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IItt Is ForGeneral Information that I,Kanti Lal,S/O-Ishwar Lal,ResidingAt,7B/10 ,krishna- Gali,Vishwas-Nagar,North- East,Delhi-110032,Declare That NameOfMyMinorDaughter SanjanaRajpurohit Age- 15YearsHasBeenWrongly- WrittenAsSanjanaKumari In Her School-Record.TheActual- NameOfMyMinorDaughter is SanjanaRajpurohitWhichMay beAmendedAccordingly.
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II,,SShhaaddaabbHussainAliases MidhatHussain,S/o MohammadBasharat Hussain,R/oS-63G/F,Uppal- Southend, Sector-49,Gurgaon- 122018,HaveChangedMy NameToMidhatHussain.
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II,,MMeeeennaakksshhii K.M. Singh,W/o KrishnaMurari Singh,R/o Tower-B9 Flat.No-G001, GardeniaGlory,Sector-46 Noida,U.P,have changedmy name toMeenakshi Singh.
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II,, Narinder SinghS/oDeshraj, R/oH.No.222, HadduMohalla, MadanpurKhadar, Sarita Vihar, NewDelhi-110076. Now onwards I shouldbeknownby thenameofNarender Singh for all purpose, for passport and all other documents.
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I PoonamDwivediW/oMukesh Dwivedi R/o-15/675Vasundhara GhaziabadU.P-201012have changedmyname toPoonam Sharma. 0040588325-9
Be known to all concerned that my client Sh. Balv inder Singh Kapoor S/o Late Ranjit Singh R/o 2464, Sector-C, Pocket-II, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070 has entered into an agreement to sell with Sh. Ramesh Kumar Suneja S/o Late Sh. S. R. Suneja R/o 59-A, Lane, C-5,Central Avenue, Sainik Farm, New Delhi in respect of the land admeasuring 3 Bighas 6 Biswas bearing Mustatil No.98, Khasra No. 13 Min (1-12), 14 min (0-12),17 min (0-6), 18 min (0-16) Situated in Village Dera Mandi, Tehsil Mehrauli, New Delhi. if any person/authority has any claim and right of any sort over the said land, then he/it may kindly inform the same to
my client or to me within seven days of present notice. If, no person or authority put its claim over the said land within 7 days, then it may be presumed that no person/authority has any claim over the said land.
Public Notice
Vishal Maan, Advocate Sector-B, Pocket-1, 1641-A,Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070 M.No. 9899934315
E-mail: vishalmaan72@gmail.com
“It is to inform to the public at large that Mr. P. Ramakrishna acquired Property No. RZ-113-C, Gali No. 3, measuring 105 sq. yds., Khasra No. 547, Tughlakabad Extention, New Delhi vide GPA , ATS & Will dt. 24.05.1985 after that Mr. P. Ramakrishna died leaving behind Mrs. Merlyn Chacko, Mrs. Bindu Julio Fernandes, Mr. Pachat & Mrs. Baby alias P. Baby as his L’rs only after that Relinquishment Deed dt. 14.07.2020 executed in favour of Mrs. Baby alias P. Baby further a Sale Deed dt. 31.07.2020 executed by Mrs. Baby alias P. Baby in favour of Mr. Sadakat Ali, Mohd. Anas, Mohd. Rafik and Mr. Khurshid Alam in respect of the said property., duly Regd. as Doc. No. 2312 and NowMr. SadakatAli, Mohd.Anas, Mohd. Rafik and Mr. Khurshid Alam is the undisputed owner of above said property. Any person / firm / institution / company having any claim or right in respect of the said Property by way of inheritance, share, sale, agreement, lease, license, gift, possession, legal heirs, partners or encumbrance howsoever or otherwise is hereby required to intimate in writing to the undersigned within 07 days from the date of publication of this notice of his/her/their share or claim, if any, with all supporting documents at below mentioned address. After expiration of notice period, the claims, if any, of such person shall be treated null and void and also treated as waived and not binding on our client.
Ajay Kumar Giri, Advocate “H.No. 26/161, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat
Nagar 4, New Delhi 110024”
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE This is for information of general public that my client, Smt. Urmila Singh Wife of Late Ram Krishna Singh, who is the absolute owner and in possession of the property/house built on Plot measuring 200 sq. yds out of mutatil No. 13 Killa No. 12 bearing Plot NO. H-180, Gali No. 16, situated at Village Ranhaula, Colony, Kunwar Singh Nagar, Block-H, Nangloi, Delhi-110041, has misplaced & lost the Originals of (1) General power of Attorney (2) Agreement to sell (3) Affidavit (4) Will (5) Receipt and (6) Possession Letter, all executed in favour of Sh. Hari Prasad Singh S/o Late Sh. Ram Ashrey Singh R/o Village Basant Bigha, P.O. Karama, Dist-Rohtas, Bihar in respect of the above said plot of land. An online complaint of loss of said documents bearing report LR No: 842231/2021 with Crime Branch, Delhi Police, Delhi dated 20.10.2021 has been lodged by my client. If any person/s finds the abovementioned documents, it is requested to handover the same to the undersigned. And if any person has any claim whatsoever with respect to the above stated property, he/she is required to give notice of the same to the undersigned within 15 days from the date of publication hereof, together with copies of documents forming basis of such claim, failing which it shall be concluded that there is no claim whatsoever against the aforesaid property and my client can proceed with his intended object pertaining to the above stated property.
Sd/- Mrityunjay Kumar (Advocate) Enrollment no. D/1436/2000 C-6/6061,
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi- 110070
PUBLIC NOTICE To be known to all that my clients (1) SOMNATH SACHDEVA S/O SH. SANT RAM SACHDEVA (2) ANITA SACHDEVA W/O SH. SOMNATH SACHDEVA BOTH R/O WZ-80, GALI NO. 9, RAMGARH COLONY, RAMESH NAGAR, DELHI- 110015 lessee of PLOT NO. 521, POCKET C-1, MEASURING 32.00 SQ. METER, SECTOR-36, ROHINI, DELHI wants to apply conversion of the aforesaid property from lease hold to free hold in DDA Original documents i.e. Demand Letter, Possession Letter, Site Possession Letter, Perpetual Lease Deed have been lost. An FIR vide LR No. 839588/2021 dated 19.10.2021 has lodged in P.S. Crime Branch Delhi for loss of documents. Any person(s) claiming any right, interest, having any objection or found in possession of original documents, may write/ contact with above named person at above address/phone No. 9868116155 within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. The person claiming any right, interest, objections with respect to this property can personally inform or write to Dy. Director (LAB Rohini), C Block, Vikas Sadan, INA, New Delhi.
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II,,RRaajjeesshhKumar,S/o Late.Maman Lal,R/o.B-539-540,Madipur- colony,Delhi,declare that original-Demandcum allotment-letter,BankChallan andall documents,have lost of Plot.No.205,pkt- N,44Sq.Mtrs.PVCBAZARTikri- Kalan Delhi,vide.File.No.F96/83/2001/ CL/1450. 0040588650-9
II,,HHaarriisshhKumar S/o Late JanardhanDassR/o-A- 59,Ashok,Vihar,Phase-II,Delhi- 110052,have lostOriginal Deposit receipt of HDFC,Ltd.FD.No.Ro/152220,of my father JanardhanDass finderContact.9899783342.
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Son dead, India’s ‘lucky’ umpire to keep his dream alive NIHALKOSHIE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20
ONMOST evenings during the cricketseason,SKBansalwould wait for his twin sons, umpires SumitandAmit,toreturnhome, likeaparentwaitingforhischil- dren from school. The 80-year- oldformerinternationalumpire, whosemostmemorablematch
was the famous 2001 Eden Garden Test, would want to know how their daywent and relivehis timeonthesquare. But now, discussions about
cricket and umpiring won’t be thesameanymoreat theBansal household inEastDelhi. OnOctober10,Sumitpassed
away followingaheart attack— aweekafterthe46-year-oldwas hit on his face by a cricket ball
that ricocheted off the bowler’s hand during a Vinoo Mankad Trophy(Under-19)matchat the FerozShahKotla. After the incident on the
ground,Sumitwastakentoapri- vate hospital in Jasola, where scansandtestsweredonebefore hewas discharged. The subse- quent cardiac episode came as asurprise.
