25102020-TT-01.qxd 10/24/2020 10:47 PM Page 1 123 chandigarh | gurugram | jalandhar | bathinda | vol.140 no.296 | 18 pages | ~6.00 | regd.no.chd/0006/2018-2020 established in 1881  haryana DAYS BEFORE POLL, BIDEN VOWS FREE VACCINE TO ALL WORLD /thetribunechd RECOVERED 70,16,046 FRESH FATALITIES 650 TOTAL DEATHS 1,17,956 78,14,682 TOTAL RECOVERED DEATHS SPECTRUM /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com COVID-19CASES INDIA COUNT RJD PROMISES 10 LAKH JOBS, FARM LOAN WAIVER BACK PAGE WHEN KAMEEZ GOT A COLLAR WORLD 4,26,87,603 3,15,19,478 11,51,874 ACTIVE CASES BELOW 7 LAKH FOR SECOND DAY BACK PAGE Farooq is Gupkar alliance president, Mehbooba deputy Srinagar, October 24 National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah was on Saturday unanimously chosen chairman of the recently floated People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration while PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti will be his deputy, the amalgam said. INSIDE sunday, october 25,2020 Amid LAC tension, nod for Why selective outrage, asks BJP; 47 ITBP border outposts Capt trashes charge as baseless Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 24 In the wake of tension between Indian and Chinese troops, the Centre has given approval to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to set up 47 border outposts to increase vigil along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy today said the ITBP in develop, ments that took place over the last few months, had broken the myth of some countries that they had a powerful army. He said this in an indirect reference to the ongoing standoff between India and China in Ladakh. IAF chopper in Leh REDDY’S DIG AT CHINA some ❝ Armies ofwere thenations thought they most powerful... ITBP has broken the myth in past few months. G Kishan Reddy, MOS (HOME) Addressing the paramilitary force’s personnel on the occasion of its 59th raising day here, the Minister said, “I US WATCHING LAC: WH The US is closely monitoring the border row between India and China and does not want the situation to escalate, a senior Trump administration official has said. am happy to inform that the ITBP has been given the approval by the Ministry of continued on page 7 Chandigarh, October 24 Senior BJP leaders Nirmala Sitharaman and Prakash Javadekar today hit out at Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for their “selective outrage” in cases of atrocities against women, questioning their “silence” over the Hoshiarpur rape and murder case. HOSHIARPUR RAPE & MURDER Reacting sharply, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh dubbed their remarks as “political puffery” with no substance or basis to support the criticism. He said contrary to what these leaders were claim- IN BRIEF Punjab BJP kisan morcha chief quits Tarlochan Singh Gill resigned from the BJP over the central farm laws. INSIDE No compound interest on loans up to ~2 cr SWIFT ACTION TAKEN WHY ARE GANDHIS MUM? There cannot be any comparison between Hoshiarpur and Hathras as prompt action was taken by the Punjab Police. Rahul and Priyanka have not said a word on the Hoshiarpur incident. Does this kind of selective outrage suit their party? Capt Amarinder Singh, PUNJAB CM Nirmala Sitharaman, UNION MINISTER ❝ ing, there was no comparison between the Hoshiarpur and Hathras cases. He pointed out in the latter instance, the ❝ Uttar Pradesh Government and the police not only failed to initiate stern action, but continued on page 7 NEW DELHI: The Finance Min- istry on Saturday issued norms for implementation of interest waiver scheme for loans up to Rs 2 crore. INSIDE Last date to file ITR extended till Dec 31 NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday further extended the deadline for filing returns by individuals for FY 2019-20 till December 31. TNS