07072026-TTC-01.qxd 07-07-2026 00:40 Page 1 13 TIBETANS CELEBRATE DALAI LAMA’S 91st BIRTHDAY HP /thetribunechd CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 10 NO. 186 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 TRUMP FIFA RED CARD CALL TRIGGERS STORM SPORT tuesday | 7 july 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Champat out, Ram Temple Trust names interim gen secy; CEO soon ACT EAST Shrine body says punish guilty, but let truth be out first | Next meet on July 22 Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service PM Narendra Modi with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto as he arrives on the first leg of his three-nation tour in Jakarta on Monday. PTI New Delhi, July 6 The first administrative action in the ongoing Ram Mandir donation theft row took place on Monday, with Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust accepting the resignations of top functionaries Champat Rai and Anil Mishra. Both oversaw the temple’s affairs, including the management of donations and finances. Trust general secretary Rai and member Mishra had ten- 2,926 ~482 precious offerings, CRORE including silver received in items, all accounted offerings and for and can be disdonations at the played: Trust Ram Temple so far, says the shrine Trust dered their resignations on moral grounds after a special investigation team (SIT) probing the allegations of theft of the temple’s offerings arrested eight persons, including ~370 CRORE of the amount used for the temple’s management, while the balance amount is available with the Trust Rai’s former driver. After a three-and-a-half-hour meeting in Ayodhya, the Trust named its member Krishna Mohan as interim general secretary and said a final appointment would be made on July 22, the day the next Trust meeting is scheduled. The Trust also announced the formation of a three-member committee to appoint a chief executive officer (CEO) for the temple. The committee comprises retired judge Pramod Kohli, Lt Gen Vishnukant Chaturvedi (retd) and Suresh Havde. Importantly, in a detailed statement issued after the meeting, the Trust said it had sought public comments on continued on page 8 2 of Assam Rifles shot in Manipur ambush Convoy attacked by militants in Ukhrul Imphal/NewDelhi, July6 Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and several others injured in an ambush by suspected militants in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Monday, the police said. The incident occurred around 1.30 pm in the Nungshang Khong area of the hill district when the suspected militants fired at a convoy of the paramilitary force, a senior officer said. “The deceased include a warrant officer and a driver. They died on the spot. The incident occurred some 17 km from the district headquarters under the Ukhrul police station limits when the convoy was returning to the 40th Assam Rifles battalion headquarters at Sangshak,” the officer said. Following the attack, additional security personnel were deployed in the area and an exchange of fire broke out between the central forces and armed militants in a nearby locality, he said. The attack site had been cordoned off while a forensic team was sent from Imphal to conduct an inspection, the officer said. Locals claimed that several farmers, who were working in nearby paddy fields at the time of the continued on page 8 NIA chargesheets LeT founder Hafiz Saeed in ‘Satluj’ pullout triggers Pahalgam attack case debate on Pb’s ‘dark past’ Pb Cong rift grows as anti-Warring camp ups ante Vows to ‘boycott’ PPCC chief’s events, Baghel’s meetings Rajmeet Singh Tribune News Service Animesh Singh Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 6 In a significant development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed charges against Pakistanbased terrorist and chief and founder of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed in the Pahalgam terror attack case. In its supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court in Jammu, the anti-terror agency has charged Hafiz Saeed in his individual capacity as well as in his capacity as the chief of the banned LeT and its active proxy organisation, The Resistance Front (TRF). Accuses him of waging war against India Hafiz Saeed The accused has been charged under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The NIA has continued on page 8 Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service Chandigarh, July 6 The removal of Diljit Dosanjhstarrer “Satluj” — a movie depicting the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra — from ZEE5 has ignited a debate in Punjab with several leaders condemning the move, questioning “who is afraid of facing the state’s history”, and others terming the decision apt. While the government has justified the removal of the film from the OTT platform, the state’s polity and other prominent persons think otherwise. continued on page 8 edit: let satluj flow Centre cites security concerns for action Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 6 A day after OTT platform ZEE5 took down “Satluj”, the Centre on Monday said certain portions of the film had the potential to be misused by anti-India forces. Officials said there were concerns that parts of the film could be exploited to garner support for the long-waning pro-Khalistan movement, especially ahead of the Punjab elections. “National security continued on page 8 Chandigarh, July 6 The ongoing rift in the Punjab Congress widened on Monday as several senior leaders, including Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Pargat Singh and Sangat Singh Gilzian, closed ranks at a meeting in Mohali to oppose the continuation of Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief. Seen as yet another move to strengthen their position against Warring, the “secret” meeting took place hours before AICC general secretary continued on page 8 Today’s issue is of 18 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune. c m y b Prominent Punjab Congress leaders, including Pargat Singh, Tript Bajwa, Charanjit Singh Channi, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Sangat Singh Gilzian and Bharat Bhushan Ashu, gather for a meeting to oppose Raja Warring’s continuation as the state unit chief in Mohali. They later posted two pictures, saying: “Unity is strength.”