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SADAFMODAK MUMBAI,OCTOBER20
THE BAIL pleas of Aryan Khan, thesonofBollywoodactorShah RukhKhan,andtwootherswere rejected by a special court here Wednesday. Denying bail to Aryan,whohasbeen incustody now since October 3, a special NDPS court said that since ArbaazMerchant,whowaswith Aryan, was foundwith contra- band and Aryan knew about it, this amounted to “conscious possession”. Aryan’s lawyershavemoved
apleaintheBombayHighCourt against the rejection of the bail application. While Senior Counsel Amit Desai and Advocate Satish Maneshinde could notmention his plea be- fore a single-judge Bench of
Justice Nitin W Sambre Wednesday due to paucity of time, it is likelytobementioned for urgent listing on Thursday morning.Dhamechahasalsoap- proachedtheHighCourt. Aryan had been appre-
hended with his friend Merchant at the international cruise terminal in Mumbai on
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QUESTIONING THE Uttar Pradeshgovernmentonthesta- tus of the probe in the Lakhimpur Kheri case and say- ing it can’t be an “unending story”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the state to “dispel (the) impression” that it is “dragging its feet” in thecase. “We think you are dragging
your feet. So please dispel that impression,” JusticeHimaKohli told Senior Advocate Harish Salve,whoappearedforthestate and submitted that all the ac- cused in the killing of the farm- ershavebeenarrested. On October 3, a convoy of
three vehicles, including one owned by Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, ploughedintoagroupofprotest- ingfarmers,killingfourof them. In the violence that followed, two BJPworkers and the driver ofoneofthevehicleswerekilled. A journalist was also among thosekilled.UPPolicehavesofar arrested 10 persons, including theminister’ssonAshishMishra. The remarks came as Salve
was replying to a query from a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India N V
Ramana, and also comprising Justice Surya Kant, about the recording of statements of wit- nessesunderSection164CrPC. The state government had
filed a status report saying that of 44witnesses, statements of fourhavebeenrecordedbeforea judicialmagistrateunderSection 164CrPC. Referringtothis,JusticeSurya
Kant pointedout that the state- ment under Section 164 had
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Maharashtra tells HC can’t trace Param Bir, defence says not yet ‘absconder’
VARINDERBHATIA, YOGESHNAIK, OMKARGOKHALE& JAYPRAKASHSNAIDU CHANDIGARH,MUMBAI, OCTOBER20
ON WEDNESDAY, the Maharashtragovernmenttoldthe BombayHighCourtthatitwasno longerwillingtoadheretoanas- surance it hadprovided through astatement inMaythat itwould not take any coercive action against formerMumbai Police CommissionerParamBirSinghon an FIR lodged against him by Thane Police under the SC/ST (PreventionofAtrocities)Act. “In view of other develop-
ments, we are getting reports that he is not traceable. Therefore, we cannot give a statement inhismatter,” Senior AdvocateDariusKhambata,rep- resentingthestategovernment, told a division bench of Justice Nitin M Jamdar and Justice SarangVKotwal.
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Education to travel, outward remittance in Aug all-time high SANDEEPSINGH NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20
WITH ADMISSIONS to foreign universitiesbackinfavouraftera year-long lull, alongwithsteady normalisation in foreign travel and rise in economic activity, monthly outward remittances undertheLiberalisedRemittance Scheme(LRS)hitanall-timehigh of$1.96billioninAugust,accord- ing to data released by the
ReserveBankof India. Theprevioushighwas $1.87
billion in August 2019. This August, the data show, remit- tances on account of “study abroad” also amounted to an all-time monthly high of $780million. Remittances for travel, too,
hita18-monthhighof$574mil- lion—thehighestsinceFebruary 2020, when several countries started imposing flight and
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havebeentoldthatstatementswere being recorded and then courts closed”onaccountofDussehra.He addedthattheprocesswillresume. ExpressingsurpriseoverSalve's
statement, Justice Kohli said, “We thinkyouaredraggingyourfeet.So pleasedispelthatimpression.” “Pleaseaskthemtotakestepsto
record statements under Section 164,”addedtheCJI. At the outset, Salve told the
bench thathehad fileda status re- portregardingtheinvestigationina sealed cover. But the bench re- sponded saying it hadn't asked for the report in a sealed cover. “We never said anything about sealed covers,”saidthebench. TheCJIaddedthatthejudgeshad
not got anything till late Tuesday night."Wewaitedtill1amlastnight foranyfiling.Butwereceivednoth- ing,"thebenchsaid. Salve referred to concerns ex-
pressedby thebenchon theprevi- ousdateof hearingon thenon-ar- rest of the accusedand said, “Now everybody is arrestedand theyare injail”.Hesaid“therearetwocrimes – onewhere a vehiclewas driven into farmers and second, where thosewhodrove thevehiclewere lynched”.Headdedthatthesecond wasmoredifficulttoprobeasthere weremanyfarmerprotesters. TheCJI queried if that (the sec-
ondcrime)isthecounterFIR. Salve answered in the affirma-
tive,towhichtheCJIsaidbothcanbe segregatedand that the courtwas concernedwiththefirstFIRregard- ingthedeathoffarmers. Thebenchthensoughttoknow
howmanyof those arrestedare in policecustodyandhowmanyinju- dicialcustody."Because,untilorun- less theyare interrogated, youmay notgetanyinformation." WhenUPAdditional Advocate
GeneralGarimaPrashadrepliedfour oftheaccusedareinpolicecustody, JusticeSuryaKantaskediftheother accusedweredirectlysenttojudicial custodybecause thepolicedidnot seektheir remandorwhether they weresenttojudicialcustodyonex- piryoftheirremand. Prashad explained that police
wasmakingthequeriesasitcannot bean"unendingstory". Salveurgedthebenchtograntit
Thecourtreliedontheir"volun- tary"statements--sinceretracted- -thattheyweretoconsumethecon- traband together on the cruise. "In thepresent case, althoughnopos- sessionisfoundfromaccusednum- ber 1 (Aryan), six gramsof charas (were)foundfromaccusednumber 2(Merchant)ofwhichAryanhadthe knowledge and thus it canbe said that itwas in consciouspossession of both the accused," the NDPS (NarcoticDrugs andPsychotropic Substances)courtsaid. OnOctober8,amagistratecourt
hadrejectedthebailapplicationsof Aryan,Merchant andDhamecha statingthatitdidnothavethejuris- diction tohear thepleas. Theplea wasdecidedonlyon thegroundof maintainability andnotonmerits. ThisisthefirstpleabyAryanrejected onmerits. "Admittedly,accusednumber1
(NCB)hassaidthetwolefttogether tocatchthecruiseinAryan'scar,af- terMerchantmet himat his resi- denceonOctober2.Aryan'slawyers arguethathehadnothingtodowith theallegedseizurefromMerchant. The court relied onanorder of
WhatsAppchatsofAryansubmitted to it. "Perusal of (the)WhatsApp chats reveals that therearechatsof accused number 1 (Aryan) about drugswithunknownpersons.There isalsoreferencetobulkquantityand harddruginthechats.Thereisprima faciematerialshowingthataccused number1was incontactwithper- sonsdealing inprohibitednarcotic substancesallegedby theprosecu- tion,"thecourtsaid,addingthatthe "incriminating"materialintheform of chats showedAryan's "nexus" with"suppliersandpeddlers". WhileAryanhadnopreviousan-
tecedents, the court said, his chats showedhewas indulging in "illicit drugactivitiesofnarcoticsubstances onaregularbasis". While it was argued by
Merchant'slawyerTaraqSayedthat therewasnopanchanamatoshow that the phoneswere seized and hence thechats couldnotbe relied upon,thecourtsaidthatacertificate under the IndianEvidenceActwas notnecessaryatthisstageof thein- vestigation. It also agreedwith the NCB'scontentionthatMerchantand Aryanhadsurrenderedtheirphones "voluntarily". "WhatsAppchatsprimafaciere-
vealthataccusednumber1(Aryan) is dealing in illicit drugactivities of narcoticsubstanceson(a)regularba- sis. Therefore it cannotbe said that
accusedno1isnotlikelyto commit (a) similaroffence whileonbail,"SpecialJudge VVPatilsaid. Italsotookintoconsid-
erationsubmissionsmade by Additional Solicitor GeneralAnilSingh(thesen- iormost lawofficer of the Union government in the state)thattherewerechats showing Aryan was in touchwith a "foreign na- tionalwho appears to be part of international drug trafficking" and investiga- tion on thiswas ongoing. ASG Singh told the court that it hadwritten to the MinistryofExternalAffairs forprobing the locationof theforeignnational. TheNCB told thecourt
thatAryanhadnotrevealed the name of this person, which is in his "exclusive
knowledge", and that if he was grantedbail,therewaseverychance ofevidencebeingtamperedwith. Thecourtalsosaidthattherewas
primafacieevidenceof"conspiracy" anditwouldbedealtwithin-depth during the stageof the trial.While thedefence lawyers said therewas nothing to connectAryanwith the othersarrestedinthecase,thecourt saidall theaccusedare "connected inthesamethread".Itsaidthatatthis stagetheroleof theaccusedcannot beisolatedfromoneanother.
Param Bir TheIndianExpressvisitedParam
annual declaration of immovable propertybyParamBironJanuary1, 2021, shows that heownsahouse jointlywithhis twobrothers in the Sector27locality. Speaking to The Indian Express
over phone, one of the brothers, Manbir SinghBhadana, said: “He had come toChandigarh, andwas staying with us till about three monthsago.Thenhemovedout,we don't knowwhere.We have not been in touchwithhimfor close to threemonthsnow.” Wednesday'ssubmissionbythe
state government comes nearly three weeks after Maharashtra HomeMinister DilipWalse Patil flaggedreportsthattheseniorIPSof- ficer,whowent on leave fromhis post of DGHomeGuards citing ill healthonMay5,mayhave left the country--andsaidthatalookoutno- ticehasbeenissued. “Weare aware of (the lookout
notice), buthehad left Chandigarh much before it was issued,” said Bhadana,anadvocatewhohadbeen amemberandlaterchairmanofthe HaryanaPublicServiceCommission during theCongress regimeunder BhupinderSinghHooda. Askedabouthislastconversation
withParamBir, Bhadana said: “All thecasesregisteredagainsthimare totallyfalseandpoliticallymotivated. Naturally, onehas to savehimself. TheMaharashtra DGPhad asked ParamBirtowithdrawhisletter(lev- ellingcorruptionallegationsagainst former home minister Anil Desmukh). About15-20days after that, they started registering the casesagainsthim.” Inhisdeclaration,Singhhadalso
listed a flat in Juhu, andanother in NaviMumbaijointlyownedwithhis
wifeSavitaSingh, apart fromaplot andagriculturallandinFaridabad. Singh'sofficial accommodation
is a three-bedroomflaton the15th floorof the IPSofficers’ complex in MalabarHills.Attheentranceofthe building,aconstablesaidtherewas noone in the flat, and that thedo- mestichelphadalso stoppedcom- ing. A groupof constables nearby saidtheyhadlastseenParamBir“in April-May”. InNaviMumbai,ParamBir'sres-
identialpropertyisathird-floorflat inShagufa,whichisahousingsoci- etyof IASand IPSofficers inNerul. ParamBir'sflatisnowintheposses- sionofaprivatecompanythatruns serviceapartments.Thesecurityand housekeeping staff said they had neverseenhiminthebuilding. At the Juhu flat, the building
MumbaiPolice'sCIDhasbeenlook- ing for ParamBir to execute abail- able warrant issued by the KU Chandiwalcommissionthatisinves- tigatingallegationsofcorruptionlev- elled by him against NCP leader Deshmukh. Five FIRs had been registered
against ParamBir inMaharashtra while the state's Anti-Corruption Bureauisconductingtwo“openen- quiries”againsthim. The National Investigation
Agency (NIA), too,had issuedsum- monstoParamBirforitsprobeinto the bomb scare outsideMukesh Ambani'shouseearlierthisyearbut couldnotreachhim. ParamBirwas shunted out as
PoliceCommissionerafterhewrote a letter to ChiefMinister Uddhav ThackerayinMarchwithseveralal- legationsagainstDeshmukh.Heal- leged that Deshmukh had asked Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze to collect Rs100 crore every month, including Rs 40-50 crore fromaround1,750barsandrestau- rantsinMumbai. OnWednesday,SeniorAdvocate
Mahesh Jethmalani, representing ParamBir, told the BombayHigh Courtthatthestatehasnotdeclared himasan“absconder”yetandhence shouldcontinuetheassurancepro- vided in the statement till further hearing. He said Singhwas sum- moned twice in the atrocities case andhadresponded. TheThaneFIR includes27 sec-
tions, including those under the SC/ST(PreventionofAtrocities)Act, andwaslodgedonacomplaintfiled byPoliceInspectorBhimraoGhadge allegingthatParamBirhadcoerced him intodropping thenamesof a fewpersons fromanFIR in2015 -- andthatFIRswereregisteredagainst Ghadgewhenhedidnotacceptthe order.
‘Lucky’ umpire “Heevenwent tohis office at a
privatemedia company, although therewas swelling onhis face.He would have continued umpiring. Theballhittinghimdidnotscarehim andhelookedforwardtoumpiring again.Hewasrecoveringwell,”says Bansal. OnOctober9,Sumitcomplained
of feeling uneasy. Bansal says he rubbedhis son's back and thedis- comfort seemedtohaveeased.But aroundmidnight,whenSumitfelta strainagain, the family rushedhim to aprivate hospital in Patparganj wherehepassedaway.Aweeklater, Bansal'sbrotherpassedaway,too. “Icriedalot.Ithurtalot.Butthen,
one must realise that crying or mourningwon't bring back those whopassaway.ItwastheAlmighty's will that Sumit and I spendonly so much time together. I havemany goodmemories,”saysBansal. Till he retiredat60, Bansalwas
consideredas India's luckymascot becausetheteamwoneverytimehe officiatedagameinvolvingthemin Testcricket.Inacareerspanningtwo decades, from1980to2001,Bansal officiatedinsixTestmatchesand44 One-DayInternationals. Bansalalsopointsoutthatitwas
Bansal continued tobe associated with thegame, first as amatch ref- eree and later as BCCI's umpire- coach.Butwhenhissonsdecidedto takeupumpiring,hewarnedthem thatitwasanunforgivingprofession. Amit recalls howheandSumit
wouldsituptilllatenightandstudy fortheumpires'exam.Theyhadday jobsbutthetwoput intheextraef- fortas theydidn'twant to letdown theirfather. “Iwasproudwhenmysonstook
upumpiring.Amitwasbetweenjobs when I askedhim if hewanted to studytobecomeanumpire.Hesaid 'ok'. Sumitwasanofficial scorerby then.WhenAmitdecidedtobecome anumpire,Sumittoohadnohesita- tion,”Bansalsays. InadditiontoT20,ListAgames,
andclubgames,Amithasofficiated 15Ranji Trophy games,while his twinSumithadtwotohisname. Amit narrates stories about
match referees andplayers getting confusedwhenthetwinsofficiated inthesamegame.“Whenwewould ask for video tagsof thedismissals wegaveduringagame, Iwasgiven thoseof Sumit's. Playerswouldbe surprisedtoseesimilar-lookingum- piresonthefield,”Amitsays. On thedaySumitgothit by the
ball, Amitwasumpiringatanother VinooMankadgameat theKarnail SinghStadium.“Ispoketohimafter theday's playwhenhewas at the hospital.Hewasinpainbutingood spirits.Thereisabitofdangerinbe- inganumpire, it is part of the job,” Amitsays. WithBansal'swifehavingpassed
awayyears ago, andbothhis sons unmarried, henowwants to see a projectclosetoSumit'shearttakeoff. Duringthelockdown,thefamily
ofumpirescreatedabilingualappon therulesofthegame.“Attheclickof abutton,lawsofthegameareavail- ableinEnglishandHindi.Itwillhelp remove the language barrier.We havereachedouttotheBCCIforhelp tolaunchtheapp,”Amitsays,adding that Sumit “puthisheart andsoul” intotheproject. Bansal says he will miss the
eveningwalkswithSumit,thedaily visitstothetemplenearby—andthe crickettalesheusedtobringhome.
allyseeshighoutwardremittance asuniversitiesoverseasstarttheir new session in September and students remit funds for fee, ac- comodation and tickets, among othercosts. Arijit Sanyal, MD and CEO,
HDFC Credila Financial Services, said the organisation saw a big rise indisbursementsduring the month. “Last year, the demand hadgonedownbecauseofCovid lockdowns.Sothisyeartherehas been a bunching-up of demand, which has led to the rise. Also, there are new geographies that studentsaregoingtoandthathas led to a higher number of stu- dentsgoingout,”hesaid. AccordingtoSanyal,whilethe
US continues to get the major shareofstudents,Canadaandthe UKhavebecomebiggermarkets and there are “many other new placeswheremoreandmorestu- dentsaregoing foreducation”. Experts saymore Indian stu-
dents have been able to obtain admissions overseas because of two factors: several universities have added capacity following theevolutionofahybridmodeof education delivery and Indian students have increased their share because of their competi- tiveness. Expertsineducationconsult-
ing business say that between MarchandAugustlastyear,there wasuncertaintyaroundhowlong Covid would persist with no breakthroughonvaccinations. “As a result, many students
didnottakeadmissionsinforeign universities. This year, the num- bers have grown significantly as thereismuchmoreclarityonvac- cinationsandtheprotectionitof- fers,” said a senior officialwith a
leading overseas education con- sultant inHyderabad. “The number of students go-
ingabroad isgrowingeveryyear and the trend remains constant except for a blip last year on ac- countof Covid,” theofficial said. With the record outward re-
mittances in August, the total in the first fivemonths of the cur- rent financial year has now reached$6.94billion. Incompar- ison, remittances in the corre- sponding five-month period of last financialyear,whichwashit hard by Covid, amounted to $4.05 billion. For the full year FY’21, it amounted to$12.68bil- lion. The year 2019-20 had wit-
nessed the highest outward re- mittancesof$18.76billioninany
financialyearsinceLRSwasintro- duced in2004. India has witnessed a sharp
surgeinremittancesoverthelast seven years.While outward re- mittances under LRS amounted to $1.325 billion in 2014-15, it jumped to 4.6 billion in 2015-16 andover thenext fewyears rose to$18.76billion in2019-20. Aggregate outward remit-
tancesunderLRSsinceApril2014 amountedto$77.6billion.While nearly $20 billion have been re- mitted for “study abroad”, over $24 billion have been remitted for travelpurposes. Under the LRS, resident indi-
vidualsareallowedtoremitupto $250,000 in a financial year un- dervariousheads, includingcur- rentaccounttransactionssuchas going overseas on employment, studies,travel,emigration,main- tenance of close relatives, and medical treatment. Residents can also transfer
money forcapital account trans- actions under LRS, including openingof foreigncurrencybank accounts overseas, purchase of property and making invest- ments in units of mutual funds, andventurecapital funds.
