female stu-
dents, in each semester, sub-
ject to reporting to the Aca-
demic Council," a recent or-
der issued by the joint regis-
trar said.
According to university
sources, various students'
unions had been pressing for
To try and combat the
dangerous effect that
NAFLD has on the brain,
the scientists bred mice
with lower levels of a
whole-body protein known
as Monocarboxylate Trans-
porter 1 (MCT1) -- a protein
specialised in the transport
of energy substrates used
by various cells for their
normal function.
When these mice were
fed the same unhealthy fat-
and sugar-rich diet as those
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taking their flight to China.
“After spending 3 days in
Hong Kong, I also under-
went a centralised quaran-
tine in Wuhan for 10 days,”
stated Khan.Universities
across China are following
a quarantine process at
campuses and dormitories
for 7 days, because of the
duration it takes to detect a
Covid positive person.
China’s criticism over
Covid data has intensified
because the country has not
updated its daily tally for
the past four days, raising
concerns on whether it is
hiding information.
Bangkok emerges as
favourite over Hong Kong,
Singapore
Akshra, like other stu-
the menstruation benefit for
female students for some
time now.
A proposal in this regard
was formally submitted to
the Vice Chancellor recently
and it was approved follow-
ing which an order was is-
sued.
When contacted, a CUSAT
official said the condonation
would be different for each
student as it would depend on
her attendance.
"It will be different for each
student. Each female student
can claim two percent of
their total attendance as
menstrual benefit. That's
why the exact number of
leave is not mentioned in the
order," the official told PTI.
The order would be appli-
in the initial experiment,
they had no fat accumula-
tion in the liver and exhib-
ited no sign of brain dys-
function -- they were pro-
tected from both ailments.
"Identifying MCT1 as a
key element in the develop-
ment of both NAFLD and
its associated brain dys-
function opens interesting
perspectives," said Profes-
sor Luc Pellerin, director of
the Inserm U1313 research
unit at the University of
Poitiers in France and sen-
ior researcher in the study.
"It highlights potential
mechanisms at play within
the liver-brain axis and
points to a possible thera-
peutic target."
Dr Hadjihambi added:
"This research emphasises
that cutting down the
amount of sugar and fat in
our diets is not only impor-
tant for tackling obesity,
but also for protecting the
liver to maintain brain
health and minimise the
risk of developing condi-
tions like depression and
dementia during ageing,
when our brain becomes
even more fragile.
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dents, has had to face the
repercussions of not being
able to board direct flights
between India and China,
which have been stopped
due to Covid.
Such students have been
travelling to the neigh-
bouring country through
connecting flights. Though
Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, or
Singapore have been the
traditional options for
these students, a cheaper
and easier route through
Bangkok has also helped
students.
China’s Covid situation
won’t result in the con-
necting flights being
stopped, according to re-
ports, albeit talks on direct
flights haven’t been fruit-
ful.
REPRESENTATIVE PIC / FILE
cable to female students of all
streams including those pur-
suing PhD in the university
and is expected to be imple-
mented with immediate ef-
fect, the official added.
Namitha George, chairper-
son of the university stu-
dents' union, expressed hap-
piness that their demand was
met by the varsity without
raising objections.
"As per the rules, CUSAT
students need 75 per cent at-
tendance in each semester to
appear for the exams. But,
through the new order, fe-
male students will get a re-
laxation of two per cent in
this and their eligible atten-
dance is lowered to 73 per
cent in each semester," she
told PTI.
Jamia seeks President’s help
for tribal studies dept
PTI / NEW DELHI
J
amia Millia Islamia has
sought President
Droupadi Murmu's as-
sistance in setting up a de-
partment of tribal studies in
the university, an official said
on Friday. During her meet-
ing with Murmu, who is also
the Visitor of the University,
on Thursday, JMI Vice-Chan-
cellor Najma Akhtar said
that the university wants to
set up a ‘Department of Trib-
al Studies and Development’
and a hostel for tribal stu-
dents, the official said.
Given the demand for
JMI’s academic courses in
countries like the Middle
East where Indians reside in
large numbers, Ms Akhtar
also sought permission from
the President for setting up
offshore campuses of the
varsity. This was the first
meeting of the Vice-Chancel-
lor with the president.
Ms Akhtar also invited
Murmu to the upcoming con-
vocation of the university.
The Vice-Chancellor also told
the President that JMI was
granted A++ accreditation
by National Assessment and
Accreditation Council
China’s tiff with India not
causing issues, say students
The return to China for
medical students in India
became a gripping topic for
news media across the
country which was already
covering a similar scenario
with Ukraine-returned In-
dian medical students. In-
dia and China’s growing
tensions led to more con-
cerns about the students’
immediate future and if
they will ever be able to fin-
ish their degrees. Though
their return to China has
put that story to rest for
now, the question of safety
remains as the country
grapples with the Covid cri-
sis.
“Things are going
smoothly in China right
now, it’s not how it’s being
portrayed in the media,”
stated Rachita, who is expe-
riencing winter holidays in
the country.
China University succumbs
to NMC rules
Universities across China
are closed for the spring fes-
tival, as many of them are
set to open in the first week
of February 2023. While the
reopening will lead to stu-
dents finishing their fifth
year and moving on to the
sixth, Hubei University of
Medicine will be witnessing
its last Indian batch in 2023
as NMC has not approved
the institute as one of the
recognised medical colleges
from China.
Namitha, an LLB student,
said though the earlier de-
mand of the union was to
grant a particular number of
leave as menstrual leave in
each semester, the universi-
ty pointed to some practical
difficulties to implement
that.
"Those practical issues
were genuine. So, we also ac-
cepted the suggestion of the
provision for condonation of
shortage to female students.
The university authorities
including the Vice Chancel-
lor adopted a positive ap-
proach on the issue," she
said.
The order would be sub-
mitted before the academic
council for procedural ap-
proval and is expected to be
implemented soon after get-
ting its nod.
Sreedevi, a Phd student
under Kerala University, told
PTI that a similar system
should be implemented in all
higher education institu-
tions.
"The CUSAT's decision to
grant menstruation benefits
for girl students is a historic
one. I feel it is very important
and it should be implement-
ed in all colleges and univer-
sities," she said.
(NAAC) in 2021 (for 5 years)
and it is amongst the top
three universities of the
country according to the
Ministry of Education's Na-
tional Institutional Ranking
Framework (NIRF).
JMI has also made signifi-
cant improvements in covet-
ed international rankings
like QS world university
rankings, Times Higher Edu-
cation (THE), and so on. Ms.
Akhtar also mentioned that
faculty members have been
receiving accolades at nation-
al and international levels in-
cluding the Visitors Award.
She also sought permis-
sion from the president for
setting up a Department of
Modern Indian Languages, a
Nursing College, and a Fac-
ulty of Alternative Medicine
at JMI, the official said. Con-
sidering the increase in the
number of academic pro-
grammes, Ms. Akhtar also
requested Murmu for addi-
tional teaching and non-
teaching positions at the uni-
versity. The vice chancellor
said that the university is
very hopeful that it will get
guidance and invaluable sup-
port from the Visitor in the
coming years.
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THE
WHAT COLOSSAL
THE COLLAPSE
Randeep Hooda faints while horse
riding, hospitalised in Mumbai

FAKE? Pooja Bhatt slams

trolls criticising
Jr NTR, Ram Charan’s
accent at the Golden
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Globes
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ooja Bhatt has strongly

P reacted to those criticising Jr NTR and Ram Charan’s ac-

cent while interacting with media during Golden Globe
Awards 2023. For those unversed, in one of the now-viral
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andeep Hooda got severely injured after

videos, Jr NTR can be seen talking to Variety’s host during
the pre-ceremony. However, as soon as the video surfaced online,
netizens trolled the actor for his non-desi accent. Ram Charan
R he fainted while horse riding during the
shoot of his upcoming project Inspector
Avinash. He was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirub-
was also trolled for the same. hai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai for treatment. The
Pooja took to her Twitter account and reacted to writer Anirud- actor has been advised complete bed rest for now. He is
ha Guha’s tweet who also expressed his disappointment over known to be a horse lover.
those trolling the film’s historic win. He wrote, “Everyone who’s Randeep had previously suffered an injury while
like, ‘But Naatu Naatu so ordinary’, ‘But RRR was so average’, shooting an action sequence for Radhe with Salman
‘Ewww that accent hehehe’ – kya dukh paal rahe ho bachpan se Khan for which he had to undergo knee surgery on
ke kissi ki khushi dekhi nahi jaati?” his right leg. Randeep had also posted pictures from
Pooja wrote, “Insaan ki fitrat hai ke the hospital to keep his fans updated with his
RAN
AM
CHA woh apna dukh jhel leta hai health developments.
R
WA
YS par doosron ka sukh bar- Randeep has lost 22 kilos for his role in
daashth nahin kar sak- SwatantryaVeer Savarkar hence there is
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ta.” hardly any muscle left around his knee. Due

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history as it won a his knee and leg. The actor injured his
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Golden Globe for left leg which may require surgery.

Original Song at SwantrayaVeer Savarkar’s next
the awards cere- schedule is supposed to start in
mony on February. The actor is currently
Wednesday. Ac- undergoing treatment and we
tors Ram Charan are yet to get a further update
and Jr NTR, along on him. He was last seen in
with director SS Ra- a web series called CAT
jamouli, attended the and will next be seen
event in California. Sever- with Ileana D’Cruz
al pictures and videos from in Tera Kya
the grand ceremony are do- Hoga
ing the rounds on the internet. Lovely.
The trophy was collected by
veteran music director MM Keer-
avaani who has composed the
song in Telugu.

Rock BRAVE
solid
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anjay Dutt, who came back

BABA S stronger after defeating

stage four lung cancer, had
refused to undergo
chemotherapy when the news
was first broken to him. During an event
in the city, The actor recalled that he was
Actress Maanvi Sanjay Dutt reveals he shooting for KGF: Chapter 2 when he got

Gagroo gets engaged preferred to die than take diagnosed with cancer.
He had persistent backache during the shoot
to mystery chemotherapy post lung and was treating it with hot water bottles and
cancer diagnosis painkillers, until one day he could not breathe.
man, flaunts Sanjay was then rushed to the hospital where he
was diagnosed with cancer but he was not clearly in-
her ring formed about it at first.
The actor stated that he was all alone at the hospital as his wife
CJ DESK Maanayata Dutt was in Dubai and his sisters were also not around him. “I was all alone
and suddenly this guy comes and tells me, ‘You have cancer’,” Sanjay recalled.
aanvi Gagroo on His first reaction was that he did not want any treatment.

M Friday announced
her engagement.
Taking to her official In-
Sanjay went on to say that he has had a history of cancer in his family, with his moth-
er Nargis Dutt dying of pancreatic cancer and then his first wife Richa Sharma suc-
cumbing to brain cancer. “The first thing I said was, I don’t want to take chemothera-
stagram account, the actress shared a py. If I’m supposed to die, I will just die, but I don’t want any treatment.”
picture in which she can be seen flaunting her However, when he saw his family later breaking down around him, he decided
engagement ring. However, she did not reveal any- to put on a brave front and fight the Big C. With the support
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thing about her fiancé and wrote in the caption, “So of his family, Sanjay said that he could triumph over
this happened #Engaged,” and added a red heart the disease at the earli-
RAM/DU

emoticon. est.
Soon after she shared the happy news with her fans
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and followers, several celebrities, including Shibani

