2/7/2024 12:20 AM Page 1 13 COURT: TRUMP NOT IMMUNE TO POLL FRAUD CHARGES WORLD /thetribunechd CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 144 NO. 37 | 16 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 wednesday | 7 february 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com M Modi Sarkar ki Guarantee Self-employment making women self-reliant More than 10 crore women joined Self-Help Groups; Pledge to make 3 crore women Lakhpati Didi PILES TREATMENT German/American Italian Techniques RANA HOSPITAL SAME DAY DISCHARGE 98141-28667 Invites global investors to participate in country’s growth story Shubhadeep Choudhury Tribune News Service BDO Office Road, Sirhind (PUNJAB) New Delhi, February 6 IN BRIEF Hockey player booked under POCSO Act BENGALURU: Arjuna Award-win- ning hockey player Varun Kumar has been booked under POCSO Act following a complaint. INSIDE ED searches premises of Delhi CM’s PA over graft NEW DELHI: The ED on Tuesday searched premises of CM Arvind Kejriwal’s PA Bibhav Kumar and others over corruption charges. PTI Visa-free travel for Indian tourists in Iran NEW DELHI: Iran has announced visa waiver for Indians entering the country by air for tourism for a maximum stay of 15 days. TNS PM Narendra Modi meets an ONGC team in Goa on Tuesday. ANI try would soon become the world’s third-largest economy. The Prime Minister said the country was expected to increase its refining capacity from 254 MMTPA (million Jolt to Sharad, EC says Ajit faction ‘real NCP’ New Delhi, February 6 The Ajit Pawar faction is the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Election Commission announced on Tuesday in a major setback to party founder Sharad Pawar. The poll panel gave the NCP name and symbol “wall Sharad Pawar Ajit Pawar clock” to the Ajit Pawar faction in a significant order ahead of polls. The poll body took the decision to end the dispute between Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit after more than 10 hearings spread over six months. The commission said the decision followed the laidout tests of maintainability of continued on page 7 metric tonne per annum) to 450 MMTPA by 2030. “In next five-six years, an investment of USD 67 billion is going to be done in the energy sector in India,” said Modi. He said money would be invested in the energy sector like it was never done before in the country. He also said that the country’s primary energy demand would double by 2045. India, he said, was the thirdlargest consumer of crude oil and LPG and the fourth-largest continued on page 7 Mann: No NOC for land registration Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has decided to do away with the clause of a no-objection certificate (NOC) for all types of land registrations in the state, said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday. INSIDE Contact Advertising c m y b Hamara Sankalp Viksit Bharat Scan for more information India to see $67 bn investment in energy sector in 5 years: PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India will see an investment of USD 67 billion in the energy sector in next five to six years. Inaugurating the second edition of the India Energy Week in Goa today, PM Modi invited global investors to participate in India’s growth story. He said the Indian economy was growing at the rate of more than 7.5 per cent and the coun- LT GENERAL DWIVEDI NAMED VICE CHIEF BACK PAGE Government of India cbc 22201/13/0254/2324 07022024-TTC-01.qxd U’khand UCC Bill tabled; polygamy, polyandry banned Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, February 6 Compulsory registration of marriages and all live-in relationships, ban on polygamy, polyandry, nikah halala and discriminatory marital practises across faiths, jail terms and fines for violations are part of the Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand-2024 introduced in the state Assembly on Tuesday. Chief Minister of BJP-ruled state Pushkar Singh Dhami tabled the draft Bill, a first for any state in post-Independence India. Other BJP-ruled states are also likely to study and table the same Code in respective Assemblies with the ruling party at the Centre taking the first step to fulfil its pending promise to roll out the UCC. The Code covers all Uttarakhand people whether they reside in the state or not, but exempts Scheduled Tribes who are 3% of the state’s population. The draft Violation to invite jail; tribals exempt LIVE-IN TIES: WOMAN TO GET MAINTENANCE ■ Polygamy, polyandry banned; nikah halala to invite up to three-year jail term, ~1L fine ■ Live-in partners’ children to be legitimate; maintenance for woman if deserted ■ Registrar to inform parents of live-in partners if either of the two is below 21 years of age ■ Non-registration of marriage to invite up to ~10K fine ■ Register of marriages open to public inspection on fee payment to registrar ■ Code applicable to all people of Uttarakhand whether they reside in state or not Code gives protection for children of live-in relations and entitles a woman deserted by a live-in partner to maintenance by courts. continued on page 7 Smoke rises after a fire broke out at a firecracker factory in Harda. PTI 11 dead, 174 hurt in MP factory fire Bhopal: At least 11 persons were killed and nearly 174 injured in a powerful explosion and subsequent blaze at a firecracker factory near Harda town of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. BACK PAGE