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national capital on Sunday and Monday. According to the Indian
Meteorological Department (IMD),thisOctoberhasbeenthe wettest inDelhi in65years. In a digital press conference
onWednesday,Kejriwalsaid,“A fewdays back, some farmers of Delhi came to meet me. They wereworriedthatduetounsea- sonal rains, their crops were damaged. I want to tell all my farmer brothers that they need not worry. I am with you, the government iswithyou.Weare standingwithyouineverydiffi-
culty.” “In the last 5-7 years, since
theAamAadmiParty (AAP)has come to power, whenever such an issue has arisen, the Delhi government has always come forward to help. Every timewe
gavecompensationofRs50,000 per hectare. This is the highest inthecountry.Somewherethey give Rs 8,000, in some other state they give Rs 10,000,” he said. Kejriwal said that the Delhi
governmentdoesnot justmake announcementsbutalsomakes sure that within threemonths, themoneyreachestheaccounts of the farmers. “This time too, I have issued
orders that farmers who have suffered crop damage will get compensationof Rs50,000per hectare. All the SDMs andDMs are surveying where all crops have been damaged. The work has begun,” Kejriwal said. “I am hopeful that we will
finish the survey within two weeks and that you will get your compensation in your ac- counts in the next onemonth, month and a half....If a farmer does not cultivate his land it bothershim,butwhenhesows crops,spendsmoneyonfertilis- ers and seeds and the invest- ment goes towastedue to crop damage, that pain is much more. They take loans which theyarenotabletorepay. Iwant to tell them that we are with you,” he said.
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A DAY after a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death nearherDwarkahomebyaman whose advances she had re- jected earlier, police have ar- rested three men -- main ac- cused Ankit Gaba (24) and his associates Manish (19) and Himanshu(20). Police saidDolly Babbarwas
stabbed at least six times, al- legedlybyGaba,whilehisfriends watched.CCTVfootageof thein- cident shows the accused drag- gingBabbarbyherhairandstab- bingher.Atonepoint,oneof the men is seen trying to intervene, but all of them flee after a deliv- eryexecutivespotsthemandcalls police.Thedeliverypersoncalled policeat2.26am,andpersonnel who reached the spot found Babbar lying in a pool of blood. They informedher familymem- bers,wholivearound400metres away,andtookher to thehospi- tal,whereshewasdeclareddead. Babbarworkedasafreelancer
witheventmanagementcompa- nies andhad told her family she was going out to attend a birth- dayparty.Policesaid,thewoman, accusedandothershadgathered at a spotnearby. Itwashere that Babbarandthemainaccusedhad
anargument,followingwhichhe allegedly grabbed a knife and stabbed her. Dolly’s brother, Lakshay, told The Indian Express: “My sister called her boyfriend duringthepartyandtoldhimthat Gabawasthreateningher....” After allegedly stabbing
Babbar,thethreeaccusedranto- wards Vikas Nagar and took an auto for Anand Vihar. They planned to get a bus from there butcouldn’tfindone,policesaid. Thementhentookanotherauto andwenttoISBT. Shankar Chaudhary, DCP
(Dwarka), said, “Our team scanned all CCTVs andmapped the route taken by the accused. The boys took a bus to Chandigarh andwere planning togotoPatiala.Theywereunder stress and ran out of money. They decided to come back to Delhi.Wehadalreadymounted technical surveillance on them. Teamswere also sent to Punjab and Haryana. OnWednesday, we first caught Himanshu and ManishfromDwarkaMorarea.” On their instance, Gabawas
found hiding at Sector 23, Dwarka. He tried escaping and fractured both his legs after he jumpedfromthesecondfloorof abuilding.Policecaughthimand sent to a hospital. The police have recovered a knife used in thecrime.
7-year-old kidnapped by domestic help looking for Rs 1.1 crore, rescued
Services of contract teachers to be renewed
HC spells it out: Courts must inform undertrials when they can seek bail EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20
THEDELHIHighCourthasmade itmandatory forauthorities, in- cluding lower courts, to inform undertrialprisonersabout their fundamental right to seek de- fault bail in cases where no chargesheet has been filed within the maximum period prescribedunder the law. “Therighttoseekdefaultbail
under Section 167(2) CrPC is a fundamental right and not merely a statutory right, which flows from Article 21 of the Constitutionof India. Ithasbeen heldtobeanindefeasiblepartof the right topersonal libertyun- derArticle21oftheConstitution of India, andsucharightcannot be suspended even during a pandemicsituation,”saidJustice ManojKumarOhri inanorder. The court said that an order
remanding an accused to cus- todyis“notanemptyformality” and that the magistrate is re- quired to apply his mind. “The 60th or 90th day of custody as- sumesgreatsignificanceas,inthe event of non-filing of chargesheet,arightunderSection 167(2) CrPC,which is held to be anindefeasibleandfundamental right,accrues in favourof theac- cused. To ensure that this right doesnotgetdefeatedinanyman- ner,anobligationiscastuponthe Magistrate to inform an under- trial prisoner about accrual of suchright,”saidJusticeOhri. TheSupremeCourthasheld
thatevenanoralapplication for grant of default bail would suf- ficeandas longas suchapplica- tion is made before the chargesheetisfiledbythepolice,
the default bail would be granted,saidtheHCbench. It is- suedaslewofdirections“toen- surethattherightsofundertrial prisonerstoseekdefaultbailare notdefeateddespitethelegisla- tivemandateandtheprinciples of lawenumeratedbytheCourts timeandagain”. The court further said that
the custody of the undertrial shallbeextendedwhilekeeping inmind the 60th, 90th or 180th dayofcompletingtheinvestiga- tion and submission of chargesheet. If suchdayfallsbe- fore themaximumextensionof 15 days, then the custody shall beextendedonlyuptothe60th, 90th or 180th days, as may be applicable, it said. “Asanecessarycorollary,the
undertrialprisonershallbepro- duced before the court on the nextday…sothathecanbeduly informed of his fundamental right to seek default bail if no chargesheet is filed inthemaxi- mum period prescribed or the permittedextendedperiodof in- vestigation,” reads theorder. The court has also ordered
modificationoftheformatof‘cus- todywarrant’ andaskedauthor- itiestoincludeacolumnindicat- ing the day on which right of ‘defaultbail’wouldbecomeavail- able to theundertrialprisoner. It said the District Legal Services Authorities and jail authorities shouldensurethattheundertrial remains informedof the date. It directedtheHighCourtRegistrar General and DG (Prisoners) to file responseon stepsbeingun- dertaken to ensure that an un- dertrial is informed of his right to seek ‘default bail’ and such right is not defeated but exer- cised ina timelymanner.
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licereceivedacallfromawoman saying her boy had been kid- napped by their domestic help, Monu (22), and that he was threateningheranddemanding Rs1.1crore to release thechild. Policetrackedtheaccusedto
Gokulpuri and found the boy with him. He told the police he worked as a decorator in Mumbai and kidnapped the child sincehewanted tobuy an apartment in Mumbai and neededhisold jobback. Thecomplainantsownawa-
ter treatment plant. The boy’s mother told thepolice that they hiredMonu last month but he leftafteraweek.Since theirboy
had grown attached to Monu, they called him back and gave him a raise, she told the police. Accordingtothepolice,thisgave him the impression that the familywasrichandwouldpaya ransom.Thepolicesaid that the boywasoutplayingwithMonu on Tuesday, and the family got worriedwhentheydidn’treturn. R Sathiyasundaram, DCP
(Shahdara), said, “We deployed multiple teams from Gandhi Nagarpolice station to trace the childandlookatCCTVsfromthe area. The complainant neither knewwhereMonulivednordid he get the verification done by local staff.Wemounted techni- cal surveillance on the phone andmapped CCTVs. Our teams conductedseveralraidsatdiffer- ent railway stations, Metro sta- tions,busstands,etc.Duringthis time,Monuwascallingthefam- ilyanddemandingmoney.” The police saidMonu called
the boy’s family eight times in less than two hours. The family tried to negotiate the amount buthestartedthreateningthem.
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reported that around 1,000 teachersfromtheNorthandthe South civic bodies, including thosewhowere on Covid duty, hadbeenterminated. Themayor said that admis-
sions have been increasing in SDMCschoolssincelastyear,de- spite their closure due to the pandemic.
Owing to this, there was a need for 600 teachers in these schools. Education committee chair-
person Nitika Sharma said that under the Sarv Siksha Abhiyan, the contract of these teachers hasbeenrenewedfrom October 18,2021toMarch31,2022. Appointment letterswill be
issued after the submission of relevantdocuments. The North Delhi Municipal
Corporation had already re-en- gagedthecontractteachersinits schoolsa fewweeksago. These contractual teachers’
salary is around Rs 35,000 per month. Thereare568schoolsunder
the South, 354 under the East MCD and 700 under the North MCD.
Rs50k per hectare relief for farmers hit by unseasonal rain
TheCMsaidsomefarmersofDelhiwereworriedsincedue tounseasonal rains, theircropsweredamaged.Archive
NewDelhi: Following the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority’scall for suggestionsforMasterPlan2041, slum dwellers and people in unauthorised colonies have raised apprehensions regarding displacement under rehabilita- tion policy andhave demanded betterdrinkingwater,toiletfacil- ities and affordable housing schemes.
Wednesday's hearing saw participantssubmit suggestions orally on JJ colonies and solid waste management, the DDA said.“Wehaveassuredthemthat there is no displacement plan even if it is an in-situ rehabilita- tion scheme for slums or PM Uday forunauthorised colonies. Peoplewill not lose their land,” saidaDDAofficial.ENS
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THE DELHI High Court granted anticipatory bail to a man ac- cused of changing his son's name to get him admitted to a reputed school under the EconomicallyWeaker Section (EWS)category. JusticeAnuMalhotragranted
anticipatorybailtotheapplicant inacaseofallegedcheating,for- gery, and criminal conspiracy under the IPC. The FIRwas registered after
the school authorities lodged a complaint alleging that the ap- plicant changedhisnamealong with that of his son to get him admitted to thenursery class in theEWSquota in2019. Filing the anticipatory bail
throughhislawyer,senioradvo- cate NHariharan, the applicant submitted that he has been falsely implicated in the instant case “as he dared to dream that hischildrenstudyinprestigious schools”. Thestatusreport filedbythe
police stated that the child had objected to being addressed by hisnewname.Thereportfurther stated that the applicant's em- ployee,whoisanaccusedinthis case, used to pick the boy from school on a bike and later some distance away from the school, would use a car to drop the boy athishome. Thestatesubmittedthrough
the status report that the appli- cantwas“knowinglynotdisclos- ing the facts andwas deceiving
the investigation and thus his custodial interrogationwas re- quired to find out the where- abouts of the co-accused... as well as the sourceof forgedand fabricated documents involved in thecase”. The court was told that the
applicantwasinvolvedinasim- ilarcasewhereinhechangedthe nameof his elder son to get ad- mission under the EWS quota andwasoutonbail. The prosecution had stated
that “an actual EWS category studentwasdeprivedof getting admission”. Theapplicanthadsubmitted
that the complainant “failed to throw his elder child from its school due to the protection grantedbythiscourtandhasre- sortedto filing falseFIRsagainst himasapressure tactic”. Theapplicantsubmittedthat
“heandhischildrenbelongedto the EWS category and by sheer dintofdeterminationtheappli- cantmanaged to get admission forhis son”.
Man who changed son’s name to get him admitted under EWS quota gets bail
PAVNEETSINGHCHADHA GURGAON,OCTOBER20
portedly recorded before 35- year-old Lakhbir Singh was lynchedandstrunguptoabarri- cade, andhis hand choppedup, allegedly by Nihang Sikhswho claim he desecrated the Sikh holybook. “In the video, the victim has
claimed hewas paid Rs 30,000 and also mentioned a phone number of another person.We are verifying these claims and willconductaprobe.Wearealso coordinating with the Punjab Police on this,” Mayank Gupta, the assistant superintendent of police(ASP)Kharkhoda,Sonipat, who is part of a Special Investigation Teamprobing the videos of the incident, told The IndianExpress. TheIndianExpressalsocalled
the phone numbermentioned bythevictiminthevideoclip. It belongs to a resident of village Relliyan,whichisover2kmfrom Lakhbir’svillage,CheemaKalan, inPunjab’sTarnTarandistrict. Theman, a farmer, said that
for four months, Lakhbir had worked for him rearing cattle.
“Often,hewouldgetlateatwork andusemyphone to informhis sister. That is the reason he had memorisedmy phone number. Hehadevenwrittenmycontact number on awall in his house,” hesaid. He said that on October 2,
Lakhbir told him that hewould notbeworking forhimand left. “He told me he wanted to
workatthemandiandquit.That is the last time I spoke to him. I donotknowwhyhementioned my name in the clip when he was being questioned by Nihangs. This claim of money being offered to me as part of some conspiracy is baseless. I have never been to the Singhu border.My fatherwent twice to protest in solidarity with the farmers. I am not aware under
what circumstances Lakhbir wenttotheSinghuborder.Ihave been getting calls from police and themedia about this. Tarn Taran police have also sum- monedmetomorrowtoanswer thesequeries,”hesaid. SSP Tarn Taran, Harvinder
Singh Virk, said, “Punjab Home Minister has constituted an SIT to look into thismatter.Wewill probeallaspectsof thiscase.We will decidethenextcourseofac- tion inour firstmeeting." Police have so far arrested
four Nihang Sikhs — Sarabjit Singh, Narain Singh, Bhagwant Singh,andGovindPreetSingh— in thecase.Policehavesaid that the accused had confessed to havingkilledLakhbiras‘punish- ment’ for desecrating the Guru GranthSahib.
Singhu lynching: Police to probe clip that shows victim mention Rs 30,000
ASHNABUTANIAND ABHINAYAHARIGOVIND NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20
ASDENGUEcasesrise inthena- tionalcapital,hospitalsarefind- ing facilities swamped. OnWednesday, ward 13 in
the Department of Medicine at Safdarjung Hospital was over- flowing, with patients occupy- ing the floors along three corri- dorsandsomesharingbeds.The growing number of dengue cases has intensified the stress on themedical system. PramodKumar,a residentof
Okhla, waited outside theward as his 19-year-old nephewwas admitted for dengue. He has beenatthehospitalfortwodays after hewas transferred from a private hospital when his platelet count began to drop, Kumar said. His nephew, who hashadafeverfornearlyaweek now, isamongthepatientswho occupythe floor,Kumarsaid. Inside the ward, patients
were on the floor on both sides of the corridors, somewith by- standers accompanying them. Their blankets and belongings werescatteredaround.Twodoc- tors crouched on the floor at- tending to them. Families and visitorsmilledabout,bothinside and outside theward, wanting to bring in food or check on pa- tients. AsMalathi Devi, a native of
Muzaffarpur put it, there is no space in the ward to even set anything down or towalk. Her husband, a cancer patient, was diagnosed with dengue on Tuesday, she said. They had sought treatment at the neigh- bouring AIIMS first, but were asked to shift to Safdarjung Hospital owing to lack of beds there, she explained. Consideringhiscondition,hehas beengivenabed,buthesharesit with another patient, Malathi said.Withchildrennotbeingal- lowed in theward, her 10-year- old waited outside for his mother,poppingintotheshelter near AIIMS where they spend thenight, tobringback food. Families alsowaitedoutside
inacourtyardbehind theblock. A group of four women from Trilokpurisaidtheyhadcometo visit their neighbour, a woman
in her 20s whowas diagnosed withdengueandhasspentthree daysat thehospital. Patientssharingbedsorlying
ontheflooratthehospital isnot new, thoughdenguecaseshave been stressing the system fur- ther, said Dr B K Tripathi, Professor, Department of Medicine, and former head of thedepartment. The hospital does not yet
haveaseparatewardfordengue andother viral fevers, andward 13 has patients with other ail- mentsaswell.“Wehaveopened a separate ward for dengue in the past, when cases arose to around40to60patientsdaily. In the next one or two weeks, if caseskeeprising,wewillhaveto open a separate ward for dengue.” The hospital also sees cases
of dengue fromnearbydistricts ofHaryana,Punjabandwestern Uttar Pradesh. The capacity of each of the three wards in the medicinedepartmentisonlyfor around 52 to 54 patients. One- thirdofdenguepatientswhore- port to an emergency are likely to be admitted and shifted to regularwards,”hesaid. Kamlesh Singh, 35, from
Indirapuramwas admitted to GTBhospital threedaysago,but
could not get a bed of her own. Shesharesabedwithagirlwho hasaskin infection. Kamleshwrithed in pain on
her shared bed andwas unable tosaymuch.Herhusband,Prem, whoworks as a driver, said that she got a fever aweek ago, and they took her to two local doc- tors. Since the situation did not improve,shewasbroughttoGTB hospital.Asherplatelet count is low, doctors confirmed it is dengue but her test reports are pending. Just beside her, two other
womensharedabed.Whileone wasdiagnosedwithtyphoid,the other woman, in her early 20s, who tested positive for dengue, criedaboutherabdominalpain. Since there is no separate
dengueward,patientswerebe- ing admitted to the medicine wards and most had to share beds. Nurses, ward boys and doctors had their hands full on Wednesdaymorning. A doctor in the medicine ward said, "I don't even know if dengue has been declared an epidemic or not.Allmysunrisesandsunsets havebeeninthehospital forthe last fewdays." Dr Ankit Luthra, vice-presi-
dent, Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA), University
CollegeofMedical Sciencesand GTB Hospital, said, "We have been seeing between 100-200 patients a day for the last two weeks. Since there are not as many beds, we are accommo- dating two patients in one bed. Thisisbecausewehavetoadmit patients who have a platelet count of less than 50,000 and cannot let them be without treatment." Roshan Lal and his family
camefromAligarhtogethis48- year-old wife admitted to GTB hospital10daysago.Theylayout bedsheets andrest in thecourt- yard during the day, and sleep outside thehospital atnight. Roshan Lal said, "She had a
feverandwasveryweak.Wegot the tests and foundout that she haddengue.Doctorsaskedusto bringherhere for treatment." Bablu, the patient's brother,
said, "Her son's wedding is scheduled for November 6… Everyone is really worried. She issharingabedwithanotherpa- tient."The familywasconsider- ingshiftinghertoRamManohar Lohia (RML)hospital. Thesituationwasjustasgrim
atRMLhospital. A juniordoctor saidthatthescenebroughtback images from the pandemic. He said, "It might not be as severe
butthenumbersarequitehigh." At least 100 dengue patients have been coming every day sincelastweek.Notallcanbead- mittedtothewards,hencemany are treated in the emergency area.Theemergencyareaof the medicinedepartmentwasbrim- mingwithpatientsandfamilies onWednesday. Crampedwith stretchers and people, even nurses struggled to provide treatment without being pushed. Most dengue patients were on IV fluids. A dengue pa- tientscrambledtomakehisway to the nurses and inform them thatheneededmore fluid. AtLalBahadurShastrihospi-
tal too, there was no separate wardfordengue.Inthemedicine department,doctorsandnurses said that therewas at least one positive patient and 8-10 sus- pectedpatients ineveryward. At LNJP Hospital, 100 beds
havebeensetasideforfeverslike dengueandmalariaattheemer- gencydepartmentandthemed- icine block, said Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director, LNJP. “We only have around 15 pa- tients admitted nowwho are suspectedtohavedengue.Most of these patients are referred to us from NCR -- Ghaziabad, Meerut,Noida,”hesaid.
InSafdarjunghospital,patientswereontheflooronbothsidesof thecorridors, alongwithbystanders. TashiTobgyal
PolicehavesofararrestedfourNihangSikhsinconnection withthecase.AmitMehra
As dengue cases continue to rise, capital’s hospitals are swamped
RWA members not responsible for falling tiles which injured boy: Court IIT-Delhi sets up 2
funds that will help over 100 studentsEXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20
A DELHI court has stated that it cannot place personal responsibility on resident welfare association (RWA) members of a private housing society following an incident where a minor sustained injuries after wall tiles fell on him inside an apartment in Southwest Delhi's Dwarka in 2014. Principal and Sessions
JudgeNarottamKaushalmade the observation while dismissing a revision petition filed by the minor’s father, Vikas Anand, who had sought the court's direction to summon the RWA office bearers as accused. During the investigation,
the incident was attributed to poor quality of material used by the builder in affixing the tiles. The president and secretary of the RWA,who are the respondents, were also initially reported to be responsible as they were entrusted with the role of maintenance of the building. They were, however, not summoned after police said that there was no evidence against them.Thecomplainant thenapproachedanAdditional ChiefMetropolitanMagistrate court to summon the RWA office bearers as accused, which was rejected, following whichAnand filed the revision petition challenging the order.
The court said that the “office bearers of the RWA who perform voluntary work for the daily upkeep and maintenance for any residential area are representatives of the residents themselves”. “Personal responsibility of
office bearers or the elected members of the RWA cannot be placed, unless there is material on record to indicate that they were directly responsible for the occurrence,” the court stated. “It is also not the case of
petitioner/complainant that any previous similar incident had been brought to the knowledge of the RWA office bearers and theyhadnot taken up the matter. Further, this court is of the opinion that the role of office bearers of the RWA shall be limited to appointing an agency to monitor the repairs if required. It has also comeon record that the private respondents were not members of the RWA when the construction was carried out or that they had any role in taking a decision of affixing tiles on thewalls,” the court said. Advocate Arvind Gupta,
counsel for thepetitioner, said that “the RWA had been chargingmaintenance charges from the residents. Therefore, private respondents,whowere responsible for the maintenance, committed criminal negligence by not maintaining it properly.”
IN HONOUR ToexpressgratitudetowardsCovidwarriors,whoworkedbeyondtheircallof dutyduring thepandemic,100monumentswill remain lit inTricolouronOctober21night, as India reaches the100crorevaccinationsmilestone.
THE INDIAN Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi EndowmentFundBoardhasan- nounced the establishment of the ‘Endowment Merit Scholarship’ and ‘Endowment Nurture Fund’ tomark the sec- ondanniversaryofthesettingup of the fundboard. "October31, 2021will be the
second anniversary of IIT Delhi having established the IIT Delhi Endowment Fund. Launchedby the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, in 2019, the Endowment Fund has created history in setting up amodel for othereducationalinstitutestofol- low.Markingthemilestoneocca- sion,theEndowmentFundBoard --thegoverningbodyoftheFund comprisingbothalumniandad- ministrativemembersofIITDelhi -- has announced, as its initial programs, the establishment of the ‘Endowment Merit Scholarships’ and the ‘EndowmentNurture Fund’, en- couraging diversity in scholastic excellenceandentrepreneurship amongst its students, as the Institutegoesfurther inrealising its2030visionandstrategy,” the institutesaidinastatement. The ‘Endowment Merit
Scholars Program’will provide 120meritscholarshipstobatches
of 15 women and 15 men B.Tech/Dual degree students for eachyear, theinstitutesaid. “The ‘Endowment Nurture
Fund’ aims to offer graduating students the opportunity to be awarded seed funding for their proposedventures, encouraging them to embark on developing and nurturing their entrepre- neurial ideas and aspirations, rather than seeking job place- ment,” it said. IIT-Dhas said that theEndowmentBoardwascom- mitting Rs 3.20 crore annually fromearningsoftheendowment corpus but it “expects the amounts and awardees to grow further intheyearsahead”. Onthesecondanniversaryof
the fund, Director V Ramgopal Rao said, “IIT Delhi has taken a historic stepwith the establish- ment of the Endowment Fund, and it is encouraging to receive the collective support of our alumnitowardstherealisationof the Institute’s vision. The Endowmentinitiativehashelped the Institute connect with the alumniatadeeper levelanden- gagethemonmanyactivities.” Announcing the establish-
ment of the programmes, Arun Duggal,Co-Chairmanofthe Fund Board said, “With the growing contributions from our over 54,000 global alumni, wewill supportmanymore programs, fosteringresearchadvancements andinnovationintechnology.”
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videoandfiledanFIR. "We analysed the clip and
prima-facie it appears that the slogans were indeed raised. In thevideo,pro-Indiasloganswere also raised.We identified three persons and arrests have been made," said Rajesh S, DCP, GautamBuddhNagar. Police said they consulted
with an expert to analyse the footage and also questioned lo- calsbeforemakingthearrests.No law and order situationwas re- portedduringtheprocession,po- licesaid.TheFIRatSector20po- lice stationhasbeen filedunder section 153 A (promoting reli- giousdisharmony)of the Indian Penal Code. Police said theywill ascertainifanyoneelseraisedthe slogans during the procession andtakeactionaccordingly.
Govttohold ValmikiJayanti celebrationsat Thyagaraj Stadium NewDelhi:TheDelhigov- ernment will hold cele- brations for Valmiki Jayanti at Thyagaraj Stadium on October 23, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. He was speaking at the Valmiki Jayanticelebrationsatthe ValmikiMandiratMandir Marg, which falls under hisconstituency. “We,on behalf of the Delhi gov- ernment, provide finan- cial help to all the people who celebrate the day in their respective colonies and areas all over Delhi,” hesaid.
Jewarairport toconnectto 3keyprojects Noida: Jewar Airport will beconnectedtothreekey development projects in Greater Noida. According toofficials,plansarebeing prepared to connect the Integrated Township, Multi Modal Transport Hub, andLogisticsHub to theupcomingairport.The three projects are being developed for the Delhi Mumbai Freight corridor for which a Special Purpose Vehicle has also been set up. Two routes arebeingfinalisedtocon- nect the logistics hub to the airport. Officials are considering converting theroadsinto6lanes.ENS
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Total Vacant HOSPITAL BEDS 16,355 16,139 ICU BEDS 3,712 3,654
Cases Recoveries Deaths Tests Oct19 36 11 1 58,729 Oct20 25 37 0 56,293 Total 310* 14,14,066 25,090 2,88,12,339
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REQUEST ACCEPTED WHENHARISHRawat,theAICCgeneralsecretaryinchargeof Punjab,metRahulGandhi onWednesday, he once again re- questedhimtorelievehimofthechargeofthestate.Rawathas done enough firefighting in Punjab andhenowwants to fo- cus all his attention on campaigning in his home state Uttarakhand, which goes to polls alongwith Punjab. Rahul has agreed and the high commandmay appoint a new in charge in thenext fewdays.
