01032023-TTC-01.qxd 3/1/2023 12:51 AM DRONES STRIKE RUSSIA; BROADCASTS HACKED WORLD /thetribunechd Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 7 NO. 59 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2021-2023 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 CHINESE MINISTER TO ATTEND G20 MEETING BACK PAGE wednesday | 1 march 2023 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Sisodia quits Cabinet after SC rejects plea; jailed Jain resigns too Governor duty-bound to act on Cabinet advice: SC; Punjab session from March 3 Can move lower court against arrest, Deputy CM told Satya Prakash New Delhi, February 28 The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s petition challenging his arrest and CBI custody in the Delhi excise case, prompting him to resign from the Arvind Kejriwal-led government. Minutes after a Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud declined to entertain his petition, Sisodia and another minister Satyendar Jain, who was arrested in May last year in a money laundering case, tendered their resignations. Chief Minister Kejriwal accepted their resignations, a Delhi Government spokesperson said. A Delhi court on Monday remanded Sisodia in CBI custody for five days for custodial continued on page 11 Tribune News Service Manish Sisodia with Satyendar Jain. FILE PHOTO Move to ensure Delhi can run: AAP It would have been difficult for CM Arvind Kejriwal to run Delhi without reallocating 18 portfolios Manish Sisodia held. When his colleague Satyendar Jain was held in May 2022, his key portfolios were also given to Sisodia. While AAP said twin resignations were “to ensure Delhi’s development does not suffer”, the BJP termed it admission of guilt. BACK PAGE New Delhi, February 28 The constitutional crisis over Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s refusal to summon the Budget session of the Assembly from March 3 was blown over on Tuesday with the Supreme Court saying that the Governor was dutybound to follow the advice of the state Cabinet on the issue. A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud, however, disapproved of the conduct of CJI says CM too must give info sought by Governor SIMPLY INCONCEIVABLE, BOTH AT FAULT That the state Budget session will not be convened is simply inconceivable… from both sides there has been dereliction. Supreme Court Bench ❝ Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit with CM Bhagwant Mann. FILE both Governor Purohit and CM Bhagwant Mann for letting their political differences come in the way of discharging their constitutional duties. “The Budget session will not be convened is simply inconceivable… from both sides there is dereliction,” said the Bench, which also included Justice PS Narasimha. While hearing the Punjab Government’s petition against the Governor’s refusal to summon the Budget session, the Bench cited Constitution Bench judgments to emphasise that the Governor’s power to summon the Assembly under Article 174 of the Constitution had to be exercised on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers. continued on page 11 NEW DELHI: IN BRIEF Manufacturing dips, growth slips to 4.4% Sandeep Dikshit Bargari sacrilege: SC shifts trial to Chandigarh NEW DELHI: The top court on Tuesday ordered shifting of trial in three cases against the Dera Sacha Sauda head linked to the 2015 Bargari sacrilege incident from Faridkot to Chandigarh. INSIDE Death for 7 ISIS operatives in train blast case LUCKNOW: An NIA court here on Tuesday awarded death penalty to seven ISIS operatives in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast case in which nine persons got seriously injured. BACK PAGE Tribune News Service New Delhi, February 28 The manufacturing sector emerged as a pain point as the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate slowed down to 4.4 per cent during the third quarter (OctoberDecember) of 2022-23. GDP TO RISE BY 7% IN FY23 Quarter Growth rate April-June 13.5% July-September 6.3% October-December 4.4% FY22 growth rate revised to 9.1% The same was 6.3 per cent in previous quarter (JulySeptember) and 13.5 per cent in the April-June quarter, showed the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Tuesday. The manufacturing output shrank by 1.1 per cent in the third quarter, the second straight contraction reflecting weakness in consumer continued on page 11 Jawan,2 ultraskilled Srinagar: Two ultras believed to be behind the recent killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma were killed in an encounter in Pulwama. A jawan was also killed in the gunfight. INSIDE Today’s issue is of 18 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune.