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NAGPUR

FIRST
COLUMN
Stage set for
counting of
10 Naxals eliminated
votes for Mah, Arms, ammo recovered in Sukma
J’khand polls activity in the area.
“The dead Maoists
MUMBAI/RANcHI, Nov 22 (PTI) included prominent leader
Madkam Masa, divisional
ALL preparations are com- military commander of the
plete for the counting of South Bastar Division, who
votes which will begin at 8 was responsible for orches-
am for the 288-seat trating multiple attacks and
Maharashtra Assembly and carried a bounty of Rs 8
81-member Jharkhand lakh. Masa’s wife, Dudhi
Assembly elections sched- Hungi, a member of
uled for Saturday. Platoon No. 4, was also
All eyes are on the out- DRG troopers celebrate after their successful killed in the encounter,
come of the battle between operation in Sukma district. along with Lakma Madvi,
the ruling BJP-led MahaYuti divisional small action
coalition and the Maha ■ The Hitavada State Bureau team commander with a bounty of Rs
Vikas Aghadi (MVA) SUKMA/RAIPUR, Nov 22 5 lakh. Other casualties included
alliance, which is seeking to Madkam Jitu and Madkam Kosi, both
make a comeback in SECURITY forces delivered a decisive Platoon No. 4 members carrying Rs 2
Maharashtra. blow to Maoist insurgency in Sukma’s lakh bounties each, and Masa’s per-
The final turnout in the Bhejji region by eliminating 10 armed sonal guard, Kovasi Kesa. Three addi-
polls, held on November 20, Maoists during a high-stakes encounter tional female Maoists remain uniden-
was 66.05 per cent, up from on Friday morning. The operation, tified,” disclosed Bastar Range
61.1 per cent in 2019, elec- spearheaded by the District Reserve Inspector General of Police (IGP)
tion officials said. Guard (DRG) and Central Reserve Sundarraj Pattilingam.
Counting of votes will Police Force (CRPF), took place near He further maintained that the elim-
also be held for the Nanded Bhandarpadar village following precise ination of Masa, a divisional military
Lok Sabha by-poll, where intelligence inputs about insurgent (Contd on page 5)
67.81 per cent voting was
recorded on November 20.
Kolhapur district led with
76.63 per cent polling, fol-
lowed by 75.26 per cent in
Business
Gadchiroli, which has some
Left Wing Extremism affect- Sensex regains 79K level,
Nifty surges 557 points
ed pockets, while the lowest
was in Mumbai island city
at 52.07 per cent.
While most exit polls pre-
dict a victory for the MUMBAI, Nov 22 (PTI)
MahaYuti alliance, three NSE NIFTY BSE SENSEX
Intra-day on November 22, 2024 Intra-day on November 22, 2024
suggest that neither the BENCHMARK equity High: High:
MahaYuti nor the Maha indices rebounded 23,956.10 79,218.19

Vikas Aghadi would secure sharply on Friday, with the 557.35 1,961.32
(2.39%) (2.54%)
a decisive majority to form Sensex climbing 2.54 per Open: Closee: Open: Closee:
the next Government in cent to reclaim the 79,000 23,411.80 23,907.25 77,349.74 79,117.111
Maharashtra. level, driven by across-
In Jharkhand the political the-board rally and value
LE
Previous close: Previous close:
leaders and parties are anx- buying at lower levels. ow: 23,349.90 Low: 77,155.79
23,359.00 777,226.69
iously waiting for the Strong buying by 9am 10 11 12 1pm 2 3 4 9am 10 11 12 1pm 2 3 4
results that will decide domestic institutional KBK Infographics
whether the BJP-led NDA or investors and a firm trend
the JMM-led alliance will in the US markets also bolstered the day, it surged 2,062.4 points or
form the next Government market sentiment, traders said. 2.67 per cent to 79,218.19. A total of
in the State. The BSE benchmark Sensex 2,446 stocks advanced, while 1,475
This time, voter turnout jumped 1,961.32 points or 2.54 per declined and 120 remained
in Jharkhand reached a cent to settle at 79,117.11. During (Contd on page 5)
(Contd on page 5)

Canadian official says,

NO EVIDENCE
to link PM Modi,
EAM, NSA to criminal
activity in Canada
NEW DELHI, Nov 22 (IANS)

THE Canadian
Government on Friday
clarified formally the alle-
gations linking Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar, and National
Security Advisor Ajit Doval
to criminal activities in
Canada. The statement
emphasised that no evi-
dence supports such
claims and sought to dis-
pel speculation sur-
rounding the matter.
The clarification came
from Nathalie G Drouin,
Deputy Clerk of the Privy
Council and National
Security and Intelligence
Advisor to the Canadian
Prime Minister.
“On October 14,
because of a significant
and ongoing threat to pub-
lic safety, the RCMP and
officials took the extraor-
dinary step of making pub-
lic accusations of serious
criminal activity in Canada
perpetrated by agents of
the Government of India.
The Government of
Canada has not stated, nor
is it aware of evidence,
linking Prime Minister
Modi, Minister Jaishankar,
or NSA Doval to the seri-
ous criminal activity with-
in Canada. Any suggestion
to the contrary is both
speculative and inaccu-
rate,” the statement read.
This statement comes
after heightened
(Contd on page 5)

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