SHARING NOTES WITHPHYSICALcourthearingscommencingfromThursday in Supreme Court, journalists will now be allowed into the courtroomssubjecttoCovid-appropriatebehaviour.However, the SCofficeorderhas suggested that journalists acrossme- dia housesmay consider developing a roster among them- selves to be in courtrooms and “share notes from all court- roomsat theendof theday’sproceedings” inabid toensure courtroomsarenotovercrowded.
Jaishankar meets Israel’s top brass, discusses ties
Not worried about Amarinder plans, he is being forced: Cong
MAULSHREESETH KUSHINAGAR,OCTOBER20
Thoserunningthegovern- ment in the past did not care aboutthepainof thepoor....They linked their karmawith scams andcrime...peopleofUPareaware thatthesepeoplearenowknown as dynasts, not socialists,”Modi said during inauguration of a medicalcollegeinKushinagar. Modi praised the Yogi
Adityanath government for its crackdownonmafia. “In the last four-and-a-halfyears,lawandor- derhasbeengiventoppriorityin UP.Before2017,thegovernment’s policywastogivefreedomtothe mafia. Now,while themafia are apologising,peoplewhosupport themarepained,”Modisaid. Hesaidthestategovernment
has demolished themafia, who encroached upon lands of peo- ple fromScheduled Caste com- munities and the poor, and al- leged that the SP government’s schemes benefitted a particular family. ThePrimeMinistersaidnew
road projects will provide easy accesstosugarmillsforfarmers. Amid protests over sugarcane dues,heclaimedtheAdityanath
government had disbursed moresugarcanepayment(Rs1.5 lakhcrore)tofarmerscompared to theprevious regime. Although most Prime
Ministers came from UP, the state’s history cannot be con- finedtojustsixorsevendecades since Independence,Modi said. “This land has given birth to
Lord Ram and Krishna... The VedasandPuranaswerewritten here,” he said. And Agra gurd- wara witnessed the bravery of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who chal- lenged Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,headded.
PrimeMinisterNarendra ModiandUPChiefMinister YogiAdityanath in Kushinagar,Wednesday.PTI
MANOJCG NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20
however, took stockof the situa- tion. AICC general secretary in chargeof thestate,HarishRawat, metformerpartypresidentRahul Gandhiandbriefedhimaboutthe developments. “In the Congress, nobody is
worried about his exit. Because peoplehad already realised that he is a ‘gone case’ and that he is handinglovewiththeOpposition -beitAkalisoranyoneelse.Even theCongressworkers in Punjab used to say that his government wasanextensionof theAkaliDal government... that his govern- ment is Akali-3. Politicians, not just Congress politicians, every- onewouldsaythathewasunder some compulsions and is being pressuredby the central govern- ment,” Rawat told The Indian Express. “So his statement only confirmsthesuspicionthatmany peoplehad,”hesaid. Rawat said Singh’s “behav-
iour”showsthereis“strongarm- twistingfromsomeone”. “Andbecauseofthat,heisdo-
ing all this. Otherwise, for years, hehad stood firmwith an ideol- ogy... theCongress ideology... his fightnowcannotbeforanypost... heisalready80...sothereissome-
thing...becauseofwhichheisget- tingreadytocompromisehissec- ularcredentialsandisactinglikea spokespersonof theBJP,”hesaid. ButtheCongressdidnotseem
inclined to take anydisciplinary action against him. “We are watching how far he goes...We don’t want to make anymove whichwill forcehim toquit and joinhandswith theBJP. If hede- cides on his own to join hands with the BJP... no one is going to stophim.Ifapersondecidestoin- dulge in political harakiri, what canwedo,”saidRawat. Rawat said the BJP,which is
discredited inPunjabbecauseof the farm laws, wants a “mask” while“Singhis lookingforanex- cuse (bahana) to joinhandswith theBJP and is using the farmers’ protestforthat”. “So many farmers died...
wherewashe...tramplingvoiceis one thing... they have trampled farmersinLakhimpurKheri...was Captainthere?Whydidn’thefight against theBJP...TheBJPwantsto getoutofthePunjabmesswhich theyhavecreated.Singhishandy for them. And he is offering his services,”hesaid. Askedwhether theCongress
would reachout to Singh, Rawat said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit SinghChanni hadmet Singh. “The fact of thematter is therearesomecompulsions...the wayaPakistanicitizenwasliving ashis guest... the central govern- menthassomething...”hesaid
Cong MLA assaults youth for questioning performance
HarishRawat
whoservedintheYogiAdityanath governmentuntil2019,madethe announcement shortly after a meetingwith SP chief Akhilesh YadavinLucknow. Confirmingthealliance,theSP
tweeted, “Samajwadi Party and SuheldeoBharatiya Samaj Party will jointlyfightfordeprived,op- pressed, backwards, Dalits, women, farmers, youths and other weaker sections. SP and SBSPhave come together, BJP is wipedoutinUP.” The SBSP’s support base
largely comprises backward castes, which account formore than20%ofthepopulationineast- ern Uttar Pradesh. The Rajbhar communityconstitutes3%of the statepopulation,withpresencein nearly125Assemblyseats. Rajbhar told reporters that at
themeetingwithAkhilesh,hedis- cussedissuesofcastecensus,elec- tricity and freemedical facilities. They alsodiscussedhowtheBJP wasresortingtopoliticsofhateby raisingHindu-MuslimandIndia- Pakistanissues,hesaid. “Akhilesh Yadav said the SP
hehasinvitedAkhileshtoameet ofbackwardcommunitiesorgan- isedbytheMorchainMaudistrict onOctober27. On seat-sharing arrange-
in2017,whenitwasanallyof the BJP,theSBSPwonfouroftheeight seats it contested. Rajbhar,who was elected fromZahoorabad, joined the Cabinet as backward classeswelfareminister.Butafter aprotracted tusslebetweenboth parties,hewasdroppedfromthe Cabinet inMay2019, a day after polling for Lok Sabha ended in easternUttar Pradesh. Rajbhar brokeawayfromtheBJP,accusing thegovernmentofnotmeetinghis demandsofquotawithinquotafor OBCs and inclusion of 17most backwardcastesinSCcategory.
SuheldevBharatiyaSamajPartychiefOmPrakashRajbhar meetsSPchiefAkhileshYadav, inLucknow,Wednesday.PTI
After meet with Akhilesh, Rajbhar announces party alliance with SP
WITHthealliancewith SBSP, theSPcannow hope tochange theper- ception that ithasbe- comeapartyof Yadavs andMuslims.Earlier, it hadsupportof non- YadavOBCsbut thatwas lostoveraperiodof time. Theparty’sgainamong non-YadavOBCs ineast- ernUPbecauseof theal- liancecouldbeadecid- ing factor inseveral seats.
Boost forSPEEX PL AI NE D
PM flags off Kushinagar airport, says will help region’s economy
MAULSHREESETH KUSHINAGAR,OCTOBER20
boosttheregion’seconomy.
privatiseAirIndia,hesaid,“The recentbigsteponA-Iwastaken toensurethedomesticaviation sectorisrunprofessionally,and convenienceandsafetygetpri- ority.Thiswillgivenewenergy totheaviationsector.”
between the Centre and the unionson January22had failed to resolve the stalemate.While the government offered to sus- pendthelawsfor12-18months, the farmers had refused to budge fromtheirdemandof to- tal repealof the legislations. Sources claimed Amarinder
had met a few farmer leaders twiceafter resigningasCM. Afarmunionleaderrequest-
ingnottobenamedbutprivyto the talkswith government offi-
cials, said, “Efforts were always on. Back channels were open. OfficialsfromtheofficeofHome Minister and Agriculture Minister were in touch. However, things never reached consensus. Otherwise, dharna wouldhavebeen lifted.” Joginder Singh Ugrahan,
presidentof theBKU(Ugrahan), said “few informal conversa- tions” did happen in the past “wheremediatorsofferedtoget ourdemandsheard”. AgricultureMinistrysources,
however, ruled out any back- channelnegotiations.Theyreit- eratedthatthegovernmenthad given a proposal to the protest- ing farm unions in January, but theyhadnotaccepted.
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Amarinder Singh
Back-channel talks always on, we welcome Capt’s ‘help’, say farm unions
KRISHNKAUSHIK TAWANG,OCTOBER20
officersintheTawangSectorinthe EasternCommanddidnot share the details about the number of suchgunsavailableintheregion. Seniorofficials,however, said
thestrengthoftheseweaponsys- temswasadequate. Indiahadboughtaround145
were inducted in 2018. Officials said that starting last year these ultralightweaponshavebeende- ployedintheeasternsector.Ofthe 145ordered, overhalf havebeen delivered. The three regiments theymakeupare facing the LAC acrosssectors. BrigadierSanjeevKumar,who
heads an artillery brigade in the TawangsectorsaidtheUltraLight Howitzer hasseveraladvantages over the Bofors gun,which has been India’s artillerymainstay sincethelate1980s. Speakingataforwardlocation
attheheightofnearly13,000feet neartheLAC,Kumarsaidthatthe foremost advantage it has over Bofors is thatdue to itsweight, it can be deployed in locations wheretheolder,heaviergunsare tough to take.He said that using Chinookhelicopters they canbe
taken even to valleys easily, and even further ahead closer to the LAC,dependingupontheneed.
