20012026-TTC-01.qxd 1/20/2026 12:32 AM 13 TRUMP RAKES UP NOBEL PEACE PRIZE SNUB WORLD /thetribunechd Page 1 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 10 NO. 20 | 16 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 DON’T FUEL TERROR: EAM TO POLAND BACK PAGE tuesday | 20 january 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com No nation should provide safe Publish names of all 1.25 cr Bengal voters on ‘discrepancy’ list: SC to EC haven to terrorists: India, UAE Satya Prakash Tribune News Service Modi breaks protocol to meet Prez Nahyan on sudden 3-hour visit Ujwal Jalali Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 19 India and the United Arab Emirates on Monday reiterated their unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, including “cross-border terrorism”, asserting that no country should provide safe haven to those who finance, plan, support or commit terrorist acts. The strong message was delivered during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was on a three-hour visit to India. The two leaders agreed to deepen cooperation under the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) framework to counter terror financing and strengthen anti-money laundering measures. The commitment was reflected in the joint statement issued after Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s official visit to continued on page 8 Govt imposes wheat stocklimitontraders NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday issued orders to regulate wheat stocks across the country, imposing strict limits on the quantity that traders, retailers, processors and other entities can hold until March 31, in a bid to curb hoarding and ensure adequate market supply. The directive was issued under the Essential Commodities Act. INSIDE India’sGDPtogrowat 7.3% for FY26: IMF NEW DELHI: The IMF on Monday raised India’s growth projection to 7.3 per cent for the fiscal 2025-26 on the back of better-than-expected performance of the economy. The lending agency has also revised the growth forecast to 6.4 per cent for fiscal year 2026-27 from its earlier estimate of 6.2 per cent. INSIDE NotsureifKPswantto settleinValley:Farooq JAMMU: Former CM and NC president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) were welcome to return to their homes in the Valley, but wondered whether they would want to settle down or not. His remarks came as the displaced community observed the 36th anniversary of its exodus from Kashmir. INSIDE New Delhi, January 19 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to publish the names of all 1.25 crore voters who have been put on the “logical discrepancies” list during the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which goes to the polls before May. It told the EC to display the names at gram panchayat bhavans, block offices of talukas and ward offices for the convenience of those affected during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Logical discrepancies in progeny linking with the 2002 voter list include instances of a mismatch in the parent’s This is a victory of Maa, Mati, Manush... we defeated them in court today, we will trounce them during polls in April. Stay prepared, WestBengalisnotUPBihar,MPorGujarat. Abhishek Banerjee, SENIOR TMC LEADER , name and the age difference between a voter and their parent being less than 15 years or more than 50 years. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said those likely to be affected by the SIR of the electoral rolls in West Bengal should be allowed to submit their documents or objections. Hearing petitions alleging arbitrariness and procedural irregularities in the SIR in West Bengal, the Bench directed that the office for submitting the documents and objections shall be set up within the panchayat bhavans or block offices. “The state government shall provide adequate manpower to the State Election Commission for the deployment at the panchayat bhavans and block offices. In this regard, we direct that every district shall meticulously comply with the directions issued by the EC or PM Narendra Modi with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Ink pacts to boost defence, energy ties At 45, Nabin elected BJP’s youngest Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 19 India and the UAE on Monday agreed to work towards a comprehensive strategic defence partnership frame- work, marking a significant expansion of bilateral cooperation in defence, security and advanced technologies. Multiple agreements were signed across the defence, energy, infrastructure, space and food security sectors, underlining the depth of the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. A letter of intent on the strategic defence partnership was among the most continued on page 8 Govt U-turn on Banga shrine days after Mann’s missing saroop claim Harjot Bains at Majara Nau Abad village and said there was no discrepancy regarding the saroops at the shrine. His statement comes in the wake of the challenge thrown by the management committee of the Rasokhana to the government’s claim of tracing 139 saroops there. The committee had asked Banga MLA Sukhwinder Sukhi and Anandpur Sahib MP Kang to “draw the line” and clarify whether they stood with the government or the shrine, which commands a massive following in the Doaba region. Sukhi, elected on the SAD ticket before joining the AAP , resigned yesterday as chairman of the Punjab State Container and Warehousing Corporation as the issue snowballed. On Maghi Mela, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had announced at Muktsar that continued on page 8 HC junks Sengar’s plea against jail for death of rape victim’s kin Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 19 The ruling BJP on Monday got its 12th president, with Bihar’s Nitin Nabin winning uncontested. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the proposers. The formal announcement of Nabin’s election will take place on Tuesday, concluding the BJP organisational election process that commenced with the membership drive in November 2024. Nabin, 45, will be the Commando hurt in Kishtwarencounter succumbstoinjuries Aparna Banerji Tribune news Service Jalandhar, January 19 On the back foot, Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party government today gave a clean chit to the influential Rasokhana Shri Nabh Kanwal Raja Sahib over allegations of possessing 139 unaccounted saroops of Guru Granth Sahib “found at the Banga shrine”. Finance Minister Harpal Cheema today visited the shrine along with Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang and Education Minister Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 19 The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to suspend the 10-year sentence imposed on expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar for his role in the custodial death of the Unnao rape survivor’s father. Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed Sengar’s application for interim relief, holding that no case was made out for suspending the sentence. The court made it clear that Sengar’s pro- Pb FM Cheema says no discrepancy in records, cites miscommunication longed time in jail could not justify relief, particularly when delays in the appeal process were partly attributable to the multiple applications filed by him. The judge observed that instead of granting suspension, the appropriate course would be to ensure that the appeal itself was heard without further delay. The matter has now been listed for detailed hearing on February 3. Sengar was sentenced on March 13, 2020, by a trial court to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment continued on page 8 Arjun Sharma Jammu, January 19 A Special Forces commando, who was injured during an encounter with Pakistantrained terrorists in the mountainous Kishtwar district on Sunday, succumbed to Havildar his injuries. Gajendra Singh The encounter took place in the dense forest area of Singhpura in Chhatru, where the Army launched Operation Trashi-1 along with continued on page 8 Nikhil Bhardwaj HIMANSHU MAHAJAN Tribune News Service Woman who lost her six sons to chitta at Sherewala village in Ludhaina. uary 14. He was with another youth when he collapsed after consuming drugs. The companion admitted to injecting drugs with him before fleeing the scene in panic,” says Shinder Kaur, her voice choking. The authorities have confirmed that a case of culpable homicide has been registered against two persons, including a woman alleged to have supplied the narcotics. Shinder Kaur recounts near- the state government for the staff for smooth functioning,” the Bench said. It directed the West Bengal Director General of Police to ensure that there was no law and order problem and that all activities were completed smoothly. “Over one crore people have been notified. Please understand the stress people are suffering. We will issue directions where needed,” the Bench said. The Supreme Court had on January 12 asked the EC to respond to petitions filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen alleging arbitrariness and procedural irregularities in the ongoing SIR in West Bengal. SILVER SURGES TO RECORD president after unopposed election ~3LAKH Sixth & last son too ‘lost to chitta’ Ludhiana , woman’s tragedy bares Punjab drug scourge Sherewala (Ludhiana), Jan 19 Shinder Kaur (60) sits silently on a rickety charpoy in the courtyard of her dilapidated house at Sherewala village near Sidhwan Bet in Punjab’s Ludhiana district, grief writ large on her face. Lined up before her are six framed photographs. Five are of her sons, all of whom she claims died due to chitta addiction. The sixth is of her husband, who died years ago in a road accident. In her trembling hands, she clutches a small passport-sized photograph of her sixth and last son Jasvir Singh (20), who too, she says, “fell prey to chitta overdose”. “Jasvir died on Jan- ❝ VICTORY OF ‘MAA, MATI, MANUSH’: TMC ly a decade and a half of unimaginable loss that began with the death of her husband Mukhtyar Singh, who was addicted to alcohol, in 2012. Since then, she says, she has cremated all of her six sons: Kulwant Singh (20) in 2013, Gurdeep Singh (25) in March 2021, Jaswant Singh (20) in July 2021, Raju Singh (33) in January 2022, Baljeet Singh (17) in March 2023, and now Jasvir. “In the past five years, I have cremated five of my sons. All lost to ‘chitta’ addiction. The drug menace is deeper than the authorities think it to be. It needs some serious action,” she asserts, questioning the efficacy of the Punjab Government’s ‘Yudh Nasheyan continued on page 8 Today’s issue is of 16 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune. c m y b Modi, Shah among proposers| Formal announcement today Nitin Nabin youngest BJP chief and the first to be born after the party was formed in 1980. He will replace BJP Himachal Pradesh veteran and Union Health Minister JP Nadda, who assumed charge in January 2020 and was on an extension for a year and a half. The BJP president’s term, as mandated by the party constitution, is three years. The party’s parliamentary board, the highest decision-making body, can, however, recommend an continued on page 8 ■ Silver prices breached the ~3 lakh/kg-mark for the first time on Monday, as escalating tensions over Greenland & a weak $ boosted its demand ■ Gold prices too inched up in tandem, scaling fresh record high of ~1,45,500 ■ The rupee breached the 91/dol- lar-mark for the second time in a month before closing at 90.92