Baby’s
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others, flooded the comments section with congratulato-
ry messages.
Maanvi stepped into showbiz in the musical sitcom
Dhoom Machaao Dhoom (2007). She has, since then,
come a long way as an artiste with movies like No One
Killed Jessica, PK, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, and
shows like Four More Shots Please!, Tripling and Pitch-
ers, among others.
day out!
Alia Bhatt, Ranbir
Kapoor clicked for the
first time together with
their daughter Raha

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lia Bhatt and Ranbir

A Kapoor were spotted taking

baby Raha for her first out-
ing in the city. The new par-
ents in town twinned in black as
they stepped out with their baby girl.
They were accompanied by Alia's sister
Shaheen Bhatt. Raha was seen resting in
her stroller as her parents and maasi
shielded her from the paparazzi.
The Kapoor family had recently hosted a
dinner for the paparazzi where they had
also shown Raha’s pictures to them. Howev-
er, they had requested the paps to not post
the baby’s photos online.
Alia and Ranbir welcomed their daughter
into the world on November 6. They had re-
vealed that the name Raha was chosen by
the baby’s grandmother Neetu Kapoor.
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 Kanye West f reports are to be believed, rapper Kanye West has married Yeezy employee Bianca Censori in a private

ties the knot I ceremony. The hitmaker, who split from Kim Kardashian in February 2021 after seven years of marriage,
recently exchanged vows with Bianca. Though it is not believed that the union is legally binding as they
haven’t filed a marriage certificate. Kanye was first pictured with Bianca, who has worked as an
with his architectural designer at his company Yeezy for several years, at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills earlier
this week, and he was wearing a wedding ring. Sources told the outlet that the ring signifies the 45-year-old star’s
employee? commitment to Bianca. Meanwhile, Kim recently admitted that she is worried that people will be “scared” to date
her because Kanye, the father of her children, isn’t the “easiest” person to deal with. —IANS
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MEET THE Celebrating

365 days
FARZIS! The cast and makers of the upcoming web series
unveil its trailer at a glitzy event in Mumbai
Raj and DK Tahir Raj Bhasin gets candid as
his show Yeh Kaali Kaali
Ankhein turns a year old today
A still from Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein

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LIPIKA VARMA DK’s shows, I love both parts of The Family
Man.” ahir Raj Bhasin won hearts for his act-

S
hahid Kapoor and Vijay Sethu-
pathi are all set to make their
OTT debut in Raj and DK’s up-
coming web series Farzi. The ac-
tors, along with the director duo,
Raashii Khanna and veteran actor Amol
Palekar unveiled its trailer at a mega
event in Mumbai. The Free Press Jour-
nal was present there too.
Opening up about his OTT debut, Vijay
said, “I don’t know how to call it a de-
but as I don't see it as a debut. I did my
first film in 2010… it’s been 12 years
since I debuted as a hero. I’ve done
about 55 films. Every time I do a film,
I am like a kid. For me short form or
long form, every scene is a film, we're
putting the same kind of effort in each
and every shot to make the audi-
ence interested.”
On working with Raj
and DK, he shared,
“Raj and DK are like
brothers to me, I can
share any idiotic
idea with them and
they’ll not judge
me, so I don’t
have to worry, as
an artiste I need
that kind of
freedom.”
Shahid is elat-
ed to begin 2023
with Farzi. “It is
the best start of the
year that I could have
asked for in 2023. I was
very happy to hear when
we decided to launch the
show in my birthday
month and it is great,”
he gushed.
Shahid further re-
vealed, “We started talk-
ing about the show even
before everybody started
talking about OTT as an
option and when I say
Shahid everybody I mean the film
Kapoor fraternity. I love Raj &
Vijay Sethupathi
When asked how he got cast in Farzi, Shahid
stated, “They called me for a film and I said, ‘Ya
that’s ok but what are you doing in show
T ing chops in the unanimously ac-
claimed web series Yeh Kaali Kaali
Ankhein (YKKA). The success of the
format and they were like, ‘Are you seri- series prompted the makers to announce
ous? Do you want to do a show?’. I said, the sequel and Tahir, who is being hailed as
‘I would love to collaborate with you the new star of OTT, has become a talent to
guys’. They had an idea which they watch out for.
had narrated to me eight years ago as On this day, exactly a year ago, Yeh Kaali
a movie. And at that time DK had said Kaali Ankhein had premiered on a digital plat-
it is too big in terms of length to fit form. On the first anniversary of his hit show,
into a story and I think the best Tahir reflects saying, “Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein
thing that happened to Farzi is is a very special show. The popularity of the
it didn’t become a movie be- series took us all by storm. The audi-
cause I don’t think we would ence’s love for the series and the criti-
have been able to do justice cal acclaim I received has truly
to it.” been the best memory of 2022,
Shahid was all praise for for me. Today, the show
his co-star Vijay. “This is has completed one
the first time I have worked year and I am ab-
with Vijay sir. When we solutely thrilled.”
launched the little teaser, I He adds, “Like
called him ‘Makkal Selvan’ everyone, even we
(people’s treasure in Tamil) as a team are ea-
and I am going to say ‘Makkal gerly waiting
Selvan’ to him again. He has for the second
the personality and it suits him, season of
it is such a beautiful term for YKKA. Our
him. It has been a privilege to team is work-
work with him. Our characters ing really
are always running parallel to hard to en-
each other and there are times sure the
when we cross tracks. And whatev- same thrill
er little work I did with him and even and enter-
while we were promoting, I found his tainment
mind interesting. He is truly an actor at that the
heart. I wish to do much more work first sea-
with him and there’s so much to learn son had.
from him.” Shahid then spoke about his We are
other co-star Raashii. “It is great to debut scheduled to
with Raashii. We were all stuck in the hotel shoot this year
during Covid-19 and we all got together and and I hope it is re-
we all became friends and she has done ceived with the
phenomenally well.” same zeal, enthusi-
On a parting note, Raj and DK concluded, asm and acclaim as the
“This show was a tough one as we shot it first one.”
through the pandemic and multiple shut- Tahir is also working on a
downs in breaks. During Covid, we took a massively mounted digital
lot of risks. This was an idea we all had project, which will be a
conceived. We had this idea as a feature marquee show on an
film and finally we decided to go this OTT platform in 2023.
route.”
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Caught on Camera!
A well-crafted heist drama TROY RIBEIRO

erard Butler has always

pine archipelago, which they do
miraculously.
It is not long after, the captain re-
Rohit Saraf
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Gliteratti were with

that will surprise you G played a maverick hero; in

this survival film, he is no
different.
alises that the air marshal escorting
the murderer and one of his crew is
dead.
snapped at the
Prajakta
Koli
He is Brodie Torrance, a for- The surviving crew and passengers
success bash of
ROHIT BHATNAGAR trippy and engaging and keeps you mer Royal Air Force Pilot who is are now left radio-less and are forced Mismatched 2
at the edge throughout. The beauty now the captain of Trailblazer Flight to ration their food. So, the captain in Mumbai
ilmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj of Kuttey is its runtime of 112 mins 119, the titular plane whose New along with Gaspare, ventures into
F is known for making dark
and artistic cinema and
his son Aasmaan Bhard-
that makes it an interesting watch.
The whole tonality of the film,
colour palette and atmos-
Year’s Run is from Singapore to
Tokyo.
Like its mundane title, this
the jungle for help only to realise
that they have landed in a hostage
situation. How they come out of this
waj marks his directorial de- phere have a stark resem- fictionalised drama which is sticky situation forms a major crux
but with a heist thriller titled blance to Vishal Bhardwaj’s extremely process-oriented be- of the narrative.
Kuttey. His first attempt at story- cinema and it’s no shame as gins on a measured note with The plot is fast-paced and packed
telling is definitely impressive and Aasmaan has been schooled FILM a borderline with absurd situations. Despite con-
there’s a lot more scope for him to by his father. For a first-time cinema taining all the tropes of a B-movie ac-
learn and implement. Comparisons director, he has achieved REVIEWS verité tion drama, the film does not
are bound to happen with his fa- whatever he wanted and it’s look that appear banal. Also, while
ther, who is a maverick director evident in the film. In the past, Indi- promises dra- most of the supporting cast as
himself and Aasmaan has created an filmmakers have tried their ma in the air stereotypical
his own film slightly along the hands with the heist genre but mis- and more. The characters -
tinge of his dad. erably failed — Tees Maar Khan film effectively appear to be
On the order of drug peddler (2010) and Players (2012) are a few reflects the perfuncto-
Bhau (Naseeruddin Shah), Inspec- examples. ethos of its Di- ry in their
tor Gopal (Arjun Kuttey’s drawback rector, Jean-Fran- disposi-
Kapoor) and Paaji (Ku- Title: Kuttey heavily lies in the con- cois Richet’s forth- tion, it is
mud Mishra) set out to Director: venient climax and a right and functional the But-
expose his rival drug Aasmaan Bhardwaj twist which comprises but pulpy action film
dealer gang. While Pam- an important political formula.
mi (Tabu), a tough cop Cast: Arjun Kapoor, context. It seems Aas- It’s New Year’s
on her night duty en- Tabu, Kumud Mishra, maan had to give closure Eve, a hurried
counters Gopal and Paa- Konkona Sen Sharma, as soon as possible so he conversation
ji. Bhau’s soon-to-be- Radhika Madan, hurried with the most ex- between Tor-
married daughter Lovely Naseeruddin Shah, pected outcome of a heist rance and his
(Radhika Madan) is se- Shardul Bhardwaj, film. daughter
cretly in love with her and others Naseer and Konkona Daniella
driver (Shardul Bhard- have brief roles but they (Haleigh
Where: In theatres
waj). are nothing less than Hekking) as he
near you
Laxmi (Konkona Sen gold. Arjun impresses
Sharma) has her own Rating: !!! with his cop act. Tabu,
army to fight against all
the odds. And one fine
day, they all happen to meet in a
jungle and have their motives.
Radhika, Kumud and
Shardul deliver power-
packed performances. Kuttey is a
real example of a bonafide ensem-
Far-fetched but entertaining
Aasmaan has sincerely held the
non-linear screenplay. Kuttey starts
with a prologue titled Laxmi Bomb
ble. Actor Umar Sharif of Kaafir
and Kathmandu Connection 2 fame
has a short role but he is noticeable.
action drama
followed by three engaging chap- Overall, Kuttey is rich in its own
ters — Sabka Malik Ek, Aata Hai unique style barring the disap- assures her that he would ler–Colter on-screen
Kya Canada? and Moong Ki Dal and pointing climax that could have make it in time- for the Title: Plane chemistry that keeps you
ends with an epilogue Maindak been much better. new year. This, added Director: hooked and pining for
Aur Bichhoo. The film is with the airline manage- Jean-Francois Richet more. There is plenty of
ment pushing the flight Cast: Gerard Butler, texture in their taut and
through some serious- Mike Colter, Yoson An, sweaty performances.
weather-conversion The action sequences
Daniella Pineda, and
course over the South and violent mayhem are
China Seas to economise others goofy yet genuinely excit-
fuel, and the presence of Where: In theatres ing, especially when some
Louis Gaspare (Mike near you of the violence is present-
Colter), a handcuffed pris- Rating: !! ed off-screen by choice.
oner extradited to the US They are realistically and
for a murder charge es- impressively orchestrat-
corted by an armed Marshal on ed, but its militant separatists ap-
board. The tension mounts as we pear to be two-dimensional video
tighten our seat belts expectantly. game henchmen who are disposed of
And right enough, the aircraft stereotypically.
moves through a turbulent patch. A Overall, this straight-to-the-point
lightning strike cuts the plane’s pow- thriller, despite not having a strong Vidya
er, and the aircraft is forced to crash emotional hook, will not leave you Taaruk Malavade
land on a remote island in the Philip- weary and dejected. Raina