Additionally, the rarefied at- mosphereofhigheraltitudeareas likeTawangofferlesserairresist- ance,which allows it to increase itsrangebeyondits40kmcapac- ity.KumarsaidthattheHowitzers arealsomoreaccurate. However, theArmyhas con-
tinuedwith the deployment of Bofors aswell in the forward ar- easof theLAC.TheArmyhasalso upgradedthemwithnewerauto- mated systems that not only in- creasetheirprecision,butalsothe speedatwhichtheycanfire. Captain Prateek of Bofors
Regimentsaidthatanewgundis- play unit has been “recently brought in theArmywhich has addedspeedandaccuracyinpro- viding thegunsupport to the in- fantryunits”deployedclosetothe LAC. The gun has an effective rangeofmorethan40km.
Anotherofficer said thatwith newsystemsdeployedforartillery combatandcommand,whattook eight minutes earlier can now happeninafewseconds.“Alldata cancometothelocationtoengage the target, and thepersonnelde- ployedaheadtransmitdata,which isprocessedandfiredwithinsec- onds.” This, the officer said, has “enhanced our capabilities and worksasaforcemultiplier.” Bharat Electricals Ltdhasup-
graded the L70 Swedish air de- fencegunsofthe1960s,makingit capableofautomaticallytracking aerial threats including small drones,helicoptersandaircraft. Last month around 200
Chinese troopshad crossed into the Indian side of the LAC in TawangsectorinSeptember.
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suspected to have stolen nearly Rs 25 lakh fromapolice station warehouseonSunday.Thepolice Tuesday arrived at his residence tolookforthemoney. The worker allegedly died
when the police officials were present.Thepoliceclaimhe“took ill” andwas declared "brought dead"atahospital. On Wednesday, the police
stoppedPriyanka’svehiclewhen itreachedthefirsttollplazaonthe Lucknow-AgraExpresswayfalling undertheParapolicestation. TheAgrapolicehadrequested
workersalsoreachedthespotand
sionerDKThakur said Priyanka hasbeenreleased. “Wequestionedmanypeople
and one suspectwas identified. Theaccusedadmittedtostealing themoney and the police had gone to recover itwhen the ac- cusedfellill.Hewasrushedtothe hospitalwherehecouldnotmake it...”saidMunirajG,SSPAgra.
New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment,ForestsandClimate Change has issued new regula- tions for plasticmanufacturers, importers andbrandowners for non-singleuseplasticitemsahead ofthesingleuseplasticbanwhich istocomeintoeffectnextyear. The draft notification for the
Regulations on Extended ProducerResponsibilityforPlastic Packaging, published by the Ministrythismonth,listsouthow muchplasticmanufacturerswill havetorecycleaswellasreusein productsforthefirsttime. ENS
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesdayhadadiscussionwith Israeli leadershiponrealisingthe fullpotentialofthebilateralstrate- gic partnership and exchanged viewsonchangesinthegeopolit- ical landscapeandglobalaffairs. Jaishankar called on Prime
MinisterNaftaliBennettandthey discussed “strengthening the strategicalliance,expandingbilat- eraltiesanddeepeningthewarm friendship between Israel and India”,theIsraeliPrimeMinister’s mediaadvisersaid. Bennett thanked Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Jaishankarfortheirpersonalcom- mitment to thepartnership, the advisersaid. ENS
Govt drafts norms for non-single use plastic items
NewDelhi: TheChairmanof the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, AdhirRanjanChowdhury,on Wednesday broached the topicoftheLACstandoffwith China, suggesting that the government speak in one voice on the issue. In atten- danceatthemeetwasChiefof Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, who is learnt tohaveassured the panel that the Army is well-prepared to face any challenge. ENS
SPEAK INONEVOICEON LACSTANDOFF:PAC
India adds firepower in eastern sector of LAC with new inductions and upgrades
Aphototweetedby Congressofpolicegetting clickedwithPriyankaVadra duringaprotest. PTI
After brief stop, Priyanka allowed to meet family of Agra sanitation worker
Day after, Jagan blames TDP’s ‘abusive’ remarks
2FIRs LODGEDOVERVIOLENCEATTDPHQ
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spokesperson K Pattabhi Ram’s remarksatapressconferenceon TuesdayfollowingwhichYSRCP workers targetedTDPoffices. “Asectionofpeopleand...me-
dia havebeen constantly target- ing and tarnishing the image of the party and the government. Wehaveneverwitnessedpeople using such abusive language at thislevel.AtleastIhaveneverseen itwhen Iwas in theopposition,” Reddysaidatagovernmentevent. “Thepublicwhohavebeenin-
furiatedbysuchderogatorystate- ments have reacted in such a way,”hesaid. A YSRCP statement said TDP
spokespersonPattabhiRamused “highlyabusiveandcondemnable remarks” against the Chief
Minister.“Afterthat,agroupofcit- izenswho admire and love the CM for his spotless governance, retaliated and attacked TDP of- fices,”thestatementsaid. TheTDPhasaccusedtheChief
Ministeroftryingtostiflethevoice of the opposition. TDP chief N ChandrababuNaiduhas also ac- cusedpoliceof inaction. In thepast24hours, twoFIRs
havebeenregisteredover thevi- olenceattheTDPheadquartersat Mangalagiri inGunturdistrict. The first FIR was lodged
District Police registered an FIR againstNLokesh, sonof theTDP chief,andfiveotherpartyleaders, accusing themof attackingapo- lice inspector at the TDP head- quartersTuesdayevening.
YSJagan MohanReddy
DeputyChiefMinisterSukhjinder Singh Randhawa said theMLA should not have behaved in thisway. BJPITcell’snationalheadAmit
Malviya, sharing the video, tar- getedAICC general secretary hit out at the AICC leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. ENS
New Delhi
KAUNAINSHERIFFM NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20
INDIA IS expected to touch the 100croreCovidvaccinationmile- stone— including first and sec- ond doses — on Thursday. According to provisional data, about 99.70 crore vaccine doses had been administered across the country as onWednesday. While 74 per cent of the esti- matedadultpopulationhavere- ceived the firstdose, 31per cent are fullyvaccinated. “Thecountryisclosetomak-
ingavaccinecentury.Tobeapart of this golden event, I appeal to citizenswhoareyet tobevacci- natedtogetvaccinatedimmedi- ately. Please contribute to this historic vaccination journey of India,” Union Health Minister MansukhMandaviya said in a tweet. According to available data,
over65percentof thetotalvac- cine doses have been adminis- tered in rural areas—an indica- tor of equity in access to vaccines. In stark contrast, as publichealthexpertshavebeen raisingglobalconcernsovervac- cineinequity,justover3percent of people in low-income coun- tries are estimated to have re- ceived a single dose. The health ministry has urged the states to focus on second dose coverage now. According to official data,
eight states have crossed the 6- croremark(cumulativevaccina- tions): Uttar Pradesh (12.08 crore),Maharashtra(9.23crore), WestBengal(6.82crore),Gujarat (6.73 crore), Madhya Pradesh (6.67 crore), Bihar (6.30 crore), Karnataka (6.13 crore) and Rajasthan (6.07crore). India launched the vaccina-
tiondriveonJanuary16, first for frontline and healthcarework- ers.OnMarch1, thevaccination drivewasopenedforvulnerable groups—all above60yearsand those above 45 years with co- morbidities. This was then changedtoallabove45yearson April 1. And onMay 1, India ex- pandeditsvaccinationcoverage to includeall above18years. Meanwhile,theRailwayshas
decided to make public an- nouncements on trains and at stationswhenthe100-crorevac- cinationmilestone is reached. “The100crorevaccinationland- mark is likely to be reached in the morning of 21st October, 2021, between10amand12.30 pm,” says amessage circulated inzonal railways. “It is to be noted that the an-
nouncementmay be initiated onlyafterreachingthemilestone of100crorevaccination,” itsaid.
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AFTER THREEdays of incessant rainfollowedbyfloodsandland- slidesthatledtothelossofatleast 52 lives andmassivedestruction ofproperty,Uttarakhandisslowly gettingbackon trackwith roads being repairedandmost tourists beingevacuated. The tourist hotspot of
Nainitalwas theworst hit,with the rains cutting off the district on Tuesday, when 28 deaths were reported.Of the52deaths sinceSunday, 45were recorded on Tuesday, six onMonday and one on Sunday. So far, five peo- plearestillmissing. WhileNainitalwasentirelycut
offonTuesday,officialssaidmost roadshavebeenrestored,helping evacuate hundreds of stranded tourists. Calling the last two days a
"nightmare", Nainital District MagistrateDhirajSinghGarbiyal told The Indian Express, &q